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The  Cheistian  Cynosuee. 


VOL.  XV.,  No.  1. 


"In  Secret  Have  I  Said  Nothing.''— /«»t«  OTvritt. 


WHOLE  No.  648 


EZRA  A.  COOK,  Pdblishek, 
No.  18  Wabash  Avbnub. 


CHICAGO,  THUKSDAY,  SEPTEMBER  28,  1882. 


WEEKLY, 
a.OO  Pkr  Tkab. 


J.  BLANCHARD,  Editor, 

MBS.-  if  ii  A^cboK,  [  ^^'^^''^  Editors. 
E.  D.  BA.ILEY,  Cokrkbpondikg  Editor. 

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[Entered  at  tbe  Poet  Oface,  at  Chicago,  111.,  as  3d  Class  Hatter.] 


lASZB  Of  CONTByXS. 


Editorial  : 

Correspondence. .....     1 

State  of  Parties 8 

The  Blaine  Boom 8 

Batavia  Convbntion: 
Thurlow  Weed's  Recol- 
lections     3 

Proceedings 5 

Historical  Reminiscen- 
ces      12 

Contributions  : 
TheiAbdiels  of  Our  Re- 
form      1 

The  Truth  Cuts 7 

Rbform  Stort  : 
Holden    with     Cords 
Chap.     XXII.  ..        2 

CORBBSPONDBNCB : 

Kellertonism  or  Law; 
The  Mt-  Pulaski 
Murderers ;  OurMail    6 


13 


Reform  News  : 
The        Massachusetts 
State  Convention... 
The      Morgan      Monu- 
ment      8 

Books  and  Magazines.     7 
Religious  News  : 
The    Christian  Union 
Meeting ;     The    Re- 
formed   Synod    and 

Freemasonry 13 

Home  and  Farm 14 

Home  Circle 10 

Children's  Corner.  . .  11 

SoHDAT  School  11 

News  of  the  Week.  . .  16 
American  Politics.  ...    9 

Churches  vs.  Lodgery 14 

Anli-masonic  Le  cturers  14 

Then.  C.  a 14 

Publisher's  Dbp't.  ...  16 


This  Numbor 

of  the   Cynosure    completes    the  report  of  the 

Proceedings  at  Batavia,  and  contains  in  full 
'hurlow  Weed's  memorable  letter,  which  will 
be  read  with  interest  almost  as  deep  as  that  felt 
by  the  Convention  when  read  in  its  hearing. 
The  historical  reminiscences  at  the  monument 
fill  another  valuable  page,  and  will  be  contin- 
ued 

IN  CUE  NEXT. 

When  will  also  appear  Mrs.  Mather's  state- 
ment respecting  the  pretended  Mrs.  Monroe, 
and  the  experiences  given  by  seceded  Masons 
on  the  last  evening  which  moved  the  soul  of 
every  listener.  The  addresses  of  Prof.  E.  D. 
Bailey  and  Elders  Hinman  and  Browne  are  also 
promised  for  publication.  Our  edition  last  week 
was  earl^  exhausted,  so  that  extra  copies  cannot 
be  supplied,  much  to  our  regret. 
•-•-• 

The  AhdtusHon  Number 

Of  the  CynoBfu/re,  Sept.  7th,  can  be  supplied  in 
large  quantities  or  small  at  3c.  each.  Remember 
this  is  the  illustrated  paper,  and  the  same  matter 
in  an  an  ordinary  pamphlet  would  be  worth  five 
times  the  amount.  Send  for  this  paper,  and 
scatter  it  among  your  neighbors,  friends  who 
are  canvassing  for  subscribers  send  your  names 
and  get  some  copies  free,  so  many  as  you  can 
wisely  use  to  bring  back  returns. 


NOTICES. 


Indiana. 

The  annual  State  Convention  for  Indiana  will  be  held 
at  Carthage,  Rush  county,  October  24th  and  25lh. 
Friends  of  the  reform  in  the  State  are  urged  to  make  im- 
mediate preparations  to  attend.  The  place  selected  is  a 
grand  one  for  the  convention. 

Signed  by  Ex.  Committee:  8.  L.  Cook,  J.  W.  Lowman. 
Bei^.  Ulsh,  Wm.  Small,  B.  Hansen. 


New    Hampshire. 

The  Sixth  Annual  Convention  of  the  New  Hampshire 
Christian  Association  will  be  held  at  Center  Strafford 
Wednesday  and  Thursday,  October  11th-  and  12th,  A.  D. 
ISaS.    President  J.  Blanchard,  D.D.,  of  Wheaton,  111., 


Rev.  J.  P.Stoddard  of  Chicago,  Prof.  E.  D.Bailey  of 
Worcester,  Mass.,  and  other  brethren  will  address  the 
Convention.  Friends  coming  on  the  Worcestei  and 
Nashua  railroad  please  notify  Deacon  E.  Smith,  Center 
Straflord,  N.  H. ;  those  coming  on  the  Boston  and  Maine, 
Elder  J.  N.  Bartlette,  Center  Barnstead,  N.  H. ;  and  those 
on  the  Dover  and  Alton  railroad,  Frank  Pugsley,  Roch- 
ester, N.  H.  Teams  will  be  waiting  Tuesday  the  10th  at 
Harrington  on  the  first  named  road,  Dover  on  the  second 
and  Rochester  on  the  third.  Entertainment  will  be  free. 
Friends  in  neighboring  States  are  cordially  invited  to  be 
present.  Brethren  in  New  Hampshire,  come  up  to  the 
help  of  the  Lord  against  the  mighty.  Come  praying  that 
the  Holy  Spirit  may  rest  upon  our  convention  with  power 
and  blessing.    By  order  of  the  Executive  Committee. 

8.  C.  Kimball, 
New  Market,  N .  H.  Sec'y  N.  H.  C.  A. 


Illinois. — An  announcement  of  the  Annual  Conven- 
tion of  the  Illinois  Christian  Association  will  be  found 
in  next  week's  Cynosure.  Where  and  when  shall  it  be 
held  ?  Whoever  has  an  answer,  write  to  W.  I.  Phillips, 
Treas.,  221  West  Madison  St.  Friends  here  are  in  favor 
of  Chicago,  and  Nov.  1st  and  2d  as  the  time.  Let  us  hear 
from  all. 


Editorial  Correspondence. 

THE  MONUMENT  CONVENTION. 

Dale,  Wyoming  County,  N.Y. ) 
At  Mr.  F.  W.  Capwell's.  V 
Saturday,  Sept.  16,  1882.  ) 

Readers  of  the  Ctnositke  : — I  am  here  to 
atop  over  Sabbath,  among  hills  crested  with 
woods,  with  springs  in  their  valleys  which  out- 
live the  drouth;  old  orchards,  with  their  little 
hard,  native  seedling  fruit,  being  now  crowded 
out  with  young  cultivated  trees;  in  short,  I  am 
amid  surroundings  exactly  like  the  hills  of  Yer- 
mont,  where  my  young  imaginations  were  all 
born.  The  air  is  balm ;  and  the  fountain  in  front 
of  the  hoi;i8e,  fed  by  a  spring  up  the  hill,  sends 
up  its  graceful  curve  of  water.  I  am  here  as 
one  transformed  into  a  young  man  and  may  as 
well  confess  it. 

I  arose  this  morning  by  light,  and,  forgetting 
the  many  years  walking  with  me,  I  went  up 
some  of  these  hills  to  their  summits.  In  the 
midst  of  a  cornfield  on  one  hill  I  found  a  little 
grave-stone  with  this  epitaph: 

"Behold  a  sweet  and  lovely  child. 
Which  once  so  fair  serenely  smiled. 

Has  bid  the  world  adien . 
He  feels  no  more  the  pangs  of  death, 
Or  breathes  the  agonizing  breath ; 

No  tears  his  cheek  bedew." 

This  is  indigenous  poetry,  evidently,  which 
grew  out  of  these  hills  like  the  shrubs  and  wild 
apple  trees.  I  wandered  on  and  climbed  a  fence 
into  a  hill-pasture,  where,  amid  some  stray  Can- 
ada thistles  (which,  though  hated,  looked  like 
old  friends,)  1  found  a  few  more  grave-stones, 
broken  and  dilapidated,  yet  I  read  on  the  stone 
of  a  young  man,  perhaps  brother  to  the  babe 
sleepmg  in  the  corn-field,  the  following: 

"Dear  children,  think  as  yon  pass  by. 
The  lonely  grave  in  which  1  lie ; 
As  I  am  now  soon  yon  must  be. 
Therefore  prepare  to  follow  me." 

In  these  and  every  other  epitaph  here  I  found 
no  allusion  to  God,  eternity  or  religion.  On  re- 
turning to  the  house  I  learned  they  were  the 
unremoved  remnants  of  an  old  hill  grave-yard, 
and  that  the  family  to  which  they  belonged  were 
men  of  powerful  frames,  who  drank  enormous 
quantities  of  whisky,  and  so  had  no  religion, 
and  left  no  friends  to  remove  their  bones  when 
the  cemetery  was  removed.  The  curee  of  the 
liquor  traffic  thus  follows  beyond  the  grave. 

1  am  here  seven  miles  from  Warsaw,  the 
home  of  Seth  M.  Gates.  I  am  going  to  speak 
in  his  church  to-morrow  if  I  can  speak  on  the 
relation  of  the  lodge  to  the  Christian  religion. 
If  not,  I  will  speak  elsewhere.  When  through 
the  Sabbath  I  will  write  an  account  of  it,  with 
other  interesting  matters.  Here  in  the  small 
village  of  Dale,  at  night  I  preached  for  Bro. 
Hyatt,  whose  name  is  ^miliar  to  the  Cynomire 


readers.  If  I  could  crowd  my  thoughts  and 
feelings  into  a  letter,  my  readers  would  be  as 
happy  in  the  reading  as  I  am  in  the  experience. 

Satueday  eve,,  Sept.  16. — I  have  to-day  vis- 
ited, in  company  with  the  able  and  unwearied 
Mr.  Capwell,  the  several  pastors  in  Warsaw,  N. 
Y.,  and  am  to  preach  there  to-morrow  (Sunday) 
night.  Messrs.  Starry  of  Iowa,  and  Butler  ot 
Missouri,  came  down  from  Batavia  with  me. 
They  have  to-night  gone  over  to  Wyoming  to 
exemplify  the  degrees,  or  one  of  them.  These 
men  have  in  them  all,  Capwell,  Starry  and  But- 
ler, elements  of  great  power  and  will  yet  become 
prominent  men  in  their  respective  States.  The 
readers  of  the  Cynosv/re  will  note  this,  and 
see  if  coming  years  do  not  fulfill  the  predic- 
tion. 

I  intended  to  speak  at  large  and  in  detail  of 
the  Monument  Convention,  but  must  defer  it 
until  I  see  what  Messrs.  Stoddard  and  Kellogg 
have  written.  A  thousand  tokens  indicate  great 
and  speedy  enlargement  of  the  reform. 

Monday  Moen,,  Sept.  18. — I  preached  yes- 
terday evening  in  the  M.  E.  church,  Warsaw, 
N.  Yt,  long  the  home  of  Hon.  Seth  M.  Gates, 
to  an  apparently  interested  and  intelligent  con- 
gregation. Messrs.  Starry  and  Butler,  who  ex- 
emplified the  Entered  Apprentice  degree  *t 
Wyoming  on  Saturday  night,  give  the  first  and 
third  degrees  at  Irving  Hall,  Warsaw,  on  Mon- 
day and  Tuesday  evenings.  Elder  J.  F.  Browne, 
of  Kentucky,  is  to  be  with  them.  Since  Mr. 
Butler  left  his  home  in  Albany,  Missouri,  the 
American  party  there  have  nominated  him  for 
Congress  on  the  American  ticket.  He  is  a 
young,  clear-thinking  man;  and  in  our  judg- 
ment, if  his  life  is  spared  he  will  yet  hold  and 
do  honor  to  a  seat  in  Congress.  I^ext  to  Sec- 
retary Stoddard,  here,  who 

"Has  won 
Golden  opinions  from  all  sorts  of  people." 

Mr.  F.W.  Capwell  has  accomplished  and  is  ac- 
complishing wonders  in  this  part  of  the  State. 
The  meetings  being  held  by  Starry,  Butler  and 
Browne,  are  of  his  procuring.  Mr.  Capwell  is  a 
man  of  mature  age,  tireless  energy,  and  excellent 
business  talents.  He  has  a  beautiful  home  in 
the  hills  back  of  the  village  of  Dale;  and  is 
blessed  with  a  most  excellent  and  happy  family. 
He  is  a  fair  speaker,  and  if  the  American  party 
succeeds,  will  yet  adorn  the  highest  office  in  the 
State. 

The  subject  of  Woman  Suffrage  was  fully 
considered  in  the  Convention,  and  not  a  word 
was  said  against  it.  The  Convention  unanimous- 
ly passed  a  carefully  drawn  paper,  offered  by 
Pres.  C.  A.  Blanchard,  which  was  supplemented 
by  a  general  resolution  offered  by  Tres.  Kep- 
hart,  of  Avalon  College,  Missouri,  whose  coun- 
sels in  the  Convention  were  of  the  utmost  im- 
portance. J.  B. 


The  Abdiels  of  our  Reform. 

BY  P.  S.  FEEMSTEK. 

I  once  traveled  alone  through  a  wild  moun- 
tain region  on  the  headwaters  of  Broad  river, 
North  Carolina.  The  rocky  cliffs  rose  high  on 
either  side  and  streams  ploughed  madly  over 
them. 

The  laurel  and  ivy,  beautiful  but  poisonous, 
were  the  principal  growth,  and  wild  beasts 
lurked  in  the  dens  by  the  roadside.  In  a  quiet 
nook  amidst  those  scenes  of  threatening  gran- 
deur one  single  violet  grew  and  bloomed  alone ; 
that  lone  violet  spoke  volumes  to  me  and  has 
been  a  lasting  inspiration. 

In  this  work  of  reform  many  of  the  churches 
have  looked  down  upon  me  cold  and  grim  as 
rocky  cliffy  and  sometimes    torrents  of  passion 


d 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE. 


September  28, 188» 


have  d^bed  madly  over  them,  and  from  the  dark 
dens  of  the  lodges  angry  men  have  hissed  and 
growled.  Thank  God  for  the  few  lone  wit- 
nesses, brave  witnesses  for  truth  and  purity, 
who  have  helped  and  cheered  me  on  my  way. 

It  is  wonderful  how  much  can  be  accom- 
plished by  one  fearless  witness  for  truth  in  any 
community.  At  Montgomery,  Ala.,  a  wide  door 
was  opened  to  me  by  the  judicious  aid  of  one 
man,  Kev.  K  W.  Fay.  At  Lyons,  Kan.,  I  was 
favored  with  a  reasonably  good  hearing  mainly 
through  the  influence  of  brother  John  Hotter, 
who  is  ever  a  swift  witness  against  the  lodge 
power.  In  Sedgwick  Oity  1  spoke  to  goodly 
congregations  and  was  enabled  to  bear  testi- 
mony to  the  tru^h  in  the  very  teeth  of  the  lodge 
Hon,  with  none  to  stand  by  me  but  the  Kier 
family. 

I  mention  these  simply  as  illustrations,  not 
because  they  are  the  only  ones  who  have  met 
me  with  bread  and  water  and  have  stood  brave- 
ly by  me  in  the  thickest  of  the  fight.  There 
have  been  many  others  just  as  brave  and  just  as 
true  whose  names  may  not  be  known  on  earth 
but  who  will  no  doubt  stand  at  last  in  that  great 
company  "who  came  out  of  great  tribulation 
and  have  washed  their  robes  and  made  them 
white  in  the  blood  of  the  Lamb." 

At  other  points    where    many  claimed   in  a 

?met  way  that  lodge  worship  was  false  worship, 
have  walked  to  the  appointed  place  alone, 
opened  the  house  and  lit  the  lamps  with  my 
.own  hand,  and  bore  my  testimony  against  the 
devil  worship  to  those  who  gathered  there  with- 
out one  word  of  sympathy  from  any  source 
whatever. 

I  have  often  wondered  if  Paul  felt  the^e 
things  as  keenly  as  I  do  when  he  wrote  to  Tim 
oth,  "At  my  first  answer  no  man  stood  with  me 
but  all  men  forsook  me.  I  pray  God  it  may  not 
be  laid  to  their  charge." 

When  I  see  lodges  fattening  on  the  coward- 
ice of  their  foes,  and  growing  strong  in  places 
where  the  faithful  testimony  of  those  who  see 
and  know  their  evil  nature  would  wipe  them 
out.  I  realize  as  I  never  did  before  why  the 
fearfid  are  classed  in  Rev.  21:8  with  the  unbe- 
Ueving  and  ahommdble  and  murderers  and 
whoremongers  and  sorcerers.,  and  idolaters  and 
all  liars,  and  doomed  to  the  lake  which  burns 
with  fire  and  brimstone. 

Business  men  are  fearful  that  they  will  hurt 
their  trade.  Preachers  are  fearful  that  they 
will  lose  their  salaries  and  congregations.  Whole 
denominations  are  fearful  that  they  will  not  be 
able  to  keep  step  with  their  sister  denomina- 
tions in  the  mad  scramble  for  numbers,  wealth 
and  social  power.  Hence  all  unite  to  crowd 
out,  frown  out  or  freeze  out  the  dreaded  testi- 
mony to  the  truth.  May  the  Lord  grant  grace 
to  the  faithful  even  unto  death  in  this  struggle 
for  truth. 


REFORM  STORY. 


Holden 

u 


PEOPLE, 


')    (i 


A  suNinr 


W  here  t/ieMoney  Goes. 

-,  yfhen  secret  society  leaders  fall  we  get  some 
tru*^^h.  The  following  from  the  Royal  Templa/r 
is  light  on  secret  darkness. 

"Members  of  the  order  bear  in  mind  this 
fact,  that  while  the  self-elected  Supreme  Coun- 
cilor, so-called,  was  drawing  one  hundred  dollars 
a  month  from  the  order,  and  eating  the  bread  of 
idleness,  the  editor  of  the  Royal  Templa/r  was 
working  day  and  night  to  earn  money  to  publish 
a  paper  devoted  to  the  order,  and  never  received 
even  his  just  dues  from  the  Supreme  Council, 
for  work  done. 

While  the  would-be  publisher  of  the  official 
pf^per  draws  nearly  fifteen  hundred  dollars  a 
•yeay  ifrom  the  order,  the  publisher  of  the  Royal 
"Territvlar  has  spent  in  hard  cash  nearly  fifteen 
hun<^'ed  dollars  and  years  of  time  and  more 
value  than  money. 

That  the  Royal  Tmvpla/r  has  done  more  to 
build  up  the  or(^er  than  any  other  means,  we 
call  upon  the  man,  C.  K.  Porter,  who  bears  wit- 
neai,  and  his  evidence  is  true  as  published  in 
his,  annual  report. 

Betweeu  the  Royal  Templar,  the  paper  of 
the  people,  and  the  paper  published  by  tne  Su- 
preme Council,  we  call  upon  the  members  of 
the  order  to  decide.  From  their  verdict  there 
^6  no  appeal'^ 


with  Cords. 

OY  THE  AUTHOR   OF 

LIFE,"  ETC. 
Chapter  XXII—CotMnued. 

Eachel  uttered  a  low  cry  of  horror.  I  was 
silent — struck  dumb  with  the  reflection  of  Elder 
Cushing's  speech,  and  the  coarse,  horrible  jest- 
ing which  nad  succeeded  it.  Every  allusion 
made  by  Darius  Fox,  and  the  group  of  which 
he  was  the  center,  most  of  them  Royal  Arch 
Masons  like  himself,  grew  clear  as  daylight. 
They  were  talking  about  the  murder  of  Captain 
Morgan ;  Elder  Cushing  knew  it  and  that 
benign  smile  and  smooth  speech  was  intended  to 
blind  me  as  well  as  some  others  in  the  lodge  to 
a  truth  it  was  thought  best  not  to  have  us  learn 
too  suddenly. 

"How  do  you  know  Captain  Morgan  has  been 
murdered?"  I  inquired  at  last. 

"From  the  best  authorities  possible — Masons 
themselves.  Full  five  weeks  before  he  was  kid- 
napped in  Canandaigua,  I  heard  the  subject  dis- 
cussed at  a  meeting  of  the  Chapter,  in  a  way 
that  left  no  doubt  on  my  mind  what  the  fra- 
ternity intended.  A  minister  of  the  Gospel,  a 
Royal  Arch  Mason,  gave  me  my  first  informa- 
tion that  Captain  Morgan  was  writing  out  the 
secrets  of  Masonry.  He  said  that  Morgan  had 
forfeited  his  life  by  the  act,  and  he  himself 
would  be  willing  to  be  one  of  a  number  to  put 
him  out  of  the  way  ;  for  he  believed  God  regard- 
ed the  Masonic  institution  with  so  much  com- 
placency that  he  would  never  allow  his  murder- 
ers— his  executioners,  I  believe  was  the  word  he 
used — to  suffer  for  the  deed.  I  understood 
from  a  reliable  source  that  'Morgan  and  Miller 
were  both  apprised  of  this  danger  and  pre- 
pared for  defence  or  I  should  have  sent  them 
warning." 

"But  how  does  it  happen — ^" 
"That  I  know  so  much  more  about  this  horri- 
ble business  than  you?"  said  Mark,  anticipating 
my  unuttered  question.  "You  are  only  a  Mas- 
ter Mason;  you  have  promised  to  keep  every 
secret  of  a  brother  Mason,  murder  and  treason 
excepted.  But  I  am  a  Royal  Arch  Mason;  I 
have  promised  to  keep  all  a  companion's  secrets, 
murder  and  treason  not  excepted.  Furthermore 
I  am  what  they  call  a  high  Mason;  as  high  as 
Elder  Cushing  himself.  I  took  the  Ineffable 
Degrees  in  the  city  of  New  York.  I  am  a 
Knight  Templar;  I  have  drank  of  wine  from  a 
human  skull,  and  over  the  horrible  draught  I 
have  invoked  in  awful  terms  a  double  damnation 
on  my  soul  if  I  violate  the  least  of  my  Masonic 
obligations.  You  and  Rachel  look  horrified.  I 
don't  wonder;  but  I  speak  the  words  of  truth 
and  soberness  when  I  affirm  that  this  is  actually 
what  1  and  every  other  Knight  Templar  has 
done.  It  is  called  'the  sealed  libation'  because 
it  seals  all  other  obligations  the  candidate  has 
taken  or  will  take.  Henceforth  he  is  bound  by 
double  penalties, — a  horrible  death  and  perdition 
on  his  soul,  both  invoked  by  his  own  lips.  What 
wonder  that  the  secret  of  Morgan's  murder  can 
pass  safely  and  silently  from  one  Knight  Temp- 
lar to  another  without  the  smallest  fear  of  dis- 
closure!" 

"But  if  this  is  so,  Mark,  how  dare  you^— "  And 
again  I  stopped  while  Mark  completed  the  un- 
finished inquiry. 

"How  dare  I  reveal  all  this,  you  mean?  But 
it  is  a  very  small  part  of  what  I  intend  to  reveal 
to  the  world  should  God  spare  my  life.  I  am. 
Masonry's  slave  no  longer,  I  am  Christ's  free- 
man. And  if  the  foul  institution  whose  hands 
are  red  to-day  with  the  blood  of  Morgan  should 
require  my  life  also,  may  He  give  me  strength 
not  to  shrink  from  the  sacrifice !" 

"  But  O,  Mark  1  my  brother,  be  careful  1 " 
cried  Rachel,  turning  pale  ;  while  I  put  in  a 
word  or  two  of  caution.  "  Don't  go  to  throw- 
ing away  your  young  life,  Mark.  You  can 
bear  testimony  in  a  quiet  way,  and  do  just  as 
much  good,  perhaps  more  than  by  testifying 
publicly." 

But  when  once  the  martyr  spirit  is  fully 
rousied  in  man  or  woman  words  of  mere  worldly 
prudence  will  go  as  far  to^yarda  quenching  it  as 
water  poured  on  Greek  tire. 
.  "A};,  Rachel  and  Leander;  you  both  love  me 


but  you  must  forgive  me  if  I  have  already  taken 
counsel  of  a  higher  wisdom  than  yours.  Why 
should  I  continue  to  deny  the  Lord  that  bought 
me?  If  I  have  let  fear  and  shame  govern  me  in 
the  past,  must  they  hold  a  base  dominion  over 
me  all  my  life?  Kever!" 

"But  Mark—" 

"He  that  loveth  his  life  shall  lose  it.  He  that 
hateth  his  life  in  this  world  shall  keep  it  unto 
life  eternal;"  answered  Mark,  solemnly.  "I  have 
learned  not  to  fear  them  which  kill  the  body. 
And  if  you  want  to  know  where,  it  was  in  an 
encampment  of  Knight  Templars,  when  I  saw 
the  sword  of  every  Sir  Knight  in  the  room 
drawn  to  charge  upon  me,  a  poor,  shivering, 
helpless  wretch,  because  1  refused  either  to  drink 
wine  from  a  human  skull  or  take  the  blasphem- 
ous oath  required  of  me;  and  was  told  by  the 
Most  Eminent,  'Pilgrim,  you  here  see  the 
swords  of  your  companions  drawn  to  defend  you 
in  the  discharge  of  every  duty  we  require  of 
you.  They  are  also  drawn  to  avenge  any  viola- 
tion of  the  rules  of  our  order.  We  expect  you 
to  proceed  !'  For  one  instant  I  thought  I  would 
submit  to  anything,  even  death  itself  first.  And 
then  a  clergyman  who  was  an  acquaintance  of 
mine,  and  had  accompanied  me — all  the  rest 
were  utter  strangers — stepped  forward  and  told 
me  that  he  and  the  rest  of  the  Sir  Knights  had 
taken  the  oath  and  drank  of  the  fifth  libation ; 
that  it  was  all  perfectly  proper,  and  would  be 
qualified  to  my  satisfaction.  Fear  accomplished 
tne  rest.  I  drank  the  cup  of  a  double  cur<»e, 
but  better  I  had  died  a  martyr's  death  on  the 
points  of  those  naked  swords  than  have  done  it ! 
Satan  desired  to  have  me  that  he  might  sift  mo 
as  wheat;  but  now  that  I  am  converted  shall  I 
not  strengthen  my  brethren,  bound  in  these  ter- 
rible meshes, — longing  to  escape,  yet  seeing  no 
way  of  deliverance?  Shall  I  not  by  revealing 
all  I  know  of  this  monstrous  system  save  other 
poor  souls  from  being  fooled  and  betrayed  as  I 
have  been?" 

I  looked  at  Mark  in  a  wonder  which  was  due 
to  the  fact  that  while  his  Masonic  obligations  to 
secrecy  seemed  to  rest  on  him  with  the  light- 
ness of  a  feather's  weight,  I  felt  them  as  bmd- 
ing  as  ever  on  me,  and  did  not  understand  how- 
he  with  his  more  delicate  moral  sense  could  dis- 
pose of  them  so. easily.  Mark  must  have  under- 
stood the  look,  for  he  continued, —  ' 

"Not  a  single  one  of  those  unholy  vows  ha^]| 
the  least  binding  force  on  my  conscience.  Once 
they  bound  my  whole  soul  and  mind  and  will  as  - 
with  fetters  oi  adamant,  but  now  the  law  of  the 
spirit  of  liberty  in  Christ  Jesus  hath  made  me 
free  from  the  law  of  sin  and  death.  Those  vows 
were  made  to  Satan  and  not  to  God.  Shall  I  by 
continuing  to  regard  them  acknowledge  his  au- 
thority over  me?  Shall  I  have  secret  fellowship 
with  the  unfruitful  works  of  darkness  because 
too  cowardly  to  come  out  boldly  on  the  Lprd's 
side  and  expose  them?  Shall  I  give  the  god  of 
the  lodge  even  a  silent  worship? — for  it  has  a 

fod,  and  lately  I  have  found  out  his  name.  Not 
ehovah,  maker  and  preserver  of  men;  not  Jesus 
Christ,  our  ever  blessed  Redeemer.  His  name  is 
Baal,  the  sun-god  of  ancient  Moab  and  idolatrous 
Israel.  And  in  every  lodge  all  over  the  land 
are  practiced  rites  borrowed  from  the  old  pagan 
mysteries;  the  same  that  Ezekiel  described  in 
his  vision,  'Behold  at  the  door  of  the  temple  of 
the  Lord,  between  the  porch  and  the  altar  were . 
five  and  twenty  men  with  their  backs  toward  the 
temple  of  the  Lord  and  their  faces  toward  the 
east.  And  they  worshipped  the  sun  towards 
the  east.'  You  and  I,  Leander,  did  exactly 
what  those  old  idolatrous  Jews  did  when  we 
were  conducted  round  the  lodge  three  times 
with  our  faces  towards  the  east.  W'e  too,  were 
worshipping  the  sun,  or  call  it  by  another  name, 
Baal." 

"But  how  did  you  find  out  all  this,  Mark?" 
said  I,  in  mingled  astonishment  and  perplexity, 
greater  if  possible  than  when  I  sat  in  Benjamin 
Hagan's  cabin,  and  listened  to  the  honest  back- 
woods preacher  as  he  weighed  the  boasted  moral- 
ity of  tne  lodge  in  the  scales  of  the  Ten  Com- 
mandments and  found  it— wanting.  * 

"The  murder  of  Morgan  was  the  first  thing 
that  opened  my  eyes;  and  this  little  book," 
added  Mark,  at  the  same  time  drawing  a  small 


SeptemW  98,  188d 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURB. 


yolume  from  hia  coat  pocket  which  he  handed 
to  me;  "has,  under  God,  been  the  instrument 
of  converting  me  forever  from  the  worship  of 
this  false,  unclean,  red-handed  deity  of  the  lodge. 
I  turned  it  over.  It  was  entitled:  "An  In- 
Quiryinto  the  Origin  and  Nature  t)f  Specula- 
five  Freemasonry,  by  Elder  John  G.  Stearns. 
Mark  continued,  . 

"Quite  as  much  for  the  crime  of  introducing 
this  book  to  the  notice  of  some  of  my  Masonic 
acquaintances,  as  for  my,  outspoken  abhorrence 
of  Captain  Morgan's  murder,  a  hint  was  soon 
dropped  me  by  the  Faculty— all  high  Masons— 
that  my  resignation  would  be  acceptable.  Of 
course  I  resigned  at  once,  though  1  let  them 
know  at  the  same  time  that  I  understood  per- 
fectly well  the  reason  of  my  dismissal.  Now 
you  and  Rachel  know  the  whole  story.  I  have 
come  home  a  humbler,  wiser  and  I  trust  better 
man  than  when  I  went  away.  I  believe  the 
Lord  has  a  work  waiting  for  me.  Till  he  shows 
me  when  and  how  to  take  it  up  I  shall  go  back 
and  fill  my  old  place  on  the  farm.  And  now, 
Leander,  1  have  a  question  to  ask.  Are  you  con- 
tent to  remain  longer  connected  with  the  insti- 
tution that  has  taken  the  life  of  Morgan?" 

"No;  and  may  heaven  bear  witness  that  I  leave 
it  henceforth  forever,"  I  answered  solemnly. 
And  then  Rachel,  who  had  sat  silent  hitherto, 
gazing  in  blank  bewilderment  from  one  to  the 
other,  as  what  woman  would  not  on  discovering 
that  her  nearest  male  relatives  have  been  secret- 
ly practicing  heathenism,  turned  to  me  with  the 
quick  tears  of  a  sudden  joy  in  her  eyes,— 

"  Now  you    are  mine,  Leander,  ail    mine! 
Nothing  to  come  between  us  more.  Thank  God !" 
I  clasped  her  hand  silently,  and  it  was  like  a 
second  sealing  of  our  marriage  vows. 

"Leander ,'°  said  Mark,  as  we  were  parting  for 
the  night,  "I  know  your  grandfather  is  a  zealous 
Mason.  What  does  he  say  about  this  aflEair  of 
Morgan's?"  ■       _, 

"Very  little;  but  1  think  you  will  find  it  hard 
to  convince  him  that  Morgan  is  not  alive  and 
safe  somewhere  in  Canada,"  1  answered.  For 
the  fact  was,  my  grandfather  though  hitherto 
iLe  most  easy  and  good  natured  of  beings,  had 
developed  of  late  such  a  strange  testiness  in  re- 

fard  to  this  one  particular  subject,  that  I  hardly 
new  what  to  think  of  him.  He  refused  to  lis- 
t*>n  to  the  least  hint  of  any  suspicion  on  my  part 
that  Morgan  might  have  possibly  fallen  a  victim 
to  Masonic  vengeance.  "Don't  talk  nonsense  to 
me,  Leander,"  was  his  invariable  way  of  dispos- 
ing of  the  subject;  and  alter  a  few  attempts  I 
fin  all  V  shut  my  mouth  and  talked  no  more  of 
the  objectionable  "nonflense." 

The  next  morning  we  went  over  to  see  him. 
There  had  been  a  sharp  frost  during  the  night 
and  my  grandfather,  who  suffered  much  with 
rheumatism,  and  felt  keenly  the  sudden  oncom- 


Thurlow  Weed's  Recollections   of  the  Abduction  of 
William   Morgan. 


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.„^  of  cold  weather,  we  found  seated  in  the 
kitchen — which  no  one  om-fait  in  the  domestic 
economy  of  those  primitive  days  will  need  to  be 
informed  was,  in  ordinary  cases,  the  family 
sitting  room — enjoying  the  warmth  of  the 
bright  fire  blazing  in  the  huge  fire-place.  He 
shook  hands  heartily  with  Mark,  and  the  latter 
after  replying  to  sundry  surprised  exclamations 
and  inquiries  from  my  mother  and  Miss  Loker, 
took  a  seat  beside  him  and  quietly  told  the  aw- 
ful tidings. 

But  contrary  to  all  my  expectation  there  was 
no  impatient  outburst  of  disbelief  on  my 
grandfather's  part.  He  sat  for  a  moment  not 
speaking  a  word,  his  head  bowed  and  his  eyes 
fixed  on  the  floor. 

"I  can  bring  proof  if  that  is  necessary;"  said 
Mark  who  felt  as  I,  at  a  loss  to  interpret  his  silence. 
"Proof !  I  want  no  proof."    And  my  grand- 
father  rose  up,  tall,  straight  as  in  the  days  of 
his  youth;  and  taking  off  the  glistening  Masonic 
badge  that  he  had  worn  for  so  many  years,  he 
walked  up  to  the  fire  blazing  on  the  hearth  and 
deliberately  flung    it    into    the  flames,  while 
my  mother  and  Miss  Loker  looked  on,  amazed. 
"I  want  no  proof;"  he  repeated.    "It  is  all 
there,— in  the  Entered  Apprentice  oath.     Fool 
that  I  was  never  to  see  it  before!" 

And  tottering  back  to  his  chair,  the  excite- 
ment over,  my  grandfather  bowed  hia  gray  head 
and  wept. 


Prepared  at  th«  Bequest  of  thm  Secretary  of  the  y.  C.  A.  anA 
read  in  ttie  NatUmal  ConvetUUnt.  at  Batavta,  Sep.  14. 

New  York,  September  9th,  1882. 
Dear  Sir  :— I  have  delayed  the  answer  to 
your  letter  inviting  me  to  attend  the  unveiling 
of  the  monument  of  Captain  William  Morgan 
in  the  hope  that  I  should  be  able  to  be  present  on 
that  occasion.  n      .  • 

Impaired  vision,  added  to  other  infirmities, 
prevents  my  going  far  from  home.  The  occa- 
sion is  one  that  recalls  an  event  of  startling  in- 
terest, arousing  deep,  popular  feeling,  first  at 
Batavia,  Leroy,  Canandaigua  and  Rochester; 
then  pervading  our  own,  and  other  States.  Af- 
ter reading  the  proceedings  of  a  meeting  at  Ba- 
tavia with  the  Hon.  David  E.  Evans  as  presiding 
oflScer,  I  wrote  a  six  line  paragraph  for  the  Ro- 
chester Telegraph,  in  which  f  stated  that  a  citi- 
zen of  Batavia  had  been  spirited  away  from  his 
home  and  family  and  that  after  a  mysterious 
absence  of  several  days  a  village  meeting  had 
been  held  and  a  committee  of  citizens  appoint- 
ed to  investigate  the  matter;  adding,  as  it  was 
known  that  Freemasons  were  concerned  in  this 
abduction,  it  behooved  the  fraternity  whose 
good  name  was  suffering  to  take  the  laboring 
oar  in  restoring  the  lost  man  to  his  liberty. 

That  paragraph   brought  dozens  of  our  most 
influential  citizens  greatly  excited  to  the  office, 
stopping  the  paper  and  ordering  the  discontinu- 
ance of  their    advertisements.     I    inquired  of 
my  partner,  Robert  Martin,  what  I  had  done  to 
exasperate  so  many  of  our  friends.   He  brought 
me  a  book  and  directed  my  attention  to  an  ob- 
ligation involving  severe  penalties  as  a  punish- 
ment for  disclosing  the    secrets  of  Masons,  in- 
quiring what  I  thought  of  a  man  who  after  ta- 
king such    obligation,    violated  it?    I  replied 
that  I  did  not  know  any  punishment  too  severe 
for  such  a  perjurer.    The  discontinuance  of  the 
paper  embraced  so  large    a    number  of  its  pa- 
trons, I  saw  that  my  brief,  and    as  I  supposed, 
very  harmless  paragraph  would  ruin  the  estab- 
lishment.    Unwilling   that    my  partner  should 
suffer,  I  promptly  withdrew,  leaving  the  estab- 
lishment in  the  hands  of  Mr.  Martin.     The  pa- 
par  was  doing  well,  and  until  that  paragraph  ap- 
peared, my  business  future  was  all  I  could  desire. 
At  that  time  an  editor  was  wanted  at  Utica, 
where  I  had  formerly    worked  and  where  1  had 
many  friends,  but  my  ofler  to  go  there  was  de- 
clined.    I  was    equally    unfortunate  in  my  ap- 
plication for  employment  at  Troy.     The  objec- 
tion in  both  cases  was  that  I  had  been  too  busy 
in  getting  up  an  excitement  about  Morgan. 

Meantime  the  mystery  deepened  and  public 
meetings  were  held  in   several  villages,  Roches- 
ter included.    In  the    meeting  at  Rochester  it 
was  assumed  that  all  good   citizens  would  unite 
in  an  effort  to  vindicate  the  law.    A  committee 
was  appointed,    consisting    of  seven,    three  of 
whom  were  Masons.    It    was    soon  discovered 
that  the  three  Masons    went  from  the  commit- 
tee, to  the  lodge  rooms.    It    was  subsequently 
ascertained  that  two    of  these  gentlemen  were 
concerned  in  the  abduction ;  and    that  Morgan 
had  been  committed  to  the  jail  in  Canandaigua 
on  a  false  charge    of  larceny,    and  that  he  had 
been  carried  from  thence    secretly  by  night  to 
Fort  Niagara.    The  committee  encountered  an 
obstacle  in  obtaining  indictments  in  five  of  the 
six  counties    where   indictments    were  needed. 
The  sheriffs  who    summoned    the  grand  juries 
were  Freemasons.    In  four  counties  no  indict- 
ments could  be  obtained.    In  Ontario,  however, 
the  District  Attorney,  Bowen  Whiting,  and  the 
Sheriff,  Joseph   Garlinghouse,   regarded  obliga- 
tions to  the  laws  of  the  State  paramount.    Sher- 
iff Garlinghouse  and  District  Attorney  Whiting 
discharged  their  duties  independently  and  hon- 
estly.    As  the  investigations  proceeded  the  evi- 
dence increased  that    Morgan  had  been  unlaw- 
fully confined  in    the    Canandaigua  jail  and  se- 
cretly conveyed  to  Fort  Niagara,  where  he  was 
confined  in    the    magazine.    There    was  every 
reason  to  believe  that    he    was   taken  from  the 
magazine  and  drowned  in  Lake  Ontario.     This, 
however,  was  so  boldly  and  pel-sistently  denied 
— denials  accompanied  by  solemn  assurances  that 
Morgan  had  been  seen  alive  in  several  places 


thsct  the  public  sentiment  was  divided. 

At  town  meetings  several  months  after  Mor- 
gan's disappearance  the  question  was  carried 
into  politics.  A  large  number  of  zealous  Anti- 
masons  determined  to  make  political  issue. 
Solomon  Southwick  was  nominated  for  Gover- 
Our  committee  firmly   resisted    all  such 


nor.     V.-. —-    J  . 

efforts,  urging  all  who  were  connected  with  UB 
in  an  effort  to  vindicate  the  law,  to  vote  for  the 
candidates  of  the  party  with  which  they  had 
been  previously  connected.  We  endeavored  to 
induce  the  Whig  State  Convention  to  nominate 
Francis  Granger,  but  failing  in  that,  we  gave 
our  support  to  Judge  Smith  Tompkins.  After- 
wards at  a  village  election  in  Rochester,  Dr.  F. 
F.  Backus,  who  had  been  treasurer  by  a  unani- 
mous vote  of  electors  from  the  time  the  village 
charter  had  been  obtained,  was  again  the  candi- 
date of  both  parties.  No  whisper  of  opposi- 
tion was  heard  before  the  election  or  at  the 
polls,  but  when  the  votes  were  canvaesed  a  ma- 
jority appeared  in  favor  of  Dr.  John  B.  Elwood. 
Dr.  iBackus  was  an  active  and  influential  naem- 
ber  of  the  Morgan  investigating  committee ; 
that  astouding  result  produced  an  instantaneous 
change. 

Political  Anti-masonry  fvom  that  moment 
and  for  that  reason  became  an  element  in  our 
elections.  It  was  alleged  and  extensively  be- 
lieved of  the  "infected  district,"  that  the  "Mor- 
gan Committee,"  to  gratify  personal  aspirations 
went  voluntarily  into  politics.  Those  allega- 
tions were  as  untruthful  as  they  were  unjust. 
It  was  not  until  we  ascertained  that  the  frater- 
nity by  a  secret  movement  was  strong  enough 
to  defeat  the  candidate  of  both  political  parties 
that  we  consented  to  join  issue  with  them  po- 
litically. ,.  .^, 

In  the  Autumn  of  1827,  the  discovery  of  the 
body  of  an  unknown  man  on  the  shore  of  Lake 
Ontario,  near  the  mouth  of  Oak  Orchard  Creek, 
gave  a  new  and    absorbing    aspect  to  the  ques- 
tion.    The    description    of  that  body,   as  pub- 
lished by  the  coroner  who   held  an  inquest  over 
it,  induced  a  belief  that  it  was  the  body  of  Wm. 
Morgan.     Our   committee   decided   to  hold  an- 
other inquest.     Impressed  with  the  importance 
and  responsibility  of  the  question,  I  gave  pubr 
lie  notice  of  our  intentions    and  personally  in- 
vited several  citizens   who  had  known  Morgan 
to  be  present.     One  of  our    committee  went  to 
Batavia  to  secure  the  attendance  of  Mrs.  Mor- 
gan, and  as  many    others    who    knew  him  as 
would  attend.     The    body    had   been  interred 
where  it  was  found.     The  rude  coffin  was  ojjen- 
ed  in  the  presence    of  between    forty  and  fifty 
persons.     When  it  was   reached   and  before  re- 
moving the  lid,  I  received    from   Mrs.  Morgan 
and  others  who  knew  him  well,  descriptions  of 
his  person.     Mrs.    Morgan    described  the  color 
of  his  hair,  a  scar   upon   his   foot,  and  that  his 
teeth  were  double    all  round.     Dr.  Strong  con- 
firmed Mrs.  Morgan's  statement   about  double 
teeth,  one  of  which  he  had  extracted,  while  an- 
other was  broken,  indicating  the  Position  of  the 
extracted  and  broken    tooth.     When  the  coffin 
was  opened  the  body  disclosed  the  peculiarities 
described  by  Mrs.  Morgan  and  Dr.  Strong. 

This  second  inquest  and  the  examinations  of 
the  body  proceeded  in  open  day,  and  in  the 
presence  of  Masons  and  Anti-masons,  not  one 
of  whom  dissented  from  the  coroner's  jury 
by  which  the  body  wa^  unanimously  declared  to 
be  that  of  William  Morgan.  Mrs.  Morgan  in 
the  testimony  failed  to  recognize  the  clothes. 
The  body  was  taken  to  Batavia  where  it  was 
re-interred ;  no  one  as  yet  expressing  any  doubt 
of  its  identity.  .  .no- 

Subsequently,  however,  we  were  surprised 
by  a  statement  that  the  body  supposed  to  be 
that  of  Morgan  was  alleged  to  be  a  body  of 
Timothy  Monroe,  who  had  been  drowned  in  the 
Niac'ara  River  several  weeks  before  holding  the 
firstln quest.  This  awakened  general  and  in- 
tense feeling.  Notice  was  given  that  a  third  in- 
quest would  be  held  at  Batavia,  where  the  wid- 
ow and  son  of  Timothy  Monroe  appeared  as  wit- 
nesses. Mrs.  Monroe  swore  to  a  body  essen- 
tially different  from  that  found  at  Oak  Orchard 
Creek.  Her  husband  she  said  had  black  hair 
that  had  been  recently  cut  and  stood  erect.  Her 
testimony  made  her  husband  from  three  to  four 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE. 


September  28,  188$ 


inches  taller  than  that  of  the  body  in  question. 
She  testified  that  her  husband  had  double  teeth 
all  round  and  described  an  extracted  tooth  from 
the  wrong  jaw  and  knew  nothing  of  tlie  broken 
tooth.  The  hair  upon  the  head  of  the  drowned 
man  was  long,  silky  and  of  a  chestnut  color. 
While  that  of  Monroe,  according  to  the  testi- 
mony of  Mrs.  Monroe  and  son,  was  short,  black 
and  close  cut.  While  Mrs.  Monroe  failed  in 
describing  the  body,  her  description  of  the  cloth- 
ing was  minutely  accurate,  the  heel  of  a  stock- 
ing was  described  as  having  been  darned  with 
yarn  different  in  color.  Her  cross  examination 
was  very  rigid,  her  answers  throughout  were 
found  to  be  correct.  The  clothing  thus  de- 
Bcribed  had  been  in  possession  of  the  coroner, 
who  testified  that  It  had  not  been  seen  either  by 
Mrs.  Monroe  or  any  stranger  from  whom  she 
could  have  obtained  information.  On  the  other 
hand  Mrs.  Morgan's  description  of  the  body, 
before  she  had  seen  it,  was  quite  as  satisfactory 
as  Mrs.  Monroe's  description  of  the  clothes. 
Our  committee  took  no  part  in  the  inquest  and 
the  body,  as  is  known,  was  declared  to  be  that 
of  Timothy  Monroe. 

This  served  to  extend  and  intensify  "excite- 
ment." It  was  everywhere  charged  and  largely 
believed  that  I  had  mutilated  the  body  in  ques- 
tion for  the  purpose  of  making  it  resemble  that 
of  Captain  William  Morgan.  I  encountered 
prejudices  thus  created  both  in  Paris  and  Lon- 
don twenty  years  afterward.  Our  investigations 
were  embarrassed  and  protracted  by  the  absence 
and  concealment  of  important  witnesses.  One 
of  those  witnesses  was  an  invalid  soldier  who 
had  the  care  of  Morgan  while  confined  in  the 
magazine  at  Fort  Niaerara ;  but  he  disappeared 
and  every  effort  to  find  him  was  unavailine:  for 
more  than  a  year.  I  finally  traced  him  (Adams) 
to  Brookfield,  a  mountain  town  in  Vermont.  On 
our  way  back,  he  at  different  times  stated  that 
hearing  a  noise  in  the  magazine  he  reported  it 
to  Mr.  Edward  Giddins,  keeper  of  the  Fort, 
who  told  him  that  a  stranger  was  lodged  there 
who,  in  a  day  or  two  would  be  taken  to  his 
friends  in  Canada,  but  nothing  must  be  said 
about  it.  He  then  from  time  to  time  carried 
food  to  the  perfon.  Soon  afterwards  near  mid- 
night he  was  told  to  have  a  boat  in  readiness  for 
the  purpose  of  taking  away  the  man  in  the 
magazine.  Several  gentlemen  arrived  in  a  car- 
riage by  whom  the  man  was  taken  from  the 
magazine  and  escorted  to  the  boat.  Adams  was 
told  to  remain  on  the  dock  until  the  boat  should 
return  and  that  if  in  the  mean  time  any  alarm 
Bhould  be  given,  he  was  to  show  a  signal  to  warn 
the  boat  away.  As  nothing  of  this  kind  occurred 
the  boat  returned  quietly,  and  as  of  the  six  who 
left  in  the  boat  only  five  returned  he  supposed 
that  one  had  gone  to  his  friends  in  Canada. 

Adams  was  wanted  as  a  witness  in  trials  then 
pending  in  Canandaigua.  We  reached  that  place 
m  the  afternoon  of  the  day  the  court  convened. 
Three  men  were  on  trial  for  the  abduction ;  the 
testimony  of  Adams  was  essential  to  complete 
the  link.  On  being  called  to  the  stand  he  denied 
all  knowledge  bearing  upon  the  question.  He  re- 
sided, he  said,  at  the  time  specified,  in  the  Fort, 
but  knew  no  man  being  confined  in  the  maga- 
zine; knew  nothing  of  men  coming  there  at 
night  in  a  carriage;  and  knew  nothing  of  a  man 
being  taken  from  there  in  a  boat.  His  denials 
covering  the  whole  ground  were  full  and  explic- 
it. That,  for  the  time  being,  ended  the  matter. 
When  the  court  adjourned,  I  walked  across  the 
square  with  Judge  Howell,  who  presided,  and 
wno  remarked  to  me,  that  I  had  made  a  long 
journey  for  nothing,  my  witness,  Adams,  being 
Ignorant  of  the  whole  affair.  General  Vincent 
Mathews  of  Rochester,  who  was  walking  on  the 
other  side  of  the  Judge,  replied  with  much 
feeling,  that  "the  old  rascal  had  not  uttered  one 
word  of  truth  while  he  was  on  the  stand."  Gen- 
eral Mathews  was  the  leading  counsel  for  the 
kidnappers,  but  refused  to  be  a  party  in  tamper- 
ing with  witnesses.  On  our  return  to  Rochester 
the  witness  Adams  was  in  an  extra  stage  with 
his  Masonic  friends.  As  there  was  no  longer 
any  need  of  hiding,  he  was  on  his  way  to  Niag- 
ara. In  passing  the  Mansion  House,  Rochester, 
Adams,  who  was  standing  in  the  door-way, 
iMked  me  to  itop,  saying    he  wanted  to  explain 


his  testimony.  The  lawyers,  he  said,  informed 
him  that  if  he  told  what  he  knew  about  the 
magazine  and  the  boat,  it  would  be  a  confession 
which  would  send  him  to  States  prison.  They 
also  told  him  that  the  law  did  not  compel  a  wit- 
ness to  criminate  himself;  and,  to  avoid  punish- 
ment, he  must  deny  the  whole  story. 

In  1881,  after  my  removal  from  Rochester  to 
Albany,  a  libel  suit  was  commenced  against  me 
by  General  Gould  of  Rochester.  It  was  tried 
at  Albany.  Judge  James  Van  Derpoel  presid- 
ing. The  libel  charged  General  Gould  with 
giving  money  he  received  from  the  Royal  Arch 
Grand  Chapter  to  pay  Smith  and  John  Whit- 
ney, to  enable  them  to  escape  from  justice. 
Gerrit  L.  Dox,  treasurer  of  the  Grand  Chapter, 
and  John  Whitney,  one  of  the  recipients  of  the 
money,  were  in  court  to  establish  the  truth  of 
the  libel.  Mr.  Dox  testified  that  a  "charity 
fund"  had  been  entrusted  to  General  Gould. 
John  Whitney  was  called  to  prove  that  he  re- 
ceived a  part  of  the  fund,  with  which,  in  com- 
pany with  Burage  Smith,  he  left  Rochester  and 
was  absent  nearly  a  year.  General  Gould's 
counsel  objected  to  witness'  testimony  until  it 
had  been  shown  that  General  Gould  knew  that 
the  money  furnished  was  to  enable  Smith  and 
Whitney  to  escape  justice.  The  courts  sustain- 
ed this  objection,  and  Whitney's  testimony  was 
excluded.  As  it  was  impossible  to  prove  what 
was  known  only  to  General  Gould  himself,  the 
trial  ended  abruptly.  Judge  VanDerpoel  in 
charging  the  jury  dwelt  at  length  upon  the  li- 
centiousness of  the  press,  and  called  upon  the 
jury  to  give  exemplary  damages  to  the  injured 
and  innocent  treasurer.  The  jury  thus  instruct- 
ed, but  with  evident  reluctance,  found  a  verdict 
of  $400  against  me.  My  offence  consisted  in 
asserting  a  fact,  the  exact  truth  of  which  would 
have  been  established  if  the  testimony  had  not 
been  ruled  out  by  a  rnonstrous  perversion  of 
justice. 

Colonel  Simeon  B.  Jewett  of  Clarkson,  Major 
Samuel  Barton  of  Lewiston,  and  John  Whitney 
of  Rochester,  passed  that  evening  at  my  house. 
Jewett  was  prepared  to  testify  that  he  furnished 
a  carriage  for  those  who  were  conveying  Mor- 
gan secretly  from  Canandaigua  to  Niagara. 
John  Whitney  was  one  of  the  party.  Major 
Barton  would  have  testified  that  he  furnished 
the  carriage  which  conveyed  the  party  from 
Lewiston  to  Fort  Niagara;  John  Whitney  being 
one  of  that  party.  Whitney  would  have  sworn 
that  Gould  supplied  money  to  enable  him  to 
"escape  from  justice."  In  the  course  of  the  ev- 
ening, the  Morgan  affair  being  the  principal 
topic  of  conversation,  Colonel  Jewett  turned  to 
Whitney  with  emphasis  and  said,  "John,  what 
if  you  make  a  clean  breast  of  it?"  Whitney 
looked  inquiringly  at  Barton,  who  added,  "  Go 
ahead." 

Whitney  then  related  in  detail  the  history  of 
Morgan's  abduction  and  fate.  The  idea  of  sup- 
pressing Morgan's  intended  exposure  of  secrets 
of  Masonry  was  first  suggested  by  a  man  by  the 
name  of  Johns.  It  was  discussed  in  lodges  at 
Batavia,  Leroy  and  Rochester.  Johns  suggested 
Morgan  should  be  separated  from  Miller  and 
placed  on  a  farm  in  Canada  West.  For  this 
purpose  he  was  taken  to  Niagara  and  placed  in 
the  magazine  of  the  Fort,  until  arrangements 
for  settling  him  in  Canada  were  completed ;  but 
the  Canadian  Masons  disappointed  them.  After 
several  meetings  of  the  lodge  opposite  Fort  Ni- 
agara in  Canada,  a  refusal  to  have  anything  to 
do  with  Morgan  left  his  "kidnappers"  greatly 
perplexed.  Opportunely  a  Knight  Templars 
encampment  was  installed  at  Lewiston.  The 
occasion  brought  a  large  number  of  enthusiastic 
Masons  together.  "After  labor,"  in  Masonic 
language,  they  "retired  to  refreshment."  Under 
the  exhilaration  of  champagne  and  other  viands 
the  chaplain  (the  Rev.  F.  H.  Cummings  of 
Rochester)  was  called  on  for  a  toast.  He  re- 
sponded with  peculiar  emphasis  and  in  the  lan- 
guage of  the  ritual:  "The  enemies  of  our  or- 
der— may  they  find  a  grave  six  feet  deep,  six 
feet  long,  and  six  feet  due  east  and  west."  Im- 
mediately after  that  toaet,  which  was  received 
with  great  enthusiasm,  Colonel  William  King, 
an  officer  in  our  war  of  1812,  and  then  a  mem- 
ber of   Assembly  from  Niagara  county,  called 


Whitney  of  Rochester,  Howard  of  Buffalo, 
Chubbuck  of  Lewiston,  and  Garside  of  Canada 
out  of  the  room,  and  into  a  carriage  furnished 
by  Major  Barton.  They  were  driven  to  Fort 
Niagara,  repaired  to  the  magazine  and  informed 
Morgan  that  the  arrangements  for  sending  him 
to  Canada  were  completed,  and  that  his  family 
would  soon  follow  him.  Morgan  received  the 
information  cheerfully  and  walked  with  sup- 
posed friends  to  the  boat,  which  was  rowed  to 
the  mouth  of  the  river,  where  a  rope  was  wound 
round  his  body  to  each  end  of  which  a  sinker 
was  attached.  Morgan  was  then  thrown  over- 
board. He  grasped  the  gunwale  of  the  boat  con- 
vulsively. Garside,  in  forcing  Morgan  to  relin- 
quish his  hold,  was  severely  bitten. 

Whitney,  in  concluding  his  narrative,  said  he 
was  relieved  from  a  heavy  load;  that  for  four 
years  he  had  not  heard  the  window  rustle,  or 
any  other  noise  without  thinking  the  sheriff  was 
after  him. 

Colonel  Jewett,  looking  fixedly  at  Whitney, 
said,  "Weed  can  hang  you  now." 

"But  he  won't,"  was  Whitney's  prompt  reply. 

Of  course  a  secret  thus  confided  to  me  was  in- 
violably kept. 

Twenty-nine  years  afterward,  while  attending 
a  Republican  National  Convention  at  Chicago, 
John  Whitney,  who  then  resided  there,  called 
to  say  that  he  wanted  me  to  write  out  what  he 
once  told  me  about  Morgan's  fate  to  be  signed 
by  him  in  the  presence  of  witnesses,  to  be  eealed 
up  and  published  after  his  death.  I  promised 
to  do  so  before  leaving  Chicago.  There  was  no 
leisure,  however,  during  the  sitting  of  the  con- 
vention ;  and  even  before  its  final  adjournment, 
forgetting  what  I  had  told  Whitney,  I  hurried 
to  Iowa  returning  by  way  of  Springfield  to  visit 
Mr.  Lincoln.  In  the  excitement  of  the  canvas 
which  followed  and  the  secession  of  Southern 
States  upon  Mr.  Lincoln's  election,  I  neglected 
the  important  duty  of  securing  the  confession 
Whitney  was  anxious  to  make.  In  1861, 1  went 
to  Europe,  and  while  in  London  wrote  a  letter 
to  Whitney  asking  him  to  get  Alex.  B.  Williams 
then  a  resident  of  Chicago,  to  do  what  I  had  so 
unpardonably  neglected.  That  letter  reached 
Chicago  one  week  after  Whitney's  death;  clos- 
ing the  last  and  only  chance  for  the  revelation 
of  that  important  event. 

Whitney  was  a  mason  by  trade,  honest,  sober, 
industrious,  but  excitable.  In  all  the  early  stages 
of  the  Morgan  affair  he  believed  he  was  doing 
his  duty.  The  final  crime  was  committed  under 
the  circumstances  I  have  related. 

I  now  look  back  through  an  interval  of  fifty- 
six  years  with  a  conscious  sense  of  having  been 
governed  through  the  "Anti-masonic  excite- 
ment" by  a  sincere  desire  first  to  vindicate  vio- 
lated laws  of  my  country,  and  next  to  arrest  the 
great  power  and  dangerous  influence  of  secret 
societies.  We  labored  under  serious  disadvan- 
tages. The  people  were  unwilling  to  believe 
that  an  institution  so  ancient,  to  which  so  many 
of  our  best  and  distinguished  men  belong,  was 
capable  of  not  only  violating  the  laws  but  of 
sustaining  and  protecting  offending  men  of  the 
order.  A  vast  majority  of  American-  people 
believed  that  Morgan  was  concealed  by  our  com- 
mittee for  political  effect.  While  we  were  be- 
ing fiercely  denounced  by  rousing  and  incendi- 
ary spirits.  Judge  Enos  T.  Troop,  in  charging 
the  grand  jury  at  Canandaigua,  spoke  of  Anti- 
masonry  as  a  "blessed  spirit,  a  spirit  which  he 
hoped  would  not  rest  until  every  man  implicated 
in  the  abduction  of  Morgan  was  tried,  convicted, 
and  punished." 

It  is  pleasant  also  to  contemplate  the  charac- 
ter of  those  with  whom  I  was  associated,  judi- 
cially and  politically  for  six  years.  Than  James 
Wadsworth,  George  W.  Patterson  and  Philo  C. 
Fuller,  of  Livingston ;  Trumbull  Cary  and  Tim- 
othy Fitch,  of  Genessee ;  Albert  H.  Tracy  and 
Thomas  C.  Love,  of  Erie ;  Bates  Cooke  and  Geo. 
Boughton,  of  Niagara ;  Andrew  B.  Dickinson, 
of  Steuben ;  John  Maynard,  of  Seneca ;  Myron 
Hawley,  of  Wayne;  Francis  Granger,  JohnC. 
Spencer  and  Samuel  Miles  Hopkins,  of  Ontario; 
Wm.  H.  Seward,  Christopher  &  Edwin  B.  Mor^ 
gan,  Cayuga;  Dr.  Nott,  of  Schenectady;  Victory 
Birdseye  and  E.  W.  Leavenworth,  of  Ononda- 
ga; W.  H.  Maynard,  of  Oneida;  Samuel  Works, 


Septembei'  28,  1883 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE, 


s 


Frederick  Whittlesey,  Dr.  F.  F.  Backus  and 
Harvey  Ely,  of  Monroe;  Henry  Dana 
Ward,  of  New  York;  Richard  Rush,  John  Sar- 
geant  and  Amos  Elmaker,  of  Penn.;  and  Wm. 
Wirt,  of  Va.,  an  equal  number  of  truly  good 
and  eminent  men  cannot  be  found  among  the 
original  and  zealous  Anti-masons.  My  friend 
Wier  C.  Little,  of  Albany,  is  almost  the  only 
survivor.  Signed,        Thuelow  Weed. 


THE  MONUMENT  CONVENTIOm. 


ProcMtlings  of  the  Fourteenth  National  Meeting. 

TWENTY-SIXTH  ANNIVERSARY  OF  MOEOAn's  ABDUC- 
TION FROM  BATAVIA. 
Wednesday  Evening. 

The  Convention  again  assembled  in  Opera 
House  Hall,  and  President  Collins  requested 
Rev.  A.  D.  Gaines,  of  Rome,  N.  Y.,  to  lead  in 
prayer.  A  soul-stirring  eong  by  George  W. 
Clark  preceded  the  address  of  the  evening,  which 
was  made  by  President  J.  Blanchard  on  the 
political  features  of  the  reform,  or  "  New  Testa- 
ment Politics."  The  address  made  a  deep  im- 
pression upon  the  minds  of  all,  and  especially 
those  who  are  accustomed  to  exercise  the  right 
of  suffrage,  who  probably  understood  clearly,  if 
never  before,  the  necessity  lor  the  American 
party,  and  the  philosophy  of  the  American  move- 
ment. 

A  collection  was  taken  after  the  address  to  de- 
fray the  expenses  of  the  Convention.  While 
Gearge  Clark  sang  "  The  Good  Time  Coming," 
something  over  $21  were  handed  in.  After  a 
report  from  the  business  committee  the  Con- 
vention adiourned. 

TOUnSDAX— Morning. 

The  prayer  meeting  this  morning  was  led  by 
one  of  the  Secretaries,  Rev.  W.  H.  Ross,  of  Mich- 
igan. There  was  the  same  earnest  spirit  of  the 
day  before.  One  could  but  believe  that  if  such 
a  meeting  could  be  kept  up  for  a  short  time  in 
Batavia  there  would  be  a  reviving  among  the 
spiritual  dry  bones  of  the  city. 

President  Collins  offered  the  opening  prayer 
as  the  Convention  began  business.  The  minutes 
were  amended  by  striking  out  the  titles  that  fre- 
quently occurred,  though  not  without  a  protest 
or  two. 

Bro.  E.  D.  Bailey,  from  the  committee  on  the 
Christian  Cynosure  reported  the  result  of  their 
deliberations.  As  more  time  was  needed  than 
could  at  this  time  be  given  for  the  consideration 
of  this  report  it  was  laid  on  the  tabic  until  11 
o'clock. 

At  the  request  of  the  President  that  one  of 
the  Vice-f  residents  should  be  designated  who 
should  take  the  chair  in  his  unforeseen  absence, 
F.  W.  Capwell,  vice-president  for  New  Yorlc, 
was  made  first  vice-president  by  unanimous 
vote. 

Ten  o'clock  had  come,  and  the  order  of  the 
day  was  the  letter  of  Hon..Thurlow  Weed,  giv- 
ing his  recollections  of  the  Morgan  abduction 
and  the  trials  which  followed.  Prof.  E.  D. 
Bailey,  from  the  committee  on  resolutions  and 
correspondence,  read  the  letter  amid  the  pro- 
found interest  of  the  Convention,  which  deep- 
ened as  he  proceeded.  Pausing  a  moment  as  he 
was  reading  of  the  Monroe  inquest  it  was  stated 
by  a  delegate  that  Judge  Taggart  had  positively 
stated  his  belief  that  Mrs.  Monroe,^put  forward 
by  the  Masons,  was  a  man  in  woman's  clothes. 
Secretary  Stoddard  remarked  that  at  the  close  of 
the  reading  he  would  introduce  a  witness  who 
knew  the  man  who  personated  Mrs.  Monroe. 
There  was  needed  no  spur  to  the  attention  of 
the  meeting,  but  these  hints  quickoned  every 
thought,  and  the  elderly  members  crowded  to 
the  front  that  no  word  should  be  lost.  As  the 
reading  proceeded  with  the  confession  of  Whit- 
ney, and  Mr.  Weed's  anxious  letter  to  him  t® 
have  his  testimony  secured  by  affidavit,  which 
reached  Chicago  just  after  his  death,  the  painful 
disappointment  was  reflected  on  every  counte- 
nance. As  the  reading  ceased  and  the  letter  was 
held  up  to  show  the  signature  of  Mr.  Weed,  Bro. 
Stoddard  quoted  from  a  private  letter,  from  the 
daughter  whose  hand  penned  the  history  at  the 
dictation  of  her  father,  telling  of  Mr.  Weed's 
anxiety  that  this  testimony  should  be  completed, 
»nd  of  his  rising  from  his  seat  to  sign  it  with  his 


own  hand;  enquiring  eagerly  if  the  signature 
was  so  written  as  to  be  known. 

President  C.  J.  Kephart  presented  directly  a 
resolution  that  was  in  the  minds  of  all  ordering 
the  publication  of  Mr.  Weed's  letter,  with  a 
preface  by  Secretary  Stoddard,  and  that  copies 
should  be  furnished  to  colleges  and  public  read- 
ing rooms  for  free  distribution  among  the  young 
A  substitute  for  the  first  part  was  finally  pre- 
sented and  voted  thus  :  ^^Mesolved,  That  the  Na- 
tional Christian  Association  be  instructed  to 
publish  the  minutes,  speeches  and  papers  sub 
mitted  to  this  Convention  in  pamphet  form." 

President  Kephart  renewed  the  second  part 
of  his  resolution,  urging  with  ability  and  force 
the  necessity  of  bringing  the  young  men  into 
communication  with  facts  like  thoee  given  in 
this  letter.  Mr.  Weed  and  other  aged  men 
would  soon  be  gone,  their  voices  hushed,  no 
more  to  instruct  by  their  experience.  It  was 
voted  after  some  discussion  that  Secretary  Stod- 
dard and  C.  C.  Foote  be  a  committee  to  publish 
Mr.  Weed's  letter  and  other  corroborating  testi- 
mony in  separate  form  for  gratuitous  and  other 
circulation. 

President  C.  A.  Blanchard  moved  the  follow- 
ing: 

Resolved,  That  we  consider  the  prolonged  life  and 
vivid  memory  of  the  Hon.  Thurlow  Weed  as  special  provi- 
dential means  of  conveying  to  the  present  and  succeeding 
generations  authentic  information  respecting  the  abduc- 
tion and  murder  of  Wm.  Morgan,  and  that  for  this  we  de- 
voutly return  thanks  to  Almighty  God. 

Mr.  Stoddard  then  introduced  his  witness  re- 
specting the  Monroe  inquest  which  was  given 
by  Mrs.  Mather,  the  Convention  listening  with 
breathless  interest. 

J.  A.  Conant  moved  a  vote  of  thanks  to  Mr. 
Weed  for  his  reminiscences  and  that  President 
J.  Blanchard  be  requested  to  communicate  the 
expression  of  the  Convention  to  him.  A  rising 
and  unanimous  vote  passed  this  motion. 

Letters  were  also  announced  by  Prof.  Bailey 
from  Dr.  Howard  Crosby,  R.  Smith,  of  Mary- 
ville,  Mo.;  Bishop  Milton  Wright,  Father  Isaac 
Preston,  John  G.  Fee  and  Elder  J.  L.  Barlow. 
Several  of  these  names  were  received  with  ap- 
plause and  Bro.  Clark  said  he  had  received  his 
first  inspiration  in  Anti-masonry  while  living  in 
his  family  in  Lockport,  N.  Y. 

Bro.  Ross  moved  a  vote  of  thanks  to  Mrs. 
Mather,  Miss  Stevens,  Judge  Taggart  and  others 
for  their  reminiscences  of  the  Morgan  times. 
Adopted  by  a  rising  vote. 

A  song — 

"There's  many  a  cheer  in  this  Christian  work; , 
It  we  only  stop  to  talie  it" — 

by  our  ever-ready  friend  Clark  added  another 
round  in  the  ladder  of  success  which  the  Con- 
vention was  mounting. 

Prof.  Bailey  reported  an  additional  word  from 
Elder  Barlow :  "  Speak  to  the  children  of  Israel 
that  they  go  forward." 

The  report  of  the  committee  on  resolutions 
was  then  read  and  accepted,  fm-ther  action  being 
deferred  until  alternoon. 

Mr.  Oliver,  agentof  the  Ryegate  Granite  Co. 
which  constructed  the  monument, was  introduced 
to  the  Convention,  and  expressed  his  thanks  to 
the  body,  to  the  National  Christian  Association 
and  the  people  of  Batavia  for  their  interest  in 
the  work  upon  the  monument,  and  for  the  uni- 
formly pleasant  business  relations  which  their 
representatives  had  maintained  with  him. 
!?This  gentleman,  said  Bro.j  Stoddard,  and  Mr. 
Carter,  his  principal,  were  both  once  members  of 
the  lodge,  but  had  left  it  years  ago.  Mr.  Oliver 
responded  that  he  had  been  out  fourteen  years 
The  statement  was  received  with  applause. 

There  being  a  heavy  docket  for  the  aiternoon 
it  was  decided  to  adjourn  only  untiljl.30  o'clock. 

Afternoon, 

President  Collins  being  in  the  chair  and  order 
called.  Rev.  A.  D.  Carter,  of  Deersville,  O.,  of- 
fered prayer. 

The  report  on  resolution  s  was  taken  up  and 
the  first  four  adopted  without  opposition.  Upon 
the  fourth  brethren  C.  J.  Kephart  and  C.  A. 
Blanchard  made  able  addresses  in  favor  of  practi- 
cal Anti-masonry.  The  colleges  that  maintained 
the  principles  oi  this  reform,  the  papers  and  the 
pulpits,  deserved  especially  the  support  of  men 
who  believe  the  lodge  to  be  sapping  the  founda- 
tions of  society,  civil  rights  and  pure  religion. 


Anti- masonry  is  too  apt  to  be  like  the  system 
whose  war  against  the  truth  it  is  endeavoring  to 
suppress.  There  are  speculative  Anti-masons 
and  operative  Anti-masons.  What  is  needed  is 
that  the  former  should  all  take  their  place*  with 
the  latter. 

The  leport  of  the  committee  on  the  Cynosure 
being  the  order  of  the  day  at  2  o'clock,  it  was 
now  taken  up  and  adopted  as  read  from  the  com- 
mittee as  follows: 

Whebkas,  In  the  wise  providence  of  God,  the  Pitts- 
burgh Convention,  meeting  in  1868  felt  that  our  reform 
needed  a  paper,  promptly  started,  ably  edited,  and  widely 
circulated,  which  shall  make  opposition  lo  secret  societies 
a  specialty ; 

Resolved,  1,  That  with  humble  gratitude  we  recognize 
the  power  of  God  in  blessing  the  efforts  of  reform  workers 
in  steadily  maintaining  and  improving  the  Cynosure  and 
in  making  it  during  the  last  fourteen  years  helpful  to  our 
reform  in  so  many  ways.  An  encouragement  to  lec'.urers, 
an  aid  in  collecting  funds  for  ihe  Association  Publishing 
House  in  Chicago  and  for  the  Morgan  monument,  as  well 
as  in  many  others. 

2.  That  Its  past  usefulness  justifies  the  opinion  that  a 
largely  increased  circulation  of  the  Cynosure  would  mul- 
tiply (in  a  corresponding  ratio)  the  number  of  workers 
and  hasten  the  triumph  of  our  reform  in  the  family,  socie- 
ty civil  and  political,  and  in  the  church. 

3.  That  we  approve  the  action  of  the  Galesburg 
Convention  in  creating  a  Cynosure  extension  fond. 

4.  That  we  recommend  that  an  extension  fund  of  $3  000 
enabling  us  to  offer  our  paper  to  six  thousand  new  sub- 
scribers at  half  price  this  fall  and  during  the  coming  win- 
ter be  raised. 

6.  That  we  now  secure  in  donations  and  pledges  as 
large  a  part  of  this  $8,000  as  possible,  and  further  recom- 
mend and  advise  churches  and  Associations  to  take  up 
collections  for  this  fund  wherever  and  whenever  prac- 
ticable. 

Whebeas,  by  the  action  of  this  Convention  we  assume 
a  new  responsibility  and  sanction  a  more  intimate  rela- 
tion toward  the  Christian  Cynosure ;  therefore 

Rebolved,  That  we  appoint  C.  C.  Foote  of  Detroit, 
A.  G.  Laird  of  Chicago,  and  W.  P.  Gray,  editor  of  the 
Interior,  to  confer  with  the  publi  sher  as  to  the  disburse- 
ment of  the  fund  now  proposed  to  be  raised,  and  to  report 
at  the  next  Annual  Meeting  such  recommendations  as 
may  seem  best  calculated  to  promote  the  future  success 
and  increased  ciiculation  of  the  paper. 

Prof.  E.  D.  Bailey  spoke  ably  on  the  report, 
referring  to  the  efforts  that  had  been  made  by 
the  publisher  at  great  sacrifice  to  himself ;  to  the 
indispensible  agency  of  the  paper  in  sustaining 
the  lecture  work ;  in  procuring  the  Publishing 
House  fund,  and  putting  the  National  Christian 
Association  upon  a  substantial  monetary  basis ; 
in  raising  the  monument  fund,  without  which 
the  chief  glory  of  this  occasion  would  be  want- 
ing ;  in  opening  the  way  for  American  voters  to 
unite  against  the  lodge  despotism  at  the  polls ;  in 
developing  the  great  Southern  field  which  prom- 
ises, under  God,  such  great  triumphs  for  the 
truth ;  and  in  every  way  conducing  in  the  most 
important  manner  to  make  the  reform  successful. 
He  called  upon  the  Convention  to  make  a  prac- 
tical demonstration  of  their  interest  in  maintain- 
ing so  faithful  and  able  an  agency,  by  raising 
the  whole  of  the  amount  oaUed  for  if  possible. 

Subscriptions  were  called  for  after  the  an- 
nouncement that  one  brother  pledged  the  last 
hundred  of  a  thousand  dollars,  or  would  make 
every  nine  dollars  ten. 

It  had  been  provided  that  an  hour  should  be 
given  at  their  request  for  a  women's  meeting, 
and  at  three  o'clock  other  business  was  suspend- 
ed. Mrs.  E.  A.  Cook,  Mrs.  McPherson,  Mrs. 
Capwell,  Mrs.  J.  Blanchard,  Mrs.  L.  N.  Stratton, 
Mrs.  Baldridge  and  two  other  ladies  were  seated 
upon  the  platform,  and  Mrs.  Cook  led  in  the 
proceedings  by  remarks  upon  the  necessity  of 
training  children  not  only  to  believe  in  reform 
principles,  but  to  work  for  their  promulgation 
and  success.  She  referred  to  a  Band  of  Hope  in 
Chicago  which  was  doing  a  noble  temperance 
work  in  its  way.  Such  companies  of  children 
open  ways  of  doing  good  and  reforming  families. 
We  must  train  the  children  to  respect  good  laws, 
and  if  we  are  faithful  we  shall  be  well  repaid. 

Mrs.  H.  Baldridge,  of  Varick,  N.  Y.,  after 
reading  a  brief  extract  from  the  Voice  of 
Mason/ry^  said  that  a  soldier  should  be  al- 
lowed to  speak  of  his  experiences.  We  •!! 
feel  like  Mary  in  the  Garden  when  we  think 
of  what  Masonry  tries  to  do.  We  want 
Christ  brought  back.  Masonry  claims  to  per- 
petuate the  ancient  usages.  Shall  women  be 
made  again  the  slaves  of  lust?  Thank  God,  the 
days  of  anarchy,  of  superstition,  of  the  slavery  of 
women  are  over!  Christ  raised  woman  from  all 
this  degradation,  how  can  she  bear  that  he  should 
{ContiMted  on  9th  page.l 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE. 


9e|>tember  2d,  18Bd 


CORRESPONDENCE. 


Kel/ertonism  or  Law? 

Claeiisda,  Iowa,  Sept.  6. 
A 'few  days  since  I  was  passing  through  the 
little  village  which  became  so  odorifically  known 
a  year  since  in  connection  with  the  mobbing  of 
Elder  Rathbun  for  his  anti-secrecy  sentiment. 
The  train  was  a  freight,  and  as  it  had  a  ten 
minutes  stop  to  make  I  stepped  into  the  post- 
office  to  see  what  that  "old  handmaid"  of  the 
bully  and  intimidator,  Freemasonry,  would  have 
to  say  for  itself  after  a  year's  time  to  think  it 
over.  1  had  expected  that  public  sentiment 
would  have  shamed  those  who  were  shameable 
into  some  sense  of  respect  for  the  fundamental 
doctrines  of  the  Constitution,  at  least. 

I  asked  the  postmaster,  who  also  edits  the 
local  paper,  how  it  was  about  the  mobbing  of  a 
minister,  about  which  I  had  heard.  He  replied 
by  saying  that  he  could  give  me  the  whole  thing 
in  print,  and  I  supposed  a  copy  of  the  famous 
rooster  "Kellerton  Tract"  was  forthcoming,  but 
that  seed  had  all  been  sown,  and,  a  musty  file  of 
papers  requiring  too  much  time,  he  proceeded 
to  give  the  Masonic  narrative  in  its  abbreviated 
form,  omitting  the  "spitting"  part  of  it  till 
questioned,  and  admitting  that  Gale  made  the 
assault  and  after  getting  Elder  R.  "out  in  a 
mad-hole  in  front  of  the  store"  "some  of  the 
roughs  about  town,"  as  he  expressed  it,  egged 
both  Elder  R.  and  his  few  friends  ;  concluding 
by  saying  that,  as  the  ruffian  Gale  had  paid  his 
fine  previously,  the  trial  at  Mt.  Ayr  could  do 
nothing  with  him.  In  reply  to  a  question  he 
said  that  public  sentiment  had  been  with  Gale 
all  the  time — Elder  Rathbun  "was  talking  about 
things  he'd  no  business  to  be  talking  of."  I  ex- 
pressed astonishment  at  this  kind  of  doctrine, 
mentioning  that  I  had  known  Elder  Rathbun 
for  years  and  had  about  the  same  opinion  of 
Masonry  that  he  had,  especially  since  it  had 
shown  itself  wicked  enough  to  brutally  assault 
a  peaceable  minister  simply  because  he  came 
there  to  exercise  his  right  of  free  speech  in  a 
Christian  manner  against  the  institution. 

A  bystander  then  spoke  up,  saying  that  "the 
best  business  men  of  the  town  sided  with  Gale, 
and  you'd  better  be  careful  how  much  you  say, 
too,  or  you  might  get  served  in  the  same  way. 
Rathbun  made  more  family  trouble  than  any- 
thing else  that  ever  happened,  and  the  men  here 
aren't  going  to  tolerate  it.  The  women-folks  are 
all  opposed  to  secret  societies  anyway,  and  he 
just  made  any  amount  of  difficulty,"  etc. 

I  tried  in  the  minute  I  had  left  to  enforce 
the  truth  that  free  spech  was  a  fundamental 
right  of  every  citizen  of  this  government,  but 
it  was  no  use  whatever.  The  lodge  had  with 
him,  as  it  claims  with  everybody,  rights  before 
which  every  right  of  the  individual  and  of  the 
entire  community  outside  its  portals  paled  into 
insignificance  and  faded  out  of  sight.  There 
seemed  to  be  not  the  least  idea  of  free  speech 
on  the  subject  of  Masonry  in  the  speaker's 
mind,  and  no  possibility  of  getting  it  there. 

I  had  stayed  a  minute  too  long  and  the  train 
was  gone,  but  the  practical  experience  of  purely 
Masonic  intolerance  and  terrorism  may  be  worth 
the  consequent  delay.  "When  an  entire  stran- 
ger cannot  be  in  a  town  ten  minutes  without  be- 
ing told  to  shut  his  mouth  about  Masonry  un- 
der pain  of  physical  violence,  it  shows  some- 
thing bf  what  the  vile  iustitution  of  the  gag 
and  bludgeon  would  do  in  every  town,  had  it 
the  power  and  the  tools  to  carry  out  its  be- 
hests. 

,  These  things  have  suggested  other  thoughts. 
Is  it  true  that  we  are  so  under  the  control  of  the 
secret  lodge  that  there  is  no  relief?  I  have  never 
been  satisfied  with  the  stoppage  of  legal  pro- 
ceedings in  this  case.  It  seemed  that  here  was 
an  absolutely  clear  case  of  Masonic  gag-assault, 
in  which  the  chief  assailants  were  known  and 
could  be  proven,  and  in  which  the  rights  of  re- 
form lecturers  ought  to  be  vindicated  and  lodge 
intimidation  punished  if  it  cost  a  thousand  dol- 
lars to  do  it.  Not  only  would  justice  be  thus 
attained  and  further  violence  rendered  less  prob- 
able, but  the  movement  would  be  brought  be- 
fore the  people  in  a  way  and  with  facts  other- 
wise impossible.    I  an^  not  ignorant  to  my  cost 


of  the  methods  of  the  lodge  in  the  courts,  by 
which  guilt  is  made  innocence  and  innocence 
guilt.  I  know  that  Mason  against  Anti-mason 
is  equivalent  in  most  courts  to  judgment  for 
plaintiff  before  the  trial  is  even  begun  ;  but  is 
this  not  often  because  the  secrecy  issue  is  not 
made?  because  the  lodge  is  allowed  to  put 
through  its  game  unchallenged;  instead  of  hav- 
ing fearless  anti-secrecy  attorneys  to  bring  the 
trial  before  a  free  judge,  keep  forsworn  men 
off  the  juror's  bench,  and  watch  the  entire  trial 
with  reference  to  this  issne?  The  ordinary  at- 
torney is  either  ignorant  of  the  devices  of  the 
lodge  or  in  league  with  them.  It  will  take  men 
of  correct  principle  and  more  than  ordinary 
ability,  of  course,  to  carry  this  case  through  in 
the  teeth  of  the  lodge  power,  but  I  may  be 
pardoned,  at  least  in  the  absence  of  a  thorough 
trial,  for  yet  thinking  that  it  could  be  done. 
Time  and  again  have  laborers  in  this  reform 
suffered  insult  and  injury  at  the  hands  of  Ma- 
sonic ruffians,  ranging  from  simple  assault  to  the 
loss  of  life  in  the  waters  of  Niagara ;  and  never 
yet  has  the  lodge  been  punished.  As  at  ill- 
famed  Kellerton,  the  gag-power  has  in  every 
case  come  off  triumphant.  Is  it  not  time  that 
the  issue  was  squarely  made  and  fought  through, 
from  the  lowest  to  the  highest  court  if  neces- 
sary? If  we  let  these  matters  go,  what  claim 
have  we  to  the  protection  oi  the  law?  Do  we 
not  thus  even  put  a  premium  on  intimidation 
and  gag-law  ?   • 

For  one,  I  believe  that  nnless  there  are  legal 
obstructions  which  do  not  appear  on  the  sur 
face,  proceedings  should  be  again  instituted,  and 
this  case  carried  through  to  conviction,  or  con- 
viction proven  impossible.  Anti-masons  are 
citizens  and  have  the  rights  of  citizens,  which 
they  ought  by  every  honorable  means  to  protect; 
or  if  these  rights  have  been  so  completely  sto- 
len by  the  thievery  of  the  lodge  power  that  even 
the  most  skillful  and  wary  defense  can  no  longer 
enforce  them  in  our  courts,  let  the  fact  be  proven 
so  clearly  and  convincingly  by  the  facts  of  the 
actual  trial  that  they  can  no  longer  be  doubted  by 
any  sensible  man.  J,  D.  NtrmNO. 


The  Mt.   Pulaski  Murder. 


Bloomington,  III.,  Sept.  16,  1882. 

Editor  Cynosuee  : — Your  readers  have  doul^^t- 
less  heard  ^through  the  papers)  of  the  horrible 
triple  muraer  which  occurred  at  Mt.  Pnlaski, 
a  few  miles  from  this  place.  Strangely  enough, 
up  to  this  time  there  is  no  clue  whatever  to  the 
perpetrators.  Detectives  are  busy  at  work  on 
the  case;  and  numerous  arrests  have  been  made 
of  vagabonds  and  citizens,  and  all  to  no  pur- 
pose. A  hitherto  very  sharp  detective  of  this 
place  confesses  himself  as  completely  nonplus- 
sed, and  the  public  generally  feel  that  the  in- 
wardness of  this  case  is  certainly  uncommon. 
I  would  like  to  recall  some  of  the  circumstances 
which  to  my  mind  show  the  earmarks  of  the 
lodge  so  plainly  that  we  wonder  it  has  not 
been  mentioned  before.  They  are  something 
like  this : 

The  victims  were  a  bachelor  and  two  hired 
hands  living  in  a  rented  place.  Their  house 
was  of  two  rooms,  one  of  them  empty.  Their 
bodies  were  found  outside  the  house  with  gags 
in  their  mouths,  hands  tied  behind  their  backs, 
heads  completely  bandsged  over  eyes  and  ears, 
legs  tied  at  knees,  and  ithroats  out  from  ear  to 
ear — all  just  alike!  The  gags  were  made  of 
coarse  stout  cloth  which  had  been  provided  to 
make  horse  blankets.  Each  gag  was  made  of  a 
roll  with  ends  or  strings  of  the  same  carefully 
provided  for  tying  behind  the  back  of  the  head, 
showing  that  time  and  deliberation  was  taken, 
and  uniformity  was  observed.  Whoever  did 
the  whole  job  observed  a  ritual  or  prescribed 
form. 

Again.  There  were  numbers  engaged  in  it. 
Three  stout  men  would  not  submit  to  be  bound, 
gagged  and  butchered  except  by  a  large  party 
and  considerable  force.  Money  could  not  have 
been  the  object  as  there  was  but  little,  and  in- 
stant shooting  would  have  secured  this  without 
the  troublesome  method  which  they  observed. 

Then  there  were  no  signs  of  violence  about 
the  house.  No  one  will  suppose  that  three 
lusty  farmers  could  be  bound  and  gagged  with- 


out leaving  signs  of  physical  stroggle  easy  to 
be  seen.  It  is  very  plain  that  these  men  sub- 
mitted tamely  to  be  bound — "trusted  themselves 
to  their  guides,  etc.,  etc."  All  of  which  will 
be  readily  understood  by  those  who  have  passeid 
through  the  sublime  process  of  initiation  in  tlie 
numberless  secret  brotherhoods.  Whether  the 
result  of  this  initiation  will  make  men  more 
careful  in  trusting  themselves  to  the  midnight 
fraternities  remains  to  be  seen. 

The  tactics  used  to  cover  up  the  murder  of 
Morgan  have  been  freely  used  In  this  case.  A 
letter  comes  from  some  place  in  Missouri  trying 
to  implicate  the  principal  victim  in  murders 
there.  His  character  is  assailed  in  his  own 
neighborhood.  Poor  tramps  and  half-witted 
vagabonds  are  arrested  by  the  score ;  all  to  no 
purpose,  only  to  keep  the  public  n(iind  employed 
till  the  affair  has  time  tp  blow  over.  These, 
Mr.  Editor,  are  some  of  the  earmarks  which 
every  one  is  at  liberty  to  interpret  to  suit  him- 
self, but  to  me  this  is  the  only  plausibly  solu- 
tion. J^ppectfully, 

LooEBB  Ok. 

Note. — This  line  of  investigation  should  be 
followed.  If  it  is  found  that  the  farmer  was  a 
repenting  Mason,  or  had  obtained  the  lodge  se- 
crets, or  nad  been  crossing  the  track  of  the 
lodge  so  as  to  arouse  the  hostility  of  Masons,  a 
reason  for  such  a  deli,ber^te  and  shocking  mur- 
der would  immediately  appear.  That,  we  un- 
derstand, is  the  point  on  wnich  there  Is  least  evi- 
dence. If  Freemasonry  can  supply  a  reason  it 
will  not  be  difficult  to  trace  back  the  line  to  the 
perpetrators. — Ed.  Ctn. 


Our   Mail. 

Rev^  J.  Excell,  Lake  Fork,  O.: 

"I  still  feel  the  pressure  coming  from  the  secrecy  ele- 
ment in  our  church,  but  nothing  daunted,  I  am  urging 
the  battle ;  it  seems  to  me  there  will  have  to  be  a  division 
which  I  lament ;  but  much  better  so  than  a  whole  surren- 
der, t  should  like  to  attend  the  Annual  Convention  and 
unveiling  of  the  statue,  but  cannot.  May  God  bless  the 
efiort  to  the  weakening  of  the  enemies  of  righteousness." 

J.  DeLong,  Warren,  111. : 

"The  people  of  Warren  are  under  lodge  government 
with  sealed  lips,  ministers  included.  Why  are  they  silent 
on  this  abominable  institution ;  are  they  ministers  of  Christ 
or  of  Satan?" 

Chasi  Gunn,  Swan  Creek,  111. : 

"May  God  bless  and  speed  the  day  when  our  land  shall 
be  freed  from  the  curse  of  secrecy.  I  am  with  you  in  spirit 
in  this  reform  work.  I  esteem  the  Cynosure  and  circulate 
it  all  I  can."  ^"-^  ■ 

R.  H.  Evans,  Troy,  Iowa: 

"I  live  in  the  country  near  Troy.  There  are  two  churches 
there — two  synagogues  of  Satan  to  perform  their  idola- 
trous worship  The  spiritualiiy  of  the  churches  is  fast 
dying  out,  while  the  lodges  seem  to  flourish.  May  Ood 
grant  the  time  may  soon  come  when  they  will  be  blotted 
out,  for  'tis  Baal  worship." 

E.  0.  Spencer,  Wysox,  Pf.: 

"I  enclose  two  dollars  to  assist  in  the  erection  of  a  mon- 
ument in  memory  of  the  first  person  who  dared  to  face 
death  iu  order  to  lay  bare  the  Masonic  trap  that  honest 
men  might  not  be  caught  in  its  slavish  meshes  ignorantly. 
I  hope  it  may  be  a  lasting  rebuke  to  the  liberty  and  life- 
depriving  institution." 

<  •  ^ 

Words  of  Life  for  every  Day. 

SANCrriFY  THKM    THROUGH  THY  TRUTH  ;    THY  WORD 
IS  TRUTH. 

Thursday,  Sept.  28. — His  name  shall  endure 
forever :  his  name  shall  be  continued  as  long  as 
the  sun :  and  men  shall  be  blessed  in  him :  all 
nations  shall  call  him  blessed.  Blessed  be  the 
Lord  God,  the  God  of  Isriael,  who  only  doeth 
wondrous  things. — Ps.  72:17-18.  "' 

Friday,  Sept.  29. — Love  worketh  no  ill  to  his 
neighbor :  thdrefofe  love  is  the  fulfilling  of  the 
law.— Rom.  18:10. 

Saturday,  Sept.  30. — The  night  is  far  spent, 
the  day  is  at  hand  :  let  us  therefore  cast  off  the 
works  of  darkness,  and  let  t(s  put  on  the  ar- 
mor of  light.— Rom.  13:18.       '' 

Sabbath,  Oct.  1. — She  hath  done  what  she 
could :  she  is  come  af orehand  to  anoint  my 
body  to  the  burying. — Mark  14:8 

Monday,  Oct.  2. — For  we  walk  by  faith^  not 
by  sight— 3d  Cor.  5:7.        ^  '      '  ■-'"  '    /i 

Tuesday,  Oct.  3.— We  'iii'e  confident,  1  iay, 
and  willing  rather  to  bei  absent  from  the  body, 
and  to  be  present  with  the  Lord.  Wherefore 
we  labor,  that,  whether  present  or  absent,  we 


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September  28,  1883 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE. 


may  be  accepted  of  him. — 2d  Cor.  5:8-9. 

Wednesday,  Oct.  4. — For  we  mast  all  appear 
before  the  judgment  aeat  of  Chriet;  that  every- 
one may  receive  the  things  done  in  his  body, 
aecording  to  that  he  hath  done,  whether  it  be 
good  or  bad. — 2d  Cor.  5:10. 


Books  and  Magazines. 


A  SouvENiE  OF  Washington. — A  very  beau- 
tiful little  Elzevir  volume,  which  richly  deserves 
a  place  in  every  patriotic  American  home,  is : 
"The  Words  of  Washington,"  being  selections 
from  the  most  celebrated  of  his  papers,  issued 
by  The  Useful  Knowledge  Publisning  Compa- 
ny, 18  Vesey  St.,  New  York.  Next  to  the 
Declaration  of  Independence,  these  brief,  manly, 
clear  and  statesmanlike  papers  of  Washington, 
are  worthy  to  be  familiar  to  the  mind,  and  treas- 
ured in  the  heart  of  every  lover  of  his  country. 
In  the  charming  and  convenient  little  volume 
now  issued  at  25  or  35  cents  per  copy,  accord- 
ing to  binding,  it  will  find  a  welcome  place  in 
every  home  library. 

The  North  American  JReview  for  October 
opens  with  an  article  on  "The  Coming  devolu- 
tion in  England,"  by  H.  M.  Hyndman,  the  En- 
glish radical  leader,  giving  an  instructive  ac- 
count of  the  agitation  now  going  on  among  the 
English  working  classes  for  a  reconstruction  of 
the  whole  politieo-aocial  fabric  of  that  country. 
Mr.  Hyndman  represents  a  socialist  society 
which  he  hopes  will  accomplish  this  end.  His 
article  discredits  itself  frequently  by  the  exhibi- 
tion of  strong  partisanship.  Of  the  trade-union 
lodges  as  they  now  exist  in  England  he  says  : 
"Moreover,  above  the  rank  and  file  of  laborers 
there  stands  the  ariistoeracy  of  labor — the  trade- 
unions,  who,  though  they  have  done  admirable 
work  in  the  past,  now  block  the  path  of  radical 
reform.  As  an  old  trade-unionist  said  of  them 
the  other  day,  they  are  a  standing  protest  against 
the  tyranny  of  capital,  without  the  slightest  idea 
of  progress.  Their  leaders  too,  are,  almost  with- 
out exception,  more  or  less  in  the  pay  of  cap- 
italists." A  foot  note  adds:  "The  trade- 
unionists  are  a  small  faction  of  the  work-people 
of  England,  yet  they  constantly  pose  as  if  they 
represented  the  whole  body.  There  could  be  no 
greater  absurdity.  They  are  not  even  agreed 
among  themselves  on  any  matter  of  moment; 
and  are,  in  truth,  to-day  a  convention  or  rather 
a  reactionary  body  full  of  the  old  'fads'  about 
limitation  of  apprentices  and  the  like,  though 
meanwhile  machinery  is  practically  abolishing 
the  skillful  handicraftsman."  Other  articles  in 
the  Review  are:  "The  Morally  Objectionable  in 
Literature,"  by  O.  B.  Frothingham;  "  Discov- 
eries at  Troy,"  by  Dr.  Schliemann;  "Political 
Bosses"  by  Senator  John  I.  Mitchell  of  Penn,; 
"Safety  in  Railway  Travel,"  by  Geo.  L.  Vose  of 
the  Mass.  Institute  of  Technology;  and  "The 
Protection  of  Forests,"  by  Prof.  Chas.  S.  Sar- 
gent of  Harvard. 

Ths  Pro  and  Con  of  the  SptMing  Reform  is 
an  address  before  the  Ohio  State  Teachers'  As 
sociation  at  Put-in-Bay  in  1877,  by  Prof.  O.  E. 
Vaile,  formerly  of  Woodward  High  School, 
Cincinnati,  published  in  pamphlet  form  by 
Burnz  &  Co.,  New  York ;  10  cts,  each.  The 
Professor  argues  ably  for  a  reform  in  English 
spelling  to  conform  to  pronunciation ;  but  his 
best  reasoning  cannot  stand  before  the  ridicu- 
lous appearance  of  a  page  written  out  in  accord- 
ance with  his  theories.  The  fact  that  our  En- 
flish  spelling  is  conformed  to  arbitrary  rules 
elps  to  anchor  the  pronunciation.  The  spel- 
ling reform  has  obstacles  as  well  as  any  other. 


The  Truth  Cuts. 

The  following  editorial,  in  the  ^Independent 
Statesman,  is  from  the  pen  of  Past  Grand  Master 
Joseph  Kidder,  Grand  Secretary  of  Grand 
Lodge  of  New  Hampshire : 

"fibst-class  knave. 

"Any  man  who  proposes  to  make  money  by 
publishing  and  eelling  an  "expose"  of  any  se- 
cret society,  merits  the  rank  ot  a  first-class 
knave  and  is  pretty  sure  to  earn  and  receive  the 
disgraceful  appellation.  No  honest  or  consist- 
ent man  can  engage  in  any  such  business.  Be- 
ware of  such  villains.  They  are  entitled  to  no 
respect  whatever,  even  despising  themselves  ^or 
the  course  they  pursue  if  there  is  any  personal 
respect  left  in  their  make  up." 

Such  is  the  outburst  of  friend  Kidder's 
wrath.  He  has  no  rebuke  for  his  lodge  com- 
rades who  flood  the  market  with  pretended  ex- 
positions of  Masonry  and  Odd-fellowship  to 
throw  dust  in  the  eyes  of  the  people,  but  that 
man  is  a  "first-class  knave"  who  sells  for  twenty- 
five,  cents  the  very  instruction  which  a  "Grand 
Master"  or  "Worshipful  Master"  sells  for  twen- 
ty-five dollars.  As  to  making  money,  the  pub- 
lic may  suspect  that  the  "Grand  Master"  who 
sells  Odd-fellow  lore  for  twenty -five  dollars  may 
make  as  much  money  as  Ezra  A.  Cook,  of  Chi- 
cago, who  sells  the  same  article  for  fifty  cents. 
"Grand  Master"  Kidder  would  oblige  the  pub- 
lic by  showing  wherein  his  goods  are  more  valu- 
able than  those  of  Mr.  Cook,  and  also  what  law 
human  pr  divine  the  publisher  of  a  correct  "ex- 
pose" has  violated.  If  our  lodge  friends  would 
take  the  usual  lawful  course  to  prevent  compe- 
tition and  have  their  rituals  copyrighted  no  one 
would  infringe.  If  they  print  books  and  cir- 
culate them  among  half  a  million  people  and  do 
not  take  the  usual  precaution  of  a  copyright 
how  can  they  justly  complain  of  competition? 
Beyond  all  this,  the  Worshipful  Masters  of  Ma- 
sonry and  the  Grand  Masters  of  Odd-fellowship 
who  have  become  convinced  that  these  secret 
societies  are  a  gigantic  system  of  swindling  and 
wickedness  have  voluntarily  exposed  their  so- 
called  secrets.  As  the  Masonic  fable  runs: 
"King  Solmon  commended  the  craftsmen  who 
repented  of  their  design  to  murder  Hiram  Abiff," 
and  why  may  we  not  commend  these  lodge  men 
who  from  a  sense  of  duty  expose  the  hidden 
wickedness  of  the  lodges  to  which  they  have 
belonged.  St.  Paul  regarded  it  a  proof  of  sound 
repentance  when  the  lodge  men  of  his  day  con- 
fessed their  deeds  and  publicly  burned  their 
lodge  books. 

Friend  Kidder  has  a  larger  job  on  his  hands 
than  he  is  aware  of  when  he  issues  a  public 
proclamation  to  "boycott"  all  men  who  aid  in  ex- 
posing the  pretended  secrets  of  the  lodge.  The 
spirit  of  the  lodge  protest  is  an  infallible  proof 
of  the  correctness  of  the  "expose."  Mr.  Cook's 
address  can  be  found  in  the  advertising  columns 
of  every  Christian  Witness. 


— No  advanced  thought,  no  mystical  philoso- 
phy, no  glittering  abstractions,  no  swelling 
phrases  about  freedom,  not  even  science  with 
its  marvelous  inventions  and  discoveries,  can 
help  us  much  in  sustaining  this  Republic;  still 
less  can  godless  theories  of  creation,  or  any  infi- 
del attempts  to  rule  out  the  Redeemer  from  his 
rightful  supremacy  in  our  hearts,  afford  any  hope 
of  security.  That  way  lies  despair. — Robert  C. 
Wmthrqp., 

^  — Our  enjoyments  are  greater  than  our  afflic- 
tions, and  our  afflictions  less  than  our  sins. 


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NO.  KO.PAOSa. 

1  Historical  Sketch  of  the  N.  C.  A. ,  by  Free.  J.  Blanchard 4 

2  Voice  of  the  Empire  State  In  Condemnation"  of  Masonry 4 

3  Address  to  American  Pastors  on  the  Secret  Lodge 4 

4  Freemasonry  in  the  Family,  by  J.  P.  Stoddard 4 

5  Pres.  Finney  on  the  Duty  of  Christians  toward  the  Lodge 2 

6  "Warning  against  Masonry  (For  Colored  People),  Illustrated 2 

7  To  the  Boys  who  Hope  to  be  Men,  Illustrated    2 

8  Freemasonry  Modern  Heathenism 4 

9  Ministers  at  Rival  Altars 4 

10  A  Pastor's  Confession 4 

11  Knlglit  Templar  Masonry 4 

13    Alexander  Campbell's  Estimate  of  the  Lodges 4 

13  "The  Secret  Empire,"  by  J.  P.  Stoddard 4 

14  True  and  False  Templarlsm 4 

15  Secrecy  and  Sin,  from  the  "Christian"  47  CornhlU,  Boston 4 

16  Selling  Dead  Horses,  by  ■  'Bostonlan" 4 

17  History  of  Masonry,  by  Pres.  J.  Blancbard 4 

18  JJespotic  Character  of  Freemasonry 4 

19  Freemasonry  a  Christ-excluding  Religion 5 

20  Masonic  Murder,  by  Elder  T.  R.  Balrd 2 

'21  Grand,  Great  Grand,  by  Philo  Carpenter 8 

'i'i  Masonic  Oaths  and  Penalties  swornto by  theOrandLodgeofR. I..  4 

'23  Letters  of  J.  Q.  Adams  and  J.  Madison  on  Freemasonry  4 

'24  Satan's  Cable  Tow 4 

"25  Character  and  symbols  of  Freemasonry,  Illustrated 9 

'26  Address  of  the  Niagara  Association  on  the  Murder  of  Morgan...  4 

'27  Judge  Whitney  and  Masonry — Masonry  Defends  a  Murderer 8 

28  Nathaniel  Colver  and  Howard  Crosby  on  Secret  Societies 2 

29  Grand  Lodge  Masonry,  by  Pres.  J.  Blanchard IB 

30  Masonic  Oaths  Null  and  Void,  by  Rev.  I.  A.  Hart 4 

31  Hon.  Seth  M.  Gates  on  Freemasonry 4 

32  Origin,  Obligation  and  Expenses  of  the  Grange 4 

33  Hon.  Wm    H.  Seward  on  Secret  Societies 2 

34  What  Great  Men  Say  about  Freemasonry 2 

35  Objections  to  Masonry,  by  a  Seceding  Mason 4 

36  Masonic  Chastity,  by  Emma  A.  Wallace 4 

87  Reasons  why  a  Christian  should  not  be  a  Freemason  (German) . .  4 

38  Masonic  Oaths  and  Penalties,  by  Rev.  A.  M.  Mllllgan 4 

39  Should  Freemasons  be  admitted  to  Christian  Fellowship? 4 

40  The  Object  of  the  American  (Anti-masonic)  Party 8 

41  Freemasonry  a  Religion  (shown  by  Its  own  authors) 8 

42  Duty  and  Ability  to  Know  the  Character  of  Masonry 4 

43  Affidavit  that  Masonry  la  revealed,  by  J.  O.  Doesburg  and  others    4 

44  D.  L .  Moody  on  Secret  Societies 4 

45  Ought  a  Seceding  Mason  to  Keep  his  Lodge  Oath  y 4 

46  Nos.  17, 18  and  19  combined,  by  Prof.  Cervln  (Swedish) 18 

47  Irish  Murders  and  Secret  Sooletfes ■  * 

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1    Freemasonry  Illustrated.  Expoeltloa  of  7  Degrees 640 

a    Rituals  of  Odd-fellowship,  Knights  of  Pythlaa  Good  Tem- 
plarlsm, The  Grange,  Orand  Army  and  MaohlnUU 

and  Blacksmiths  Unloa ^ 

8    The  Broken  Seal ;  or  Freemfwonry  Peveloped. »J4 


Finney  on  Masonry . 


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Carry  religious  principle  into  common  life, 
and  common  life  will  lose  its  transitoriness. 
The  world  passe  th  away.  The  things  seen  are 
temporal.  Soon  business  with  all  its  cares  and 
anxieties,  the  whole  "unprofitable  stir  and  fever 
of  the  world,"  will  be  to  us  a  thing  of  the  past. 
But  religion  does  something  better  than  sigh 
and  moan  over  the  perishableness  of  earthly 
things.  It  finds  in  them  the  seeds  of  immortal- 
ity.— John  Caird. 

The  man  who  has  in  him  the  elements  of  a 
worker  for  Christ  will  find  a  field  or  make  one. 
Paul,  when  a  prisoner,  made  converts  in  Caesar's 
household. — Spurgeon. 

At  a  monthly  church  collection  not  long  since 
a  ten-dollar  bill  was  put  in  the  box  with  a  paper 
affixed,  on  which  was  written:  "To  be  given  to 
a  missionary  who  does  not  use  tobacco." 

In  Alabam*,  nineteen  out  of  the  sixty-five 
counties  are  now  under  strict  prohibitory  laws — 
about  one-half  of  the  population  of  the  State. 

It  is  announced  that  by  order  of  Receiver 
Corbin  no  liquor  will  hereafter  be  sold  at  any  of 
the  stations  of  the  Long  Island  Railroad  Com- 
pany. 


ft  Eminent  men  on  Secret  Societies  ;Compo»e<l  of  "WftBlitog- 
ton  Opposed  to  Secret  Societies.  "Judge  Whitney's 
Defence," ' The  Uystio  Tie. " '  'Nan-atlves and  Argu- 
ments, " '  'The  Antl  -masonioSorapBoo' ',  "  and"Oalh« 
and  Pena/les  of  Freemasonry  %8  proved  In  the  New 
Berlin  Trials." .....S» 

6  Morgans  Masonlo  Exposition,  Abdnctonand  Murder, 

Oaths  of  83  Degrees ;  coa  poseiof '  'Freemaaonry  Bi- 
posedu '  'History  of  the  AbduSHon  and  M  order  of  Mor- 
gan, "Valance's  ConfessloE  "  "Bernard's  Bemenls- 
cences  of  Morgan  Times,  "and  "Oat  iS  and  Penalties 
of  83  Degrees" : ■ »" 

7  Secret  Societies  Ancient  anJ  Modem,  and  College  Secret 

Socle  tl63.  ■■■.■■••«•■  ,••••»•••••••-••'•••••••'•'••  '"^ 

8  Sermons  andAddresseg  on  Secret  Sooletlec ;  composed  of 

"Masonry  a  Work  of  Darkness,"  and  the  Sermons 
of  Messrs.  Crms,  ■WPUams,  McNary,  Dow,  Sarver} 
the  two  addresses  of  iTest.  Blanchard,  the  addrsssea 
of  Prest.  H.  H.  George, Prof.  J.  G.  Carson,  Bev.  M. 
8.  Dmry,  "Thirteen  Reasons  why  uChrlstlaj  cannot 
ha  a  Freemason,"  •'Freemasonry  contrary  to  the 
Christian  BeUglon."  Ana"Are  Masonlo  Oaths  Bind- 
ing on  the  Initiate?" •.':,,' 

9  History  of  ths  :.Iatlonal  Christian  Association,  and  Mln- 

ntes  of  the  Syr  icpse  and  Pittsburgh  Conventions .   .SW 
10    Hon.  J.Q.  Adams  Lettjrs  and  Addresses  on  Fre<;ma»onry^ 

U    Odd-fellowship  Judged  by  Its  own  Utterances 176 

la    Secret  Societies  b  j  Bevs.  McDllL  Blanchard  and  Beeoher .  W 

18.  Knight  Templarlsm  Illustrated wU 

14.  Revised  Odd-fellowship  Illustrated •  ■«» 

16.  Bltuals  and  Secrets  Illustrated;  Composed  of     Temple 
of   Honor    Illustrated,"    "Adoptive    Masonry 
Illustrated."    "United  Sons  of  industry  IUns-_^ 
trated"  and  "Secret  Sooletlea  lUnstrated" W 


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THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE. 


September  M,  18dS 


The  Christian  Cynosure. 

CHICAQO,  THORSDAT,  SEPTBMBBR  28, 1882. 


Calvin  D.  Rockwell,  a  venerable  man,  born 
in  Leroy,  N".  Y.,  in  "Morgan  times,"  wrote  the 
Batavia  Convention,  too  late  for  reception,  ask- 
ing a  direct  vote,  "whether  it  is  right  to  hear 
Masonic  ministers ;"  and  urging  "thorough  or- 
ganization in  every  township  in  the  United 
States ;  and  the  Cynosure  in  every  family."  He 
predicts  certain  ultimate  success.  The  words  of 
these  aged  men,  uttered  from  the  portals  of 
eternity,  are  like  voices  from  the  ekies. 


Feiend  L.  Boyd  sends  in  another  article  on 
oaths  which  he  must  excuse  us  from  publishing. 
In  it  he  says:  "There  is  not  a  Christian  govern- 
ment on  the  planet."  Well,  brother,  elect  the 
candidates  on  the  American  ticket,  and  they 
will  at  least  give  a  Christian  administration. 


State  of  Parties. 


The  Bepublicans  and  Democrats  of  the 
two  leading  States,  New  York  and  Penn- 
sylvania, have  lately  met  by  their  rep- 
resentatives, adopted  what  are  called  "plat- 
forms," and  nominated  candidates. 

The  two  platforms  in  l^ew  York  consist'  of 
some  thirty  resolutions,  each  being  of  similar 
length;  and  if  the  Eepublican  platiorm  had  been 
read  in  the  Democratic  convention,  and  the 
Democratic  platform  in  the  Republican,  omit- 
ting party  names  and  flings,  they  would  have, 
perhaps  with  a  single  exception,  been  hailed 
with  equal  applause. 

Thus  the  Republicans  eay  (Res.  3.) : 

"Monopolies  oppressing  the  people,  or  unfairly  dis- 
criminating against  local  interests,  are  wrong  in  principle 
and  should  not  be  tolerated." 

The  Democrats  (Res.  10)  say: 

"The  public  welfare  demands  that  various  questions, 
relating  to  chartered  monopolies  *  *  *  should  be 
met;  and  we  are  in  favor  of  the  adoption  of  measures  to 
restrict  the  power  of  such  monopolies." 

The  Republicans  say  again: 

"Stringent  legislation  should  be  enacted  to  secure 
purity  and  honesty  in  the  primary  elections ;  and  all  pos- 
sible safeguards  thrown  around  these  sources  of  political 
action  of  the  people." 

The  Democrats,  on  the  same  point,  say: 

"We  favor  the  speedy  passage  of  general  laws  provid- 
ing against  fraud  and  intimidation  at  such  (primary) 
elections." 

And  so  on  throughout  the  whole  of  the  two 
platforms.  Each  platform,  however,  insisting 
that  the  other  is  dishonest  and  that  its  own 
crows  are  the  whitest.  There  is  one  exception. 
The  Republicans  betray  a  dread  of  the  x  rohi- 
bitionistB,  and  say  they  have  no  new  doctrine 
to  present  on  the  questions  which  have  hereto- 
fore occupied  much  of  the  public  attention;  such 
as  *  *  *  the  regulation  of  traffic  in  intox- 
icating liquors,"  etc.  And  when  they  come  to 
the  liquor  constitutional  question,  now  pressing 
in  that  and  other  States,  they  somewhat  meekly 
beg  the  Democrats  to  come  to  their  help,  say- 
ing: "That  changes  in  t^e  fundamental  law  should 
not  ordinarily  be  the  subject  of  party  action." 
*  *  *  "We  therefore  urge  the  people  of  the 
State,  without  reference  to  party,  to  examine 
with  intelligent  care  the  Constitutional  amend- 
ments submitted  to  them,"  etc.;  and  then  add: 

"Rebolvbd,  That  while  there  are  varying  opinions  on 
the  sale  of  liquors,  we  subscribe  to  the  principle  that  the 
proposition  on  that  subject,  like  all  other  propositions  for 
change  in  the  fundamental  law,  ought  to  be  submitted  to 
the  popular  vote." 

This  timid  action  declares  that  the  Republi- 
aui  party  "has  no  new  doctrine,"  but  adheres  to 
the  old  doctrine  ot  "regulation,"  not  "prohibi- 
tion;" yet  votes  that  the  "people"  (Democrats 
included)  "without  reference  to  party,"  shall 
shoulder  the  Question  of  prohibition.  This  is 
traveling  out  of  its  record.  Being  a  party  con- 
vention it  is  in  honor  lesponsible  to  the  people 
to  ^iye  thatparty's  opinion,  for  or  against  pro- 
hibition. Wnereas  it  pledges  the  party  to  "reg- 
ulation," which  means  licenae;  yet  agrees  to  join 
with  Democrats  in  submitting  all  constitutional 
changes  "to  the  popnlar  vote." 

The  difficulty  with  this  action  is,  that  it  is 
half-hearted.  Suppose  the  vote  taken  in  New 
York,  as  in  Kansas  and  Iowa,  where  Republi- 
cans are  wheeling  off  from  prohibition,  adopted 


by  an  overwhelming  "popular  vote,"  will  New 
York  Republicans  stand  by  that  "popular  vote" 
or  not?  That  is  the  question.  Men  will  not 
follow  timid  leaders.  This,  the  old  Whig  party 
found,  to  its  cost,  when  the  Republican  party 
swallowed  it  up,  and  left  such  a  political  giant 
as  Webster  to  wail  out,  "I,  whither  shall  I  go." 
The  Democrats  of  New  York,  are,  on  the  con- 
trary, true  blue  graduates  from  "The  Confeder- 
ate Crossroads  which  is  in  the  State  of  Ken- 
tucky." And,  as  before,  they  will  flourish  and 
beat  their  timid  antagonists,  till  a  party  which 
"fears  Grod  and  regards  man,"  now  no  larger 
than  a  man's  hand,  covers  the  political  heavens, 
a^Tthere  is  "abundance  of  rain." 

The  Green  backers,  Prohibitionists,  and  other 
reform  parties  are  between  two  mill-stones — 
reform  and  the  lodge,  which  boasts  that  it  nev- 
er changes  its  "land-marks."  And  the  idea  of 
a  political  party  gaining  control  of  this  Repub- 
lic, one  half  oi  which  conceals  its  proceedings 
from  the  other  half,  is  simply  preposterous. 
Success  for  such  a  party  means  only  the  success 
of  the  secret,  and  surrender  of  the  open  half. 
That  is  to  say,  the  rule  of  the  lodge,  which  now 
rules  the  two  old  parties.  The  war  never  would 
have  been  ended  and  the  Union  been  saved,  by 
Freemasons,  sworn  by  a  hidden,  "higher"  law 
to  help  each  other.  But  when  the  Anti-masons 
Seward,  Chase,  Stanton  and  Stevens,  were  the 
Government,  Lincoln  and  Liberty  had  a  plat- 
form which  stood !  God  will  save  America  by 
Americans',  men,  no  matter  where  born,  with 
American  hearts  in  their  breasts;  American 
principles  in  their  heads,  and  American  votes  in 
their  hands.     Ood  sanie  America ! 


The  Blame  Boom. 


Ex-Senator  and  Secretary  James  G.  Blaine 
passed  through  Chicago  last  week  Wednesday 
returning  from  an  address  at  a  soldier's-reunion 
at  Topeka,  Kansas.  Prominent  Republicans 
ealled  on  him  at  his  hotel  here. 

Senator  Blaine  is  just  now  become  the  lion 
of  the  Republican  press.  The  Republican  vic- 
tory in  Maine  is  attributed  to  him,  and  as  the 
Republicans  were  doubtful  how  that  State  would 
go,  and  as  that  party,  like  the  Democracy,  has 
no  principles  but  John  Randolph's  seven,  viz., 
"Five  loaves  and  two  fishes,"  it  is  ready  to  glo- 
rify the  leader  who  promises  them  success.  And 
among  the  distinguished  men  of  this  country 
few  have  a  more  notable  record  than  Mr.  Blaine. 

We  should  like  to  know  whether  Gov.  St. 
John  was  among  those  who  invited  Mr.  Blaine 
to  Kansas  at  this  time.  And  as  he  comes  from 
a  strong  prohibition  State,  we  shall  await  with 
lively  interest  the  effect  of  his  visit  to  Kansas 
on  the  prospects  of  St.  John's  re-election  as  Gov- 
ernor. But  whether  he  ventures  to  encourage 
the  St.  John  wing  of  the  Kansas  Republicans  or 
not,  we  know  that  it  would  be  fatal  to  hid  hopes 
and  St.  John's  too,  if  they,  or  either  of  them, 
should  be  known  to  be  hostile  to  the  lodge.  As 
the  Abierican  party  had  no  candidate  in  the 
field  for  Governor  of  Kansas,  and  as  St.  John 
is  a  reformer,  and  the  lodge  and  liquor  party  is 
death  on  him,  we  advised  the  Americans  in  Kan- 
sas to  let  the  nomination  go  by  default  this  time, 
and  vote  solid  for  St.  John,  on  the  ground  that 
the  postponement  of  a  duty  is  not  the  neglect  of 
it.  So  we  voted  for  Harrison,  who  was  person- 
ally anti-slavery,  instead  of  Birney  in  1840,  on 
the  ground  that  the  Liberty  party  was  not  yet 
fairly  on  its  legs.  But  in  a  fortnight  after  Har- 
rison's election,  we  put  S.  F.  Chase  at  our  head 
and  voted  straight  for  abolition  until  slavery 
fell. 

The  lodge  stood  behind  slavery  and  was  the 
soul  of  the  slave  power.  When  once  the  Amer- 
ican party  is  fairly  launched  in  any  State  and 
we  are  aboard,  we  must  "sink  or  swim,  survive 
or  perish"  with  it.  If  the  Anti-masonic  party 
fifty  years  ago  had  followed  the  advice  of  John 
Quincy  Adams  we  should  to  day  be  free  from 
the  lodge  curse.  It  fused  with  the  Whigs,  took 
in  Freemasons  and  died. 


—In  Elder  Callender's  letter  on  "Christian 
Union"  in  Sept.  14th  Cynosure,  the  types  were 
unhappily  made  to  say  "ill  bred  views,"  when 
the  word  should  have  been  illiberal. 

— After  the  Worcester  convention  last  week, 
which  is  briefly  reported  elsewhere.  Secretary 
Stoddard  visited  Boston,  New  York,  and  hoped 
to  reach  Washington  City  before  the  Sab- 
bath. 

— Bro.  Hinman  is,  with  brethren  Browne, 
Starry  and  Butler,  also  stopping  in  western  New 
York  to  lecture.  He  preached  twice  and  lec- 
tured three  times,  during  the  week  after  the 
Convention,  in  Varick,  the  home  of  brethren  A. 
and  H.  Baldridge.  After  preaching  again  on 
Sabbath  last  he  was  expecting  to  visit  Seneca 
Lake  and  at  Altay  to  visit  the  blind  veteran 
Enoch  Honeywell. 

— Mrs.  E.  D.  Bailey  was  summoned  by  tele- 
gram from  the  Massachusetts  State  Convention, 
where  she  was  nobly  aiding  her  husband,  to  the 
bedside  of  her  aged  and  dying  mother  at 
Wheaton.  She  reached  her  destination  Thurs- 
day night.  Mrs.  Grant,  her  mother,  yet  linger- 
ted  on  Monday  morning,  yet  patiently  waiting 
for  the  call  that  should  take  her  spirit  home  to 
God. 

— With  grief  we  learn  of  the  death  of  Dr.  S. 
A.  Sterrett,  of  Pittsburg,  last  week.  He  was, 
we  believe,  an  elder  in  Dr.  A.  M.  Milligan's 
church  and  one  of  those  "who  seemed  to  be 
pillars." 


— ^The  arti'vie  on  page  7,  entitled  "  The  Truth 
Cuts,"  should  have  been  credited  to  the  Chris- 
tia/n  Witness. 


THE  HORGAH  MONUMENT. 

THE  INSCRIPTIONS. 

[South  side  ] 

SACBED  TO  THE  MEMORY  OP 

WILLIAM  MORQA.N, 

A  NATIVE  OF  VIBQINIA, 

A  CAPT.  IN  THE  WAR  OP  1818, 

A  RESPECTABLE  CITIZEN  OP 

BATAVIA  AND  A  MARTYR 

TO  THE  FREEDOM  OF  WRITING, 

PRINTING  AND  SPEAKING  THE 

TRUTH.    HE  WAS  ABDUCTED 

PROM  NEAR  THIS  SPOT  IN  THE 

YEAR  1826  BY  FREEMASONS 

AND  MURDERED  FOB  REVEALING 

THE  SECRETS  OP  THEIR  ORDER. 

[East  Bide  ] 

ERECTED  BY  VOLUNTEER 

CONTRIBUTIONS  PROM  OVER 

2000  PERSONS  RESIDING  IN 

CANADA,   ONTARIO, 

AND  'H  OP  THE 

UNITED  STATES 

AND  TERRITORIES. 

[North  side  j 

THE  COURT  RECORDS  OP 

GENESEE  COUNTY  AND  PILES  OP 

THE  BATAVIA  ADVOCATE 

KEPT  IN  THE  RECORDER'S 

OFFICE  CONTAIN  THE  HISTORY 

OP  THE  EVENTS  THAT  CAUSED 

THE  ERECTION  OP  THIS 

MONUMENT. 

[West  Bide.] 

THE  BANE  OP  OUR  CIVIL 

INSTITUTIONS  IS  TO  BE  FOUND 

IN  MASONRY,  ALREADY  POWERFUL 

AND  DAILY  BECOMING  MORE 

SO.»*»   I  OWE  TO  MY  COUNTRY 

AN  EXPOSURE  OP  ITS  DANGERS. 

WM.  MORGAN. 


Morgan  Monument  Fund. 

Receipts  for  week  ending  Sept.  23,  1882 : 

A  Friend,  $t> ;  P  B  Hill,  W  Parsons,  75  cents ;  H  J  Bbt  and  A 
Croach  BO  cents  each;  J  W  Murray,  25  cents ;  A  Williams  %  cents. 
Total,  $8.03 ;  Grand  Total,  $1,970.08. 

Secretary  J.  P.  Stoddard  alBO  reports  the  following  sams  paid  to 
him: 

D  Klrkpatrick,  Syracuse,  $50;  Thomas  White,  Brooklyn,  $26;  llis- 
souri  friends,  $21.75;  Mr  and  Mrs  J  Blancbaid,  Wm  Corbel,  Jos  A 
Bent,  Jr,  Bev  D  Yant,  Mrs  T  Bliss,  Mr  Jefferson,  $5  each ;  Mrs  S  A 
Proctor  $3;  J  Osgood,  $2.50;  Wm  Woodward,  Canandaigua.  Beuben 
Gardner  and  wife,  P  D  Miller,  T  Hudson,  $2  each;  L  J  Tnncher, 
S  0  Thompson,  Mr.  Croffut,  Wm.  Sloeson,  Klisha  Darls,  J  Archer, 
Prof  A  C  Bideout,  Prof  £  D  Bailey,  Elder  J  L  Barlow,  W  Hopkins, 
L  A  Phillips,  James  Akaon,  A  A  Miller.  P  Miller,  F  D  Parrlsh,  Elder 
A  D  Freeman,  Ber  E  Mathews,  Hiram  S  Browne,  Chas  Browne,  Jas 
Haire,  Hiram  Tiffany,  each  $1 ;  C  J  Kephart,  Elder  J  N  Campbell, 
George  Smith,  George  Perry,  Alexander  Baldridge,  Wm  Henderson, 
50  cents  each;  Bev  Mills  and  friend  30  cents;  H  N  Waldo,  P  Balch, 
25  cents  each;  Mrs  S  McCononghey,  Mrs  Waldo  10  cents  each.  Total 
$168.25. 

There  may  have  been  some  small  sums  banded 'me  during  th» 
hurry  of  ConTention  that  have  been  overlooked.  If  any,  error  or 
omission  is  noticed  by  a  friend  it  will  be  cheerfolly  corrected. 

J.  P.  SlOOSAU), 


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September  38,  1883 


mn  CHRISTIAN  CYi^OSUt^E. 


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[Coniinned from  6th  jpageJ] 
be  caet  out  and  the  old  usages  brought  back  ? 
Why  do  we  find  that  our  children,  when  they 
grow  up,  get  into  these  lodges  ?  Many  young 
men  are  made  infidels  in  college.  Infidelity  in- 
creases, though  we  now  have  Sabbath  schools  all 
the  year  round.  "Why  do  we  thus  go  backward  ? 
The  reason  she  believed  to  be  in  the  teachings 
of  Freemasonry  and  other  orders.  A  book  was 
published  in  1802  warning  this  country  against 
the  Illuminatti.  This  book  the  Masons  wished 
to  get  away  from  her  husband's  father,  who 
owned  a  copy.  He  refused  to  let  them  have  it. 
A  few  months  later  his  large  new  house  was 
burned  and  two  children  perished,  but  they  did 
not  destroy  the  book.  It  was  in  another  place. 
This  book  said  that  the  best  way  to  propagate 
Illuminism  was  by  means  of  the  first  three  de- 
grees of  Freemasonry,  and  in  colleges. 

Mrs.  L.  N.  Stratton  read  a  brief  but  excellent 
paper  on  the  relation  of  our  reform  to  the  tem- 
perance cause,  and  at  its  close  presented  the  fol- 
lowing : 

Whbbbab,  We  aa  Christian  women  and  mothers  assem- 
bled in  the  National  Christian  Association  at  Batavia,  N. 
Y.,  believe  that  secret  societies  are  antagonistic  to  the 
temperance  work  in  our  land,  and  that  their  influence  on 
our  work  is  like  the  simoon  on  the  desert  plain ;  there- 
fore 

Rbsolvbd.  That  a  delegation  of  five  ladies  to  represent 
this  honorable  body  be  appointed  to  attend  the  N.  W.  C. 
T.  U.  to  be  held  in  Louisville,  Ky.,  in  October,  and  pre- 
sent a  petition  asking  that  the  relation  of  secret  societies 
to  the  temperance  work  may  be  presented  to  their  prayer- 
ful consideration  and  action. 

President  Collins  requested  Mrs.  McPherson 
to  preside  while  attention  was  given  to  this  reso- 
lution. 

After  its  adoption  Mrs.  L.  H.  Plumb,  of  Strea- 
tor,  111.;  Mrs.  J.  S,  Collins, of  Washington ;  Mrs. 
M.  E.  Cook,  of  Chicago;  Mrs.  M.  E.  McPherson,  of 
Washington,  and  Mrs.  L.  N.  Stratton,  of  Whea- 
toD,  were  chosen  the  committee  called  tor,  to 
visit  the  National  meeting  of  the  Womans' 
Christian  Temperance  Union. 

Mrs.  McPherson  spoke  in  favor  of  female  suf- 
frage, and  gave  some  account  of  her  experience 
among  the  advocates  of  that  movement,  who 
were  at  first,  she  said,  all  infidels.  The  women 
suffrage  meetings  in  Washington  were  well  at- 
tended. She  studied  the  people  who  attended 
these  annual  meetings  for  five  years,  and  was 
convinced  they  were  right.  She  gave  an  account 
of  her  personal  sufferings  through  the  agency  of 
the  lodge,  and  avowed  her  devotion  to  the  re- 
form wnich  aims  to  destroy  that  system. 

As  the  hour  clased,  President  Collins  thanked 
the  ladies  for  the  interesting  manner  in  which 
they  had  occupied  the  time.  Before  the  con- 
sideration of  the  resolutions  yet  unadopted,  time 
was  given  for  further  subscriptions  to  the  Exten- 
sion Fund.  The  total  amount  yaised  was  $325.25, 
the  cash  paid  being  $104.50. 

The  resolutions  w6re  then  taken  up  and  dis- 
cussed with  much  freedom  and  ability.  Some  of 
those  presented  were  tabled,  some  were  replaced 
by  substitution.  The  whole  as  adopted  appears 
herewith : 

RESOLUTIONS : 

RsaoLVED,  That  we  take  special  pleasure  in  recogniz- 
ing the  valuable  services  to  the  anti-secrecy  reform  of  the 
American  Wesleyan,  the  American  Freeman,  the  United 
Presbyterian,  Our  Banner,  the  Free  Methodist,  the  Chris- 
tian Instructor,  the  United  Brethren  in  Christ,  the  Rich- 
mond Star,  and  other  similar  papers ;  and  we  commend 
them  to  the  patronage  of  friends  of  this  reform. 

2.  That  we  tender  our  sincere  thanks  to  those  who  have 
favored  the  Convention  with  addresses. 

3.  That  our  sincere  and  hearty  thanks  are  hereby  ex- 
tended to  those  citizens  of  Batavia  who  have  entertained 
members  of  this  convention. 

4.  That  the  managers  of  the  Washburn  House  and  the 
Hooper  House  are  entitled  to  the  thanks  of  this  Conven- 
tion for  the  unwearying  care  and  attention  bestowed  upon 
the  members. 

5.  That  our  hearty  thanks  are  also  due  to  Mr.  R.  T.  Car- 
ter of  Vermont,  proprietor  of  the  Ryegate  Granite  Works, 
and  to  his  agent,  Mr.  R.  W.  Oliver,  for  the  gentlemanly- 
business-like,  and  efficient  manner  in  which  they  have 
executed  the  contract  for  the  erection  ol  a  monument  to 
Wm.  Morgan. 

6.  That  the  committee  of  the  National  Christian  Asso- 
ciation, and  particularly  J.  P.  Stoddard,  its  Chairman, 
deserve  the  most  earnest  thanks  of  this  body  for  their  un- 
tiring and  arduous  labors  in  securing  the  erection  of  this 
granite  memorial  and  in  assembling  this,  the  largest  and 
most  effective  Convention  yet  held  in  the  progress  of  our 
reform. 

7.  That  the  Free  Methodist  church  which  has  enter- 
tained in  its  house  of  worship  sixteen  members  of  this 
body,  deserves  the  thanks  of  our  Convtnliou  and  our  earn- 
est prayers  to  Qod, 


ResolveDj  That  those  who  favor  our  cause  should  pat- 
ronize and  aid  by  their  money  and  patronage,  such  news- 
papers, churches  and  colleges  as  openly  declare  the  truth 
respecting  the  secret  conspiracies  and  idolatries  of  our 
day. 

Resolved,  That  in  the  death  of  Samuel  D.  Greene,  the 
companion  and  friend  ot  Capt.  Wm.  Morgan  in  his  strug- 
gles against  the  lodge,  we  feel  the  loss  of  a  fearless,  per- 
sistent advocate  of  reform  principles  and  we  cheerfully 
place  on  record  this  brief  tribute  to  his  memory. 

Resolved,  That  secret  associations  are  not  adapted  to 
promote  the  temperance  or  anjr  other  good  cause,  and  that 
we  earnestly  request  all  our  friends  who  are  in  these  lodges 
to  abandon  them. 

It  should  be  stated  that  the  first  three  resolu- 
tions which  appeared  in  the  report  of  the  politi- 
cal meeting  in  the  evening  were  adopted  with 
the  above,  but  were  afterward  stricken  out,  ^th- 
out  disagreement. 

A  long  session  had  been  held,  when  the  record 
was  read  and  approved. 

Adjournment  was  made  to  the  early  hour  of  7 
o'clock,  and  the  benediction  was  pronounced. 

Xhwning. 

After  the  opening  prayer  by  Rev.  G.  L. 
Paine,  of  Millview,  Pa.,  president  Collins  spoke 
briefiy  upon  the  work  and  results  of  the  Con- 
vention. 

Pres.  C.  J.  Kephart  moved  that  the  three 
resolutions  referring  to  political  action  be  omit- 
ted from  the  minutes.  President  Collins  re- 
marked that  if  he  dealt  strictly  with  the  mo- 
tion he  should  have  to  declare  it  not  in  order, 
but  as  it  was  a  direct  way  of  getting  at  what 
all  were  agreed  upon  and  which  would  be  adopt- 
ed in  another  form,  he  would  allow  it.  The 
motion  was  passed  without  dissent,  and  the  Con- 
vention then  took  a  recess,  to  resume  business 
at  the  call  of  the  chair. 

The  sitting  resumed  after  the  brief  political 
meeting,  and  Bro.  Clark  opened  with  a  song. 
Elder  Browne  was  also  called  upon  and  re- 
sponded with  a  Masonic  Ode,  "To  the  Mother  of 
Masons,"  which  was  heartily  received. 

F.  W.  Capwell  presented  this : 

Resolved,  That  this  Convention  present  its  hearty 
thanks  to  the  owner  of  the  Hall,  to  Rev.  Mr.  Newell,  and 
to  Mrs.  Perry  for  favors  extended,  and  to  all  who  have  in 
any  way  helped  to  make  our  visit  to  this  city  a  pleasant 
one. 

There  was  some  desire  to  debate  the  matter. 
Bro.  Foote  called  attention  to  the  contrast  be- 
tween the  ministry  of  Batavia  and  the  hotels. 
None  of  the  pastors,  so  far  as  he  was  informed, 
had  noticed  the  Convention,  although  some  had 
promised  to  so.  He  spoke  of  the  dread  of 
touching  the  matter  lest  some  Freemason's  feel- 
ings should  be  hurt.  He  referred  to  the  un- 
hospitable  greetings  some  had  received  from 
friends  residing  in  Batavia. 

Mr.  Newell,  a    boarding-house    keeper,  was 

Eermitted  to  make    a    statement  which  covered 
is  own  house.    He  would   have  gladly  accom 
modated  a  large  number  of  the  delegates.     He 
felt  that  he  had  been  slighted,  and  that  the  peo 

Ele  of  Batavia  were  misunderstood.     They  were 
ospitable  and  friendly. 

It  was  explained  that  the  notices  that  had  ap- 
peared in  the  city  papers,  requesting  entertain 
ment  for  delega.tes,  had  possibly  not  been  seen 
by  some  who  would  have  contributed  to  the  suc- 
cess of  the  meeting  by  opening  their  homes, 
and  the  resolution  was  adopted. 

The  seceded  Masons  were  then  called  to  the 
platform.  Four  responded:  E.  Conkling,  of 
Napoli,  N.  Y.;  S.  S.  Cone,  of  Wapella,  111.;  S 
E.  Starry,  of  Clarence,  Iowa;  and  R,  B.  Gard- 
ner, of  Elyria,  O.  Several  other  seceded  Ma- 
sons had  been  present  as  is  seen  on  the  roll,  but 
had  left  for  home  before  this  closing  met- 
ing. 

The  first  address  of  the  evening  was  given  by 
Elder  H.  H.  Hinman,  N.  C.  A.  agent  in  the 
South.  It  was  an  able  presentation  of  the 
needs  of  the  Southern  field  and  is  well  worth  a 
wide  circulation  through  the  press. 

Mr.  Clark  sang  "Mr.  Dash."  With  the  witty 
sentiment  of  this  song  the  readers  of  the  Cyno- 
sure have  long  been  familiar  as  it  first  appeared 
in  our  columns  from  the  pen  of  Rev.  Joseph 
Travis.  But  Bro.  Clark's  rendition  awakened 
almost  boisterous  applause. 

Elder  J.  F.  Browne,  of  Kentucky,  was  then 
introduced  and  after  a  preface  describing  the 
particular  educational  work  in, which  he  was  en- 


raged,   he    spoke    upon 
"     •  ■         by 


''Masonic    Means  ot 
race,"  usmg  a  chart   by    way   of  illustration. 
His  argument  made  a    deep  impression  upon 
the  Convention. 

Each  one  of  the  renouncing  Masons  then 
told  his  experience  in  simple,  unaffected  lan- 
guage. This  part  of  the  Convention  was  one 
of  the  most  enjoyable.  A  full  report  of  these 
testimonials  will  be  given  hereafter. 

The  hearty  expression  of  the  Convention  ap- 
proved a  motion  of  thanks  to  Dr.  Collins  for  so 
ably  providing  over  its  sessions ;  and  thanks 
were  also  tendered  the  secretaries.  Pres.  J. 
Blanchard  wished  also  to  thank  the  respected 
friends  who  had  broken  loose  from  the  bond- 
age of  the  lodge,  and  whose  experiences  had  so 
thrilled  every  soul  during  the  evening.  If  a 
thankful  spirit  is  any  evidence  of  the  religious 
condition  of  this  Convention  it  must  be  seen 
that  none  before  have  at  all  equalled  it.  It 
was,  at  least,  with  a  feeling  of  devout  thanksgiv- 
ing to  God  that  all  arose  and  almost  joined 
hands  as  we  sang, 

"Praise  God  from  wbom  all  blesBiDgs  flow." 


and  then   dispersed 
Pres.  Blanchard. 


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Third  Missouri  District : 

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of  Albany,  Mo.,  as  the  American  Reform  can- 
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THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE. 


September  28, 1888 


HOME  CIRCLE. 


The  Last  Words  of  Our  Lord. 

'To  the  uttermost  parte  of  the  earth," 

The  risen  Saviour  said, 
Speed  forth,  O  friends,  as  my  witneBses, 
JProclalm  that  I  left  the  dead 
And  ascended  up  on  high, 

Kemiseion  of  ali  sins  to  give, 

Aud  repentance,  too,  and  faith. 

That  perishing  men  may  live. 

"To  the  uttermost  parts  of  the  earth," 

Speed  forth,  O  friends,  and  tell 
Of  the  need  of  a  new,  a  secoud  hlrth, 

To  save  mankind  from  hell. 
Go ;  tell  all  men  I  was  lifted  up 

On  Calvary's  cursed  tree ; 
Go;  tell  what  ye  have  seen  and  heard, 

And  draw  all  men  to  me. 

"To  the  uttermost  parts  of  the  earth," 

Oh,  mark  ye  well  the  bound  I 
The  distant  isles  of  the  Gentiles— all 

Must  hear  the  joyful  sound  1 
To  my  murderers  preach  it  first, 

At  Jerusalem  begin ; 
But  linger  uot  at  that  starting  point, 

For  the  world  lies  dead  in  sin. 

For  "the  uttermost  parts  of  the  earth" 

Eternal  life  I've  won ; 
On  the  gloom  of  universal  death 

Shines  now  the  riseu  sun. 
Go  forth  1  let  every  creature  hear. 

Let  all  the  world  be  told. 
That  the  woman's  sufferiug  seed  has  crashed 

The  head  of  the  serpent  old. 

•'To  the  uttermost  parts  of  the  earth," 

Friends,  'tis  my  last  command. 
My  parting  charge,  that  ye  bear  the  words 

Of  salvation  to  every  land. 
Let  every  erring  child  of  man 

Be  assured  that  God  la  love. 
And  freely  offered  to  each  and  all 

Is  a  home  with  me  above. 

"To  the  uttermost  parts  of  the  earth," 

O  Lord,  the  words  untold  1 
Thy  heart  how  large,  thy  love  how  warm  I 

Our  hearts  how  cramped  and  cold  1 
Full  eighteen  hundred  years  have  passed 

Since  thy  final  accents  fell, 
But  the  uttermost  parts  of  the  earth  are  left 

In  death  and  darkness  still. 

—Selected. 


Experience  of  Wm.  Hazenberg,  South  African  Mis- 
sionary. 

I  was  born  in  Netherlands,  in  the  year  1840, 
and  went  to  America  In  1867.  I  am  not  aware 
of  the  time  of  mj  conversion,  but  served  the 
Lord  from  my  earliest  recollection.  My  grand- 
mother, being  a  very  pious  woman,  told  me  al- 
ready in  my  childhood  that  she  expected  the 
Lord  would  use  me  as  a  laborer  in  his  vine- 
yard, in  which  she  has  not  been  disappointed, 
though  she  did  not  enjoy  the  privilege  of  wit- 
nessing it. 

Not  later,  perhaps,  than  the  age  of' nine  I 
commenced  to  ask:  the  Lord  to  make  me  a 
preacher  of  the  gospel,  which  1  then  already 
enjoyed  as  food  for  my  soul.  But  I  was  early 
troubled  with  stammering  to  such  an  extent 
that  it  seemed  almost  impossible  to  me  that  my 
prayer  in  regard  to  the  ministry  should  be  an- 
swered. 

I  also  had  in  my    early    days  a  presentment 
that  I  had  to  go  to  America,  although  very  iew 
left  for  it  in  my  vicinity.    After   1  had  passed 
the  age  of  twenty  I  became  fully  convinced  that 
Christ  was  my  Saviour,  which  made  me  exceed- 
ingly joyful.     Shortly   after  the   Loid  plainly 
called  me  to  make  preparation  for  the  ministry, 
tor  which  1  had    been    praying    already  many 
years.    I    commenced    the    appropriate  study, 
though  the  said  impediment    in  my  speech  had 
not  yet  been  cured.    1    studied   with  pleasure, 
which  had  always  been   my  delight,  but  recited 
with  pain,  because    1    could    often  not  express 
what  was  in  my    mind    on    acount  of  my  old 
trouble.     After  1  had    pursued   my  studies  for 
some  time,  1  heard   of  a  man  in  Germany,  who 
cured  men  from  stammering.     This  man  1  con- 
sidered as   the    probable    instrument   in  God's 
hand  to  enable  me  to  execute  the  ministerial  of- 
fice; accordingly  1  went,  and  after  having  been 
under  his  treatment  about   four  days  I  was  per- 
fectly cured,  and  which    has  proven  sufficient, 
under  condition  of  being  a  little  careful  in  re- 
gard to  the  method.    Then    I  felt  at  liberty  to 
go  to  America,  which  1  vamly  tried  to  do  before. 


In  America  1  continued  my  studies  and  finally 
became  minister  of  the  Dutch  Eeformed 
Church,  and  was  minister  of  that  denomination 
for  five  years,  in  two  congregations,  the  first  at 
Fulton,  111.,  the  second  at  Passaic,  New  Jer- 
sey. 

^Vhile  I  was  in  America,  but  before  entering 
the  ministry,  the  Lord  made  it  plainly  known 
to  me,  that  he  would  use  me  in  South  Africa 
for  the  promotion  of  his  kingdom.  Since  that 
time  I  always  believed  this  fact,  yet  it  must  hap- 
pen at  the  Lord's  own  appointed  time.  Noth- 
ing could  deprive  me  of  the  conviction  that  I 
had  to  go  to  Africa. 

While  being  minister  at  Passaic,  N.  J.,  I  be- 
came very  sick  with  the  typhoid  fever,  but  I  be- 
lieved surely  to  survive  because  I  had  to  go  to 
Africa.  And  so  it  happened,  however  danger- 
ous it  appeared  otherwise.  During  all  this  time, 
however,  I  did  not  understand  the  simple  way 
of  8anctifi(3ation  by  faith.  The  old  way  of  sanc- 
tification  by  means  of  resolutions,  exertions, 
and  unbelieving  prayers,  was  yet  my  way,  and 
which,  of  course  led  me  to  teach  others  also  the 
same  way  of  sanctifieation,  by  following  which 
they  must  suffer  disappointment  as  1  did  my- 
self. 

Some  time  after  my  sickness,  which  had  cre- 
ated in  me  an  increased  desire  for  devotion, 
providentially  some  holiness  literature  fell  into 
my  hands,  by  which  I  was  informed  of  my  de- 
ficiency in  holiness  not  only,  but  also  how  I 
might  obtain  it,  and  that  immediately.  By 
Scripture  and  experience  they  convinced  me  of 
the  truth  of  their  assertions.  This  was  the  first 
step  in  the  way,  and  even  an  important  one,  but 
to  possess  it  myself  was  another  step  which  was 
yet  to  be  followed.  I  now  commenced  reading 
and  re-reading  holiness  tracts,  prayers,  and 
books,  but  I  struggled  on  for  some  days  be- 
fore I  obtained  the  blessing  which  1  so  much 
longed  for.  Finally  I  learned  the  way  by  means 
of  a  tract  by  Mrs.  P.  Smith:  "A  word  to  the 
wavering  ones."  In  that  tract,  as  well  as  in 
many  others  I  had  read,  it  was  told  that  we 
have  merely  to  trust  in  Christ  for  sanctifieation, 
but  she  said  a  person  might  ask.  How  shall  I 
trust?  This  she  answered  by  saying:  "Trust 
Christ,  that  He  will  keep  you  trusting,"  and 
these  very  words  were  especially  blessed  to  my 
soul,  though  such  an  experience  may  be  often 
thought  of  as  very  insignificant.  They  appeared 
to  my  soul  as  a  ray  of  light  from  the  San  of 
Righteousness.  I  immediately  experienced  that 
'virtue  went  out  of  Christ  into  my  inmost  soul. 
I  was  obliged  to  stop  reading,  nor  was  there  at 
present  any  more  need  of  it,  but  I  went  up  and 
down  my  room  glorifying  God,  and  rejoicing 
in  Christ,  and  praising  him  for  his  abundant 
mercy,  not  only  delivering  me  from  the  pun- 
ishment of  sin,  but  also  from  the  power  of 
sin,  which  I  had  so  often  and  earnestly  sought 
for  in  vain  elsewhere.  The  fulness  of  the  Holy 
Spirit  and  the  sweetness  of  thej  communion 
with  God  I  then  enjoyed  surpasses  all  descrip- 
tion. 

It  happened  in  October,  1880,  I  think,  that  I 
attended  a  holiness  meeting  at  Dr.  Palmer's,  at 
New  York,  while  Rev.  Wm.  Taylor  was  there, 
who  spoke  about  his  missionary  labors,  and  how 
the  Lord  supplied  all  his  temporal  wants,  and 
enabled  him  to  do  so  much  in  spreading  the  gos- 
pel without  the  aid  of  any  missionary  boards. 
This  gave  me  more  courage  to  go  out  to  South 
Africa  in  the  same  way.  A  couple  of  days  after 
this  event,  the  desire  came  into  my  heart  in  a 
special  manner,  while  reading  the  word  of  God, 
to  be  more  generally  useful  in  the  vineyard  of 
the  Lord.  This  desire,  as  given  by  the  Spirit, 
was  immediately  responded  to  by  the  Spirit, 
saying,  to  satisfy  my  desire  I  had  to  go  to  Af- 
rica. From  this  time  we  made  preparation  to 
go.  We  had  to  sell  our  furniture,  which 
we  expected  might  furnish  the  means  necessary, 
in  part  at  least,  as  also  happened.  My  wife  and 
I  talked  about  a  bookcase  ot  ours  as  being  per- 
haps difficult  to  sell,  but  the  same  day  a  lady 
came  aud  expressed  the  desire  of  buying  said 
book-case,  without  knowing  anything  about  our 
intention.  This  occurred  to  us  as  a  very  re- 
I  markable  providence. 

After  we  had  decided    to  leave    for  Africa, 


trusting  in  the  Lord  for  the  supply  of  means, 
I  came  to  the  conclusion  to  write  to  Dr.  C.  Cul- 
lis,  at  Boston,  about  becoming  connected  with 
his  Faith  Work,  knowing  that  missionaries  were 
laboring  in  various  parts  of  the  world  in  con- 
nection with  his  Work  of  Faith,  trusting  only 
in  the  Lord  for  their  temporal  support.  He, 
Dr.  Cullis,  accepted  me  as  such,  saying  that  he 
had  been  praying  for  some  time  already  for  a 
missionary  to  South  Africa.  The  English  lan- 
guage is  here  very  useful,  since  the  English 
speaking  population  is  already  quite  numerous, 
yet  to  be  of  much  and  general  use  in  this  coun- 
try the  Holland  language  is  essential,  since  the  . 
Dutch  Boers  are  not  only  the  most  numerous 
portion  of  the  population  in  South  Africa,  but 
also  the  colored  people  in  Cape  Town  and  else- 
where use  almost  exclusively  the  Dutch  lan- 
fuage,  the  Mohammedans  included.  The  Mo- 
ammedans  in  Cape  Town  alone  member  about 
6,000.  We  took  passage  with  a  sailing  vessel 
from  New  York  to  the  Cape.  Wo  did  not  dread 
the  voyage,  believing  the  Lord  would  bring  us 
safely  to  the  place  of  our  destination.  It  took 
us  sixty -five  days  from    New  York  to  the  Cape. 

We  had  a  very  prosperous  passage  in  general, 
although  many  disasters  occurred  on  the  ocean 
while  we  were  crossing.  Only  twice  we  had  a 
little  while  strong  wind.  All  the  crew  testified 
they  never  before  had  enjoyed  such  a  passage, 
during  which  they  had  so  little  water  on  deck. 
We  had  also  splendid  accommodation  on  the 
vessel.  We  had  the  cabin  of  'the  captain  for  our 
use.  When  we  got  the  first  view  of  Table 
mountain,  about  4,000  feet  high,  we  rejoiced, 
and  felt  very  thankful  to  the  Lord  for  bringing 
us  sately  in  this  place.  At  our  arrival  we  had 
little  money  left,  but  we  trusted  the  Lord  would 
supply  all  our  wants,  and  so  he  did.  The  Lord 
brought  us  into  contact  with  Christian  people. 
They  asked  us  sometimes  how  we  got  our  sap- 
port,  expecting  we  were  connected  with  some 
society,  which  was  responsible  for  our  mainte- 
nance, as  generally  is  the  case  with  those  who 
go  to  foreign  lands  to  preach  the  gospel.  Then 
we  told  them  how  we  trusted  only  in  the  Lord 
for  that.  Many  could  hardly  understand  how 
such  a  thing  could  be,  as  if  the  Lord  had  to 
make  windows  in  heaven  to  accomplish  this. 

From  the  first  I  commenced  visiting  some  of 
the  most  neglected  people  in  spiritual  things, 
especially  the  Mohammedans.  Nobody  cares 
for  their  souls.  Their  religion  is  a  mixture  of 
Judaism,  heathendom  and  Christianity.  They 
seek  their  salvation  in  prayers,  five  times  a  day, 
in  fasting,  a  whole  month  in  a  year  from  sunrise 
until  sun  set,  and  in  giving  alms.  Their  man- 
ner of  public  worship  attended  only  by  males, 
is  ridiculous.  They  are  engaged  in  things, 
which  are  of  a  most  superstitious  character. 
These  people  I  have  visited  a  good  deal  during 
my  stay  in  this  place.  Many  before  me  have 
labored  among  the  Mohammedans,  but  all  with 
very  little  or  no  success.  They  are  so  hard  to 
reach,  principally  because  they  haye  a  false  re- 
ligion. They  believe  in  Christ  as  a  good  man, 
but  deny  his  divinity  and  atonement.  Perhaps 
the  Mohammedans  would  furnish  a  promising 
missionary  field  to  the  Unitarians,  but  such  a 
church  would  not  do  them  any  good.  They  gen- 
erally listen  patiently  when  I  talk  to  them  about 
the  way  of  salvation  by  faith  in  Christ,  but 
sometimes  they  refused  hearing  about  it,  saying 
they  have  their  own  ministers.  It  also  hap- 
pens that  they  make  objections  to  the  Christian 
religion,  in  some  respects,  accepting  the  Koran 
Mohamud  as  their  revelation  from  God,  from 
which  book  they  derive  their  objections.  I 
hope,  however,  the  Lord  has  blessed  my  labors 
among  them,  though  I  cannot  tell  to  what  ex- 
tent. 

My  labor  though  has  not  been  limited  to  the 
Mohammedans.  I  have  preached  in  several  con- 
gregations of  the  Dutch  Reformed  Church  in 
this  country.  Some  time  ago  I  received  an  in- 
vitation to  preach  successively  in  several  of 
their  congregations,  in  each  a  week.  This 
preaching  was  especially  to  be  on  the  doctrine 
of  holiness  or  sanctifieation  by  faith.  This  in- 
vitation I  got  it  seems  through  the  instrumen- 
tality of  one  of  their  ministers,  who  ia  also  an 
excellent  holiness  man,  and  has  much  influence 


September  2S,  18S9 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE. 


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in  the  whole  church,  on  account  of  his  talents 
and  piety.  Three  of  these  seven  churches  I 
have  visited,  and  the  blessing  of  the  Lord  at- 
tended my  labors. — Highwcuy  of  HoUneas. 

CH/LDREH'S  CORNER. 


One  Way  to  Learn. 

Bufua  was  but  fifteen,  yet  he  had  been  a  year 
and  more  at  work  in  Mr.  Johnson's  store.  He 
came  home  very  tired  every  evening — running 
upstairs  and  down  so  much,  and  handling  over 
groceries  of  all  sorts. 

"I  wish  I  had  studied  harder  when  I  was  in 
school,  Uncle  Edward,"  he  said,  one  night;  "but 
I  don't  feel  much  like  taking  up  a  book  after  my 
day's  work  is  done.  I  don  t  know  how  those 
wonderful  boys  managed  we  read  about  who 
learned  so  much  in  their  spare  minutes." 

"You  may  learn  a  good  deal,  Rufue,  every 
day,  and  that  too,  without  any  painful  applica- 
tion. It  will  not  wear  you  out  in  the  least;  but, 
on  the  contrary,  it  will  be  rather  inspiring  and 
cheering.  The  way  it  is  done  is  this:  Get  into 
the  habit  of  reflecting  well  over  everything  that 
goes  on  about  you.  Events  and  people  pass  be- 
fore the  view  of  the  majority,  leaving  as  little 
impression  as  the  rolling  clouds.  The  only 
thing  that  seems  to  awaken  this  listless  attention 
ia  the  prospect  of  'having  some  fun.'  That  is 
well  enough  in  its  place;  but  it  cannot  be  made 
the  business  of  life,  nor  of  the  spare  moments 
of  life,  if  we  would  ever  amount  to  much  here. 
A  thoughtful  boy  is  by  all  odds  the  one  to  make 
the  most  of  himself  and  stand  in  the  highest  es- 
teem. It  will  take  a  little  while  to  form  the 
habit;  but  every  fresh  effort  will  make  your  pow- 
ers of  mind  more  wide  awake,  and  stronger  for 
the  next  opportunity.  You  can  learn  even  from 
things  that  are  not  pleasing  in  themselves.  If  a 
man  comes  into  the  store  with  a  rough,  coarse 
way  of  speaking  and  acting,  you  can  take  a 
mental  note  of  that  man,  and  determine  that 
you  will  cultivate  quite  a  different  style.  When 
a  tipsy  youth  steps  in,  and  talks  in  his  maudlin, 
silly  manner,  there  is  a  temperance  lecture  for 
you.  If  some  one  else  manages  a  piece  of  work 
inuch  more  skillfully  than  yourself,  take  a  sharp 
look  at  his  method,  and  learn  his  *sleight  of 
hand.'  It  will  be  a  great  deal  more  profitable 
all  your  life  than  to  learn  a  dozsn  funny  tricks. 
If  you  hear  people  conversing  upon  subjects 
upon  which  it  is  well  to  be  informed,  give  at- 
tention to  their  remarks,  and  store  away  the 
points  in  your  memory.  It  is  surprising  how 
much  one  may  gain  from  conversation  if  he  will 
but  learn  to  sift  out  the  wheat  from  the  chaff. 
You  can  learn  much  from  thoughtful  reading  ot 
good  papers  also,  and  it  will  rest  instead  ot  tir- 
ing you.  So,  don't  give  up-  the  ship,  Rnfus,  and 
conclude  your  education  must  stop  because  you 
work  hard  all  day.  You  are  acquiring  an  ex- 
cellent practical  education  in  your  store  work, 
and  it  will  be  easy  to  double  its  value,  if  you 
will  but  adopt  the  attentive,  thoughtful  habit." 
— Selected. 


Both  Hands  Alike. 


A  person  who  has  the  equal  use  of  both 
hands  is  called  ambidextrous,  as  though  posses- 
sed of  two  dexters,  or  right  hands.  A  man  in 
New  York  is  a  remarkable  example  of  this,  and 
he  claims  that  it  is  not  a  born  gift,  but  an  ac- 
quirement within  the  power  ot  any  person.  Re- 
cently he  lectured  upon  the  subject,  and  began 
his  illustration  by  showing  on  the  blackboard 
what  he  called  the  best  test  of  ambidextry,  the 
writing  signatures.  He  wrote  his  own  name 
with  both  hands  at  once,  backward  and  forward, 
right  side  up  and  up  side  down,  and  in  half  a 
dozen  different  way& 

"This,"  said  Mr.  Woodward,  "is  a  valuable 
accomplishment  for  a  bank  president  or  railroad 
official ;  for  he  who  can  write  his  name  twice 
while  another  is  writing  it  once  deserves  three 
holidays  a  week  or  double  pay." 

Then  the  lecturer  wrote  a  love-letter  in 
French  with  one  hand,  and  a  business  letter  in 
English  with  the  other,  simultaneously.  Af- 
terward, at  the  same  time,  he  wrote  such  words 
as  Fontaiuebleau   and    Constantinople.    As  an 


athletic  exercise,  club  swinging  and  dumb-bell 
shaking  sink  into  stupidity  beside  this.  The 
most  difficult  thing  to  do  is  to  draw  a  square 
with  one  hand  and  a  circle  with  the  other. 
Then  he  attempted  the  task.  The  ends  of  the 
circle  did  not  meet,  and  it  was  not  round ;  be- 
side, the  square  looked  like  a  parallelogram,  but 
the  audience  applauded. 

Finally,  Mr.  Woodward  drew,  with  both 
hands,  symmetrical  geometrical  figures,  which 
he  called  decorative  designs,  employing  the 
right  hand  on  the  right  side  of  the  figure,  and 
the  left  hand  on  the  left  side.  He  sketched 
seven  of  these  figures  in  a  minute  and  a  half, 
and  said,  "I  will  challenge  the  best  drauglits- 
man  in  New  York  City  to  perform  this  task  in 
an  hour  and  a  quarter  with  one  hand,  and  he 
may  select  his  own  design." — Ex. 


SABBATH  SCHOOL. 


LESSON  8,  October  1.— The  Passovek.— Mark  14: 
12-21. 

(1)  And  the  first  A&j  of  unleavened  bread,  when  thev 
killed  the  passover,  his  disciples  said  unto  him,  Where 
will  thou  that  we  go  and  prepare  that  thou  mayest  eat  the 
passover?  (2)  And  he  sendeth  forth  two  of  his  disciples 
and  saith  unto  them,  Go  ye  into  the  city,  and  there  shall 
meet  you  a  man  bearing  a  pitcher  of  water:  follow  him. 
(3)  And  wheresoever  he  shall  go  in,  say  yo  to  the  good 
man  of  the  house,  The  Master  saith.  Where  is  the  guest 
chamber,  where  I  shall  eat  the  passover  with  my  disci- 
ples ?  (4)  And  he  will  show  you  a  large  upper  room  fur- 
nished and  prepared:  there  make  ready  lor  us.  (5)  And 
his  disciples  went  forth,  and  came  into  the  city,  and 
found  as  he  had  said  unto  them :  and  they  made  ready 
the  passover.  (6)  And  in  the  evening  he  cometh  with  the 
twelve.  (7)  And  as  they  sat  and  did  eat,  Jesus  said. 
Verily  I  say  unto  you,  One  of  you  which  eateih  with  me 
shall  betray  me.  (8)  And  they  began  to  be  sorrowlul,  and 
to  say  unto  him  one  by  one,  Is  it  I  ?  and  another  said.  Is 
It  I  ?  (9)  And  he  answered  and  said  unto  them.  It  is 
one  of  the  twelve  that  dippeth  with  me  in  the  dish.  (10) 
The  Son  of  man  indeed  goeth,  as  it  is  written  of  him ; 
but  woe  to  that  man  by  whom  the  Son  of  man  is  be- 
trayed! good  were  it  for  that  man  if  he  had  never  been 
born. 

Golden  Text. — It  is  the  sacrifice  of  the  Lord's  pass- 
over.— Exodus  12 :27. 

NOTES. 

(12)  "And  the  first  day  of  unleavened  bread." 
That,  is,  the  first  day,  namely,  Thursday,  the 
14th  day  of  Nisan.  The  feast  of  the  unleaven- 
ed bread,  or  the  passover,  properly  began  on 
the  15th  (just  after  sunset  of  the  14:th)  of  Abib 
or  Nisan,  and  lasted  seven  days.  But  the  pre 
ceding  day,  the  14th,  was  the  one  appointed  for 
the  slaying  of  the  lamb  ;  and  on  the  evening 
of  that  day  the  paschal  supper  was  eaten  (Exod. 
12:6.  Lev.  23:5).  It  was,  therefore,  termed 
the  first  day  of  the  feast. — Abbott.  "Unleav- 
ened bread."  The  whole  seven  days  of  the 
feast  was  so  called  because  leaven  was  rigidly 
excluded  during  the  whole  time. — This  specially 
symbolized  three  things :  (1)  The  haste  with 
which  they  fled  from  Egypt,  not  having  time 
to  wait  for  bread  to  rise  (Exod.  12:34-39).  (2) 
Their  sufferings  in  Egypt,  hence  called  the 
bread  of  affliction  (Deut.  16:3),  and  hence  all 
the  afflictions  of  the  bondage  of  sin.  But  (3) 
chiefly  their  purity  as  a  consecrated  nation, 
since  fermentation  is  incipient  putrefaction,  and 
leaven  was  thus  a  symbol  of  impurity. — F.  H. 
Newhall.  "The  passover  as  a  type  of  Christ 
and  his  Supper."  (1)  It  was  a  lamb,  as  Christ 
was  the  Lamb  of  Grod.  (2)  A  male  of  the  first 
year.  In  its  prime.  (3)  Without  blemish,  as 
Christ  was  perfectly  pure,  without  spot.  (4) 
Set  apart  four  days  before,  the  10th  of  Nisan 
Christ's  triumphal  entry  was  four  days  before 
the  crucifixtion,  the  lOth.  (6)  It  was  slain, 
and  roasted  with  fire,  denoting  the  death  and 
exquisite  sufferings  ot  Christ.  (6)  It  was  killed 
between  the  two  evenings,  three  to  six  o'clock. 
Christ  suffered  at  the  end  of  the  world.  He 
died  at  this  same  hour,  and  at  the  passover  feast 
(7)  Each  person  must  have  a  slain  lamb.  So 
Christ  died  for  all.  (8)  Not  a  bone  broken. 
(9)  It  was  eaten  with  bitter  herbs  of  repent- 
ance. (10)  Its  blood  must  be  applied  to  be  ef- 
fectual. (11)  It  looked  forward  to  future  de- 
liverance, and  became,  after  the  death,  a  feast  of 
hope  and  joy.  (12)  It  was  a  feast  of  separation 
from  the  world;  and  (13)  of  protection  as  God's 
children. — Ghieiiy  from  M.  Henry. 

(13)  "A  man  bearing  a  pitcher  of  water."     A 
very  unusual  sight  in  the  East,  where  the  water 


is  drawn  by  women.  He  must  probably  havo 
been  the  slave  of  one  who  was  an  open  or  secret 
disciple ;  unless  we  have  here  a  reference  to  the 
Jewish  custom  of  the  master  of  a  house  him]; 
self  drawing  the  water  with  which  the  unleav- 
ened bread  was  kneaded  on  Nisan  13.  •  If  so, 
the  "man  bearing  a  pitcher  of  water"  may  have 
even  been  the  Evangelist  St.  Mark,  in  the  house 
of  whose  mother,  and  probably  in  the  very  up- 
per room  where  the  last  supper  was  held,  the 
disciples  used  at  first  to  meet  (Acts  12:12).  The 
mysteriousness  of  the  sign  was  perhaps  intend- 
ed to  baffle,  as  long  as  was  needful,  the  machi- 
nations of  Judas. — Cambridge  Bible. 

(14)  The  circumstantial  detail  is  not  without 
a  special  point.  Judas  was  watching  forjjan  op- 
portunity :  had  he  known  in  what  place  our 
Lord  was  to  be  found  out  of  the  temple,  arrest 
would  have  been  easy.  But  two  disciples  only 
were  sent;  and  even  they  would  not  know  where 
our  Lord  would  be  that  evening,  for  the  un- 
known guide  was  to  meet  them  on  their  arrival. 
— Cooh.  Thus,  when  Christ  by  his  Spirit  comes 
into  the  heart,  he  demands  admission  as  One 
whose  own  the  heart  is ;  and  gains  admission  as 
One  who  has  all  power  in  the  heart,  and  cannot 
be  resisted. — Henry. 

(15)  "In  the  evening."  It  was  probably 
while  the  sun  was  beginning  to  decline  in  the 
horizon  that  Jesns  and  the  disciples  descended 
once  more  over  the  Mount  of  Olives  into  the 
Holy  City.  Before  them  lay  Jerusalem  in  hei 
festive  attire.  White  tents  dotted  the  sward, 
gay  with  the  bright  flowers  of  early  spring,  oi 
peered  out  from  the  gardens  and  the  darker  fo- 
liage of  the  olive-plantations.  From  the  gor- 
geous temple  buildings,  dazzling  in  their  snow 
white  marble  and  gold,  on  which  the  slanting 
rays  of  the  sun  were  reflected,  rose  the  smoke  oi 
the  altar  of  burnt- offering.  The  streets  musi 
have  been  thronged  with  strangers,  and  the  flat 
roofs  covered  with  eager  gazers,  who  either 
feasted  their  eyes  with  a  first  sight  of  the  sa 
cred  city,  for  which  they  had  so  often  longed 
or  else  once  more  rejoiced  in  view  of  the  well 
remembered  localities.  It  was  the  last  day-view 
which  the  Lord  had  of  the  Holy  City, — till  hi( 
resurrection. — EdersheirrCs  '■'•The  Temple  and  iti 
Services, ^^  pp.  194, 195. 

(18)  Melanchthon  declares  that  the  three 
greatest  marks  of  pity  and  compassion  are  (1^ 
to  tolerate  the  wicked  for  a  season  ;  (2)  to  ab- 
stain from  exposing  their  sins  as  long  as  possi- 
ble ;  (3)  to  warn  them  plainly  and  gently  be- 
fore leaving  them  forever.  Tliese  are  striking 
ly  exemplified  in  Christ's  dealings  with  Judas. 
— Stock. 

(19)  "Is  it  I?"  Their  kaguage  expresses  ir 
the  original  a  much  stronger  negation  than  in 
our  version, — Surely  not  I,  Lord?  Compart 
their  strong  assertion  that  they  will  not  deny 
him  (Matt.  26:35).  To  their  questioning,  Christ 
makes  no  response.  Not  one  of  them  ventures 
to  question  the  truth  of  the  Lord's  prophecy 
and  each  asks  the  personal  question,  "Is  it  I V 
No  one  accuses,  even  by  implication,  his  neigh 
bor.  Is  not  this  a  pattern  for  us  in  that  self 
examination  which  should  always  precede  oui 
seasons  of  sacred  communion  with  our  Lore 
(1  Cor.  11:28)? — an  examination  which  should 
look  forward  rather  than  backward  ;  prepare  foi 
the  future  rather  than  attempt  to  measure  the 
past ;  and  always  be  a  «e^/-examination. — Ah 
bott. 

(21)  After  this,  Judas,  who  probably  had  noi 
heard  the  words  about  the  sop,  himself  asks, 
"Is  it  I  ?"  as  if  it  would  be  suspicions  if  he  only 
did  not  ask  the  question  with  the  rest.  Chriei 
replies  (Matt,  26:25)  that  he  is  the  one;  and 
bids  him  do  quickly  what  he  proposes  to  do. 
Then  Satan  entered  into  him  (John  13:27).  Sa- 
tan whispered,  "Be  man  enough  to  resent  such 
exposure:  your  reputation  here  is  gone,  and 
you  may  as  well   go,  and    have  your  revenge — 


and  your  money." — Cowles. 


A  gentleman  said  recently:  "The  Eepublican 
party  have  no  important  issues  in  Massachusetts 
and  are  likely  to  suffer  defeat."  Now  is  a  good 
time  to  take  up  some  reform  as  an  issue  worth 
fighting  for,  as  prohibition  and  anti-secrecy. 


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IS 


THE  CHHISTIAN  CYNOSURE. 


September  28,  ISSfi 


tteminisoences  of  Morgan. 

As  told  at  the  Unveiling  of  the  Monument. 

Judge  Moses  Taggart,  a  hale  old  gentleman 
of  83  j'ears,  yet  looking  a  dozen  years  younger, 
a  resident  of  Batavia,  and  the  legal  officer  before 
whom  the  Anti-masons  gave  their  testimony  in 
the  third  inquest  over  the  body  of  Morgan,  was 
first  introduced.     He  said: 

Ladies  and  gentlemen,!  am  asked  to  make  some 
remarks  of  a  historical  character  on  this  occa- 
sion, respecting  the  transactions  of  tifty-six  years 
ago  in  this  place,  in  which  I  personally  partici- 
pated. 1  knew  Morgan  well  at  the  time  of  the 
abduction,  and  remember  the  incidents  of  those 
days  with  which  you  most  of  yen  are  doubtless 
in  some  degree  familiar.  But  I  did  not  know 
of  the  lawless  misdeeds  of  the  Freemasons  un- 
til after  they  had  occurred.  The  uprising  that 
followed  was  not  only  extraordinary  but  terrific. 
The  wliole  country  was  aroused  and  Masonry 
sunk  before  the  public  indignation.  I  remem- 
ber also  the  abduction  of  Miller.  People  sud- 
denly came  into  town  from  Leroy  and  other 
places  for  miles  around.  They  were  armed  with 
lioop-poles  or  something  resembling  bludgeons. 
Miller  was  carried  ofi ;  but  rescued  by  a  com- 
pany of  his  Iriends  that  followed.  I  was  never 
connected  with  the  lodge.  Sixty-two  years  ago 
in  talking  with  a  brother  in  reference  to  Mason- 
ry, 1  told  him  that  1  would  join  when  I  became 
21  years  old.  He  referred  me  to  Abbe  Bar- 
ruel's  History  of  Jacobinism  which  was  in  ray 
•  father's  library.  I  there  read  that  the  Jacobins 
were  protected  by  Freemasonry  in  their  terrible 
work  during  the  French  Revolution.  The  wri- 
ter also  related  some  of  the  scenes  of  Masonic 
initiation.  From  that  day  1  had  no  more  desire 
to  unite  with  the  lodge.  Some  months  afj^er  the 
abduction  of  Morgan  there  was  organized  an 
Anti-masonic  political  party  which  overrun  New 
England,  Kew  York,  Pennsylvania  and  other 
States,  and  from  that  party  sprang  the  Aboli- 
tion party,  which  gave  life  to  the  Republican 
party  and  destroyed  American  slavery,  the 
brother  system  to  the  Masonic  lodge. 

The  expositions  of  Mai-onry  were  sought  after 
by  the  fraternity  for  the  purpose  of  destroying 
them.  David  Bernard's  book  they  would  steal 
and  burn  or  otherwise  destroy.  1  obtained  one 
ot  the  early  editions  and  have  kept  it  for  hfty- 
three  years.  It  is  hardly  necessary  for  me  to 
reler  to  the  published  documents  of  that  day 
issued  by  Anti-masonie  committees  and  conven- 
tions, which  are  all  true.  They  give  the  sworn 
testimony  before  coroners'  juries,  court  trials, 
etc.  But  then  some  Masons  even  in  that  day 
who  were  bold  enough  to  deny  them,  in  the 
face  of  facts  as  open  as  the  day.  The  same  ar- 
guments are  in  ihe  mouths  of  Masons  to  this 
day.  It  is  the  only  way  they  can  see  to  avoid 
the  public  indignation,  though  the  most  of  them 
know  what  is  the  truth.  When  a  Mason  says 
seriously  that  ail  these  things  are  fabrications, 
he  has  not  sense  enough  to  keep  his  mouth  shut. 
There  is  no  doubt  at  all  but  that  Morgan  truly 
revealed  Masonry.  The  forms  of  the  lodge  may 
have  changed  some  since  that  day,  but  there  is 
no  doubt  that  there  is  no  change  m  principles. 
It  is  not  a  universal  fact  that  evil-minded  men 
were  in  the  order  in  that  day.  There  were  some 
men  who  went  into  it  with  an  honest  purpose. 
Some  men  in  this  village  were  inveigled  into 
the  lodge,  but  when  the  popular  uprising  came 
that  suppressed  Masonry  such  men  renounced 
it. 

Rev.  C.  0.  Foote,  of  Detroit,  said  he  wished 
to  confirm  one  item  of  Judge  Taggart's  testi- 
mony, in  nearly  all  our  records  ot  the  Anti- 
masonic  times  ot  fifty  years  ago  there  is  some 
account  of  the  activity  of  Masons  of  LeRoy  in 
the  abduction  of  Morgan.  Aiterward  103  per- 
•ons  came  out  in  a  great  convention  held  in  chat 
place  and  testified  over  their  own  names  that 
Morgan's  and  Bernard's  revelations  were  true. 
1  had  many  intimate  friends  among  that  num- 
ber, and  might  give  you  their  names  if  desired. 
Seth  M.  Gcites  was  one,  the  man  who  opened 
the  first  prayer  meeting  in  Congress.  In  Le- 
roy the  lodge  had  built  a  temple  of  very  beau- 
tiful and  costly  design.  It  was  circular  in  form, 
a  very  costly  building.  The  lodge  in  LeRoy 
g»yd  u^  its  charter,  and  its  fine  building  was  de- 


serted and  was  finally  sold  for  the  purpose  of 
Christian  worship,  and  I  afterward  preached  in 
it. 

Eev.  B.  T.  Roberts,  editor  of  the  Earnest 
Christian,  Rochester,  N.  Y.,  Spoke  briefly  as 
follows  :  Among  ordinary  people  who  give 
any  thought  to  the  subject  of  Freemasonry  but 
few  give  attention  to  the  fact  that  it  is  an  ene- 
my of  the  Christian  religion.  Those  who  have 
investigated  this  matter  are  able  to  prove  clearly, 
so  that  their  evidence  can  carry  any  jury,  that 
Masonry  is  a  religion.  It  has  religious  ordi- 
nances, a  baptismal  service,  a  burial  service,  etc. 
Salem  Town,  a  distinguished  Mason  who  lec- 
tured before  the  Grand  Lodge  of  New  York 
when  De  "Witt  Clinton  was  Grand  Master, 
claims  that  Masonry  is  a  religion  and  that  it  will 
save  the  souls  of  those  that  trust  in  it  in  the 
world  to  come.  It  is  high  time  that  all  Chris- 
tians should  awake  to  the  importance  of  this 
subject.  What  right  has  any  one  to  administer 
an  oath  except  as  empowered  to  do  so  by  the 
Almighty  God  to  whom  that  oath  is  addressed. 
But  in  the  lodge  we  see  men  of  every  character 
administering  oaths  of  the  most  binding  form 
as  far  as  language  is  concerned.  General  Sher- 
idan when  he  went  to  Louisiana  to  sup- 
press the  disturbances  raised  there  by  the  se- 
cret lodges,  said  of  the  White  League,  that  a 
nation  that  will  allow  irresponsible  bodies  of 
men  to  drill  and  train  themselves  for  the  opera- 
tions of  war,  is  not  worthy  the  name  of  a  na- 
tion. But  Masonry  has  its  drill  corps,  trained 
to  the  highest  degree;  and  yet  no  question  is 
made  to  these  men  who  meet  by  night  and  in 
secret  to  prepare  for  the  exigencies  of  war  when 
all  the  land  is  at  peace!  Study  this  subject  and 
you  will  become  convinced  that  the  lodge  sys- 
tem covers  a  dark  and  fearful  combination 
against  our  government,  our  courts  of  justice 
and  our  holy  religion. 

Moses  Pettengill,  of  Peoria,  111.,  was  next  in- 
troduced. He  said :  I  was  a  school  teacher  at 
Lewiston,  N.  Y.,  at  the  time  of  Morgan's  ab- 
duction, and  was  present  at  the  trial  when  Eli 
Bruce,  the  sheriff  of  the  county,  was  examined 
for  'participating  in  that  affair.  I  was  also  ac- 
quainted with  Col.  Jewett,  who  was,  with  me,  a 
New  Hampshire  man.  I  went  over  to  Fort  Ni- 
agara, a  few  miles  away  to  visit  the  place,  and 
was  shown  all  over  the  place  but  the  magazine. 
The  keeper  said  thet  no  one  was  allowed  to  visit 
that  part  without  a  special  order.  Morgan  was 
confined  in  the  magazine  at  that  very  time,  and 
there  was  no  other  reason  why  I  might  not  have 
inspected  that  part  of  the  I  ort  with  the  rest. 
Besides  attending  the  examination  of  Bruce  at 
a  later  day,  I  rode  on  horseback  over  the  very 
route  taken  by  Morgan's  abductors  only  about 
three  days  after  they  had  passed.  Hence  in  all 
the  proceedings  of  this  occasion  I  feel  the  deep- 
est interest.  Masonry  says  to  us  as  the  slave- 
holders did,  "Let  us  alone."  But  we  must  no 
more  listen  now  than  we  did  before.  The  agi- 
tation of  this  subject  must  go  on,  and  God  will 
bring  the  evil  to  an  end  in  his  time.  We  all 
have  a  personal  work  to  do  in  this  matter. 
Mothers  and  sisters,  you  have  a  special  mission, 
to  keep  your  husbands,  sons,  brothers  and 
friends  from  going  into  the  lodge.  We  must 
keep  the  young  men  informed  on  this  matter 
and  if  they  keep  out  the  old  members  will  die 
off  soon  and  the  lodge  die  with  them. 

Secretary  Stoddard  said :  It  is  fifty-six  years 
ago  this  evening  at  about  nine  o'clock  since  Mor- 
gan was  taken  from  Canandaigua  jail  by  a  band 
of  Freemasons.  After  getting  out  of  the  jail 
he  found  that  he  was  about  to  be  forcibly  seized 
by  men  whom  he  had  every  reason  to  fear  were 
determined  to  take  his  life  and  he  cried  "Mur- 
der!  Murderl  Murder!"  The  woman  who  heard 
that  thrilling  cry  is  on  this  platform.  Her  name 
is  Mrs.  Evelina  P.  Mather,  of  Ellington,  N.  Y.; 
and  she  is  88  years  old. 

Calls  from  every  side  were  made  for  her  tes- 
timony as  Mrs.  Mather  was  aided  by  friendly 
hands  to  stand  upon  a  seat  that  all  might  see 
and  hear.  She  told  in  a  clear  voice  how  she 
saw  the  crowd  running  about  the  jail,  and  in 
the  moonlight  she  saw  they  were  disguised  and 
had  a  living  man  dragging  along  in  their  midst. 
Sho  heard  him  cry  ''Murderl  murderl  murderl 


Help,  for  God's  sake!"  and  would  never  forget 
the  piercing  tones.  There  were  few  or  none  of 
the  citizens  to  be  seen,  and  the  band  of  men 
hastened  off  in  a  carriage. 

At  this  point  Prof.  C.  A.  Blanchard  read  the 
following  extract,  furnished  by  Mrs.  M.  E.  R. 
Jones,  of  Boston : 

"Extract  from  an  address  delivered  before 
Constellation  Lodge  and  the  associate  lodges  at 
Dedham,  Mass.,  June  24,  1829,  by  Nahum  Oa- 
pen  : 

"But  hark !  What  discordant  strains  are 
those  borne  upon  the  southern  breeze  and  ech- 
oed from  the  north,  east  and  west?  What 
means  that  dismal  cry,  disturbing  this  general 
harmony  of  the  nation,  state  and  village?  In 
tones,  from  howling  rage  to  whining  pity,  from 
the  screaming  yells  of  superstition  to  the  base 
growl  of  bigotry,  we  hear  the  woe-begone  name 
of  Morgan — Morgan — Morgan  !  uttered  and  re- 
uttered,  echoed  and  re-echoed  through  the  land. 
And  who  is  Morgan?  Alas!  what  words  can 
the  ingenuity  of  man  seek  out,  meaning  what 
this  name  conveys?  Meaning,  not  exactly  what 
we  would  call  a  man,  but  a  being,  that  once  was 
— or  perhaps  is — a  needy,  hollow-eyed,  sharp- 
looking  wretch,  a  living  dead  man — 

"And  with  no  face,  as  it  were,  ont-facing  us." 

A  being,  the  texture  of  whose  character  breaks 
at  every  touch  and  stands  in  eminent  need  of 
the  mercy  of  God  and  the  charity  of  man.  But 
he  was  murdered — murdered  by  the  Masons. 
This  is  a  serious  charge ;  a  charge  made  against 
an  institution  dedicated  to  the  care  of  the  all- 
seeing  eye  of  heaven  ;  and  moved  by  the  spirit 
of  man,  by  the  love  of  a  brother,  and  the  pre- 
cepts of  Christianity.' " 

Miss  Sarah  Stevens,  of  Batavia,  '\jpas  next  ask- 
ed for  a  statement  of  her  recollections.  She 
said  she  well  remembered  the  rumors  that  were 
in  many  mouths  about  Morgan  and  Miller  pub- 
lishing the  secrets  of  Masonry  and  what  would 
happen.  She  was  16  years  old  in  1826  and  was 
intimate  with  D.  C.  Miller's  family  and  also 
knew  Mrs.  Morgan  well.  Went  to  her  house 
after  she  came  back  to  Canandaigua  where  she 
had  been  to  find  her  husband,  and  heard  hex  tell 
of  meeting  Ganson  at  Stafford.  She  remem- 
bered the  attack  of  the  "Hoop-pole  brigade"  on 
Miller's  office.  The  office  was  armed,  but  Miller 
was  seized.  There  were  about  300  men  in  the 
crowd  as  near  as  she  could  remember.  She  saw 
the  rescuing  party  going  after  Miller.  She 
knew  also  that  Miller,  Morgan  and  Harris  met 
together  one  evening  not  long  before  these 
events.  Morgan  spoke  strongly  of  the  evils  of 
Freemasonry.  He  said,  "I  am  determined  to 
expose  it.  1  shall  die  for  it ;  but  I  want  you  to 
stand  by  me.  I  can  see  nothing  before  me  but 
death  which  the  lodge  has  sworn  to  infiict  upon 
me.  Give  me  your  hands.  Look  after  my  lit- 
tle girl."  Harris  told  me  of  this  himself  some 
years  later.  Harris  married  Mrs.  Morgan  some 
time  after  her  husband  was  killed. 

This  lady,  said  Bro.  Stoddard,  when  she  was 
done,  has  cared  for  the  graves  of  Morgan  and 
Miller's  family  for  forty  years.  When  we  asked 
her  to  point  out  the  place  she  took  us  to  the 
very  spot. 

"Shall  Morgan's  Murder  be  Forgot?"  sang 
Bro.  Clark  with  an  emphasis  that  everyone  ap- 
preciated. 

[^Continued  next  week.'] 


— Mr.  Cook  met  with  quite  a  severe  accident 
on  his  voyage  from  Japan  to  Sydney,  New 
South  Wales,  being  thrown  from  an  upper  to  a 
lower  deck  by  the  lurching  of  the  ship  during  a 
storm  and  was  severely  bruised ;  but  after  sur- 
gical treatment  and  a  week's  rest,  when  be 
reached  Sydney,  he  was  ready  for  work.  Says 
Zion^s  Herald :  "He  was  received  by  the  lead- 
ing dignitaries  of  Church  and  State,  and  deliv- 
ered four  lectures  to  immense  crowds  amidst  the 
greatest  enthusiasm.  Every  possible  attention 
and  courtesy  were  shown  mm,  enabling  him  to 
form  correct  ideas  of  the  condition  of  the  social, 
civil,  eduoational  and  religious  interests  of  the 
country.  He  certainly  has  gathered  a  wonder- 
ful store  of  material  for  very  interesting  lec- 
tures when  he  reaches  his  home  again." 


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Beptember  28,  1889 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE. 


IS 


REFORM  NEWS. 


The  Massachusetts  State  Convention. 

By  the  aid  of  copies  of  the  "Wdi-cester  Spy 
kindly  sent  by  president  Cheever  and  secretary 
Bailey,  we  are  able  to  briefly  report  tlie  State 
Convention  at  Worcester  last  Tuesday  and 
Wednesday : 

The  Maegachnsetts  Christian  Association  in 
opposition  to  secret  societies,  says  the  Spy,  be- 
gan its  annual  session  in  this  city  last  evening 
at  Horticultural  Hall,  the  president,  Eev.  Henry 
T.  Cheever,  in  the  chair.  In  opening  the  meet- 
ing, Mr.  Cheever  said  they  were  convened  as 
Christian  patriots  aud  reformers  to  bring  their 
combined  moral  and  religious  influence  to  bedr 
against  the  nn-christian,  oath-bound  orders  of 
secrecy  with  which  the  community  was  perva- 
ded and  demoralized.  He  said  they  were  united 
and  strong  in  the  conviction  expressed  by  a  dis- 
tinguished patriot  and  orator  of  the  day,  that 
every  good  citizen  should  make  war  on  all  se- 
cret societies  till  they  were  forbidden  by  law  and 
rooted  out  of  existence.  This  association  is  aux- 
iliary to  the  National  Christian  Association, 
whose  headquarters  and  publishing  house  are  at 
Chicago,  111.  The  language  of  the  call  for  this 
convention  was  read.  Gathered  under  such  a 
call  for  united  counsel  and  consideration,  Mr. 
Cheever  said  it  was  meet  and  in  order  first  of 
all  to  implore  the  divine  blessing. 

An  address  was  made  by  Rev.  J.  P.  Stoddard, 
agent  of  the  National  Christian  Association,  in 
exposition  of  the  immorality  and  iniquity  of 
oath-bound  secret  societies,  especially  the  so- 
called  "Masonic,"  debauching  the  conscience, 
and  defying  God's  law.  He  closed  by  calling 
on  all  Christians  and  patriots  to  unite  in  their 
full  strength  and  with  the  sword  of  the  Spirit 
cast  out  and  expel  from  the  land  so  vile  an  in- 
stitution. 

On  Wednesday  the  forenoon  session  was  open- 
ed with  prayer  by  Rev.  E.  D.  Bailey.  Letters 
were  read  from  Rev.  Dr.  Howard  Crosby,  of 
New  York,  and  Wendell  Phillips,  endorsing  the 
movement.  Statements  from  the  paper  of  Thur- 
low  Weed  read  at  the  unveiling  of  the  Morgan 
monument  at  Batavia,  N.  T.,  last  week,  were 
also  read.  The  following  officers  for  the  ensu- 
suing  year  were  elected:  President,  C.  B. 
Knight,  of  Worcester;  Vice-presidents,  Rev.  E. 

D.  Bailey,  of  Worcester,  Increase  Leadbetter, 
of  Auburndale,  L.  E.  Lincoln  and  Mrs.  M.  E.  R. 
Jones,  of  Boston ;  Secretary,  Mrs.  E.  D.  Bailey, 
and  Treasurer,  David  Manning,  Sr.,  both  of 
Worcester ;  Executive  Committee,  A.  F.  Spauld- 
ing,  Rev.  H.  T.  Cheevsr  and  S.  A.  Pratt,  of 
Worcester,  Moses  Morse,  of  Southbridge,  Mies 

E.  E.  Flagg,  of  Wellesley.  •  At  the  afternoon 
session  Prof.  S.  C.  Kimball,  of  Newmarket,  N. 
H.,  made  a  statement  of  the  progress  of  the 
work  in  his  State,  and  brief  speeches  were  made 
by  Rev.  J.  P.  Stoddard,  of  Chicago,  and  Rev. 
W.  T.  Sleeper,  Rev.  E.  D.  Bailey  and  Rev.  Mr. 
Nordig,  of  Worcester,  John  Tanner,  of  Boston, 
Rev.  J.  L.  Barlow,  of  Willimantic,  Conn,,  and 
A.  M.  Paul,  of  Providence,  R.  I. 

In  the  evening  the  speakers  were  Rev.  Mr. 
Barlow  and  Prof.  Kimball,  who  were  very  pro- 
nounced in  their  denunciation  of  the  Masonic 
order,  the  former  claiming  that  it  was  in  league 
with  Satan,  and  thought  it  the  duty  of  every 
Christian  to  oppose  its  principles.  He  also 
gave  a  history  of  the  Morgan  murder  in  west- 
ern New  York  in  1826,  and  referred  to  the  pro- 
ceedings of  the  recent  dedication  of  a  monument 
erected  to  his  memory  at  Batavia. 


RELIGIOUS   INTELLIGENCE. 


— The  family  of  the  late  Deacon  Whittin,  of 
Whittinsville,  Mass.,  who  left  an  unsigned  will, 
are  carrying  out  its  provisions  as  if  it  had  legal 
force.  The  Massachusetts  Home  Missionary  So- 
ciety has  received  $20,000,  the  permanent  fund 
of  the  American  Board  $2.5,000,  the  Church 
Erection  Society  $8,000,  and  the  University  of 
New  Mexico  $5,000. 

— The  Moravian  Church  lately  celebrated  the 
160th  anniversary  of  the  beginning  of  its  great 
foreign  missionary  work  which  dates  from  Au- 


gust 21st,  1732,  when  Leonard  Dober  and  Da- 
vid Nitschmann,  the  first  two  Moravian  mission- 
aries, set  out  with  $6  in  pocket  from  Herrnhut, 
Germany,  on  their  way  to  the  West  India  Isl- 
and of  St.  Thomas.  The  Moravians  of  Bethle- 
hem celebrated  the  event  with  appropriate  ser- 
vices, Monday,  August  31st,  when  Rev.  C.  A. 
Thompson',  D.  D.,  of  Boston,  delivered  the  Jubi- 
lee Oration. 

— The  recent  death  of  President  Allen,  of 
Girard  College,  Philadelphia,  has  called  public 
attention  to  the  provisions  made  in  the  will  of 
Stephen  Girard  against  Christianity  being  taught 
in  the  institution  which  he  munificently  found- 
ed. During  Mr.  Allen's  illness  neither  his  pas- 
tor nor  any  other  Christian  minister  could  visit 
him,  and  none  could  go  within  the  college  walls 
to  take  part  in  tho  funeral  services.  But  the 
exclusion  of  ministers  does  not  seemi  to  have 
accomplished  what  Girard  intended.  The  Sun- 
day School  Times  says :  "President  Allen  had 
himself  done  the  work  of  a  clergyman  in  that 
college  while  living,  and  at  his  funeral  Christian 
services  were  there  held  by  Christian  laymen. 
After  this  his  remains  were  taken  into  a  neigh- 
boring church,  where  Christian  liberality  gave 
freer  air ;  and  there  a  score  or  more  of  promi- 
nent Christian  clergymen  united  with  a  large  as- 
sembly in  paying  another  tribute  of  respect  to 
the  life  and  work  of  this  distinguished  Chris- 
tian layman."  The  Girard  heirs  and  the  trus- 
tees of  the  fund  are  said  to  be  a  unit  as  to  the 
propriety  of  teaching  Christianity  in  the  col- 
lege, while  technically  obeying  the  will  by  ex- 
cluding clergymen. 

^  »  »■ 

The  Christian  Union  Meeting. 

Pursuant  to  a  call  in  several  papers  a  number 
of  brethren  attending  the  convention  of  the  N. 
C.  A.  at  Batavia  met  in  the  Opera  House,  Sep. 
15th,  to  consider  what  could  be  done  for  the  pro- 
motion of  Christian  union. 

R.  W.  Lyman,  of  Arcade,  N.  Y.,  was  chosen 
chairman,  and  0.  C.  Cone,  of  Wapella,Ill., secre- 
tary. After  prayer  communications  were  read 
from  J.  G.  Fee,  of  Berea,  Ky.,  and  Rufus 
Smith,  of  Maryville,  Mo. 

Several  meetings  for  consultation  had  been 
held  during  the  intervals  of  the  convention, 
and  on  the  15th  the  brethren  met  at  the  house 
of  Bro,  A.  C.  Newell,  No.  24  Jackson  street, 
where  the  following  paper  presented  by  H.  H. 
Hinman  was  read  and  adopted : 

Believing  that  the  only  authorized  division  among  men 
is  between  the  children  of  God  and  the  children  of  the 
vsricked  one,  and  that  this  division  ought  to  be  far  more 
complete  and  manifest  than  it  now  is,  and  believing  that 
organized  division  in  the  body  of  Christ  is  sin  against 
him  and  wrong  to  all  mankind,  and  recognizing  the  fact 
that  multitudes  of  Christians  and  many  local  congrega- 
tions greatly  deplore  the  evils  of  schism  (called  heresy  in 
the  Bible)  and  are  groaning  after  deliverance  from  its 
power,  and  that  Christian  reformers  are  especially  led  to 
see  that  it  is  the  greatest  obstacle  to  the  promotion  of 
Christian  morality  either  in  the  world  or  the  church ; 
therefore 

Resolved,  1.  That  we  favor  the  holding  of  a  National 
Convention  of  the  friends  of  Christian  union  to  devise 
means  for  the  more  complete  separation  of  God's  people 
from  all  worldly  and  Christless  associations  and  their 
unity  and  harmony  in  him. 

2.  That  we  recommend  the  formation  of  a  Christian 
Missionary  Society,  not  for  the  creation  or  promotion  of 
any  schism  in  the  body  of  Christ,  but  to  aid  such  faithful 
men  and  churches  as  are  laboring  to  promote  the  purity 
and  the  unity  of  the  people  of  God. 

3.  Resolved,  That  Bro.  J.  G.  Pee,  of  Berea,  Ky.,  R.  W. 
Lyman  of  Arcade,  N.  Y.,  and  Rufus  Smith  of  Maryville, 
Mo.,  be  a  committee  to  call  such  a  convention  and  to  take 
the  steps  necessary  to  organize  such  a  Missionary  Society. 


The  Reformed  Synod  and  Freemasonry. 

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.,  Sep.  6th,  1882. 

I  have  just  read  the  report  of  the  General 
Synod  of  the  Reformed  Church  at  its  meeting 
in  Schenectady,  New  York,  in  June  l&st,  in  re- 
ference to  certain  memorials  on  the  subject  of 
Freemasonry.  In  substance,  this  report  de- 
clines any  action  on  account  of  constitutional 
limitations,  and  refers  the  whole  matter  to  the 
several  consistories  5'upon  whom  alone  the  re- 
sponsibility rests,  and  to  whom  alone  the  power 
belongs." 

Without  attempting  to  discuss  the  merits  of 
the  question  as  to  constitutional  authority,  I 
wish  to  notice  some  things  of  a  general  charac- 
ter : 


1st.  The  report  carefully  avoids  all  expres- 
sion of  opinion  as  to  the  character  of  Masonry, 
and  its  relation  to  the  church.  There  is  not  one 
word  which  a  Mason  could  construe  as  hostile 
to  that  institution,  and  not  one  word  to  those 
who,  from  no  sense  of  duty,  have  done  violence 
to  the  moral  sense  of  their  brethren  by  be- 
coming Freemasons. 

2d.  It  discourages  all  discussion  of  the  mer- 
its of  the  question,  and  talks  largely  of  Chris- 
tian charity,  of  sacrificing  prejudices,  and  study- 
ing those  things  that  work  for  peace.  Whether 
the  author  of  the  report  was  a  Mason  1  cannot 
say ;  but  it  is  just  such  a  report  as  the  Ma- 
sonic party  would  desire,  and  reminds  one  of 
similar  utterances  in  the  days  of  slavery.  Sin 
only  asks  to  be  let  alone.  It  will  be  content  to 
be  very  quiet  in  the  church,  if  not  opposed. 

3d.  The  Synod  did  not  feel  restrained  from 
discussing  similar  questions  and  expressing  most 
positive  convictions.  They  had  no  difficulty  in 
saying  what  they  thought  about  Chinese  immi- 
gration. They  discussed  elaborately  the  ques- 
tion of  the  right  of  a  local  church  to  control  its 
property,  and  found  a  large  number  of  legal 
precedents  to  show  that  no  property  once  be- 
longing to,  could  ever  be  alienated  from  the  de- 
nomination ;  but  in  reference  to  the  Christless 
worships  and  profane  oaths  of  the  lodge  it  is 
evident  that  they  had  never  formed  an  opinion, 
and  felt  bound  to  hold  all  Anti-masons  under 
bonds  to  keep  the  peace  with  their  brethren  of 
the  lodge  and  "let  the  dead  past  bury  its  dead." 

In  short,  the  report  is  simply  an  assumption 
that  there  is  nothing  morally  wrong  in  Masonry 
and  that  it  is  simply  a  question  of  expediency 
about  which  men  are  expected  to  differ. 

H.  H.  H." 

m  I  » 

Mr.  Pentecost  in  Scotland.  — Mr.  Pentecost's 
letters  from  Scotland  this  summer,  during  what 
he  terms  his  "half-holiday  and  half-work,  have 
been  exceedingly  interesting  and  encouraging. 
In  a  recent  letter  he  says :  "I  wish  I  could  give 
you  some  idea  of  the  very  great  work  God  has 
been  doing  in  Scotland  the  past  season,  and  how 
large  and  blessed  a  share  he  has  been  allowing 
me  to  have  in  it  the  last  five  weeks.  For  many 
nights  past  we  have  not  been  able  to  accommo- 
date the  ever-increasing  crowds  of  people  that 
have  come  to  hear  the  Word.  The  after  meet- 
ings have  been  eo  large  that  it  has  been  impossi- 
ble to  deal  with  inquiries  separately.  One 
night  there  were  more  than  forty  men  rose  in 
their  seats  and  avowed  their  conversion  to  God 
that  night,  besides  many  women  and  children." 
At  another  meeting  there  were  twenty-seven 
avowals  of  conversions,  etc,  etc.  Everywhere 
crowded  meetings ;  everywhere  immediate  re- 
sults. He  speaks  in  glowing  terms  of  the 
Christian  life  and  service  of  families  by  whom 
he  has  been  entertained.  At  one  of  the  meet- 
ings he  says  a  man  found  the  Saviour,  and  im- 
mediately searched  through  the  great  audience 
for  his  sister,  and  brought  her  into  the  inquiry- 
room  that  she  might  find  the  same  Saviour.  The 
next  night  he  brought  five  or  six  of  his  friends, 
and  had  the  delight  of  knowing  of  the  conver- 
sion of  all.  He  has  learned  of  more  than  three 
hundred  conversions  at  the  meetings  he  has  been 
permitted  to  hold.  As  a  natural  consequence,  it 
has  been  hard  for  him  to  get  away  from  the  ear- 
nest requests  from  all  quarters  for  him  to  re- 
main. In  Glasgow  he  was  seriously  approached 
as  to  accepting  the  pastorate  of  a  leading  church 
there.  But  he  says  his  home  work — the  Tomp- 
kins Avenue  church,  the  Ellery  Street  Mission, 
the  Academy  of  Music  services,  etc., — to  which 
he  longs  to  return,  did  not  permit  even  a 
thought  of  change.  He  went  to  Switzerland 
with  his  family,  to  spend  the  last  days  of  his 
vacation,  and  then  turned  his  face  homeward. 


J.  J.  O'Shea,  of  Aibia,  Iowa,  writes :  "In 
reference  to  the  American  Party  I  expect  a  very 
good  vote  here  on  the  State  ticket.  We  have 
had  no  county  convention,  and  as  it  is  too  late 
for  such  a  convention  we  can  vote  on  the  State 
ticket.  Some  of  the  county  papers  are  getting 
badly  scared  at  the  projects  of   Anti-masons." 

^   >  » 

^Prayerjwill  make  a  man  cease  from  sin,  or  sin 
will  entice  a  man  to  cease  from  prayer. — Bwny(m, 


14 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE. 


SepiemW  ^'S(,  1884 


VOMt.  AND  FARM. 


Wealth  in  Walnut  Trees. 

Jacksonville,  III. — Mr.  C.  B. 
Wilpon  drove  me  out  to  his  farm 
to-day  to  see  some  black  walnut 
trees.  "These  trees,"  he  said, 
"were  planted  from  the  seed  twen- 
ty years  ago.  I  saw  them  plant- 
ed." I  measured  these  trees  and 
they  were  sixteen  inches  throug;h. 
They  would  saw  into  timber  a  foot 
square.  They  would  cut  300  feet 
of  clear  black  walnut  boards  and 
then  have  the  tops,  limbs,  and 
stump  left.  The  stump  itself 
would  sell  to-day  for  $5  to  be  saw- 
ed into  veneers.  The  boards  would 
be  worth  $30. 

"What  could  you  sell  those  trees 
for  to  timber  men  as  they  stand," 
I  asked. 

"I  conld  sell  them  for  $25  per 
tree,  and  ten  years  from  now  they 
will  be  worth  $50." 

From  these  facts  I  came  to  this 
conclusion  :  A  black  walnut  tree 
will  pay  $1.25  per  year  for  the 
first  twenty  years.  A  thousand  of 
them  will  pay  $1,200  per  year. 

Now,  every  Illinois  farmer  has 
it  in  his  power  to  make  more  mon- 
ey off  of  a  row  of  black  walnut 
trees  around  his  farm,  than  he  can 
make  on  his  farm  if  sowed  in 
wheat.     How  can  he  do  it? 

This  way :  A  farm  of  160  acres 
would  be  10,560  feet  in  circumfer- 
ence. Now  plant  walnut  trees 
four  feet  apart  all  around  it  and 
you  will  have  2,760  trees ;  which 
will  be  worth  $25  apiece  in  twenty 
years. 

Again,  a  farmer  can  set  all  of 
his  sloughs,  low  places,  and  all  hog 
pastures  into  black  walnuts.  Two 
thousand  handsome  walnut  trees 
arrowing  on  a  farm  would  be  worth 
$50,000  in  twenty  years,  and  would 
not  interfere  with  the  farm  at  all. 
Orange  raising  in  Florida  will  not 
pay  half  so  well  as  black  walnut 
raising  in  Illinois. 

"How  should  black  walnuts  be 
planted  1"  I  asked  Mr.  Bates,  a  nur- 
seryman at  Whitehall,  111. 

"The  easiest  way."  he  said,  "is 
to  strike  the  ground  with  a  com- 
mon hammer  in  the  fall,  make  a 
round  hole  two  inches  deep  and 
drop  the  walnut  in.  It  will  cover 
itself  with  leaves  and  dust.  The 
debris  over  the  kernel  will  be  so 
light  that  the  sprout  will  have  no 
trouble  in  finding  its  way  out:" 

"What  would  you  do  after  they 
come  up  in  the  spring?" 

"I'd  go  around  and  put  a  shovel- 
fnll  of  sawdust,  tan-bark,  grain- 
chafi,  or  straw  around  each  sprout. 
This  will  keep  the  roots  damp  and 
kill  the  grass  or  weeds  around  the 
roots.  A  boy  could  plant  a  thou- 
sand trees  in  a  day  in  this  manner. 
I'd  plant  them  twice  as  thick  as  I 
neeaed  them  and  then  thin  them 
out." — Chicago  Tribune. 


A  Hint  for   Window  Gardening. 

A  recent  English  writer  gives 
the  following,  which  suggests  a 
way  in  which  hardy  wood-climbers 
might  be  made  available  for  win- 
dow decoration  in  winter  or  early 
spring : 

"Some  years  ago,  as  I  was  pass- 
ing through  a  room  used  only  oc- 
casionally, 1  perceived  an  odor  of 
fresh  flowers  that  surprised  me,  as 
none  were  ever  kept  there.  On 
raising  the  curtain  of  the  east  win- 


dow, I  saw  that  a  branch  of  Dutch 
honeysuckle  had  found  its  way  be- 
tween the  two  eashes  at  one  cor- 
ner, while  growing  in  the  summer, 
and  had  extended  itself  quite 
across  the  window;  and  on  the 
branch  inside  there  were  three  or 
four  clusters  of  well-developed 
flowers,  with  the  usual  accompani- 
ment of  leaves,  while  on  the  main 
bush  outside  there  was  not  yet  a 
leaf  to  be  seen.  The  flowers  in- 
side were  just  as  beautiful  and  fra- 
grant as  it  they  had  waited  until 
the  natural  time  of  blooming. 
Since  then  I  have  tried  the  experi- 
ment purposely,  and  always  with 
the  same  result." 

A  heavy  covering  of  the  ground 
over  the  roots  of  the  plants  with 
leaves,  and  sufficient  protection  of 
the  stem  outside,  would  allow  this 
method  to  be  practiced  in  quite  se- 
vere climates. 


Christian   Workers 

Who  depend  on  voluntary  con- 
tributions of  Christian  people  in 
whole  or  in  part  for  their  support: 

J .  F.  Bkowne,  Cabin  Creek,  Ky. 

Eli  Taplet,  Columbus,  Miss. 

J.  F.  Galloway,  Okahumka 
Florida. 

Wm.  Hazenbukg,  Cape  Town,  S. 
Africa. 

A.  D.  Zaraphonithes,  Andros, 
via  Syra,  Greece. 

G.  H.  Filian,  Armenia. 

Contributions  for  either  of  these 
brethren  may  be  forwarded  either 
through  the  editors  of  the  Cyno- 
sure or  the  Treasurer  of  the  N. 
C.  A.  Please  designate  to  which 
one  such  funds  shall  be  sent. 


BIBLES. 

We  have  recently  exchanged  a 
lot  of  Anti-masonic  publications 
for  Bibles  which  we  offer  at  low 
rates  post  paidl 

We  have  well  bound  pocket  Bi- 
bles at  $1.00,  $1.35,  $1.50,  $2.00, 
$2.25,  $2.50  and  $3.00.  Also  some 
fine  Oxford  and  Tract  Society 
Teachers  Bibles  at  $3.00,  $3.25, 
$3.50  and  $4.25. 

Of  the  family  Bibles  all  but  two 
have  already  been  disposed  of, 
leaving  one  at  $3.00  and  the  other 
at  $6.75. 

Among  the  pocket  Bibles  are 
some  Oxford  edition  with  leather 
protecting  edges  at  $2.00  and 
$3.00  each.     Address, 

Ezra  A.  Cook, 
7  Wabash  Ave.,  Chicago. 


IMPORTANT  TO  TRAVELERS  ! 

Special  inducements  are  offered 
you  by  the  Burlington  Route.  It 
will  pay  you  to  read  their  advertise- 
ment to  be  found  elsewhere  in  this 
issue. 


PHOTOGRAPHS. 

"We  now  have  at  the  Gijnoswtt  office  a  supply  of 
well-executed  card  photographs  of  Captain  Wm. 
Morgan,  President  J.  Blanchard,  President  Charles 
G.  Finney  and  Elder  David  Bernard,  at  15 
cents  each,  or  the  four  for  BO  cents,  post-paid. 
Postage  stamps  received  for  amounf  '%der  {l.OOi 


Handsome  Marriage  Certificates. 

Lithographed  In  black  and  gold,  with  a  place  on 
each  for  two  photographs. 

Price,  post-paid,  $2.25  per  dozen;  hy  express, 
charges  not  paid,  $14.00  per  100.  Sample  sent  post- 
paid on  receipt  of  85  cents.     Size,  12  by  18  Inches. 

rubUsbed  Xtj  EZXLA  A.  OOOE, 
CaiOMiOk  Iu« 


NATIONAL  CHRISTIAN  ASSOCIATION 


221  W.  Madison  St.,  Chicago. 

President.  —  J.  Blanchard,  Wheaton, 
111. 

Vice  -  President.  —  Thos.  H.  Gault, 
Chjcago. 

EC.  Sec. — John  D.  Nutting,  Chicago. 

Cor.  Sec.  and  Gen.  Agent. — J.  P.  Stod- 
dard, 221  W.  Madison  Street,  Chicago. 

Treasurer.— W.  I.  Phillips,  221  W. 
Madison  Street,  Chicago. 

Directors. — Philo  Carpenter,  J.  Blanch- 
ard, M.  R.  Britten,  E.  A.  Cook,  H  L.  Kel- 
logg, D.  P.  Baker,  T.  H.  Gault,  A.  G. 
Laird,  C.  R.  Hagerty,  John  Gardner,  L.  N. 
Stratton. 

THE  national  CONVENTION. 

President.— Rev.  S.  CoUinB,  Wash- 
ington  D.  C. 

Secretaries. — H.  L.  Kellogg,  W.  H. 
Ross  &nd  M.  N.  Butler. 

The  object  of  this  Association  is : 

"Toexpoie,  withstand  and  remove  eecret  loct- 
•Um,  Freemasonry  in  particolar,  and  other  uitl- 
ChristUn  moTementt,  in  order  to  save  the  chnrch- 
M  of  Christ  from  being  depraved,  to  redeem  th« 
•dmlnlstratlon  of  Jnetice  from  perversion,  tad 
onrrapablicaBKOTemment  from  eormptioiu** 

To  carnr  on  this  work  contributions  are 
■olicited  from  every  friend  of  tiie  reform. 

FoKM  or  BiqimT.— I  give  and  bequeatk  to  the 
National  Ohristlan  Association,  Incorporated  and 
ezisting  nnder  the  laws  of  the  Stat*  of  Illinoli, 
the  sum  of  —  doDara,  for  the  pnrposes  of  said 
Association,  and  for  wUch  the  receipt  of  it* 
Treaearer  for  th«  t!m«  betiis'  nhall  b«  «  (iiaielanl 
d1s.;lt»-- 

STATE  AUXILIARY  ASSOCIATIONS. 

Alabama. — Pres.,  W.  A.  McAlpine 
Sec,  G.  M.  Elliott;  Treas.,  E.  ishel,  all 
of  Sekna. 

California. — Pres.,  L.  B.  Lathrop, 
HoUister;  Cor.  Sec,  Mrs.  U.  P.  Merrill, 
Woodland;  Treas.,  C.  Ruddock,  Wood- 
land. 

Connecticut. — Pres.,  J.  A.  Conant, 
Willimantic ;  Sec,  Geo.  Smith,  Willi- 
mantic;  Treas.,  C.  T.  Collins,  Windsor. 

Illinois. — Pres.,  D.  P.  Baker,  Chicago; 
Sec.  W.  H.  Chandler,  Van  Orin;  Treas., 
W.  I.  Phillips,  221  W.  Madison  street, 
Chicago. 

Indiana. — Pres.,  I.  W.  Lowman,  Au. 
burn ;  Sec,  Wnd.  Small,  Amboy ;  Treas., 
Benj.  Ulsh,  Silver  Lake. 

Iowa. — Pres.,  C.  D.  Trumbull,  Morning 
Sun;  Rec.  Sec.  A.W.  Hall,  College  Spring; 
Cor.  Sec,  W.  T.  Moffitt,  Morning  Sun; 
Treas.,  Joseph  Laird,  Wayne. 

Kansas.- Pres.,  J.  S.  T.  Milligan,  North 
Cedar ;  Sec,  J.  Alter,  Valley  Falls ;  Treas. 
J.  A.  Ton-euce,  Winchester. 

Massachusetfs — Pres.,  Henry  T.  Chee- 
ver,  Worcester ;  Sec,  David  McFall,  East 
Cambridge. 

Michigan.— Pres.,  Wm.  Win^,  Grand 
Rapids;  Rec-Sec'y,  A.  H.  Springstein, 
Pontiac ;  Cor.  Sec,  W.  H.  Ross,  Allegan ; 
Treas.,  C.  C.  Foote,  88  Columbia  Street, 
Detroit. 

Minnesota. — Pres.  E.  G.  Paine,  Wasi- 
oja;  Cor.  Sec,  W.  H.  McChesney,  Fair- 
mont ;  Rec.  Sec'y  Thos .  Hartley,  Richland ; 
Treas.,  Wm.  H.  Morrill,  St.  Charles. 

Missouri.- Pres.  C.  J.  Kephart  Avalon ; 
Treas.,  William  Beauchamp,  Avalon;  Cor. 
Sec,  M.  N.  Butler,  Albany. 

Nebraska.- Pres.  S.  Austin,  Fair- 
mount ;  Cor.  Sec,  W.  S.  Spooner,  Kearney ; 
Treas  ,  R.  A.  Bishop,  Seeley's  Mills. 

New  Hampshire. — Pres  Benj.  M.  Ma- 
son, Moultonboro;  Sec,  S.  C  Kimball, 
New  Maj-ket;  Treas.,  E.  Smith,  Center 
Strafford. 

New  York. — Pres.  F.  W.  Capwell, 
Dale;  Sec'y,  Isaac  Hyatt,  Dale;  Treas., 
M.  Merrick,  Syracuse. 

Ohio.— Pres.,  Wm.  Dillon,  Dayton; 
Cor.  Sec,  J.  P.  Lytle,  Sago;  Treas.,  J.  M. 
Scott,  Alexandria. 

Pennsylvania.- Pres.  A.  L.  Post,  Mon- 
trose; Cor.  Sec,  N.  Callender, Thompson ; 
Treas.,  W.  B.  Bertels,  Wilkesbarre. 

Wisconsin.- Pres.,  Enos  Collins,  Colo 
ma ;  Cor.  Sec.  W.  W.  Warner,  Baraboo ; 
Treas.,  M.  R.  Britten,  Vieona. 

West  Virginia. — Pres..  D.  B.  Turney, 
Sec,  John  Bosley,  Grafton ;  Treas.,  H.  B. 
Higgins,  Petroleum. 

Anti-masonic  Lecturers. 

General  Agent  and  Lecturer,  J.  P. 
Stoddai-d,  221  West  Madison  street,  Chi- 
cago. 

Agents  for  the  South :  H.  H.  Hinman, 
Wheaton,  111.,  and  Paul  S.  Feemster, 
Larned,  Kans. 

E.  D.  Bailey,  Worcester,  Mass.,  Agent 
for  New  England. 

Degree  Workers. — (Seceders.) 

D.  P.  Rathbun,  Clarence,  Iowa, 

S.  E.  Starry,  Clarence,  Iowa. 

Jas.  Furguson,    "  " 

J.  K.  Glassford,  Carthage,  Mo. 
State  Leoturbrb. 

California,  D.  A.  Richards,  Woodland, 

Connecticut,  J.  L.  Barlow  of  WW 
mautio. 


Indiana,  B.  L.  Oook  ot  Albion. 
Missouri,  M.  N.  Butler  of  Albany. 
New  Hampshire,  L.  D.  Bryant  of  New 
Market. 
Wisconsin,  Thos.  Lowe,  Coloma  Bta. 

Other  Lbctubbrb. 
C.  A.  Blanchard,  Wheaton,  111 
N.  Callender,  Thompson,  Pa. 
J.  H.  Timmons,  Tarentum,  Pa. 
J.  H.  Baird,  Templeton,  Pa. 
T.  B.  McCormick,  Princeton,  Ind 
E.  Johnson,  Dayton,  Ind. 
J.  M.  Bishop,  Chambersburg,  Pa 
A.  Mayn,  Promise  City,  Mich. 
J.  B.  Cressinger,  Sullivan,  O. 
W.  M.  Love,  Baker,  Mo. 
A.  D.  Freeman,  Downers  Grove,  HI. 
R.  Faurot,  Jackson,  Miss. 
J.  P.  Richards,  Belmont,  Wis. 
Edward  Mathews,  N.  C  A.  office. 
Wm.  Fenton.  St.  Paul,  Minn. 
E.  I.  Grinnell,  Blairsburg,  Iowa. 
Warren  Taylor,  Roxabelf  O. 
J.  S  Perry,  Thompson,  Cfonn. 

C.  F.  Hawley,  Wheal  on.  111. 

J.  T.  Michael,  New  Wilmington,  Pa. 
Prof.  S.  C.  Kimball,  New  Market,  N.  H. 
Elder  L.  H.  Buf  kins,  Scranton,  Iowa, 
S.  G.  Barton,  Breckinridge,  Mo. 
Joel  H.  Austin,  Goshen,  Ind. 

D.  B.  Turney,  Bird  Station,  HI. 
J.  F.  Browne,  Cabin  Creek,  Ky. 
£.  Barnetson,  Jackson  Valley,  Pa. 


The  Churches  against  Lodger/. 

The  following  denominations  are  com- 
mitted by  vote  of  their  legislative  assem- 
blies or  by  constitution  to  a  separation 
from  secret  lodge  worship : 

Advtotists  (Seventh-day). 

Baptists-— Primitive,  Seventh-day  and 
Scandinavian. 

Brethren  (Dunkers  or  German  Baptists). 

Christian  Reformed  Church. 

Church  of  God  (Northern  Indiana  El- 
dership.) 

Congregational — ^The  State  Associations 
of  Illinois  and  Iowa  have  adopted  resolu- 
tions against  the  lodge. 

Disciples  (in  part). 

Friends. 

Lutherans — Norwegian,  Danish,  Swed- 
ish  and  Synodical  Conferences. 

Mennonites. 

Methodists — Free  and  Wesleyan. 

Methodist  Protestant  (Minnesota  Con- 
ference). 

Moravians. 

Plymouth  Brethren. 

Presbyterian — Associate,  Reformed  and 
United. 

Reformed  Church  (Holland  Branch). 

United  Brethren  in  Christ. 

Individual  churches  in  some  of  these 
denominations  should  be  excepted,  in 
part  of  them  even  a  considerable  portion. 

The  foUowinjs;  local  churches  have,  as  a 
pledge  to  disfellowship  and  oppose  lodge 
worship,  given  their  names  to  the  follow- 
ing list  as 

the  associated  CHUBCHEB  of  OStRIST. 

New  Ruhamah  Congregational^amil- 
ton.  Miss. 

Pleasant  Ridge  Congregational,  Sand. 
ford  county,  Ala. 

New  Hope  Methodist,Lownde8  co.,  Miss. 

Congregational,  College  Springs,  Iowa. 

College  Church  of  Christ,  Wheaton,  111. 

First  Congregational,  Leland,  Mich. 

Sugar  Grove  church.  Green  county.  Pa. 

Military  Chapel,  M.  E.,  Lowndes  Co., 
Miss, 

Hopewell  Missionary  Baptist,  Lowndes 
Co.,  Miss. 

Cedar  Grove  Missionary  Baptist,  Lown- 
des Co.,  Miss. 

Simon's  Chapel,M.  E.jLowndes  co..  Miss. 

Pleasant  Ridge  Missionary  Baptist, 
Lowndes  Co.,  Miss. 

Brownlee  church,  Caledonia,  Miss. 

Salem  church,  Lowndes  Co.,  Miss. 

West  Preston  Baptist  church,  Wayne 
Co.  Pa. 

Other  local  churches  which  have  adopt- 
ed the  same  principles  are — 

Baptist  churches ;  N.  Abington,  Pa. ; 
Menomrnie,  Mondovi,  Waubeck  and 
Spring  Prairie,  Wis. ;  Wheaton,  111. ;  Per- 
ry,  N.  Y. ;  Spring  Creek,  near  Burlington, 
Iowa ;  Lima,  Ind. ;  Constableville,  N.  Y. 
The  "Good  Will  Association"  of  Mobile, 
Ala.,  comprising  some  twenty-five  colored 
Baptist  c^iurches;  Bridgewaler  Baptist 
Association,  Pa. ;  Old  Tebo  Baptist,  neiar 
Leesviile,  Henry  Co.,  Mo. ;  Hoopeston,  111. 

Congregational  churches :  1st  of  Ober- 
lin,  O. ;  Tonica,  Crystal  Lake,  Union  and 
Big  Woods,  111. ;  Solsbury,  Ind. ;  Congre- 
gational Methodist,  Maplewood,  Mass. 

Presbyterian  church,  Hoopeston,  111. 

Independent  churches  in  Lowell,  Coun- 
tryman school  house  near  Lindenwood, 
Marengo  and  Streator,  111.;  Berea  and 
Camp  Nelson,  Ky. ;  Ustick.  111. ;  Clarks- 
burg, Kana.  State  Aesociation  of  Mlnitj' 
ten  and  Churdies  in  Cluriit  of  Ke&tuolij 


September  21,"1882 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE. 


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ON  FREEMASONRY. 

Freexnasonry  Illustrated.  A  complete 
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Freemasonry  and  the  M.  E.  Church. 
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ticles in  the  Church  Advocate,  and  afterward  In 
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Advocate,  Lancaster,  Pa.  Elder  M.  S.  Newcomer 
opposes  secret  societies,  and  especially  Freemasonry 
and  Elder  G.  W.  Wilson  defends  the  system.  We 
are  free  to  say  that  Mr.  Newcoxer  has  thoroughly 
routed  his  opponent  at  every  point.  Mr.  Wilson 
speaks  by  the  book,  as  he  is  a  Royal  Arch  Mason," 
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A  Masonic  Conspiracy,  Resulting  in  a 
fraudulent  divorce,  and  various  other  outrages 
upon  the  rights  of  a  defenseless  woman.  Also  the 
account  of  a Xasonic  murder,  by  two  eye-wltaesses. 
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THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE. 


September  28, 1889 


JVEIVS  ITEMS. 

— The  Star  route  trials  in  Wash- 
ington, which  resulted  in  the  con- 
viction of  two  minor  offenders, 
the  acquittal  of  two  others,  and 
the  disagreement  of  the  jury  re- 
specting the  chief  conspirators 
Brady  and  the  Dorseys,  will  be  re- 
sumed soon.  Brady  is  trying  to 
secure  Ben  Batler  as  attorney. 

— The  accounts  by  telegram 
J/bnday  morning  of  the  flood  de- 
vastation in  the  Eastern  States 
show  the  destruction  of  property 
to  have  been  enormous.  J/any 
cities  in  New  Jersey  sustained 
heavy  losses  by  the  tremendous 
rain-fall  and  the  rapid  rise  of  riv- 
ers, while  from  Waterbury,  Conn., 
Philadelphia,  and  Fredericksburg, 
Ya.,  reports  are  received  of  great 
destruction  and  damage.  At  New 
Brunswick  the  rainfall  in  58  hours 
was  over  18  inches.  Washington 
was  for  a  time  cut  off  from  the 
North.  A  gentleman  was  washed 
from  the  road  with  horse  and  car- 
riage and  swept  over  Pacific  Falls. 

— An  ocean  collision  in  a  dense 
fog  occurred  Sept.  21  in  the  At- 
lantic between  the  steamers  Le- 
panto  and  Edam,  the  latter  being 
sunk,  while  the  Lepanto,  though 
badly  injured,  made  her  way  to 
New  York.  Of  the  passengers 
and  crew  of  the  Edam  all  were 
safely  transferred  on  board  the  Le- 
panto, but  two  oflicers,  who  were 
lost. 


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Those  who  wish  to  know  the  character  of  Fr("<- 
masonry,  as  shown  by  Its  own  publications,  wUl 
find  many  standard  works  In  the  following  list. 

No  sensible  Mason  dares  deny  that  euch  men  as 
Albert  G.Mackey,the  great  Masonic  Lexicographer, 
and  Daniel  Sickels,  the  Masonic  author  and  publish- 
er, are  the  highest  Masonic  authority  In  the  United 
St.  ,tes. 

All  the  books  advertised  here  are  used  by  Masons, 
but  Duncan's  Ritual,  Allyn's  Ritual  and  Richard- 
son's Monitor  are  not  publicly  acknowledged  as  Ma- 
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tjtoneral  Ahiman  Bezon  and  Freema- 
SONS'  Guide.  By  Daniel  Sickels,  33d  degree.  The 
most  perfect  Masonic  monitor  published  In  the 
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and  containing  mocitorial  Instructions  In  the  de- 
grees of  Entered  Apprentice,  Fellow-Craft  and  Mas- 
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monies of  consecration  and  dedication  of  new 
lodges,  installation  of  officers,  laying  foundation 
Stones,  dedication  of  Masonic  balls,  burial  eerv- 
(ces,  Masonic  calendar,  ritual  for  a  Lodge  of  Sor- 
row, Masonic  trials,  etc.  Bound  in  fine  cloth,  extra 
large  13mo,  $3.00. 

Duncan's  SCasonlo  Ritual  and  Uoni- 
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gravings, and  containing  the  entire  ritual  and  work 
of  the  order  for  the  seven  degrees,  including  the 
Royal  Arch.  Scores  of  Masons  have  privately  ad- 
mitted that  this  Is  a  standard  text-book  in  the  lodge 
and  Is  strictly  correct ;  but  publicly  it  Is  not  ac- 
knowledged as  authority,  though  many  offlcere  of 
the  lodge  make  use  of  it.    Price,  In  cloth,  $2.60. 

Female  Hasonry.  Manual  of  the  Order  of 
the  Eastern  Star.  Containiuft  the  ritual,  symbols, 
lectures,  etc.,  of  the  five  degrees  of  '  'Adoptive  Ma- 
sonry," Jepbtbah's  Daughter,  Ruth,  Esther,  Martha 
and  Electa,  profusely  Illustrated  and  handsomely 
bound.    Price.  $1.60. 

Bichardson's  monitor  of  FreemaBOixry. 
Apractlcal  guide  to  the  ceremonies  in  the  degrees  con- 
ferred In  Masonic  Lodges,  Chapters,  Encampments, 
etc.  Illustrated  edition.  In  cloth,  $1.25;  In  paper, 
75  cents. 

Although  this  Monitor  Is  extensively  used  by  the 
lodge,  especially  In  conferring  the  higher  degrees, 
it  is  publicly  called  an  exposition,  and  not  allowed 
as  authority. 

Sickels'  Freemasons'  Monitor.  Contain- 
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Lodge,  Chapter,  Council  and  Commandery,  embel- 
lished with  nearly  300  symbolic  Illustrations,  to- 
gether with  tactics  and  drill  of  Masonic  Knighthood. 
Also  forms  of  Masonio  documents,  notes,  eongs, 
Masonic  dates,  installations,  etc.  By  D.  Sickels; 
32mo.     In  tuck,  $1.50;  cloth,  $1.00. 

Mackey's  Lexicon  of  Freemasonry. 
Containing  a  Definition  of  Terms,  Notes  on  its 
History,  Traditions  and  Antiquities,  and  an  Account 
of  all  the  Rites  and  Mysteries  of  the  Ancient  World. 
12  mo. ,  526  pages,  $3.00. 

Mackey's  Manual  of  the  Xiodgre,  or  Moni- 
torial Instructions  in  the  Degrees  of  Entered  Ap- 
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emonies relating  to  installations,  dedications,  con- 
secrations, laying  of  corner-stones,  etc.  Price,  $2.00l( 

Mackey's  Masonio  Ritualist,  or  Moni- 
torial Instruction  Book.  By  Albert  G.  Mackey, 
Past  General  High  Priest  of  the  General  Grand  Chap- 
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Pelican,  Prince  of  Mercy,  etc.  Price,  cloth,  $1.25; 
tuck,  $1.75. 

Mackey's  Text-Book  of  Masonio  Ju- 
BisPEUDBNCB.  lUustrat'ng  the  laws  of  Freemason- 
ry, both  written  and  unvrltten.  This  Is  the  great 
law  book  of  Freemasonry.     570  pages.    Price,  fesa 

Allyn's  Ritual  of  Masonry.  Illustrated 
by  a  large  number  of  engravings,  and  containing  a 
Key  to  the  Phi  Beta  Kappa,  Orange  and  Odd-fellows' 
Societies      Price,  $5.00. 


aLAMKMl  REPORTS. 

CHloAao,  Sept.  25,  1882. 

GRAIN— Wheat— No.    2 1  09^ 

No.8 88 

Rejected 63 

Winter,  No,  2...  1  (SH 

Com— No.  2 64K 

Rejected ei 

Oats— No.  2 31 

Rye— No.  2 59 

Branperton 11  50  18  60 

Flour— Winter 4  60  6  75 

Spring 6  26  8  25 

Hay— 'Rmothy 11  00  14  60 

Prairie 7  60  13  00 

Lard  per  cwt 19  58 

Hess  pork  per  bbl 81  46 

Batter,  medinm  to  beet 16  30 

Cheese 06  14 

Beans 8  86  8  flO 

Bgge 19 

Potatoee,  per  bn 40  60 

Seede— 'Timothy 1  95 

Clover S76  4  60 

Flax 1  88 

Broomcorn 08H       18 

Hidee— Green  to  dry  flint 7  15 

Lumber— Clear 43  00  59  00 

Common 15  00  22  00 

Shingles S  SO 

WOOL-Washed 15  40 

Unwaehed 16  98 

LIVE  STOCK— Cattle,  extra 6  40  7  40 

Good 6  60  6  20 

Medinm 4  00  6  «6 

Common 3  50  4  00 

Hoge 560  9  15 

Sheep 8  (0  4  76 

New  Torh  Metrhett. 

Floor 8  65  9  00 

Wheat— Spring 126 

Winter - 76  112 

Com 70  75 

Oats 88  48 

Lard 19  60 

MesePork 91  60 

Bntter 15  SO 

Obeese 06  10 

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The  CheistianCynosure. 


VOL.  XV.,  No.  2. 


"In  Secret  Have  I  Said  Nothing.'' — Jesu»  Ohri$t. 


WHOLE  No.  649 


EZRA  A.  COOK,  >PuBLieHER, 
No.  13  Wabash  Avenue. 


CHICAGO,  THUESDAY,  OCTOBER    5,  1882. 


WEEKLY, 
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'^     J.  BLANCHARD,  Editor, 

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Address  all  business  letters  to  Ezra  A  Cook,  Publisher 
Christian  Cynosure.  All  letters  for  publication  to  "Ed- 
itor Christian  Cynosure,  No.  13  Wabash  Ave  ,  Chicago." 
Writers'  names  must  always  be  given.  No  manuscript 
returned  unless  requested  and  postage  enclosed. 

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ALWAYS  give  the  former  address. 

[Entered  at  the  Post  Office,  at  Chicago,  111.,  as  2d  Class  Matter.] 


TABLE  OF  CONTENTS, 


Editorial  : 
The  Frontier  Children    1 

Elder  Callender 8 

Motes  in  Eyes 8 

The  Democrats  ot  Illi- 
nois      8 

Batavia  Convention: 
Morgan  Reminiscences    3 
Testimony  of  Seceders    4 
Rev.  H.    H.  Hinman's 

Address 8 

Contributions  : 
His  Kingdom  (Poetry)    1 
TheTemperance  Move- 
ment in  Britain 1 

Will  the  Lodge  Bury 
itself  under  the  Mon- 
ument       2 

Reform  Story : 
Holden     with     Cords 

Chap.    XXIII 3 

New  England  : 5 

American  Politics 12 

Books  and  Magazines ...     7 
Temperance "7 


Reform  News: 
Lake  Region   of  New 
York;  What  Prog- 
ress in   Kansas  ...       6 
Correspondence  : 
Bro.  Tobey  and  Cham- 
bersburg     Church  ; 
From  a  Praying  Sis- 
ter ;    Rob.    Morris 
Swindling    Masons; 

Our  Mail 6 

Obituary 7 

Religious  News  : 
•Elder    Post    and    the 
Bridgewater  Associ- 
ation    13 

Home  Circle 10 

Children's  Corner...  11 

Sunday  School  11 

Home  and  Farm 14 

News  of  the  Week.  . .  16 

Churches  vs.  Lodgery 14 

Anti-masonic  Le  cturers  14 

Then.  C.  a 14 

Publisher's  Dkp't 16 


NOTICES. 


Indiana. 

The  annual  State  Convention  for  Indiana  will  be  held 
»t  Carthage,  Rush  county,  October  24th  25th,  and  26th. 
Friends  of  the  reform  in  the  State  are  urged  to  make  im- 
mediate preparations  to  attend.  The  place  selected  is  a 
grand  one  for  the  convention.  Friends  from  the  West 
will  leave  the  train  (P.,  C.  and  St.  Louis  railroad)  at  Char- 
lottesville, others  at  Knightstown. 

Signed  by  Ex.  Committee:  8.  L.  Cook,  J.  W.  Lowman, 
Beuj.  Ulsh,  Wm.  Small,  B.  Hansen. 

_  Frinds  of  our  cause  and  public  advocates  who  positive- 
ly intend  to  come  from  a  distance  to  attend  this  conven- 
tion, please  send  your  names  to  Box  184,  Carthage,  Ind., 
as  early  as  convenient.  We  wish  •  to  make  arrangements 
as  well  as  we  may  be  able  for  your  welcome  and  enter- 
tainment. J.  M.  Clark. 


New    Hampshire. 

The  Sixth  Annual  Convention  of  the  New  Hampshire 
Christian  Association  will  be  held  at  Center  Strafford 
Wednesday  and  Thursday,  October  11th  and  12th,  A.  D. 
1882.  Rev.  H.  T.  Cheever  and  Prof.  E.  D.  Bailey  ot 
Worcester,  Mass.,  and  other  brethren  will  address  the 
Convention.  Friends  coming  on  the  Worcester  and 
Nashua  railroad  please  notify  Deacon  E.  Smith,  Center 
Strafford,  N.  H. ;  those  coming  on  the  Boston  and  Maine, 
Elder  J.  N.  Bartlette,  Center  Barnstead,  N.  H. ;  and  those 
on  the  Dover  and  Alton  railroad,  Frank  Pugsley,  Roch- 
ester, N.  H.  Teams  will  be  waiting  Tuesday  the  10th  at 
Barrington  on  the  first  named  road,  Dover  on  the  second 
and  Rochester  on  the  third.  Entertainment  will  be  free. 
Friends  in  neighboring  States  are  cordially  invited  to  be 
present.  Brethren  in  New  Hampshire,  come  up  to  the 
help  of  the  Lord  against  the  mighty.  Come  praying  that 
the  Holy  Spirit  may  rest  upon  our  convention  with  power 
and  blessing.    By  order  of  the  Executive  Committee. 

8.  C.  Kimball. 

New  Market,  N .  H.  Sec'y  N.  H.  C.  A. 


The  Illinois  State  Convention. 

ToNicA,  III.,  Oct.  1, 1882. 
Rev.  D.  P.  Baker,  Prest.  State  Christian  Association, 

Dear  Bro.  :— We,  the  undersigned,  members  of  the 
Tonica  Independent  Church,  understanding  that  there  is 
soon  to  be  a  State  meeting  of  the  Christian  Association, 
cordially  invite  you  to  appoint  said  meeting  at  this 
place. 

Although  our  own  church  is  a  unit  against  the  lodge  in 
all  its  forms,  there  are  many  outsiders,  who,  sympathiz- 
ing with  us,  dare  not  openly  avow  themselves  for  the  re- 
form. The  lodge  also  has  many  supporters  here.  We 
would  like,  therefore,  the  moral  influence  of  a  strong 
meeting  to  second  our  own  efforts,   to   enlist  silent  be- 


lievers into  active  service,  to  settle  the  doubts  of  those 
who  halt  between  two  opinions  and  to  demonstrate  to  the 
lodge  that  its  end  is  near.  Pledging  entertainment  to  vis- 
iting brethren  and  promising  you  our  warmest  prayers  at 
the  Throne  of  Grace, 

We  are  for  Truth  and  Righteousness,  Dea.  T.  W.  Baird, 
G.  G.  Gurnea,  J.  Morrison,  J.  Park,  Dea.  J.  Haywood. 

C.  W.  HiATT,  Scribe. 

Accepting  the  above  invitation,  with  thanks  to  the 
brethren  tendering  it,  and  with  gratitude  to  God  that  their 
hearts  and  homes  have  been  opened  to  receive  the  truth  as 
it  is  in  Christ,  the  State  Convention  of  the  Illinois  Chiis- 
tian  Association  is  hereby  appointed  to  meet  in  Tonica, 
November  1st  and  ad  next.  Let  there  be  a  spontaneous 
turning  toward  Tonica.  "^jet  the  North  give  up  and  the 
South  keep  not  back."  Tonica  is  located  on  the  Illinois 
Central  railway  near  Mendota,  a  convenient  highway  for 
bringing  the  ends  of  our  Slate  together.  Come  then  in  the 
power  of  the  Spirit  to  encourage  the  local  brethren  and 
carry  back  to  every  quarter  renewed  enthusiasm  for  the 
work  before  us.  D.  P.  Baker,  Pres. 

A  Political  Meeting  will  be  held  in  connec- 
tion with  the  Illinois  State  Convention,  the 
time  to  be  announced  next  week, — but  probably 
on  Thursday  forenoon  during  a  recess  of  the 
Convention.  Tonica  is  in  the  center  of  a  sec- 
tion of  country  full  of  old  line  Abolitionists. 
Benjamin  Lundy's  paper,  the  first  Abolition 
sheet  in  the  West,  if  not  in  the  country,  was 
published  near  by.  This  should  be  a  grand  ral- 
lying point  for  reform  politics.  American  voters, 
come  to  the  meeting. 


The  Frontier  Children. 

WHAT  SHALL  THEY  BEAD? 

The  readers  of  the  New  York  Tribune  raised 
$20,000  for  a  delightful  charity  carried  on  for 
the  city  children.  This  money  took  a  large 
number  of  them  into  the  country  and  boarded 
them  on  pleasant  farms  for  a  week  or  two,  re- 
turning them  in  health  and  happiness.  Let  us 
help  a  no  less  worthy  and  no  less  needy  class  of 
children,  those  of  o^lr  frontier.  Their  parents 
are  burdened  with  debts  and  cares  which  old 
settlers  know  nothing  about.  A  gentleman — 
not  a  subscriber  to  the  Cynosure — wrote  to  us 
from  a  village  in  Kansas,  stating  that  if  he 
could  take  subscriptions  at  one  dollar,  each  he 
would  send  us  a  club.  The  Extension  Fund 
made  it  possible  for  us  to"  say  yes.  And  a  club 
of  twelve  for  a  year  each  (all  new  subscribers 
but  one)  was  promptly  returned,  with  encour- 
aging words:  "I  could  have  largely  increased 
the  club  if  I  had  had  time  to  canvass  more. 
May  send  in  more  anyway  after  a  while.  Sev- 
eral more  want  the  paper  whom  I  have  not  had 
time  to  see." 

This  suggests  a  fine  opportunity  for  October 
work.  There  are  hundreds,  perhaps  thousands, 
of  young  men  and  women  and  boys  and  girls 
too,  all  along  our  frontier,  who  would  be  happy 
to  get  and  read  the  Cynosure.  The  Extension 
Fund  would  put  it  within  the  reach  of  their 
limited  resources;  and  it  would  help  their  souls 
in  a  healthy  development  as  the  fresh  air  did 
the  city  children's  bodies. 

Will  our  readers  see  that  the  Extension  Fund 
increases  until  we  will  be  compelled  to  say  as 
the  New  York  Tribune  did,  Do  not  send  any 
more;  all  is  contributed  that  we  can  profitably 
use. 


— There  has  been  lately  incorporated  at  Bos- 
ton an  association  with  the  title  of  the  "State 
Grand  Council  of  the  Massachusetts  Order  of 
Mystic  Brothers  and  Orphans'  Endowment 
League  for  Aiding  the  Families  of  Deceased 
Members."  The  only  penalty  for  the  folly  of 
starting  such  incipient  lodges  is  to  compel  the 
members  to  use  the  name  of  the  order  or  the 
titles  of  their  offices  whenever  they  speak  of 
them.    The  result  would  be  dislooation  or  in- 


sanity or  death  to  their  weak  natures  and  the 
order  would  be  bankrupted  in  paying  death 
rates. 

His  Kingdom. 

BY  ALEXANDEIl  THOKSON. 

O,  sweet  harp  of  David,  wake  oat  of  thy  trance. 
All  thy  eoul-stirring  harmoDJes  waken  at  once; 
Like  the  gleam  of  a  sunbeam  athwart  a  broad  river, 
Break  out  of  thy  Bileuce  at  once  and  forever. 

O,  hope  of  the  wilderness  barren  and  dry, 
O,  trust  of  the  full  heart  and  tear-brimming  eye, 
O  light  of  the  sad  soul  by  wild  trials  tossed, 
O  sweet  star  of  Bethlehem,  thou  art  not  lost. 

The  clouds  may  enshroud  us,  the  day-light  may  wane, 
The  red  lightnings  gleam  through  the  thick  driving  rain. 
And  tempests,  like  winter,  stoop  over  our  path, 
But  our  Christ  still  controls  all  the  chariots  of  wrath. 

In  vain  to  its  depths  black  perdition  is  stirred, 
'Gainst  the  light  of  the  church  and  the  sons  of  the  word; 
In  vain    roll  its  dark  waves,  malicious  to  drovra 
The  seed  ot  the  woman  and  heir  of  the  crown. 

No  longer  now  narrowed,  contracted,  confined. 
Thine  empire,  O  Christ,  is  the  empire  of  mind; 
And  o'er  it  ascending  triumphant,  we  see 
The  great  Son  of  Jesse  sit  ruler  in  thee. 

O  now  In  the  wilderness  cold  streams  are  found ; 

The  bearded  wheat  springs  from  the  hard  fallow  gronnd ; 

The  lamb  and  the  lion  drink  at  the  same  river. 

And  the  child  and  the  serpent  play  kindly  together. 

See  now  where  the  leopard  lurked  low  for  his  prey. 
The  bands  of  sweet  children  in  innocence  play; 
From  the  dark  isles  of  ocean  hosannas  arise. 
And  the  children  of  death  are  the  sons  of  the  skies. 

The  p.igan  is  vanquished  and  bends  to  the  Cross ; 
The  Crescent  grows  pale  where  the  blood  banners  toss; 
And  dark  superstitions,  deep-rooted  and  hoary. 
Take  lire  at  the  blai^e  of  thine  incoming  glory. 

Though  suffering  and  sorrow  should  be  in  my  lot;        '  "* 
Though  Pain's  cruel  whip  drive  the  chariot  of  Thought,' 
Yet  shall  I  rejoice  with  mine  own  eyes  to  see 
The  kingdom  I  the  kingdom  I  established  In  Thee. 


The  Temperance  Movement  in  Britain. 


BY  KEV.    JOHN    BOYES. 


>H 


This  movement,  now  fifty  years  old,  has  re- 
ceived an  impetus  of  late  years  which  has  been 
very  helpful.  Ofood  Tempi ary  was  but  a  meteor 
flash.  Whether  the  Blue-ribbon  movement  will 
be  anything  more  time  must  decide.  It  is  not, 
however,  a  secret  order  so  far  as  we  can  learn. 
It  is  computed  there  are  now  over  five  millions 
of  abstainers  in  Great  Britain.  The  Ireland 
Revenue  Commissioners  report  that  temperance 
principles  seem  to  be  influencing  certain  classes 
of  the  population  largely,  the  past  year  having 
been,  apparently,  one  of  unusual  activity ;  in 
fact,  they  remark,  there  is  a  wave  of  enthusi- 
asm in  favor  of  teetotal  principles  passing  over 
the  country,  which  is  especially  attracting  the 
masses  of  the  people,  who  are  being  impressed 
with  the  notion  that  drink  is  sinful,  and  that, 
in  order  to  become  the  preternaturaUy  pious 
persons  it  is  now  the  fashion  to  seem,  the  first 
and  most  important,  if  not  the  only  step  they 
have  to  take,  is  to  abstain  from  all  kinds  of 
stimulating  liquor.  There  is  a  good  deal  of 
banter  which  evidently  originates  in  vexation. 
The  banter  results  from  seriousness.  The 
amount  received  by  the  beer  duty,  was  less  by 
three  hundred  thousand  pounds  tha"n  the  esti- 
mate, and  this  in  despite  of  the  growth  of  popu- 
lation and  the  general  increased  prosperity  of 
the  country.  Mr.  Gladstone  tells  us,  that  the 
only  reason  for  this  state  of  things  that  he  can 
discover,  is,  that  people  are  using  more  tea  and 
increasing  their  deposits  at  the  savings  ba  nk. 
The  revenue  in  1876  from  the  consumptio  n  of 
intoxicants  was  twenty  shillings  per  head,  but 
in  1881  it  was  16.8  7d.     ■ 

The  visit  of  Getewayo,  the  Zulu  king,  to  tbil 


a 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE 


October  5, 1888 


conntry,  was  improved  by  a  deputation  from  the 
National  Temperance  League,  who  waited  upon 
him  on  the  subject  of  temperance  in  his  na- 
tive land.  He  was  assured  that  though  there 
are  many  drinkers  in  this  country,  there  are 
many  who  not  only  live  without  intoxicants,  but 
also  believe  them  to  be  pernicious.  He  was  told 
that  there  is  a  tomperance  association  on  board 
every  one  of  Her  Majesty's  ships,  and  in  every 
regiment  of  the  army.  The  King  explained 
that  he  was  an  abstainer  from  spirits ;  but  not 
from  beer.  It  appears  that  the  Zulu  beer  is 
thick,  like  gruel  or  broth,  much  like  the  ale  of 
the  Saxons  of  the  6fh  century,  and  of  the  En- 
glish of  the  15th  century.  Zulu  beer  is  said  to 
be  but  slightly  intoxicating.  However  this  may 
be,  the  missionaries  find  it  to  be  a  great  hin- 
drance to  their  work.  The  King  expressed  him- 
self willing  to  co-operate  with  the  Natal  Gov- 
ernment in  making  it  as  difficult  as  possible  for 
the  people  to  get  hold  of  spirits.  The  native 
races  of  Africa,  as  elsewhere,  have  sufEered 
greatly  from  the  introduction  of  spirits,  and  it 
is  desirable  to  counteract  as  far  as  possible  their 
admission  among  such  races. 

The  subject  of  temperance  has  been  discussed 
this  year  by  the  Britisn  Association.  It  was  dis- 
covered a  few  years  ago  by  Pasteur  that  the  par- 
ticles of  fine  powder  or  bloom  on  the  skin  of 
the  grape  were  essential  to  fermentation.  When 
this  bloom  is  carefully  brushed  off,  no  fermenta- 
tion takes  place  in  the  expressed  juice.  These 
particles  are  a  fungus.  This  fungi  may  be  re- 
garded as  a  parasite  which  floats  round  and 
clings  to  the  grape.  This  fungi  or  yeast  plant, 
separated  from  the  albumen  cells  of  the  interior 
of  the  grape,  while  it  remains  there,  produces 
no  kind  of  fermentation.  No  such  a  thing  is 
possible.  When,  however,  the  grapes  are  crush- 
ed with  the  fungi  clinging  to  them,  fermenta- 
tion in  a  little  while  sets  in.  It  is  a  general 
custom  from  all  fruits,  vegetables,  and  animals, 
before  using  to  remove  all  parasitic  growths ; 
and  why  not  from  this?  There  is  no  such  a 
thing  as  spontaneous  fermentation ;  and  the  idea 
of  something  changing  without  a  changer  is 
pure  absurdity.  We  do  not  think  that  the  wine- 
drinkers  gain  much  in  favor  of  drinking  from 
the  discovery  of  the  fermenting  fungi  on  the 
skin  of  the  grape,  nor  from  any  other  aspect  of 
the  question. 

Loutfi,  England,  Sept.  5, 1882. 
«-•-» 

Will  the  Masonic  Lodge  Bury  itself  under  the  Mor- 
gan Monument? 

BY  REV.  X.  A.  WELTON. 

The  "Masonic  Veteran  Association"  held  its 
twelfth  reunion  at  New  Haven,  "June  29,  A.  L. 
5882."  This  was  also  called  the  fiftieth  anni- 
versary of  the  "Declaration  of  Freemasons  of 
the  State  of  Conn.,  adopted  May  9,  1883." 
Omitting  the  Preamble  the  Declaration  is  as 
follows : 

"Whereas,  It  has  been  frequently  asserted  that  in  the 
several  degrees  of  Freemasonry  as  Ihey  are  conferred  in 
the  United  States,  the  candidate,  on  his  initiation  and  sub- 
sequent advancement,  binds  himself  by  oath  to  sustain 
bis  Masonic  brethren  in  acts  which  are  at  variance  with 
the  fundamental  principles  of  morality,  and  incompatible 
wi^h  his  duty  as  a  good  and  faithful  citizen. 

In  justice,  therefore  to  ourselves  and  with  a  view  to  es- 
tablish truth  and  oppose  imposition — the  undersigned, 
members  of  the  Masonic  firaternity,  and  many  of  us  the 
recipients  of  every  degree  of  Freemasonry  known  and  ac- 
knowledged in  this  country,  do  most  solemnly  deny  the 
existence  of  any  such  obligation  in  the  Masonic  institu- 
tion, as  far  as  our  knowledge  respectively  extends.  And 
we  do  solemnly  aver  that  no  person  is  admitted  to  the  in- 
stitution without  being  first  made  acquainted  with  the  na- 
ture of  the  obligations  to  which  he  will  be  required  to  in- 
cur and  assume. 

Freemasonry  secures  its  members  in  the  freedom  of 
thought  and  speech,  and  permits  each  and  every  one  to 
«ct  according  to  the  dictates  of  his  own  conscience  in 
matters  of  religion,  and  of  bis  personal  influence  in  mat- 
ters of  politics.  It  neither  knows  nor  presumes  to  inflict 
upon  its  members,  however  wide  may  be  their  aberrations 
from  duty,  Any  penalties  or  punishment  other  than  admo- 
nition, suspension  and  expulsion. 

The  obligations  of  the  institution  require  of  its  mem- 
bers a  strict  obedience  to  the  laws  of  God  and  man.  So 
far  as  being  bound  by  any  engagements  inconsistent  with 
the  happiness  and  prosperity  of  the  nation,  every  citizen 
who  becomes  a  Mason  is  doubly  bound  to  be  true  to  his 
God,  his  country  and  his  fellowmen.  In  the  language  of 
the  ancient  constitutions  of  the  Order  which  are  printed 
and  open  for  public  inspection  and  which  are  used  as  text 
books  in  all  lodges,  he  is  required  to  keep  and  obey  the 
moral  law,  to  be  a  quiet  and  peaceable  citizen,  true  to  his 
government  and  just  to  his  countiy. 

MaaoQiy  diBdaioa  the  making  of  pro»«lyt«s.   @heJop«n)) 


the  portals  of  her  asylum  to  those  only  who  seek  admis- 
sion, with  the  recommendation  of  a  character  unspotted 
by  immorality  and  vice.  Sbe  simply  requires  of  the  can- 
didate his  assent  to  one  great  fundamental  religious  truth 
— the  existence  and  providence  of  God,  and  a  practical 
acknowledgment  of  those  infallible  doctrines  for  the  gov- 
ernment of  life,  which  are  written  by  the  finger  of  God  on 
the  heart  of  man. 

Entertaining  such  sentiments  as  Masons,  as  citizens, 
and  as  moral  men,  and  deeply  impressed  with  the  convic- 
tion that  the  Masonic  institution  has  been,  and  may  con- 
tinue to  be,  productive  of  e:reat  good  to  their  fellowmen; 
and  having  received  the  laws  of  the  society  and  its  accu- 
mulated funds  in  sacred  trust  for  charitable  purposes,  the 
undersigned  can  neither  renounce  nor  abandon  It. 

We  most  cordially  unite  with  our  brethren  of  Massa- 
chusetts in  the  declaration  and  hope,  that  should  the  peo- 
ple of  this  country  become  so  infatuated  as  to  deprive 
M  asons  of  their  civil  rights,  in  violation  of  the  written 
constitutions,  and  the  wholesome  spirit  of  just  laws  and 
free  government,  a  vast  majority  of  the  fraternity  will  still 
remain  firm,  confiding  in  God  and  the  rectitude  of  their 
intentions  for  consolation  under  the  trials  to  which  they 
may  be  exposed." 

Signed  (it  the  record  is  be  believed),  by  1335  Masons. 

Past  Master  N.  D.  Sparry  said  at  this  re 
union :  "Your  meeting  to-day  has  a  double 
meaning,  the  addition  to  the  social  occasion 
which  we  so  much  enjoy,  we  celebrate  also  the 
fiftieth  anniversary  of  j;hat  Declaration  made 
by  our  brothers  concerning  the  principles  of 
Masonry,  who,  amidst  the  storm  of  vengeance 
and  persecution  which  at  that  time  surrounded 
them,  gave  to  the  world  over  their  own  signa- 
tures, emphatic  endorsement  of  the  aims  and 
objects  of  our  time-honored  institution.  The 
language  they  employed  gave  no  doubtful  mean- 
ing— their  utterances  were  loud  and  clear.  They 
not  only  endorsed  the  institution,  but  the  prin- 
ciples of  Masonry,  and  most  solemnly  avered, 
that  in  them  were  embraced  the  principles  of 
morality,  faithfulness,  loyalty  to  country,  justice 
to  our  fellowmen,  and  belief  in  God.  *  ^  * 
Morgan's  Exposition,  so-called,  was  the  cause  of 
the  wrath  and  excitement  of  the  times,  to  which 
the  declaration  refers ;  but  it  did  Masonry  no 
harm.  The  institution  to-day  is  stronger  by  far 
than  when  Morgan  and  others  attacked  it  for  po 
litical  reasons.  If  Morgan's  "expose"  were  true, 
then  he  was  one  of  the  most  unqualifiedly] 
perjured  villains  that  ever  disgraced  the' pages  of 
history ;  worse  even  than  Benedict  Arnold  in  one 
sense ;  for  the  vows  taken  by  him  did  not  com 
pare  in  solemnitv  with  those  Morgan  said  he  had 
taken  in  Masonry ;  and  yet  to-day  even,  we  find 
good  men,  let  us  suppose,  in  the  great  State  of 
New  York,  who  propose  to  build  a  granite  mon 
ument  of  great  proportions  in  honor  of  William 
Morgan ;  and  already,  if  the  newspapers  are 
correct,  it  has  been  begun. 

"Build  a  monument  to  William  Morgan!  For 
what?  If  he  is  to  he  helieved^  it  is  built  to  hon- 
or crime  and  perjury;  nothing  more,  nothing 
less.  Do  these  men  who  propose  to  build  this 
monument  know  what -they  are  doing?  Do  they 
propose  to  make  crime,  falsehood  and  perjurv,  a 
virtue?  Certainly  they  do,  if  they  believe  Wil- 
liam Morgan  told  the  truth.  Poor,  misguided 
men,  we  pity  them  !  Build  the  monument  if 
they  will,  but  remember  that  every  block  they 
lay  from  the  foundation  to  the  top-most  stone 
(if  they  believe  the  story  of  Morgan)  is  an  en- 
dorsement of  baseness,  perjury  and  crime.  I 
leave  the  matter  here.  Our  order  has  increased 
beyond  all  calculation,  both  in  numbers  and  in- 
fluence, while  our  defamers  grow  less  year  by 
year.  Our  institution  has  outlived  its  own  his- 
tory ;  Morgan  spasms  cannot  injure  it;  monu- 
mental piles  will  not  destroy  it,  when  they  are 
built  to  honor  crime.  Firm  are  the  foundations 
upon  which  we  stand,  and  build,  and  they  will 
remain  forever!" 

"The  Secretary  [Rev.  A.  N.  Lewis,  after 
wards]  remarked  that  though  he  abhorred  the 
destruction  of  Andre's  monument,  he  shouldn't 
sit  up  nights  to  mourn  if  the  Morgan  shaft 
should  be  overturned  by  an  earthquake  or  any 
other  agency!" 

Of  this  "declaration,"  above  quoted,  I  re- 
mark, that  */  it  is  to  he  helieved,  Masonic  obliga- 
tions are,  at  least,  harmless  and  unexceptionable. 
If  the  signers  of  this  declaration  are  to  be  be- 
lieved, Masonry  (i.  e.,  the  Masonic  power,)  se- 
cures to  its  subjects  what  the  State  had  not  al- 
ready secured,  namely,  freedom  of  thought  and 
speech.  If  this  freedom  was  secured  to  Free- 
masons when  they  entered  the  lodge,  then  it 
was  uot  eecured  to  them  while  they  were  only 


American  citizens.  Freedom  of  speech  is  not, 
therefore,  secured  to  non-Masons.  Morgan 
was  a  Mason,  and  if  "once  a  Mason  always  a 
Mason,"  then  freedom  of  speech  was  secured  to 
him,  and  if  the  "declaration"  is  to  he  helieved, 
every  lodge  initiate  secures  his  freedom  of 
speech  by  voluntarily  renouncing  a  part  of  it 
under  Masonic  oaths  and  penalties.  Their  "free- 
dom of  speech"  is  secured  to  them  when  they 
pwear  not  to  tell  the  truth  about  Masonry  I 
Past  Master  Sperry  was  quite  as  logical  and  con- 
sistent, (if  the  printed  record  is  to  be  believed). 
"Bro.  Twiss"  had  said  to  the  veterans  of  1832 : 
"By  your  example  we  have  been  taught  that 
Masonry  should  seek  to  increase  its  influence  by 
practicing  a  larger  and  more  general  social  in- 
tercourse." [Italics  mine.]  An  English  Anti- 
masonic  writer  in  1847  insinuated  that  the 
Lodge  was  a  "convivial  club,"  whose  object  was 
to  dine  and  wine,  and  make  after-dinner  speech- 
es. And  if  those  who  say  it  a/re  to  he  helieved, 
the  Masons  of  the  former  part  of  the  19th  cen- 
tury went  often  "from  labor  to  refreshment," 
and  then  refreshments  were  more  noted  for  their 
exhilarating  qualities  than  the  lodge  generally 
furnishes  now.  Yet  if  the  New  Haven  "Veter- 
ans" followed  the  example  of  their  brethren  of 
"5832"  may  I  not  suspect  that  "Bro.  SperryV 
'^ freedom"  in  "speech"  was  to  some  extent  the 
effect  of  his  libations.  The  Secretary  says  that 
"aZ^  had  heen  duly  refreshed^''  and  the  speaker's 
ideas  seem  to  have  been  a  little  mixed.  He  says 
(if  the  record  is  to  he  helieved)  "if  Morgan's  ex- 
pose were  true  he  was  a  "perjured  villain;"  i. 
e.,  if  he  told  the  truth  he  was  a  liar  and  a  per- 
jurer ;  that  is  to  say,  "one  who  swears  falsely." 
"One  who  wilfully  takes  a  false  oath  lawfully 
administered."[Web8ter.]  If  he  told  the  truth, 
the  truth  he  told  was  a  lie  and  the  telling  of  it 
was  perjury !  The  Past  Master  does  not  tell  us 
what  Morgan  was  if  he  did  not  tell  the  truth ! 
I  do  not  think  the  speaker  was  intoxicated.  He 
only  said  what  Masonic  after-refreshment  ora- 
tors often  say.  They  are  continually  declaring 
that  if  Masons  reveal  what  they  have  sworn  to 
conceal  they  are  liars  and  perjurers. 

It  should  be  remembered  that  there  is  an  es- 
sential difference  between  Masonic  language  and 
common  English.  If  Masonic  orators  a/re  to  he 
helieved,  their  definitions  of  lying  and  perjury, 
are  substantially  aa  follows : 

Lying:  Telling  the  truth  about  Freema- 
sonry. 

Perjury:  Telling  about  Freemasonry  any- 
thing one  had  sworn  not  to  tell. 

Treason :     Violation  of  any  Masonic  oath. 

Mr.  Sperry  did  not  use  the  word  'treason,' 
but  he  impliedly  charged  Morgan  with  being  a 
worse  traitor  than  Benedict  Arnold — if  he  told 
the  truth. 

"The  Cretan  who  by  branding  all  Cretans  as 
liars  left  his  own  veracity  doubtful  to  all  eter- 
nity, fell  into  a  pit  of  his  own  digging."  Ma- 
sonic orators  are  continually  telling  the  public 
what  Masonry  is  and  what  it  is  not.  If  they 
tell  the  truth  are  they  not  liarsf  and  if  they 
lie  are  they  not  obeying  Masonic  law  which  re- 
quires them  to  "keep  the  world  in  darkness  re- 
specting Masonry?"  History  says  it  was  the  al- 
leged abduction  and  murder  of  Morsran ;  Sperry 
says  it  was  his  Exposition  "so-called,"  that  "was 
the  cause  of  the  wrath  and  excitement  of  the 
times  to  which  the  declaration  refers."  This 
liiust  not  be  set  down  as  a  "Masonic  lie"  for  he 
is  not  telling  the  truth  about  Masonry !  Yet  in 
this  case,  the  truth  would,  seeminglv,  have  an- 
swered just  as  well  as  a  falsehood.  Every  "Ma- 
sonic veteran"  hnows  that  Morgan  was  abduct- 
ed and  executed  by  the  lodge  lor  alleged  "per- 
jury and  treason,"  and  treason  can  only  be  com- 
mitted against  a  sovereign  power  or  real  gov- 
ernment. 

"The  Morgan  Shaft"  is  history  embodied  in 
granite.  Will  it  unmake  history  or  injure  Ma- 
sonry to  let  it  stand?  Would  it  do  the  lodge 
any  good  to  destroy  it?  If  it  is  overturned  the 
act  will  be  charged  to  the  acccount  of  Masonry, 
and  thus  the  monument  in  ruins  will  become 
the  more  eloquent  as  a  witness  to  certain  facts. 
I  have  believed  from  the  first  that  the  Masons 
would  overturn  the  shaft  and  crush  themeelvei^ 
beneath  its  roini. 


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October  5,  1883 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE. 


8 


REFORM  STORY. 


Holden  with  Cords. 

^r  THE  AXTTHOR    OF    "  LrfTLE    PEOPLE,"    "  A  SUNNY 

LIFE,"  ETC. 

Chapter  XXIIt—An  JSmninff  in  the  iMdge. 

Though  Captain  Morgan's  fate  was  by  no 
means  definitely  settled  in  the  popular  mind, 
the  suspicion  grew  stronger  day  by  day  that  he 
had  been  foully  dealt  with;  and  the  low  mut- 
tered groundswell  of  that  coming  whirlwind  of 
indignation  which  was  to  lay  low  every  lodge 
and  Chapter  in  the  laud,  had  already  begun 
to  niake  itself  heard  in  the  ears  of  the  startled 
fraternity.  As  a  result,  a  special  meeting  of 
Bro.wnsville  lodge  was  soon  called, — about  a 
week  after  Mark's  unexpected  home-coming.  To 
this  meeting  the  latter  announced  decidedly  his 
determination  to  go. 

"For  pity'  sake,  Mark!  What  for?"  I  asked  in 
surprise,  "i  should  think  you  might  have  had 
enough  of  this  confounded  foolery  by  this  time. 
I  don't  care  if  they  summon  me  fifty  times  over, 
I  am  not  going." 

"Nor  would  I,  Leander,  were  it  not  that  I 
feel  called  of  the  Lord  to  bear  my  testimony 
against  the  abominable  wickedness  of  Captain 
Morgan's  abduction  and  murder.  It  is  like  a  fire 
shut  up  in  my  bones  night  and  day.  And  what 
better  place  than  right  herein  Brownsville  lodge 
among  friends  and  acquaintances,  to  stand  up 
and  testify?" 

Now  this  "testifying"  spirit  in  Mark  had  al- 
ready begun  to  make  me  uneasy,  with  the  fear 
of  what  might  follow  if  allowed  to  have  its  way 
unchecked  by  a  little  prudent  advice ;  which  I 
accordingly  proceeded  to  administer. 

"0,  come,  Mark;  it  won't  do  the  least  bit  of 
good.  You'll  only  stir  up  a  hornet's  nest 
about  your  ears.  And  as  to  there  being  old 
friends  and  neighbors  in  Brownsville  lodge, 
you  know  precious  little  of  human  nature  if 
you  think  it  will  make  any  difference  with  their 
reception  of  what  you  have  to  say.  They  will 
only  be  ten  times  more  bitter  and  abusive  on 
that  very  account." 

All  of  which  was  hard  matter-of-fact  truth, 
but  it  failed  to  move  Mark  an  iota.  The  Lo/d 
had  given  him  a  message  to  speak  in  the  ears  of 
the  lodge  that  would  probably  make  them  tin- 
gle, that  would  alienate  some  and  anger  others; 
but  ot  all  such  merely  human  considerations  he 
felt  that  sublime  carelessness  which  belongs  to 
intense  conviction.  For  wonderfully  had  Mark 
advanced  in  spiritual  life  since  his  soul  burst 
the  lodge  fetters ;  and  soared  at  one  glad 
exultant  bound  into  the  full  liberty  of  a  child  of 
Gtod. 

"Let  them  abuse  me  if  they  will!"  he  answer- 
ed, his  eyes  kindling.  "I  shall  go  and  bear  my 
testimony.  I  know  there  are  some  in  the  lodge 
who  will  hear  mo." 

"Now,  Mark,"  said  I,  "I'll  tell  you  just  the 
way  this  matter  stands.  Brownsville  lodge  has 
its  disaffected  members  who  believe  that  Mor- 
gan has  been  foully  murdered,  and  detest  the 
crime;  who  feel  just  as  I  have  felt  many  a  night 
when  I  have  been  to  the  meetings  of  the  lodge, 
glad  from  the  very  bottom  of  my  heart  to  have 
seen  the  whole  abominable  thing  blown  sky- 
high  the  next  day.  But  the  mischief  is,  there 
won't  be  a  soul  of  them  there  to-night.  They 
are  ashamed  ot  their  connection  with  Masonry, 
but  are  afraid  to  come  into  open  collision  with 
it.  And  the  consequence  is  all  such  ones  will 
stay  at  home  just  as  I  was  intending  to  do,  and 
only  the  part  that  are  boiind  to  stand  by  the  in- 
stitution through  thick  and  thin  that  will  be  there 
to  hear  you." 

Bat  none  of  these  things  moved  Mark.  He 
rose  with  quiet  determination  and  proceeded  to 
put  on  his  coat  and  hat,  saying  as  he  did  so, — 

"Anyhow  I'm  going.  It  is  the  only  way  I 
can  free  my  mind  and  conscience.  Silent 
withdrawal  from  the  lodge  is  not  enough. 
There  must  be  a  testifying;  and  whether  they 
will  hear  or  whether  they  will  forbear  is  none  of 
my  concern." 

"Well,  old  boy,"  said  I,  as  his  finger  was  on 
the  last  button,  "it's  no  use  talking  I  see,  so  1 
ma^  as  well  make  up  my  mind  to  go  along  with 


you.  I'm  no  hand  to  make  speeches  myself, 
but  I  should  be  sorry  to  lose  your's.  And  if  I 
am  not  mistaken  you'll  find  a  friend  to  back 
you  up  and  see  that  you  have  fair  play  before 
you  get  through.  But  I  must  tell  Rachel  that 
J  am  going.  Accordingly  I  stepped  to  the  door 
of  the  buttery  where  she  was  busied  in  some 
household  avocation,  and  said, 

"Eachel,  you  told  me  once  that  you  could  im- 
agine circumstances  that  might  make  it  my  duty 
to  go  to  the  lodge.  Now  nothing  will  satisfy 
Mark's  conscience  unless  he  goes  and  'testifies'  as 
he  calls  it.  Shall  I  go  with  him  or  stay  at  home? 
What  do  you  say  ?" 

Rachel  covered  up  the  batter  she  had  been  set- 
ting to  rise  over  night,  and  wan  silent  for  an  in- 
stant. Then  with  a  look  which  i  told  her  after- 
ward was  quite  Deborah-like,  she  answered, 

"Leander,  I  never  wanted  you  to  go  to  the 
lodge  before,  but  I  say  now  to  you  and  Mark 
both,  fear  God  rather  than  man.  Go;  and  do  your 
duty." 

And  thus  strengthened  for  the  fight  as  only 
the  strong,  brave  words  of  a  true  woman  can 
strengthen  a  man,  Mark  and  I  went  forth,  to 
find  the  brethren  assembled  ready  for  business 
as  soon  as  the  usual  preliminaries  should  be 
gone  through  with.  Which  preliminaries,  for 
the  enlightenment  of  the  unmasonic  reader,  I 
will  state  consisted  in  calling  up  the  lodge  by 
three  distinct  knocks  of  the  Master's  gavel,  and 
a  series  of  catechetical  questions  and  answers  be- 
tween the  latter  and  the  two  principal  oflicers  of 
the  lodge  in  which  might  have  been  learned 
several  instructive  facts, — for  instance  that  "his 
obligation  makes  a  Mason;"  "that  the  Junior 
Warden  stands  in  the  south  like  the  sun  at  high 
meridian,  the  beauty  and  glory  of  the  day;" 
"that  the  Senior  Warden  stands  in  the  west 
like  that  same  luminary  at  its  close;"  "and  as 
the  sun  rises  in  the  east  to  open  and  adorn  the 
day,  so  presides  the  Worshipful  Master  in  the 
east  to  open  and  adorn  his  lodge; — allusions 
which  Mark  had  said  were  clear  proofs  that  Ma- 
sonry was  identical  with  ancient  sun  worship 
practiced  among  the  natives  of  antiquity  under 
the  name  of  the  mysteries  of  Baal  among  the 
Jews  and  Canaanites,  of  Osiris  among  the  Egyp- 
tians, and  Eleusis  among  the  Greeks.  Then 
came  a  prayer  to  the  unknown  god  of  the  lodge, 
the  Great  Architect  of  the  Universe,  at  which 
some  bowed  their  heads  decorously,  while  others 
assumed  all  those  curious  varieties  of  attitudes 
congenial  to  the  un devotional  mind, — Mark  him- 
self sitting  like  a  statue,  his  arms  grimly  folded, 
his  eyes  looking  straight  before  him,  and  on  his 
face  such  an  expression  of  silent  scorn  and  con- 
tempt as  Elijah's  might  have  had  when  listen- 
ing to  the  prayers  of  Baal's  prophets.  And  the 
lodge  was  declared  open  for  the  regular  dispatch 
of  business. 

First  in  order  came  the  reading  of  the  min- 
utes of  the  last  meeting  by  the  Secretary,  which 
as  it  of  course  included  Elder  Cushing's  re- 
port, naturally  brought  up  the  business  of  the 
present  hour: — What  should  be  said  and  done  in 
relation  to  the  widespread  excitement  about 
Captain  Morgan's  fate? 

Deacon  Brown  was  the  first  one  who  took  the 
floor,  and  his  views  as  stated  to  the  lodge 
amounted  in  substance  to  this  :  "Let  it  alone 
and  it  would  die  down  of  itself.  Our  ancient  in- 
stitution had  always  been  subject  to  the  malice 
and  hate  of  ill-wishers  who  did  all  they  could  to 
impose  on  the  ignorant  and  bring  the  craft  into 
disrepute.  In  his  opinion  the  wisest  policy  for 
all  Freemasons  at  this  critical  juncture  was  to 
preserve  a  discreet  silence,  remembering  that  a 
silent  tongue  was  always  and  everywhere  the 
chief  jewel  of  faithful  Masons. 

Another  old  and  respected  member  of  the 
lodge  then  rose:  "He  was  sorry  to  differ  even 
slightly  with  the  Deacon,  but  would  like  to  ex- 
press his  view  of  the  case.  Morgan  had  for- 
feited his  life  by  attempting  to  expose  the  se- 
crets of  Masonry,  but  whether  or  not  the  penal- 
ty of  his  violated  oath  had  actually  been  visited 
upon  him,  there  was  one  unanswerable  answer 
for  those  who  would  charge  his  death  upon  the 
lodge.      Where  was  t/ie  jproofV 

Mark  was  on  his  feet  in  an  instant,  and  a 
flattering  hush  of  attentiQW  succeeded.    iFor  the 


lodge  was  inclined  to  take  some  pride  in  Mark 
Stedman  as  a  rising  young  man  of  talent  and 
worth,  and  a  high  Mason  besides;  and  as  his 
change  of  opinion  had  not  yet  become  known, 
young  and  old  prepared  to  give  respectful  heed 
to  whatever  he  might  say. 

"  I  have  proof,  positive  proof,"  he  began, 
speaking  with  calm  deliberate  utterance,  "that 
Captain  Morgan  ot  Batavia  was  murdered  some- 
where about  the  19th  or  20tli  of  September,  by 
being  drowned  in  Niagara  river.  This  proof  1 
am  prepared  to  furnish  to  any  brother  in  the 
lodge  who  may  not  feel  satisfied  in  his  own 
mind  that  so  great  a  crime  has  actually  been 
committed.  But  for  the  majority  of  the  mem- 
bers now  present  I  believe  that  no  such  proof  is 
necessary.  Lodges  and  Chapters  through  this 
entire  section  of  country,  in  conjunction  with 
the  Grand  Lodge  and  Grand  Chapter  of  the 
State  have  planned  and  plotted — not  as  distinct 
bodies,  but  in  groups  lyingly  termed  committees, 
in  reality  conspirators — the  murder  of  Morgan 
and  Miller.  Miller  has  escaped,  but  the  blood 
of  Morgan  is  on  the  heads  of  the  entire  Ma- 
sonic fraternity;  and  he  who  seeks  to  cover  up 
this  unholy  work  instead  of  exposing  and  de- 
nouncing it,  but  lays  up  vengeance  for  himself 
against  the  great  day  of  final  doom." 
\To  he  continued.'] 


Reminiscenses  of  William  Morgan, 

As  Told  at  the  Batavia  Convention. 

At  the  unveiling  of  the  Monument  on 
Wednesday  afternoon,  Sept.  l-ith,  there  were 
other  historical  narratives  given  than  those  re- 
ported last  week. 

Mr.  Gibbs,  of  Batavia,  a  son  of  Horace  Gibbs, 
a  prominent  Anti-mason  of  the  Morgan  days 
was  introduced,  and  said  that  this  was  the  first 
time  he  had  ever  volunteered  to  say  a  word  in 
this  cause.  When  but  a  few  years  old  he  re- 
membered the  great  excitement  in  Batavia. 
Our  family  expected  my  father  would  be  car- 
ried away  by  the  Masons,  as  they  had  done  by 
Morgan  and  Miller,  because  of  his  activity  in 
opposing  the  movements  of  the  lodge. 

When  Morgan  came  to  Batavia  he  worked  at 
his  trade  as  a  mason.  Ho  was  engaged  by  my 
father  to  build  a  brick  chimney.  One  day  he 
took  my  father  aside  and  said,  "I'm  a  stranger 
here  and  don't  know  who  to  trust.  Can  you 
keep  a  secret?"  My  father  said  yes,  Morgan 
gave  him  the  grip  and  sign  of  a  Masonic  de- 
gree. He  was  furnished  with  foolscap  i-)aper  and 
writing  materials  which  he  asked  for  to  write 
out  the  Masonic  exposition.  He  wrote  in  a 
building  on  State  street.  I  have  yet  a  piece  of 
wood  from  the  room  he  occupied.  I  remember 
well  how  Miller  was  taken  away.  My  father 
went  with  others  in  the  pursuit.  He  also  went 
for  Morgan's  body  to  Lake  Ontario.  After  the 
body  was  buried  when  the  second  inquest  had 
been  held  and  the  decision  seeined  to  be  unani- 
mous that  it  was  Morgan's  corpse,  several  men 
came  at  night  with  the  evident  purpose  to  dig 
up  the  body.  Father  and  others  discovered 
them  and  drove  them  away.  My  father  went 
to  LeRoy  with  those  who  rescued  Miller.  Mil- 
ler was  a  kind  man.  He  used  frequently  to 
give  me  pennies  to  get  candy.  I  remember  the 
firing  of  his  printing  office,  and  also  remember 
that  my  father  grve  Morgan  a  package  of  paper. 
My  father  was  worth  at  one  time,  I  suppose, 
$100,000 ;  and  I  believe  he  was  ruined  by  this 
devilish  institution  of  Freemasonry.  When 
Morgan  came  to  him  he  needed  help,  for  he  was 
poor.  Father  furnished  him  means  and  took  an 
interest  in  his  plans.  I  have  also  a  brick  from 
the  chimney  that  Morgan  made. 

I  could  relate  circumstances  respecting  those 
times  until  sundown  ihey  aie  so  vividly  im- 
presed  on  my  mind." 

Leroy  F.  Hammond,  of  Rochester,  N.  Y., 
said  he  was  made  a  Master  Mason  in  Salt 
Springs  Lodse,  No.  509,  of  that  city.  He  had 
heard  Bro,  Mathews  and  Bro.  Blanchard  in  their 
addresses  give  an  exposition  of  Freemasonry 
which  he  could  certify  was  correct.  He  had  also 
read  the  different  publications  exposing  the  se- 
cret ritual  of  the  lodge    and   knew  them  to  be 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE. 


October  5,  1888 


accurate.  The  lodge  he  got  into  was  a  Jew 
lodge.  There  were  probably  Jews  in  many  of 
the  lodges  through  the  country  but  this  was  one 
almost  entirely  composed  of  Jews.  The  Ma- 
sons of  Louisville,  Kentucky,  killed  his  brother 
some  years  ago.  He  went  to  that  city,  hoping 
to  get  redress  for  the  crime,  but  could  do  noth- 
ing because  the  affair  was  all  managed  by  the 
lodge.  He  went  to  the  court  in  Louisville  with 
two  officers.  None  of  them  knew  that  he  was 
a  Mason.  He  found  the  Judge  a  Mason  and  all 
the  men  connected  with  the  trial  who  were 
prominent.  All  he  could  do  was  to  get  away 
with  his  brother's  body,  and  this  he  had  to  do 
at  night.  He  told  how  a  high  Mason  had  told 
him  as  a  Mason  that  Morgan  was  murdered  by 
members  of  the  order. 

MES.  Mather's  accouht  of  the  third  inquest. 

On  the  forenoon  of  Thursday,  the  second 
day  of  the  Batavia  Convention,  after  the  read- 
ing of  Thurlow  Weed's  paper  there  was  a  uni- 
versal desire  to  hear  the  further  statement  re- 
specting the  alleged  Mrs.  Monroe,  of  whose 
character  there  had  been  grave  doubts  expressed. 
Mrs.  Eveline  P.  Mather,  of  Ellington,  New 
York,  who  was  88  years  old  last  May,  was  the 
witness  introduced  by  Secretary  Stoddard.  The 
aged  lady  showed  great  vigor  of  body  and 
strength  of  memory,  both  on  this  occasion  and 
on  the  previous  afternoon  at  the  Monument  un- 
veiling, when  she  testified  to  hearing  Morgan's 
cry  when  his  abductors  seized  and  bore  him  from 
the  Canandaigua  jail.  She  was  supported  by  a 
lady  friend  while  the  members  crowded  to  the 
front  seats,  eager  to  seize  upon  every  word. 

She  said  that  when  Morgan  was  kidnapped 
she  was  living  in  Canandaigua,  and  was  per- 
sonally acquainted  with  a  Dr.  Lewis  living  in 
Wavne  county.  He  was  considered  a  rough 
kind  of  a  man,  and  called  himself  an  infidel. 
He  was  also  a  Freemason  of  seven  degress,  and 
was  a  profane  man  in  his  speech.  The  Anti- 
masons  published  all  about  his  complicity  in  the 
Morgan  abduction  at  the  time  and  I  can  only 
tell  such  things  as  I  did  not  see  as  they  were  re- 
ported in  that  day.  It  was  understood  that  Dr. 
Lewis  went  to  attend  a  great  Masonic  meeting 
in  Lewiston  soon  after  the  abduction,  and  was 
engaged  in  the  plot  to  dispose  of  Morgan.  He 
was  smart  enough  to  deal  in  such  matters.  He 
knew  well  enough  how  to  manage,  and  it  would 
be  very  characteristic  of  him  if  he  had  changed 
Morgan's  clothes  while  he  was  lying  confined  in 
the  magazine  of  the  Fort.  When  the  body 
came  ashore  at  Oak  Orchard  Creek  the  Masons 
were  watching,  and  it  was  hastily  buried.  But 
the  iuquest  was  reported  and  the  Anti-masons 
got  word  of  the  matter  and  held  a  second  in- 
quest and  buried  the  body  in  Batavia.  Then 
came  the  Monroe  business.  Dr.  Lewis  lived 
neighbor  to  an  uncle  of  mine,  Mr.  Weed,  in 
Clyde,  and  I  learned  that  just  as  quick  as  word 
came  of  the  burial  the  Masons  were  in  a  great 
flurry.  Dr.  Lewis  gave  out  that  he  had  a  call 
from  another  town  to  come  and  perform  a  surgi- 
cal operatioli.  He  had  a  coach  boy,  an  igno- 
rant fellow  who  would  do  anything  to  please  the 
Dr.  Well,  he  hurried  off  with  this  coach -boy ; 
but  instead  of  going  to  perform  the  operation, 
he  turned  up  at  the  third  inquest  over  Morgan's 
body  in  the  person  of  Mrs.  Monroe,  and  his 
hostler,  Mike,  as  Mrs.  Monroe's  son.  The  lat- 
ter when  asked  if  the  body  was  that  of  his  fa- 
ther said  "Y-a-a-B,  it's  dadP^  It  afterward 
proved  not  to  be  "dad,"  but  Morgan.  All  these 
particulars  I  did  not  have  personal  knowledge 
of;  but  they  were  published  at  the  time  and  I 
remember  them  well  in  connection  with  such 
things  as  I  saw  and  knew  by  my  own  observa- 
tion. • 

In  connection  with  Mrs.  Mather's  statement, 
Secretary  Stoddard  said  that  it  was  known  that 
the  so-called  Mrs,  Monroe  suddenly  disappeared 
and  was  not  heard  of  afterwards. 

,  Mrs.  Morgan,  Greene  and  other  witnesses  tes- 
tify that  Morgan  had  on  a  blue  frofk  coat  when 
he  was  tak-sn  j  w"-  }Ar^.  Mo'-i.-an  d'll  not  re  og- 
nize  the  clothing  •  poii  he  bo^^y.  B"th  she  and 
Dx.  Strong,  of  Balavia,  gave  Mr  Weed  a  min- 
ute description  of  Morgan'^  body  before  i^  was 


examined  and  the  marks  were  found  correspond- 
ing exactly. 

Elder  J.  F.  Browne  said  the  question  had 
been  raised.  How  could  Morgan's  body  be  pre- 
served so  long  and  so  perfectly  as  to  be  recog- 
nized, as  it  was  over  a  year  before  the  discovery 
at  Oak  Orchard  Creek?  During  his  last  visit 
with  Samuel  D.  Greene,  the  latter  told  him 
that  he  knew  of  a  woman  who  was  drowned  in 
the  Niagara  river,  whose  body  was  recovered  a 
year  later  in  a  good  state  of  preservation.  The 
water  at  the  bottom  was  so  cold  that  its  quali- 
ties in  this  respect  were  peculiar. 


Testimony  of  Seceded  Masons. 

Given  at  the  Last  Session  of  the  Batavia  Convention. 

K.    B.    GARDNER. 

I  can  but  think  it  a  shame  that  ever  I  went 
into  a  Masonic  lodge.  It  was  in  Masaachnsetts 
that  I  was  led  into  this  iniquity.  I  was  coming 
into  Western  Pennsylvania,  and  it  was  repre- 
sented that  to  belong  to  the  lodge  would  be  of 
great  benefit  in  that  new  country.  1  had  learned 
about  this  time  of  the  Mqrgan  exposition  and 
the  excitement  that  followed  his  abduction.  At 
Tioga,  where  I  first  stopped,  I  visited  the  lodge 
and  was  called  on  to  pray,  the  regular  chaplain 
being  absent.  I  did  not  then  know  that  it  was 
contrary  to  the  principles  of  Freemasonry  to 
use  the  name  of  Christ,  and  so  I  prayed,  as  usual, 
in  his  name.  As  I  closed  I  was  called  to  ac- 
count by  some  member,  and  then  learned  for  the 
first  time  how  jealous  Freemasonry  is  toward 
the  Saviour,  and  how  his  name  cannot  be  en- 
dured in  the  lodge  worship.  This  was  the  first 
thing  that  began  to  alienate  me  from  the  system. 
In  Perry,  N.  i .,  the  Methodist  Episcopal  annual 
conference  took  up  the  matter  of  lodge  fellow- 
ship in  those  days,  and  passed  a  resolution  that 
ministers  should  have  nothing  to  do  with  Ma- 
sonry. I  was  much  influenced  by  this  action 
and  observed  it,  seeking  light  from  God.  I  now 
hate  the  system  as  an  invention  of  the  devil  by 
means  of  evil  men.  Persons  who  have  the  mis- 
fortune to  have  the  small-pox  never  have  it 
again;  so  I  feel  about  Freemasonry  and  the 
whole  secret  order  system — I  want  no  more  to 
do  with  it.  Masons  were  personally  kind  to  me, 
but  I  learned  how  wickedly  they  treated  others. 
Some  who  left  them  they  even  threatened  with 
death. 

8.    8.    CONE. 

My  Christian  friends — such  you  are  now,  but  I 
would  not  think  of  calling  you  such  if  I  were 
yet  a  member  of  a  Masonic  lodge.  But  I  am 
now  free  from  the  order  and  separate  from  it  as 
far  as  the  east  is  from  the  west.  With  regard 
to  the  system  of  Masonry  I  wish  to  forget  it.  I 
only  took  three  degrees,  and  knowing  from  the 
word  of  God  that  sins  once  forgiven  are  no 
more  remembered  against  us,  I  have  resolved  to 
remember  Freemasonry  no  more. 

When  I  had  received  the  degree  of  Master 
Mason,  the  master  of  the  lodge  came  to  me  and 
said,  "  Now,  brother  Cone,  we  want  you  to  be  a 
bright  Mason.  You  go  to  the  county-seat  and  at 
a  certain  place  (which  he  named)  you  can  buy  a 
copy  of  a  Masonic  exposition,  which  you  can 
study  and  get  well  acquainted  with  the  ritual,  and 
so  become  a  bright  Mason." 

1  did  so ;  got  the  book  and  found  it  correct  as 
far  as  I  had  gone  in  the  order  ;  and  was  led  from 
this  fact  to  believe  that  the  explanation  of  the 
higher  degrees  which  were  given  were  also  true, 
but  found  much  in  these  which  was  contrary  to 
my  convictions.  When  I  asked  the  master 
about  this  he  said  that  as  for  the  three  degrees 
they  are  written  out  correctly,  "  but  I  am  told," 
said  he,  "  that  as  for  the  chapter  degrees  they 
are  not  correct."  I  had  received  all  I  desired  of 
Masonry  and  resolved  to  have  no  more  to  do 
with  the  order. 

It  is  natural  to  inquire  of  a  man  who  has  been 
in  the  order.  What  do  you  think  of  it?  It  is  a 
child  of  Lucifer.  In  every  particular  it  is  "earth- 
ly, sensual,  devilish,"  subversive  of  every  element 
of  life  toward  God  in  the  human  soul.  Masonry 
trumples  the  id^a  ot  life  in  Christ  under  foot. 
The  notto  upon  the  wall  yonder,  "  Masonry  is 
a  virtual  conspiracy  against  tbe  Church  and 
State,"  pmits  m  jinportaut  fact,    Maisonry  is 


also  a  conspiracy  against  the  life  of  the  human 
soul.     It  does  strike  a  death  blow  to  the  spirit- 
ual life  of  the  soul.     No  man  with  the  life  of 
God  in  his  soul  can  stay  thirty-six  hours  in  the 
institution.     I  say  of  a  man  who  is  filled  with 
the  spirit  of  the  order,  moved  by  the  love  of  it» 
bowing  down  to  its  gods,  that  there  is  not  an^ 
iota  of  Christian  life  left  in  him.     The  Bible  is^ 
explicit  in  its  condemnation  of  secretism  and  in- 
its  command  to  be  separate  from  such  systems 
as  the  lodge.     But  I  was  once  told  by  a  Meth 
odist  Episcopal  minister,  who  was  a  Mason,  to 
whom  I  was  presenting  this  view,  that  the  Holy 
Spirit  teaches  men  differently  in  respect  to  the 
word  of  God!     What  awful  language  to  use  in 
speaking  of  that  Holy  One!     One  ot  the   most 
mortifying  facts  of  my  life  experience  is-  that  I 
ever  bowed  at  Masonic  altars.     But  God  knows 
that  there  is  not  an  element  of  my  being  that  is* 
not  now  opposed  to  the  system. 

B.    CONKLING. 

This  brother  came  forward  with  some  hesita- 
tion, as  the  experience  of  addressing  a  large  au- 
dience was  evidently  embarrassing  to  him.  He- 
said  his  business  was  that  of  a  farmer,  and  his' 
home  was  in  Napoii,  Cattaraugus  county,  N.  Y. 
He  was  not  used  to  public  speaking,  and  the' 
friends  would  be  lenient  with  him.  In  1865  he- 
joined,  as  charter  member,  a  lodge  named  Clin- 
ton F.  Page.  He  had  taken  his  place  upon  the- 
platform  by  invitation,  and  because  he  felt  it  a. 
duty  to  bear  a  testimony.  He  should  every- 
where denounce  the  institution  of  Freemasonry.. 
When  he  entered  the  lodge  he  had  promised  to 
ever  conceal  and  never  reveal  the  secrets  of  Ma- 
sonry; and  while  a  member  the  Masons  had 
used  him  well.  But  he  found  things  which 
were  objectionable.  He  resolved  to  search  as 
far  as  poesble  into  the  boasted  hidden  mysteries 
of  Masonry,  and  went  on  to  the  seventh  degree, 
wherein  the  temple  of  Masonic  life  is  completed. 
He  found  indeed  the  mysterious  word  there. 
At  this  point  the  brother  seemed  under  the  im- 
press of  deep  feeling,  and  asked  the  prayers  of 
friends  in  the  audience.  But  he  did  not  find 
anything  in  the  degree  or  any  of  the  degrees  to 
make  him  better.  He  found  no  help  for  his  in- 
clinations toward  a  better  life.  He  did  not  see 
the  whisky  barrel  in  the  lodge,  but  he  did  see 
many  things  which  were  not  for  the  glory  of 
God"  Three  years  ago  he  had  experienced  the  re- 
newing grace  of  God  and  received  the  blood  of 
Christ  to  cleanse  from  all  unrighteousness.  Yet 
he  could  not  get  free  from  his  load  until  he  had 
given  up  Masonry  and  renounced  the  whole: 
thing.  He  began  to  confess  his  sins  before  God,. 
in  distress  of  mind ;  and  as  soon  as  he  touched 
this  point  he  felt  a  blessing  from  God.  Many 
encouraging  responses  from  the  eager  listenera 
were  given  as  the  brother  proceeded  in  this  nar- 
ration, with  great  simplicity,  yet  with  deep  emo- 
tion. He  could  but  think,  as  he  was  here  now 
before  praying  men  who  trusted  in  Jesus  Christ, 
of  the  hypocrisy  and  Baal  worship  practiced  be- 
fore the  Masonic  altars.  He  could  not  speak 
well  in  public,  but  in  his  feeble  way  he  de- 
nounced— he  felt  that  he  must  denounce — the 
lodge  system  wherever  he  went.  He  urgently 
asked  the  brethren  to  pray  for  him,  and  he  would 
rely  on  the  God  who  cares  for  his  children.  He 
had  refused  to  allow  his  name  to  be  sent  to  the 
Cynosure  for  publication  among  the  seceders,  as 
a  club  to  thresh  the  Masons  with,  but  to-night 
he  would  freely  give  it. 

This  testimony  was  most  interesting  and  af- 
fecting, since  it  was  the  most  public  confession 
the  brother  had  yet  made  of  his  folly  in  joining 
the  lodge,  and  was  accompanied  with  the  sin- 
cerity and  humility  of  a  young  convert's  first 
renunciation  of  his  sins  for  a  new  life  in  Christ. 

S.  E.  STARRY. 

Bro.  Starry's  Masonic  history  is  somewhat 
familiar  to  many  friends  of  the  reform,  but  his 
experience  with  the  lodges  at  Lincoln,  Neb.,  is 
unusual  and  interesting.  He  was  born  in  Iowa 
and  took  the  degrees  in  Springville  Lodge, 
Springville,  in  the  same  State.  The  difliculty 
of  adj  usting  his  shirt  to  comply  with  Masonic 
usage,  and  also  of  removing  a  gold  ring  from 
one  of  his  fingers,  were  incidents  of  the  prepara- 
tion room,    Wljeft  the  hoodwink  was  removed 


^October  5,  188'a 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE. 


he  saw  in  two  rows  a  number  of  friends  and 
neig'hbors,  his  minister,  the  class-leaders,  a  saloon- 
keeper, several  church  members,  while  an  inlidel 
and  profane  man  was  the  master.  At  the  con- 
clusion the  preacher  came  to  him  and,  taking 
'him  by  the  hand,  said,  "  This  is  the  best  step 
you  ever  took  or  can  take."  From  that  moment 
JBro.  S,  lost  all  confidence  in  that  man.  He 
seemed  a  hypocrite,  and  the  church  members  lit- 
tle better,  and  the  step  was  a  long  one  toward 
infidelity.  Masonry,  said  the  speaker,  tends  to 
make  more  infidels  than  any  other  institution  on 
the  globe.  He  told  the  master  in  reply  to  a 
question  as  to  his  feelings,  that  the  ceremony 
seemed  in  great  part  to  be  tomfoolery.  He 
thought  the  second  degree  worse,  and  the  third 
capped  anything  he  had  ever  heard  of.  He  was 
told  to  post  himself,  and  he  would  be  all  right, 
and  Dr.  Newell,  his  family  physician  did  post 
him  on  the  Sabbath  in  a  drug  store.  He  got 
all  there  was  in  Blue  lodge  Masonry  and  was 
considered  a  bright  Mason.  But  he  could  not 
.understand  where  was  all  the  good  morals 
i  boasted  of.  He  was  urged  to  get  in  young  men 
and  boys  and  fill  up  the  lodge. 

In  Cedar  county,  during  a  protracted  meet- 
zing  held  by  Elder  Rathbun,  1  attended,  and  was 
soon  under  conviction  for  my  sins.     I  went  for- 
vward.  eight  or  nine  evenings    for  prayers,  but 
..could  get  no  light.  Masonry  hung  over  me  like  a 
<^dark  cloud.    At  last    I    became  almost  despei'- 
late  and  determined  to  get  rid  of  sin  and  accept 
'Christ  at  any  cost.     I    had  grace  given  me  to 
give  up  all — Masonry  and  all,  and  God  forgave 
me  and  gave  me    peace.     I    have   been  trying 
ever  since  to  show    men    the  evil  of  Masonry. 
Only  the  grace  of  God  can  take  the  lodge  spirit 
out  of  a  man. 

A  year  ago  last  June    I  visited  Lincoln,  Ne- 
braska.   I  had  about    thirteen    months  before 
been  in  the  town  and  worked  the  degrees  pub- 
licly.   During  this  last    visit  I  got  acquainted 
with  a  Mason.    He  tested  me  on  Masonry,  and 
finding  1  was  posted   invited  me  to  the  lodge. 
I  went  with  him,  but  took  a  neighbor  along  to 
watch  outside.     I  was  introduced  to  a  number 
of  the  members  and  applied  for  admission  as  a 
-  visitor,  as  I  wished  to  prove  to  many  who  scout 
.at  my    knowing    Masonry    that    I  have  been 
(through  the  thing  and    can  testify  truly  of  its 
■■  character.    A  committee    was    sent  out  to  ex- 
:  amine  me.     1  satisfied  them,   and  then  claimed 
ithe    privilege    of  examining    them.     I    found 
ithem  poorly  posted,  and  demanded  to  see  their 
(Charter  to  know  that  they  were  a  genuine  lodge. 
'They  objected,  with    an    oath,  but   it    was  my 
Bright,  and  they  had  to  yield.     I  was  reported  as 
»  bright  Mason.     I  went  in  and  saw  a  candidate 
initiated  in  the  first    degree.     Gillette,  Grand 
Lecturer  for  the  State  was  present  and  acting  as 
an  officer.     He  called  on  me  for  some  remarks. 
1  told  them  their  work    was    like   that  in  Iowa 
with  one  or  two  variations  in  language.     They 
said  "enter  the  lodge  in  due  and  ancient  form ;" 
in  Iowa  we  say   "in    the    name  of  the  Lord." 
Gillette  explained  that  the  Lincoln  lodges  struck 
out  the  clause  "in  the    name    of  the  Lord"  be- 
■  cause  there  were  so    many    Jews  who  took  ex- 
ception to  the  language.    He  asked  about  the 
expositions  he  had  heard  of  in  Iowa.  I  told  him 
.  that  it  was  done  just  as  in  the  lodge  exactly  and 
;  how  Masons  tried  to    ward  ofl:  the  opprobrium. 
He  said  the  best  way  to  oppose  the  Anti-mason 
'  exposer  was  to  denounce    him    as   a  liar  and  a 
!  fraud.     Church  members  whom  I  knew  present 
'Cheered  this  speech/    1  attended  lodge  meetings 
.five  nights  in  Lincoln ;  was  invited   to  assist  in 
initiation  but  would  not  do    so,  as   I  will  never 
«gain  assist  in  making  a    man    an  idolater.     I 
visited  Lancaster  Lodge  three   nights  and  Lin- 
coln Lodge  two  nights,  and    my  name  appears 
on  their  visitor's  register  five  different  times. 

Bro.  Starry's  wonderful  account  was  heard 
with  great  interest,  and  gratitude  both  for  his 
escape  from  this  snare  of  the  devil  and  for  the 
abihty  God  had  given  him  to  expose  the  snare 
and  warn  men  of  the  danger. 


Ji/EI¥  ENGLAMD. 


THE  NEW  ENGLAND  BOARD  of  the  National  Chris- 
tian Association  has  it  headquarters  at  No.  8  Portland  St., 
Worcester,  Mass.  A  full  supply  of  books  and  tracts  con- 
stantly on  hand.  Orders  promptly  filled.  Correspondence 
solicited.  E.  D.  Bailey,  N.  E.  Sec. 


— Rev.  F.  M.  Foster,  of  Bellfontaine,  Ohio, 
is  contributing  gome  excellent  articles  to  the 
Ohriatia/n  Instructor  of  Philadelphia,  discuss- 
ing the  principles  of  lodgery  in  a  thorough  man- 


ner. 


— There  are  thirty -eight  churches,  or  religious 
organizations  in  Worcester,  and  il6  societies, 
most  of  the  latter  secret,  and  the  number  ib  in- 
creasing. 

— A  Philadelphia  dancing  master  is  trying 
to  reform  the  waltz.  Better  give  it  up  alto- 
gether. 

— Christians  have  been  fighting  generalities 
and  preaching  over  the  heads  of  sinners  long 
enough.  Now  it  is  time  to  specify  evils.  When 
preaching  means  something  and  hits  somebody, 
more  good  results  will  speedily  follow.  Tell 
the  people  the  evils  of  secret  societies;  load  them 
with  temperance  arguments;  reprove  them  for 
anger,  wrath  and  malice ;  rebuke  covetousness 
and  Sabbath  breaking — in  short,  specify  pre- 
vailing evils  so  there  will  be  no  doubt  what  is 
meant  and  preaching  will  be  fruitful. 

— "When  God  lets  loose  an  idea  upon  this  planet 
we  vainly  set  limits  to  its  progress ;  and  I  be- 
lieve that  Gospel  temperance  shall  yet  trans- 
form that  inmost  circle,  the  human  heart,  and  in 
in  its  widening  sweep  the  circle  of  home,  and 
then  society,  and  then  pushing  its  argument  to 
the  extreme  conclusion — it  shall  permeate  the 
widest  circle  of  them  all,  that  is  Government." — 
Fra/ncis  E.  Willard, 

— The  cigar  stumps  thrown  away  in  the  stree 
are  collected  by  boys  and  sold  to  manufacturers, 
who  mix  them  with  cabbage-leaves,  lamp-black, 
and  other  vile  ingredients,  put  the  compound 
in  small  paper  tubes,  and  they  are  then  fash- 
ionable cigarettes.  They  are  more  pernicious 
than  cigars.  The  paper  is  poisonous  and  many 
distressing  diseases  have  already  been  produced 
by  smoking  them. 

— One  pastor  of  a  Congregational  church  in 
Worcester  is  said  to  be  a  member  of  seven  se- 
cret societies.  He  has  sworn  to  support  a  deis- 
tical  creed  under  no  less  penalty  than  to  have 
his  body  severed  in  twain,  his  bowels  taken  out 
and  burned  to  ashes,  and  the  ashes  scattered  to 
the  four  winds  of  heaven,  with  much  more  of 
the  same  sort.  The  daily  papers  parade  his 
name  continually  as  attending  secret-society  ban- 
quets and  celebrations,  making  speeches  and 
otherwise  countenancing  the  silly  maneuvers 
and  blasphemous  ceremonies  of  these  orders. 

— What  shall  be  said  of  a  pastor  who  declares 
Freemasonry  to  be  anti-Christian,  anti-republi- 
can and  anti-domestic,  and  yet  never  warns  his 
people  against  the  institution,  while  dozens  of 
members  of  his  church  are  afiSliated  Masons? 
Can  he  truthfully  say,  "I  have  not  shunned  to 
declare  the  whole  counsel  of  God?"  Such  a 
minister  lives  in  Worcester. 

— Can  an  institution  which  intimidates  the 
people  do  good?  For  some  reason  the  communi- 
ty fears  Freemasonry.  Men  do  not  dare  to  ex- 
press their  opinions  freely  concerning  it  and  are 
astonished  and  frightened  when  they  hear  others 
speaking  their  opinions  openly.  No  institution, 
unless  it  be  slavery,  has  ever  repressed  public 
discussion  and  threatened  the  peace  of  church 
and  state  like  Freemasonry.  Let  us  destroy  it 
before  it  destroys  us. 

— What  is  your  home  life.saying  to  your  chil- 
dren ?  Are  they  learning  from  their  parents  to 
seem  one  thing  and  be  another?  To  judge  the 
rest  of  the  world  hypocritical  because  they  them- 
selves are?  To  put  business  matters  before  re- 
ligion, policy  before  truth,  wrong  that  glitters 
before  right  that  hurts?  The  daily  education  of 
home  manners  and  conversation  is  the  most  pow- 
erful and  the  one  used  most  carelessly.  It  makes 
or  mars  for  all  eternity. 

— Give  the  children  good  temperance  instruc- 
tion now  and  the  next  generation  will  settle  the 
question  of  prohibition.  Teach  them  now  that 
alcohol  is  poison,  unfit  for  human  organs.  Show 

Ithem  that  licensed  liquor-selling  is  licensed  rob- 
bery and  murder;  that  the  man  who  sells  beer 


and  whisky  by  the  glass  has  bought  for  a  trifle 
the  privilege  of  fiUing  the  poor  houses,  jails  and 
asylums,  of  making  widows  and  orphans,  of 
blighting  lives  and  filling  drunkards'  graves. 
Show  them  that  liquor  selling  takes  from  the 
treasury  hundreds  of  dollars  when  it  puts  in  only 
cents,  that  liquor  drinking  makes  worse  than 
human  slaves,  that  God  and  the  Bible  are  against 
it,  and  Satan  and  bad  men  for  it  and  a  life  spent 
in  destroying  this  enemy  of  eouIs  is  a  life  of  hon- 
or and  future  reward. 

— A  correspondent  in  the  Christian  at  Work 
offers  a  sensible  criticism  on  the  prayer-meet- 
ing :  "  Our  meetings  are  made  too  unnatural  and 
different  from  any  other  gathering.  Where  else 
except  in  an  orthodox  prayer-meetiug  do  the 
women  sit  in  stoical,  irrespons  ve  silence?  How 
Jong  could  a  church  sociable  or  party  exist  if 
such  were  the  case  there?  Are  we  not  incon- 
sistent in  asserting,  as  some  one  has,  '  the  key  to 
the  hearts  of  the  women  of  the  heathen  nations 
is  in  the  hands  of  the  women  of  Christian  lands,' 
and  then  debar  them  from  helpfulness  in  their 
own  land  ?  We  mourn  over  the  decline  of  inter- 
est in  our  churches  and  wonder  at  the  few  con- 
versions. What  else  can  we  expect  of  a  church 
where  half  of  its  working  force  is  smothered  into 
silence." 

— The  Sovereign  Grand  Lodge  I.  O.  O.  F. 
met  recently  in  Baltimore  in  annual  session. 
The  treasurer's  report  shows  receipts,  $4,874,- 
877.17;  total  relief,  $1,813>171  38.  Again  it 
appears  that  this  "  benevolent  order "  has  ab- 
sorbed nearly  three  times  as  much  as  it  has  paid 
out  for  relief.  For  every  one  h  andred  dollars 
collected  it  has  returned  only  thirty-eight  dol- 
lars to  its  members.  It  requ  res  no  special  finan- 
cial ability  to  see  that  every  Odd-fellow  could 
do  better  by  keeping  out  of  the  order.  It  is  a 
shame  to  call  such  transactions  beievolence.  It 
is  not  even  a  fair  insurance  rate. 

— "I  am  a  Mason,"  said  a  goven^ment  officer 
recently  to  an  Anti-mason. 

"Yes;  I  thought  so,"  was  the  reply. 

"  Can  you  tell  a  Mason  at  sight  ? "  said  the 
officer. 

"Generally." 

"What  are  the  peculiar  marks?" 

"There  are  several  peculiarities,  but  jin  your 
case  there  is  one  conclusive  evidence." 

"What  is  it?" 

"The  fact  that  you  hold  your  present  position." 

"Oh,  I  was  a  Mason  twenty  years  before  I 
held  this  office." 

"Yes,  I  supposed  so,  or  you  couldn't  hold  it." 

— The  rapid  growth  of  so-calea  ''beneficiary 
insurance  companies"  called  forth  the  statement 
from  the  Insurance  Commissioner  of  Massachu- 
setts last  fall  that  it  was  only  a  question  of  a 
short  time  when  the  greater  part  of  them  would 
succumb.  In  keeping  with  this  prediction  is 
the  statement  recently  published  that  the  For- 
esters were  in  debt  for  the  second  time  and  that 
twenty-five  out  of  thirty  lodges  in  the  vicinity 
of  St.  Louis,  had  withdrawn.  It  is  strange  that 
men  will  be  drawn  into  such  flimsv  organiza- 
tions which  avoid  the  oversight  of  the  Com- 
missioners and  have  no  financial  guarantee  back 
of  them. 

— In  thirty  years  the  Good  Templars  have 
grown  from  a  half  a  dozen  lodges  and  a  hundred 
members,  to  6,500  lodges  with  a  membership  of 
286,000.  The  amount  of  good  they  do  lor  tem- 
perance is  questionable,  while  their  secrecy  and 
silly  ceremonies  prepare  their  members  for  more 
dangerous  secret  orders.  A  gentleman  said  re- 
cently that  he  once  attended  a  meeting  of  the 
Grand  Lodge  at  Lewiston,  Maine,  and  that  they 
spent  almost  the  entire  time  in  drilling  the 
members  in  the  ritual,  scarcely  mentioning  tem- 
perance during  the  entire  day. 

— An  inquiry  in  Worcester  r,s  to  how  many 
of  the  city  officers  were  Masons  elicited  the  sug- 
gestive reply,  "The  city  hall  is  full  of  them." 
Men  of  small  caliber  and  great  ambition  join  the 
lodge  to  learn  how  to  become  successful  wire- 
pullers. Our  city  government  is  said  to  be  run 
by  cheap  ward-politicians,  who  have  come  into 
power  by  secret  manipulations,  it  is  time  sensi- 
lOotUmwd  on  ISth  page^ 


TH^  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURS. 


October  5, 1881 


REFORM  NEWS. 


The  Lake  Region  of  New  York. 


I)ear  Bko.  K. — Leaving  Batavia  on  the  15th 
I  reached  at  9  p.  m.  the  pleasant  and  hospitable 
home  of  Bro.  H,  Baldridge  in  the  town  of  Yar- 
ick,  between  lakes  Seneca  and  Cayuga.  This 
id  a  region  of  singular  beauty  and  fertility,  pro- 
ducing this  year  large  crops  of  wheat,  oats  and 
grass,  and  moderate  crops  of  corn.  It  is  settled 
by  a  prosperous  farming  community  and 
Abounds  in  tasteful  dwellings^  churches  and 
ebhool-houses.  Among  the  neat  houses  of  wor- 
ship is  the  "Weeleyan  church,  built  under  the 
administration  of  Prof.  L.  N.  Stratton,  now  of 
Wheaton,  who  organized  the  church  here,  and 
is  held  in  grateful  remembrance  by  the  people. 
They  have  nearly  completed  a  fine  parsonage 
and  their  excellent  pastor,  Bro.  Cook,  is  doing 
good  service. 

It  was  my  privilege  to  preach  to  the  people 
twice  on  the  17th  and  twice  on  the  24rth,  and  to 
lecture  on  the  18th.  They  are  holding  up  the 
standard  of  a  pure  Christianity  amidst  abound- 
ing obstacles.  The  lodge  element  here  is  strong 
and  the  piety  of  the  people  is  low.  This  faith- 
ful people  will  prevail,  for  God  is  manifestly 
with  them. 

"While  here  I  lectured  in  the  Baptist  church 
at  Romulus.  The  lecture  room  which  we  occu- 
pied is  used  as  a  grange  hall,  and  the  parapher- 
nalia of  the  grange  was  lying  all  around.  The 
amiable  pastor  had  no  convictions  on  the  sub- 
ject that  I  could  discover,  though  he  came  in 
after  the  prayer,  and  left  before  he  could  be 
spoken  to.  There  was  a  fair  attendance  and 
good  attention.  Bro.  Baldridge  added  excellent 
remarks. 

There  is  considerable  anti-secret  sentiment  in 
this  Romulus  church,  but  it  is  not  of  a  radical 
kind.  One  Freemason  will  do  more  to  control 
a  church  than  a  dozen  Anti-masons  who  are 
willing  to  be  in  fellowship  with  him. 

I  lectured  also  in  a  scWbol-house  near  the 
Oayuga  Lake  and  in  spite  of  the  storm  had  a 
good  meeting.  I  was  convinced  that  this  State 
18  an  excellent  field  for  labor  and  that  the  right 
man  would  not  lack  for  support. 

This  morning  I  took  passage  on  a  fine  steam- 
boat on  Seneca  Lake  for  this  place  (Watkins)  30 
miles  distant.  It  is  a  beautiful  sheet  of  water 
forty  miles  long,  four  wide  and  1500  feet  deep, 
with  an  average  depth  of  600  feet,  so  that  but 
once  in  this  century  has  it  frozen  entirely  over. 
The  country  along  either  bank  is  very  fine  and 
there  is  much  delightful  scenery  about  this  place 
which  I  have  not  time  to  visit.  It  is  a  great 
sammer  resort. 

Altay,  N.  Y.,  Sept.  26. — I  came  here  on 
the  stage  from  Watkins,  and  found  father  Hon- 
eywell, ninety-four  years  old,  failing  but  still 
remarkably  vigorous  for  a  man  of  his  years. 
He  is  nearly  blind  and  unable  to  read  the  Cy- 
noaure,  but  he  does  not  abate  one  jot  of  interest 
in  the  good  cause.  It  was  a  great  pleasure  to 
tell  him  of  what  we  are  doing,  and  listen  to  his 
recollections  and  counsels.  The  little  village  of 
Altay  has  but  one  church  (Baptist.)  They  are 
probably  all  opposed  to  the  lodge  except  the 
minister,  who  is  an  adhering  Mason.  The  type 
of  piety  is  about  what  might  be  expected  in  a 
church  under  such  influences.  "Woe  be  to  the 
pastors  that  destroy  and  scatter  the  sheep  of  my 

Easture,  saith  the  Lord."  "'Woe  unto  the  shep- 
erds  of  Israel  that  do  feed  themselveB!  Should 
not  the  shepherds  feed  the  flock?"  I  leave  to- 
night for  ;New  York  city. 

Yours  in  Christ,     H.  H.  Hinman. 


Whai  Progress  in  Kansas? 

Pearletik,  Kans.,  Sept.  19,  1882. 

Editor  Cynosure  : — 1  have  read  the  "propo- 
sition" of  brother  H.  Curtis  in  a  late  Cynosure 
with  great  interest.  1  have  delayed  answering, 
however,  until  others  wishing  to  answer  might 
have  time  to  do  so,  before  reading  this  arti- 
cle. 

The  following  list  of  pledges  corrected  up  to 
date  appears. to  meet    and    more  than  meet  the 


conditions  of  the  "Proposition:" 

Meade       County    Pledges $5  00 

Riley  "  "      5  00 

Nemaha  "  "      5  00 

Rice  "  "      5  00 

Jefferson        "  "      5  00 

Bourbon         "  "      5  00 

Sedgwick       "  "      SCO 

Riley  and  Nemaha  counties  pledge  $10  if  needed. 

It  is  to  be  noted  with  pleasure  that  the  liber- 
ality of  the  friends  could  not  be  bounded  by  a 
$5  pledge.  May  this  liberality  abound  yet 
more  and  more. 

Yerily  it  is  no  work  of  an  hour  to  redeem 
Kansas  from  the  grip  of  the  lodge.  Yerily  no 
offerings  "of  that  which  costs  us  nothing"  will 
serve  the  purpose.  We  must  rally  to  the  work 
with  men  and  money  and  faith  and  prayer  and 
enthusiasm  lifting  up  our  banner  in  the  name  of 
the  Lord  and  in  tne  name  of  the  Lord  we  will 
conquer.  Yours  Truly, 

P.  S.  Feemster. 


CORRESPONDENCE. 


Bro.  Tobey  and  the  Chambersburg  Church, 

Dear  Cynosure: — I  am  greatly  interested  in 
your  report  of  the  Batavia  convention.  The  ad- 
dresses, so  far  as  already  reported,  are  able  and 
stirring.  The  monument  exercises  will  mark  an 
epoch  in  American  history.  We  are  reminded 
again  of  the  truth  that  history  repeats  itself. 
After  the  lapse  of  fifty- six  years  we  have  again 
a  well  defined  and  active  Anti-masonic  move- 
ment— one  not  to  terminate  till  the  secret  em- 
pire has  fallen.  May  the  Grod  of  righteous  bat- 
tles hasten  the  good  day  when  the  churches  will 
be  free  from  the  dominion  of  organized  secret 
orders!  How  it  pains  my  heart  to  see  the  lodge 
tendencies  and  affiliations,  the  apologies  and  co- 
quetting of  the  good  and  once  pure  United 
Brethren  in  Christ  church!  But  God  will  move 
onward  in  the  bright  pillar  of  truth  leading  the 
brave  and  truth-loving  hosts  to  victory  and  glo- 
ry, no  matter  who  may  desert   and   betray  him. 

I  regreted  my  inability  to  attend  the  Batavia 
Convention.  I  was  prevented  by  a  personal 
affliction.  I  was  engaged  by  the  editor  of  the 
Cvncmnati  Gazette  to  report  for  its  columns  the 
proceedings  of  the  meeting.  I  was  therefore 
doubly  sorry  to  be  deprived  of  the  privilege  of 
being  among  the  good  and  honorable  people 
who  attended  from  all  parts  of  our  land. 

I  am  now  preparing  to  move  with  my  family 
to  Chambersburg,  Pa.,  to  live  and  work  with 
the  true  and  good  people  of  King  Street  church. 
By  the  unanimous  request  of  the  official  meet- 
ing of  the  church,  I  go  to  preach  to  the  congre- 
gation, which  is  a  large  and  active  body  of 
Christians.  My  friends  will  oblige  me  if  they 
henceforth  address  me  at  that  place  instead  of 
Dayton,  Ohio.  I  regret  to  leave  the  kind 
friends  of  this  city,  but  there  is  a  call  of  God 
elsewhere,  and  duty  and  enjoyment  tell  me  to 
obey. 

The  paper  United  Brethren  in  Christ  will  be 
issued  as  heretofore  from  that  eastern  headquar- 
ters of  loyalty.  You,  Mr.  Editor,  have  recollec- 
tions of  the  time  in  your  early  career  of  reform 
when  you  delivered  an  anti-slavery  address  in 
Chambersburg  and  came  near  being  mobbed. 
Well  the  town  suffered  for  its  conduct  when  the 
Confederates  burned  it.  The  lesson  was  not  lost, 
and  l;he  beaiitif ul  new  residences  and  business 
blocks  are  occupied  by  people  who  honor  men 
of  principle.  Our  King  street  brethren  are 
held  in  high  public  esteem  for  their  loyalty  to 
their  principles. 

The  recent  campmeeting  held  by  the  loyal 
brethren  in  the  Cumberland  Yalley  was  a  great 
success  for  truth  and  right.  I  was  permitted  to 
attend  and  participate.  The  people  of  the  region 
came  in  great  numbers,  especially  on  Sabbath, 
even  though  Sunday  trains  were  not  run,  by  re- 
quest of  the  brethren.  I  preached  on  Sabbath 
morning  to  as  many  as  could  hear  of  not  less 
than  five  thousand  people. 

But  I  must  close  this  letter.  May  the  good 
cause  speed  on  till  truth  and  right  prevail 
everywhere.        Yours  truly,        W.O.Tobby. 


From  a  Praying  Sister. 

Philadelphia,  Sept.  24,  1882. 

Dear  Cynosure: — I  bless  God  for  the  Na- 
tional Christian  Association.  Bless  him  for 
that  gathering  at  Batavia  from  various  States  of 
this  Union.  Bless  him  that  not  all  of  his  peo- 
ple are  altogether  bound  in  chains. 

I  am  crying  in  the  wilderness, — in  the  night 
watches ;  in  the  secret  chambers  of  my  soul, — 
crying,  being  bound — for  deliverance  from  these 
binding  chains!  And  yet  there  is  much  cause 
for  joy,  that  there  is  a  bright  spot  beaming  on 
the  hill  tops,  and  a  cry  of  victory  comes  float- 
ing on  the  breeze. 

The  statue  of  Morgan  is  beautiful.  In  its  si- 
lence, a  speaking  monument.  This  is  God's 
work,  and  to  him  be  all  the  glory !  I  am  hoping 
to  do  more  for  this  cause  as  I  get  stronger ; 
meanwhile  am  praying  most  earnestly,  and 
truly  prayer  is  the  great  lever  that  "moves  the 
arm  that  moves  the  world." 

That  tragic  scene  of  fifty-six  years  ago  is 
plain  in  my  memory.  God  grant  that  this  un- 
veiling may  be  such  a  blow  to  this  terrible  "im- 
age" as  it  never  has  had  before.  I  wish  to  say 
to  every  friend  of  this  reform,  so  far  as  I  can 
reach  them,  My  heart  is  with  you  in  this  good 
work,  and  may  the  good  Lord  hold  you  safely 
in  his  hand  and  give  you  power  with  him  to  do 
his  will,  and  may  he  keep  us  all  sufficiently  hum- 
ble to  be  trustful  and  victorious. 

Yours  in  Christ, 

Mrs.  a.  B.  Hubbard. 


Rob.  Morris  Swindling  Brother  Masons. 

Hiawatha,  Kan. 
Rob.  Morris,  I  see,  is  alarmed  for  the  welfare 
of  the  old  "handmaid."  The  miserable  old  fossil 
was  here  a  year  or  so  ago  exhibiting  to  the  lodge 
here  his  "Masonic  relics"  which  he  found  in 
Palestine!  He  gave  an  open  lecture  on  the 
Holy  Land.  He  told  us  of  the  very  large 
oranges  he  saw  there ;  many  of  them,  he  said, 
were  as  large  as  the  globes  on  the  lamps  in  the 
room  where  the  lecture  was  held.  (They  were 
all  of  eight  inches  in  diamater,  as  large  as  a 
pretty  good  sized  watermelon.)  A  Mason  told 
me  that  Morris  took  away  $300  from  this  place. 
He  eaid  that  ten  members  of-  the  lodge  paid  him 
thirty  dollars  each  for  a  new  degree^  a  degree 
that  Morris  had  found  when  off  on  his  Holy 
Land  trip.  I  suppose  this  was  one  of  the  "  rel- 
ics" he  found  in  Palestine.     J.  W.  Margrave. 


Our   Mail. 

John  Levitt.  Apple  River,  111. : 

'May  God  bless  our  cause  aud  the  Baal  vrorship  soon 
be  ended." 

Chas.  Granger,  Clarence,  111.,  writes  on  Sept.  8th : 
"I  do  not  forget  that  this  is    fast-day."    This  kind  go- 
eth  not  forth  but  by  praj  er  and  fasting. 

J.  K.  Glassford,  Carthage,  Mo. : 

"Our  cause  is  growing  stronger  here  and  it  is  only  a 
question  of  time  when  the  truth  shall  prevail.  I  am,  by 
the  grace  of  God,  doing  a  great  work  here.  Raising  Hi- 
ram, telling  the  truth  and  battling  for  the  right.  The 
Cynosure  comes  every  week  with  good  news.  Long  may 
it  live  to  divide  falsehood  from  the  truth." 

I  have  opposition  in  abundance,  but  what  of  that? 
None  of  these  things  move  me ;  for  I  am  on  a  rock — the 
rock  of  ages.  I  am  a  soldier  of  Christ  and  expect  to  en- 
dure hardness  as  such.  I  btill  pray  'God  bless  the  cause 
in  which  we  are  engaged.  By  the  blood  of  the  Lamb  we 
shall  overcome. " 

Alma  Johnson,  Byron,  111.,  sends  one  dollar  for  the 
Morgan  Monument,  aud  writes  that  in  all  possibility  ho 
has  voted  for  his  last  president,  which  was  Ibe  American 
Party  Candidate,  and  should  his  life  be  spared,  will  re- 
joice to  see  that  party  victorious,  as  the  Abolition  parly 
has  been." 

E.  D.  Taylor,  Greenville,  Ala.,  who  receives  the  paper 
on  the  Southern  minister's  aid  fund,  writes  that  the  Cyno- 
sure is  doing  much  good  in  that  place." 

Geo.  Claik,  Oberlin,  O. : 

"The  Cynosure  is  treated  with  more  civility  than  for- 
merly. No  belter  family  paper.  The  Lord  bless  you  in 
yotir  good  work  to  save  your  countiy  aud  souls.  The 
prohibition  discussion  here  is  red-hot.  Party  politicians 
scared.  Riding  the  prohibition  and  whiskey  horses  at 
the  same  lime.  Conscience,  a  hard  time,  tending  to  the 
Masonic  collapse." 

J.  W.  Baldridge,  Cherry  Fork;  Adams  Co.,  O. : 
"I  would  be  glad  if  some  good  lecturer  would  give  us  a 
call,  and  spend  a  week  in  this  county.  I  believe  there  is 
a  good  field  here  if  it  could  only  be  cultivated.  There 
are  several  congregations  of  United  Presbyterians  and 
United  Brethren  in  this  county.    The  United  Presbyteriao. 


Octobei-  5,  1882 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE. 


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second  synod  of  the  west  meets  here  at  North  Liberty 
about  the  middle  of  October.  I  believe  it  would  be  a  good 
time  for  a  lecturer  to  visit  this  county.  He  might  be  able 
to  wake  up  some  of  our  ministers  ou  the  reform  work. 
We  expect  quite  a  number  of  ministers  here  at  that  time. 
Please  do  what  you  can  for  us." 
Can  the  right  person  respond  to  this  call  ? 


Temperance. 

THE   KANSAS   STATE   CAPITAL. 

The  friends  of  Prohibition  in  Topeka  have 
spent  some  $4,000  ia  suits  against  liquor  dealers, 
and  $5,000  more  are  subscribed  tor  the  purpose. 
The  saloons  have  been  run  under  what  is  known 
as  the  Soda- Water  ordinance.  The  revenue 
from  licenses  has  amounted  to  some  $22,000 
during  the  last  fifteen  months.  The  major  of 
Topeka  has  lately  issued  a  proclamation  ordering 
the  closing  up  of  all  places  where  intoxicating 
liquor  is  sold  or  manufactured.  To  prove  the 
euect  of  the  order,  a  reporter  visited  some  of 
the  liquor  men,  with  the  following  result : 

A  reporter  met  Mr.  Blackman,  a  well-known 
Democrat,  and  the  agent  in  Topeka  for  Milwau- 
kee beer.  The  press  representative  inquired  : 
"  What  do  you  think  of  the  Mayor's  proclama- 
tion, Mr.  Blackman? "  "  It  is  all  right.  We  all 
want  rest  for  a  short  time,  and  now  have  the  op- 
portunity. For  myself,  1  want  to  do  some  build- 
ing. Have  resided  here  for  five  years,  and  have 
been  busy  all  that  time  with  this  business." 
"  Do  the  liquor  men  intend  to  obey  the  order  of 
the  Mayor? "  "  I  think  they  will  all  quit  selling 
liquor  for  awhile."  "Willitnot  be  permanent?" 
"  1  think  not.  You  can't  stop  the  selling  ot 
drink  as  long  as  so  many  persons  desire  it.  The 
sale  of  drink  will  cause  business  to  be  dull,  as  it 
was  when  we  quit  thirty  days  a  year  ago  or  so, 
and  may  cause  the  defeat  of  the  Republican 
party.  The  saloons  will  be  closed  until  after  the 
election."  "  How  much  beer  was  sold  during 
the  fair?"  inquired  the  scribe.  "Probably 
$20,000  worth."  "Had  the  mayor  issued  his 
proclamation  before  the  fair  would  the  saloons 
have  closed?"  "No,  sir.  The  saloon  men  had 
decided  to  keep  open  that  week,  and  would  have 
done  80,  no  matter  how  often  they  were  ar- 
rested. " 

At  Boutell's  place,  it  was  said  that  they  in- 
tended opening  in  Sedalia,  Mo.,  Oct.  1. 

Mr.  Zimmerman  was  met  at  the  door  of  his 
place  of  business  and  asked  how  he  liked  the 
mayor's  proclamation.  "  First  class.  I  have  an 
American  flag  that  I'll  haul  down  and  give  to 
the  mayor.  Jt  intend  to  close  this  business,  of 
course.  There  is  no  money  in  it  now,  and  I 
don't  believe  in  spending  $2  to  make  $1." 

The  reporter  next  called  on  Messrs.  Straub  & 
Co.,  the  only  wholesale  liquor  dealers  in  the 
city,  and  asked  what  they  intended  to  do  in  view 
of  the  proclamation  by  the  mayor.  "  I  suppose 
we  will  have  to  abide  by  it,"  responded  a  mem- 
ber of  the  firm ;  "  though  I  don't  think  it  legal. 
We  never  paid  the  city  any  license,  as  we  are 
wholesaling.  I  don't  know  whether  the  procla- 
mation includes  us  or  not,  but  presume  it  does." 
"  How  will  the  closing  of  the  saloons  here  aflect 
vou?"  "  It  will  affect  us  greatly.  All  the  sa- 
loons disposed  of  their  stocks  during  the  fair, 
and  now  instead  of  laying  in  new  supplies  they 
will  cease  selling." 

Frank  Durein,  of  the  firm  of  Durein  &  Kriepe, 
was  discovered  seated  in  front  of  his  establish- 
ment, the  Topeka  House.  "  What  do  you  think 
of  the  mayor's  proclamation?"  "Oh,  it's  all 
right.  I  will  close."  "  Do  you  intend  building 
a  new  hotel,  as  you  talked  of  some  time  ago  ? " 
"No,  sir.  Not  under  such  a  proclamation.  I 
close  out  my  saloon,  let  my  other  business  here 

o  on  as  usual,  and  will  go  somewhere ;  proba- 

ly  to  Germany  for  two  or  three  years." 


settlers  of  Michigan,  coming  here  in  1837,  with 
a  wife  and  four  small  children,  with  small  means 
to  encounter  the  many  wants  of  a  growing  family 
in  a  new  country  ;  but  he  struggled  on  through 
hardship  and  toil  and  accnmulated  means  suffi- 
cient for  the  comforts  of  o'd  age.  He  lelt  his 
farm  in  1877  and  moved  to  this  city,  and  was 
still  active  in  bnshiess  until  sickness  brought 
him  low  with  fever  for  three  weeks,  and  then 
paralysis  set  in,  and  for  four  weeks  he  suffered 
and  died  without  a  murmur  or  a  groan.  Of 
eight  children  born  to  hira,  five  survive  him. 
Two  sons  and  three  daughters,  with  their  aged 
mother,  mourn  his  loss.  l. 

Flint,  Mich. 


Obituary. 

Died,  June  23d,  of  paralysis,  at  his  home  in 
this  city,  McClary  Liscomb,  aged  72  years,  2 
months  and  4  days.  Born  in  Erie  Co.,  N.  Y., 
he  well  remembered  the  time  of  Morgan's  ab- 
duction and  the  excitement  which  followed,  and 
has  ever  been  a  life-long  anti-secret  man.  His 
work  is  done  on  earth,  though  in  the  memory 
of  many  his  efforts  to  reform  his  fellow  man 
Will  be  remembered.    He  was  one  of  the  early 


Books  and  Magazines. 

The  Essays  of  Lord  Bacon  form  a  beautiful 
volume  just  issued  by  the  Useful  Knowledge 
Publishing  Co.  of  New  York.  Bound  with  it 
are  a  series  of  mythological  fables  entitled,  "The 
Wisdom  of  the  Ancients."  The  Essays  cover  a 
multitude  of  subjects  on  moral  and  philosophical 
themes  which  are  the  every  day  contemplation 
of  observing  men.  To  read  a  brief  remark  upon 
such  topics  from  a  mind  which  towered  over 
those  of  other  men  with  the  powerful  light  of 
its  intellect  is  both  profitable  and  delightful. 
"Among  the  great  spirits,"  says  a  biographer, 
"whose  claim  to  undisputed  empire  over  men's 
thoughts  has  been  ratified  by  the  concurrent 
testimony  ot  ages  and  nations,  Lord  Bacon 
stands  deservedly  pre-eminent."  A  sentence  or 
two  from  the  essay  on  "iJnity  in  Religion,"  will 
give  the  imagination  an  idea  of  what  may  be 
expected  to  follow  on  this  and  other  topics: 
"Religion  being  the  chief  band  of  human  society, 
it  is  a  happy  thing  when  itself  is  well  contained 
within  the  true  band  of  unity.  The  quarrels 
and  divisions  about  religion  were  evils  unknown 
to  the  heathen.  The  reason  was,  because  the 
religion  of  the  heathen  consisted  rather  in  rites 
and  ceremonies,  than  in  any  constant  belief:  for 
you  may  imagine  what  kind  of  a  faith  theirs 
was,  when  the  chief  doctors  and  fathers  of  their 
church  were  the  poets.  But  God  hath  this  at- 
tribute, that  he  is  a  jealous  God;  and  therefore 
his  worship  and  religion  will  endure  no  mixture 
nor  partner."  The  publishers  have  issued  this 
volume  in  handsome  style,  half  Morocco  bound 
and  excellent  paper  and  print,  yet  sell  at  a  price 
(60  c.)  much  out  of  proportion  for  cheapness. 

Among  the  most  noteworthy  features  of  The 
Century  for  October  are  the  two  portraits  of 
Abraham  Lincoln,  which  have  never  before  been 
published.  The  larger  of  these,  the  frontispiece 
of  the  magazine,  engraved  by  Cole,  is  a  fine 
copy  of  an  ambrotype  which  was  made  two  days 
after  Lincoln  was  nominated  in  1860.  The 
smaller  one  is  a  copy  of  the  last  photograph  for 
which  Lincoln  sat,  and  was  taken  on  the  balcony 
of  the  White  House  six  weeks  before  the  Pres- 
ident's death.  These  remarkable  portraits  en- 
able us  to  see  the  great  change  which  was 
wrought  in  the  features  of  Lincoln  between  1860 
and  1865.  With  the  portraits  are  published 
letters  giving  the  history  of  the  originals,  and  a 
paper  entitled  "How  Lincoln  was  Nominated," 
by  Frank  B.  Carpenter,  who  throws  new  light 
on  the  inside  history  of  that  memorable  contest. 
Other  articles  of  practical  or  timely  value  are 
E.  V.  Smalley's  third  paper  on  the  New  North- 
west, which  describes  the  life  and  natural  fea- 
tures of  the  country  between  the  Rockies  and 
the  Cascade  Ranges,  including  the  new  wheat- 
fields  of  Idaho  and  Washington;  an  admirable 
statement  of  "The  Growth  of  the  United 
States,"  by  Francis  A.  Walker,  the  Superinten- 
dent of  the  last  census;  and  an  account  by  Judge 
Farman,  late  Consul-General  at  Cairo,  of  his 
"Negotiations  for  the  Obelisk,"  with  much  that 
bears  on  the  troubles  in  Egypt  of  which  the 
present  rebellion  is  the  grand  sequel.  The  last 
mentioned  paper  is  illustrated,  as  also  "Life  in 
a  Mexican  Street;"  "The  Corcoran  Gallery  of 
Art;"  "The  Gibraltar  of  America;"  "A  Georgia 
Corn-Shucking,"  and  "  Handwork  in  Public 
Schools." 


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1  Historical  Sketch  of  the  N.  C.  A. ,  by  Pres.  J.  Blanchard 4 

2  Voice  of  the  Empire  State  In  Condemuatlon'of  Masonry 4 

A    Address  to  American  Pastors  on  the  Secret  Lodge 4 

4  Freemasonry  In  the  Family,  by  J.  P.  Stoddard 4 

5  Pres.  Finney  on  the  Duty  of  Christians  toward  the  Lodge S 

6  Warning  against  Masonry  (For  Colored  People),  Illustrated U 

7  To  the  Boys  who  Hope  to  be  Men,  Illustrated    2 

8  Freemasonry  Modern  Heathenism 4 

9  Ministers  at  Rival  Altars 4 

10  A  Pastor's  Confession 4 

1 1  Knight  Templar  Masonry 4 

12  Alexander  Campbell's  Estimate  of  the  Lodges 4 

13  "The  Secret  Empire,"  by  J.  P.  Stoddard 4 

14  True  and  False  Templarism 4 

15  Secrecy  and  Sin,  from  the  "Christian"  47  Cornhlll,  Boston 4 

16  Selling  Dead  Horses,  by  •  'Bostonlan" 4 

17  History  of  Masonry,  by  Pres.  J.  Blancbard 4 

18  Despotic  Character  of  Freemasonry 4 

19  Freemasonry  a  Christ-excluding  Religion S 

20  Masonic  Murder,  by  Elder  T.  R.  Balrd 2 

21  Grand,  Great  Grand,  by  Phllo  Carpenter 8 

23  Masonic  Oaths  and  Penalties  sworntobytheGrandLodgeofR. I..  4 

23  Letters  of  J.  Q.  Adams  and  J.  Madison  on  Freemasonry   4 

24  Satan's  Cable  Tow 4 

25  Character  and  symbols  of  Freemasonry,  Illustrated 8 

26  Address  of  the  Niagara  Association  on  the  Murder  of  Morgan...  4 

27  Judge  Whitney  and  Masonry — Masonry  Defends  a  Murderer 8 

28  Nathaniel  Colvsr  and  Howard  Crosby  on  Secret  Societies 2 

29  Grand  Lodge  Masonry,  by  Pres.  J.  Blanchard 16 

30  Masonic  Oaths  Null  and  Void,  by  Rev.  I.  A.  Hart 4 

31  Hon.  Seth  M.  Gates  on  Freemasonry 4 

32  Origin,  Obligation  and  Expenses  of  the  Orange 4 

33  Hon.  Wm   H.  Seward  on  Secret  Societies 2 

34  What  Great  Men  Say  about  Freemasonry 2 

85  Objections  to  Masonry,  by  a  Seceding  Mason 4 

36  Masonic  Chastity,  by  Emma  A.  Wallace 4 

37  Reasons  why  a  Christian  should  not  be  a  Freemason  (German)..  4 

38  Masonic  Oaths  and  Penalties,  by  Rev.  A.  M.  MllUgan 4 

39  Should  Freemasons  be  admitted  to  Christian  Fellowship? 4 

40  The  Object  of  the  American  (Antl-masonlc)  Party 8 

41  Freemasonry  a  Religion  (shown  by  Its  own  authors) 8 

43  Duty  and  Ability  to  Know  the  Character  of  Masonry 4 

43  Affidavit  that  Masonry  Is  revealed,  by  J.  O.  Doesburg  and  others    4 

44  D.  L .  Moody  on  Secret  Societies 4 

45  Ought  a  Seceding  Mason  to  Keep  his  Lodge  Oath  ? 4 

46  Nos.  17, 18  and  19  combined,  by  Prof.  Cervln  (Swedish) IB 

47  Irish  Murders  and  Secret  Societies  ,.•.. <. .-•     4 


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2  Rituals  of  Odd-fellowship,  Knights  of  Pythias  Good  Tem- 

plarism, The  Grange,  Orand  Army  and  Maohlnlsti 
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3  The  Broken  Seal ;  or  Freemsjsonry  Developed 304 

4  Finney  on  Masonry ^W 

6  Eminent  men  on  Secret  Societies  -.Composed  of  "Washing- 
ton Opposed  to  Secret  Societies,  "Tudge  Whitney's 
Defence," "T^eliystlo  Tie. ""Narratlvesand  Argu- 
ments, •' '  'The  Antl  -masonic  Scrap  Boo'  i  **  and"Oath» 
and  Pena.^Ies  of  Freemasomry  ss  proved  In  the  Kew 
Berlin  Trials." SM 

6  Morgans  Masonic  Exposition,  Abdnct-onand  Mnrder, 

Oaths  of  83  Degrees  s  con  poseiof '  'Freemasonry  Bx- 
po3ed„ '  'History  of  the  AbdudRbn  and  Murder  of  Mor- 
gan, "Valance's  Confession  "  "Beraard's  Bemenla- 
cences  of  Morgan  TImea,''and  "Oatji  and  Penaltle* 
of  83  Degrees" : Ml 

7  Secret  Societies  Ancient  anJ  Modem,  and  OoOege  Beorot 

Societies *• 

8  Sermons  and  Addresses  on  Secret  Booletlec ;  composed  ot 

"Masonry  a  Work  of  Darkness,"  and  the  Sermons 
of  Messrs.  Cr-.ss,  Wl'llams,  McNary,  Dow,  Sarveri 
the  two  addreoses  of  iTest.  Blanchard,  the  addresses 
of  Prest.  H.  H.  George,  Prof.  J.  Q.  Carson,  Bev.  M. 
S.  Dmry, '  'Thirteen  Reasons  why  b  ChrlstIa  i  cannot 
be  a  Freemason,"  "Frremasonry  contrary  to  tbe 
Christian  BeUgIon.'*Ana"Are  Masonic  Oaths  Bind- 
ing on  the  Initiate?" IBl 

9  History  of  the  :.f  atlonal  Christian  Association,  and  Min- 

utes of  the  Syr  icpse  and  Pittsburgh  Conventions. .  .960 
19    Hon.  J.  Q.  Adams  Letters  and  Addresses  on  Freemasonry  838 

U    Odd-fellowshlpJndgedby  Itsown  Utterances .lli 

12    Secret  Societies  by  Revs.  McDUL  Blanchard  and  Beeoher.  W 
18.  Knight  Templarism  Ulustrated ftO 

14.  Revised  Odd-fellowship  Illustrated S81 

15.  Rituals  and  Secrets  Illustrated;  Composed  of  "Temple 

of  Honor  Illustrated,"  "Adoptive  Masonry 
Illustrated,"  "United  Sons  of  Industry  Illus- 
trated" and  "Secret  Societies  Dtastrated" 86S 

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THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE. 


October  5, 1888 


The  Christian  Cynosure, 

CHICAGO,  THURSDAY,  OCTOBER  5,  1882. 


Elder  Nathan  Callender. — I  was  disap- 
pointed in  not  getting  to  see  and  greet  this  ex- 
cellent man  at  Batavia.  The  only  thing  left  me 
is  to  tell  the  readers  of  the  Cynosure  how  good 
a  man  he  is;  eo  that  whoever  of  them  eh  all 
travel  among  the  hills  of  northeastern  Pennsyl- 
vania may  be  thankful  to  know  that  they  are  on 
ground  consecrated  by  his  labors.  From  the 
dawn  of  our  reform  to  the  present,  his  light  has 
ever  been  seen  at  the  mast  head  and  always  sup- 
plied with  oil.  Every  word  he  has  spoken  or 
written,  (and  he  has  spoken  and  written  con- 
stantly) has  been  marked  by  candor,  good  sense, 
and  clear  discrimination.  Opposition  does  not 
irritate,  nor  does  abuse  discourage  him  or  throw 
him  off  his  balance.  Happy  is  the  people  who 
have  such  a  man  for  their  pastor.  The  churches 
among  those  green  hills  and  valleys  will  yet 
know  that  a  prophet  has  been  among  them. 


Motes  in  Eyes. — Eev.  D.  E.  Bonner,  in  the 
United  Presbyterian  of  .Sept.  28th,  says  of  the 
Batavia  Convention: 

"  It  had  its  good  and  bad  features.  Of  the  former  was 
the  clear  presentation  by  diflferent  speakers,  of  the  salient 
objections  to  the  lodge.  Of  the  latter  was  the  unmeasured 
denunciation  of  the  membership  of  the  secret  orders  by 
others.  Men  are  not  to  be  drawn  away  from  the  lodge  by 
declaring  that  every  adhering  Mason  must  go  to  hell.  The 
movement  has  some  of  this  spirit  about  it,  which  must  be 
cast  out  if  it  would  gain  tlie  confidence  of  reasonable 
men.  On  the  whole,  however,  the  Convention  was  a  good 
one." 

This  criticism  on  the  Monument  Convention 
is  warranted  by  facts;  though  a  Republican  or 
Democratic  convention  would  furnish  more  un- 
measured and  bitter  denunciation  of  opponents 
in  an  hour,  than  the  Batavia  Convention  during 
its  sitting  of  two  days,  evenings  included.  We 
do  not  complain  of  such  righteous  smiting.  It 
is  "an  excellent  oil."  But  does  this  candid 
brother  know  that  Freemasons  are  now  in  some 
United  Presbyterian  churches?  That  in  those 
churches  no  word  is  ever  heard  from  the  pulpit 
against  the  lodge?  That  some  United  Presby- 
terian churches  are  wont  to  get  high  Masons  to 
lecture  for  them  to  raise  money  for  their  church 
purposes;  thus  raising  funds  by  Masonic  popu- 
larity; in  short,  pitching  their  tents  toward  Sod- 
om?" All  this  is  true.  And  it  shows  that  some 
measures  more  effectual  than  those  employed  by 
these  churches  must  be  resorted  to  or  pirates 
will  sink  their  Ziou  ship.  Drs.  Wallace,  Collins, 
McMichael,  Johnson,  Carson,  and  McClurkin 
and  their  peers,  having  been  under  fire  them- 
selves, know  that  men  engaged  in  a  hot  battle 
are  not  apt  to  be  offended  by  a  slight  smell  of 
sulphur  in  their  powder. 


The  Democrats  of  Illinois. 

These  met  in  State^Convention  in  Springfield 
September  7th  uit.,  and  in  their  platform  they 
Bay: 

♦*We  declare  that  the  prohibition  by  the  Constitution  or 
by  general  laws,  of  the  manufacture  or  sale  of  vinous, 
spirituous  or  malt  liquors,  would  be  in  violation  of  indi- 
vidual and  personal  rights,  and  contrary  to  the  principles 
of  free  government." 

/  This  puts  the  Democratic  party  in  Illinois 
square  against  prohibition.  They  will  have  tlie 
advantage  of  a  definite,  out  and  out  policy. 
They  will  have  all  the  Irish  and  all  but  the  tem- 
perance Germans,  besides  that  class  of  Ameri- 
can-born voters  who  followed  the  party  through 
its  slavery  record.  They  will,  on  the  contrary, 
lose  every  convert  to  tlie  doctrine  of  prohibition; 
and,  when  women  get  the  ballot,  as  the  saloons 
are  not  patronized  by  women  to  any  great  ex- 
tent, the  term  "Democracy"  will  become  a  re- 
proach, as  it  was  at  the  time  of  Lincoln's  second 
election. 

The  Eepublican  party  is  following  in  the  foot- 
steps of  the  old  W  higs,  and  will  meet  a  similar 
fate  that  is,  be  swallowed  up  by  the  party  of  re- 
form. That  will  not  be  called  Prohibition, 
Greenback  or  any  other  name  of  a  specialty. 
There  were  the  Liberty  party,  the  Abolition 
party,  the  Free  Soil  party.  They  all  ended  in 
»  party,  named  from  the  Republic,  Republican, 


and  iltriumphed.  ^  So  now  the  American  party 
is  the  natural  landing  place  of  all  parties  of  re- 
form. The  lodge  "seeketh  her  own,"  and  is  the 
natural  marplot  of  every  good  cause  in  which  it 
hides  itself. 

The  issue  which  underlies  all  other  issues  is, 
Christ  vs.  Satan:  which  shall  be  worshipped. 
This  issue  was  madejin  Batavia,  New  York,  fifty- 
six  years  ago,  was  staved  off  by  the  slave  ques- 
tion and  the  war.  The  lodge  serpent  now  hides 
his  head  under  the  temperance  wave  on  which 
secret  lodges  are  embarked,  along  with  those 
who,  like  Christ,  do  not  work  in  secret.  When 
the  temperance  cause  has  shaken  off  its  incubus 
of  secret  lodges,  as  the  anti-slavery  cause  shook 
off  the  Know  Nothings,  it  will  triumph;  and 
then  we  shall  get  down  to  the  question,  whether 
a  republic  can  stand  on  secret  oaths  adminis- 
tered by  and  to  able-bodied  men,  binding  them 
by  cut-throat  penalties  to  a  secret  empire?  And 
also  whether  a  Masonic  lodge  can,  in  fact,  regen- 
erate a  man's  soul,  and  send  him  to  heaven,  or 
whether  Christ  alone  can  do  it :  that  is  to  say, 
whether  Christ  or  Satan  is  the  legitimate  God 
of  this  world?  We  know  what  the  end  will  be. 
For  "he  must  reign  till  he  hath  put  all  enemies 
under  his  feet."  "Therefore  he  is  able  to  save 
to  the  uttermost  all  those  who  come  unto  God 
by  him."  And  there  is  positively  no  way  for 
human  beings  to  get  to  God  but  by  him. 


— The  subscription  to  the  Cynosure  Extension 
Fund  at  the  National  Convention  was  errone- 
ously reported  last  week  as  $325.25.  The  fig- 
ures should  have  been  $353.25.  Another  mis- 
print made  the  convention  occur  on  the  twenty- 
sixth  anniversary  of  Morgan's  abduction  instead 
of  the  Fifty-sixth. 

— Elder  Barlow's  "Facts  for  Earnest  Chris- 
tians," has  reached  the  fifth  paper  of  the  series 
in  the  Bible  Banner  of  Philadelphia.  He  takes 
up  in  this  the  charity  of  Masonry,  leaving  the 
lodge  stripped  of  this  comfortable  robe.  How 
unkind  of  you,  Elder! 

— After  the  monument  ceremonies  at  the  Ba- 
tavia Convention,  one  lady  who  had  been  an 
interested  spectator  whether  she  had  been  able 
to  comprehend  much  that  had  been  said  or  no, 
remarked  that  she  knew  now  why  we  were 
called  "Anti-masons."  "It  is  because,"  said  she, 
"they  can't  even  put  up  a  monument  without 
hiring  some  one  to  do  it  for  them." 

— At  Mr.  Weed's  request  his  letter  upon  the 
Morgan  abduction,  read  in  the  Convention,  has 
been  returned  to  him.  He  wishes  to  make  some 
additions  and  make  his  affidavit  to  its  truth,  and 
thus  forever  stop  the  howling  of  the  lodge  about 
the  terrible  facts  which  it  repeals.  He  wishes 
to  add  other  names  to  those  already  mentioned 
in  so  honorable  a  connection.  As  Mr.  Weed  as 
just  written  to  Judge  Taggart:  "I  am  too 
proud  of  my  own  record  to  be  willing  to  let 
others  be  deprived  of  their  share  of  the  credit. 
I  regretted  that  my  health  deprived  me  of  the 
pleasure  of  being  with  you  on  the  14:th." 

— In  connection  with  the  statement  of  Mrs. 
Mather  respecting  the  so-called  Mrs.  Monroe 
who  appeared  at  a  claimant  for  Morgan's  body. 
Judge  Taggart  told  one  of  the  editors  of  the 
Cynosure  that  he  believed  the  Mrs.  Monroe  was 
a  man  dressed  in  female  clothing.  His  oppor- 
tunity for  observing  the  case  was  excellent,  as 
the  testimony  of  the  Anti-masons  was  taken  by 
him.  This  testimony  was  never  published,  but 
was  in  his  possession  until  a  few  years  ago  when 
it  disappeared,  and  was,  he  fears,  accidentally 
destroyed.  It  is  just  to  say  that  Judge  Taggart 
is  not  convinced  that  Morgan's  body  lies  in  the 
Batavia  cemetary.  To  an  acute  judicial  mind 
like  his,  accustomed  to  giving  full  credit  to  any 
doubt  which  may  appear  in  the  case,  there  may 
be  flaws  in  the  evidence,  but  we  believe  that 
ordinary  men  who  heard  all  the  testimony  at 
the  Convention,  were  thoroughly  satisfied. 
Whether  the  waters  ever  gave  up  the  body  or 
not,  however,  is  a  secondary  consideration  alto- 
gether. The  fact  that  Morgan  was  taken  and 
put  to  death  by  Freemasons  is  established  by 
Thurlow  Weed's  statement  beyond  reasonable 
doubt. 


The  Freedmen  and  Secret  Societies. 

ADDRESS  BY  KEV.    H.    H.     HINMAN    AT  THE  BATAVIA 
CONVENTION. 

The  Declaration  of  American  Independence, 
the  Emancipation  Proclamation,  and  the  adop- 
tion of  the  18th,  14th  and  15th  amendments  of 
the  Constitution  made  it  inevitable  that  the  peo- 
ple, who  were  thereby  changed  from  "chattels 
personal  in  the  hands  of  their  masters"  into  fel- 
low citizens  and  joint  rulers  of  this  nation, 
should  receive  Christian  education,  or  that  our 
government  shall  be  a  failure  and  anarchy  and 
misrule  shall  follow.  In  the  mysterious  provi- 
dence of  God  the  Anglo-American  and  the  At- 
rico-American  have,  for  good  or  ill,  been  insep- 
arably united.  Coming  here  without  their  con- 
sent, a  mere  handful  of  the  commencement  of 
our  nation,  the  latter  are  now  more  than  six  and 
one-half  millions ;  more  than  twice  our  entire 
population  at  that  time.  They  are  a  majority 
of  the  people  in  three  States  and  are  increasing 
faster  than  in  the  days  of  slavery,  and  faster 
than  the  white  race.  From  1870  to  1880  the 
entire  population,  including  an  immense  white 
immigration,  increased  30  per  cent.  The  negro 
race,  without  immigration,  increased  nearly 
thirty-five  per  cent.  Each  year  there  are  added 
to  them  by  birth  227,500 ;  nearly  as  many  as 
the  entire  Indian  population,  and  far  more  than 
the  resident  Chinese.  In  1880  this  people  raised 
six  millions  of  bales  of  cotton,  worth  $300,000,- 
000,  and  the  cotton  production  steadily  in- 
creases. Every  prediction  of  the  enemies  of 
emancipation  has  been  proved  false.  They  are 
steadily  securing  education,  accumulating  prop- 
erty, and  becoming  assimilated  to  our  body  pol- 
itic. 

But  while  there  is  much  that  is  hopeful  in  the 
progress  and  condition  of  the  negro  there  is  al- 
so, much  that  is  evil,  and  full  of  danger.  The 
heathen  always  copy  the  vices  of  civilization  ra- 
ther than  its  virtues.  The  greatest  obstacle  to 
Christians  has  always  been  the  evil  example  of 
those  coming  from  Christian  lands.  So  with 
the  freedmen  :  emerging  from  thralldom,  igno- 
rant, and  morally  weak,  he  mistook  the  pomp- 
ous titles,  the  showy  parades,  and  the  specious 
promises  of  the  secret  orders  for  a  short  road  to 
wealth,  honor  and  influence.  What  the  stronger 
race  thought  good  for  themselves  he  inferred 
would  be  good  for  him ;  and  the  saloon  and  the 
lodge  became  his  favorite  resorts.  In  every 
State  in  the  South  there  has  been  organized  col- 
ored Grand  Lodges  of  Masons,  Odd-fellows, 
Knights  of  Pythias,  Independent  Order  of  Im- 
maculates  and  many  other  modifications  of  mod- 
ern heathenism,  so  that  the  power  of  the  lodge 
has  largely  taken  the  place  of  the  power  of  the 
lash. 

The  N.  C.  A.,  whose  work  is  to  expose  and 
withstand  these  secret  orders,  can  have  no  more 
important  field  than  among  this  people,  for  the 
following  reasons : 

1.  These  orders  tend  to  promote  and  perpetu- 
ate the  spirit  of  caste.  Freemasonry  and  Odd- 
fellowship  profess  to  be  bonds  of  brotherhood, 
joining  in  one  all  who  have  taken  their  cove- 
nants. Like  most  of  their  professions,  this  is 
false.  Every  American  Odd-fellow  must  be  a 
free  white  male.  The  following  extracts  from 
Chase's  Digest  of  Masonic  law  will  show  the  sta- 
tus of  the  negro :  "The  colored  race  do  not 
Sossess  the  necessary  qualifications  to  be  madfe 
Lasons."  No  Grand  Lodge  has  authorized  its 
subordinates  to  initiate  negroes."  "All  lodges 
of  negroes  are  clandestine."  (See  Chase's  Digest, 
P.  212).  All  Masons  are  sworn  not  to  recog- 
nize clandestine  Masons,  and  hence  must  regard 
them  as  impudent  pretenders.  The  I.  O.  of 
Immaculates  excludes  all  of  the  white  race,  and 
in  none  of  the  secret  lodges  of  American  ori- 
gin do  the  two  races  unite. 

The  effect  of  thus  organizing  races  in  oppos- 
ing camps  on  the  color  line  must  be  to  prolong 
the  oppression,  the  misrule  and  the  political 
frauds  so  prevalent,  and  to  intensify  the  bitter- 
ness with  which  they  regard  each  other,  and 
which  so  greatly  retard  the  prosperity  of  the 
freedmen  and  the  well-being  of  the  nation.  The 
13th,  14th  and  15th  amendments  of  the  Consti- 
tntion  were  adopted   on  purpose  to  abolish  raco 


October  5,  18gfi    -^ 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE. 


distinction.  They  are  the  law  of  the  land ;  but 
the  lodges  are  organized  in  opposition  to  their 
letter  and  spirit. 

2.  The  secret  orders  are  a  privileged  class. 
It  is  for  this  purpose  that  they  were  organized. 
For  this  reason  people  unite  with  them.  Un- 
doubtedly it  is  convenient  to  have  privelegee  and 
immunities  not  shared  by  others.  To  belong 
to  an  inner-ring  in  a  conference  that  can  send  a 
minister  to  a  fat  or  lean  appointment ;  to  hdve 
the  inside  track  in  a  political  caucus ;  or  to  be 
able  to  make  the  grand  hailing  sign  of  distress 
to  a  juryman,  is  an  advantage  which  it  is  not  in 
human  nature  to  despise.  But  surely  such  are 
most  destructive  to  'Christian  purity  and  Ke- 
publican  equality.  Especially  will  it  injure  a 
people  struggling  with  povertv  and  prejudice  to 
be  divided  into  classes  and  seeking  pre-emi- 
nence over  each  other.  It  was  because  these 
societies  are  anti-republican  that  Daniel  "Web- 
ster said,  "It  is  my  opinion  that  the  future  ad- 
ministration of  all  such  oaths  and  the  forma- 
tion of  all  such  obligations,  should  be  prohibited 
hy  lawP 

3.  They  interfere  with  the  due  administration 
of  justice.  Many  Masons  understand  their  obli- 
gations as  binding  them  to  conceal  all  the  crimes 
of  a  brother  Master  Mason  except  murder  and 
treason  and  to  aid  him  in  any  difficulty,  whether 
innocent  or  guilty.     They  not  unfrequently  say 

•  so,  and  give  it  as  a  reason  why  they  have  united 
with  the  lodge.  Among  bad  men  this  is  an  ar- 
gument in  its  favor.  That  Masonry  is  largely 
used  for  the  perversion  of  justice  none  can  deny. 
That  it  must  work  most  disastrously  to  the  well- 
being  of  any  people  must  be  manifest  to  all. 

4.  They  prevent  the  development  of  self- 
respect  and  manly  endeavor  that  is  essential  to 
the  success  of  the  freedmen.  It  was  one  of  the 
worst  evils  of  slavery  that  it  made  a  slave  a  mere 
parasite.  He  lived  for  his  master  and  depended 
on  him  for  support.  He  had  no  inducement  for 
earnest  industry.  The  secret  societies  promote 
the  same  dependent  spirit.  They  promise  him 
aid  in  time  of  need,  and  burial  when  dead.  De- 
lusive as  promises  often  are,  yet  he  trusts  in 
them,  and  Jeans  on  others  when  he  ought  to  de- 
pend upon  himself.  The  success  of  the  freed- 
men in  securing  the  peaceful  enjoyment  of  their 
social  ,and  political  rights  depends  largely  on 
their  success  in  the  accumulation  of  property. 
Secret  societies  not  only  prevent  this  by  remov- 
ing the  spirit  of  self-reliance  and  earnest  en- 
deavor, but  by  collecting  a  heavy  tax  with  a 
very  meager  return. 

What  these  societies  cost  the  colored  man 
may  be  inferred  from  some  official  reports  made 
by  the  white  lodges.  It  is  not  probable  that 
the  colored  lodges  are  better  '  managed  than 
those  of  theii  white  brethren. 

From  1840  to  1849  the  Odd-fellow  lodges  re- 
ceived $4,933,493,  and  disbursed  $1,864,115. 

From  1850  to  1859  these  sums  were  respec- 
tively $12,857,453  and  $6,064,397. 

From  1860  to  1869  receipts  $13,111,133,  and 
relief  $4,846,518. 

From  1869  to  1873  receipts  $17,387,424,  and 
relief  $5,812,611. 
—Grosh,  Manual  O.  F.,  pp.  379,  380. 

For  the  year  1876,  receipts  $4,724,241.70, 
and  relief  $1,698,868.92. 

The  following  official  reports  of  Masonic 
Grand  lodges  show  that  in  1876  the  Grand  Treas- 
urer of  Missouri  recived  $19,864.45,  and  dis- 
bursed for  relief  nothing.  The  Grand  Lodge  of 
Illinois  in  1872  received  $25,015.59  and  gave 
$100  in  relief.  In  1873  this  Grand  Lodge  re- 
ceived $28,822.19  and  gave  nothing  tor  relief. 

These  reports  are  exceptional.  According  to 
the  most  careful  estimate  about  15  per  cent,  of 
Masonic  receipts  are  paid  for  relief.  Odd-fel- 
lowship pays  out  from  30  to  33  per  cent.  Com- 
pare these  with  Christian  benevolence.  The  Am. 
jBible  Society  expends  in  carrying  on  its  work 
about  5  per  cent. ;  the  A.  B.  F.  M.  about  the 
same;  the  Presbyterian  Board  of  Missions  4^ 
per  cent.;  Masonry  85  and  Odd-fellowship  66  per 
cent.  The  net  cost  of  Masonry  and  Odd-feliow- 
ahip  in  the  U.  S.  for  ordinary  outlay  is  not  less 
than  $7,000,000  per  annum,  while  the  extraordi- 
nary expense  is  seen  in  the  triennial  conclaves  of 
K.  T.,  the  one  in  Chicago   in    1880    costing 


$4,000,000,  from   which   sum  no  one  received 
anything  in  relief. 

A  wealthy  people  may  possibly  endure  such 
expenditure,  bat  for  the  freedmen  it  is  most  cul- 
pable folly. 

5.  They  destroy  true  Christian  benevolence. 
They  not  only  take  away  the  means  of  benevo- 
lence, but  they  substitute  for  Christian  charity 
the  mercenary  motive  of  giving  to  others  that 
we  may  receive  as  much  again.  They  exclude 
from  their  benefits  the  poor,  the  maimed  and 
the  blind,  all  objects  of  benevolence,  and  invite 
only  the  prosperous  and  strong. 

Men  who  swear  to  help  each  other  under  pen- 
alty of  death  in  its  most  terrible  forms  never 
love  each  other  the  more  for  taking  such  oaths, 
and  when  those  who  profess  to  be  followers  of 
Christ  swear  to  do  good  to  the  members  of  a 
clan,  rather  than  to  their  brethren  in  Him,  they 
repudiate  all  true  Christian  love,  and  are  simply 
mercenary  in  their  relations  to  others.  A  col- 
ored pastor  in  Tuscaloosa,  Ala.,  who  for  twenty 
years  had  tried  the  experiment  of  joint  member- 
ship in  the  lodge  and  the  ehui'ch,  told  me  that 
before  the  rise  of  the  secret  orders  in  that  city 
he  had  only  to  make  an  appeal  for  aid  to  his  con- 
gregation and  they  always  responded.  Now 
they  had  neither  the  means  nor  disposition  to 
give  to  charitable  objects.  The  Divine  law  to 
do  good  unto  all  men,  especially  to  the  house- 
hold of  faith,  is  set  aside,  and  the  harlot  lodge  is 
put  in  the  place  of  the  Bride  of  Christ. 

6.  These  societies  tend  to  destroy  all  sound 
morality  and  true  religion.  To  bind  men  to  al- 
ways conceal  what  they  know  has  been  published 
and  is  accessable  to  all,  is  to  teach  them  to  lie. 
To  sell  preteuded^secrets  of  pretended  value  is 
to  defraud.  To  swear  to  conceal  all  secrets  ex- 
cept murder  and  treason  is  to  swear  to  a  guilty 
complicity  in  crime.  An  oath  not  to  cheat  a 
Mason  or  to  violate  the  chastity  of  his  wife  is 
likely  to  be  construed  as  a  promise  that  he  may 
do  so  to  others  with  impunity.  It  is  the  almost 
universal  testimony  of  coloi'ed  pastors  in  the 
South  that  the  cost  of  initiations,  lodge  dues, 
regalia,  excursions  and  entertainments  absorb  so 
much  of  the  means  of  the  people  as  to  very  se- 
riously interfere  with  the  work  of  the  churches. 
When  we  add  to  this  the  time  and  attention 
drawn  from  the  service  of  Christ  and  given  to, 
at  best,  mere  human  institutions,  we  cannot  fail 
lo  see  how  evil  the  influence. 

So  strongly  have  these  considerations  pressed 
on  the  minds  of  the  more  devoted  pastors  in  the 
South  that  through  their  influence  many  local 
churches  have  excluded  from  their  membership 
all  members  of  the  lodge.  But  it  is  not  the  loss 
of  money  or  time  that  is  the  real  loss — Church 
discipline '  is  undermined.  When  men  swear  to 
conceal  from  the  church  what  they  do  in  the 
lodge,  they  make  all  manner  of  iniquities  possi- 
ble and  redress  impossible.  The  Mason  who  is 
taught  that  the  "  common  gavel  "  will  tit  him  as 
a  lively  stone  "  for  the  house  not  made  with 
hands  eternal  in  the  heavens,"  is  likely  to  con 
elude  that  he  has  no  need  of  Christ;  and  when 
he  is  taught  that  he  may  worship  God  acceptably 
while  he  does  not  recognize  him  by  whom  alone 
we  may  come  to  the  Father,  he  is  taught  to 
deny  both  the  Father  and  the  Son.  When  he 
unites  with  the  ungodly  men  in  spurious  relig 
ious  ceremonies,  borrowed  from  the  heathen 
mysteries,  he  is  fast  becoming  a  heathen.  Not 
only  are  the  Masonic  ceremonies  a  practical  con- 
tinuation of  ancient  Paganism,  but  they  are 
strikingly  similar  to  the  Paganism  of  "West  Af- 
rica, from  which  a  merciful  Providence  has  res- 
cued our  colored  brethren. 

Patriotic  and  Christian  men  ought  then  to  dil- 
igently prosecute  this  reform  through  the  N.  C 
A.  Because  there  ia  an  open  door,  the  colored 
people  of  the  South  are  of  all  people  most  ready 
to  receive  instruction  when  kindly  presented. 
There  is  a  growing  reaction  against  the  lodge 
system,  which  only  needs  our  sympathy  and  aid 
to  make  itself  felt  throughout  the  land.  The 
people  in  ^the  rural  districts  have  rarely  gone 
into  the  lodge.  They  remember  the  horrors  of 
the  Ku  Klux  Klans,  and  believe  in  their  practi- 
cal identity  witti  Masonry.  The  noble  men  and 
women  wiio  are  devoting  their  lives  to  the  edu- 
cation of  the  freedmen  are  mavni/y  in  aympaihy 


with  us,  and  their  schools  and  colleges  are  gen- 
erally open  for  our  instruction.  The  A.  M.  A. 
gives  us  a  practical  endorsement,  and  seconds 
our  efforts.  The  future  teachers  and  legislators 
of  this  people  are  now  within  our  reach,  and  we 
may  save  them  and  thus  save  our  nation  from 
the  most  appalling  of  its  dangers. 

The  Indiana  State  Meeting. 

Our  annual  meeting  is  near  at  hand,  and  are 
we  ready  for  it?  "We  are  expecting  the  largest 
attendance  we  have  had  for  some  time.  We 
hope  to  see  all  the  friends  of  the  American  par- 
ty at  the  meeting.  Let  all  come  prepared  to 
work  for  the  advance  of  the  reform  in  our 
State.  We  must  arrange  to  keep  a  lecturer  in 
the  field  continually,  and  he -must  be  supported, 
and  funds  must  be  had  ;  therefore,  friends,  come 
and  bring  money  with  you  and  lend  a  helping 
hand  once  more.  We  must  also  arrange  for  the 
campaign  work.  Let  there  be  a  grand  rallying 
of  our  hosts.  I.  W.  Lowman,  Prest. 


Convention  Notice. 

The  annual  meeting  of  the  Northeast  Penn- 
sylvania Christian  Association,  opposed  to  the 
lodge,  will  be  held  in  the  church  at  East  Her- 
rick,  Bradford  county.  Pa.,  commencing  on  the 
evening  of  Tuesday,  Oct.  24th,  1882,  at  7:30 
o'clock.  The  meeting  will  continue  through 
Wednesday,  the  25th.  Brethren  from  all  parts 
of  Pennsylvania  are  specially  requested  to  meet 
us  there  in  conference  to  form  tickets  for  the 
State  election  and  plan  future  campaigns.  Bro. 
S.  E.  Starry,  degree  worker,  of  Clarence,  Iowa, 
can  be  had  soon  to  conduct  acampaign  in  North- 
east Pennsylvania,  and  other  points  in  the  State. 
He  has  a  good  report  and  can  be  relied  upon  to 
work  the  degrees  with  accuracy  and  facil- 
ity. 

Brother  Payne,  of  Mill  view.  Pa.,  an  efficient 
worker  in  the  cause,  will  attend  this  meeting  D. 
V.  Other  men,  good  and  true,  will  be  there, 
among  whom  are  Barnettson  and  Kichmond,  of 
Jackson  Valley,  Bradford  county.  Let  all  in 
Pennsylvania  interested  in  the  purity  of  the 
church  and  of  the  State  come  to  the  meeting. 

Nathan  Callender,  Cor.  Sec.  '! 


— Brethren  Butler  and  Starry  called  at  the 
Cynosure  office  on  their  return  from  New  York 
last  week.  They  report  the  Warsaw  meetings 
almost  drowned  out  by  a  rain  flood,  but  the 
meetings  were,  with  this  consideration,  very 
good.  One  of  the  local  editors  in  this  place  is 
a  chivalrous  and  honorable  Knight  Templar. 
He  therefore  filled  his  columns  with  billings- 
gate falsehood  and  abuse  of  President  Blanch- 
ard  who  spoke  on  the  Sabbath  evening  preced- 
ing. The  Wyoming  meetings  were  all  attended 
and  very  good ;  so  also  those  at  Attica  where  at 
first  there  was  promise  of  disturbance.  The 
Masons  tried  to  break  up  the  meeting,  but  find- 
ing it  of  good  material  to  endure  strain  they 
failed  in  all  but  making  themselves  scandalous 
and  the  evening  stormy  within  doors.  Bro. 
Butler  shall  tell  us  of  this  next  week. 

— The  wide  publication  of  the  proceedings  of 
the  National  Convention  especially  in  connec- 
tion with  the  Monument,  has  roused  the  mem- 
ory of  another  important  witness,  Marmont  B. 
Edson  of  New  York,  whose  letter  to  Judge 
Taggart  that  gentleman  has  most  kindly  for- 
warded to  this  office.  Mr.  Edson  says:  "Had 
I  not  been  one  of  the  proof  readers  of  the  pub- 
lication [Morgan's  book],  and  had  never  known 
David  Cade  Miller  or  William  Morgan,  I  might 
be  led  to  believe  that  the  New  York  Times  was 
correct  in  pronouncing  the  whole  affair  a  'myth,' 
etc.  I  only  regret  that  the  church  to  which  I 
belong  does  not  take  the  stand  which  the  Bom- 
ish  church  takes  in  the  matter,  against  fellow- 
ship with  those  who  are  connected  with  secret 
associations."  God  grant  that  all  the  churches 
of  Christ  may  take  this  stand,  but  from  other 
motives  than  those  of  Rome.  We  hope  Bro. 
Stoddard  who  was  in  New  Y'ork  last  week  may 
be  able  to  see  this  brother  and  thus  add  another 
link  to  the  chain  of  evidence  that  shall  forever 
and  in  the  eyes  of  all  the  world  bind  the  hideous 
crime  of  Morgan's   murder  upon  Freemasonry, 


THE  CHniSTIAN  CYNOSURK. 


October  5,  188S 


HOME  CIRCLE. 


Adoration. 

All  thy  works  shall  praise  thee,  O  Lord— Pa.  114: 10. 

God  hath  hts  solitudes,  unpeopled  yet. 
Save  by  the  peaceful  life  of  bird  and  flower. 

Where  since  the  world's  foundation  he  hath  set 
The  hiding  of  his  power. 

Year  after  year  his  rains  make  freeh  and  green 
Lone  wastes  of  prairie,  where,  as  daylight  goes, 

Legions  of  bright-hutd  blossoms  all  unseen 
Their  cavern  petals  close. 

Year  after  year  unnumbered  forest  leaves 
Bxpand  and  darken  to  their  perfect  prime; 

Each  cmallest  growth  its  destiny  achieves 
In  his  appointed  time. 

Amid  the  strong  recesses  of  the  bills. 
Fixed  by  his  word,  immutable  and  calm. 

The  murmuring  river  all  the  silence  fills 
With  its  unheeded  psalm. 

From  deep  to  deep  the  floods  lift  up  their  voice. 
Because  his  hand  hath  measured  them  of  old; 

The  far  out-goiuga  of  the  morn  rejoice 
His  wonders  to  unfold. 

The  smallest  cloudlet  wrecked  in  distant  storms. 
That  wanders  homeless  through  the  summer  skies. 

Is  reckoned  in  his  purposes  and  forms 
One  of  his  argosies. 

Where  the  perpetual  mountains  patient  wait, 

Girded  with  punty,  before  his  throne, 
Keeping  from  age  to  age  inviolate 

Their  everlasting  crown ; 

Where  the  long-gathered  waves  of  ocean  break 
With  ceaseless  music  o'er  untrodden  strands. 

From  isles  thai  day  by  day  in  silence  wake, 
From  earth's  remotest  lands— 

The  anthem  of  his  praise  shall  uttered  he; 

All  works  created  on  his  name  shall  call. 
And  laud  and  bless  his  holy  name,  for   he 

Uath  pleasure  in  ibum  all. 

—Sunday  Magazine. 


The  Broken  Belt. 

Little  occurences  are  often  sufficient  to  arouee 
a  child  oi  (iod  Irom  spiritual  ei umber,  and  cail 
back  to  duty  slighted  or  neglected.  By  the  side 
of  a  Btreain,  running  along  Yeriuunt  hills, 
lived  Bro. ,  the  industrious  owner  of  a  saw- 
mill, and  one  who  feared  (iud  witli  all  his  houtje. 
The  heavily  timbered  lands  around  him  made 
great  demands  upon  his  mill  and  several  help- 
wrs  were  employ  ed,  who  were  of  like  precious 
faith  in  Jesus.  The  tamily  altar  was  kept  daily 
smoking  with  the  sacrihces  ol  praise  and  thanks- 
givmg  and  every  helper  tarried  at  the  service. 
On  January  1st,  an  auvance  step  was  taken,  and 
every  member  ot  the  lauiily,  helpers  and  ail, 
prayed  around  tliat  alcar  every  morning,  as- 
Durud  by  their  employer  that  they  should  nave 
plenty  of  time  to  worship  (rod,  as  prayer  never 
hindered  work.  That  was  a  blessed  household, 
and  IB  still.  But  wlien  spring  came,  and  the 
logs  piled  up  wondrously,  and  they  must  be 
sawed  during  the   spring    rains,  as  the  summer 

stream  was  too  low,   Bro. got   anxious,  and 

would  send  the  boys  to  breakfast,  while  he  stay- 
ed and  tiled  the  saw.  The  head  of  the  family 
Deing  absent,  the  helpers  would  eat  and  hasten 

back  to  the  mill,  and  then  Bro. would  come, 

take  his  oreakfast,  and  have  family  prayers, 
'while  the  boys  i»?ould  run  the  mill,  ilo  did 
not  feel  that  it  was  exactly  pleasing  to  God,  and 
a  kind  of  inward  unrest  was  his.  One  oay,  as 
he  stood  near  the  saw,  without  any  warning  the 
perfectly  sound  rubber  belt,  twelve  inches  wide, 
that  drove  the  machinery,  broke  instantly,  witli 
the  report  oi  a  musket,  and  had  it  not  been  lor 
a  strong  iron  rod,  wnich  it   struck  and  bent  to 

the  floor,  it  would  have   killed  Bro. on  the 

spot.  Me  stood  a  moment  in  amazement,  and 
tiien  said,  "1  understand.  1  have  been  saving 
time  by  robbing  God  ot  worship.  This  danger 
and  this  loss  means  'pay  your  vows'  and  i  will 
do  it."  ilencelonh,  tne  t»ld  mill  has  stood  still, 
as  if  in  silent  reverence,  while  morning  by 
morning  the  whoie  hou8i;hold  kneel  and  wor- 
ship, each  calling  upon  God  irom  a  gratelui 
heart.  The  logs  seemed  to  saw  faster  than 
ever. 

islo  wonder  that  that  is  a  blessed  home,  and 
that  the  two  aged  parents,  ninety  years  oiu,  are 
jounger  than  some  at  seventy.  Brethren,  it 
you  neglect  or  hurry  morning  uovotions  to  save 
time,  look  out    for    some    "broken  belt." — ISe- 


Silenced. 

A  dancing  professor  felt  it  his  duty  to  try  to 
win  many  aseociates  to  Christ. 

"O, ,"  said  he;  "I  long  to  see  you  a  Chris- 
tian; do  come  to  Jesus,  won't  you?" 

"What  for?"  was  the  blunt  rejoinder. 

"Why,  for  salvation.  Don't  you  want  to  be 
saved?" 

"Yes,  I  do;  but  what  particular  sins  do  you 
want  me  to  be  saved  from?" 

"Why,  we  are  all  sinners,  you  know." 

"Yes,  I  know;  but  I  do  not  cheat,  steal,  lie, 
swear  nor  use  tobacco.     What  lack  I  yet?" 

"Do  you  pray?" 

"No;  do  you?" 

"Yes,"  said  the  "  Name  to  live,"  "  I  pray  for 
you." 

"For  me!  when,  I'd  like  to  know?  Monday 
night  you  were  at  the  dance ;  Tuesday  night  I 
met  you  at  the  ball,  and  we  didn't  get  home 
you  know,  until  four  o'clock  in  the  morning; 
Wednesday  night  I  saw  you  at  the  sociable,  and 
like  the  rest  of  us  you  'carried  on  like  sixty;' 
Thursday  night  1  don't  know  where  you  were, 
but  if  cards  could  testify  they  would  tell  what 
you  and  I  were  up  to,  until  nearly  two  o'clock 
on  Friday  night,  and  now  it  is  Saturday,  and 
for  the  life  of  me  I  can't  tell  what  time  you've 
had  for  prayer  this  week,  or  when  you  could 
have  felt  like  it.  O,  I  forgot.  Your  church  holds 
a  prayer-meeting  every  Thursday  evening  does 
it  not?" 

"Yes." 

"And  was  that  where  you  were  last  Thursday 
night?" 

"Yes,  certainly." 

"Did  you  pray  for  me  there?" 

"1  tried  to,"  was  the  faint  response. 

"Well,  I  don't  want  to  hurt  your  feelings,  but 
for  conscience'  sake  don't  do  that  again.  If  you 
pray  for  anybody  pray  for  yourself.  You 
claimed,  when  you  were  converted,  to  have  had 
more  happiness  in  one  hour  than  you  had  in 
your  whole  life  before,  and  if  that  had  been  true 
1  should  have  been  a  Christian  long  before  now; 
but  as  far  as  I  can  see,  you  seek  happiness  just 
where  I  do — in  the  world;  and  if  it  is  right  tor 
you  it  can't  be  wrong  for  me." 

So  saying,  he  departed,  leaving  his  friend  to 
ponder  upon  his  ways,  and  wonder  how  effect- 
ual and  fervent  the  prayers  of  one  could  be  who 
was  trying  faithfully  to  serve  God  and  mammon, 
or  how  much  such  prayers  would  avail  in  the 
salvation  of  lost  souls. — Me. 


ly,  and  strive  to  do  what  they  can,  constitute  in 
reality  the  respectable  class,  irrespective  of  the 
fact  whether  they  eat  vrith  silver  forks  or  steel 
ones. — Selected. 


Words  of  Life  for  every  Day. 

SANCrriFT  THEM    THEOTTGH  THY  TEtJTH  J    THY  WOBD 
IS  TEUTH. 

Thursday,  October  5. — For  the  love  of  Christ 
constraineth  us;  because  we  thus  judge,  that  if 
one  died  for  all,  then  were  all  dead.  And  that 
he  died  for  all,  that  they  which  live  should  not 
henceforth  live  unto  themselves,  but  unto  him 
which  died  for  them  and  rose  again. — 2  Cor. 
5:14-15. 

Friday,  October  6. — For  in  Jesus  Christ 
neither  circumcision  availeth  any  thing,  nor 
un circumcision;  but  faith  which  worketh  by  love. 
—Gal.  5:6. 

Saturday,  October  7. — ^Now  the  works  of 
the  flesh  are  manifest  which  are  these:  Adul- 
tery, fornication,  uncleanness,  lasciviousness, 
and  they  that  are  Christ's  have  crucified  the 
flesh  with  the  affections  and  lusts. — Gal.  5  :  19- 
24. 

Sabbath,  October  8.— That  ye  shall  say,  It  is 
the  sacrifice  of  the  Lord's  paesover,  who  passed 
over  the  houses  of  the  children  of  Israel  in 
Egypt,  when  he  smote  the  Egyptians,  and  de- 
livered our  houses.  And  the  people  bowed  the . 
head  and  worshiped. — Ex.  12:27. 

Monday,  October  9. — But  the  fruit  of  the 
spirit  is  love,  joy,  peace,  long-suffiering,  gentle- 
ness, goodnesd,  faith,  meakness,  temperance: 
against  such  there  is  no  law. — Gal.  5:22-23. 

Tuesday,  October  10. — If  we  live  in  the  spirit 
let  us  also  walk  in  the  spirit. — Gal.  5:25. 

Wednesday,  October  11. — The  grace  of  the 
Lord  Jesus  Christ,  and  the  love  of  God  and  the 
communion  of  the  Holy  Ghost,  be  with  you  all. 
Amen.— 2  Cor.  13:14. 


What  Constitutes  Respectability. 

What   constitutes   respectability — money,  so- 
cial position,  or  genuine  virtue?     To  be  respect- 
able is  to  be  worthy  of  respect;  and  he  deserves 
respect  who  has  most   virtue.     The  humblest 
man  who  bravely  does  his  duty  is   more  worthy 
of  respect,  is  more  truly  respectable,  than   the 
covetous  millionaire  among  his  money-bags,  or 
the  arrogant  monarch  on  his  throne.     The  fine 
lady  who  backbites  her  neighbor  is  less  worthy 
of  respect  than  an   honest  washerwoman.     The 
profligate  man,  though  he  may  roll  in  money,  is 
often  not  really  as  respectable  as  the  shoeblack 
who    cleans    boots.     That    which    exalts   "the 
world"  exalts   the  one  and  despises  the  other, 
but  it  does  not  make  them  respectable  accord- 
ing to  the  real  meaning  of  that  word.     Their  re- 
spectability is  but  a  hollow  sham,  as  they  them- 
selves  fi .  ^uently  feel,  and   those  who  worship 
them  bow  down  to  a  fetish,  a  thing  of  feathers 
and  tinsel.     The  selfish,  idle  drone,  who  wastes 
time  in  his  own  gratification,  and  dissipates  the 
fortune  of  his  progeny,  is  not  and  cannot  be  re- 
spectable;   but  the   hard-working,    self-denying 
lather,  wdo  wears  out  his   life  to  bring  up  his 
children,  is,  even  though  he  be  but  a  day  labor 
er.     The  creed  which  exalts  a  man    in  propor- 
tion to  his  money  bags  is  a  false  one.     It  creates 
an  imperium  in  imperio,  for,  while  the  law  de- 
clares all  citizens  equal,  it  erects  a  social  stand- 
ard which  endeavors  to  ignore  that  great  truth. 
The  coarse,  brutish,  knavish,  profligate,  criminal 
— in  short,  all  who  fall  short   of  their  duty  to 
themselves  and  their  fellow  men — are  those  who 
are  not    respectable ;  and   this  is  whether  they 
are  rich  or  poor.    While  those  who  live  honest- 


Unwound  Clocks. — In  the  hotel  were  a 
number  ot  clocks,  one  at  last  for  each  room,  but 
as  they  each  told  a  different  story,  they  were 
never  depended  on,  and  if  you  did  believe  them, 
you  were  sure  to  be  deceived.  The  fact  was 
that  all  these  time-pieces  were  out  of  order,  or 
had  not  been  wound  up.  Nothing  could  be 
learned  from  them :  they  were  ornamental  apol- 
ogies for  clocks,  and  nothing  more.  Even  so 
the  example  of  professing  Christians  is  of  smaU 
service  to  the  world  if  the  real  life  and  power 
of  godliness  is  absent.  Religion,  when  it  ceases 
to  be  useful,  and  is  only  set  up  for  decorative 
purposes,  is  an  utterly  vain  thing.  If  we  are 
not  wound  up  by  the  divine  hand  we  cannot  gOy 
and  if  we  are  not  going  we  are  useless,  we  con- 
tradict each  other,  and  we  teach  the  world  noth- 
ing worth  its  knowing.  It  is  a  great  pity  when, 
for  lack  of  the  inward,  thb  outward  becomes  a 
total  failure.  When  force  has  departed  from 
the  mainspring,  the  face  and  hands  of  mere 
profession  are  a  wretched  mockery. — Sel. 


Depend  upon  it,  in  the  midst  of  all  the  sci- 
ence about  the  world  and  its  ways,  and  all  the 
ignorance  of  God  and  his  greatness,  the  man  or 
woman  who  can  say,  "Thy  will  be  done,"  with 
the  true  heart  ot  giving  up,  is  nearer  the  secret 
of  things  than  the  geologist  or  theologian. — 
Oeo.  McDonald. 


The  navigator  looks  at  the  sun  and  at  his 
chronometer,  and  puts  his  finger  on  the  chart 
and  says,  "There  we  are,  and  to  yonder  point 
we  are  sailing."  The  fog  comes  down  upon 
him,  and  he  cannot  even  see  the  prow  of  his 
vessel,  and  his  log  and  the  record  of  his  com- 
pass assure  him  that  he  is  right ;  and  right  on- 
ward he  dashes,  full  of  confidence  and  hope. 
With  our  past  experiences  of  the  Son  of  Righ- 
teousness— the  assurances  which  we  have  had 
in  our  souls  from  him  in  the  past,  and  with  the 
compass  and  chart  of  his  words  in  our  hands, 
what  if  the  darkness,  and  fog,  and  chilling  rain 
do  come  down  upon  us,  and  his  face  is  nidea 
from  us,  we  know  from  former  evidences  and 
assurances  that  we  are  right.  Let  us  push  ahead 
in  our  Christian  course  with  hope  and  confi- 
dence. 


October  5,1882 


THE  CMI^ISTIAN  CYNOSUME.. 


11 


CHILDREN'S  CORNER. 


The  Little  Bird. 

A  Utile  bird,  with  feathers  brown, 

Sat  singing  on  a  tree— 
The  song  was  very  soft  and  low. 

But  sweet  as  it  could  be. 

And  all  the  people  passing  by 

Looking  np  to  see  the  bird 
That  made  the  sweetect  melody 

That  ever  they  had  heard. 

But  all  the  bright  eyes  looked  in  vain, 

For  birdie  was  so  small, 
And  with  a  modest,  dark -brown  coat, 

fie  made  no  show  at  all. 

"Why,  papa,"  little  Gracie  said, 

"Where  can  this  birdie  be? 
If  I  could  eing  a  soug  like  that, 

I'd  sit  where  folks  could  see." 

"I  hope  my  little  girl  will  learn 

A  lesson  from  that  bird. 
And  try  to  do  what  good  she  can, 

Not  to  be  seen  or  heard. 

"This  birdie  Is  content  to  sit 

Unnoticed  by  the  way. 
And  sweetly  sing  his  Maker's  praise 

From  dawn  to  close  of  day. 

"So  live,  my  child,  all  through  yonr  life, 

That  be  it  short  or  long, 
Though  others  may  forget  your  looks, 

They'll  not  forget  your  song." 


-Selected. 


Be  Trusty. 

Two  little  boys  were  sent  one  day  by  a  gen- 
tleman to  bring  a  basket  from  a  railway  station. 
It  was  given  to  them,  and  they  started  off  to 
carry  it  back.  As  they  walked  along  Jimmy 
said  to  Harry,  "I  wonder  what  is  inside.  How 
1  should  like  to  see!  1  think  it  is  something 
alive,  for  I  feel  it  moving  about." 

"Well,"  said  Harry,  "give  me  the  basket 
and  let  me  look."  So  he  took  the  basket  from 
his  brother,  and  they  both  knelt  down  in  the 
road  to  see  what  it  contained. 

Harry  was  in  the  act  of  lifting  the  lid,  when 
Jimmy  cried  out,  "Oh,  Harry,  we  had  not  bet- 
ter look;  the  thing  is  not  ours,  and  1  think  we 
shall  get  into  trouble  if  we  touch  it." 

Harry's  confcience  had  been  telling  him  this 
all  the  time,  and  as  he  was  trying  to  lift  the  lid, 
his  bands  trembled  much,  lor  he  knew  he  was 
doing  wrong.  So  he  popped  the  cover  down, 
took  up  the  basket,  and  off  the  brothers  ran  as 
fast  as  they  could.  They  soon  got  to  the  gen- 
tleman's house,  who  took  the  basket  from  the 
boys,  and  gave  them  some  pence  for  their 
trouble. 

"Whilst  they  were  waiting  for  their  money,  he 
cut  the  string  which  fastened  the  basket,  and 
opening  the  lid  carefully,  took  out  two  beauti- 
ful pigeons.  Oh,  how  glad  then  were  the  boys 
that  they  had  not  opened  it!  Had  they  done 
80,  the  birds  would  have  flown  out,  and  they 
would  have  been  severely  punished  for  their 
want  of  trust. 

Little  children,  let  this  be  a  caution  to  you. 
When  you  are  sent  on  a  message,  deliver  it 
quickly  and  correctly.  When  you  are  entrusted 
with  a  parcel,  remember  it  is  not  yours,  and  you 
must  not  touch  or  examine  it.  If  you  do,  you 
may  damage  the  thing  which  is  given  into  your 
care ;  you  will  get  yourself  into  great  trouble, 
and  you  will  never  be  trusted  again.  The  Bi- 
ble says  that  a  "faithful  messenger  refresheth 
the  soul  of  his  master."  Try  always  to  act  be- 
hind your  master's  back  as  you  would  do  before 
his  face,  and  then  I  think  you  will  prove  to  be 
faithful  little  messengers. — Selected. 
^  ■  » 

A  Humane  Horse. 

A  correspondent  of  the  Christian  Union  tells 
the  following,  which  shows  that  the  horse  was 
humane  as  well  as  intelligent.  Some  men  might 
well  go  to  a  horse  of  the  kind  described,  and 
from  him  learn  how  to  be  generous.  A  friend  of 
mine  told  me  a  story  a.  little  while  ago  which 
interested  me  so  much  that  1  want  to  tell  it  to 
all  my  little  friends.  This  gentleman  owned  a 
fine  horse,  which  was  very  fond  of  him  and 
would  come  from  the  pasture  at  the  sound  of 
Ms  voice,  and  follow  him  about  like  a  dog.  Well, 


at  one  time  the  horse  became  lame,  and  was 
obliged  to  stay  in  his  stable  and  not  be  used  for 
many  weeks,  and  it  was  during  this  time  that 
my  friend  became  interested  to  see  how  much 
the  horse  knew  and  how  kind  his  sympathies 
were.  An  old  cat  had  made  her  nest  upon  the 
scaffold  just  above  the  horse's  manger,  and  had 
laid  there  her  little  family  of  five  kittens,  to 
bring  them  up  under  good  tuition,  I  suppose. 
She  and  the  horse  got  on  nicely  for  some  days. 
She  jumped  down  into  his  manger  and  went  oft 
for  food,  and  then  came  back  and  leaped  up  to 
her  kittens  again.  But  one  morning  she  rolled 
off  into  the  manger  with  her  foot  bleeding,  and 
badly  hurt,  so  that  she  could  scarcely  crawl;  but 
she  managed  to  limp  away  on  her  three  feet  and 
get  her  breakfast;  but  when  she  came  back  she 
was  entirely  unable  to  get  up  to  her  kittens,  and 
what  do  you  think  she  did?  (My  friend  hap- 
pened to  be  there  at  the  time  and  saw  this  done.) 
She  lay  down  at  the  horse's  feet,  and  mewed 
and  looked  up,  and  mewed  and  looked  several 
times,  till  at  last.  Pony,  seeming  to  understand 
her  wants,  reached  down,  took  the  cat  in  his 
teeth,  and  tossed  her  up  on  the  scaffold  to  her 
kittens,  who,  1  doubt  not,  were  glad  enough  to 
see  her.  This  Mr.  C.  told  me  he  saw  repeated 
morning  after  morning.  Kit  would  roll  off  into 
the  manger,  go  and  get  her  breakfast,  come 
back,  and  be  tossed  up  to  her  family  by  the 
kind  horse,  who  must  have  understood  cat 
language,  and  been  willing  to  listen  to  it. — 
Exchange. 


SABBATH  SCHOOL. 


LESSON  3,  October  15.— The  Lord's  SappER.— Mark 
14:22-31. 

Golden  Text. — For  as  often  as  ye  eat  this  bread,  and 
drink  this  cup  ye  do  show  the  Lord's  death  till  he  come. 
— 1  Cor.  11 :26. 

22.  And  as  they  did  eat,  Jesus  took  bread,  and  blessed 
and  brake  it,  and  gave  to  them,  and  said,  Take,  eat,  this  is 
my  body. 

38.  And  he  took  the  cup,  and  when  he  had  given 
thanks,  he  gave  it  to  them,  and  they  all  drank  of  It. 

24.  And  he  said  unto  them,  This  is  my  blood  of  the  new 
testament,  which  is  shed  for  many. 

25.  Venly  I  say  unto  you,  1  will  drink  no  more  of  the 
fruit  of  the  vine,  until  that  day  I  drink  it  new  in  the  king- 
dom of  God. 

26.  And  when  they  had  sung  a  hymn,  they  went  out 
into  the  Mount  of  Olives. 

27.  And  Jesus  saith  unto  them,  All  ye  shall  be  offended 
because  of  me  this  night;  for  it  is  written,  I  will  smite 
the  Shepherd,  and  the  sheep  shall  be  scattered. 

28.  But  after  that  I  am  risen,  I  will  go  before  you  into 
Galilee. 

29.  But  Peter  said  unto  him,  Although  all  shall  be  of- 
fended, yet  will  not  I. 

80.  And  Jesus  saith  unto  him,  Verily  I  say  unto  thee, 
That  this  day,  even  in  this  night,  before  the  cock  crow 
twice,  Ihou  shalt  deny  me  thrice. 

31.  But  he  spake  the  more  vehemently,  If  I  should  die 
with  thee,  I  will  not  deny  thee  in  any  wise.  Likewise 
also  said  they  all. 

NOTES. 

Jesus  was  celebrating  the  Paschal  Supper 
with  his  disciples.  When  was  it  first  instituted? 
Ex.  12:1-14.  Of  what  was  it  a  memorial?  Ex. 
12:25-27;  13:8,  14.  Of  what  was  it  a  type?  1 
Cor.  5:7,  8;  1  Pet.  1:19.  This  type  of  deliver- 
ance through  the  death  of  Christ  is  now  to  be 
superseded  by  a  memorial  of  his  death  and  of 
life  and  food  coming  to  us  through  that  death. 
Where  was  the  Lord's  Supper  first  celebrated? 
When?  Under  what  circumstances?  Who  were 
present?  What  dispute  arose?  Luke  22:24. 
What  important  act  did  Christ  perform?  John 
13:4-12.  What  deed  was  foretolct^John  13:18, 
30. 

The  Lord's  Supper  is  in  remembrance  of 
Christ.  Luke  22:19.  It  is^the  seal  of  the  cove- 
nant of  forgiveness  in  blood.  Matt.  26:28.  It 
is  the  symbol  of  partnership  or  communion.  1 
Cor.  10:16.  It  is  one  method  of  preaching  (see 
Rev.  Ver.)  the  death  of  Christ.  1  Cor.  11:26. 
This  must  be  continued  until  the  second  com- 
ing ot  the  Lord.  1  Cor.  11:26.  The  real  body 
and  blood  are  not  in  the  bread  and  wine,  but 
represented  to  our  sight  and  faith,  for  Jesus 
calls  the  contents  of  the  cup  the  "fruit  of  the 
vine."  Matt.  26:29;  Mark  14:25;  Luke  22:18. 
So  also  he  speaks  of  bread.  The  whole  process 
of  making  bread  fitly  represents  the  sufferings 
by  which  Christ  became  bread  to  our  souls. 
John  6:83-36.     The  ^  bread  and  wine  are  sym- 


bols of  his  body  given,    not  broken,  (Rev.  Ver. 

1  Cor.  11:24),  and  his  blood  poured  out.  1  Cor. 
11:24,  25.  Who  should  partake  of  this  Sap- 
per? None  but  true  Christians.  Because  they 
alone  can  enter  int  >  the  meaning  of  the  ordi- 
nance,— they  know  forgiveness  through  blood, 
have  communion  with  God  concerning  the  val- 
ue of  the  body  and  blood  of  Christ.  Just  aa 
the  body  is  strengthened  and  refreshed  by  eat- 
ing bread  and  drinking  wine,  so  the  soul  is  nour- 
ished by  feeding  in  the  heart  upon  the  body 
and  blood  ot  Jesus.  John  6:49-56.  Moreover, 
it  is  the  Lord's  table  and  Supper,  and  none  be- 
sides his  children  have  a  right  to  its  privil- 
eges. 

Should  there  be  any  self-examination  previ- 
ous to  going    to    this  ordinance?  1   Cor.  11:28; 

2  Cor.  13:5.  What  is  it  to  partake  of  this  Sup- 
per "unworthily?"  1  Cor.  11:27-32.  It  is  plain 
that  no  reference  is  here  made  to  unworthiness 
in  those  that  come.  In  that  case  none  mighc 
come,  for  none  are  worthy.  But  the  reference 
is  to  the  manner  in  which  some  may  come.  As 
in  the  case  ot  these  Corinthians,  taking  too 
much  wine.  1  Cor.  ll:2i.  For  this  cause  some 
of.  them  were  weak  and  sickly,  some  had  fallen 
asleep,  or  died.  v.  30.  They  had  not  judged 
themselves  and  their  sins,  and  therefore  (iod 
judged  them.  vs.  31  32.  We  should  therefore 
contemplate  the  death  of  Christ  in  our  hearts, 
should  trust  in  his  blood  for  forgiveness,  should 
judge  ourselves  and  put  away  evil  from  our 
lives  when  we  take  the  Lord's  Supper.  1  Cor. 
5:7,  8.  While  we  look  back  to  the  cross  as  the 
foundation  on  which  we  rest,  we  should  look 
forward  to  his  coming  as  the  crovfn  of  our 
hope. — JVotes  for  Bible  Study. 

PRACTICAL. 

1.  As  the  passover  celebrates  the  birthday  of  the  Jewish 
nation,  so  does  the  Lord's  Supper  the  birthday  of  each 
Chiisiian  soul. 

2.  Vers.  22,  23.  The  simplest  and  most  common 
things  of  daily  lile  remind  us  of  Christ. 

3.  The  two  greatest  needs  of  the  soul — forgiveness  of 
sins,  and  daily  supplies  for  the  soul's  new  life — are  fur- 
nished by  Jesus  Obrist. 

4.  The  Lord's  Supper,  coming  down  to  us  through  the 
ages,  is  irrefragable  proof  of  the  life  and  death  of 
Christ. 

5.  Christ  could  give  thanks,  even  in  view  of  his  own 
death. 

6.  Ver.  25.  There  is  promise  and  hope,  even  in  the 
symbols  that  remind  of  Chiist's  death. 

7.  Ver.  28.  To  Christ  the  future  life  was  a  living  re- 
ality. 

8.  Ver.  29.    Self-confidence  is  a  sign  of  self-ignorance. 

9.  Those  who  boast  themselves  over  others  are  often 
the  first  to  fall. — Peloubet. 

Acknowledgment. 

Fort  Scott,  Kan.,  Sept.  16th,  1882. 
Mt  Beloved  Bko.  : — 1  wish  to  say  through 
the  Cynosure  that  i  received  $5  from  Bro.  S. 
Dean,  of  Waupuu,  Wis.,  through  the  kindness 
of  Rev.  W.  W.  Warner,  for  which  he  mil 
please  accept  my  sincere  thanks.  The  Lord  baa 
blessed  me  in  the  past  year,  and  some  good  I 
trust  has  been  done  for  the  truth,  and  against 
lodgery.  Ever  Yours,     J.  A.  Richards. 


Masonic  Charity. 


A  few  years  ago  a  man  was  very  sick  on  Han- 
chett  street  in  this  city.  He  was  a  Freemason. 
After  a  length  ot  time  his  mind  began  to  wan- 
der, and  he  began  to  talk  incoherently.  His 
wild  state  did  not  seem  pleasing  to  the  craft, 
for  his  talk  was  all  concerning  a  poor  brother 
whom  the  lodge  had  cheated  out  of  his  rights. 
He  continued  to  talk  and  matters  grew  worse; 
the  poor  sick  man  revealed  some  unrevealed  se- 
crets concerning  Masonic  treatment  of  some 
needy  brethren,  and  Masonic  benevolence  bid 
fair  to  pass  at  a  discount.  This  kind  of  thing 
would  not  do.  So  what  do  the  craft  do  but 
send  in  a  physician  in  great  haste  with  opiates 
CO  qiiiet  the  revealer  of  secrets.  The  poor  man 
became  silent  and  died,  and  some  of  the  valuable 
secrets  which  Masons  say  we  do  not  know  and 
cannot  find  out,  were  buried  with  him. —  W.  O. 
in  Michigan  Am.erican. 


If  believers  are  condemned  by  the  world  let 
them  remember  that  they  shall  not  be  con^ 
demned  with  the  word. 


12 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE. 


October  5, 1884 


[Continued  from  5th  page."] 
ble  men  put  a  stop  to  this  sort  of  thing.     One 

fentlemau,  in  a  position  to  know,  said  so  far  as 
e  could  learn  there  were  only  two  prominent 
city  oflBcers  who  were  not  secret  society  men. 
We  cannot  verity  the  statement,  but  everybody 
knows  that  lodge  men  have  crowded  them- 
selves to  the  front  to  the  disgust  ot  all  honest 
people. 

— "No  man  can  serve  two  masters."  The 
Saviour  declares  that  the  man  who  tries  the 
experiment  will  certainly  give  the  preference  to 
one  or  the  other.  A  good  Christian  cannot  be 
a  good  Mason,  nor  can  a  zealous  Mason  be  an 
active  Christian.  Some  men  think  they  are 
combining  the  two  services  successfully  but  if 
we  call  onto  the  witness  stand  the  church  and 
the  lodge  of  which  these  men  are  members,  one 
or  the  other  wiil  complain  of  neglect.  Many 
pastors  notice  that  the  hearts  of  some  Masonic 
church  members  do  not  seem  to  be  in  the  ser- 
vice. A  young  man  once  told  his  pastor  that 
he  did  not  like  to  hear  a  certain  deacon  pray, 
for  said  he,  ''I  meet  him  twice  a  week,  once  at 
prayer-meeting  and  once  in  the  lodge;  at  prayer- 
meeting  his  words  sound  hollow  and  meaning- 
less, while  in  the  lodge  he  is  all  zeal  and  enthu- 
siasm." This  corresponds  well  with  the  remark 
of  a  Connecticut  pastor:  "My  most  active 
members  are  Masons,  but  they  are  not  worth  a 
stick  for  piety." 

A  prominent  JSIew  England  pastor  who  has 
not  yet  entered  the  list  of  open  opponents  of  the 
lodge,  sends  us  a  private  note  containing  some 
friendly  words,  which  we  are  permitted  to  use 
anonymously:  "1  have  before  me  a  copy  of  your 
paper  which  has  been  kindly  sent  to  me.  Allow 
me  to  thank  you  for  it  and  ask  you  to  put  rae 
among  your  subscribers.  I  am  grateful  at  the 
prospect  offered  of  a  general  discussion  of  the 
subject  of  secret  societies  throughout  New  Eng- 
land. Evidently  there  is  great  need  of  it.  I 
only  trust  that  the  discussion  will  be  carried  on 
in  such  a  way  as  to  attract  the  considerate  atten- 
tion and  approval  of  our  more  cautious  and  con- 
servative people  and  not  repel  and  drive  into 
knmediate  antagonism  the  great  number  of  con- 
scientious (if  mistaken)  men  connected  with  the 
lodges.  There  are  scores  of  such  men  in  all  our 
large  towns  and  any  movement  in  promotion  of 
righteousness  ought  to  have  their  support  and 
co-operation — or  at  least  not  their  avowed  hos- 
tility— if  this  be  possible.  *  *  *  1  do  not 
make  the  above  suggestions  in  criticism  of  your 
paper,  but  only  as  a  consideration  that  comes  to 
me  in  view  of  the  general  subject.  I  heart- 
ily approve  of  your  paper  and  its  sentiments,  ex- 
cept perhaps  the  proposal  to  go  into  politics." 

We  occasionally  receive  such  letters  as  the 
foregoing  from  prominent  men,  but  more  fre- 
quently words  like  those  are  given  us  orally, 
lest  undue  use  might  be  made  of  them.  Tlie 
feelings  and  sentiments  expressed  here  prevail 
quite  extensively  throughout  JSlew  England, 
rasters  feel  that  this  subject  must  be  met  and 
fairly  discussed,  yet  they  dread  the  discussion 
as  the  pioneers  used  to  dread  prairie  fires.  The 
very  caution  which  they  show  is  an  indication 
of  the  baneful  influence  ot  the  lodges,  as  well 
as  of  their  great  strength.  Conservative  men 
owe  some  consideration  to  radicals  at  such  times, 
for  it  is  evident  the  public  is  so  sensitive  that 
even  a  mild  discussion  will  provoke  opposition, 
hence  the  mere  fact  that  a  man  is  strongly  op- 
posed should  not  be  regarded  necessarily  as  a 
condemnation. 


We  have  no  fears  of  the  results  if  only  the 
pastors  of  New  England  will  investigate  the 
real  indictment  against  the  lodges.  It  is  not 
enough  to  oppose  them  because  they  take  the 
time  and  money  of  clmrch  members.  To  put 
the  opposition  on  such  ground  only  woakeus  its 
force,  for  men  will  argue  that  if  there  is  no  vital 
wrong  but  some  recognized  good  in  the  orders, 
then  they  have  a  right  to  the  time  and  money 
of  men  as  well  as  the  churches  have.  The  fact 
is  there  are  vital  principles  involved  and  we 
lanst  speak  in  defense  of  them. 

A  young  man  in  Worcester  was  recently  dis- 
gharged  from  a  factory  to    make   place  for  a 


Mason.  His  employer  told  him  if  he  would 
join  the  Masons  he  could  have  employment. 
Since  then  two  manufacturers  have  said  the 
same  thing  to  him.  It  appears  the  Masons  pro- 
pose to  secure  the  public  offices  for  their  men, 
to  control  the  business  of  the  city  in  their  own 
interest,  to  frighten  the  churches  into  silence, 
and  subsidize  the  press  to  advertise  them.  Could 
there  be  anything  more  selfish,  more  despotic, 
more  clannish,  than  the  principle  of  favoritism 
and  intimidation  thus  practiced?  The  vigilance 
of  the  people  must  be  aroused,  ring-rule  must 
be  destroyed  and  fair  and  impartial  government 

secured. 

i»  •  »■ 

The  New  England  Board. 

This  board  was  organized  last  year  to  pro- 
mote reform  work  in  New  England.  Since  that 
time  it  has  employed  two  men  constantly  and 
two  others  for  part  of  the  time  to  lecture  and 
put  into  circulation  reform  literature.  The 
work  of  these  agents  has  been  constantly  re- 
ported and  friends  are  informed  of  its  value  in 
the  cause.  The  Board  was  called  together  Sept. 
19th  to  hear  a  report  from  its  Secretary  and 
Treasurer  and  lay  plans  tor  the  coming  year. 
A  majority  was  not  present,  but  there  were  a 
number  of  other  friends  present  and  it  was  de- 
cided to  proceed  with  the  business  subject  to 
the  ratification  of  a  majority  hereafter.  The 
reports  of  the  Secretary  and  Treasurer  were  ap- 
proved. 

After  consultation  it  was  decided  that  we 
must  endeavor  to  continue  the  same  kind  of 
work.  The  Board  authorized  the  Secretary  to 
employ  agents  as  the  funds  would  warrant  and 
to  make  every  effort  to  raise  funds  for  the  vig- 
orous prosecution  of  the  work.  It  is  hoped 
friends  will  respond  promptly  and  cheerfully 
to  the  appeal  for  support.  Hereafter  monthly 
statements  will  be  made  of  amounts  received 
with  the  initials  of  the  givers  so  that  friends  can 
know  how  the  work  progresses. 

The  South  Worcester  Meeting. 

For  many  years  a  Sunday  School  has  met  in 
one  of  the  public  school  buildings  in  South 
Worcester.  The  mission  has  been  very  prosper- 
ous, and  has  gathered  to  itself  a  good  number  of 
earnest  friends,  who  have  acquired  a  hearty  sym- 
pathy and  fellowship  in  their  work. 

Recently  they  have  engaged  a  pastor  and  are 
now  having  preaching  every  Sabbath.  They 
have  purchased  and  paid  for  a  lot  on  which  to 
erect  a  chapel,  and  have  pledges  for  a  part  of 
the  amount  needed  to  build  it  with.  The  build- 
ing committee  are  pushing  forward  as  rapidly 
as  circumstances  will  allow,  and  it  is  confidently 
hoped  the  building  may  be  finished  this  fall. 

Methodists,  Baptists,  Christians,  Congrega- 
tionalists,  Germans,  Americans  and  Swedes  are 
all  deeply  interested  and  warmly  united  in  the 
project.  A  prayer-meeting  of  great  usefulness 
is  regularly  sustained,  and  there  is  every  pros- 
pect of  a  united,  prosperous  and  useful  organiza- 
tion in  the  near  future.  They  are  already  prac- 
tically united  in  genuine  Christian  fellowship. 
May  the  Lord  bless  the  enterprise. 


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— It  is  proposed  to  abolish  the  spirit  ration  in 
the  British  navy,  and  to  give  a  substitute  "in 
the  form  of  improved  dietary  or  increased 
pay." 


Nominations  for  1884. 

For  President, 

JONATHAN  BLANCHARD, 

of  Illinois. 

Jbor  Tlce-President. 

JOHN  A.  CONANT. 

of  Connecticut. 

PLATFORM. 

We  hold:  1.  That  ours  is  a  Christian  and  not  a 
heathen  nation,  and  that  the  God  of  the  Christian 
Scriptures  is  the  author  of  civil  government. 

2.  That  God  requires  and  man  needs  a  Sabbath. 

3.  That  the  prohibition  of  the  importation,  manu- 
facture and  sale  of  intoxicating  drinks  as  a  beverage 
is  the  true  policy  on  the  temperance  question. 

4.  That  the  charters  of  all  secret  lodges  granted  by 
our  Federal  and  State  Legislatures  should  be  with- 
drawn, and  their  oaths  prohibited  by  law. 

5.  That  the  civil  equality  secured  to  all  American 
citizens  by  articles  13th,  14th  and  I5th  of  our  amended 
Constitution  should  be  preserved  inviolate. 

6.  That  arbitration  of  differences  with  nations  is 
the  most  direct  and  sure  method  of  securing  and  per- 
petuating a  permanent  peace. 

7.  That  to  cultivate  the  intellect  without  improving 
the  morals  of  men,  is  to  make  mere  adepts  and  expei-ts ; 
therefore,  the  Bible  should  be  associated  with  books  of 
science  and  literature  in  all  our  educational  institu- 
tions. 

8.  That  land  and  other  monopolies  should  be  dis- 
couraged. 

9.  That  the  government  should  furnish  the  people 
with  an  ample  and  sound  currency. 

10.  That  maintenance  of  the  public  credit,  protection 
to  all  loyal  citizens,  and  justice  to  Indians  are  essential 
to  the  honor  and  safety  of  our  nation. 

11.  And,  finally,  we  demand  for  the  American  peo- 
ple the  abolition  of  electoral  colleges,  and  a  direct  vote 
for  President  and  Vice-president  of  the  United  States. 


Attention  looters/ 

POLPnOAL  ACTION  IN   MICHIGAN. 

While  attending  the  National  Conve  ntion  at 
Batavia,  N.  Y.,  it  was  deemed  advisable,  by 
a  majority  of  Mieh.  State  committee  present 
to  put  in  nomination  a  State  ticket  for  the  com- 
ing election,  which  important  work  was  done 
with  the  following  result : 

AMERICAN  STATE  TICKET. 

For  Governor, 

CHARLES  C.  POOTE, 

of  Detroit. 

For  Lientenant  Governor, 

LEWIS  I.  VSnCKER, 

of  Oakland. 

For  Secretary  of  State, 
JACOB  O.  DOESBURQ, 
of  Ottawa. 

For  State  Treasurer, 

GEORGE  SW ANSON, 

of  Calhoun. 

For  Auditor  General, 

WILLIAM  WING, 

of  Kent. 

For  CommiBsioner  of  State  Laad  Office 

GEORE  W.  CLARK, 

of  Detroit. 

For  Attorney  General, 

HENRY  C.  PRATT, 

of  Lenawee. 

For  Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction, 

WILLLA.M  H.  ROSS, 

of  Allegan. 

For  Member  State  Board  of  Education, 

HARDY  A.  DAY, 

of  Branch. 


Iowa  American  Ticket  for  1882. 

For  Secretary  of  State :    A.  W.  Hall. 

For  State  Auditor:     Wm.  Elliott. 

For  State  Treasurer :    M.  Spbingstbed. 

For  Attorney  General:  .Tacob  W.  Roobrs. 

For  Judge  of  Supreme  Court:    Joseph  P.  Fbbguson. 

For  Clerk  of  Supreme  Court:     W.  P.  Nobbis. 


Michigan  Fifth  District. 

For  Representative  in  Congress :    Hbnbt  D.  Inuam. 


— Prohibitionists  of  the  Fifth  Michigan  Dis- 
trict cannot  do  better  than  to  cast  their  vote  for 
Henry  D.  Inman  for  member  of  Congress.  Efo 
is  as  good  a  prohibitionist  as  there  is  in  the  dis-- 
trict,  and  besides  he  is  under  no  obUgations  se- 
cured by  mortgage  on  throat,  breast,  brain  or 
bowels  to  keep  rum-sellers'  secrets  or  extricate 
saloon  keepers  from  their  difficulties. 


October  5, 1882 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE. 


18 


Inaction  Means  Death. 

The  editor  of  the  Coldwater  Sun  sees  some- 
Ihin^  in  the  condition  of  thina-s  which  he  not 
improperly  terras  "Political  Narcotism."  He 
■evidently  sees  that  not  a  small  proportion  of  the 
voting  population  do  not  vote  at  all,  have  not 
for  years,  and  will  not  under  the  existinsf  state 
■of  things.  In  all  reformatory  movements  there 
has  been  trouble  from  this  "  narcotism,"  and  it 
is  not  to  be  wondered  at  that  it  makes  its  appear- 
ance now.  Neither  of  the  old  parties  are  fit  for 
an  honest  man  and  a  Christian  to  be  connected 
with.  Tear  after  year  we  have  voted  in  hope  of 
seeing  advances  made  in  civil  and  religious  pro- 
isrress,  and  year  after  year  we  were  made  to 
blush  at  the  thought  of  having  (as  far  as  our 
vote  went)  given  aid  to  some  dastardly  outrage 
which  was  in  evry  respect  a  disgrace  to  the  na- 
tion and  to  the  party  in  power.  But  while  this 
may  be  true,  indiilerence  and  inactivity  is  not  at 
all  the  proper  thing.  Our  fathers  saw  that  it 
was  a  man's  right  both  to  be  independent  and  to 
give  expression  to  that  independence.  Accord- 
ing to  the  plan  wisely  adopted  by  this  govern- 
ment, expression  is  given  to  this  independence 
by  the  ballot.  The  remedy  for  all  our  ills,  polit- 
ically speaking,  is  in  the  ballot.  If  a  majority 
of  the  people  are  not  pleased  with  the  existing 
condition  of  things,  they  can  at  once  bring  about 
a  needed  reform.  We  say  they  can,  for  this  is 
a  people's  government,  and  in  a  people's  govern- 
ment the  expressed  will  and  desire  of  the  ma- 
jority is  the  controlling  power.  Now  we  sub- 
mit it  to  be  a  fact,  that  the  majority  of  the 
people  are  disgusted  with  the  operations  of  the 
various  diviaions  of  governmental  affairs,  from 
the  common  justice  conrt  up  through  all  to  the 
great  Congress  of  the  United  States.  Why  not 
bring  about  a  remedy,  since  reform  is  the  will 
of  the  majority  ? 

We  answer,  indifference  and  inactivity.  Men 
fear  that  by  votinsr  for  a  new  measure  they  will 
lose  their  vote.  We  now  submit  the  following 
query :  Who  loses  his  vote,  the  man  who  votes 
for  an  honest  candidate  and  a  pure  principle,  and 
is  defeated,  or  the  man  who  votes  with  a  corrupt 
party,  elects  a  dishonest  candidate,  and  himself 
and  fellow-citizens  plundered  as  a  result?  The 
cry  of  thus  losing  votes  is  worn  threadbare.  In 
the  anti- slavery  struggle  there  existed  a  society 
called  "Know-Nothings."  There  also  existed 
another  class  which  might  be  termed  "  do-noth- 
ings," and  owing  to  the  existence  of  these  stumb- 
ling blocks  victory  for  the  right  was  long  de- 
layed. In  the  present  struggle,  if  every  voting 
citizen  would  study  for  himself,  searching  for 
the  right,  and  having  found  the  true  policy,  act 
upon  it,  reform  would  as  naturally  and  easily 
follow  as  that  harvest  follows  seedtime.  But  if 
we  will  not  act,  we  must  keep  silent  and  suffer. 
— Michigan  American. 


RELIGIOUS   INTELLIGENCE. 

— The  last  United  Presbyterian  General  As- 
sembly at  Monmouth  appointed  the  third  Sab- 
bath of  October  (16th),  to  be  observed  as  a  day 
of  prayer  for  all  the  Sabbath  schools  in  the 
congregations,  of  that  church. 

— A  convention  is  being  held  this  week,  Oct. 
3  and  4,  in  the  First  Presbyterian  church,  Pitts- 
burgh, by  the  National  Reform  Association.  In 
{)reparation  for  this  convention  meetings  have 
ately  been  held  in  several  places  in  Western 
Pennsylvania  by  Kevs.  J.  G.  McFeeters  and  J. 
H.  Timmons. 

— Rev.  Martin  L.  Willibton,  son  of  the  rever- 
end J.  P.  Williston,  of  Northampton,  Mass., 
and  formerly  pastor  of  the  First  church,  Gales- 
burg,  111.,  is  now  preaching  in  Davenport,  Iowa. 

— Last  Friday  the  corner  stone  of  a  new 
Episcopal  Church  of  the  Ascension  was  laid  with 
great  ceremony  in  Chicago  in  connection  with 
the  "feast  of  St.  Michael  the  Archangel."  Four 
"low"  masses  were  celebrated  in  the  morning 
and  "high  mass"  toward  noon.  The  procession 
about  the  church  and  on  the  street,  the  bowings, 
the  repetitions,  the  fantastic  dresses  of  black  and 
red,  the  "invocation  to  St.  Michael,"  and  all  the 
list  of  popish  stuff  gone  through  are  described 
in  the  daily  papers.  The  clergyman  who  led  in 
this  performance  is  one  of  the  "high  church" 
order,     Th©  Episcopal    Bishop  MoLaren,  who 


should  hare  conducted  the  stone  laying  cererao- 
nv,  refused  to  have  anything  to  do  with  it. 
Whether  he  will  wink  at  the  innovation  or  no 
is  not  said. 

—  Rev.  D.  S.  Kinney,  publishing  agent  of  the 
Wesleyan  Connection  is  expecting  to  visit  Da- 
kota to  dedicate  a  new  church  at  Northville, 
Oct.  11,  and  organize  a  new  annual  confer- 
ence for  the  Territory. 

— Bro.  E.  Jones,  papfor  of  the  Wesleyan 
church  at  Syracuse,  N.  Y.,  was  lately  assailed 
in  a  brutal  manner  while  going  home  in  tlie 
evening  from  a  church  meeting.  He  was 
struck  in  the  back  by  a  large  stone  and  was  se- 
verely injured.  There  is  no  trace  of  the  vil- 
lain who  attacked  him. 

— The  Theological  Seminarv  at  Wheaton  opens 
this  week  on  Wednesday.  Prof.  Stratton  has 
been  improving  his  vacation  in  visits  to  a  num- 
ber of  conferences,  cheering  the  brethren  by  his 
presence,  and  being  himself  greatly  encouraged 
by  the  purpose  manifested  to  sustain  his  work. 
He  is  expecting  a  good  class  this  fall  and  will 
be  assisted  in  the  labor  of  instruction  by  Dr.  J. 
B.  Walker  of  Wheaton,  and  Rev.  S.  F.  Stratton 
of  Downers  Grove,  111. 

— ^The  Rev.  J.  H.  Hill,  who  has  been  appoint- 
ed missionary  to  the  Central  American  State  of 
Guatemala  by  the  Presbyterian  Missionary  Soci- 
ety of  the  Northwest,  left  Chicago  on  Monday 
to  enter  upon  his  work.  At  4  o'clock  Sabbath 
afternoon  farewell  services  in  his  behalf  were 
held  in  the  Jefferson  Park  Church,  at  which 
there  was  a  large  attendance  of  those  interested 
in  his  mission. 

— One  of  the  Catholic  churches  of  this  city 
opened  a  raffle  for  a  house  and  lot  on  Sabbath 
afternoon. 

— Bro.  C.  W.  Hiatt,  who  for  about  a  year  has 
been  preaching  for  the  Tonica  church,  has  found 
a  change  necessary  for  his  health.  He  expects 
to  go  to  Oberlin  where  he  will  resume  bis  stud- 
ies. Pres.  Blanchard  preached  at  Tonica  last 
Sabbath. 

— The  Anglaize,  O.,  United  Brethren  confer- 
ence adopted  the  following  upon  the  secrecy 
question  at  its  late  meeting  : 

"Whekeas,  We  still  see  the  demoralizing  and 
corrupting  influence  of  oath-bound  secrecy  upon 
society,  biasing  the  minds  of  politicians  and  cor- 
rupting our  courts  of  justice ;  and.  Whereas, 
We  should  have  in  them  examples  of  moral  re- 
form ;  therefore. 

Resolved f  That  in  teaching  the  great  example 
of  Christ  to  the  people  we  should  be  careful  to 
say  to  them,  "Come  out  from  among  them  and 
be  ye  separate  saith  the  Lord,  and  touch  not  the 
unclean  thing."  And  while  ministers  may  en- 
tertain different  opinions  as  to  the  best  methods 
of  opposing  the  evil  of  secrecy,  they  should 
never  become  nullifiers  of  law,  or  tolerate  in 
any  way  this  principle  among  church  mem- 
bers." 

— In  Syracuse  University  there  is  a  wealthy 
young  Brazilian  student,  who  intends  to  become 
a  Methodist  preacher  and  preach  in  his  own 
land,  and  when  he  comes  into  his  property  to 
endow  an  American  chair  in  the  university. 

— Twenty-three  churches  of  the  Illinois  Dis- 
trict of  the  Lutheran  Synod  of  Missouri  estab- 
lished an  Orphans'  Home  at  Addison,  111.,  ten 
years  ago.  This  institution  is  in  a  flourishing 
condition.  During  the  time  of  its  existence 
154  orphans  have  been  received.  Receipts  of 
last  year:  donations,  $4,808;  from  other 
sources,  $2,223.22 ;  sum  total,  $7,031.22. 

— Dr.  Barnardo  is  one  of  the  most  active  and 
successful  city  missionaries  in  London.  His 
mission  is  to  the  most  degraded,  and  he  depends 
on  voluntary  contributions  for  the  means  with 
which  to  carry  it  on.  Recently  he  was  in  a 
tight  place  for  lack  of  funds.  A  lady  who  was 
an  entire  stranger  to  him  called  to  make  some 
inquiries  about  the  mission.  She  expressed  her- 
self so  well  satisfied  with  what  she  learned  about 
it  that  she  asked  Dr.  Barnardo  to  accept  of  a 
1,000?  Bank  of  England  note.  This  he  grate- 
fully consented  to  do.  Before  he  had  recovered 
from  thu  ftstonishment  con9e(juent  on  th§  un- 


expected gift  she  asked  him  if  he  would  accept 
of  another  just  like  it.  He  consented,  just  as 
gratefully  as  in  the  first  instance.  As  she  was 
seeing  away  she  quietly  slipped  another  into  bis 
hand,  making  altogether  3,000?,  or  about  $15,- 
000  in'  our  money.  The  lady  declined  to  give 
her  name,  but  seemed  to  take  pleasure  in  doing 
good  for  the  love  of  it,  and  not  for  the  sake  of 
having  her  beneficence  advertised  in  the  pa- 
pers. 

— Of  all  Lutheran  countries  Iceland  is  the  best 
provided  with  pastoral  oversight.  For  every 
two  hundred  of  its  inhabitants  there  is  a  pastor, 
and  there  are  some  parishes  where  the  number  of 
souls  is  still  pnialler.  Most  of  the  pastors  come 
from  the  peasantry,  and  the  direction  of  the  re- 
ligious life  of  the  people  has  hitherto  been  ex- 
clusively in  the  hands  of  ordained  men.  But 
now  the  lay  element  is  beginning  to  move  sep- 
arately. In  the  northern  district  of  the  island, 
for  example,  lay  preaching  has  been  started  and 
is  meeting  with  considerable  favor. 

— The  labors  of  the  Protestant  misgionariefl 
in  benighted  Spain  have  been  productive  of 
good  fruit.  Within  the  last  twelve  years  about 
13,000  Spaniards  have  joined  thfi  ranks  of  the 
Evangelical  Church,  and  over  40  Sunday-schools 
have  been  established  in  which  7,000  children 
are  instructed.  The  German  Protestarits  have 
contributed  about  $2,500  to  this  noble  work. 


Elder  Post  and  the  Bridgewater  Association. 
MoNTROSK,  Pa.,  Sept.  22,  1882. 

Dear  Bro.  Blanchard  : — Having  failed  to  at- 
tend the  convention  at  Batavia,  I  think  it  prop- 
er that  I  should  give  to  friends  the  reason. 
That  is,  in  short,  this :  It  so  happened  that  the 
time  of  the  meeting  was  the  same  as  that  of  the 
annual  meeting  of  our  Bridgewater  Baptist  As- 
sociation, held  in  this  place.  There  seemed  to 
be  more  important  reasons  that  I  should  attend 
the  latter,  waiving  all  the  gratification  the  for- 
mer mierht  afford,  and  I  acted  accordingly.  A 
resolution,  which  embodies  my  articles  of  faith, 
had  for  several  years,  on  my  motion,  been 
adopted  by  the  Aesociation.  I  thought  it  a  mat- 
ter of  more  importance  than  personal  gratifica- 
tion, and  I  had  no  assurance  that  anybody  but 
myself  would  see  that  it  was  brought  up  for  »c, 
tion.  Added  to  this,  there  were  some  consider- 
ations connected  with  my  becoming  a  minister 
of  the  body  at  the  Associational  meeting  forty- 
one  years  previous. 

In  relation  to  that  as  a  matter  of  personal 
history,  of  more  interest  to  me  perhaps  than  any 
one  else,  I  will  here  say  that,  after  having  some 
seven  years  been  a  member  of  the  bar  of  our 
county,  I  had  in  the  anti-slavery  and  temper- 
ance battles  come  to  possess  that  indefinably 
restlessness  which  seemed  to  say,  You  have  a 
different  mission  from  that  at  the  bar.  There 
is  a  work  for  you  in  the  oncoming  time  that  you 
can  better  do  in  connection  with  the  ministry; 
To  this,  after  something  of  a  struggle  I  yielded, 
and  in  accordance  with  Baptist  usage,  I  was  or- 
dained to  the  ministry.  Here  commenced  the 
part  I  have  taken  since  in  our  denominational  and 
national  conflicts.  Of  course  there  is  no  room 
here  for  detail. 

A  few  words  in  relation  to  the  Association 
and  the  present  anniversary.  I  must  say  for 
it  that  it  was  largely  attended  and  full  of  inter- 
est. After  the  reporting  and  adopting  of  re- 
ports on  the  matters  pertaining  to  the  ordinary 
business,  the  second  day  I  called  up  the  resolu- 
tion which  on  my  motion  had  for  several  anni- 
versaries previous  been  passed,  remarking  that 
it  was  a  summary  of  my  articles  of  faith,  the 
body  of  divinity  I  had  in  the  past  endeavored 
to  make  practical,  and  hoped  to  during  the  time 
that  remains  to  me  beyond  my  three  score  and 
ten  years.  The  resolution  passed  without  de- 
bate or  opposition,  and  with  permission,  I  will 
here  give  it  to  the  public  through  the  Cyno- 
sure : 

Resolvkd,  That  we  continue  to  stand  by  our  old  Bap- 
tist landmarks,  among  which  are  Individual  Soul  Liberty; 
church  Independence;  church  as  distinguished  from 
Christian  Fellowship;  New  Testament,  as  distinguished 
from  the  prelatical  title  D.  D.,  in  the  ministry;  the  equal 
right  of  all  men  to  life,  liberty,  and  the  pursuit  of  happi- 
ness; to  all  of  our  former  testimonies  in  favor  of  total  ab- 
stinence from  all  intoxicating  drinks ;  and  finally  against 
all  oath-bound  secret  orders  or  so-called  brotherhoods, 

A^BBRT^J<,  P08T. 


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THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE. 


October  6,  1888 


VOMt  AND  FARM. 


Physical  Development 

It  is  asserted  that  the  average 
English  girl  of  twenty  is  a  finer 
creature      physically      than      her 

American    contemporary larger 

boned,  more  muscular,  fuller  blood- 
ed, and  in  general  more  robust. 
The  children's  food  at  English 
schools  is  more  digestible  and  nour- 
ishing. To  eat  regularly  three 
hearty  meals  every  day  is  a  duty 
and  a  pleasure  in  an  English  fami- 
ly or  school.  Girls  are  required  to 
bring  luncheon  from  home,  or  buy 
it  at  school.  English  girls  are  more 
in  the  open  air  than  American 
irirls,  and  in-doors  they  live  in 
rooms  warmed  by  open  fires. 
Girls  are  not  allowed  to  study  af- 
ter eight  o'clock  in  the  evening,  in 
order  that  they  may  have  time  to 
rest  before  bed  time.  -  It  the  pupil 
cannot  complete  her  lesson  within 
the  time  mentioned,  she  leaves  it 
undone.  An  English  girl  of  good 
family  grows  up  until  she  is  eigh 
teen  years  old  in  an  atmosphere  of 
profound  quiet ;  she  sees  very  lit- 
tle of  young  men,  besides  those  of 
her  own  family :  does  not  go  to 
parties  or  public  entertainments 
of  any  sort,  and  knows  little  and 
cares  less  for  the  outside  world. 
As  fortunate  marriages  are  what 
English  girls  desire,  it  is  impor- 
tant that  a  young  woman,  in  all 
clasBes  of  society,  should  be  healthy 
and  vigorous.  In  the  language  of 
Dr.  Clark,  "the  English  edufate 
the  body  more  than  we  do,  and  in 
this  respect  build  better  brains. 
There  ie  no  reason  why  we  should 
not  equal  or  surpass  them  in  this 
respect  as  well  as  others.  A  re- 
public should  build  the  bodies  and 
form  the  brains  of  its  children 
with  as  much  care  and  excellence 
AS  a  monarchy  performs  the  same 
task  for  itself."  Let  our  girls  heed 
this  advice,  and  take  plenty  of  ex- 
ercise— out  of  doors  as  well  as  in 
the  house. — Christian  at  Work. 


SuNFLowEKs  wiU  be  found  profit- 
able by  all  who  keep  chickens. 
The  tall  plants  will  grow  in  any 
waste  corner  and  especially  like  a 
chip  yard.  One  stalk  (self-sown) 
by  our  wood  pile  matured  23  flow- 
ers. On  another  in  a  corner  of 
the  garden  we  found  36  flowers. 
The  Batavia,  N.  Y.,  News  tells  of 
a  prodigy:  "Alvin  Chamberlain, 
of  Alexander,  has  a  sunflower  that 
is  superior  in  all  respects  to  the 
Bethany  specimen  of  sestheticism. 
Mr.  Chamberlain's  is  9  feet  above 
the  ground  and  bore  43  flowers, 
the  largest  of  which  is  36  inches 
in  circumference.  Three  flowers 
were  cut  from  it  two  weeks  ago 
that  measured  6  inches  in  diam- 
eter." 


Save  the  Straw. — The  preser- 
vation of  straw  for  feeding  pur- 
poees  is  very  important.  It  is  best 
secured  at  or  immediately  after 
threshing  time.  The  chafl,  espe- 
cially of  wheat  straw,  is  most  val- 
uable, and  should,  so  far  as  possi- 
ble, be  distributed  through  the 
stack.  That  which  is  left  in  rear 
of  the  straw  carrier  should  be  put 
under  shelter,  as  it  rots  easy. 


Feeding  Hobsbs. — The  horse  has 
|:^9  {BQ^HU^^t  §tomach,  in  proportion 


to  his  size,  of  any  animal.  Fifteen 
or  sixteen  quarts  is  its  utmost  ca- 
pacity. Horses  are  generally  over- 
fed and  not  fed  often  enough.  A 
horse's  digesfdon  is  very  rapid,  and 
therefore  he  gets  hungry  sooner 
than  a  man.  When  he  is  hungry 
he  is  inefficient,  and  wears  out  very 
rapidly. 


An  Iowa  farmer  says  that  stalks 
from  an  acre  of  sweet  corn  are 
worth  the  cost  of  raising  the  crop 
if  used  as  feed  for  milch  cows.  He 
gets  $50  per  acre  for  the  green 
ears. 


In  behalf  of  the  fruit  interest  it 
is  well  to  recall  each  year  the  pic- 
torial remark  of  Horace  Greely : 
"An  apple  tree  is  like  a  cow  tied 
to  a  stake ;  you  must  carry  food  to 
it  or  it  will  die." 


Whatever  he  has  done  or  neg- 
lected to  do  in  the  past,  the  farmer 
who  has  land  which  can  be  prop- 
erly devoted  to  that  purpose  should 
make  it  a  point  this  year  to  set  a 
few  fruit  trees. 


Chrisiian   Workers 


Who  depend  on  voluntary  con- 
tributions of  Christian  people  in 
whole  or  in  part  for  their  support: 

J .  F  .  ROWNE,  Cabin  Creek,  Ky. 

Eli  Tapley,  Columbus,      iss. 

J.  F.  Galloway,  Okahumka 
Florida. 

Wm.  Hazenburo,  Cape  Town,  S. 
Africa. 

A.  D.  Zaeaphonithes,  Andros, 
via  Syra,  Greece.    . 

G.  H.  FiLiAN,  Armenia. 

Contributions  for  either  of  these 
brethren  may  be  forwarded  either 
through  the  editors  of  the  Cyno- 
sure or  the  Treasurer  of  the  N. 
C.  A.  Please  designate  to  which 
one  such  funds  shall  be  sent. 


BIBLES. 

We  have  recently  exchanged  a 
lot  of  Anti-masonic  publications 
for|  ibles  which  we  offer  at  low 
rates  post  paid. 

We  have  well  bound  pocket  Bi- 
bles at  $1.00,  $1.35,  $1.50,  $2.00, 
$2.25,  $2.50  and  $3.00.  Also  some 
fine  Oxford  and  Tract  Society 
Teachers  Bibles  at  $3.00,  $3.25, 
$3.50  and  $4.25. 

Of  the  family  Bibles  all  but  two 
have  already  been  disposed  of, 
leaving  one  at  $3.00  and  the  other 
at  $6.75. 

Among  the  pocket  Bibles  are 
some  Oxford  edition  with  leather 
protecting  edges  at  $2.00  and 
$3.00  each.     Address, 

Ezra  A.  Cook, 
7Wabaeh  Ave.,  Chicago. 


IMPORTANT  TO  TRAVELERS  ! 

Special  inducements  are  offered 
you  by  the  Burlington  Route.  It 
will  pay  you  to  read  their  advertise-, 
ment  to  be  found  elsewhere  in  this 
issue. 

PHOTOGRAPHS. 

We  now  have  at  ihe  Cynoiure  office  a  supply  of 
well-executed  card  photographs  of  Captain  Win. 
Morgan,  President  J.  BlancharU,  President  Charles 
G.  Finney  and  Elder  David  Bernard,  at  15 
cents  each,  or  the  four  for  50  cents,  post-paid. 
|>9ita^  WtMopi  lecelred  pit  «monat9  ^tder  ^\.(f>. 


NATIONAL  CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATIOh 


221  W.  Madtson  St.,  Chicago. 

Pbesidknt.  —  J.  Blanchard,  Wheaton, 
111. 

Vice  -  Pbesidknt.  —  Thos.  H.  Qault, 
Chjcago. 

BC.  Sec. — John  D.  Nutting,  Chicago. 

Cor.  Sec.  and  Gbn.  Agent. — J.  P.  Stod- 
dard, 231  W.  Madison  Street,  Chicago. 

Treasuber.— W.  I.  Phillips,  231  W. 
Madison  Street,  Chicago. 

DiBECTOjis. — Philo  Carpenter,  J.  Blanch- 
ard, M.  R.  Britten,  E.  A.  Cook,  H  L.  Kel- 
logg, D.  P.  Baker,  T.  H.  Gault,  A.  G. 
Laird,  C.  R.  Hagerty,  John  Gardner,  L.  N' 
Stratton. 

the  national  convention. 

President.— Rev.  S.  Collins,  Wash, 
ington    D.  C. 

Secretaries. — H.  L.  Kellogg,  W.  H. 
Ross  and  M.  N.  Butler. 

The  object  of  this  Association  is ; 

"To  expose,  wlthetand  and  remove  lecret  aoci- 
•tlei,  Freemagonry  in  particalsr,  and  other  anti- 
Chri<ti«n  moTementa,  Id  order  to  eave  the  chnrcb- 
••  of  Chrlgt  from  being  depraved,  to  redeem  the 
administration  of  jaatice  from  perversion,  and 
our  repabllcan  government  from  corraptlon." 

To  cany  on  this  work  contiibutiona  aro 
■elicited  from  every  friend  of  the  reform. 

7oRM  OF  BI4VXBT.— I  giv«  and  boqueath  to  the 
National  Christian  Association,  Incorporated  and 
existing  nnder  the  laws  of  the  Stat*  of  Illinois, 

the  sam  of dollars,  for  the  porposes  of  said 

Association,  and  for  which  the  receipt  of  It* 
Treasnrer  for  the  Hme  beinf  «h»ll  be  ■  •nfflclcct 
discb'    •• 

STATE  AUXILIARY  ASSOCIATIONS. 

Alabama. — Pres.,  W.  A.  McAlpine 
Sec,  G.  M.  Elliott;  Treas.,  E.  ishel,  all 
of  Selma. 

California. — Pres.,  L.  B.  Lathrop, 
HoUister;  Cor.  Sec,  Mrs.  U.  P.  Merrill, 
Woodland;  Treas.,  C.  Ruddock,  Wood- 
land. 

Connecticut.— Pres.,  J.  A.  Conant, 
Willimantic;  Sec,  Geo.  Smith,  Willi- 
mantic;  Treas.,  C.  T.  Collins,  Windsor. 

Illinois. — Pres.,  D.  P.  Baker,  Chicago ; 
Sec.  W.  H.  Chandler,  Van  Orin;  Treas., 
W.  I.  Phillips,  331  W.  Madison  street, 
Chicago. 

Indiana. — Pres.,  T.  W.  Lowman,  Au- 
burn ;  Sec,  Wm.  Small,  Amboy ;  Treas., 
Benj.  Ulsh,  Silver  Lake. 

Iowa. — Pres.,  C.  D.  Trumbull,  Morning 
Sun;  Rec.  Sec.  A.W.  Hall,  College  Spring; 
Cor.  Sec,  W.  T.  Moffltt,  Morning  Sun ; 
Treas.,  Joseph  Laird,  Wayne. 

Kansas. — Pres.,  J.  S.  T.  Milligan,  North 
Cedar ;  Sec,  J.  Alter,  Valley  Falls ;  Treas. 
J.  A.  Torreuce,  Winchester. 

Massachusetps — Pres.,  Henry  T.  Chee- 
ver,  Worcester ;  Sec,  David  McFall,  East 
Cambridge.    . 

Michigan. — Pres.,  Wm.  Win^,  Grand 
Rapids;  Rec-Sec'y,  A.  H.  Springstein, 
Pontiac ;  Cor.  Sec,  W.  H.  Ross,  Allegan ; 
Treas.,  C.  C.  Foote,  88  Columbia  Street, 
Detroit. 

Minnesota. — Pres.  E.  G.  Paine,  Wasi- 
oja;  Cor.  Sec,  W.  H.  McChesney,  Fair- 
mont ;  Rec.  Sec'y Thos.  Hartley,  Richland ; 
Treas.,  Wm.  H.  Morrill,  St.  Charles. 

Missouri. — Pres.  C.  J.  Kephart,  Avalon ; 
Treas.,  William  Beauchamp,  Avalon ;  Cor. 
Sec,  M.  N.  Butler,  Albany. 

Nebbaska. — Pres.  S.'  Austin,  Fair- 
mount  ;  Cor.  Sec,  W.  S.  Spooner,  Kearney ; 
Treas  ,  R.  A.  Bishop,  Seeley's  Mills. 

New  Hampshibe. — Pres.  Benj.  M.  Ma- 
son, Moultonboro;  Sec,  S.  C  Kimball, 
New  Market;  Treas,,  E.  Smith,  Center 
Strafford. 

New  Yobk. — Pres.  F.  W.  Capwell, 
Dale;  Sec'y,  Isaac  Hyatt,  Dale;  Treas., 
M.  Merrick,  Syracuse. 

Ohio. — Pres.,  Wm.  Dillon,  Dayton; 
Cor.  Sec,  J.  P.  Lytle,  Sago;  Treas.,  J.  M. 
Scott,  Alexandria. 

Pennsylvania. — Pres.  A.  L.  Post,  Mon 
trose ;  Cor.  Sec. ,  N.  Callender,  Thompson ; 
Treas.,  W.  B.  Bertels,  Wilkesbarre. 

Wisconsin. — Pres.,  Enos  Collins,  Colo 
ma ;  Cor.  Sec.  W.  W.  Warner,  Baraboo ; 
Treas.,  M.  R.  Britten,  Vienna. 

West  Vibginia. — Pres.,  D.  B.  Turney, 
Sec,  John  Bosley,  Grafton;  Treas.,  H.  B. 
Higgins,  P  etroleum. 


Anti-masonic  Lecturers. 

Genbbal  Agent  and  Lkcturbb,  J.  P. 
Stoddai'd,  221  West  Madison  street,  Chi- 
cago. 

Agents  for  the  South :  H.  H.  Hinman, 
Wheaton,  111.,  and  Paul  S.  Feemster, 
Larned,  Kans. 

E.  D.  Bailey,  Worcester,  Mass.,  Agent 
for  New  England. 

Dbgbbb  Wobkebs. — (Seceders.) 

D.  P.  Ruthbun,  Clarence,  Iowa. 

S.  E.  Starry,  Clarence,  Iowa. 

Jas.  Furguson,    "  " 

J.  K.  Glassford,  Carthage,  Mo. 
Statb  Lbctxirkbs. 

California,  D.  A.  Richards,  Woodland 

Connecticut,    J.    L.   Barlo^  of  Will' 


Indiana,  S.  L.  Oook  of  Albion. 
Missouri,  M.  N.  Butler  of  Albany. 
New  Hampshire,  L.  D.  Bryant  of  New 
Market. 
Wisconsin,  Thos.  Lowe,  Coloma  Bta. 

Other  Lecturers. 
C.  A.  Blanchard,  Wheaton,  111 
N.  Callender,  Thompson,  Pa. 
J.  H.  Timmons,  Tarentum,  Pa. 
J.  H.  Baird,  Templcton,  Pa. 
T.  B.  McCormick,  Princeton,  Ind 
E.  Johnson,  Dayton,  Ind. 
J.  M.  Bishop,  Chambersburg,  Pa 
A.  Mayn,  Promise  City,  Mich. 
J.  B.  Cressinger,  Sullivan,  O. 
W.  M.  Love,  Baker,  Mo. 
A.  D.  Freeman,  Downers  Grove,  111. 
R.  Faurot,  Jackson,  Miss. 
J.  P.  Richards,  Belmont,  Wis- 
Edward  Mathews,  N.  C   A.  office. 
Wm.  Fenton,  St.  Paul,  Minn. 
E.  T.  Grinnell,  Blairsburg,  Iowa. 
Warren  Taylor,  Roxabell,  O. 
J.  S.  Perry,  Thompson,  Conn. 

C.  F.  Hawley,  Wheaton,  111. 

J.  T.  Michael,  New  Wilmington,  Pa. 
Prof.  S.  C.  Kimball,  New  Market,  N.  H. 
Elder  L.  H.  Buf  kins,  Scranton,  Iowa. 
S.  G.  Barton,  Breckinridge,  Mo. 
Joel  H.  Austin,  Goshen,  Ind. 

D.  B.  Turney,  Bird  Station,  111. 
J.  F.  Browne,  Cabin  Creek,  Ky. 

E.  Barnetson,  Jackson  Valley,  Pa. 


The  Churches  against   Lodger/. 

The  following  denominations  are  com- 
mitted by  vote  of  their  legislative  assem- 
blies or  by  constitution  to  a  separation 
from  secret  lodge  worship: 

Adventists  (Seventh-day). 

Baptists — Primitive,  Seventh-day  and 
Scandinavian. 

Brethren  (Dunkers  or  German  Baptists). 

Christian  Reformed  Church. 

Church  of  God  (Northern  Indiana  El- 
dership.) 

Congregational — The  State  Associations 
of  Illinois  and  Iowa  have  adopted  resolu- 
tions against  the  lodge. 

Disciples  (in  part). 

Friends. 

Lutherans — Norwegian,  Danish,  Swed- 
ish and  Synodical  Conferences. 

Mennonites. 

Methodists — Free  and  Wesleyan. 

Methodist  Protestant  (Minnesota  Con- 
ference). 

Moravians. 

Plymouth  Brethren. 

Presbyterian — ^Associate,  Reformed  and 
United. 

Reformed  Church  (Holland  Branch). 

United  Brethren  in  Christ. 

Individual  churches  in  some  of  these 
denominations  should  be  excepted,  in 
part  of  them  even  a  considerable  portion. 

The  following  local  churches  have,  as  a 
pledge  to  disfellowship  and  oppose  lodge 
worship,  given  their  names  to  the  follow- 
ing list  as 

the   associated  CHUBCHBB  of  CHRIST. 

New  Ruhamah  Congregational,  Hamil- 
ton, Miss. 

Pleasant  Ridge  Congregational,  Sand, 
ford  county,  Ala. 

New  Hope  Methodist,Lowndes  co..  Miss. 

Congregational,  College  Springs,  Iowa. 

College  Church  of  Christ,  Wheaton,  111. 

First  Congregational,  Leland,  Mich. 

Sugar  Grove  church.  Green  county.  Pa. 

Military  Chapel,  M.  E.,  Lowndes  Co., 
Miss. 

Hopewell  Missionary  Baptist,  Lowndes 
Co.,  Miss. 

Cedar  Grove  Missionafy  Baptist,  Lown- 
des Co.,  Miss. 

Simon's  Chapel,M.  E., Lowndes  co..  Miss. 

Pleasant  Ridge  Missionary  Baptist, 
Lowndes  Co.,  Miss. 

Brownlee  church,  Caledonia,  Miss. 

Salem  church,  Lowndes  Co.,  Miss. 

West  Preston  Baptist  church,  Wayne 
Co.  Pa. 

Other  local  churches  which  have  adopt- 
ed the  same  jirinciples  are — 

Baptist  churches ;  N.  Abington,  Pa. ; 
Menomonie,  Mondovi,  Waubeck  and 
Spring  Prairie,  Wis. ;  Wheaton,  111. ;  Per- 
ry, N.  Y. ;  Spring  Creek,  near  Burlington, 
Iowa;  Lima,  Ind.;  Constableville,  N.  Y. 
The  "Good  Will  Association"  of  Mobile, 
Ala.,  comprising  some  twcnty-flve  colored 
Baptist  churches;  Bridgcwater  Baptist 
Association,  Pa. ;  Old  Tebo  Baptist,  near 
Leesville,  Henry  Co.,  Mo. ;  Hoopeston,  111. 

Congregational  churches :  1st  of  Ober- 
lin,  O. ;  Tonica,  Crystal  Lah  e.  Union  and 
Big  Woods,  111. ;  Solsbury,  Ind. ;  Congre- 
gational Methodist,  Maplewood,  Mass. 

Presbyterian  church,  Hoopeston,  111. 

Independent-churches  in  Lowoll,  Coun- 
tryman school  house  near  Lindenwood, 
Marengo  and  Streator,  111.;  Berea  and 
Camp  Nelson,  Ky. ;  Ustick,  111. ;  Clarks- 
burg, Kans.  State  Aesociatiou  of  Minis- 
ters foai  CliarcheB  in  Chriet  of  K«ntuc|iT 


J 


October  5,  1883 


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ON  FREEMASONRY. 

FroemaBonry  Illustrated.  A  complete 
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and  Chapter.  Profusely  Illustrated.  A  historical 
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History  of  the  Abduction  and  Murder 

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16 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE. 


'    October  5,  1888 


JilEWS  ITEMS. 


— A  Baptist  Assor.'ation  -was  holding  its 
annual  meeting  at  Hampton  Cross  Roads, 
Va.,  attended  by  a  very  large  crowd, 
■when  two  wild  and  reckless  young  fel- 
lows became  involved  in  a  quarrel,  and 
began  firing  at  each  other.  The  worship- 
ers were  seized  with  a  panic  and  rushed 
for  a  place  of  safety,  several  women  and 
children  being  thrown  down  and  tram- 
pled on  in  the  confusion,  while  the  duel- 
ists kept  on  tiring  until  both  had  received 
mortal  wounds. 

— Ex- Commissioner  Le  Due,  formerly 
Chief  of  the  Agricultural  Bureau  at 
Washington,  is  out  in  a  letter  discussing 
the  subject  of  forei,<rn  immigration,  thinks 
the  great  desire  in  Europe  to  emigrate  to 
the  United  States  is  universal,  and  that 
the  exodus  threatens  disturbance  there 
and  disaster  in  this  country. 

— By  the  explosion  of  gas  in  a  mine  at 
Plymouth,  Pa.,  two  men  were  instantly 
killed  and  a  third  so  badly  burned  that  he 
will  probably  die.  The  explosion  oc- 
curred previous  to  the  hour  for  going  to 
work,  otherwise  the  loss  of  life  must  have 
been  very  great.. 

— A  series  of  earthquake  shocks,  slight 
in  force  but  distinctly  perceptible,  was  ex- 
perienced at  St.  Louis  and  a  number  of 
localities  in  Illinois.  Beyond  the  usual 
sensations  incident  to  the  oscillation  of 
the  earth's  surface  no  harm  was  done. 

— While  a  responsive  salute  to  the 
French  frigate  Minerve  and  the  ram  Chas- 
een  was  being  fired  from  Castle  William, 
on  Governor's  Island,  guns  discharged 
prematurely,  inflicting  terrible  injuries 
upon  four  men  and  slightly  wounding  two 
others.  Two  of  the  most  badly  hurt  died 
during  the  day,  and  a  third  is  not  expected 
to  live. 

— Egypt  is  now  a.eain  entirely  under 
the  authority  of  the  Khedive,  who  made  a 
formal  entry  into  the  Capital  and  took  up 
his  quarters  at  the  Ghezireh  Palace. 

— Decrees  have  been  decided  upon  by 
the  Egyptian  Ministry  providing  for  the 
trial  and  punishment  of  persons  engaged 
in  rebellion  against  the  authority  of  the 
Khedive-  Amnesty  will  be  granted  to 
captains  and  lower  otficers  who  served 
with  Araba  Pasha,  excepting  those  guilty 
of  participation  in  the  riots  or  who  joined 
the  army  subsequent  to  the  beginning  of 
the  campaign. 

— Araba  Pasha  says  the  best  thing  the 
English  could  do  for  Egypt  would  be  to 
send  all  the  Notables  and  other  leading 
men  connected  with  the  rebellion  out  of 
the  country.  If  they  do  not  do  so  ven- 
geance will  surely  be  wreaked  upon  them 
after  their  departure. 

— The  explosion  at  Cairo  of  a  train  of 
cars  loaded  with  ammunition  destroyed 
fifteen  days'  supplies  for  25,000  men,  be- 
sides a  large  amount  of  war  material.  The 
explosions  at  the  railway  station  continued 
at  brief  intervals  for  over  three  hours. 
The  passenger  station  was  saved,  but  all 
the  freight  sheds,  containing  ten  days' 
provisions  for  the  army  and  about  200 
trucks  of  ammunition,  were  destroyed. 
Five  men  were  killed  and  twenty  wound- 
ed.    The  fire  was  of  incendiary  origin. 

— There  is  a  rumor  to  the  eflFect  that  an 
autograph  letter  will  presently  be  sent  in 
vermilion  pencil  from  the  Chinese  Court 
to  Queen  Victoria,  requesting  her  person- 
al efforts  in  the  suppression  of  the  opium 
traffic. 


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No  sensible  Mason  dares  deny  that  such  men  as 
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Q-eneral  Ahiman  Rezon  and  Freema- 

SONS'  Guide.  By  Daniel  Slckels,  33d  degree.  The 
most  perfect  Masonic  monitor  published  In  the 
United  States.  Embellished  with  many  engravings 
and  containing  moijltorlal  Instructions  In  the  de- 
grees of  Entered  Apprentice,  Fellow-Craft  and  Mas- 
ter Masons,  with  explanatory  lectures,  the  cere- 
monies of  consecration  and  dedication  of  new 
lodges.  Installation  of  officers,  laying  foundation 
gtones,  dedication  of  Masonic  halls,  burial  serv- 
ices. Masonic  calendar,  ritual  for  a  Lodge  of  Sor- 
row, Masonic  trials,  etc.  Bound  in  fine  cloth,  extra 
larce  12mo,  $2.00. 

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of  the  order  for  the  seven  degrees,  Including  the 
Royal  Arch.  Scores  of  Masons  have  privately  ad- 
mitted that  this  is  a  standard  text-book  In  the  lodge 
and  Is  strictly  correct;  but  publicly  It  Is  not  ac- 
knowledged as  authority,  though  many  officers  of 
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Femals  Masonry.  Ma^uaI  of  the  Order  of 
the  Eastern  Star.  Containing  the  ritual,  symbols, 
lectures,  etc.,  of  the  five  degrees  of  "Adoptive  Ma- 
sonry," Jephthah's  Daughter,  Ruth,  Esther,  Martha 
and  Electa,  profusely  Illustrated  and  handsomely 
bound.     Price.  $1.50. 

Richardson's  Monitor  of  Freemasonry. 

Apractical  guide  to  the  ceremonies  In  the  degrees  con- 
ferred In  Masonic  Lodges,  Chapters,  Encampments, 
*tc.  Illustrated  edition.  In  cloth,  $1.25;  In  paper, 
75  cents. 

Although  this  Monitor  is  extensively  used  by  the 
lodge,  especially  in  conferring  the  higher  degrees, 
it  is  publicly  called  an  exposition,  and  not  allowed 
as  authority. 

Sickels'  Freemasons'  Monitor.  Contain- 
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Lodge,  Chapter,  Council  and  Commapdery,  embel- 
lished with  nearly  300  symbolic  Illustrations,  to- 
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33mo.     In  tuck,  $1.50;  cloth,  $1.00. 

Mackey' s  Lexicon  of  Freemasonry. 
Containing  a  Deflnltion  of  Terms,  Notes  on  Its 
History,  Traditions  and  Antiquities,  and  an  Account 
of  all  the  Rites  and  Mysteries  of  the  Ancient  World. 
12  mo. ,  526  pages,  $3.00. 

Mackey's  Manual  of  the  Ijodg'e,  or  Moni- 
torial Instructions  in  the  Degrees  of  Entered  Ap- 
prentice, Fellow-Craft  and  Master  Mason,  with  Cer- 
emonies relating  to  installations,  dedications,  con- 
secrations, laying  of  corner-stones,  etc.  Price,  $2.00l( 

Mackey's  Masonic  Ritualist,  or  Moni- 
torial Instruction  Book.  By  Albert  G.  Mackey, 
Past  General  High  Priest  of  the  General  Grand  Chap- 
ter of  the  United  States,  Knight  of  the  Eagle  and 
Pelican,  Prince  of  Mercy,  etc.  Price,  cloth,  $1.26; 
tuck,  $1.75. 

Mackey's  Text-Book  of  Masonic  Ju- 
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ry, both  written  and  un\/rltten.  This  Is  the  great 
law  book  of  Freemasonry.    570  pages.    Price,  ^.50. 

Allyn's  Ritual  of  Masonry.  Illustrated 
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Societies      Price,  $6.00. 


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Eggs 24 

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Clover 8  76       4  60 

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Editorial  : 
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Dr.  Howard  Crosby . . 
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Batavia  Convention: 
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Address 

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Masonic 

High  Places  and  Hea- 
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Light  from  the  East.. 
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States  whose  names  are  not  on  the  Cynosure  list. 
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tension of  its  influence,  what  would  be  the  result? 
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sonally solicited  to  subscribe?  Suppose  that 
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effect. 


TOPICS  OF  THE  TIME. 


The  Illinois  Liquor-dealers  Association,  lately 
met  in  Rock  Island,  changed  its  name  to  the 
"State  Protective  Association,"  and  promises  by 
resolutions  to  be  more  useful  in  circulating  tem- 
perance literature  than  the  excellent  Signal  and 
Woman's  Christian  Temperance  Union  combin- 
ed! The  objects  of  their  protection  are  the 
"dear  people"  who  are  being  misled  and  be- 
fooled by  prohibition  fanaticism.  Prohibitory 
laws  being  easily  proven  to  be  the  cause  of  in- 
creased drunkenness  and  crime,  as  they  say,  it 
remains  that  these  protectors  of  morals  and 
good  neighborhood  should  disseminate  "  by 
means  of  lectures,  speeches,  newspapers,  pamph- 
lets, statistics  and  other  literature  the  true  tem- 
perance principles  that  will  prevent  murder, 
theft,  rows,  fights,  wife-beating  and  the  ten 
thousand  miseries  that  flow  in  an  unbroken  tide 
from  every  distillery,  brewery  and  saloon  in  the 
land.  Certainly  these  gentlemen  .have  made 
money  enough  in  their  iniquitous  business  to 
afford  generous  contributions  in  this  direction. 
At  their  next  annual  meeting  we  hope  they  can 
report  that  one-half  the  saloons  of  the  State 
are  closed  through  this  new  temperance  agency. 

The  secretary  of  the  above  meeting  had  a 
table  showing  the  number  of  towns  in  the  State 
which  are  scheduled  as  "license"  and  "no  li- 
cense" and  the  political  coloring  of  their  respective 
counties.  This  table  he  would  not  show  to  the 
convention,  but  that  made  no  difference  to  the 
press  reporter.  It  appears  from  this  table  that 
there  are  260  of  the  latter  to  267  of  the  former, 
omitting  Chicago,  Peoria,  Quincy  and  three  or 
four  oth^  large  cities.  There  are  twelve  coun- 
ties in  the  State  in  which  no  "license"  towns 
are  reported.  If  this  table  is  correct  the  tem- 
perance people  of  Illinois  have  already  the  con- 
trol of  this  question  through  the  State  laws  now 
in  force.  How  widespread  and  strong  this 
"local  option"  spirit  has  become  may  also  be 
seen  in  .New  York  State,  where  it  is  reported 
that,  out  of  about  two-thirds  of  the  towns  from 
which  report"  have  been  obtained,  281  vote  no 
license. 


No  reader  of  this  number  of  tl  e  Cynosure 
will  fail  to  read  the  letter  of  the  gi  eral  agent 
and  secretary  of  the  N.  C.  A.  report^^  ig  his  most 
interesting  visit  with  Hon.  Thurlow  "Weed  in 
New  York.  They  will  also  read  with  unfeigned 
regret  that  Mr.  Weed  was  suddenly  and  severe- 
ly attacked   with  illness    last    week,   and  for  a  I 


time  the  gravest  fears  were  entertained  by  the 
faithful  daughters  who  make  his  comfort  their 
constant  care.  Mrs.  Alden,  one  of  them,  said 
on  Friday  evening  that  her  father's  physicians 
had  forbidden  him  to  eee  any  one ;  "but  when 
Gen.  Simon  Cameron  called  here  yesterday  fa- 
ther desired  to  see  him.  They  have  known  each 
other  and  been  intimate  friends  for  fifty  years. 
When  told  that  the  doctor  had  forbidden  visitors 
to  enter  the  sick  room,  Mr.  Weed  said :  'I  must 
see  Gen.  Cameron.'  I  think  the  greeting  be- 
tween the  two  was  the  most  affecting  and  touch- 
ing that  I  ever  saw.  Gen.  Cameron  stepped  to 
the  bedside  and  kissed  father  tenderly  on  the 
forehead.  He  is  the  only  person  that  father  has 
seen  since  he  was  taken  ill.  The  doctor  told 
me  an  hour  ago  that  he  was  greatly  encouraged, 
and  he  said  that  father's  vitality  has  shown  it- 
self to  be  very  great.  We  are  very  hopeful." 
The  latest  report  says  that  the  attending  phy- 
sician is  hopeful  that  Mr.  Weed  will  soon  be 
about  again.  In  the  last  event,  however,  it  is  a 
solace  to  know  that  he  will  pass  into  the 
next  world  sustained  and  comforted  by  that 
Divine  grace,  upon  which,  as  the  gift  of  God 
through  Christ,  he  rests  unshaken  faith. 


On  Monday  afternoon  the  Knight  Templar 
Freemasons  had  another  display  by  way  of  prize 
drill  in  this  city.  It  was  attempted  to  make  the 
United  States  army  dance  attendance  to  the 
doughty  "  Sir  Knights,"  and  Adjutant  General 
Drum  of  Washington  was  to  furnish  the  judges. 
But  General  Drum  seems  to  have  exercised  a 
fine  sense  of  the  fitness  of  things  and  refused  to 
have  anything  to  do  with  the  gentlemen  of  the 
ostrich  feathers  and  long  titles.  Would  that 
other  departments  of  the  Government  had  some 
of  General  Drum's  sense  of  honor.  But  now, 
so  far  as  possible  every  man  who  will  not  be 
made  a  miserable  slave  of  the  lodge  is  trampled 
under  its  feet. 


Slavery--American  and  Masonic. 

BY  ELDKR   NATHAN  CAXLENDEE. 

Let  us  compare  these  kinds  of  bondage. 
W  hich  is  the  worse?  American  slavery  was  sec- 
tional and  involuntary.  No  one  chose  it  who 
could  see  an  inch  beyond  himself.  The  fetters 
were  on  the  body  mainly  and  on  that  against 
the  will  and  wish  of  the  subject.  A  person 
might  be  a  slave  and  a  Christian  as  well  as  a 
prisoner  and  a  Christian.  Paul,  Peter  and  the 
beloved  John  who  pillowed  on  Christ's  bosom 
his  head  and  soul,  were  as  good  when  in  prison 
as  on  the  mount  of  transfiguration,  or,  "caught 
up  to  the  third  heaven."  Bondage  did  not 
morally  and  spiritually  effect  the  soul  of  the 
subject  further  than  to  circumscribe  him  by 
limiting  him  in  knowledge  and  growth.  Heav- 
en will  display  her  record  of,  perhaps,  millions 
of  those  of  "the  church  of  the  first  born  whose 
names  are  written  in  heaven,"  who  lived,  groan- 
ed and  toiled  under  the  cruel  lash  of  the  slave- 
driver. 

How  is  the  case  when  we  turn  to  the  other 
kind  of  bondage? 

Masonic  slavery  is  world-wide,  while  its  fetters 
are  all-embracing,  not  exempting,  as  we  can  see, 
one  single  faculty  or  power  of  soul  or  body. 
Like  strong  drink  it  debauches  and  enervates  the 
whole  being,  and  beyond  that  it  takes  him  an 
oath-bound  captive  for  time  and  eternity. 
"Once  a  Mason  always  a  Mason."  Surely  he 
does  not  care  to  be  a  Mason  in  "the  Grand 
Lodge  above,"  not  according  to  Masonic  teach- 
ing. What  part  of  a  man's  entire  being  is  not  put 
on  the  Masonic  altar,  when  he  devoted  lamself 
to  the  lodge?    What  is   left  to  be  free  in  "poll- 


2 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE. 


October  12,  1882 


tics  and  religion"  after  swearing  scores  of  times 
the  '■'ego'''  of  his  existence  and  beingj  to  the  lodge 
always?     Always    a    Mason.     Who    promises? 
Who  swears?     1,  I.     Paul   says    "I  was  caught 
up,  etc."    Whether   in    or    out  of  the  body  it 
was  Paul  who  was  there  in  the  third  heaven,  in 
vision.     But  men  while  in  the  body  swear  their 
hemg  to  Masonry.     Their    bodies  are  ot  course 
lettered  in  Masonic  oaths  and  covenants.     The 
"cable  tow"  relates,  perhaps,  more  to  the  body 
than  to  the  soul,    while   it    surely  embraces  it. 
ISTo  Mason  could  say  that  his  covenant  embraces 
the  body   only.     It  could  not  be  true.    Then 
man's  entire   being  must  be  embraced  by  that 
covenant   as    all    the    symbolism    of  Masonry 
teaches.    The  symbols  of  Masonry  alone  demon- 
strate that  it  claims  to   be  a  religion.     Then  its 
standard  authors  claim  that   it    is.     No  heathen 
system  of  religion  that  we  know  anything  about 
ever  claims  less  than  the  entire  being  of  its  de- 
votees.    Masonry  to    all    intents  and  purposes 
does  this.     Look  at   the    language    of  the  first 
Masonic  oath.     The  following  clause  will  suf- 
fice :     "To    all    which   I  do  most  solemnly  and 
sincerely  promise  and  swear  without  the  least 
equivocation,  mental  reservation,  or  self -evasion 
of  mind  in   me    whatever ;    binding,  etc."     No 
document  can  be  framed    by  any  scholar  or  di- 
vine that  binds  the  "soul,  body  and  spirit"  more 
.  firmly  and  completely.     God  himself  can  claim 
no  more  of  his    subjects    than    Satan  here  de- 
mands of  the  lodge-bound  soul. 

What  then  is  Masonic  slavery?  It  is  the  vol- 
untary enslavement  of  the  entire  being  forever. 
It  can  be  nothing  less  by  all  the  standards  of  the 
craft. 

I  would  like,  in  that  connection,  to  advertise 
for  a  document  more  pungent,  more  profound, 
more  all-embracing  than  every  part  of  the  Ma- 
sonic covenants,  to  enslave  the  whole  man.  Take 
it  word  by  word  and  then  ponder  and  see. 
What  is  there  of  man  left  for  polities  and  re- 
ligion after  he  becomes  engulfed  in  an  abyss  of 
Masonic  oaths  and  obligations?  Absolutely 
nothing.  The  first  obligation  consumed  him 
soul  and  body  to  all  intents  and  purposes  from 
all  other  claims  of  church  and  state,  in  case  he 
keeps  it  inviolable.  Imagine  a  cannibal  with 
the  power  to  consume  you,  utterly  and  fully, 
soul  and  body,  who  tells  you  before  swallowing 
you  that  he  does  not  propose  to  interfere  with 
your  polities  or  your  religion.  He  is  hungry 
for  the  souls  and  bodies  of  men  but  he  will  as- 
sure you  on  his  sacred  honor  that  you  shall  be 
left  entirely  free,  to  follow  your  own  choice  and 
convictions,  on  all  questions  of  church  and 
state  if  you  will  allow  him  to  make  a  meal  of 
you.  Liberal  and  genial  Christian  gentleman 
lie  is,  and  all  he  asks  of  you  is  yourself. 
Let  us  analyze  a  little. 

First,  then  Masonry  subjugates  the  will.  "1 
of  my  own  free  will  and  accord,  etc."  What  a 
stupendous  falsehood  is  here!  Free(?)  will,  go- 
ing into  the  most  abject  slavery  this  side  of  to- 
phet.  Mainspring  of  the  soul  tying  the  hang- 
man's kno^  around  its  own  mysterious  power 
and  becoming  the  chief  agent  in  its  own  enslave- 
jnent  under  the  guise  of  freedom ! 

Second.  Nothing  above  the  abyss  of  the 
damned,  is  more  thoroughly  fitted  to  bind,  de- 
bauch and  stultify  the  human  conscience  than 
the  oaths  and  rites  of  speculative  Masonry. 
They  palsy  the  moral  principle  and  render  it 
dead  to  all  its  high  and  God-appointed  func- 
tions, and  leave  it  in  bondage  to  sin  and  Sa- 
tan. 

Third.  It  enslaves  reason.  The  man  who  will 
submit  to  the  covenants  and  rites  of  the  lodge  is, 
morally,  a  maniac.  His  reasoning  powers  are 
subject  to  the  emissaries  of  the  wicked 
one. 

Fourth.  It  lays  on  memory  an  unwieldly 
and  endless  tax.  The  first  inspiration  of  the 
aspirant  for  Masonic  honors  is,  to  become  a 
"bright  Mason."  To  accomplish  this,  he  must 
almost  ignore  all  other  relations,  all  other  du- 
ties and  all  other  truths  that  he  may  reach  the 
.  "center  of  Masonic  truth."  Every  shelf  of  this 
Btorehouse  of  his  soul  must  be  occupied  by  Ma 
sonic  science(?).  Thus  enslaved,  memory  is 
like  a  cage  of  unclean  birds.  In  fine,  there  is 
jROtft  faculty  or  a   power   of   roaii'a  being  left 


free.     Masonry  enslaves  him  in  detsail.     If  there 
were  adequate  reasons    for   opposing  American 
slavery'there  are  reasons  three-told   for  combat- 
ting Masonic  slavery.   , 
Thompson^  Pa. 


REFORM  STORY. 


Holden  with  Cords. 


»  (( 


High  Places  and  Heathen  Rites. 

Every  attentive  reader  of  the  Old  Testament 
notices  the  frequent  allusion  to  the  idolatrous 
rites  practiced  on  the  hills  and  high  places. 
Those  who  have  noticed  where  modern  Masonry 
meets,  have  noticed  also  their  lodge  rooms  gen- 
erally in  the  highest  storiew^of  the  buildings, 
and  the  question  arises,  can  this  alter  all,  be  a 
proof  of  their  great  antiquity  as  worshippers  of 
the  Baal  and  Ashtaroth,  the  male  and  female 
gods  of  the  Phoenicians  and  Tyrians? 

Let  US  refer  to  a  few  verses  on  this  subject. 
In  Numbers  22d  and  23d  chapters,  we  have 
idolatry  tampering  with  the  prophet  Balaam  in 
a  manner  quite  suggestive  of  the  allurements 
in  our  day  to  preachers ;  as  Balak  then,  so  the 
lodge  now,,  takes  such  into  their  "high  places," 
"to  curse  Jacob  and  defy  Israel."  Again  and 
again  they  try,  but^f  Christians  continue  to  cast 
their  testimony  for  the  Christ  of  the  New  Tes- 
tament, Masonic  anger  will  as  certainly  arise 
as  Balak'fl  did  at  the  partial  failure  of  his 
scheme. 

Freemasonry  has  attained  considerable  pop- 
ularity of  late  years,  and  having  no  Christ  in 
its  own  lodge,  it  indulgently  grants  permission 
for  an  imitation  Christ  to  be  worshipped  in  its 
"secret  inner  chamber."  So  also  it  permits  its 
Mohammedan  or  any  other  "sect,"  to  have  the 
same  privilege.  This  counterfeit  Christ  (see 
Matt.  24:26)  is  a  repetition  of  the  old  aberra- 
tions from  the  true  worship. 

This  service  of  Baal  is  again  and  again  con- 
demned as  a  grievous  sin,  very  similar  to  the 
idolatrous  practices  shared  by  modern  Christians 
in  the  ^'high  places"  of  the  Masonic  lodge.  Jer. 
19:5;  32:35.  Numbers  22:41.  It  was  a  sin  in 
Solomon  "to  burn  incense  in  high  places" 
for  his  heart  was  not  perfect  with  the  Lord 
(1  Kings  11:4-7),  and  so  he  built  "high  places" 
for  Chemosh  and  Molech,  the  fallen  gods  of 
Moab  and  Ammou.  Solomon,  the  arreatest  man 
ol  his  day,  yielded  his  duty  to  God  for  the  praise 
of  men,  but  he  thereby  entailed  the  penalty, 
and  his  kingdom  was  rent  asunder.  Thus  with 
some  popular  preachers;  they  truckle  to  Free- 
masonry, but  their  churches  must  as  a  natural 
result  be  rent  asunder  by  and  by.  Yes,  Jere- 
boams  will  rend  such  churches  and  carry  away 
into  Masonry  probably  ten  to  every  two  mem- 
bers who  remain  true  worshippers!  Christian, 
what  fruit,  will  your  example  yield? 

Let  the  reader  pursue  this  subject  of  idolatry 
in  the  Old  Testament  and  learn  its  lesson  in 
our  own  dispensation.  The  Jews  were  the  cho- 
sen people,  but  they  were  only  a  type  of  the 
Christian  community  of  believers  who  are  a 
people  as  ready  to  go  astray  as  were  the  Jews. 
Corruptions  abound  among  the  Catholics  and 
Protestants,  and  we  are  at  a  loss  to  pronounce 
any  greater  seducer  from  the  simplicity  that  is 
in  Christ  than  is  this  modern  Jezebel,  Freema- 
sonry, among  the  churches  of  Christ,  and  which 
pervades  some  of  its  otherwise  most  promising 
enterprises  at  home  and  abroad.  h. 


One  of  the  great  hindrances  to  right  govern- 
mental dealing  in  Ireland  grows  out  of  the  exis- 
tence of  secret  societies.  They  are  habitually 
plotting  anarchy.  It  is  so  always  in  every  place. 
Secret,  hidden  caballing  amoiag  men  for  any 
purpose  is  one  of  the  worst  kinds  ol  villainy,  and 
it  is  to  this  that  secretism  inevitably  leads. 
"  Openly  to  the  world,"  is  the  way  of  the  Master. 

—  United  Presbyterian. 

«-«-» 

We  trust  that  many  workingmen  have  during 
the  past  summer  had  their  eyes  opened  to  the 
evils  of  the  secret  orders  to  which  they  have 
bound  themselves.  To  undertake  to  break 
down  one  monopoly  by  establishing  another 
more  objectionable  is  folly.  They  have  learned, 
in  at  least  some  cases,  how  much  secret  organiza- 
tions destroy  individuality  and  all  manly  inde- 
pendence, and  make  them  the  slaves  of  scheming 
leaders. — Mible  Teaohtr, 


BY  THE  AUTHOR   OF    "  LmLE    PEOPLE,"    "  A  SUNNY 
LIFE,"  ETC. 

OhapUr  XXm-^An  Evening  in  ihe  iMdge. 

[Continued.] 

Up  to  this  point  Mark  had  been  listened  to 
in  perfect  silence,  but  it  was  a  stupefied  silence. 
He  had  taken  the  lodge  completely  by  surprise 
— the  more  so  as  his  calm,  slow  utterance  had 
at  first  acted  as  a  partial  disguise  to  the  scathing 
denunciation  contained  in  his  words.  But  as 
his  meaning  fairly  broke  on  the  startled  assem- 
bly, looks  of  contempt  and  anger  took  the  place 
of  satisfied  complacency,  and  murmurs  which 
broke  at  last  into  audible  hissing,  filled  the  hall. 
Maik  had  roused  the  lodge  dragon.  My  pre- 
diction made  before  starting  had  been  fulfilled 
with  disagreeable  exactness.  What  a  comfort 
the  mere  sight  ol  Luke  Thatcher's  honest  face 
would  -  have  been  in  that  sea  of  scornful,  con- 
temptuous looks! 

Elder  Cushing  and  one  or  two  other  members 
tried  to  quiet  the  disturbance,  and  so  far  suc- 
ceeded that  when  Mark  again  rose  to  speak  in 
response  to  a  call  half  in  earnest,  half  derision 
for  his  proofs  of  Morgan's  murder,  there  was 
quite  a  profound  silence. 

"If  1  should  bring  forward  my  whole  array  of 
evidence,  beginning  with  the  first  intimations 
that  I  received  of  the  conspiracy  against  the  life 
of  Morgan  last  August,  and  the  numerous  con- 
versations held  with  Masons  on  the  subject  who 
both  acknowledged  and  justified  his  murder,  I 
should  trespass  on  the  time  of  the  lodge.  My 
proof  is  nearer  home.  Sheriff  Fox" —  and  Mark 
leaned  forward  with  a  look  that  was  sword-like 
in  its  keenness — "you,  a  minister  of  the  law 
whose  business  it  is  to  punish  the  guilty  and 
shield  the  innocent,  you  have  helped  forward 
this  work  of  blood.  Deacon  Brown,  you  have 
done  the  same.  And  must  it  be  said  that  against 
you,  Elder  Cushing,  I  have  the  same  damning 
charge  to  bring?  God  knows  that  as  my  pastor 
I  have  loved  and  revered  you,  that  I  have  been 
sincerely  grateful  for  all  your  many  kindnesses 
to  me,  but  though  every  word  I  speak  is  like 
an  arrow  in  my  heart,  God's  truth  must  be  ut- 
tered without  respect  ol  persons.  On  the  night 
of  the  i4th  ol  September  there  was  held  in  Lew- 
iston  an  installation  of  the  Koyal  Arch  Chapter. 
That  meeting  decided  Morgan's  fate.  You  were 
present  and  consenting  to  his  death." 

There  was  something  in  Mark's  face  and 
voice  that  seemed  for  an  instant  to  awe  the 
lodge.  Even  Darius  Fox  was  content  with 
silently  looking  his  rage  and  defiance,  while 
Deacon  Brown,  a  kindly,  well-meaning  old  man 
till  his  fanatical  devotion  to  Masonry  made 
him  a  murderer,  fairly  cowered  in  his  seat. 
Elder  Cushing  flushed  almost  purple,  but  he  rose 
to  reply. 

"Some  allowance  must  be  made  for  the  rash- 
ness and  presumption  of  youth.  Brother  Sted- 
man  in  thus  venturing  to  accuse  his  elders  and 
superiors  in  the  lodge  shows  his  ignorance  of 
the  very  first  principle  of  Masonic  law;  un- 
questioning obedience,  and  the  swift  execution 
of  its  penalties  when  violated.  Masonry  has  its 
system  of  laws  and  the  right  to  punish  their  in- 
fringement as  much  as  the  State  or  the  Church. 
And  what  crime  more  detestable  than  treason? 
To  what  government  under  heaven  can  you 
however  humane  or    enlightened,  which 


pomt,  nowever  numane  or 
does  not  punish  it  with  death?  Morgan  was  a 
traitor  to  his  Masonic  vows,  and  if  he  has  died 
the  death  of  a  traitor,  if  his  throat  has  been  cut 
from  ear  to  ear,  his  tongue  torn  out  by  the  roots 
and  his  body  buried  beneath  the  rough  sands  of 
the  sea  where  the  tide  ebbs  and  flows  twice  in 
twenty-four  hours,  he  conld  not  complain  of  not 
having  justice  done  him." 

"Amen.  Amen.  So  mote  it  be,"  was  the  re- 
sponse all  through  the  room  to  the  Elder's 
speech.  Mark  took  in  the  scene  with  eyes  in 
which  a  deeper  fire  was  slowly  kindling,  and 
when  he  once  more  rose  to  speak,  his  voice  was 
low  and  solemn  as  with  a  prophetic  burden  of 
approaching  doom. 

"Because  ye  have  said,  we  have  made  a  cove- 
nant with  death  and  with  hell  are  we  at  agree- 


October  12,  1889 


THE  CHHiSTlAN  CYNOSURB. 


ment;  when  the  overflowing  scourge  shall  pass 
through  it  shall  not  come  nigh  unto  us,  for  we 
have  made  lies  our  refuge  and  under  falsehood 
have  we  hid  ourselves.  Therefore  thus  saith 
the  Lord,  your  covenant  with  death  shall  he  dis- 
annulled, and  your  agreement  with  hell  shall 
not  stand;  when  the  overflowing  scourge  shall 
pass  through  then  ye  shall  be  trodden  down  by 
it."  From  this  unholy  institution  whose  au- 
thority is  based  on  deception  and  terror,  whose 
morality  ia  a  lie,  whose  laws  are  murderous, 
whose  oaths  are  high-handed  blasphe  ly,  I  with- 
draw forever.  God  shall  yet  jud^,^  her,  and  if 
there  be  among  you  as  I  would  fain  believe, 
some  who  do  abhor  and  detest  this  great  crime 
which  has  been  committed,  I  call  upon  all 
such  to  stand  up  and  unite  their  testimony  with 
mine  against  it,  that  they  be  not  partakers  in 
her  doom." 

I  had  sat  in  silence  fairly  appalled  at  Mark's 
daring  till  now,  but  true  courage  is  always  con- 
tageous;  and  amid  the  storm  of  hissings,  hoot- 
ings,  cries  of  'traitor,'  and  threats  to  send  him 
after  Morgan,  which  interrupted  his  speech,  with 
one  thought  of  Rachel  I  rose  and  stood  beside 
him.  But  no  one  else  stirred  in  the  lodge.  It 
was  an  awful  moment.  Neighbors,  friends,  with 
whom  we  had  held  pleasant  social  intercourse 
all  our  lives,  glaring  upon  us  with  looks  of  scorn 
and  hate,  abusive  epithets  hurled  at  us  from 
lips  that  heretofore  had  never  anything  but 
kindly  greetings!— at  this  moment  I  can  shut 
my  eyes  and  see  it  all,  then  open  them  shudder- 
ing as  if  from  a  dream  of  hell.  But  Mark  stood 
unmoved,  brave  as  a  lion;  and  when  a  slight  lull 
in  the  clamor  allowed  his  words  to  he  heard  he 
again  spoke. 

"Threaten  us  if  you  will;  carry  out  those 
threats  if  you  dare,  but  remember  that  there 
may  be  consequences  you  will  not  care  to  face. 
I  have  spoken  freely  against  the  principles  of 
this  institution.  I  believe  it  to  be  anti-Chris- 
tian, and  a  dangerous  foe  to  our  republican  gov- 
ernment. For  holding  and  expressing  these 
opinions  you  murdered  Morgan;  but  I  shall  not 
be  deterred  by  his  fate  from  holding  and  ex- 
pressing them  too.  Freedom  of  opinion,  the 
liberty  of  the  press,  and  the  right  of  free  speech 
I  will  never  surrender  to  the  bidding  of  any 
earthly  power.  They  are  rights  given  to  me  of 
Gcd,  purchased  by  the  blood  of  my  fathers;  I 
inhaled  them  with  my  first  breath — I  will  only 
lose  them  with  my  last.  Remove  my  objections 
to  Masonry  if  you  can,  when  these  very  threats 
you  utter  against  me  to-night  prove  their  truth 
as  no  mere  assertion  of  mine  can  possibly  do. 
But  till  then,  as  I  said  before,  I  withdraw  from 
all  connection  with  the  institution,  and  disavow 
every  obligation  taken  in  blindn&ss  and  terror. 
1  bow  no  longer  at  an  altar  defiled  with  human 
blood;  I  own  no  High  Priest  save  him  who  has 
passed  into  the  heavens;  and  no  Worshipful  Mas- 
ter but  Jesus  Christ  my  Lord." 

Mark  had  said  his  say:  the  lodge  had  not. 
For  two  or  three  hours  the  stream  of  invective 
and  abuse  continued  to  flow,  and  then  the  meet- 
ing broke  up  after  certainly  one  of  the  stormiest 
and  most  exciting  sessions  Brownsville  lodge 
had  ever  known. 

CHAPTER   XXrV.  ~ 
HE  GIVETH  HIS  BELOVED  SLEEP. 

In  spite  of  the  lateness  of  the  hour,  Rachel 
was  sitting  up  waiting  for  us;  and  as  soon  as  she 
heard  our  footsteps,  flew  to  open  the  door  and 
light  us  in,  the  candle  which  she  carried  reveal- 
ing mingled  anxiety  and  relief  in  her  counte- 
nance.    Mark  noticed  it. 

"We  have  been  in  a  den  of  lions,  Rachel,"  he 
said,  "but  we  have  come  back  safe.  God  has  shut 
their  mouths;  we  have  received  no  harm." 

"Shut  their  mouths  for  the  present,"  said  I, 
rather  sceptically;  "but  I  tell  you  Mark,  if  you 
keep  on  the  rig  you  are  running  now  there  is 
no  saying  what  the  consequences  may  be.  The 
fact  is  public  opinion  in  this  matter  of  Morgan 
is  beg:inning  to  press  so  hard  on  the  lodge  that 
it  is  just  like  a  wounded  wild  bull — ready  to 
plunge  its  horns  into  everybody  rash  enough  to 
stand  in  its  way.  What  they  have  done  to  one 
man  they  will  do  to  another,  if  they  dare.  That's 
all  the  question  there  is  about  it." 


"I  don't  think  my  life  is  in  any  present  per- 
il," answered  Mark;  "nor  do  I  intend  to  rashly 
endanger  it.  Half  the  battle  is  in  taking  a  bold 
stand  at  the  outset.  They  can  expell  me,  'de- 
range my  worldly  interests;'  'point  me  out  as  an 
unworthy  vagabond,  and  transfer  my  character 
after  me  wherever  I  go.'  This  I  expect.  But 
I  have  counted  the  cost.  You  see  it  is  an  easy 
thing  for  me  to  do  who  have  only  myself  to 
count  it  with.  But  it  is  different  with  you, 
Leander.  You,  who  stood  up  with  me  like  a 
rock  to-night  against  all  the  fury  and  abuse 
of  the  lodge,  must  have  to  count  it  over  with 
another  dearer  than  yourself.  What  do  you  say, 
Rachel?" 

"That  the  cost  shall  never  be  made  more 
through  any  selfish  shrinking  on  my  part,"  an- 
swered Rachel,  with  glowing  cheek  and  spark- 
ling eye.  "Do  you  think  that  I  will  not  help 
Leander  bear  all  the  persecution  and  reproach 
that  may  come  upon  him,  loss  of  property, — 
anything  if  I  can  only  have  my  husband  back 
again? — none  of  these  terrible  lodge  secrets  be- 
tween us.  O  Mark!"  and  Rachel's  voice  choked 
and  her  eyes  overflowed. 

I  wonder  how  many  Mason's  wives  have 
thought  the  same  in  the  solitude  of  their  lonely 
vigils,  bitter  of  soul  against  the  institution  that 
robs  them  of  the  true  wife's  most  precious  treas- 
ure— the  entire  confidence  of  hor  husband! 

To  he  continued. 

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The  Batavia  Convention. 

ADDRESS  OF  PROF.   E.  D.  BAILEY. 

The  story  I  am  about  to  tell  is  not  one  of 
^sop's  fables.  I  never  read  it  in  the  classics. 
Indeed,  it  I  ever  heard  it  before  I  have  forgot- 
ten when.  However,  the  story  suits  the  occa- 
sion, and  this  will  justify  its  use. 

'Once  upon  a  time'  a  half  dozen  men  formed 
a  co-partnership  for  manufacturing  purposes. 
Their  manner  of  organizing  was  mysterious. 
When  the  co-partnership  was  formed  they  bought 
a  lot  in  a  conspicuous  place,  and  laid  the  founda- 
tion for  a  great  factory.  Passers-by  asked  what 
they  were  going  to  manufacture,  but  sealed  lips, 
strange  signs  and  mysterious  glances  were  all 
the  reply  ever  bestowed.  The  walls  wont  up, 
the  door  was  himg  and  closed,  the  windows 
were  closely  covered  with  shutters,  and  the  mys- 
tery only  deepened,  till  outsiders  began  to  have 
a  strange,  weird  feeling  about  the  new  factory, 
and  to  talk  of  its  probable  purpose  in  subdued 
tones  and  doubtful  voices. 

When  all  was  in  readiness  for  operation,  the 
six  partners  formed  in  procession  and  entered 
the  shop  after  sunset  at  night.  Night  after 
night,  night  after  night,  they  repeated  their 
mysterious  entry  into  the  mysterious  shop. 
Those  passing  by  at  night  could  sometimes  hear 
the  heavy  blows  of  the  hammer,  the  buzzing  of 
the  saw,  the  squeaking  of  the  lathe,  and  occa- 
sionally the  sound  of  muffled  human  voices, 
but  there  was  nothing  to  nnlock  the  mys- 
tery. 

In  due  time,  however,  the  door  was  thrown 
open  and  a  machine  rolled  out  onto  the  street — 
a  strange  machine.  Nobody  had  ever  seen  any- 
thing like  it.  It  was  all  covered  over  with 
wooden  boxes  which  were  not  wooden  boxes  at 
all ;  it  had  six  cranks  which  were  not  cranks ; 
it  ha4  a  wagon  tongue  which  was  not  a  wagon 
tongue.  In  fact  nothing  was  just  what  it  seem- 
ed, and  the  mystery  only  deepened. 

The  six  strange  partners  brought  a  man  to 
examine  the  thing  and  become  their  agent  for 
its  sale.  They  offered  him  ten  per  cent,  of  the 
gross  receipts  for  his  services.  "Well,"  said  the 
agent,  "What  do  you  call  the  thing?"  "O,"  an- 
swered the  six  in  concert,  "its  name  is  secret." 
"Well,  what  is  its  use?"  inquired  the  agent. 
"Ah,  its  use  is  also  secret."  "How  do  you  sup- 
pose I  can  sell  a  nameless  thing  like  that,  with- 
out any  known  use?"  "Why,  don't  you  see," 
answered  the  mysterious  co-partners,  "don't  you 
see  men  toill  buy  it  as  a  curiosity,  a  sort  of  per- 
petual mystery — a  thing  to  make  people  stare, 
you  know!" 

The  agent  confessed  there  were  a  few  fools 
left  in  the  world  who  might  be  gulled  with  such 
a  swindle  but  unfortunately  sucn  fools  were  gen- 
erally without  money  or  reputation  and  he 
couldn't  make  wages  at  the  business.    They  of- 


fered him  25  per  cent.,  .50  percent,  90 per  cent., 
— but  nothing  could  induce  him  to  undertake 
the  agency.  Finally,  driven  to  necessity  by 
stern  facts  co-partner  No.  1  spoke  up:  "Well, 
if  you  must  know,  it  is  a  lawn-mower.  Turn 
that  ar'  crank  on  the  left  and  it  will  do  the  most 
beautiful  execution  of  any  machine  in  the 
world — never  was  any  lawn-mower  equal  to  it." 
The  agent  tried  but  found  there  wae  no  sickle 
and  it  was  a  complete  failure.  Partner  No.  2, 
much  disturbed  at  the  failure,  declared  it  never 
was  made  for  a  lawn-mower,  of  course  it 
wouldn't  work,  they  were  fools  for  thinking  it 
would.  When  pressed  to  tell  its  use  he  de- 
clared it  was  a  town  pump,  destined  to  supercede 
pumps  of  all  kinds  and  to  do  away  with  the 
present  expensive  system  of  water  works — it 
could  pump  water  out  of  dry  land  as  well  as  out 
of  a  reservoir.  But  some  way  it  didn't  work  as 
a  town  pump.  One  partner  said  it  was  meant 
for  a  wheelbarrow,  one  said  a  steam  en- 
gine, another  something  else,  but,  being  tried  it 
failed  till  No.  6  almost  in  despair  said  it  was  a 
balloon,  a  magnificent  balloon,  capable  of  ascend- 
ing to  lofty  heights,  destired  to  supercede  the 
ox  team,  the  carriage,  railroad  cars  and  steam- 
boats. While  turning  the  crank,  however,  the 
thing  began  to  swell,  and  swell,  and  swell,  and 
swell — till  it  burst  into  a  thousand  atoms  and 
every  atom  had  a  crank  and  every  crank  had  a 
use — but  its  use  must  be  left  a  mystery  for  the 
present. 

In  1817,  at  Apple  Tree  Tavern,  London,  Free- 
masonry— a  strange  machine  like  this — was 
brought  forth.  It  pretended  to  great  mystery, 
alternately  appeared  like  one  thing  and  then 
another,  never  really  being  what  it  seemed  to 
be,  always  pretending  to  be  what  it  was  not. 
It  relied  largely  on  its  appeal  to  curiosity  for  pa- 
tronage but  has  put  forth  a  thousand  claims 
and  shifted  from  one  claim  to  another  as  often 
as  its  boasts  were  proved  vain.  Let  me  remind 
you  of  some  of  these  claims  and  of  their  con- 
spicuous failure. 

In  a  western  town,  after  spending  an  hour 
with  a  gentleman,  I  inquired  if  he  were  a 
Christian,  to  which  inquiry  he  replied,  "No, 
but  I  am  a  Mason,  and  if  I  live  up  to  my  Ma- 
sonry it  is  religion  enough."  Beginning  with 
that  little  incident  I  have  been  at  some  trouble 
to  inquire  and  find  that  this  claim  is  being  ex- 
tensively made  for  the  institution.  A  parish- 
ioner once  called  me  into  his  shop  to  tell  me 
that  he  was  a  Mason  and  had  made  up  his  mind 
to  withdraw  from  the  church  because  his  Ma- 
sonic religion  was  all  he  needed. 

By  way  of  furnishing  an  illustration  of  the 
failure  of  this  machine  in  this  respect  let  me 
digress  a  little  to  see  whether  the  Masonic  re- 
ligion is,  after  all,  a  good  one.  A  paper  came 
to  me  recently  with  a  letter  from  Rob 
Morris  L.  L.  D.,  bearing  recent  date  and  con- 
taining some  things  helpful  to  the  determina- 
tion of  the  question  in  hand.  Dr.  Morris  is 
evidently  of  some  consequence  in  the  order  for 
he  boasts  to  have  been  forty  years  a  Mason,  to 
have  instructed  his  brethren  of  the  lodge  "in 
every  State  in  the  union  except  two,"  to  have 
traveled  around  the  globe,  to  have  published 
seventy  volumes  on  Masonry,  and  to  have  lec- 
tured several  thousand  times.  This  same  man 
in  his  FreemasorCs  Monitor  p.  281  says :  "The 
meeting  of  a  Masonic  lodge  is  strictly  a  religious 
ceremony."  Here  then  is  the  assertion  of  one 
of  the  co-partners  of  this  mysterious  machine 
now  before  the  public  that  it  is  a  religious  in- 
stitution. After  the  manner  of  our  agent  of 
the  fable  let  us  give  the  thing  a  fair  trial  re- 
ligiously. Let  us  see  whether  it  works  well.  If 
it  is  better  than  the  church,  then  no  doubt  it 
will  sell  well.  Let  co-partner  Morris  himself 
turn  the  religious  crank  and  see  how  it 
works. 

Alas!  Rob  Morris,  L.  L.  D.,  himself  sighs  at 
the  evident  failure  of  the  thing.  In  this  new 
letter,  this  latest  utterance  from  the  oracle  of 
the  mysteries,  there  appears  a  sad  confession. 
How  the  heart  of  Rob  Morris  L.  L.  D.,  40  years 
a  Mason,  the  world- wide  Masonic  traveler,  the 
author  of  seventy  Masonic  volumes — how  his 
heart  must  have  sunk  within  him  when  he  made 
the  following  ooniession  concenung  hi«  "se?eral 


4 


IHE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE. 


October  12,  1888 


thousand"  lectures.  Hear  his  words :  "My  lec- 
tures to  lodges  were  not  Christian,  because  I 
found  in  the  lodge  Mohammedans  and  Jews. 
^  *  I  do  not  mention  the  name  of  Christ  as 
a  historical  character,  because  Freemasonry  is 
more  ancient  than  the  Christian  era."  Now 
this  Bob  Morris,  L.  L.  D.,  is  said  to  be  a  Presby- 
terian elder.  In  his  letter  he  professes  great  re- 
verence for  the  Scriptures.  He  doubtless  be- 
lieves "There  is  no  other  name  under  heaven 
given  among  men  whereby  we  -must  be  saved," 
Yet  he  has  delivered  several  thousand  lectures 
before  this  religious  body  and  has  been  unable 
to  speak  his  mind  concerning  hie  beloved  Savior. 
What  is  religion  without  Christ?  Simply  a  de- 
ception, a  fraud,  a  lie !  Yet  this  man  confes- 
ses Freemasonry  excludes  Christ.  Better  is  a 
lawn  mower  without  a  sickle  than  a  religion 
without  a  Saviour!  Poor  man.  He  claimed  his 
mysterious  machine  was  a  religion,  he  tried  it, 
he  finds  it  wanting  in  the  most  essential  point. 
How  long  will  he  continue  to  pawn  ofi  this 
fraud  on  the  credulity  of  the  people?  How 
long  will  the  people  continue  to  tolerate  the 
humbug?  The  fact  is  it  does  not  satisfactorily 
work  as  a  religion.  It  is  defective.  A  thou 
sand  times  has  it  made  its  boasts,  a  thousand 
times  has  the  test  proved  it  false. 

How  will  this  mysterious  machine — the  Ma 
sonic  lodge — get  along  with  the  difficulty? 
Easy  enough.  No  sooner  have  we  demonstra 
ted  its  failure  as  a  religion  than  co-partner  No.  2 
steps  forward.  He  declares  that  we  have  been 
wholly  mistaken  about  the  object  of  the  ma- 
chine. "Freemasonry  has  nothing  whatever  to 
do  with  religion."  The  same  redoubtable  Rob 
Morris  in  the  same  letter  says :  "I  took  no  ob 
ligation  until  I  had  first  been  assured  by  a 
Chri8tian(?)  gentleman  that  it  should  not  inter- 
fere with  my  duties  to  my  God."  His  God  can- 
not be  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ,  for  the  same  man 
distinctly  said  it  did  interfere  with  his  duty  to 
the  Saviour.  Never  mind  that,  however.  Rob 
Morris  now  tells  us  this  does  not  interfere  with 
religion.  Others  say "  it  is  not  religious — has 
nothing  to  do  with  religion.  "It  is  not  fair," 
say  they,  "to  test  us  as  a  religious  institution— 
we  are  not  religious."  Very  well,  let  us  under 
stand  each  other.  This  machine  you  say  is  not 
a  religious  machine,  what  then  is  the  thing 
for? 

"It  is  only  a  social  club,"  says  co-partner  No. 
2.  Let  us  test  it  then  as  a  social  club.  What 
advantages  has  it?  "You  always  have  good  so- 
ciety there,"  says  this  new  expounder  of  the 
mysterious  machine.  But  you  always  have  pi- 
rates, forgers,  adulterers,  highway  robbers,  lib- 
ertines and  drunkards  also.  There  isn't  any- 
thing particularly  choice  in  that  kind  of  society. 
A  club  composed  of  good,  bad  and  indifferent 
,  sort  of  people  is  not  exactly  the  kind  a  clean 
man  would  choose.  Then  we  might  add  that  a 
social  club  that  strips  a  man  of  his  outer  gar- 
ments, hood-winks  and  cable-tows  him,  swears 
him  under  cut  throat  penalties  and  kills  him  in 
a  Hiram    Abiff  tragedy — a  club    that  thus  de- 

frades  manhood  is  beneath  the  society  of  the 
onorable.  Social  clubs  are  bad  enough  at  best, 
but  the  swearing,  smokiog  and  drinking  habits 
of  this  one ;  its  blasphemy,  expensiveness,  arro- 
gance and  hypocrisy  all  mark  it  as  a  conspicuous 
failure. 

Just  here  co-partner  No.  3  interferes  to  in- 
form us  that  we  are  not  on  the  right  track. 
Freemasonry  is  a  henevolent  institution.  Yes, 
yes.  Doubtless  we  have  now  reached  the  true 
solution  of  this  mystery.  To  demonstrate  the 
benevolence  of  this  marvelous  machine  it 
was  taken  to  New  York  two  years  ago.  The  co- 
partners declared  that  it  was  the  most  wonder- 
ful machine  on  the  face  of  the  earth  to  take  care 
of  widows  and  orphans.  They  were  willing  to 
submit  it  to  a  fair  test.  They  dragged  it  the 
whole  length  of  the  State  of  New  York.  It 
was  fully  expected  that  it  would  scatter  five  dol- 
lar gold  pieces  like  hail-stones  to  the  poor  and 
needy — especially  the  widows  and  orphans.  A 
new  era  was  about  to  dawn.  The  great  need  of 
the  age  was  a  machine  to  care  for  the  widows 
and  orphans. 

It  was  a  momentous  occasion.  People  looked 
on  with  great  expectation.    Ministers  went  into 


their  pulpits  Sundays  and  scolded  their  congre- 
gations for  their  neglect  of  the  poor,  and  de- 
clared that  this  mysterious  machine  was  actually 
out-doing  Christian-  benevolence.  Well,  as  I 
said,  they  dragged  the  thing  from  one  end  of 
the  State  to  the  other  and  then  met  in  the  Grand 
Lodge  to  count  the  results  and  complete  the 
demonstration.  To  their  astonishment  it  was 
found  the  thing  had  actually  squeezed  out  of 
the  clerks,  farmers  and  laborers  $83,500,  and 
had  only  dropped  to  the  widows  and  orphans 
the  paltry  sum  of  $405  ! 

They  declared  this  was  not  a  fair  test.  New 
York  was  not  a  good  State  for  helping  widows 
and  orphans,  so  they  took  it  to  Massachusetts, 
They  dragged  it  over  the  hills  and  through  the 
valleys,  from  end  to  end,  till  they  reached  Bos 
ton,  confident  that  the  experiment  would  be  a 
brilliant  success.  They  were  disappointed.  The 
thing  had  actually  drawn  into  its  own  treasury 
$107,000  in  a  single  year,  and  paid  out  for  char- 
ity and  funeral  expenses  only  $1600  !  There  did 
seem  some  apology  for  this.  Massachusetts  is  a 
rocky  State.  No  machine  would  work  well 
there.  They  begged  for  one  more  trial  and 
proposed  the  broad  prairies  of  Illinois.  In  1872 
the  thing  gathered  in  $25,000,  and  distributed 
to  the  poor  $100,  while  (improving  with  use) 
the  following  year  it  drew  to  itself  $28,000,  and 
paid  out  not  a  cent ! 

The  case  was  getting  serious.  If  the  ma- 
chine wouldn't  sell  for  benevolent  purposes  this 
hope  of  gain  would  be  gone.  Their  agent  was 
discouraged.  The  co-partners  held  a  whispered 
conference.  Thfey  proposed  one  more  trial,  and 
the  State  of  Maine  should  be  the  place.  They 
took  a  new  course  this  time  hoping  for  better 
results.  They  refused  to  pay  taxes  on  the  ma 
chine  eo  as  to  test  the  question  of  benevolence 
in  the  courts.  What  they  had  failed  to  prove 
bv  actual  tests  they  hoped  to  prove  by  taking 
advantage  of  the  tricks  of  law.  When  they 
thought  they  had  everything  in  the  court  room 
fixed  up  to  turn  out  the  proper  results  they  sub 
mitted  the  question  to  the  supreme  court.  But 
what  was  their  astonishment  to  hear  the  decision 
announced  by  the  highest  court  in  the  State  that 
Freemasonry  is  not  a  benevolent  institution 
Confronted  by  the  decision  they  had  to  give  it 
up.  The  Grand  Orator  of  Connecticut  two 
years  ago  advised  the  co-partners  no  longer  to 
claim  their  machine  to  be  for  charitable  pur- 
poses. It  is  a  fact  that  many  Masons  have  be 
come  cautious  about  claiming  their  institution 
to  be  benevolent. 

At  this  point  co-partner  No.  4  comes  up.     He 

E pears  to  be  much  enraged  at  unfair  treatment, 
3  says  Freemasonry  is  not  religious,  it  doesn't 
claim  to  be  a  social  club,  nor  does  it  lay  claim  to 
benevolence.  It  is  a  great  moral  teacher.  It 
teaches  that  men  should  not  get  drunk  lest  they 
divulge  the  secrets  of  Freemasonry,  they  should 
never  cheat  nor  defraud  brother  Master  Ma- 
sons, they  should  not  violate  the  chastity  of  the 
relatives  of  brother  Master  Masons,  they  should 
shield  the  crimes  of  brother  Master  Masons 
right  or  wrong,  and  a  multitude  of  similar  pre 
cepts,  all  of  which  are  wanting  in  true  morality, 
and  therefore  become  only  licenses  to  crime. 
No,  the  machine  will  not.  operate  as  a  moral 
teacher.  Its  religion  is  pagan,  its  society  cor- 
rupt, its  benevolence  selfish  and  its  morality  im- 
moral. 

We  are  now  informed  that  all  these  claims 
are  misleading.  Freemasonry  never  was  de- 
signed for  any  of  these  things.  It  is  the  great 
perserver  of  secrets!  It  is  in  possession  of  val- 
uable mysteries  that  the  uninitiated  cannot  com- 
prehend, and  it  has  become  the  great  preserver 
of  the  mysteries  of  all  past  ages.  Now  at  last 
it  is  to  be  hoped  we  have  found  one  point  in 
which  this  mysterious  machine  will  succeed. 
The  first  lest  of  this  point  was  in  this  very  town 
(Batavia,  N.  Y.,)  in  1826.  Its  merits  as  the 
great  secret-preserver  of  the  world  were  to  be 
tested.  To  be  sure  no  one  could  tell  just  what 
value  there  would  be  in  such  a  machine,  but 
that  was  not  the  important  point.  The  ques- 
tion had  arisen  whether  this  strange  machine 
had  any  use  under  the  sun.  Well,  it  was 
brought  here  for  trial.  It  commenced  its  oper- 
ations. Its  maneuvers  were  strange.  It  was 
seized  with  a  violent  hatred  of  Captain  Mor- 


gan. It  dogged  his  steps,  besmeared  his  char- 
acter, threatened  his  life,  abducted  him,  drown- 
ed him.  As  if  enraged  by  its  own  fury  it  set 
Miller's  printing  office  on  fire,  it  destroyed 
Greene's  hotel,  and  behaved  so  badly  it  seemed 
for  a  time  as  if  the  world  would  be  destroyed. 
When  the  struggle  was  over  the  co-partners 
were  astonished  to  find  that  the  violence  of  its 
action  had  actually  scattered  its  secrets  from  the 
St.  Lawrence  to  the  Gulf,  and  from  ocean  to 
ocean !  They  took  it  to  Boston  to  test  it  and  it 
turned  men  crazy,  defied  the  police,  threw  rotten 
eggs  at  an  old  man  ninety-four  years  of  age, 
hurled  brick-bats  and  defied  all  the  laws  of  civil- 
ized society.  It  was  thought  this  trial  was  a 
success,  but  instead  of  succeeding  {it  was  leak- 
ing its  secrets  all  the  time.  At  New  Market,  N. 
H.,  St.  Johnsbury,  Yt.,  Kellerton,  Iowa,  and 
other  places,  the  thing  was  tested,  and  the  more 
they  tested  it  the  more  it  leaked.  It  was  a  con- 
spicuous failure.  Co-partner  No.  6  said  it  need- 
ed more  "puffing,"  so  they  began  the  process  of 
puffing.  It  swelled  and  swelled  till  the  world 
was  astonished  at  its  marvelous  size,  and  then, 
like  the  machine  in  the  fable,  it  suddenly  burst, 
when,  for  the  first  time,  its  true  use  was  dis- 
covered. It  proved  to  be  a  first-class  lying  ma- 
chine 1  Never  was  anything  like  it.  It  lied 
about  its  history,  it  lied  about  its  religion, 
its  politics,  its  benevolence,  its  silly  ceremonies, 
its  blasphemy ;  it  lied  about  its  enemies,  its  se- 
crets, its  purposes — in  short  it  turned  out  lies 
perpetually. 

Well,  my  friends,  it  sometimes  does  us  good 
to  look  at  the  ridiculous  side  of  this  complex 
subject,  but  were  we  to  stop  here  we  should  be 
untrue  to  the  great  cause  for  which  we  labor. 
There  is  an  awfully  serious  side  to  this  discus- 
sion. There  is  a  phase  of  it  calculated  to  alarm 
the  devout,  to  agitate  the  serious-minded. 

Mingle  with  the  business  men  of  our  city 
and  you  will  hear  them  commenting  frequently 
on  the  rapid  strides  which  infidelity  is  making 
in  this  country.  Some  men  will  speak  of  it 
with  satisfaction,  some  with  deep  and  solemn  re- 
gret, but  whether  with  pleasure  or  sorrow,  they 
will  agree  in  the  fact.  Enter  the  studys  of  the 
pastors  of  the  churches  and  you  will  hear  a  sol- 
emn, mournful  confession  of  the  same  fact. 
What  is  the  nature  of  this  infidelity?  What  is 
the  cause?  As  to  the  first  question  it  may  be 
said  that  men  are  becoming  very  skeptical  about 
some  of  the  most  vital  doctrines  of  Christianity. 
There  is  a  disposition,  in  the  first  place,  to  ig- 
nore the  Lord  Jesus  Christ  and  treat  him  as  if 
he  were  not  the  Divine  Saviour,  but  some  im- 
poster,  nnworthy  the  homage  paid  him.  Then, 
in  the  second  place,  the  Bible  is  being  ridiculed 
as  a  relic  of  the  dark  ages,  to  be  ranked  with 
the  Koran  and  other  superstitious  writings. 
Again,  regeneration  is  mocked  as  a  fruit  of 
a  morbid  imagination,  an  uureal  doctrine,  a  re- 
sult of  superstition  and  ignorance.  Men  are 
skeptical  about  the  resurrection  and  all  super- 
natural displays  of  the  Divine  power.  Against 
this  species  of  infidelity  the  ministers  and 
churches  are  struggling.  They  wonder  what 
has  caueed  this  state  of  things.  They  see  no 
force  in  the  country  of  sufficient  greatness  and 
influence  to  account  for  the  wave  of  infidelity 
sweeping  over  them.  They  discuss  at  their  con- 
ferences such  questions  as,  How  to  reach  the 
young  men?  How  to  overcome  skepticism? 
What  are  the  special  demands  of  the  age?  But 
still  the  work  of  undermining  the  faith  of  the 
people  goes  on  unchecked. 

The  Robert  IngersoU  kind  of  warfare  cannot 
account  for  this  state  of  things.  His  following 
is  small  and  uninfluential.  At  his  recent  con- 
vention a  few  spiritualists,  free-lovers  and  lib- 
ertines performed  to  the  disgust  of  all  sensible 
people.  This  is  not  the  source  of  the  infidelity 
of  our  time. 

The  fact  is  the  Masonic  lodge  is  the  great 
school  of  infidelity.  This  is  a  grave  charge.  It 
is  not  made,  however,  without  a  knowledge  of 
facts  to  prove  it.  There  is  more  dangerous  in- 
fidelity in  the  current  literature  of  the  Masonic 
lodge  than  in  the  writings  of  Tom  Paine  or 
Robt.  Ingersoll.  Analyze  the  infidelity  of  the 
time  and  compare  it  with  the  teachings  of  Free- 
masonry and  you  cannot  fail  to  be  impressed 
with  a  striking  resemblance.     For  example,  let 


October  12,  1883 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURK 


U8  inquire  what  Freemasonry  teaches  about  our 
Lord  Jesus  Christ?  It  rejects  him.  It  teaches 
that  he  is  too  sectarian  for  the  universal  relig- 
ion of  Freemasonry.  It  excludes  him  from  its 
prayers,  its  symbols,  its  Scripture  quotations  ; 
irom  its  process  of  regeneration  and  from  its 
Masonic  resurrection ;  from  its  songs  of  worship 
and  its  entire  ritual.  What  is  this  but  orga- 
nized infidelity?  Before  the  young  man  enters 
the  lodge  he  solemnly  pledges  to  abide  by  all 
the  ancient  usages  and  customs  of  the  traternity. 
Now  one  of  those  "ancient  usages"  is  to  exclude 
Christ ;  hence  he  is  pledged  to  reject  him.  In 
addition  to  the  force  of  this  pledge  is  the  silent 
influence  of  the  minister  and  deacon,  who  are 
engaged  in  the  same  covenant.  They  endorse 
the  custom  and  thus  lend  their  influence  to  en- 
trap the  unwary.  But  this  is  only  the  begin- 
ning. The  doctrine  of  regeneration  by  Christ 
is  set  aside  and  regeneration  by  the  loolish  cere- 
monies of  the  lodge  is  substituted.  The  Bible 
is  placed  on  a  level  with  the  Koran ;  it  is  called 
a  mere  symbol,  an  article  of  furniture ;  con- 
tempt, thrice  cursed,  is  shown  lor  it  by  actually 
misquoting  from  its  sacred  pages.  All  these 
facts  may  be  proven  from  Masonic  writings. 
The  whole  supernatural  teachings  of  the  Sa- 
cred Book  are  set  aside,  and  page  alter  page  is 
written  in  defence  of  this  course  and  in  expla- 
nation of  it.  Where  can  more  unvarnished  in- 
fidelity be  found  than  in  the  following  quota- 
tion from  Kebold's  General  History  of  Freema- 
Bonry,  p.  418 : 

"Now  what  is  the  result  of  this  examination? 
That  the  disciples  of  Christ  have  surrounded 
his  birth,  life  and  death,  with  miracles  which 
never  took  place,  but  which  are,  rather,  symbol- 
ized under  solar  appearances.  '^  *  *  In  a 
word,  that  the  Christian  religion  came  oiit  from 
the  mysteries  of  initiation  ;  and  that  the  crea- 
tion, the  gods,  the  angels,  the  occurrences,  dog- 
mas and  ceremonies,  such  as  we  find  them  in 
the  sacred  books,  are  nothing  but  resemblances, 
more  or  less  faithful,  of  the  ancient  gods,  an- 
gels, dogmas  and  ceremonies  of  the  Brahmins, 
the  Magij  and  the  Egyptian  priests." 

It  will  be  seen  that  this  Masonic  writer  plain- 
ly and  unequivocally  denies  the  miracles  ol 
Christ  and  that  he  blasphemously  attributes  his 
sublime  teachings  to  the  heathen  gods.  We 
shall  search  the  English  language  in  vain  tor 
more  rank  infidelity  than  is  here  put  lorth,  and 
yet  this  is  only  the  logical  conclusion  of  all  Ma- 
sonic ceremonies  and  instructions. 

Now  the  infiuence  of  such  teaching  must  be 
great  in  proportion  to  the  power  ot  the  institu- 
tion putting  it  forth.  He  makes  a  great  mis- 
take who  ignores  the  etrength  of  this  institu- 
tion. While  the  church  ol  our  Pilgrim  fathers, 
with  250  years  of  uninterrupted  *  growth  now 
numbers  less  than  400,000  members.  Freema- 
sonry claims  600,000,  the  growth  for  the  most 
part  of  only  fifty  years  past.  If  the  growth  in 
numbers  marks  the  growth  also  ol  its  infidelity, 
we  can  readily  account  for  what  is  otherwise 
mysterious. 

Here  is  a  powerful  institution,  wealthy  and 
influential,  steadily  and  stealthily  imbuing  its 
members  with  infidel  sentiments,  while  those 
members,  in  their  families  snd  the  communi- 
ties, repeat  the  principles  taught  them  in  the 
lodge.  Hence,  our  struggle  is  not  merely  against 
a  foolish  society,  but  against  a  powerful  orga- 
nization which  is  steadily  undermining  the  laith 
of  the  people  and  destroying  the  religion  of  Christ. 

If,  like  the  prophets  and  apostles  of  old,  we 
would  fearlessly  grapple  with  the  foe  ol  godli- 
ness, we  must  meet  and  destroy  the  enemy  of 
Christ  and  his  church  ere  it  drinks  the  life-blood 
of  our  sacred  worship.  Ministers  must  be 
aroused  to  the  greatness  of  the  struggle  and  the 
importance  of  the  issue. 

It  sometimes  seems  to  me  as  if  the  church 
was  never  in  a  moje  exposed  condition  than 
now.  There  is  a  chapter  in  Jewish  history,  the 
details  of  which  are  only  vaguely  retained,  but 
which  furnish  a  fearful  illustration  of  an  im- 
pending danger.  When  religious  worship  among 
the  Jews  had  run  low  and  piety  had  perished, 
Jerusalem  was  disturbed  by  factional  struggles 
within,  which  weakened  her  for  defence.  In 
this  exposed  condition    the  enemy  found  little 


difficulty  in  destroying  her  gates  and  desecrating 
her  temple.  The  churches  are  in  a  period  of 
exceptional  outward  prosperity.  Never  did 
money  come  so  easily,  never  was  the  superficial 
popularity  of  the  church  greater,  and  seldom 
was  piety  at  a  lower  ebb.  The  absence  of  out- 
ward fear  has  set  the  churches  to  striving  for  de- 
nominational supremacy.  The  zeal  for  sect  (or 
faction)  was  never  greater.  Unhappily  this 
struggle  is  not  based  on  principle,  nor  is  it  an 
open  struggle,  visible  to  the  naked  eye.  But 
each  denomination  is  the  rival  of  every  other  in 
courting  popular  favor  by  urbanity  of  manner 
and  sacrifice  of  principle.  The  Methodists  can- 
not meddle  with  unpopular  evils  lest  the  Pres- 
byterians profit  by  their  unpopularity,  the  Pres- 
byterians must  keep  clear  of  reform  lest  the 
Congregationalists  steal  their  popularity.  The 
churches  seem  to  exist  less  to  battle  for  truth, 
than  to  secure  their  own  greatness  by  diplomatic 
processes. 

There  are  many  of  the  smaller  denominations 
which  are  nobly  struggling  against  the  current 
infidelity  apd  ungodliness,  but  the  lines  of  sep- 
aration are  too  plainly  marked  to  suffer  them  to 
become  unreservedly  fellow -soldiers.  I  remem- 
ber to  have  read  recently  in  an  ecclesiastical 
history  of  the  English  churches  that  in  the  early 
days  of  the  reformation,  Presbyterians,  Inde- 
pendents and  Baptists  made  common  cause 
against  a  common  foe.  To  me  the  present  strug- 
gle appears  to  be  of  that  magnitude  and  im- 
portance which  should  fuse  all  hearts  and  unite 
all  hands.  Christ  and  his  kingdom  have  been 
basely  assailed ;  advantage  is  being  taken  of  the 
separation  of  his  followers  to  press  the  battle ; 
let  one  rallying  cry  echo  along  the  line  and  vic- 
tory will  soon  perch  upon  our  banners.  One 
thing  is  certain,  either  the  reform  principles  of 
relorm  churches  must  prevail  or  the  churches 
themselves  must  sink  into  oblivion.  The  Wes- 
leyan  churches  have  •already  been  nearly  driven 
out  of  New  England,  and  no  one  can  account 
lor  the  tact  in  any  way  except  that  the  lodges 
have  pressed  them  too  severely.  Other  reform 
churches  are  now  struggling  to  maintain  them- 
selves. If  their  relorm  principles  triumph,  they 
will  succeed;  if  the  principles  fai],"they'll  fail  also. 

What  a  day  ol  sorrow  that  will  be,  it  it  ever 
comes,  when  our  enemies  press  heavily  upon  us 
and  our  cause  fails ;  when  the  click  of  the  type 
and  the  music  of  the  reform  press  is  no  longer 
heard ;  when  the  hand  of  the  venerable  man, 
whose  presence  has  become  so  familiar  to  ue,  no 
longer  pens  burning  words  of  rebuke  to  sin  ; 
when  the  outposts  ol  the  reform  churches  are 
one  by  one  driven  in  and  their  batteries  silenced; 
when  the  secret  lodge,  unrebuked,  unchecked, 
sways  the  sceptre  of  power  and  gloats  in  its  un- 
holy victory ;  when  "freedom  of  speech"  and 
"freedom  of  press"  are  only  empty  phrases  that 
return  from  the  memory  of  the  past  to  mock 
the  hideous  present.  Better  we  had  never 
lived  than  that  we  should  now  be  recreant  to  our 
trust.  We  cannot,  we  must  not,  we  will  not 
falter  now.  Every  principle  within  us  presses 
us  forward,  every  voice  from  above  impels  us  on- 
onward.  God  grant  speedy  triumph  of  hia  truth. 

— A  clerk  in  the  War  Department,  from  Phil- 
adelphia, has  received  three  circulars  from  as 
many  diiferent  campaign  managers.  One  was 
from  Hubbell,  for  $24,  the  rest  from  Chairman 
Cooper,  of  the  Pennsylvania  Republican  Com- 
mittee, for  $24,  and  the  third  from  a  local  or- 
ganization in  Philadelphia,  taxing  him  $20 — $68 
in  all.  This  man  has  a  wife  and  five  children, 
and  in  his  reply  to  Hubbell  and  the  ward  com- 
mittee said  that  he  was  compelled  to  look  out 
lor  his  family,  and  would  therefore  be  unable  to 
act  as  one  o'  the  saviors  of  the  Republican  party 
to  the  extent  of  the  aessessments  mentioned  in 
their  circulars. 

— The  Cynosure  editors  are  reviled  for  the  good 
deeds  of  some  brother  in  Washington  City  who 
sent  a  couple  of  Anti-masonic  tracts  to  a  lady 
with  an  anonymous  note  asking  her  to  seek  the 
Saviour. '  These  are  enclosed  in  a  letter  to  us 
accompanied  with  unmentionable  epithets. 
Amused  and  sorry  for  the  writer,  yet  if  all  Ma- 
sonic revilings  will  take  the  same  course  we 
shall  be  thankful.  It  wiU  relieve  many  friends 
of  an  irksome  load. 


REFORM  NEWS. 


Thurlow  Weed  on  Masonry  in  Political  Management 

NOTES     OF     THE      GENERAL      SECBETARv's      EASTERN 
JOURNEY. 

My  trip  East  since  the  Batavia  Convention 
has  furnished  some  of  the  most  encouragins^  in- 
cidents in  my  experience.  The  meeting  at  Wor- 
cester has  already  been  briefly  reported.  My 
conference  with  the  New  England  Board  of  the 
N.  C.  A.  was  to  me  highly  satisfactory,  and,  as 
I  have  reason  to  believe,  mutually  profitable.  I 
am  convinced  of  the  wisdom  of  tlie  arrange- 
ment, and  under  the  very  able  generalship  of 
Bro.  Bailey  it  is  already  a  success. 

From  Worcester  I  went  to  Boston  where  I 
met  a  few  friends  and  then  turned  back  to  New 
York  city.  Our  journey  was  in  the  midst  of 
the  terrible  storm  that  swept  the  N.  E.  coast, 
but  we  passed  safely  on  without  detention  until 
reaching  the  tunnel  in  New  York,  where  we 
were  detained  for  an  hour  or  so  by  that  "rail- 
road horror"  of  which  the  papers  have  already 
given  an  account. 

Bro.  Harrison  not  having  returned  from  Syn- 
od I  took  a  room  at  Merchant's  Hotel  on  Court- 
land  street,  hoping  to  see  light  with  the  dawn- 
ing of  the  morning.  September  23rd,  however, 
proved  to  be  one  of  the  darkest,  most  drenching 
days  I  ever  witnessed.  I  called  on  a  few  friends 
and  among  them  Thurlow  Weed,  whom  I  found 
in  better  health  than  I  had  anticipated.  I  was 
met  at  the  door  by  his  grand-daughter,  who,  on 
learning  my  name  led  the  way  to  a  room  where 
Mr.  Weed  was  quietly  resting  on  an  old-fueh- 
ioned  lounge.  Mr.  W«ed  received  me  cordially, 
and  as  Judge  Moses  Taggart  had  thoughtfully 
apprised  him  of  my  coming  and  ot  the  object  of 
my  mission,  no  time  was  consumed  in  reaching 
the  theme  of  greatest  interest. 

Mr.  Weed  inquired  about  the  Convention  at 
Batavia,  and  expressed  regret  at  being  too  ill  to 
accept  the  invitation  of  the  N.  C.  A.,  and  of 
friends  to  be  present.  He  spoke  of  the  monu- 
ment and  of  the  work  of  the  N.  C.  A.  with 
much  satisfaction,  and  remarked,  "This  event  has 
awakened  a  great  interest  in  the  public  mind ; 
but  it  will  be  more  talked  of,  and  its  impor- 
tance better  understood  fifty  years  hence  than  it 
is  now." 

Mr.  Weed  then  related  many  incidents  of  the 
Morgan  times,  showing  conclusively  that  it  is  in 
the  very  nature  ol  things  impossible  to  exclude 
this  question  from  politics.  Mr.  Seward,  Mr. 
Weed  and  their  associates  made  a  strenuous  ef- 
lort  to  avoid  political  Anti-masonry ;  but  the 
Masons  so  incensed  and  alarmed  the  people  by 
their  toul  and  criminal  proceedings  in  courts 
and  on  committees  that  they  would  endure  no 
pacific  measures  but  absolutely  demanded  that 
the  whole  system  of  Masonry  should  be  abol- 
ished by  law.  Leadei;s  were  compelled  to  act 
in  direct  hostility  to  the  "secret  empire,"  or  give 
place  to  others  who  would  accept  and  enforce 
the  wishes  of  their  constituency.  He  was  very 
explicit  on  this  point,  as  he  said  the  movement  i 
had  been  greatly  misrepresented  and  the  mo- 
tives of  its  prominent  actors  misunderstood.  In 
illustration  he  gave  the  history  of  the  saying,  ; 
"Good  enough  Morgan  till  after  election;"  but  ■ 
as  this  will  appear  in  his  revised  and  enlarged 
paper  to  the  Convention,  I  omit  all  beyond  a 
simple  allusion  to  it  here. 

One  incident  will  show  with  what  tenacity 
Mr.  Weed  retains  events  of  fifty  years  ago.  I 
asked,  "Do  you  remember  Mrs.  Morgan's  testi- 
mony at  the  second  inquest?"  Without  a  mo-^ 
ment's  hesitation  he  gave  me  every  material  -• 
point.  I  then  read  a  copy  of  the  affidavit,  and 
he  gave  me  a  detailed  account  of  the  whole 
affair.  I  then  asked,  "Do  you  think  Masonry 
had  anything  to  do  with  Mr.  Seward's  defeat  • 
and  Mr.  Lincoln's  nomination  at  Chicago  in 
1860?" 

He  replied,  "I  thought  Mr.  Seward's  nomina- 
tion sure,  and  was  deeply  chagrined  at  hisde-* 
feat.     It  is  said  Horace  Greeley  went   to  Ver-'i 
mont  and  packed  the  delegation  from  that  State 
to  defeat    Seward.     It  is  certain  they  were  all 
Masons  and  went  solid    against  Seward,  but  I 

ICon^inued  on  12th  page.} 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE. 


October  12, 188S 


CORRESPOHDEHCE. 


Notes  from  the  Chicago  Exposition. 

Editor  Cheistian  Cynosure  : — At  the  request 
of  Bro.  Phillips  I  give  some  of  my  experiences 
while  at  the  N.  C.  A.  stand  in  the  Exposition 
building.  What  I  can  say  here  is  but  a  frag- 
ment, BO  to  speak,  of  my  experience ;  for  I  got 
it  in  quick  and  lively  order.  Odd-fellowg,  Ma- 
sons, Knight  Templars,  way  up  (way  down)  in 
the  order,  here  regard  it  their  privilege  to  vent 
their  wrath  in  unmeasured  terms.  Here,  as 
usual,  the  question  "Was  you  ever  a  Mason?" 
becomes  a  song.  How  long  will  it  be,  I  con- 
stantly thought,  ere  eecretists  will  abandon  this 
"dodge?'* 

Among  the  things  gained  here  was  additional 
confidence  in  the  accuracy  of  the  lodge  exposi- 
tions— and  this  largely  Irom  actions  of  Odd- 
fellows, Masons  and  Knight  Templars  while  ex- 
amining the  books.  Ejaculations  of  unending 
variety,  and  whispered  conversations,  some  of 
which  were  not  of  the  tamest  order;  looks  ot 
scorn  and  unutterable  contempt  were  almost 
constantly  cast  at  the  "vile  mercenary"  behind 
the  stand.  Some  even  had  the  audacity  to  ex- 
press their  pity  for  a  young  man  who  should 
venture  to  bring  on  himself  the  execration  of 
the  wide  world.  To  them,  the  opinion  of  the 
world  was  the  great  standard  of  right  and 
wrong,  and  this,  to  an  extent  I  had  scarcely  be- 
fore realized. 

Another  point  I  may  notice  was  the  call  I 
had  on  two  different  occasions  for  books  of  finer 
binding.  On  one  occasion  two  Knight  Temp- 
lars, after  looking  for  some  time  at  a  book  in 
cloth  asked  if  1  had  any  of  different  binding. 
1  replied  yes,  and  gave  them  one  in  paper, 
whereupon  they  straightened  up  as  if  amazed 
at  my  stupidity.  ''No — morocco;  have  you 
nothing  in  morocco?"  whereupon  and  hence- 
forth 1  observed  that  the  bulk  of  my  sales  were 
to  experts,  or  persons  desiring  to  become  such, 
in  the  ritual  and  work  of  the  lodge. 

On  one  of  the  occasions  when  my  books  were 
called  a  "stack  of  unmitigated  falsehoods"  my 
reference  to  this  use  of  our  works,  as  highly 
valuable  to  Masons,  brought  this  question, 
"What  do  you  think  Masons  do  with  them  ?"  to 
which  my  reply,  that  it  a  man  wants  to  buy  a 
book  to  stick  in  the  stove,  he  would  hardly  in- 
quire for  morocco,  was  quite  effectual. 

The  chief  obstacle,  however,  to  my  "mercena- 
ry" propensities,  or  rather  to  their  gratification, 
was  the  openness  and  publicity  of  our  stand. 
Secretists  are  not  accustomed  to  this.  If  we 
could  have  a  place  where  they  could  come,  as 
Nicodemus  "by  night,"  when  their  purchase 
would  not  be  noticed,  even  by  some  of  their 
friends,  our  case  would  be  different. 

One  colored  Mason,  who  called  American  Ma- 
sons "clandestine,"  rather  than  himself,  be- 
came, unconsciously,  very^  cammunicative,  and 
when  departing  remarked  that  previous  to  his 
marriage  he  could  have  some  such  books  about, 
but  that  now  he  must  forego  the  benefits  of 
these  aids. 

An  Odd-fellow,  from  Michigan,  whom  I 
found  to  be  well  advanced,  on  accepting  a  chair 
and  spending  some  time  in  looking  over  the 
"Revised,"  in  reply  to  several  Odd-fellows  who 
had  tried  in  every  way  to  abuse  me  and  my 
books,  candidly  told  me  the  book  was  all  right, 
and  that  such  wholesale  denunciation  was  re- 
garded by  many  of  them  as  legitimate  and  prop- 
er ;  yet  they  did  not  meet  with  his  approval,  as 
they  were  a  strong  means  of  causing  us  (Anti- 
masons)  to  regard  such  as  the  fruit  of  the  lodge 
system.  He  himself  had  hopes  of  reforming 
various' abuses ;  although  his  own  lodge  had  be- 
come so  corrupt  and  distasteful  that  he  had  vis- 
ited it  but  little  for  a  year,  still  sending  his  dues, 
and  hoping  that  some,  even  of  their  puerile, 
foolish  rituals  might  be  abandoned.  I  have 
since  learned  from  a  triend  who  is  well  acqaint- 
ed  in  Michigan,  and  who  talked  with  both  him 
and  me  at  the  stand  that  evening,  that  ihia  man 
is  one  of  the  reliable  citizens  in  the  Badger 
State.  I  desire  to  notice  yet  another  point,  the 
relation  of  secretism  to  the  institution  of  mar- 
riage. That  Masons  and  Odd-fellows  are  loyal 
to  the  spirit  of    their  institution,  which  is  bor- 


rowed from  times  and  nations  where  women  was 
and  is  a  slave,  was  also  painfully  demonstrated 
more  than  once  during  the  occurrences  of  which 
I  speak.  That  Masons  consider  it  proper  to  de- 
ceive their  views,  to  the  last,  was  also  made 
very  clear.  Amid  the  throngs  passing,  and 
promenading  around  the  great  circle  of  the 
building,  many  of  the  couples,  perhaps  from  be- 
ing among  strangers,  seemed  unusually  friendly 
and  confidential  toward  each  other.  But  on  ap- 
proaching our  stand  and  examining  our  books  a 
change  invariably  became  manifest.  The  wife 
often,  from  her  pitiable  delusion,  was  seen  to 
watch  the  face  of  the  husband,  as  if  to  hear  from 
him  additional  laudations  of  this  (to  her)  match- 
less institution ;  but,  was  as  invariably  disap- 
pointed, in  seeing  him  abruptly  throw  down  the 
books,  and,  in  (perchance)  being  taken  by  the 
arm,  hearing  from  him,  for  not  a  short  distance, 
the  vilest  epithets  and  denunciations  as  to  the 
character  of  our  literature  and  of  the  baseness 
of  our  cause. 

On  witnessing  some  such  proceedings  on  the 
part  of  even  young  men  who  had  already  been 
ensnared  into  the  lodge  the  writer  was'  frequent- 
ly struck  with  horror  at  the  possibility  and  out- 
look of  young  people  of  whom  the  one  was  al- 
ready characterized  and  possessed  of  such  de- 
ceit and  perfidy,  to  the  utter  ignorance  ot  the 
other,  whom  he  is  constantly  persuading  that 
she  is  the  idol  of  his  heart,  and  that  between 
him  and  her  nothing  shall  ever  come  to  break 
each  other's  confidence. 

But  such,  alas!  is  Masonry.  If  these,  in 
connection  with  other  things  that  might  be 
mentioned,  are  not  an  entering  wedge;  aye!  a 
very  fruitful  cause  of  divorce,  we  would  like 
to  know  what  is?  "Whoso  is  partner  with  a 
thief  hateth  his  own  soul ;  he  heareth  cursing, 
and  bewray  eth  it  not."  Pro  v.  29:24.  What, 
but  associations  of  the  most  heinous  and  wicked 
order,  could  ever  make  m»n  so  treacherous  to 
their  nearest  earthly  friends? 

J.  0.  SOHOENBEEGER. 


The  Gospel  Masons  Like. 

St.  P^f^deciw- 
Editor  Cynosure  : — The  annuarmeeting  of 
the  Royal  Arch  Masons  is  to  be  held  in  this 
city  on  the  10th  of  October.  I  observe  these 
dark-lantern  gentlemen  are  quite  numerous  in  the 
city  now,  and  withal  quite  bold,  many  of  them 
wearing  the  devil's  charm  in  plain  sight  as  if 
they  were  honest  men,  and  their  institution  hon 
est.  But,  that  "charm"  tells  us,  who  know, 
that  they  and  their  institution  are  anything  but 
honest.  We  know  that  they  have  sworn  to  be 
murderers,  and  have  their  bodies  mutilated  and 
torn,  as  a  pack  of  raving  wolves  would  tear 
them,  if  they  tail  to  conceal  the  murder  and  trea- 
son committed  by  the  brotherhood.  The  two 
horrible  crimes  of  murder  and  treason  being  es- 
pecially noted  amongst  all  other  things  done  by 
outlaws,  Masonically.  And  this  "charm"  also 
informs  us  that  know, that  these  dark-lantern  gen- 
tlemen in  their  lodge  worship  do  join  the  Jew 
in  scorning  the  name  and  blood  of  Jesus  Christ, 
by  continuing  the  Aaronic  priesthood  in  their 
unholy  worship. 

Yeeterday  in  a  M.  E.  church  a  minister  took 
for  his  text,  "Beware  of  false  prophets,  who 
come  to  you  in  sheep's  clothing,  but  inwardly 
are  ravening  wolves.  By  their  Irnits  ye  shall 
know  them."  Matt.  7:15.  The  preacher  did  the 
best  he  could  to  show  the  people  that  Masonic 
preachers  by  their  fruits  answered  the  descrip- 
tion of  the  Saviour.  Some  saw  it ;  some  ap- 
peared wilfully  blind ;  and  some  are  so  snared 
and  blinded  by  the  artifices  ot  the  lodge  devices 
that  they  cannot  see.  At  the  close  of  the  meet- 
ing another  preacher  in  the  audience  was  in- 
vited to  preach.  He  arose  and  said,  that  al- 
though he  was  aged  and  infirm  he  would  preach, 
and,  that  he  would  preach  neither  Masonry  nor 
Anti-masonry,  but  the  gospel.  This  of  course 
excited  my  suspicions  in  regard  to  his  character, 
and  after  the  congregation  was  dismissed  those 
suspicions  were  confirmed  by  his  own  declara- 
tion that  he  was  a  Mason,  and  proud  of  his  obli- 
gation. Subsequently  he  told  a  young  man 
that  he  did  not  remember    Masonry  to  be  any- 


thing like  what  had  just  been  described.  Now 
what  was  his  design  in  telling  the  people  that  he 
would  not  mention  Masonry,  but  preach  the  gos- 
pel? Perhaps,  and  very  likely,  he  meant  that  the 
people  should  think  that  he  was  a  forgiving, 
peaceable,  quiet,  loving  preacher  of  the  gospel. 
And  in  regard  to  his  Masonry  he  would  observe 
that  indispensible  requisite  to  make  a  good 
Mason,  namely:  "  Silence  and  Secrecy,"  by 
keeping  his  "  Masonic  jewel,"  and  at  the  same 
time  observing  that  Masonic  injunction,  "  you 
shall  so  conduct  yourself  that  the  most  penetra- 
ting stranger  shall  not  be  able  to  discover  your 
secrets,  and  you  shall  divert  a  discourse  and 
manage  it  prudently  for  the  good  of  the  wor- 
shipfuU  fraternity."  This,  together  with  all^the 
facts  before  us,  confirms  the  aptness  of  the  ap- 
plication made  by  the  Anti-masonic  preacher  of 
the  Saviour's  words.  May  the  Holy  Ghost  bring 
it  home  to  the  Masonic  preacher.  "  Thou  art 
the  man  I "  Truth  is  marching  on  and  sooner  or 
later  Masonic  liars,  in  common  with  all  other 
liars,  will  be  cast  into  "  the  lake  that  burns  with 
fire  and  brimstone  which  is  the  second  death." 
Rev.  21 :  8.        Yours  truly,        W.  Fenton. 


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Questions  Answered. 

Editor  Cynosure: — Please  publish  the  fol- 
lowing questions  with  answers: 

1.  Did  Christ  when  he  descended  come  as 
mediator  only,  or  as  a  pattern  for  all  of  his  dis- 
ciples to  imitate  as  well?  [We  are  to  imitate  "all 
his  imitable  perfectio  «^. "] 

2.  Is  it  necessary  for  those  who  would  avail 
themselves  of  the  pardon  which  he  offers,  to 
conform  to  his  precepts  and  examples?  [Yes.] 

3.  When  the  proclamation  of  "peace  on  earth 
and  good  will  to  men"  was  made,  was  Christ  the 
author  of  those  principles?     [He  was.] 

4.  Is  the  war  systeui  as  practiced  at  the  pres- 
ent time  by  Christian  nations,  in  harmony  with 
the  proclamation?  ["Wars  and  fightings  come 
ot  our  lusts."] 

5.  Why  did  John  the  Baptist  who  was  the 
fore-runner  of  Christ,  clothe  himself  in  such 
plain  apparel,  and  partake  of  such  simple  diet? 
[Because  he  was  a  desert  prophet,  aud  not  a 
prince  like  Daniel.] 

6.  Is  it  obligatory  on  all  Christians,  so  far  as 
is  in  their  power,  to  preserve  the  powers  of 
body  and  mind  which  God  has  given  them  for 
their  good  and  his  glory  ?  [  Yes;  and  quit  to- 
baGco^  E.  B.  Thompson. 


Our  Mai/. 

S.  S.  Martin,  Delavan,  111. : 

"Truth  is  spreading  around  here." 

He  sends  (aided  by  the  Extension  Fund)  the  Cynosure 
to  a  Mason  who  is  sick  of  the  order,  who  "will  be  useful 
in  oiu"  cause  when  he  gets  the  harness  fairly  on." 

Mrs.  M.  A.  Gamble,  Denmark,  Mich,,  congratulates  the 
National  Christian  Association  on  their  great  achieve- 
ments.   She  adds : 

"Surely  they  are  under  the  leadership  of  him  who  will 
bring  the  nations  of  the  earth  into  subjection  to  his  rule. 
Surely  the  prayers  of  God's  people  are  being  answered." 

F.  R.  Hill,  Wilbur,  Oregon: 

"I  am  now  almost  flfiy-eiglit  years  old  and  have  yet  to 
find  a  man  of  good  deeds  ashamed  to  have  others  ^know 
it.  Let  thy  light  so  shine  that  others  seeing  thy  good 
works  may  be  constrained  to  glorify  God  and  accept  his 
son  Jesus.  How  is  it  with  the  Freemason's  lodge?  My 
opinion  is  that  it  is  impossible  to  be  an  active  Mason 
without  denying  the  truth  and  tolerating  evil  of  the  very 
worst  kind  including  murder  and  theft.  The  work  al- 
ready begun  by  the  Christian  Cyaosure  must  triumph 
eventually.  Let  us  not  despise  the  day  of  small  things 
but  be  faithful  unto  death.  I  live  in  a  village  that  once 
was  noted  for  Christian  religion,  now  it  is  noled  for  back- 
sliders and  sceptic^.  Why  all  this  change?  Now  we 
have  a  Masonic  religion;  then,  the  Christian  religion  " 

Herbert  Moor  orders  a  copy  of  Knights  of  Pythias  and 
writes : 

"I  may  want  some  more  of  them  before  long  as  quite  a 
few  of  the  boys  in  the  lodge  (Mystic  No.  1)  have  been  talk- 
ing of  them  but  do  not  know  where  to  send  for  them." 

Seciet  society  members  want  light  and  need  it.  Let  us 
help  them  obtain  it  if  we  can. 

Josiah  Shaw,  Eau  Claire,  Wis. : 

'•When  I  asked  a  man  if  he  had  heard  of  the  abduction 
and  murder  of  Morgan,  he  said,  yes,  but  most  people 
thought  it  a  hoax.  ^  hen  I  told  him  my  oldest  brother 
W8S  one  of  the  eight  who  cast  lots  to  see  which  of  the 
three  should  be  his  executioner  he  seemed  considerably 
surprised." 


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Geo.  Johnston,  Mt.  Vernon,  Dakota,  sends  a  subscrip- 
tion and  writes  that  *ie  met  the  subscriber  in  Dakota  on 
a  visit  to  his  son.  "Gave  him  the  Cynosure,  showed  him 
our  platform  which  pleased  him  well.  He  said  it  was 
time  for  a  new  party  to  organize  on  principle.  The  old 
parties  were  so  corrupt  he  would  support  them  no  longer. 
I  gave  him  some  tracts :  found  he  had  no  correct  informa- 
tion on  the  Masonic  question.  The  good  man  argument 
was  where  he  stuck.  That  is  the  bane  of  every  reform  at 
first.  We  must  get  them  to  understand  the  difference  be- 
tween this  class  ot  men  and  the  institution  of  Masonry. 
Many  of  these  good  members  in  heart  hate  Masonry,  but 
through  a  lalse  idea  of  the  binding  force  o(  their  obliga- 
tion together  with  the  fear  of  the  awlul  penalties  they  have 
invoked  upon  themselves,  are  held  in  chains  of  slavery  as 
dreadful  as  any  that  ever  existed  in  the  world." 

H.  F.  Hexson,  Ashland,  O.: 

"We  are  strongly  in  sympathy  with  your  views." 

,  Charlestown,  Mass. : 

"Here  is  a  question  which  has  been  asked  me,  'Where 
does  the  Master  hang  his  hat?'  Not  flndmg  the  answer 
in  the  book  I  answered  'On  his  head  in  the  East,'  was  it 
right  ?  By  the  knowledge  contained  in  the  book  I  have 
been  recognized  as  a  Mason  and  I  have  circukted  it. 
So  it  is  becoming  uncertain  who  is  a  Mason  and  who  is 
not.  1  work  for  a  large  corporation  where  Masonry 
has  always  held  full  sway,  but  the  back  bone  is  breaking 
steadily." 

Jas.  Kilbourn,  Racine,  Wis.,  has  written  to  the  Secreta- 
ries of  the  American  Missionary  Association  suggesting 
to  them  to  get  Dr.  Roy's  address  reprmted  in  the  Congre- 
gationalist  and  Advance  if  practicable.  Can  they  not  also 
put  it  into  their  own  monthly  magazine  ? 

H.  H.  Miller,  Warsaw,  Ind.,write3  that  many  expositions 
can  be  sold  there. 
Geo.  McElhaney,  Darlington,  Beaver  Co.,  Pa. : 
"The  reading  of  the  Cynosure  of  the  last  and  present 
week  must  tell  with  thrilling  power  on  all  true  friends 
engaged  in  the  conflict  with  secret  oath-bound  organiza- 
tions. The  monument  is  at  once  a  remembranceof  a  dark 
deed  transcended  by  few  in  the  annals  of  crime,  and  a  sign 
betokening  that  God  requires  that  which  is  past  and  that 
the  throne  of  iniquity  which  frameth  mischief  by  law 
shall  not  have  fellowship  with  him  who  is  righteous  alto- 
gether." 

W.  M.  Bowker,  Herrickville,  Pa. : 

"I  attended  the  Convention  at  Batavia;  had  a  good 
time.  I  obtained  one  photograph  of  the  Morgan  monu- 
ment ;  on  arriving  home  I  find  there  are  others  who  want 
them.  *  *  *  Bless  the  Lord  for  the  good  indications. 
Truth  is  destined  to  triumph.  One  shall  chase  a  thousand 
and  two  put  ten  thousand  to  flight." 


K. — That  is  true.  But  Grand  Lecturer  Gil- 
lette says  he  did  not  invite  him;  and  as  he  passed 
the  examination  we  could  not  tell  bat  that  he 
was  all  rigjht. 

H. — Well,  be  more  careful  in  the  future, 
and  don't  mistake  an  Anti  for  a  brother.  I 
change  here. 

K. — All  right;  if  you  should  drop  into  Lin- 
coln call  on  me.     My  name  is  K .     Good 

bye. 

They  shook  hands  and  parted,  the  Mason 
little  thinking  he  had  been  conversing  with 
the  Secretary  of  the  State  Anti-secret  Associa- 
tion. 


TEMPERANCE. 


Light  from  the  East 

As  the  delegates  were  returning  from  the 
State  meeting  at  Winterset,  on  board  the  C.  B. 
&  Q.  train,  the  following  private  conversation 
took  place  between  two  gentlemen  who  had  ex- 
changed looks  and  signs,  the  one  wearing  a  large 
Masonic  and  Odd-fellow's  pin: 

K. — Who  is  scattering  these  Anti-masonic 
tracts? 

H. — I  presume  it  is  some  delegates  returning 
from  the  State  Anti  meeting  just  closed  at  Win- 
terset. Where  do  you  hail  from? 

K. — Lincoln,  Nebraska. 

H. — Are  you  in  affiliation  with  the  fraternity 
there? 

K. — Yes,  sir;  I  am  Senior  deacon,  lodge  No — . 

H. — Well  noTv,  see  here!  1  was  in  Winterset 
and  improved  the  occasion  by  attending  the 
Anti  convention,  and  have  thus  far  been  in  com- 
pany with  other  persons  in  attendance.  Now,  I 
heard  one  of  their  men.  Starry  by  name,  a  sece- 
der  who  works  the  degrees  pubKcly,  say  that 
he  visited  Lincoln  lodges  recently,  and  that,  too, 
in  connection  with  Grand  lecturer  Gillette  two 
or  three  nights  in  succession.     Is   that  the  case? 

K. — Yes,  sir;  that's  the  case. 

H. — Well,  what  do  you  mean  by  giving  the 
fraternity  away  in  that  style? 

K. — Well,  it  was  a  mistake.  Nobody  was 
really  to  blame  for  it.     He  was  examined   by  a 

food  committee,  anil  as  we  did  not  know  him, 
e  was  admitted,  and  we  knew  nothing  about  it 
until  we  were  notified  by  the  lodge  close  to 
where  he  lives,  saying  that  he  was  telling  how 
he  "took  us  m." 

fl. — And  he  told  the  congregation  at  Win- 
terset last  night  that  any  one  visiting  the  lodge 
would  find  his  name  on  the  visiting  record.  Are 
you  going  to  allow  that? 

K. — That  matter  has  been  attended  to  long 
ago.  We  know  nothing  about  him,  sir !  j.  You 
understand? 

fl. — Yes,  I  understand.  But  Masons  must 
be  very  careful  or  they  will  testify  againsti  them- 
Belves. 


SEPOEM  NOTE-PAPBE  AND  ENVELOPES,  -i 

As  a  needed  means  of  spicadlng  the  truth  regarding  eecreoy,  a  collec- 
tion of  the  ulteranceBof  Scripture  and  various  noted  statesmen  and 
ministers  has  been  prepared  and  printed  in  tasteful  form  at  the  top  of 
note-paper  and  on  both  sides  of  envelopes  (the  matter  on  the  paper  being 
entirely  different  from  that  on  the  envelopes.)  A  blank  line  for  date  Is 
also  printed  In.  The  envelopes  can  be  furbished  elthcrwhite  or  colored; 
both  envelopes  and  paper  being  of  the  ordinary  size  and  of  good  quality. 

No.  5  Envelopes,  3x5K  Inches,  $4  per  1000;  postpald,60 cents  per  100. 
Note  Paper,  o^^jxB)^      "        W       '  "         40     •' 

The  matter  contained  on  this  Stationery  Is  pithy  and  forcible,  and  wtD 
do  gooc*  work.      Ues  tt 


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The  Connecticut  Legislature  has  recently 
provided  that  school-boards  on  the  petition  of 
twelve  adult  residents,  may  order  instruction  in 
the  public  schools  concerulng  the  effect  of  in- 
toxicating beverages. 

At  the  Mansion  House  in  London,  an  innova- 
tion was  introduced  at  the  banquet  given  to  pro- 
vincial mayors,  non-alcoholic  drinks  being  pro- 
vided for  those  who  prefered  them.  According 
to  the  Times,  nineteen  of  the  twenty-nine  tem- 
perance mayors  in  England  and  Wales  wore 
present  at  the  banquet. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Erarveian  Medical  Society 
of  London,  Dr.  Morton  stated  that  from  the  rec- 
ords of  the  practices  of  a  number  of  medical 
friends,  and  by  an  analysis  of  the  Eegistrar-Gen- 
eral's  reports,  he  estimated  the  direct  deaths  Irom 
drink  in  England  and  Wales  at  39,000,  or  42,000 
for  the  kingdom. 

Illinois,  the  banner  whiskey  State,  pays  to 
the  general  government  as  tax  on  liquors  about 
$6.50  per  each  man,  woman,  and  child;  Ohio, 
$4.50;  Kentucky,  ^4.50;  Indiana,  $2.90;  Nebras- 
ka, $1.80;  New  York,  $L45;  Missouri,  $L25; 
Pennsylvania,  .85;  Iowa,  under  partial  prohibi- 
tion, .30;  Kansas,  under  prohibition,  .12;  Ver- 
mont, under  prohibition,  .05;  and  Maine,  where 
they  say  "prohibition  has  been  a  failure"  for 
thirty  years  only,  .03. 

A  dispatch  from  South  Elgin,  111.,  says: 
"Prohibition  seems  to  have  gained  the  victory 
here  for  the  present  at  least.  For  several 
months  past  South  Elgin  saloon-keepers  have 
been  fighting  law  suits  and  paying  fines  for  sell- 
ing liquor  against  the  law.  They  seem  to  be 
tired  of  this  method  of  proceedure,  and  now 
announce  it  as  their  intention  to  '  shut  ap 
shop'  and  give  the  temperance  advocates  full 
sway." 

Drunkenness  in  Switzerland. — A  Geneva 
correspondent  writes  :  Crimes  caused  by  drink 
continue  to  be  alarmingly '  frequent  in  various 
parts  of  Switzerland,  but  especially  in  Berne  and 
Fribourg.  Murders  and  suicides  are  numerous, 
and  last  week  two  men  died  from  excessive  drink- 
ing of  schnapps.  The  amount  of  schnapps  con- 
sumed is  almost  incredible.  In  Berne  alone, 
there  are  9,000  distillers,  producing  annually 
550,000,000  litres  of  schnapps,  the  whole  of 
which  in  addition  to  150,000,000  litres  of  foreign 
spirits,  is  consumed  in  the  canton.  This  makes 
the  consumption  of  strong  drink  in  the  district, 
exclusive  of  beer  or  wine,  which  are  also  largely 
drunk,  equal  to  fourteen  litres  per  head  of  the 
entire  population,  or  if  men  above  twenty  alone 
be  reckoned,  sixty  litres  per  head  per  year.  To 
make  head  against  the  terrible  and  growing  evil 
of  intemperance  in  Switzerland,  a  total  abstin- 
ence society  was  started  in  1877,  but  according 
to  the  report  just  issued,  its  success  has  not  been 
very  marked,  it  counts  in  all  350  members  of 
whom  six  are  at  Geneva.  Some  good,  however, 
appears  to  have  been  done  in  the  Bernese  Jura, 
and  the  society  who  are  lees  discouraged  than 
might  be  expected,  are  determined  to  persevere 
with  the  work  they  have  begun.  But  it  is  safe 
to  say  that,  so  long  as  the  present  system  of  un- 
restricted production  and 'sale  is  allowed  to  pre- 
vail, so  long  Will  excessive  spirit-drinking  con- 
tinue. While  schnapi  s  and  so-called  cognac  can 
be  had  at  a  franc  a  bottle,  and  public  house  li- 
censes are  issued  promiscously,  there  will  be 
little  soberiety  among  the  working  classes  of  this 
country. — jifanohest4r  {JiMg.)  Con/rier. 


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October  12, 1888 


The  Christian  Cynosure. 

CHICAGO,  THORSDAY,  OCTOBKK  12,  1882. 


Dr.  Howard  Crosby. 

This  gentleman  is  one  of  the  most  extraordi- 
nary perflons  this  or  any  other  country  ever  pro- 
duced. When  the  doctrine  of  total  abstinence 
from  intoxicating  drinks  had  become  well-nigh 
universally  popular,  so  nearly  so  that  no  respect- 
able religious  paper  dared  oppose  it,  Dr.  Crosby 
went  to  the  Tremont  Temple,  iBoston,  and  gave 
a  lecture  which  made  him  popular  with  every 
brewer,  distiller,  and  saloon  keeper  in  the  Unit- 
ed States.  They  printed  and  sold  his  lecture  by 
thousands  on  thousands.  He  held  that  total  ab- 
stinence was  fanaticism,  and  temperance  men 
fanatics;  and  still,  admitting  the  evil  of  intem- 
perance, he  set  about  showing  a  more  excellent 
way,  which  was  to  tax  and  license  liquor-selling 
under  stringent  laws.  Years  before,  he  set  him- 
self to  enforce  such  laws  by  forming  a  society 
and  raising  a  prosecuting  fund.  He  found  the 
attempt  like  attempting  to  regulate  yellow  fever 
or  small  pox  by  statute. 

When  applied  to  for  his  opinion  of  the  lodge, 
he  assailed  the  whole  army  of  secret  orders  as 
"calmly"  as  he  did  the  army  of  temperance  so- 
cieties; and  with  equal  disregard  of  the  numbers 
and  odds  against  him.  The  sneers  of  the  press. 
Masonic  mobs,  the  bitter  taunts  and  revilings  of 
Freemasons,  all  went  with  him  for  the  buzz  of 
BO  many  flies;  and  he  wrote  to  the  Batavia  Con- 
vention as  freely  as  he  had  written  his  condem- 
nation of  the  lodge  years  before!  Of  course  his 
Boston  anti-total-abstinence  lecture  brought 
down  on  his  head  the  denunciations  of  the  relig- 
ious press;  but  he  seems  to  think,  "So  much  the 
worse  for  the  press." 

The  temperance  cause  marched  on.  Kansas 
and  Iowa  by  heavy  majorities  put  the  liquor 
traffic  under  legal  and  constitutional  ban,  and 
behold  Dr.  Crosby  is  out  in  another  "  Calm 
View."  He  tells  the  temperance  multitudes  that 
they  have  carried  prohibition  '*  in  advance  of 
public  sentiment,"  and  by  "a  contest  against 
nature."  This  language  is  simply  astonishing. 
How  is  Dr.  Crosby  certain  that  prohibition  is 
"in  advance  of  public  sentiment,"  when  it  has 
carried  by  large  majorities  thus  far  in  every 
State  where  the  people  have  had  a  chance  to 
vote  on  it?  And  Dr.  Crosby  himself  writes  by 
way  ot  concession,  "Much  more  would  be  the 
majority  if  the  women  should  also  vote."  Who 
owns  "public  sentiment"  then?  Whose  "senti- 
ment" is  it?  Is  it  not  the  sentiment  of  the  vot- 
ing masses,  and  the  women?  Or  is  "public  sen- 
timent" that  of  a  handful  of  liquor-sellers,  liq- 
uor-makers, and  liquor-drinking  politicians! 

And  as  if  to  astonish  astonishment  itself  Dr. 
Crosby  declares  prohibition  to  be  "against  na- 
ture," because  "men  find  a  law  of  nature  which 
their  conscience  fully  approves,  teaching  them 
BO  to  drink."  They  know  that  wine  is  a  rich 
blessing  from  God  to  be  enjoyed  thankfully  as 
much  aB  corn." 

This  caps  Yesuvius!     Suppose  Dr.  Crosby  can 

fet  some  wine  from  the  vineyards  along  the 
[udson  which  is  pure — though  that  will  get 
men  drunk  enough — does  not  he  know  that  his 
word  "wine"  to-day  covers  the  wines  of  com- 
merce, which  are  vile  mixtures  based  on  whisky 
and  drugged  with  litharge,  logwood  and  red 
lead;  that  there  is  more  stuff  sold  as  Maderia 
wine  in  any  one  of  a  thousand  cities,  than  the 
Maderia  Islands  produce  1  And  yet  this  vile 
compound,  this  wine  of  the  people,  is  endorsed 
by  "nature"  and  by  "public  sentiment."     And 

J^et  Dr.  Crosby  is  a  scholar  and  a  gentleman  too 
earned  to  be  ignorant  of  the  meaning  of  his 
words,  and  above  "the  baseness  of  a  lie." 

Now  turn  his  tapestry  again.  After  showing 
to  his  own  satisfaction  that  prohibition  is  against 
reason  and  "  nature"  he  declares  that  if  it  gets 
to  him  he  will  vote  Jor  it! ! !  Yes,  vote  for  it, 
i0  a  choice  of  evils  and  the  shortest  road  to  a 
cure  of  the  monster  evils  of  the  liquor  business. 
Hii  words  are :  "  The  other  alternative  of  free 
ram  is  so  horrible,  that  were  we  in  a  State  where 
the  question  was  put  in  this  shape,  we  should 
unheBitatingly  vote  for  the  prohibitory  clause." 


We  put  no  exclamation  points  to  close  for  a  page 
would  not  hold  enough  to  do  Dr.  Crosby  justice. 
Let  us  rejoice  that  Dr.  Crosby  is  committed  to 
vote  the  prohibition  ticket. 


The  Grand  Lodge  of  Illinois. 

This  body,  which  meets  annually  in  Chicago, 
last  week  occupied  McCormick  Hall,  on  the 
North  Side.  For  two  years  the  meeting  place 
has  been  the  fine  new  "Central  Music  Hall"  on 
State  street,  but  the  vulgar  Masonic  manners 
and  bountiful  expectoration  of  tobacco  juice 
have  caused  complaint  from  other  occupants  of 
the  building.  For  this  or  some  other  reason 
the  Masons  have  gone  back  to  McCormick  Hall, 
which  is  but  little  used  for  respectable  enter- 
tainments. 

The  reports  of  this  meeting  give  a  compre- 
hensive review  of  the  state  of  the  Masonic  order 
in  Illinois.  Mr.  Scott,  a  Methodist  preacher, 
has  figured  as  "Grand  Master"  during  the  year. 
He  reports  having  licensed,  or  "granted  a  dis- 
pensation" to  two  new  lodges  and  refused 
other  applications,  among  which  were  proposi- 
tions to  start  French  and  negro  lodges.  His 
annual  report  abounds  in  Anti-masonic  argu- 
ment, which  mast  be  considered  at  another 
time. 

The  center  of  interest  in  the  meeting  was  the 
report  of  the  Grand  Secretary,  L.  L.  Munn,  of 
Freeport,  o.n  his  examination  of  the  books  of 
his  predecessor,  who  was  a  defaulter  to  the 
Grand  Lodge. 

When  the  Cynosure  came  into  existence  Har- 
mon G.  Reynolds  of  Springfield,  111.,  was  Grand 
Secretary;  he  also  was  publishing  the  Masonicj 
Trowel.,  and  was  one  of  the  bitterest  enemies  ot 
this  paper.  In  his  office  was  a  clerk,  John  Ft 
Burrill,  who  succeeded  Reynolds  as  secretary^ 
when  the  latter  had  to  give  up  his  office  under 
charges  of  fraud  and  embezzlement,  for  he  had 
collected  funds  after  the  fire  which  he  failed  to 
turn  over.  The  matter  was  brought  before  the 
Grand  Lodge  but  hushed  up  in  its  mysterious 
council  chambers. 

During  last  winter,  we  believe,  Burrill  sud- 
denly resigned  and  left  the  State.  His  successor 
found  that  he  had  carried  away  or  destroyed  all 
the  cash  accounts  since  1879,  but  from  printed 
proceedings  and  receipts  held  by  lodges,  etc.,  he 
found  defalcations  beginning  with  1879  and 
amounting  to  nearly  $8,000.  Burrill  was  ar- 
rested by  a  detective  in  St.  Paul  a  few  days  ago 
and  taken  to  Springfield  where  he  was  held  for 
trial.  His  family  affairs  are  hardly  in  better 
condition.  Two  years  ago  his  wife  appeared  in 
this  city  and  created  some  excitement  by  charges 
that  he  had  clandestinely  secured  a  divorce,  and 
was  guilty  of  very  immoral  conduct,  if  not  un- 
Masonic.  She  was  quickly  suppressed  by  the 
Masons  of  Chicago,  but  it  appears  that  Burrill 
did  obtain  a  divorce  in  Kansas,  where  he  swore 
that  he  had  been  a  resident  of  that  State  a  year 
and  that  his  wife,  who  had  borne  him  several 
sons,  was  guilty  of  adultery  with  Dr.  Dixon  of 
Springfield.  Mrs.  Burrill  dropped  out  of  the 
story  at  this  point,  but  Dixon  took  the  matter 
into  court  and  cleared  himself,  at  the  same  time 
proving  the  perjury  of  Burrill.  The  latter  soon 
after  married  his  housekeeper  and  left  the  State. 
His  character  is  confessed  by  Guerney,  who  was 
"Grand  Master"  while  he  was  Secretary,  to  be 
bad — ruined  by  whisky  and  bad  women. 

But  though  proved  in  court  and  by  the  Grand 
Lodge  to  be  such  a  character,  Burrill  yet  keeps 
his  standing  in  the  Grand  Lodge.  He  was 
"Brother  Burrill"  in  Munn's  report;  next  day 
he  came  into  the  Grand  Lodge  and  made  a 
blubbering  allegation  of  his  innocence ;  and  the 
Lodge  finally  ordered  a  stay  of  criminal  pro- 
ceedings to  let  him  look  over  the  books  he  had 
left. 

An  organization  which  continues  for  years  to 
make  such  a  record  among  its  highest  officers 
must  keep  its  principles  of  morality  under  lock 
and  key,  for  of  them  the  "Grand  Master"  says : 
"If  all  men  lived  in  exact  accordance  with  its 
teachings  this  world  would  be  changed  into  a 
fruitful  field,  and  Eden  would  again  appear  in 
all  its  beauty  and  delight."  If  they  be  of  so 
excellent  character  it  were  well  that  the  mem- 
berB  of  the  lodge  begin  their  practice,  and  then 


let  unfortunate  outsiders  have  also  some  slight 
benefit  from  them.  Eden  is  further  off  than 
the  fixed  stars  if  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Illinois 
cannot  make  a  better  record. 


— Friends  in  Chicago  were  made  glad  last 
Friday  morning  to  see  again  the  face  of  Sec- 
retary Stoddard  after  an  absence  of  about  three 
months. 

— Many  readers  of  the  New  York  Witness 
noted  lately  with  surprise  and  shame  a  whole 
column  of  solid  fine  print  given  up  to  a  report 
of  a  Good  Templar  Grand  Lodge,  most  of  which 
was  laudatory  of  the  order. 

— The  St.  Paul  daily  Dispatch  of  October 
5th  published  Thurlow  Weed's  letter  to  the 
Batavia  Convention.  The  Chicago  Times  of 
Sept.  30,  also  reprinted  a  considerable  portion  of 
that  remarkable  document. 

— While  in  Boston  Bro.  Stoddard  applied  to 
Wendell  Phillips  for  an  article  for  publication 
on  the  lodges.     Mr.  Phillips  replied  by  note : 

"DeabSir: — I  have  the  warmest  interest  in  the  Anti- 
masonic  movement,  and  wish  to  do  anything  I  can  to  aid 
it.  But  just  now  my  cares  are  too  pressing  to  allow  me 
to  write  anything  on  any  subject. 

Respectfully,       Wendell  Phillips." 

This  brief  note  will  be  read  with  interest  as 
showing  an  unchanged  aversion  to  the  lodge  on 
the  part  of  this  great  man. 

r^^^^rQ-  Hinman's  letter  from  Washington 
^City  we  were  obliged  reluctantly  to  lay  by  tor  a 
week.  He  finds  much  enthusiasm  among  the 
friends  in  that  city,  and  is  himself  moved  by 
their  spirit  to  hope  much  for  future  work  in 
4h^  center  of  power,  lawful  and  unlawful. 

— Rev.  Warren  Taylor's  reply  to  Rob.  Mor- 
ris has  been  in  our  hands  for  several  days  and 
will  soon  appear. 

— Other  communications,  long  and  short,  are 
also  waiting  their  turn  while  the  Convention  re- 
port is  appearing.  Some  good  friends  seem 
to  forget  that  our  space  is  limited  and  many 
wish  an  opportunity  of  speaking,  otherwise  they 
would  cut  down  articles  that  take  up  a  column 
in  describing  local  matters  of  little  interest  out- 
side the  circle  of  a  dozen  readers.  Lay  the. 
Golden  Rule  alongside  some  of  your  letters, 
kind  friends,  and  you  will  save  editorial  trim- 
ming and  insure  for  them  double  the  number 
of  readers. 

— It  is  reported  that  a  lady  teacher  in  one  of 
our  best  literary  institutions  appeared  during 
its  last  commencement  with  the  pin  ot  a  col- 
lege secret  society  displayed  with  ostentation  in 
defiance  of  the  principles  of  the  college.  She 
found  that  her  bravado  was  appreciated,  for  a 
prompt  dismissal  followed  to  the  honor  of  the 
faculty. 

— Bro.  Edward  Mathews,  on  his  way  to  the 
Free  Methodist  General  Conference  at  Barling- 
ton,  Iowa,  writes  that  he  expects  to  be  at  the 
Indiana  State  Convention  at  Carthage.  His 
health  has  been  impaired  by  severe  outdoor 
speaking  in  New  York,  but  he  hopes  that  a 
naturally  strong  constitution  will  overcome  the 
difficulty. 

' — M.  N.  Butler  of  the  Albany  Freeman,  de- 
clines the  nomination  for  Congress,  tendered 
him  by  the  American  voters  of  the  Third  Mis- 
souri District,  believing  that  l^e  can  accomplish 
more  for  the  reform  by  continuing  his  work  as 
State  agent  and  lecturer.  A  number  of  the 
candidates  already  named  for  other  officers,  are 
known  to  have  been  always  opposed  to  the 
lodge.  Bro.  Butler,  in  the  same  paper  chal- 
lenges A.  M.  Dockery,  "Grand  Master  ot  Free- 
masons" in  Missouri,  and  Congressional  candi- 
date for  the  Republican  party  in  the  same  dis- 
trict, to  clear  the  Masonic  fraternity  of  the 
charges  he  makes  against  it;  and  proposes  to  push 
the  contest  in  every  direction  to  prevent  this 
sworn  tool  of  the  lodge  from  securing  a  place 
in  Congress  by  means  of  stultification  and  Ma- 
sonic fraud. 


4 


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October  Ift.  18g3 


THE  CtiHiStlAN  CYNOSUftS 


liEW  ENGLAND. 


TriE  NEW  ENGLA.ND  BOARD  of  the  National  Chris- 
tian Association  has  it  headquarters  at  No.  8  Portland  St., 
Worcester,  Mass.  A  full  supply  of  books  and  tracts  con- 
stantly on  hand.  Orders  promptly  filled.  Correspondence 
Bolicited.  E.  D.  Bailey,  N.  E.  Sec. 


— One  of  the  M.  E,  churches  in  Worcester 
engaged  an  evangelist  to  aid  in  revival  meetings. 
Last  Sunday  morning,  after  two  weeks  of  labor 
with  continual  progress,  he  spoke  against  Free- 
masonry. In  the  afternoon  he  was  informed 
that  his  -services  were  no  longer  needed.  The 
pastor  of  the  church  is  a  Mason.  How  long  this 
course  of  suppressing  the  truth  will  be  endured 
no  one  can  predict,  but  it  must  certainly  come 
to  an  end  soon,  or  we  will  be  beyond  the  reach 
of  truth. 

— An  M.  E.  class-leader  expresses  himself  as 
very  much  disturbed  at  the  late  State  convention 
here  and  the  persistent  opposition  to  secret  so- 
cieties. He  thinks  the  IN .  C.  A.  is  doing  great 
damage  in  the  world.  He  says  Freemasonry,  in 
many  respects,  is  doing  better  than  the  church/ 
This  very  remark  betrays  the  infidelity  of  the 
man  to  Christ,  yet,  it  is  said,  if  one  were  to  at- 
tend this  man's  class  he  would  suppose  him  a 
saint.  Eternity  alone  will  reveal  how  many 
such  men  are  hypocrites  aud  how  many  areblinded 
to  the  truth.  To  one  who  is  jealous  of  Christ's 
honor,  such  a  betrayer  of  his  interests  seems 
either  unaccountably  blind  or  immeasurably  de- 
ceptive. 

— Several  New  England  papers  have  given 
notice  of  the  Morgan  monument,  and  some  of 
them  contain  very  fair  historical  sketches  of  the 
former  Anti-masonic  movement,  with  brief  no- 
tices ot  the  present  reform.  Occasionally  para- 
graphs are  seen  which  indicate  the  boiling  rage 
of  some  belated  craftsman,  who  has  just 
awakened  to  the  danger  of  the  craft.  It  seems 
to  be  generally  conceded,  that  the  erection  of  the 
monument  has  commanded  wide-spread  atten- 
tion, and  general  respect  from  those  classes  of 
persons  not  already  lorsworn. 

— Mr.  Spaulding's  work  last  week  was  more 
successful  than  any  previous  week  since  he 
commenced.  During  the  week  he  ordered  fresh 
supplies  of  books  twice,  to  fill  orders.  If  only 
friends  who  have  the  means  to  spare,  understood 
the  importance  of  this  branch  of  ohr  work,  we 
would  enlarge  it  speedily,  and  reach  all  the  nooks 
and  corners  of  New  England.  During  the  past 
month,  no  less  than  four  young,  active,  capable 
men  have  offered  their  services  for  the  same 
work,  at  very  moderate  pay.  Every  one  of  these 
men  is  now  employed  at  better  pay,  but  they  all 
are  eager  to  enter  the  field  for.  a  cause  which 
they  value,  and  in  which  they  have  the  fullest 
faith.  A  canvasser  can  be  supported  at  less  ex- 
pense than  a  lecturer,  and  can  reach  more  towns, 
and  perhaps  more  people,  while  he  leaves  in 
print  the  arguments  against  the  lodge,  in  a  form 
that  all  can  understand. 

— One  difficulty  we  labor  under  is  what 
business  men  would  call  a  lack  of  advertisement. 
Other  causes  receive  occasional  notices  in  the 
local  papers.  What  transpires  in  one  city,  is 
spoken  of  in  a  dozen  others.  In  our  cause  this 
is  not  so.  An  intimidated  press  fails  to  notice 
our  movements.  This  lack  we  must  supply  in 
other  ways.  Men  should  visit  towns  where  wo 
have  no  representative  triends,  and  leave  tracts 
and  circulars.  The  presence  ot  these  agents 
often  causes  a  ripple  of  excitement,  which  sets 
new  minds  to  reflecting.  The  rage  of  hot-headed 
Masons,  indicates  the  value  of  that  kind  of  work. 
The  New  England  Board  would  send  out  half  a 
dozen  such  men,  if  the  means  for  their  support 
could  be  furnished. 

— In  one  town  in  Massachusetts  the  lodge  at 
one  of  its  meetings  discussed  our  Mass.  State 
convention,  and  authorized  its  two  Masonic  dele- 
gates to  the  Republican  convention  (in  sessioo 
here  at  the  same  time  as  our  convention,)  to  ob- 
serve our  movements  and  report  on  their  return. 
The  two  delegates  attended  our  afternoon 
meeting,  and  went  home  to  report.  These 
statements  come  to  us  in  a  way  to  give  us  confi- 
dence in  the  truth. 


The  Sinews  of  War. 

Worcester,  Oct.  3d.  1882. 

Our  Massachusetts  State  convention,  which 
survived  more  disappointments  than  any  meet- 
ing previously  held  in  New  England,  has  already 
vindicated  its  right  to  exist,  and  demonstrated 
the  truth,  that  no  honest  effort  to  do  good  goes 
unrewarded.  We  are  hearing  from  various 
sources  of  good  results  from  it,  and  no  bad  ones, 
and  hence  the  conclusion  is  that  it  is  one  of  the 
agencies,  which  the  Spirit  of  the  Lord  uses  to 
promote  his  cause.  It  was  indeed  cheering  to 
meet  with  friends  from  other  parts  of  this,  and 
other  States,  and  know  that  a  true  and  abiding 
interest  inspires  them.  Brother  Zeph.  Graves, 
from  the  extreme  Southern  portion  of  the  State 
was  present,  while  some  brethern  nearer  home, 
whom  we  hoped  to  see  were  absent.  But  alto- 
gether we  had  a  most  enjoyable  and  profitable 
occasion,  and  are  eager  for  the  time  when  we  can 
"  try  it  over  again." 

Next  week  we  are  to  have  another  chance  to 
speak  to  the  people  at  the  New  Hampshire  con- 
vention. Kev.  H.  T.  Cheever,  Mr.  A.  F. 
Spaulding  and  perhaps  two  or  three  others  from 
this  State  are  expecting  to  go. 

We  have  been  forced  to  appeal  to  the  friends  of 
reform  in  New  England,  for  offerings  to  this 
cause.  If  we  were  a  missionary  association,  be- 
longing to  the  same  denomination,  we  could  go 
to  our  churches,  and  make  known  the  demands, 
with  the  reasonable  expectation  of  help.  There 
is  not  a  church  in  all  New  England,  to  which  we 
can  thus  appeal.  We  can  only  ask  those  indi- 
viduals to  whom  God  has  given  eyes  to  see 
the  truth  that  they  make  this  cause  their  own 
and  divide  the  responsibility  of  it  among  them- 
selves. 

Every  man  who  abandons  his  ordinary  work, 
to  engage  in  the  reform  becomes  an  additional 
expense  of  about  $50  per  month.  He  cannot 
get  along  for  less  than  that  amount.  But  as  he 
will  earn  one  half  of  it  himself,  his  expenses  to 
us  are  a  little  more  than  $25  a  month  to  the 
Board — say  $30  a  month.  Now  this  sum  must 
be  provided,  and  can  be  if  all  who  are  interested 
will  make  sufficient  personal  sacrifice. 

I  have  felt  it  my  duty  to  make  known  the 
facts  and  exert  myself,  to  provide  the  support 
for  as  many  men  as  possible.  It  is  best  that  we 
should  have  a  regular  income,  rather  than  an 
unreliable  one.  I  have  therefore  proposed,  in 
a  circular  sent  forth  this  week,  that  as  many  as 
are  willing  shall  make  monthly  or  quarterly 
pledges.  This  will  give  us  a  steady  income,  and 
and  we  shall  govern  our  expenses  accordingly. 
If  it  be  true  that  we  can  only  raise  a  support  for 
one  man  in  all  New  England,  we  will  settle 
down  to  that  basis.  It  is  not,  however,  as  I 
believe,  necessary  to  curtail  our  work.  It  seems 
to  me  we  can  enlarge  it  very  much. 

The  cards  sent  to  friends  this  week  caM  for 
pledges  for  work  in  vaiious  States,  enabling 
each  one  to  pledge  help  from  his  own  State.  If 
friends  respond  promptly  and  liberally  to  this 
appeal,  it  will  enable  us  to  execute  our  plan 
more  effectually,  and  with  better  results  than  if 
they  delay  and  manifest  indifference.  The  time 
has  come  to  act  promptly  and  vigorously.  When 
fifty  men  have  pledged  a  dollar  a  month,  they 
have  become  surety  for  the  support  of  one  man 
for  a  year.  But  men  who  ought  to  give  $5  a 
month  must  not  stop  with  giving  $1.  Make 
your  subscriptions  according  to  the  means  God 
has  placed  at  your  disposal.  Remember  we 
want  to  raise  $2,000  within  the  next  thirty 
days. 

After  the  New  Hampshire  convention,  Mr. 
Spaulding  is  going  to  Portland  to  find  a  chapel 
if  possible,  in  which  to  hold  a  State  Convention. 
It  a  place  can  be  found  at  small  expense,  we  will 
call  a  meeting  there  in  November,  and  organize 
for  State  work,  trusting  that  Maine  friends  will 
take  an  interest  in  the  effort,  and  both  furnish 
means  to  pay  expenses,  and  come  themselves  to 
Btart  the  ball  rolling. 

If  any  person  in  V^ermont,  conveniently  lo- 
cated, will  furnish  a  place  to  hold  a  State  con- 
vention, we  will  also  have  a  meeting  in  that 
State  in  November.  If  brother  Zeba  Smith 
can  secure  the  refusal  of  a  hall  or  a  chapel  in 
Montpelier,  at  small    expense,  we  will  issue  a 


call  and  gather  there,  but  other  friends  also 
should  see  what  they  can  do  about  a  place,  and 
write  me  about  it.  Many  friends  are  anxious 
for  a  meeting,  but  no  place  has  yet  been  provided. 

The  Cynosure  has  already  announced  the 
sudden  summons  which  Mrs.  Bailey  received  to 
the  death  bed  of  her  good  mother.  That  saintly 
mother  has  closed  her  long  and  toilsome  career. 
Another  name  is  added  to  the  long  death-roll, 
another  child  of  God  has  gone  home.  Her 
blessed  intinence  will  remain  so  long  as  the  mem- 
ory of  irieuds  endures.  Her  lot  in  life  was  not 
an  easy  one,  and  her  last  years  have  witnessed 
much  bodily  weakness  and  suflfering,  but  she  had 
an  abiding  faith  in  the  promise  of  great  reward 
hereafter.  In  the  midst  of  many  adversities, 
she  has  borne  up  triumphantly,  leaving  an  ex- 
ample of  heroism  aud  faith  as  a  legacy  to  her 
children. 

The  absence  of  my  help-meet  at  this  time,  has 
imposed  much  additional  labor  upon  me,  and 
inclines  me  more  than  ever  to  report  to  the 
Cynosure  readers  the  unsparing  labors  of  one 
who  has  worked  silently,  but  effectually,  during 
the  past  year,  without  oven  the  compensation 
of  an  occasional  public  acknowledgement.  The 
office  work,  the  book  and  tract  business,  much  of 
our  correspondence,  and  a  good  part  of  the  N.  E, 
department  ot  the  Cynosure,  have  been  main- 
tained and  managed  by  the  silent  partner  of  our 
firm,  and  her  absence  now  furnishes  occasion  for 
making  note  ot  the  fact.  E.  D.  Bailey. 


NOTICES. 


Indiana. 

The  annual  State  Convention  for  Indiana  will  be  held 
Rt  Carthage,  Rush  county,  October  24th  25th,  aud  26lh. 
Friends  of  the  reform  in  the  State  are  urged  to  make  im- 
mediate preparations  to  attend.  The  place  selected  is  a 
grand  one  for  the  convention.  Friends  from  the  West 
will  leave  the  train  (P.,  C.  and  St.  Louis  railroad)  at  Char- 
lottesville, others  at  Knightstown. 

Signed  by  Ex.  Committee:  8.  L.  Cook,  J.  W.  Lowman, 
Benj.  Ulsh,  Wm.  Small,  E.  Hansen. 

Frinds  of  our  cause  and  public  advocates  who  positive- 
ly intend  to  come  from  a  distance  to  attend  this  conven- 
tion, please  send  your  names  to  Box  184,  Carthage,  Ind., 
as  early  as  convenient.  We  wish  to  make  arrangements 
as  well  as  we  may  be  able  for  your  welcome  and  enter- 
tainment, J.  M.  Clakk. 


The  Illinois  State  Convention. 

ToNiCA,  III.,  Oct.  1, 1882. 
Rev.  D.  P.  Baker,  Prest.  State  Christian  Association, 

Dear  Bro.  :— We,  the  undersigned,  members  of  the 
Tonica  Independent  Church,  understanding  that  there  is 
soon  to  be  a  State  meeting  ot  the  Christian  Association, 
cordially  invite  you  to  appoint  said  meeting  at  this 
place. 

Although  our  own  church  is  a  unit  against  the  lodge  Id 
all  its  forms,  there  are  many  outsiders,  who,  sympathiz- 
ing with  us,  dare  not  openly  avow  themselves  for  the  re- 
form. The  lodge  also  has  many  supporters  here.  We 
would  like,  therefore,  the  moral  influence  of  a  strong 
meeting  to  second  our  own  eflbrts,  to  enlist  silent  b&- 
lievers  into  active  service,  to  settle  *the  doubts  of  those 
who  halt  between  two  opinions  and  to  demonstrate  to  the' 
lodge  that  its  end  is  near.  Pledging  entertainment  to  vis- 
iting brethren  and  promising  you  our  warmest  prayers  at 
the  Throne  of  Grace, 

We  are  for  Truth  and  Righteousness,  Dea.  T.  W.  Baird, 
G.  Q.  Gurnea,  J.  Morrison,  J.  Park,  Dea.  J.  Haywood. 

C.  W.  HiATT,  Scribe. 

Accepting  the  above  invitation,  with  thanks  to  the 
brethren  tendering  it,  and  with  gratitude  to  God  that  their 
hearts  and  homes  have  been  opened  to  receive  the  truth  as 
it  is  in  Christ,  the  Stale  Convention  of  the  Illinois  Chris 
tian  Association  is  hereby  appointed  to  meet  in  Tonica, 
November  1st  aud  2d  next.  Let  there  be  a  spontaneous 
turning  toward  Tonica.  "Let  the  North  give  up  and  the 
South  keep  not  back."  Tonica  is  located  on  the  Illinois 
Central  railway  near  Mendota,  a  convenient  highway  for 
bringing  the  ends  of  our  Slate  together.  Come  then  in  the 
power  of  the  Spirit  to  encourage  the  local  brethren  and 
carry  back  to  every  quarter  renewed  enthusiasm  for  the 
work  before  us.  D.  P.  Bajier.  Pres. 


— The  Prohibitionists  of  the  11th  Congres- 
sional District  of  Illinois  met  ou  the  28th  ult. 
at  Monmouth  and  nominated  Rev.  Richard  Ha- 
ney  ot  Monmouth  for  Congress.  Mr.  Haney 
is  a  member  of  the  Central  Illinois  Methodist 
Conference, 

— Bro.  J.  F.  Galloway  of  Okahumka,  Florida, 
acknowledges  with  sincere  gratitude  the  receipt 
of  $13  from  the  "friends  of  the  N.  C.  A," 

— Peter  D.  Miller  of  New  York,  contributed 
$5  toward  the  Monument  Fund  which  was  ac- 
knowledged Sept.  28,  as  but  $2.  " 


10 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE. 


October  n,  1882 


HOME  CIRCLE. 
At  Home. 


"We  are  of  good  conrage,  and  are  willing  rather  to  be  absent 
from  the  body  and  to  be  at  home  with  the  Lord."— New  Version. 

For  awhile  it  is  ours  to  sojourn 

Where  the  greeuest  pastures  be. 
Where  we  look  at  the  silver  sunbeams 

Away  on  the  fair  blue  sea : 
We  stay  where  the  purple  heather 

Shines  on  the  Bunuy  slopes. 
Where  the  mounlains  woo  us  higher 

Like  heaven  and  its  hopes : 
For  we  join  in  the  glad  thanksgiving, 

And  daily  we  pay  our  vows 
In  one  of  the  "many  mansions" 

Of  our  Father's  house. 
But  into  the  inner  Home-place 

We  have  not  gathered  yet, 
Though  our  feet  are  going  thither 

And  our  eyes  are  toward  it  set; 
We  are  only  in  the  precincts 

And  we  cannot  see  within. 
Though  we  sometimes  catch  the  echoes 

Of  the  songs  the  hosts  begin ; 
And  soon  when  we  hear  tlie  summons 

Our  feet  will  haste  away 
To  the  sanctuary  of  gladness 

Where  the  bept  beloved  stay. 
It  is  but  a  narrow  passage 

That  divides  us  for  awhile 
From  the  purer  light  and  the  joyance 

Of  the  spirits  without  guile: 
And  each  day  brings  us  nearer 

To  the  love  and  to  the  rest 
In  the  presence  of  the  Father 

And  communion  with  the  blest: 
Our  hearts  are  full  of  longing 

To  see  the  Master's  face. 
To  be  at  last  with  Jesus 

In  the  glad  Home-place. 
And  though  the  way  be  difficult, 

And  though  the  hour  be  late, 
We  are  all  of  good  courage. 

With  hope  and  joy  elate : . 
We  must  cast  off  the  dress  we  wear 

And  pass  through  deeper  night 
To  reach  the  presence  of  the  King 

And  live  with  Him  iu  light ; 
For  wherever  the  Master  dwelleth 

The  glory  is  never  dim. 
And  all  ills  shall  cease  iu  perfect  peace 

At  Home  wilh  Him . 

— Marianne  Famingham. 


The  Bible  Confirmed. 
On  the  temple  waits  ol  aucieut  Egypt,  among 
the  tiguree  oi  meu  auti  gods  auii  mau^  iiistoricai 
recorUB,  there  Irequeutiy  occur  certaiu  ouioiig 
paralielograme,  wicu  rounded  corners,  inclosing 
various  liieroglypnics.  These  cartouches,  as 
they  are  caileil,  oiten  stand  over  the  tmage  of 
some  king,  auU  being  uecipheied  are  louud  to 
coutaiu  iiis  name,  ucles,  etc.,  and  seem  to  be 
Homewhat  like  ilio  coat  of  arms  or  the  royai  sig- 
net ol  modern  princes.  Eaeti  king  hais  a  car- 
louche  of  ills  own,  and  in  suine  casob  these  kings 
are  identified  witn  kings  known  to  us  tiirougti 
history.  Among  these  are  bhishak,  'A  (Jlir.  xii. 
1-9;  L'irhakah,  "A  Kings  xix.  9;  Pharaoh  uecho, 
2  Kings  xxiii.  2y-y5;  and  Sabauo  ii.,  or  bo,  ii 
Kiugsxvii.  4;  menuoned  in  iJibie  history.  Tliis 
lafit  iiiug,  ISo,  was  of  the  Eiliiopiau  or  twenty- 
fifth  dynasty,  and'hiB^cartouche  is  well  known  to 
liie  sluQent  oi  Egyptian  antK^uities. 

jligypt  lay  at  a  aiatance  Irum  Atsyria,  and  an 
army   irom  one   country   could   not   reach  the 
other  without  going  tiiruugn    the  Jewisii   tern- 
lory,  or  traversing  vast  and  almoot  impassable 
deborts.     Yet  ilie  J3iole  iniorms  us  tbat  at  one 
period  these  two  nations  weie  Irequentiy  in  cou- 
llict  wilh  each  other,     iiius  we  tinu  the  Assyrian 
armies  lu  Kgypt,  isa.  xx.,  and  au  Egyptian  army 
on  liio  boruurs  of  AbS^^ria,  Jeremiau  xivi.  2;  and 
the  Jews  were  involved  in    tue  strifes  of   theee 
powerlui  neighbors.     King  J  osiah  was  defeated 
ana  blaiu  by  au    Egyptian    army  on  its  inarch 
against  Assyria,  Hubea,  king  ot   Israel,  made  a 
imaty  with  oo,  icing  ol  Egypt,  to  help  liiiu  throw 
olt  tue  yoke  ot   bbalmanebar,  king  ol  Assyria; 
out  the  result  was  an  Assyrian  invasion  and  tue 
first  gieat  captivity  of    the  kingdom   of    Israel. 
riiis  iSu,  or  babaco,  li.,  was  succeeded  oy  Tirlia- 
kah  lu  Egypt,  and  bfiaimanesar  in  Assyria  by 
beunachei'ib,  and  hosliiities  uxisteu  during  botu 
reigns,  5i    Kings  xix.  y ;  wars   aiiernatmg  with 
peace — the   campaign  followed    by    the    treaty. 
iiut  who  could  have  iioped  to  hnu  any  new  ver- 
Uiuatious  of  tliese  statements  of  scripture  alter 
tiie  lapse  of  two  thousand  five  hundred  years 'l! 

Yet  this  has  been  done,  iu  the  mound  of 
KouyuDJik,  receutly  explored,  on  the  site  of 
JMiuoveh,  the  aucient  capital  ot  Assyria,  are 


found  the  remains  of  a  palace  built,  as  its  own 
record  intorms  us,  by  Sennacherib.  One  of  its 
chambers  would  eeem  to  have  been  a  hall  of  rec- 
ords, lor  it  contained  a  large  number  of  pieces 
of  fine  clay  bearing  the  impression  of  seals. 
Such  clay  was  used  in  those  ages  as  sealing  wax 
is  used  now,  in  sealing  important  documents, 
and  manuscripts  have  been  found  in  Egypt  with 
these  clay  seals  still  attached  to  them.  One  of 
these  pieces  of  clay  in  Sennacherib's  palace  pre- 
sents us  with  two  seals,  one  a  royal  signet  of 
Asfcyria,  and  the  other  the  well  known  cartouche 
of  Sabaco,  or  So,  king  of  Egypt,  just  as  it 
stands  on  Egyptian  monuments,  thus  showing 
the  probability  that  a  treaty  between  the  two 
monarchs  had  been  deposited  here,  and  fur- 
nishing an  unexpected  confirmation  of  the  Bi- 
ble history.  The  document  itself,  and  the  cord 
by  which  it  was  attached  to  the  seal,  have  long 
since  turned  to  dust,  but  theseal  with  its  double 
impress,  though  buried  for  ages,  has  come  to 
light,  and  is  now  in  the  British  Museum.  The 
two  kings  affixed  their  seals  to  a  document 
which  had  perished  like  themselves ;  but  in  their 
act  the  hand  of  the  Most  High  affixed  an  addi-. 
tional  seal  to  his  holy  word,  which  is  true  and 
abideth  forever. — American  Messenger.. 

Boiling  Water  by  Direct  Sunlight. 

Professor  S.  P.  Langley  has  submitted  to  the 
Chief  Signal  Officer  an  abstract  of  the  results 
of  the  Mount  Whitney  Expedition  to  deter- 
mine the  amount  of  heat  the  sun  sendi"  he 
earth,  in  technical  terms,  the  solar  constant. 
Mount  Whitney,  in  southern  California,  was  se- 
lected iot  the  observation  because  it  combined 
the  advantages  of  great  elevation,  extreme  dry- 
ness of  atmosphere,  and  abrupt  rise  from  the 
plain.  The  party  of  observation  consisted  of 
Captain  O.  E.  Michaelis,  United  States  Army  ; 
two  non-commissioned  officers  of  the  Signal 
Service,  six  soldier's  acting  as  an  escort,  four 
civilian  assistants,  and  Professor  Langley.  Sys- 
tematic work  did  not  commence  until  the  last 
days  of  August,  1881.  Professor  Langley  sum- 
marizes the  results  ascertained  as  follows: 

"Ihe  approximate  estimate  of  the  solar  con- 
stant is  from  2:6  to  3:0  caloric,  by  which  is 
meant  that  the  direct  solar  radiation  before  ab- 
sorption by  the  earth's  atmosphere  would  in  fall- 
ing for  one  minute,  normally,  upon  an  area  of 
one  square  centimeter,  raise  the  temperature 
of  one  gramme  of  water  2:6  or  3:0  centigrade. 
This  implies  its  ability  to  melt  annually  a  crust 
of  ice  covering  the  whole  earth  over  150  feet 
thick.  This  a^iount  is  one-half  greater  than 
the  received  value  of  Pouillet,  and  greater  than 
the  latest  determinations  ot  Meiwrs.  Orova  and 
Violle." 

On  the  summit  of  Mount  Whitney  an  ordi- 
nary black  bulb  thermometer  in  vacuo  rose  to 
130  degrees  Eahreuheit,  while  the  temperature 
iu  a  blackened  copper  vessel,  covered  by  two 
sheets  of  common  window  glaas,  rose  above  the 
boiling  point.  With  such  a  vessel  water  could 
be  boiled  among  the  snowfields  of  Mount  Whit- 
ney by  the  direct  solar  rays. 

While  the  influence  of  the  atmosphere  is  to 
shut  off  from  the  earth's  surface  a  considerable 
portion  ot  the  sun's  heat  by  absorbing  it,  the  ca- 
pacity of  the  air  to  store  heat  and  prevent  its 
radiation  into'  space  serves  to  make  the  earth 
habitable.  Otherwise,  in  Professor  Langley's 
opinion,  the  surface  temperature,  even  under 
the  tropics,  would  be  lower  than  the  lowest 
recorded  degrees  ot  Arctic  cold.  Another  ettect 
of  the  selective  absorption  of  the  atmosphere  is 
to  change  the  appai'ent  color  of  the  sun.  In  a 
traneparent  atmosphere  the  now  "golden  sun  " 
would  appear  blue. — Scientific  American. 

m  •  ^ 

Christmas  Bible  Reading. 

"  The  World  "  as  well  as  the  Church  now  cel- 
ebrates with  great  joy  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ,  on 
Christmas  day.  This  celebration  will  appear  a 
strange  spectacle  iu  the  light  of  the  following 
Bible  reading : 

1.  How  the  world  received  the  Lord  Jesus 
Christ  when  he  came  the  first  time.  Luke  ii,  17  ; 
Matt,  viii,  20 ;  J  ohu  xv,  18,  19  ;  John  xv,  25 ; 
J  ohu  iii,  19  ;  John  xviii,  40 ;  Luke  xiii,  21. 

2.  How  the  world  will  meet  the  Lord  Jesus 


Christ  when  he  comes  again.  Matt,  xv,  31-46 ; 
1  Thess.  V,  1-3 ;  2  Thess.  i,  7-9 ;  Jude  14 ;  Kev. 
i,  7;  Rev.  iv,  14-17 ;  Rev.  xx,  11-15.— J?.  /*. 
Marvin. 


Marriage  Engagements. 


It  is  my  opinion  that  marriage  should  not  be 
too  eagerly  sought  by  either  sex,  but  rather 
waited  for  until  the  certainty  has  come  that  one 
loves  worthily  and  well.  I  mean  that  for  a  man 
to  say  to  himself,  in  cold  blood,  that  it  is  time 
he  should  marry,  and  for  that  reason  to  look 
about  for  a  wife,  instead  of  being  aware  that  he 
loves  and  therefore  desires  to  marry  the  one  be- 
loved woman,  is  to  my  thinking  as  unwise  and 
in  almost  as  poor  taste  as  for  a  girl  to  discover 
that  it  is  time  she  were  settled  in  life,  and  in 
consequence  to  set  about  trying  to  attract  a  hus- 
band. In  neither  case  is  happiness  in  marriage 
likely  to  be  the  result  of  such  a  quest. 

But  let  us  suppose  that  the  man's  heart  has 
really  been  touched,  and  he  honestly  believes 
that  "he  has  seen  the  one  woman  who  could  insure 
his  happiness,  and  make  his  life  complete — then, 
I  think,  he  may  still  be  in  danger  of  imperiling 
his  success  by  too  great  rashness.  It  is  true  that 
a  girl  does  not  like  a  timid  or  cowardly  wooer ; 
but  if  she  be  the  "  perfect  woman,  nobly  plann- 
ed," whom  the  poets  have  taught  us  to  desire, 
she  is  not  to  be  taken  by  storm,  and  a  man  must 
give  her  time  to  know  her  own  mind.  She  must 
have  found  in  her  own  girlish  heart  the  "  yes  " 
he  craves  before  he  question  her  too  rudely  ;  or 
he  may  receive,  instead,  a  "  no"  which  might 
have  ripened  into  "  yes"  under  fostering  and 
delaying  suns. 

It  is  a  debatable  question  how  far  a  father  has 
a  ri^ht  to  refuse  his  consent  to  a  prayer  to  which 
his  daughter  has  said  amen.  If  she  is  too  young 
to  know  her  own  mind,  he  may,  surely,  insist  on 
a  delay.  If  there  is  anything  really  wrong  and 
ignoble  in  a  suitor's  character  he  will  point  it 
out  and  use  his  influence  and  even  his  authority 
to  prevent  the  marriage.  But,  if  it  is  a.  mere 
question  ot  personal  prejudice,  or  of  worldly 
policy,  and  a  girl  is  old  enough  to  be  quite  sure 
of  herself,  it  seems  to  me  that  a  parent  has  hardly 
a  right  to  interfere,  and  that  a  daughter  is  not 
compelled  to  accept  a  decision  based  upon  a  prej- 
udice or  ambition. 

On  the  other  hand,  a  girl  cannot  too  carefullv 
consider  the  objections  made  by  her  father.  It 
is  not  probable  that  a  parent  who  has  filled  his 
daughter's  life  with  proofs  of  love  and  devotion 
will  seek  to  cross  her  in  the  dearest  wish  of  her 
heart  without  what  seems  to  him  good  reasons ; 
and  to  an  unprejudiced  mind  it  seems  quite  pos- 
sible that  a  man  of  fifty  should  be  as  good  a 
judge  of  character  and  of  mutual  suitability  and 
the  chances  of  happiness  as  a  girl  of  twenty. 
Everybody  would  justify  a  father  who 
should  refuse  his  daughter  to  a  gambler  or  a 
drunkard,  or  a  man  of  known  evil  life  in  any  di- 
rection. She  herself  would  doubtless  live  to  be 
grateful,  or  if  she  died  it  were  better  to  die  un- 
stained by  such  an  association. 

Let  us  consider  the  happier  cases,  in  which  the 
course  of  true  love  meets  with  no  such  formidable 
obstacles,  whose  parents  have  consented  and 
friends  approved,  and  all  goes  merry  as  a  mar- 
riage-bell. Then  let  the  betrothed  pair  beware 
lest  love  should  become  what  a  French  cynic  has 
called  it — "  selfishness  for  two."  Surely  the 
influence  of  a  great  and  holy  joy  should  be  to 
enlarge  the  heart  and  ennoble  the  life.  Surely 
to  be  very  happy  should  make  one  the  more  ten- 
der to  the  sorrowful.  Thare  is  a  great  temptation 
to  lovers  to  withdraw  themselves  from  other  in- 
terests, to  make  the  parents  and  brothers  and 
sisters  who  have  loved  a  girl  all  her  life  feel  that 
they  are  no  longer  necessary  to  her ;  that  her 
heart  is  gone  from  them  while  her  form  is  in 
their  midst.  But  it  would  be  a  nobler  love,  and 
one  that,  to  my  thinking,  would  promise  more 
for  the  future  happiness,  that  would  only  hold 
the  old  ties  more  nearly  and  dearly  because  of 
this  new  one,  dearer  than  them  all ;  which  would 
be  sedulous  to  spare  the  home  circle  any  slight, 
any  sense  of  loss  beyond  the  inevitable  one  of 
parted  presence.  Love  is  the  best  gift  of  God, 
but  it  should  be  crowned  with  honor — a  sovereign 
who  exalts  his  subjects,  not  a  tyrant  who  dabases 


; 


I  4J»| 


October  12,  188S 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE. 


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them.  If  1  were  a  man  I  would  prefer  to  marry 
a  girl  who  would  bo  careful  in  no  least  thing  to 
hurt  or  slight  the  home  hearts  she  was  leaving, 
who  could  afiord  to  wait  a  little  even  for  her 
happiness  rather  than  grasp  it  with  unseemly 
eagerness. 

I  am  old-fasshioned,  you  think?  No,  even 
now  I  know  of  such  a  love  in  two  yonng  lovers 
for  whom  the  wind  blows  good  fortune,  yet 
who  pause  on  the  threshold  of  the  new,  bright 
life  to  leave  tender  memories  of  their  sweet 
thoughtfulness  in  the  life  beh'ind  them. — Mrs. 
Moulton  in  Our  Continent. 


CHILDREN'S  CORNER. 


A  Life  Sketch. 

Ten  years  ago  two  lads,  footsore  and  weary 
entered  a  small  village  on  the  western  bank  of 
the  Mississippi.  The  sun  was  nearly  down. 
Each  felt  that  he  could  go  no  larther,  and,  with 
a  sense  of  depression  and  homesickness  such  as 
they  had  not  before  experienced,  they  dropped 
into  a  secluded  place  on  the  wharf  and  shed 
bitter,  burning  tears  over  the  old  home  and 
the  loved  ones  from  whom  they  were  so  cruel- 
ly parted.  At  length  James,  the  youngest, 
stammered  forth: 

"This  won't  do,  Dick;  night  is  coming  on.  We 
must  eat  and  sleep  and  be  ready  for  something 
in  the  morning.  1  promised  mother  that  I'd  do 
the  best  I  could." 

"Of  course;  but  how  can  a  fellow  away  from 
home,  and  no  money  to  do  with,  help  it  ?  "  was 
the  tearful  reply. 

To  see  his  comrade  cast  down  roused  James 
to  his  usual  bright,  happy  manner. 

"As  to  money,  we've  enough  for  to-night,  and 
to-morrow  we  must  try  to  find  something  to  do," 
was  the  cheerful  answer. 

To-morrow  came.  The  lads  were  from  New 
England  homes.  Their  manners  and  appearance 
spoke  of  thrift,  economy  and  neatness.  With  a 
fair  education  and  particularly  quick  in  figures, 
they  were  ready  for  anything  that  might  ofier. 
Before  noon  both  were  engaged  as  clerks  at 
what  seemed  to  them  really  high  wages. 

Tipton  was  a  small  village,  but  the  surround- 
ing country  was  already  taken  up  by  farmers, 
and  the  river  was  at  that  time  the  only  outlet 
for  their  produce;  hence  business  was  active  and 
saloons  abundant. 

Ab  the  days  wore  on  it  became  evident  that 
the  two  clerks,  quick  and  apt  in  their  new  sur- 
roundings, were  actuated  by  altogether  differ- 
ent principles.  James  Darcy  attended  church 
regularly,  and  every  day  found  time  to  read  the 
Eible  his  mother  gave  him  at  parting.  He 
made  few  friends;  but  those  were  studioxis  and 
soon  there  was  a  reading-roora  in  the  attic  of  the 
store,  and  a  lyceum  with  an  average  display  of 
forensic  talent. 

Dick  Eraser  worked  faithfully  through  the 
day,  but  at  night  he  wanted  lun.  To  be  shut 
up  in  the  attic  was  too  mean  and  poor  for  his 
views.  The  saloons  were  well  lighted;  there 
were  pictures  and  singing  and  good  companion- 
ship. James  persuaded  and  even  went  so  far 
as  to  appeal  to  his  love  for  his  mother. 

"What  are  you  afraid  of,  boy?  What  possible 
harm  can  come  to  me?  I  like  a  good  time,  and  I 
don't  like  books  and  Sunday  going,  as  you  do." 

"Yon  ask  what  1  am  afraid  of,  Dick,"  said 
James,  with  a  tremor  in  his  voice.  "To  visit  the 
saloon  every  night  is  to  be  induced  to  drink  and 
gamble.  Those  who  go  there  go  for  that  purpose. 
Is  it  not  so?" 

"Some  go  for  that,  likely,  and  others  go  to 
look  on.  I  have  never  taken  more  than  one  or 
two  glasses;  and  as  for  play,  why,  I  just  begin  to 
know  the  cards. 

"Promise  me  yon  will  not  venture  to  learn 
more  of  them.  I  cannot  bear  to  think  of  the 
sorrow  you  will  bring  to  your  old  home,  the 
ruin  you  will  surely  draw  upon  yourself,"  plead- 
ed James. 

"  Fudge  !  "  exclaimed  Dick,  turning  on  his 
heel.  "  What  a  f  ass  about  nothing  I  Here, 
Throop ! "  to  one  of  his  associates  who  was 
passing,  "just  stop  and  hear  the  parson.  In 
hifl  eyes  it's  an  awful  thing  to  show  yourself  in 
a  saloon.  He's  afraid  !  "  was  continued  with  a 
laugh. 


"Afraid  of  what?"  asked  Throop  derisively. 

"Delirium  tremens,"  roared  Dick.  "And  1  con- 
fess I  shall  be  afraid  too,  if  I  sit  and  listen  to  him 
any  longer." 

"  Then  why  do  it  ?  Edmunds  and  Ferrol 
are  out,  and  Jack  won't  be  far  behind.  Come 
on!" 

James  saw  his  old  friend  go  out  with  a 
heavy  heart.  Then  he  leaned  his  head  on  his 
hand  and  thought  of  the  dear  old  home.  Many 
times  he  had  been  homesick,  and  many  times  he 
had  felt  that  he  must  give  it  all  up ;  but  the 
promise  that  he  had  made  his  mother  as  he 
stood  with  his  hand  clasped  in  hers,  nerved  him, 
and  the  Bible  she  had  given  him  was  his  com- 
forter. Weary  as  he  might  be,  it  rested  him  to 
read. 

"Commit  thy  way  unto  the  Lord;  trust  also  in 
him  and  he  shall  bring  it  to  pass." 

Tipton  is  no  longer  a  small  village,  but  a 
large  commercial  town.  James  Darcy  is  a  pros- 
perous merchant,  with  a  home  to  which  he 
has  just  brought  the  mother  to  whom  he  prom- 
ised in  every  way  to  do  the  best  he  could  and  in 
no  case  ever  to  touch  strong  drink.  Last 
week  Dick  Eraser  was  buried  at  the  expense  of 
his  old  friend,  a  victim  of  the  very  delirium  tre- 
mens the  bare  idea  of  which  made  him  laugh  in 
his  youth. 

Every  soul  has  right  and  wrong  set  before 
him.  He  must  choose.  Which  shall  it  be? — 
From  Good    Words. 


SABBATH  SCHOOL. 


LESSON  4,  October  22.— The  Agony  IN  THE  Garden. 
—Mark  14,  33-42. 

Golden  Text. — "Sure  he  hath  borne  our  griefs  and 
carried  our  sorrows." — Isa  58,  4. 

32.  And  they  came  to  a  place  which  was  named 
Gethsemane:  and  he  saith  to  his  disciples,  Sic  ye  here, 
while  I  shall  pray. 

33.  And  he  taketh  with  him  Peter  and  James  and 
John,  and  began  to  be  sore  amazed,  and  lo  be  very 
heavy. 

34.  And  saith  unto  them,  My  soul  is  exceeding  sor- 
rowful unto  death :  tarry  ye  here  and  watch. 

35.  And  he  went  foiward  a  little,  and  fell  on  the 
ground,  and  prayed  that,  if  it  were  possible,  the  hour 
might  pass  from  him. 

36.  And  he  said,  Abba,  Father,  all  things  are  possible 
unto  thee  i  take  away  this  cup  from  me :  nevertheless  not 
what  1  will,  but  what  thou  wilt. 

37.  And  he  cometh,  and  findeth  them  sleeping,  and 
saith  unto  Peter,  Simon,  sleepest  thou  ?  couldst  thou  not 
watch  one  hour  ? 

38.  Watch  ye  and  prayj  lest  ye  enter  into  temptation. 
The  spirit  truly  is  ready,  but  the  flesh  is  weak. 

39.  And  again  he  went  away  and  prayed  and  spake 
the  same  words. 

40.  And  when  he  returned,  he  found  them  asleep  again, 
(for  their  eyes  were  heavy),  neither  wist  they  what  to  an- 
swer him. 

41.  And  he  cometh  the  third  time,  and  saith  unto 
them,  Sleep  on  now,  and  take  your  rest :  it  is  enough,  the 
hour  is  come ;  behold,  the  Son  of  man  is  betrayed  into 
the  hands  of  sinners. 

42.  Rise  up,  let  us  go;  lo,  he  that  betrayeth  me  is  at 
hand. 

NOTES. 

(32).  Gethesemane-familiar  place.  John  18; 
1,  2 — "oil-press."  Isa.  53:5.  His  bruising  for 
our  sins  began  in  this  hour  of  agony.  He  flees 
to  the  solitude  of  secret  prayer  for  relief.  The 
eight  remain,  an  outer  watch  for  the  approach- 
ing foe.  (33)  The  three  who  had  seen  his  glory 
on  the  mount.  Why  selected?  Because  most 
intimate.  God  loves  to  use  those  who  know 
him  best.  They  have  his  secret.  "Amazed" — 
the  mind  entering  into  the  survey  of  the  stu- 
pendous barrier  sin,  is,  to  God's  favor. '  He  ap- 
proaches the  burden  about  to  be  rolled  upon 
him.  Nature's  protest.  The  heart  is  "very 
heavy."  (34)  This  and  John  12:27  only  places 
in  which  Jesus  refers  to  his  human  soul.  For 
whom  did  he  thus  become  sorrowful  unto  death  ? 
Isa.  53:3;  Heb.  5:7.  Who  afflicted  him?  Ps.  22: 
14;  116:3.  How  great  sorrow?  Luke  22:44. 
(35)  Shrinking  nature  seeks  relief  in  prayer. 
He  suffered  and  prayed  and  was  delivered,  that 
we  might  find  help,  in  time  of  trial  and  need. 
"Was  in  all  points  tempted  like  as  we  are,  yet 
without  sin."  Heb.  4:15.  (36)  Will  of  Father 
his  desire — Deliverance  desired  with  importun- 
ity— subjection  full  and  free.  (37)  Turns  to 
his  watchers — finds  them  overcome.  What  a 
revelation  of  his  heart?  "Couldeat  thou  not 
watch  one  hour?"     Are  we  watching  with  him?  j 


And  for  him?  (38)  We  are  commanded  Lk 
watch  and  pray.  Why?  What  is  our  present 
relation  to  Christ?  Is  the  disciple  above  the 
Master?  Mark  his  pity  for  them.  How  much 
greater  for  us.  Are  we  afraid  of  the  Tempter? 
Their  flesh  overcame  them.  His  spirit  conquer- 
ed his  flesh.  So  ought  ours.  (39)  Kepetition 
shows  importunity — intensity  of  desire.  Short 
prayers  are  sharpest.  When  full  of  necessity 
we  cannot  utter  long  prayers.  Variation  of  ex- 
pression by  three  evangelists,  shows  from  the 
Holy  Spirit  three  differing  forms  of  expressing 
the  same  agony  by  our  Lord,  actually  used. 
Probably  there  were  many  more  in  the  impor- 
tunate and  pressing  repetitions  of  the  same  ago- 
nizing desire.  We  may  thus  depend  absolutely 
on  the  verbal  inspiration  of  the  original  rec- 
ords. Luke  22:43,  44.  Prayers  answered  (40) 
Again  he  finds  them  sleeping  from  grief.  A« 
on  the  mount  overcome  by  the  dttzzling  light — 
so  now  oppressed  with  the  horror  of  darkness — 
"neither  wist  they  what  to  answer  him."  (41, 
42)  The  time  for  watching  against  the  betrayer 
is  ended.  No  longer  has  the  Master  need.  The 
hour  so  portentious  in  its  approach  is  upon  him 
— and  ho  rises  in  the  afforded  strength  to  meet 
it  with  majesty  and  with  calmness.  Thought- 
ful of  them  to  the  last.  He  now  thinks  of  ub. 
The  hour  of  Satan's  temptation  is  upon  his. 
Church. 

LESSONS  FOE    APPLICATION. 

1.  Jesus  had  a  place  for  secret  prayer,  where 
he  always  gained  strong,'^  for  conflict.  So  must 
we  if  victorious  in  him.  Frequent  resort  to  it 
— with  importunate  desire  and  essential.  2. 
Jesus'  sufferings  were  vicarious.  He  bore  in 
Gethsemane  the  sin  of  the  world.  John  3:16. 
3.  All  sinners  are  called  to  believe  this  record 
God  gives  of  his  son.  1  John  5:12.  4.  Whoever 
does  not  believe  that  God  has  put  away  ail  sin, 
by  the  sacrifice,  "hath  made  God  a  liar."  1  John 
5:10.  5.  Sinners  are  now  condemned,  for  re- 
jecting this  work  of  Christ  for  them.  John  3: 
18.  6.  Condemnation  implies  sentence  pro- 
nounced. Only  one  way  of  escape.  Kom.  8:1. 
7.  Reiecting  Christ  is  the  greatest  sin,  that  can 
be  committed.  It  includes  all  others.  It  de- 
mands severe  penalty.  It  will  certainly  receive 
all  that  he  bore — and  how  much  sorer  punish- 
ment for  trampling  on  such  precious  blood.  It 
will  abide  on  you  sinner — rejecting  him — for- 
ever! John  3:36. — Notes  for  Bible  iStudy.  , 

Words  of  Life  for  every  Day. 

SANCTIFY  THEM    THEOTJGH  THY  TRUTH  ;    THY  WOED 
IS  TRUTH. 

Thursday,  October,  12. — If  a  man  be  over- 
taken in  a  fault,  ye  which  are  spiritual,  restore 
such  an  one  in  the  spirit  of  meekness  ;  consid- 
ering thyself,  lest  thou  also  be  tempted. — 
Gal.  6 : 1. 

Friday,  October  13. — For  he  that  soweth  to- 
the  flesh  shall  of  the  flesh  reap  corruption;  but 
he  that  eoweth  to  the  Spirit  shall  of  the  Spirit 
reap  lite  everlasting. — Gal.  6:8. 

Saturday,  October  14. — For  by  grace  are  ye. 
saved  through  faith;  and  that  not  of  yourselves: 
it  is  the  gilt  of  God.— Eph.  2:8. 

Sabbath,  October  15. — For  as  often  as  ye  eat 
this  bread,  and  drink  this  cup,  ye  do  show  the 
Lord's  death  till  he  come. —  1  Cor.  11:26. 

Monday,  October  16. — That  Christ  may  dwell 
in  your  hearts  by  faith;  that  ye,  being  rooted 
and  grounded  in  love,  may  be  able  to  compre- 
hend with  all  saints  what  is  the  breadth,  and 
length,  and  depth,  and  height,  and  to  know  the  . 
love  of  Christ,  which  passeth  all  knowledge,  that 
ye  might  be  filled  witn  the  fulness  of  God. — 
Eph.  3:  17,  18,  19. 

Tuesday,  October  17. — For  the  perfecting  of 
the  saints,  for  the  work  of  the  ministry,  for  the 
edifying  of  the  body  of  Christ:  Till  we  all 
come  in  the  unity  of  the  faith,  and  of  the  knowl- 
edge of  the  Son  of  God,  unto  a  perfect  man, 
unto  the  measure  of  the  stature  of  the  fulness 
of  Christ.— Eph.  4  :  12-13. 

Wednesday,    October    18. — Let    no    corrupt . 
communication-  proceed  out  of  your   mouth,  but. 
that  which  is  good  to  the  use   of  edifying,  that  . 
it  may  minister  grace   unto  the  hearers. — Eph... 
4:29. 


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THU  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE, 


October  12,  188i 


[Continued  from  5th  page."] 
never  could  believe  that  Greeley,  who  was  a 
staunch  Anti-maeon,  would  resort  to  Masonry 
for  political  purposes.  Cameron  pledged  the 
Pennsylvania  delegation  to  Seward,  and. when  I 
proposed  to  visit  Pennsylvania  in  Mr.  Seward's 
interest,  he  objected,  saying  I  would  divide  the 
delegates;  but  if  left  to  him  he  would  bring 
them  in  solid.  The  delegation  headed  by  young 
Cameron,  with  two  exceptions,  went  solid  against 
Mr.  Seward  in  the  convention." 

Mr.  Weed  thinks,  however,  that  a  pledge  to 
Cameron  by  Leonard  Swett  and  David  Davis 
without  Mr.  Lincoln's  knowledge,  may  have  had 
itfl  influence  in  procuring  this  act  of  personal 
and  political  infidelity  on  the  part  of  Mr.  Cam- 
eron, as  it  subsequently  came  out  that  Swett 
and  Davis  had  promised  Cameron  his  choice  of 
cabinet  offices  if  he  would  carry  Pennsylvania 
for  Lincoln.  .  The  delegates  from  Virginia  were 
inatructed  tor  Mr.  Seward,  but  went  against  him 
at  the  convention.  Mr.  Weed  subsequently  met 
two  of  the  Virginia  delegates  who  explained 
their  course  by  saying,  "We  were  not  aware 
until  we  reached  Chicago,  that  this  was  the 
same  Seward  who  had  so  much  to  do  with  the 
Anti-masonic  excitement  in  New  York." 

The  "bargain  and  sale"  of  Penpsylvania 
doubtless  had  its  influence  in  determining  the 
fate  of  Mr.  Seward  at  Chicago,  but  the  lodge 
power  niay  have  been  behind  and  responsible 
for  this  betrayal.  It  is  not  seriously  denied 
that  rebel  and  Union  officers  who  met  in  hostil- 
ity upon  the  battle  fleld  during  the  late  war, 
sometimes  met  in  friendly  council  as  brothers  in 
the  lodge,  and  there  decided  the  issue  of  the 
following  day's  conflict  the  night  before  the  en- 
gagement, and  this  Cameron,  Swett  and  Davis 
scheme  has  very  much  the  same  hue.  Why  was 
not  Mr,  Lincoln  informed?  Why  was  the  thing 
kept  a  profound  secret  until,  in  the  second  day's 
consultation  at  Springfield,  after  Mr.  Lincoln's 
election,  it  came  out  in  arranging  the  Cabinet? 
Why  was  Cameron  made  Secretary  of  War  after 
his  unfitness  lor  the  position  had  been  so  stren- 
uously urged  by  those  best  prepared  to  judge  of 
his  qualifications?  Possibly  a  "Brother's  bond" 
had'  been  given  "on  the  square,"  such  a  "bond" 
as  is  known .  to  often  outrank  civil  obligations, 
and  the  sacred  ties  of  friendship  or  even  kin- 
dred. It  looks  like  it.  It  has  on  it  the  "mark" 
of  the  "secret  empire,"  which  knows  no  law  but 
selfishness,  and  no  higher  code  of  honor  than 
"You  help  me,  and  I'll  help  you,  and  we'll  com- 
bine to  help  each  other,  at  the  expense  of  those 
who  have  never  learned  our  Masonic  'Shibbo- 
leth.'" One  thing  is  certain,  the  lodge  never 
forgives,  and  seldom  omits  an  opportunity  to 
inflict  a  wound  upon  so  formidable  an  adversa- 
ry as  Mr.  Seward  had  shown  himself,  and  it  may 
have  been  these  same  gentlemen,  who,  busy  in 
the  interests  of  the  craft,  "posted"  the  Virginia 
delegation  "after  they  reached  Chicago." 

An  instance,  given  me  on  the  cars  within  a 
few  days,  by  a  gentleman  who  was  a  delegate  in 
that  Chicago  convention  and  in  the  late  New 
York  convention  at  Saratoga  also,  and  who  is 
not  unknown  among  the  successful  journalists 
of  the  day,  is  so  apjprojpos  that  1  will  give  it  here 

withholding  names   at   his   request.     Mr. , 

cashier  in  a  savings  bank  at ,  was  a  default- 
er to  a  large  amount.  lie  was  a  Mason.  He 
had  loaned  a  "brother"  three  thousand  dollars 
"on  the  square,"  without  security  as  required  by 
rules  of  the  bank,  and  when  the  assets  were  ex 


found  for  $3,000. 
paper  worthless. 


amined   Mr. 's  note  was 

He  was  insolvent  and  his 
■But  the  honor  of  the  "craft"  was  at  stake  and 
the  impecunious  brother's  reputation  must  be 
protected.  Six  "brothers"  of  standing  came 
lorward  and  gave  notes  for  the  $3,000.  The 
cashier  was  quietly  removed  and  the  whole 
thing  "hushed,"  This  was  perhaps  all  well 
enough,  but  it  is  in  the  sequel  that  the  gist  of 
the  matter  appears. 

Soon  after  the  matter  quieted  down,  a  scheme 
was  concocted  by  the  "brothers"  to  put  the  de- 
faulter in  office.  It  was  manipulated  by  those  in 
the  secret  and  brought  to  a  successful  issue  by 
the  joint  efforts  of  Masonic  and  Odd-fellow 
lodges.  The  defaulter  was  elected  county  treas- 
urer, and  thus  placed  in  position  to  win  money 
^ough  to  protect  his  Masonio    securities  and 


"preserve  the  honor  of  the  craft!"  This  the 
defaulter  did  of  course,  and  the  tax-payers  were 
blissfully  ignorant  of  how  the  swindle  was  got- 
ten up  and  managed.  A  detailed  account  of  the 
whole  affair  was  iurnished  to  my  informant,  who 
was  himself  afterward  nominated  for  an  office  in 
the  same  county.  He  learned  by  a  friend  that 
the  secretists  were  planning  for  his  defeat. 
Going  to  some  of  the  knowing  ones  he  said, 
"Gentlemen,  I  am  willing  to  meet  you  in  an 
open,  honorable  tight,  but  this  packing  in  your 
lodges  has  got  to  be  stopped  or  I'll  publish  that 
whole  savings  bank  affair  with  names  and  par- 
ticulars." The  result  was  the  withdrawal  of  the 
lodge  pressure  and  my  informant  was  elected  by 
an  unwonted  majority. 

This  instance  shows  that  the  same  power 
which  defeated  justice  in  the  courts  and  man- 
ipulated politics  in  1830,  of  which  Mr.  Weed 
himself  gives  an  account  in  his  letter,  is  still 
at  work  in  western  "^QVii  York  and  in  fact  every- 
where. 

Calling  again  on  Monday,  Mr.  Weed  express- 
ed great  satisfaction  at  having  an  opportunity  to 
review  and  add  to  the  communication  which  he 
had  hastily  prepared  for  the  Convention,  and  I 
agreed  to  call  again  in  a  day  or  two. 

At  the  American  Missionary  Association 
rooms  I  met  Dr.  Roy  and  others  who  bade  a 
God-speed  to  our  reform  work.  Returning  to 
Mr.  Weed's  i  received  the  revised  and  legally 
attested  paper  which  has  in  part  already  appear- 
ed in  print.  At  Bro.  Harrison's  I  met  Bro. 
Hinman  who  was  to  leave  by  the  midnight  train 
for  his  Southern  field. 

On  Friday  morning  I  breakfasted  at  Syracuse 
and  reached  Batavia  in  time  for  dinner.  1  called 
on  Judge  Taggart,  and  am  under  great  obliga- 
tion to  Elder  Atwater  who  took  me  in  his  car- 
riage to  the  monument  and  showed  me  much 
kindness.  The  evening  and  night  I  spent  at 
Dale  with  Elder  Hyatt,  and  on  Saturday  passed 
the  day  with  Bro.  Capwell  and  other  friends. 
Sabbath  morning  Bro.  Capwell  took  me  to  Pa- 
vilion where  I  met  the  venerable  Elder  Ewell 
and  preached  in  the  Baptist  church  in  the  even- 
ing. On  Monday  I  visited  Albion  in  Orleans 
county,  and  made  a  fruitless  search  for  the  orig- 
inal papers  of  the  Morgan  inquest.  Called  on 
my  way  to  the  Bridge  at  Lockport,  and  reached 
here  (Detroit)  at  7:20  this  a.  m.,  and  have  been 
consulting  with  Bro.  Foote  about  publishing 
Mr.  Weed's  paper,  etc.,  and  am  to  leave  for  Kal- 
amazoo at  4:3.5,  hoping  to  reach  Ligonier  to- 
morrow morning  and  Chicago  during  the  night 
following.  J.  P.  Stoddard. 


Old  Times  Renewed  in  Western  New  York. 

FKOM  THE  MISSOTJKI   STATE  LECTtJKER. 

Albany,  Mo.,  Sept.  30,  1882. 

Editor  Cynosure: — Since  last  writing  we 
visited  the  Annual  Fair  at  Maryvillu  and  dis- 
tributed some  three  thousand  pages  of  tracts 
and  circulars.  Nex\;  we  were  off  for  the  Na- 
tional Meeting  at  Batavia,  of  which  we  need  not 
speak  to  your  readers,  as  they  have  read  full 
accounts  of  the  same  already. 

From  Batavia  Bro.  S.  E.  Starry  and  myself 
began  lecturing,  degree-working  and  scattering 
literature  in  western  New  York.  Saturday  ev- 
ening, September  16th,  we  had  a  good  audience 
at  Union  Hall  in  the  village  of  Wyoming.  Sab- 
bath evening  thereafter,  we  listened  to  a  very 
able  and  instructive  discourse  forcibly  delivered 
to  a  large,  select,  and  attentive  audience  by  Pres. 
J  ouathan  Blanchard  in  the  M.  E.  church  in  the 
village  of  Warsaw. 

The  following  night  we  gave  the  first  degree 
in  Masonry,  while  Elder  J.  F.  Browne  of  Ken- 
tucky, ably  explained  it,  in  Irving  Hall  at  above 
named  village.  Tuesday  we  visited  most  of  the 
dwellings,  and  leaving  tracts  invited  the  people 
to  come  out  and  although  it  began  raining  early 
in  the  evening  and  poured  down  in  torrents  un- 
til about  ten  o'clock  still  some  sixty  or  more 
persons  gathered  and  we  killed  "Hiram"  in  due 
and  ancient  form.  One  of  our  lodge  officers 
was  a  Mason  whom  we  had  met  and  conversed 
with  at  the  salt  well  in  the  fore  part  of  the  day. 
While  swearing  the  candidate  he  threw  aside  his 
apron  and  fled  from  the  clandestine  lodge  and 
left  the  hall.    When  we  rushed  in  to  seize  and 


bind  the  three  ruffians,  behold  one  had  also 
"vamoosed  the  ranche,"  and  made  good  his  es- 
cape. 

Wednesday  night  the  third  degree  was  i^iven 
to  a  crowded  house  back  at  Wyoming.  Friday 
evening  we  held  forth  at  American  Hall  in  At- 
tica. The  Masons  were  out  in  full  force  and 
behaved  nicely  during  our  preliminary  lecture 
but  when  the  degree  work  came  then  "trouble 
began."  They  raged,  foamed  and  pawed,  shak- 
ing their  fists  at  us  and  raising  a  row  generally. 
But  Bro.  Starry  is  a  little  too  much  for  forty 
Masons  and  a  score  of  jacks.  The  demonstra- 
tions rebounded  on  the  sore-heads  with  awful 
force,  serving  to  clinch  the  work  and  bring  out 
a  large  crowd  the  next  evening  to  see  the  mock 
resurrection. 

Sabbath,  September  24th,  we  listened  to  Elder 
I.  Hyatt's  public  renunciation  before  his  con- 
gregation in  Dale.  His  whole  discourse  was 
straightforward,  manly  and  convincing. 

We  are   now   ready  for  renewed   work  for 
Blanchard  and  Conant  and  the  American  party. 
Yours  for  truth  and  liberty, 

M.  N.  Butler. 


The  Indiana  State  Convention. 

Friends  in  Indiana,  are  you  coming  to  the 
Annual  Meeting  at  Carthage?  If  not,  why  not? 
The  prospect  now  is  that  we  will  have  a  very 
good  meeting.  Come  and  hear  Prof.  Kinsey's 
Jiacred  songs.  Come  and  hear  Bishop  Wright 
and  others.  Come  to  hear,  as  we  hope,  Pres.  J. 
Blanchard,  Uncle  John  Richardson  and  Dr.  W. 
L.  Leister.  Come  to  unite  your  presence  and 
influence  with  a  good  cause.  Come  and  enjoy 
the  temperance  rally  on  Thursday,  the  26tn. 
Come  in  the  Spirit  of  our  Divine  Teacher.  Make 
some  sacrifice  for  God's  sake.  Come  consecrat- 
ed to  the  cause  of  truth  and  righteousness. 
Come,  friends,  to  this  annual  gathering  and  I 
know  you  will  go  home  rejoicing.  Dome  to 
Carthage^  S.  L.  Cook. 


THE  AMERICAN   PARTY. 


Nominations  for  1884. 

For  President, 

JONATHAN  BLANCHARD,  » 

of  Illinois. 

ior  Vice-President. 

JOHN  A.   CONANT. 

of  Connecticut. 

platform. 
We  hold:  1.  That  ours  is  a  Christian  and  not  a 
heathen  nation,  and  that  the  God  of  the  Christian 
Scriptures  is  the  author  of  civil  government. 

2.  That  God  requires  and  man  needs  a  Sabbath. 

3.  That  the  prohibition  of  the  importation,  manu- 
facture and  sale  of  intoxicating  drinks  as  a  beverage 
is  the  true  policy  on  the  temperance  question. 

4.  That  the  charters  of  all  secret  lodges  granted  by 
our  Federal  and  State  Legislatures  should  be  with- 
drawn, and  their  oaths  prohibited  by  law. 

5.  That  the  civil  equality  secured  to  all  American 
citizens  by  articles  13th,  14th  and  15th  of  our  amended 
Constitution  should  be  preserved  inviolate. 

G.  That  arbitration  of  differences  with  nations  is 
the  most  direct  and  sure  method  of  securing  and  per- 
petuating a  permanent  peace. 

7.  That  to  cultivate  the  intellect  without  improving 
the  morals  of  men,  is  to  make  mere  adepts  and  experts ; 
therefore,  the  Bible  should  be  associated  with  books  of 
science  and  literature  in  all  our  educational  institu- 
tions. 

8.  That  land  and  other  monopolies  should  be  dis- 
couraged- 

9.  That  the  government  should  furnish  the  people 
with  an  ample  and  sound  currency. 

10.  That  maintenance  of  the  public  credit,  protection 
to  all  loyal  citizens,  and  justice  to  Indians  are  essential 
to  the  honor  and  safety  of  our  nation. 

11.  And,  finally,  we  demand  for  the  American  peo- 
ple the  abolition  of  electoral  colleges,  and  a  direct  vote 
for  President  and  Vice-president  of  the  United  States, 


Iowa  American  Ticket  for  1882. 

For  Secretary  of  State: 

A.  W.  Hall,  of  Page  county. 

For  State  Auditor:    Wm.  Elliot^, 

of  Van  Buren  county. 

For  state  Treasurer:    M.  Spbingsthbd. 

of  Cedar  county. 

For  Attorney  General :  Jacob  W.  Rogers, 

of  Fayette  county. 

For  Judge  of  Supreme  Court:    Josbph  P.  Fbrouson, 

of  Cedar  county. 

For  Clerk  of  Supreme  Court :    W.  P.  Noebis, 

of  Van  Buren  county. 


S 


Michigan  Fifth  District. 

For  Bepreseutative  In  Congress :    Hknbt  S.  Ikxak. 


October  12,  1882 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE. 


13 


Michigan  State  Ticket. 

For  Governor, 

CHARLES  C.  POOTE, 

of  Detroit. 


For  Lientenant  Governor, 

LEWIS  I.  WICKER, 

of  Oakland. 

For  Secretary  of  State, 
JACOB  O.  DOESBURG, 
of  Ottawa. 

For  State  Treasurer, 

GEORGE  SWAN80N, 

of  Calhoun. 

For  Auditor  Generjil, 

WILLIAM  WING, 

of  Kent. 

For  CommiBBioner  of  State  Land  Office 

GBORE  W.  CLARK, 

of  Detroit. 

For  Attorney  General, 

HENRY  C.  PRATT, 

of  Lenawee. 

For  Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction, 

WILLIAM  H.  ROSS, 

of  Allegan. 

For  Member  State  Board  of  Education, 

HARDY  A.  DAY, 

of  Branch. 


A  Political  Meeting  will  be  held  in  connec- 
tion with  the  Illinois  State  Convention,  on 
Thursday  forenoon  Nov.  2  during  si  recess  of  the 
Convention.  Tonica  is  in  the  center  of  a  sec- 
tion of  country  full  of  old  line  Abolitionists. 
Benjamin  Lundy'e  paper,  the  firvt  Abolition 
sheet  in  the  West,  if  not  in  the  country,  was 
published  near  by.  This  should  be  a  grand  ral- 
lying point  for  reform  politics.  American  voters, 
come  to  the  meeting. 


— The  SvensJca  Harolden  {Swedish  Herald)  of 
Kansas  City,  Mo.,  printed  lately  the  fine  cut 
of  Morgan's  statute  with  an  accompanying  de- 
scription. It  also  printed  on  the  same  page  the 
editorial  on  "  Masonic  Expositions"  from  the 
New  England  American.  Get  your  Swedish 
friends  to  read  this  sound  political  paper. 


The  Republican  Convention  at  Saratoga,  N.  Y. 

Concerning  the  defeat  of  Governor  Cornell  at 
Saratoga,  and  the  nomination  of  Judge  Folger, 
as  his  successor,  by  means  of  Jay  Gould's  ducats 
and  administration  influence,  George  Alford 
Townsend  makes  some  comments  that  are  worth 
considering,  for  their  analysis  of  the  influences 
at  work  in  New  York  politics: — 

"  Cornell's  offense  is  two-fold — antagonizing 
Arthur  and  falling  short  of  Oonkling's  expecta- 
tions. 

"  Every  body  says  that  he  has  made  a  better 
governor  than  was  expected,  and  almost  all  say 
that  he  has  made  a  very  good  governor.  He, 
therefore,  is  wiped  out  because  he  has  not  kept 
step  with  his  masters,  whom  he  served  ho  long, 
He  has  made  enemies  in  the  interests  of  the 
public,  and  must  go  down  because  he  considered 
that  he  ought  to  stand  a  peg  higher  as  governor 
of  the  state  than  as  a  mere  detective  and  enrolling 
agent  for  Mr.  Conkling. 

"  Ko  wonder  that  so  many  of  our  younger  pol 
iticians  start  out  servile  and  keep  servile  when 
they  see  the  tumble  a  man  can  make  by  cultiva- 
ting his  self-respect  and  the  public  good,  like  the 
present  governor  of  New  York. 

'*  General  Arthur  was  walked  out  of  his  office, 
and,  with  an  indignant  letter  to  the  President 
at  that  time,  he  quietly  kept  hold  of  his 
"  machine,"  and,  though  he  was  beaten  at 
Albany,  and  some  thought  humiliated,  by  Cor- 
nell one  year  ago,  yet  he  believed  that  the 
machine  would  do  good  work  at  a  later  day,  and 
it  is  now  going  to  give  Arthur  that  sort  of  tri- 
umph which  these  personal  politicians  love — a 
victory  and  revenge  together,  complete  power  in 
the  machinery  of  the  State,  and  that  State  more 
than  ever  the  controlling  State  in  American 
politics. 

"  Never  having  had  an  interest  in  our  politics 
as  an  office-holder  or  expectant,  I  can  afford  to 
look  on  grimly  at  the  vicissitudes  of  politicians, 
yet  I  do  not  think  this  victory  will  be  attended 
with  any  blessing  in  the  long-run.  It  ought  to 
show  the  Democratic  party  the  advantage  of  a 


complete  understanding  of  itself,  so  that  the 
neutral  public  can  also  understand  it.  The  De- 
mocracy has  not  the  same  platform  in  all  parts 
of  the  country,  and  where  it  has  one  strong 
leader,  he  is  apt  to  have  several  rivals. 

"  The  power  of  the  New  York  machine  lies  in 
its  complete  self  understanding.  It  can  never 
be  accused  of  hypocrisy  in  the  Masonic  councils 
of  itself.  Don  Cameron  knows  that  under  no 
circumstances  will  Arthur  sell  him  out;  Mahone 
knows  that  the  men  he  is  trading  with  in  politics 
will  stick  to  the  trade. 

"  Unfortunately  the  reformers,  so  called,  in 
our  politics  do  not  observe  faith  in  men,  but 
allow  themselves  to  drop  a  man  the  moment  any 
charge  is  made  against  him,  with  the  reflection 
of  '  I  am  more  holier  than  thou.'  " 


The  Electoral  Vote  for  1884. 

The  Presidential  Electoral  vote  of  the  States  for  1881  will  be  as 
follows: 

Alabama 10 

Arkansas , 7 

California 8 

Colorado 3 

Connecticut 6 

Delaware 3 

Florida 4 

Georgia l'.J 

Illinois 22 

Indiana 16 

Iowa 24 

Kansas 9 

Kentucky 13 

Louisiana 8 

Maine fi 

Maryland 8 

Massachusetts 13 

Michigan 18 

Minnesota 7 

Mississippi 9 


Missouri     16 

Nebraska    5 

Nevada    3 

New  Hampshire     4 

New  Jersey     9 

NefvYork     H 

North  Carolina    11 

Ohio 2:3 

Oregon 3 

Pennsylvania 30 

Rhode  Island 4 

South    Carolina 9 

Tennessee 12 

Texas 13 

Vermont 4 

Virginia 12 

West  Virginia ti 

Wisconsin 11 

Total 411 


RELIGIOUS   INTELLIGENCE. 


— The  late  meeting  of  the  New  York  United 
Presbyterian  Synod  at  Saratoga,  re-elected  Drs. 
Dales  and  Morrow  and  Elder  Henry  Harrison 
as  trustees  of  Allegheny  Theological  Seminary, 
Pittsburgh. 

— Twenty-three  new  members  were  added  to 
the  Fourth  U.  P.  church,  Allegheny,  at  the  last 
communion  occasion,  Sept.  24. 

— Rev.  D.  S.  Kinney,  agent  of  the  Weslevan 
Publishing  House  writes  to  the  American  Wes- 
leyan  of  the  late  Illinois  Conference  of  that 
church:  "The  immediate  and  healthful  effects 
of  the  Theological  School  at  Wheaton,  upon 
this  Conference,  are  felt  and  prized  by  the 
churches.  Three  young  men  of  education,  piety, 
and  much  promise  to  our  Connection,  from  this 
school  of  the  prophets,  were  ordained  Elders  by 
the  Conference,  while  the  seal  of  Heaven's  ap- 
probation to  this  cause  was  given,  by  sending 
gusts  and  floods  of  glory  upon  us  during  the 
services  in  which  the  church  recognized  the 
voice  of  the  Holy  Ghost,  who  said  'separate  me' 
these  'for  the  work  whereunto  I  have  called 
them.'  "  The  same  Conference  raised  $412  for 
Wasioja  Seminary. 

— The  Rock  River  M.  E.  Conference  met  in 
Aurora  last  week.  Among  the  clergymen  from 
other  churches  introduced  were  Revs.  J.  G. 
Terrell  and  M.  V.  Clute  of  the  Free  Methodist 
church.  Th*  lines  separating  the  two  denomi- 
nations seem  to  be  relaxing. 

— At  the  last  meeting  of  the  Congregational 
ministers  of  Chicago,  the  name  of  "  Rev."  Jacob 
R.  Shipherd,  of  Peruvian  and  other  notoriety, 
was  dropped  from  the  roll  by  unanimous  vote 
and  without  debate. 

— Bishop  Wiley  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
church  lately  engaged  with  the  Masons  of  Cat- 
tauooga,  in  laying  the  corner  btone  of  a  new 
church  building.  A  local  paper,  edited  by  a 
colored  man,  complains  that  Jews  were  of  the 
number  who  took  part  in  the  ceremony  but 
colored  men  were  scrupulously  ruled  out. 

— In  the  October  number  of  the  Reformed 
Presbyterian,  Pittsburgh,  Rev.  N.  R.  Johnston, 
missionary  among  the  Chinese  in  San  Francisco, 
Cal.,  writes  with  sad  misgivings  of  the  effect  of 
Anti-Chinese  bill.     He  says  : 

"  You  would  think  that  the  Calif  ornians  would 
now  be  satisfied.  By  no  means.  The  malice  of 
the  Chinese  haters  will  now  be  whetted  to  its 
keenest  edge.  Every  possible  plan  and  effort 
will  now  be  resorted  to  and  made  to  drive  out 


these  inoffensive  people.  Ostracism,  abuse,  cru- 
elty with  insult,  all  that  leaguers  |and  secret 
clubs,  and  labor  associations,  and  secret  orders 
can  invent,  will  be  attempted.  The  scholars  of 
our  Mission  School,  both  night  and  Sabbath, 
have  been  more  annoyed,  insulted,  and  cruelly 
treated  recently  than  for  a  long  time  before. 
Upon  one  of  our  good  boys,  coming  to  Sabbath 
school  recently,  a  man  hissed  his  large  dog.  The 
animal  chased  the  boy,  seized  him  by  the  chin 
and  lacerated  him  terribly.  To  escape  arrest, 
the  demon  fled  across  the  bay  to  his  own  hoodlum 
citv.  Much  of  my  time  now  is  occupied  in 
looking  after  such  cases,  and  yet  our  schools  are 
more  crowded  even  to  excess  than  for  more  than 
a  year.  The  deinand  is  greater  than  the  supply, 
and  we  are  hard  worked.  Very  many  of  our 
scholars  now  are  absolute  heathen,  and  only  re- 
cently from  China-.  How  we  can  reach  them 
with  the  needed  gospel  is  our  constant  problem." 

— The  United  Presbyterian  missionaries  who 
have  been  sojourning  in  England  during  the 
troubles  in  their  Egyptian  field  have  returned  to 
their  chosen  work.  Their  property  at  Alexand- 
ria escaped  unharmed  the  ravages  of  pillage  and 
fire.  The  buildings  were  closed  during  the 
bombardment,  and  when  re-opened  everything 
was  found  intact,  except  in  the  book  shop.  From 
this  a  few  books  had  been  taken.  In  the  mission 
"home"  the  house-plants  were  fresh,  and  even 
the  pet  doves  were  alive  and  well.  But  the 
miesion-work,  in  all  its  departments,  had  been 
seriously  interfered  with,  and  checked  to  a  greater 
degree  than  at  Cairo  or  other  places  in  the  upper 
country. 

— One  item  of  Senator  Hill's  will  is  as  follows  : 
"  I  now  give  and  bequeath  to  my  wife  and  chil- 
dren that  which  some  of  them  now  possess  and 
which  I  assure  them,  in  full  view  of  death,  is  far 
•richer  than  gold  and  more  to  be  desired  than  all 
human  honors.  God  is  a  living  God,  and  Christ 
came  into  the  world  to  save  sinners.  I  beg  them 
to  have  faith  in  Jesus,  for  by  this  faith  alone  can 
they  be  saved." 

— At  a  meeting  of  the  American  Bible  Revis- 
ion Society,  or  "that  branch  of  the  society  known 
as  the  Old  Testament  Compau}^,  Sept.  29th  the 
work  of  revision,  it  was  reported,  had  progressed 
to  Psalms,  which  had  already  been  revised  four 
times — twice  in  this  country  and  twice  in  Eng- 
land. The  songs  of  Solomon  will  come  next, 
followed  by  Ecclesiastics,  which  will  all  but 
complete  the  work,  and  will  take  about  a  year  to 
accomplish. 

—For  twenty -two  years  a  Nestorian  has  been 
laboring  independently  among  the  Molokans 
of  Russia,  up  and  down  the  Yolga  and  in  Crimea, 
until  more  than  3,000  persons  have  been  gath- 
ered into  churches.  He  is  a  man  of  little  learn- 
ing, but  good  sense  and  genuine  piety. 

— The  special  religious  interest  manifested  at 
the  Sandwich  Islands  a  year  ago  has  recently 
received  a  new  impulse,  and  the  Holy  Spirit 
eeems  to  be  moving  upon  the  hearts  of  the  na- 
tive Hawaiian 8.  Mr.  Forbes,  missionary  of  the 
American  Board,  writes  briefly  of  an  evangel- 
istic tour,  saying  that  a  glorious  work  of  grace 
is  evidently  in  progress  among  the  churches. 

^-•-» 

Good  News  from  the  Iowa  Yearly  Meeting. 

Lynnville,  Iowa,  Oct.  2,  1882. 

Our  Yearly  Meeting  is  again  past,  and  more 
than  ever  before  both  ministers  and  others  spoke 
out  in  public  against  the  "image  of  the  beast." 
One  of  the  aesistant  clerks,  James  P.  Pinkham, 
was  objected  to  on  account  of  his  connection 
with  Masonry,  but  denied  the  charge  of  being 
connected  with  it  at  the  present  time.  When 
the  subject  of  oaths  came  before  the  meeting  a 
few  made  remarks  thereon  and  spoke  of  the 
Masonic  oath  now  binding  a  few  of  our  mem- 
bers. 

Daniel  McPherson,  a  minister,  spoke  very 
pointedly  as  to  the  impossibility  of  being  a  good 
Christian  and  a  Mason  at  the  same  time.  At 
the  close  "amen"  was  echoed  from  perhaps  a 
hundred  voices  all  over  the  house.  So  I  bless 
God  the  leaven  is  working,  and  our  "Quaker 
Boy"  of  Indiana,  as  well  as  others  ot  us  can  say, 
They  are  not  all  dumb  dogs  on  this  subject. 

T.  K.  Btjtkik. 


14 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE. 


October  12,  1889 


VOMk  AND  FARM. 


It  is  not  too  late  to  fight  insect 
peets. 

In  gathering  fruit  assort  it  prop- 
erly. 

Plant  trees  this  Fall  if  neglected 
last  Spring. 

Harvest  all  crops  at  maturity  to 
prevent  loss. 

Now  clean  out  old  ditches  and 
dig  new  ones. 

Utilize  windfall  apples  in  start- 
ing the  porkers. 

The  Poultry  Nation  says  that 
whole  wheat  is  an  excellent  food 
for  fowls. 

""Hogs  should  be  allowed  to  have  a 
heap  of  coal  ashes.  They  will  be 
aU  the  healthier  for  it. 

It  is  said  by  one  of  our  interior 
farmers  that  two  or  three  bushels 
of  salt  per  acre  will  keep  off  or  de- 
stroy the  army  worm.  The  salt  is, 
besides,  worth  all  it  costs  as  a  fer- 
tilizer. 

It  is  stated  that  the  best  remedy 
for  the  cabbage  worm  is  to  sprinkle 
over  the  plants  early  in  the  morn- 
ing, when  the  dew  is  upon  them, 
cayenne  pepper. 

A  few  drops  of  ammonia  added 
to  a  gallon  of  water  and  applied 
once  a  week  to  all  pots  of  flowers 
will  do  much  good  and  keep  the' 
pots  and  earth  from  souring. 

Dr.  Denker,  of  St.  Petersburg 
treats  diphtheria  by  first  giving  the 
patient  a  laxative,  and  when  its 
operation  has  ceased  be  gives  cold 
drinks  acidulated  with  hydrochloric 
acid  and  then  a  gargle  of  lime-wa- 
ter and  hot  milk  in  equal  parts 
every  two  hours.  His  method  has 
been  very  successful. 

The  affricultural  products  of 
Kansas  this  year  are  estimatod  to  be 
worth  at  present  prices  $138,385,- 
315,  and  the  other  products  of  the 
farm,  garden,  and  pasture,  includ- 
ing live  stock,  will  bring  the  total 
up  to  $176,000,000,  or  an  average 
of  $176  for  every  man,  woman,  and 
child  in  the  State. 

A  woman  was  lately  indicted  in 
England  for  causing  the  death  of 
her  child  by  denying  it  adequate 
nourishment.  Investigation  show- 
'"d,  however,  that  the  mother  had 
fed  the  child  regularly  on  corn- 
starch mixed  with  a  little  milk,  ig- 
norant of  the  fact  that  starch  is 
unable  to  supply  the  necebsary  nu- 
triment to  young  children.  Under 
these  circumstances  the  woman  was 
acquitted. 

A  correspondent  of  the  Ohio 
Farmer  advises  farmers,  instead  of 
burying  their  cabbages  in  the 
ground,  thus  running  the  risk  of 
freezing,  damage  by  mice  and 
moles,  or  of  finding  it  half  rotten 
when  wanted  for  use,  to  pull  up 
the  heads,  shake  off  the  earth  well, 
pull  off  a  few  of  the  outside  leaves 
and  hang  them  up  in  the  cellar  by 
twine  tied  to  the  stems  and  nails 
driven  into  the  joist.  The  cellar, 
of  course,  must  be  well  ventilated. 

Apples  may  be  kept  fresh  a 
whole  year  by  following  this  method 
of  storing  them  away :  A  layer  of 
dry  sawdust  sprinkled  at  the  bottom 
of  the  box,  and  then  a  layer  of 
apples  planed  in  so  that  they  do  not 
t  ouch  earh  other.  Upon  this  place 
ft  lajer  of  eawdufit}  and  so  on  till 


the  bo^  is  filled.  The  boxes,  after 
beinff  i^acked  in  this  way,  are  placed 
on  tqe  wall  in  the  cellar,  up  from 
the  ground,  where  they  keep  per- 
f  eetjjr,  retaining  their  freshness  and 
flayd;-  until  brought  out. 

Apple  Marmalade. — Peel  and 
slic^  the  apples;  weigh  and  put  into 
a  kettle,  and  stew  until  tender ; 
mash  fine  and  add  sugar  in  propor- 
tion of  pound  to  pound;  let  them 
cook  slowly,  stir  very  frequently; 
be  careful  not  to  allow  it  to  scorch; 
when  the  mass  has  a  iellied  appear- 
ance, it  is  done.  About  half  an 
liour  will  generally  be  found  suf- 
ficient for  making  the  marmalades, 
after  adding  the  sugar. 


Donations  to  the  National    Christian 
Association. 

During  iSeptemher,  1882. 

For  Prof.  E.  D.Bailey,  N.  E.  Sec'y: 
L.  R,  Livingston,  75  cents. 

For  Rev.  J.  F.  Galloway :  L .  R.  Liv- 
ingston 50c ;  Jas.  Birchard'$2.00. 

For  Southern  Work :  Moses  Plummer 
and  L.  R.  Livingston  75  cents  each;D. 
Hyde,  $1.;  Jas.  G.  Laughlin,  $10. 

For  Expenses  Batavia  Convention :  Prof. 
L.  N.  Stratton,  $5. 

F<  ir  Free  Tract  Fund :  Geo.  Hanson, 
25  cts. ;  J.  A.  Yo^ng,  f  1. 

For  J.  F.  Browne,  Cabin  Creek,  Ky. : 
H.  J.  Birt,  $1. 

For  Eld.  D.  P.  Rathbun,  Anonymous, 
$1.00. 

For  Work  in  LaSalle  Co.,  reported  by 
E.  R.  Worrell:  From  J.  P.  Heister,  $1. 
S.  J.  White  and  John  Morrison,  $5  each 
G.  G.  Gurnea,  $6;  John  Hey  wood,  $2 
Mrs.  S.  Crimes,  50cts. ;  Peter  Howe,  $15 
Wm.  I.  Phillips, 

Treas.  N.  C.  A. 


Christian   Workers 

Who  depend  on  voluntary  con- 
tributions of  Christian  people  in 
whole  or  in  part  for  their  support: 

J.  F.ROWNE,  Cabin  Creek,  Ky. 

Eli  Tapley,  Columbus,  iss. 

J.  F.  Galloway,  Okahumka 
Florida. 

Wm.  Hazenbukg,  Cape  Town,  S. 
Africa. 

A.  D.  Zaraphonithes,  Andros, 
via  Syra,  Greece. 

G.  H.  FiLiAN,  Armenia. 

Contributions  for  either  of  these 
brethren  may  be  forwarded  either 
through  the  editors  of  the  Cyno- 
sure or  the  Treasurer  of  the  N. 
C.  A.  Please  designate  to  which 
one  such  funds  shall  be  sent. 


Wo  have  recently  exchanged  a 
lot  of  Anti-masonic  publications 
for  Bibles  which  we  offer  at  low 
rates  post  paid. 

We  have  well  bound  pocket  Bi- 
bles at  $1.00,  $1.35,  $1.50,  $2.00, 
$2.25,  $2.50  and  $3.00.  Also  some 
fine  Oxford  and  Tract  Society 
Teachers  Bibles  at  $3.00,  $3.25, 
$3.50  and  $4.i^5. 

Of  the  family  Bibles  all  but  two 
have  already  been  disposed  of, 
leaving  one  at  $3.00  and  the  other 
at  $6.75. 

Among  the  pocket  Bibles  are 
some  Oxford  edition  with  leather 
protecting  edges  at  $2.00  and 
$3.0U  each.     Address, 

EzKA  A.  Cook, 
7Wabash  Ave.,  Chicago. 

IMPORTANT  TO  TRAVELERS  ! 

Special  inducements  are  offered 
you  by  the  Burlington  Eoute.  It 
will  pay  you  to  read  their  advertise- 
ment to  be  found  elsewhere  in  this 
issue. 


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Pbesidbnt. —  J.  Blanchard,  Wheaton, 
HI. 

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Directors. — Philo  Carpenter,  J.  Blanch- 
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logg, D.  P.  Baker,  T.  H.  Gault,  A.  G. 
Laird,  C.  R.  Hagerty,  John  Gardner,  L.  N^ 
Stratton. 

the  national  convention. 

President.— Rev.  S.  Collins,  Wash, 
ington    D.  C. 

Secretaries. — H.  L.  Kellogg,  W.  H. 
Ross  and  M.  N.  Butler. 

The  object  of  this  Association  is : 

"To  axpose,  withstand  and  remove  secret  bocI- 
ctlM,  Treemaeonry  in  particular,  and  other  anti- 
Christian  movements,  in  order  to  save  the  church- 
es of  Chrigt  from  being  depraved,  to  redeem  the 
administration  of  Jastice  from  perversion,  and 
our  repablicui  government  from  corruption." 

To  carrjr  on  this  work  contributions  are 
■olicited  from  every  friend  of  the  reform. 

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California. — Pres.,  L.  B.  Lathrop, 
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Woodland;  Treas.,  C.  Ruddock,  Wood- 
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Illinois. — Pres.,  D.  P.  Baker,  Chicago; 
Sec.  W.  H.  Chandler,  Van  Orin;  Treas., 
W.  I.  Phillips,  221  W.  Madison  street, 
Chicago. 

Indiana. — Pres.,  I.  W.  Lowman,  Au- 
burn;  Sec,  Wm.  Small,  Amboy;  Treas., 
Benj.  Ulsh,  Silver  Lake. 

Iowa. — Pres.,  C.  D.  Trumbull,  Morning 
Sun ;  Rec.  Sec.  A.W.  Hall,  College  Spring; 
Cor.  Sec,  W.  T.  Moffitt,  Morning  Sun ; 
Treas.,  Joseph  Laird,  Wayne. 

Kansas.— Pres.,  J.  S.  T.  Milligan,  North 
Cedar ;  Sec,  J.  Alter,.  Valley  Falls ;  Treas. 
J.  A.  Torrence,  Winchester. 

Massachusetts. — Pres.,  S.  A.  Prati ; 
Sec,  Mrs.  E.  D.  Bailey;  Treas.,  David 
Manning,  Sr.;  all  of  Worcester. 

Michigan. — Pres.,  Wm.  Wing,  Grand 
Rapids;  Rec-Sec'y,  A.  H.  Springstein, 
Pontiac ;  Cor.  Sec,  W.  H.  Ross,  Allegan ; 
Treas.,  C.  C.  Foote,  88  Columbia  Street, 
Detroit. 

Minnesota. — Pres.  E.  G.  Paine,  Wasi- 
oja;  Cor.  Sec,  W.  H.  McChesney,  Fair- 
mont ;  Rec.  Sec'y  Thos .  Hartl ey,  Ri chland ; 
Treas.,  Wm.  H.  Morrill,  St.  Charles. 

Missouri. — Pres.  C.  J.  Kephart  Avalon ; 
Treas.,  William  Beauchamp,  Avalon ;  Cor. 
Sec,  M.  N.  Butler,  Albany. 

Nebraska. — Pres.  S.  Austin,  Fair- 
mount  ;  Cor  Sec,  W.  S.  Spooner,  Kearney ; 
Treas.,  R.  A.  Bishop,  Seeley's  Mills. 

New  Hampshire.— Pres  Benj.  M.  Ma- 
son, Moultonboro;  Sec,  S.  C  Kimball, 
New  Market;  Treas.,  E.  Smith,  Center 
Strafford. 

New  York. — Pres.  P.  W.  Capwell, 
Dale;  Sec'y,  Isaac  Hyatt,  Dale;  Treas., 
M.  Mcrrifik,  Syracuse. 

Ohio. — Pres.,  Wm.  Dillon,  Dayton; 
Cor.  Sec,  J.  P.  Lytle,  Sago;  Treas.,  J.  M. 
Scott,  Alexandria. 

Pennsylvania. — Pres.  A.  L.  Post,  Mon 
trose;Cor.  Sec,  N. Callender, Thompson ; 
Treas.,  W.  B.  Bei  tels,  Wilkesbarre. 

Wisconsin. — Pres.,  Enos  Collins,  Colo 
ma ;  Cor.  Sec.  W.  W.  Warner,  Baraboo ; 
Treas.,  M.  R.  Britten,  Vienna. 

West  Virginia. — Pres.,  D.  B.  Turney, 
Sec,  John  Bosley,  Grafton;  Treas.,  H.  B. 
Higgins,  P  etroleum. 


Anti-masonic  Lecturers. 

General  Agent  and  Lecturer,  J .  P. 
Stoddai-d,  221  West  Madison  street,  Chi- 
cago. 

Agents  for  the  South :  H.  H.  Hinman, 
Wheaton,  111.,  and  Paul  S.  Feemster, 
Larned,  Kans. 

E.  D.  Bailey,  Worcester,  Mass.,  Agent 
for  New  England. 

Degree  Workers. — (Seceders.) 

D.  P.  Rathbun,  Clarence,  Iowa. 

S.  E.  Starry,  Clarence,  Iowa. 

Jas.  Furguson,    "  " 

J.  K.  Glassford,  Carthage,  Mo. 
State  Lecturers. 

California,  D.  A.  Richards,  Woodland 

Connecticut,  J,  L.  Barlow  of  Will' 
mantio. 


Indiana,  8.  L.  Cook  of  Albion. 
Missouri,  M.  N.  Butler  of  Albany. 
New  Hampshire,  L.  D.  Bryant  of  New 
Market. 
Wisconsin,  Thos.  Lowe,  Coloma  Sta. 

Other  Lecturers. 
C.  A.  Blanchard,  Wheaton,  111 
N.  Callender,  Thompson,  Pa. 
J.  H.  Timmons,  Tarentum,  Pa. 
J.  H.  Baird,  Templeton,  Pa. 
T.  B.  McCormick,  Princeton,  Ind 
E.  Johnson,  Dayton,  Ind 
J.  M.  Bishop,  Chambersburg,  Pa 
A.  Mayn,  Promise  City,  Mich. 
J.  B.  Cressinger.  Sullivan,  O. 
W.  M.  Love,  Baker,  Mo. 
A.  D.  Freeman,  Downers  Grove,  HI. 
R.  Faurot,  Jackson,  Miss. 
J.  P.  Richards,  Belmont,  Wis. 
Edward  Mathews,  N.  C   A.  ofHce. 
Wm.  Fenton,  St.  Paul,  Minn. 
E.  T.  Grinnell,  Blairsburg,  Iowa. 
Warren  Taylor,  Roxabell,  O. 
J.  S  Perry,  Thompson,  Conn. 

C.  P.  Hawley,  Whealon,  111. 

J.  T.  Michael,  New  Wilmington,  Pa. 
Prof.  S.  C.  Kimball,  New  Market,  N.  H. 
Elder  L.  H.  Buf  kins,  Scranton,  Iowa, 
S.  G.  Barton,  Breckinridge,  Mo. 
Joel  H.  Austin,  Goshen,  Ind. 

D.  B.  Turney,  Bird  Station,  111. 
J.  F.  Browne,  Cabin  Creek,  Ky. 

E.  Barnetson,  Jackson  Valley,  Pa. 


The  Churches  against  Lodgery. 

The  following  denominations  are  com- 
mitted by  vote  of  their  legislative  assem- 
blies or  by  constitution  to  a  separation 
from  secret  lodge  worship : 

Adventists  (Seventh-day). 

Baptists — Primitive,  Seventh-day  and 
Scandinavian. 

Brethren  (Dunkers  or  German  Baptists). 

Christian  Reformed  Church. 

Church  of  God  (Northern  Indiana  I|l- 
dership.) 

Congregational — The  State  Associations 
of  Illinois  and  Iowa  have  adopted  resolu- 
tions against  the  lodge. 

Disciples  (in  part). 

Friends. 

Lutherans — Norwegian,  Danish,  Swed- 
ish and  Synodical  Conferences. 

Mennonites. 

Methodists — Free  and  Wesleyan. 

Methodist  Protestant  (Minnesota  Con 
ference). 

Moravians. 

Plymouth  Brethren. 

Presbyterian — ^Associate,  Reformed  and 
United. 

Rpformed  Church  (Holland  Branch). 

United  Brethren  in  Christ. 

Individual  churches  in  some  of  these 
denominations  should  be  excepted,  in 
part  of  them  even  a  considerable  portion. 

The  following  local  cburches  have,  as  a 
pledge  to  disfellowship  and  oppose  lodge 
worship,  given  their  names  to  the  follow- 
ing list  as 

THE    ASSOCIATED  CHURCHES  OF  CHRIST. 

New  Ruhamah  Congregational,  Hamil- 
ton,  Miss. 

Pleasant  Ridge  Congregational,  Sand- 
ford  county,  Ala. 

New  Hope  Methodist,Lowndes  co.,  Miss. 

Congregational,  College  Springs,  Iowa. 

College  Church  of  Christ,  Wheaton,  III. 

First  Congregational,  Leland,  Mich. 

Sugar  Grove  church.  Green  county.  Pa. 

Military  Chapel,  M.  E.,  Lowndes  Co., 
Miss. 

Hopewell  Missionary  Baptist,  Lowndes 
Co.,  Miss. 

Cedar  Grove  Missionary  Baptist,  Lown- 
des Co.,  Miss. 

Simon's  Chapel,M.  E.,Lowndes  co..  Miss. 

Pleasant  Ridge  Missionary  Baptist, 
Lowndes  Co.,  Miss. 

Brownlee  church,  Caledonia,  Miss. 

Salem  church,  Lowndes  Co.,  Miss 

West  Preston  Baptist  church,  Wayne 
Co.  Pa. 

Other  local  churches  which  have  adopt- 
ed the  same  principles  are — 

Baptist  churches ;  N.  Abington,  Pa. ; 
Menomi  nie,  Mondovi,  Waubeck  and 
Spring  Prairie,  Wis. ;  Wheaton,  111. ;  Per- 
ry, N.  Y. ;  Spring  Creek,  near  Burlington, 
Iowa;  Lima,  Ind.;  Constableville,  N.  Y. 
The  "Good  Will  Association"  of  Mobile, 
Ala.,  comprising  some  twenty-tive  colored 
Baptist  churches;  Bridgewater  Baptist 
Association,  Pa. ;  Old  Tebo  Baptist,  near 
Leesville,  Henry  Co.,  Mo. ;  Hoopeston,  111. 

Congregational  churches :  1st  of  Ober- 
lin,  O.;  Tonica,  Crystal  Lake,  Union  and 
Big  Woods,  111. ;  Solsbury,  Ind. ;  Congre- 
gational Methodist,  Maplewood,  Mass. 

Presbyterian  church,  Hoopeston,  111. 

Independent  churches  in  Lowell,  Coun- 
tryman school  house  near  Lindenwood, 
Marengo  and  Streator,  111.;  Berea  and 
Camp  Nelson,  Ky. ;  Ustick,  111. ;  Clarks- 
burg, Kans.  State  Af  sociation  of  Minis- 
ters and  Cburdies  in  Christ  of  Keotucky 


.  --« 


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October  12,  1882 


THK  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE. 


15 


CATALOGUE  OF  PUBLICATIONS  OF  EZRA  A.  COOK, 


FOR    SAi:.E 


Books  at  dozen  or  retail  prices  sent  post-paid.  Not 
less  than  one-half  dozen  sent  at  dozen  rates.  Books 
by  mail  are  at  risk  of  person  ordering^  unless  10 
cents  extra  is  sent  to  pay  for  registering  them, 
when  their  safe  delivery  is  guaranteed.  Books 
at  retail  ordered  by  express,  are  sold  at  10  per  cent. 
discount  and  delivery  guaranteed,  but  not  express 
paid.  Postage  stamps  taken  for  small  sums.  ^^A 
liberal  discount  to  dealers  and  regular  canvaesers. 


ON  FREEMASONRY. 

Freemasonry  Illustrated.  A  complete 
exposition  of  the  seven  degrees  of  the  Blue  Lodge 
and  Chapter.  Profusely  Illustrated.  A  historical 
sketch  of  the  Institution  and  a  critical  analysis  of 
the  character  of  each  degree,  by  Prest.  J.  Blanch- 
ard,  of  Wheaton  College.  Monitorial  quotations 
and  nearly  four  hundred  notes  from  standard  Ma- 
sonic authorities  confirm  the  truthfulness  of  this 
exposition  and  show  the  character  of  Masonic  tcich- 
Ing  and  doctrine,  The  accuracy  of  this  exposition 
legally  attested  by  J.  O.  Doesburg,  Past  Master  Un- 
ity Z2  No.  191,  Holland,  Mich  ,  and  oth  rs.  This 
Is  the  latest,  most  accurate  and  corapleie  exposi- 
tion of  Blue  Lodge  and  Chapter  Masonry.  Over 
one  hundred  Illustrations — several  of  them  lull 
page — give  a  pictorial  representation  of  the  lodge- 
room,  chapter  and  principal  ceremonies  of  the  de- 
grees, with  the  dress  of  candidates,  signs,  grips, 
■stc.  Complete  work  of  640  pages,  In  cloth,  Sl.OO; 
fer  dozen,  $9.00.  Paper  covers,  60  cents;  per  doz- 
en, $5.50.  First  three  degrees  (3T6  pages),  in  cloth, 
T5  cents;  per  dozen,  $7.00.  Paper  cover,  40  cents; 
per  dozen,  *4. 00.  ^^The  Masonic  quotations  are 
worth  the  price  of  this  book. 

Knight  Templarism  Illustrated.  A  full 
Illustrated  ritual  of  the  six  degrees  of  the  Council 
and  Commandery,  comprising  the  degrees  of  Royal 
Master,  Select  Master,  Super-Excellent  Master, 
Knight  of  the  Red  Cross,  Knight  Templar  and  Knight 
of  Malta.  A  book  of  341  pages.  In  cloth,  ¥1.00; 
$8.50  per  dozen.  Paper  covers,  50cts;  $4.00  per 
dozen. 

Freemasonry  ^Exposed.  By  Capt.  William 
Morgan.  The  genuine  oldMorgan  book  republished, 
with  engravings  showing  the  lodge- ruom,  dress  of 
candidates,  signs,  due  guards,  grips,  etc.  This  rev- 
elation was  so  accurate  that  Freemasons  murdered 
the  author  for  writing  It.  35  cents  each ;  per  dozen, 
$2.00. 

Adoptive  Masonry  Illustrated.  A  full 
and  complete  Illustrated  ritual  of  the  five  degrees  of 
Female  Freemasonry,  by  Thomas  Lowe;  comprising 
the  degrees  of  Jephthah's  Daughter,  Ruth,  Esther, 
Martha  and  Electa,  and  known  as  the  Daughter's 
Degree,  Widow's  Degree,  Wife's  Degree,  Sister's  De- 
gree and  the  Benevolent  Degree.  30  cents  each; 
per  dozen,  $1.75. 

Valance's  Oonfession  of  the  Murder  Df 

Capt,  Wm.  MOBaAN,  This  confession  of  Henry  L. 
Valance,  one  of  the  three  Freemasons  who  drowned 
Morgan  In  the  Niagara  River,  was  taken  from  the 
lips  of  the  dying  man  by  Dr,  John  C.  Emerj  ,  of  Ra- 
cine County,  Wisconsin,  in  1848.  10  cents  eachs 
per  dozen.  $1.00. 

History  of  the  Abduction  and  Murder 

OF  Capt.  Wm.  Morgan,  As  prepared  by  seven  com- 
mittees of  citizens,  appointed  to  ascertain  the  fate 
of  Morgan.  This  book  contains  Indisputable,  legal 
'jvldence  that  Freemasons  abducted  and  murdered 
Wm.  Morgan,  for  no  other  offense  than  the  revela" 
tlOQ  of  Masonry.  It  contains  the  sworn  testimony 
of  over  twenty  persons.  Including  Morgan's  wlfei 
and  no  candid  person,  after  reading  this  book,  can 
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The  Broken  Seal;  or  Personal  Reminiscences 
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Beminiscences  of  Morg'an  Times.    By 

Elder  David  Bernard,  author  of  Bernard's  Light  on 
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dents connected  with  Bernard's  Revelation  of  Free- 
masonry.    10  cents  each;  per  dozen,  $1.00 

Oaths   and    Penalties   of   the   38   De- 

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Oaths  and  Penalties  of  Freemasonry, 

as  proved  In  court  in  the  New  Berlin  Trial.  Also 
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ic committee  of  York  County,  Pa.,  May  4th,  1831. 
The  New  Berlin  trials  began  in  the  attempt  of 
Freemasons  to  prevent  public  Initiations  by  seceding 
Masons.  These  trials  were  held  at  New  Berlin, 
Chenango  Co.,  W.  T.,  April  13  and  14th,  1831.  and 
General  Augustus  C.  Welsh,  sheriff  of  the  county, 
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Finney  on  Masonry,  The  character,  clal  ns 
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Oharlos  G.  Finney,  of  Oberlin  College.  President 
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Ex-President    John    Ouincy    Adams' 

Letters  on  the  Nature  of  Masonic  Oaths,  Obliga- 
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Appendix  giving  obligations  of  Masonry,  and  an  able 
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The   Mystic    Tie,   or  Freemasonry    a 

League  with  the  Devil.  This  is  an  account  of 
the  church  trial  of  Peter  Cook  and  wife,  of  Elkhart, 
Indiana,  for  refusing  to  support  a  reverend  Free- 
mason; and  their  very  able  defense  presented  by 
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Masonry  a  Work  of  Darkness,  adverse 
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ment. By  Rev.  Lebbeus  Armstrong  (Presbyterian), 
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Judge  Whitney's   Defense  before  the 

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member  of  his  lodge,  murdered  Ellen  Slade.  Judge 
Whitney,  by  attempting  to  bring  Keith  to  Justice, 
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he  boldly  replied  to  the  charges  against  him,  and 
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ON  ODD'FELLOWSHIP. 

Revised    Odd-fello-wship   Illustrated. 

The  complete  revised  ritual  of  the  Lodge,  Encamp- 
ment and  Rebekah  (ladles')  degrees,  profusely  Illus- 
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a  sketch  of  the  origin,"Hfstory  and  character  of  the 
order,  over  one  hundred  foot-note  quotations  from 
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responds exactly  with  the  "Charge  Books"  fur- 
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Odd-fellowship  Judg'ed  by  Its  Own  Utter- 
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This  Is  an  exceedingly  Interesting,  clear  discussion 
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50  cents  each.  The  German  edition  Is  published  by 
the  author. 

Other  Secret  Society  Rituals. 

Knigikts   of   Pythias  Illustrated.    By 

Past  Chancellor.  A  full  Illustrated  exposition  of  the 
three  ranks  of  the  order,  with  the  addition  of  the 
"Amended,  Perfected  and  Amplified  Third  Rank." 
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16 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE. 


October  12, 1883 


NEWS  ITEMS. 


— The  U.  S.  signal  office  estimates  that 
at  least  $13,000,000  of  property  and  many 
persons  remained  safely  in  harbor  on  ac- 
count of  the  warnings  given  just  before  a 
late  cyclone,  and  that  the  saving  in  this 
one  storm  pays  the  expenses  of  the  ser- 
vice for  at  least  ten  years. 

— Two  daughters  of  Mr.  Rosecranz,  re- 
siding at  Lowell,  Kan.,  were  burned  to 
ashes  by  the  destruction  of  the  house  by 
Are.  The  oldest  could  have  escaped,  but 
in  attempting  to  rescue  her  little  sister 
met  her  fiery  fate. 

.  — Tellow  fever  is  now  ravaging  Pensa- 
cola,  Fla.  The  total  cases  to  Friday  were 
1,111 ;  deaths,  103.  Among  the  deaths 
was  the  Rev.  Z.  A.  Owen,  a  Baptist  min- 
ister. Being  away  from  the  city  when 
the  pestilence  began  its  ravages,  he  re- 
turned to  his  charge,  which  be  has  since 
steadfastly  served  with  unselfish  devotion. 
Until  stricken  down,  he  was  ever  to  be 
found  right  in  the  heart  of  the  suffer- 
ing. 

— The  Boston  Commercial  Bulletin 
says  that  more  deaths  have  occurred  from 
accidents  to  passenger  elevators  in  that 
city  and  its  vicinity  during  the  past  twelve 
months  than  have  been  caused  by  the 
criminal  negligence  of  the  railroads  in 
Massachusetts  during  the  same  period. 

— The  Grove  shaft  of  the  Midlothian 
coal  mine,  in  Chesterfield  county,  Va.,  in 
which  thirty-five  miners  lost  their  lives 
last  February  by  an  explosion,  has  just 
been  reopened  and  partially  explored,  re- 
sulting in  the  finding  of  ten  bodies.  Oth- 
ers were  in  sight,  but  the  debris  prevented 
their  recovery.  Mining  operations  will 
be  resumed  after  the  shaft  has  been  clear- 
ed. 

— Alexander  H.  Stevens  was  on  Wednes- 
day elected  governor  of  Georgia  almost 
without  opposition.  His  majority  is  es- 
timated at  50,000. 

— In  all  twelve  negroes  have  died  from 
wounds  received  at  the  political  massacre 
lately  at  Lancaster,  S.  C.  Rumors  are  al- 
ready in  circulation  of  an  intended  at- 
tempt by  the  colored  people  to  burn  the 
town.  The  negroes  show  a  great  deal  of 
feeling  over  the  slaughter  of  their  breth- 
ren, and  it  is  surmised  that  another  attack 
on  them  is  preparing. 

—  The  Irish  World,  having  come  to  the 
conclusion  that  there  is  now  no  land 
league  in  Ireland  closes  its  fund  for  that 
organization  and  remits  its  balance,  $17,- 
424,  to  treasurer  Egan.  The  World's  to- 
tal remittances  amounted  to  $342,548. 

— Illinois  will  show  for  1882  an  aggre- 
gate product  of  9,115,653  tons  of  coal,  an 
increase  of  50  per  cent,  during  the  past 
two  years,  and  is  now  the  second  State  in 
the  tjnion  in  the  matter  of  coal  produc- 
tion. 

— An  extraordinary  atrocity  is  briefly 
chronicled  in  a  dispatch  from  Shreveport, 
La.  A  festival  was  in  progress  at  Caren- 
cro,  and  Adolph  Marceaux,  who  had  ta- 
ken ofiense  at  something  or  somebody, 
went  outside,  formed  into  line  a  party  of 
his  friends,  marched  back  into  the  hall, 
gave  the  command:  "Halt!  Aim!  Fire!" 
and  a  young  lady  and  her  brother  fell  at 
the  first  volley,  the  former  killed  outright 
and  the  latter  mortally  wounded.  The 
platoon  of  murderers  then  escaped,  and  at 
last  accounts  the  sherifl  and  a  posse  were 
in  pursuit. 

— At  Salem,  Kans.,  the  switch,  which 
was  misplaced,  caused  a  collision.  When 
the  engines  met  there  was  a  terrible  crash, 
and  both  engineers,  the  fireman,  and  a 
baggageman  were  buried  in  the  wreck, 
which  soon  ignited  from  the  engine  fires 
and  was  fed  by  the  fresh  coal  in  the  ten- 
ders.   Six  lives  were  lost. 

— Chili  refuses  to  abate  any  of  her  de- 
mands upon  Peru  for  territorial  and  pecu- 
niary indemnification,  and  as  Peru  de- 
clines to  yield  to  these  demands  the  peace 
negotiations  are  broken  ofi". 

— The  police  believe  the  murderers  of 
Lord  Frederick  Cavendish  and  Under- 
secretary Burke  numbered  ten,  and  are 
still  in  Ireland ;  but  that,  unless  the  aid  of 
an  informer  can  be  secured,  the  crime 
cannot  be  brought  home  to  the  guilty  per- 
sons. The  weapons  used  in  the  commis- 
sion of  the  murders  were  found  some 
weeks  ago.  Weapons  found  were  four 
knives  nine  inches  long,  with  blades  three- 
quarters  of  an  inch  wide.  They  were 
quite  new,  and  very  sharp,  and  are  evi- 
dently surgical  dissecting  knives.  There 
were  discolorations  on  them  which,  by 
chemical  analysis,  proved  to  have  been 
made  by  human  blood.  It  is  hoped  the 
murderers  will  yet  be  captured.  Mean- 
while the  authorities  observe  the  strictest 
secrecy. 


— The  feeling  of  Europe  on  the  occupa- 
tion of  Cairo  is  much  divided.  The  Ger- 
mans and  Austrians  apparently  intend  to 
support  British  proposals,  if  they  involve 
no  annexation.  The  Russians,  French, 
Italians  and  Spaniards  are  all  bitter, 
loudly  demand  that  England  shall  sub- 
mit to  Europe.  These,  however,  are  the 
opinions  of  journalists;  the  statesmen, 
M.  Gambetta  excepted,  have  not  yet  spo- 
ken. 


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Female  Masonry.  Manual  of  the  Order  of 
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VOL.  XV.,  No.  4. 


"In  Secret  Have  I  Said  Nothing.'' — </<mtm  Oh/ri$t. 


WHOLE  No.  651 


EZRA  A.  COOK,  Publisher, 
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CHICAGO,  THUESDAY,  OCTOBER  19,  1882. 


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TASMB  OP  CONTENTS, 

Editorial  : 

Correspondence  : 

Topics  of  the  Time. ... 

1 

Reply  to  Rob.  Morris , 

Sectarianism 

8 

Sectarianism 

fi,7 

Theological  Apostacy. 

8 

American  Politics: 

The  American  Board. . 

8 

Meetings  at  Wheaton ; 

Contributions  : 

Arbitration 

12 

A  Shot  at  the  Pocket- 

Religious  News  : 

book  

1 

The  American   Board 

Faith  Healing  at  Old 

and  Egypt. ... 

12 

Orchard 

2 

Obituary „.- ; 

7 

Another  Masonic  Com- 

Notices  .'; 

•    8 

mentator 

4 

Home  Circle 

10 

Beform  Story  : 

Children's  Corner... 

10 

Holden    with     Cords 

Sunday  School 

11 

Chap  XXIV 

3 

N.  C.  A.  Donations 

16 

New  England  : 

Home  and  Farm 

14 

Congregational  ists  as  a 

News  of  the  Week.  . . 

16 

Sect 

4 

Churches  vs.  Lodgery 

14 

Reform  News  : 

Anti-masonic  Le  cturers 

14 

Uro.  Feemster's  Kan- 

Then. C.  a 

14 

sas  Work 

5 

Publisher's  Dep't 

16 

TOPICS  OF 

THE  TIME. 

The  Chrietian  Convention  held  in  Chicago  last 
week  was  a  memorable  meeting  in  respect  to 
attendance  and  the  character  ot  the  speaking. 
Farwell  Hall  was  filled  for  three  days,  morning, 
afternoon  and  evening,  with  most  attentive 
hearers,  upon  whose  convictions  such  speakers 
from  England  as  Spurgeon  the  younger  and 
Rainsford  of  London,  and  Mackay  of  Hull  and 
from  our  own  borders  as  McNamara,  Brooks, 
Whittle,  Smithson,  Pierson  and  Erdman  should 
have  some  measurable  effect.  It  was  emphatic- 
ally a  Christian  convention.  The- eloquent  ex- 
hortations were  directed  to  the  consciences  of 
church  members,  and  were  pointed  enough  to 
have  produced  a  deep  humiliation  and  "  purging 
from  dead  works"  and  a  lively  zeal  for  the  souls 
of  men.  The  addresses  were  reported  vethatim, 
and  will  be  worth  reading  in  every  pious  home. 


The  defeat  of  the  Eepublicans  in  Ohio  lasc 
week  Tuesday  by  some  20,000  votes,  and  the 
election  of  a  large  majority  of  Democrats  to  till 
the  twenty-one  seats  in  the  House  of  Represent- 
atives belonging  to  Ohio,  is  a  political  earth-slip 
which  astounds  some  good  people,  but  will  in 
the  end  encourage  them.  The  Republican  party 
had  engaged  to  close  the  15,000  saloons  in  the 
State  on  the  Sabbath  along  with  other  business. 
They  had  already  imposed  a  heavy  though  un- 
constitutional tax  upon  these  dens,  and  had 
thus  angered  the  keepers,  who,  joined  with  the 
Germans,  turned  away  from  tlie  Republicans 
some  45,000  votes.  The  victory  will  be  the 
Waterloo  of  the  saloon  system  in  Ohio;  since  it 
was  obviously  carried  in  the  interests  of  free 
liquor  without  regard  to  times  or  seasons,  and 
the  perpetuation  of  such  an  iniquity  by  ballot 
cannot  long  stand  in  a  community  where  moral 
sentiment  prevails.  The  glory  of  their  victory 
will  lead  the  rum  party  to  indulge  in  excesses 
that  will  tend  to  their  extinction  on  the  one 
hand,  and  to  cause  loathing  on  the  part  of 
peaceable  citizens  on  the  other  who  will  soon 
see  that  political  parties  have  assumed  a  new 
line  of  battle,  and  the  old  names  Republican 


and  Democrat  will  lose  their  charm  over  the 
ballot.  Let  us  hope  that  the  conscience  of  the 
Ohio  Republicans  will  assert  itself  in  this  hour 
of  defeat  and  trial,  and  that  they  will  not  be 
satisfied  with  a  mere  temporary  and  partial  lim- 
itation of  the  liquor  business,  but  placing  them- 
selves behind  the  bulwarks  of  prohibition,  begin 
the  battle  anew  with  the  certainty  of  victory  in 
a  few  vears. 


The  successful  operation  of  refrigerator  cars 
is  opening  a  new  trade  in  beef  between  Chicago 
and  the  Atlantic  cities,  allowing  the  slaughter- 
ing of  animals  to  be  done  here,  while  the  meat 
in  excellent  condition  is  transported  to  Wash- 
ington or  New  York  where  it  undersells  the 
local  rates  and  causes  consternation  among  the 
butchers,  with  much  the  same  effect  as  when 
last  year  the  same  product  was  shipped  in  ice- 
cooled  vessels  to  England.  Some  of  the  largest 
packing  houses  of  Chicago  are  turning  their  at- 
tention to  this  business  and  are  investing  heavi- 
ly in  it.  It  has  these  points  in  favor  of  its 
success:  The  cruelties  of  the  transhipment  of 
living  cattle,  will  be  abolished,  the  freight  on 
the  waste  parts  of  the  animal  will  be  saved,  and 
the  useful  portions  of  these  parts  will  furnish 
material  for  manufactories.  The  prospect  open- 
ing before  this  business  is  setting  afloat  rumors, 
which  may  be  correct,  that  companies  in  Texas 
and  Colorado,  with  vast  resources  in  money  and 
cattle,  are  also  preparing  to  go  into  this  busi- 
ness, and  thus  solve  the  question  of  transporting 
cattle  by  a  short  process. 


A  few  days  ago  at  Syracuse  the  temperance 
organizations  of  New  York  combined  in  a  "State 
Constitutional  Prohibition  Amendment  Asso- 
ciation." Beginning  with  a  name  which  ought 
to  be  unconstitutional,  the  body  proceeded  to 
incorporate  other  elements  of  weakness  in  their 
organization,  one  article  of  the  constitution 
making  special  mention  of  the  secret  temperance 
lodges,  and  taking  them  into  the  bosom  of  the 
society  open-armed.  Rev.  N.  Wardner,  editor 
of  the  American  Wesley  an,  with  others,  made 
bold  and  brave  battle  against  this  bargain  and 
sale  to  the  lodge,  but  was  defeated  by  resort  to 
the  "  previous  question  "  and  a  close  vote.  An 
editorial  in  the  Wesleyam,  says  it  was  evident 
there  had  been  *'  secret  manipulations  of  secret 
society  high-titled  functionaries  behind  the 
scenes,"  and  in  its  organic  paper  the  body  "  most 
clearly  put  its  hands  of  benediction  on  the  heads 
of  the  secret  cabals."  He  well  adds  in  confir- 
mation of  Dr.  Jewett,  and  scores  of  other  dis- 
interested and  successful  men  among  our  leading 
temperance  men :  "  Since  the  great  Washing- 
tonian  temperance  movement  was  cooped  up  and 
smothered  by  secret  societies,  they  have  been 
the  bane  of  the  temperance  cause.  Hope  and  suc- 
cess to  temperance  is  coming  back  just  in  pro- 
portion as  those  secret  lodges  die  and  God's 
methods  of  reform  are  adopted." 


The  Freemason  Grand  Lodges  are  disown- 
ing their  offspring.  Jo.  Smith  was  a  Freema- 
son we  are  told ;  at  least,  he  incorporated  a 
large  portion  of  the  oaths  and  ceremonies  of 
the  first  three  degrees  in  his  initiatory  rites  of 
Mormonism.  The  Mormons  were  all  Masons 
in  Nauvoo,  and  at  the  time  of  the  killing  of  the 
Smiths  and  their  general  unpopularity  through- 
out the  State,  they  were  cut  off  by  the  Grand 
Lodge  of  Illinois,  as  its  official  records  show. 
Now,  at  last,  when  the  nation  is  roused  and  in 
earnest  that  the  abomination  of  polygamy  shall 
cease,  the  lodges  begin  to  condemn  their  Mor- 
mon waif.     It  might    be    thought  of  a  society, 


which  is  so  excessively  virtuous  and  chaste  that 
its  members  must  swear  horribly  that  they  will 
preserve  the  virtue  of  certain  females,  that  it 
would  have  been  foremost  to  condemn  a  sys- 
tem corner-stoned  on  luet.  But  they  forgot  to 
pass  upon  this  item  possibly.  The  following 
from  the  Grand  Lodge  of  California  is  the  first 
declaration  we  have  seen  in  print  from  any  body 
of  Masons;  and  we  only  have  to  say  of  it,  if 
the  truth  had  been  told  in  the  preamble  there 
might  be  sincerity  in  the  resolution.     Read — 

"Whereas,  It  is  a  fundamental  principle  of  Masons  to 
believe  in  and  fear  God  and  keep  his  commandments,  and 
also  to  be  true  and  loyal  to  the  Government  in  which  we 
live;  and,  whereas,  we  believe  that  Mormonism,  as  now 
existing  in  the  Territory  of  Utah,  is  wanting  in  both  par- 
ticulars; therefore, 

"Resolved,  That  we  sympathize  with  the  Grand  Lodge 
and  Masons  ot  Utah  in  the  stand  they  have  taken  against 
the  abomination  of  Mormonism,  and  approve  of  their  ac- 
tion in  refusing  to  receive  advocates  and  upholders  of 
that  system  into  the  Masouic  fraternity." 

On  the  9th  inst.  the  steamship  Herder  of  the 
Hamburg-American  line,  went  ashore  near  Cape 
Race,  Newfoundland,  and  with  most  of  her 
cargo  proved  a  total  loss.  On  board  were  170 
passengers  and  a  crew  of  118,  who  were  prov- 
identially saved  with  their  baggage  and  the 
mails.  The  Herder  was  the  finest  vessel  of  the 
line  and  was  rated  at  3500  tons  burden.  No 
danger  was  apprehended  until  at  2  o'clock  in 
the  morning  the  great  vessel  rushed  upon  the 
rocks  without  any  of  the  officers  being  aware  of 
the  near  proximity  to  land.  Subsequent  dis- 
patches from  Newfoundland  inform  us  that  this 
singular  disaster  on  a  smooth  sea  was  no  mis- 
chance, but  that  those  who  had  charge  of  the 
ship  were  in  a  state  of  intoxication  at  the  time 
of  the  wreck  and  thereafter.  The  Herder  was 
thirty  miles  out  of  her  course,  the  log  was  never 
heaved  and  the  most  criminal  carelessness  is 
charged  upon  the  officers.  There  was  wit 
enough  left,  however,  to  get  everyone  off  to 
shore;  but  had  not  the  sea  been  tranquil  the  loss 
of  lite  would  have  been  fearful.  An  investi- 
gation of  the  case  is  demanded,  and  then  we 
shall  know  how  much  to  place  over  against  the 
credits  from  the  license  of  the  sale  ot  beer. 


A  Shot  ai  the  Pocket-Book. 

A   Propoaition   Worth  Considering. 
BT  REV.  A.  J.  CHITTENDEN. 

It  has  seemed  to  me  that  we  are  not  employ- 
ing all  the  agencies  that  might  be  made  effectual 
in  checking  the  growth  of  seeretism.  Yet  I 
am  not  fully  decided  as  to  the  wisdom  of  that 
which  is  proposed  in  this  letter.  I  offer  it  to 
your  readers  tor  their  consideration  ;  and  if  it 
seems  to  be  according  to  good  civil  policy  or 
Christian  spirit,  I  shall  be  glad  to  see  their  re- 
sponses ;  and  if  not,  their  objections  will  be 
valuable. 

It  is  not  over-stating  the  case  to  say  that 
three-fourths  of  all  the  candidates  for  the  fa- 
vors of  the  lodges  are  induced  to  apply  because 
of  the  business  or  professional  advantages  ex- 
pected. If  we  add  the  expectation  of  office, 
nearly  all  the  motives  that  make  Masons  or 
Odd-fellows  have  been  stated.  Now  while  we 
are  exposing  the  trap,  it  is  certainly  a  fair  ques- 
tion to  raise — Can  we  not  remove  the  bait? 

The  American  party  is  doing  something  to 
remove  the  bait  ot  office.  If  all  the  voters  in 
the  land  should  decide  to  give  no  more  offices  to 
the  lodge  members  it  would  be  a  move  most  ef- 
fectual for  the  reduction  of  lodge  ^"^terest  in 
our  country.  In  other  words,  to  Boycott  the  en- 
tire set  of  office-seekers  that  oome  from  the  se- 
cret chamber  would   be  an  effectual  stroke  for 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURfi. 


October  19, 188S 


I 


the  relief  of  the  country  from  the  government 
of.  the  "secret  empire." 

It  will  be  a  step  nearer  the  thing  to  be  pro- 
posed if  I  allude  to  another  and  parallel  case. 
I  suppose  none  of  your  readers  would  patron- 
ize a  grocery  or  drug  store  where  intoxicating 
drinks  were  sold  to  inebriates  or  to  any  one  else. 
The  refusal  to  trade  with  him  might  be  called 
"evil  for  evil."  And  it  would  be  returning  evil 
lor  evil.  And  when  any  person  becomes  a  crim- 
inal, in  any  sense,  towards  the  community,  he 
must  expect  that  the  community  will  punish 
him  in  some  way. 

In  such  a  case  the  evil  returned  is  not  under 
the  rule  of  private  but  public  relationship.  It 
is  not  a  personal  resentment  but  a  social,  public, 
commercial  penalty.  We  are  therefore  at  the 
place  to  ask,  why  should  we  continue  to  give 
our  trade  or  patronage  to  men  who  are  orga- 
nized against  our  interests  and  against  the  in- 
terests of  other  business  and  professional  men 
who  need,  under  the  circumstances,  our  entire 
patronage?  It  is  my  carefully  formed  opinion 
that  since  the  lodge  members  are  in  effect  orga- 
nized outside  of  eociety  general,  and  against  so- 
ciety general,  the  society  with  which  they  are 
commercially  at  war  should  withhold  its  busi- 
ness support  from  such  an  outlaw  element. 
To  state  the  reasons  more  orderly,  I  say — 
First,  on  the  ground  of  war  policy,  we  ought 
to  weaken  the  enemy.  The  lodge  system  is  an 
organized  war  upon  society.  Why  should  we 
hesitate  to  carry  the  war  into  Carthage?  The 
enemy  allures  to  its  ranks  the  young  and  vig- 
orous who  are  entering  business,  and  the  prom- 
ise is  that  the  candidate  for  lodge  favor  shall 
have  equal  chances  if  he  has  their  fraternal  en- 
dorsement; which  carries  the  implied  threat 
that  without  such  endorsement,  the  young  man 
in  business  cannot  compete  with  the  member 
of  the  fraternity.  But  let  it  be  known  to  him 
that  only  one-quarter  of  the  people  are  in  the 
lodge  and  that  a  large  part  of  the  outside  ele- 
ment have  determined  to  withhold  patronage 
from  traders  in  league,  not  one  in  ten  of  those 
who  now  feel  compelled  to  join  them  would 
hear  to  the  solicitation  for  a  moment. 

Why  should  we  let  the  enemy  fatten  on  new 
victims  when  we  have  it  in  our  power  to  make 
it  unprofitable  to  join  the  lodge?  If  Masonry 
has  a  great,  good  cause  to  further  in  the  interests 
of  men,  let  us  see  how  long  they  will  continae 
to  maintain  the  lodge  at  a  sacrifice.  But  we 
know  what  they  are.  Their  character  and  oper- 
ations are  no  longer  a  mystery.  They  are  orga- 
nized toes  to  society.  Their  commissary  train 
should  be  captured  as  soon  as  possible.  With- 
hold trade  and  professional  patronage  from  the 
Mason  and  the  Odd-fellow,  and  their  bands  will 
break  in  sunder  as  surely  as  selfishness  rules 
their  enterprise. 

But  secondly,  I  would  withhold  trade  from 
the  Mason  and  his  kind  because  we  owe  it  to  the 
man  who  refuses  to  buy  their  indulgences  to  see 
that  he  does  not  suffer  in  trade  by  not  being  a 
Mason.  Not  every  groceryman  is  a  lodge  man. 
It  has  often  been  a  thought  with  me  that  such 
as  are  not  lodge- bound  might  ask  us,  "Why  do 
you  strengthen  the  secret  powers  by  giving 
them  your  custom,  when  we  are  suffering  in 
trade  for  the  sake  of  principle?  We  shall  cer- 
tainly get  no  more  than  our  share  of  traflSc  if 
the  anti-secret  element  give  us  the  favor  of 
their  support."  We  owe  it  to  the  doctor,  the 
dentist,  tne  lawyer  and  the  merchant  who  has 
not  gone  under  the  yoke  of  knavery,  to  see  that 
he  does  not  suffer  overjmuch  for  his  manliness. 

Thirdly,  I  would  refuse  to  trade  with  the 
lodge  man  or  employ  him  because  the  highest 
welfare  of  the  man  himself  and  of  the  uninitiated 
of  our  young  men  require  some  standing  pro- 
test of  this  kind  on  the  part  of  those  who  are 
enlightened.  Then  whenever  the  Boycotted 
merchant  or  professional  enquired  for  the  rea- 
son of  our  conduct  there  would  be  a  self-made 
opportunity  to  witness  a  good  profession  before 
many  who  would  not,  in  the  ordinary  way,  hear 
a  word  from  us.  The  pocket  interest  makes 
good  hearers.  Our  enemy  now  feels  strong, 
and  he  is  therefore  impudent. 

Such  a  course  would  also  make  the  best  pos- 


reason  for  our  course  and  calling  the  attention 
of  the  people  to  the  hidden  powers  that  are  rat- 
holing  society.  Nothing  could  be  more  seemly 
and  reasonable  than  to  address  the  business  and 
professional  men  of  any  town  or  city  in  these 
words : 

Whenever  it  is  discovered  in  any  society,  that 
a  portion  of  its    members    have    conspired  to- 
gether to  secure  to  themselves   an  unequal  pro- 
portion of  the  advantages  of  that  society,  it  be- 
comes both  right    and    necessary   to  counteract 
such  a  conspiracy    against    the    commanity  by 
making  it  unprofitable  to  become  a  party  there- 
to.    Whatever    injury    can    be    inflicted  upon 
such  a  clandestine  body  of  men    without  impar- 
ing  the  good  order  of  society    it   is  the  duty  of 
every  good  citizen  to  inflict.     The  power  of  be- 
stowing business  or  commercial  patronage  is  one 
of  those  powers  reserved  to  the  individual ;  and 
which  should  be   exercised   for  the  punishment 
of  evil-doers  and  for   the   reward    of  them  that 
do  well.     It  seems  to   be   the  dictate  of  reason 
and  common  prudence  to  discourage  the  forma- 
tion and  growth  of  all  clubs  or  leagues  of  com- 
mercial favoritism,    in    civilized   communities ; 
and  it  is  the  publicly    avowed   decision  of  the 
undersigned,  and  many    more,  to   have   no  un- 
necessary business   relations  with  those  persons 
whose  secret  sworn  obligations  render  it  certain 
that  they  will  work  injury  to  others  in  trade  and 
impair  the  healthiness  and  general  integrity  of 
any  commonwealth  in  or   under  which  they  are 
encouraged  to  work. 


REFORM  STORY. 


sible  opportunity  for  rendering    a  more  public  I  Christianity  I 


Faith  Healing  at  Old  Orchard. 

It  is  well  known  to  those  who  care  to  know 
that  Dr.  Charles  Cullia  of  Boston,  has  for  many 
years  been  teaching  to  people  sick  with  diseases 
incurable  by  human  means,  that  Jesus  Christ  is 
still  able  and  willing  to  heal  the  body,  and  that 
many  have  been  permanently  restored  to  health 
by  the  prayer  of  faith.  Rev.  Hugh  Johnston, 
in  the  Times  of  Befreshing,  gives  the  following 
statements  in  reference  to  the  recent  Faith  Con- 
vention at  Old  Orchard,  Me. : 

Two  women,  who  came  with  crutches,  went 
away  with  the  use  of  their  limbs,  and  carrying 
their  crutches.  Another  cried  out  "  Glory ! 
glory!  God  has  heard  my  prayer!  I  am  loosed 
from  my  bonds!"  A  lady  who  had  been  bed- 
ridden for  eighteen  years,  and  who  was  brought 
in  a  chair  with  attendants,  next  morning  arose, 
dressed  herself,  walked  down  stairs  and  appeared 
at  the  open-air  services,  walking  about  the  en- 
campment, and  giving  glory  to  God.  I  had  not 
the  opportunity  of  conversing  personally  with 
those  restored  to  health  in  answer  to  prayer,  but, 
at  the  closing  service  of  the  Convention,  nearly 
one  hundred  bore  testimony  that  they  had  been 
healed  on  the  grounds,  during  the  week,  by 
scriptural  means  and  without  the  use  of  medicine. 
Why  should  it  be  thought  incredible  that  God 
should,  in  these  days  display  his  power  in  phys- 
ical healing,  when  through  the  ages,  he  has  re- 
vealed himself  a  Jehovah  Rophi,  the  Healer? 
when  these  signs  shall  follow  them  that  believe, 
"  They  shall  lay  hands  on  the  sick  and  they  shall 
recover  ;  "  when  there  have  been  gifts  of  healing, 
breaking  out  at  intervals,  through  all  the 
Christian  centuries,  Mosheim  declaring  that  they 
had  not  ceased  in  the  fourteenth  century,  and, 
later  still,  such  eminent  saints  as  Luther,  Baxter, 
Knox,  Livingston,  Wesley  and  Benson  bearing 
testimony  to  the  same  power?  Everywhere 
the  Lord  is  awakening  the  attention  of  his  people 
to  the  question ;  and  even  in  cases  where  healing 
has  not  come  in  answer  to  prayer,  there  have 
been  such  rich  spiritual  manifestations  attending 
the  exercise  of  faith,  that  the  Divine  Father  seems 
to  have  had  some  better  thing  for  them  than 
mere  physical  healing.  The  gift  of  faith  for 
healing,  and  the  prayer  of  faith  that  saves  the 
sick,  seem  to  be  charismatic;  but  the  believer 
who  is  unwilling  to  have  his  sickness  removed 
by  prayer,  lest  it  should  not  be  the  Divine  will, 
and  yet  continues  the  use  of  medicines,  is  quite 
as  inconsistent  as  those  Christians  who  first  ignore 
the  power  of  the  Saviour,  limit  the  Holy  One  of 
Israel  by  their  unbelief,  and  then  declare  that 
the  age  of  miracles  is  past,  that  the  special 
powers   were  only  needed  in  the  beginning  of 


Holdan  with  Cords. 

BY  THE  AUTHOR   OF    "  LITTLE    PEOPLE,"    "  A  SUNNY 

LIFE,"  ETC. 

Chapter  XXIV— Be  Glveth  Bis  BtUyved  Sleep. 

[Continued.] 

To  my  grandfather  it  seemed  as  if  the  murder 
of  Morgan,  revealing  as  by  a  lightning  fiash  the 
hellish  spirit  of  the  institution,  to  which  like 
many  another  honest  Mason  he  had  rendered  a 
blind  fealty  only  next  to  that  he  gave  his  God, 
was  like  a  blow  at  his  own  vitals.  He  lost  much 
of  his  old  loquacity  and  cheerfulness,  and  as 
the  cold  weather  set  in  he  grew  feebler  but  he 
said  little — only  once  when  he  asked  my  for- 
giveness— my  dear,  blessed  old  grandfather  ! — 
for  having  persuaded  me  into  the  lodge.  "* 

"I  never  thought  I  was  advising  you  for  your 
harm,  Leander,"  he  said  pathetically;  "but  you 
see  I  became  a  Mason  when  I  was  a  young  man, 
just  before  I  sailed  on  my  first  long  voyage. 
And  the  way  it  happened,  Dr.  Damon  stopped 
at  our  house  one  day  when  mother  was  fixing 
me  off.  He  was  a  great  rnan  in  our  part — Dr. 
Damon  was.  So  mother  bustled  round  and  set 
out  the  decanter  and  sugar  and  hot  water;  and 
he  stirred  and  sipped  while  she  was  telling  how 
bad  she  felt  to  have  me  go  off  to  the  ends  of  the 
earth  on  a  three  years'  voyage.  I  remember 
just  how  the  Doctor  looked.  He  was  a  hand- 
some old  gentleman  with  silver  knee  buckles 
and  a  great  flowing  wig,  and  just  as  stately  and 
polite  in  his  way  of  speaking,  especially  to 
women,  as  if  he  had  been  brought  up  at  Court. 
'Madam,'  said  he,  'your  son  ought  to  become  a 
Freemason.  I  may  say  that  I  have  heard  of  nu- 
merous well  attested  cases  where  inability  to 
give  the  Masonic  sign  has  cost  a  man  his  life. 
But  I  would  not  wish  to  be  understood  as  re- 
ferring entirely  to  its  advantages  in  times  of 
peril.  Admirably  as  you  have  trained  your  son 
he  needs  the  moral  safeguard  which  joining 
such  an  institution  will  throw  about  him;  and 
I  trust,  my  dear  Madam,  that  you  will  use  all 
your  maternal  influence  to  induce  him  to  take 
this  step  before  he  sails.'  Well,  mother — -poor 
dear  soul — believed  what  Dr.  Damon  said.  Why 
shouldn't  she?  And  so  after  he  had  gone  she 
pondered  it  over  for  awhile,  and  then  she  said 
to  me,  'Well,  David,  my  son,  perhaps  you  had 
better  do  as  the  Doctor  says.  It  is  because 
sailors  are  subject  to  such  dreadful  temptations 
that  I  worry  about  you  so.  There  is  nothing 
in  the  world  that  I  want  so  much  as  to  see  you 
a  Christian,  for  then  no  matter  what  happened 
to  you,  if  you  were  shipwrecked  or  taken  by 
pirates,  I  should  know  you  were  aU  right  for  the 
other  world.  Next  to  that  I  want  to  see  you 
possessed  of  principles  so  strong  that  they  will 
resist  all  temptation.  A  young  man  can  have 
these  and  not  be  a  Christian,  but  he  can't  have 
them  and  be  far  from  the  kingdom.  So  if  be- 
coming a  Mason  will  help  you  to  be  more  steady 
and  moral  and  upright,  why  I  want  you  to  join 
them.'     That  was  enough  for  me.     I  thought  a 


good  deal  of  my  mother.  Well,  when  I  come 
to  join,  it  was  all  as  different  as  could  be  from 
what  I  expected.  The  oaths  and  penalties 
shocked  me,  but  the  charges  and  lectures  all  had 
such  a  good  moral  and  religious  sound  to  them 
.that  they  helped  to  quiet  my  mind  a  good  deal, 
and  I  never  let  mother  know  that  I  wasn't  per- 
fectly satisfied  with  it.  When  I  came  back  from 
my  first  voyage  she  was  dead.  I  only  stayed  at 
home  a  few  weeks  and  then  I  was  oft  again.  It 
was  on  my  second  voyage  that  I  experienced  re- 
ligion,— you've  heard  me  tell  about  it,  Leander. 
It  was  one  awful  night  when  a  typhoon  had 
struck  our  ship,  and  evei:y  man  of  us  seemed 
booked  for  destruction.  1  kept  thinking  of 
mother,  and  how  unfit  I  was  to  join  her  in  the 
other  world.  I  could  see  her  just  as  she  used  to 
look  going  about  her  work  and  singing,  'When 
I  survey  the  wondrous  cross.'  Why  in  all  that 
awful  noise  of  wind  and  water,  and  the  crash  of 
falling  masts  and  parting  timbers,  I  could  seem 
to  hear  her  voice,  and  it  was  just  like  an  angel's 
telling  Lue  to  repent  of  my  sins  and  flee  to  Christ 
for  refcye.  •  Masonry  didn't  help  me  much  then. 
It  was  Christ  and  Christ  alone  that  I  wanted. 


October  19, 1882 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURB. 


Well,  of  course  between  my  voyages  there 
wasn't  much  time  to  attend  the  lodge,  and  when 
I  give  up  the  sea  and  settled  down  to  a  lands- 
man's life  I  had  got  out  of  the  way  of  going  at 
all.  But  I  reverenced  the  institution.  I  thought 
it  must  be  good  and  according  to  the  Bible,  or 
else  ministers  and  deacons  wouldn't  uphold  and 
support  it.  My  objections  to  the  ceremonies 
and  obligations  I  reasoned  away, — you  know 
how,  Leander — till  I  really  saw  nothing  in  them 
inconsistent  with  my  Christian  profession.  I 
thought  it  was  a  divine  institution  that  could 
neither  do  nor  teach  anything  wrong,  till  the 
murder  of  Morgan  opened  my  eyes.  Mark 
Stedmau  told  me  no  news.  I  was  already  con- 
vinced in  my  own  mind  that  Morgan  had  been 
killed,  but  I  fought  against  the  conviction,  I 
wasn't  willing  to  acknowledge  it,  till  Deacon 
Brown  in  private  conversation  with  me  justified 
his  murder, — only  the  day  before  Mark  came 
home.  Then  I  knew  that  the  whole  system 
was  of  him  who  was  a  murderer  from  the  be- 
ginning. God  deliver  me  from  the  stain  of  blood- 
guiltiness  in  this  matter." 

My  grandfather  leaned  back  exhausted  in  his 
chair,  and  I  realized  with  eudden  pain  how  pale 
and  feeble  he  had  grown. 

Now  one  word  with  that  large  and  respecta- 
ble class  of  readers  who  "can't  believe  that  Ma- 
sonry is  such  a  very  bad  thing  after  all  when  eo 
many  good  men  belong  to  it."  It  is  true  there 
are  good  men  in  the  Masonic  order.  Remem- 
bering my  grandfather's  spotless  life,  his  spirit 
of  universal  kindliness  to  all  created  things,  his 
humble  conscientious  performance  of  every 
known  duty,  God  forbid  that  I  should  deny  it. 
But  if  we  once  admit  the  sophism  that  a  system 
must  be  good  because  good  men  support  it, 
where  will  it  land  us?  Shall  I  tell  you  where, 
dear  intelligent  Christian  reader?  Into  the  days 
when  so  many  good  people  believed  religiously 
in  hanging  witches,  and  if  pressed  hard,  for  a 
reason  for  the  faith  that  was  in  them  coiild  have 
given  chapter  and  veree  in  support  of  their  san- 
guinary creed  with  refreshing  promptitude;  into 
the  days  when  good  Christian  judges  believed 
that  the  prison,  the  scourge,  and  the  pillory 
were  means  of  grace  for  enlightening  the  blind 
consciences  of  heretic  Quakers;  into  the  days 
when  so  many  good  people  North  and  South 
upheld  the  system  of  human  slavery,  and  wished 
reformers  would  stop  all  this  disagreeable  agita- 
tion, all  this  unpleasant  talk  about  "coining  the 
heart's  blood  of  the  oppressed; — it  was  so  much 
better  to  let  disagreeable  subjects  alone!"  O 
my  Christian  brother,  O  my  Christian  sister, 
shame  not  the  thinking  mind  and  noble  heart 
God  has  given  yon  by  any  such  fallacious  rea- 
soning! Accept  like  honest  men  .and  women 
this  one  square  issue.  Either  Masonry  is  right 
or  it  is  wrong.  Either  it  is  a  false  religion  or 
the  true  one — a  worship  of  God  or  a  worship  of 
devils.  Is  indifference  to  it  compatible  with 
loyalty  to  Christ?  Can  you  be  truly  his  yet  care 
not  whether  he  reigns  over  the  world  or  anti- 
Christ?  There  are  good  men  in  the  lodge, 
poor,  hoodpwinked,  cable-towed  victims,  Samp- 
son-like shorn  of  their  strength,  and  made  to 
grind  in  the  prison  house  of  a  secret  oath  bound 
organization.  But  these  good  men  would  come 
out  of  it  by  scores  and  by  hundreds,  walking 
open-eyed  and  unfettered  in  the  full  strength  of 
their  Christian  manhood,  it  you  bore  your  faith- 
ful testimony  against  it;  if  you  refuse  to  fellow- 
ship Masonry  in  your  churches  or  tolerate  Ma- 
sonic pastors  in  your  pulpits. 

Which  reminds  me  that  I  have  another  word 
to  say  to  a  certain  class  of  Christian  ministers 
"who  never  were  Masons,  and  don't  believe  in 
secret  societies." 

"My  dear  sir,  I  am  glad  to  know  that  you 
have  such  decided  views  of  the  evils  of  seeretism. 
Of  course  you  sometimes  preach  on  this  subject 
from  the  pulpit?" 

"O,  no.  In  fact  it  wouldn't  do.  I  have  two 
or  three  Masons  in  my  church,  and  quite  a 
sprinkling  of  Odd-fellows,  and  other  secret 
society  men,  and  I  should  only  stir  up  a  rum- 
pus and  perhaps  split  the  church.  Besides  I  am 
set  to  preach  the  gospel,  not  Masonry  or  Anti- 
mafonry. 

"But  Christ  prtach^d  against  the  corrupt  doc- 


trines of  the  scribes  and  Pharisees.  St.  Paul 
preached  against  idolatry,  Luther  against  the 
sale  of  indulgences.  Didn't  Christ  and  Paul 
and  Luther  preach  the  gospel  ?  And  you 
yourself,  if  I  am  not  greatly  mistaken  have 
been  known  to  allude  more  than  once  in  your 
pulpit  discourses  to  the  sin  ot  intemperance." 

"Ah,  well,  that  is  a  safe  subject.  It  can't  stir 
up  strife  nor  hurt  my  influence  as  a  public  dis- 
cussion of  Masonry  would  be  sure  to  do.  A 
pastor  must  be  careful  not  to  give  imnecessary 
offence,  and  so  hurt  the  cause  of  Christ.  I  trust 
you  understand  me." 

"My  dear  sir,  I  understand  you  perfectly.  A 
certain  old  Hebrew  prophet  and  reformer  who 
was  never  afraid  of  hurting  his  influence  by  de- 
nouncing popular  sins,  has  well  described  what 
the  cowardly,  time-serving  pastor,  too  fearful  of 
his  bread  and  butter  interests  to  wage  any  war- 
fare against  those  same  unpopular  sins  does  not 
do.  'Ye  have  not  gone  up  into  the  gaps,  neith- 
er made  up  the  hedge  for  the  house  of  Israel  to 
stand  in  the  battle  in  the  day  of  the  Lord.' 
Shame  on  such  hireling  shepherds  'who  daub 
the  walls  of  Zion  with  untempered  mortar  ! ' 
It  may  be  more  tolerable  in  the  day  of 
Judgment  for  men  like  Elder  Gushing  who, 
blinded  by  their  fanatical  zeal  for  the  lodge, 
committed  the  unholy  sin  ot  Cain,  than  lor  you 
who  acknowledge  Masonry  to  be  an  evil  yet 
will  not  lift  up  your  voice  when  you  see  the 
sword  coming." 

Mark  Stedman,  since  his  renunciation  of  the 
lodge,  had  gone  contentedly  back  to  the  most 
common  drudgery  ot  the  farm,  but  that  strange 
peace  and  joy  which  he  had  so  vainly  sought  in 
the  puerile  traditions  of  men  overflowed  his 
soul  like  a  river  when  all  the  windows  of  heav- 
en are  opened,  and  bank  and  dyke  are  powerless 
to  keep  in  the  swelling  waters.  And  it  was  no 
surprise  to  us  when  a  proposal  came  to  him  to 
preach.  Mark  after  thinking  and  praying  over 
it  for  one  whole  day  as  he  chopped  the  wood  and 
fed  the  cattle,  chose  his  life  work — to  be  a  poor 
circuit  preacher  not  always  knowing  where  his 
daily  bread  should  come  from ;  and  only  sure  of 
two  things,  poverty  and  the  contempt  of  the 
world,  on  all  whose  honors  and  preferments  he 
was  now  turning  his  back. 

But  poor  Rachel  seemed  to  profit  but  little 
from  the  spiritual  help  Mark  was  so  eager  to 
proffer  her.  There  sometimes  are  souls  that  in 
their  vain  struggles  after  spiritual  light  and  lib- 
erty are  like  birds  that  fly  into  a  room  and  beat 
blindly  against  the  windows  when  all  the  while 
the  door  stands  open.  The  kindest  endeavors  to 
help  them  find  their  way  oxit  only  adds  to  their 
bewilderment. 

I  have  already  mentioned  that  a  peculiar  at- 
tachment existed  between  my  grandfather  and 
Rachel.  One  day  she  was  sitting  by  his  side. 
His  great  print  Bible  lay  open  on  his  knee,  but 
he  was  not  reading.  With  spectacles  pushed  back 
he  was  gazing  fondly  on  the  tiny  six  weeks'  old 
who  represented  his  name  and  line  in  the  fourth 
generation  but  whose  advent  I  have  hitherto 
neglected  to  chronicle. 

"I  don't  know,  Rachel,  as  you  ought  to  have 
given  him  my  name;"  he  said  finally.  "David  is 
so  old-fashioned." 

*'I  don't  care  for  that,"  answered  Rachel, 
promptly.  "I  want  my  boy  to  bear  the  name 
of  a  good  man  and  grow  up  like  him.  And 
I  always  fancied  David.  There  is  something 
so  strong  and  brave  in  the  sound.  Who  knows 
what  Goliath  my  boy  may  have  to  fight  when 
he  grows  up." 

"That  is  true,"  said  my  grandfather  gently. 

"  And  I  want  to  train  him  right,"  contin- 
ued Raclicl.  "  I  am  afraid  I  shall  make  mis- 
takes. If  I  was  only  a  Christian  I  should  know 
how." 

"But  Rachel,  why  ain't  you  one?"  asked  my 
grandfather.  "There  is  Mark  now,  I  never  saw 
anything  like  the  boy.  It  almost  seems  as  if  he 
had  seen  the  Lord  face  to  face  just  to  hear  him 
get  up  and  pray." 

"Mark  is  so  different  from  me.  He  could  al- 
ways understand  and  enjoy  things  in  books  that 
I  never  could.  And  it  is  just  so  in  religion. 
When  he  talks  to  me  I  feel  as  though  he  was 
standing  on  a  ladder  of  sunbeams  and  calling  to 


me  to  come  up.  I  see  no  earthly  way  of  getting 
to  the  top.  Now  Licander  and  I  would  under- 
stand each  other  better  I  think,  but  there  is  an- 
other thing.  When  he  went  to  the  lodge  that 
seemed  to  shut  us  off  from  talking  about  religion 
to  each  other.  It  seemed  as  if  he  was  seeking 
salvation  one  way  and  I  another.  So  the  wall 
kept  growing  higher.  I've  seen  the  same  thing 
in  other  women.  They  go  to  the  prayer  meet- 
ing and  their  husbands  go  to  the  lodge.  How 
can  they  sit  down  together  and  talk  of  their 
spiritual  interests?  But  I  don't  want  to  blame 
Leander;  he  never  meant  to  make  it  any  harder 
for  me.  And  if  I  had  been  the  right  sort  of  wo- 
man I  never  sTiould  have  let  such  a  little  thing 
hinder  me.  But  it  must  be  I  am  not  one  of  the 
elect.  If  I  was  I  should  have  been  a  Christian 
before  this." 

And  poor  Rachel,  who  felt  that  Mark's  call  to 
the  ministry  was  only  another  proof"  that  the 
same  inscrutable  will,  which  had  made  him  a 
chosen  vessel  of  grace,  had  only  doomed  her  to 
be  an  heir  of  destruction,  sighed  as  if  the  end  of 
the  matter  was  reached. 

"Rachel,"  answered  my  grandfather,  serious- 
ly, "I  am  a  poor,  unprofitable  servant,  not  fit  to 
teach  the  way  of  life  to  anybody:  but  my  Bible 
tells  me  that  the  blood  of  Jesus  Christ  cleanseth 
from  all  sin,  and  I  believe  what  it  says.  Now 
the  way  1  feel  about  Mark  is  that  the  Lord  is 
separating  him  to  a  special  work,  and  that  is 
why  he  is  filling  him  so  full  of  grace  before- 
hand. He'll  need  it  all  before  he  gets  through. 
But  the  free  gift  is  for  you  and  me  just  as  much 
as  for  Mark.  God  makes  his  sun  and  rain  to 
come  down  as  freely  on  a  blade  of  grass  as  on 
the  tallest  oak.  And  so  I  take  this  gift — this 
unspeakable  gift,  just  as  I  take  my  daily  bread 
witliout  asking  any  questions  whether  I'm  elect- 
ed or  not.  I  do  as  David  did.  I  take  the  cup  of 
salvation  and  call  on  the  name  of  the  Lord.  O  it's 
just  wonderful,  this  free  gift  to  poor  sinners  like 
you  and  me,  Rachel!" 

Rachel  had  listened  with  a  new  light  dawning 
in  her  eyes  which  finally  spread  all  over  her  face 
like  the  sun  new  risen. 

"I'll  try  your  way,"  she  said  slowly.  "Some- 
how it  seems  common  sense.  I  can  understand 
it." 

And  then  she  put  on  her  shawl  and  bonnet, 
kissed  my  grandfather  and  tripped  home.  But 
that  night  she  sang  snatches  of  hymns  over  her 
baby's  cradle,  she  sang  when  she  was  getting 
tea  and  moulding  bisciiit ;  and  the  light  did 
not  leave  her  face.  It  never  has  left  it,  it  never 
will ;  for  it  was  the  peace  which  passeth  all  un- 
derstanding. 

In  the  hours  of  the  early  morning  between 
two  and  three  there  came  a  knock  at  our  door. 
It  was  Joe. 

"Come  over,  quick,  Leander,"  he  8aid,"^an^- 
father  is  dying P^ 

Quickly  as  Rachel  and  I  obeyed  the  summons 
Joe's  words  were  all  too  true.  The  shadow- 
ing presence  of  the  dark  angel  had  gone  before 
us  and  filled  aR  the  hushed  silent  room  as  we 
entered  it. 

He  lay  breathing  heavily,  but  smiled  on  us 
both,  though  it  was  on  Rachel  that  his  eyes 
slowly  filming  over  with  the  mist  t>i  death,  rested 
with  the  tenderest,  longest  gaze. 

His  lips  moved  as  she  knelt  weeping  by  the 
bedside,  and  we  just  caught  the  low  accents — 
Huldah.  It  was  the  name  borne  by  the  beloved 
wife  of  his  youth,  and  in  that  hour  of  near  re- 
union, with  the  shores  of  time  fading  away,  and 
all  the  eternal  realities  of  the  unseen  world  ready 
to  burst  on  his  vision,  he  blended  the  sight  of 
one  with  the  memory  of  the  other. 

Joe  had  gone  for  the  doctor.  But  his  face 
when  he  came  inspired  us  with  no  hope.  He 
asked  a  few  questions,  then  took  a  seat  in  si- 
lence as  powerless  as  any  of  us  in  the  dread  pres- 
ence of  death. 

The  sun  was  rising  when  my  grandfather 
passed  away.  He  had  been  lying  very  quiet. 
Then  all  at  once  a  strange  rapt  look  came  into 
his  face.  Who  did  he  see,  in  that  last  solenm 
moment  when  the  veil  was  rendina:  which  hid 
all  that  wonder  of  gold  and  jasper  and  emerald, 
of  white-robed  multitudes,  and  harping  choirs 
from  his  view?    "Who  shall  separate  us?    Who 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE. 


October  19,  1882 


I 


shall  separate  us?"  he  whispered.  And  then  a 
few  deep  breaths,  and  my  grandfather  was 
where  in  truth  nothing  should  or  could  separate 
him  from  his  Lord  and  Saviour.  No  lodge  with 
its  man-made  traditions,  its  false  worship,  its 
anti-Christian  rites,  to  come  between  and  make 
his  love  wax  cold.  As  a  bird  from  the  snare  of 
Ae  fowler  he  had  escaped — mto  the  immortal 
air  of  heaven. 


"Leander,"  said  Mark,  as  we  stood  looking 
sadly  down  on  the  dear  familiar  face  settled 
to  it  last  long  sleep,  "  I  can't  help  feeling 
glad  that  he  is  now  out  of  the  reach  of  slander 
and  persecution.  The  lodge  would  no  more 
have  spared  his  gray  hairs,  after  he  had  re- 
nounced it,  than  it  will  spare  us.  But  we  are 
young  and  strong  for  the  conflict,  while  he 
was  old  and  feeble,  and  it  would  have  broken  his 
heart." 

I  could  not  speak  for  tears,  but  I  knew  that 
Mark  was  right.  My  srandfather  had  been  ta- 
ken from  the  warfare  that  was  even  then  begin- 
ning ;  a  slow,  insiduous  wearing  warfare — 
that  would  only  end  when  we  laid  our  armor 
down  forever. 


Another  Masonic  Commentator. 

BY  H.  H.  HINMAN. 

"The  Key  Stone  of  the  Masonic  Akoh  :  A 
commentary  on  the  laws  and  principles  of  an- 
cient Freemasonry,  by  Chas.  Scott,  A.  M.,  P. 
G.  H.  P.,  P.  I.  M.,  K.  T.,  etc.,  etc.,  Jackson, 
Miss.,"  is  the  title  of  a  work  profusely  recom- 
mended by  many  Grand  Masters,  including  Rob. 
Morris,  who  says  he  learned  his  Masonry  in 
Missiesippi.  The  author  claims  Masonry  is  true 
religion,  and  all  its  symbols  as  eo  many  types  of 
the  Christian  religion.  He  seems  especially 
anxious  to  have  it  established  on  a  historial  ba- 
sis. He  says  that  "Ancient  Craft  Masonry 
originated  at  the  building  of  Solomon's  Tem- 
ple." "The  degrees  purport  to  be  founded  in 
the  wisdom  of  Solomon,  king  of  Israel,  Hiram, 
king  of  Tyre,  and  Hiram,  the  son  of  the  wid- 
ow. *  *  *  If  tjjey  did  not  originate  with 
these  persons  then  the  statements  contained  in 
our  ritual  are  false,  and  the  whole  system,  as  re- 
vealed, a  vile  imposition  on  the  credulity  of 
men." — Page  18.  Sage  conelnsion !  A  Daniel 
come  to  judgment !  But  A.  G.  Mackey,  Daniel 
Sickels  and  Thos.  K.  Parvin  aflSrm  that  this  is 
not  true,  and  that  the  Masonic  story  is  only  a 
legend,  copied  from  the  ancient  mysteries, 
while  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Illinois  says  the 
Master's  degree  was  not  manufactured  till  about 
the  year  1721.  Truly  it  is  "a  vile  imposition  on 
the  credttlity  of  men." 

Our  author  says  that  Hiram  Abiff  was  a  type 
of  Christ,  and  that  he  is  the  mediator  of  Ma- 
sons. He  says :  "As  the  freed  Mason  enjoys 
in  our  solemn  assemblies  the  symbolic  presence 
of  Hiram,  the  builder,  and  in  all  parts  of  the 
lodge  beholds  the  unmistakable  emblems  of  his 
being  a  mediator  of  the  craft,  so  in  God's  holy 
church  is  the  son  of  glory  ever  present,  a  living 
stoBe  of  singular  beauty,  thrown  away  among 
the  rubbish,  bixt  at  length  found  and  erected  to 
be  a  chief  corner  stone,  etc.  (Page  247.)  He 
especially  relies  on  Masonry  to  prove  the  doc 
trine  of  the  resurrection.  He  says,  "If  there 
be  no  resurrection  then  the  craft  is  under  the 
law."  (Page  281.)  Again  he  says,  "While  the 
third  degree  met  the  wants  of  the  workmen, 
the  person  in  whom  all  their  hopes  centered, 
and  through  whose  merits  they  were  raised  to 
that  degree,  was  himself  a  beautiful  emblem  of 
the  Messiah."  (Page  285.)  Again,  "The  great 
and  chief  design  that  was  drawn  on  the  Masonic 
trestle  board  was  the  design  of  atonement ; 
without  which  the  original  covenant  which  was 
made  by  our  Grand  Masters  would  have  been 
made  in  vain,  and  the  knowledge  of  the  mys- 
teries forever  lost,  (page  293). 

The  remarkable  feature  of  this  author  is  <(hat 
he  makes  the  Master's  word  to  be  not  simply 
the  name  of  God,  but  the  gift  of  the  Holy 
Spirit,  and  the  earnest  of  their  inheritance  in 
heaven.  "In  all  the  secret  societies,"  says  he, 
"there  are  certain  words  adopted  for  the  purpose 


of  distinguishing  their  members  from  the  rest 
of  the  world.  The  words  which  are  used  in 
Masonic  intercourse  were  chosen  on  account  of 
their  Spiritual  references.  "The  word  which 
is  translated  "pledge"  in  the  Scripture  is  in 
the  Greek  arrabone  (Mah-hah-bone).  All  who 
can  produce  this  a/rrahone  (Mah-hah-bone) — 
this  pledge,  this  word,  at  the  great  day,  shall  be 
invested  with  the  word  of  eternal  life."  (pp. 
313,  315.)^  What  a  pity  it  is  that  Masons  are 
forbidden  to  say  this  word  aloud!  How  soon 
would  all  mankind  be  saved  if  they  could  only 
shout  Mah-hah-bone  from  the  house  tops. 

Again  he  says :  "A  Master  Mason  represents 
a  raised  and  sanctified  being.  The  deep  myster- 
ies lying  in  the  forms  and  ceremonies  embrace 
a  powerful  illustration  of  the  earlier  state  of 
man,  and  that  later  state,  when  he  shall  stand 
in  the  presence  of  God  divested  of  all  the  im- 
purities of  nature,  a  new  and  holy  creature,  re- 
deemed by  the  costly  blood  of  the  Supreme 
Master."  (pp.  350,  357). 

We  commend  this  especially  to  oUr  holiness 
brethren  who  think  that  when  men  profess  en- 
tire sanctification  they  ought  to  get  out  of  the 
lodge,  and  are  disposed  to  blame  several  Ma- 
sons who  profess  holiness  and  still  hold  on  to 
Hiram  as  a  mediator. 


Wisconsin  State  Meeting. 

Rev.  Enos  Collins,  president  of  the  Wiscon- 
sin State  Association  writes  asking  the  friends 
in  that  State  to  bestir  themselves  in  preparation 
for  their  annual  Convention  which  it  is  pro- 
posed to  hold  November  21st,  but  the  place  is 
not  yet  fixed.  Friends  who  desire  the  meeting 
will  please  write  immediately  to  Bro.  Collins  at 
Coloma,  Waushara  county.  There  are  a  num- 
ber of  good  points  in  the  State  where  the  re- 
form has  a  strong  constituency  enough  to  sustain 
and  welcome.  Let  there  be  a  little  energetic 
canvassing  so  that  the  notice  can  be  given  in  the 
next  Cynosure.  Let  Wisconsin  be  roused  for 
the  best  State  meeting  she  has  ever  held.  Act 
promptly  and  write  directly  to  Elder  E.  Collins, 
Coloma,  Wis. 

Is  Kansas  Ready? 

Olathe,  Kan.,  Oct.  9,  1882. 
Editor  Gynosii/re : 

My  Dear  Brother: — 1  see  a  notice  in  the 
last  Cynosure  from  Rev.  P,  F.  Feemster  in  re- 
gard to  raising  the  $500  in  Kansas  for  a  good 
lecturer  the  coming  year.  He  says  the  proposi- 
tion is  more  than  met.  If  so,  I  am  ready  on 
my  part.  My  offer  was  to  give  $50  if  $450 
could  be  raised.  Now,  if  that  offer  is  met,  let 
us  have  a  lecturer  at  once  and  go  to  work.  It 
is  time  now  we  had  a  man  in  the  field.  If  the 
ofiEer  is  not  yet  met  it  ought  to  be.  There  is 
much  to  do,  and  the  time  is  short.  I  know  of 
no  way  to  meet  the  secret  lodge  question  but  to 
organize,  agitate,  discuss.  Bring  the  whole 
question  before  the  public.  This  cannot  be 
done  without  money  and  organization.  We  must 
bring  all  our  powers  into  order  and  form  and 
then  press  the  question.  We  must  finally  vote 
it  down  and  out.  We  are  organized  in  this  city 
and  county,  and  are  meeting  every  two  weeks 
in  the  Wesley  an  church,  in  Olathe.  The  lodges 
are  thoroughly  organized  too.  They  have  some 
eight  or  ten  intrenchments.  They  have  orga- 
nized the  "Knights  of  Labor"  in  the  last  three 
months,  and  now  they  number  over  200  names. 
So  you  see  all  of  their  forces  are  at  work. 
Hence,  we  must  needs  work,  or  we  shall  not  be 
guiltless  if  the  truth  suffers. 

Yours  for  truth, 

H.  Curtis. 


HEW  ENGLAND. 


In  1881  there  were  expended  in  the  United 
Kingdom,  for  alcoholic  drinks,  $635,000,000, 
an  increase  of  $24,000,000  over  the  previous 
year.  In  ten  years  have  been  expended  more 
than  $7,000,000,000.  The  indirect  costs  and 
losses  are  believed,  by  Mr.  William  Hoyle,  the 
great  authority  on  this  subject,  to  be  nearly  as 
much  in  addition.  In  the  last  25  years,  the  re- 
sulting evils — pauperism,  lunacy,  and  crime — 
have  gained  ground  in  spite  of  all  opposing 
agencies. 


THE  NEW  ENGLAND  BOARD  of  the  National  Chris- 
tian Association  has  it  headquarters  at  No.  8  Portland  St., 
Worcester,  Mass.  A  full  supply  of  books  and  tracts  con- 
stantly on  hand.  Orders  promptly  filled.  Correspondence 
solicited.  E.  D.  Bailet,  N.  E.  Sec. 


— Mr.  S.  A.  Pratt,  who  is  always  finding  some 
good  way  of  scattering  facts,  has  had  printed  a 
quantity  of  slips  containing  the  letter  of  Dr. 
Howard  Crosby  to  the  Batavia  convention. 

— Mr.  Spaulding  is  already  in  N.  H.,  aiding 
about  the  convention,  while  Rev.  H.  T.  Cheever 
and  the  N.  E.  Secretary  start  for  there  tomorrow 
(Tuesday,)  hoping  and  praying  for  a  great 
convention. 

— Connecticut  friends  are  moving  slowly  about 
their  State  convention.  The  delay  is  not  through 
neglect  but  for  temporary  reasons.  They  desire 
to  make  it  successful  and  hence  are  not  rushing 
headlong  into  it. 

— Brother  Zeba  Smith  of  Montpelier,  Vt. 
writes :  "  The  reform  is  what  I  delight  in.  I 
am  with  you  in  heart  in  this  work.  I  am  glad 
to  read  what  you  have  done  and  are  doing  to 
spread  light  and  truth  in  New  England  and  that 
the  Lord  is  blessing  you  and  those  other  dear 
brethern  who  are  laboring  in  the  Lord.  I  hope 
you  will  live  to  see  Masonry  and  all  other  secret 
societies  done  away  with  in  our  country." 

— A  new  friend  from  Maine  writes  :  "  I  like 
the  platform  that  the  American  party  has  got  up. 
Everything  tends  to  reform.  I  abhor  all  secret 
societies." 

— The  responses  to  the  appeal  of  the  N.  E. 
Board  for  pledges  have  commenced  to  come  in. 
The  promptness  of  some  friends  is  certainly 
inspiring. 


Congregationalists  as  a  Sect 

Worcester,  Mass.,  Oct.  9th,  1882. 
Out  of  sympathy  for  the  burden-bearing 
Cynosure,  I  have  almost  concluded  to  hold  my 
peace  about  sectarianism.  There  is  evidently 
such  a  degree  of  sensitiveness  on  the  subject  that 
the  poor  Cynosure,  which  has  to  suffer,  whoever 
is  to  blame,  needs  to  push  chiefiy  the  issue  Christ 
or  anti-Christ,  unburdened  with  other  issues. 
By  the  way,  it  is  commonly  supposed  that  re- 
formers belong  to  the  order  of  pachyderms, 
because  of  the  thickness  of  their  skin,  but  a 
close  inspection  reveals  the  fact  that  even  they 
have  tender  spots  where  they  must  be  touched 
lightly  and  when  hurt  no  animal  can  scream 
louder  I  Since  printing  my  thoughts  on  the 
subject  of  denominationalism,  I  have  heard  from 
various  quarters  facts  and  arguments  which 
proved,  if  they  prove  anything,  that  there  is  no 
such  thing  in  this  country  as  sectarianism.  We 
are  all  mistaken  about  it.  One  brother  has 
proven  to  me  that  the  Baptists  are  not  sectarian, 
another  that  the  Methodists  surely  are  not,  and 
now  a  brother  has  sent  me  arguments  from  a 
Congregational  source  which  prove  conclusively 
that  Congregationalists  are  not  sectarian;  another 
has  show.n  beyond  a  peradventure  that  the  Dis- 
ciples are  not,  while  I  have  employed  the  same 
arguments  used  by  these  brethren  and  have 
demonstrated  that  the  Presbyterians  are  not,  ergo 
there  is  no  sectarianism  in  the  country.  With 
this  conclusion  it  is  manifest  that  all  our  writings 
on  that  subject  are  useless.  It  is  needless  for 
me  to  add,  however,  that  I  am  only  strengthened 
in  my  conviction  that  we  are  guilty  of  a  grievous 
error  in  dividing  ourselves  into  sects — an  error 
which  must  be  corrected  if  we  would  see  the 
complete  reign  of  Christ  hastening  on. 

My  pen  touches  upon  this  subject  this  morning 
by  the  request  of  a  venerable  brother  who  asks 
for  facts  and  arguments  on  the  question  whether 
the  Congregationalists  are  sectarian  or  not.  The 
source  of  the  question,  the  important  reasons  for 
asking  it  just  now,  and  the  conviction  that  my 
answer  will  not  provoke  irritatiou  and  needless 
discussion,  lead  me  to  state  my  convictions  pub- 
licly as  requested,  hoping  to  aid  the  brother  in 
the  solution  of  an  important  question  and  hoping 
also  to  contribute  a  mite  toward  the  general  dis- 


■4' 


! 


October  19,  1882 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE, 


cussion  by  which  the  truth  will  become  manifest. 

Of  the  Baptists,  Presbyterians,  (all  branches) 
Methodists,  (all  branches)  Freewill  Baptists,  Dis- 
ciples, Oongregationalists,  and  some  others,  it 
may  be  said,  in  general,  that  they  have  taught 
witn  great  unanimity  the  vital  doctrines  of  the 
Gospel — the  Trinity,  the  Inspiration  of  the 
Scriptures,  the  Atonement,  Eegeneration,  Future 
Rewards  and  Punishnn^ts  and  Christian  morals, 
including  Sabbath  observance.  They  have  sep- 
arated on  the  ordinances  and  church  govern- 
ment, both  of  which  are  temporalities,  since  in 
heaven  we  shall  neither  be  baptized  in  water, 
nor  be  governed  by  synods  and  conferences. 

Those,  who  are  "  endeavoring  to  keep  the 
unity  of  the  Spirit  in  the  bond  of  peace,"  hold 
(1)  that  they  only  are  entitled  to  church-member- 
ship who  apprehend  reasonably  well  the  vital 
doctrines,  who  give  evidence  of  being  born  again 
and  whose  morals  are  exemplary ;  (2)  that 
whereas  an  honest  difference  of  opinion  exists 
concerning  the  administration  of  the  ordinances 
(baptism  and  the  Lord's  supper,)each  local  church 
should  act  according  to  its  own  convictions  and 
is  tho  only  ecclesiastical  body  authorized  to  de- 
termine the  question  ;  but  a  difiererfce  of  method 
should  not  deter  neighboring  churches  from 
Christian  fellowship,  and  co-operation  in  mis- 
sionary enterprises;  (3)  that  all  local  churches 
are  independent,  self-governing  bodies,  not  sab- 
ject  to  the  government  or  control  of  synods  or 
conferences  and  that  all  ecclesiastical  bodies 
which  asfume  governmental  control  are  extra- 
scriptural  and  therefore  usurpers;  (4)  that  all 
Christian  bodies  besides  the  local  church  should 
exist  only  to  promote  missionary  enterprise  or 
for  mutual  helpfulness,  and  that  they  should  be 
supported  by  the  churches  only  so  far  as  their 
usefulness  commends  itself  ;  (5)  that  all  mission- 
ary enterprises  should  be  conducted  with  a  view 
to  preaching  Christ  and  not  to  the  promotion  of 
sectarian  or  denominational  ends,  whereby  dis- 
cord results ;  (6)  that  existing  customs  violate 
both  the  spirit  and  letter  of  these  principles  and 
render  strite  and  discord  inevitable. 

I  am  not  authorized  to  speak  for  others  but 
the  foregoing  propositions  embody  the  princi- 
ple considerations  on  the  subject,  as  held  by  me. 
There  is  much  to  be  said  in  praise  of  the  good 
done  by  all  the  denominations  in  the  preaching 
of  the  Gospel,  but  their  position  on  the  subject 
of  divisions  or  schisms  is  untenable  and  repre- 
hensible. Now  1  am  asked  to  show  in  what  re- 
spect the  Congregationalists  are  blameable,  if  at 
all.  It  may  be  affirmed  of  them  as  of  others  that 
everybody  can  see  their  fault  except  themselves. 

(1.)  When  a  man  is  converted  he  becomes  a 
Christian,  when  he  joins  the  church  he  is  called 
something  else, — Methodist,  Baptist  or  Congre- 

fationalist.  The  signification  of  this  is  that  he 
as  now  joined  a  sect.  Before,  he  knew  no  fel- 
lowship but  the  fellowship  of  the  Spirit,  now  he 
feels  a  denominational  bond  drawing  him  toward 
a  certain  class  of  Christians  and  away  from 
certain  other  classes.  While  many  local  churches 
have  avoided  the  error  of  adopting  sectarian 
names  the  den  omination  as  such  has  erred  in  this 
respect.  . 

(2.)  In  theory  the  Congregationalists  origi- 
nally held  to  the  independence  of  the  local 
church,  but  their  practice  for  many  years  has 
been  strangely  divergent  from  the  theory,  (a) 
They  have,  in  many  cases,  used  persistent  and 
strenuous  endeavors  to  prevail  upon  churches 
holding  independent  positions  to  submit  to  the 
denominational  yoke,  urging  that  the  ecclesias- 
tical union  of  churches  was  a  duty  and  that  in- 
dependence was  selfish.  (b)  The  National 
Council  was  organized  under  the  cry  "  We  are  a 
denomination."  A  few  years  ago  that  phrase 
was  greeted  in  association  al  meetings  with  ap- 
plause whenever  used  by  the  speakers  (c.)  Much 
of  the  money  raised  for  missionary  purposes  is 
raised  by  an  appeal  to  denominational  pride, 
showing  that  the  spirit  of  sectarianism  has  become 
of  sufficient  monetary  value  to  avail  in  appeals 
tor  money,  (d)  It  is  not  the  general  usage 
(there  may  be  exceptional  cases)  to  aid  struggling 
churches  unless  those  churches  haye  submitted 
to  the  control  of  Lhe  denomination.  This  is  cer- 
tainly significant.  If  the  prime  object  were  to 
aid  Vkristian  ohurohet  without  reference  to  de- 


nominational advantage,  those  churches  which 
persist  in  independence  would  receive  aid.  The 
claim  is  that  if  they  render  aid  they  aught  to 
have  some  control,  but  this  claim  discredits  the 
very  idea  of  independence  and  is  a  virtual  con- 
cession that  independence  is  good  only  as  a 
theory  while  practically  the  only  guarantee  of 
safety  is  in  this  fact  of  ecdesiastical  control.  If 
the  object  be  not  to  secure  denominational  ad- 
vantage, why  should  not  thooe  independent 
churches  in  the  vicinity  of  Berea  College,  for 
example,  be  freely  aided  in  their  needs,  without 
requiring  as  a  sine  qua  non  the  abandonment  of 
their  independence  and  submission  to  the  de- 
nomination? The  very  effort  made  to  bring 
them  into  the  denomination  shows  that  being  in 
is  something  different  from  being  out.  The 
difference  is  in  the  one  position  they  are  non- 
sectarian,  holding  equal  fellowship  with  all  God's 
people,  while  in  the  other  they  become  sectarian. 
(3.)  The  Congregational  churches  in  New  Eng- 
land manifest,  at  this  time,  as  much  denomina- 
tional zeal  as  any  of  the  other  sects.  The  papers 
and  pulpits  laud  the  spirit  and  cherish  it  as  con- 
dusive  to  growth,  while  the  associations  offer  no 
rebuke  but  vie  with  other  agencies  in  promoting 
the  same  feeling.  It  is  argued  that  the  denomina- 
tion has  fallen  behind  the  other  denominations 
numerically  chiefiy  for  want  of  party  spirit,  and 
hence  the  new  cry  is  "  We  are  a  denomination." 
(4.)  In  conversation  with  ministers  and  intel- 
ligent laymen  on  the  subject,  they  argue  that 
the  denominational  spirit  is  useful  in  stimulating 
healthy  (?)  rivalry  among  the  churches.  This 
kind  of  argument  seems  to  be  in  general  use 
and  is  not  being  opposed  by  any  leading  Congre- 
gationalist  in  New  England  to  my  knowledge. 
(5.)  The  Congregationalists,  while  having 
theories  admirably  adapted  to  the  promotion  of 
union,  are  making  no  effort  in  that  direction.  It 
does  not  seem  to  me  that  we  can  exempt  them 
from  the  charge  of  sectarianism,  in  view  of  all 
the  facts  given.  These  things  are  not  said  in 
any  spirit  of  hostility,  nor  yet  for  the  purpose  of 
wholesale  denunciation,  but  solely  for  the  dis- 
covery of  their  position  on  the  important  ques- 
tion of  the  unity  of  God's  people. 

It  has  occurred  to  me  that  it  might  aid  the 
solution  of  the  question  under  discussion  to  ask. 
What  changes  or  charges  would  be  necessary  in 
the  Congregational  church  to  render  it  unde- 
nominational and  unsectarian?  (1.)  The  name 
should  be  changed  to  simply  Christian  Churches 
or  Church  of  Christ.  Where  there  are  several 
such  in  a  place  their  local  appellation  might  be 
first,  second,  etc.,  or  they  might  be  called  by  the 
location.  In  this  respect  the  Disciple  or  "  Chris- 
tian" churches  are  without  fault  and  have  set  an 
example  worthy  of  imitation. 

(4.)  The  independence  of  the  local  churches 
should  be  fully  recognized  and  the  right  be  in- 
violate. The  recent  attempts  at  centralization 
should  be  abandoned  and  the  church  return  to 
its  mission  of  evangelizing  the  world. 

(3.)  Christian  unity  should  become  a  principle 
constantly  advocated  and  unremittingly  prac- 
ticed. No  effort  should  be  made  to  plant  Con- 
gregational churches  but  every  possible  effort 
should  be  put  forth  to  unite  the  people  of  new 
settlements  in  one  Christian  church,  which 
recognizes  no  head  but  Christ  himself. 

(4?)  The  utmost  liberty  should  be  allowed 
such  churches  in  the  administration  of  the  ordi- 
nances and  the  mode  of  government.  If  a  church 
believes  it  to  be  its  duty  to  allow  none  but  its 
own  members  at  its  table,  suffer  it  that  liberty  ; 
if  it  is  governed  in  its  discipline  by  presbyters, 
do  not  interfere  with  it.  It  is  not  necessary  to 
Christian  union  that  there  should  be  perfect 
uniformity  in  those  things  which  apply  only  to 
the  local  church.  These  churches  should  be 
taught  that  the  basis  of  their  fellowship  is  not  uni- 
formity of  outward  forms,  but  Christ  in  the  heart. 
Such  a  position  on  the  part  of  any  considerable 
number  of  churches  would  command  the  atten- 
tion and  respect  of  the  people  and  shame  the 
sectarian  spirit  now  prevailing. 

But,  to  me,  the  gravest  objection  to  all  the 
churches  is  that  they  have  so  far  ceased  to  teaah 
true  godliness  and  are  so  far  allied  with  the 
world.  A  reformation  musk  take  place  in  all 
the  churches  or  we  shail  have  no  rhurchci  wu)  lb 


uniting.  The  man  who  at  this  time  is  defending 
the  church  when  he  ought  to  "  Cry  aloud  and 
spare  not"  is  making  a  serious  mistake.  The 
New  England  churches  have  adopted,  one  at  a 
time,  Christmas,  Easter  and  Lent,  they  are  now 
advocating  that  our  annual  fast  day  be  put  on 
"Good  Friday"  and  last  year  the  city  schools 
of  Worcester  made  "  St.  Patrick's  day"  a  holiday. 
In  all  this  the  Catholics  have  yielded  not  an  inch 
of  ground  but  the  Protestants  have  been  walking 
over  to  the  ritualistic  churches,  unmindful  of  the 
pit  from  whence  they  were  digged.  The  wor- 
ship in  our  large  churches  is  almost  as  formal 
and  unspiritual  as  that  of  the  ritualistic  churches, 
while  revivals  are  few,  and  now  the  great 
American  Board  has  been  compelled  to  notice 
these  facts  because  its  treasury  is  suffering.  Men 
who  suppose  that  the  sustaining  of  their  denom- 
inations is  the  great  business  of  life  are  mistaken. 
Let  us  pray  that  God  will  raise  up  men  who  care 
nothing  for  party  ties  but  everything  for  Christ 
and  his  Kingdom.  E.  D.  Bailev. 


REFORM  NEWS. 


B'O.  Feemster's  Kansas  Work. 

KUSSELL  CO0NTY. 

Kennebec,  Kan.,  Oct.  9,  1882. 

Deak  Cynosure  : — It  is  with  pleasure  that  I 
am  able  to  report  having  seen  and  heard  an 
Anti-masonic  lecturer.  Rev.  Paul  S.  Feemster 
came  to  this  place  late  Saturday,  Sept.  30th. 
Sabbath  morning  he  preached  from  Psa.  104:34: 
"My  meditation  of  him  shall  be  sweet :  I  will 
be  glad  in  the  Lord."  His  sermon  was  very  in- 
teresting and  instructive.  In  the  the  evening 
he  spoke  on  "The  religion  of  the  lodge  com- 
pared with  the  Christian  religion."  His  argu- 
ments were  plain  and  powerful,  and  exceedingly 
interesting,  which  received  the  closest  attention. 
I  would  to  God  every  lodge-going  professing 
Christian  in  Kansas  could  have  heard  him.  It 
was  the  best  thing  I  ever  heard  on  the  subject. 
I  can  cheerfully  recommend  Bro.  Feemster  to 
the  friends  in  Kansas.  Give  him  a  call,  and 
then  do  all  in  your  power  to  get  everybody  to 
hear  him.     You  will  be  richly  rewarded. 

On  Monday  evening  he  was  to  lecture  on  the 
educating  power  of  the  lodge,  and  show  what  it 
is  training  men  to  do.  But  for  some  cause  or 
other  there  were  but  few  out,  and  consequently 
no  lecture.  This  I  sadly  regret;  however,  I 
trust  good  was  accomplished.  The  people  are 
generally  indifferent  on  this  subject. 

For  my  part,  I  feel  a  greater  interest  in  the 
cause  than  ever  before. 

This  part  of  Kansas  has  suffered  very  much 
from  the  severe  drouth.  Corn,  potatoes,  and 
many  other  things  are  almost  an  entire  failure. 
Of  late  we  have  been  blest  with  delightful 
showers.  Pasturage  begins  to  look  green,  and 
fall  grain  is  growing  rapidly. 

Respectfully,        R.  B,  Landon. 

RILEY  OOUNPy. 

Manhattan,  Kan.,  Oct.  11,  1882. 

Editor  Cynosure:— Rev.  P.  S.  Feemster  has 
been  here  and  has  gone.  He  preached  Sib- 
bath  morning,  the  8th,  for  Rev.  Mr.  Gale,  pas- 
tor of  the  Baptist  church,  and  in  the  evening 
in  the  same  church,  on  the  religion  of  the  lodge 
compared  with  the  religion  of  the  Bible.  I 
think  he  demonstrated  clearly  that  Masonry  was 
a  religion  and  claimed  to  purify  and  save  men 
without  Christ,  but  wofully  different  from  the 
Christian  religion. 

Monday  evening  he  lectured  in  the  Congre- 
gational church  on  the  educating  power  of  the 
lodge  over  its  members.  Tuesday  evening  in 
the  Baptist  church,  on  the  power  of  the  lodge 
in  church  and  state.  We  had  very  good  con- 
gregations considering  rain,  mud  and  darkness. 
Everything  was  quiet,  and  good  attention  given. 
A  number  haye  expressed  to  me  their  favorable 
opinion  of  the  sermon  anJ  lectures  and  unfa- 
vorable opinion  of  the  lodge.  I  think  a  good 
impression  was  made  that  will  bring  forth  fruit. 
Bro.  F.  shows  himself  a  true  and  devoted  Chris- 
tian, and  carries  the  Christian  spirit  with  him. 
Masons  and  lodge  men  generally  took  good  care 
to  be  out  of  the  way.  Our  trust,  and  hope  for 
suc<.e8s  is  in  God.  %       H.  S.  Limb'Xjker. 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE. 


October  19,  1882 


CORRESPONDENCE. 


Reply  to  Rob.  Morris. 

Dbas  Sik: — In  a  former  letter,  after  briefly 
reviewing  your  "Mooitor,"  and  "Nature's  Keys 
to  Bible  Truth,"  I  expreesed  the  suspicion  your 
design  in  sending  out  the  latter  was  to  sow  the 
seed  of  Freemasonry  in  the  minds  of  Sabbath 
school  children.  I  requested  you  to  clear  up 
the  matter,  if  my  suspicions  were  ill-founded. 
In  your  reply  you  have  made  no  allusion  to  this 
matter ;  and  as  "cubic  stones  from  the  Masonic 
pavement"  (with  a  tessellated  border,)  and  stones 
from  the  late  invented  tomb  of  your  mythical 
Hiram  are  not  exactly  "nature's  keys,"  and  are 
not  specially  fitted  to  unlock  any  obscure  pas 
sage  in  the  Bible ;  and  as  in  the  hands  of  a  Ma- 
sonic superintendent  they  may  be  used  to  awa 
ken  curiosity  and  draw  the  minds  of  the  young 
towards  the  mysteries  of  the  lodge,  I  suppose  it 
fair  to  assume  that  such  was  your  intention. 
You  sell  "Keys  to  Bible  Truth,"  but  you  fold 
up  in  the  parcel  an  advertisement  of  Masonic 
mysteries.  The  transaction,  to  say  the  least,  sa- 
vors  strongly  of  Masonic  art. 

I  also  reproved  you  for  offering  to  your  fel- 
lowmen  two  religions,  the  one  entirely  formal 
with  the  promise  of  pstitication  by  Masonic 
rites  and  Masonic  works,  and  the  other  spiritual, 
with  justification  by  the  grace  of  God  through 
Christ,  schemes  entirely  incompatible.  This 
point  you  have  not  met  directly. 

1.  You  complain  that  I  did  not  come  to  you 
privately,  according  to  your  views  of  18th  of 
Matthew.  To  this  I  reply  that  private  offenses 
are  to  be  dealt  with  in  a  private  way.  "If  thy 
brother  trespass  against  thee,  go  and  tell  him 
his  fault  between  thee  and  him  alone."  But 
you  have  committed  no  offense  against  me  in 
particular.  The  offense  of  a  professing  Chris- 
tian in  practicing  and  advocating  and  propaga- 
tmg  Freemasonry,  is  an  offense  against  Christ 
and  his  church,  against  the  government  which 
God  has  instituted,  and  against  mankind.  Your 
offense,  therefore,  is  a  public  one.  You  have 
yourself  flaunted  it  in  the  face  of  the  world ; 
and  there  is,  therefore,  no  wrong  or  unfitness, 
in  my  dealing  with  you  in  a  public  manner. 

2.  You  allude  to  the  time  when,  having  been 
"assured"  that  it  was  all  right,  you  put  your 
conscience  and  your  soul  into  the  hands  of  poor 
fallible  men  like  yourself,  and  swore  to  uphold 
constitutions  and  obey  laws  and  edicts  of  which 
you  knew  absolutely  nothing ;  to  keep  the  se- 
crets of  Masonry  and  Masons  although  the  wel- 
fare and  the  authority  of  the  State  might  re 
quire  you  to  disclose  them.  And  you  say  that 
you  "went  forward  with  much  confidence,  and 
found  that  the  explanation  of  every  ceremony 
was  moral,  sensible  and  Scriptural."  Your 
language  seems  to  be  guarded  here.  The  cere- 
monies themselves  may  be  immoral,  foolish,  un- 
scriptural  and  wicked;  but  the  "explanation" 
is  all  very  "moral,"  and  even  "Scriptural."  You 
find  no  warrant  in  Scripture  for  submitting  to 
the  hood-wink  and  cable-tow,  ^r  for  appearing 
in  the  semi-nude  state  in  which  you  allowed 
yourself  to  be  led  into  the  lodge,  or  for  am- 
bulating around  the  altar  and  "with  the  sun" 
aa  an  act  of  worship.  And  then  as  to  the  oath 
itself;  is  that  one  of  the  "ceremonies?"  And  if 
BO,  where  is  the  warrant  in  the  Bible  for  you  to 
take,  or  for  the  Worshipful  Master  to  adminis- 
ter to  you,  an  oath  such  as  that  above  cited  ?  Or 
where  is  the  warrant  for  his  administering  to 
you  an  oath  at  all  ?  The  government  which  he 
represents,  and  to  which  >  ou  swear  allegiance, 
is  a  government  unauthorized  of  God.  God 
has  ordained  three  institutions  for  the  wel^re, 
government  and  salvation  of  this  world — the 
tamily,  the  church  and  the  state.  Any  other  is 
sheer  usurpation  and  rebellion  against  God. 
But  whilst  on  the  morality  of  the  order  and  its 
ceremonies,  (other  readers  will  pardon  the  vio- 
lence of  the  supposition,)  what  would  be 
thought  of  your  morality,  or  that  of  the  church 
in  which  you  are  an  officer,  if,  on  receiving  a 
member  or  installing    a    pastor,  you  should  ad- 


knowiug  them  to  be  buchi"  That  part  oi  your 
Masonic  "covenant"  shows  the  morality  which 
Masonry  teaches,  and  also  the  measure  of  con- 
fidence which  Masons  really  have  in  one  another! 

3.  Your  rejection  of  the  name  of  Christ  in 
the  lodge.  You  do  confess  your  belief  in  the 
Lord  Jesus,  and  your  hope  of  salvation  through 
his  blood.  But  you  confess  that  you  ignore 
him  in  the  lodge  "because  Freemasonry  is  more 
ancient  than  the  Christian  era,  and  because  it  is 
cosmopolitan."  Now  if  these  claims  were  true, 
I  can  see  no  reason  here  why  the  King  of 
Kings  and  the  Saviour  of  men  should  be  de- 
nied or  ignored.  Lying  "is  more  ancient  than 
the  Christian  era,"  and  also  "cosmopolitan." 
But  must  the  Son  of  God,  and  the  only  Media- 
tor between  God  and  men,  be  therefore  put  in 
obeyance  before  the  author  of  lying?  Or,  are 
the  Lord  Jesus  and  his  religion  to  be  put  in 
obeyance  before  the  heathen  mysteries,  because 
those  mysteries  were  practiced  before  the 
"Christian  era?"  The  Saviour  has  said,  "Whoso 
shall  confess  me" — not  before  my  friend,  but 
"before  men" — "in  this  sinful  and  adulterous 
generation,  him  will  I  confess."  "But  whoso 
shall  deny  me,  him  will  I  also  deny."  Why — 
O  why,  if  you  believe  in  and  accept  Jesus  as 
your  Saviour,  do  you  confess  him  only  before 
his  friends,  but  deny  him  before  his  enemies? 
Do  you  think  that  he  will  not  regard  it?  But 
as  to  the  age  of  Freemasonry,  you  have  no  war- 
rant in  history  for  the  antiquity  you  ascribe  to 
it,  unless  you  acknowledge  its  identity  with  the 
heathen  mysteries,  from  which  speculative  Ma- 
sonry is  undoubtedly  borrowed. 

4.  As  if  to  make  up  for  the  dishonor  done 
to  Christ  by  the  rejection  of  his  name,  you  say 
that  "sometimes  the  Divine  Man  is  brought  in 
as  an  exemplar  of  virtue,"  and  that  in  a  con- 
vention of  seven  lodges  in  the  city  of  Smyrna 
you  made  this  point  with  your  utmost  force, 
and  all  present,  Mohammedans,  Jews,  Greeks, 
Arabs,  Turks  and  Christians  applauded.  This, 
Dr.  Morris,  as  a  remarkable  admission  ;  and  first, 
it  is  not  quite  certain  whom  those  Masonic 
Jews,  Greeks,  Turks  and  Arabs  supposed  to  be 
intended  by  the  "Divine  Man."  In  the  legends 
of  the  Orient,  from  which  Freemasonry  is  chifly 
taken,  Bacchus,  Adonis  and  Hiram  Abiflf  have 
all  figured  in  that  character.  But  supposing  that 
they  all  understood   you    as    referring  to  Jesus 


u 


cove- 


minister  the   following    as    part    of  the 
nant:"    "Furthermore    you    solemnly  promise 
and  Bwear  that  you    will    not  have  illicit  carnal 
intercourse  with    the    wife,    mother,    sister 


daughter    of  a 


or 


member  of 


this    church. 


you  I 


Christ  of  the  New    Testament,  it    was  not  as  a 
Saviour,  and  the   only    Saviour   of  sinful  men, 
but  simply  as  "an  exemplar  of  virtue"  that  you 
hold  him  up  to  their  view.     You  had  before  you 
there  seven    lodges    of  your    fellowraen,  all  in 
utter  darkness  as  to  the  way  of  salvation  for  the 
soul,  and  all  with  you  pressing   on    to  the  judg- 
ment seat  of  Christ.     You  had  their  confidence, 
for  they  had  met  for  the  very  purpose  of  doing 
you  honor.     Had  you  had   the  spirit  of  Paul  or 
Luther,  or  of  many   a    more   weak  and  humble 
believer  whose  heart  had   been   touched  by  the 
grace  of  God,  what    an    opportunity  there  was 
for  you  to  have  confessed   yourself  a  disciple  of 
Christ  and  to  have  pointed   those  ignorant  men 
to  the  Lamb  of  God   who    taketh   away  the  sin 
of  the  world.     But    no.     There   you  stood  be- 
fore those  enemies  of  the  truth  of  God,  taking 
their  side  in  the    great    controversy   about  reli- 
gion, denying  the  Lord   Jesus  as  a  Saviour,  but 
ofiering  or  commending    him   as  an  "exemplar 
of  virtue."     To  your  American  lodges  you  have 
done  for     Hiram    Abiff  just    what    you  did  in 
Smyrna  before  Jews,  Greeks,   Turks  and  Arabs 
for  the  Son  of  God,  and  in    terms  just  as  lofty. 
Thus  in  your  Monitor,  page  61,  referring  to  the 
legend,  you  say,  "It   exemplifies    an  instance  of 
virtue  seldom    equalled    and  never   excelled  in 
the  history   of  man," — putting    Christ,  the  Sa- 
viour, and   Hiram    Abiff   on   the  same   level  I 
I  am  inclined  to    dwell    on    this  painful  record 
which  you  have    made    of  yourself,  but   1  for- 
bear.    Peter,  when  in    great   danger  as  he  sup- 
posed one  night,  denied  his  Master.     But  he  did 
not  justify  and  defend   the    denial  for  ten  years 
after. 

But  you  go  on  to  say  "When  Freemasons  de- 
sire to  introduce  Jesus  Christ  in  his  fullness  in- 
to Masonry,  we  go  into  the  commandery,"  That 
is,  after  you  have  gone  through  with  seven  de- 
grees of  heathen  Masonry,   and   have  promised 


to  adloere  to  it  all,  you  crown  the  wlioie,  as  you 
imagine,  with  a  degree  of  Christian  Masonry — 
putting  Christ  and  Be'.ial  together.  On  this,  1 
remark  that  Mackey  says  the  Commandery  "is 
no  part  of  universal  Masonry,"  but  a  mere  side- 
show, and  your  own  words  imply  as  much.  For 
you  say  "Freemasonry  is  cosmopolitan,"  and  the 
religion  of  Masonry  is  "a  religion  in  which  all 
men  agree."  But  be  this  as  it  may,  however 
interesting  to  you  may  be  the  chamber  of  re- 
flection with  its  skull  and  bones,  the  three  years 
pilgrimage  and  warfare,  the  delta  and  the  trans- 
parency of  the  ascension,  and  drinking  wine 
from  the  human  skull,  with  the  horrid  and 
blasphemous  oath  connected  therewith,  the 
Christ  of  the  commandery  is  not  the  Christ  of 
the  Bible.  It  is  not  the  Christ  who  said  "Come 
unto  me  all  ye  that  labor  and  are  heavy  laden," 
and  "he  that  hath  no  money  come."  It  is  not 
the  Christ  who  said,  "To  the  poor  the  gospel  is 
preached,"  and  "in  secret  have  I  said  nothing," 
but  a  false  Christ  foretold  in  Matt.  24,  when  the 
Saviour  says:  "For  there  shall  arise  false  Christs, 
in  so  much  that  if  it  were  possible  they  shall 
deceive  even  the  elect,  wherefore,  if  they  shall 
say  unto  you,  J3ehold,  he  is  in  the  desert,  go  not 
forth,  behold,  he  is  in  the  secret  chambers,  be- 
lieve it  not."  And  you  know  very  well  that  of 
the  nine  thousand  beer-guzzling  Knight  Temp- 
lars who  gathered  at  Chicago  two  years  ago  not 
one  in  five  made  any  pretentions  to  a  personal 
interest  in  the  Lord  Jesus. 


Having  spoken    of  Adams,    Seward  and  oth- 
ers, as  "taking  up  other  hobbies  and  seeking  po- 
litical power  by  other   methods,"  you  pass  on  to 
speak  of  Charles  G.  Finney  and  David  Bernard 
as  "renegades."     I  cannot  credit  you  with  igno- 
rance or  prejudice  here.     There    is   a  degree  of 
impudence  in  the  application   of  such  a  term  to 
such  men  for  which   corruptness  of  moral  prin- 
ciples alone  can  account.     According  to  such  a 
use  of  language,  Saul  of  Tarsus,    after  his  con- 
version, was  a  "renegade,"  and  if  a  man  forsake 
the  faith  of  a  Moslem  and  becomes  a  Christian, 
he  is  a   "renegade."     Washington,  when  he  re- 
nounced the  government   of  George  III.,  was  a 
"renegade."     And   if  a   man    joins    a  band  of 
robbers,  promising  to   stand   by  them,  but  com- 
ing under  the  influence   of  the  gospel  is  lead  to 
repentance,  he   is    a   "renegade."     Mr.   Finney 
says  he  was  "converted  from  Masonry  to  Chris- 
tianity."   And  when  I  asked   Mr.  S.  E.  Starry, 
of  Iowa,  "How   did   you    happen    to  leave  the 
lodge?"  he  answered    as    with    a  shout  of  joy, 
"Why,  I  got   converted.-    And   when    the  Holy 
Ghost  takes  hold  of  a   man   it  takes  him  out  of 
Masonry,  and  takes   the   Masonry  out  of  him." 
Yet  if  a  man  has  promised  to  continue  in  idola- 
try or  to  stand  by  a   band   of  robbers,  and  then 
repents,  forsakes  his  sinful    ways,  and  enters  on 
a  life  of  godliness,  he    has,  to    your  mind,  "be- 
trayed faith,"  and  committed  a  "monstrous  sin." 
But  you  pi-oceed  and  say  that  had  you  found  a 
company  of  Masons    whom    you  describe  "en- 
gaged in  law-breaking  and  law-defying  acts,  you 
never  could  have  gone  out  before  the  world  and 
broken  your   sacred  pledge:"  but   you    would 
have  covered   their  "law-breaking  and  law-defy- 
ing" as  the  two  sons  of  Noah  covered  the  shame 
of  their  father.     You    would  thus  defy  the  law 
and  disregard  your    civil    oath;  for  you-never 
could  break  your  "sacred   pledge"  to   the  lodge. 
In  your  work  on    Masonic    law  (Monitor,  page 
140),  you  seem    to   have    had    this  very  ease  in 
tniud  when   you  wrote,    "The   covenant  is  irre- 
vocable, no  law  of  the    land    can    aftect    it,  no 
anathema  of  the  church   can  weaken  it."     And 
you  have  shown  here,  not  only  the  deep  corrup- 
tion of  the  institution  you   represent,  but  how 
deeply  a  man  like  yourself  can  be  corrupted  by 
it.     I  had  much  more  to  say  on  this  point,  but  1 
forbear. 

6.  As  to  the  faleehoods  in  Masonry,  you  say,  "I 
have  not  found  them."  If  my  letter  were  not  so 
long,  I  would  point  out  a  score  or  more  of  these ; 
such  as,  that  the  Apostle  John  was  a  "  patron  of 
Masonry."  But  I  will  just  refer  to  the  words 
of  the  late  Dr.  Aydelotte,  who,  when  asked  why 
he  renounced  Masonry,  replied  :  "  Why,  it  is 
lie  a'li  over." 

7.  You  finally  refer  to  Salem  Town,  to  whom 
you  pay  a  short  adoration,  and  say  that  with  him 


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October  19,  1882 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURK. 


you  wish  to  make  Masonry  the  handmaid  of  the 
Christian  religion.  I  attributed  this  language 
to  him  from  a  dim  recollection ;  but  on  turning 
to  such  of  his  writings  as  1  happen  to  have,  I 
find  that  he  makes  Masonry  a  religion,  and  pre- 
sents it  as  a  saving  religion.  I  met  this  gentle- 
man some  thirty  years  ago,  and  confess  that  I 
found  him  a  person  of  pleasing  address,  enter- 
taining and  instructive ;  withal  a  scholar,  and, 
like  you,  an  elder  in  the  Presbyterian  church. 
But  in  his  writings  on  the  subject  he  certainly 
teacihes  that  Masonry  is  a  saving  religion ;  and 
you,  in  your  Monitor,  have  done  the  same  thing. 
Thus  on  p.  21-2  you  teach  the  "  Entered  Ap- 
prentice" that  ho  is  to  fit  himself  for  the  house 
not  made  with  hands,  eternal  in  the  heavens — 
not  by  coming  to  Christ  and  being  eprinkled 
with  his  blood,  but  by  works — breaking  off  the 
vices  and  superfluities  of  life  with  a  gavel.  On 
page  36  you  make  the  lodge  equal  to  the  Chris- 
tian church,  when  you  say  of  it,  "  No  institution 
was  ever  raised  on  a  better  principle  or  more 
solid  foundation,"  and  the  same  thing  in  a  hymn 
composed  by  yourself,  p.  332,  when  you  speak  of 
the  Mason's  home  in  the  lodge  as  "The  brightest 
scene  that's  found  below  " — brighter  than  the 
church  of  Christ,  though  illumined  by  his  spirit 
and  blessed  with  his  favor.  You  certainly  teach 
that  the  religion  of  Masonry  is  a  saving  religion, 
and  by  implication  that  Christ  and  his  blood,  or 
faith  in  him,  are  not  necessary  to  salvation. 
You  punish  a  man  for  passing  counterfeit  money. 
But  Freemasonry  is  a  counterfeit  religiou;  the 
lodge  is  a  counterfeit  church,  and  its  Christ  is  a 
counterfeit  Christ;  and  with  these  men  are 
cheated  "  out  of  their  money  and  out  of  their 
character  and  out  of  their  souls." 

Dr.  Morris,  it  is  impossible  for  a  man  intelli- 
gently to  embrace  Masonry  as  taught  by  your- 
self, by  Pike,  Mackey,  Sickels,  and  the  great  mass 
of  Masonic  teachers,  and  be  a  Christian  at  the 
same  time.  But  just  now  I  am  disposed  to  look 
at  you  with  an  eye  of  charity,  and  say  you  are 
certainly  deceived.  But  whether  you  are  de- 
ceived as  to  the  nature  of  Masonry  or  of  Chris- 
tianity I  am  unwilling  to  pronounce.  It  is  diffi- 
cult to  conceive  that  a  man  of  talent  and  learn- 
ing like  yourself  should  give  forty  years  to  the 
atudy  of  Masonry  without  Knowing  its  character. 
But  when  I  see  that  you  are  deceived  as  to  the 
history  and  pretentions  of  the  institution,  and 
that  you  have  taken  and  administered  oaths 
thousands  of  times  without  ever  once  seriously 
inquiring  into  the  nature  of  an  oath,  I  dare  not 
deny  the  possibility  of  your  being  deceived  as 
to  the  whole  thing.  My  fear  is,  however,  that 
your  personal  Christian  experience  is  a  mere  de- 
lusion. 

My  dear  sir,  eternity  is  real,  and  these  things 
are  not  to  be  trifled  with. 

Warren  Taylor. 

South  Salem,  6>.,  Sejpt.  20,  1883. 


Sectarianism. 


A  sectarian  is  one  of  a  sect,  and  sectarianism 
is  devotion  to  a  sect.  Sectarianism  is  of  two 
kinds,  a  right  and  a  wrong  kind.  The  right 
kind  is  where  a  person  is  devoted  to  a  sect  for 
the  sake  of  the  truth  repi'esented  by  that  sect. 
The  wrong  kind  is  where  a  person  is  devoted  to 
a  sect  for  selfish  ends  or  from  party  pride.  The 
words  "  sectarian  "  or  "  sectarianism "  are  sel- 
dom used  in  the  first  sense  above,  but  almost 
always  in  the  last  sense,  and  as  a  term  of  re- 
proach. 

Who  are  sectarians  ? 

Our  Lord  Jesus  Christ  was  one,  for  he  would 
have  no  fellowship  with  any  of  the  numerous 
sects  of  his  day,  but  organized  a  new  sect.  Paul 
was  one,  for  he  passed  by  all  other  sects  and 
united  with  "  that  sect  everywhere '  spoken 
against."  Luther  was  one,  for  he  left  the 
Church  of  Rome  according  to  the  prophetic  call 
in  Revelation,  "  Come  out  of  her,  my  people," 
and  he  formed  a  new  sect.  These  were  sectar- 
ian leaders.  The  College  Church  of  Wheaton 
is  a  sectarian  church,  for  it  inscribes  upon  its 
banner,  "No  fellowship  with  the  unfruitful 
workB  of  darkness,"  and  thus  separates  itself 
from  all  fellowship  with  churches  united  to 
lodgery.  The  Baptists  are  a  sectarian  denomi- 
nation, for  from  the  earliest  Christian  times  tbov 


have  held  the  truth  against  the  errors  of  the 
Romish  church.  These  are  mentioned  as  illus- 
trations, and  many  more  might  be  mentioned, 
but  these  are  sufficient.  Even  the  N.  C.  A., 
working  as  it  does  for  the  advancement  of  one 
phase  of  the  truth,  is  in  spirit,  although  not  in 
form,  a  sect.  All  these  are  sectarian  in  the  right 
sense,  and  all  are  to  be  commended. 

A  lew  years  ago  a  church  member  advised  a 
young  convert  to  unite  with  the  Congregational 
denomination,  as  that  denomination  was  the 
wealthiest  in  the  place,  and  his  business  pros- 
pects would  be  materially  improved  thereby. 
That  adviser  was  a  sectarian  in  the  bad  sense, 
and  worthy  of  censure. 

Water  and  oil  never  will  unite  ;  no  more  will 
truth  and  error.  A  mixture  of  the  two  may  be 
forced  and  all  seem  to  be  harmonious,  but  it 
will  prove  to  be  a  grand  delusion  and  snare ;  the 
pure  water  of  truth  will  sink  out  of  sight  and 
the  oil  of  error  float  on  top.  We  find  illustra- 
tions of  this  in  the  secret  lodge  where  good  men 
and  bad  men  mingle ;  in  the  church  which  cov- 
ers Freemasonry,  and  in  the  union  church  (so- 
called)  where  Methodists,  Congregationalists, 
Baptists  and  what  not  are  fenced  in  together 
(a  sort  of  Barnum's  happy  family).  Let  some 
member  assert  his  Christian  manhood  and  speak 
his  convictions,  and  at  once  an  explosion  fol- 
lows. The  truth  is  then  set  free,  'tis  true,  but 
how  much  better  had  it  been  if  the  truth  had 
never  been  trammelled,  for  through  iJve  truth 
God's  people  are  to  be  made  one,  and  in  no 
other  way. 

When  truth  meets  error  a  separation  or  di- 
vision follows,  but  when  error  has  been  van- 
quished, reunion  and  peace.  The  preaching  of 
our  reformers  against  lodgery  has  torn  many  a 
church  asunder,  and  has  separated  us  from  a 
great  portion  of  the  Christian  world,  yet  who 
among  us  doubts  the  ultimate  triumph  of  our 
cause,  and  the  reuniting  of  God's  separate  peo- 
ple on  our  side  of  the  line.  ISo  it  is  with  every 
struggle  for  the  truth.  The  Anti-masonic  cause 
seems  to  us  of  first  importance  just  now.  That 
is  because  objects  near  to  us  seem  to  be  larger 
and  of  more  importance  than  objects  in  the  dis- 
tance, and  moral  questions  of  this  age  seem  to 
be  of  greater  intrinsic  value  than  moral  ques- 
tions of  a  past  age.  Anti-masonry,  because  we 
are  in  the  midst  of  the  struggle,  assumes  huge 
proportions,  while  other  questions  of  equal  or 
even  greater  importance  (because  the  heat  of  the 
struggle  has  passed  by)  fade  away  into  a  misty 
cloud.  And  because  this  is  so,  some  are  dis- 
posed to  underrate  and  even  sneer  at  other  is- 
sues, even  to  so  far  forget  themselves  as  to  call 
the  contestants  in  such  issues  "sectarians," 
seemingly  forgetting  that  they  who  live  in  glass 
houses  should  not  throw  stones,  or  that  he  who 
tosses  a  ball  may  have  it  rebound  upon  him. 

Let  us  not  forget  that  while  many  of  our  no- 
ble reformers  have  suffered  much  at  the  hands 
of  Masonry,  and  may  be  called  upon  to  suffer 
much  more,  so  far  at  least  the  conflict  has  not 
been  so  costly  in  human  sacrifice  as  some  other 
issues  not  yet  settled,  but  begun  so  long  ago  that 
the  heat  of  the  battle  hafs  passed  away.  Not  a 
few  articles  in  the  creeds  of  the  great  denomina- 
tions have  paid  the  price  of  martyr's  blood. 
They  represent  hard  fought  contests  for  the 
truth  which  are  cherished  in  the  memory  of 
many  of  God's  dear  children.  To  ask  these  de- 
nominations to  cast  aside  their  laurels,  to  forget 
their  triumphs,  and  to  unite  with  a  little  band 
of  reformers,  who  among  themselves  do  not  yet 
agree,  is  asking  too  much.  Would  any  Anti- 
mason,  after  his  cause  has  triumphed,  yield  his 
laurels  at  the  asking  ?  Then  let  him  not  demand 
of  others  what  he  himself  would  not  yield  under 
similar  circumstances.         Albert  M.  Paull. 


of  words  than  of  blinks  ; "  that  is  to  say,  he  had 
rather  trust  a  promise  of  God  than  his  own 
glimpses  of  heaven  ;  and  so  would  I.  The  word 
of  God  is  a  more  sure  testimony  to  the  soul  than 
all  the  raptures  a  man  can  feel.  I  would- sooner 
walk  in  the  dark,  and  hold  hard  to  a  promise 
of  my  God,  than  trust  in  the  light  of  the  bright- 
est day  that  ever  dawned.  Precious  as  the  fruit 
is,  do  not  put  the  fruit  where  the  root  should  be. 
Please  to  recollect  that.  Joy  is  not  the  root  of 
grace  in  the  soul ;  it  is  the  fruit,  and  must  not  be 
put  out  of  its  proper  position. — Sjjurgeon. 


,         Obituary. 

John  Bowman,  father  of  Rachel  Ulsh,  wa& 
born  Jan.  IStli,  1793,  married  in  1815,  died  at 
the  home  of  Benj.  Ulsh,  Silver  Lake,  Ind.,  Aug. 
Ist,  1882.  Father  Bowman  lived  a  long  quiet 
and  amiable  Christian  life ;  for  nearly  half  a 
century  in  meekness  and  steadfastness  he  walked 
with  God  in  connection  with  the  Baptist  church. 
Fully  equal  if  not  superior  to  his  surroundings 
in  point  of  intelligence  he  seldom  varied  his  de- 
portment and  hence  his  influence  was  permanent. 
He  was  a  constant  reader  of  the  Bible  and 
Christian  Cynosure,  and  therefore  was  well  pre- 
pared to  vote  the  American  ticket  from  first  to 
the  last.  Father  Bowman  has  gone  to  his  rest 
as  we  believe  fully  prepared  leaving  us  the  tes- 
timony of  a  long  life  to  encourage  us  to  go  on  in 
the  field  of  Christian  work.  "  Blessed  are  the 
dead  who  die  in  the  Lord."  S.  L.  Cook. 


Died  at  his  home  near  Poplar  Hill,  Kansas, 
April  28th,  John  Zfegler,  in  his  48th  year.  He 
was  born  in  Ohio,  in  1834.  His  parents  moved 
to  Indiana,  when  he  was  four  years  old,  He 
married  Miss.  C.  E.  Wilson  in  1865.  He  re- 
moved to  Kansas  in  1879  with  his  family.  He 
was  opposed  to  intemperance  and  sin.  He  liked 
to  read  the  Cynosure.  He  delighted  to  read  the 
sermons  to  his  family  on  Sabbath.  He  voted 
the  American  ticket  once  in  Indiana  and  once 
in  Kansas.  His  trust  was  ever  in  the  Saviour, 
knowing  he  does  what  is  best.  He  leaves  a  wife 
and  three  daughters  to  mourn  his  loss :  But  we 
feel  that  our  loss  is  his  gain.  Our  prayer  is  that 
God  will  bless  you  in  your  efforts.       C.  E.  Z. 


— Some  people-  say,  "  Oh  we  know  we  are 
saved,  because  we  are  so  happy."  It  is  by  no 
means  a  sure  evidence,  for  joy  may  be  carnal, 
unfounded,  unspiritual.  Certain  Christians  are 
afraid  that  they  can  not  be  in  a  saved  state  be- 
cause they  are  not  joyous,  but  are  saved  by  faith 
and  not  by  joy.  1  was  struck  with  the  remark 
of  Ebenezer  Erskine  when  he  was  dying,  and 
some  one  said  to  him.  "  I  hope  you  have  now 
and  then  a  Mink  to  bear  up  your  spirit  under 
affliction  ;  "  be  promptly  replied,  "  1  know  more 


Mrs.  Margaret  Grant,  mother  of  Mrs.  Prof. 
Bailey,  died  peacefully  at  her  home  in  Wheaton, 

111.  Sept. ,  ult.,  in  her  76th  year.     She  was 

born  at  Argyle,  Scotland,  and  removed  to  this 
country  with  her  parents  when  14  years  old.  For 
twenty  years  she  resided  in  Wheaton,  whither 
she  removed  for  the  purpose  of  educating  her 
children,six  of  whom  are  living  of  the  eleven  born 
to  her.  Mrs.  Grants  parents  were  Presbyterians, 
and  she  was  trained  in  the  earnest  and  sturdy 
faith  of  that  denomination,  nor  was  the  effect  of 
that  training  lost  either  upon  her  or  her  chil- 
dren. For  years  confined  by  feeble  health  to 
her  home  yet  her  deep  and  constant  piety  was 
always  an  encouragement  to  other  Christians 
who  regularly  enjoyed  the  blessings  of  public 
worship.  She  was  in  early  and  middle  life  a 
great  reader,  especially  of  history,  and  by  this 
means  became  unusually  intelligent,  instructing 
her  children,  and  finally  placing  them  in  a  situ- 
ation to  secure  a  liberal  education ;  this  plan  was 
somewhat  disarranged  when  her  three  sons  an- 
swered the  call  of  their  country  during  the  war. 
Her  death  was  calm  and  triumphant  ;  longing 
for  the  presence  of  her  God,  she  prayed  that  her 
Saviour  would  take  her  to  himself,  since  her 
work  here  seemed  to  be  done. 


I  cannot  be  satisfied  with  any  small  views  of 
Jesus.  He  has  revealed  himself  to  me  in  such 
large  proportions  that  small  views  of  him  are 
impossible.  I  have  come  to  see  that  the  Bible 
is  a  book — the  book — for  the  soul.  It  is  not  a 
book  calculated  for  the  earth-bound,  but  for  the 
heaven-bound;  and  to  heaven  I  am  bound.  It 
is  a  journey  sooner  or  later  I  must  take.  My 
heart  rejoices  at  the  thought.  I  contemplate 
with  pleasure  the  proofs  I  am  internally  getting 
that  the  light  and  the  love  of  the  heavens  aro 
becoming  mine. — Mornijig  ^Vatchts. 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE. 


October  19, 1882 


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The  Christian  Cynosure. 

CHICAGO,  THURSDAY,  OCTOBER  19, 1882. 


Sectajbianism. — We  print  two  strong  articles 
in  this  number  on  the  above  subject.  They 
are  earnest,  and  our  readers  will  be  interested 
in  them.  But  for  reasons  suggested  by  one  of 
the  writers  (Prof.  Bailey,)  we  must  diminish  if 
not  discontinue  the  discussion.  Two  things  in 
the  matter  are  very  obvious : 

1st,  that  the  names  Presbyterian,  Baptist, 
Congregationalist,  Methodist,  etc.,  must  cer- 
tainly pass  away  before  Christ  comes,  and 
his  prayer,  "That  they  all  may  be  one,"  is  an- 
swered. 

2d.  That  to  form  a  new  sect,  whose  creed  is 
that  there  shall  be  no  sect,  though  often  at- 
tempted, has  never  tended  to  unite  God's  peo- 
ple. 

Our  idea  of  Christian  union  in  this :  Christ's 
church  is  as  if  wrecked  and  floating  in  fragments  ; 
if  we  all  swim  for  the  Eock,  we  shall  be  united 
when  we  get  there.  Ten  thousand  people  in  a 
tangle  on  a  common,  will  all  move  in  harmony 
if  they  start  toward  the  same  point  of  compass. 
We  must  put  off  all  sectarianism  ourselves,  op- 
pose all  that  opposes  Christ;  and  hail  as  broth- 
ers all  who  manifest  a  living  faith  in  him. 


Theological  Apostacy. 


On  the  20th  of  September  last,  Dr.  Newman 
Smyth,  who  was  rejected  by  the  Board  of  Visi- 
tors as  a  professor  in  Andover  Theological 
Seminary,  has  been  installed  pastor  of  the  First 
Church  of  Christ  (late  Dr.  Bacon's)  in  New  Ha- 
ven. He  read  a  statement  of  his  belief  to  the 
ordaining  council  in  which  he  said :  "The  day 
of  judgment  for  the  individual  is  his  confirmed 
self  determination  in  good  or  evil."  Answer- 
ing questions  he  said :  "Revelation  in  the  word 
of  Grod  is  progreesive."  "Conversion  is  bring- 
ing the  person  out  of  this  inner  wronguess  back 
into  rightness."  "I  do  not  think  we  have  defi- 
nite Scriptural  authority  for  such  a  belief,  [pro- 
bation after  death]  unless  we  construe  with  that 
liberality  with  which  we  construe  other  passa- 
ges," etc. 

Qtiestion.  ''Are  there  any  persons  whose 
probation  is  necessarily  not  decisive  at  the 
end  of  this  life?"  Ans.  "Yes;  infants,  idiots, 
some  heathen,  some  of  the  spirits  to  whom  Je- 
sus preached  in  prison. "  These  are  specimens 
of  his  utterances.  The  council  was  large  and 
the  vote  to  ordain  was  unanimous,  one  member 
not  voting. 

The  same  week  a  large  council  voted  to  in- 
stall Eev.  F.  A.  Thayer  at  Quincy,  111.,  whose 
ideas  and  views  generally,  resemble  Dr.  New- 
man Smyth's.  Mr.  Thayer  is  reported  by  the 
press  to  hold : — 

"  That  there  be  those  in  pagan  lands  living 
without  the  light  of  the  gospel,  who  have  not 
had  a  moral  probation,  or  those  in  Christian 
lands  dying  at  any  period  of  life  without  an  ad- 
equate moral  probation,  such  probation  will  be 
granted  them." 

This  of  course  lays  the  foundation  for  pray- 
ers for  the  dead,  purgatory,  universal  restora- 
tion, etc.,  etc.  For  if  some  are  in  probation 
after  death  we  should  pray  for  them.  Their 
Btate  is  purgatorial  and  the  finality  is  Univer- 
salism. 

We  have  read  some  six  or  seven  close-printed 
columns  from  these  candidates  and  their  large 
councils,  and  there  is  scarcely  a  text  of  Scripture 
quoted  or  interpreted  in  the  whole  mass.  Dr. 
E.  P.  Goodwin  thus  characterizes  this  theologic- 
al apostacy  in  his  late  sermon  before  the  Ameri- 
can Board: 

"The  doctrine  of  sin  and  its  penalties  explained  away, 
the  crucifixion  only  a  picture,  retribution  hardly  more 
than  a  figure  of  speech,  and  a  bow  of  promise  spanning 
even  the  pit  of  perdition— just  so  far  as  views  like  these 
prevail,  there  must  inevitably  result  apathy  in  the  work 
ofmissionB.  To  preach  such  doctrines  to  the  church, 
confronting  as  it  does  a  lost  world  and  an  impending 
judgment,  and  expect  thereby  to  arouse  it  to  duty, 
would  be  like  giving  chloroform  to  an  army  on  the 
era  of  battle,  to  inspire  it  for  the  struggle.  Worse  still, 
such  doctrine  not  only  stupefies  the  church,  but  it 
furnishes  to  heathenism  weapons  with  which  to  resist  the 
gospel." 


The  American  Board. 

The  American  Board  of  Commissioners  for 
Foreign  Missions  held  its  seventy-third  annual 
meeting  in  Portland,  Maine,  during  the  first 
week  of  the  month.  The  anniversary  was  at- 
tended by  several  thousand  persons,  and  an  ex- 
penditure of  $649,424  is  reported  for  missions. 
The  relation  of  the  Board  to  the  evangelization 
of  Egypt  is  ably  discussed  in  the  speech  of  Rev, 
Henry  T.  Cheever  of  Worcester,  on  another 
page.  The  matter  was  considered  of  much  im 
portance,  but  for  prudential  reasons,  lest  the  safe- 
ty of  the  American  missionaries  in  Asia  Minor 
should  be  hazarded,  the  reference  to  a  committee 
of  investigation  was  deemed  wisest. 

It  is  also  reported  in  the  press  dispatches  that 
another  question  of  some  significance  was  pre 
sented,  but  not  formally  before  the  body.  The 
harmonious  flow  of  the  meeting  was  interrupt- 
ed by  the  distribution  of  a  pamphlet  entitled 
the  "Controversy  between  the  Missionaries  of 
the  American  Board  and  the  Evangelical  Arme- 
nian Churches  in  Turkey,"  which  is  said  to  be 
written  in  opposition  to  the  present  methods  of 
the  Board  in  restraining  the  independence  of  the 
Armenian  churches  and  keeping  them  so  far  as 
possible,  under  missionary  control.  One  of  these 
is  to  employ  educated  native  preachers  as  helpers 
and  subordinates  only  and  not  as  missionaries, 
though  by  natural  ability  and  the  acquisitions  of 
study  they  may  be  well  fitted  for  such  work 
The  young  brother,  G.  H.  Filian,  lately  ordained 
at  Wheaton,  is  a  young  man  of  superior  talent. 
Before  coming  to  this  country  he  was  pastor  of 
an  Armenian  church  in  whose  membership  were 
three  American  missionaries  and  their  families. 
Every  Sabbath  these  missionaries  sat  in  the  con- 
gregation, and  refused  his  request  that  they 
should  preach,  by  the  excuse  that  "he  could  do 
it  so  much  better."  But  the  Board  will 
not  now  employ  him.  Bro.  Zaraphonithes,  whose 
quiet  efforts  in  the  island  of  Audros,  Greece, 
have  been  so  successful,  was  also  refused  employ 
ment  by  the  Board,  although  well  educated  and 
having  much  experience  in  Gospel  labor  in 
Western  Asia.  The  objections  of  the  Board, 
so  far  as  they  are  made  public,  do  not  seem 
to  answer  the  charges  made  against  its  manage 
ment. 


— Friends  in  New  England,  Michigan,  Iowa 
and  Illinois  have  some  responsibility  respecting 
the  monthly  papers  now  established  for  circula 
tion  in  their  territory.  Being  furnished  at  so 
low  a  rate  they  will  form  a  kind  of  picket  line, 
the  avant  couriers  of  reform  lectures  and  lit- 
erature .  Let  them  be  sustained  and  encouraged 
by  every  Cynosure  reader. 

— Secretary  Stoddard  spent  the  Sabbath  near 
Morris,  111.,  where  he  preached  in  a  Methodist 
church,  on  the  religion  of  Masonry.  There  was 
a  very  urgent  desire  that  he  should  stay  and 
lecture  on  Monday  evening,  but  it  was  finally 
determined  to  wait  until  wider  notice  could  be 
given  and  other  more  favorable  circumstances 
transpired.  He  expected,  as  we  go  to  press,  to 
start  for  the  East  again  on  Wednesday  at  latest, 
visiting  Washington  City  on  the  way,  and  ar- 
ranging to  permanently  occupy  the  field  opening 
in  that  direction  as  will  be  seen  in  Bro.  Hinman's 
excell^gt  letters.  In  regard  to  the  latter  let  us 
pray  that  the  whole  season's  work  may  follow 
with  equal  success  its  opening.  Bro.  Stoddard 
hopes  to  return  in  time  to  join  Pres.  J.  Blanch- 
ard  and  Bro.  Edward  Mathews  at  the  Indiana 
State  meeting. 

— A  very  interesting  missionary  meeting  ad- 
dressed by  Profs.  Blanchard  and  Stratton  was 
held  on  Sabbath  evening  in  the  College  chapel, 
Wheaton.  The  meeting  was  arranged  in  con- 
sideration of  the  fact  that  Bro.  Henry  M.  Bissell 
and  his  wife,  both  of  them  graduates  of  the  Col- 
lege, were  paying  a  farewell  visit  to  relatives  in 
Wheaton  before  leaving  for  mission  work  in 
Mexico,  for  which  they  engaged  during  the  late 
meeting  of  the  American  Board  in  Portland. 
Mrs.  W.  I.  Phillips  is  sister  of  Bro.  Bissell  and 
Mrs.  Prof.  Stratton  and  Mrs.  Bissell  are  sisters. 
It  was  expected  that  Bro.  B.  would  speak,  but 
he  was  unable  to  do  so  because  of  a  very  severe 
cold  taken  on  the  cars ;  a  most  excellent  letter 


from  him  was  read,  however,  and  the  prayerg  of 
aL  were  engaged  for  a  baptism  of  the  Holy 
Spirit  to  come  upon  these  dear  friends  as  they 
go  to  their  distant  and  dangerous  field. 

— Bro.  Bourne,  publisher  of  the  Iowa  Ameri- 
can, Cedar  Rapids, 'Iowa,  writes  that  subscriptions 
are  coming  in  rapidly  for  the  new  paper ;  but 
he  finds  the  post-office  department  objecting 
to  the  enterprise,  or  at  least  refusing  ordi- 
nary passage  through  the  mails,  because  it  igi 
printed  in  Chicago.  The  Cedar  Rapids  func- 
tionary must  read  again  his  orders  and  he  willi 
find  every  objection  of  this  kind  removed.  The 
Iowa  subscribers  need  not  fear.  Their  paper 
will  come  all  right,  after  a  turn  or  two  of  th« 
official  screws  fails  to  blanch  their  cheeks,  and 
scare  them  from  their  enterprise. 

— Bro.  Wm.  M.  Love,  editor  of  the  Banner 
of  Truth,  Baker,  Mo.,  announces  that  he  will 
enlarge  the  paper  beginning  with  the  January 
number.  The  Banner  has  been  the  medium  of 
many  excellent  arguments  for  the  reform.  We 
rejoice  to  see  that  it  holds  on  through  the  trials 
of  the  first  year,  and  hope  Bro.  Love  will  be 
amply  sustained  in  his  work  for  the  purity  of 
the  churches  of  southwestern  Missouri. 

— The  Christian  Witness,  of  New  Market^, 
N.  H.,  is  also  expecting  to  enlarge  and  its  Jan- 
uary number  will  come  out  with  eight  instead! 
of  four  pages.  These  indications  of  prosperity 
are  God's  answer  to  many  prayers.  May  he' 
also  give  great  enlargement  to  the  faith  *ndi 
grace  of  all  reform  editors. 

— Elder  Nathan  Callender,  of  Thompson,, 
Penn.,  lately  visited  Cortland  county,  in  cen- 
tral New  York,  to  see  old  and  dear  friends  audi 
to  do  good  as  he  had  opportunity.  He  was- 
greatly  rejoiced  to  find  a  company  of  brethreni 
all  ready  to  receive  the  truth  in  Christ  respect- 
ing the  secret  lodges.  "God  has  opened  the 
hearts,"  he  writes,  "of  a  band  of  live  men  and 
women  to  the  indwelling  of  the  Holy  Spirit, 
and,  of  course,  to  the  spirit  of  free  inquiry  on 
the  moral  issues  in  the  church.  This  noble 
band  feel  compelled  to  break  fellowship  with 
the  lodge  power  in  the  church."  Bro.  Callen- 
der wishes  papers  and  tracts  sent  to  these  friends., 
to  inform  them  more  perfectly  of  the  work  now 
being  done  for  a  pure  and  holy  Christianity. . 
On  Wednesday  evening  of  last  week  Bro.  Cal-. 
lender  had  appointed  to  publicly  address  the; 
people  on  "The  Gospel  of  Jesus  compared  withj 
the  Religion  of  Masonry."  From  this  good  soil 
and  good  seed  God  grant  may  grow  a  rich  har- 
vest for  his  Kingdom. 


NOTICES. 


Indiana. 


The  annual  State  Convention  for  Indiana  will  be  held 
at  Carthage,  Rush  county,  October  24th  35th,  and  26th. 
Friends  of  the  reform  in  the  State  are  urged  to  make  im- 
mediate preparations  to  attend.  The  place  selected  is  a 
grand  one  for  the  convention.  Friends  from  the  West 
will  leave  the  train  (P.,  C.  and  St.  Louis  railroad)  at  Char- 
lottesville, others  at  Knightstown. 

Signed  by  Ex.  Committee:  S.  L.  Cook,  J.  W.  Lowman, 
Benj.  Ulsh,  Wm.  Small,  £.  Hansen. 

Frinds  of  our  cause  and  public  advocates  who  positive- 
ly intend  to  come  from  a  distance  to  attend  this  conven- 
tion, please  send  your  names  to  Box  184,  Carthage,  Ind., 
as  early  as  convenient.  We  wish  to  make  arrangements 
as  well  as  we  may  be  able  for  your  welcome  and  enter- 
tainment. J.  M.  Clakk. 


Illinois. 

The  Illinois  State  Convention  will  be  held  November  - 
1st  and  2nd  next  in  the  Independent  church,  Tonica,  La  . 
Salle  county,  on  invitation  from  brethren  in  that  church. 
Entertainment  will  be  free  and   all    who  desire    it  will  i 
please  send  their  names  as  soon  as  possible  to  N.  RichCy, . 
Tonica,  111.    Let  there  be  a  grand  meeting  at  this  centrali 
point.    Rev.  D.  S.  Faris  of  Sparta,  Elder  N.  E.  Gardner.- 
of  Haldane,  and   other    able  speakers  will   be  present.. 
The  Convention  will  open  on  Wednesday  afternoon,  Nov.. 
1st. 


N.  E.  Pennsylvania. 

The  annual  meeting  of  the  Northeast  Pennsylvania' 
Christian  As.sociation,  opposed  to  the  lodge,  will  be  held' 
in  the  church  at  East  Herrick,  Bradford  county.  Pa.,  comi^ 
mencmg  on  the  evening  of  Tuesday,  October  24th,  1882, 
at  7:80  o'clock.  The  meeting  will  continue  through 
Wednesday  the  25th.  Brethren  from  all  parts  of  Pennsyl- 
vania are  specially  requested  to  meet  us  there  in  confer- 
ence to  form  tickets  tor  the  State  election  and  plan  future- 
campaigns. 


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October  19,  1889 


TME  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURK, 


THE  SOUTHERN  FIELD. 


First  Impressions  of  Washingion, 

Washington,  D.  C,  ) 
October  3d,  1882.  f 

Dear  Beo.  Kellogg: — Our  Saviour  and  bis 
apostles  set  us  tbe  example  of  making  great 
cities  tbe  centers  of  reformatory  influences,  and 
as  I  sit  bere  directly  in  front  of  tbe  National  Cap- 
itol, witb  its  great  dome  rising  before  me,  I 
cannot  but  tbink  tbat  tbey  were  wise,  and  tbat 
we  may  wisely  follow  tbeir  example.  It  was 
truly  a  "National  Era,"  wben  Dr.  Bailey  estab- 
lisbed  bere  a  paper  tbat  plead  for  tbe  rigbts  ot 
man,  and  tbe  overtbrow  of  oppression,  and  we 
bave  witnessed  bis  wonderful  success.  Tbe 
slave  power  bad  its  seat  bere.  So  bas  tbe  lodge 
power,  and  from  bere  perbaps  better  tban  else- 
where should  sbine  out  tbe  electric  ligbt  wbicb 
reveals  its  abominations  and  will  overtbrow  its 
dominion. 

I  reached  this  city  on  tbe  evening  of  Sept. 
29tb.  Coming  from  New  York,  with  its  elevat- 
ed railroads  darkening  some  of  tbe  principal 
Btreete,  and  its  constant  roar  and  bustle,  it  seemed 
a  little  strange  to  see  the  bard,  smooth  asphalt 
pavements;  tbe  comparative  quiet;  tbe  great 
government  buildings  scattered  widely  over  the 
city;  tbe  great  number  of  parks,  all  beautifully 
fresh  from  recent  rains;  a  system  of  street  rail- 
ways more  commodious  and  cheaper  than  I  have 
seen  elsewhere;  and  withal,  a  city  of  vast  dimen- 
sions, but  a  population  scarcely  one-fourth  as 
great  as  Chicago.  Nevertheless  it  is  a  grand 
city,  beautiful  for  location,  laid  out  with  sur- 
prising skill  and  adorned  with  every  appliance 
that  art  could  devise  and  unstinted  wealth  could 
purchase.  I  bave  little  time  for  sigbt-seeingr. 
1  bave  visited  the  Capitol,  walked  through  its 
rooms,  viewed  tbe  paintings  and  statuary,  but 
rejoiced  more  in  tbe  beautiful  grounds  wbicb 
surround  it.  The  Smithsonian  Institute,  the 
Washington  Monument,  and  the  White  House 
I  bave  merely  seen  from  the  outside  but  hope 
to  bave  some  time  to  view  their  wonders. 

I  have  not  forgotten  my  work.  My  first  visit 
was  to  Howard  University,  which  occupies  five 
buildings  on  tbe  heights  on  the  western  side  of 
the  city.  It  has  300  to  400  students  with  The- 
ological, Law,  and  Medical  departments.  Tbe 
last  bas  about  one  hundred  students.  I  met 
President  Fatten  in  his  theological  class,  and 
listened  to  an  able  lecture  on  miracles.  He  bas 
promised  to  arrange,  if  practicable,  for  a  lecture 
for  me  this  week.  Prof.  Fairfield  tells  me  that 
none  of  tbe  faculty  belong  to  any  secret  society, 
but  that  many  of  the  students  are  Masons,  Odd- 
fellows, etc.,  and  be  now  writes  me  an  invita- 
tion to  address  them  on  Thursday  the  5th  inst. 

I  On  Friday  evening  tbe  Washington  Christian 
Association  met  at  the  house  of  Dr.  Gross,  311 
East  Capital  street.  The'  number  present  was 
not  large  but  tbey  were  thoroughly  in  earnest. 
It  was  of  such  that  the  Lord  said,  "Fear  not, 
little  flock,  it  is  your  Father's  good  pleasui-e  to 
give  you  tbe  kingdom."  "^  By  invitation  I  ad- 
dressed them  and  some  time  was  spent  in  con- 
sidering ways  to  promote  our  reform.  Two 
things  were  suggested:  Tbat  we  have  an  agency 
here  like  tbat  in  New  England,  and  tbat  one  or 
more  colporteurs  be  employed  to  distribute  the 
publications  of  the  N.  C.  A.  It  is  believed 
tbat  a  considerable  part  of  tbe  expense  could  be 
raised  bere.  In  view  of  the  great  influence 
tbat  Washington  exerts  as  a  moral  and  political 
center,  it  seems  to  me  most  eminently  desir- 
able,   j^ 

Sabbath  I  visited  the  meeting  of  tbe  Friends 
and  in  tbe  afternoon  tbe  Free  Methodists;  and 
in  both  instances  found  them  in  hearty  sympa- 
thy witb  our  principles.  At  4  p.  m.  I  visited 
the  meeting  of  the  W.  C.  T.  Union  and  was 
greatly  pleased  with  the  earnest  and  excellent 
spirit  tbat  was  manifested  and  tbe  good  work 
they  are  doing.  Since  then  I  have  called  on 
many  difierent  persons  more  or  less  in  sympa- 
thy witb  us.  Among  them  Bro.  T.  F.  Dolan, 
who  publishes  The  Sword^  a  monthly  paper  that 
«uts  right  and  left,  smiting  alike  secretism  and 
§ectism  and  all  other  idolatries.    His  paper  bas 


attained  a  circulation  of  7,000  copies  and  de- 
serves the  success  that  has  attended  it.  Bro.  G. 
W.  Donaldson  has,  at  his  own  expense,  pub- 
lished and  distributed  a  large  number  of  tracts 
on  Odd-fellowship,  (he  being  a  seceder,)  Free- 
masonry, intemperance,  etc.  Bro.  John  White- 
ford  carries  on  a  mission  for  tbe  poor,  tbe 
maimed,  and  all  who  are  too  miserable  and 
wicked  to  get  aid  elsewhere.  By  him  they  are 
fed,  clothed,  admonished  and  comforted,  till  they 
can  get  on  their  feet  and  shift  for  themselves. 
He  bas  two  band  presses,  writes  tracts,  gets 
them  stereotyped,  and  then  priits  and  distrib- 
utes them.  He  never  fails  to  bear  testimony 
against  tbe  lodge.  All  sorts  of  people  con- 
tribute to  the  support  of  bis  mission,  and  yet 
he  never  fails  to  rebuke  even  his  warmest  sup- 
porters. The  world  calls  him  a  fanatic,  but  he 
is  a  remarkable  man,  and  deserves  the  sym 
pathy  and  aid  of  all  who  love  truth  and  righte- 
ousress. 

Tbe  next  meeting  of  tbe  Washington  Chris- 
tian Association  is  appointed  for  next  Friday 
night.  We  hope  for  a  full  attendance.  Pray 
for  us,  for  "except  the  Lord  build  the  house  they 
labor  in  vain  that  build  it." 

THE  WOKK  BEGUN — HOWARD  UNIVERSITY  AND  TRACT 
DISTRIBUTION. 

OoT  9th. — "All  things  work  together  for  good 
to  them  tbat  love  God."  This  is  always  true, 
but  not  always  apparent.  Yet  since  I  have  been 
here  I  bave  indeed  felt  tbat  the  good  hand  of 
tbe  Lord  was  with  me,  and  that  ways  of  profita- 
ble labor  were  being  constantly  opened  before 
me. 

On  Thursday,  the  fifth,  I  met  tbe  faculty  and 
students  of  Howard  University.  The  hour  from 
12:30  to  1:30  p.  m.  was  fixed  on  as  the  only  one 
when  all  the  students  of  tbe  various  departments 
could  be  together.  There  were  present  about 
350.  Some  of  them  were  Masons  and  members 
of  other  secret  orders,  but  most  of  them,  includ- 
ing tbe  faculty  and  teachers,  were  not  in  sym- 
pathy witb  any  form  of  organized  secretism.  I 
was  introduced  by  Pres.  W.  Patton,  who  offered 
prayer.  I  spoke  about  an  hour  and  had  fixed 
attention.  At  the  close  I  distributed  a  large 
number  of  tracts,  wbicb  were  eagerly  sought 
for  and  a  strong  desire  was  expressed  to  know 
more  of  the  matter.  Pres.  Patton  and  others 
expressed  themselves  as  well  pleased  with  what 
bad  been  said. 

Since  then  I  have  visited  them  and  presented, 
for  the  College  library,  some  of  our  standard 
publications,  and  spread  on  tbe  table  of  the 
reading  room  a  large  number  of  tracts.  I  hope 
to  furnish  each  member  of  the  theological  class 
with  a  copy  of  "Finney  on  Masonry."  Last 
year  some  one  gave  each  of  them  a  copy  of  bis 
Autobiography,  a  book  tbat  is  incomplete  with- 
out his  last  testimony  against  the  works  of  dark- 
ness. 

On  Friday  evening  the  sixth,  our  Washington 
Christian  Association  met  at  311  East  Capital 
street.  Quite  a  number  were  present  and 
brief  addresses  were  made  by  Bros.  Dolan, 
Wolfe,  Whiteford,  Gresbam,  Mrs.  McPherson 
and  myself;  and  steps  were  taken  to  secure 
an  agency  and  regular  colporteur  work  in  this 
city. 

Yesterday  the  Sabbath  I  attended  Friends 
meeting  and  enjoyed  great  freedom  in  speaking. 
Iq  tbe  afternoon  and  evening  I  was  witb  tbe 
Free  Methodist  people  and  enjoyed  their  earn- 
est spiritual  worship.  To-night  I  expect,  D.  V., 
to  lecture  on  the  works  ot  darkness  in  the 
Free  Methodist  church  on  Massachusetts  Ave- 
nue, 

This  city  is  a  most  important  field  for  the 
promotion  of  reform  principles.  There  are 
quite  a  number  of  earnest  Christian  people  who 
oppose  secretism  from  Christian  conviction  and 
who  will  never  rest  day  nor  night  until  it  is 
overthrown.  There  are  many  others  who  oppose 
the  lodge  because  of  tbe  injustice  which  cb§jac- 
terizes  appointments  and  promotions.  It  is  a 
common  thing  to  see  a  mere  novice,  who  is  com- 
paratively incompetent,  promoted  over  tbe  head 
of  faithful  and  eflicient  men  and  women.  It  is 
utterly  absurd  to  demand  a  civil  service  reform 
80  long  as  there  is  a  system  of  favoritism  tbat 


sets  aside  everything  that  does  not  promote  its 
own  interests.*  There  can  be  no  civil  service  re- 
form so  long  as  the  lodge  rules  in  Washington. 
Some  people  are  beginning  to  see  it. 

We  have  here  quite  a  number  of  active  tract 
distributors,  and  if  we  have  tbe  means  we  will 
"sow  Washington  knee-deep  witb  tracts."  I  am 
satisfied  that  more  good  can  be  done  by  putting 
reform  literature  into  tbe  bands  of  Cliristian 
people,  tban  by  the  same  expenditure  of  means 
in  any  other  directiou.  Who  will  aid  us  in 
holding  up  a  standard  of  righteousness  here  at 
the   heart   of   the   nation  ? 

LECTURES  AND  TRACT  WORK. 

Oct.  11. — The  work  bere  progresses  favorably. 
On  Monday  tbe  9tb  I  lectured  in  the  Free  Meth- 
odist church  to  a  fair  audience  made  up  ot  rad- 
ical Christian  people.  I  spoke  an  hour  and  then 
listened  for  an  hour  to  earnest  remarks  by  the 
brethren  present.  Some  bad  never  given  tbe 
subject  any  particular  thought  and  did  not  know 
of  tbe  existence  of  tbe  Natiq/ial  Christiaa  Asso- 
ciation, but  tbey  were  impressed  witb  its  impor- 
tance and  the  duty  of  active  opposition  to  the 
power  of  the  lodge.  Others  are  earnest  workers 
in  our  reform  and  will  do  all  tbey  can  to  sustain 
tbe  standard  true  Christianity.  One  brother  of 
much  note  as  an  evangelist  who  bad  hitherto 
been  but  partly  informed  and  partly  awake  to 
"the  abomination  that  maketh  desolate,"  ex- 
pressed his  determination  in  future  to  "cry 
aloud  and  spare  not."  He  goes  from  here  to 
Willimantic,  Conn.  I  trust  Bros.  Barlow  and 
Conant  will  find  him  a  true  yoke-fellow.  A 
judge  from  East  Tennessee  who  beard  my  lec- 
ture and  has  since  read  Finney  eays  tbat  be 
renounces  tbe  seven  degrees  of  Masonry  tbat  he 
has  taken. 

Yesterday  I  went  to  Alexandria,  Va.  It  is  a 
delightful  sail  down  and  across  tbe  Potomac, 
and  there  is  a  very  fine  view  of  this  city  from 
the  river;  but  Alexandria  is  a  sleepy  old  town, 
only  just  beginning  to  wake  up,  and  feel  the 
pulsations  of  a  renewed  and  better  life  than  in 
the  days  of  slavery.  I  expect  to  go  there  to 
lecture  to-morrow  night. 

Last  night  I  attended  the  Society  for  the 
Promotion  of  Arbitration  at  tbe  Friends  (Eick- 
site)  meeting-house.  They  have  a  large  neat 
house  of  worship,  and  though  few  in  number 
seem  to  be  zealous  of  good  works.  The  address 
was  given  by  Rev.  Dr.  Hicks  (Gitteau's  spiritu- 
al advisor,)  and  though  able,  was  wholly  irrele- 
vant. Dr.  Hicks  is  a  high  Mason  and  a  so- 
called  liberalist  in  theology.  He  went  out  of 
bis  way  to  tell  us  that  he  did  not  believe  in  any 
personal  devil,  and  seems  to  be  running  an  un- 
equal race  with  Beecher,  Thomas,  and  Swing. 
He  has  an  independent  church,  the  corner-stone 
of  wbicb  was  laid  with  Masonic  honors.  The 
president  of  the  Peace  Association  is  Hon.  Fred. 
Saunton,  territorial  governor  of  Kansas,  an  able 
and  amiable  man,  but  destitute  of  faith  in  Christ 
as  a  Divine  Saviour.  The  great  mistake  of  the 
reformers  bere  is  tbat  this  class  of  men  have 
been  put  in  the  lead.  They  have  forgotten  tbat 
Christ  said,  "Without  me  ye  can  do  nothing." 

The  W.  C.  T.  U.  has  acted  more  wisely  and 
are  doing  an  excellent  work. 

Much  is  being  done  bere  in  the  circulation  of 
tracts.  1  have  never  been  where  they  were 
more  kindly  received  and  read.  1  want  to  put 
some  ot  our  reform  literature  into  every  Chris- 
tian family  in  this  city.  To-day  I  visited  tbe 
Capitol  and  walked  through  tho  parks,  and  gave 
out  a  large  number  of  tracts  to  tbe  multitudes 
of  people,  who  are  largely  persons  from  abroad, 
and  are  viewing  tbe  sights  of  the  city.  But  two 
persons  (one  a  white  and  one  a  colored  Mason) 
treated  me  discourteously.  I  have  great  confi- 
dence in  our  ability  (God  helping)  to  do  a  great 
work  in  this  city.  Yours  for  Christ, 

H.  H.  HiNMAN. 


— Almost  the  only  College  which  shows  any 
falling  off  in  attendance  this  fall  is  Cornell  Uni- 
versity— supposed  to  be  from  a  loss  of  confidence 
on  the  part  of  parents  in  the  religious  and  moral 
influences  which  bave  hitherto  prevailed  there, 
especially  under  the  administration  of  Vice-Pres- 
ident Kuesell. 


10 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE. 


October  19,  1883 


HOME  CIRCLE. 


A  Storm  At  Sea. — The  Rescue. 

"  Mother,  yon  will  let  ine  go  ?" 

A  terrible  storm  is  sweeping  along  the'  wild 
cost  of  North  Devonshire,  The  Dynmouth  life- 
boat is  prepared  to  make  its  way  to  a  foreign 
vessel,  which,  at  some  short  distance  from  the 
land,  is  showing  signs  ot  dire  distress.  The  life- 
boat crew  is  complete,  with  the  exception  of  one 
man.  Young  Will  Carew,  a  Dynmouth  fisher 
lad  and  an  expert  sailor,  is  offering  to  fill  the 
vacant  place.  At  first  he  bends  down  gently  to 
a  woman,  who  stands  beside  him  on  the  dreary 
shore,  and  in  his  clear,  brave  voice  that  we  hear 
above  the  raging  of  the  storm.  "  Mother,  you 
will  let  me  go  ? "  The  mother  has  been  a  widow 
only  six  short  months.  Her  husband  was  a 
fisherman  ;  he  put  out  one  bright  day  last  spring, 
the  last  time  in  a  fishing-boat,  upon  a  delusively 
calm  sea.  A  sudden  squall  came  on ;  broken 
fragments  of  the  boat  were  sfeen  next  morning 
on  the  beach,  but  ^he  fisherman  returned  no 
more  to  home  and  love.  And  now  the  son  asks 
permission  to  brave  the  horrors  of  the  sea,  which 
hifl  father  found  so  pitiless. 

A  fierce,  passionate  refusal  rises  to  the 
woman's  lips.  But  her  sad  eyes  move  slgwly 
toward  the  distressed  vessel ;  she  thinks  of  the 
many  loved  lives  in  jeopardy  within  it,  thinks, 
thinks  with  a  sadden  pang  of  agonized  pity,  of 
many  distant,  dear  homes  in  peril  of  bereave- 
ment ;  she  turns  to  the  boy,  and  her  voice  is  calm 
and  courageous  as  his  own  :  "  Go,  my  son. 
And  may  (jod  Almighty  go  with  you,  and  bring 
you  safe  back  to  your  mother's  heart."  Hur- 
riedly she  leaves  the  beach,  hurriedly  seeks  her 
desolate  home,  and  alone  she  wrestles  with  the 
pain  of  her  old  sorrow  and  her  tear.  Morning 
dawns  again.  The  storm  has  spent  itself.  Sul- 
lenly the  waves  are  tossing  their  haughty  heads, 
but  the  sea's  worst  fury  is  over  at  last.  A  gal- 
lant vessel  has  gone  down  upon  the  waters,  but 
the  Dynmouth  life-boat  has  nobly  fulfilled  its 
noble  task,  and  all  hands  on  board  tne  vessel  have 
been  saved. 

Why  does  young  Will  Carew  linger  in  hesita- 
tion outside  his  mother's  door'^  Bravest  of  the 
brave  he  has  shown  himself  throughout  the 
night.  Why  does  he  shrink  from  the  proud 
welcome  that  awaits  him  from  the  heart  nearest 
to  his  own?  Beside  him  stands  a  tall,  worn  man; 
a  man  whom  he  has  rescued  from  a   watery 


grave ; 


sent  me  to  the  rescue  of  my  dear  father's  life. 
God  gave  him  to  me.  God  ha«  given  him, 
mother,  back  to  our  grateful  love." 

Not  another  word  is  spoken.  Locked  in  each 
other's  arms,  mother  and  son  pour  out  their 
hearts  in  a  flood  of  unspeakably  happy  tears.  A 
step  is  heard ;  the  rescued  man  stands  by  his  own 
fireside,  remembering  with  deep  emotion,  that 
his  place  there  had  been  won  for  him  by  the  skill 
and  couj-age  of  his  son.  With  a  cry  of  wild  joy, 
the  mother  rushes  forward,  and  her  head  finds 
its  long  lost  place  upon  her  husband's  breast. 

Ah!  Love,  supreme,  unutterable!  Strange, 
indeed,  are  the  paths  through  which  Thy  Divine 
wisdom  leads  Thy  children  to  pure  happiness! 
In  mute  reverence  we  bow  before  the  mighty 
tenderness  which  crowns  and  blesses  earthly  love. 
— Olive  Leaf. 


CHILDREN'S  CORNER. 


a  man  whose  eyes  full  of  tenderness 
never  leave  his  own.  Around  the  two  throng 
Dynmouth  villagers;  many  hands  are  thrust 
toward  the  man  in  happy  recognition.  "  Who 
will  dare  to  tell  her?"  So  speaks  a  voice  well- 
nigh  choked  with  emotion.  "  I  will."  And 
W  ill  Carew  makes  his  way  through  the  awe- 
struck crowd.  Another  moment  and  he  is  in  his 
mother's  arms.  He  feels  and  knows,  for  the 
first  time,  the  whole  depth  of  that  wondrous 
maternal  love,  which  Love  Omnipotent  has 
chosen  as  its  best  earthly  token. 

"  Mother,  listen.     I  have  a  tale  for  your  ears. 
May  God  teach  me  how  to  tell  it  right.     One  of 
the  men  saved  last  night  was  a  Dynmouth  fisher- 
man."    The  boy's  voice  is  soft  and  grave,  but  it 
is  evident  that  he  steadies  it   only  with  a  strong 
eflort.     "  A   fearful   storm   had  overtaken  him 
upon  the  sea,  one  day,  not  many  months  ago. 
He  was  observed  and  saved  by  a  foreign  vessel. 
The  vessel  was   outward   bound.     Away   from 
home,   from  wile,   from  kindred,  the  man   was 
forced  to  sail;  and  by  wife  and  kindred-  he  was 
mourned  as  dead,     He  arrived   at  the   vessel's 
destined  port,  only  to  set  sail  again  with  the  first 
«hip  bound   for  England.     Last  night  he  found 
Minself  within  sight  of  home  ;  but  a  wild  storm 
was  raging  on  land  and  sea,  and  once  more  the 
man  stood   face  to   tace  with   a  terrible   death. 
Help   came  in  his  need ;  help,  God-sent,  God- 
directed.     And — "    The  boy  breaks  down  now. 
On  his  knees,  by  his  mother's  feet,  he  clasps  her 
hands  convulsively  in  his,   and  his  voice  comes 
only  through  his  thick  sobs :     "  Mother,  darling, 
try  to  bear  the  happy  truth.     When  your  brave 
heart,  a  heart  which,  in  the  midst  of  its  own  sor- 
row, could  feel  for  the  sorrow  of  others,  sent  me 
forth  last  night  to  the  succor  of  the  distressed, 
)  ou  knew  not — hoW  should  you  know? — that  you 


Something  to   Hold  on  Ry. 

The  late  Dr.  Colver  had  great  originality  and 
quaintness  of  speech,  and  always  adapted  his 
language  to  the  capacity  of  his  hearers.  As  he 
was  one  day  lecturing  to  a  class  of  colored  stu- 
dents of  theology,  on  the  composition  of  a  ser- 
mon, in  the  presence  of  some  white  visitors,  he 
said  :  "You  should  always  be  careful  to  have 
at  least  two  mules'  ears  to  every  sermon." 

The  white  visitors  looked  at  each  other  in  blank 
surprise,  not  knowing  what  to  make  of  such  a 
strange  remark ;  but  the  colored  students  seem- 
ed to  be  in  no  such  diflicult},  and  to  enjoy  it 
greatly,  for  as  they  were  accustomed  to  ride 
mules  without  either  saddle  or  bridle,  they  wef  > 
compelled  to  hold  on  by  the  ears,  and  they  ^i/pg 
the  mule's  ears  were  something  to  catch  hold  ot 
and  hold  on  by. 

We  are  sorry  to  say  that  a  great  many  ser- 
mons of  white  ministers  do  not  have  these 
mule's  ears — there  is  no  prominent  feature  in 
them—and  it  is  hard  for  anybody  to  remember 
them,  because  there  is  nothing  for  the  mind  to 
catch  hold  of  and  hold  on  by.  Moral :  "Boiut 
your  sermons.^'^ — Ex. 

The  Lost  Opportunity. 

Just  before  the  great  fire  in  Chicago,  a  west- 
ern missionary  bishop  was  pleading  the  cause  of 
missions  in  one  of  the  churches  of  that  city.  A 
wealthy  gentleman  listened  to  the  appeal.  His 
heart  was  stirred  within  him,  and  on  going  home 
he  told  his  wife  that  he  had  made  up  his  mind 
to  send  the  bishop  five  hundred  dollars.  Some- 
thing occurred  on  Monday  to  put  the  matter  for 
the  time  being  out  of  his  mind,  or  rather  in- 
duced him  to  postpone  it  for  a  few  days.  The 
fire  came.  The  church  was  consumed,  and  the 
gentleman's  wealth  was  swept  away.  Soon  af- 
ter, he  met  a  former  pastor  who  visited  H;he  city 
to  see  and  comfort,  as  far  as  he  could,  his  old 
parishoners.  He  told  him  with  great  emotion 
that,  in  the  midst  of  his  ruin,  there  was  one 
thing  which  gave  him  more  trouble  than  all  the 
rest.  This  surprised  the  pastor,  and  he  asked 
with  much  earnestness  what  could  give  him 
more  trouble  than  the  loss  of  all  his  property? 
The  gentleman  then  stated  the  circumstances  of 
the  bishop's  visit  and  address,  and  of  his  pur- 
pose to  contribute.  "But  you  had  not  made  any 
promise  to  the  Bishop,  had  you?"  "No,  he 
knew  nothing  about  it,  but  I  had  promised  God 
that  I  would  do  it,  and  I  ought  to  have  done  it 
on  Monday  morning,  as  1  intended  to  do,  but  I 
allowed  something  to  divert  my  mind,  and  put 
it  off,  and  the  opportunity  was  lost!  Lost  for- 
ever! This  gives  me  more  trouble  than  all  my 
other  losses."  What  a  lesson  does  this  read  to 
us  all  1 — A  Christian  Worker. 


— Some  one  has  uttered  a  truth  which  ought 
to  be  engraved  on  the  tablet  of  every  Christian 
heart.  It  is  as  followe  :  "  No  man  can  do  the 
best  work  that  is  in  him  without  a  certain  amount 
of  kindly  sympathy."  How  applicable  this  is  to 
the  minister  of  the  gospel !  It  makes  all  the 
difference  in  the  world  wiiether  he  has  the 
sympathy  and  co-operation  of  his  church  mem- 
bers. If  they  do  not  take  hold  with  them,  they 
will  be  very  apt  to  cripple  him,  and  ten  to  one 
they  will  censure  him  for  his  inefficiency  when 
they  have  been  the  main  cause  of  it. — Morning 
iSta/i. 


Never  Mind  What  "They"  Say. 

Don't  worry  or  fret 

About  what  people  think 
Of  your  ways  or  your  means, 

Of  your  food  or  your  drink, 
If  you  know  you're  doing 

Your  best  every  day. 
With  the  right  on  your  side, 

Never  mind  what  "they"  say. 

Lay  out  in  the  morning 

"STour  plans  for  each  hour. 
And  never  forget 

That  Old  Time  is  a  power. 
This  also  remember 

'Mong  truths  old  and  new. 
The  world  is  too  busy 

To  think  much  of  yon . 

Then  garner  the  minutes 

That  make  up  the  hours, 
And  pluck  in  your  pilgrimage 

Honor's  bright  flowers. 
Should  grumblers  assure  yon 

Your  course  will  not  pay. 
With  conscience  at  rest, 

Never  mind  what  "they''  say. 

Then  let  us,  forgetting 

The  insensate  throng 
That  jostles  us  dally 

While  marching  along. 
Press  onward  and  upward, 

And  make  no  delay — 
And  though  people  talk, 

Never  mind  what  "they"  say. 


-Palmer  Journal. 


A  True  Hero. 


"  Oh,  to  be  a  hero — a  real  hero !  "  sighed  little 
Frank  Fanning,  as  he  closed  the  book  he  had 
been  straining  hia  eyes  in  the  twilight  to  read, 
which  told  how  a  little  drummer  boy  had  kept 
up  his  rub-a-dub  all  through  a  fiercely  fought 
battle — his  little  red  coat  seen  here,  there  and 
everywhere,  as  he  moved  among  the  soldiery, 
cheering  them  with  the  gay  sound,  until  the 
close  of  the  day^  when  they  had  gained  the  vic- 
tory, they  noticed  that  the  sound  grew  fainter 
and  fainter,  and  fainter,  until  some  one  going 
up  to  the  spot  where  he  had  sunk  on  the  ground 
discovered  that  the  brave  little  fellow's  life-blood 
was  ebbing  through  a  mortal  wound  caused  by 
one  ot  the  bullets  of  the  enemy ;  but  still  his  last, 
expiring  effort  was  to  keep  up  the  rah-tah-too, 
and  his  last  glance  was  for  the  flag  in. which  they 
wrapped  him  as  they  laid  him  away  to  his  final 
rest,  while  on  the  rude  board  that  marked  his 
grave  they  cut  the  words : 

"  HEBE  LIES  A  LITTLE  HERO." 

"  That  was  worth  dying  for,"  thought  Frank 
when  from  the  adjoining  room  some  one  called 
his  name. 

It  was  his  mother,  and  it  was  the  third  time 
she  had  called  him. 

"  Yes,  mother,  J  am  coming,"  he  answered, 
springing  up. 

"  1  wanted  a  glass  of  water,  my  son,  I  am 
thirsty." 

Frank  felt  a  little  pang  of  reproach,  for  his 
mother  was  an  invalid,  and  unable  to  move  from 
the  lounge  on  which  she  was  carried  every 
morning,  and  she  depended  on  her  little  boy  to 
wait  upon  her. 

"  I  ought  to  have  come  before,  mother,"  he 
said,  "  but  1  was  reading  such  a  splendid  story. 
It  was  about  a  boy  hero,  mother.  Oh,  I  wish 
that  I  could  be  a  hero." 

"  And  so  you  may  be,  my  son!  Do  you  know 
what  heroism  means?  It  means  self-sacrifice. 
Always  remember  that.  There  is  no  man  who 
entirely  forgets  self  but  is  a  hero.  He  may  not 
know  it  himself,  the  world  may  never  recognize 
it,  but  there  is  one  who  knows  it,  and  who  will 
one  day  reward  it." 

Somehow  Frank  could  not  forget  his  moth- 
er's words  as  he  lay  that  night  with  wide  open 
eyes,  in  his  little  bed.  Whenever  he  closed  them 
he  seemed  to  see  that  soldier  boy's  grave,  and 
the  sentence  written  above  it.  But  one  might 
be  a  hero,  and  yet  not  die.  He  could  not  under- 
stand it,  and  so,  wondering,  he  fell  asleep. 

How  good  Frank  had  grown !  thought  Mrs. 
Fanning,  in  days  that  followed.  She  had  no 
longer  to  call  but  once,  when,  no  matter  what  he 
was  doing,  he  hastened  to  her  side.  How  often 
she  blessed  him  in  her  thought  I  but  spite  of  hie 


ti 


October  19,  1882 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE, 


11 


loving  care  she  felt  herself  growing  paler  and 
weaker  every  day.  It  was  mental  trouble,  the 
doctor  said,  as  much  as  physical.  Her  mind 
must  be  kept  free  from  care.  But  this  was  the 
one  thing  that  Frank  could  not  do,  though  he 
well  knew  what  was  troublinar  her. 

Every  week  their  little  hoard  at  the  bank  was 
decreasing,  and  Mrs.  Fanning,  who  was  a  dress- 
maker, could  do  no  work.  Another  month — if 
she  continued  ill — there  would  be  hardly  enough 
left  to  pay  the  rent. 

On  his  way  home  one  afternoon  from  school, 
bitterly  revolving  all  this  in  his  mind,  Frank, 
glancing  up,  found  himself  opposite  a  large  fac- 
tory outside  of  which  was  a  placard  on  which 
was  written  in  great  letters  : 

"hands  wanted" 

The  boy  looked  down  at  his  own  hands. 
They  were  small,  and  unused  to  Work.  "  But 
they  were  made  to  use,"  he  whispered  to  himself, 
with  sudden  inspiration.  "  Other  boys  make 
money — why  may  not  I?" 

Five  minutes  later  he  stood  before  the  super- 
intendent. In  ten  minutes  the  agreement  had 
been  made.  He  had  to  go  to  school  one-half 
day,  the  other  half  he  had  to  work  in  the  factory, 
and  for  this  he  was  to  receive  three  dollars  a 
week — enough  to  pay  the  rent. 

True,  it  would  take  away  the  only  hours  he 
had  for  play — no  more  skating,  no  more  sledding. 
But  never  mind  that,  Frank  thought,  gulping 
down  a  sigh  of  regret,  and  manfully  trudging 
homeward. 

At  the  door  he  paused. 

"  I  won't  tell  mother,"  he  whispered  ;  "  it 
would  only  trouble  her.  She  will  find  it  out 
Boon  enough." 

One  day,  when  she  needed  and  missed  him,  she 
reproached  him  for  thinking  more  of  his  play 
than  his  mother  ;  but  though  he  grew  a  little 
pale,  he  said  nothing. 

The  month  was  drawing  to  a  close.  The  time 
was  approaching  when  she  must  learn  the  truth, 
else  how  could  he  account  for  the  money. 

Never  mind.  He  would  tell  her  how  much 
happier  he  was,  knowing  he  helped  her,  and  how 
little  he  missed  out-door  sports.  Next  Winter, 
when  she  was  strong  and  well  again,  he  would 
enjoy  them  all  the  more. 

It  was  the  last  day  of  the  month,  and  Frank 
was  on  his  way  to  the  counting-room  to  receive 
his  pay,  which  he  had  left  in  the  superintend- 
ents hands,  until  the  whole  amount  had  been 
reached. 

When  passing  some  machinery,  it  was  sud- 
denly put  in  motion.  Directly  in  his  pathway 
stood  a  little  girl,  and  as  the  great  wheel  slowly 
revolved  Frank  saw  that  it  had  caught  a  corner 
of  her  dress.  The  next  moment  he  only  knew 
that  the  dress  was  freed,  that  the  Qhild's  life  had 
been  saved,  and  that  his  own  right  arm  hung 
broken  and  helpless  by  his  side.  It  had  all  taken 
such  a  little  time  he  could  scarcely  realize  it  him- 
self. He  wondered  what  it  all  meant  when  they 
crowded  around  him. 

"  He  is  a  little  hero?  "  said  a  voice,  and  then 
it  all  grew  dark,  and  the  little  fellow  knew  no 
more.  When  he  recovered  consciousness,  his 
mother's  pale  face  was  bending  over  him. 

"  You're  not  afugry,  mother  ?  "  he  whispered. 
"  I  could  not  help  it." 

"  My  precious  little  hero !  "  she  answered, 
sealing  his  lips  with  her  kisses. 

Then  he  remembered  all,  and  what  that  other 
voice  had  said.  But  what  could  this  mean?  He 
a  hero  ?  He  who  had  never  done  anything 
heroic  in  all  his  life?   ■ 

He  had  time  to  think  it  all  over  in  the  long 
weeks  that  passed  before  the  broken  arm  mended 
and  he  grew  strong  again.  But  one  day  the  fac- 
tory superintendeut,  who  had  insisted  upon  pay- 
ing all  the  expenses  of  his  illness,  ao  that  he 
might  get  well  in  hie  own  time,  came  in  and 
handed  him,  with  a  smile,  a  little  box. 

On  opening  it  a  bright,  gold  medal  lay  before 
hia  astonished  gaze,  and  ou  it  was  written  : 

"  IN  MEMORY  OF  A  JJRjiVE  AND  NOBLE  ACTION." 

••Mother!"  he  cried.  "See  here!  What 
does  it  mean  ?  " 

"  It  means,"  she  answered,  solemnly,  "that  my 
boy  has  forgotten  sell  in  others,  and  that  he  is 
his  mother's  hero." 


Tears  fell  thick  and  fast  down  the  boy's  face. 
He  had  done  so  little,  ho  thought,  and  they  had 
made  of  it  so  much. 

Nor  was  this  all,  for  the  next  year  the  su- 
perintendent found  a  place  for  him  in  his  own 
private  office,  where  he  might  grow  up  a  good 
and  useful  man. 

To  his  mother  health  and  strength  had  re- 
turned, and  all  was  happiness  in  the  little  cottage; 
but  Frank  had  learned  a  lesson  he  never  forgot 
— that  it  was  the  quiet  home  circle,  in  the  every 
day  unselfishnes  and  thoughtfulness  for  others, 
rather  than  the  battle  field,  where  the  first 
seeds  are  sown  which  makes  the  hero. — Oolden 
Days. 

SABBATH  SCHOOL 


LESSON  5,  October  2!).— Jesus  Betrayed  and  Taken. 
—Mark  14,  43-54. 

(43)  Aud  immediately,  while  be  yet  spate,  cometh 
Judas,  one  of  the  twelve,  and  with  him  a  great  multitude 
with  swords  aad  staves,  from  the  chief  priests  and  the 
scribes  and  the  elders.  (44)  And  he  that  betrayed  him  had 
given  them  a  token,  saying,  Whomsoever  I  shall  kiss,  that 
same  if  he;  take  him  and  lead  him  away  safely.  (45)  And 
as  soon  as  he  was  come,  he  goeth  straightway  to  him,  and 
saith.  Master,  Master;  and  kissed  him.  (46)  And  they 
laid  their  hands  on  him,  and  took  him.  (47)  And  one  of 
them  that  stood  by  drew  a  sword,  and  smote  a  servant  of 
the  high  priest,  and  cut  off  his  ear.  (48)  And  Jesus  an- 
swered and  said  unto  them,  Are  ye  come  out  as  against  a 
thief,  with  swords  and  with  staves  to  take  me?  (49)  I  was 
daily  with  you  in  tlie  temple  teaching,  and  ye  took  me 
not;  but  tho  Scriptures  must  be  fulfilled.  (50)  And  they 
all  forsook  him  and  fled.  (51)  And  there  followed  him  a 
certain  young  man,  having  a  linen  cloth  cast  about  his 
naked  body;  and  the  young  man  laid  hold  on  him:  (52) 
And  he  lelt  the  linen  clotii  aud  fled  from  them  naked.  (53) 
And  they  led  Jesus  away  to  the  high  priest:  and  with  him 
were  assembled  all  the  chief  priests  and  the  elders  and  the 
scribes.  (54)  And  Peter  followed  'iim  afar  off  even  into 
the  palace  of  the  high  priest:  and  he  sat  with  the  servants 
and  warmed  himself  at  the  fire. 

Golden  Text. — The  Son  of  man  is  betrayed  into  the 
hands  of  sinners. — Mark  14:41. 

Paralt.el  Passages.— Matt.  26:47-58;  Luke  22:47:  55:; 
John  18:13-16,18. 

HOME   READINGS. 

The  necessity  ot  being  delivered  up Matt.  16 :13-28 

The  fulfilling  of  all  things  written Luke  18:38-34 

The  fulfilling  ot  the  prophets .Matt.  26:46-50 

The  cutting  oft  of  the  Messiah , . .  Dan.  9 :20-37 

The  smiting  ot  the  shepherd „...Zech.  13:1-9 

The  sufferings  of  Christ  foretold Luke  24  :?5-49 

The  necessity  of  Christ's   suflering Acts.  17:1-9 

PKOMPIINGS  TO  FURTHER  STUDY. 

On  what  previous  occasions  had  Jesus  -escaped  a  multi- 
tude who  sought  to  kill  him?  How  can  you  give  a 
scriptural  explanation  of  his  escape  then  and  his  surrender 
now  ?  At  what  time  did  God  send  forth  his  Son  to  re- 
deem them  who  were  under  the  law  ?  What  fate  threatens 
those  who  do  not  in  sincerity  kiss  the  Son  ?  What  two 
Old  Testament  prophets  foretell  Jesus'  presence 
and  work  in  the  temple  ?  Can  you  mention  a  place  where 
Jesus'  teaching  is  foretold  in  the  Old  Testament?- — 
Scholar's  Quarterly. 

NOTES. 

(43)  "Cometh  Judas."  Between  one  and  two 
o'clock  Friday  morning.  The  movements  of 
Judas,  after  the  last  supper,  we  may  readily  pic- 
ture to  ourselves  in  the  outline.  Going  imme- 
diately to  Caiaphas,  or  to  some 'other  leading 
member  of  the  Sanhedrim,  he  informs  him 
where  Jesus  is,  and  announces  that  he  is  ready  to 
fulfill  his  compact,  and  at  once  to  make  the  ar- 
rest. ]t  was  not  the  intention  to  arrest  Christ 
during  the  feast,  lest  there  should  be  a  popular 
tumult  (Matt.  26:5);  but,  now  that  an  oppor- 
tunity offered  of  seizing  him  secretly  at  dead  of 
night,  when  all  were  asleep  or  engaged  at  the 
paschal  meal,  his  enemies  could  not  hesitate. — 
Andrews.  "One  ot  the  twelve."  The  evange- 
lists do  not  conceal  the  fact  that  the  traitor  was 
one  of  their  own  number.  Why  was  such  a 
man  chosen  to  be  one  of  the  twelve?  (1)  There 
was  needed  among  the  disciples,  as  in  the 
church  now,  a  man  of  juet  such  talemts  as  Judas 
possessed, — the  talent  for  managing  business  af- 
fairs. (2)  Though  he  probably  followed  Christ 
at  first  from  mixed  motives,  as  did  the  other  dis- 
ciples, he  had  the  opportunity  of  "becoming  a 
good  and  useful  man.  (3)  It  doubtless  was  in- 
cluded in  God's  plans  that  there  should  be  thus 
a  etandiug  argument  for  the  truth  and  honesty 
of  the  gospel;  for,  if  any  wrong  or  trickery 
had  been  concealed,  it  would  have  been  revealed 
by  the  traitor  in  selt-delence.  (4)  It  is  a  relief 
to  modern  churches  to  know  that  God  can  bless 
them,  and  the  gospel  can  succeetJ,  oven  though 
some  bad  men  may  creep  into  the  fold. — P. 
(45)  "Kissed  him."     The  Greek     word    here  is 


more  forcible  than  the  one  signifying  kiss  in 
the  previous  verse, — kissed  him  with  fervor,  and 
frequently.  The  signal  as  arranged  was  to  be 
simply  a^viss.  The  signal  actually  given  was 
kissing,  accompanied  with  embraces;  which  was 
entirely  in  keeping  with  the  excitement  of  Ju- 
das and  the  desire  he  felt  that  there  ahould  be 
no  mistake  as  to  the  person  intended. — Meyer. 
What  was  Judas'  motive?  (1)  Anger  at  the 
public  rebuke  given  him  by  Christ  at  the  sup- 
per in  the  house  of  Simon  the  leper  (Matt.  26: 
6-14).  (2)  Avarice,  covetousness,  the  thirty 
pieces  of  silver  (John  12:6).  (3)  A  much  lar- 
ger covetousness, — an  ambition  to  be  the  treas- 
urer, not  merely  of  a  few  poor  disciples,  but  of 
a  great  and  splendid  temporal  kingdom  of  the 
Messiah.  He  would  hasten  on  the  coming  of 
•that  kingdom  by  compelling  Jesus  to  defend 
himself.  (4)  Perhaps  disappointment  because 
Christ  insisted  on  foretelling  his  death,  instead 
of  receiving  his  kingdom.  He  begaa  to  fear 
that  there  was  to  be  no  kingdom,  after  all.  (5) 
Perhaps,  also,  Judas  "abandoned  what  seemed 
to  him  a  failing  cause,  and  hoped  by  his  treach- 
ery to  gain  a  position  ot  honor  and  infiiience  in 
the  Pharisaic  party."  (47)  The  bringing  of  the 
sword  was  part  of  the  misconception  which 
Jesus  had  not  cared  further  to  remove  at  the 
supper;  and,  it  Judas  had  pressed  into  the  in- 
closure,  they  may  have  been  entirely  unaware  as 
yet  of  the  number  ot  the  captors.  Future  years 
would  teach  them  that  Christ's  catise  is  served 
by  dying,  not  by  killing.  The  full  reply  of  our 
Lord  on  this  incident  must  be  tound  by  com- 
bining Matt.  26:53,  John  18:10,  11.— Can d> ridge 
Bible  for  Schools.  This  act  of  violence,  in- 
deed, not  only  compromised  the  safety  of  Pe- 
ter, but  even  the  Lord's  cause.  Jesus  was  all 
but  hindered  thereby  from  addressing  Pilate  in 
the  words  bo  important  for  his  defence  against 
the  crime  with  which  the  Jews  charged  him 
(John  18:36). —  Godet.  How  common  is  the 
conduct,  even  in  good  men,  to  run  before  they 
are  called,  to  be  very  forward  to  set  themselvea 
on  work  in  the  greatest  matter,  but  to  be  back- 
ward and  diffident  when  God  commands! —  Wo- 
gan.  It  a  man  be  zealous  for  Christ,  he  must 
be  zealous  within,  the  comjiass  of  his  calling; 
aud  not  be  zealous  first,  and  then  look  lor  a 
calling;  but  first  look  for  a  calling,  and  then  be 
zealous. —  William  Perkins.  Christ's  reply  to 
Peter's  act,  as  given  in  Matt.  26:52,  53,  is  full 
ot  instruction:  "Put  up  again  thy  sword  into 
its  place;  tor  all  they  that  take  the  sword  shall 
perish  by  the  sword."  There  is  no  possibility 
of  advancing  Christ's  kingdom  in  such  worldly 
waye,  by  force,  by  depending  on  the  rich,  or  on 
state  patronage.  And  there  is  no  need  of  such 
aid,  either  tor  Christ  or  his  kingdom.  God  can 
always  save  them  from  worldly  trouble  if  that 
were  the  best;  for  "thinkest  thou  1  cannot  now 
pray  to  my  Father,  and  he  shall  presently  give 
me  twelve  legions  of  angels?"  (49)  "Took  me 
not."  The  offence  with  which  he  was  charged 
was  one  of  teaching,  not  of  robbery  or  violence: 
it  was  open,  public,  unconcealed,  and  the  time 
to  arrest  him  was  the  time  of  his  teaching;  he 
had  neither  hid  himself,  nor  surrounded  himself 
with  his  followers  for  self-protection;  the  indig- 
nity of  this  midnight  arrest  was,  therefore, 
gratuitous.— ^Wo«.  (53)  "To  the  high  priest." 
We  learu  trom  John  (18:13-15)  that  Jesus  was 
first  taken  to  the  house  of  Annas,  and,  after  a 
brief  delay  here,  to  the  palace  of  Caiaphas,  the 
high  priest. — Andrews.  It  was  the  duty  of 
Annas  to  examine  the  sacrifices,  whether  they 
were  without  blemish:  there  was  significancy 
in  it  that  Christ,  the  great  Sacrifice,  was  present- 
ed to  to  him,  and  sent  away  bound  as  approved 
and  ready  for  the  altar. — Lightfoot.  The  ac- 
tual high  priest  at  the  time  was  Caiaphas;  but 
this  Annas  had  been  high  priest,  and  as  auch 
enjoyed  the  title  by  courtesy.  Being  also  a  man 
of  great  wealth  and  influence,  and  of  active 
habits,  he  took  upon  him  much  of  the  business 
of  that  high  office,  as  a  sort  of  assessor  to,  or 
substitute  for,  Caiaphas,  who  was  his  son-in-law. 
Hence  the  evangelist  describes  them  both  as 
"high  priests"  (Luke  3:2),  as  they  were  in  fact. 
— Kitto.  Caiaphas,  we  must  remember,  had  al- 
ready committed  himself  to  the  policy  ot  con- 
demnation (John  11:50). 


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THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE. 


October  19, 188fi 


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THE  AMERICAN  PARTY. 


Nominations  for  1884.         • 

'  For  President, 

JONATHAN  BLANCHARD, 
of  Illinois. 

lor  Vice-President, 

JOHN  A.  CONANT. 

of  Conaecticut. 

PLATFORM. 

We  hold:  1.  That  ours  is  a  Christian  and  not  a 
heathen,  nation,  and  that  the  God  of  the  Christian 
ycriptures  is  the  author  of  civil  government. 

2.  That  God  requires  and  man  needs  a  Sabbath. 

3.  That  the  prohibition  of  the  importation,  manu- 
facture and  sale  of  intoxicating  drinks  as  a  beverage 
is  the  true  policy  on  the  temperance  question. 

4.  That  the  charters  of  all  secret  lodges  granted  by 
our  Federal  and  State  Legislatures  should  be  with- 
drawn, and  their  oaths  prohibited  by  law. 

5.  That  the  civil  equality  secured  to  all  American 
citizens  by  articles  13th,  I4th  and  15th  of  ovu'  amended 
Constitution  should  be  preserved  inviolate. 

6.  That  arbitration  of  differences  with  nations  is 
the  most  direct  and  sure  method  of  securing  and  per- 
petuating a  permanent  peace. 

7.  That  to  cultivate  the  intellect  without  improving 
the  morals  of  men,  is  to  make  mere  adepts  and  experts ; 
therefore,  the  Bible  should  be  associated  with  books  of 
science  and  literature  in  all  our  educational  institu- 
tions. 

8.  That  land  and  other  monopolies  should  be  dis- 
couraged. 

9.  That  the  government  should  furnish  the- people 
with  an  ample  and  sound  currency. 

10.  That  maintenance  of  the  public  credit,  protection 
to  all  loyal  citizens,  and  justice  to  Indians  are  essential 
to  the  honor  and  safety  of  our  nation. 

11.  And,  finally,  we  demand  for  the  American  peo- 
ple the  abolition  of  electoral  colleges,  and  a  direct  vote 
for  President  and  Vice-president  of  the  United  States. 


Michigan  State  Ticket. 

For  Governor, 
CHARLES  C.  POOTE,  of  Detroit. 

For  Lieutenant  Governor, 
LEWIS  I.  WICKER,  of  Oakland. 

For  Secretary  of  State, 
JACOB  O.  DOESBURG,  of  Ottawa. 

For  State  Treasurer, 
GBORGE  SWANSON,  of  Calhoun. 

For  Auditor  General, 
WILLIAM  WING,  of  Kent. 

For  Commissioner  of  State  Laud  Office 
GEORE  W.  CLARK,  of  Detroit, 

For  Attorney  General, 
HENRY  C.  PRATT,  of  Lenawee. 

For  Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction, 
WILLIAM  H.  ROSS,  of  Allegan. 

"  For  Member  State  Board  of  Education, 
HARDY  A.  DAY,  of  Branch. 


lovia  American  Ticket  for  1882. 

For  Secretary  of  State : 
A.  W.  Hall,  of  Page  county. 

For  State  Auditor: 
Wm.  Elliott,  of  Van  Buren  county. 

For  State  Treasurer: 
M.  Springstbed,  of  Cedar  county. 

For  Attorney  General: 
Jacob  W.  Roqers,  of  Fayette  county. 

For  Judge  of  Supreme  Court: 
Joseph  P.  Ferguson,  of  Cedar  county. 

For  Clerk  of  Supreme  Court: 
W.  P.  NoRBis,  of  Van  Buren  county. 


Michigan  Fifth  District. 

For  Bepreaentative  in  Congress :    Henbt  D.  Inman. 


A  Political  Meeting  will  be  held  in  connec- 
tion with  the  Illinois  State  Convention,  on 
Thursday  forenoon  Nov.  2  during  a  recess  of  the 
Convention.  Tonica  is  in  the  center  of  a  sec- 
tion of  country  full  of  old  line  Abolitionists. 
Benjamin  Lundy's  paper,  the  first  Abolition 
sheet  in  the  West,  if  not  in  the  country,  was 
published  near  by.  This  should  be  a  grand  ral- 
lying point  for  reform  politics.  American  voters, 

come  to  the  meeting. 

, ^--^-^^ 

The  altered  tone  of  politicians  in  regard  to 
reform  questions  id  very  noticeable.  Governor 
Foster,  of  Ohio,  says :  "A  discussion  of  what 
is  to  be  done  with  the  saloons  and  whiskey  is 
what  the  people  want  to  hear.  *  *  It  is 
crowding  to  the  front."  If  Anti-masons  stand 
by  their  principles  they  will  soon  see  that  the 
lodge  qmstMn  'is  ^'■crowdmg  to  tlie  fr<^ntJ'^ 


Political  Meetings  at  Wheaton. 

On  Monday  affernoon  last  week  a  convention 
of  the  voters  of  Kane  and  DuPage  counties.  111., 
was  called  to  meet  in  the  lower  College  Chapel 
at  Wheaton  to  consider  the  nomination  of  a  can- 
didate for  representative  to  the  State  Legislature 
who  would  stand  by  the  principles  of  the  Amer- 
ican platform.  There  was  a  good  representation 
of  the  American  voters  present  and  after  a  due 
consideration  of  the  issues  already  presented  to 
the  voters  of  these  counties,  it  was  decided  to 
nominate  a  representative.  The  honor  fell  upon 
J.  P.  Bartlett  of  Blackberry,  Kane  county,  a 
man  of  worth  and  intelligence,  well  known 
for  his  position  on  the  lodge  question, 
and  a  life-long  laborer  for  temperance. 
It  was  also  voted  to  recommend  to  the  voters  of 
Illinois  that  they  support  in  the  election  of 
November  7th:  For  State  Treasurer:  Peter 
Howe,  o*^  Marshall  county;  and  for  Superinten- 
dent of  P%Mic  Instruction^  Herman  A.  Fischer, 
of  DuPage  county.  The  political  meeting  at 
Tonica  will  doubtless  ratify  these  nominations. 
The  near  approach  of  election  day  made  the 
nomination  seem  advisable.  Measures  were  also 
taken  to  hold  a  number  of  political  meetings  in 
favor  of  these  candidates. 

The  first  of  these  meetings  was  held  in  the 
Court-house  at  Wheaton  on  Wednesday  evening 
last.  Prof.  O.  F.  Lumry  presided  and  after 
prayer  by  Kev.  W.  W.  Stewart  addresses  were 
made  by  Eev.  J.  P.  Stoddard  and  Pres.  C.  A. 
Blanchard,  of  which  it  may  be  said  by  all  who 
listened,  whatever  their  political  creed,  that  they 
have  seldom  listened  to  better  speaking.  It 
was  voted  to  meet  again  this  week  on  Wed- 
nesday evening  when  it  is  hoped  that  Gren.  J.  W. 
Phelps  will  speak,  who  has  been  a  month 
in  Chicago  looking  after  his  business  interests 
here.  Different  parts  of  DuPage  county  will 
be  reached  this  week  and  next,  and  every  vote 
with  a  conscience  behind  it  will  if  possible  be 
gained  for  the  American  candidates. 


Arbitration. 


Jadge  Fanchier's  Court  of  Arbitration  in  New 
York  is  peculiar.  It  has  no  lawyers,  no  jury,  no 
costs,  and  no  appeal.  The  usefulness  of  this 
Court  is  appreciated  by  the  mercantile  commu- 
nity, and  it  is  hoped  the  next  licgislature  will 
greatly  enlarge  its  powers  and  widely  extend  its 
already  great  benefits  in  settling  important  cases. 
So  says  the  New  York  Advocate.  If  it  is  so 
beneficial  in  peacefully  settling  important  com- 
mercial matters,  why  could  such  arbitration 
Courts  not  be  made  equally  useful  in  settling 
differences  between  nations.  One  plank  of  the 
American  Party  platform  advocates  this  way  to 
avoid  war.  We  hope  the  time  is  not  very  dis- 
tant when  every  nation  shall  have  such  a  Court 
of  final  appeal.  In  this  country,  townships, 
counties,  comruonwealths,  some  of  the  last  as  big 
as  kingdoms  of  the  old  continent,  settle  their 
disputes  in  courts  and  that  is  the  only  way  of  it, 
and  who  will  say  that  justice  is  not  as  often  done 
all  parties,  in  that  way,  as  by  appeals  to  arms. 
Yet  what  misery  ia  avoided  when  settled  in  this 
Christian  way!  Our  combination  of  great  com- 
monwealths is  setting  the  other  countries  that 
delight  in  waf  a  noble  example  of  successful  ar- 
bitration of  public  disputes  that  all  might  profit 
by  and  "learn  war  no  more." — Sandy  Lake 
News. 


RELIGIOUS  INTELLIGENCE. 


— The  United  Presbyterian  churches  are 
meeting  with  much  encouragement  in  their  ef- 
forts to  raise  a  memorial  fund  ot  $50,000  to  cele- 
brate the  twenty-fifth  anniversary  of  the  union 
of  the  Associate  Reformed  and  Associate 
churches. 

— The  Allegheny  Presbytery  has  refused 
to  allow  Rev.  John  Ker  permission  to  ride 
on  a  Sunday  train  to  and  from  divine  services, 
fifteen  miles  up  the  railroad.  After  a  heated 
discussion,  the  vote  stood  eleven  for  and  fifteen 
against. 

— The  Ameriocm  Missionary  says:  "One  of 

our  old  friends  writes :     'Do   the   colleges   and 

iterary  institutions  supported  by  the  American 


Missionary  Association  prohibit  the  use  of  to- 
bacco, as  well  as  of  intoxicating  liquors,  among 
their  students,  as  Oberlin  does?'  We  are  happy 
to  inform  him  and  all  other  friends  that  this  is 
the  rule  in  all  of  our  schools,  and  that  they 
would  be  delighted  to  observe  the  freedom  of 
all  our  school  buildings  from  the  pollution  of 
tobacco.  It  is  a  fine  element  in  the  formation 
of  character,  as  well  as  a  matter  of  health  and  of 
economy." 

— About  fifty  children  of  the  four  hundred 
missionaries  that  have  been  appointed  by  the 
American  Board  of  Foreign  Missions,  are  now 
laboring  in  the  foreign  field.  The  three  classes 
in  Princeton  Seminary  last  year  numbered  119. 
Of  the  119,  31  were  sons  ot  ministers,  23  sons  ot 
elders  and  6  sons  of  deacons. 

— Brethren  Moody  and  Sankey  have  begun 
their  fortnight's  work  in  Paris.  The  Intelli- 
geneer  says :  "It  strikes  us  as  a  notable  and  sig- 
nificant event,  calculated  to  excite  the  imagina- 
tion and  stir  the  heart.  Moody  in  Paris! — the 
Paris  of  Clovis  and  Louis  Quatorze  and  Napol- 
eon III.;  of  Abelard  and  Voltaire  and  Eugene 
Sue ;  of  Mirabeau  and  Philip  Egalite  and  the 
Commune;  of  Richelieu  and  Coligny  and  Mc- 
AU ;  ot  the  Bastile,  the  barricades  and  the  Bois 
de  Boulogne.  The  voice  of  one  crying  in  the 
wilderness,  more  waste  and  howling  than  that 
which  rang  with  the  summons  of  the  Forerun- 
ner; a  city  as  imperial  and  as  profligate  as  that 
through  whose  streets  the  prophet  cried :  'Yet 
forty  dajs  and  Nineveh  shall  be  overthrown!' 

'And  what  will  the  proud  and  gay  and  infidel 
city  go  out  to  see?  A  greater  than  Jonah,  a 
greater  than  John,  by  so  much  as  he  brings  the 
fulness  of  the  Gospel  of  the  Kingdom.  Yet 
whether  they  will  repent  at  his  preaching,  and 
whether  he  will  be  a  veritable  forerunner  of  a 
still  Mightier  One,  will  depend  upon  the  Spirit 
of  the  Lord.  That  the  Spirit  may  be  poured 
out  on  Paris,  should  enlist  the  faith  and  prayers 
of  the  Christian  world." 


The  American  Board  and  Egypt. 

At  the  late  meeting  of  the  American  Board 
of  Commissioners  lor  Foreign  Missions,  in 
Portland,  Me.,  Rev.  Henry  T.  Cheever,  of 
Worcester,  introduced  a  resolution  amending  the 
report  of  the  committee  on  the  missions  in  the 
Turkish  Empire.  The  matter  was  referred  to  a 
special  committee  who  may,  if  deemed  best, 
visit  Egypt  and  ascertain  all  the  facts  in  the 
case  to  report  next  year. 

The  amendment  to  the  report  on  Turkish 
missions  offered  by  Bro.  Cheever,  and  his 
speech  upon  it  are  as  follows. 

The  amendment  reads : 

That  the  Secretaries  of  the  Board  be  requested  if  in 
their  uaited  wisdom  and  that  of  the  Prudential  Oommittee 
it  shall  seem  best,  to  address  a  memorial  to  the  govern- 
ment of  Great  Britain  on  the  part  of  this  Missionary- 
Board,  and  the  united  supporters  of  Christian  Missions  in 
all  Mohammedan  states,  asking,  in  viewoftue  significant 
success  which  God  has  lately  given  to  British  arms  and 
intervention  in  Egypt,  thereby  putting  it  in  the  unques- 
tionable power  and  right  of  Christian  England  lo  do 
whatever  she  will  that  is  just  for  the  hitherto  oppressed 
people  of  that  land,  that  the  English  premier  and  parlia- 
ment will  now  use  their  providential  ojTportunity  lo  estab- 
lish and  secure  perfect  equality  of  rignts  as  to  religion, 
and  lue  untrammeled  proiession  and  propagation  ot  the 
gospel  in  those  parts :  so  that  henceforth,  Moslem  and 
Christian  throughout  all  Egypt  snail  be  alike  free  from 
restraint  and  persecution  in  the  exercise  and  inculcation 
of  their  chosen  laith. 

Mr.  Cheever  said  :  It  is  not  for  me  to  take 
up  any  time  of  this  great  missionary  assembly 
in  arguing  the  friendly  amendment  1  have  offer- 
ed to  one  of  the  reports  here  presented  on 
Turkish  missions.  The  proposition  contained 
in  this  amendment  is  its  own  best  argument 
and  defence.  It  carries  in  itself  and  on  the 
face  of  it  its  only  leave  to  be.  Its  recommenda- 
tion will,  I  think,  meet  the  warm  approval  of 
almost  every  friend  of  missions  and  of  human- 
ity in  all  the  Mohammedan  countries  to  which 
wo  have  access.  But  will  the  president  allow 
me  to  say  turther,  that  in  my  judgment  the 
Prime  Minister  of  England  himselt  will  be 
glad  of  such  a  voice  from  the  great  missionary 
boards  in  America,  as  well  as  Great  Britain,  that 
have  their  evangelizing  agencies,  schools  and 
churches  in  the  wide  region  of  country  whose 


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destiny  under  God  is  now  eo  wonderfully  put 
in  the  hands  of  Protestant  England.  He  will 
hail  and  be  helped  by  the  moral  support  that 
such  a  word  will  give  him,  in  now  securing  as 
a  prime  condition  of  settlement  in  the  East  the 
most  liberal  guarantees  of  future  protection  and 
safety  to  all  Christian  confessors  in  the  king- 
dom of  the  Khedive,  and  thronghout  the  do- 
minions of  the  Ottoman  Porte.  So  shall  the 
"dark  continent"  to  which  the  land  of  the  Pha- 
raohs is  the  great  northern  gateway — rent  asun- 
der by  what  Dr.  Storrs  described  so  eloquently 
yesterday,  as  the  tearing  tornado  of  war,  making 
a  new  way  for  the  Gospel — so  shall  Africa  be 
henceforth  wide  open  to  an  aggressive  and  all- 
conqnering  miesionary  Christianity.  Who 
knows,  sir,  but  Gladstone  will  prove  to  be  the 
English  Cyrus  of  the  45th  chapter  of  Isaiah,  the 
anointed  Shepherd  of  the  British  Israel,  whom 
God  hath  raised  up  in  righteousness  at  this  lat- 
ter day  like  the  Persian  Cyrus  of  old,  and  "has 
holden  his  right  hand  to  subdue  nations  before 
him  and  to  loose  the  loins  of  kings?  For  thus 
saith  the  Lord,  (verse  14,)  "The  labor  of  Egypt 
and  merchandise  of  Ethiopia  and  of  the  Sa- 
beans,  men  of  stature,  shall  come  over  unto  thee, 
and  thev  shall  be  thine ;  they  shall  come  after 
thee.  *  *  They  shall  fall  down  unto  thee : 
they  shall  make  supplication  unto  Thee,  saying 
surely  God  is  in  thee  and  there  is  none  else. 
There  is  no  God." 

Now,  Sir,  is  it  not  meet  for  us  in  republican 
America,  guided  by  both  prophecy  and  Provi- 
dence, as  the  loyal  subjects  of  Christ  our  only 
King,  on  the  broad  platform  of  this  honored 
Board,  with  its  personal  history  of  noble  heroes 
and  heroines  for  the  last  seventy  years  as  given 
in  the  paper  of  Dr.  Alden  to-day  ; — is  it  not 
meet  for  us  that  we  warmly  congratulate  the 
English  Premier  upon  the  enlargement  under 
him,  if  not  of  British  Empire,  yet  better  than 
that,  of  British  opportunity  to  advance  the  glo- 
rious Gospel  of  the  blessed  God  in  the  realm  ot 
the  False  Prophet,  even  in  Egypt  itself,  so  long 
the  "basest  of  Kingdoms?"  And  without  a 
trac&  of  flattery,  in  the  interest  only  ot  truth 
and  freedom,  may  we  not  apply  to  him,  with  a 
generous  enthusiasm,  the  words  that  Milton  ad- 
dressed to  Cromwell  in  his  day : 

Gladstone,  our  chief  of  men.  who  through  a  clond, 

Not  of  war  only,  bnt  detractions  rnde. 
Guided  by  faith  and  matchless  fortitude , 
To  peace  and  truth  thy  glorious  way  hast  ploughed, 
And  on  the  neck  of  crowned  fortune  proud. 

Hast  reared  God's  trophies  and  his  work  pursued! 

Yet  much  remains  to  conquer  still.  Peace 
hath  her  victories  no  lees  renowned  than  war! 
Those  victories  of  peace  let  us  help  him  to  win 
by  sending  our  word  of  lofty  cheer  under  or 
over  the  great  deep,  and  by  imploring  for  him 
continued  prowess  and  guidance  from  the  great 
Head  of  the  Church  militant  and  triumph- 
ant. 

And  now  let  me  add  to  what  I  have  said,  the 
plea  of  a  corporate  member  of  this  body.  Dr. 
George  B.  Cheever,  of  New  York,  late  pastor 
of  the  Church  of  the  Puritans,  who  says  in  a 
letter  ot  date  Sept.  30th,  Englewood,  N.  J. :  "I 
wish  to  suggest  the  propriety  of  sending  to  the 
Board  in  Portland  some  expression  of  opinion 
and  int^est  in  regard  to  the  great  crisis  as  to 
liberty  of  religious  belief  and  Christian  educa- 
tion in  Egypt ;  and  the  wonderful  providence  of 
God  in  so  suddenly  putting  it  in  the  power  of 
the  British  government  to  assert  and  establish 
the  divine  law  of  freedom ;  the  freedom  of 
preaching  the  gospel  and  believing  it,  and  ma- 
king confession  of  Christ  and  teaching  his  faith, 
without  mclestation,  without  penalty  of  prop- 
erty, of  imprisonment,  or  life.  The  question  is 
between  the  freedom  of  conscience  toward  God 
and  Christ  and  the  Christian  Scriptures  on  one 
side ;  and  the  despotism  of  Mohammed  and  the 
Koran  and  the  sword  on  the  other.  The  En- 
glish government  has  the  power  and  the  right, 
if  its  parliament  and  ministers  please,  to  deter- 
mine this  qiiestion,  at  any  rate  for  Egypt,  justly; 
and  to  protect  and  secure  every  person  and  fam- 
ily from  persecution  for  religious  opinion.  The 
liberty  of  teaching  and  preaching  and  believing 
ought  to  be  made  at  least  as  broad  and  sure  as 
it  is  in  England.  Never  should  a  Christian  be 
permitted  to  molest  a  Mohammedan,  nor  any 
Mohammedan  a  Christian  on  account  of  his  re- 


ligion, and  if  any  one  be  pnrsuaded  to  change 
his  belief  and  turn  from  either  side  to  the  other, 
he  should  be  free  to  do  it,  and  be  protected  by 
the  law  and  the  whole  power  of  the  government 
in  doing  it.  This  principle  once  established, 
(and  at  the  present  crisis  the  announcement  of 
it  as  indispensableto  a  settlement  of  the  country  in 
peace,  would  be  its  establishment)  this  principle 
once  settled  there  would  be  an  end  of  the  dread- 
ful fanaticism  of  the  Mohammedan  Koranic  cnf- 
elty  in  Egypt  at  least ;  and  the  way  would  be 
opened  for  the  same  Christian  victory  every- 
where. It  would  be  the  beginning  of  the  end 
of  the  Turkish  dominion  and  of  the  ferocity  of 
Islamism.  God  is  offering  to  England  the  glory 
of  this  conquest,  and  if  the  government  .will  but 
accept  the  opportunity  and  the  mission  it  will 
make  them  the  foremost  nation  in  the  world ; 
and  the  deliverance  wrought  in  Egypt,  and  the 
door  there  wide  opened  for  the  truth  as  it  is  in 
Jesus,  that  event  may  be  followed  with  incredi- 
ble rapidity  through  the  whole  Oriental  world 
by  similar  openings  and  deliverances.  Nations 
may  be  born  in  a  day. 

"Now  ought  not  our  great  and  influential  mis- 
sionary society  to  speak  out?  The  proclamation  of 
religious  liberty  by  them,  the  demand  for  it  in 
God's  name,  at  such  a  crisis,  would  be  a  blow 
against  the  progress  of  Romanism  as  well  as  the 
power  of  the  False  Prophet.  The  effort  is  worth 
making,  at  any  rate,  and  now  is  the  time.  En- 
gland woiild  be  encouraged  and  animated  by  it. 
Well  put.,  a  united  expression  of  opinion  and 
desire  might  be  wonderfully  effective.  So  shall 
they  fear  the  name  of  the  Lord  from  the  west, 
and  when  the  enemy  shall  come  in  like  a  flood, 
the  Spirit  of  the  Lord  shall  lift  up  a  standard 
against  him." 

I  pray  God,  Sir,  that  this  Board  may  be  fully 
up  to  the  hour,  and  that  no  timid  considerations 
of  prudence  and  expediency  may  be  allowed  to 
smother  a  bold  demand  for  present  freedom  for 
the  word  of  God  through  the  ancient  realm  now 
so  grandly  open  to  God's  British  Israel.  Let  it 
be  proclaimed  world-wide  that  the  Christian 
world  now  expects  of  Protestant  England  what 
Lord  Nelson  said  England  expected  of  every 
man  in  his  fleet— to  do  his  duty. 


Words  of  Life  for  every  Day. 

SANCTIFY  THEM    THROUGH  THT  TEUTH  ;     THY  WORD 
IS  TRTJTH. 

Thursday,  Oct.  19. — Be  ye  therefore  follow- 
ers of  God,"  as  dear  children  ;  and  walk  in  love, 
as  Christ  also  hath  loved  Us,  and  hath  given 
himself  for  us  an  offering  and  a  sacrifice  to  God 
for  a  sweet- smelling  savour. — Eph.  5:1-2, 

Friday,  Oct.  20. — But  fornication,  and  all  un- 
cleanness,  or  covetousness,  let  it  not  be  once 
named  among  you,  as  becometh  saints  ;  neither 
filthiness,  nor  foolish  talking,  nor  jesting,  which 
are  not  convenient :  but  rather  giving  of  thanks. 
—Eph.  5:3-4. 

Saturday,  Oct.  21. — Let  nothing  be  done 
through  strife  or  vain  glory ;  but  in  lowliness  of 
mind  let  each  esteem  other  better  than  them- 
selves. Look  not  every  man  on  his  own  things, 
but  every  man  also  on  the  things  of  others. — 
Phil.  2:3-4. 

Sabbath,  Oct.  22. — Surely  he  hath  borne  our 
griefs,  and  carried  our  sorrows:  yet  we  did  es- 
teem him  stricken,  smitten  of  God,  and  af- 
flicted.—Isa.  53:4. 

Monday,  Oct.  23. — For  we  wrestle  not  against 
flesh  and  blood,  but  against  principalities, 
against  powers,  against  the  rulers  of  the  dark- 
ness of  this  world,  against  spiritual  wickedness 
in  high  places. — Eph.  6:12. 

Tuesday,  Oct.  24. — Let  this  mind  be  in  you, 
which  was  also  in  Christ  Jesus :  who,  being  in 
the  form  of  God,  thought  it  not  robbery  to  be 
equal  with  God :  but  made  himself  of  no  repu- 
tation, and  took  upon  him  the  form  of  a  ser- 
vant, and  was  made  in  the  likeness  of  men. — 
Phil.  2:5,  6,  7. 

Wednesday,  Oct.  25. — Brethren,  I  count  not 
myself  to  have  apprehended :  but  this  one 
thing  I  do,  forgetting  those  things  which  are  be 
hind,  and  reaching  forth  unto  those  things 
which  are  before,  I  press  toward  the  mark  for  the 
prize  of  the  high  calling  of  God  in  Christ  Je- 
suB.- Phil.  3:13-14:. 


CouNoiL-iATORY. — Kov.  Dr.  Ncwmau  Smyth 
has  driven  his  couch  and  four  into  New  Haven, 
spite  of  Westminster  Confessions  and  Cambridge 
Platforms.  And  Rev.  Mr.  Thayer  erlides,  four 
in  hand,  with  equal  facility  into  Quincy,  111. 
One  cannot  help  wondering,  what  all  the  fuss 
has  been  about;  and  who  has  been  mistaken, 
or  who  has  backed  down.  The  Councils,  in  sub- 
stance, find  that  the  doubts  or  deviations  of 
these  brethren  are  only  matters  of  "  specula- 
tion;" and  they,  on  their  part,  assure  the  Coun- 
cils that  these  speculations  will  not  influence 
their  preaching. 

Inasmuch  as  the  said  speculations  are  already 
well-known  to  their  hearers,  and  affect  the  very 
practical  question  of  a  probation  after  death, 
we  do  not  see  how  they  can  help  affecting  that 
"  terror  of  the  Lord,"  which  the  preacher  must 
"  know "  in  order  to  "  persuade  men."  And 
inasmuch  as  these  clergymen  do  not  profess  to 
find  authority  for  their  view  in  the  Scriptures, 
we  do  not  see  why  or  where  the  rationalizin?, 
— or  "  speculating  " — process  shall  stop.  In 
the  case  of  Mr.  Thayer,  we  notice  that  the  Coun- 
cil took  pains  to  declare  itself  sound  on  Proba- 
tion, and  its  copartnership  with  the  candidate 
only  a  "limited"  one.  Hereafter  we  trust  if  min- 
isters must  "  speculate  outside  "  of  Revelation, 
they  will  consume  their  own  smoke,  and  not 
puff  their  cinders  into  the  public  eye. — Intelli- 
gencer. 


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2  Voice  of  I  lie  Empire  State  in  Condemnation' of  Masonry 4 

I    3    Address  to  American  Pastors  on  the  Secret  Lodge 4 

4  Freemasonry  in  the  Family,  by  J.  P.  Stoddard 4 

5  Pres.  Finney  on  the  Duty  of  Christians  toward  the  Lodge 2 

6  AVarning  against  Masonry  (For  Colored  People),  Illustrated 2 

7  To  the  Boys  who  Hope  to  be  Men,  Illustrated 2 

8  Freemasonry  Modern  Heathenism 4 

9  Ministers  at  Rival  Altars 4 

10  A  Pastor's  Confession  .- 4 

11  Ivuight  Templar  Masonry 4 

12  Ale.xauder  Campbell's  Estimate  of  the  Lodges 4 

13  "Tbo  Secret  Empire, "  by  J.  P.  Stoddard 4 

14  True  and  False  Templarism - ; 4 

15  Secrecy  and  Sin,  from  the  "Christian"  47  CornhiU,  Boston 4 

16  Selling  Dead  Horses,  by  "Bostoniau" 4 

17  History  of  Masonry,  by  Pres.  J.  Blancbard 4 

18  Despotic  Character  of  Freemasonry 4 

1'.)  Freemasonry  a  Christ-excluding  Religion 5 

20  Masonic  Murder,  by  Eider  T.  R.  Baird ; 2 

21  Grand,  Great  Grand,  by  Philo  Carpenter 2 

22  Masonic  Oaths  and  Penalties  swornto by  theGrandLodgeof  B.I. .  4 
'23  Letters  of  J.  Q.  Adams  and  J.  Madison  on  Freemasonry  4 

24  Satan's  Cable  Tow 4 

25  Character  and  symbols  of  Freemasonry,  Illustrated 2 

26  Address  of  the  Niagara  Association  on  the  Murder  of  Morgan...  4 

'27  Judge  AVliitney  and  Masonry — Masonry  Defends  a  Murderer 8 

'28  Nathaniel  Colver  and  Howard  Crosby  on  Secret  Societies 2 

29  Grand  Lodge  Masonry,  by  Pres.  J.  Blanchard 16 

30  Masonic  Oaths  Null  and  Void,  by  Rev.  I.  A.  Hart 4 

31  Hon.  Seth  M.  Gates  on  Freemasonry 4 

32  Origin,  Obligation  and  Expenses  of  the  Grange ...  4 

33  Hon.  Wm .  H.  Seward  on  Secret  Societies 2 

34  What  Great  Men  Say  about  Freemasonry 2 

35  Objections  to  Masonry,  by  a  Seceding  Mason 4 

36  Masonic  Chastity,  by  Emma  A.  Wallace 4 

37  Reasons  why  a  Christian  should  not  be  a   Freemason  (German) . .  4 

38  Masonic  Oaths  and  Penalties,  by  Rev.  A.  M.  Milligan 4 

39  Should  Freemasons  be  admitted  to  Christian  Fellowship? 4 

40  The  Object  of  the  American  (Anti-masonic)  Party S) 

41  Freemasonry  a  Religion  (shown  by  its  own  authors) 8 

42  Duty  and  Ability  to  Know  the  Character  of  Masonry 4 

43  Affidavit  that  Masonry  is  revealed,  by  J.  O.  Doesburg  and  others  4 

44  D.  L .  Moody  on  Secret  Societies 4 

45  Ought  a  Seceding  Mason  to  Keep  his  Lodge  Oath  ? 4 

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THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE. 


October  19, 1882 


yOMk  AND  FARM. 


Strawberries. — For  the  paet  few 
weeks  I   have  had  a  great   many 
postal  cards  and  letters  asking  me 
to   state  in    the   Advance    Argus 
what  I  think  about  fall  planting  of 
Btrawberries,    and    whether   there 
would  be  really  a  chance  of  getting 
some  fruit  from  these  plants  next 
June,  and  also,  what  I  think  are  the 
best  kinds  to  plant  on  the  different 
kinds  of  soil,  cfec.     Now,  to   make 
this  subject  as  plain  as  possible,  so 
that  it  will  answer  the  most  ques- 
tions in    the  fewest   words,  I   will 
just  state  to   you  what  my  experi- 
ence has  been.     For   instance,  last 
season    I   planted  out   a  piece   of 
strawberries  where   T   had  a   piece 
of  early  potatoes.     The  first  plants 
were  set  on  the  first  week  of  August, 
but  on  account  of  the  drouth  they 
did  not  amount  to  much,  and  only 
about  a  third  of  them  lived  until 
fall.     The  next  rows  I  planted  from 
the  first  week  of  September  until 
the  last  of  the  month.     You  see  I 
planted  a  few  at  a  time,  expecting 
every  day  that  it  would  rain.    Then 
I    did  not  plant   again   until    the 
end  of  October,  and  I  even  planted 
a  few  as  late  as  the  middle  of  No- 
vember.     Well,   the   patch   being 
planted,  nothing   more  was   done 
until     it    began   to   freeze   pretty 
hard  ;  then  I  took  some  straw  and 
went  along  the  rows  dropping   a 
good  handful  on  each  plant;  then 
ftoi  some  corn  stalks  that  had  been 
thrown  out  of   the  barn  after  the 
cattle  had  picked  it  over,  and  threw 
a  few  stalks  on  top  of  the  straw. 
This  was  to  keep   the  straw  from 
blowing  away,  which  it  did.    Noth- 
ing more   was  done   on  this   patch 
until  spring,  when  I  gathered  up 
the  stalks,  letting  the  straw  remain. 
The  plants  soon  pushed  themselves 
up  through   the  small  quantity  of 
straw  and  made  a  rapid  growth.     I 
did  not  see  much  difference  in  their 
growth.     Those  which  were  set  out 
first  did  not   seem  a  bit  more   for- 
ward than   those  planted  last.     I 
suppose  the  drouth  stunted  them  ; 
anyhow,  they  grew   first  rate  and 
bore  what  some  would  have  called 
a  good  crop  ;   but  1   will  say   near 
upon  a  halt   crop,   and   such  fine 
berries  too.     Well,  I  just  felt  proud 
of   this  patch.     Seeing   that  I  had 
the  start  of  those  who  claimed  that 
fall  set  plants  were  of  no  account, 
I   let  them   stand  until   they  were 
dead  ripe,  just   for  people  to  see, 
and  by  the  side  of  them  were  a  few 
rows  that  were  planted  last  spring, 
and   when  people  would  ask   me 
which  was  the  best  time  to  plant, 
spring  or  fall,  I  would  tell  them  to 
go  and  look  at  the  two  patches  and 
judge  for   themselves,  when  they 
would  always  decide  in  favor  of 
fall   planting.     The  kinds   that   1 
planted  on  the  above  patches  were 
chiefly   of  the   Crescent  Seedling 
variety,  but  it  should  be  borne  in 
mind  that  more  depends  on  cover- 
ing up  the  fall  set  plants  than  any- 
thing else. — James  Turner,  in  Ad- 
vam,ce-Argu8. 

—  '    »>» 

Weeds  Along  the  Koad  Side. — 
Some  farmers  appear  to  forget  that 
their  land  extends  to  the  middle  of 
the  roadway,  and  that  they  have 
rights  and  duties  in  connection  with 
the  road  sides.  At  this  season  it 
is  common  to  find  by  the  way  side 
the  largest  weeds  in  the  neighbor- 
hood.   They  have  had  it  all  their 


own  way  and  this  has  been  to  ripen 
a  large  crop  of  seeds.  Such  ne- 
glect of  the  road  side  is  a  great 
mistake,  as  it  not  only  gives  a  ne- 
glected appearance  to  the  street, 
but  is  the  means  of  propagating 
weeds  that  do  much  damage  to  the 
crops  in  the  adjoining  fields.  It 
does  not  matter  how  clean  the  cul- 
tivated crop 'may  be  kept  if  weeds 
are  left  to  grow  just  over  the  fence. 
It  is  too  late  now  to  do  more  than 
collect  and  burn  these,  but  in  doing 
this,  the  seeds  should  all  be  killed, 
to  make  the  work  of  subduing  these 
pests  less  burdensome  in  the  future, 
besides  adding  to  the  attractiveness 
of  the  street. — American  Agri- 
culturist for  October. 


What  air  men  everywhere  need 
is  the  truth.  It  is  the  knowledge 
of  the  truth,  says  the  Founder  of 
Christianity,  that  makes  men  free. 
J3ut  men  have  to  be  urged  to  seek 
the  truth  and  to  prize  it  at  its  real 
value. 


Christian    Workers 

Who  depend  on  voluntary  con- 
tributions of  Christian  people  in 
whole  or  in  part  for  their  support: 

J .  F.KowNE,  Cabin  Creek,  Ky. 

Eli  Tapley,  Columbus,  iss. 

J.  F.  Galloway,  Okahumka 
Florida. 

Wm.  Hazenburo,  Cape  Town,  S. 
Africa. 

A.  D.  Zaraphonithes,  Andros, 
via  Syra,  Greece. 

G.  H.  FiLiAN,  Armenia. 

Contributions  for  either  of  these 
brethren  may  be  forwarded  either 
through  the  editors  of  the  Cyno- 
sure or  the  Treasurer  of  the  N. 
C.  A.  Please  designate  to  which 
one  such  funds  shall  be  sent. 


BIBLES. 

Wo  have  recently  exchanged  a 
lot  of  Anti-masonic  publications 
for  Bibles  which  we  offer  at  low 
rates  post  paid. 

We  have  well  bound  pocket  Bi- 
bles at  $1.00,  $1.35,  $1.50,  $3.00, 
$2.25,  $2.50  and  $3.00.  Also  some 
fine  Oxford  and  Tract  Society 
Teachers  Bibles  at  $3.00,  $3.25, 
$3.50  and  $4.25. 

Of  the  family  Bibles  all  but  two 
have  already  been  disposed  of, 
leaving  one  at '$3. 00  and  the  other 
at  $6.75. 

Among  the  pocket  Bibles  are 
some  Oxford  edition  with  leather 
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Ezra  A.  Cook, 
TWabash  Ave.,  Chicago. 

IMPORTANT  TO  TRA.VELERS  1 

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PHOTOGRAPHS. 

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well-executed  card  photographs  of  Captain  Wm. 
Morgan,  President  J,  Blauchard,  President  Charles 
G.  Finney  and  Ehler  David  Bernard,  at  15 
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NATIONAL  CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATIOS 


221  W.  Madtson  St.,  Chicago. 

President.  —  J.  Blancliard,  Wlieaton, 
111. 

Vice  -  Pkesident.  —  Thos.  H.  Gault, 
ChjCago. 

EC  Sec. — John  D.  Nutting,  Chicago. 

Cor.  Sec.  and  Gen.  Agent. — J.  P.  Stod- 
dard, 221  W.  Madison  Street,  Chicago. 

Treasxirer.— W.  I.  Phillips,  221  W. 
Madison  Street,  Chicago. 

Directors. — Philo  Carpenter,  J.  Blanch- 
ard,  M.  R.  Britten,  E.  A,  Cook,  H  L.  Kel- 
logg, D.  P.  Bilker,  T.  H.  Gault,  A.  G. 
Laird,  C.  R.  Hagerty,  John  Gardner,  L.  N' 
Stratton. 

THE  national  CONVENTION. 

President.— Rev.  8.  Collins,  Wash 
ington,  D.  C. 

Secretaries. — H.  L.  Kellogg,  W.  H. 
Ross  and  M.  N.  Butler. 

The  object  of  this  Association  is : 
"To  eipo«e,  wlthst«nd  and  remoy*  (ecret  socl- 
•tlM,  Freemasonry  In  particular,  and  other  antl- 
Chriatian  movementa,  fn  order  to  save  the  cbarch- 
•■  of  Christ  from  being  depraved,  to  redeem  the 
admlnletratlon  of  justice  from  perversion,  and 
oar  republican  gOTemment  from  corrnptlon." 

To  carnr  on  this  work  contributions  are 
■olicited  from  every  friend  of  the  reform. 

FOHM  OF  BBQtTBST.— I  give  and  bequeath  to  the 

National  Christian  Association,  Incorporated  and 
existing  under  the  lawa  of  the  State  of  Illinois, 
the  Bum  of dollars,  for  the  purposes  of  said 

AH-oclatlon,  and  for  which  the  receipt  of  Its 
Treasurer  for  tho  time  being-  shj.li  b«s»umcl«B' 
diffihn'-^i 

STATE   AUXILIARY  ASSOCIATIONS. 

Alabama. — Pies.,  W.  A.  McAlpine 
Sec,  G.  M.  Elliott;  Treas.,  E.  ishel,  all 
of  Selma. 

California. — Pres.,  L.  B.  Lathrop, 
Hollister;  Cor.  Sec,  Mrs.  U.  P.  Merrill, 
Woodland;  Treas.,  C.  Ruddock,  Wood- 
land. 

Connecticut. — Pres.,  J.  A.  Conant, 
Willimantic;  Sec,  Geo.  Smith,  Willi- 
mantic;  Treas.,  C.  T.  Collins,  Windsor. 

Illinois. — Pres.,  D.  P.  Baker,  Chicago ; 
SecW.  H.  Chandler,  Van  Orin;  Treas., 
W.  I.  Phillips,  231  W.  Madison  street, 
Chicago. 

Indiana. — Pres.,  I.  W.  Lownian,  Au- 
burn;  Sec,  Wm.  Small,  Amboy;  Treas., 
Benj.  TJlsh,  Silver  Lake. 

Iowa. — Pres.,  C.  D.  Trumbull,  Morning 
Sun;  Rec.  Sec.  A.W.  Hall,  College  Spring; 
Cor.  Sec,  W.  T.  Moffitt,  Morning  Sun; 
Treas.,  Joseph  Laird,  Wayne. 

Kansas.— Pres.,  J.  S.  T.  Milligan,  North 
Cedar;  Sec,  J.  Alter,  Valley  Falls;  Treas. 
J.  A.  Torrence,  Winchester. 

Massachusetts — Pres.,  S.  A.  Pratt; 
Sec,  Mrs.  E.  D.  Bailey;  Treas.,  David 
Manning,  Sr. ;  all  of  Worcester. 

Michigan. — Pres.,  Wm.  Wing,  Grand 
Rapids;  Rec-Sec'y,  A.  H.  Springstein, 
Pontiac ;  Cor.  Sec,  W.  E.  Rops,  Allegan ; 
Treas.,  C.  C.  Foote,  88  Columbia  Street, 
Detroit. 

Minnesota. — Pres.  E.  G.  Paine,  Wasi- 
oja;  Cor.  Sec,  W.  H.  McChesney,  Fair- 
mont; Rec.  Sec'yThos.  Hartley,  Richland ; 
Treas.,  Wm.  H.  Morrill,  St.  Charles. 

Missouri. — Pres.  C.  J.  Kephart,  Avalon ; 
Treas.,  William  Beauchamp,  Avalon;  Cor. 
Sec,  M.  N.  Butler,  Albany. 

Nebraska. —  Pres.  S.  Austin,  Fair- 
mount  ;  Cor.  Sec,  W.  S.  Spooner,  Kearney ; 
Treas.,  R.  A.  Bishop,  Seeley's  Mills. 

New  Hampshire. — Pres  Benj.  M.  Ma- 
son, Moultonboro ;  Sec,  S.  C  Kimball, 
New  Market;  Treas.,  E.  Smith,  Center 
Straflbrd. 

New  York. — Pres.  F.  W.  Capwell, 
Dale;  Sec'y,  Isaac  Hyatt,  Dale;  Treas., 
M.  Merrick,  Syracuse. 

Ohio. — Pres.,  Wm.  Dillon,  Dayton; 
Cor.  Sec,  J.  P.  Lytle,  Sago;  Treas.,  J.  M. 
Scott,  Alexandria. 

Pennsylvania. — Pres.  A.  L.  Post,  Mon- 
trose ;  Cor.  Sec. ,  N.  Callender,  Thompson ; 
Treas.,  W.  B.  Bertels,  Wilkesbarre. 

Wisconsin. — Pres.,  Enos  Collins,  Colo 
ma ;  Cor.  Sec.  W.  W.  Warner,  Baraboo ; 
Treas.,  M.  R.  Britten,  Vienna., 

West  Virginia. — Pres.,  D.  B.  Turney, 
Sec,  John  Bosley,  Grafton ;  Treas.,  H.  B. 
Higgins,  Petroleum. 


Anti-masonic  Lecturers. 

General  Agent  and  LBCTimER,  J.  P. 
Stoddard,  221  West  Madison  sti'eet,  Chi- 
cago. 

Agents  for  tlie  South :  H.  H.  Hinman, 
Wheaton,  111.,  and  Paul  S.  Feemster, 
Larned,  Kans. 

E.  D.  Bailey,  Worcester,  Mass.,  Agent 
for  New  England. 

Degree  Workers. — (Seceders.) 

D.  P.  Rathbun,  Clarence,  Iowa. 

S.  E.  Starry,  Clarence,  Iowa. 

Jas.  Furguson,    "  " 

J.  K.  Glassford,  Carthage,  Mo. 
State  Lecturers. 

California,  D.  A,  Richards,  Woodland 

Connecticut,  J.  L.  Barlow  of  WilJ* 
mantia 


Indiana,  9.  L.  Cook  of  Albion. 
Missouri,  M.  N.  Butler  of  Albany. 
New  Hampshire,  L.  D.  Bryant  of  New 
Market. 
Wisconsin,  Thos.  Lowe,  Coloma  Sta. 

Other  Lecturers. 
C.  A.  Blanchard,  Wheaton,  111 
N.  Callender,  Thompson,  Pa. 
J.  H.  Timmons,  Tarentum,  Pa. 
J.  H.  Baird,  Templeton,  Pa. 
T.  B.  McCormick,  Princeton,  Ind 
E.  Johnson,  Dayton,  Ind. 
J.  M.  Bishop,  Chambersburg,  Pa 
A.  Mayn,  Promise  City,  Mich. 
J.  B.  Cressinger,  Sullivan,  O. 
W.  M .  Love,  Baker,  Mo^ 
A.  D.  Freeman,  Downers'  Grove,  111. 
R.  Faurot,  Jackson,  Miss. 
J.  P.  Hicbards,  Belmont,  Wis. 
Edward  Mathews,  N.  C.  A.  office. 
Wm.  Feuton,  St.  Paul,  Minn. 
E.  I.  Grinnell,  Blairsburg,  Iowa. 
Warren  Taylor,  Roxabell,  O. 
J.  S.  Peny,  Thompson,  Conn, 

C.  F.  Hawley,  Wheaton,  111. 

J.  T.  Michael,  New  Wilmington,  Pa. 
Prof.  S.  C.  Kimball,  New  Market,  N.  H. 
Elder  L.  H.  Buf  kins,  Scranton,  Iowa, 
S.  G.  Barton,  Breckinridge,  Mo. 
.loel  H.  Austin,  Goshen,  Ind. 

D.  B.  Turney,  Bird  Station,  111. 
J.  F.  Browne,  Cabin  Creek,  Ky. 

E.  Barnetson,  Jackson  Valley,  Pa. 


The  Churches  against  Lodgery. 

The  following  denominations  are  com- 
mitted by  vote  of  their  legislative  assem- 
blies or  by  constitution  to  a  separation 
from  secret  lodge  worship : 

Adventists  (Seventh-day). 

Baptists — Primitive,  Seventh-day  and 
Scandinavian. 

Brethren  (Dunkers  or  German  Baptists). 

Christiau  Reformed  Church. 

Church  of  God  (Northern  Indiana  El- 
dership.) 

Congregational — The  State  Associations 
of  Illinois  and  Iowa  have  adopted  resolu- 
tions against  the  lodge. 

Disciples  (in  part). 

Friends. 

Lutherans — Norwegian,  Danish,  Swed- 
ish and  Synodical  Conferences. 

Mennonites. 

Methodists — Free  and  Wesleyan. 

Methodist  Protestant  (Minnesota  Con 
ference). 

Moravians. 

Plymouth  Brethren. 

Presbyterian — Associate,  Reformed  and 
United. 

Reformed  Church  (Holland  Branch). 

United  Brethren  in  Christ. 

Individual  churches  in  some  of  these 
denominations  should  be  excepted,  in 
part  of  them  even  a  considerable  portion. 

The  following  local  churches  have,  as  a 
pledge  to  disfellowship  and  oppose  lodge 
worship,  given  their  names  to  the  follow- 
ing list  as 

the    associated  CHURCHE8  OF  CHRIST. 

New  Ruhamah  Congregational,  Hamil- 
ton, Miss. 

Pleasant  Ridge  Congregational,  Sand. 
ford  county,  Ala. 

New  Hope  Methodi8t,Lownde8  co..  Miss. 

Congregational,  College  Springs,   Iowa. 

College  Church  of  Christ,  Wheaton,  HI. 

First  Congregational,  Leland,  Mich. 

Sugar  Grove  church.  Green  county.  Pa. 

Military  Chapel,  M.  E.,  Lowndes  Co., 
Miss. 

Hopewell  Missionary  Baptist,  Lowndes 
Co.,  Miss. 

Cedar  Grove  Missionary  Baptist,  Lown- 
des Co.,  Miss. 

Simon's  Chapel.M.  E.,Lownde?co..  Miss. 

Pleasant  Ridge  Missionary  Baptist, 
Lowndes  Co.,  Miss. 

Brownlee  church,  Caledonia,  Miss. 

Salem  church,  Lowndes  Co.,  Miss. 

West  Preston  Baptist  church,  Wayne 
Co.  Pa. 

Other  local  churches  which  have  adopt- 
ed the  same  principles  are — 

Baptist  churches ;  N.  Abington,  Pa. ; 
Menomcnie,  Mondovi,,  Wan  beck  and 
Spring  Prairie,  Wis. ;  Wheaton,  III. ;  Per- 
ry, N.  Y. ;  Spring  Creek,  near  Burlington, 
Iowa;  Lima,  Ind.;  Constableville,  N.  Y. 
The  "Good  Will  Association"  of  Mobile, 
Ala.,  comprising  some  twenty-five  colored 
Baptist  chiu'ches;  Bridgewater  Baptist 
Association,  Pa. ;  Old  Tebo  Baptist,  near 
Leesville,  Henry  Co.,  Mo. ;  Hoopeston,  III. 

Congregational  churches:  1st  of  Ober- 
lin,  O.;  Tonica,  Crystal  Lake,  Union  and 
Big  Woods,  III. ;  Solsbury,  Ind. ;  Congre- 
gational Methodist,  Maplewood,  Mass. 

Presbyterian  church,  Hoopeston,  III. 

Independent  churches  in  Lowell,  Coun- 
tryman school  house  near  Lindenwood, 
Marengo  and  Streator,  111.;  Berea  and 
Camp  Nelson,  Ky. ;  Ustick,  111. ;  Clarks- 
burg, Kans.  State  AsSv)ciation  of  Minis- 
ters and  Churches  in  Christ  of  Kentucky 


October  19, 1882 


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when  their  safe  delivery  is  guaranteed.  Books 
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ON  FREEMASONRY. 

Freemasonry  Illustrated.  A  complete 
exposition  of  the  seven  degrees  of  the  Blue  Lodge 
and  Chapter.  Profusely  Illustrated.  A  historical 
sketch  of  the  Institution  and  a  critical  analysis  of 
the  character  of  each  degree,  by  Prest.  J.  Blanch- 
ard,  of  Wheaton  College.  Monitorial  quotations 
and  nearly  four  hundred  notes  from  standard  Ma- 
sonic authorities  confirm  the  truthfulness  of  this 
exposition  and  show  the  character  of  Masonic  teich- 
Ing  ani  doctrine.  The  accuracy  of  this  exposition 
legally  attested  by  J.  O.  Docsliuig,  Past  Master  Un- 
ity Hi  No.  191,  Holland,  Mich  ,  and  oth'  rs.  This 
Is  the  latest,  most  accurate  and  compleie  exposi- 
tlon'of  Blue  Lodge  and  Chapter  Masonry.  Over 
one  hundred  Illustrations — several  of  them  full 
page — give  a  pictorial  representation  of  the  lodge- 
roojn,  chapter  and  principal  ceremonies  of  the  de- 
grees, with  tlis  dress  of  candidates,  signs,  grips, 
•etc.  Complete  work  of  640  pages,  in  cloth,  $1.00; 
/er  dozen,  $9.00.  Paper  covers,  60  cents;  per  doz- 
en, $5.50.  First  three  degrees  (376  pages),  in  cloth, 
75  cents;  per  dozen,  $T.()0.  Paper  cover,  40  cents; 
per  dozen,  $4.00.  ^^The  Masonic  quotations  are 
worth  the  price  of  this  book. 

Knigrht  Templarism  Illustrated.  A  full 
Illustrated  ritual  of  the  six  degrees  of  the  Council 
and  Commandery,  comprising  tlie  degrees  of  Royal 
Master,  Select  Master,  Super-Excellent  Master, 
Knight  of  the  Red  Cross,  Knight  Templar  and  Knight 
of  Malta.  A  book  of  341  pages.  In  cloth,  $1.00: 
18.50  per  dozen.  Paper  covers,  SOcts;  $4.00  per 
dozen . 

Freemasonry  Exposed,    By  Capt.  ■wiiiiam 

Morgan.  The  genuine  old  Morgan  book  republished, 
with  engravings  showing  the  lodge-ruom,  dress  of 
candidates,  signs,  due  guards,  grips,  etc.  This  rev- 
elation was  so  accurate  that  Preemasons  murdered 
the  author  for  writing  It.  25  cents  each ;  per  dozen, 
J2.00. 

Adoptive  Masonry  Illustrated,  A  full 
and  complete  Illustrated  ritual  of  the  five  degrews  of 
Female  Freemasonry,  by  Thomas  Lowe;  comprising 
the  degrees  of  Jephthah's  Daughter,  Ruth,  Et.her, 
Martha  and  Electa,  and  known  as  the  Daughter's 
Degree,  Widow's  Degree,  Wife's  Degree,  Sister's  De- 
gree and  the  Benevolent  Degree.  20  cents  each; 
per  dozen,  $1.76. 

Valance's  Confession  of  the  Murder  of 
C.i-PT.  Wm.  Morgan.  This  confession  of  Henry  L. 
Valance,  one  of  the  three  Freemasons  who  drowned 
Morgan  in  the  Niagara  River,  was  taken  from  the 
lips  of  the  dying  man  by  Dr.  John  C.  Emerj  ,  of  Ra- 
cine County,  Wisconsin,  In.  1848.  10  cents  eachi 
per  dozen,  $1.00. 

History  of  the  Abduction  and  Murder 

OK  Capt.  Wm.  Mokgan.  As  prepared  by  seven  com- 
mittees of  citizens,  appointed  to  ascertain  the  fate 
of  Morgan.  This  book  contains  Indisputable,  legal 
evidence  that  Freemasons  abducted  and  murdered 
Wm.  Morgan,  for  no  other  oflEense  than  the  revela- 
tion of  Masonry.  It  contains  the  sworn  testimony 
of  over  twenty  persons.  Including  Morgan's  wife; 
and  no  candid  person,  after  reading  this  book,  can 
doubt  that  many  of  the  most  respectable  Freema- 
sons In  the  Empire  State  were  concerned  In  this 
crime.    25  cents  each;  per  dozea,  $2.00. 

The  Broken  Seal;  or  Personal  Reminiscences 
of  the  Abduction  and  Murder  of  Capt.  Wm.  Morgan. 
By  Samuel  D.  Greene,  One  of  the  most  Interesting 
books  ever  published.  In  cloth,  75  cents ;  per  dozen, 
$7. 50.     Paper  covers,  40  cents,;  per  dozen,  .$3. 50 . 

Reminiscences  of  Morg'an  Times,    By 

Elder  David  Bernard,  author  of  Bernard's  Light  on 
M99onry.  This  Is  a  thrilling  narrative  of  the  inci- 
dents connected  with  Bernard's  Revelation  of  Free- 
masonry.    10  cents  each;  per  dozen,  $1.00. 

Oaths   and    Penalties   of   the   33   De- 

ORKES  OF  Freemasonry.  To  get  these  thirty-three 
degrees  of  Masonic  bondage,  the  candidate  takes 
half-a-mlllion  horrible  oaths.  15  cents  each;  per 
dozen,  $1.00. 

Oaths  and  Penalties  of  Freemasonry, 

as  proved  In  court  In  the  New  Berlin  Trial.  Also 
the  letter  of  Hon.  Richard  Rush  to  the  anti-Mason- 
ic committee  of  York  County.  Pa.,  May  4th,  1831. 
The  New  Berlin  trials  began  In  the  attempt  of 
Freemasons  to  prevent  public  initiations  by  seceding 
Masons.  These  trials  were  held  at  New  Berlin, 
Chenango  Co.,  N.  T.,  April  13  and  14th,  1831.  and 
General  Augustus  C.  Welsh ,  sherifE  of  the  county. 
and  other  adhering  Freemasons,  swore  to  the  truth- 
ful revelation  of  the  oaths  and  penalties.  10  cents 
each;  per  dozen,  $1.00. 

Finney  on  Masonry.  The  character,  clat  ns 
and  practical  workings  of  Freemasonry.  By  Prest. 
Oharlss  G.  Finney,  of  Oberlln  College.  President 
Finney  was  a  "bright  Mason,"  but  left  the' lodge 
when  he  became  a  Christian.  This  book  has  opened 
the  eyes  of  multitudes.  In  cloth,  7S  cents;  per 
dozen,  $7.60.  Paper  cover,  35  cents;  per  dozen. 
$3.50. 

Ex-President    John    Quincy   Adams' 

Letters  on  the  Nature  of  Masonic  Oaths,  Obliga- 
tions and  Penalties.  Thirty  most  interesting,  able 
and  convincing  letters  on  the  above  general  subject, 
written  by  this  renowned  statesman  to  different  pub- 
lic men  of  the  United  States  during  the  years  1831 
to  1833.  With  Mr.  Adams'  address  to  the  peo.Je  of 
Massachusetts  upon  political  aspects  of  lodgery;  an 
Appendix  giving  obligations  of  Masonry,  and  an  able 
Introduction.  This  Is  one  of  the  most  telling  anti- 
secrecy  works  extant,  aside  from  the  Expositions. 
Price,  cloth,  $1.00;  per  dozen,  $9.00.  Paper,  35 
cents ;  per  dozen,  $3. 50. 

The   Mystic    Tie,    or   Freemasonry    a 

LBAGtTK  WITH  THE  DEVIL.  This  Is  an  account  of 
the  church  trial  of  Peter  Cook  and  wife,  of  Elkhart, 
Indiana,  for  refusing  to  support  a  reverend  Free- 
mason; and  their  very  able  defense  presented  by 
Mrs.  Lucia  C.  Cook,  In  which  she  clearly  shows 
that  Freemasonry  is  antagonistic  to  the  Christian 
religion.     15  cents  each;  per  dozen,  $1.25. 

Masonry  a  Work  of  Darkness,  adverse 
to  Christianity,  and  Inimical  to  republican  govern- 
ment. By  Rev.  Lebbeus  Armstrong  (Presbyterian), 
a  seceding  Mason  of  21  degrees.  This  Is  a  very 
telling  work  and  no  honest  man  who  reads  it  will 
think  of  joining  the  lodge.  IS  cents  each;  per 
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Judg-e   Whitney's   Defense  before  the 

Grand  Lodge  of  Illinois.  .Judge  Daniel  II  Whit- 
ney was  Master  of  the  lodge  wlmn  S  L  Keitli,  a 
memlicr  of  his  lodge,  murdered  Ellen  Slade.  Judge 
Whitney,  by  attempting  to  bring  Fclth  to  .luatice, 
brought  on  himself  the  vengeance  ^f  the  lodge,  but 
he  boldly  replied  to  the  charges  against  him,  and 
aftevwar(is  renounced  Masonry.  15  cents  each;  pur 
dozen   »I  '25 

ON  ODDFELLOWSHIP. 

Revised     Odd-fellowship   Illustrated. 

The  complete  revised  ritual  of  the  Lodge,  Encamp- 
ment and  RebekaU  (ladies')  degrees,  profusely  illus- 
trated, and  guaranteed  to  be  strictly  accurate;  with 
a  sketch  of  tlie  origin,  history  and  character  of  the 
order,  over  one  hundred  foot-note  quotations  from 
standard  authorities,  showing  tiie  character  and 
teachings  of  tlie  order,  and  an  analysis  of  each  de- 
gree liy  President  J.  Bianchard.  This  ritual  cor- 
responds exactly  with  the  "  Charge  Books"  fur- 
nished by  the  Sovereign  Grand  Lodge.  In  cloth, 
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A  Masonic  Conspiracy,  Resulting  In  a 
fraudulent  divorce,  and  various  other  outrages 
upon  the  rights  of  a  defenseless  woman.  Also  the 
account  of  a  Masonic  murder,  by  two  eye-witnesses. 
By  Mrs.  Louisa  Walters.  This  is  a  thrllllBgly  inter- 
esting, true  narrative.    20  ceots  each;  per  dozen, 


16 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE. 


October  19,  1882 


PUBLISHER'S  DEPARTMENT. 


Nineiy-nine   more  Clubs  of  ten  wiihin 

the  next    twenty-three  days! 

Shall  we  have  them? 

At  this  writing  the  majority  of 
the  readers  have  not  had  time  to 
reply  to  our  proposition  to  mail 
the  Cynosure,  folded,  trimmed  and 
pasted,  one  day  earlier  after  Jan. 
Ist,  1883,  if  they  will  send  ns  the 
cash  for  one  hundred  clubs  of  ten 
within  thirty  days  from  the  date  of 
the  last  issue  of  the  Cynosure, 
Oct.  12th,  1882. 

The  first  $16.00  was  received  to- 
day from  C  Derbyshire,  whose 
name  is  placed  first  on  this  roll  of 
honor.  The  money  is  acccompa- 
nied  with  earnest  prayer  that  the 
eubscription  list  may  be  much  en- 
larged. 

Secretary  J.  P.  Stoddard  says,  "I 
see  the  importance  of  aa  enlarged 
circulation  for  the  Cynosure  in  a 
clearer  light  than  ever  before." 

Mrs.  Bailey,  who  favored  us 
with  a  call  to-day,  says:  "Mr. 
Bailey  has  always  realized  the  im- 
portance of  the  circulation  of  the 
Cynosu/re  in  New  England.  There 
it  is  the  basis  upon  which  we 
work." 

H.  H.  Hinraan  writes  from 
Washington,  D.  C. :— "I  think  the 
improvement  greatly  needed  and 
that  it  would  greatly  increase  the 
value  of  the    paper.     I    shall  do 

WHAT  I  CAN  TO    BRING  IT  ABOUT." 

M.  L.  Worcester  accepts  the 
proposition,  all  but  advancing  the 
money,  and  goes  immediately  to 
work  for  subscribers  prepared 
with  Cynosures,  containing  the 
picture  of  the  Morgan  monument 
statue  on  the  first  page,  also  some 
of  the  last  issue,  tracts,  etc.  "I 
had  purposed,"  he  writes,  "to  spend 
about  two  weeks  in  the  interest  of 
this  very  valuable  'pa/per,  but  fail- 
ing health  and  circumstances  are 
against  me.  I  trust  that  I  shall  be 
able  to  procure  from  ten  to  twenty 
Bubscribers  notwithstanding  these 
hindrances.  I  have  but  a  little 
time  to  labor  for  the  interest  of 
Zion  and  welfare  of  our  country; 
therefore  with  my  might  I  shall  do 
what  1  find  to  to  do."  So  this 
brother  may  take  two  shares  in 
the  one  hundred. 

H.  Curtisa  will  do  something  in 
this  line. 

W.  I.  Phillips,  we  have  reason 
to  hope,  will  soon  have  his  name 
enrolled  aa  one  of  the  hundred. 

Dr.  Gross  will  be  one  of  the 
hundred  if  certain  arrangements 
are  made. 

S.  M.  Grood  will  be  on  e  of  the 
one  hundred  if  he  sells  his  farm 
this  month  as  he  hopes  to. 

J.  S.  Yaukey  and  others  will 
bear  this  subject  to  the  throne  of 
grace.  Certainly  the  cause  of 
Christ  will  be  greatly  advanced  by 
the  enlarged  circulation  of  the 
Cynosure.  Will  not  many  eager- 
ly come  forward  and  fill  up  the 
ranks  of  the 

"One  hundred. 

A  subscriber  away  out  on  the 
frontier  writes:  "I  am  contented 
to  be  dressed  in  rags  with  my  feet 
wet  every  day  in  consequence  of 
shortness  of  means  (having  moved 
here  two  years  ago,  and  my  crop 
failed  the  first  year,)  but  give  me 
Jesus  first,  my  Bible  eeoond,  and 


the  Christian   Cynosure    last  and 
long  as  I  live." 

It  will  require  self-denial  to  sus- 
tain the  Cynosure  on  the  part  of 
many.     It  is  a  great  enterprise. 

L.  H.  Hull.  "Am  on  picket 
duty  all  the  time  and  canvassing 
too.'" 

David  Owens,  "  I  think  I  can 
get  two  or  three  new  subscribers." 

Moses  Ferrin. — "I  now  am  going 
to  try  to  get  more  subscribers  for 
the  paper." 

Mary  Pinkney  ;  "  I  shall  try  to 
get  subscribers  if  I  can  on  the  $1.00 
plan.  I  am  trying  to  spread  the 
GynosureP 

So  long  as  the  Extension  Fund 
holds  out  new  subscribers  may  be- 
taken at  $1.00  each.  But  if  per- 
sons are  able  and  willing  to  pay 
regular  rates  it  is  well  to  allow  them 
to  do  so  and  save  the  Extension 
Fund  for  those  who  cannot  afford 
to  pay  more  than  $1.00  a  year. 

11.  S.  Limboeker  sends  two  hoping 
to  get  one  or  two  more  soon. 

J.  N.  Norris  and  C.  M.  Livesay 
send  three  for  a  year  each. 

H.  C.  Stegner  sends  four  for  a 
year  each. 

"  who'll  be  the  NEXT?  " 


Books  and   Tracts   sent   during 
the   week  ending   Oct.   14,  1882. 
By  Express. 
J  F  Helin,  G  Williams. 
By  MaM. 

W  H  Creed,  B  T  Creed,  A 
Swenson,  J  P  Montgomery,  JST 
Countryman,  J  Stimson,  W  C 
Garden,  W  Masston,  L  D  Jones, 
B  F  Worrell,  F  Campbell,  G  G 
Major,  J  A  Morrison,  H  O  Hen- 
man,  I  M  Macomber,  G  YanRiper, 
Mrs.  L  Hull,  J  Voetsch,  WG  Eld- 
ridge,  S  Banks,  E  T  Harrold,  C  H 
Hoxie,  G  Hiner,  J  K  Glassford,  T 
H  Nichols,  J  Ozier,  C  L  Crowther, 
T  H  Nichols,  B  Taft,  O  H  Ding- 
man,  A  Donald,  D  Brown,  J  S 
Eaton,  Mrs.  M  G  Strong,  J  Tait,  J 
Smith,  J  B  Lipcott,  W  H  Parker, 
W  B  Devore,  A  E  Batlon,  W  C 
Ackert,  H  Anderson,  J  E  Laner,  J 
M  Frencle,  W  J  ONeill,  H  C 
Adams,  T  H  Nichols  W  F  Bates 
I  J  Bradley,  J  Sturm,  A  Jenkins, 
A  A  Weller. 


Cynosure  Extension  Fund. 

Statement  for  the  week  ending  Oct.  14, 

1883 : 


Thos.  Gibb, 

Total  cash  received, 

Total  cash  used, 


I  3  00 
453  82 
326  94 


Cash  available,  -  -  $126  88 
This  Fund  is  designed  to  aid  in 
getting  subscribers  from  among 
those  who  do  not  take  the 
Cynosure,  and  who  may  be  induced 
to  read  it  by  paying  themselves 
|1.00  per  year.  The  Fund  pays 
50  cents,  making  up  the  club  rate. 
It  will  now  aid  253  new  subscribers 
to  get  the  paper  for  $1.00. 


Subscriptions    received     during 
the  week   ending  Oct  14,  1882: 

F  A  Armstrong,  D  Archibald  J 
Barnes,  Sen.  M  KBritten,  I  JBrad- 
ley,  W  A  Bartlett,  N  Countryman, 
S  L  Cook,  E  Cox,  L  Chittenden,  H 
Clark,  A  Duncan,  J  Emmerson,  H 
A  Fischer,  C  D  Ferguson,  J  For- 
dice,  J  J  Grifiith,  I  Green,  T  Gibb, 
H  H  Hinman,  I  Hyatt,  Mrs.  L  H 
Hull,  J  Hunter,  O  Hanson,  O 
Johnson,  G  W  Keller  H  LKellog, 
C  M  Liveray,  H  S  Limboeker,  J 


Mason,  F  M  Mitchel,  J  N  Norris,  L 
H  Plumb,  Mrs.  L  E  Packard, 
Mary  Pinkney,  W  I  Phillips,  J 
Stoughton,  S  J  Seger,  J  P  Stod- 
dard, J  H  Sloan,  0  Stegner  Maria 
G  Strong,  J  S  Trask,  WK  Wright, 

Convention  and  Monument  Finance. 

CONVENTION — EXPENSE. 

Speakers  (railroad  fare) $  61  10 

Printing  and  distributing  bills 36  28 

Hall  rent 45  00 

Entertainment  of  delegates 312  76 

$445  14 

RECEIPTS   FOR  SAME. 

Hat  collection $  31  08 

Other  sources 391  17 

$312  25 

Deficit $133  89 

J.  P.  Stoddard. 

MORGAN    MONUMENT. 

For  cemetery  lot $    24  00 

"  monument  per  contract 2500  00 

"  extra  lettering  same 20  00 

"  grading  lot 5  50 

"  veil  (net).., 1  23 

$2550  73 
Cash  contributions  to  Oct.  13 $2344  25 

Deficit $206  48 

J.  P.  Stoddard, 
Treas.  Mon.  Fund. 

♦    ■    • : 

Donations 

to  Morgan  monument  since  report  of  the 
Gen.  Sec'y  J.  P.  Stoddard  and  not  before 
reported. 

M.  Merrett,  Mrs.  S.  F.  Skeel,  H.  J. 
Zeering,  M.  Moore,  each  $1;  B.  Gary  50c. 
A  friend,  35c ;  Jas.  Mathe-ws.  $2.  Total, 
16.75.  W.  I.  Phillips, 

Treas.  N.  C.  A. 


NEWS  ITEMS. 


— The  Commissioner  of  the  Land  Oflace 
in  his  annual  report  states  that  the  lands 
now  embraced  within  the  limits  of  the 
public  domain  amount  to  900,000,000 
acres,  including  Alaska.  He  recommends 
that  the  Pre-emption  law  be  abolished, 
as  the  Homestead. laws  cover  all  cases  now 
arising. 

— Dickson,  the  foreman  of  the  star-route 
jhry,  threatens  to  procure  a  Congressional 
investigation  into  the  question  of  jury- 
fixing.  The  fact  that  he  has  delayed  so 
long  in  swearing  out  warrants  for  tbe  ar- 
rest of  those  he  charges  with  approaching 
'him  corruptly  has  about  destroyed  all 
faith  in  his  stories. 

— Serious  charges  are  made  by  Com- 
maoder  Pearson,  of  the  United  States 
steamer  Wachusett,  stationed  at  Sitka, 
against  Gouverneur  Morris,  Collector  of 
Customs  for  Alaska.  Frauds  on  the  Gov- 
ernment through  the  importation  and  sale 
of  liquor,  drunkenness,  the  ruthless 
slaughter  of  Indian  dogs,  and  conduct 
generally  offensive  to  the  natives  and  the 
naval  otflcers  on  duty  at  Sitka,  are  some 
of  the  allegations. 

— The  100th  anniversary  of  the  birth  of 
Daniel  Webster  was  celebrated  Thursday 
the  12th,  with  peculiarly  interesting  exer- 
cises at  Marshfleld,  Mass.  President  Ar- 
thur and  Secretaries  Lincoln  and  Chand- 
ler, Senators  Hoar  and  Dawes,  Gov.  Long, 
Mayor  Green,  and  other  notables  were 
present. 

— Mr.  Herbert  Spencer  the  English  phi- 
losopher, is  now  spending  a  lew  days  in 
Philadelphia  as  the  guest  of  Mr.  G.  W. 
Childs,  after  which  h.e  will  return  to  New 
York,  and  then ^.as"  soon  as  possible,  set 
sail  for  his  home  in  England.  His 
health  is  so  poor  and  the  inevitable  an- 
noyances of  travel  are  so  great  that  he 
has  given  up  all  ideas  of  visiting  the  Far 
West. 

— The  recent  Denver  Exposition  was  a 
financial  failure.  It  is  stated  that  the 
grounds,  building  and  furniture  cost  $235- 
000,  and  only  $100,000  of  the  bonds  issued 
were  sold ;  while  nearly  every  man  who 
bought  a  special  privilege  in  the  building 
lost  heavily. 

—  H.  W.  Beecher  has  formally  with- 
drawn from  the  New  York  Congregation- 
al Association  on  account  oi  his  difference 
of  theological  views. 

— A  mob  attacked  the  jail  at  Evansville, 
Ind.,  on  Wednesday  night  and  alter  a  des- 
perate fight  with  the  officers  secured  a 
wile-murderer  named  Richmond  whom 
they  riddled  with  bullets.  One  of  the 
lynchers  was  killed  in  the  fight. 


— The  engineer's  estimate  of  the  cost  of 
the  great  Brooklyn  bridge  was  seven  mil- 
lions of  dollars,  and  not  to  exceed  that 
sum.  The  expenditures  up  to  the  present 
time  have  been  $13,973,490.  The  general 
belief  is  that  three  to  four  millions  have 
been  stolen  by  the  construction  ring  and 
the  trustees. 

— The  indictment  against  the  rebel 
chiefs  of  Egypt  contain  three  counts. 
First,  instigating  massacre ;  second,  direct- 
ing the  burning  of  Alexandria ;  and  third, 
abusing  a  flag  of  jruce.  A  list  of  the  pris- 
oners awaiting  the  court-martial  is  handed 
the  British  Consul-General.  It  contains 
113  names,  exclusive  of  the  prisoners  in 
the  provinces,  who  number  thirty. 

— The  Khedive  received  a  deputation 
of  the  National  Grand  Lodge  of  Free- 
masons. He  thanked  the  deputation 
for  their  kindly  visit,  and  said  that  he 
could  not  be  sufficiently  grateful  to  En- 
gland for  the  assistance  she  had  rendered 
him. 


Great 


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PRINCIPAUHM 

^^^.Tlie  SHORTEST,  QUICKEST  and 
And  all**'^^>>j,REST  line  to  St.  Joseph, 
points  in  Iowa^*>^^^p^,^cMson,  Topeka,  Denl- 
NebrasIia.Miasouri,  Kan^*««i5^5^>.^o°'  Dallas,  Gal- 
sas.  New  Mexico,  Arizona,  Mo^Sig^^feN^^veBton, 
tana  and  Texas.  ^^^'*£S^ 

Jhls  Route  has  no  superior  for  Albert 
_,  ,  ,^,-^  .^^fe.Jjea,  Minneapolis  and  St.  Paul. 

UnIver8al-^^-^<Jt|^»^^'  Nationally  reputed  as 
ly  conceded  *"  r^=5^^^^belng  the  Great 
be  the  best  equipped  ^*<5^a>^hroughCar 
Railroad  In  the  World  for  ^^^^*««»|r''  Li na 
all  classes  of  travel.  ^^^        ^^ 

KANSAS  CITY 

^v  -^^  All  connections  made  ^^^% 
.C/Ov       In  Union      ^/'V^Av' 

Through    ^■S^7^^''\y>:SLSy^        Try  it, 

Tlcliets  via  thi^^^  ^^  V^^*^  *"'*  y°"  '^'" 
Celebrated  Line  ^°^ScO?^S^^  ^"^  traveling  a 
sale  at  all  offices  l^^^sQJ^^^^  luxury,  Intfead 
the  U.  S.  *°^^|^^^^/\W^^V  o^  a  <"»• 
Canada.  vZ/^O^^/*^  All^x5y4fy^w  contort. 
^Vvi/^nformatlo^Vfiiy^S. 

SV^rO^  about  Rates  ot^^rOMy-\ 
/\^  Fare,  Sleeping  Cars,  >0%# 
'^  etc..  cheerfully  given  by  ^^* 

T.  J.  POTTER.  PERCEVAL  LOWELL, 

3d  Vice  Pres't  <fc  Gen'l  Manager,       Oen.  Pass.  Agt., 

Cbicaso.  lU.  Chlcaeo,  111. 

MAMKJBl  REPORTS. 

Chioaoo,  Oct.  16, 1882. 

GKAIN— Wheat— No.    8 94  95<i 

No.  3 ,  86V4 

Rejected 64 

Winter,  No,  2. . .  99 

Com— No.  2 68 

Rejected 67 

Oats— No.  2 37% 

Rye— No.  2 59 

Bran  per  ton 11  50  14  00 

Flour— Winter 4  50  6  'S 

Spring 6  25  8  25 

Hay— Timothy 11  00  14  50 

Prairie 7  50  13  00 

Lard  per  cwt 13  00 

Mess  porl£  per  bbl 24  25 

Butter;  mediiim  to  best 17  38 

Cheese 05  14 

Beans 3  35  8  !«• 

Eggs .   a."} 

Potatoes,  per  bu 40  5(» 

Seeds— Timothy 1  58  1  60 

Clover 5  10  5  25 

Flax 1  1!) 

Broom  corn 02  09 

Hides— Green  to  dry  flint 7  15 

Lumber— Clear 43  00  59  00 

Common 15  00  22  00 

Shingles 3  20 

WOOL-Washed S7  41 

Unwashed 18  30 

LIVE  STOCK— Cattle,  extra 6  10  7  00 

Good 5  40  6  00 

Medium 4  25  5  ?6 

Common 2  50  4  00 

flogs 6  (10  8  85 

Sheep 2  75  4  75 

STene  York  JUarkets. 

Flour 3  10       8  75 

Wheat— Spring 1  OB 

Winter 80       1  14 

Com 72           79 

Oats 38           52 

Lard 13  40 

MessPork 23  75 

Butter 15           32 

Obeesa 06          10 

Hgg« 8T 

WoOl«..«......... ^ 1«          «7 


The  CmisTiAN  Cytosuee. 


VOL.  XV.,  No.  5. 


"In  Secret  Have  I  Said  Nothing.'' — Jesut  Ohritt. 


WHOLE  No.  652 


EZRA  A.  CdOK,  'PuBWSHEK, 
No.  13  Wabash  Ayenuk. 


CHICAGO,  THUESDAY,  OCTOBER  26,  1882. 


WEEKLY, 
$2.00  Pbb  Tsi^. 


Associate  Editors. 


J.  BLANCHARD,  Editor, 

H.  L.  KELLOGG,  ) 

Mrs.  EZKA  a.  cook,  f 

E.  D.  BAILEY,  Corresponding  Editor. 

Address  all  business  letters  to  Ezra  A-  Cook,  Publisher 
Christian  Cynosure.  All  letters  for  publication  to  "Ed- 
itor Christian  Cynosure,  No.  18  Wabash  Ave ,  Chicago." 
Writers'  names  must  always  be  given.  No  manuscript 
returned  unless  requested  and  postage  enclo.«ed. 

Terms. — $2.00  per  year.  Currency  by  unregistered 
letter  at  sender's  risk.  When  writing  to  change  address, 
ALWAYS  give  the  former  address. 

[Entered  at  the  Post  Office,  at  Chicago,  111.,  as  2d  Class  Matter.] 


TABLE  OF  COSTTEXTS. 


Editorial  : 

Topics  of  the  Time. ... 
Editorial  Correspond- 
ence  

Memoir  of  Myron  Hol- 

ley 

Astounding  Falsehood 
Wm.  H.  Van  Doren.. . 
Contributions  .- 
An  Appeal  to  Old 
Country  Dissenters 
A    Freeman's    Honor 

(Poetry) 

Lay     Aside    Every 

Weight 

About  Secret  Associa- 
tions   

Reform  Story : 
Holden    with     Cords 

Chap  XXV 

New  England: 
The  New  Hampshire 
State  Meeting ;  N.  H. 
Secretary's  Report. . 

Thurlow  Weed 

Obituary 


Corbespondencb  : 
A  Cheering  Letter  from 
Michigan ;    Exposi- 
tion Notes: 
beside    all 
From   Bro. 
Our  Mail . 
Books  and  Magazines. . . 
The  Southern  Field  : 

Washington  Notes 

American  Politics: 
The  Bible  in   Schools 


Sowing 
Waters ; 
Tapley ; 


12 


Religious  News  : 
The    Missions   among 
Romanists  ;  A    Re- 
buke to  the  Baptist 

Ministry 13 

Home  Circle 10 

Children's  Corner.  . .   10 

Sunday  School 11 

Home  and  Farm 14 

News  of  the  Week.  . .  16 

Churches  vs.  Lodgery 14 

Anti-masonic  Le  cturers  14 

Then.  C.  a 14 

Publisher's  Dep't 16 


TOPICS  OF  THE  TIME. 


Two  hundred  years  ago  last  Suuday  William 
Penn.,  the  favorite  of  Charles  II.,  landed  at 
Chester,  a  suburb  of  Philadelphia,  to  begin  the 
foundation  of  a  free  state — the  scheme  which 
had  filled  his  mind  for  years.  The  Continent 
was  full  of  English  refugees,  some  for  political 
reasons,  but  most  for  conscience'  sake.  It  was 
nobly  planned  that  a  colony,  where  political  and 
religious  freedom  might  be  secured,  should  be 
planted  in  America.  No  one  else  could  have 
obtained  from  the  luxurious  Charles  so  broad  a 
charter  as  Penn,  who  for  various  reasons  held  a 
place  at  court  in  spite   of  the   obnoxious  princi- 

?le8  of  George  Fox  which  he  had  embraced, 
'o  Americans,  Benjamin  West's  picture  has 
made  th^name  of  Penn  a  household  word  be- 
cause of  his  method  with  the  Indians,  which 
had  never  been  fairly  tried  by  any  of  the  early 
colonies.  It  was  fitting  that  the  celebration  of 
the  founding  of  this  new  state  should  be  of  a  re- 
ligions nature.  Thus  the  anniversary  began  in 
the  churches.  It  will  be  continued  through  the 
week,  but  will  close  shamefully  with  the  deep- 
est  insult  to  William  Penn  and  the  whole  body 
of  Friends,  and  no  less  to  the  nation  which  is 
proud  in  pointing  to  him  as  one  of  its  foun- 
ders. Thursday  is  to  be  given  up  to  the  Free- 
masons as  "Knight  Templar"  day,  and  Friday 
will  be  "Military"  day  for  the  parade  of  citizen 
soldiery.  The  genius  that  would  attempt  to 
honor  the  name  of  Penn  by  introducing  fea- 
tures so  hostile  to  his  well  known  prmciples 
might  well  become  the  infamous  Jeffries,  from 
whose  courts  Penn's  colony  received  many  in- 
nocent but  plundered  and  scarred  victims. 


The  Mormons  are  preparing  for  the  approach- 
ing election,  and  on  Saturday  held,  for  the  first 
time  it  is  said,  a  political  meeting.  George  Q. 
Cannon,  the  rejected  Congressional  delegate, 
spoke,  denouncing  the    attempt   to  despoil  the 


A  CARD 

TO  THE  ONE    HUNDRED   PERSONS  AVHO  UNITED- 
LY  INTEND   TO    GIVE   THE  CYNOSURE 

CANVASS 

A  GKAND  OPENING  ! 

Oct,  26th,  1882. 
Are  there  one  hundred  ?  We  hope  so. 
There  are  certainly  six.  The  remaining 
ninety-four  have  not  yet  been  heard  from; 
but  every  day  we  are  looking  for  their 
letters. 

SIXTEEN  DAYS 

only  remain  for  the  fulfillment  of  the 
proposition,  will  you  not  be  prompt  ?  To 
refresh  your  memories  the  proposition  is 
printed  this  week  on  the  eighth  page. 

As  a  slight  token  of  our  appreciation  of 

your  efforts  just  at  this  time  we  hope  to 

send  each  of  the  one  hundred  a  cloth  bound 

copy  of  "Holden  with  Cords,"  next  March. 

Yours  in  the  work, 

Ezra  A.  Cook. 


Mormons,  and  manifesting  great  "concern  lest 
the  Constitution  should  not  be  violated.  The 
meeting  gave  him  a  vote  of  confidence.  The 
Gentiles  are  also  active.  Judge  Van  Zile,  U.  S. 
attorney,  and  other  speakers  are  making  a  thor- 
ough canvass,  and  have  large  audiences,  but  not 
always  favorable  ones.  The  Mormon  spirit  is 
proud  and  unbroken,  and  there  will  be  voters 
enough  who  will  escape  the  charge  of  polygamy 
to  carry  the  election.  They  will  maintain  the 
proclamation  of  Taylor,  Cannon  and  Smith  in 
August,  which  says :  "In  regard  to  our  reli- 
gion or  our  eternal  covenants  we  have  no  com- 
promise to  make  nor  principles  to  barter  away. 
They  emanate  from  God,  and  are  founded  upon 
the  rock  of  eternal  ages.  They  will  live  and 
exist  when  empires,  powers  and  nations  shall 
crumble  and  decav,  and  with  the  help  of  the 
Almighty  we  will  guard  sacredly  our  covenants 
and  maintain  our  interests  and  be  true  to  our 
God  while  time  exists  or  eternity  endures."  It 
is  evident  that  the  Mormon  leaders  mean  to  car- 
ry their  case  to  the  utmost,  and  fanaticism  has 
made  them  eager  followers. 


The  Star-route  trial  is  a  train  off  the  track 
flouridaring  in  the  mire.  The  interest  in  the 
main  culpritp  has  been  skilfully  diverted  by 
them,  and  especially  by  IngersoU,  their  lawyer, 
to  the  charges  of  bribery  made  by  some  of  the 
jury  against  government  officials.  It  is  now 
found  that  the  truth,  so  far  as  the  public  will 
be  likely  to  judge,  lies  between  Dickson,  the 
foreman  of  the  late  jury,  and  a  worthless  fellow, 
who  somehow  had  got  employment  on  recom- 
mendation of  Secretary  Lincoln.  Two  other 
employees  who  are  charged  with  offering  bribes 
will  be  placed  under  arrest.  This  diversion, 
which  promises  to  be  not  soon  decided,  raises 
the  hope  of  the  principal  thieves  that  their  cases 
will  be  put  off  till  some  change  can  be  brought 
about  in  the  Attorney  General's  office.  If 
Brewster  or  his  able  assistant,  Merrick,  were 
disposed  of  they  would  look  confidently  for  ac- 


quittal. Judge  Wylie,  they  also  have  occasion 
to  fear,  and  no  untried  means  remain  to 
prevent  his  again  sitting  in  the  case. 
The  three  jurors,  Dickson  (foreman,)  Brown 
and  Halmead,  who  make  these  charges  of  bri- 
bery are  the  men  who,  with  one  other,  Martin, 
caused  the  disagreement  of  the  jury.  At  every 
ballotting  one  of  the  four  chief  defendants  was 
protected  by  the  vote  of  one  or  more  of  these 
men.  If  an  inquiry  does  not  prove  them  to  be 
Freemasons,  and  their  oaths  of  secrecy  the  means 
by  which  the  fraudulent  verdict  was  obtained, 
we  shall  be  muf^b  m^'<'*ilron. 


August  24th  the  New  York  Witness  printed 
the  unpreposessing  likeness  of  Governor  Buren 
R.  Sherman  of  Iowa,  accompanying  his  procla- 
mation announcing  the  adoption  of  the  consti- 
tutional prohibitory  amendment.  This  procla- 
mation simply  announced  the  fact  and  closed  by 
quoting  the  Masonic  swagger  "  all  persons  will 
take  due  notice  and  govern  themselves  accord- 
ingly." Sherman  is  a  Freemason.  Unlike  St. 
John  of  Kansas  it  was  but  a  gingerly  comfort 
he  gave  to  the  temperance  men  before  the  vote ; 
and  after  it,  when  the  legislature  should  have 
been  called  together  to  enact  laws  for  enforcing 
the  constitutional  amendment,  he  failed  to  do  so 
in  order  to  give  more  time  for  his  brother  Ma- 
sons, the  saloon-keepers,  time  to  make  every  cent 
in  their  ungodly  traffic,  and  at  the  same  time 
make  profitable  investments  for  the  future  when 
the  new  law  should  be  enforced.  Like  McClellan 
at  Antietam,  the  Iowa  victory  has  not  been  fol- 
lowed up,  and  a  correspondent  of  the  Witness 
traveling  in  Iowa  now  finds  "  all  the  saloons  open 
and  doing  a  thriving  business  "  while  "  the  bet- 
ter portion  of  the  citizens  feel  humiliated,"  and 
ascribe  the  trouble  to  the  want  of  back-bone  in 
the  Chief  Executiye  of  the  State."  These  good 
people  will,  alas,  learn  in  time  that  a  more  posi- 
tive influence  than  a  pusillanimous  governor — 
as  much  more  so  as  the  tearful  Masonic  oath 
can  be — is  behind  all  this  betrayal  of  the  tem- 
perance hosts  of  Iowa. 


— An  Odd-fellow  of  the  Old  Bachelor  persua- 
sion may  become  a  Grand  Sire,  and  remain  un- 
married.— Sandy  Lake  News. 


An  Appeal 

TO  THE  OLD    COUNTRY    DISSENTERS    NOW  SETTLED  IN 
THE  UNITED  STATES. 

Dear  Friends  : — One  of  yourselves,  a  friend 
to  good  government  in  these  United  States  now 
addresses  you,  conscious  that  the  cause  which 
prompts  his  pen  is  worthy  of  greater  ability  to 
advocate  its  claims,  and  to  induce  you  to  give  to 
it  the  same  intrepid  courage  and  thorough  earn- 
estness which  characterizes  your  warfare  against 
the  baneful  connection  of  church  and  state  in  the 
land  you  have  left. 

The  National  Christian  Association  in  this 
land  of  your  adoption  asks  your  support  as  a 
body  now  engaged  in  a  conflict  of  arduous  char- 
acter against  a  power  more  injurious  to  the 
cause  of  a  pure  Christianity  and  the  fair  work- 
ing of  the  civil  institutions  of  this  new  but  great 
and  prosperous  country,  than  is  the  corrupt  con- 
nection of  the  churches  with  the  state  in  the 
United  Kingdom. 

The  cause  of  good  government  here  needs 
you  and  your  sons,  every  one,  to  help  it.  You 
are  the  true  successors  to  the  principles  of  the 
very  founders  of  a  free  government,  on  this  side 
of  the  Atlantic.  Your  contests  in  the  land  ot 
your  birth  has  given  you  clearer  views  of  the 
principles  which  should  prevail  than  any  other 
class  of  immigrants.     You  have  the  character  to 


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THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURB. 


October  26, 1882 


avow 


be  relied  upon;  you  have  the  honesty  to 
your  convictions;  you  have  the  courage  to  main- 
tain them  against  organized  social,  political  or 
religious  forces.  To  what  class  of  naturalized 
■leitizenB  shall  Americans  look  for  aid  in  the 
maintenance  of  good  government  if  not  to  you? 
Shall  they  find  support  in  Chinamen  or  in  the 
tools  of  a  despotic  European  priesthood?  Shall 
they  hope  for  ready  support  from  men  who  can- 
not'speak  our  common  language  or  who  are  sat- 
urated with  communistic  ideas?  All  these  have 
to  be  taught  for  a  generation  at  least  before 
they  can  be  relied  upon. 

The  National  Christian  Association  respect- 
fully invites  every  one  of  you  who  desires  to 
maintain  this  Republic  as  a  nation  of  free  men, 
to  unite  with  us  against  the  insidious  and  dan- 
gerously subversive  influences  of  the  agents  of 
the  Secret  Empire.  If  our  country  were  a  des- 
potism there  might  be  some  reason  for  a  degree 
of  secrecy  when  reforms  were  proposed,  but  un- 
der constitutional  government  such  as  exists  in 
the  United  States  and  in  the  United  Kingdom, 
there  is  no  need,  no  excuse  for  them.  Where 
freedom  exists  their  effect  is  to  limit  it,  to  re- 
strict it,  and  to  transfer  it  from  constitutional 
safeguards  to  the  control  of  secret  cabals  and  to 
men  who  are  responsible  to  all  the  dark  obliga- 
tions of  the  lodge. 

And  are  not  our  colored  millions  in  the  South 
in  danger  of  becoming  victims  to  the  cunning 
devices  and  plausible  sophistries  of  error?  They 
are  free,  but  need  instruction  which  could  reach 
them  through  us  and  which  you  can  give  them 
by  your  language  and  your  example.  Nor  is 
there  a  class  of  men  whose  words  would  be  more 
gratefully  appreciated  than  yours  by  that  class 
of  our  people,  for  almost  universally  they  know 
that  from  you  their  race  has  ever  received  a 
hearty  support  and  cordial  sympathy.  Tour 
power  for  good  is  thus  immense  among  these 
millions  in  this  your  new  country,  and  your 
trained  minds  can  give  assistance  which  will  tell 
for  the  success  of  our  government  and  preserva- 
tion of  a  pure  Christianity  against  the  dangers 
which  beset  them  from  the  secret  empire — their 
direst  and  most  dangrerous  foe. 

There  is  danger  to  the  institutions  of  the 
country  from  the  secret  societies  which  interfere 
with,  and  fetter  their  open,  free,  constitutional 
exercise.  The  influence  of  lodgery  is  felt  in 
business,  in  politics,  in  courts  of  justice,  and 
through  official  patronage.  "We  need  your  aid 
to  help  us  to  purify  and  keep  pure  the  free  in- 
stitutions of  our  great  and  prosperous  country. 
Grander  than  the  emancipation  of  the  Southern 
slave  will  be  the  emancipation  of  oath-bound 
consciences,  darkened  and  hardened  thereby. 
The  slavery  of  the  South  had  its  color  line  and  est  of  all  are  the 
was  local.  The  despotism  of  secretism  extends 
over  men  of  every  complexion,  and  of  every 
creed,  and  of  every  land.  It  seeks  a  Universal 
Empire  which  shall  rule  over  every  government, 
and  a  universal  allegiance  to  its  creed  which 
must  dominate  over  every  people,  and  over  every 
other  religion. 

Englishmen  by  birth,  if  you  would  honor  the 
memory -of  your  heroic  forefathers,  who  under 
Cromwell  hurled  a  despot  from  his  throne,  and 
founded  our  nation;  men  of  Scottish  blood,  if 
you  would  be  worthy  of  the  glories  which  clus- 
ter around  your  name  and  which  your  fore-fath- 
ers revealed  in  their  self-denying  struggles  and 
victories  for  freedom  of  conscience;  Irishmen, 
whose  generous  impulses  and  aspirations  for 
^ood  have  so  oft  been  thwarted, — here  is  now 
the  field  on  which  we  can  all  unite  for  victory. 
Here  all  may  unite  to  secure  fame  and  blessing 
as  great  as  any  on  record  and  as  fraught  with 
future  good — and  purer  and  nobler,  because,  as 
we  trust,  it  shall  be  accomplished  by  peaceful 
and  bloodless  weapons. 

We  therefore  beseech  you  to  cast  in  your  lot 
with  us  and  so  help  to  preserve  and  to  transmit 
to  posterity  our  free  institutions,  founded  as  they 
are  upon  the  principles  of  our  common  Christi- 
anity. And  may  the  God  of  providence  guard 
and  guide  our  beloved  country  in  the  future 
from  the  dangers  of  civil  war  and  make  it  an 
instrument  to  bless  the  world  by  promoting 
peace  on  earth,  and  good  will  towards  universal 
man,  t.  h. 


A  Freeman's  Honor. 

A  freeman iioBt  in  days  of  old 
Here  struggled  "midst  the  forest  lair, 

'Gainst  savage  foe  and  rival  bold 
For  f canty  fare  and  hearth-stone  hare ; 

But  prayed  for  aid  in  battle  fray, 

And  trembled  'neath  a  tyrant's  sway. 

Through  heat  and  sleet  and  battle  toll 
They  bore  the  flag  of  Liberty, 

O'er  fell  and  dell  and  hallowed  soil, 
To  lasting  fame  and  victory ; 

And  hearts  that  true  for  country  burned 

A  master  scoffed  and  slavery  spumed. 

The  soulless  sons  of  free-born  sire. 
For  sinful  lust  and  lawless  gaiu. 

In  fancied  darkuees  now  conspire 
To  bend  the  knee  to  despot  reign  ; 

And  but  the  tyrant's  time  abide 

Their  freemen  gmse  to  rend  aside. 


Lay  Aside  Every  Weight 

The  reformer  is  in  an  especial  sense  "com- 
passed about  with  a  great  cloud  of  witnesses." 
Of  necessity  he  is  a  "spectacle  unto  men  and  to 
angels"  in  just  so  far  as  the  difference  between 
his  principles  and  those  commonly  held,  and  his 
energy  in  propagating  them,  entitle  him  to  the 
name  of  one  who  re-forms.  The  apostle  was 
speaking  to  Hebrew  Christians,  at  a  time  when 
being  such  meant  more  of  a  sacrifice  than  it 
does  in  modern  times.  The  words  quoted  are  at 
the  close  of  Paul's  wonderful  summary  of  the 
triumphs  of  faith  in  God  over  all  the  obstacles 
of  Satan  to  Christian  progress,  from  Enoch  down 
through  the  ages  to  the  martyred  prophets. 
The  figure  used  is  that  of  the  Roman  arena, 
where  Christians  as  athletes  are  about  to  start 
on  the  race  to  which  the  active  Christian  life  is 
so  like.  Around  and  above  them  rise  tier  on 
tier  of  spectators,  beginning  with  earth's  varied 
population  in  the  lower  seats,  rising  through 
the  long  rows  of  the  prophet  and  patriarch  dead, 
who  have  already  overcome  the  world  through 
faith,  and  lighting  up  above  into  a  fleecy  cloud- 
belt  rustling  with  wings  and  audible  with  mur- 
muring voices  of  angelic  hosts  in  anxious  sus- 
pense, while  yonder  in  glorious  majesty  sits  as 
Gevernor,  Judge  and  Aid,  the  beloved  and  ador- 
able one  who  in  the  person  of  his  Son  has  given 
his  life  that  success  in  the  Christian  race  might 
be  possible.  Pointing  to  the  concoursed  specta- 
tors of  earth  and  heaven,  and  to  the  difficulties 
of  the  road,  Paul  calls  out  to  the  racers,  "Lay 
aside  every  weight  1" 

So  it  is  in  reform  work.  Above  is  the  Gover- 
nor and  Director  of  all  real  reform  work ;  next, 
the  angel  watchers,  and  the  spirits  of  those  who 
in  like  labors  have  come  oil  successful  through 
faith  and  have  gone  to  their  reward ;  and  near- 
worlds'  people  whose  admira- 
tion and  imitation  is  one  object  of  the  race  to 
win,  as  in  the  Christian  race  of  which  Paul  di- 
rectly spoke.  And  in  the  one  as  in  the  other, 
there  are  both  "weights"  to  be  laid  aside,  and  a 
race  that  will  be  lost  if  weights  are  car- 
ried. 

Supposing  that  of  the  athletes  one  should  per- 
sist in  wearing  an  artificial  hump  on  his  back  ; 
another  should  have  his  sandals  half  a  foot  too 
long,  another  should  try  to  run  with  his  long 
toga  on,  while  others  should  be  continually  cast- 
ing opprobrious  epithets  at  those  of  the  specta- 
tors who  did  not  immediately  shout  approval  of 
their  course  and   begin    preparations  for  a  simi- 


lar race?  Suppose  that 
the  athletes  began  to 
other?  Suppose  that 
formity  should  obtrude 


during  the  race  two  of 
bandy  words  with  each 
one  with  a  natural  de- 
it  upon  the  spectators' 


gaze  at  every  opportunity,  and  that  others  should 
fasten  bags  of  gold  to  their  persons  before  start- 
ing? What  would  be  the  result,  compared  with 
what  it  might  have  been?  The  man  who  holds 
to  his  unpleasant,  artificial  idiosyncrasies  will 
find  himself  a  laggard  at  the  end  and  disliked 
by  the  spectators  he  would  win  ;  the  man  with 
additions  built  on  to  the  Gospel  sandals  of  the 
"Preparation  of  Peace"  will  find  that  exaggera- 
tions, even  of  good  doctrines,  are  neither  prac- 
ticable, beautiful  nor  true ;  he  with  the  gar- 
ment of  ease  and  exclusiveness  about  him  will 
learn  too  late  that  "striving"  and  Scriptural 
neighborliness  are  absolute  essentials ;  he  whose 
tongue  is  illy  active    will    see  that  hard  names 


make  no  admirers  and  wasted  breath  helps  not 
in  a  race ;  they  with  the  quarrel  may  lose  sight 
of  the  goal  altogether ;  he  with  the  deformity 
will  learn  that  hideousness  is  not  attractive ; 
and  those  carrying  gold  will  find  that  in  a  race 
they  cannot  be  bound  to  things  of  earth,  howr 
ever  seemingly  good  in  themselves.  If  these 
were  all  the  contestants  in  the  race  it  would  be 
a  failure.  Some  one  of  them  would  doubtless 
reach  the  goal  first,  but  it  would  be  a  race  of 
snails  and  turtles  in  place  of  trained,  enthusias- 
tic athletes;  and  instead  of  the  audience  being 
won  to  admiration  and  imitation  it  would  dis- 
perse amid  a  hissing  storm  of  disgust,  wonder- 
ing why  the  governor  of  the  race  permitted 
such  things  to  be. 

Is  there  not  a  lesson  from  these  things  for  re- 
form and  other  Christian  work?  Men  who  car- 
ry on  reforms  are  apt  to  be  men  of  strong  indi- 
viduality, which  pushes  into  unpleasant  promi- 
nence any  disagreeable  traits  or  habits  they  may 
have.  They  do  very  much  good  in  spite  of 
these,  but  how  much  greater  would  their  in- 
fluence often  be  without  them  !  Again,  reform- 
ers are  sometimes  extremists  in  good  directions. 
Because  most  others  wear  only  a  heel  instead  of 
a  sandal,  some  wear  worse  than  a  Chinese  shoe 
to  make  up  for  the  deficiency.  This  is  not 
wholly  bad,  but  the  middle  ground  has  truth 
and  much  the  best  success  with  it.  This  point  is 
closely  connected  with  the  use  of  harsh  charac- 
terizations in  regard  to  persons  not  yet  favoring 
the  reform.  It  has  not  been  an  entirely  un- 
heard of  thing  for  adhering  Masons  to  be  told 
that  they  were  not  and  could  not  be  Christians. 
Now,  no  man  is  the  judge  of  that  matter — God 
is.  Masonry  is  a  terrible  evil,  and  objectively, 
always  a  sin ;  so,  years  ago,  were  slavery  and 
the  use  and  sale  of  Intoxicating  drinks,  and  eith- 
er was  probably  as  bad  as  Masonry ;  but  no  one 
thinks  of  saying  either  that  because  ministers 
and  deacons  were  engaged  in  them  they  were 
good  or  that  because  they  were  wicked  every 
one  complicated  in  them  was  lost  eternally.  Un- 
til a  man  sees  that  he  is  wrong  and  then  wilful- 
ly persists  in  his  evil  we  are  not  warranted  in 
saying  that  he  is  not  a  Christian.  Just  when 
that  point  is  reached  omniscience  alone  can  tell ; 
hence  the  fartherest  men  can  go  in  condemning 
those  who  profess  Christianity  is  to  say  that 
they  are  not  living  consistent  Christian  lives. 
Anything  further  than  that  is  assuming  God's 
prerogatives  and  forfeiting  the  confidence  of 
men  in  our  correctness  on  other  points,  as  well 
as  rousing  their  enmity  to  no  good  purpose. 

It  has  been  something  of  a  question  with 
some  as  to  whether  we  did  not  occasionally  go 
too  far  in  making  positive  accusations,  against 
even  the  lodge,  without  positive  proof  of  them. 
Some  have  expressed  such  a  belief,  directing 
their  criticism  particularly  towards  items  and 
articles  which  have  sometimes  appeared  in  the 
Cynosure.  Unquestionably,  self-evident  and 
clearly-proven  arguments  and  assertions  are  best, 
let  them  cut  as  they  may ;  but  accusations 
against  or  positive  assertions  abouL  secretism 
which  are  not  clearly  provable  have  a  smack  of 
injustice  about  them  which  repels  a  candid 
mind,  and  sometimes  makes  prejudiced  enemies 
of  those  who  might  otherwise  be  friends.  A 
few  clearly  sound  arguments  are  better  and 
stronger  than  even  the  very  same  arguments 
with  a  mixture  of  additional  ones  not  easily 
demonstrable.  A  carping  spirit  is  not  one  that 
Christ  ever  manifested,  nor  is  it  one  that  wiir 
ever  attract  support  or  add  strength  to  any 
movement.  On  the  other  hand,  a  truly  and 
correctly  broad  view  and  Christian-neighborly 
spirit  will  disarm  much  of  opposition  and  rally 
all  the  friends  of  any  good  cause.  In  the  pres- 
ence of  such  a  "cloud  of  witnesses"  and  facing 
such  obstacles  as  the  reform  Christian  has  to 
meet,  it  is  absolutely  essential,  lest  the  work 
be  hindered  and  God  dishonored,  that  we  do 
really  "lay  aside  every  weight"  and  press  for- 
ward. And  everything,  whether  in  personal 
character,  utterances  or  methods  of  labor,  which 
are  not  found  in  kind,  in  the  character,  utter- 
ances and  methods  of  work  of  Christ,  would 
seem  unquestionably  "weights,"  to  be  laid  aside. 
In  him  were  no  unpleasant  idiosyncrasies,  nat- 
ural or  acquired ;  seldom  did  he  make  an  asser- 


October  96   1882 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE. 


tion  that  did  not  carry  its  own  credentials  and 
was  not  accepted  on  sight ;  and  never  do  we 
find  a  hint  at  unkindliness  or  acerbity,  even  in 
his  most  scathing  denunciation.  His  instruction 
to  us  was  to  be  '■^wise  as  serpents,  harmless  as 
doves  ;"  "laying  aside  every  weight,"  and  then, 
with  these  characteristics,  ''running  with  pa- 
tience" and  ''pressing  forward  iinto  the  mark" 
of  the  final  completion  of  the  all-embracing  re- 
form which  he,  our  Pattern  in  all  things,  be- 
gan. YlSOR. 


About  Secret  Associations. 

The  number  of  secret  associations,  or  "orders," 
as  they  are  often  called,  is  largely  increased 
within  a  score  of  years.  They  have  well-nigh 
honey-combed  society,  and  must  have  a  great  in- 
fluence for  good  or  for  ill.  Incidentally  they 
must  accomplish  some  considerable  good ;  but 
taken  together,  their  good  appears  to  us  to  be 
eclipsed  by  a  midnight  darkness  of  evil.  To  go 
no  further  than  this :  does  it  seem  right,  when 
pursuing  a  lawful  occupation,  to  find  one's  self 
secretly  circumvented  because  he  stands  on  a 
Christian  manhood  and  citizenship,  and  not  on 
some  secret  brotherhood? 

There  are  suflicient  reasons  why  these  associ- 
ations ought  not  to  exist ;  yet,  considering  the 
corruptions  of  the  natural  heart,  it  cannot  be 
wondered  at  that  worldly  men  enjoy  them,  and 
seek  the  advantages  that  they  together  make  to 
flow  from  them.  But  with  Christian  men  the 
case  is  quite  different.  Being  solemnly  obligated 
to  Christ — an  obligation  that  necessarily  admits 
of  no  rivalship — it  must  be  wrong  to  so  vitally 
obligate  themselves  beforehand  to  a  society 
whose  principles  are  avowedly  in  great  measure 
unknown.  If  we  cannot  know  these  principles 
before  assuming  them,  then  we  bind  ourselves 
to  what  may  prove  to  be  wrong,  and  therefore 
to  anti-Christ.  We  therefore  unevenly  yoke 
ourselves  together  with  unbelievers. 

These  societies  are  not  Christian.  It  is  not 
wrong  in  every  instance  to  associate  with 
worldly  men  ;  but  it  is  wrong  to  associate  with 
them  from  a  worldly  stand-point.  On  this  ac- 
count we  should  let  these  secret  associations 
alone.  "  What  part  hath  he  that  believeth  with 
an  infidel?" 

Many  of  the  ceremonies  in  these  associations 
are  childish,  puerile,  and  utterly  objectionable  to 
sanctified  habit  and  taste.  To  touch  them  is  to 
be  defiled  with  them. 

We  understand  that  these  associations  are,  the 
most  of  them  at  least,  deliberately  Christless. 
Some  may  have  no  prayers  ;  but  we  know  that 
others  have  prayers,  from  which  both  the  name 
and  atonement  of  Christ  are  purposely  and  care- 
fully excluded.  And  yet,  professedly  Chris- 
tian men — Christ's  men — hold  active  mem- 
bership in  them;  they  become  personally  re- 
sponsible for  the  Christlessness  of  these  institu- 
tions. The  fact  is  undeniable.  The  idea  is 
monstrous. 

Again :  worldly  men  feel  the  need  of  moral 
support ;  so  they  seek  it,  on  a  Christless  and 
worldly  basis ;  and  their  professedly  Christian 
brother-members  stand  by  and  tacitly  and 
substantially  bolster  them  up  in  a  code  of  mor- 
als without  salvation.  "  Am  I  my  brother's 
keeper?  "  Of  course  you  are. —  Christiwn  Har- 
vester. 

i*  ♦  » ■ 

An  Unanswerable  Reply. — An  infidel  Jew 
in  the  east  of  London  not  long  ago  interrupted 
an  open-air  preacher  with  the  remark  that  "No 
such  man  as  Jesus  Christ  ever  lived."  A  work- 
ing-man in  the  audience  turned  to  the  objector 
and  said,  "You  brought  me  a  bill  for  some 
things  I  bought  of  you  the  other  day."  "Yes 
I  did."  "At  the  top  of  it  after  the  month  you 
wrote  1881?"  "Yes."  "What  do  you  mean  by 
1881?"  There  was  silence ;  the  Jew  did  not 
know  what  to  say.  "What  does  1881  mean? 
You  go  back  and  back,  till  you  come  at  last  to 
the  ■  year  1.  What  happened  then?  It  is  the 
first  year  of  wTiatV  The  Jew  had  to  confess, 
"  It  was  the  birth  of  him  you  call  Christ." 
"Then,"  replied  the  working-man,  "don't  say 
that  such  a  man  never  lived.  If  he  never  lived, 
you  have  no  business  to  put  1881  on  the  bill." — 
Ex, 


REFORM  STORY. 


Holden  with  Cords. 


BY  THE  AUTHOR    OF 


A  SUNNY 


"  LITTLE    PEOPLE," 
LIFE,"  ETC. 
Chapter  XXV—TIt^  Warfare  Jtegina. 

O,  how  we  missed  him!  how  hard  it  was  to 
keep  on  missing  him  every  day! — but  over  our 
loss,  as  over  every  other  void  that  death  makes, 
flowed  the  cold  remorseless  tide  of  plans  and 
purposes  for  the  morrow.  Miss  Loker  had  re- 
ceived a  pressing  call  from  a  lately  widowed 
brother  to  come  and  keep  his  house  for  him;  and 
my  mother,  in  her  invalid  state  of  health  was 
only  too  glad  to  resign  all  her  household  cares 
into  Rachel's  hands,  while  I  took  my  grand- 
father's place  as  head  of  the  family.  As  Rachel 
and  I  prepared  to  move  from  the  little  home  he 
had  built  and  furnished  for  us  with  such  loving 
care  scarcely  more  than  a  year  before,  thinking 
doubtless,  as  we  ourselves  believed  and  hoped, 
that  with  his  hale  hearty  frame  a  long,  green  old 
age  might  yet  lay  before  him. 

"He  took  such  pleasure  in  planning  it  for 
us,"  said  Rachel,  tearfully.  "Even  that  end 
window  he  had  put  in  just  because  I  happened 
to  say  that  I  always  wanted  a  kitchen  to  have 
the  morning  sun.  How  I  wish  Joe  might  live 
here  some  day." 

"Joe  isn't  one  of  the  stay-at-home  sort.  By  the 
time  he  is  twenty-one  he'll  be  striking  out  for 
himself  in  Kentucky  or  Illinois." 

"Then  Mark,  perhaps,  if  he  should  ever  get 
married, — and  I  suppose  he  will  some  time." 

But  any  thought  of  marriage  seemed  at  pres- 
ent far  from  Mark's  head,  which  I  privately  con- 
sidered was  a  lucky  thing;  for  while  I  cherished 
the  most  profound  respect  for  his  talents  and 
learning,  I  had  an  equally  small  regard  for  Mark's 
abilities  in  any  such  practical  line  of  effort  as 
the  supporting  of  a  family.  And  I  only  smiled 
at  Rachel's  last  suggestion. 

So  in  that  immutable  order  of  things  which 
has  ever  been  and  ever  will  be  while  the  human 
generations  come  and  go,  new  hopes  blossomed 
where  the  old  had  perished,  and  one  morning 
when  the  snow  lay  thick  and  white  over  my 
grandfather's  grave,  I  took  his  place,  and  con- 
ducted with  faltering  voice  the  family  worship. 

Rachel  had  told  me  the  whole  of  that  last  con- 
versation with  my  grandfather,  keeping  nothing 
back.  The  gentle  Quakeress  had  uttered  no 
false  warning.  Unwittingly  1  had  put  a  stum- 
bling block  in  the  way  of  Rachel's  salvation. 
Instead  of  joining  her  in  her  search  after  Him 
who  is  not  far  from  any  one  of  us  I  had  tried  to 
satisfy  my  conscience  with  the  Christless  prayers 
and  rites  of  the  lodge.  But  now  we  were  in 
deed  and  in  truth  one: — fellow  pilgrims  togeth- 
er through  a  troublous  world,  and  heirs  of  the 
same  blessed  hope,  a  far  more  eternal  and 
exceeding  weight  of  glory  when  we  both  should 
pass  to  an  immortal  reunion  beyond  the  veil. 

But  I  was  not  yet  entirely  free  from  the  lodge 
fetters.  Like  Mr.  Jedediah  Mills,  1  considered 
that  "an  oath  was  an  oath"  under  all  circum- 
stances, and  any  violation  thereof  a  crime  "to 
be  punished  by  the  judges."  It  was  Rachel, 
who,  with  her  clearer  understanding  of  Scrip- 
ture truth,  gave  the  blow  that  finally  knocked 
apart  those  shackling  obligations  too  fully  and 
completely  for  any  earthly  power  ever  to  clench 
again. 

"Leander,"  she  said  suddenly  to  me  one  day, 
"I  thought  at  first  it  was  a  dreadful  thing  for 
Captain  Morgan  to  break  his  oath.  But  I  have 
begun  to  think  differently.  Now  listen  while  I 
read  this  verse:  'If  a  soul  swear,  pronouncing 
with  his  lips  to  do  evil  or  to  do  good,  whatso- 
ever it  be  that  a  man  shall  pronounce  with  an 
oath,  and  it  be  hid  from  him ;  when  he  knoweth 
of  it,  then  he  shall  be  guilty  in  one  of  these.' 
Then  it  goes  on  to  tell  how  he  must  bring  a 
trespass  offering  for  his  sin.  Now  if  there 
was  any  provision  made  under  the  old  dis- 
pensation for  rash  and  foolish  oaths  there 
must  be  under  the  new.  Masons  don't  know 
what  they  are  swearing  to  ^han  they  take  these 
obligations,  or  in  ninety  nine  cases  out  of  one 
hundred  they  wouldn't  take  them  at  all.  It  is  hid 
from  them." 


"But  Rachel,"  I  said  doubtfully,  "Are  you 
sure  that  is  what  the  verse  means? 

"Well,  if  you  don't  believe  me,  come  and 
read  Bagster's  explanation  of  it :  'This  relates 
to  rash  oaths  or  vows  which  a  man  was  after- 
wards unable,  or  which  it  would  have  been  sin- 
ful to  perform.'  I  hope  you  don't  doubt  Bag- 
ster.  There  now,"  continued  Rachel  triumph- 
antly; "what  can  be  clearer?  Shall  a  Christian 
keep  a  wicked  oath  that  wouldn't  have  been  bind- 
ing even  on  a  Jew?" 

I  did  not  reply  at  once,  for  I  was  reading  the 
verses  that  followed.  How  graciously  that  old 
Levitical  law  stooped  to  the  necessities  of  the 
poorest. — "He  shall  bring  his  trespass  offering 
unto  the  Lord,  a  lamb  or  a  kid  of  the  goats  .  .  . 
or  if  he  be  not  able  to  bring  a  lamb  then  he  shall 
bring  for  his  trespass  whicti  he  hath  committed 
two  turtle  doves  or  two  young  pigeons  ....  but 
if  he  be  not  able  to  bring  two  turtle  doves  or 
two  young  pigeons,  then  he  that  sinned  shall 
bring  for  his  offering  the  tenth  part  of  an  ephah 
of  fine  flour."  Should  the  blood  of  God's  eternal 
Son  be  of  less  efiicacy  to  purge  my  conscience 
from  the  guilt  of  these  rash,  blasphemous  Ma- 
sonic vows?  To  this  day  I  feel  the  thrill  of 
recovered  freedom  that  tingled  through  ev- 
ery vein  when  I  read  that  old  Jewish  law, 
and  realized  that  once  more  I  was  a  ma/n; — 
no  longer  a  cowering,  shivering,  faltering  slave, 
bound  with  the  self-forged  manacles  of  a  lodge 
oath. 

Just  then  Mark  Stedman  came  in.  There  are 
some  natures  that  the  first  bugle  note  of  any 
great  moral  conflect  seem  to  rouse  instantly 
to  action.  Like  the  war  horse  of  Scripture, 
pawing  in  thevalleys  and  rejoicing  in  his  strength, 
they  smell  the  battle  afar  off,  and  say  ha!  ha!  to 
the  sound  of  the  trumpet.  And  Mark  Stedman 
belonged  to  this  class  of  minds,  predestinated  by 
their  very  constitution  to  fill  the  ranks  of  the 
world's  martyrs  and  reformers. 

"I  have  been  subpoened  to  appear  at  the  next 
sitting  of  the  county  court  to  tell  what  I  know 
about  the  murder  of  Morgan;"  he  said,  as  he 
stood  warming  his  hands  at  the  fire.  "I  shall 
start  early  to-morrow  morning.  It  really  looks 
now  as  if  the  courts  were  going  to  take  up  the 
matter  vigorously;  and  if  so  they  can't  help  find- 
ing bills  of  indictment  against  some  of  the  lead- 
ing actors  in  this  outrageous  business." 

"But  what  is  the  use  of  indicting  if  they  don't 
convict?  I  wouldn't  snap  my  finger  for  any 
chance  of  conviction  with  a  Masonic  jury  to  sit 
on  the  case.  And  what  else  can  you  expect  but 
a  packed  jury  when  the  sherifl'  who  summons  it 
is  a  Mason?  Depend  upon  it  the  Masonic  insti- 
tution will  shield  Morgan's  murderers  to  the 
uttermost.  I  am  not  enough  of  a  pro- 
phet to  say  what  the  final  outcome  will  be,  but 
I  am  sure  that  law  will  be  evaded  and  justice 
hampered  in  every  conceivable  way  to  clear  the 
guilty  parties." 

"I  know  that,"  answered  Mark,  "but  I  believe 
in  the  final  triumph  of  right." 

"So  do  I — when  there  comes  that  grand  gen- 
eral settling  up  in  the  other  world,"  I  returned. 
"By  the  way  I  saw  a  newspaper  paragraph  the 
other  day  which  convinced  me  that  the  father  of 
lies  was  busy  at  his  usual  occupation.  It  reported 
that  Captain  Morgan  had  been  seen  by  a  lately 
returned  sailor  in  the  streets  of  Smyrna,  dis- 
guised as  a  Turk." 

"  As  though  anybody  would  be  fool  enough 
to  believe  such  a  silly  falsehood!"  said  Mark,  in- 
dignantly. 

"There'll  be  plenty  to  believe  it.  Falsehood  is 
the  chief  engine  of  the  lodge.  But  here  comes 
Joe  with  a  letter—for  you,  Mark." 

Mark  tore  open  the  epistle,  gave  a  brief 
glance  at  the  contents,  and  then  handed  it  to  me 
with  a  smile  on  his  grave,  resolute  young  face. 

"You  see  the  fight  has  begun,  Leander." 

It  was  a  wretched  scrawl — for  the  writer  had 
evidently  tried  to  disguise  his  hand — threaten- 
ing Mark  in  scurrilous  and  abusing  terras  and 
ending  thus:  "I  know  four  Royal  Arch  '.aspns 
who  stand  ready  to  dispatch  you  as  ;  raitor 
against  the  most  heavenly  and  benefice  insti- 
tution on  earth.  One  of  the  I      i." 

"Quite  an  interesting  communication, -".'t  iti" 


ft 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE. 


October  26,  1888 


said  Mark,  coolly;  "but  not  the  first  I  have  re- 
ceived of  like  nature." 

"Mark,  you  must  go  armed.  Tou  ought  to 
carry  pistols." 

"No,  Leander.  I  have  thought  it  over,  but 
the  servant  of  the  Lord  mast  not  strive.  Shall 
I  rely  on  an  arm  of  flesh  when  Jehovah  himself 
has  promised  to  be  my  shield?  Besides,  men 
who  will  take  the  time  and  pains  to  write  anon- 
ymous threats  are  usually  too  cowardly  to  dare 
do  anything  more.  Nothing  troubles  me  about 
these  letters  but  the  postage  on  them.  It  is 
rather  too  bad  to  have  to  pay  for  the  privilege 
of  receiving  personal  abuse." 

"Mark;"  said  I,  finally,  "Tou  are  not  going  to 
start  on  this  journey,  short  as  it  is,  alone. 
I  shall  tell  Rachel  that  I  really  want  to  hear 
the  proceedings  of  the  court,  which  is  the 
truth.  And  having  none  of  your  conscien- 
tious scruples  about  the  use  of  carnal  weapons, 
I  mean  to  go  armed  to  the  teeth.  If  anybody 
meddles  with  us  it  won't  be  for  their  health." 

Mark  demurred,  but  my  mind  was  made  up. 
I  took  Joe  into  confidence,  however,  for  since 
our  grandfather's  death  there  had  been  a  won- 
derful change  in  the  lad.  The  maturity  and 
steadiness  of  manhood  was  fast  replacing  his 
boyish  thoughtlessness  and  mischief,  and  I  knew 
I  could  trust  him  not  only  to  keep  the  alarm  I 
felt  from  Eachel,  but  to  manage  matters  during 
my  brief  absence.  So  that  everything  was  in 
readiness  for  my  early  departure  with  Mark  the 
next  morning;  when,  just  as  the  candle  was  be- 
ginning to  burn  low  in  the  socket,  and  the  great 
kitchen  clock  stood  on  the  stroke  of  nine,  there 
was  a  rap  at  the  door.  As  I  opened  it,  to  my  in- 
expressible surprise  the  light  fell  full  on  the  fa- 
miliar features  of  Sam  Toller. 

"Why  Sam!"  1  exclaimed.  "Come  right  in. 
How  do  you  happen  to  be  in  Brownsville?" 

"  Wall,  I'm  on  kinder  pressin'  business," 
said  Sam,  as  with  weary,  foot-sore  tread,  he 
followed  me  into  the  kitchen.  "  I've  walked 
a'most  from  Rochester  to  let  ye  know  about  it. 
The  Masons  have  laid  a  plan  to  kidnap  Mark 
Stedman  on  his  way  to  court  so  as  to  stop  his 
giving  testimony." 

"How  did  you  find  out  about  it  Sam,"  I  asked 
after  a  moment's  silence. 

"  Wall,  ye  see  the  way  of  it  was  I  overheard 
accidentally  enough  of  their  talk  to  make  me 
suspicion  that  they  were  up  to  some  mischief. 
So  I  jest  steps  up  to  'em  and  gives  'em  the  sign, 
and  sez  I,  'I'm  yer  man,  ready  to  do  anything 
ye  set  me  to,  ready  to  shed  my  last  drop  of  blood 
in  defence  of  the  glorious  institiition  of  Mason- 
ry!' And  after  I  had  made  'em  think  by  talking 
in  that  way  awhile  they  could  make  a  tool  of  me 
easy,  I  found  out  what  they  were  up  to.  Their 
plans  are  all  cut  and  dried.  There's  a  lonesome 
part  of  the  road,  jest  the  other  side  of  Savin's 
Bend  where  he'll  have  to  walk  a  piece  if  he  goes 
by  stage;  and  they  calkerlate  to  waylay  him 
there.  They'll  all  have  masks  on,  so  it  can 
never  be  known  who  they  be.  Wall,  I  spoke  up 
and  sez,  'Gentlemen,  I  can  help  ye  in  this  ere 
business.  I  know  Mark  Stedmani  and  he  knows 
me;  and  I  can  make  him  play  into  yer  hands 
as  easy  as  a  woodchuck  walks  into  a  trap.'  So 
they  kinder  debated  over  it  awhile,  and  then 

the  leader  sez    to   me,  'The  d d  villain's 

mouth  has  got  to  be  stopped.  We'll  pay  you 
fair  for  the  job  if  you  undertake  it!'  So  we 
struck  a  bargain,  and  then  the  whole  party  of 
us  went  to  the  tavern  to  get  a  drink ;  and 
while  they  were  treating  each  other,  I  con- 
trived it  to  slip  ofiE  by  saying  I  had  got  to  see 
to  the  horses.  So  here  I  be.  Now  what's  to  be 
done  about  it." 

"Sam,  you're  a  good  fellow,  worth  your  weight 
in  gold;"  said  I,  shaking  his  hand  with  a  fervor 
of  gratitude,  as  I  realized  how  narrow  had  been 
Mark's  escape.  "But  I  don't  want  Rachel  to  know 
anything  about  this  at  present.  And  Mark  need 
not  be  told  of  it  till  morning.  Then  we  can  take 
counsel  together.  Do  you  think  any  of  the 
Brownsville  lodge  are  in  the  plot?" 

"I  don't  want  to  name  names  when  I  ain't 
sartin,"  answered  Sam,  cautiously.  "Them 
that's  got  the  job  on  hand  don't  belong  in 
Brownsville.  But  I  tell  ye,  Leander,  Masonry 
is  as  fall  of  long  arms  as  that  devil  fish  Tim 


Kendall  was  telling  about  seeing  when  he  was 
off  on  his  cruise.  They  keep  swaying  about 
ready  to  clutch  ye,  and  once  get  a  hold  they 
never  let  go.  The  only  way  to  do  when  they 
grapple  a  man  is  to  chop  off  its  arms  and  leave 
a  part  of  the  critter  sticking  to  the  fiesh." 

Rachel  just  then  entered  with  that  smile  on 
her  face  which  only  mothers  wear  when  they 
come  from  bending  over  the  rosy  sleep  of  their 
first  born.  Our  little  David  was  growing  finely, 
a  bright  healthy  babe;  and  we  were  so  proud  of 
all  his  little  budding  infantile  accomplishments 
as  most  young  parents  who  see  in  their  eldest 
darling  something  they  will  never  see  in  any 
child  later  born,  for  it  is  the  first  blossoming  of 
their  young  hopes — as  Scripture  puts  it  "the  be- 
ginning of  strength." 

She  started  at  seeing  Sam  quietly  domiciled 
in  his  favorite  corner,  but  it  had  been  a  family 
prophecy  that  "we  should  see  Sam  Toller  back 
some  day  when  we  least  expected  it,"  and  after 
a  few  surprised  inquiries,  she  hastened  to  set 
out  a  substantial  supper  of  cold  meat,  brown 
bread  and  cheese;  nor  did  she  hesitate  to  cut  a 
generous  triangle  of  mince  pie,  to  all  of  which 
Sam  did  justice  in  a  way  that  would  have 
appalled  the  dyspeptic  generation  of  the  present 
day. 

But  Sam  seemed  to  miss  something.  His  eye 
kept  wandering  to  the  empty  arm-chair.  There 
it  stood  in  its  old  corner,  just  as  my  grandfather 
left  it  the  night  the  death  angel  summoned  him. 
Even  his  Bible  lay  on  the  stand  with  his  specta- 
cles beside,  for  Rachel,  with  that  strange  cling- 
ing of  soul  to  the  poor  mute  things  its  beloved 
will  never  again  need,  would  not  have  them  put 
away.  Then  he  said  hesitatingly: — 

"The  Captain — he's  well  I  hope." 

But  when  we  told  him  with  voices  broken  by 
tears  that  the  kindly  smile  had  vanished  for- 
ever, and  the  eyes  that  never  glanced  sternly 
save  at  some  Story  of  wrong  and  oppression 
would  beam  on  us  no  more, — that  the  Captain 
had  reached  a  port  beyond  storm  and  shipwreck 
even  the  Eternal  City  of  our  God,  with  its 
pearly  gates,  its  golden  streets,  its  never  ceasing 
fruitage — Sam  Toller  lifted  up  his  voice  and 
wept  aloud. 

^  •  » 

Dover  Academy  is  an  institution  founded 
many  years  since  in  the  quiet  village  of  Dover, 
Bureau  county,  111.  It  has  passed  through  the 
usual  vicissitudes  of  institutions  of  that  class  in 
our  changing  West,  at  times  shut  up,  and  then 
reopening  under  some  vigorous  hand.  Bro.  W. 
H.  Chandler,  presiding  elder  in  the  United 
Brethren  Rock  River  Conference  writes  that  at 
last  session  of  that  body  it  was  adopted  as  a  con- 
ference school.  Dover  was  also  made  a  preach- 
ing station.  Bro.  Chandler  at  present  has  charge 
of  the  latter.  He  writes :  We  intend  God 
helping  to  build  up  a  thorough  anti-lodge  school. 
I  bespeak  through  the  Cynosure  an  interest  in 
the  prayer  of  God's  faithful  ones.  The  lodge 
tide  will  be  against  us  of  course,  but  God  is  for 
us.  We  go  forward  trusting  in  him.  The  out- 
look for  us  at  Dover  is  excellent."  The  prospect 
is  truly  more  cheering  for  the  prosperity  of  the 
school  than  for  years  past.  President  Allen  of 
Westfield  College  visited  Dover  at  its  com- 
mencement in  June  and  delivered  an  address. 
He  was  encouraged  by  the  faith  of  the  brethren 
in  charge  and  regarded  the  outlook  for  the  future 
as  very  promising. 

*  •  » 

— Rob.  Morris  writes  with  great  suavity  of 
manner  to  the  Cynosure  office,  but  he  uses  other 
speech  in  his  letter  to  the  Voice  of  Masonry 
and  the  lodge  journals  East.  He  was  very  punc- 
tual and  verbose  in  his  reports  to  them  and 
maintained  the  reputation  gained  by  cutting 
Masonic  marks  about  Palestine.  He  lately 
wrote  to  his  old  Masonic  friend,  Macoy,  of  New 
York,  that  he  has  spent  thirty  years  in  trying 
to  solve  the  Morgan  mystery,  and  he  has  just 
been  to  Batavia  to  get  the  closing  proof.  Aha! 
thirty  years  vain  search,  but  he  has  just  been  able 
to  get  "the  closing  proof."  What  conclusive 
evidence  has  he  found  which  are  not  also  open 
to  Anti-masons.  His  thirty  years  hunt  after 
Morgan  reminds  one  of  a  ground  mole  burrow- 
ing through  the  earth  to  find  the  sun  that 
warms  him  in  summer. 


Thurlow  Weed. 

The  reports  from  the  bedside  of  this  vener- 
able man,  spared  of  God  to  give  the  most  im- 
portant testimony  respecting  the  Morgan  ab- 
duction, were  early  last  week  far  from  encour- 
aging. Better  symptoms  prevailed  later,  how- 
ever, and  on  Saturday  Mr.  Weed  sent  the  fol- 
lowing personal  note  to  the  editor  of  the  New 
York  Trihune: 

New  Tokk,  Oct.  21. — I  am  deeply  sensible  of 
the  great  kindness  and  sympathy  of  friends 
manifested  to  me  in  various  ways.  I  am  op- 
pressed by  my  inability  to  make  adequate  ac- 
knowledgment. The  members  of  my  family 
have  endeavored  to  do  this  in  many  cases,  but 
there  is  very  much  that  can  be  acknowledged 
only  by  grateful  remembrances,  such  as  calls  of 
anxious  inquiry  and  the  sending  of  delicious 
fruits  and  delicacies  from  every  direction — even 
from  the  hot-house  of  Alexander  Mitchell,  of 
Milwaukee.  George  Bancroft  is  only  one  of 
hundreds  who  have  called  and  whom  1  was  un- 
able to  see.  I  wish  I  could  express  my  appreci- 
ation of  the  kindly  interest  which  so  many  seem 
to  feel. 

While  I  am  not  without  hope  of  improved 
health,  I  am  far  from  sharing  the  confidence 
felt  by  those  about  me  in  my  ultimate  recovery. 
My  thoughts  necessarily  dwell  a  good  deal  more 
upon  the  future  than  upon  the  present.  A  man 
who  has  lived  more  than  four-score  years  has 
little  reason  to  hope  for  length  of  days,  and  in 
that  aspect  of  the  case  my  thoughts  are  now 
much  more  fixed  on  the  world  to  come  than  the 
world  where  I  have  enjoyed  for  so  many  years 
so  much  good  and  mercy  and  blessing.  I  am 
very  thankful  alike  to  my  God,  my  Saviour,  and' 
my  fellow-creatures  for  a  world  of  kindness  ex- 
tending through  a  long  life. 

While  I  can  never  be  indifferent  to  the  wel- 
fare of  my  country,  I  have  been  too  ill  for  sever- 
al weeks  to  think  as  much  as  usual  of  political 
affairs.  I  can  never  be  indifferent  to  the  wel- 
fare of  the  Republican  party — a  party  to  which 
the  country  is  indebted  for  the  spirit  which  de- 
stroyed slavery  and  for  the  shield  which  pre- 
vented the  destruction  of  the  Union.  In  re- 
ference, however,  to  the  methods  employed  in 
the  campaign  in  this  State,  or  to  the  prospects 
of  their  success,  I  have  expressed  no  opinion. 

Thuklow  Weed. 


— The  lodge  organs  are  beginning  to  talk  of 
the  Monument  as  they  are  wont  to  do  (falsely) 
about  Morgan  himself.  Says  the  Herald  of 
Avon,  N.  Y. : 

"  It  is  said  that  the  Morgan  monument,  lately 
erected  in  Batavia,  when  asked  the  question, 
'  Are  you  dead? '  winks  very  naturally  with  the 
left  eye.  And  it  is  also  reported  to  have  been 
seen  coming  out  of  a  saloon  before  daylight  one 
morning  recently,  with  a  bulge  over  the  side 
pocket  shaped  like  a  bottle.  It  got  into  position 
in  time  to  greet  the  morning  sun  and  smile  on 
the  early  a.  m.  passenger  trains." 

«*  •  » 

— The  late  Mr.  Marquand,  of  Connecticut, 
one  of  the  five  corporate  members  of  the  Amer- 
ican board,  who  died  recently,  once  said  of  one 
who  thought  to  do  him  a  favor  by  preventing 
an  applicant  for  aid  from  calling  upon  him:  "  I 
do  not  thank  any  man  for  coming  between  me 
and  a  solicitation  for  any  worthy  cause."  The 
Missionary  Herald  appropriately  says  in  con- 
nection with  this  :  "  A  Christian  should  never 
be  troubled  because  he  is  asked  to  give.  If  he 
cannot  give,  he  may  well  be  sorry  ;  bnt  if  he 
does  not  wish  to  give,  he  ought  to  be  more  than 
sorry — he  should  be  alarmed.  Lack  of  money  is 
by  no  means  so  sad  as  is  the  lack  of  a  disposition 
to  contribute  of  what  one  has.  A  man  often 
shuts  the  door  in  the  face  of  his  best  friend  when 
he  shuts  off  an  appeal  to  his  benevolence." 

— All  reforms  are  inaugurated  and  enforced  by 
the  people,  by  politicians  never.  They  "catch 
on"  behind  when  they  feel  very  sure  the  j>eople 
never  meant  business  more  earnestly  and  thor- 
oughly than  now. 

— John  A.  Black,  business  manager  of  the 
Presbyterian  Board  of  Publication,  is  making 
ari:{ingements  for  establishing  a  Presbyterian 
book  store  in  Chicago. 


October  2«,  1882 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSUHE 


NEW  ENGLAND. 


THE  NEW  ENGLAND  BOARD  of  the  National  Chris- 
tian Association  has  it  headquarters  at  No.  8  Portland  St., 
Worcester,  Mass.  A  full  supply  of  books  and  tracts  con- 
BtantJy  on  hand.  Orders  promptly  filled.  Correspondence 
solicited.  E.  D.  Bailey,  N.  E.  Sec. 


— A  gentleman  in  Worcester  supplied  one  of 
the  M.  E.  churches   with  anti-secrecy  tracts  last 
-Sunday  morning,  placing  over  200  in  the  hymn 
books  before  the  people  assembled. 

— A  tract  distributer  met  an  Odd-fellow  on 
the  street  and  gave  him  a  tract.  The  man  was 
much  enraged,  and  declared  (as  they  usually 
do)  that  Odd-fellowship  was  "better  than  the 
church."  This  vain  boast  is  the  worst  feature 
of  the  order — it  "exalts  itself  above  all  that  is 
called  Ood"  and  thus  betrays  its  anti-Christian 
character. 

— Joel  Holton,  of  V^ermont,  writes :  "I 
have  taken  the  Cynosure  many  years,  and  shall 
probably  take  it  as  long  as  I  live.  I  am  in  my 
eightieth  year.  Have  labored  in  the  reforms  of 
the  day  from  early  manhood,  in  the  temperance 
cause,  and  anti-slavery  cause — was  made  secre- 
tary of  the  first  anti-elavery  society  ever  iormed 
in  Vermont.  Was  Anti-maeon  trom  the  early 
publication  of  Morgan's  disclosure  of  its  se- 
crets." 

— Another  Vermonter  is  alive  to  the  work  : 
"May  God  prosper  you  in  your  work.  It  is  a 
good  work  and  you  have  Satan  and  his  imps  to 
contend  with.  I  have  seen  the  'grand  hailing 
sign  of  distress'  given  in  the  court  room  to  pre- 
vent justice."  Vermont  has  as  much  Anti- 
masonry  in  it  as  any  State  in  New  England 
and  something  must  be  done  to  develop  it. 

— A  new  friend,  subscribing  for  our  new  pa- 
per and  ordering  tracts  and  books  says :  "I 
want  your  prices,  for  I  want  a  lot  of  them,  i 
am  a  seceding  Mason,  but  do  not  mention  my 
name  in  connection  with  it  at  present,  as  I  am 
doing  what  I  do  as  quietly  as  I  can.  I  can  give 
you  some  information  of  importance  perhaps." 
When  the  reform  progresses  a  little  further  the 
lodge  will  be  surprised  at  the  large  number  of 
men  who  are  held  in  check  by  their  cut-throat 
obligations,  but  who  secretly  hate  the  yoke  and 
will  rejoice  at  deliverance. 


The  New  Hampshire  State  Meeting. 

WoROESTEK,  Mass.,  Oct.  16th,  1882. 

The  New  Hampshire  sixth  annual  conven- 
tion proved  to  be  a  most  delightful  occasion,  and 
the  expreseions  of  thankfulness  from  the  lips  of 
those  who  had  labored  and  prayed  for  its  sxtc- 
cesa  were  unmeasured  and  emphatic.  The  con- 
vention assembled  at  9  a.  m.,  Wednesday,  Oct. 
11th,  and  commenced  its  sessions  with  a  devo- 
tional meeting  led  by  Prof.  S.  0.  Kimball. 
From  the  fil-st  it  was  evident  the  brethren  were 
"in  the  spirit"  and  eager  to  follow  his  prompt- 
ings. 

After  the  business  meeting,  Elder  J.  G. 
Smith,  of  New  Hampton,  delivered  an  able  ad- 
dress on  the  subject  "Evidence  of  the  near  com- 
ing of  the  Lord."  The  address  was  listened  to 
with  profound  attention  and  was  highly  com- 
mended even  by  those  who  took  exceptions  to 
the  conclusions.  It  was  expected  that  Deacon 
Increase  Leadbetter,  of  Auburndale,  Mass., 
would  discuss  the  topic  "Duty  of  a  Christian 
towards  Reform,"  but  in  his  absence  another 
good  servant  of  the  Lord,  Deacon  E.  Smith,  of 
Centre  Strafford,  N.  H.,  discussed  the  subject 
with  ability  and  was  followed  by  others  whose 
earnestness  and  enthusiasm  were  noticeable  and 
augured  good  to  the  cause. 

ilev.  H.  T.  Cheever,  of  Worcester,  who 
served  as  temporary  chairman  and  remained  in 
the  chair  at  the  request  of  the  new  president 
throughout  the  convention,  gave  a  temperance 
lecture  in  the  afternoon.  His  address  was  care- 
fully prepared  and  ably  presented.  Mr.  Chee- 
ver's  presence  and  addresses  added  not  a  little 
to  the  strength  of  the  convention  and  he  well 
deserved  the  vote  of  thanks  accorded  him  unani- 
mously. 

The  second  day,  after  the  devotional  meeting 


which  lasted  an  hour,  Mr.  L.  D.  Bryant,  of 
New  Market,  gave  an  address  of  great  clear- 
ness and  force  on  the  "Sanctity  of  the  Sabbath." 
Mr.  Bryant  argued  forcibly  for  the  binding  na- 
ture of  the  decalogue,  including  the  fourth  com- 
mandment, notwithstanding  the  effort  in  some 
quarters  to  rest  our  Sabbath  observance  on  other 
grounds  alone  than  the  command  of  God.  He 
also  included  in  his  remarks  some  earnest  ex- 
hortations and  simple  instructions  about  keep- 
ing the  day  holy.  After  his  address  others  fol- 
lowed enforcing  the  leader's  position  upon  the 
consciences  of  those  present. 

Prof.  S.  C.  Kimball  led  the  topic  "The  Rela- 
tion of  Christian  Holiness  to  Moral  Reform." 
Both  the  leader  and  those  who  followed  advo- 
cated holiness  of  heart  and  life  and  made  sad 
mention  of  the  fact  that  many  teachers  of  holi- 
iness  are  teaching  only  half  the  truth — they 
urge  rightly  the  inner  work  but  do  not  insist 
sufficiently  upon  a  high  standard  of  morals. 
Many  of  them  show  cowardice  or  culpable  igno- 
rance concerning  what  belongs  to  a  perfect  code 
of  morals  and  refuse  to  bear  witness  against  pre- 
vailing sin.  Noticeably  is  this  true  of  those  who 
have  been  ensnared  in  secret  lodges  but  pru- 
dentlj(?)  decline  to  warn  others  against 
them. 

Next  followed  a  very  interesting  report  of  the 
progress  of  reform  work  in  New  Hampshire. 
No  previous  year  has  witnessed  anything  like 
the  success  of  the  past  year.  An  entire  change 
seems  to  have  come  over  those  parts  of  the 
State  where  work  has  been  done.  Heretofore 
the  press,  the  churches,  the  ministers  and  the 
people,  all  joined  with  the  lodge  in  its  bold  en- 
deavor to  destroy  the  reform  and  prevent  agi- 
tation. Now  three  places  sent  invitations  for 
the  annual  convention  to  be  held  m  their 
churehes,  several  secular  papers  courteously 
inserted  the  call  for  the  convention,  a  leading 
denominational  paper  of  the  State  did  the  print- 
ing for  the  convention  and  donated  it,  the  peo- 
ple everywhere  were  respectful,  while  thechui'ch 
in  which  we  assembled  opened  its  house  freely 
and  furnished  a  local  audience  of  sympathetic 
listeners.  With  these  evidences  of  the  favor 
of  God  and  the  success  of  the  work  we  could 
do  no  less  than  sing  "Praise  God  from  whom 
all  blessings  flow." 

The  report  on  the  State  work  was  supple- 
mented by  an  earnest  appeal  for  an  enlarge- 
ment of  our  financial  resources.  It  was  stated 
truly  that  the  reform  waits  in  New  England  for 
nothing  but  the  money  to  push  forward 
with.  Doors  are  opening  on  every  hand. 
People  are  even  eager  to  see  the  work 
progress  but  we  are  greatly  straitened  for 
means.  No  less  than  four  capable  young  men 
have  volunteered  their  services  for  work  at  small 
salaries,  while  every  State  is  calling  for  workers, 
yet  there  is  not  the  money  at  hand  to  warrant 
enlargement.  It  was  stated  that  some  men 
deeply  interested  in  the  reform  were  giving  $10. 
a  year  when  they  could  give  $100,  but  their 
minds  had  not  yet  expanded  to  the  urgency  of 
the  demand.  It  is  a  fact  that  some  men,  includ- 
ing some  prominent  ministers,  are  now  secretly 
contributing  to  our  New  England  work,  not 
wishing  yet  to  identify  themselves  publicly  with 
us  but  earnestly  praying  for  our  success.  Such 
a  fact  is  significant  and  if  friends  only  seize  this 
favorable  opportunity  to  press  forward  we  shall 
gather  great  strength  to  meet  the  final  struggle, 
when  the  lodge,  infuriated  by  defeat  shall  turn 
on  us  again  to  make  its  last  desperate  effort  to 
save  itself.  That  time  is  coming  and  now 
is  our  favorable  season  to  gather  strength  for 
it. 

After  the  sermon  in  the  afternoon  the  Lord's 
supper  was  celebrated  at  the  request  of  members 
of  the  Baptist  church  in  which  the  convention 
was  assembled. 

In  the  evening  Rev.  H.  T.  Cheever  gave  us  a 
very  able  address  on  the  anti-secrecy  reform, 
urging  with  great  force  the  duty  of  seceding 
Masons  to  publicly  renounce  their  obligations, 
as  in  no  other  way  could  they  atone  for  their 
complicity  in  evil  or  rid  themselves  of  their  yoke 
of  bondage. 

Dea.  E.  Smith,  Aaron  Eoss,  Garland  Brown 
and  their  families,  with  others,  are  deserving  oi 


ihe  highest  praise  for  their  interest  in  the  work, 
but  especially  for  their  unbounded  hospitality. 
Their  houses  became  hotels  which  we  used  with 
the  utmost  freedom  and  we  were  made  to  feel 
ourselves  perfectly  welcome. 

Bro.  A.  F.  Spaulding  rendered  invaluable 
services  in  numberless  ways,  looking  after  little 
details  which  added  much  to  the  pleasure  of  the 
occasion.  Elder  Isaac  Jackson  and  wife  came 
down  from  their  home  in  Maine  to  aid  in  the 
deliberations.  Bro.  Jackson  several  times  ad- 
dressed the  convention  with  great  acceptance. 
But  "  the  time  would  fail  me  to  tell  of  Gideon, 
and  of  Barak  and  of  Samson"  ('  with  the  women 
also,')  who  "  wrought  righteousness." 

A  marked  and  important  feature  of  the  pro- 
gramme was  the  diversity  of  topics  didcusded, 
all  of  which  had  an  important  bearing  on  the 
general  object  of  the  convention,  and  were  so 
treated  as  to  enlarge  our  vision  of  the  great  re- 
form in  which  we  are  engaged.  The  success  of 
New  Hampshire  in  combatting  adversity  aud 
maintaining  a  State  organization  ought  to  unite 
its  neighbors  on  the  East  and  West  side  of  it  to 


go  and  do  likewise. 


E.  D.  Bailey. 


Sixth  Annual  Meeting  of  the  New  Hampshire  Chris- 
tian Association. 

The  Sixth  Annual  Meeting  of  the  New 
Hampshire  Christian  Association  was  held  at 
Center  Strafford,  October  11-12.  The  follow- 
ing officers  were  chosen  for  the  ensuing  year: 
President,  Elder  J.  G.  Smith;  Secretary,  S.  C. 
Kimball;  Treasurer,  Deacon  E.  Smith. 

Vice  Presidents:  Belknap  county.  Elder  J.  H. 
Bartlett;  Carroll  county,  B.  M.  Mason;  Ches- 
hire county.  Deacon  F.  S.  Wood;  Coos  county, 
Elder  John  B.  Deering;  Grafton  count v,  Prof. 
J.  K.  Lord;  Hillsboro  county,  Moses  t^iwyer; 
Merrimack  county,  A.  H.  Brown;  Rockingham 
county,  Rev.  E.  O.  Cogswell;  StrafEord  county, 
Darius  0.  Dargin;  Sullivan  county,  Elder  J.  F. 
Varney. 

Executive  Committee:  Eider  J.  G.  Smith, 
Deacon  E.  Smith,  Deacon  Moseis  Pierce,  L.  D. 
Bryant,  S.  C.  Kimball. 

The  following  "resolutions  were  passed: 

1.  That  secret  societies  are  a  hindrance  to  happiness  in, 
the  family,  peace  in  the  community,  justice  in  our  courts 
and  purity  in  the  church,  therefore  they  should  be  dis- 
countenanced by  all  good  people  and  prohibited  by  law. 

2.  That  we  commend  the  Christian  Cynosure  and 
Christian  Witness  to  the  public  as  faithful  teachers  of 
Christian  truth  and  able  defenders  of  pure  morality. 

3.  That  we  will  hallow  the  Lord's  day,  abstain  from 
intoxicating  liquors  and  tobacco,  and  labor  to  teach  others 
to  do  so. 

4.  Thanks  to  Rev.  H.  T.  Cheever  and  Prof.  E.  D.  Bailey 
for  able  lectures  and  valuable  counsel. 

5.  Asking  the  American  Missionary  Association  to  in- 
struct their  agents  in  the  South  to  discountenance  oatti- 
bound  secret  societies. 

6.  Thanks  to  the  people  of  Center  Strafford  for  their, 
ample  and  generous  hospitality. 

Able  and  effective  lectures  on  secret  societies 
were  given  by  Bros.  Cheever  and  Bailey.  Ex- 
cellent sermons  were  preached  by  Elder  J.  G. 
Smith  and  Prof.  Bailey.  Mr.  Cheever  also  lec- 
tured on  temperance.  Addresses  of  great  value 
aud  interest  were  given  by  Elder  1.  Jackson  of 
Maine,  Deacon  E.  Smith  of  Strafford,  and  L.  D. 
Bryant  of  New  Market. 

Upon  the  whole  it  was  one  of  the  best  State 
Conventions  ever  held  in  New  Hampshire.  The 
glory  of  the  Lord  filled  the  house  from  the  com- 
mencement to  the  close  of  the  meetings.  The 
Lord's  supper  was  administered  by  Elders  Jack- 
son and  Cheever  with  special  blessing. 

The  attendance  was  good,  the  order  perfect 
and  the  members  of  secret  fraternities  either 
stayed  away  or  behaved  like  gentlemen,  A  new 
and  better  era  has  evidently  dawned  upon  re- 
form work  in  New  Hampshire.  Bro.  Spaulding 
supplied  the  convention  with  Anti-masonic 
books  and  tracts.  S.  C.  Kimball, 

^Secretary  N.  H.  C.  A' 


— Tho  Freemasons  of  Western  New  York 
find  that  the  Morgan  monument  casts  <»  heavy 
shadow.  They  are  bolstering  up  by  means  of 
Masonic  conventions.  Such  an  one  was  held 
lately  in  Warsaw  to  drill  rusty  Hiramites  in  the 
fooleries  and  blisding  worship  of  the  three  de- 
grees. 


IHE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURK. 


October  26,  1888 


CORRESPONDENCE. 


A  CheermglLotter  from  Michigan. 

Weston,  Mich.,  Oct.  10,  1882. 

Dear  Cynosure: — Perhaps  some  ot  your 
readers  would  like  to  hear  from  this  part  of  the 
field  again.  Your  weekly  visits  are  warmly 
welcomed  by  myself  and  others  here,  and  es- 
pecially of  late  have  been  eagerly  read  the  stirring 
accounts  of  the  meeting  at  Batavia,  and  the 
erection  of  the  monument  to  the  hero  William 
Morgan.  Hero  he  was,  daring  to  take  his  life 
in  his  hand,  that  his  fellowmen  might  be 
warned  of  the  dangers  which  beset  the  liberties 
of  the  Republic.  Foully  murdered  by  the  lodge 
power,  and  his  murderers  shielded  from  the 
avenging  hands  of  justice  by  the  same  power,  a 
monument  rises  to-day  to  vindicate  his  fame 
and  to  enroll  him  among  the  heroes  of  the  past 
who  have  died  to  bless  their  race. 

But  will  the  monument  be  permitted  to  stand? 
An  institution  that  demands  and  takes  the  life 
of  an  offending  member,  no  matter  how  pure 
his  motives,  will  not  hesitate  to  insult  the  moral 
aense  of  mankind  by,  if  possible,  pursuing  their 
victim,  Satan-like,  beyond  the  grave.  But  there 
IB  one  thing  the  lodge  power  cannot  do,  that  is 
stifle  the  voice  of  the  printing  press  and  utter- 
ances of  honest,  earnest  hearts.  While  it  is 
heart-sickening  to  see  so  many  bow  the  syco- 
phantic knee  to  this  Baal,  still  it  is  a  matter  of 
rejoicing  and  of  devout  gratitude  that  there  are 
some  Elijah's  left  in  the  land.  I  bless  God  for  the 
National  Christian  Association  and  the  noble 
men  who  have  it  in  charge.  May  it  take  a 
deeper  and  wider  hold  of  the  public  conscience 
and  interest. 

Some  friends  here  last  spring  bought  an  Anti- 
masonic  library  advertised  in  the  Cynosure  and 
presented  it  to  the  library  of  Kalamazoo  Baptist 
College.  I  have  the  pleasure  of  assuring  the 
contributing  friends,  and  all  others,  that  the 
books  are  eagerly  sought  after  by  the  students 
and  read,  and  debated  over  with  all  the  ardor  of 
student  life.  This  is  like  sowing  good  seed  in 
prolific  soil.  A  copy  also  of  the  Cynosure  has 
been  subscribed  for  and  sent  to  the  reading  room 
of  the  College.  The  friends  ot  our  cause  can 
do  a  great  and  promising  work  by  supplying  the 
college  libraries  of  our  land  with  reading  ot  this 
character.  Whereever  truth  is  allowed  to  enter 
it  should  be  sent.  The  nauseating  neutrality  of 
BO  many  of  our  religious  papers  should  be  an 
incentive  to  oar  workers  to  aid  in  the  circulation 
of  Buch  as  refuse  to  make  obeisance  to  "  the 
image  of  the  beast."  Some  of  our  secular  papers 
open  their  columns  occasionally  to  an  article  let- 
ting light  into  the  lodge  dens. 

The  following  was  prepared  by  me  and  sent 
to  the  Adrian  JDaily  Times  which  published  it, 
the  editor  supplying  the  heading  : 

A  HINT  OONOEKNING  THE  STAR  ROUTE  VERDICT. 

The  Times,  in  its  issue  of  Monday,  in  speaking  of  the 
verdict  of  the  jury  in  the  star  route  trials,  says: 

"The  verdict  has  caused  more  wonderment  and  conjec- 
ture than  any  other  that  has  been  given  lately." 

To  some  minds  there  is  not  so  much  cause  for  wonder, 
when  the  influences  which  are  brought  to  bear  in  such 
cases  are  considered.  Whoever  will  take  the  trouble  to 
consult  Wendell's  New  York  Reports,  vol.  13,  pp.  19-22, 
will  find  the  following  testified  and  sworn  to : ' 

"Furthermore  do  I  promise  and  swear  that  I  will  aid 
and  assist  a  companion  Royal  Arch  Mason  when  en- 
gaged in  any  difficulty;  and  espouse  his  cause  so  far  as 
to  extricate  him  from  the  same  if  in  my  power,  whether 
he  be  right  or  wrong." 

The  above  is  not  rant,  but  truth  wrung  from  reluctant 
lips.  The  following  extract  from  a  letter  from  Senator 
Sumner  of  the  U.  8  Senate.to  the  Hon.  S.  D.Greene,  bear- 
ing date  Jan.  13, 1854, 1  subjoin  as  an  interpretation  of  the 
above: 

"I  find  two  powers  here  iuWashington  in  harmony,  and 
both  are  antagonistical  to  our  free  institutions,  and  tend 
to  centralization  and  anarchy — Freemasonry  apd  sla- 
very ;  and  they  must  both  be  destroyed  if  our  country 
is'to  be  the  home  ot  the  free  as  our  ancestors  designed 
it." 

In  the  light  of  the  above  it  is  not  so  much  of  a  wonder, 
that  justice  so  often  fails  to  get  her  dues.  Veritas. 

I  have  no  manner  of  doubt  but  that  Freema- 
sonry is  used  by  rascally  Goverment  officers  to 
cover  their  tracks,  and  that  so  few,  so  very  few 
are  ever  convicted  and  such  as  are,  like  the 
whisky  ring,  are  promptly  pardoned. 

But  with  every  poison  there  is  said  to  be  an- 
tidote, so  our    antidote  for   the  lodge   virus  is 


truth  and  light.  That  these  blessed  spirits  may 
by' sent  everywhere  on  their  divine  mission  is 
the  prayer  ot  yours,  C.  Quick. 


Chicago  Exposition  Notes. 

While  attending  the  Exposition  book  stand  as 
relief  for  Bro.  Phillips,  there  came  along  a 
young  man,  whose  face  was  a  benediction.  He 
said  he  was  pleased  to  see  this  good  work  going 
on  in  the  way  of  enlightening  the  public  on 
secret  societies,  stating  that  he  had  been  strongly 
urged  to  join  the  lodge,  and  was  at  the  point  of 
joining,  when  he  heard  our  self-denying  brother 
Elder  Austin  lecture  on  secret  societies.  After 
investigating  the  subject  f urther,he  was  perfectly 
satisfied  as  to  the  nature  of  the  institutions,  and 
was  very  grateful  for  the  warning  which  kept 
him  from  getting  Into  the  clutches  of  the 
lodge. 

On  Wednesday  eve.  we  had  also  experiences 
of  an  entirely  different  nature.  A  granger 
looking  man  stopped  at  the  stand,  and  remarked, 
"  Have  you  any  of  our  lodge,"  "  I  presume  we 
have.  At  least,  the  principal  orders  are  represen- 
ted here."  He  then  began  to  assail  our  publica- 
tions claiming  their  statements  to  be  inconsistent 
with  the  truth.  He  also  became  much  exasper- 
ated, and  began  to  curse  and  swear,  saying  "these 
statements  were  all  a  pack  of  lies,"  seasoning  his 
remarks  with  profanity,  and  unmeasured  invec- 
tives. He  was  reproved  for  his  indulging  in 
oaths,  but  called  in  question  my  right  to  rebuking 
him ;  and,  after  a  spirited  discussion,  he  even 
denied  that  he  had  sworn,  and  tried  to  turn  it 
off  on  the  lodge  oath.  "  No  sir,"  we  rejoined, 
"  what  you  did  was  to  break  the  third  command 
of  the  Decalogue. 

"Why  no,"  said  the  lodgite,  "  I  did  not  swear; 
at  least  I  do  not  know  what  I  said.  What  did  I 
say?     Mention  the  words  I  used,  if  you  will?" 

"No  sir,"  we  replied,  "  we  dare  not  trifle  with 
God's  name  in  that  manner." 

"  Well,"  he  remarked,  "  it  will  not  hurt  just 
to  state  what  I  said ;  I  beg  pardon  if  I  did 
swear." 

We  more  and  more  see  the  truth  of  Paul's 
saying  in  1  Cor.  15 :  33 :  "  Evil  communications 
corrupt  good  manners."  Also  2  Cor.  6:14,15:" 
"What  fellowship  hath  righteousness  with  un- 
righteousness. What  part  hath  he  that  believeth, 
with  an  infidel."  John  Schoenberger. 


formation.  He  took  the  "Scrap  book,"  with  a 
good  lot  of  papers  for  distribution  and  sub- 
scribed -for  the  Cyno8v/re.  I  have  also  spoken 
on  the  religion  of  Masonry  in  half  a  dozen  of 
our  own  churches.  We  move  slowly.  But  "The 
world  do  move."  Warren  Taylor. 


Sowing  Beside  all  Waters. 

South  Salem,  O.,  Oct.  17,  1882. 

The  Presbyterian  church  in  the  United  States 
of  America,  as  a  body,  is  not  favorable  to  Free- 
masonry. The  great  body  of  its  members  have 
a  strong  dislike  for  it.  Yet  this  large  denomi- 
nation, through  ignorance  and  through  fear,  is, 
to  some  extent,  though  unwittingly  to  itself, 
made  the  conservator  of  the  lodge  anti- 
Christ,  and  tolerates  in  its  bosom  a  viper  which 
is  poisoning  its  life-blood. 

YqI  here  and  there  the  light  is  breaking  on 
this  conservative  body  ot  Christians.  An  emi- 
nent minister  and  professor  in  one  of  our  theo- 
logical seminaries,  lately  said  to  me,  "I  do  not 
see  how  an  enlightened  Christian  man  can  go 
into  a  Masonic  lodge."  Some  six  years  ago  I 
was  allowed  to  speak  before  Presbytery  for 
half  an  hour  on  the  subjeec  of  Freemasonry, 
and  in  course  of  my  remarks  characterized  the 
lodge  as  a  heathen  institution.  At  this  some 
laughed,  and  many  opened  their  eyes.  But  the 
seed  was  sown.  On  my  way  home  from  that 
meeting  an  elder  of  three  degrees,  member  of 
the  Presbytery,  who  had  already  ceased  to  at- 
tend the  lodge,  said  to  me,  "I  see  the  evil.  But 
Masonry  is  strong  ;  it  is  not  wise  to  oppose  it." 
This  year  I  met  another  elder  in  one  of  our 
churches,  with  whom  1  had  never  before  be- 
come personally  acquainted,  and  he  said  to  me, 
"I  am  a  Mason.  1  heard  your  speech  at  Hills- 
boro,  and  1  agree  with  you.  I  found  that  the 
lodge  intetfered  with  my  Christian  duties,  and 
I  left  it  more  than  four  years  ago." 

Yesterday  another  elder  in  one  of  our  church- 
es, living  20  miles  distant,  called  on  me  and 
said  that  he  heard  my  remarks  at  Hillsboro,  and 
also  got  one  of  the  tracts  that  more  lately  I  had 
flcattered  in  Presbytery,  and  he  wanted  more  in- 1 


From  Bro.   Tapley. 

Columbus,  Miss.  Oct.  5, 1882. 

Dear  Cynosure: — I  write  to  send  up  my 
hearty  cheers  for  the  completion  of  the  Morgan 
monument.  I  could  not  be  present  at  the  meet- 
ing of  the  National  Christian  Association  but 
rejoice  that  the  Lord  was  there.  Every  friend 
of  reform  may  well  thank  God  and  take  cour- 
age. 

From  the  friends  of  the  colored  people  many 
thanks  are  due  to  Bro.  Hoy  for  his  noble  ad- 
dress, placing  in  its  true  light  the  need  of  great 
effort  to  shield  them  from  the  grasp  of  the 
lodge.  It  speaks  well  for  the  American  Mis- 
sionary Association. 

Brother  Innes,  of  the  Second  Congregational 
church  of  Memphis,  Tenn.,  lately  visited  us. 
He  spent  no  time  in  exalting  Hiram  Abiff,  or 
giving  due  guards  in  the  pulpit  (as  I  have  seen 
others  do)  but  preaches  "repentance  toward  God 
and  faith  toward  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ."  I  was 
glad  to  hear  him  and  also  to  know  that  he  is  not 
under  the  dominion  of  secret  orders. 

There  have  been  recently  good  opportunities 
to  distribute  reform  tracts,  which  have  been  im- 
proved, at  the  meetings  of  different  religious 
Isodies.  I  hope  that  through  the  blessing  of 
God  currents  of  thought  have  been  thus  set  in 
motion  which  shall  result  in  good  in  many  dis- 
tant places.  I  bid  brethren  Hinman  and  Feem- 
ster  God  speed  in  their  work.  E.  Tapley. 


Our   Mail. 

Robt.  Shemeld,  St.  Paul,  Minn.,  sends  for  copies  of 
Freemasonry  Illustrated,  which  he  intends  to  loan  to  reli- 
able parties. 

L.  I.  Wicker,  Holly,  Mich.,  asks 

"Can  you  give  me  a  receipt  for  corning  beef  so  it  will 
keep  in  hot  weather  or  through  the  summer,  the  same  as 
it  does  at  the  packers  in  Chicago  ?" 

The  Chicago  packers  keep  their  corned  beef  cold  all 
summer  with  ice.  Corned  beef  will  spoil  unless  kept 
very  cool.  Make  a  strong  brine,  strong  enough  to  bear  up 
a  potato.  It  is  well  to  boil  it. 

Frank  Bowman,  Fairfield,  Iowa: 

"I  think  I  can  sell  some  of  your  works.  *  *  Have 
had  calls  for  them." 

Christian  reform  literature  is  needed  everywhere,  want- 
ed and  called  for  when  known.  Circulate  the  Cynosure, 
books,  and  tracts.  They  come  like,  cold  water  to  a  thirsty 
soul. 

Mis.  8.  G.  Reed,  Kinney's  Corners,  N.  Y.: 
"I  feel  to  thank  the  Lord  that  he  met  his  children  at 
Batavia  and  so  wonderfully  blessed  us.  *  *  The  breth- 
ren and  sisters  seemed  to  be  filled  with  the  Holy  Spirit. 
It  seemed  just  as  though  heaven  was  really  begun  here  on 
earth." 

Moses  Pettengill,  Peoria,  111. : 

"I  enjoyed  the  Batavia  meeting  highly  and  trust  that 
good  will  come  of  it." 

J.  A.  Richards,  Ft.  Scott,  Kansas : 
"Batavia,  glorious ! 


Words  of  Life  for  every  Day. 
sanctify  them  thuuugu  thy  truth  ;  thy  word 

IS  TRUTH. 

Thursday,  October  26. — Come  out  from  among 
them,  and  be  ye  separate,  saith  the  Lord,  and 
touch  not  the  unclean  thing ;  and  I  will  receive 
you,  and  will  be  a  father  unto  you,  and  ye 
shall  be  my  sons  and  daughters,  saith  the  Lord 
Almighty.     2  Cor.  6:17,  18. 

Friday,  October  27. — Having  therefore  these 
promises,  dearly  beloved,  let  us  cleanse  our- 
selves from  all  filthiness  of  flesh  and  spirit,  per- 
fecting holiness  in  the  fear  ot  God.     2  Cor.  7:1. 

Saturday,  October  28. — Finally,  brethren, 
farewell.  Be  perfect,  be  of  good  comfort,  be 
of  one  mind,  live  in  peace ;  and  the  God  of 
love  and  peace  shall  be  with  you.  2  Cor.  13 : 
11. 

Sabbath,  October  29.— And  he  cometh  the 
third  time  and   saith  unto  them.  Sleep  on  now 


October  26,  1883 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURK 


and  take  your  rest;  it  is  enough,  the  hour  is 
come;  behold,  the  Son  ot  man  is  betrayed  into 
the  hands  of  sinners.     Mark  14:41 

Monday,  October  30. — Be  ye  kind  one  to  an- 
other, tender  hearted,  forgiving  one  another, 
even  as  God  for  Christ's  sake  hath  forgiven  you. 
Eph.  4:32. 

Tuesday,  October  31. — For  our  conversation 
is  in  heaven;  frnm  whence  also  we  look  for  the 
Saviour,  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ:  who  shall 
change  our  vile  body,  that  it  may  be  fashioned 
like  unto  his  glorious  body,  according  to  the 
working  whereby  he  is  able  even  to  subdue  all 
things  unto  himself.     Phil.  3:20,  21. 

Wednesday,  Kovember  1. — Be  careful  for 
nothing;  but  in  everything  by  prayer  and  sup- 
plication with  thanksgiving  let  your  requests  be 
made  known  unto  God.  And  the  peace  of  God 
which  passeth  all  understanding,  shall  keep  your 
hearts  and  mind  through  Christ  Jesus.  Phil.  4: 
6,7. 


Obituary. 

Died  on  the  25th  of  August,  1882,  at  Bow- 
ensburgh,  111.,  Fkaj^k  E.  Maiteson,  aged  29 
years.  The  only  child  of  Mrs.  J.  P.  Richards, 
of  Belmont,  Wisconsin,  a  young  man  of  rare 
qualifications  and  goodness  of  heart.  Uniting 
with  the  Congregational  church  of  Bowens- 
burgh  at  the  age  ot  18,  he  was  a  consistent  mem- 
ber until  his  death.  Active  in  the  church  and 
Sabbath-school,  he  will  be  greatly  missed  by 
both.  While  he  firmly  maintained  his  Chris- 
tian principles,  he  possessed  the  rare  faculty  of 
retaining  the  respect  and  friendship  of  all.  He 
was  a  reader  of  the  Cynosure,  and  was  inter- 
ested in  the  cause  it  advocates.  The  afflictive 
blow  falls  heavily  upon  his  parents  although 
our  faith  tells  us  he  is  at  rest.  ** 


Books  and  Magazines. 

The  latest  contribution  by  the  celebrated 
William  Taylor  to  missionary  literature  is  a  neat 
volume  entitled,  "Ten  years  of  Self-supporting 
Missions  in  India."  This  is  also  probably  his 
best  work  on  independent  or  self-supporting 
missions.  The  opening  chapters  are  devoted  to 
an  exposition  of  the  principles  upon  which  his 
very  successful  mission  work  is  based,  and  the 
closing  pages  show  that  the  application  ot  them 
is  practicable  in  contrast  with  the  long  estab- 
lished methods  of  missionary  funds  and  societies; 
also  the  South  American  missions  founded  on 
the  same  principles  have  a  chapter.  A  forcible 
illustration  of  the  self-suporting  plan  is  this : 

"The  cattle  kiags  of  Wyoming  told  me  when  I  was 
laboring  there,  that  from  the  severity  of  some  of  their 
winters,  they  lost  from  three  to  five  per  cent  of  their  cat- 
tle. I  asked  why  they  did  not  keep  a  supply  of  hay  to 
keep  the  weaklings  through  ?  'Give  them  hay  and  they 
quit  work,  and  their  example  tends  to  demoralize  the 
herd — cheaper  to  let  them  die.'  That  was  a  rigid  applica- 
tion of  the  principle  of  self-support  but  that  is  the  way 
they  develop  the  hardy  herds  which  require  no  feed  in 
the  winter,  and  hence  can  be  multiplied  without  any 
reference  whatever  to  the  limit  of  winter  supplies  of  hay 
or  grain." 

Paul's  method  of  planting  the  Gospel  is  thus 
analyzed  by  the  author:  1.  Plant  nothing  but  pure 
gospel  seed;  2.  The  entire  responsibility  of 
church  work  and  church  government  Paul  laid 
on  native  converts,  under  the  guidance  of  the 
Holy  Spirit,  as  fast  as  he  could  get  them  well 
organized ;  3.  He  proclaimed  "  the  laborer  is 
worthy  of  his  hire,"  taking  it  for  granted  that 
the  Gospel  was  worth  more  to  any  country  than 
the  expenses  of  the  messengers  by  whom  it  was 
promulgated ;  5.  He  began  in  Jewish  commu- 
nities ;  6.  He  remained  in  each  great  center  of 
work  long  enough  not  only  to  effect  a  complete 
organization,  with  administrative  elders,  but  to 
develop  the  Christian  character  of  each  member. 
These  methods  Mr.  Taylor  believes  equally 
suited  to  the  present  work  of  evangelizing  the 
world,  and  his  interesting  account  of  the  Indian 
and  South  American  missions  confirm  his  theory. 
The  reading  of  this  book  will  do  much  to  bring 
the  church  to  a  higher  standard  in  respect  to  the 
great  work  of  missions.  Self-denial  and  faith 
are  conditions  of  success  too  little  cci^sidered  in 
this  age  of  money  worship.  The  work  is  sold 
for  $1.25,  by  W.  C.  Palmer,  publisher  of  the 
"Guide  to  Holiness,"  62  Bible  House,  New 
York.  ' 


*'The  Secret  Society  System,"  by  E.  E.  Aiken, 
a  Yale  student,  is  a  neat  pamphlet  of  110  pages 
comprising  a  series  of  five  articles  which  ap- 
peared early  this  year  in  the  Yale  CritiG.  These 
articles  have  been  revised  and  extended,  and 
while  they  discuss  the  question  with  more  di- 
rect reference  to  the  college  secret  societies,  yet 
the  arguments  and  principles  adduced  are  of 
general  application.  The  writer,  without  ven- 
turing on  ground  not  already  traversed  by  oth- 
er writers  and  speakers,  has  yet  made  industri- 
ous research  and  has  drawn  up  an  effective  ar- 
gument. The  book  is  of  peculiar  interest  from 
the  fact  of  its  being  a  Yale  prodtiction  and 
though  viewing  the  subject  from  a  student's 
standpoint,  arrives  at  the  same  conclusions  with 
thousands  of  clear-thinking  farmers,  mechanics, 
ministers  and  others  in  business  and  profession- 
al pursuits  who  have  the  courage  of  th^ir  con- 
victions. We  shall  be  happy  to  note  that  it  has 
a  large  circulation  and  sale.  Published  by  O. 
H.  Briggs,  Room  8,  289  Chapel  St.,  New  Haven, 
Conn. 

The  North  American  Review  for  Novem- 
ber presents  an  unusually  diversified  table  of 
contents,  "  English  Views  of  Free  Trade,"  by 
the  Hon.  John  Welsh  of  Philadelphia,  is  a  clear 
and  forcible  exposition  of  the  difference  between 
the  economic  situation  of  England  and  that  of 
the  United  States,  and  of  the  considerations 
which  make  Free  Trade  imperative  for  tha 
former  country,  if  she  would  retain  her  present 
position  as  the  world's  workshop.  Joseph 
Neilson,  Chief  Judge  of  the  Brooklyn  City 
Court,  writes  of  "  Disorder  in  Court-Rooms,"  a 
subject  of  interest  to  good  citizens  at  all  times. 
Dr.  Wm.  A.  Hammond,  ex-Surgeon-General  of 
the  U.  S.  Army,  offers  a  "Problem  for  Sociolog- 
ists," the  problem  being  to  determine  the  degree 
of  responsibility  before  the  criminal  law,  of 
persons  affected  by  certain  forms  of  insanity. 
"  The  Industrial  Value  of  Woman,"  by  Mrs. 
Julia  Ward  Howe,  is  a  very  able  reply  to  an 
article  recently  published  on  "  Woman's  Work 
and  Woman's  Wages."  ''  Advantages  of  the 
Jury  System,"  by  Dwight  Foster,  formerly  a 
Justice  of  the  Massachusetts  Supreme  Court, 
will  command  the  attention  of  every  thoughtful 
citizen,  being  a  grave  and  learned  defense  of  an 
institution  which  it  is  becoming  the  fashion  to 
belittle  and  decry.  The  remaining  articles  are, 
"  Safety  in  Theatres,"  "  The  Pretensions  of 
Journalism,"  and  a  symposium  on  "  The  Sup- 
pression of  Vice,"  by  Anthony  Comstock,  O.  B. 
Frothingham  and  Rev., Dr.  J.  M.  Buckley. 

The  mystery  of  the  authorship  of  the  famous 
"  Letters  of  Junius"  is  still  unsolved.  Attrib- 
uted to  Burke,  Wilkes,  Horn  Tooke,  Lord  Lit- 
tleton, Lord  Shelburne,  Sir  Philip  Francis,  and 
others,  they  have  never  been  proved  to  be  the 
product  of  either.  Their  remarkable  compres- 
sion, point  and  brilliancy  of  language,  their  un- 
rivaled sarcasm,  boldness  and  tremendous  invec- 
tive, not  only  drew,  at  the  time,  such  public 
attention  as  never  before  was  given  to  letters  of 
political  controversy,  but  have  won  them  a  place 
at  the  head  of  the  acknowledged  classics  in 
literature.  In  the  beautiful  and  cheap  edition, 
in  which  they  are  just  issued  by  The  Useful 
Knowledge  Publishing  Company,  New  York, 
they  will  be  a  temptation  to  which  thousands  of 
book-buyers  will  gladly  yield. 

A  convention  and  an  organ  are  a  universal 
necessity  for  every  new  project  among  men, 
The  young  men  who  propose  to  straddle  a  bi- 
cycle and  to  make  Dobbin  '  an  extinct 
animal  have  been  holding  yearly  meetings  and 
have  now  venture.'  upon  a  monthly  magazine. 
The  Wheelman^  well  edited,  illustrated  and 
printed,  and  published  at  308  Washington  St., 
Boston.  These  enterprising  young  riders  sug- 
gest that  their  art  will  solve  the  question  oi 
good  roads,  since  they  are  a  necessity  for  bicycle 
traveling,  and  when  this  conveyance  shall  come 
into  universal  use,  smooth  and  solid  roads  must 
follow. 

Our  thanks  to  the  United  Presbyterian  Board 
of  Publication  for  the  voluminous  report  of  the 
last  General  Assembly,  held  at  Monmouth  last 
Jime.  The  arrangement  of  this  report  is  al- 
moet  perfect  and    its  compilers  seem  to  have 


omitted   nothing  which  could  be  properly   in- 
cluded in  such  a  document. 

The  Microcosm,  the  religio-scientific  monthly 
magazine  published  by  A.  Wilford  Hall,  New 
York,  whose  original  ideas  on  natural  philosophy 
have  aroused  many  indifferent  thinkers,  is  now 
in  its  second  volume.  Lovers  of  scientific  spec- 
ulation will  find  much  to  occupy  their  spare 
moments  in  its  pages  whether  they  accept  the 
conclusions  reached  or  not. 

The  current  numbers  of  Vich^s  Magazine 
and  Purdy's  Fruit  Recorder,  both  devote  some 
space  to  new  berries — the  James  Vick  straw- 
berry and  the  Hansell  and  Souhegan  raspberry 
— which  promise  to  be  valuable  acquisitions  to 
our  list  ot  small  fruits. 


— The  beautiful  incident  of  the  orphans' journey 
from  Germany  to  America  is  a  most  eloquent 
refutation  of  the  Masonic  boast  of  help  in  trav- 
eling. Read  and  make  a  note  of  it,  to  help  un- 
decieve  men  who  are  blinded  by  the  lodge. 


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J.  Q.  Adams,  Wm.  H.  Seward,  .James  Madison,  Daniel  Webster,  Rich- 
ard Rush,  John  Hancock,  Millard  Fillmore,  Chief  Justice  Marshall. 
Seth  M.  Gates,  Nathaniel  Colver,  President  Finney,  President  Blanch- 
ard,  Philo  Carpenter,  Hon.  J.  B.  Walker,  Chancellor  Howard  Crosby, 
D.  L.  Moody,  and  others. 

KO,  NO.  PAGES. 

1  Historical  Sketch  of  the  N.C. A.,  by  Pres.  J.  Blanchard 4 

2  Voice  of  the  Empire  State  In  Condemnation'of  Masonry 4 

3  Address  to  American  Pastors  on  the  Secret  Lodge 4 

4  Freemasonry  In  the  Family,  by  J.  P.  Stoddard 4 

5  Pres.  Finney  on  the  Duty  of  Christians  toward  the  Lodge 2 

6  Warning  against  Masonry  (For  Colored  People),  Illustrated 2 

7  To  the  Boys  who  Hope  to  be  Men,  Illustrated 2 

8  Freemasonry  Modern  Heathenism 4 

9  Ministers  .at  Rival  Altars 4 

10  A  Pastor's  Confession 4 

11  Knight  Templar  Masonry 4 

12  Alexander  Campbell's  Estimate  of  the  Lodges 4 

13  '  'The  Secret  Empire, '/  by  J.  P.  Stoddard 4 

14  True  and  False  Templ'arism 4 

15  Secrecy  and  Sin,  from  the  "Christian"  47  Cornhlll,  Boston 4 

It)  Selling  Dead  Horses,  by  •'Bostonian" 4 

17  History  of  Masonry,  by  Pres.  J.  Blancbard 4 

18  Despotic  Character  of  Freemasonry ; .    4 

1(1    Freemasonry  a  Christ-excluding  Religion 5 

20  Masonic  Murder,  by -Elder  T.  R.  Balrd '. 2 

21  Grand,  Great  Grand,  by  Philo  Carpenter 2 

23  Masonic  Oaths  and  Penalties  sworn  to  by  the  Grand  Lodge  of  R.I. .  4 
33    Letters  of  J.  Q.  Adams  and  J.  Madison  on  Freemasonry  4 

24  Satan's  Cable  Tow , 4 

'25    Character  and  symbols  of  Freemasonry,  Illustrated 2 

26  Address  of  the  Niagara  Association  on  the  Murder  of  Morgan...     4 

27  Judge  Whitney  and  Masonry — Masonry  Defends  a  Murderer 8 

'28  Nathaniel  Colver  and  Howard  Crosby  on  Secret  Societies 2 

'29  Grand  Lodge  Masonry,  by  Pres.  J.  Blanchard IB 

30  Masonic  Oaths  Null  and  Void,  by  Rev.  I.  A.  Hart 4 

31  Hon.  Seth  M.  Gates  on  Freemasonry 4 

32  Origin,  Obligation  and  Expenses  of  the  Grange 4 

33  Hon.  Wm   H.  Seward  on  Secret  Societies 2 

34  What  Great  Men  Say  about  Freemasonry & 

35  Objections  to  Masonry,  by  a  Seceding  Mason 4 

36  Masonic  Chastity,  by  Emma  A.  Wallace 4 

37  Reasons  why  a  Christian  should  not  be  a  Freemason  (German).,  4 

38  Masonic  Oaths  and  Penalties,  by  Rev.  A.  M.  MlUigan '.  4 

39  Should  Freemasons  be  admitted  to  Christian  Fellowship? 4 

40  The  Object  of  the  American  (Anti-masonic)  Party 2 

41  Freemasonry  a  Religion  (shown  by  its  own  authors) 8 

42  Duty  and  Ability  to  Know  the  Character  of  Masonry 4 

43  Affidavit  that  Masonry  Is  revealed,  by  J.  O.  Doesburg  and  others  4 

44  D.  L .  ISIoody  on  Secret  Societies 4 

45  Ought  a  Seceding  Mason  to  Keep  his  Lodge  Oath  ? 4 

46  Nos.  17,  18  and  19  combined,  by  Prof.  Cervin  (Swedish) 16 

47  Irish  Murders  and  Secret  Societies ■  4 


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THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSUHB. 


October  26, 18BS 


The  Christian  Cynosure. 

CHICAGO,  THORSDAY,  OCTOBER  26, 1882. 


A  PROPOSITION  TO  ONE  HUNDREU  READERS  OF 
THE  CYNOSURE. 

If  one  hundred  persons  will  each  send  in  the 
money  tor  a  club  of  ten  eubscribers  for  the 
ChrUticm  Cynosure,  ($15.00)  fifteen  dollars 
cash,  (send  the  names  of  subscribers  at  pleasure) 
within  thirty  days  from  date  (Oct.  12th,  1882) 
the  publisher  will  order  a  folding,  trimming  and 
pasting  machine  for  the  Cynosure,  so  that  the 
paper  can  be  well  pasted  and  mailed  a  day 
earlier  than  it  is  at  present.  JFor  some  time  we 
have  been  wishing  to  make  the  above  mentioned 
improvement,  but  as  receipts  have  not  justified 
the  expense  it  has  been  hitherto  postponed. 
Will  you  not  accept  this  proposition  and  forward 
the  money  promptly? 

Each  week  we  will  report  the  clubs  received 
and  promised  and  also  the  money  sent  on  in  ad- 
yance  for  clubs. 

Do  you  accept  the  proposition?  By  so  doing 
you  will  thus  confer  a  favor  on  all  readers  of  the 
paper  by  affording  them  a  well  pasted  paper 
mailed  one  day  earlier  than  it  is  at  present. 
Whatever  increases  the  value  of  the  weekly  or- 
gan of  the  National  Christian  Association  aug- 
ments the  power  and  hastens  the  triumph  of 
our  great  reform. 

ONE  HUNDRED  CLUBS  OF  TEN 

subscriptions  paid  for  within  the  next  thirty  days 
would  be  an  appropriate  introduction  to  our 
annual  campaign  for  Cynosure  subscribers 
which  we  hope  will  this  season  be  enthusiaetic, 
thorough,  prolonged  and  successful. 


Ediioria!  Correspondence. 

KuTHLAND,  III.,  Oct.  17,  1882. 
I  came  down  here  on  Saturday  by  request  of 
the  president  of  the  Ked  Ribbon  club  to  speak 
on  temperance.  Sabbath  morning  1  aided  Kev. 
Mr.  Wiard  in  the  Congregational i&t  church, 
which  had  been  in  past  years  injured  here  by 
some  weak  and  worthless  ministers,  so.  that  it  has 
run  low.  In  the  afternoon  I  addressed  the 
Band  of  Hope,  which  is  presided  over  by  a  use- 
ful, capable  and  ambitious  young  woman,  who 
gays  she  should  have  no  objection  to  her  hus- 
band belonging  to  a  Masonic  lodge  and  conceal- 
ing the  proceedings  of  one  evening  in  a  week 
from  her  during  their  life.  She  is  fearfully  un- 
acquainted with  the  nature  of  the  lodge. 

In  the  evening  I  addressed  a  full  and  very 
intelligent  house  on  temperance,  and  gave  no- 
tice that  I  would  speak  against  secret  societies 
Monday  evening,  which  was  last  night ;  all  day 
yesterday  it  drizzled  and  rained.  So  last  night 
was  dark,  rainy  and  muddy.  Yet  we  had  full 
forty  or  fifty  persons  out  and  Christ  was  with 
ua.  But  in  our  small  audience  we  had  the  mas- 
ter of  the  lodge  and  several  members.  The 
lodge  master  is  superintendent  of  the  Union 
Sabbath  school,  and  an  excellent  superintend- 
ent he  is.  He  is  a  bright,  capable  man,  ard  I 
cannot  but  think  he  despises  the  foolery  and 
falsehood  of  the  lodge.  We  shall  see.  I  am 
much  pleased  with  this  people.  I  am  stopping 
with  a  family  whose  father  was  the  pillar  of 
the  Chrstian  (Campbellite)  church,  and  the 
children  belong  to  it.  They  are  a  very  interest- 
ing Christian  family. 

I  see  by  the  papers  that  the  Prohibitionists 
are  playing  smash  with  the  Republicans  in  every 
district  but  one  in  Wisconsin.  The  Manitowoc 
district  is  Democratic,  and  as  the  Democrats 
preaeh  the  "spoils"  dootrine  and  practice  what 
they  preach,  they  have  the  respect  of  the  peo- 
ple more  than  the  Republicans  who  want  to 
give  beer  to  the  Germans  and  temperance  to 
the  Prohibitionists,  and  so,  like  the  man  with 
his  feet  in  two  boats  is  sinking  between  them. 


The  Ohio  Republicans  have  lost  that  State,  and 
right  across  the  river  West  Virginia  has  ?one 
Republican,  which  was  before  Democratic!  A 
double  summerset  in  opposite  directions..  The 
temperance  folks  did  both. 

But  to  think  of  Prohibitionists  denouncing 
"rings"  and  "machines"  while  they  are  largely 
made  up  of  secret  lodges,  the  vilest  and  most 
dangerous  rings  and  machines  which  Satan  ever 
invented!     It  cannot,  will  not  stand. 

Yours,  etc.,        J.  B. 


Memoir  of  Myron  Holley. 

Elizur  Wright  of  Boston  has  sent  us  for  no- 
tice a  biography  of  Mykon  Holley,  born  in  Sal- 
isbury, Conn.,  and  buried  in  Mt.  Hope  ceme- 
tery, Rochester,  N.  Y.,  at  the  age  of  sixty-two. 
A  monument  was  placed  above  his  grave  by  the 
Liberty' party,  at  the  instance  of  Gerritt  Smith, 
who  addressed  a  crowd  of  six  thousand  people 
present  at  the  unveiling,  June  13,  1844. 

Mr.  Holley  did  more  for  the  great  Erie  Canal 
than  any  other  one  man,  not  even  excepting  De 
Witt  Clinton.  He  embarked  in  the  Anti-ma- 
sonic political  movement,  owned  and  edited  the 
Roihester  Freeman,  and  edited  afterward  the 
Free  Flector  of  Hartford,  Conn.;  both  of  which 
papers  went  down  under  him,  though  he  was 
an  accomplished  scholar,  an  able  and  beautiful 
writer,  and  as  an  orator  seldom  surpassed.  His 
personal  magnetism  and  manners  attached  polit- 
ical friends  and  opponents  to  him  while  he  was 
living,  and  drew  encomiums  from  all  men  when 
he  died. 

That  two  Anti-masonic  papers  should  fail  and 
go  down  under  such  a  man  and  such  a  mind, 
would  be  disheartening  pi'ecedents  to  the  friends 
of  the  Cynosure  if  unexplained. 

The  first  cause  of  the  failure  was  that  slavery 
seized  the  popular  mind,  superceded  the  lodge- 
discussion,  and  set  it  aside.  Mr.  Holley  found- 
ed the  Liberty  (anti-slavery)  party  in  1840  and 
died  in  1841  before  it  had  achieved  success.  He 
was  buried  while  the  cannon  were  proclaiming 
General  Harrison's  inauguration  in  Washing- 
ton. The  Democratic  party  had  held  the  coun- 
try with  slight  interruption,  during  the  whole 
of  Mr.  Holley's  public  life,  and  as  he  was  an 
Anti-mason  and  an  abolitionist,  his  success  in 
public  life  was  a  homage  wrung  from  political 
adversaries,  while  the  "Albany  Regency"  gov- 
erned New  York,  and  New  York  the  Democrat- 
ic party,  which  party  governed  the  Union. 

This  was  not  all  or  the  worst.  Garrison 
started  the  anti-slavery  movement  in  1832. 
With  exceptions  too  slight  for  mention,  the 
ministry  and  churches  refused  him  a  hearing. 
He  was  enraged.  He  assailed  both  church  and 
state.  The  churches  were  "Synagogues  of 
Satan,"  and  the  American  Constitution  a  "Cov- 
enant with  death  and  a  league  with  hell." 

"Whoever,"  says  Junius,  "cries  out  against 
established  order  will  always  find  abettors." 
Mr.  Garrison's  abettors  were  non-resistants  who 
abjured  all  civil  government;  abjured  the  Sab 
bath;  and  spoke  of  the  Bible  as  "Those  old 
parchments"  translated  by  order  of  a  king  who 
was  a  tyrant  and  a  fool.  Infidels  and  deists, 
Universalists,  Spiritualists  and  Unitarians,  hail- 
ed the  coming  of  Mr.  Garrison  as  the  star  of 
their  morning;  and,  though  in  England  Mr. 
Garrison's  aiders  and  abettors  were  orthodox 
loyalists,  he  so  managed  as  to  conciliate  ap.d 
unite  these  extremes  of  opinion  in  himself. 
While  in  a  convention  in  Boston,  Sept.  20,  1838, 
he  and  his  friends  voted  that: 

"As  every  government  is  upheld  by  physical  strength, 
and  its  laws  are  enforced  at  the  point  of  the  bayonet;  we 
therefore  exclude  ourselves  from  every  legislative  and 
judicial  body,  and  repudiate  all  worldly  honors,  and  sta- 
tions of  authority.  It  we  cannot  occupy  a  seat  in  the 
legislature  or  on  the  bench,  neither  can  we  elect  others  as 
our  substitutes  in  any  such  capacity." 

This  disgusted  the  leaders  of  the  churches ; 
the  members  followed  their  leaders,  and  for 
years  produced  antagonism  between  abolition- 
ism and  the  churches  of  Christ.  This  threw 
off  from  the  churches  a  galaxy  of  ininds,  such  as 
the  world  has  seldom  seen.  Gerritt  Smith,  My- 
ron Holley,  Theodore  D.  Weld,  Elizur  Wright, 
Beriah  Green,  William  T.  Allen,  Ichabod  Cod- 
ding, J.  M.  McKimm,  Wm,  H.  Burleigh,  Henry 
C.   Wright,   the    Grinke  sisters,  Lydia    Maria 


Child,  and  a  host  more  became  come-outers,  and 
many  became  blatant  infidels  ;  while  Smith  and 
Holley  continued  praying  men  till  they  died. 

When  I  first  knew  Elizur  Wright  he  was  a 
professor  in  Hudson  College,  Ohio.  He  was 
afterwards  secretary  of  the  American  Anti- 
slavery  Society  when  I  was  one  of  its  lecturers, 
and  wrote  me  very  complimentary  letters.  He 
was  one  of  the  founders  of  the  Liberty  party, 
and  censured  Garrison  for  denouncing  it.  He 
was  in  Georgia  when  a  young  man  ;  and  I  think 
he  was  the  same  young  man  whom  he  describes 
in  Mr.  Holley's  memoirs,  who  went  to  a  camp 
of  negroes  exposed  for  sale  near  Atlanta,  and 
saw  among  others  a  mother  with  a  babe  but 
three  days  old,  born  on  the  spot,  awaiting  a  pur- 
chaser. To  see  the  mass  of  Christian  churches 
kept  by  the  silence  of  their  ministers  and  papers 
in  stolid  indifference  to  such  and  similar  scenes, 
common  throughout  the  South,  excited  in  bo- 
soms like  that  of  Prof.  Wright  an  intense 
loathing  which  threw  them  into  infidelity, 
which  mars  and  disfigures  an  otherwise  in- 
teresting and  important  book — this  memoir  of 
Myron  Holley. 

Slavery  is  out  of  the  way,  and  the  lodge  is 
coming  again  under  discussion.  May  God  grant 
wisdom  to  the  ministry  and  churches  of  the 
present  day  to  avoid  the  i'ock  of  worldly  indif- 
ference which  wrecked  the  faith  of  so  many  no- 
ble spirits  during  the  anti-slavery  discussion. 
The  reform  against  secret  societies  has  as  yet 
furnished  no  such  excuse  for  shunning  it,  to  sen- 
sible and  patriotic  men.  There  never  was  a  re- 
form more  free  from  extravagances  of  opinion 
and  doctrine  than  ours.  May  every  true  American 
learn  and  heed  it  in  time. 

Prof.  Wright's  memoirs  of  Mr.  Holley  is  an 
octavo  of  328  pages  written  with  his  old  time 
vigor.  It  contains  a  just  and  full  account  of  the 
Anti-masonic  and  anti-slavery  parties,  and 
would  deserve  and  have  a  wide  circulation  but 
for  the  fact  that  throughout  the  work  he  sneers 
at  the  Bible,  argues  against  a  personal  God, 
and  apologizes  for  Mr.  Holley's  belief  in  both. 


Astounding  Falsehood. 


There  is  perhaps  no  fact  in  history  which  so 
excites  in  the  Masonic  lodge  the  grevious  spirit 
of  lying  as  the  Morgan  murder.  While  the  op- 
ponents of  Masonry  have  had  from  the  first  but 
one  theory  of  the  case,  sustained  by  incontro- 
vertable  evidence,  the  explanations  of  the  Free- 
masons have  been  as  various  and  utterly  con- 
flicting as  could  well  be  imagined.  The  latest 
and  basest  has  lately  come  to  us. 

Bro.  Shaw,  formerly  of  this  city  but  now 
preaching  in  Cincinnati,  has  our  thanks  for  a 
clip  from  the  Fnguirer  of  that  city  which  re- 
prints  from  the  New  York  Telegram,  an  in- 
terview with  Robert  Macoy,  the  Masonic  au- 
thor and  publisher,  and  "Grand  Recorder"  of 
some  Masonic  body.  Amazement  may  be  par- 
doned while  reading  his  statement,  thus : 

"Morgan  was  a  blacksmith  living  in  Batavia.  He  was 
a  thief,  a  drunkard  and  a  wife-beater.  These  facts  were 
not  known  to  the  lodge  that  made  him  a  Mason  until  some 
time  after  he  had  joined  the  order.  As  a  Mason,  he  was  an 
impostor,  working  his  way  among  Masons  by  the  grossest 
falsehoods.  He  employed  the  then  Grand  Lecturer, 
Blanchard  Powers,  to  instruct  him.  He  was  thus  enabled 
to  play  the  character  of  a  mercenary  dependent  upon  Ma- 
sonic charity.  He  took  the  Degree  of  Royal  Arch  at  Le 
Roy,  and  began  immediately  to  prepare  an  'exposition' 
of  such  of  the  esoteric  Masonic  matters  as  he  could  re- 
member or  as  would  best  serve  his  purpose.  ,It  became 
known  to  the  Brotherhood  that  he  was  employed  upon 
this  shameful  task,  and  they  denounced  him  through  the 
newspapers.  On  September  12,  1826,  he  was  arrested 
upon  a  warrant  for  theft,  and  taken  to  Canandaigua. 
Four  days  later  he  was  released,  and  taken  in  a  carriage 
to  Fort  Niagara,  at  the  mouth  of  the  river  by  that  name, 
a  distance  of  115  miles.  This  journey  was  made  with  his 
own  consent.  He  was  confined  in  the  fort  a  few  days  in 
a  room  formerly  used  as  a  powder  magazine.  There  all 
traces  of  him  disappear. 

"A  body  was  found  in  the  whirlpool  below  Niagara 
Falls,  and  it  was  said  to  be  that  of  Morgan,  but  the  iden-; 
tity  was  never  established.  The  theory  is  absurd  that  Eli 
Bruce,  Sheriff  of  the  county,  and  the  men  who  assisted 
lljpi  would  have  publicly  conveyed  Morgan  over  one  hun- 
dred miles  to  throw  him  over  the  Falls.  There  was  an 
alarming  excitement  over  the  affair.  Anti-masonic  asso- 
ciations were  formed.  They  worked  in  the  political  cam- 
paign that  fall  and  carried  the  State." 

Masons  never  "knew"  that  Morgan  was  such 
an  infamous  wretch   until    he  had  defied  their 


October  S6,  1882 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE. 


& 


malignant  hate  and  exposed  their  infamous  sys- 
tem. Then  no  epithet  was  too  vile  to  be  heap- 
ed upon  him.  Such  a  statement  might  be  ex- 
pected of  a  person  of  Macoy's  Masonic  rank, 
but  that  a  Freemason  of  ordinary  sense  should 
say  his  supposed  body  was  pitched  over  the 
Falls  is  something  new  in  their  multiform  sto- 
ries. It  is  evidence  seldom  doubted  of  a  man's 
good  character  when  Freemason's  unite  to 
smirch  it. 


William  H.  VanDoben  died  in  Indianapolis, 
Ind.,  on  the  8th  ot  September,  age  72  years,  after 
a  protracted  illness.  He  lived  iu  Chicago  for  a 
number  of  years,  removing  to  Indianapolis  in 
1878  to  reside  with  a  daughter.  He  was  born 
in  Orange  county,  JST.  Y.,  and  graduated  at  Col- 
umbia College  and  Alleghany  Presbyterian  The- 
ological Seminary.  His  lirst  two  years  were 
spent  in  missionary  labor  at  the  West ;  and  in 
1839  he  accepted  a  call  to  the  Reformed  Church 
of  Williamsburg,  Long  Island,  and  was  its  pastor 
for  nine  years.  He  afterwards  served  the  Church 
of  Piermont,  and  the  Livingston  Church  in  New 
York.  He  then  returned  to  the  Presbyterian 
Church,  and  was  pastor  at  St.  Louis.  In  1865 
he  removed  to  Chicago,  and  in  1878  to  Indianap- 
olis. He  received  the  degree  of  D.  D.  trom 
Rutgers  College  in  1869.  He  was,  says  the 
Christian  Intelligencer,  a  genial  Christian  gen- 
tleman, of  warm  philanthropic  impulses.  He 
founded  the  Van  Doren  prize  for  the  best  essay 
ou  Foreign  Miesions  by  the  students  of  the  Col- 
lege and  Seminary  at  New  Brunswick.  He  was 
a  scholar  of  wide  reading,  and  a  writer  of  great 
point  and  suggestiveness.  His  later  years  have 
been  devoted  to  authorship.  In  preparing 
for  this  work  he  traveled  extensively  in  the  Holy 
Land  and  other  countries  of  the  East. 

Some  years  ago  he  furnished  to  the  Chicago 
Tribune  the  statement  of  the  dying  wife  of  the 
lawyer  who  defended  the  Morgan  abductors  and 
cleared  them,  recieving  an  immense  sum  for 
managing  the  case,  though  convinced  of  its  in- 
justice. In  answer  to  a  note  respecting  this 
statement  Mr.  Van  Doren  wrote  us  Aug.  Ist, 
1881,  respecting  Masonry  and  the  Morgan  mur- 
der :  "  Regretting  that  I  cannot  shed  further 
light  on  that  most  malignant  deed  we  will  have 
to  writ  lor  the  revelations  of  the  last  day.  How 
many  substitutes  for  Christ's  holy  religion  has 
Satan  invented." 


— The  editor  of  the  Cynosure  is  attending 
the  Indiana  State  convention  at  Carthage  this 
week.  He  expects  at  its  close  to  visit  Gibson 
county  in  the  south-western  part  of  the  State 
and  speak  at  several  points.  Bro.-  E.  Mathews 
is  also  expecting  to  attend  the  Indiana  conven- 
tion and  Secretary  Stoddard  hopes  to  return 
from  the  East  in  time  to  look  in  upon  the  same 
meeting. 

— The  City  Hall  of  Washington  was  engaged 
last  week  for  an  address  from  Secretary  Stod- 
dard on  Tuesday  evening. 

— The  pastors  and  other  laborers  in  the  em- 
ploy of  the  American  Missionary  Association 
in  the  South  have,  we  learn,  received  word  from 
headquarters  in  New  York  asking  them  to  have 
the  subject  of  the  secret  orders  brought  before 
their  congregations.  This  is  significant  and 
glorious. 

— Bro.  Hinman  has  been  visiting  all  the  min- 
isters of  Washington  and  distributing  tracts  to 
them  and  others.  He  finds  great  ignorance  on 
the  subject  and  is  putting  a  copy  of  President 
Finney's  book  iu  the  hand  of  every  minister 
who  will  carefully  read  it.  Some  are  awaking 
to  the  importance  and  necessity  of  our  reform. 
The  people  of  Washington  City  are  as  intelli- 
gent and  conscientious  as  elsewhere,  and  free 
discussion  is  assured,  which  cannot  be  said  of 
all  of  our  Northern  cities. 

— The  Band  of  Hope  meeting  with  Mrs.  E.  A. 
Cook  in  this  city  are  preparing  a  box  to  send  to 
Mrs.  Tapley  of  Columbus,  Miss.  This  may 
be  a  useful  example  to  other  bands  of  little 
folks  whose  surplus  vitality  is  usually  spent  in 
self-gratificiation. 


— In  a  postscript  to  a  late  letter  Bro.  Wm. 
Fenton  of  St.  Paul  says  that  his  mail  is  some- 
times mislaid  in  the  post  office,  and  if  his  cor- 
respondents are  sometimes  unanswered  it  is  be- 
cause their  letters  do  not  reach  their  destination. 
Bro.  Fenton  wishes  to  correct  his  letter  in  the 
Cynosure  of  Oct.  12th,  where  •  he  speaks  ot 
Royal  Arch  Masons  as  sworn  to  be  murderers. 
"  1  meant,"  he  says,  "  to  write  what  was  literally 
and  exactly  true,  namely,  that  they  have  sworn 
to  be  murdered  if  they  fail  to  conceal  the  crimes 
of  assasins." 

— Thomas  Guard  of  Baltimore,  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  divine  celebrated  throughout  the 
country  for  eloquence  and  abasement  in  Masonry, 
has  lately  passed  to  his  final  account  before  the 
Judge  whom  he  has  so  often  denied  in  the 
council  chambers  of  secrecy. 

— A  gentleman  visiting  the  Exposition  stand 
told  Bro.  Phillips  that  he  had  a  document  against 
secretism  of  great  value  and  afterward  wrote 
that  it  was  upon  the  Church  as  opposed  to 
Secret  Societies ;  was  written  by  Bishop  M. 
Wright,  D.  D.  and  published  by  Beecroft  in 
Reading.  In  answer  to  a  note  of  inquiry  Bishop 
Wright  informs  us  that  the  work  spoken  of 
was  his  address  before  the  Illinois  Convention 
meeting  in  Wheaton  in  1878,  and  printed  in  the 
Cynosure  and  Telescope.  He  gave  a  copy  to  a 
wealthy  English  Wesieyan  who  probably  had  it 
reprinted  in  pamphlet  form  in  Reading,  Eng- 
land. This  winged  seed  of  truth  flew  far  before 
it  struck  and  rooted.  The  harvest  now  prepar- 
ing will  doubtless  be  glorious,  and  in  this  hope 
our  brother  must  feel  doubly  compensated  for 
his  effort  at  that  meeting. 


The  Illinois  State  Meeting. 

One  week  only  remains  before  the  Tonica 
meeting.  Let  it  be  a  season  of  special  prayer 
at  every  household  altar  for  the  outpouring  of 
the  Holy  Spirit,  and  as  prayers  ascend  let  noth- 
ing be  left  undone  by  which  the  success  of  the 
meeting  can  be  gained.  See  that  every  reform 
church  has  an  opportunity  to  appoint  a  dele- 
gate;  and  especially  let  every  auxiliary  society 
be  represented.  The  meeting  will  be  an  impor- 
tant one  for  a  section  of  country  where  the  old 
anti-slavery  spirit  prevailed.  Reform  principles 
have  been  taught  in  the  households,  and  the 
young  men  and  women  need  to  be  roused  to 
emulate  the  virtues  of  their  parents.  Some  of 
our  ablest  speakers,  D.  S.  Faris,  N.  E.  Gardner, 
L.  N.  Stratton,  C.  A.  Blanchard,  J.  P.  Stod- 
dard, and  others  will  be  present.  Come,  ex- 
pecting a  bletsing  and  to  bless  others. 


THE  SOUTHERN  FIELD. 


Washington  Notes.  [ 

FREE    SPEECH. 

The  Capitol  building  is  daily  visited  by  many 
people.  It  ia  a  magnificent  structure,  and  con- 
taines  many  fine  works  of  art.  I  have  frequently 
visited  it  and  distributed  tracts  which  have  gen- 
erally been  kindly  received.  Yesterday  I  was 
giving  out "  what  great  men  say  about  Masonry ," 
when  an  official  told  me  that  what  I  was  doing 
was  in  violation  of  law.  I  told  him  I  would  like 
to  see  his  authority,  for  I  was  a  law-abiding  man. 
He  showed  me  a  notice  that  said  that  all  selling 
of  goods,  distributing  ot  advertisements,  or  solic- 
iting of  patronage,  was  forbidden  in  the  go  Ver- 
mont buildings.  I  told  him  I  had  done  none  of 
those  things,  and  that  I  should  not  desist.  He 
said,  "  we  so  interpret  it,"  and  that  I  must  stop. 
I  told  him  1  knew  my  rights  and  should  not 
stop,  and  asked  him  to  bring  me  before  a  magis- 
trate and  let  us  see  what  is  the  law. 

Moral :  The  Masons  do  not  want  to  hear  the 
testimony  of  Seward,  Webster,  Wirt  and  others 
circulated  in  the  Capital ;  but  they  will  have  to 
try  twice  to  prevent  it. 

A  BEFOBMED  MASON. 

Last  night  I  visited  an  old  lawyer,  who  has 
been  a  judge  in  East  Tennessee,  and  was  a 
Colonel  in  the  Federal  army  during  the  "  late 
unpleasantness. "  He  told  me  that  iu  East 
Tennessee  there  used  to  be  many  lodges  of  "Pine 


Knot  Masons,"  who  held  their  lodges  iu  the 
woods,  by  the  light  of  pine  knots.  They  always 
had  a  copy  of  Morgan's  Expose  to  post  on.  They 
could  always  be  depended  on  iu  any  emergency 
to  help  a  brother  Mason.  He  said  that  when 
as  a  young  lawyer,  if  he  had  a  hard  case  to  de- 
fend, he  always  managed  to  get  some  of  these  men 
on  the  jury,  and  it  was  sure  not  to  agree.  He 
said  that  during  the  war  he  had  known  many 
prisoners  to  escape  by  giving  the  grand  hailing 
sign  of  distress,  and  that  his  command  was  once 
saved  by  Masonic  information.  As  a  judge  he 
had  endeavored  to  execute  law  impartially;  but, 
though  he  had  been  for  mauy  years  a  R.  A.  Mason, 
he  was  satisfied  that  it  was  a  pernicious  institu- 
tion, and  that  he  fully  sympathised  with  Mr. 
Finney  in  his  views.  He  wished  me  much 
success    in  my  work. 

To  day  I  called  on  a  Baptist  minister  to  whom 
I  had  loaned  a  copy  of  Finney.  He  told  me 
that  he  is  a  Mason,  but  never  expected  to  enter 
a  lodge  again,  and  that  what  Mr.  Finney  said 
about  Masonry  ia  true.  He  had  kuowu  Dr. 
Colver  and  had  heard  from  him  his  experience 
iu  Masonry. 

■      WASHINGTON  CURIOSrilES. 

I  had  time  to-day  to  look  through  the  Pat- 
ent office  Department.  There  was  much  of 
great  interest  that  I  have  no  time  to  describe; 
but  a  few  things  I  put  down  in  my  note  book. 
There  was  in  a  case  a  specimen  of  hair  from  the 
heads  of  each  of  the  Presidents  down  to  Frank 
Pierce;  the  coat  of  arms  of  the  Washington 
family ;  household  furniture  of  Gen.  \Vash- 
ington,  including  the  dishes  and  plates  used  by 
Martha  Washington ;  two  suits  of  Washing- 
ton's clothes,  including  the  suit  he  wore  when 
he  resigued  his  commission.  His  camp  chest, 
with  knives  and  few  plates ;  Gen.  Jackson's 
coat  worn  at  the  battle  of  New  Orleans ;  a  fine 
coat  worn  by  Gen.  Santa  Anna  in  Mexico  ;  the 
identical  printing  press  on  which  Benjamin 
Franklin  worked  in  London  in  1725  and  1726; 
and  a  cane  owned  by  Major  Powell,  of  Green- 
ville, Tenn.,  marked  "No."  Major  Powell  was 
the  only  one  in  a  large  convention  held  in 
Greenville,  Tenn.,  in  1861  who  voted  against 
secession,  and  said  that  he  would  sooner  see  sla- 
very abolished  than  the  Union  destroyed.  For 
this  vote  and  speech  he  was  denounced  and 
barely  saved  his  life.  He  put  his  "No,"  on  the 
cane  and  sent  it  here.  What  power  in  a  single 
vote!  What  a  marked  example  of  the  retribu- 
tion of  Providence  that  this  town  of  Greenville, 
Tenn.,  has  been  withering  and  dying  ever 
since. 

ADVERTISING  THEIE   MASONRY. 

It  would  seem  that  a  minister  who  has  be- 
come a  Mason  for  worldly  advantage,  would 
draw  a  veil  over  bis  lodge  connection,  or  at 
least  not  flaunt  his  Masonry  in  the  face  of  de- 
cent people  ;  but  alas,  some  men  glory  in  their 
shame.  Not  long  since  the  pastor  of  one  of  the 
large  M.  E.  churches  in  this  city  repeated,  as  a 
part  of  his  discourse,  the  penalties  of  the  En- 
tered Apprentice  and  Master  Mason's  obliga- 
tions. He  thereby  tickled  the  ears  of  Masons 
and  greatly  pained  the  true  friends  of  Christ. 
Last  Sabbath  another  M.  E.  minister,  "holiness" 
leader,  took  special  pains  to  advertise  his  Ma- 
sonry by  introducing  expressions  that  were 
purely  Masonic,  such  as  the  "Trestleboard"  and 
the  "Shiboleth;"  but,  fortunately,  instead  of 
eliciting  praise,  it  called  out  a  sharp  rebuke  from 
a  brother  iu  the  church  who  has  learned  to  ab- 
hor the  wickedness  of  the  lodge.  He  has  also 
written  a  strong  letter  to  his  pastor  about  his 
connection  with  Masonry.         H.  H.  Hinman. 


NOTICES. 


Illinois. 

The  Illinois  State  Convention  will  be  held  November 
1st  and  2nd  next  in  the  Independent  church,  Tonica,  La 
Salle  county,  on  invitation  from  brethren  in  that  church. 
Entertainment  will  be  free  and  all  who  desire  it  will 
please  send  their  names  as  soon  as  possible  to  N.  Richey, 
Tonica,  111.  Let  there  be  a  grand  meeting  at  this  qentral 
point.  Rev.  D.  8.  Faris  of  Sparta,  Elder  N.  £.  Gardner 
of  Haldane,  and  other  able  speakers  will  be  present, 
The  Convention  will  open  on  Wednesday  afternoon,  Nov,, 
Ist. 


1^ 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE 


October  26, 1882 


J 


HOME  CIRCLE. 


Let  us  go  Forth. —Heb.  13 :13. 

HORATIUS    BONAB. 

Silent,  like  men  in  eolemn  haste. 
Girded  wayfarers  of  the  waste, 
We  pass  out  at  the  world's  wide  gate, 
Turning  our  hack  on  all  its  state ; 
We  press  along  the  narrow  road 
That  leads  to  life,  to  hlies,  to  God. 

We  cannot,  and  we  would  not  stay; 

We  dread  the  snares  that  throng  the  way, 

We  fling  aside  the  weight  and  sin. 

Resolved  the  victory  to  win : 

We  know  the  peril,  but  our  eyes 

Rest  on  the  splendor  of  the  prize. 

No  idling  now,  no  wasteful  sleep, 
From  Christian  toil  our  limbs  lo  keep; 
No  shrinking  from  the  desperate  fight, 
No  thought  of  yielding  or  of  flight; 
No  love  of  present  gain  or  ease; 
No  seeking  man  or  self  to  please. 

No  sorrow  for  the  loss  of  fame; 
No  dread  of  ecandal  on  our  name; 
No  terror  for  the  world's  sharp  .scorn : 
No  wish  that  taunting  to  return ; 
No  hatred  can  our  hatred  move. 
And  enmity  but  kindles  love. 

No  sigh  for  laughter  left  behind. 
Or  pleasures  scattered  to  the  wind ; 
No  looking  back  on  Sodom's  plains; 
No  listening  still  to  Babel's  strains; 
No  tears  for  Egypt's  song  and  smile; 
No  thirsting  for  Its  flowing  Nile; 

No  vanity  nor  folly  now; 

No  fading  garland  round  our  brow; 

No  moody  musings  in  the  grove; 

No  pang  of  disappointed  love ; 

With  the  brave  heart  and  steady  eye. 

We  onward  march  to  victory. 

What,  though  with  weariness  oppress  — 
'Tis  buta  little,  and  we  rest. 
This  throbbing  heart  and  burning  brain 
Will  soon  be  calm  and  cool  again. 
Night  is  far  spent,  and  njorn  is  near — 
Morn  of  the  cloudless  and  the  clear. 

'Tis  but  a  little,  and  we  come 
To  our  reward,  our  crown,  our  home; 
A  little  space— yet  more  or  less. 
And  we  have  crossed  the  wilderness. 
Finished  the  toil,  the  rest  begun. 
The  battle  fought,  the  triumph  won  1 


— Selected. 


Pray  with  your  Children. 


The  friend  of  a  young  mother  was  talking 
with  her  about  her  maternal  responsibilities,  and 
urged  the  duty  of  constant  and  believing  prayer 
for  the  early  conversion  of  her  children.  She 
assured  him  that  it  was  her  daily  practice  to 
carry  her  little  ones  to  the  throne  of  grace,  yet 
complained  of  a  want  ot  faith  and  detiniteness 
in  asking  for  them  the  special  influences  of  the 
Holy  Spirit. 

"Do  you  pray  for  each  child  separately,  and 
by  name?"  inquired  the  friend. 

"Ko ;  that  has  never  been  my  habit,"  was  the 
reply. 

"I  think  it  is  of  much  importance,  Mrs.  H., 
especially  as  a  help  to  our  faith  and  to  the  clear- 
ness and  intensity  of  our  desires  on  their  be- 
half. You  pray  with  them,  I  trust,  as  well  as 
for  them?" 

"Sometimes  I  do,  but  not  often.  They  seem 
a  little  restless  and  inclined  to  whisper  together 
while  my  eyes  are  closed,  and  so  I  have  felt  less 
embarrassment  and  more  freedom  in  supplica- 
tion by  being  alone  at  such  seasons." 

"Let  me  persuade  you,  dear  Mrs.  H.,  to  try  a 
different  plan.  Take  your  little  son  and  daugh- 
ter each  separately  to  the  place  of  prayer,  and 
kneeling  with  them  before  the  Lord,  tell  him 
the  name,  the  daily  history,  the  special  want  of 
each,  and  see  if  your  heart  is  not  opened  to 
plead  for  them  as  you  have  never  done  be- 
fore." 

Tears  were  in  the  eyes  of  the  young  mother 
as  she  said  with  trembling  lips,  "I'll  try." 

As  evening  oaine  she  had  not  forgotten  her 
promise,  but  as  she  saw  that  Sarah,  her  dauo-h- 
ter,  waB  unusually  peevish,  she  thought  best  to 
take  her  little  son  first  to  the  chamber.  Willie 
was  a  bright  and  pleasant  boy  of  live  years,  and 
when  his  mother  whispered  her  wish  to  pray 
with  him,  he  gladly  put  his  hand  in  hers  and 
knelt  by  her  side.     As  ho   heard  his  name  men- 


tioned before  the  Lord,  a  tender  hush  fell  upon 
his  young  spirit,  and  he  clasped  his  mother's 
lingers  more  tightly  as  each  petition  for  his  spe- 
cial need  was  breathed  into  the  ear  of  his  Fa- 
ther in  heaven.  And  did  not  the  clinging  of 
that  little  hand  warm  her  heart  to  new  and  more 
iervant  desire  as  she  poured  forth  her  sup- 
plication to  the  Hearer  and  Answerer  of  pray- 
er? 

When  the  mother  and  child  rose  from  their 
knees,  Willie's  face  was  like  a  rain-bow  smiling 
through  tears. 

"Mamma,  mamm»,"  said  he,  "I  am  glad  you 
told  Jeeus  my  name.  Now  he'll  know  me  when 
I  get  to  heaven  ;  and  when  the  kind  angels  that 
carry  little  children  to  the  Saviour  take  me  and 
lay  me  in  his  arms,  Jesus  will  look  at  me  so 
pleasant  and  say, 'Why,  this  is  Willie  H.  His 
mother  told  me  about -him.  How  happy  I  am 
to  see  you,  Willie  1'  Won't  that  be  nice,  mam- 
ma?" 

Mrs.  H.  never  forgot  that  scene,  and  when 
she  was  permitted  to  see  not  only  her  dear  Wil- 
lie and  Sarah,  but  the  children  afterwards  added 
to  her  family  circle,  each  successeively  consecr- 
ting  the  dew  of  their  youth  to  God,  she  did  in- 
deed feel  that  her  friend's  plan  was  "the  more 
excellent  way."  So  she  resolved  to  recommend 
it  to  the  praying  mothers  by  telling  them  this 
touching  incident.  When  they  meet  their  chil- 
dren at  the  last  great  day,  may  Jesus  own  as 
his  those  whom  they  have  told  him  about  on 
earth! — Ziori's  Herald. 


■     The  Orphans'  Protection. 

I  recently  heard  of  a  beautiful  incident  of 
three  little  German  girls,  whose  friends  were  in 
America,  and  who  wanted  to  go  thither.  They 
were  somewhere  from  eight  to  twelve  years  old, 
and  the  question  was  how  to  get  them  across 
the  great  ocean,  and  away  into  the  interior  of 
America.  There  was  no  one  to  go  with  them, 
they  must  go  alone;  and  no  one  could  tell  what 
troubles  might  assail  them,  or  what  dangers 
might  surround  them.  But  their  friends  had 
faith  in  God,  and  before  they  sent  them  out, 
they  got  a  book,  and  on  the  fly-leaf  of  it  they 
wrote  a  sentence  in  German,  in  French,  and  in 
English,  and  they  told  the  little  children  when 
they  started  : 

"  "If  you  get  into  any  trouble,  or  need  any  help, 
you  just  stand  still  and  open  this  book  and  hold 
it  right  up  before  you." 

Then  they  started  the  children  off  on  their 
long  journey,  by  railway  and  by  steamship, 
from  place  to  place,  and  from  port  to  port;  and 
wherever  they  went,  if  any  trouble  occurred  or 
any  difficulty  arose,  the  children  would  stop  and 
open  the  book,  and  hold  it  before  them,  and  they 
always  found  some  one  who  could  read  German 
or  English  or  French,  and  who  was  ready  to  help 
them  on  their  way. 

And  so  in  due  time  they  reached  their  friends 
far  off  in  the  interior  of  America. 

And  what  were  those  words  fwhich  proved 
such  a  talisman  and  protection  to  these  children, 
among  strangers,  and  in  a  strange  land?  What 
were  the  words  that  made  the  careless  civil  and 
thoughtful,  and  the  rough  and  reckless  kind  ? 
They  were  the  words  of  One  who  lived  on  the 
earth  long  years  ago,  and  who,  though  he  has 
passed  away  from  human  vision,  yet  holds  his 
grasp  upon  the  minds  of  men.  These  were  his 
words : 

"  And  the  king  shall  answer  and  say  unto 
them,  Yerily  1  say  unto  you,  Inasmuch  as  ye 
have  done  it  unto  one  of  the  least  of  these  my 
brethren,  ye  have  done  it  unto  me."  Matt. 
XXV.  40. 

Those  words,  written  upon  the  fly-leaf  of  a 
New  Testament,  made  them  friends  among  stran- 
gers, gave  them  protection  and  help  in  every 
hour  of  need,  opened  doors  before  them,  and 
made  rough  places  plain  and  crooked  places 
straight.  And  the  safety  of  these  children  who 
travelled  thousands  of  miles  under  the  protection 
of  these  words,  is  an  illustration  of  the  immortal 
power  and  energy  that  yet  resides  in  the  words 
of  him  who  spake  as  never  man  spake,  and  who, 
though  unseen  by  mortal  eye,  yet  hath  "all 
power  in  heaven  and  in  earth"  given  into  his 
nands. — Common.  People. 


"It  will  Light  you  Home." 

Going  two  miles  into  a  neighborhood  where 
very  few  could  read,  to  spend  an  evening  in 
reading  to  a  company  who  were  assembled  to 
listen,  and  about  to  return  by  a  narrow  path 
through  the  woods,  where  paths  diverged,  I  was 
provided  with  a  torch  of  light  wood,  or  "pitch 
pine."  I  objected ;  it  was  too  email,  weighing 
not  over  half  a  pound.  "It  will  light  you 
home,"  answered  my  host.  I  said,  "The  wind 
may  blow  it  out."  He  said,  "It  will  light  you 
home."  "But  if  it  should  rain?"  I  again 
objected.  "It  will  light  you  home,"  he  insist- 
ed. 

Contrary  to  my  fears,  it  gave  abundant  light 
to  my  path  all  the  way  home,  furnishing  an  apt 
illustration,  I  often  think,  to  the  way  in  which 
doubting  hearts  would  be  led  safely  along  the 
"narrow  way."  If  they  would  take  the  Bible 
as  their  guide,  it  would  be  a  lamp  to  their  feet, 
leading  to  the  heavenly  home.  One  man  had 
five  objections  to  the  Bible.  If  he  would  take 
it  as  a  lamp  to  his  feet,  it  would  "light  him 
home."  Another  told  me  he  had  two  faults  to 
find  with  the  Bible.  I  answered  him  in  the 
words  of  my  good  friend  who  furnished  the 
torch,  "It  will  light  you  home." — The  Ameri- 
can Messenger. 

The  Lion  Seemon. — Every  year  in  a  certain 
church  in  London  a  sermon  is  preached  which  is 
called  by  this  name.  It  is  designed  to  commem- 
orate the  deliverance  of  Sir  John  Gray  in  the 
deserts  of  Arabia  250  years  ago.  Alone  and 
unarmed  he  was  approached  by  a  lion,  and  fell 
upon  his  knees  and  prayed  to  God.  The  beast 
looked  at  him  a  few  minutes  and  turned  away. 
In  observance  of  this  event  this  annual  sermon  is 
preached  under  this  name.  An  exchange  well 
remarks  that  every  sermon  shonld  be  a  "  lion 
sermon."  We  should  never  attempt  to  tell 
others  the  way  of  salvation  without  realizing 
that  we  ourselves  have  been  saved  from  the  jaws 
of  the  lion  by  an  omnipotent,  yet  gracious 
Saviour. — Bible  Teacher. 


— Although  Wesley  found  that  his  preaching 
did  not  greatly  affect  the  mighty  or  the  noble, 
still  he  numbered  some  families  of  good  position 
among  his  followers.  It  was  at  the  house  of 
one  of  these  that  the  incident  here  recorded  took 
place.  Wesley  had  been  preaching  and  a 
daughter  of  a  neighboring  gentleman,  a  girl  re- 
markable for  her  beauty,  had  been  impressed 
by  his  exhortations.  After  the  sermon  Wesley 
was  invited  to  this  gentleman's  house  to  lunch- 
eon, and  with  himself  one  of  his  preachers  was 
entertained.  This  preacher,  like  many  of  the 
class  at  that  time,  was  a  man  of  plain  manners, 
and  not  conscious  of  the  restraints  of  good  soci- 
ety. The  fair  young  Methodist  sat  beside  him 
at  the  table,  and  he  noticed  that  she  wore  a 
number  of  rings.  During  a  pause  in  the  meal 
the  preacher  took  hold  of  the  young  lady's  hand, 
and,  raising  it  in  the  air,  called  Wesley's  attention 
to  the  sparkling  jewels.  "  What  do  you  think 
of  this  sir,"  he  said,  "  for  a  Methodist's  hand  ?  " 
The  girl  turned  crimson.  For  Wesley,  with  his 
known  and  expressed  aversion  to  finery,  the 
question  was  a  peculiarly  awkward  one.  But  the 
aged  evangelist  showed  a  tact  which  Chesterfield 
might  have  envied.  He  looked  up  with  a  quiet, 
benevolent  smile,  and  simply  said,  "  The  hand 
is  very  beautiful."  The  blushing  beauty  had 
expected  something  far  different  from  a  reproof 
wrapped  up  with  such  felicity  is  a  compliment: 
She  had  the  good  sense  to  say  nothing;  but 
when,  a  few  hours  later,  she  again  appeared  in 
Wesley's  presence,  the  beautiful  hand  was 
stripped  ot  every  ornament  except  those  which 
nature  had  given. — Selected. 


— The  wholly  sanctified  will  not  compromise 
with  Satan  for  love  or  gain.  They  are  sin  haters 
which  necessarily  makes  them  sin  fighters, 
whether  found  in  the  church  or  '  the  world. — 
Hajppy  Pilgrim. 

He  that  waits  for  an  opportunity  to  do  much 
at  once  may  breathe  oat  his  life  in  idle 
wishes,  and  regret,  in  the  last  hour,  his  useless 
intentions  and  barren  zeal. 


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October  26,  1882 


THfi  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURK. 


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CHILDREN'S  CORNER. 


The  Comet 

How  many  of  the  boys  and  girls  who  read 
the  Cyno8v/re  have  seen  the  great  comet  of 
1882?  Most  of  them,  we  hope,  for  you  are 
bright,  wide-awake  and  looking  for  the  signs  of 
the  times,  and  such  comets  were  considered,  in 
days  gone  by  when  people  were  more  troubled 
with  superstitious  fears  than  now.  You  hap- 
pily looK  to  other  things  as  signs  of  coming 
events.  This  great  comet  can  only  be  seen  by 
people  who  wake  early  in  the  morning,  and  if 
any  of  our  young  readers  hare  a  bad  habit  of 
morning  nape,  let  them  use  the  comet  to  help 
break  it  up.  This  morning  (Oct.  19)  the  won- 
-  derfnl  visitor  among  the  stars  began  to  appear, 
tail  first,  about  three  o'clock  just  to  the  south  of 
the  sunrise  point.  From  4:30  to  5  o'clock  its 
appearance  was  most  magnificent,  though  hardly 
BO  bright  as  a  week  ago.  So  grand  and  sub- 
lime a  sight  seldom  appears  iu  the  heavens,  per- 
haps two  or  three  times  in  a  century. 

This  is  the  fifth  comet  astronomers  have  seen 
this  year.  In  the  clear  atmosphere  of  Colorado 
it  was  first  noticed  about  Sept.  18  very  close 
to  the  sun.  It  is  thought  by  men  who  have 
watched  it,  that  it  was  so  close  as  to  pass  through 
the  sun's  atmosphere  without  being  burned  up. 
The  "coma,"  or  tail,  was  first  very  short,  and 
seen  through  a  telescope,  seemed  to  spread  out 
on  each  side  of  the  "nucleus,"  or  head,  like  the 
wings  of  a  bird.  The  tail  is  now  of  great 
length,  covering  nearly  or  quite  one- fifth  of  the 
arc  between  the  horizon  and  the  zenith.  The 
comet  is  rapidly  passing  into  the  southern  sky 
and  will  soon  be  out  of  our  sight,  but  will  be  a 
^rand  sight  for  people  in  Africa  and  South 
America. 

As  we  look  upon  this  mysterious  wanderer 
among  the  stars  we  are  filled  with  wonder  and 
admiration  at  the  jjower  of  God  which  guides 
this  flaming  mass  on  its  way  through  a  thousand 
whirling  worlds  without  coming  so  near  as  to 
strike  them,  or  turn  them  from  their  own 
paths. 


Midsummer  in  Nokway. — la  Norway  and 
some  other  countries  the  sun  shines  at  midnight 
for  a  week  or  two  in  the  summer,  but  such  light 
is  purchased  too  dearly  by  the  long  months  of 
the  dark  winter  in  which  the  genial  face  of  the 
'  king  of  day  is  never  seen  at  all.  Very  odd  you 
would  find  it  to  spend  midsummer  with  the 
Esquimaux  ot  Greenland.  At  first,  the  sun  only 
shows  himself  for  a  few  minutes  daily,  but  they 
are  all  very  glad  to  see  him;  and  at  last  he  stays 
all  day  and  all  night.  Still  his  rays  do  not  melt 
the  snowdrifts  on  the  hills,  and  for  this  the  boys 
are  not  very  sorry,  for,  as  they  have  no  village 
greens  or  commons  to  play  on,  the  snow-field 
does  duty  as  a  play  ground,  and   bat  and  ball  is 

f)layed,  with  a  little  round  bone  for  a  ball,  and 
ong  sticks  for  bats.  The  Esquimaux  bat  and 
ball  club  is  no  less  popular  in  Greenland  than 
the  base-ball  or  foot-ball  clubs  which  your 
brothers  delight  in.  When  the  lads  grow  tired 
of  running  about,  they  perch  upon  the  black 
rocks  by  the  sea  shore,  and  watch  for  the  white 
sea-birds,  which  they  catch  in  nets  with  long  han- 
dles— something  like  butterfly  nets.  The  Esqui- 
maux, who  do  not  mind  the  fishy  taste,  think 
these  birds  make  a  capital  supper.  Every  one  in 
Greenland  makes  the  best  of  the  short  midsum- 
mer holidajs. 


Our  Great  Inventions. — The  fifteen  great 
American  inventions  of  world-wide  adoption 
are: 

1.  The  cotton  gin. 

2.  The  planing  machine. 

3.  The  grass  reaper  and  mower. 

4.  The  rotary  printing  press. 

5.  Navigation  by  steam. 

6.  The  hot-air  engine. 

7.  The  sewing  machine. 

8.  The  India  rubber  industry. 

9.  The  machine  manufacture  of  horse-shoes. 

10.  The  sand  blast  for  carving. 

11.  The  gauge  lathe. 
18.  The  grain  elevator. 


13.  Artificial  ice-making  on  a  large  scale. 

14.  The  electric  magnet  and  its  practical  appli- 
cation. 

15.  The  telephone. 


SABBATH  SCHOOL 


LESSON  6,  November  5. — Jesds  Bepokethb  Council. 
—Mark  14,  55-72. 

(55)  And  the  chief  priests  and  all  the  council  sought 
for  witness  aarainst  Jesus  to  put  him  to  death ;  and  fouud 
none.  (56)  For  many  bare  false  witness  against  him,  but 
their  witness  agreed  not  together.  (57)  And  there  arose 
certain,  and  bare  false  witness  against  him,  saying,  (58) 
We  heard  him  say,  I  will  destroy  this  temple  that  is  made 
with  hands,  and  in  three  days  I  will  build  another  made 
without  hands.  (59)  But  neither  so  did  their  witness 
agree  together.  (60)  And  the  high  priest  stood  up  in  the 
midst,  and  asked  Jesus,  saying,  Answerest  thou  nothing  ? 
what  is  it  which  these  witness  against  thee?  (61)  But  he 
held  his  peace,  and  answered  nothing.  Again  the  high 
priest  asked  him,  and  said  unto  him.  Art  thou  the  Christ 
the  Son  of  the  Blessed?  (62)  And  Jesus  said,  I  am:  and 
ye  shall  see  the  Son  of  man  sitting  on  the  right  hand  of 
power,  and  coming  in  the  clouds  of  heaven.  (63)  Then 
the  high  priest  rent  his  clothes,  and  saith,  What  need  we 
any  further  witnesses  ?  (64)  Ye  have  heard  the  blasphemy , 
what  think  ye  ?  And  they  all  condemned  him  to  be  guilty 
of  death.  (65)  And  some  began  to  spit  on  him,  and  to 
cover  his  lace  and  to  buffet  him,  and  to  say  unto  him. 
Prophesy:  and  the  servants  did  strike  him  with  the  palms 
of  their  hands.  (66)  And  as  Peter  was  beneath  in  the 
palace,  there  comelh  one  of  the  maids  of  the  high  priest: 
(67)  And  when  she  saw  Peter  warming  himself,  she  looked 
upon  him,  and  said.  And  thou  also  wast  with  Jesus  of 
Nazareth.  (68)  But  he  denied,  saying,  I  know  not, 
neither  understand  I  what  thou  sayest.  And  he  went  out 
into  the  porch;  and  the  cock  crew.  (69)  And  a  maid  saw 
him  again,  and  began  to  say  to  them  that  stood  by,  This 
is  one  of  them.  (70)  And  he  denied  it  again.  And  a 
little  after,  they  that  stood  by  said  again  to  Peter,  Surely 
thou  art  one  of  them :  for  thou  art  a  Galilean,  and  thy 
speech  agreeth  thereto.  (71)  But  he  began  to  curse  and  to 
swear,  saying,  I  know  not  this  man  of  whom  ye  speak. 
(72)  And  tiie  second  time  the  cock  crew.  And  Peter 
called  to  mind  the  word  that  Jesus  said  unto  him.  Before 
the  cock  crow  twice  thou  shall  deny  me  thrice.  And  when 
he  thought  thereon,  he  wept. 

Golden  Text. — He  is  brought  as  a  lamb  to  the  slaugh- 
ter, and  as  a  sheep  before  her  shearers  is  dumb,  so  he  open- 
eth  not  his  mouth. — Isa.  53 :7. 

Parallel  Passages. — Jesus'  condemnation ;  Matt.  26 : 
59-68;  Luke  22:63-71.  Peter's  denial:  MaU.  26:69-75; 
Luke  22:56-62;  John  18:17,  25-27. 

HOME   READINGS.      ' 

Condemned  for  blasphemy Matt  26  ;59-75 

Condemned  out  of  his  own  mouth Luke  22 :54-7l 

Expedient  that  one  should  die John  18 :12-27 

Numbered  with  the  transgressors Isa.  53  :l-12 

His  citizens  hated  him Luke  19: 11-27 

His  own  received  him  not John  1 :1-18 

Made  to  be  sin,  though  knowing  no  sin.  .2  Cor.  5 :1-21 

promptings  to  further  study. 

What  was  the  penalty  laid  down  in  the  law  of  Moses 
for  bearing  false  witness  ?  Out  of  what  saying  of  Jesus 
was  the  false  testimony,  which  Mark  relates,  manufactur- 
ed ?  To  what  disciple  did  Jesus  send  word  by  name,  after 
his  resurrection,  to  meet  him  in  Galilee?  Where  in  the 
New  Testament  is  the  prophecy  ot  verse  62  repeated? 
When  had  Jesus  made  the  same  prophecy  before? — 
Scholars'  Quarterly. 

NOTES. 

The  Trial.  The  court  convened  to  try  Jesus 
Christ  was  the  Sanhedrim,  or  Sanhedrm.  It 
consisted  of  chief  priests,  that  is,  the  heads  of 
the  twenty -four  priestly  classes  ;  scribes,  that  is, 
rabbis  learned  in  the  literature  of  the  church ; 
and  elders,  who  were  chosen  from  amongst  the 
most  influential  of  the  laity.  Jewish  tradition 
puts  the  number  of  members  at  seventy-one. 
The  high  priest  usually  presided  :  the  vice-pres- 
ident sat  at  his  right  hand.  The  other  coun- 
cillors were  ranged  in  front  of  these  two  in  the 
form  of  a  semicircle.  Two  sclibes  or  clerks  at- 
tended, who  on  criminal  trials  registered  the 
votes,  one  for  acquittal,  the  other  for  condemna- 
tion.— Ahhoit.  The  priests  were  there,  whose 
greed  and  telfishness  he  had  reproved ;  the 
elders,  whose  hypocrisy  he  had  branded ;  the 
scribes,  whose  ignorance  he  had  exposed  ;  and 
worse  than  all,  the  worldly,  sceptical  Sadducees, 
the  most  cruel  and  dangerous  of  opponents, 
whose  empty  sapience  he  had  confuted. — Far- 
rar. 

Throughout  the  whole  course  of  the  trial,  the 
rules  of  the  Jewish  law  of  procedure  were  gross- 
ly violated,  and  the  accused  was  deprived  of 
rights  belonging  even  to  the  meanest  citizen. 
He  was  arrested  in  the  night,  bound  as  a  male- 
factor, beaten  before  his  arraignment,  and  struck 
in  open  court  during  the  trial.  He  was  tried  on 
a  feast-day,  and  before  sunrise.  He  was  com- 
pelled to  criminate  himself,  and  this  under  an 
oath  of  solemn  judioial  adjuration ;  and  he  was 


sentenced  on  the  same  day  of  the  conviction.  In 
all  tliese  particulats  the  law  was  wholly  disre- 
garded.— Prof.  Greenleafs  Trial  of  Jesus,  in 
the  Testimony  of  the  Evangelists. 

"I  will  destroy  this  Temple."  The  utterance  of 
words  tending  to  bring  the  temple  into  contempt 
was  regarded  as  so  grave  an  offense  that  it  after- 
wards formed  a  capital  charge  against  the  first 
martyr,  Stephen  (Acts  6:13). — Maclear. 

"Answered  nothing."  With  the  sublime  calm 
of  one  who  is  conscious  of  his  own  superior 
worth,  Jesus  meekly  abstains  from  uttenng  a 
single  word  before  this  contemptible  tribunal,  in 
the  way  of  self-vindication. — Meyer.  It  was 
no  part  of  his  duty,  as  a  defendant,  to  unravel 
the  contradictions  of  hjs  unprincipled  accusers. 
— Morison.  Our  Lord  was  silent ;  for  in  an- 
swering he  must  have  opened  to  them  the  mean- 
ing of  his  words,  which  was  not  the  work  of  this 
his  hour,  nor  fitting  for  that  audience. — Alford. 
Truth  is  never  mute  for  want  of  arguments  of 
defence,  but  sometimes  silent,  out  of  holy  wis- 
dom.— Lake. 

"Art  thou  the  Christ?"  Caiaphas  became  des- 
perate, and  adopted  a  resource  which  our  own 
rules  of  evidence  would  declare  most  infamous, 
and  which  was  also  wholly  adverse  to  the  first 
principles  of  Mosaic  jurisprudence,  and  the  like 
of  which  occurs  in  no  circumstance  of  Hebrew 
history.  It  was  that  of  putting  the  prisoner 
upon  his  oath  to  answer  questions  framed  for 
his  own  crimination. — Kiito. 

The  difficulty  on  this  qtiestion  consisted  in 
this :  If  he  confessed  that  he  was  the  Son  of 
God,  they  stood  ready  to  condemn  him  for  blas- 
phemy ;  if  he  denied  it,  they  were  prepared  to 
condemn  him  for  being  an  imposter,  and  for  de- 
luding the  people  under  pretence  of  being  the 
Messiah. — Barnes. 

"Son  of  Man."  Jesus,  wishing  to  hasten  a  de- 
cision which  he  knew  to  be  already  taken,  boldly 
and  spontaneously  passes  in  his  answer  beyond 
the  strict  contents  of  the  question,  and  declares 
himself  to  be  not  only  the  Messiah,  but  at  the 
same  time  the  Son  of  man,  sharing  the  diviiie 
glory  (see  Dan.  7:13). — Oodet.  No  words  in 
the  whole  Gospel  records  are  more  decisive 
against  the  views  of  those  who  would  fain  see  in 
our  Lord  only  a  great  moral  teacher,  like  Socrates 
or  Cakya  Mouni.  At  the  very  crisis  of  his  his- 
tory, when  denial  would  have  saved  his  life,  he 
asserts  his  claim  to  be  all  that  the  most  devout 
Christians  have  ever  believed  him  to  be. — 
Plumptre. 

*'Rent  his  clothes."  The  act  was  as  much  a  for- 
mal sign  of  condemnation  as  the  putting-on  of 
the  black  cap  by  an  English  judge. — Plum,ptre. 
The  practice  of  rending  the  clothes  on  occasions 
of  supposed  blasphemy  was  based  on  2  Kings 
18:37.  Originally  it  was  a  natural  outburst  of 
intense  grief,  and  was  involuntary ;  but  at  * 
later  period  it  became  a  mere  form  regulated  by 
special  rules.  The  rent  made  in  the  garment 
was  from  the  neck  downward,  and  about  a  span 
in  length.  The  body-dress  and  outer  garment 
were  left  untouched. — Lange. 

"Condemned  him."  This  formal  condemnation 
was,  as  they  imagined,  according  to  law  (Lev. 
24:16),  Compare  Deut.  18:20.  The  Sanhedrim 
was  forbidden  to  investigate  any  capital  crime 
during  the  night,  and  according  to  the  Roman 
law  a  sentence  pronounced  before  dawn  was  not 
valid.  This  test  vote,  however,  they  considered 
as  settling  the  question. — Schaf. 

The  council  now  adjourned,  to  meet  at  day- 
break, when  they  could  legally  pronounce  the 
sentence.  In  the  meantime  occurred  the  mal- 
treatment by  his  lawless  enemies  described  in 
the  next  verse. — Peloubet. 

"Did  strike  him  with  the  palms  of  their  hands." 
The  hands  they  bound  had  healed  the  sick,  and 
raised  the  dead  ;  the  lips  they  smote  had  calmed 
the  winds  and  waves.  One  word,  and  his  emiters 
might  have  been  laid  low  in  death.  But  as  he 
had  begun,  he  would  end — as  self -restrained  in 
the  use  of  his  awful  powers  on  his  own  behalf 
as  if  he  had  been  the  most  helpless  of  men. — 
Geikie.  Behold  affronts  and  indignities  which 
the  world  thinks  it  right  never  to  pardon,  which 
the  Son  of  God  endures  with  a  divine  meekness! 
Let  us  cast  at  the  feet  of  J  esus  that  false  honor  ^ 
that  quick  sense  of  affronts,  which  exaggerate^ 


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THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE. 


October  26,  1888 


every  thing  and  pardons  nothing,  and,  above  all, 
thai  devilish  determination  in  resenting  injuries. 
— Quesnel.  Such  treatment  of  our  Lord  shocks 
us  ;  but  so  do  we  strike  the  Sou  of  man  when  We 
Bcoff  at  his  word  ;  so  do  we  buffet  him  when  we 
show  his  cause  contempt ;  so  do  we  spit  upon 
him  when  we  take  his  name  in  vain. — Anon. 
Why  does  he  not  avenge  these  iusults?  Because 
his  hands,  though  no  longer  bound  with  cord,  are 
restrained  by  love. — Tyng. 

(68)  "I  know  not,  neither  understand."  This 
was  the  grossest  and  most  unblushing  falsehood. 
— Jacobus.  It  appears  that  his  first  denial  em- 
braced also  all  knowledge  of  his  Master.  Thus 
his  denials,  from  beginning  to  end,  went  be- 
yond what  was  necessary  for  his  exculpation; 
for  he  was  only  charged  with  being  a  follower 
of  Jesus,  whereas  he  denied  that  he  ever  knew 
him. — Owen.  Note  the  steps  leading  to  this 
denial:  (1)  Peter's  eelf-contidence  (Matt.  26:33); 
(2)  his  indolence  (Mark.  14:37);  (3)  his  coward- 
ly compromise  (Mark  14:54);  (4)  needless  ven- 
turing into  evil  company  (ver.  66).  Startling 
as  it  appears,  his  heart  bad  been  preparing  for 
it.  It  was  the  fruit  of  seeds  that  he  himself 
had  sown.  Men  fall  in  private  long  before  they 
fall  in  publfc.  The  tree  falls  with  a  great  crash, 
but  the  decay  which  accounts  for  it  is  often  not 
diacovered  till  it  is  down  on  the  ground. — 
Hyle. 

(71)  "When  he  thought  thereon,"  then  he 
went  out  (Matt.  26:75)  and  wept  bitterly.  He 
went  out,  not  as  Judas  into  the  night  of  despair, 
but,  as  has  been  beautifully  said,  "to  meet  the 
morning  dawn."  If  the  angel  of  innocecce  had 
left  him,  the  angel  ot  repentance  took  him 
gently  by  the  hand. — Farrar.  Contrast  his  re- 
pentance with  that  of  Judas.  His  repentance 
he  attested,  (1)  by  the  bitterness  of  his  tears;  (2) 
by  hie  humble  submission  to  his  Lord's  subse- 
quent rebuke  (John  21:15-17);  (3)  by  his  sub- 
sequent courage  in  couiessing  Christ  in  the  face 
of  threatened  danger  (Acts  4:8-12,  19);  (4)  by 
the  thoroughness  with  which  he  learned  the  les- 
son of  humility,  as  illustrated  by  his  own  sub- 
sequent epistles  (see  particularly  1  Pet.  1:5,  17; 
3:16;  ^■.12).—AbhoU. 


THE  AMERICAN   PARTY. 


Nominations  for  1884, 

JPor  President, 

JONATHAN  BLANCHARD, 

of  Illinois. 

lor  Vice-President. 

JOHN  A.  CONANT. 

of  Connecticut. 

PLATFORM. 

We  hold:  1.  That  ours  Is  a  Christian  and  not  a 
heathen  nation,  and  that  the  God  of  the  Christian 
Scriptures  is  the  author  of  civil  government. 

2.  That  God  requires  and  man  needs  a  Sabbath. 

3.  That  the  prohibition  of  the  importation,  manu- 
facture and  sale  of  intoxicating  drinks  as  a  beverage 
is  the  true  policy  on  the  temperance  question. 

4.  That  the  charters  of  all  secret  lodges  granted  by 
our  Federal  and  State  Legislatures  should  be  with- 
drawn, and  their  oaths  prohibited  by  law. 

5.  That  the  civil  equality  secured  to  all  Ainerican 
citizens  by  articles  13th,  14th  and  15th  of  our  amended 
Constitution  should  be  preserved  inviolate. 

6.  That  arbitration  of  differences  with  nations  is 
the  most  direct  and  sure  method  of  securing  and  per- 
petuating a  permanent  peace. 

7.  That  to  cultivate  the  intellect  without  improving 
the  morals  of  men,  is  to  make  mere  adepts  and  experts ; 
therefore,  the  Bible  should  be  associated  with  books  of 
science  and  literature  in  all  our  educational  institu- 
tions. 

8.  That  land  and  other  monopolies  should  be  dis- 
couraged. 

9.  That  the  government  should  furnish,  the  people 
with  an  ample  and  sound  currency. 

10.  That  maintenance  of  the  public  credit,  protection 
to  all  loyal  citizens,  and  justice  to  Indians  are  essential 
to  the  honor  and  safety  of  our  nation. 

11.  And,  finally,  we  demand  for  the  American  peo- 
ple the  abolition  of  electoral  colleges,  and  a  direct  vote 
for  President  and  Vice-president  of  the  United  States. 


A  PoLiiicAL  Meeting  will  be  held  in  connec- 
tion with  the  Illinois  State  Convention,  on 
Thursday  forenoon  Nov.  2  during  a  recess  of  the 
Convention.  Tonica  is  in  the  center  of  a  sec- 
tion of  country  full  of  old  line  Abolitionists. 
Benjamin  Lnndy'a  paper,  the  firrt  Abolition 
sheet  in   the  West,  if  not   in   the  country,  was 

{mblished  near  by.  This  should  be  a  grand  ral- 
ying  point  for  reform  politicfl.  American  voters, 
pome  to  the  meeting. 


Michigan  State  Ticket. 

For  Governor, 
CHARLES  C.  POOTE,  of  Detroit. 

For  Lieutenant  Governor, 
LEWIS  I.  WICKER,  of  Oakland. 

For  Secretary  of  State, 
JACOB  O.  nOESBURQ,  of  Ottawa. 

For  State  Treasurer, 
GEORGE  SWANSON,  of  Calhoun. 

For  Auditor  General, 
WILLIAM  WING,  of  Kent. 

For  Commissioner  of  State  Land  Office 
GEORE  W.  CLARK,  of  Detroit. 

For  Attorney  General, 
HENRY  C.  PRATT,  of  Lenawee. 

For  Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction, 
WILLIAM  H.  ROSS,  of  Allegan. 

For  Member  State  Board  of  Education, 
HARDY  A.  DAY,  of  Brancli. 


/owa  American  Ticket  for  1882. 

For  Secretary  of  State : 
A.  W.  Hall,  of  Page  county. 

For  State  Auditor: 
Wm.  Elliott,  of  Van  Buren  county. 

For  State  Treasurer: 
M.  Sprinqstbed,  of  Cedar  county. 

For  Attorney  General : 
Jacob  W.  Rogers,  of  Fayette  county. 

For  Judge  of  Supreme  Court: 
Joseph  P.  Pbkguson,  of  Cedar  county. 

For  Clerk  of  Supreme  Court : 
W.  P.  NoRKis,  of  Van  Buren  county. 


Michigan  Fifth  District. 

For  Representative  in  Congress:    HaNBr  D.  Inman. 


New  Hampshire  State  Convention  of  the  American 
Party. 

The  friends  of  the  American  party  held  a 
State  Convention  at  Center  Stratford,  October 
12th,  and  made  the  following  nominations: 

For  Governor: 
Simon  Rowk,  of  Gilford. 

Representatives  in  Congress: 

District  No.  1,  Benjamin  W.  MASoN|.of  Moultouboro. 

District  No.  3,  Franklin  S.  Wood,  of  Keene, 

For  Railroad  Commissioners : 

John  H.  Bartlbtt,  of  Barustead. 

Arthur   H.  Lamprey,  of  Belmont. 

MosES  Pierce,  of  Barrington. 

S.  C.  Kimball, 
Secretory  of  tlie  Convention. 


what  a  good  ticket  and  a  good  platform  can  do 
among  thinking  votera  on  the  7th  of  Novem- 
ber. 


Illinois  American  Ticket. 

For  State  Treasurer: 
Peter  Howe,  of  Marshall  Co. 

For  Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction : 
Herman  A.  Fischer,  of  DuPage  Co. 


— The  people  of  the  United  States  ought  to 
pray  the  Lord  to  raise  up  some  statesmen  worthy 
the  name.  The  genuine  article  has  well-nigh 
disappeared  from  American  politics. 

,  "O  God,  for  a  man  with  head,  heart,  hand 

Like  one  of  the  simple  great  ones  gone 
Forever  and  ever  by ; 
One  still,  strong  mau  in  a  blatant  land- 
Aristocrat,  Democrat,  autocrat — one 
ho  can  rule  and  dare  not  lie. 


lowA  Voters  who  wish  to  obtain  tickets  to  be 
voted  Tuesday,  November  7th,  will  please  write 
at  once  to  J.  N.  Norris,  of  Birmingham,  Van 
Buren  county,  member  of  the  State  committee. 
Kemember,  frieuds,  that  Anti-maeonic  ballots 
are  a  loug  time  getting  through  the  hands  of 
some  post-masters,  so  let  there  be  not  an  mo- 
ment's delay.  Iowa  ought  to  poll  30,000  votes 
this  fall,  which  is  only  the  majority  for  prohi- 
bition in  the  State. 


— The  campaign  has  been  pushed  earnestly  in 
DuFage  county,  111.,  where  a  full  ticket.  State, 
Legislative  and  county,  has  been  nominated. 
Meetings  were  held  last  week  at  Wheaton, 
Bloorniogdale,  and  Pleasant  Hill  and  Christie's 
school-houses.  This  week  appointments  are 
made  for  Wayne,  Warrenville,  York  Center, 
Lisle,  Downer's  Grove,  and  Bensonville.  The 
speakers  engaged  for  these  points  are  W.  I. 
Phillips,  O.  C.  Bedford,  C.  A.  Blanchard,  O.  F. 
Lumry,  L.  N.  Stratton,  Prest.  J.  Blanchard,  W. 
H.  Pischer  and  H.  L.  Kellogg.    We  shall  see 


The  Bible  in  Schools. 


The  following  grand  argument  is  taken 
from  an  address  before  the  State  Association  of 
editors,  met  in  Hudson,  Wis.,  by  Col.  Charles 
Seymour  of  La  Cross : — 

In  the  treatment  of  educational  interests  of 
this  country,  a  cowardly  and  ill-advised  limitation 
of  what  constitutes  "  popular  education,"  has 
marked  the  action  of  the  press,  and  public  school 
boards  and  managers. 

The  chief  diflBculty  has  been  that  those  citizens 
who  claimed  to  be  most  liberal  in  sentiment  were 
the  least  tolerant  in  the  application  of  the  pop- 
ular system  of  education. 

While  boasting  of  free  and  popular  education, 
we  have  excluded  from  our  public  schools  forty 
centuries  of  authentic  history ;  and  barred  out 
the  youth  of  the  land  from  access  to  sources  of 
knowledge  which  have  n6ver  debased,  but  have 
always  elevated  mankind,  when  applied  to  intel- 
lectual development,  social  happiness,  physical 
soundness,  moral  welfare,  personal  security,  pub- 
lic tranquillity,  material  progress,  and  the  general 
welfare  and  prosperity. 

Whether  this  aversion  to  sacred  history  as  an 
element  of  popular  education  is  based  on  doubts 
as  to  its  authenticity,  or  distrust  in  its  big  "fish- 
stories,"  or  disbelief  in  miracles,  it  inculcates 
principles  that  embarras  hide-bound  skeptics, 
who,  in  vain  attempts  to  account  for  a  creation 
without  a  Creator,  prefer  the  theory  that  ele- 
phants were  evolved  from  clams  and  oysters, 
and  that  our  ancesters  were  apes,  evolved  from 
atoms,  or  mullusks,  or  vegetable  mush,  and  ig- 
nore, repudiate,  and  cast  aside  the  Mosaic  cosmo- 
gony and  the  established  truths  of  physical  sci- 
ence, because  their  finite  powers  cannot  fathom 
the  depths  or  comprehend  the  fullness  of  that 
unseen  but  Infinite  Power  that  "meeteth  out  the 
heavens  with  a  span,"  and  maintains  the  har- 
monious operations  of  the  universe  by  superhman 
wisdom. 

We  are  living  in  an  age  whose  discoveries  and 
developments,  if  recorded  by  any  historian  of 
former  times  without  palpable  evidence  to  cor- 
roborate them,  would  tax  public  or  personal 
credulity  more  than  any  miracle  recorded  in 
Holy  Writ. 

If  it  had  been  therein  recorded  that,  upon  es- 
caping from  the  whale,  Jonah  had  announced 
his  safety  by  telegram  across  the  continent,  or 
by  cablegram  across  the  sea,  to  friends  who  had 
given  him  up  as  "  lost,"  or  if  it  had  been  chron- 
icled that  the  braying  of  Balaam's  ass  was  heard 
at  a  distance  of  200  miles  by  the  telephone; 
or  that  conflicting  armies  threw  destructive  mis- 
siles into  each  other's  camps  a  league  apart ;  or 
that  iron  ships  laden  with  cargoes  of  iron  had 
crossed  the  ocean  between  the  continents ;  or 
that  when  David  exclaimed,  "  The  heavens  de- 
clare the  glory  of  God  and  the  firmament  show- 
eth  his  handiwork"  he  had  announced,  with  the 
astronomical  precision  of  modern  times,  to  all 
nations  of  the  globe,  years  in  advance,  the  day, 
hour  and  minute  in  which  the  transit  of  Venus 
and  the  cometic  and  ecliptic  visitations  would 
occur;  or  if  the  "foolish  virgins"  had  been  in- 
formed that  their  empty  lamps  could  be  replen- 
ished with  oil  flowing  out  of  the  bowels  of  the 
earth,  which  contains  all  of  the  elements  tor  its 
own  destruction  by  fire,  the  exacting  school  of 
critics  would  have  filled  the  world  with  unbelief 
for  many  centuries.  We  must  credit  science, 
which  assumes  new  phases  at  every  step  of  its 
progress,  with  many  valuable  confirmations  and 
discoveries.  The  need  of  a  higher  philosophy  is 
imperative  throughout  the  land. 

The  prevalence  of  lawlessness  and  crime  in  our 
country  and  the  glowing  insecurity  to  life  and 
property  are  largely  attributable  to  the  absence 
from  our  public  schools  of  those  precepts  of 
wisdom,  justice,  and  righteousness  which  should 
enter  into  the  very  foundations  of  society  and 
of  human  character,  and  to  the  wanton  desecra- 
tion of  a  wisely  appointed  day  of  hallowed  rest, 
whose  beneficence,  when  duly  observed  and  re- 
spected, is  fully  atteeted  in  the  physical  economy 
of  mankind. 


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THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE. 


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RELIGIOUS  INTELLIGENCE. 


— A  eeriea  of  union  Gospel  meetings  -were 
begun  on  Sabbath  afternoon  in  Wheaton  in 
the  charge  of  Kev.  John  Todd  of  DesMoines, 
Iowa,  an  evangelist  who  has  proven  the  excel- 
lence of  his  work  by  years  spent  in  gathering 
souls  into  the  Kingdom.  The  meetings  will  be 
continued  through  this  week  in  the  college 
chapel. 

— The  annual  meeting  of  the  American  Mis- 
sionary Association  takes  place  this  week  in 
Cleveland,  O.  It  promises  to  be  of  unusual  in- 
terest, not  only  on  account  of  the  speakers  who 
will  be  there,  but  because  of  the  important  ques- 
tions to  be  considered. 

— The  Chicago  "West  Side  Woman's  Christian 
Temperance  Union  Mission,  at  98  South  Halsted 
street  is  under  the  charge  of  Mrs.  Ben  Hogan, 
and  accomplishing  a  good  work.  Ov^er  thirty 
persons  have  been  converted  lately.  The  hall 
is  crowded  every  evening,  and  on  a  recent  Sun- 
day night  more  than  100  had  to  be  turned 
away. 

— The  first  annual  meeting  of  the  Presbyter- 
ian consolidated  Synod  of  Illinois  was  held  in 
Springfield  last  week.  The  Kev.  Dr.  Kobert 
W .  Patterson  was  elected  Moderator.  It  was 
agreed  that  the  representation  in  the  synod  here- 
after should  be  one  minister  and  one  lay  del- 
egate for  each  eight  Presbyterian  ministers  in 
the  State. 

— ^The  Chinese  Sunday  Schools  of  ISTew  York 
have  610  on  their  rolls,  with  average  attendance 
of  331.  Forty  are  professors  of  religion,  and 
twenty  more  give  evidence  of  being  Christians. 

— Joseph  Cook  says  he  has  been  informed  by 
the  missionaries  in  Japan  that  a  large  proportion 
of  the  Japanese  students  sent  to  America  had 
returned  Christians,  while  not  one  such  case  had 
occurred  among  those  sent  to  Germany,  France, 
or  England. 

— The  Peking  missionaries,  in  memorializing 
the  House  of  Commons  on  the  opium  traffic,  says 
it  takes  $65,000  in  bullion  out  of  China,  and  im- 
poverishes the  people  to  that  extent  to  purchase 
British  manufactures.  The  import  has  increased 
from  12,000  chests  in  1834  to  97,000  in  1880, 
while  the  native  growth  now  equals,  if  it  does 
not  exceed  the  importation. 

— In  India  within  the  last  few  years,  native 
women  have  been  able  to  travel  on  the  cars  in 
comparative  seclusion,  in  what  are  styled, 
"zenana  cars,"  and  frequently  our  missionary 
women  ride  in  them  and  have  rare  opportunities 
for  conversation  and  mission  work. 

— The  Presbyterians  have  eleven  churches  with 
over  a  thousand  communicants  each-;  Dr.  Tal- 
mage's  with  2,747  coraunicants  ;  Chicago,  (Dr. 
A.  E.  Kittredge,)  1,894;  Dr.  John  Hall's, 
1,807;  Brooklyn  (Dr.  T.  L.  Cuyler's,)  1,792: 
Dr.  Crosby's,  1,896  ;  Kochester  (Dr.  J.  B.  Shaw,) 
1,321 ;  CTniversity  Place,  Kew  York,  (Dr.  Booth,) 
l,a08 ;  Bethany,  PhiladelphTa,  1,180;  New  York, 
Dr.  J.  "R.  Paxton's  1,032;  San  Francisco 
(Rev.  John  Hemphill,)  1.024 ;  Brick,  New  York, 
1,001. 


The  Missions  Among  Roman/^ts. 

New  Yoek,  Oct.  10,  1882. 
EDrroE  Cheistian  Cynosukb  : — It  aSords  me 
pleasure  to-day  to  say  that  at  present  we  are 
entertaining  the  Kev.  Father  Quinn.,  formerly 
a  Roman  Catholic  priest,  and  to-day  a  fearless 
champion  of  the  truth  as  we  find  it  in  Chris- 
tian Protestantism.  He  came  last  week  from 
Boston  to  give  me  a  helping  hand  in  my  Cana- 
dian and  Irish  movement  of  Harlem,  N.  Y. 
Last  Sunday  evening  he  addressed  a  large  and 
respectable  audience  in  the  hall  which  we  use 
for  our  Canadian  mission.  He  gave  some  of 
the  chief  reasons  why  .  many  of  the  Roman 
Catholics  are  losing  their  faith  and  revolting 
against  their  church.  He  very  opportunely  al- 
luded to  the  long  appeal  which  the  Roman 
Catholics  of  Cincinnati  have  been  obliged  to 
make  in  their  behalf  to  Pope  Leo  XIII.,  as 
published  'n  the  New  York  Herald  of  last  Sun- 
day. This  reveals  the  frightful  injustice  which 
prevails  among  arch  biships,  bishops  and  priests 


in  their  dealings  with  their  deluded  people,  who, 
as  a  matter  of  course,  almost  worship  them  as 
gods,  considering  them  incapable  of  the  per- 
fidy, deceit  and  dishonesty  disclosed  by  the 
statement  of  this  appeal. 

Where  is  the  evidence  of  godliness  or  God's 
grace  in  these  and  numberless  other  instances 
now  scandalizing  the  Christian  public.  Is  it 
right  to  allow  this  church  to  gain  control  of  the 
people,  treasury  and  the  government  of  the 
United  States,  as  these  men  are  laboring  to  do? 
The  time  has  com5  when  all  people  of  this 
country  who  appreciate  life,  liberty,  prosperity, 
justice  and  the  principles  of  Christianity, 
should  unite  and  resist  by  every  possible  means, 
the  influence  and  despotic  power  of  Romanism. 
The  best  leaders  for  this  work  are  men  who  have 
served  in  the  priesthood,  and  who  are  willing  to 
labor  fearlessly,  with  sincerity  and  honesty. 
The  want  of  proper  support  for  many  of  these 
men,  who  are  most  worthy,  prevents  them  from 
going  forward  in  this  noble  cause. 

Father  Quinn,  though  most  deserving  in  all 
respects,  has  suffered  much,  owing  to  the  lack  of 
assistance,  which  might  be  so  easily  given  him, 
by  those  who  are  blessed  with  abundant  means 
and  who  profess  to  be  Christians.  He  desires 
to  labor  for  the  emancipation  of  people  from 
the  wicked  control  of  the  Romish  priesthood. 
Should  any  persons  wish  to  assist  him,  they 
may  send  their  contributions  to  me. 

P.  A.  Seguin,  Pastor, 

148  East  123d  St.,  New  York. 
-^  »  » 

A  Rebuke  to  the  Baptist  Ministry. 

St.  Paul,  Minn.,  Oct.  14,  1883. 

Editor  Cynosure  : — Having  made  a  few  ob- 
servations in  the  Baptist  State  convention,  held 
this  week  in  Minneapolis ;  and  these  observa- 
tions being  unwelcome  in  Baptist  newspapers, 
I  seek  a  place  for  Ihem  in  the  columns  of  the 
Cynosure.  I  gave  the  delegates  nearly  all  the 
tracts  and  papers  you  sent  me.  It  was  observed 
in  one  of  the  devotional  meetings  that  there 
seemed  to  be  a  settled  determination  to  have 
the  joys  of  salVation  without  accepting  Na- 
than's rebuke,  or  the  nutting  away  of  sin.  Like 
the  Prodigal  asking  for  the  best  robe,  the  ring, 
the  slaughter  of  the  fatted  calf,  the  dancing  and 
the  merry  making  without  leaving  the  swine 
herd  or  his  bad  companions.  That  it  was  a  fact, 
well  known  to  nearly  all,  and  easily  accessible 
to  all,  that  some,  members  of  that  convention, 
members  of  Baptist  churches,  had  sworn  in  Ma- 
sonic lodges  to  be  murderfed  in  many  different 
ways  by  assassins  if  they  failed  to  conceal  the 
crimes  of  lodge  members;  that,  in  defiance  of 
God's  commands,  they  continued  the  Aaronic 
priesthood,  and  that,  in  connection  with  the 
rites  and  ceremonies  of  the  mythology  of  the 
ancient  mysteries  of  Egypt ;  while  they  pro- 
claimed the  salvation  of  the  soul  with  Christ 
rejected. 

Some  Masonic-Baptist  preachers  were  pres- 
ent while  the  above  remarks  were  made.  But 
why  shonld  they  care  for  such  remarks  as  that? 
Surely  they  were  sustained  by  the  great  Bap- 
tist denomination ;  and  if  they  remain  true  to 
Masonic  principles  the  denomination  will  tell 
them  they  are  going  to  heaven,  and  even  if  they 
die  without  a  ripple  on  a  conscience  stupified 
by  Masonic  hymns,  Masonic  prayers  and  Ma- 
sonic oaths,  that  denomination  will  stand  ready 
to  avenge  all  who  alone  question  their  heavenly 
state.  Recent  facts  justify  the  above  assertion. 
A  young  pastor  of  twelve  degrees  by  my  side 
would  be  confidential  with  me  until  I  told  him 
that  I  had  not  taken  the  Masonic  obligation, 
and  then  he  said,  "Masons  under  a  sense  of 
honor  as  gentlemen  are  conservative.  When  a 
man  knocks  at  the  door  of  Masonry  he  is  at 
liberty  to  enter  or  stay  out.  And  so  at  the  end 
of  every  degree,  he  may  stop  when  he  pleases. 
If  you  see  any  of  our  leading  Christian(?)  men 
in  the  Masonic  ranks  you  see  them  there  under 
no  compulsion.  And  if  you  wish  to  know  the 
names  or  the  number  you  can  obtain  them  from 
public  reports  of  Grand  Lodges,  commander- 
ies,  or  councils  instead  of  asking  me  or  any  pri- 
vate individual." 

In  regard  to  the  sentiment  of  liberty  we 
could  in  the  days  of    i^lavery  have  some  respeot 


for  the  black  man  who  was  a  slave  asrainit  his 
will,  but  none  for  the  man  who  freely  sold  him- 
self into  slavery.  And  as  to  stopping  at  the 
end  of  every  degrree  the  Mapon  finds  himself 
in  a  worse  condition  than  the  tobacco  sot  who 
can  stop  when  he  overcomes  his  perverted  ap- 
petite :  for,  when  the  Mason  exclaims,  "What 
have  I  any  more  to  do  with  idols,"  the  Grand 
Master  taps  him  on  the  shoulder,  and  whispers, 
"Your  obligation."  "Once  a  Mason  always  a 
Mason."  And  he  sees  the  head  of  an  "Akirop" 
drippiner  with  gore  in  the  hand  of  "Joabert," 
and.Joabert  receiving  "the  highest  honors  King 
Solomon  could  bestow."  (see  Lexicon  of  Free- 
masonry, article  Joabert.)  Or  he  sees  a  Mor- 
gan monument,  and  he  remarks  that  "the  cable 
tow  has  a  use,  not  figrurative,  well  known  to 
Freemasons,"  (see  Lex.,  art.  "cable  tow.")  So 
much  for  any  consolation  that  he  took  that  hor- 
rid obligation  of  his  own  free  will  and  accord. 
The  hiarhwayinan  and  the  pirate  may  turn  from 
his  evil  way,  bnt  the  Mason  needs  more  than 
his  own  free  will  and  accord  to  turn  from  his 
idolatrv;  he  needs  the  will  of  God,  who, 
through  Christ,  Paid,  "He  that  findeth  his  life 
shall  lose  it ;  and  he  that  loseth  his  life  for  my 
sake  shall  find  it."  If  Masons  are  deluded  with 
the  idea  that  it  is  a  rank  of  honor  as  gentlemen 
that  makes  them  true  to  their  Masonic  obliga- 
tions that  delusion  will  be  dispelled  when  they 
find  that  it  is  nothing  but  a  sense  of  that  "fear 
of  man  that  brings  a  snare."  Many  discover, 
when  too  late,  that  they  ought  to  have  feared 
"Him  who  is  able  to  destroy  soul  and  body  in 
hell." 

A  lady  in  the  convention,  with  a  light  happy 
face,  remarked  privately  that  she  was  very  glad 
the  subject  of  Freemasonry  had  been  mentioned 
in  the  convention ;  for  her  children  were  at- 
tendinar  a  Baptist  institution  of  learning  where 
the  leaders  were  Freemasons,  and  she  was  very 
m\ich  afraid  her  sons  would  be  enticed  into  the 
secret  lodges.  Another  lady  said  that  her  hus- 
band had  been  driven  from  the  pastorate  of  a 
Baptist  church  by  Masonic  members  of  that 
church.  An  Odd-fellow  member  of  a  Baptist 
church  tells  me  that  their  church  is  without  a 
pastor.  The  Anti-masons  of  the  church  would 
not  go  to  hear  their  old  pastor  preach,  because 
that  pastor  was  a  Mason.  A  grey-headed  Bap- 
tist minister  would  lead  me  to  think  that  he  was 
quite  in  sympathy  with  me,  until  I  am  amazed 
to  find  that  he  has  all  his  life  been  a  thorough- 
goinar  secret  society  man,  has  contested  the 
question  with  President  Jonathan  Blanchard, 
and  is  a  Freemason  !  But,  here  is  the  evidence 
that  the  Anti-masonic  movement  is  feared  by 
the  churches,  he  would  have  me  understand  that 
he  has  entirely  abandoned  Masonry,  and  I  at- 
tempt to  swinar  him  on  his  obligation,  when  lo, 
I  find  him  fast  bound  to  the  fraternity  by  that 
"tie  stronger  than  human  hands  can  impose," 
and  his  indignation  is  aroused  at  the  thought  of 
breakinsr  that  "tie," — like  Dr.  Lorimer,  of  Chi- 
caaro,  who  felt  himself  grossly  insulted  when  I 
asked  him  if  he  regarded  his  Masonic  obliga- 
tion bmding  upon  him. 

There  is  a  strona:  undercurrent  of  sympathy 
between  the  Baptist  denomination  and  the  Ma- 
sonic fraternity.  This  is  manifested  by  the 
manner  in  which  Freemasons  are  treated  by  the 
denomination;  they  are  placed  in  all  positions 
of  trust  and  honor"  The  denomination  is  united 
in  determining  that  no  public  issue  shall  be 
made  against  secret  societies.  Non-Masons,  who 
acknowledge  the  truth  of  Masonic  expositions, 
regard  a  sacred  silence  upon  this  subject  as 
paramount.  And  they,  by  their  actions,  and 
words  too,  if  necesssary,  do  all  they  can  to  put 
down  and  silence  all  opposition  to  Masonry. 
Many  who  call  themselves  Anti-masons,  con- 
sciously, or  unconsciously,  sympathize  with  the 
fraternity.  This  may  be  seen  in  the  pathos 
manifested  in  obituary  notices  of  great  leaders 
of  the  Masonic  fraternity  who  have  served  the 
denomination.  The  Baptist  denomination  has 
done  a  noble  thins:  in  contending  for  a  faithful 
translation  of  God's  word  and  an  ignoble  thing 
in  upholding  Freemasonry  by  patronizing  the 
great  leaders  of  the  fraternity  in  the  highest  of- 
fices of  sacred  trnst  from  God. 

.^ours  truly,        William  Fsarjoif, 


14 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE. 


October  26,  1888 


}IOMt  AND  FARM. 


How  an  Iowa  Man  Keeps  Warm. 

A  correspondent  of  the  Chicago 
Trihune  gives  an  account  of  an 
interview  with  a  farmer  near  Fort 
Dodge,  Iowa,  named  Ruggles,  who 
has  a  400  acre  farm,  and  a  splendid 
dairy,  a  coal  mine  under  his  farm, 
and  a  fine  belt  of  hard  timber 
within  sight  of  his  house. 

"  "When  I  went  into  Mr.  Rug- 
ples's  large  sitting-room,"  says  the 
TrthuTx^s  correspondent,  "  I  no- 
ticed a  very  large  stove.  It  was 
about  four  feet  long,  three  feet 
high,  and  the  same  broad.  It 
heated  the  sitting-roona  and  hall 
nicely. 

"'I  see  you  burn  wood,  Mr. 
Euggles,'  I  remarked,  as  1  held  up 
my  hands  to  warm  them. 

" '  No,  sir,  I  can't  afford  to  burn 
wood.  It's  too  much  work  to  cut 
it.' 

"  *  Then  coal,  I  suppose,'  I  con- 
tinued. 

" '  No,  sir ;  too  much  work  to  dig 
coal.  I'm  burning  something  that 
beats  coal  or  wood — cheaper  than 
either  of  them,  though  I  have  both 
coal  and  wood  on  the  farm.' 

" '  Well,  what  can  you  burn 
cheaper  than  wood  or  coal?'  I 
asked,  desiring  to  solve  the  puzzle. 

" '  Why,  I  burn  cornstalks,  sir. 
Corn  stalks  are  the  cheapest  and 
beet  fuel  on  earth.  It  is  ten  times 
as  easy  to  gather  corn  stalks  and 
tie  them  into  bundles  as  it  is  to  cut 
down  those  trees.  Why,  I  can  go 
into  the  cornfield  with  two  men, 
and  in  a  day  bundle  up  corn  stalks 
enough  to  warm  my  house  all 
winter." 

" '  Let  me  see  you  put  some  corn 
stalks  into  the  stove,  I  said. 

"Mr.  Euggles  stepped  to  the 
door  and  brought  in  a  bundle  of 
corn  stalks  about  three  feet 
through.  The  bundle  weighed 
about  forty  pounds.  Then,  lifting 
the  top  ot  the  stove,  he  laid  them 
in  upon  the  embers,  and  closed  up 
the  front  damper. 

" '  How  long  do  they  burn  ? '  I 
asked. 

"  'Three  hours.  I  don't  let  them 
burn  with  a  flame.  My  stove 
closes  air-tight.  I  let  them  burn 
slowly  without  a  flame.  I  get  all 
the  heat  there  is  in  them.  The 
stove  is  large,  with  an  immense 
radiating  surface.  It  dosen't  have 
to  be  very  hot.  Now,'  said  Mr. 
Euggles,  '  five  such  bundles  a  day 
keep  my  eitting-room  warm — or 
600  bundles  for  the  winter.  I  can 
bind  up  600  bundles  of  corn  stalks 
in  two  days  alone.  I  couldn't 
chop  the  wood  to  warm  this  room 
in  a  week.  Then,  in  the  spring,  1 
have  a  load  of  strong  ashes  for  my 
wheat  field,  while  my  neighbors 
have  to  cut  up  the  same  corn  stalks 
in  the  Spring  to  get  them  away 
from  the  harrow.  It  makes  me 
smile  when  I  hear  about  the  idiots 
up  in  Minnesota,  who  have  forty- 
acre  corn  fields,  and  still  go  cold  or 
buy  coal.  Why,  I'd  rather  burn 
corn  stalks  than  cut  maple  wood 
within  sight  of  the  house.' 

"  '  How  would  wheat  straw  do?' 
I  asked. 

"  '  Just  as  well,  ^nly  the  stove 
would  have  to  be  twice  as  large. 
I'd  have  it  made  of  sixteenth-of-an 
inch  boiler  iron,  four  feet  long  and 
four  feet  high,  with  one  little 
damper  which  could  be  closed  air- 
tight.'» 


Use  of  Eawhide. — The  skin  of 
an  animal,  whether  cow,  calf,  colt, 
or  horse,  that  dies  on  the  farm,  is 
worth  more  at  home  than  at  the 
tanner's.  Cat  it  into  narrow  strips, 
and  shave  off  the  hair  with  a  sharp 
knife  before  the  kitchen  fire,  or  in 
the  workshop,  of  stormy  days. 
You  may  make  them  soft  by  rub- 
bing. A  rawhide  strap  an  inch 
wide,  will  hold  a  horse  better,  and 
last  longer,  than  an  inch  rope.  It 
is  stronger  than  hoop  iron,  and  may 
be  used  to  hoop  dry  casks  and  boxes, 
and  for  hinges. 

Try  it  on  a  broken  thill,  or  any 
woodwork  that  has  been  split.  Put 
it  on  wet,  and  nail  fast.  Thin 
skins  make  the  best  bag  strings. 
A  rawhide  rope  is  a  good  substitute 
for  a  chain.  It  is  valuable  to  a 
broken  link  in  a  trace  chain.  For 
some  purposes  it  \h  best  to  use  it  in 
its  natural  state.  For  other  pur- 
poses it  may  be  dressed  soft. 


Christian    Workers 


"Who  depend  on  voluntary  con- 
tributions of  Christian  people  in 
whole  or  in  part  for  their  support: 

J .  F.BOWNE,  Cabin  Creek,  Ky. 

Eli  Taplet,  Columbus,  iss. 

J.  F.  Galloway,  Okahumka 
Florida. 

Wm.  Hazenbukg,  Cape  Town,  S. 
Africa. 

A.  D.  ZARAPHoinTHEs,  Andros, 
via  Syra,  Greece. 

G.  H.  Filian,  Armenia. 

Contributions  for  either  of  these 
brethren  may  be  forwarded  either 
through  the  editors  of  the  Cyno- 
sure or  the  Treasurer  of  the  N. 
C.  A.  Please  designate  to  which 
one  such  funds  shall  be  sent. 


BIBLES. 

"Wo  have  recently  exchanged  a 
lot  of  Anti-masonic  publications 
for  Bibles  which  we  offer  at  low 
rates  post  paid. 

We  have  well  bound  pocket  Bi- 
bles at  $1.00,  $1.35,  $1.50,  $2.00, 
$2.25,  $2.50  and  $3.00.  Also  some 
tine  Oxford  and  Tract  Society 
Teachers  Bibles  at  $3.00,  $3.26, 
$3.50  and  $4.25. 

Of  the  family  Bibles  all  but  two 
have  already  been  disposed  of, 
leaving  one  at  $3.00  and  the  other 

at  $6.75. 

Among  the  pocket  Bibles  are 
some  Oxford  edition  with  leather 
protecting  edges  at  $2.00  and 
$3.00  each.     Address, 

EzEA  A.  Cook, 

7  W  abash  Ave.,  Chicago. 


IMPORTANT  TO  TRAVELERS  1 

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you  by  the  Burlington  Eoute.  It 
will  pay  you  to  read  their  advertise- 
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ISSU'i. 


Handsome  Marriage  Certificates. 

Ltthosraphod  In  black  and  gold,  with  a  place  on 
each  for  two  photographs. 

Pricp,  po  t-paid,  $iJ.25  per  dozen;  hy  express, 
charges  not  paid,  $14.00  per  100.  Sample  sent  post- 
paid on  receipt  of  35  cents.     Size,  12  by  18  Inches. 

PubHehed  by  EZRA  A.  COOK, 

Cbi(U.oo.  Iij> 


PHOTOGRAPHS. 

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well-executed  card  photographs  of  Captain  Wm. 
Morgan,  President  J.  Blanchard,  President  Charles 
G.  Finney  and  Elder  David  Bernard,  at  16 
cents  each,  or  the  four  for  50  cents,  post-palA. 
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NATIONAL  CHRISTIAN  ASSOCIATION 


221  W.  Madison  St.,  Chicago. 

President. —  J.  Blanchard,  Wheafon, 
111. 

Vice  -  President.  —  Thos.  H.  Gault, 
Chjcago. 

EC.  Sec— John  D.  Nutting,  Chicago. 

Cor.  Sec  and  Gen.  Agent.-- J.  P.  Stod- 
dard, 221  W.  Madison  Street,  Chicago. 

Treasurer.— W.  I.  Phillips,  221  W. 
Madison  Street,  Chicago. 

Directors. — Philo  Carpenter,  J.  Blanch- 
ard, M.  R.  Britten,  E.  A.  Cook,  H  L.  Kel- 
logg, D.  P.  Baker,  T.  H.  Gault,  A.  G. 
Laird,  C.  R  Hagerty,  John  Gardner,  L.  N- 
Stratton. 

the  national  convention. 

President.— Rev.  8.  Collins,  Wash, 
ington    D.  C. 

Secretaries. — H.  L.  Kellogg,  W.  H. 
Ross  and  M.  N.  Butler. 

The  object  of  this  Association  is: 
"To  ezpoia,  withstand  and  remove  secret  iocl- 
atlei.  Freemasonry  In  particular,  and  other  antt- 
Christian  moTementi,  in  order  to  nave  the  cborch- 
•■  of  Christ  from  being  depraved,  t«  redeem  the 
admlniatration  of  justice  from  perversion,  and 
our  republican  govammenl  from  eorrnptlou." 

To  carry  on  this  work  contributions  are 
■olicited  from  every  friend  of  th«  reform. 

TfOBX  OF  Bi()nwiT.— I  give  and  bequeath  to  the 
National  Christian  Association,  Incorporated  and 
existing  under  the  laws  of  the  State  of  Illinois, 

the  sum  of dollars,  for  the  purposes  of  sala 

Association,  and  for  which  the  receipt  of  Its 
Treasurer  for  the  time  belnK  shall  be  a  sufflelent 
A.^srhn-'-" 

8TATE  AXJXILIARY  ASSOCIATIONS. 

Alabama. — Pres.,  W.  A.  McAlpine 
Sec,  G.  M.  Elliott;  Treas.,  E.  ishel,  all 
of  Selma. 

California. — Pres.,  L.  B.  Lathrop, 
Hollister;  Cor.  Sec,  Mrs.  U.  P.  Merrill, 
Woodland;  Treas.,  C.  Ruddock,  Wood- 
land. 

Connecticut, — Pres.,  J.  A.  Conant, 
Willimantic ;  Sec,  Geo.  Smith,  Willi- 
mantic;  Treas.,  C.  T.  Collins,  Windsor. 

Illinois.— Pres.,  D.  P.  Baker,  Chicago ; 
Sec.  W.  H.  Chandler,  Van  Orin ;  Treas., 
W.  I.  Phillips,  221  W.  Madison  street, 
Chicago. 

Indiana. — Pres.,  I.  W.  Lowman,  Au- 
burn;  Sec,  Wm.  Small,  Amboy;  Ti-eas., 
Benj.  Ulsh,  Silver  Lake. 

Iowa. — Pres.,  C.  D.  Trumbull,  Blorning 
Sun ;  Rec.  Sec.  A.  W.  Hall,  College  Spring ; 
Cor.  Sec,  W.  T.  Moffltt,  Morning  Sun; 
Treas.^Joseph  Laird,  Wayne. 

Kansas.- Pres.,  J.  S.  T.  Milligan,  North 
Cedar ;  Sec,  J.  Alter,  Valley  Falls ;  Treas. 
J.  A.  Torrance,  Winchester. 

Massachusetts. — Pres.,  S.  A.  Pratt; 
Sec,  Mrs.  E.  D.  Bailey;  Treas.,  David 
Manning,  Sr. ;  all  of  Worcester. 

Michigan. — Pres.,  Wm.  Win^,  Grand 
Rapids;  Rec-Sec'y,  A.  H.  Springstein, 
Pontiac ;  Cor.  Sec,  W.  H.  Ross,  Allegan ; 
Treas.,  C.  C.  Poote,  88  Columbia  Street, 
Detroit. 

Minnesota. — Pres.  E.  G.  Paine,  Wasi- 
oja;  Cor.  Sec,  W.  H.  McChesney,  Fair- 
mont ;  Rec.  Sec'y Thos.  Hartley,  Richland ; 
Treas.,  Wm.  H.  Morrill,  St.  Charles. 

Missouri. — Pres.  C.  J.  Kephart,  Avalon ; 
Treas.,  William  Beauchamp,  Avalon ;  Cor. 
Sec,  M.  N.  Butler,  Albany. 

Nebraska. —  Pres.  S.  Austin,  Pair- 
mount  ;  Cor.  Sec,  W.  S.  Spooner,  Kearney ; 
Treas.,  R.  A.  Bishop,  Seeley's  Mills. 

New  Hampshire. — Pres  Benj.  M.  Ma- 
son, Moultonboro;  Sec,  S.  C  Kimball, 
New  Market;  Treas.,  E.  Smith,  Center 
Straflbrd. 

New  York. — Pres.  F.  W.  Capwell, 
Dale;  Sec'y,  Isaac  Hyatt,  Dale;  Treas., 
M.  Merrick,  Syracuse. 

Ohio. — Pres.,  Wm.  Dillon,  Dayton; 
Cor.  Sec,  J.  P.  Lytle,  Sago;  Treas.,  J.  M. 
Seott,  Alexandria. 

Pennsylvania. — Pres.  A.  L.  Post,  Mon- 
trose ;  Cor.  Sec. ,  N.  Callender,  Thompson ; 
Treas.,  W.  B.  Bertels,  Wilkesbarre. 

Wisconsin. — Pres.,  Enos  Collins,  Colo 
ma;  Cor.  Sec.  W.  W.  Warner,  Baraboo; 
Treas.,  M.  R.  Britten,  Vieuna. 

West  Virginia. — Pres.,  D.  B.  Turney, 
Sec,  John  Bosley,  Grafton ;  Treas.,  H.  B. 
Higgins,  Petroleum. 


Anti-masonic  Lecturers. 

General  Agent  and  Lecturer,  J.  P. 
Stoddard,  221  West  Madison  street,  Chi- 
cago. 

Agents  for  tlie  South :  H.  H.  Hinman, 
Wheaton,  111.,  and  Paul  S.  Feemster, 
Larned,  Kans. 

E.  D.  Bailey,  Worcester,  Mass.,  Agent 
for  New  England. 

Degree  Workers. — (Secedcrs.) 

D.  P.  Rathbun,  Clai-ence,  Iowa. 

S.  E.  StiUTv,  clarence,  Iowa. 

Jas.  Furguson,    "  " 

J.  K.  Glassford,  Carthage,  Mo. 
State  Lbotubbrs. 

California,  D.  A.  Richards,  Woodland 

Connecticut,  J.  L.  Barlow  of  Will' 
m&utio. 


Indiana,  S.  L.  Oook  ot  Albion. 
Missouri,  M.  N.  Butler  of  Albany. 
New  Hampshire,  L.  D.  Bryant  of  New 
Market. 
Wisconsin,  Thos.  Lowe,  Coloma  Sta. 

Other  Lecturers. 
C.  A.  Blanchard,  Wheaton,  111 
N.  Callender,  Thompson,  Pa. 
J.  H.  Timmons,  Tarentum,  Pa. 
J.  H.  Baird,  Templeton,  Pa. 
T.  B.  McCormick,  Princeton,  Ind 
E.  Johnson,  Dayton,  Ind. 
J.  M.  Bishop,  Chambersburg,  Pa 
A.  Mayn,  Promise  City,  Mich. 
J.  B.  Cressinger,  Sullivan,  O. 
W.  M.  Love,  Baker,  Mo. 
A.  D.  Freeman,  Downers  Grove,  El. 
R.  Faurot,  Jackson,  Miss. 
J.  P.  Richards,  Belmont,  Wis. 
.  Edward  Mathews,  N.  C.  A.  office. 
Wm.  Fenton,  St.  Paul,  Minn. 
E.  I.  Grinnell,  Blairsburg,  iowa. 
Warren  Taylor,  South  Salem,  O. 
J.  S.  Perry,  Thompson,  Conn. 

C.  F.  Hawley,  Wheaton,  111. 

J.  T.  Michael,  New  Wilmington,  Pa. 
Prof.  S.  C.  Kimball,  New  Market,  N.  H. 
Elder  L.  H.  Buf  kins,  Scranton,  Iowa, 
S.  G.  Barton,  Breckinridge,  Mo. 
Joel  H.  Austin,  Goshen,  Ind. 

D.  B.  Turney,  Bird  Station,  111. 
J.  F.  Browne,  Cabin  Creek,  Ky. 

E.  Barnetson,  Jackson  Valley,  Pa. 


The  Churches  against   Lodgery. 

The  following  denominations  are  com 
mitted  by  vote  of  their  legislative  assem- 
blies or  by  constitution  to  a  separation 
from  secret  lodge  worship : 

Adventists  (Seventh-day). 

Baptists — Primitive,  Seventh-day  and 
Scandinavian. 

Brethren  (Dunkers  or  German  Baptists). 

Christian  Reformed  Church. 

Church  of  God  (Northern  Indiana  El- 
dership.) 

Congregational — The  State  Associations 
of  Illinois  and  Iowa  have  adopted  resolu- 
tions against  the  lodge. 

Disciples  (in  part). 

Friends. 

Lutherans— Norwegian,  Danish,  Swed- 
ish and  Synodical  Conferences. 

Mennonites. 

Methodists — Free  and  Wesleyan. 

Methodist  Protestant  (Minnesota  Con 
ference). 

Moravians. 

Plymouth  Brethren. 

Presbyterian — Associate,  Reformed  and 
United. 

Reformed  Church  (Holland  Branch). 

United  Brethren  in  Christ. 

Individual  churches  in  some  of  these 
denominations  should  be  excepted,  in 
part  of  them  even  a  considerable  portion. 

The  following  local  churches  have,  as  a 
pledge  to  disfellowship  and  oppose  lodge 
worship,  given  their  names  to  the  follow- 
ing list  as 

THE   associated  CHURCHES  OF  CHRIST. 

New  Ruhamah  Congregational,  Hamil- 
ton.  Miss. 

Pleasant  Ridge  Congregational,  Sand- 
ford  county,  Ala. 

New  Hope  Methodist,Lowndes  co..  Miss. 

Congregational,  College  Springs,  Iowa. 

College  Church  of  Christ,  Wheaton,  111. 

First  Congregational,  Leland,  Mich. 

Sugar  Grove  church,  Green  county.  Pa.  ^ 

Military  Chapel,  M.  E.,  Lowndes  Co., 
Miss. 

Hope\iell  Missionary  Baptist,  Lowndes 
Co.,  Miss. 

Cedar  Grove  Missionary  Baptist,  Lown- 
des Co.,  Miss. 

Simon's  Chapel,M.  E.,Lowndes  co..  Miss. 

Pleasant  Ridge  Missionary  Baptist, 
Lowndes  Co.,  Miss. 

Brownlee  church,  Caledonia,  Miss. 

Salem  church,  Lowndes  Co.,  Miss. 

West  Preston  Baptist  church,  Wayne 
Co.  Pa.  *         -^ 

Other  local  churches  which  have  adopt- 
ed the  same  principles  are — 

Baptist  churches :  N.  Abington,  Pa. ; 
Menomcnie,  Mondovi,  Waubeck  and 
Spring  Prairie,  Wis. ;  Wheaton,  111. ;  Per- 
ry,  N.  Y. ;  Spring  Creek,  near  Burlington, 
Iowa ;  Lima,  Ind. ;  Constableville,  N.  Y. 
The  "Good  Will  Association"  of  Mobile, 
Ala.,  comprising  some  twenty-five  colored 
Baptist  churches;  Bridgewater  Baptist 
Association,  Pa. ;  Old  Tebo  Baptist,  near 
Leesville,  Henry  Co.,  Mo. ;  Hoopeston,  111. 

Congregational  churches:  1st  of  Ober- 
lin,  O. ;  Tonica,  Crystal  Lake,  Union  and 
Big  Woods,  111.;  Solsbury,  Ind.;  Congre- 
gational Methodist,  Maplewood,  Mass. 

Presbyterian  church,  Hoopeston,  III. 

Independent  churches  in  Lowell,  Coun- 
tiyman  school  house  near  Lindenwood, 
Miarengo  and  Streator,  1^1.;  Berea  and 
Camp  Nelson,  Ky. ;  UsticK,  111. ;  Clarka- 
burg,  Kans.  State  Association  of  Minis- 
ters and  Charches  in  Christ  of  Kentucky 


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October  26,  1882 


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by  mail  are  at  risk  of  person  ordering,  unless  10 
cents  extra  is  sent  to  pay  for  registering  tfietn, 
when  their  safe  delivery  is  guaranteed.  Books 
at  retail  ordered  by  express,  are  sold  at  10  per  cent, 
discount  and  delivery  guaranteed,  but  not  express 
paid.  Postage  stamps  taken  for  small  sums. 
liberal  discount  to  dealers  and  regular  canvassers. 


ON  FREEMASONRY. 

Freemasonry  Illustrated.  A  complete 
exposition  of  the  seven  degrees  of  the  Blue  Lodge 
and  Chapter.  Profusely  Illustrated.  A  historical 
sketch  of  the  Institution  and  a  critical  analysis  of 
the  character  of  each  degree,  by  Frest.  J.  Blanch - 
ard,  of  Wheaton  College.  Monitorial  quotations 
and  nearly  four  hundred  notes  from  standard  Ma- 
sonic authorities  confirm  the  truthfulness  of  this 
exposition  and  show  the  character  of  Masonic  teich- 
Ing  an'l  doctrine.  The  accuracy  of  this  exposition 
legally  attested  by  J.  O.  Doesburg,  Past  Master  Un- 
ity iz;  No.  191,  Holland,  Mich  ,  and  o(h  rs.  This 
Is  the  latest,  most  accurate  and  complete  exposi- 
tion of  Blue  Lodge  and  Chapter  Masonry.  Over 
one  hundred  illustrations — several  of  them  full 
page — give  a  pictorial  representation  of  tlic  lodge- 
room,  chapter  and  principal  ceremonies  of  tlie  de- 
grees, with  the  dre.ss  of  candidates,  signs,  grips, 
•stc.  Complete  work  of  640  pages.  In  cloth,  $1.00; 
/er  dozen,  .f9.00.  Paper  covers,  60  cents;  per  doz- 
en, $5.50.  First  three  degrees  (376  pages).  In  cloth, 
75  c=nts;  per  dozen,  .$7.00.  Paper  cover,  40  cents; 
per  dozen,  $4.00.  (@^The  Masonic  quotations  are 
worth  the  price  of  this  book. 

Knig'ht  Templarisna  Illustrated.  A  full 
Illustrated  ritual  of  the  six  degrees  of  the  Council 
and  Commandery,  comprising  the  degrees  of  Royal 
Master,  Select  Master,  Super-Excellent  Master, 
Knight  of  the  Red  Cross,  Knight  Templar  and  Knight 
of  Malta.  A  book  of  341  pages.  In  cloth,  $1.00; 
$8.50  per  dozen.  Paper  covers,  50ct8;  $4.00  per 
dozen . 

Freemasonry  Exposed.  By  Capt.  William 
Morgan.  The  genuine  old  Morgan  book  republlslied, 
with  engravings  showing  the  lodge-room,  dress  of 
candidates,  signs,  due  guards,  grips,  etc.  This  rev- 
elation was  so  accurate  that  Freemasons  murdered 
the  author  for  writing  it.  35  cents  each ;  per  dozen, 
$2.00. 

Adoptive  Masonry  Illustrated.    A  full 

and  complete  illustrated  ritual  of  the  five  degrees  of 
Female  Freemasonry,  by  Thomas  Lowe;  comprising 
the  degrees  of  Jephthah's  Daughter,  Ruth,  Etcher, 
Martha  and  Electa,  and  known  as  the  Daughter's 
Degree,  "Widow's  Degree,  Wife's  Degree,  Sister's  De- 
gree and  the  Benevolent  Degree.  20  cents  each; 
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"Valance's  Confession  of  the  Murder  of 

C.lPT.  Wm.  Morgan.  This  confession  of  Henry  L. 
Valance,  one  of  the  three  Freemasons  who  drowned 
Morgan  in  the  Niagara  River,  was  taken  from  the 
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cine County,  Wisconsin,  in  1848.  10  cents  each: 
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History  of  the  Abduction  and  Murder 

OF  Capt.  Wm.  Mohqan-  As  prepared  by  seven  com^ 
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of  Morgan.  This  book  contains  Indisputable,  legal 
ijvldence  that  Freemasons  abducted  and  murdered 
Wm.  Morgan,  for  no  other  offense  than  the  revela- 
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The  Broken  Seal;  or  Personal  Reminiscences 
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Reminiscences  of  Morg'an  Times.    By 

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Oaths   and    Penalties   of   the   33   De- 

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Oaths  and  Penalties  of  Freemasonry, 

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Masons.  These  trials  were  held  at  New  Berlin, 
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Ex-President    John    Quincy    Adams' 

Letters  on  the  Nature  of  Masonic  Oaths,  Obliga- 
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The    Mystic    Tie,    or   Freemasonry    a 

League  with  thk  Devil.  This  Is  an  account  of 
the  church  trial  of  Peter  Cook  and  wife,  of  Elkhart, 
Indiana,  for  refusing  to  support  a  reverend  Free- 
mason; and  their  very  able  defense  presented  Ijy 
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Masonry  a  Work  of  Darkness,  adverse 
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Judg-e  Whitney's   Defense  before  the 

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member  of  his  lodge,*  murdered  Ellen  Slade.  Judge 
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ON  ODDFELLOWSHIP. 

Revised     Odd-fellowship    Illustrated. 

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ment and  Rcbekali  (ladles')  degrees,  profusely  ilhis- 
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asketch.of  the  origin,  history  and  character  of  the 
order,  over  one  hundred  foot-note  quotations  from 
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teachings  of  the  order,  and  an  analysis  of  eiich  de- 
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Odd-fellowship  Judged  by  Its  Own  Utter- 
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Light  of  God's  Word.  By  Rev.  3.  II.  Brockman. 
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Other  Secret  Society  Rituals. 

Knights   of   Pythias  Illustrated.    By 

Past  Chancellor.  A  full  illustrate<l  exposition  of  the 
three  ranks  of  the  order,  with  the  addition  of  the 
"Amended,  Perfected  and  Amplified  Third  Rank." 
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TTnited  Sons  of  Industry  Illustrated. 

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16 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE. 


October  36, 1888 


il/Em  ITEMS. 


— The  United  States  Rolling  Stock 
Company  are  about  to  build  immense 
shops  just  south  of  Chicago  for  the  con- 
struction of  cars  and  engines. 

— Two  new  railroads  are  about  entering 
this  city  to  connect  with  New  York.  One 
is  an  extension  of  the  Erie  railroad.  The 
other  a  new  line  to  Buffalo  parallel  with 
the  Michigan  Southern  road,  connecting 
at  Buffalo  with  a  new  road  parallel  with 
the  New  York  Central. 

— George  Scoville,  the  counsel  of  Guit- 
teau,  and  his  wife  are  having  a  disgrace- 
ful time  in  the  Chicago  courts.  It  is 
charged  that  Mrs.  Scoville  is  insane; 
but  the  evidence  so  far  tails  to  prove  the 
fact. 

— Some  captures  have  just  been  made 
in  Chicago  by  R.  W.  McAfee,  general 
agent  for  the  Western  Society  for  the  Sup- 
piession  of  Vice.  The  chief  leper  is  J. 
M.  House,  wholesale  dealer  and  manufac- 
turer of  the  vile  cards,  and  three  retailers 
were  also  taken, 

— The  Michigan  Crop  Report  for  Octo- 
ber states  the  average  yield  of  wheat  in 
the  State  to  be  18  41-100  bushels  per  acre, 
and  the  aggregate  product  is  estimated  at 
31,683,445  bushels. 

— A  car-load  of  sixty  Mormon  mission- 
aries passed  through  Cheyenne  on  the 
Union  Pacific  Road,  bound  for  Europe. 
The  men  are  mostly  ignorant,  and  appar- 
ently low  characters. 

— A  car  of  new  corn  was  received  at  St. 
Louis  Irom  Parsons.  Kansas,  Wednesday, 
and  sold  at  auction  for  75  cents  per  bush- 
el. It  is  in  fine  condition,  grading  No.  2 
readily. 

— Five  negroes,  including  one  woman, 
were  hanged  at  Eastman,  Ga.,  Friday,  for 
complicity  in  a  terrible  riot  which  occur- 
red at  a  camp-meeting  at  that  place  in 
August  last.  A  negro  gambler,  upon  re- 
sisting an  officer  and  attempting  to  escape 
was  shot  and  killed.  This  inflamed  the 
negroes  to  a  furious  pitch,  and  they 
wreaked  their  vengeance  in  the  most  hor- 
rible manner  upon  a  young  man  named 
Harvard,  whom  they  killed  and  mutilated. 
In  an  encounter  which  followed  between 
the  white  citizens  and  the  riotous  negroes 
three  of  the  latter  were  killed.  Six  of  the 
negroes  were  condemned  to  death  and  five 
others  sentenced  to  life  imprisonment — 
all  on  account  of  the  death  of  one  white 
man. 

— As  the  result  of  an  old  family  feud 
which  had  already  been  the  cause  of  nu- 
merous fatal  aflrays  a  remarkable  tragedy 
took  place  Thursday  at  Knoxville,  Tenn. 
All  the  parties  to  the  affair  were  men  of 
marked  prominence  in  that  part  of  the 
State,  one  of  them  being  the  possessor  of 
a  lortune  estimated  at  $10,000,000.  Gen. 
Joseph  A.  Mabry  and  Maj.  O'Connor 
were  both  shot  dead. 

—  George  Otto  Trevelyan,  Chief  Secre- 
tary for  Ireland,  in  a  sjjeech  at  Selkirk, 
Scotland,  last  evening,  said  the  resident 
magistrates  in  Ireland  in  their  last  reports 
were  singularly  unanimous  in  staling  that 
the  relations  between  landlord  and  tenant 
were  improving;  that  rents  were  being 
fairly  paid,  and  intimidation  decreasing. 

— The  indictment  against  Arabi  Pasha 
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character.  It  is  charged  that  in  violation 
of  the  rights  of  nations  he  displayed  a 
white  flag  in  Alexandria  as  a  cover  under 
which  to  retire  his  forces  and  give  the 
city  over  to  fire  and  pillage;  that  he  in- 
cited the  Egyptians  to  engage  in  armed 
rebellion  against  the  Khedive;  that  he 
continued  the  war  after  peace  had  been  de- 
clared ;  and,  in  a  general  way,  that  he  in- 
cited civil  war,  massacre,  devastation,  and 
pillage  in  Egyptian  territory. 

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No  sensible  Mason  dares  deny  that  such  men  as 
Albert  G.  Mackey,the  great  Masonic  Lexicographer, 
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General  Ahimau  Bezon  and  Froema- 
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most  perfect  Masonic  monitor  published  In  the 
United  States.  Embellished  with  many  engravings 
and  containing  mocitorlal  Instructions  In  the  de- 
grees of  Entered  Apprentice,  Fellow-Craft  and  Mas- 
ter Masons,  with  explanatory  lectures,  the  cere- 
monies of  consecration  and  dedication  of  new 
lodges,  installation  of  of&cers,  laying  foundation 
Stones,  dedication  of  Masonic  halls,  burial  serv- 
fees.  Masonic  calendar,  ritual  for  a  Lodge  of  Sor- 
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of  the  order  for  the  seven  degrees,  Including  the 
Royal  Arch.  Scores  of  Masons  have  privately  ad- 
mitted that  this  Is  a  standard  text-book  In  the  lodge 
and  Is  strictly  correct;  but  publicly  It  Is  not  ac- 
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Female  ISflasonry.  ISIa  lual  of  the  Order  of 
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Apractlcal  guide  to  the  ceremonies  in  the  degrees  con- 
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Although  this  Monitor  is  extensively  used  by  the 
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it  Is  publicly  called  an  exposition,  and  not  allowed 
as  authority. 

Sickels'  Freem.aBons'  Monitor.    Contaln- 

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Lodge,  Chapter,  Council  and  Commandery,  embel- 
lished with  nearly  300  symbolic  Illustrations,  to- 
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Allyn's  Ritual  of  Masonry.  Illustrated 
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The  CmisTiM  Cynosure. 


VOL.  XV.,  No.  6. 


■In  SeQret  Have  I  Said  Nothing.'' — Je»u»  Ohri$t. 


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IJJBLE  OV  CONTJENTS. 


Editorial  : 

Topics  of  the  Time. ... 
Editorial  Correspond- 
ence   

Our  Platform— Art.  6 
Contributions: 
Grand  Lodge  of  Penn- 
sylvania and  our  Gov- 
ernment  

Readings     from     the 

Milky  Way 

Don't  Know  and  Don't 

Care 

Reform  Story : 

Hoi  den    with     Cords 

Chap  XXVI 

The  Sermon  : 

By  E.  D.  Bailey 

Reform  News  : 
From  the  General  Sec- 
retary ;  Kansas  is 
not  Ready  ;  Report 
of  Iowa  State  Lec- 
turer   

Obituary 


Correspondence : 
Secret  ism  in  Coldwat- 
er,  Mich.;  Letters  to 
Batavia  Convention; 
Chicago  Exposition ; 
True  Idea  of  Chris- 
tian     Union  ;     Our 

Mail 

New  England: 

A  Duly  yet  Undone. . 
American  Politics: 
Questions   for  Voters; 
A  Lost  Vote;  A  New 

American  Party 

Religious  News  : 
Marvelous  Faith  Cure  13 

Home  Circle 10 

Children's  Corner.  . .   10 

Sunday  School 11 

Home  and  Farm 14 

News  OF  THE  Week.  . .  13 

Churches  vs.  Lodgery 14 

Anti-masoaic  Le  cturers  14 

The  N.  C.  A 14 

Publisher's  Dep't.  .  .•.  16 


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ment. There  will  be  also  several  valuable  pa. 
pers :  one  from  Rev.  Wm.  Johnson,  of  College 
Springs,  Iowa;  another  a  historical  review  of 
the  Chaldean  Mysteries  and  their  relation  to  the 
lodge  system.  Canvassers  will  find  this  a  good 
number  to  take  with  them. 


TOPICS  OF  THE  TIME. 


The  great  meetings  of  the  Christian  Conven- 
tion in  Farwell  Hall  during  the  middle  of  Oc- 
tober, addressed  by  McKay,  Rainsford,  Spur- 
geon,  Pierson,  Whittle  and  Brooks,  have  been 
continued  in  St.  Louis,  Indianapolis,  Cleveland 
and  Bufiialo  by  Dr.  Brooks,  Mr.  Spurgeon  of 
London,  Mr.  Smithson  and  Major  Whittle  of 
Chicago,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  McGranahan  conducting 
the  singing.    These  meetings  have  been  widely 


instrumental  in  promoting  a  revival  spirit 
among  the  churches  through  a  renewed  and 
deeper  consecration  of  the  membership.  We 
cannot  understand  how  he  could  be  a  Christian 
who  could  listen  unmoved  and  unblessed  by  the 
eloquence  of  these  brethren  as  they  unfolded 
the  Scriptures,  The  pulse  oi  Christian  zeal 
has  been  stronger  in  a  thousand  pulpits  and  ten 
thousand  homes  as  a  result  ot  these  meetings. 

A  hero  died  on  Thursday  last  in  Jersey  City, 
August  Sieg,  a  railway  engineer.  Five  days  be- 
fore, while  his  engine  was  drawing  a  crowded 
passenger  train  between  New  York  and  Newark, 
the  cab  took  fire  and  he  was  driven  with  his 
fireman  back  to  the  cars  for  safety.  But  that 
safety  might  be  only  for  a  moment,  and  the 
whole  train  was  exposed  to  imminent  danger. 
The  brave  engineer  crawled  back  over  the  ten- 
der into  the  flames  and  stopped  his  engine,  but 
was  taken  off  fatally  burned.  There  has  been  a 
great  deal  of  sentimental  eulogy  of  engineers, 
who  stood  at  their  posts,  when  by  doing  so  they 
could  by  no  means  save  the  train,  but  only  sac- 
rifice themselves.  But  the  heroism  required  in 
this  ease  is  deserving  the  highest  praise,  and  the 
railway  company  will  not  be  excusable  if  their 
sympathy  does  not  substantially  assist  any  per- 
sons dependent  upon  the  dead  man. 

The  haters  of  temperance  in  Kansas  are  act- 
ing as  if  there  remained  some  hope  of  turning 
back  the  page  of  progress  in  morality  and 
righteousness,  reversing  the  action  of  the  peo- 
ple against  the  drink  system,  and  submitting 
the  constitutional  amendment  to  a  new  vote. 
But  the  stars  in  their  courses  fight  against  the 
Sisera  of  rum.  They  will  not  turn  back  and 
sink  amazed  at  their  rising  place,  for  from  no 
saloon  can  be  heard  a  voice  like  Joshua's  to  bid 
them  stand,  much  less  to  turn  back  the  chariot 
wheels  of  truth  and  right  principle,  which  roll 
but  one  way.  But  to  accomplish  so  dark  and 
hellish  a  design,  if  it  were  possible,  to  what 
agency  of  all  do  they  resort  first  and  with  most 
confidence?  To  the  secret  lodge.  A  secret  po- 
litical organization  is  being  extended  through 
the  State.  It  is  known  as  the  "Liberal  League." 
It  is  said  that  this  order  has  600  members  in  the 
single  county  of  Sedgwick.  This  number  is 
improbable,  but  if  it  were  true  it  proves  that 
members  of  other  lodges  are  very  ready  to  com- 
bine secretly  to  effect  so  dark  an  end.  In  Kan- 
sas as  in  Iowa,  whatever  reverse  or  check  the 
cause  of  temperance  may  sustain,  the  lodge  can 
furnish  the  reason  for  it. 


The  Republican  campaign  in  New  York  has 
the  unusual  assistance  ot  the  President  of  the 
United  States  in  person,  together  with  backing 
to  the  amount  of  a  million  dollars  from  the  rail- 
way magnates  and  monopolists,  which  will  be 
increased  to  five  millions  if  necessary.  It  was 
reported  that  Jay  Gould  sent  one  of  his  best 
henchmen  to  the  Saratoga  convention  with  in- 
structions to  defeat  the  nomination  of  Cornell  it 
money  could  do  it;  since  railway  monopolies 
found  that  they  had  everything  to  fear  from 
him.  But  the  administration  politicians  were 
more  base  in  their  frauds  than  Gould  even ;  and 
the  disposition  of  thousands  of  the  better  class 
ot  Reptiblicans  to  repudiate  the  ticket,  though 
personally  esteeming  Mr.  Folger,  has  alarmed 
President  Arthur,  who  sees  the  greatest  humili- 
ation in  the  defeat  of  his  candidate.  He  is  ex- 
pecting to  be  in  New  York  until  after  the  elec- 
tion. He  has  had  large  experience  in  managing 
the  ward  strikers  of  that  city  and  his  personal 
presence  may  turn  the  battle  at  its  crisis.  As 
for  the  contempt  which  he  brings  upon  his 
great  office  by  this  management,  he  ie  past  feel- 


ing it.  When  Garfield  was  smitten,  he,  the 
Yice-President,  was  away  in  Albany  making 
every  effort  to  secure  the  return  of  Conkling  to 
the  Senate  where  he  might  make  open  and 
haughty  war  upon  the  President.  A  good 
Providence  ordered  the  humiliation  at  that  time 
of  a  clique  who  had  no  higher  aim  than  to  mis- 
use the  public  offices  for  wicked  and  private 
ends.  Next  Tuesday  may  reveal  another  like 
lesson. 


Secret  society  ism  in  Europe  has  broken  out 
again.  Lyons,  France,  perhaps  from  its  proxim- 
ity to  Geneva,  the  headquarters  of  the  whole 
family  of  political  secretisra,  is  chosen  as  the 
point  of  attack  on  established  systems  of  govern- 
ment and  society.  The  French  Minister  of  Jus- 
tice says  that  the  government  has  knowledge  of 
a  vast  revolutionary  organization  which  has  local 
branches,  managed  from  Geneva.  In  one  of  the 
anarchists  meetings  near  Lyons  the  speaker 
openly  threatened  the  life  of  President  Grevy. 
Placards  recommending  the  assassination  of 
leading  politicians  have  been  posted  on  the  walls 
of  Marsailles  and  other  cities  in  the  south  of 
France.  Attempts  have  been  made  to  blow  up 
recruiting  offices,  and  numerous  threats  are  made 
to  visit  newspapers  with  the  same  fate.  At 
Lyons  the  mobs  of  revolutionists  were  augmen- 
ted by  20,000  strikers  and  vi^oroua  measures 
were  taken  by  the  authorities.  Troops  fill  every 
point  of  advantage  in  the  city,  and  forts  com- 
manding the  city  are  prepared,  at  a  word,  to  lay 
any  portion  in  ashes.  Some  of  the  Parisian 
journals  see  in  these  periodical  outbreaks  of 
secret  communism  one  result  of  the  evil  of  stand- 
ing armies,  and  openly  discuss  the  disarmament 
of  France  as  an  example  to  Europe.  Beside 
taking  away  from  productive  pursuits  3,200,000 
men  these  armies  cost  $595,600,000  in  taxes  upon 
the  people,  a  very  considerable  proportion  of  the 
whole  tax.  In  France  every  inhabitant  bears  an 
average  tax  burden  of  109  francs,  or  $22.  It  is 
no  wonder  there  is  revolution  in  the  air. 


The  Grand  Lodge  of  Pennsylvania   and  Our   Gov- 
ernment 

BY    H.    H.    HINIIAN. 

"  Freemasonry  is  an  institution  subject  to  no 
other  laws  than  that  which  it  makes  itself.  To 
stop  for  a  moment  to  consider  it  profane  govern- 
ments can  exercise  control,  over  .  Freemasonry 
recognizes  a  question  that  wotdd  imperil  the 
very  foundations  of  the  craft.  *  *  *  The  exer- 
cise ot  any  power,  either  protective,  adverse,  or 
hostile,  is  an  assault  on  the  organic  structure 
alike  formidable  and  fatal.  *  *  *  If  the  per- 
mission of  the  government  of  any  nation  is  asked 
to  sanction,  or  that  government  is  permitted  to 
prescribe,  the  manner  of  organization,  or  as- 
sumes or  usurps  authority  over  the  administra- 
tion of  a  body  of  Freemasons,  it  is  not  a  Grand 
Lodge."  (Adopted  by  the  Grand  Lodge  of 
Pennsylvania,  1876,  as  published  in  the  Voice 
of  Masonry,  Julie,  1877,  p.  459.) 

Here  we  have  the  true  spirit  ot  the  order.  It 
reminds  me  of  another  evil  power  "  Who  op- 
poseth  and  exalteth  himself  against  all  that  is 
called  God  or  is  worshipful,  so  that  he  as  God 
sitteth  in  the  temple  of  God,  showing  himself 
that  he  is  God  "  (2  Thess.,  ii :  4).  If  these  two 
powers  are  not  the  same,  they  are  at  least  re- 
markably alike.  No  other  institution  speaks 
thus.  No  other  dare  be  so  arrogant.  All  oth- 
ei  s  ask,  at  least,  the  protection  ot  the  govern- 
ment, and  acknowledge  a  subjection  to  its  laws. 
No  other  assumes  entire  independence  of  our 
nation.  Mormonism  is  a  possible  exception, 
but  then  Mormoniam  ia  but  a  modification  of 


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H«>- 


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THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE. 


November  2,  1882 


"Masonry.  When  the  members  of  the  Grand 
Lodge  of  Pennsylvania,  some  years  ago,  were 
summoned  by  the  legislature,  and  required  to 
tell  what  was  true  of  Masonic  obligations,  and 
what  they  knew  of  the  Morgan  murder,  they  re- 
fused to  obey,  and  the  fraternity  sustained  them. 
When  the  United  States  courts  have  required 
Mormon  "saintb"  to  tell  about  the  mysteries  of 
the  Endowment  House,  they  have  disobeyed 
and  the  Mormons  gloried  in  their  contumacy. 
Surely  these  orders  are  much  alike,  and  surely 
such  institutions  have  no  right  to  "be.  Their 
very  existeaco  in  a  free  government  imperils  it. 
In  "the  laiiguas;e  of  Seward,  "  They  trample  on 
every  government  they  cannot  control." 


Readings  from  the  "Milky  Way." 

Though  Masonry  is  as  old  as  Nature  herself, 
and  our  mystic  brethren  have  even  striven  to 
establish  its  great  antiquity,  they  have  utterly 
failed  to  get  one  record  back  of  A.  D.  Itl7. 
Dr.  Dalcho  and  other  standard  authors  concede 
that  the  proofs  of  an  earlier  existence  are  want- 
ing. When  Lieut.  Gorringe,  of  the  U.  8.  Navy, 
made  known  his  discovery  of  Masonic  emblems 
under  "Cleopatra's  Needle,"  we  were  made  to 
rejoice  till  the  evidence  was  exploded  by  our 
own  authors  and  the  assumptions  of  Lieut. 
Gorringe  were  scouted  by  the  well-informed 
public  Long  have  we  puzzled  our  heads  to  de- 
cipher Ejifyptian  hieroglyphics  to  prove  our  an- 
tiquity ;  but  all  in  vain,  because  we  did  not  look 
up  instead  of  down  tor  our  record..  Masonry 
should  not  look  to  earth  for  the  readings  that 
are  found  in  the  heavens.  Why  should  we  be 
so  stupid  as  to  look  for  the  records  of  our  celes- 
tial inftitution  down  here?  Come  with  us  and 
see  readings  from  the  "Milky  Way"  which  no 
cowan  can  call  in  question. 

Many  times  in  our  boyhood  have  we  wonder- 
ed at  that  luminous  highway  in  the  starry 
heavens,  and  in  our  ignorance  conjectured  that 
the  "Grand  Architect"  had  put  it  there  for  or- 
nament or  variety,  or,  perhaps,  to  compensate 
for  the  absence  of  the  full  moon.  But  after  be- 
coming a  Mason  and  thus  arriving  at  "the  cen- 
ter  of  truth,"  I  applied  my  telescope  of  unequal- 
led magnifying  powers  to  that  mysterious  hand- 
writing of  Nature's  God,  and  lo!  all  was  plain. 
What  a  wonder  that  none  of  our  lodges  ever 
dreamed  of  this  before!  Here  is  our  celestial 
record  as  plainly  written  as  the  child's  A.  B.  C. 
With  the  unassisted  eye  we  see  only  the  blend- 
ings  of  thousands  upon  thousands  of  emblems 
and  inscriptions  written  with  the  golden  light 
of  heaven.  With  our  telescope  we  behold  im- 
mense volumes  of  Masonic  readings  to  the  glory 
of  our  divine  order  and  the  warning  of  our  Anti- 
Tiaeonic  foes.  Let  our  waning  cause  revive  and 
the  enemy  beware.  In  the  back-ground  as  if 
written  by  the  light  of  ten  thousand  suns,  is  the 
sentence :"  ^^ Masonry  is  and  ever  was^  Be- 
fore this  blazing  sentence  stand  in  awful  rever- 
ence twenty-four  angelic  forms  bowing  in  a  cir- 
cle around.  Just  above  this  scene  is  the  Grand 
Master  of  a  lodge  with  mitred  head,  and  regalia 
more  gaudy  than  language  can  depict,  while 
above  all,  in  letters  outshining  the  sun,  in  semi- 
circle, is  printed  '^Mystery,  Babylon  the  great, 
behold  thy  KingP 

Next  we  are  attracted  by  ten  thousands  of  lodge 
titles,  such  as  "All  Puisant,"  "Grand  King,"  etc. 
These  seem  to  be  spread  out  in  infinite  variety 
and  profusion.  It  is  rumored  that  a  certain  an- 
gelic dignitary  often  mentioned  in  a  certain  an- 
cient book,  who  "lost"  his  first  estate,  (being  un- 
fortunate,) is  the  general  superintendent  of 
these  endless  titles,  and  that  his  opinion  is,  that 
the  Milky  Way  is  too  limited  to  accommodate 
all  the  high  names  of  lodge  dignitaries,  and 
that  he  is  about  to  dictate  an  extension  of  bil- 
Hons  of  leagues  to  this  highway  to  Masonic 
glory.  Our  telescope  does  not  settle  this  ques- 
tion. 

One  other  thing  may  here  be  mentioned 
which  must  greatly  interest  our  fraternity. 
LooMng  into  the  infinite  expanse  beyond,  which 
eeems  to  border  on  the  Milky  Way,  on  the 
south,  there  seems  to  be  a  shoreless  sea  of  slime, 
sparkling  in  the  light  and  showing  signs  of  life. 
This  is  the  lodge  laboratory.  From  this  sea 
spring  up  annually  vast  quantities  of  lodge  ^bio- 


plasts, which  culminate  with  supernatural  fa- 
cility into  new  lodge  formations  of  all  names 
and  types.  There  are  rumors  that  this  sea  of 
celestial  slime  overflows  its  banks  about  twice  a 
year  and  sends  its  embrionic  lodge  progeny 
clean  over  our  little  earth.  Who  with  such 
facts  before  his  eyes  can  fail  to  see  both  the  an- 
tiquity and  the  divinity  of  the  lodge?  In  con- 
clusion let  us  sing  the  doxology  of  our  sublime 
order : 

"Hall  I  Masonry  divine,"  etc. 

Let  all  the  lodges  join  in  the  chorus,  as  all 
owe  their  origin  to  one  father. 

Behold!  new  scenes  burst  upon  my  bewil- 
dered sight!  The  universe  is  tributary  to  Ma- 
sonry, and  the  celestial  canopy  is  but  one  pon- 
derous book  of  Masonic,  symbolic  lore.  Our 
next  reading  will  come  from  Aurora  Borealis. 

PiKESPEAK. 


REFORM  STORY. 


"  Don't  Know  and  Don't  Care." 

BY  Q-EOKGE    H.  WILLIAMS. 

"  I  don't  know  anything  about  it,  but  I  don't 
approve  of  it,"  say  some  church  members,  speak- 
ing of  Freemasonry,  as  an  excuse  for  not  giving 
their  testimony  against  it ;  and  in  some  cases 
they  add,  "  And  I  don't  care  anything  about  it," 
when  often  the  truth  is,  that  they  think  that  to 
oppose  Freemasonry  and  other  secret  societies 
will  expose  them  to  the  displeasure  and  opposi- 
tion of  members  of  these  orders,  and  perhaps  to 
loss  of  pleasant  social  intercourse  with  their  fam- 
ilies, and  perhaps  to  loss  of  popularity,  and  of 
'pecuniary  gain.  Therefore  it  is  that  some  of 
these  do  not  wish  to  read  or  hear  reliable  infor- 
mation of  the  anti-Christian  and  immoral  char- 
acter of  these  societies,  and  of  their  utter  antag- 
onism to  all  righteous  human  governments,  and, 
above  all,  to  the  government  of  Jehovah.  Either 
for  lack  of  this  information,  or  because,  perhaps 
without  thinking  of  or  seeing  it,  they  are  more 
anxious  to  please  the  members  of  these  orders 
than  to  please  Jehovah.  They  "  don't  know  " 
and  "  don't  care "  to  iinow  that  many  faithful 
ministers  of  the  gospel  of  Christ,  and  many  other 
faithful  believers  in  Christ,  have  been  grievously 
persecuted  by  members  of  these  secret  orders, 
especially  by  Freemasons,  because  in  their  con- 
scientious obedience  to  the  will  of  God,  and  ac- 
cording to  his  word,  they  have  renounced  their 
obligations  to  these  orders,  and  exposed  their 
wickedness.  For  this  they  have  been  elandered, 
mobbed,  stoned,  beaten,  knocked  down  and 
stamped  upon,  shot,  killed,  their  property  de- 
stroyed, their  business  broken  up,  and  all  this 
has  been  done  to  them  in  accordance  with  the 
letter,  or  the  spirit,  or  both,  of  the  oaths  which 
the  members  of  these  orders  have  secretly 
sworn  ;  which  oaths  have  been  published  often 
and  fully ;  so  that  who  will  may  know  what  they 
are,  and  see  their  wickedness.  Some  of  these 
who  "  don't  know  "  and  "  don't  care  "  will  impu- 
dently rebuke  those  who  do  know  and  do  dare, 
because  they  charge  upon  members  of  these  or- 
ders the  sin  and  danger  of  adhering  to  them ; 
and  they  will  sooner  believe  men  of  their  ac- 
quaintance, members  of  these  orders,  who  have 
secretly  sworn  to  conceal  these  oaths,  than  they 
will  believe  those  godly  men,  who,  having  been 
ensnared  into  these  secret  orders,  do,  in  the 
faithful  discharge  of  their  duties  to  God  and 
man,  and  at  the  risk  of  almost  certain  persecu- 
tion of  some  kind,  and  often  at  risk  of  life,  re- 
nounce these  oaths  and  expose  them,  that  others 
may  see  the  wickedness  to  which  these  men  ob- 
ligate themselves  by  these  oaths. 

The  man,  or  the  woman,  who  so  treats  these 
servants  of  God ;  who  either  persecutes  them, 
or  who  is  willingly  ignorant  that  they  are  per- 
secuted, and  hence  "don't  know"  or  "don't 
care "  that  they  are  persecuted,  will  do  well  to 
consider  the  words  of  Christ  in  Matt,  xxv:  41, 
"  Inasmuch  as  ye  did  it  not  to  one  of  the  least  of 
these,  my  brethren,  ye  did  it  not  to  me " ;  and 
also  to  consider  the  word  of  God  in  Prov.  xxiv: 
11,12,  "If  thou  forbear  to  deliver  them  that 
are  drawn  unto  death,  and  those  that  are  ready 
to  be  slain;  if  thou  say.  Behold,  we  hnow  it  not; 
doth  not  he  that  pondereth  the  heart  consider  it^ 
and  he  that  keepeth  thy  soul  doth  not  he  know 
it  ?  and  shall  not  he  render  to  every  man  ac- 
cording to  hia  works?" 


Holden  with  Cords. 

BY  THE  ATJTHOB   OF    "  LITTLE    PEOPLE,"    "  A  SXTNTSTY 
LIFE,"  ETC. 

Chapter  XJCVI— Freemasonry  v».  Justice, 

I  will  now  drop  the  thread  of  my  narrative  to 
give  a  brief  statement  of  the  general  situation  a 
few  months  after  the  murder  of  Morgan,  lest 
some  reader  finding  history  eo  silent  on  the 
events  of  those  thrilling  times  should  accuse  me 
of  a  tendency  to  romance.  Hitherto  Masonry 
had  held  her  own  unchallenged  by  church  or 
state,  but  now  she  was  undergoing  a  metamor- 
phosis similar  to  that  of  the  fair  maiden  in  the 
witch  story  who  suddenly  turned  into  a  loath- 
some, wriggling  serpent.  But  her  power  was 
nowise  abated.  Though  she  could  no  longer 
captivate  good  men  by  her  harlot  beauty  she 
could  intimidate  and  appal.  Under  her  basil- 
isk eye  the  press  quailed  and  was  silent,  or 
sounded  false  notes  to  bafBe  public  inquiry;  and 
even  the  majestic  Muse  of  History  succumbed 
to  the  same  withering  spell,  and  expunged  alike 
from  the  ponderous  tome  of  the  student  and  the 
text-book  of  the  school-boy  all  record  of  those 
exciting  years  with  their  far-reaching  political 
effects,  their  strange  thwarting  of  justice,  their 
vivid  lights  and  shadows  of  personal  experience ; 
for  it  is  a  fact  that  many  a  Mason  who  chose  to 
obey  the  voice  of  conscience  rather  than  the 
mandates  of  the  lodge,  trembled  under  a  fear 
of  its  secret  vengeance,  and  rumor  told  of 
more  than  one  who  dared  not  stir  out  at  night- 
fall for  dread  of  the  assassins  knife  at  his 
throat. 

For  as  these  things  were  talked  over  in  store 
and  tavern,  and  round  the  kitchen  fire,  and  the 
conviction  gathered  force  that  Morgan  had  met 
his  death  at  the  hands  of  Masonic  executioners, 
ugly  tales  began  to  start  up.  Men  remembered 
Smith  of  Vermont,  who  undertook  to  re-publish 
Jachin  and  Boaz  in  this  country,  and  was  be- 
lieved to  have  shared  the  fate  of  its  original  au- 
thor; as  well  as  Murdock  of  Pensselaerville, 
New  York,  who  likewise  rendered  himself  ob- 
noxious to  the  lodge  by  an  attempt  to  betray 
the  secrets  and  was  found  mysteriously  murder- 
ed soon  after.  It  was  therefore  no  wonder  that 
my  fears  had  been  seriously  excited  for  Mark's 
safety  before  they  were  so  disagreeably  con- 
firmed by  Sam  Toller's  tidings  of  the  plot 
against  him;  no  wonder  that  I  passed  a  sleep- 
less night  thinking  of  his  peril,  and  vainly 
trying  to  answer  Sam's  inquiry,  "What  is  to  be 
done  about  it?"  But  a  strong  brave  soul  that 
has  cast  out  of  its  calculations  every  factor  of 
self-interest,  fully  resolved  to  follow  truth  wher- 
ever she  may  lead,  even  to  martyrdom  if  so  be, 
has  a  wonderfully  direct  way  of  settling  all  such 
difliculties. 

"My  duty  is  plain,  Leander;"  was  Mark's  an- 
swer, when  I  communicated  to  him  his  danger, 
the  next  morning.  "I  must  tell  what  I  know, 
but  I  shall  certainly  give  good  heed  to  Sam's 
warning.  I  shall  take  one  of  the  farm  horses, 
and  by  making  a  detour  from  the  direct  road 
both  in  going  and  coming  foil  as  I  trust  all  their 
plans.  But  I  must  go  alone.  Nobody  shall  be 
involved  in  any  risk  that  I  may  run." 

But  my  resolution  was  unshaken  to  accom- 
pany Mark.  I  could  not  let  my  chosen  friend 
from  boyhood,  Eachel's  brother  and  mine,  take 
the  perilous  trip  alone.  And  we  accordingly 
set  out  under  circumstances  that  recalled  with 
curious  vividness  to  my  mind  the  memory  of 
another  journey, — a  vision  of  dim  silent  woods 
with  the  same  unseen  foe  lurking  in  my  track — 
the  same  that  betrayed  me  at  the  Stovers'  cabin, 
that  struck  me  down  without  warning  and  left 
me  for  dead  under  the  covering  veil  of  solitude 
and  night. 

"  I  never  thought  it  was  going  to  turn  out 
such  a  lucky  thing  for  you,  Mark,  when  I 
learned  Sam  the  grips  and  signs,"  said  Joe 
slyly  as  we  were  about  to  ride  off.  I'or  he  alone 
of  all  the  family  had  been  told  the  latter's  real 
errand  to  Brownsville. 

"So  yort  initiated  Sam  Toller;"  said  Mark 
with  a  quiet  smile.  "I  have  always  rather  sus- 
pected tnat  was  the  way  of  it.    But   don't  you 


November  3, 1882 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE. 


ever  intend  to  let  us  into  your  Becret." 

""Well,  that  depends,"  answered  Joe  coolly, 
^<on  how  a  certain  individual  who  shall  bename- 
lesB  at  present  minds  his  pa  and  qs." 

And  with  one  glance  backward  at  Rachel 
as  she  stood  smiling  her  farewells  in  the  open 
door-way,  and  a  furtive  look  at  my  pistols  to 
see  that  they  were  in  order  I  rode  on  after  Mark, 
And  thus  like  two  palladins  of  old,  with  this 
notable  exception  that  they  met  their  giants  and 
fire-breathing  dragons  in  fair  open  light,  while 
our  enemy  was  a  snake  lurking  in  ambush  whoso 
deadly  presence  could  only  be  known  when  we 
felt  its  fangs,  we  set  forth  for  Ontario  court 
house. 

"It  is  my  belief  that  the  lodge  in  Brownsville 
has  something  to  do  with  this  plot  against  you, 
Mark;"  said  1,  during  one  of  the  brief  intervals 
when  we  allowed  our  horses  to  indulge  in  a 
walk. 

"Yery  likely,"  was  Mark's  quiet  reply.  "And 
a  lodge  fifty  miles  away  may  feel  just  as  much 
interest  to  suppress  my  testimony.  Masonry  is 
not  only  a  complete  despotism,  but  it  is  a  per- 
fectly organized  system,  and  under  it  men  are 
Jike  figures  on  a  checker-board  with  neither  will 
nor  volition  of  their  owq  except  as  the  lodge 
may  choose  to  handle  them.  Nothing  shows  so 
much  the  terrible  power  of  the  institution  as 
the  fact  that  men  who  had  never  seen  each  oth- 
er's faces,  or  heard  each  other's  names,  who 
were  separated  by  long  distances  and  could  not 
possibly  have  held  any  personal  communication 
with  each  other  acted  in  perfect  concert  in  this 
matter  of  the  murder  of  Morgan." 

"I  wonder  who  thai;  man  could  have  been  who 
mistook  me  for  one  of  his  fellow  plotters  when 
I  was  coming  down  on  the  canal  boat  last  laH. 
I  shall  always  think  he  was  the  one  who  made 
the  attempt  to  burn  Miller's  printing  office  that 
Sunday  night  when  I  was  stopping  at  the  Park 
Tavern," 

"You  are  right,  Leander,"  said  Mark.  "That 
man  lurking  in  the  shadow  of  the  stairway  was 
Richard  Howard,  a  Knight  Templar,  one  of  the 
chief  conspirators  against  Morgan,  and  one  that 
drew  the  lot  to  murder  him.  He  was  then  act- 
ing in  concert  with  Daniel  Johns,  the  spy  from 
Canada,  who  wormed  himself  into  the  confidence 
of  Morgan  and  Miller,  and  by  absconding  with 
the  Chapter  degrees  a  few  nights  before  his 
abduction,  made,  as  the  fraternity  then  supposed 
a  fatal  break  in  the  publishing  of  the  work. 
But  I  understand  that  Morgan  kept  duplicate 
copies  of  the  three  first  degrees,  which  were 
taken  from  him  under  cover  of  a  civil  process 
in  August  last  and  that  they  are  now  in  the 
hands  of  Colonel  Miller  all  ready  for  issue  from 
the  press.  If  these  things  are  so  Blue  Lodge 
Masonry  will  socn  be  published  to.  the  world." 

"Mark,"  said  I,  solemnly,  "I  believe  this 
cursed  institution  killed  my  grandfather.  That 
long  inward  struggle  wore  his  life  away.  1  am 
glad  Colonel  Miller  is  brave  and  patriotic  enough 
to  go  on  and  publish,  and  may  it  prove  a  final 
death-blow  to  the  lodge." 

"The  end  is  not  yet,  Leander,"  said  Mark  sig- 
nificantly. The  institution  whose  secret  plot- 
tings  made  the  streets  of  Paris  run  red  with 
blood  in  1789,  whose  subtle  schemiugs  under- 
mined the  power  ot  the  Puritan  party  in  England, 
and  placed  Charles  II,  on  the  throne,  will  not 
down  without  a  fierce  struggle.  And  it  will 
be  a  struggle  between  light  and  darkness;  be- 
tween the  liberty  our  fathers  crossed  the  seas  to 
win  and  old  world  despotisms;  between  Christ 
and  anti-Christ.  I  think  1  see  it  dimly  shad- 
owed forth  in  Revelation  where  John  says, — 
'And  I  saw  the  beast  and  the  kings  of  the  earth 
and  their  armies  gathered  together  to  make  war 
against  him  that  sat  on  the  horse  and  against 
his  army.'  It  may  not  come  in  this  generation. 
Other  issues  may  rise  and  stave  it  oil  for  awhile 
but  come  some  time  it  surely  will." 

"But  what  do  you  think  the  beast  represents? 
Papal  Rome?" 

"Papal  Rome,  you  remember,  is  the  woman 
who  sits  on  the  beast.  How  can  the  twp  be 
identical?  To  my  mind  the  beast  rising  out  of 
the  sea  is  the  old  Roman  Empire,  savage,  cruel, 
despotic,  so  that  'the  im^ge  of  the  beast'  must 
refer  to    eome    organization  of    modern  times 


which  reproduces  its  spirit  and  character.  And 
what  is  more  like  it  than  Freemasonry,  with  her 
aim  at  universal  empire,  her  despotic  govern- 
ment and  savage  laws,  her  Baal  worship,  her 
hatred  and  contempt  of  Christ's  name.  No  par- 
allel could  be  plainer." 

I  always  liked  to  hear  Mark  talk  even  when  I 
did  not  understand  him,  or  was  disposed  to  think 
him  mystical.  For  his  mind  had  that  rare  bal- 
ance of  faculties — on  the  one  side  the  logical 
and  on  the  other  the  poetical — which  seems  nec- 
essary to  the  full  enjoyment  and  understanding 
of  that  strange  book  of  Revelation.  In  ponder 
ing  over  its  wonderous  imagery,  its  panorama 
of  ceaseless  conflict  with  the  dragon  forces  of 
evil,  Mark  felt  his  own  earnest,  intense  nature 
kindle  into  a  new  zeal  and  fervor;  while  for  the 
outward  poverty  and  bareness  of  his  life,  the 
Apocalyptic  splendors  of  the  New  Jerusalem 
with  its  glorified  inhabitants,  its  endless  chants 
of  victory,  its  perfect  freedom  from  all  that  can 
vex  and  annoy,  was  the  same  that  it  has  been  to 
(rod's  sorely  tried  ones  in  all  ages,  a  glorious 
"recompence  of  reward." 

It  was  expected  that  bills  of  indictment  would 
be  found  at  this  sitting  of  the  court  against  some 
of  the  chief  actors  in  the  terrible  tragedy,  as  a 
number  of  witnesses  were  to  be  examined,  some 
of  whom  were  supposed  to  have  important  tes- 
timony, and  thus  a  more  than  ordinary  in- 
terest had  been  excited.  But  several  curious 
circumstances  attended  the  sitting  of  this  court 
of  law. 

"They  may  question  and  cross  question  till 
they're  gray;  they  won't  get  the  truth  out  of 
witnesses  that  are  bound  not  to  tell,"  remarked 
one  of  those  obligingly  communicative  individ- 
uals who  are  as  ready  to  dispense  information 
as  a  spring  to  send  forth  its  waters.  "Now  that 
last  chap  that  was  on  the  witness  stand,  he  knew 
all  about  their  taking  off  Morgan,  and  he  per- 
jured himself  when  he  swore  he  didn't.  In  my 
opinion  there's  been  an  agreement  beforehand 
among  a  good  many  of  the  witnesses  not  to 
know  anything  worth  telling.  Things  look  sus- 
picious when  a  man  comes  into  court  and  swears 
to  tell  the  truth,  the  whole  truth  and  nothing 
but  the  truth,  and  has  his  counsel  all  the  while 
by  his  side  to  advise  him  when  to  answer  and 
when  not." 

"That's  a  fact,"  pronounced  another  in  the 
group;  for  this  conversation  took  place  during 
an  adjournment  of  the  court,  when  tongues 
wagged  in  busy  and  not  over  favorable  comment 
on  these  palpable  obstructions  thus  laid  in  the 
way  of  justice. 

"Well  now,"  went  on  the  first  speaker,  "my 
brother  was  witness  once  in  a  trial  for  murder, 
and  he's  told  me  that  he  see  Masonic  signs  pass 
between  the  prisoner  and  his  counsel  and  mem- 
bers of  the  jury.  And  the  upshot  of  the  matter 
was  the  man  was  never  convicted,  hain't 
been  to  this  d/iy,  though  nobody  had  the  least 
doubt  of  his  guilt.  Talk  of  Morgan's  being 
alive!  They'd  better  tell  that  to  the  marines.  If 
Morgan  is  ahve  why  don't  they  produce  him  and 
stop  all  this  fuss?" 

"That's  hitting  the  nail  on  the  head  square," 
assented  another  with  an  approving  nod.  "But 
some  of  the  come-outers  are  going  to  testify  this 
afternoon.  Them  are  the  ones  I  want  to  hear, 
especially  that  young  Stedman.  They  say  he's 
going  to  be  a  hard  witness  agin  'em." 

And  a  hard  witness  Mark  Stedman  proved 
"himself,  but  no  harder  than  one  or  two  others, 
among  whom  was  Mr.  Samuel  D.  Greene,  our 
old  friend  of  the  Park  Tavern.  His  part  in  the 
dark  and  terrible  drama  was  now  fully  revealed, 
for  the  unknown  divulger  of  Masonry's  murder- 
ous plottings,  the  man  who  nobly  dared  to  stand 
in  the  breach  and  warn  its  defenseless  victims 
of  their  danger,  who  would  have  saved  Morgan 
if  the  public  apathy  had  not  refused  to  believe 
such  things  possible,  and  who  did  save  Miller 
by  finally  rousing  a  band  of  citizens  to  start  in 
pursuit  of  his  abductors,  was  one  with  that  grave, 
silent  inn-keeper,  who  had  moved  eo  quietly 
about  among  his  guests  during  those  memorable 
days  in  Batavia. 

I  remember  how  he  looked  standing  there  in 
the  old  court  room  in  the  prime  of  his  manhood, 
his  strong,  squarely  built  frame  teUing  of  gen- 


erations of  sturdy  yeoman  ancestry,  as  well  as  I 
remember  him  half  a  century  later  when  the 
waves  of  Masonic  hate  in  every  conceivable 
shape  and  form  had  dashed  over  him  and  left 
him — grand,  heroic  old  man  that  he  was,  un- 
moved at  his  post,  and  penning  such  words  as 
these: — 

"I  am  an  old  man  and  I  shall  soon  be  gone  ; 
But  I  leave  it  as  my  last  injunction  to  my  coun- 
trymen that  they  watch  this  institution  with  a 
jealoas  eye.  It  is  an  enemy  to  their  liberties. 
It  has  no  thought  of  the  general  good.  It  is  not 
founded  and  worked  upon  any  such  idea.  It  is 
built  upon  the  principle  of  tyranny  in  all  ages, 
the  good  of  the  many  at  the  expense  of  the 
few:' 

As,  he  unfolded  the  whole  history,  the  secret 
plans  of  the  lodge  and  his  own  efforts  to  baffle 
them;  as  in  clear,  unvarnished  language  his 
scathing  testimony  branded  names  before  unim- 
peached  for  respectability  with  the  murderer's 
Mtigma,  a  shiver  went  through  the  court  room. 
Men  looked  in  each  other's  eyes  questioning  if 
it  were  possible  that  under  all  our  free  institu- 
tions lay  a  quaking  Yesiivius  ready  to  over- 
whelm and  destroy  the  right  purchased  so  dearly 
for  every  American  citizen  to  "life,  liberty,  and 
the  pursuit  of  happiness." 

\To  he  .continued?^ 


The  Sermon. 

PKEAOHED  BY    E.  D.    BAILEY     AT    THE    UNION    SER- 
VICES, SOUTH  WOKOESTER,  SEPT.  24tH,  1882. 

"Take  these  things  hence;  make  not  my  Father's  house 
an  house  of  merchandise. " — John  2;16. 

The  circumstances  under  which  these  words 
were  uttered  are  familiar.  The  Saviour  visited 
the  temple  and  found  men  there  selling  sheep, 
oxen  and  doyes,  and  carrying  on  a  banking 
business.  The  custom  began  as  an  innocent  mat- 
ter of  convenience  and  increased  so  gradually 
that  the  people  had  become  familiar  with  it  and 
had  probably  ceased  to  regard  it  as  an  evil.  The 
probable  origin  of  the  custom  may  be  given 
about  as  follows : 

People  gathered  to  the  Passover  yearly  from 
remote  parts  of  Palestine  to  make  their  custo- 
mary offerings.  It  was  not  convenient  to  bring 
doves  or  drive  live-stock  so  far  and  hence  tra- 
ders in  J  erusalem  exchanged  stock  for  money. 
These  transactions  were  not  regarded  out  of 
place  in  the  temple.  Men  from  remote  parts 
could  only  bring  Roman  coin,  and  because  Jew- 
ish coin  only  was  received  in  the  temple  men 
made  a  business  of  exchanging,  and  this  was  the 
origin  of  the  money-changers.  Both  these  cus- 
toms grew  to  mammoth  proportions,  and  when 
the  Saviour  cam6  he  found  them  strongly  in- 
trenched, with  no  disposition  on  the  part  of  the 
dealers  to  forego  their  occupation.  On  Lord 
acted  with  promptness.  The  scourge  of  small 
cords  did  its  work,  and  the  cowardly  hyvocrites 
fled  from  the  temple. 

No  oxen  or  sheep  or  doves  are  used  for  offer- 
ings in  Christian  churches,  and  hence  no  places 
for  selling  them  have  been  opened.  Roman 
coin  does  not  need  to  be  changed  into  Jewish, 
and  hence  there  are  no  banks  in  our  churches. 
But  the  things  made  use  of  in  modern  worship 
are  subject  to  commercial  value  and  liable  to  the 
same  sordid  traffic.  It  seems  to  me  not  inap- 
propriate to  employ  the  analogy  of  the  text  to 
censure  some  marked  abuses  oi:  modern  days. 
Let  me  say  then  first  that  we  have  made  mer- 
chandise of  our 

MINISTERS. 

The  church  committee  takes  the  sum  of  mon- 
ey at  its  command,  one,  two,  three  or  five  thou- 
sand dollars,  as  the  case  may  be,  and  enters  the 
market.  The  minister  inquires  what  is  expected 
of  him  and  what  the  price  is,  and  then  decides 
whether  he  can  be  had  or  not.  Now  let  us  not 
misunderstand  this  transaction.  If  there  is  any 
wrong  in  the  process,  it  is  not  in  the  fact  that 
the  church  seeks  a  minister.  Just  as  surely  as 
our  Lord  ordained  churches  he  ordained  also 
ministers,  and  the  church  does  perfectly  right  in 
seeking  one  suited  to  the  circumstances.  Neither 
is  the  wrong,  if  any  there  be,  in  the  fact  that 
a  minister  accepts  a  call  to  the  church.  I  ider 
any  circumstances,  it  the  church  has  a  mi  Jitter, 


THE  CHHISTIAN  CYNOSURE. 


November  2, 188 


some  man  must  have  a  call  and  accept  it. 
ITeither  is  there  any  wrong  in  the  fact  that  the 
church  tenders  a  given  salary  and  Ihe  minister 
acquiesces.  Each  of  these  transactions,  so  far 
described,  may  occur  and  involve  nothing  out  of 
place ;  each  of  them  may  occur  and  involve  an 
important  wrong.  The  worshiper  might  have 
gone  to  Jerusalem  with  his  money  and  he  might 
have  bought  his  ofiering  without  involving  any 
party  to  the  transaction  in  sin,  but  what  might 
have  been  done  without  sin  became  a  most  grie- 
vous wrong. 

The  commercial  value  of  a  minister  is  not  to 
be  regarded,  nor  should  the  minister  be  govern- 
ed by  the  commercial  value  of  the  church. 
There  are  more  important  considerations  that 
should  weigh  and  deeper  motives  that  should 
govern.  Here  precisely  is  the  point  complained 
of — they  make  merchandise  of  the  minister. 
When  a  man  is  called  to  preach  the  gospel  his 
call  comes  from  the  Lord.  It  is  not  enough 
for  a  man  to  look  over  the  various  professions 
and  callings  of  life  and  decide  which,  all  things 
considered,  will  be  most  advantageous  so  him. 
If  his  call  is  on'y  tho  voice  of  an  unconsecrated 
inclination  he  baa  no  business  in  the  minis- 
try. 

When  a  man  ip  genuinely  called  of  God  to 
preach  he  is  not  in  the  market  to  be  bought  and 
sold  with  a  paltry  price.  He  becomes  an  am- 
bassador with  a  solemn  message  and  he  must  be- 
ware that  he  does  not  degenerate  to  the  posi- 
tion of  an  hireling.  With  prayer  he  inquires 
of  the  Lord  whither  he  shall  go,  and  in  the  name 
of  God  he  goes.  Men,  as  they  look  upon  the 
true  eeivant  and  the  hireling  may  not  discern 
the  difference,  but  God  knows  the  difference, 
and  eternity  will  reveal  it. 

But  the  church  may  also  grievously  err.  The 
transaction  on  their  part  may  often  be  analyzed 
about  in  this  way :  We  have  this  sum  of  money 
with  which  to  obtain  our  man.  We  want  as 
smart  a  man  as  the  money  will  buy.  The  first 
point  to  weigh  is  whether  the  man  is  an  attract- 
ive orator,  whose  silvery  words  will  draw  the 
crowd.  The  second  point  is  whether  he  is  ur- 
bane in  manner  and  pleasing  in  society.  In 
the  third  place  we  want  a  man  thoroughly  or- 
thodox at  heart  but  wise  enough  not  to  wear  the 
unpopiilar  points  of  orthodoxy  on  the  outside — 
prudent  in  the  selection  of  themes  and  care- 
ful in  their  treatment.  We  wish  it  were 
possible  to  give  the  congregation  strong  meat, 
but  under  the  circumstances  only  diluted  milk 
will  be  acceptable.  These  considerations  are 
put  before  the  candidate  in  language  that  means 
more  than  it  says. 

Now  good  men  are  being  "repelled  by  the 
ministry  by  just  such  facts  as  these.  They 
look  upon  these  transactions  and  6ay  the  minis- 
try is  an  article  of  merchandise  and  not  the  sa- 
cred thing  it  ought  to  be,  and  we  will  not  make 
a  solemn  mockery  of  life.  The  reform  needed 
is  evident.  On  the  part  of  the  ministers  a  deep- 
er consecration  is  required — a  consecration  that 
leads  them  to  ask  counsel  of  God  and  not  of 
men,  a  consecration  that  brings  with  it  a  deep 
personal  experience  and  calls  down  the  power  of 
God  upon  the  ministration,  a  consecration  that 
fears  not  self-sacrifice,  that  dreads  nothing  but 
the  disfavor  of  i  lie  Master. 

On  the  part  of  the  churches  there  should  be 
less  of  the  feeling  that  we  pay  a  man  to  do  our 
work  and  we  expect  him  to  do  it  in  our  way. 
They  should  look  for  the  man  whom  God  has 
called  and  then  pri.y  for  his  enduement  to  pro- 
claim the  whole  f -uansel  of  God.  Nothing  curses 
our  churches  to-day  so  much  as  the  bondage  of 
the  pulpit,  nothing  would  prove  so  great  a  bles- 
sing as  the  unsealing  of  closed  lips  in  the  proc- 
lamation of  unadulterated  truth. 

It  ia  the  custom    to  make  merchandise  of  the 

PEWS. 

This  custom  has  become"  so  universal  in  the  cities 
and  is  defended  by  so  many  good  men  that  I 
should  doubt  my  own  judgment  in  the  matter 
did  not  observation  furnish  many  serious  objec- 
tions. The  gospel  was  evidently  intended  to  be 
free.  Above  all  things  it  was  never  intended 
that  rocney  should  buy  special  favors  in  the 
sanctuary.  To  il!u;  rate  the  working  of  this  cus- 
tom let  me  suppose   kwo  caaes — aud  the  suppo- 


sition shall  conform  to  facts  ^known  to  me : 
Here  is  a  man,  now  sixty  years  of  age,  whose  en- 
tire life  has  been  spent  in  the  church.  So  long 
as  I  can  remember  he  has  held  the  oflSice  of  dea- 
con— has  been  deacon  since  he  was  a  young 
man.  With  meekness  and  devotion  he  has 
served  his  Master  faithfully,  and  now,  though 
stooped  in  form  through  hard  labor,  though 
wrinkled  in  brow  by  reason  of  old  age  and 
many  cares,  he  still  attends  to  his  duties  at  pray- 
er meeting  and  Sabbath-school. 

Here  is  another  man  whose  life  and  charac- 
ter are  wholly  unlike  this :  In  the  prime  of 
life  he  is  the  steward  of  wealth  and  with  wealth 
has  come  pride  and  the  love  of  ease.  When  the 
pews  are  being  selected  his  money  brings  him 
the  best  the  church  affords.  In  broad-cloth,  fol- 
lowed by  rustling  silks,  he  is  ushered  with  great 
attention  into  the  place  of  honor.  We  look  for 
our  good  deacon.  He  has  modestly  dropped 
into  a  back  pew,  yonder,  under  the  gallery,  un- 
attended, unnoticed,  unhonored.  His  hearing  is 
a  little  impaired,  so  that  a  seat  in  front  of  the 
minister  would  gratify  him,  but  the  aristocracy 
of  the  church  is  there,  and  uncomplainingly  he 
takes  what  is  left.  Am  I  mistaken  or  is  this 
transaction  described  by  the  apostle  James,  2d 
chapter,  2d  verse  :  "If  there  come  unto  your 
assembly  a  man  with  a  gold  ring,  in  goodly  ap- 
parel, and  then  come  in  also  a  poor  man  in  vile 
raiment;  and  ye  have  respect  to  him  that  wear- 
eth  the  gay  clothing  and  eay  unto  him  'Sit  thou 
here  in  a  good  place ;  and  say  to  the  poor.  Stand 
thou  there  or  sit  here  under  my  foot-stool :  are 
ye  not  then  partial  in  yourselves  and  become 
Judges  of  evil  thoughts."  It  seems  to  me  if 
anything  will  build  up  an  aristbcracy  in  our 
churches  this  will,  and  hence  we  may  say  "Take 
these  things  hence."  There  is  much  traffick- 
ing in 

MUSIC. 

The  legitimate  uses  of  music  in  the  church  are 
two,  (1)  for  worship  and  (2)  for  instruction. 
When  we  come  into  the  house  of  God,  full  of 
reverence,  we  long  to  give  expression  to  our 
feeling  of  devotion.  Prayer  and  music  are  the 
two  accepted  modes  of  worship.  In  the  prayer 
one  leads,  but  in  theory  the  whole  congrega- 
tion join  him,  the  soul  the  while  pouring  itself 
out  in  praise  and  adoration.  Then  we  "make  a 
joyful  noise  unto  the  Lord"  in  which  all  the 
congregation  to  which  God  has  given  voices 
should  join. 

Mr.  Sankey  has  employed  music  for  the  sec- 
ond legitimate  purpose.  He  preaches  the  Gos- 
pel in  verse  and  harmony.  The  vital  doctrines 
of  the  Gospel  are  set  to  music,  and  in  sweet 
strains  he  pours  them  into  the  ears  of  the  peo- 
ple. The  modern  screeching  style  of  singing 
has  no  such  purpose  in  it. 

A  third  purpose  is  now  recognized  for  the  use 
of  music — entertainment.  Choirs  are  employed, 
not  to  worship  God,  not  to  preach  the  Gospel, 
but  to  entertain  the  people.  You  may  some- 
times go  into  churches  where  a  choir  is  hired  to 
furnish  entertainment  and  notice  the  whole  con- 
gregation silently  watching  the  performers,  not 
to  be  instructed  by  the  words  of  the  hymn  for 
they  hear  no  words ;  nor  yet  for  the  purposes 
of  worship,  for  God  is  not  in  all  their  thoughts ; 
but  simply  to  be  entertained  as  at  an  opera. 
The  minister  announces  the  hymn 

"All  hail  the  power  of  Jesas'  name." 

The  choir  commences  to  render  it,  but  if  the 
spirit  of  the  rendering  were  put  into  language 
we  should  have  to  paraphrase  the  first  verse 
about  in  this  fashion : 

"All  hail  the  power  of  my  Bweet  voice, 

"Let  singers  prostrate  fall, 
"Bring  forth  the  choirs  latest  choice 

"And  crown  me  Star  of  all." 

When  the  churches  commence  to  arrange  their 
services  with  a  view  to  entertainment,  they  have 
given  place  to  an  evil  far-reaching  in  its  results. 
The  necessary  limit  to  the  amount  of  entertain- 
ment a  church  can  furnish  without  becoming 
ridiculous  in  the  eyes  of  the  world  makes  it  im- 
possible to  rival  other  classes  of  entertainments. 
The  danger  is  that  the  church  shall  cultivate  a 
taste  for  mere  entertainment  which  after  a 
while  becomes  so  pronounced  in  the  congrega- 
tion that  it  is  unable  to  gratify  it.  In  time  we 
begin  to  hear  murmurs   that  the  churches  are 


dull.  Things  which  once  entertained  have  be- 
come insipid.  The  young  people  need  other 
amusement,  and  since  the  church  has  gone  to 
its  full  length  the  young  people  must  be  al- 
lowed to  attend  the  theatre,  the  circus  and  the 
new  garden.  If  we  once  concede  that  entertain- 
ment is  the  end  sought  we  have  opened  the  way 
for  demands  we  cannot  gratify,  for  we  cannot 
with  safety  introduce  devils,  clowns  and  circus 
performers  into  the  pulpit,  however  .much  the 
people  may  clamour  for  it. 

Already  the  churches  have  gone  to  too  great 
length  in  this  direction ;  they  have  cultivated  a 
taste  which  they  cannot  ^ratify.  The  Goepel 
appeals  to  more  substantial  motives  and  we 
make  a  mistake  when  we  base  our  appeals  upon 
other  and  more  trifling  grounds. 

There  seems  to  be  no  more  suggestive  title  to 
the  next  article  of  merchandise  than  to  call  it 
the  traffic  in 

NECKTIES. 

This  business  is  something  the  apostles  knew 
nothing  about  but  it  is  a  very  important  article 
of  commerce  in  the  modern  church.  When  the 
apostles  needed  money  they  appealed  to  the 
hearts  of  the  people ;  they  reminded  them  how 
much  they  owed  the  Saviour  but  always  insist- 
ed that  only  cheerful  offerings  were  acceptable. 
Now  when  we  need  money  we  get  our  women 
to  make  some  three-cent  calico  neckties  which 
ehallow-pated  selfish  men  will  give  half  a  dollar 
for,  and  thus  the  coffers  are  filled  again,  and  we 
all  feel  funny  over  the  nonsense. 

If  such  things  are  calculated  to  give  dignity 
to  our  worship  and  death  to  our  characters,  then 
all  reason  fails  and  things  are  not  what  they 
seem.  Money  that  does  not  come  from  conse- 
crated hearts  and  hands  is  of  no  value  to  the 
kingdom  of  heaven.  He  who  owns  the  cattle 
on  a  thousand  hills,  and  to  whom  belongs  the 
gold  and  the  silver,  has  never  yet  stooped  to 
such  transactions  for  pelf,  and  it  is  certain  he 
has  never  authorized  his  children  to  do  'so.  Pat 
this  illustration  for  those  thousands  of  devices 
resorted  to  for  money  and  you  have  the  idea 
which  is  in  my  mind.  When  the  church  needs 
money  it  should  call  for  the  cheerful  offerings 
of  loving  hearts  and  cease  from  the  practice  of 
tricks  fit  only  for  State  prison  subjects. 

But  there  is  yet  another  article  of  merchan- 
dise before  which  all  others  are  as  the  dust  in 
the  balance.  We  have  made  merchandise  of 
vital 

PEINOIPLES  AND  POOTRtNES. 

Of  the  Saviour  it  was  said,  on  the  occasion  when 
he  drove  out  the  money-changers,  "The  zeal  of 
thine  house  hath  eaten  me  up,"  meaning  that 
his  devotion  to  the  kingdom  of  heaven  had  ab- 
sorbed his  entire  being  to  that  extent  that  he 
became  wholly  oblivious  to  every  other  consider- 
ation save  the  purifying  of  the  worship.  Such 
a  conception  of  the  vital  importance  of  abating 
sin  and  establishing  righteousness  had  taken 
possession  of  him  that  he  became,  as  it  were, 
f^l^etful  of  all  things  except  the  one  thing,  and 
with  unwavering  zeal  he  rushed  into  the  tem- 
ple of  God,  holding  the  scourge  of  small  cords, 
to  drive  from  the  sacred  place  the  hypocrites, 
the  covetous  dealers,  the  corrupters  of  truth, 
the  deceivers  of  men.  When  the  church  of 
God  becomes  corrupt,  society  has  no  guarantee 
of  safety  from  the  violence  of  error  and  the  rot 
of  decay.  No  one  understands  the  value  of 
pure  and  undefiled  religion  as  God  does,  no  one 
has  shown  the  zeal  for  its  promotion  that  he 
has. 

The  method  by  which  our  worship  is  to  be 
preserved  in  purity  is  chiefiy  the  preaching  of 
the  Gospel.  Men,  from  being  students  of  the 
Bible,  become  its  expounders  to  teach  the  peo- 
ple vital  godliness.  It  is  safe  to  say  that  in  the 
eyes  of  God  no  office  entails  upon  man  great- 
er responsibilities  than  the  office  of  a  Gospel  min- 
ister. The  past  history  of  our  race  is  one  long 
chapter  of  disasters  to  humanity  by  reason  of 
the  ravages  of  error,  taught  by  false  prophets 
and  sustained  by  selfish  monarchs,  while  the 
bright  spots  of  history  bring  to  light  bold  proph- 
ets of  God,  whose  souls  abhorred  evil,  whose 
lips  declared  truth,  and  whose  martyrdom  at- 
tested their  sincerity. 

It  does  no  yiolenoe  to  fact  if  we  say  that  the 


Ifovember  3,  18§9 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURK 


evil  days,  eo  frequently  and  so  plainly  foretold 
by  the  apostles,  when  men  should  'heap  to  them- 
selves teachers,  having  itching  ears,'  are  upon  us, 
and  truth  has  fallen  in  the  street.  A  visit  with 
the  pastors  of  the  land  reveals  the  alarming  fact 
that  their  congregations  have  become  sensitive 
concerning  the  things  to  be  said  from  the  pulpit 
and  that  the  pastors  feel  themselves  compelled 
to  proceed  very  slcfwly  in  their  instructions, 
taking  great  care  not  to  offend  the  notions  of 
their  people,  knowing  that  speedy  dismission 
would  follow  the  grave  oftence.  It  is  said  that  in 
New  England  many  pastors  for  prudential  rea- 
sons have  ceased  to  say  anything  about  the  fu- 
ture condition  of  the  wicked;  they  have  ceased 
to  speak  of  the  unregenerate  as  lost,  they  have 
ceased  to  characterize  sin  as  exceeding  sinful, 
they  have  ceased  to  specify  by  name  various 
sins  and  misdemeanors  practiced  by  members 
of  their  congregation,  they  have  suffered  disci- 
pline to  run  down,  they  dare  not  warn  the  young 
against  some  pernicious  habits  popular  in  the 
community  because  by  so  doing  they  would  al- 
so rebuke  influential  members  of  church  or  con- 
gregation, they  have  diluted  unpopiilar  doc- 
trines and  mollified  popular  sins — all  these 
things  are  currently  reported,  and  as  Paul  said, 
"I  partly  believe  it."  Some  of  the  things  which 
make  me  partly  believe  it  are  the  following : 
Many  ministers  in  New  England  have  confessed 
to  me  that  it  was  so  in  their  cases ;  some  have 
written  private  notes  aflSrming  the  same  thing; 
members  of  churches  have  said  so,  also,  and 
have  given  specifications,  which  bore  the  marks 
of  truth ;  it  is  a  matter  of  common  report  both 
by  friends  and  enemies  of  Christ.  With  such 
evidence  and  the  witness  of  my  own  eyes  there 
is  scarcely  room  to  doubt  the  fact. 

Will  it  seem  too  severe  to  say  that  we  have 
made  merchandise  of  our  principles?  Because 
the  men  who  have  the  money  aud  the  men  who 
have  the  power  refuse  to  countenance  the 
preaching  of  the  whole  truth  we  have  hired  out 
to  preach  so  much  as  they  want,  vainly  excusing 
ourselves  with  the  plea  that  it  is  better  to  hold 
a  position  in  which  we  can  preach  a  little  truth 
than  to  be  cut  off  from  all  opportunity.  Is  the 
arm  of  our  God  shortened  that  he  cannot  help 
in  time  of  need?  Must  the  servant  of  God  ask 
his  enemies  how  much  of  God's  truth  may  be 
preached  on  this  earth?  Such  doctrine  "1  can- 
not away  with."  II  ever  there  is  a  time  when 
a  man  should  be  a  Christian  hero,  when  he 
should  "walk  worthy  the  vocation  wherewith 
he  is  called,"  that  time  is  when  iniquity  comes 
in  like  a  flood,  when  the  enemies  of  truth  wax 
bold  and  defy  the  armies  of  the  Lord.  "Take 
these  things  hence  ;  make  not  my  Father's  house 
a  house  of  merchandise." 

Let  me  say  a  tew  things  briefly  in 

CONCLUSION  : 

(1)  The  two  phrases,  "My  Father's  house,"  and 
"house  of  prayer,"  mark  the  veneration  which 
the  Saviour  felt  and  which  we  ought  to  feel  tor 
the  sacred  things  of  God.  (2)  The  zeal  which 
our  Lord  manifested,  even  using  the  "scourge  of 
small  cords,"  furnishes  a  striking  example  of 
the  power  and  determination  which  we  should 
use  in  driving  these  evils  from  the  church.  We 
may  use  gentleness  toward  the  timid,  love  tow- 
ard the  erring,  patience  toward  the  blind,  but 
only  severity  and  firmness  toward  the  wrongs 
themselves  and  toward  the  heartless  defenders 
of  wrong. 


NEW  ENGLAND. 


THE  NEW  ENGLAND  BOARD  of  the  National  Chrla- 
tian  Association  has  it  headquarters  at  No.  8  Portland  St., 
Worcester,  Mass.  A  full  supply  of  books  and  tracts  con- 
stantly on  hand.  Orders  promptly  filled.  Correspondence 
solicited.  E.  D.  Bailey,  N.  E.  Sec. 


— Abner  Tuttle,  in  making  his  subscription 
for  the  coming  year  says:  "I  feel  the  impor- 
tance of  your  making  a  stand  in  New  England." 
Should  this  effort  to  make  a  stand  in  New  Eng- 
land fail  it  must  inevitably  have  a  viry  depress- 
ing effect  on  the  whole  movement.  It  is  to 
be  hoped  there  are  many  men  of  Mr,  Tuttle's 
mind. 


— Two  Connecticut  correspondents  allude  to 
the  sermon  preached  by  Rev.  W.  F.  Cor  bit  in 
the  George  street  Methodist  Episcopal  church. 
New  Haven,  as  a  most  blasphemous  production. 
If  any  one  has  a  copy  he  will  confer  a  favor  by 
forwarding  us  one.  The  sermon  is  evidently 
one  of  the  upheavals  caused  by  the  Batavia  Con- 
vention and  is  an  evidence  of  the  rage  of  the 
lodge.  The  Hev.  gentleman  has  been  roughly 
handled  by  one  able  to  do  him  justice. 

— Bro.  I.  J.  Gilbert  says:  "What  a  curse  to 
the  church  is  the  Masonic  Methodist  minister! 
By  the  infidelity  of  the  lodge  they  have  robbed 
the  church  of  its  vitality  and  where  are  the  re- 
vivals of  religion?  The  fact  is  the  lodge  has 
superceded  the  church,  as  they  occupy  every 
evening  in  the  week  except  Saturday." 

— A  Worcester  pastor  called  on  a  delinquent 
member  of  his  church  to  exhort  him  to  return 
to  his  duty;  but,  said  he,  in  telling  of  it,  "I 
found  him  wholly  absorbed  in  the  grange  and  a 
perfect  enthusiast  in  secret  orders.  It  is  jnst 
another  instance  where  secret  societies  have 
spiritually  ruined  a  man."  This  is  the  pastor 
of  one  ot  the  largest  churches  in  the  city.  It 
would  seem  as  if  such  an  experience  would  in- 
duce him  to  devote  at  least  the  sixteenth  part  of 
a  sermon  to  warning  his  members,  but  it  has  not 
thus  affected  him. 

— "I  have  read  the  doings  of  the  Batavia 
Convention  with  much  delight,"  says  a  corres- 
pondent, "and  think  it  has  brought  about  a  new 
era  in  the  Anti-masonic  cause.  Nothing  has 
stirred  up  the  craft  eo  much,  and  their  leading 
ones  say  the  monument  should  be  blown  down. 
We  need  not  be  disappointed  if  it  is  done,  their 
wickedness  is  so  great." 

.  — Elder  I.  C.  Welcome  sends  us  substantial 
assurances  of  interest  and  these  words  of  en- 
couragement: "There  are  but  tw<  ^^oints  to  be 
kept  constantly  in  mind  in  order  to  maintain  an 
unflinching,  indomitable  position  as  a  reformer. 
Is  the  work  the  Lord's?  If  so,  he  is  the  bottom 
rock,  the  guide,  the  shield,  the  buckler,  the 
strong  tower,  and  while  we  work  with  his  wis- 
dom we  have  nothing  to  fear  from  the  hosts  of 
wicked  men,  whether  in  masses  as  mobs  or  gath- 
ered into  lodges." 

— A  Connecticut  brother,  who  has  never  yet 
failed  to  respond  promptly  to  every  appeal  made 
for  help,  although  possessing  only  limited  means, 
writes  :  "I  am  doing  what  I  can  for  the  cause 
by  distributing  tracts,  sermons,  etc.  Am  won- 
derfully helped  by  the  Lord  in  conversation 
with  secretists.  Am  thoroughly  disgusted  with 
the  practice  of  professing  Christians  here,  many 
of  whom  are  governed  by  the  god  of  this  world, 
with  whom  I  have  no  fellowship.  Glory  to  God, 
amen." 

— A  correspondent  from  Vermont  gives  us  a 
number  of  very  interesting  incidents  and  facts 
of  recent  occurrence,  among  them  the  following: 

"Mr. has  a  brother,  an  M.   E.   preacher, 

living  in  New  York.  Another  brother  living 
in  Michigan,  also  a  preacher  of  the  same  denom- 
ination, went  to  a  town  in  Iowa  to  preach.  He 
went  to  the  place  a  perfect  stranger.  He  met 
one  of  the  leading  members  of  the  church  in 
the   place,   introduced    himself,   and    the   man 

asked  him  if  he  was  a  Mason.     Mr. replied, 

'I  am  not  a  member  of  any  secret  society.' 
The  M.  E.  brother  said,  'You  may  pass  right 
along.  We  want  no  minister  that  is  not  a  Ma- 
son ! '  " 

— What  becomes  of  the  reform  papers  lost  in 
the  mails?  Does  the  lodge  interfere  with  the 
postoflice  department?  Every  reader  may 
judge  for  himself  if  he  will  carefully  notice  the 
following  remarkable  coincidences.  When  Mr. 
Tanner  started  for  Tennessee  he  ordered  the 
New  England  American  sent  to  him  there. 
The  paper  was  securely  folded  in  a  wrapper  and 
mailed  to  him  in  Tennessee  the  day  before  he 
left  Boston  on  his  Southern  trip,  having  proba- 
bly one  day  the  start  of  him.  The  rest  of  the 
story  Mr.  Tanner  ghall  tell  for  himself  :  "  We 
came  from  London,  Tenn.,  here  (a  distance  of 


25  miles)  on  a  boat.  On  that  boat  the  following 
incident  occurred,  which  will  explain  itself.  My 
wife  and  I  took  seats  on  the  forward  end  of  the 
boat  in  order  to  enjoy  the  beautiful  scenery, 
and  were  soon  joined  by  two- gentlemen  and  the 
mail  agent  that  rans  on  the  boats.  These  three 
began  to  discuss  political  questions  and  parties. 
The  mail  agent  (whose  name  is  Turner)  spoke 
of  the  American  party  that  was  '  down  on  Ma- 
sonry and  all  secret  societies.'  One  of  the  gen- 
tlemen (who  as  the  Captam  told  us  at  breakfast 
was  an  'old  Reb')  said,  •  I  am  not  a  Mason.'  The 
mail  agent  replied, '  I  am.'  The  third  gentleman 
said,  '  So  am  I.'  The  mail  agent  then  went  in- 
side where  he  keeps  the  mail  and  came  out  with 
two  copies  of  the  paper  of  which  you  are  editor, 
viz :  The  New  England  A  merican.  [One  copy 
was  probably  the  supplement.]  He  handed  one 
copy  to  his  brother  Mason  who  read  aloud  an 
article  that  I  judged  was  an  editorial  and  then 
read  the  platform,  each  of  them  commending  or 
condemning  the  different  planks.  The  ''old 
reb '  endorsed  all  by  telling  them  he  thought 
they  would  come  around  to  it  in  a  few  years. 
*  *  *  Now  if  I  am  right  in  my  supposi- 
tion I  am  the  only  subscriber  for  your  paper  in 
this  county,  if  not  in  the  State,  and  if  so  those 
papers  were  mine  and  they  are  being  withhold 
from  me  either  at  the  postoflice  or  by  the  above 
mentioned  mail  agent."  Mr.  Tanner  is  unques- 
tionably right  in  his  conclusions  and  there  is  not 
the  least  doubt  but  the  man  Turner  has  robbed 
the  mail.  What  safety  have  wo  when  Masons 
thus  tamper  with  our  rights? 


A  Duty  yet  Undone. 

Worcester,  Mass.,  Oct.  23,  1882. .' 
We  are  waking  up  none  too  soon  to  the  im- 
portance of  circulating  our  reform  tracts,  peri- 
odicals and  books.  No  part  of  our  work  yields 
such  quick  returns  for  so  little  expenditure  as 
this.  Men  who  cannot  lecture  can  spend  their 
money  to  pay  for  Cynosures  or  other  printed 
matter  for  their  neighbors,  and  :,hey  will  aid  the 
reform  more  than  in  almost  auy  other  way.  This 
is  a  kind  of  work  in  which  all  of  us  may  bear  a 
part. 

It  has  seemed  to  me  as  if  one  important  duty 
remained  undone  by  us  and  we  shall  suffer  loss 
until  we  give  attention  to  it.  In  the  promotion 
of  every  new  feature  of  our  work  t\iQ^ Cynosure 
has  been  an  indispensable  agent.  Without  its 
help  every  effort  would  have  been  paralyzed.  Its 
stated  publication  has  been  a  standing  menace 
to  the  lodge,  and  the  fifteen  years  in  which  it 
has  moved  steadily  forward  have  been  and  are 
a  guarantee  that  it  is  rooted  where  the  lodge 
cannot  destroy  it.  Every  Anti-mason  takes 
pride  in  being  able  to  answer  the  jeers  of  over- 
confident Masons  by  pointing  to  the  steady 
growth  in  influence  of  this  paper.  It  has  been 
the  pole-star  of  the  reform.  Hated  by  its  ene- 
mies, envied  by  its  rivals,  and  neglected  by  its 
friends,  it  has  made  its  weekly  appearance  in 
our  homes  with  the  regularity  of  clock-work  and 
has  been  to  the  nation  like  a  piece  of  leaven  in 
the  measure  of  meal.  Can  any  one  tell  us  why, 
with  the  rapid  progress  of  the  reform,  the  cir- 
culation has  not  yet  reached  ten  thousand  if  If 
the  publisher  is  to  blame  let  us  "speak  out  in 
meeting"  and  tell  him  wherein  ;  if  the  editors 
are  to  blame  let  us  not  spare  them ;  but  if  we 
are  to  blame  let  us  "confess  our  fault  one  to  an- 
other" and  forsake  our  neglect. 

We  have  passed  several  mile  posts  in  the  pro- 
gress of  the  reform,  why  not  make  the  next 
objective  point  the  success  and  triumph  of  the 
Cynosure'i  When  that  proposition  to  improve 
the  paper  came,  even  before  we  had  given  it 
any  marked  token  of  interest  by  increasing  its 
circulation,  it  seemed  to  me  as  if  we  ought  to 
respond  with  joy  and  thanksgiving.  Such  an 
offer  from  the  publisher  is  a  guarantee  of  fideli- 
ty in  making  the  paper  all  that  its  income  wiU 
warrant  and  more  too.  If  the  CynosurerQA^Qrh 
do  not  show  their  appreciation  of  these  efforts 
we  cannot  help  but  suffer  for  our  neglect.  For 
one  I  shall  do  what  I  can,  not  only  in  response 
to  this  new  proposition  but  in  other  ways  also, 
to  make  the  paper  a  great  success. 

E.  D.  Bahey. 


THK  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURB. 


November  2, 188 


CORRESPONDENCE. 


Secretism  in  Coldwater,  Michigan. 

For  over  a  year  past  our  city  has  been  more  or 
less  moved  by  certain  demonstrations  from  cer- 
tain quarters.  The  summer  and  fall  of  1881 
will  be  remembered  by  our  citizens,  as  a  year  of 
fire.  Week  after  week  the  alarm  would  sound, 
and  upon  investigation  the  fires  proved  to  be  the 
work  of  incendiaries.  Until  December  last,  no 
clue  seemed  to  be  found  to  the  perpetrators  of 
these  outras:es.  At  the  time  above  mentioned, 
certain  members  of  the  fire  company  ot  Cold- 
water,  came  forward,  and  confessed  themselves 
as  parties  to  these  crimes,  claiming  to  have  been 
urged  forward  and  assisted  by  the  chief  of  the 
department.  At  the  time  of  these  confessioup, 
the  confessors  made  statements  substantially 
agreeing  one  with  the  other.  Of  course  the  city 
was  stirred  from  center  to  circumference,  by 
these  confessions.  And  certain  circumstances 
seemed  to  corroborate  these  statements,  circum- 
stances aud  occurrences  in  themselves  very  mys- 
terious, until  these  confessions  were  made,  when 
matters  began  to  grow  light  which  had  hitherto 
been  dark.  Loyal  citizens  were  beginning  to 
congratulate  themselves  on  being  able  to  bring 
the  rascals  to  justice.  When  lo!  the  startling 
announcement  was  made  that  all  but  one  of  the 
confessors  had  filed  a  new  information.  That 
is,  they  had  appeared  a  second  time,  with  alto- 
gether a  different  tale  to  tell.  Only  one  of  the 
confessors  held  to  his  first  statement,  and  he 
holds  to  that  statement  still.  Our  best  informa- 
tion is,  that  he  is  a  member  of  none  of  the  many 
secret  orders  of  this  city.  In  the  second  appear- 
ing of  these  changable  confessors,  they  plead 
"  not  guilty"  to  charges  they  had  made  against 
themselves  only  a  few  hours  before.  What 
power  had  been  brought  to  bear,  to  change  those 
statements,  we  leave  the  reader  to  decide.  -It  is 
known  that  prominent  citizens  conferred  with 
them,  but  what  was  said,  or  arranged  to  be  said, 
is  not  so  clearly  known.  Sometimes  members 
of  these  devilish  orders,  becoming  conscience- 
smitten,  feel  as  though  it  would  be  a  relief  to 
their  burdened  souls  to  make  a  clean  breast  of 
the  whole,  and  take  the  consequences,  rather 
than  bear  about  a  secret  the  keeping  of  which 
naay  be  satisfactory  to  the  few,  but  is  extremely 
dangerous  to  the  many.  So  doubtless  it  was 
with  these  poor  men.  Was  there  whispered  in 
their  ear  a  repetition  of  the  penalty  which  they 
pronounced  upon  themselves  with  their  oath? 
Perhaps.  We  cannot  tell.  Enough,  however, 
had  been  confessed,  so  that  the  arrest  of  all  par- 
ties implicated  immediately  followed.  (We  for- 
bear calling  any  names,  since  "  discretion  is  the 
latter  part  of  valor.")  And  now  began  an  ex 
amination,  which  lasted  for  months,  until  the 
people  were  tired  and  disgusted.  Such  a  con- 
glomeration of  silly  questions  and  evasive  an- 
swers, were  given  as  was  a  disgrace  to  bearded 
manhood.  Meanwhile  all  parties  implicated 
were  allowed  their  liberty,  on  small  bail,  save 
that  lone  confessor,  who  languished  in  jail  for 
nearly  six  months,  the  only  support  of  his  mother, 
and  she  a  widow.  There  was  no  bail  for  him. 
When  some  fair-dealing  citizen  proposed  to  go 
bail  for  him,  and  give  him  a  chance  with  the 
rest,  hs  was  denounced  and  threatened  in  st/rong 
terms  by  leading  citizens.  At  last  the  lengthy 
and  expensive  examination  came  to  a  close,  and 
the  supposed  leader  in  the  firing  business  was 
bound  over  to  the  circuit  court,  for  trial.  The 
case  was  decided  last  Saturday  forenoon,  Oct.  4th, 
the  jury  bringing  in  a  verdict  of  "  not  guilty," 
much  to  the  satisfaction  of  the  few,  and  to  the 
consternation  of  the  many.  The  few  cheered 
when  the  verdict  w;as  given,  the  many  hung 
their  Leads.  The  few  brought  out  the  band,  and 
paraded  the  streets  with  music  and  cheers,  the 
many  went  home  doubting  in  themselves  where- 
unto  this  will  grow.  And  now,  the  leading 
organ  of  the  city,  publishes  that  many  will  doubt- 
less yet  believe  the  acquitted  party  guilty,  but 
"let  the  verdict  put  the  whole  matter  at  rest 
forever."  This  is  the  outcome  of  nearly  a  year's 
tedious  and  expensive  suspense.  In  nine  cases 
out  of  ten,  (setting  secrecy  aside,)  with  such  a 
preponderance  of  evidence  against  the  accused, 
the  verdict  would  have  been  otherwise.      In 


every  step  of  both  examination  and  trial,  clear 
»ye8  have  seen  the  power  "  behind  the  scenes." 
Some  see  it  now,  who  did  not  at  the  time,  others 
will,  who  do  not  now.  Oh  Michigan  awake  !  or 
sleep  on  till  thy  doom !     More  anon.  X. 


Notes  from  the  Lefters  to  the  Batavia  Convention. 

Geokgb  Clakk,  Oberlin,  Ohio — "The 
memorial  stones  placed  by  divine  com- 
mand in  Sheehem,  told  the  story  of  Egyptian 
bondage  and  deliverance  from  it— that  story  was 
the  reason  Ood  gave  for  the  monument.  The 
shaft  on  "  Bunker's  Hill"  ever  more  repeats  the 
history  of  foreign  invasion,  its  repulse  and  the 
birth  of  the  American  Nation.  In  like  manner 
this  monument  of  Wm.  Morgan  will  tell  the 
history  of  the  "  Secret  Empire  " — its  conspiracy 
against  free  8peeeh,the  mariage  covenant, 
equal  rights  of  all  citizens  befo]:e  the  law — and  its 
unlawful  oath  »nd  dfeeds.  If  sacriligious  hands 
shall  mar  it— the  sears  that  malice  leaves  will 
but  prove  the  truth  of  its  indictment  of  the  evil 
spirit  of  the  lodge. 

Absent  in  body  we  will  be  present  in  spirit 
with  the  convention,  and  daily  pray  especially 
for  all  wl^o  take  part  in  it  that  they  may  be 
endued  with  power  from  on  high  and  the 
people  see  their  peril  and  duty  and  have  the 
courage  of  their  convictions." 

S.  Weight,  Glens  Falls,  K  Y. — "  I  was  glad 
to  read  of  your  visit  to  the  venerable  Thurlow 
Weed,  and  the  kind  reception  he  gave  you,  as 
recorded  in  the  Cynosure  oi  the  10th  of  August. 
I  do  hope  he  may  be  able  to  be  at  Batavia  with 
you,  or  to  write  something  worthy  to  he  read  on 
the  occasion.  His  presence  alone  would  be  an 
inspiration.  I  remember  when  he  cam-e  to  my 
father's  house  in  Cambridge,  Washington  Co., 
]Sr.  Y.,  in  the  summer  of  1830.  I  think  he  took 
the  name  of  Ebenezer  Wright,  as  a  subscriber 
to  the  "  Albany  Evening  Journal^''  just  started 
as  an  Anti-masonic  paper,  which  I  read  for  years, 
in  the  formative  period  of  my  character. 

And  there  is  another  name  I  would  mention 
for  you  to  invite  earnestly  aud  kindly  to  be  there 
if  possible,  or  to  send  you  a  letter  for  the  oc- 
casion. I  allude  to  the  Hon.  Erastus  Dean 
Colver  of  Greenwich,  Washington  Co.,  N.  Y., 
though  for  years  judge  ot  the  County  Court  in 
Brooklyn,  N.  Y.  His  father,  Rev.  Phineas 
Colver,  was  an  older  brother  of  the  late  Nathan- 
iel Colver,  D.  D,,  of  Chicago. 

"  Judge  Colver,  graduated  at  U.  V.  M.  in 
1826,  and  was  a  successful  lawyer  for  years  at 
Fort  Ann,  and  Greenwich,  member  of  Con- 
gress from  the  Washington  county  district  in 
1846-7,  afterwards  minister  to  Venezuela,  &c. 
He  is  a  Baptist,  and  at  the  age  of  about  78, 
lives  in  retirement  among  his  old  Greenwich 
friends,  is  a  man  of  property  and  worth,  morally 
and  religiou8ly,and  could  aid  our  monument  fund 
if  he  understood  its  needs,  I  presume.  In  our 
"  Washington  Hnion  Association,"  formed  in 
1835,  which  was  then  Anti-masonic  by  its  con- 
stitution, he  bore  a  part  and  still  hates  the 
'  Beast'  of  Masonry." 

Ex  Bishop  Milton  Weight,  Richmond,  Ind. 
— "I  am  glad  to  know  that  a  monu- 
ment has  been  erected  to  the  memory  of 
Captain  William  Morgan,  that  noble,  brave  mar- 
tyr of  truth  and  reform.  Well  has  this  martyr 
of  free  speech  earned  an  abiding  place  in  the 
hearts  and  memories  of  the  children  of  light. 
Great  honor  to  this  Sampson,  who  in  his  death 
struggle  shook  the  pillars  of  the  Masonic  tem- 
ple. I  hope  your  Batavia  Anniversary  may  be 
a  most  enjoyable  and  profitable  occasion,  aud 
that  its  deliberations  may  hasten  the  defeat  and 
overthrow  of  organized  secrecy.  For  this  end, 
it  shall  have  my  best  wishes,  my  prayers,  and 
my  earnest  labors.  God  reigns,  and  the  defeat 
and  overthrow  of  organized  darkness  can  be 
only  a  question  of  time.  The  Lord  hasten  the 
hour  of  complete  victory." 

C.  Reynolds,  Hillsdale,  Mich. — "I  lived  in 
that  town  [Batavia]  when  Morgan  was 
murdered  and  was  there  for  some  years 
before  and  two  years  alter.  Worked 
in  different  places,  a  part  of  the  time 
in  the  village.  Worked  the.  euuiioer  of  1828 
for  Deacon  Benj.  Porter    in    the  village  at  the 


carpenter's  trade.  He  was  a  son  of  old  Deacon 
Porter,  the  man  whom  you  mentioned  as  being 
buried  near  Frank  Miller's  grave.  I  knew 
them  all.  Indeed,  a  majority  of  the  inhabi- 
tants in  the  whole  town.  I  made  the  acquain- 
tance of  my  wife  there. 

"I  am  now  seventy-seven  years  of  age,  or 
shall  be  the  20th  of  the.  present  month,  and' 
there  are  a  great  many  who  will  be  there  who' 
are  identified  with  this  reform  work,  which  I 
look  upon  as  '  emphatically  the  cause  of  Christ, 
whom  I  would  like  to  meet  once  on  earth.  And 
I  also  want  to  see  that  monument.  The  event 
which  that  is  to  commemorate  is  what  under 
God  saved  me  from  being  drawn  into  the  most 
wicked  and  prolific  source  of  evil  (as  I  look ' 
upon  it)  of  all  the  devices  of  his  Satanic  majesty 
of  the  infernal  regions." 


Notes  from  the  Chicago  Exposition. 

As  is  not  unfrequently  the  case,  we  were  en- 
couraged to  day  by  a  Christian  Anti-mason,  who 
resides  near  Roehelle,  III.,  on  his  way  as  a  dele- 
gate to  the  Presbyterian  convention  at  Spring- 
field. After  being  shown  the  puerile  and  un- 
christian ceremonies  of  the  lodge  he  took  the 
writer  by  the  hand,  saying :  "Go  on  with  your 
good  work."  "  What  is  to  be  deplored  and  re- 
gretted is  the  fact  that  Christians  and  especially 
ministers  belong  to  these  secret  societies."  After 
speaking  of  the  excellencies  of  the  Cynosure.,  I 
gave  to  him  a  copy  and  urged  upon  him  to  be- 
come a  regular  subscriber,  thereby  having  a^ 
better  understanding  as  to  the  work  which  is. 
being  done. 

A  lady  called  at  the  stand,  and  on  looking  over 
our  books  remarked,  "  My  husband  is  a  Mason."' 
After  being  shown  some  of  the  puerile  cerenio- 
nies  she  said,  "  If  I  should  show  these  to  vaj 
husband  he  would  deny  them  ;  "  adding  that  she 
has  had  these  expositions  and  has  shown  them  to 
him.  To  shake  her  confidence  in  the  truth  of 
the  expositions  and  their  authorized  publication, 
he  would  fiatly  deny  them.  It  was  a  pitiful 
sight,  a  helpless  wife  calmly  submitting  to  the 
wrongs  heaped  upon  her  by  this  perpetuating 
system  of  paganism. 

On  looking  over  our  books,  a  lady  remarked, 
"  my  husband  is  a  Mason,  but  I  do  not  take 
much  stock  in  it."  On  further  inquiring,  it 
was  ascertained  that  her  husband  has  been  a 
Mason  for  some  twenty  years.  Though  knowing 
it  to  be  wrong,  she  preferred  keeping  quiet,  and 
if  possible  have  peace. 

We  can  safely  say  that  if  wives  were  as  in- 
sensible as  their  husbands,  the  divorce  mill  would; 
be  by  no  means  less  active.  Hence  we  maintain! 
that  if  the  social  reformers  were  to  turn  their 
attention  toward  this  branch  of  the  subject,  the 
difficulty  might  be  more  easily  solved,  instead  of 
writing  volume  after  volume  as  to  the  cause: 
of  marital  infidelity. 

While  controverting  with  a  pantheistic  phre- 
nologist, there  came  along  a  man  who  resides  at 
Joliet,  who  has  been  taking  the  Cynosure  for 
some  ten  years,  and  was  much  pleased  to  see  our 
book-stand  in  the  Exposition,  stating  that  this  is 
the  wa^  to  do  the  work.  When  interrogated  aS' 
to  the  pulse  of  Anti-masonry,  remarked  that 
if  each  adhering  Mason  would  disclose  to  the 
other  his  real  sentiments,  that  lodge  would  not 
be  longer  wanted. 

As  a  refutation  of  the  assertion  that  our  ex- 
positions of  secret  societies  are  a  pack  of  lies, 
we  were  convinced  in  several  particulars  of  the 
three  links  order  on  examining  our  books,  seemed 
very  much  pleased  to  be  permitted  to  see  their 
constitution  in  print.  "  Why,  how  did  you  get 
this?"  I  did  not  know  it  was  allowed  to  bo 
published.  Then  he  had  quite  a  soliloquy,  very 
much  pleased,  so  much  so  as  to  be  unable  to  con- 
tain himself. 

Infidels  think  it  their  privilege  to  assail  our 
motto, which  reads,National  Christian  Association 
opposed  to  secret  societies,  at  once  championing 
the  lodge    through   thick  and  thin. 

When  we  maintained  that  lodgery  tends  to 
the  extincRon  and  annihilation  ot  the  Christian 
church,  they  say,  "  Well  that  is  just  what  we  are 
working  for.  That  is  just  what  we  are  aiming 
at ;  and  if  lodgery  will  be  the  means  to  that  end,, 
we  glory  in  lodgery." 


: 


November  2,  1882 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURB, 


If  any  one  doubts  these  statements  as  to  lodg- 
ery  being  antagonistic  to  the  Christian  religion, 
also  that  it  is  a  school  tor  infidelity  and  atheism, 
let  him  attend  the  N.  0.  A.  book-stand  at  the 
Exposition,  we  are  very  certain,  he  will  not  ask 
additional  proof.  John  Schoenbeegek. 


The  True  Idea  of  Christian  Union. 

•  Mabyville,  Mo. 

Deak  Editor  : — In  your  paper  ot  Oct.  19,  re- 
ferring to  sectarianism,  you  have  given  us,  your 
readers,  your  idea  of  true  Christian  union.  I 
feel  deeply  impressed  to  say  to  you,  and  to  all 
who  read  the  Cynosure,  that  I  am  sure  you  have 
the  true  idea  of  the  all-important  subject  now 
before  the  church  and  the  world,  which  has  but 
just  commenced  to  awaken  in  a  more  general 
sense  the  best,  the  most  devoted  men  of  the 
church  to  make  the  solemn  enquiry,  Where  are 
we?  In  our  wrecked  and  floating  condition, 
with  a  fragment  here  and  one  there,  and  many 
on  beyond — in  our  confused  and  dangerous 
state — you  have  told  us  just  what  to  do.  And 
I  blese  the  name  of  our  dear  Master.  It  is  just 
what  I  have  been  doing  for  sixteen  years.  1st. 
You  say,  "  Let  all  swim  for  the  Koek."  Amen, 
2nd.  "When  on  this  Rock  we  are  united."  O, 
how  true.  3rd.  You  say,  "  If  thousands  are  in  a 
tangle  on  a  plain,  and  each  one  start  for  the  same 
point  of  compass,  they  will  all  move  in  harmony." 
The  Lord  Almighty  must  have  put  that  argument 
in  your  heart,  my  brother,  for  it  is  a  divine 
truth.  We  must  practice  this  blessed  truth  to 
know  its  importance,  ith.  Truly,  as  you  say, 
"  We  each  one  must  put  off  our  own  sectism  ; " 
"  Oppose  all  that  opposes  Christ ;  "  "  and  hail 
aff  brothers  all  who  manifest  a  living  faith  in 
him." 

Beloved  in  the  Lord,  editors  and  readers  of 
the  Cynosure,  all  we  need  to  do  is  simply  to 
practice  as  above  stated.  Then  the  world  will 
know  "  our  Rock  is  not  as  theirs."  The  secret 
powers  will  tremble  and  soon  fall.  The  Lord 
help  all  to  see  the  true  idea  of  becoming  one  in 
Christ.  Yours  ever,  E,,  Smith. 


Our  Mail. 

Jesse  Hunter,  Beman,  Kansas : 

"My  heart  has  been  warmed  and  my  hands  strengthened 
in  the  cause  of  reform  while  reading  the  account  of  the 
National  Convention  at  Batavia,  at  the  unveiling  of  the 
Morgan  monument,  and  the  able,  eloquent  addresses  de- 
livered on  that  occasion,  I  believe  that  God's  presence 
was  with  you  upon  that  occasion  and  that  his  Spirit  did 
enlighten  the  hearts  of  true  reformers  at  that  long  to  be 
remembered  meeting.  Oh,  how  I  longed  to  be  there,  but 
not  having  that  blessed  privilege  I  did  pray  for  the  pres- 
ence of  him  who  has  said,  Fear  not  little  flock  for  it  is  your 
Father's  good  pleasure  to  give  you  the  kingdom." 

Geo.  D.  Reigel,  Adelphi,  Ohio,  whose  health  is  very 
poor,  writes  : 

"Thanks  be  to  God  that  I  lived  to  see  the  day  that 
Capt.  Morgan  should  have  a  granite  shaft  placed  over  his 
grave." 

Russell  Park,  Denmark,  Iowa : 

"Thank  you  for  printing  Rob.  Morris'  letter.  Hope 
you  will  print  all  such  replies.  Let  Masons  show  for 
themselves  how  weak  is  their  cause." 

Sanford  Ward,  Adams,  N.  Y.,  writes: 

"I  attended  the  Convention  and  was  exceedingly  inter- 
ested in  the  exercises.  It  seems  to  me  that  the  Conven- 
tion must  awaken  conviction  in  the  hearts  of  every 
opposer.  The  ranks  of  the  fearless  and  brave  are  being 
filled  up  and  the  Lord  is  leading  them  on  to  victory. 
The  battle  is  strong  but  victory  must  and  will  come  in 
answer  to  prayer." 

N.  E.  Jennings,  Avon,  Dakota: 

" The  reform  movement  has  some  friends  even  in  this 
remote  corner  of  civilization.  Our  awakening  on  this 
subject  was  brought  about  in  a  providential  way.  We 
had  been  wishing  and  praying  that  some  one  would  come 
among  us  capable  of  exposing  the  evil  of  secretism.  Bro. 
Smith  of  Iowa  (ihough  infirm  with  age)  came  and  gave 
a  series  of  lectures  exposing  the  blasphemy  and  false 
worship  of  the  Masonic  order.  It  was  a  satisfaction  to  us 
to  meet  and  converse  with  one  who  was  with  Bro.  D.  P. 
Rathbun  at  the  time  of  his  being  mobbed  at  Kellerton, 
Iowa." 


Obituary. 

Died,  of  cancer,  at  her  home  in  Atlas,  Gen- 
essee  county,  Michigan,  Oct.  2d,  after  a  long 
and  painful  illness,  Mks.  Catherine  Kipp,  con- 
sort of  Hon.  Geo.  Kipp,  aged  sixty-eight  years. 
She  was  born  Feb.  14,  1814,  in  Clarence,  Erie 
county,  N.  Y.  She  waa  the  daughter  of  Ma- 
thiaa  and  Catherine  Cantine,  and  the  ninth  of  a 


family  of  eleven  children,  six  sons  and  five 
daughters,  who  have  all  gone  before  her  except 
two  brothers,  one  of  whom  resides  in  Corunna, 
Mich.,  and  the  other  on  the  old  home  farm  in 
New  York.  Her  parents  removed  to  Clarence 
when  that  country  was  but  a  howling  wilder- 
ness, and  having  but  limited  means,  their  chil- 
dren were  early  taught  to  rely  mainly  upon 
their  own  exertions  for  support.  She  early  im- 
bibed habits  of  industry  and  economy,  which 
virtues  she  practiced  faithfully  through  life.  She 
was  married  at  the  age  of  twenty-three,  in  the 
town  of  her  nativity,  to  Mr.  Geo.  Kipp,  of  the 
same  place,  where  she  resided  until  the  fall  of 
1846,  when  she  removed  with  her  family  to 
their  present  residence.  Her  parents  were  Pres 
byterians,  but  she  with  her  husband  united  with 
the  Congregational  church,  after  coming  to 
Michigan,  since  which  time  it  was  her  great  de- 
sire to  live  to  the  honor  of  her  dear  Redeemer. 
She  was  the  mother  of  three  sons,  who  have  all 
grown  up  to  manhood,  and  who  are  deeply  in- 
debted to  her  for  her  moral  and  religious  pre- 
cepts and  example.  She  died  as  she  had  lived, 
without  an  enemy  in  the  world,  beloved  and  re- 
spected by  all  who  had  the  pleasure  of  her  ac- 
quaintance. She  was  devoted  to  the  reading  of 
the  Scripture  and  the  Cynosure,  to  which  paper 
she  had  become  very  much  attached.  She  pass- 
ed quietly  away  in  the  bosom  of  her  family,  ap- 
parently in  the  full  enjoyment  of  the  Christian 
faith.  She  leaves  a  husband  and  three  sons  to 
mourn  the  loss  of  a  dearly  beloved  companion 
and  an  affectionate  mother.  K, 


Words  of  Life  for  every  Day. 

SANCTIFY  THEM    THEOUGH    THY  TBUTH  ;    THY    WORD 
-  IS  TRUTH. 

Thursday,  Nov.  2. — Let  all  bitterness,  and 
wrath,  and  anger,  and  clamour,  and  evil  speak- 
ing, be  put  away  from  you,  with  all  malice. 
Eph.  4:31, 

Friday,  Nov.  3. — Praying  always  with  all 
prayer  and  supplication  in  the  Spirit,  and  watch- 
ing thereunto  with  all  perseverance  and  suppli- 
cation for  all  saints.  Eph.  6:18. 

Saturday,  Nov.  4. — Finally,  my  brethren,  be 
strong  in  the  Lord,  and  in  the  power  of  his 
might.  Eph.  6:10. 

Sabbath,  Nov.  5. — He  was  oppressed,  and  he 
was  afflicted,  yet  he  opened  not  his  mouth  :  he 
is  brought  as  a  lamb  to  the  slaughter,  and  as  a 
sheep  before  her  shearer  is  dumb,  so  he  openeth 
not  his  mouth.  Isa.  53:7. 

Monday,  Nov.  6. — And  grieve  not  the  holy 
Spirit  of  God,  whereby  ye  are*  sealed  unto  the 
day  of  redemption  :  Eph.  4:30. 

Tuesday,  Nov.  7. — Out  of  the  same  mouth 
proceedeth  blessing  and  cursing.  My  brethren, 
these  things  ought  not  so  to  be.  Who  is  a  wise 
man  and  endued  with  knowledge  among  you? 
Let  him  shew  out  of  a  good  conversation  his 
works  with  meekness  of  wisdom.  Jas.  3:10,  13. 

Wednesday,  Nov.  8. — But  the  tongue  can  no 
man  tame;  it  is  an  unruly  evil,  full  of  deadly 
poison.  Therewith  bless  we  God,  even  the  Fa- 
ther; and  therewith  curse  we  men,  which  are 
made  after  the  similitude  of  God. — Jas.  3:8-9. 


— It  is  related  that  Secretary  Evarts  was  once 
one  of  a  party  who  were  visiting  the  Natural 
Bridge  in  Virginia.  As  is  usual,  after  tarrying 
at  the  top  they  descended  and  viewed  the  won- 
der from  below.  While  there  the  story  was 
told  that  George  Washington  had  once  stood 
there  and  thrown  a  silver  dollar  completely  over 
the  bridge.  Some  of  the  party  pooh-hoohed 
this  assertion,  but  Mr.  Evarts  gravely  rebuked 
them,  saying;  :  "  You  forget  how  much  farther  a 
dollar  went  in  those  days." — Boston  Commercial 
Bulletin, 

— The  Appeal,  published  in  Oarsouj  Nev.,  re- 
cords the  birth  of  a  male  baby  in  that  bailiwick, 
of  poor  but  honest  parents,  which  weighed  but 
eight  ounces.  Its  face  is  about  the  size  of  a 
horeechestnut,  and  the  size  of  the  baby's  limbs 
can  be  judged  from  the  lact  that  a  ring  worn 
upon  the  little  finger  of  the  mother  was  easily 
slipped  over  the  toot  and  up  to  the  knee.  The 
account  states  that  the  father  weighs  190  pounds 
and  the  mother  160.  The  babe  is  well  formed 
aad  likely  to  live. 


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17  History  of  Masonry,  by  Pres.  J.  Blancbard 4 

18  Despotic  Character  of  Freemasonry 4 

19  Freemasonry  a  Christ -excluding  Religion 5 

20  Masonic  Murder,  by  Elder  T.  R.  Baird 2 

21  Grand,  Great  Grand,  by  Phllo  Carpenter 2 

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24  Satan's  Cable  Tow 4 

25  Character  and  symbols  of  Freemasonry,  Illustrated 9 

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27  Judge  Whitney  and  Masonry— Masonry  Defends  a  Murderer 8 

28  Nathaniel  Colver  and  Howard  Crosby  on  Secret  Societies 2 

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30  Masonic  Oaths  Null  and  Void,  by  Rev.  1.  A.  Hart ,.  4 

31  Hon.  Seth  M.  Gates  on  Freemasonry 4 

32  Origin,  Obligation  and  Expenses  of  the  Grange ' 

33  Hon.  Wni    H.  Seward  on  Secret  Societies 2 

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35  Objections  to  Masonry,  by  a  Seceding  Mason 4 

36  Masonic  Chastity,  by  Emma  A.  Wallace .'.  4 

37  Reasons  why  a  Christian  should  not  be  a   Freemason  (German) . ,  4 

38  Masonic  Oaths  and  Penalties,  by  Rev.  A.  M.  MilUgan 4 

39  Should  Freemasons  be  admitted  to  Christian  Fellowship? 4 

40  The  Object  of  the  American  (Anti-masonic)  Party 2 

41  Freemasonry  a  Religion  (shown  by  its  oviTi  authors) 8 

42  Duty  and  Ability  to  Know  the  Character  of  Masonry 4 

43  Affidavit  that  Masonry  Is  revealed,  by  J.  O.  Doesburg  and  others  4 

44  D.  L .  Moody  on  Secret  Societies 4 

45  Ought  a  Seceding  Mason  to  Keep  his  Lodge  Oath  V 4 

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THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE. 


November  2,  1882 


The  Christian  Cynosure. 

CHICAQO,  THURSDAY,  NOVEMBBR  ii,  1882. 


Again  the  auspicious  time  for  securing  Cyno- 
sure Bubscribers  is  here.  We  think  never  be- 
fore was  it  so  easy  a  work  as  now.  The  erection 
of  the  fine  mouument  to  the  mem  orj  of  Capt. 
Wm.  Morgan  ;  Thurlow  Weed's  recent  contribu- 
tion in  regard  to  the  secret  orders;  Wendell 
Phillips  attitude  and  that  of  the  public  generally, 
show  that  the  people  want  just  such  reading  as 
the  Cynosure  supplies.  Will  you  give  it  to  them  ? 
So  far  as  possible  will  you  not  see  that  every 
reader  within  five  miles  of  your  home  is  invited 
to  Bubecribe  for  the  Cynosure'i  The  Topics  of 
the  Times,  Editorials,  Eeligious  and  Secular 
NewB,  Home  Circle,  Children's  Department, 
Home  and  Farm,  Correspondence,  and  last  but 
not  least  our  thrilling  story,  "Holden  with 
Cords,"  adapt  it  to  almost  every  class  of  readers, 
while"  many,  who  seek  the  purity  of  the  church 
and  improvement  of  politics  consider  it  an  aid 
that  they  must  have. 

All  who  will  accept  the  one  hundredth  part  of 
the  proposition  made  in  the  Cynosure  of  Oct. 
12th,  1882,  republished  Oct.  26th,  will  receive 
a  cloth  bound  copy  of  "  Holden  with  Cords,"  as 
a  slight  token  of  our  appreciation  of  their 
terest  in  the  present  Cynosure  canvass. 


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Editorial  Correspondence. 


THE  INDIANA  CONVENTION. 

Cabthage,  Ind.  Oct.  25th,  1882. 

Deae  Cynosukb  : — The  Indiana  State  Chris- 
tian Association  met  here  last  night  in  the  large, 
new  and  beautiful  Friends  Meeting-house, which 
was  well  filled  with  an  intelligent  congregation, 
beyond  our  hopes  even.  Dr.  S.  L.  Cook,  State 
agent,  had  stirred  up  the  people  in  this  neighbor- 
hood, and  he  conducts  the  meeting  ably.  He 
and  Dr.  J.  M.  Clark  (the  "  Quaker  Boy''  of  the 
Cynosure)  met  us  at  Charlottesville  on  the  rail 
road,  five  miles  away,  and  the  people  open  their 
houses  to  receive  all  that  come.  Rev.  S.  T. 
Miller  of  Union  county,  and  Elder  Lowman, 
President  of  the  A88ociation,8poke  to  the  people. 
Dr.  Cook  and  I  added  some  words  and  the 
audience  were  apparently  deeply  interested.  I 
am  put  down  for  a  set  speech  to  night.  I  hope 
we  Bhall  do  something  for  the  Cynoswre  and  start 
an  Indiana  American  before  the  meeting  closes. 
We  shall  meet  for  consultation  this  morning. 

As,  the  people  came  outlast  night  they  seemed 
delighted  and  I  heard  one  man  say  with  an 
emphasis,  "  I  shall  bring  my  children  tomorrow 
night."  If  the  weather  keeps  fair  as  it  is  the 
houBe  will  be  full  to-day  and  to-night  crowded. 

Oct.  26th, — Yesterday  Rev.  Edward  Matthews 
came  and  has  spoken  very  eflectively,  adding 
much  to  the  interest  of  the  meeting. 

The  Friends  had  a  funeral  in  the  afternoon 
which  we  adjourned  to  attend  and  several  of  us 
spoke.  It  was  of  a  little  boy  who  looked  beau- 
tiful in  the  coffin.  The  large  house  was  filled, 
all  the  school  children  attended,  and  a  finer  look- 
ing, better  behaved  set  of  boys  and  girls  I  never 
saw  together.  The  Quakers  surely  excel  in  the 
training  of  children,  and  in  the  neatness  and 
good  taste  of  their  houses  and  house-keeping. 
The  people  here,  so  far  as  I  have  heard  them,  are 
in  favor  of  woman  suflrage,  and  with  such  a  set 
of  women  as  they  have  here  they  may  well 
be  BO. 

The  State  Executive  Committee  voted  yester- 
day in  favor  of  starting  an  Indiana  American, 
and  appointed  Eider  Lowman  the  State  editor  of 
it. 

The  meeting  last  night  was  very  interesting. 
All  the  seats  in  the  large  house  were  filled  with 
an  attentive  and  interesting  audience.  Elder 
Lowman  and  Mr.  Matthews  spoke.  I  also  spoke 
much  better  than  I  have  spokeu  before  since  my 


illness.  In  Indianapolis  I  called  on  U.  S.  Senator 
Ben  Harrison,  but  he  was  gone  to  speak  for  the 
Republicans.  The  old  parties  are  shivering 
under  the  batteries  of  Prohibition.' 

Spiceland,  Henet  Co.  Ind.  Oct.  28. — The 
State  Christian  Association  closed  its  sessions  on 
Thursday  night,  and  the  last  day  was  the  "  great 
day  of  the  feast."  We  joined  with  the  Friends 
in  their  meeting  in  the  forenoon  and  it  was  as 
good  or  better  against  the  lodge  than  our  own. 
Mr.  Marshall  and  Mrs.  Eustis,  both  ministers  in 
the  Friends  church,  spoke  calmly,  clearly,  and 
distinctly  against  the  lodge  and  the  meeting  was 
filled  with  the  Spirit  of  God.  Rev.  Mr.  Wilmore, 
Dr.  Cook,  and  myself  also  spoke  and  we  were  all 
Friends.  At  night  the  large  meeting  house  was 
full  and  many  chairs  were  set  in  the  aisles.  Dr. 
S.  L.  Cook,  State  agent,  made  a  very  effective 
speech  against  the  Odd-fellows  especially,  which 
he  backed  up  by  their  documents.  Elder  Low- 
man  took  up  a  fair  collection,  and  Edward 
Matthews  then  made  the  closing  speech  which 
was  long  and  well  received  by  the  entire  crowd. 
His  closing  story  of  Alvan  Jones  produced  a 
profound  impression.  I  am  out  twelve  miles 
and  have  conversed  with  many  who  say  the  con- 
vention has  produced  a  strong  impression  on  the, 
entire  community.  Dr.  J.  M.  Clark  told  the 
friends  to  collect  what  they  could  for  expenses 
and  send  the  deficit  to  him  and  he  would  cover 
it  with  his  check.  There  are  more  wealthy  and 
able  business  men  in  Carthage  than  in  other 
towns  around  and  they  were  all  out  for  the  first 
time  and  deeply  interested. 

At  the  request  of  Dr.  Cochran  and  Mr.  Lewis 
Wood,  I  came  down  here  to  Spiceland  to  spend 
the  Sabbath.  Tonight  Gen.  Tom.  Brown,  mem- 
ber of  Congress  (Rep.)  speaks  here,  and  the^  is 
also  a  Greenback  orator  to  speak  in  a  hall  at  the 
same  ti^me.  A  Greenbacker  has  just  called  and 
asked  me  to  divide  the  time  with  his  speaker, 
and  represent  the  American  party^  which  I 
have  consented  to  do.  I  have  told  them  that  we 
are  so  far  Greersbackers  that  we  want  only  Gov- 
ernment money;  and  we  also  agree  with  them  in 
the  opinion  that  the  people  have  no  more  use  for 
the  Republican  and  Democratic  parties.  They 
think  we  shall  have  a  good  crowd  out  tonight. 
Tomorrow  (Sunday)  the  Friend's  minister,  Mr. 
Pennington  has  invited  me  to  share  the  Friends 
meeting  with  him.  He  seems  a  pleasant,  sincere 
man  ;  says  all  the  Penningtons,  himself  among 
them,  had  been  drawn  into  the  lodge.  But,  like 
President  Finney,  when  he  was  converted  to 
Christ,  he  quit  it.  Tomorrow  (Sunday)  night  I, 
am  to  speak  at  large  on  the  reform. 

Since  I  came  to  this  place  I  have  visited 
and  addressed  the  schools  under  the  prin- 
cipalship  of  Mr.  Thomas  Kewlin,  an  in- 
teresting and  able  young  man  and  teicher 
There  are  some  three  hundred  or  more  pupils  in 
attendance.  I  am  more  than  pleased,  de- 
lighted, with  these  schools.  No  children  are 
excluded  by  reason  of  "  color,  race,  or  the  pre- 
vious condition  of  servitude  "  of  their  parents. 
And  there  are  thirty  children  of  poor  parents 
supported  by  the  county,  among  the  little  pupils. 
TLere  is  a  building  in  the  grounds,  owned  by 
the  county,  with  an  extemporized  mother,  to 
watch  over  this  extemporized  home,  for  children 
deprived  of  parentage  and  home  by  liquor  and 
other  causes.  These  parents,  excluded  from  the 
lodge,  because  they  have  no  visible  means  of 
support,  are  supported  by  an  American  county, 
and  theirjchildren  educated  by  the  people's  taxes; 
but  Freemasons  have  no  objection  to  hold  the 
offices  and  handle  the  taxes  which  support  them. 
Thus  in  these  Indiana  counties  Christ's  constitu- 
tion and  that  of  Christianity  prevail  every  where 
except  in  the  secret  lodges,  which  exclude  from 
their  privileges  on  account  of  poverty,color,  etc., 
while  in  Christ  there  is  neither  nationality  or 
color  line.       I  hope  to  speak  on  politics  tonight 

tomorrow. 
Yours  in  Christ.  J.B  . 


and  on  the  Christian  religion 


— Another  result  of  the  management  of  the 
secret  orders  is  said  by  the  London  Atheneum 
to  be  the  defeat  of  a  successful  negotiation  be- 
tween England  and  the  United  States  lor  a  copy- 
right convention.  The  printers'  union  pre- 
vented it. 


Our  Platform.— Art.  6. 

''That  arhitration  of  differences  with  nations 
is  the  most  direct  and  sure  method  of  securing 
and  perpetuating  perinanent  peaceP 

Such  an  "Arbitration"  was  the  Amphictyonic 
Council,  which  for  centuples  held  together 
twelve  turbulent,  restless  Grecian  tribes,  from 
their  early  existence  dow^i  to  the  second  century 
after  Christ.  Their  leading  object  was  "to  de- 
termine questions  of  international  law."  It  cen- 
tralized and  unified  all  Greece,  excepting  twelve 
little  towns  in  the  north  of  Peleponesus  which 
were  called  Achaia.  These  little  States  were 
held  together  by  the  "Achaean  League,"  as  the 
rest  of  Greece  was  by  the  Amphictyonic  Coun- 
cil. The  Achsean  League  fell,  B.  C.  MO,  along 
with  Grecian  liberty,  by  the  power  of  Rome. 

Now  that  the  telegraph  and  tdiephone  have 
made  every  man  on  the  globe  next  door  neigh- 
bor to  every  other,  it  is  amazing  that  arbitration 
as  a  substitute  for  and  preventive  of  national 
wars,  has  not  been  adopted  by  Christian  nations 
long  since.  The  peace  societies  and  philanthro- 
pists of  Europe  and  America  have  earnestly 
plead  for  the  abolition  of  war  by  arbitration 
these  many  years,  and  with  a  measure  of  suc- 
cess. But  the  governing  politics  of  nations  are 
the  politics  found  in  party  platforms;  and  the 
parties  of  the  United  States  have  omitted  relig- 
ion and  morals  which  Washington  and  Jefferson 
both  declared  to  be  fundamental  to  our  Republic, 
and  they  have  left  out  national  arbitration  along 
with  the  rest.  The  American  party  has  adopted 
it  as  above,  thus  making  it  a  part  of  the  living 
politics  of  the  United  States. 

National  debts  are  war  debts.  Of  those,  the 
statistics  would  break  down  the  minds  of-  ordi- 
nary readers.  War  taxes,  as  1  have  seen,  have 
closed  the  front  windows  of  thousands  of  houses 
in  London  to  avoid  Robt.  Peel's  "window-light 
tax."  They  construct  Nileometers  along  the 
Nile,  which  gauge  taxation  by  the  annual  rise  of 
the  river,  by  which  the  tax-harpies  can  tell  just 
how  much  money  can  be  wrung  from  the  hovel 
abodes  of  Egyptian  peasants.  War  robs  every 
able  bodied  young  Oerman  of  the  best  three 
years  of  his  life,  and  sends  his  peasant  sister  in 
heavy  wooden  shoes  to  cultivate  the  fields  till 
her  brother  comes  home,  too  often  by  war  hab- 
its to  spend  the  family  savings  on  drink  and  to- 
bacco. 

Our  domestic  war-tax  is  a  mere  bagatelle;  but 
is  thus  footed  up  by  a  Boston  paper,  the  Chris- 
tian: 

"It  is  estimated  that  the  United  States,  in  fourteen 
years,  from  1865  to  1879,  expended  $32,680,000,  in  fighting 
a  few  poor  Indian  savages ;  in  nearly  or  quite  every  in- 
stance the  wars  being  caused  b^'  the  rascality  of  United 
States  officials,  the  violation  oi  solemn  treaties  made  by 
the  United  States  government,  and  the  evil  conduct  of  the 
whites  who  came  in  contact  with  the  Indian  tribes.  These 
influences,  combined  with  white  men's  whiskey,  roused 
all  the  devilishness  in  the  Indian  nature,  and  brought 
upon  the  helpless  and  unfortunate  frontiersmen  all  the 
horrors  and  savagery  of  Indian  wars.  This  system  of 
oppression  and  treachery,  with  Its  consequent  iudiscrim-  ' 
inate  slaughter  and  revenge,  has  gone  on  for  more  ttian 
halt  a  century,  and  untold  millions  have  been  expended 
in  the  prosecution  of  Indian  wars. 

In  1870,  two  millions  of  dollars  were  appropriated  for 
the  civilization  of  the  Indians,  and  for  ten  years  this  fund 
has  been  drawn  upon  to  assist  in  civilizing  the  Indian 
tribes  and  teaching  them  the  arts  of  peace.  Many  of  them 
have  thus  become  peaceable  and  industrious  citizens,  and 
[  not  a  few  of  them  have  learned  the  way  of  salvation  as 
revealed  in  the  gospel. 

Statistics  show  that  it  probably  costs  more  to  kill  an 
Indian  on  the  frontier,  than  it  would  to  civilize  him, 
clothe  him,  educate  him,  and  board  him  all  his  days  in  a 
first-class  hotel  in  New  i'ork.  So  much  for  the  gunpowder 
policy." 

The  American  party  proposes  to  look  war 
facts  and  all  other  facts  in  the  face  which  bear 
on  the  nation's  destiny,  and  the  welfare  of  the 
American  people :  and  we  shall  soon  force  every 
other  party  which  dares  to  ask  the  suffrages  of 
Americans  to  do  the  same.  Parties  without 
principles  "are  dead  while  they  live."  Un  last 
Sabbath,  October  22d,  the  Methodist  pulpit  of 
Chicago  opened  powerfully  for  a  new  political 
party.  Four  leading  Methodist  churches  heard 
discourses  in  which  the  merits  and  demerits  of 
existing  parties  were  handled  without  gloves. 
They  all  spoke  the  same  things,  summed  up  by 
the  Rev.  Wm.  Fawcett,  thus: 

''Many  have  thought  for  years,  and   think  to- 


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day,  that  the  old  parties  have  become  so  corrupt 
and  are  bo  fully  under  the  control  of  unprinci- 
pled leaders  that  the  only  way  to  bring  the 
desired  purity  is  to  destroy  the  old  parties  and 
build  one  new  and  clean." 

When  the  Methodist  pulpit  came  out  for  the 
Republican  party  against  the  slave  power,  the 
nation  soon  followed  them  and  slavery  fell. 
This  sun-buret  of  prohibition  was  Shrove  Sun- 
day for  the  Methodists  ot  Chicago.  But  the 
lodge  stands  behind  the  dram-shop  and  comes 
next. 

Let  us  hail  this  sixth  article  of  our  platform. 
Let  us  study  it  as  people  rise  from  their  beds  to 
gaze  on  a  new  and  beautiful  comet  in  the  heav- 
ens. Let  Americans  wear  it  as  a  frontlet  be- 
tween their  eyes ;  for  war  is  the  prolific  mother  of 
, secrecy,  liquor,  taxes,  and  every  political  corrur'- 
tion  and  vice.  The  American  party  being  the 
lirst  JSlational  party  to  put  an  anti-war  article 
into  the  living,  moving,  voting  politics  of  the 
nation,  will  yet  be  hailed  as  the  harbinger  of 
^'^Peace  on  earth  and  good  will  to  men?'' 


— A  neat  bill  containing  opinions  from  Sum- 
ner, Phillips,  Seward,  Adams  and  Crosby  was 
circulated  about  Washington  city  last  week  an- 
nouncing an  "Illustrated  Lecture"  on  the  first 
and  third  Masonic  degrees  by  brethren  Stoddard 
and  Hinman,  to  be  held  in  the  City  Hall  on 
Friday  evening. 

— Bro.  W.  H.  McChesney,  corresponding 
Secretary  of  the  Minnesota  Christian  Associa- 
tion, is  now  absent  from  his  home  visiting 
friends  in  New  York.  As  his  absence  from 
Minnesota  will  continue  for  some  weeks  he  de- 
sires all  friends  wishing  to  correspond  with  him 
in  his  official  relation  to  write  to  Rufus  John- 
son, Blue  Earth  City,  Minn.,  who  will  act  in 
his  absence. 

— Archbishop  Feehan  and  his  Vicar  General 
and  other- priests  laid  the  corner  stone  of  a  new 
Romish  church  in  Chicago  the  other  day.  They 
were  assisted  by  several  Romanist  societies 
among  which  was  the  secret  lodge  of  Ancient 
Order  of  Hibernians  500  strong. 

— The  Knights  of  Pythias  of  Chicago  are 
about  to  begin  their  annual  round  ot  dances.  It 
ig  of  some  interest  to  know  by  what  authority 
the  armory  of  Battery  D.,  Illinois  State  Militia, 
is  given  up  to  this  lodge  for  ita  immoral  amuse- 
ments. 

— ^^The  Odd-fellow  statistics  for  Ohio  are  thus 
reported :  Number  of  lodges,  699;  initiated 
during  the  year,  3,214  ;  admitted  by  card,  791; 
contributing  members,  44,557;  total  revenue, 
$323,435.50;  amount  paid  for  relief  of  brothers, 
$85,675.59;  for  widows  and  orphans,  $8,491.71; 
for  education  of  orphans,  $261,13;  charity  and 
special  relief,  $4,801.91;  total  relief  $99,229  34, 
or  less  than  one-third  ot  the  revenue.  There 
remained:  Cash  on  hand  of  the  general  fund, 
$146,392.50.  Amount  invested,  $1,171,606.67; 
widows  and  orphans'  fund,  $192,701.65.  Total 
cash  on  hand  in  Ohio,  $1,510,780.82.  If  any 
one  says  this  order  is  accumulating  such  a  vast 
fund  for  the  sake  of  charity  it  is  safe  to  say  he 
is  lying  or  is  too  ignorant  to  judge  of  affairs. 
But  what  is  it  for? 

— The  colored  Grand  Lodge  of  "  Ancient  Free 
and  Accepted  Masons"  for  Missouri  and  its 
jurisdiction,  embracing  the  States  of  Missouri, 
Nebraska  and  .Iowa,  lately  met  at  Keokuk.  A 
Past  Grand  Master  boasted  that  he  was  recog- 
nized Masonically  by  English,  French,  German 
Irish  and  Scotch  Masons. 


— Here  is  a  suggestion  worthy  the  attention 
of  the  tract  committee:  "1  think  there  ought 
to  be  a  tract  written  especially  for  the  Y.  M. 
C.  Associations  of  the  country,  for  the  Masons 
are  locating  their  halls  in  or  near  as  possible  to 
the  Y".  M.  C.  A.  buildings.  Here  in  Manches- 
ter and  in  Lynn,  Mass.,  they  are  in  the  same 
building  and  the  first  thing  that  greets  the 
young  man  on  entering  is  "Masonic  HjIU,"  and 
a  l§t  of  their  emblems;  then,  when  they  parade 
they  are  just  in  the  right  place  to  entice  the  best 
young  men  in  the  community." 


REFORM  NEWS. 


Minnesota. 

By  request  of  the  friends  in  tlie  southwestern  part  of  the 
State,  the  fifth  annual  convention  of  the  Minnesota  Chris- 
tian Association  will  be  held  in  thft  court  house  in  Blue 
Earth  City,  Farribtiult  county,  on  Wednesday,  Thursday 
and  Friday,  December  6th,  7th  and  8th,  1882.  Blue 
Earth  City  is  the  terminus  of  the  Blue  Earth  City  branch 
of  the  C.  St.  Paul,  M.  &  O.  railroad.  The  friends  offer 
free  entertainment  ami  invite  a  full  attendance.  Those 
intending  to  come  will  please  send  their  names  to  Rufus 
Johnson,  Blue  Earth  City,  Minn.  Reduced  railroad  fare 
returnina;,  on  all  roads,  to  those  who  pay  lull  fare  com- 
ing. Opening  lecture,  Wednesday  evening  at  1  o'clock, 
by  Rev.  J.  P.  Stoddard.  President  C.  A.  Blanchard  is 
expected  to  deliver  a    series  of   lectures. 

E.  G.  Painp:,  Thomas  Haktlky, 

President.  Rec.  Secretary. 

[Wesleyan,  Free  Methodist,  and  Telescope  please  copy  ] 


From  the  Genera/  Secretary. 

Washington,  D.  C,  Oct.  23d,  1882. 

I  reached  this  city  on  Friday  morning  last, 
and  am  becoming  slightly  acquainted  with  its 
geography,  its  national  buildings,  and  a  few  of 
its  many  citizens.  Every  thing  here  is  on  a 
grand  scale,  and  gives  the  impression  of  effort 
to  spend  rather  than  to  save  money.  I  attended 
four  church  services  yesterday  and  took  part  in 
three.  Bro.  Hinman  preached  an  able  discourse 
last  evening  to  an  African  Congregationalist 
church,  under  the  pastorate  of  Rev.  Mr,  Smith, 
and  I  am  advertised  to  speak  in  City  Hall  to- 
morrow evening. 

''  A  brief  call  on  Senator  S.  C.  Pomeroy  was 
very  satisfactory.  His  counsels  and  those  of  Mr. 
Gibsoo  and  a  few  other  practical  business  men, 
whom  I  have  met,  have  been  of  great  service  to 
me.  They  enter  heartily  into  our  plans  and  I 
hope  to  report  matters  of  interest  before  the  week 
ends.  " 

Bro.  Hinman  has  done  a  faithful  work  and 
won,  as,  he  deserves,  the  love  of  reformers  and 
advanced  Christians  here.  It  may  be  God's  will 
that  he  should  remain  for  a  time  to  follow  up 
the  good  begun  openings.  If  so  this  will  be 
shown  in  his  own  time  and  way. 

Dr.  Gross;  at  whose  house  we  are  stopping, 
was  called  away  on  Saturday  and  has  [not  re- 
turned. The  Dr.  is  a  reformer  of  much  ex- 
perience and  I  am  anticipating  much  assistance 
from  him  when  we  can  have  a  good  sit-down 
talk  over  matters.  My  own  conviction  and  that 
of  Bro.  Hinman  and  all  the  friends  I  have  met 
here  is,  that  we  should  take  a  permanent  stand 
and  maintain  it.  Much  care  is  required  in  lay- 
ing foundations,  but  it  will  pay  in  the  end/' 

J.  P.    SrODDABD. 


Kansas  is  not  Ready. 

No  doubt  the  readers  of  the  Cynosure  are  per- 
plexed about  the  condition  of  Kansas.  My 
memory  is  that  brother  Curtis's  '•  proposition" 
as  it  appea/red  in,  the  Cynosure,  some  time  ago 
was,  that  he  would  be  one  ot  ten  to  pay  $5.00 
each  for  a  State  lecturer,  and  that  the  remainder 
could  be  raised  at  the  meeting  of  the  State  As- 
sociation this  fall. 

I  thought  at  the  time  that  brother  Curtis  had 
very  limited  ideas  of  what  would  be  needed,  or 
was  quite  sanguine  of  large  results  from  the 
State  meeting.  I  wrote  to  the  Ci/nosure,  stating 
that  brother  Curtis's  proposition  was  more  than 
met  already,  and  to  show  that  fact  gave  a  state- 
ment of  what  had  been  pledged,  corrected  up 
to  that  date.  The  types  played  truant  with  me 
as  they  had  before  with  brother  Curtis,  and  failed 
to  correct  the  reported  pledges.  It  appeared, 
therefore,  from  the  printed  statement  that  no 
progress  whatever  had  been  made  since  my 
previous  report,  and  that  brother  Curtis's  propo- 
sition, even  as  published,  was  not  met. 

And  next  brother  Curtis  cornea  out,  as  well  he 
might,  with  an  article  of  inquiry  stating  that 
his  proposition  was  to  raise,  not  only  $50.00,  as 
reported,  but  $500.00,  and  asking  it  his  propo- 
sition hid  been  met.  I  answer  no.  The 
amount  pledged  up  to  date  is  $155.00,  if  I  may 
include  Johuson  Co.,  at  $50.00.  The  pledges 
are  as  follows  :  Riley,  Rice,  Jefferson,  Bourbon, 
Meade,  Sedgwick,  Brown,  McPherson  and 
Douglas,  $5.00  each;  Washington,  $10.00; 
Nemaha,  $50.00  and  Johnson,  $50.00.  Total, 
$155.00. 


I  take  this  opportunity  to  say  that  I  am  ex- 
ceedingly pleased  with  brother  Curtis's  propo- 
sition. Surely  there  are  nine  men  beside  him  in 
the  State  of  Kansas,  both  able  and  willing  to 
pledge  $&0  00  each  for  this  purpose.  In  the 
meantime  let  the  $5.00  pledges,  and  $10.00,  and 
$15.00  go  on.  Let  us  not  wait  one  for  another, 
and  thus  fail  to  be  ready  at  the  coming  State 
meeting.  P.  S.  Feembter. 


Report  of  the  Iowa   State  Lecturer. 

Clarenck,  Iowa,  Oct.  26,  1882". 

Editor  Christian  Cvnosuhe  : — Since  the  lows 
State  meeting  1  have  preached  and  lectured 
thirty-nine  times,  forcing  my  appointments  on 
the  people,  with  seemingly  good  results.  My 
first  work  was  in  Crawford  county,  near  Vail 
Station.  From  there  to  Paradise  where  I  lec- 
tured and  worked  the  degrees  to  lull  housoB; 
this    was  something  new  in  this  place. 

My  next  work  was  in  Soldier  where  I  lectured 
to  a  congregation  that  received  the  truth  glad- 
ly; from  here  I  went  to  Daw  City  and  lectured 
two  evenings  in  tlio  Mormon  church.  My  next 
work  was  in  Gutlirie  county,  over  fifty  miles 
from  Dow  City,  but  Bro.  Balch's  little  miiies 
took  us  there  in  tune  for  my  appointment,  and 
God  gave  us  his  royal  pretence  and  the  work 
seemed  to  tell.  To  God  be  all  the  glory.  From 
here  I  went  to  Sac  City  and  lectured  in  the  Mar- 
tin settlement  for  two  evenings;  then  to  Maren- 
go, the  seat  of  the  Iowa  Conterence.  Preached 
twice  during  the  Conference.  The  Conference 
was  one  of  tne  best  I  ever  attended. 

My  next  work  was  in  Quaaqueton  in  the  M.  E. 
church.  The  church  was  crowded  each  evening. 
The  last  evening  I  had  a  debate  with  Prof. 
Parker,  of  Independence,  Superintendent  of 
schools  ot  Buchanan  county.  He  was  sent  for 
by  the  Masons,  I  was  told,  to  defend  their  insti- 
tution. The  Professor  did  his  best  but  failed 
to  carry  the  audience.  It  was  evident  that  he 
was  on  the  wrong  side  of  the  question.  I  was 
to  speak  in  the  church  again,  but  it  was  closed 
against  me.  Hiram  did  not  look  well  to  the 
Masons  when  brought  to  public  gaze. 

My  next  appointment  was  in  the  Congrega- 
tional church  at  Winthrop,  Rev,  Brintnali,  pas- 
tor, a  graduate  of  Oberlin  College,  He  spoke 
quite  earnestly  against  the  lodge  the  first  even- 
ing of  my  lecture.  The  lectures  seemed  to  have 
an  excellent  effect  and  fair  congregations  were 
in  attendance.  My  next  appointment  was  at 
Masonville ;  here  Masonry  goes  begging  for  a 
place  to  lay  its  head.  The  Rev.  T.  F.  Blair,  a 
fearless  Anti-mason  is  their  pastor,  who  aided 
me  much  in  my  work,  aud  is  the  ouly  one  who 
has  invited  me  to  lecture  since  the  State  meeting 
except  Bro.  Balch.  My  next  place  of  work  was 
at  Hoover's  Settlement.  Had  a  short  debate 
with  an  Odd-fellow  the  first  evening,  then  all 
went  quietly  until  my  work  closed  in  that  place. 
1  next  went  to  Walker,  where  1  met  Mrs.  Rath- 
bun,  and  staid  over  Sabbath,  and  on  Monday  re- 
turned to  our  home  in  Clarence    to  rest  a  little. 

I  expect  to  start  on  another  trip  on  Saturday, 
Oct.  2&th.  I  have  had  no  invitations,  but  have 
sent  on  my  appointments,  and  expect  God  will 
open  the  way.  There  has  been  but  little  call  for 
degree  work  as  yet.  The  good  Lord  never  gave 
me  more  help  with  his  constant  presence  than  he 
has  since  the  Iowa  State  meeting. 

Dear  brethren,  arrange  tor  work,  I  desire  to< 
put  in  a  year's  work  in  Iowa  that  will  tell  here  and 
in  eternity.  You  may  ask.  Who  pays  for  the  lec- 
ture ?  1  have  taken  collections,  the  same  being 
more  or  less,  and  went  on  my  way ;  and 
I  intend  to  do  the  same  in  the  future.  If  there 
are  any  who  would  love  to  help  on  the 
work  by  sending  my  family  means  it  will  be 
thankfully  received  and  prudently  applied.  Any 
wishing  to  aid  me  in  my  work  can  send  to  Mrs. 
A.  A,  Rathbun,  Clarence,  Cedar  county,  Iowa, 
and  it  will  be  acknowledged  through  the  Cyno- 
sure^ and  reported  to  our  State  Treasurer.  It 
will  be  remembered  that  I  am  not  working  on  a 
stipulated  salary  ;  when  my  year  closes  whatev- 
er is  raceived  will  be  my  salary,  and  the  Associa- 
tion will  not  be  in  debt  to  me.  Now,  friends 
of  reform,  do  as  the  Lord  directs  you,  and  1  trust 
I  shall  be  able  to  spend  all  my  time  in  the 
work.  D.  P.  Rathbun. 


IS 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSUHB. 


Kovember  %  188S 


HOME  CIRCLE. 


William  Penn. 

Poem  written  by  John  G.  Whittler  for  the  bi-centennial  of  his 
founding  the  colony  at  Philadelphia. 

The  tyrant  on  hia  gilded  throne, 

The  warrior  in  his  battle  dress, 
The  holier  triumph  ne'er  have  known 

Of  justice  and  of  righteousness. 

Founder  of  Pennsylvania!  thou 

Didst  feel  it,  when  thy  words  of  peace 
Smoothed  the  stern  chieftain's  swarthy  brow 

And  bade  the  dreadful  war-dance  cease. 

On  Schuylkill's  banks  no  fortress  frowned, 

The  peaceful  cot  alone  was  there ; 
No  beacon  fires  the  hill-tope  crowned. 

No  death-shot  swept  the  Delaware. 

In  manners  meek,  in  precepts  mild. 

Thou  and  thy  friends  serenely  taught 
The  savage  huntsman,  fierce  and  wild. 

To  raise  to  heaven  his  erring  thought. 

How  all  unlike  the  bloody  band 

That  unrelenting  Cortez  led 
To  princely  Monttzuma's  land. 

And  ruin  lound  his  pathway  shed. 

With  hearts  that  knew  not  how  to  spare- 
Disdaining  milder  means  to  try 

The  crimson  sword,  alone.was  there 
The  Indian's  choice  to  yield  or  die. 

But  thou,  meek  Pennsylvania  sire. 

Unarmed,  aloue,  from  terror  free. 
Taught  by  the  heathen  council-fire 

The  lesson  of  Christianity. 

Founder  of  Pennsylvania's  slate. 

Not  on  the  blood-wet  rolls  of  fame, 
But  with  the  wise,  the  good,  the  great, 

The  world  shall  place  thy  sainted  name. 

*  »  »■ 

What  Shall  Christians  Wear  ? 

BY  MKS.  I>.  DE  WOLF. 

Tbeee  are  days  oi  gaiety.  Fashion  rules  the 
world.  ThiB  is  lelt  paiuf  ally  by  luauy  and  ac- 
knowledged as  true  by  ail".  The  eick  and  poor 
alike  are  its  votaneti,  and  are  eusiaved  by  its 
ever  varying  styles.  It  is  true  that  we  have  the 
power  to  drees  accordingly  and  well  on  a  little  it 
we  possess  the  fckiii  and  taste  to  do  so,  for  every 
fabric,  no  matter  how  ancient,  can  be  made  to 
do  duty  at  the  present  day,  though  it  may  need 
a  little  help  lo  complete  the  garment,  for 
woman's  dress-making  of  to- day  is  one  of  the 
fine  arts.  i3ut  what  ii  some  buttertiy  stands  be- 
fore us  in  richer  or  tastier  attire.  Shall  we 
envy  her,  or  spend  our  precious  time  in  follow-' 
ing  this  will-o'-the  wisp  fashion  ?  "  is  it  ri^ht 
to  follow  her  at  all  ?"  asks  one  who  remembers 
the  day  when  certain  church  members  dolied 
the  plain  close  bonnet  that  had  been  becoming 
to  one.  1  answer,  "  Yes,  as  far  as  convenience 
and  good  taste  diciates."  Jbor  of  ail  people 
Christians  should  recommend  their  religion  by 
their  beautiful  and  attractive  appearance.  I  do 
not  wish  to  be  understood  to  say  they  should  go 
into  all  the  frivolities  ol  the  present.  Jar  from 
it.  Let  me  illustrate  this ;  While  a  teacher  m 
a  city  public  school,  many  years  since,  I  over- 
heard two  little  misses  talking  of  their  teachers, 
"  1  perfectly  long,"  said  one,  "  to  go  into  Mies 
S'fl  room,  she  always  looks  so  neat  and  sweet, 
but  my  teacher  never  looks  well,  if  she  has  got  a 
gold  watch  and  lots  of  jewelry."  "  Why,  your 
teacher  is  pretty  enough,  I'm  sure,"  was  the 
quieting  reply.  I  oiten  met  these  teachers  in 
ttie  lower  rooms  and  contrasted  their  dress  and 
work.  The  one  beautifully  neat  and  consistant 
in  everything,  thoirgh  vei-y  plain  ;  the  other 
always  dashey  and  pretentious,  yet  lacking  in 
moral  and  intellectual  power.  Tne  first  one  was 
was  a  lady  of  Christian  principte,  and  carried  it 
out  in  her  daily  duties,  tne  otner's  work  and  life 
were  a  failure. 

"How  shall  1  dress,"  asked  a  young  Christian 
girl  of  her  devoted  lather.  "■  JJrebs,  my  daugh- 
ter, so  that  you  will  not.  be  noticed  either  lor 
your  extravagance  or  plainness."  "  JJress,"  said 
a  friend,  "  so  that  no  one  can  toll  what  you  have 
on."  "  Dress  neatly  and  becomingly,"  said  a 
Catholic  gentleman  to  his  Christian  cousin, 
"  neatly  and  becominyly  as  you  wish  to  gain  all 
the  inMueuce  possible  over  others."  These  wise 
words  of  the  thoughtful  are  worth  more  than  a 
,  paaaing  thought.  They  embody  sentiments  to 
be  regarded  by  every  lover  of  true  influence. 
God  hail  endowed  his  creatures  with  the  love  of 


beauty,  this  ie  a  strong  element  in  the  young, 
and  grows  into  our  very  characters  as  the 
months  and  years  of  life  go  on.  We  learn  cor- 
rect taste — unconsciously  it  may  be — from  the 
flowers  of  God's  own  creating;  we  tend  and 
watch  them  carefully,  analyze,  classify,  and  even 
try  to  copy  them  for  our  own  adornment.  With 
the  microscope  we  find  hidden  and  untold  loveli- 
ness in  their  Irost-work,  their  fringes,  their  fiut- 
ings  and  satin  edges  and  their  wonderful 
shadings,  showing  that  the  master  mind  has 
been  occupied  with  these  minutiae.  It  makes 
the  question  arise  at  once  to  the  lover  of  nature, 
does  God  care  also  how  his  children  are  clothed? 
Would  he  ca/re  if  we  were  not  becomingly  clad? 
Would  he,  who  has  taken  such  infinite  pains 
with  the  flowers,  love  us  less  or  more  for  what 
we  wear?  Let  us  see  what  he  has  already 
spoken  :  Consider  the  lilies  of  the  field  how  they 
grow ;  they  toil  not,  neither  do  they  spin,  and 
yet  I  say  unto  you  that  even  Solomon  in  all  his 
glory  was  not  arrayed  like  one  of  these.  He 
here  shows  us  in  his  own  work  the  perfection  of 
beauty,  and-  how  vain  it  is  to  attempt  to  rival 
him.  -,And  adds  that  we  should  take  no  thought, 
or  rather,  not  the  first  thought,  tor  outward 
show,  since  the  clothes  he  ofEers  us,  and  that  are 
the  most  prized  by  him,  are  the  Christian  graces 
which  he  somewhere  commemorates  in  his 
Word.  Over  these  we  should  "  be  clad  with 
zeal  as  a  cloak,"  and  above  all  that  the  world 
may  see  and  understand  us  aright,  we  should 
have  the  *'  garment  of  salvation"  ornamented 
with  a  meek  and  quiet  spirit,  "  which  is  in  the 
sight  of  God  of  great  price." 

A  Peacemaking  Power. 

When  Miss  Martineau  visited  America  she 
was  introduced  to  Mr.  Clay,  and  during  the 
conversation  she  is  reported  as  sneering  at 
practical  religion.     To  which  Mr.  Clay  replied : 

"  Miss  Martineau,  I  do  not  know  practically 
about  what  the  churches  call  religion.  I  wish  1 
did.  liut  I  do  know  of  its  efteets.  In  the 
neighborhood  of  my  home  were  two  very  es- 
timable families  who  in  years  past  fell  into  what 
is  known  as  a  '  Kentucky  feud,'  which  means 
that  as  often  as  any  of  the  embittered  parties 
met  at  a  fair  or  public  meeting  there  was  a 
probability  that  the  fray  would  begin  :  and  it 
was  as  likely  to  kill  the  innocent,  as  those  in  the 
strite.  The  neighbors  did  everything  in  their 
power  of  reconciliation.  I  did  all  in  my  power 
with  the  rest ;  but  all  in  vain.  The  killing  went 
on  until  one  of  the  denominations  known  here 
as  the  Baptists,  held  what  they  called  a  '  basket 
meeting,'  and  had  what  they  call  a  '  revival,'  and 
these  belligerent  families  were  converted,  as  th^y 
say,  and  they  have  lived  on  the  best  terms  ever 
since,  a  blessing  to  the  whole  community.  1 
tell  you  Miss  Martineau,  that  whatever  will 
change  a  Kentucky  feud  into  loving  fellowship 
BO  soon  and  eflectively  is  of  God.  No  power 
short  of  his  could  do  it." — Presbyterian. 

A  Good  Mother's  Plan. 

A  lady  gave  us  a  rule,  not  long  since,  by 
which  she  had  succeeded  in  interesting  her 
lively,  fun-loving  boys,  so  that  they  preferred  to 
remain  at  home  evenings,  instead  of  seeking 
amusement  elsewhere.     She  said : 

"  I  must  remember  that  children  are  children, 
and  must  have  amusements.  I  fear  that  the 
ahhoreuce  with  which  some  good  parents  regard 
any  play  for  children,  is  the  reason  why  children 
go  away  for  pleasure. 

"  Husband  and  I  used  to  read  history,  and  at 
the  end  of  each  chapter  ask  questions,  requiring 
the  answer  to  be  looked  up  if  not  given  cor- 
rectly. We  follow  a  similar  plan  with  the  chil- 
dren ;  sometimes  we  play  one  game,  and  some- 
times another,  always  planning  with  books, 
stories,  plays,  or  treats  of  some  kind,  to  make 
evenings  at  home  more  attractive  than  they  can 
be  made  abroad.  I  should  dislike  to  think  that 
any  one  could  make  my  children  happier  than  I 
can,  so  I  always  try  to  be  at  leisure  m  the  even- 
ing, and  to  arrange  something  entertaining. 

*'  When  there  is  a  concert,  lecture,  or  enter- 
tainment, we  all  go  together  to  enjoy  it;  for 
whatever  is  worth  the  price  of  admission  to  us 
older  people,  is  equally  valuable  to  the  children ; 


and  we  let  them  see  that  we  spare  no  expense, 
where  it  is  to  their  advantage  to  be  out  of  an 
evening. 

"  But  the  greater  number  of  our  evenings  are 
spent  quietly  at  home.  Sometimes  it  requires 
quite  an  efiort  to  sit  quietly  talking  and  playing 
with  them,  when  my  work-basket  is  filled  with 
unfinished  work,  and  books  and  papers  lie  un- 
read on  the  table ;  but  as  the  years  go  by,  and  I 
see  my  boys  and  girls  growing  into  home-loving, 
modest  young  men  and  maidens,  I  am  glad  that 
I  made  it  my  rule  to  give  the  best  of  myself  to 
my  family. — Sel. 

^  •  * 

Religious  Machinery. 

There  are  some  people  who  have  an  undue 
amount  of  faith  in  religious  organizations.  They 
suppose  that  when  they  have  endowed  an  insti- 
tution, or  organized  a  society,  they  have  laid 
the  foundation  for  permanent  and  continuous 
working.  But  machinery  creates  no  power. 
An  engine  will  not  act  unless  it  is  acted  upon  ; 
a  society  will  not  work  unless  it  is  worked. 
There  must  be  for.ce,  energy  and  intelligence 
behind  all  machinery  or  else  it  is  useless. 

We  are  not  to  worship  organizations  or  ma- 
chinery, nor  are  we  to  suppose  that  when  an  or- 
ganization has  been  accomplished  our  work  is 
done.  If  anything  desirable  is  to  be  effected, 
there  must  be  the  constant  pressure  of  the  firm, 
strong  hand,  and  the  constant  guidance  of  the 
wise  and  prudent  mind,  in  order  that  the  facili- 
ties provided  may  not  be  abused  or  suffered  to 
drop  into  idleness  and  uselessness.  The  engine 
must  be  supplied  with  fuel  and  water,  and, 
moreover,  must  have  an  engineer  who  knows 
how  to  guide  it,  or  else  it  will  soon  become  a 
mere  mass  of  dead  matter,  useless  and  cum- 
brous. In  like  manner  institutions,  unless  man- 
aged by  living  men,  full  of  faith  and  of  the 
Holy  Ghost,  will  soon  become  comfortable  rest- 
ing places  for  salaried  idlers,  if  not  cages  of  un- 
clean birds  and  foul  and  hateful  things.  God 
only  knows  the  falsities  and  hypocrisies  that  are 
covered  up  under  eminent  names  and  respect- 
able organizations,  where  light  and  ventilation 
never  is  allowed  to  come.  And  such  institu- 
tions frequently  hinder  the  causes  which  they 
were  designed  to  serve  by  crushing  competi- 
tion and  preventing  competent  and  faithful  men 
from  performing  the  labor  to  which  God  has 
evidently  called  them,  and  also  hindering  them 
from  receiving  the  encouragement  and  assist- 
ance which  their  work  demands. 

A  live  man  will  often  accomplish  more  than 
a  dead  society,  and  the  wisdom  requisite  to  win 
souls  is  quite  as  likely  to  be  tound  in  the  single- 
handed  worker  whom  God  has  endowed  tor  his 
work  and  thrust  forth  into  his  vineyard,  as  in 
the  religious  politician  who  has  succeeded  in 
getting  elected  and  re-elected  to  an  oflice  for 
which  he  has  no  special  talent,  but  which  at- 
fords  him  an  easier  living  than  the  same  amount 
ot  effort  in  any  other  direction  would  be  likely 
to  secure  for  him. — The  ^Safeguard. 


Interest  and  Labor. 

Interest  is  a  tax  gatherer. 

It  enters  into  every  workshop,  field  and  mine^ 
and  gathers  labor's  profit. 

Labor  has  a  wife  and  iamily  to  support. 

Labor  needs  food,  clothing  and  rest. 

Labor  works  six  days  out  of  every  seven,  and 
ten  hours  out  of  every  twenty- four. 

Labor  gets  sick  and  has  doctor  bills  to  pay. 

Labor  gets  old  and  wears  out  and  cannot  be 
repaired. 

Interest  works  seven  days  in  a  week  and  twen- 
ty-four hours  each  day. 

Interest  needs  no  clothing  or  food. 

Interest  never  gets  sick  or  tired. 

Interest  has  no  family  to  support  or  doctor 
bills  to  pay. 

Interest  produces  nothing  but  consumes  every 
thing. 

Interest  gathers  where  labor  reaps,  and  reap* 
where  labor  sows.^ 

Labor  erects  itself  a  house,  and  pays  interest's 
rent  on  it. 

Labor  produces  bread  and  interest  eats  it. . 

Interest  is  master  and  labor  is  a  slave. 

Moral. — Keep  out  of  debt. 


November  3,  1883 


'THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE. 


11 


CHILDREN'S  CORNER. 


Boys  Wanted. 

Boys  of  spirit,  boys  of  will, 
Boyg  of  muscle,  brain  aad  power, 

Pit  to  cope  with  anything— 
These  are  wanted,  every  hour. 

Not  the  weak  and  whining  drones 
That  all  trouble  magnify ; 

Not  the  watchword  of  "I  can't," 
But  the  nobler  one  "I'll  try." 

Do  whate'er  you  have  to  do 

With  a  true  and  earnest  zeal ; 
Bend  your  sinews  to  the  task. 
Put  your  shoulder  to  the  wheel. 

Though  your  duty  may  be  bard. 

Look  not  on  it  as  an  ill ; 
If  it  be  an  honest  task. 

Do  it  with  an  honest  will* 

At  the  anvil  or  the  farm. 
Wheresoever  you  may  be. 

From  your  future  efforts,  boys, 
Oomes  a  nation's  destiny. 


-Selected. 


Down  Hill. 

Down  it  goeel  When  first  it  was  set  a-going 
it  went  slowly,  rolling  over  and  over  gently,  for 
the  slope  was  not  steep  at  lirst;  but  as  it  rolled 
it  got  going  iaster  and  faster,  and  now  look  at 
itl  It  is  tearing  down  the  hill,  bounding  off  the 
rocks,  and  crashing  through  the  bushes,  nothing 
can  fltop  it  now ;  another  minute — and  now  you 
can  see  it  no  mote.  It  has  gone  right  over  the 
edge.  But  hark!  now  you  hear  the  splash!  It's 
in  the  torrent,  the  river,  and  that's  no  lees  than 
9k  thousand  feet  below  where  we  stand.  The 
boys  little  thought  what  they  were  doing  when 
they  set  that  big  stone  roUiug.  They  had  hard 
work  to  turn  it  over.  They  did  it  in  fun  and 
without  thought ;  bat  it  would  have  been  no  fun 
to  anybody  on  the  hillside.  Let  us  hope  it  hurt 
nobody  before  it  got  to  the  etieam. 

Are  you  going  down  hill,  too?  Have  you 
ibegun?  Have  you  taken  the  first  roll — the  first 
step? 

X  ou  did  it  without  much  thought.  The  slope 
was  not  steep.  What  they  persuaded  you  to  do 
did  not  seem  any  thing  very  bad.  They  had 
^Bome  difficulty,  perhaps,  at  first,  for  you  could 
not  iorget  what  you  had  been  taught  at  home  ; 
but  they  tried  again — and  over  you  went!  It 
was  your  first  step  downward.  You  thought  you 
'Could  stop  when  you  liked.  You  would  just  go 
that  onte  to  see  what  it  was  like  ;  but  you  did 
not  mean  to  go  again. 

But  you  will  find  it  harder  and  harder  to  stop. 
It  is  harder  already  than  it  you  had  never  given 
way.  And  unless  you  stop  now  it  will  become 
iharder  and  harder  and  harder  still.  The  slope 
will  be  steeper,  and  there  will  be  'many  ways  to 
precipitate  you  downwards. 

You  are  doing  harm  as  you  go ;  you  are 
hurting  some,  for  your  example  is  evil.  And 
there  is  a  precipice  below.  You  cannot  see  it 
from  here.  You  cannot  see  what  you  will  fall 
into  if  you  go  on  down  hill.  Such  a  terrible 
fall!  Such  destruction  !  Y  ou  cannot  see  it,  but 
the  slope  leads  to  it — the  steep  slope  of  a  sintul 
life — and  the  downward  course,  doing  harm  all 
along,  will  get  faster  and  faster  till  the  bottom  is 
reached. 

Oh,  what  can  stop  you?  Nothing  but  grace  ; 
nothing  but  God's  almighty  hand  stretched  out. 
He  can  do  it. 

But  will  he?  How  can  I  expect  him  to  do!.it 
now?  He  would  have  stopped  me,  no  doubt,  at 
first,  when  I  was  just  beginning  to  go  wrong,  if 
1  had  prayed  to  him  then.  But  1  never  did.  I 
knew  1  was  doing  wrong,  and  yet  1  went  on.  I 
went  from  bad  to  worse  with  my  eyes  open.  I 
was  not  like  the  stone.  The  stone  had  uo  sense, 
but  1  had  sense,  1  know.  I  felt  I  was  going 
•down  hill,  but  i  hardly  ever  tried  to  stop,  and  i 
^never  asked  God  to  help  me.  Now,  when  I 
have  gone  so  far  will  he  help  me  now? 

Yts !  He  will.  You  may  have  done  much 
-harm,  you  may  be  going  down  faster  and  taster, 
you  may  be  nearer  the  precipice,  yet  cry  to  God, 
and  beg  him  even  now  for  Jesus  Christ's  sake  to 
forgive  you,  save  you,  stop  you  and  turn  you. 
Only  a  miracle  could  have  stopped  the  stone  as 
it  dashed  down  the  precipice,  and  it  would  be 


nothing  short  of  a  miracle  that  would  stop  you 
— a  miracle  of  grace.  But  such  miracles  aa  this 
God  works  still.  Cry  to  him.  Cry  mightily  to 
him.  While  yet  you  may,  while  the  short  time 
lasts,  cry  to  him  to  stop  and  save  you. — Selected. 

'^-^-•^ 

To  the  Chicago  Christian  Association  Band  of  Hope. 

FKOM  IIE8.  E.  TAPLEY,  COLUMBUS,  MISS. 

Deak  Children  : — I  am  glad  to  hear  of  your 
Band  of  Hope.  I  wonder  how  iif&ny  of  you  are 
Christians  and  love  to  pray.  How  sweet  it  is  to 
think  that  Jesus  loves  every  one  who  loves  him. 
*  *  The  colored  people  ask  for  a  great  many 
things,  but  they  are  willing  to  work  and  pay  for 
them.  One  little  girl  came  to  aak  me  for  a  sun- 
bonnet.  She  said  she  had  none  and  the  sun 
made  her  sick,  and  she  could  sweep  the  yards 
for  it.  A  little  boy  wanted  a  slate  to  go  to 
school,  but  failed  to  get  it. 

A  colored  preacher's  wife  said  to  me  this 
week:  "I  do  not  mind  holes  in  the  clothes  if  I 
have  anything  to  patch  them  with,  but  1  have 
got  out  of  patches.  She  had  three  pair  of  pants 
that  needed  mending,  and  she  wanted  a  piece  of 
cloth  to  put  in  the  front  of  her  little  girl's 
striped  cotton  dress,  to  wear  to  school.  1  did 
not  have  it,  but  I  tried  to  encourage  her.     *     '^' 

1  am  not  teaching  day  school,  but  I  am  teach- 
ing the  word  of  God  as  I  have  opportunity. 


SABBATH  SCHOOL 


LESSON  7,  November  12.— Jksds  Before  Pupate. 
—Mark  15, 1-15. 

(1)  And  straightway  iu  the  morniag  the  chief  priests 
held  a  consultation  with  the  elders  and  scribes  and  t'le 
whole  council,  and  bound  Jesus,  and  carried  him  away, 
and  delivered  him  to  Pilate.  (2)  And  Pilate  asked  him, 
Art  thou  the  King  of  the  Jews  ?  And  he  answering,  said 
unto  him,  Tbou  say  est  it.  (3)  And  the  chief  pncots  ac- 
cused him  of  many  things;  bat  he  answered  nothing. 
(4)  And  Pilate  asked  him  again,  saying,  Answerest  tnoii 
nothing '?  behold  how  many  things  they  witness  against 
thee.  (5)  But  Jesus  yet  answered  nothing;  so  that  Pilate 
marvelled.  (0)  Now  at  that  feast  he  released  unto  them 
one  prisoner,  whomsoever  they  desired.  (7)  And  there 
was  one  named  liarabbas,  which  lay  bound  with  them 
that  had  made  insurreciiou  with  him,  who  had  committed 
murder  in  the  insurrection.  (8)  And  the  multitude,  cry- 
ing aloud,  began  to  desire  him  to  do  as  he  had  ever  done 
unto  them.  (9)  But  Pilate  answered  them,  saying.  Will 
ye  that  I  release  unto  you  the  King  ot  the  Jews  ?  (10) 
For  he  knew  that  the  chief  priests  had  delivered  him  tor 
envy.  (11)  But  the  chief  priests  moved  the  people,  that 
he  should  rather  release  Barabbas  unto  them.  (12)  And 
Pilate  answered  and  said  again  unto  them,  What  will  ye 
then  that  I  shall  do  unto  him  whom  ye  call  the  King  of 
the  Jews?  (13)  And  they  cried  out  again,  Crucify  him. 
(14)  Then  Pilate  said  unto  them,  Why,  what  evil  hath  he 
done?  And  they  cried  out  the  more  exceedingly,  Crucify 
him.  (15)  And  so  Pilate,  willing  to  contenc  the  people, 
released  Barabbas  unto  them,  and  delivered  Jesus,  "wlien 
he  had  scourged  him,  to  be  crucitied. 

Golden  Text. — He  is  despised  and  rejected  of  men, 
a  man  of  sorrows  and  acquainted  "with  grief. — Isaiah  53  : 
3. 

home  readings. 

Trials  before  rulers  predicted , .  Mark  13 :5-13 

Illustrated  in  Peter  and  John Acts  4 :1-Sl 

Illustrated  in  Stephen Acts  6 :  8-15 

Illustrated  in  Paul Acts  25 

Paul's  triumph  through  Ood Acts  26 

Appeal  from  man  to  (iod Ps  7 

God  our  trust ^ Ps.  13 

The  following  are  a  few  of  the  important 
teachings  which  our  ieason  clearly  illustrates. 

1.  The  deadly  hatreJj  of  the  natural  heart 
against  Jesus.  The  Jt\,ws  were  determined  to 
put  Jesus  to  death.  They  would  let  nothing 
frustrate  their  purpose.  They  had  declared  him 
guilty  of  blasphemy.  But  now  they  know  that 
another  charge  must  be  preferred  if  Piiate  could 
be  induced  to  pronounce  sentence.  But  they 
hesitate  not  to  change  their  indictment  after  they 
have  proceeded  thus  far  in  the  mock  trial,  unjust 
as  such  a  course  plainly  was.  The  deadly  char- 
acter of  their  envy  and  hatred  is  evident  at 
every  step.  But  we  are  disposed  to  call  them 
monsters  of  iniquity,  and  conclude  that  such  evil 
does  not  now  reside  iu  the  heart.  But  how 
much  better  would  unbelievers  of  to-day  treat 
Jesus  if  he  were  with  us  in  the  same  manner  ? 
They  refuse  hiui  a  place  in  their  hearts.  They 
refuse  to  accept  him  as  their  king.  Would  they 
be  willing  to  see  him  gaining  great  power  over 
the  multitudes  about  them  ?  The  human  heart 
has  not  changed  with  the  centuries.  Once  an 
orator  concluded  an  oration  with  these  words : 
i "  O    Virtue,  if    thou    wert   embodied,  ail   men 


would  love  thee."  That  same  day  a  minister  of 
the  Gospel  stood  on  the  same  stand  and  said, 
"  My  friend  has  said  that  it  Virtue  was  embod- 
ied all  men  would  love  her.  But  she  has  been 
embodied,  and  how  was  she  treated  ?  She  was 
despised  and  rejected  of  men,  who  after  defam- 
ing, insulting,  and  scourging  her,  led  her  to  the 
cross  where  they  crucified  her." 

2.  Jesm  is  worthy  of  our  fullest  confidence. 
When  asked  by  Pilate  if  he  was  a  king,  he  re- 
plied that  he  was.  He  is  a  King,  too,  whom  we 
need  never  fear  to  trust  and  obey.  Never  was 
man  put  to  such  a  test  as  was  Jesus  when  before 
the  council  and  Filate,  yet  he  preserved  his  holi- 
ness undimmed.  It  shone  out  then  in  its 
brightest  splendor.  We  love  to  hear  of  Jesus 
as  the  merciful,  compassionte  High  Priest.  But 
it  is  just  as  cheering  to  hear  that  he  was  "yet 
without  sin."  A  little  boy  once  fell  into  a  well. 
His  screams  soon  brought  his  mother  to  its  edge. 
He  was  trying  to  cling  to  the  slippery  stones  of 
its  walls,  but  his  mother  said,  "Lot  go  and  stand 
on  your  leet."  "But  1  will  be  drowned,  mother," 
was  the  answer.  "  No,"  said  his  mother,  "  the 
water  is  only  about  four  feet  deep."  "Butl 
will  sink  in  the  mire."  "  No,  there  is  a  rock  at 
the  bottom."  He  obeyed  and  found  it  as  she 
said.  Years  afterwards,  when  heavy  sorrows 
threatened  to  crush  her,  he  asked  if  she  remem- 
bered what  she  said  to  him  when  at  the  bottom 
of  the  well.  Then  she  saw  that  she  was  cling- 
ing to  slippery  human  props,  that  she  needed  to 
stand  firm  on  the  bottom  rock.  We  all  need  a 
Saviour  who  may  be  called  "  the  Kock  ;  "  mere 
compassion  would  not  save  ua  if  he  had  no 
strength  and  firmness.  But  he  is  mighty  to 
save. 

3.  The  weaJcnes8  of  indecision.  Pilate  wished 
to  shieia  Jesus,  yet  he  was  not  brave  enough  to 
firmly  refuse  to  grant  the  clamor  of  the  Jewa. 
Ho  resorted  to  different  devices  to  evade  the  re- 
sponsibility of  a  decision.  He  sent  him  to  He- 
rod, he  proposed  to  scourge  him  as  a  compromise 
meaouie,  he  then  gave  them  the  choice  of  Jesus 
or  Barabbas,  but  all  these  devices  failed  to  se- 
cure his  end.  Nothing  but  a  bold,  positive 
stand  tor  the  right  could  have  availed  anything. 
So  it  is  always  with-  those  who  try  to  compromise 
good  and  evil.  The  agents  of  evil  are  t[uick  to 
detect  the  slightest  toRens  of  yielding  to  them, 
and  take  courage  to  press  their  demands  afresh. 
The  old  story  of  Parley  the  Porter  might  well 
be  retold  here.  The  only  Baf e  way  is  not  to 
yield  to  Satan  one  inch, 

4.  -By  O/irisfs  sufferings  Barabbas  was  al- 
lowed to  escajje  the  cross.  In  a  far  higher  sense 
all  who  trust  in  him  will  escape  a  more  terrible 
sentence.  On  the  night  of  the  arrest,  J  esus  said 
to  his  captors,  "  If  ye  seek  me  let  these  go  their 
way,"  referring  to  liis  disciples.  He  says  to  the 
sword  of  justice  which  is  drawn  against  every 
sinner,  "  Let  your  strokes  fall  on  me,  but  let 
every  one  who  takes  shelter  iu  me  escape." 

5.  We  cannot  avoid  deciding  either  for  or 
agalnut  Jesus.  After  Pilate  had  employed 
every  device  he  could  think  of  without  eftect,  ho 
cried  out,  "  What  then  shall  I  do  with  Jesus 
which  is  called  the  Christ  ? "  He  could  not 
shake  olt  the  responsibility  of  a  decision.  Jesus 
is  offered  to  us  as  our  Prophet,  Priest  and  King. 
The  responsibility  of  deciding  what  we  shall  do 
with  him  cannot  be  evadea.  We  mav  fiatter 
ourselves  that  we  have  done  so,  by  taking  what 
we  call  neutral  ground,  but  at  the  last  great  day 
the  question  which  will  confront  us  will  be, 
"  What  haue  you,  done  with  Jesus  who  is  called 
Christ  ? " 

6.  Lack  of  firmness  aa  well  as  a  malicious 
ijUent  often  leads  to  great  crimes  and  evil  cotise- 
(^uences.  Pilate  tried  to  wash  his  hands  from 
cue  blood  ot  Jesus.  But  such  washing  could 
not  reach  his  heart.  Without  his  consent  Jesua 
could  not  have  been  put  to  death  under  the  Ko- 
man  law.  He  gave  that  consent,  and  though  he 
gave  it  reluctantly,  the  responsibility  rested  upon 
niin.  Tradition  says  that  he  afterward  com- 
mitted suicide — if  so,  doubtlees  in  the  spirit  of 
remorse,  as  did  Judas.  Every  boy  and  girl 
should  learn  from  this  lesson  that  much  of  ttieir 
prospect  for  living  a  happy  and  upright  life  de- 
pends on  their  ability  to  say  "  No,"  and  stick  to 
It  to  the  end. —  U.  1\  MibU  Teacher. 


1^ 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE. 


Kovember  2,  18S2 


THE  AMERICAN  PARTY. 


Nominations  for  1884. 

For  President, 

JONATHAN  BLANCHARD, 

of  Illinois. 

lor  Vice-JPresidetit. 

JOHN  A.  CONANT. 

of  Connecticut. 

PLATFORM. 

We  hold:  1.  That  ours  is  a  Christian  and  not  a 
heathen  nation,  and  that  the  God  of  the  Christian 
iScriptures  is  the  author  of  civil  government. 

2.  That  God  requires  and  man  needs  a  Sabbath. 

3.  That  the  prohibition  of  the  importation,  manu- 
facture and  sale  of  Intoxicating  drinks  as  a  beverage 
is  the  true  policy  on  the  temperance  question. 

4.  That  the  charters  of  all  secret  lodges  granted  by 
our  Federal  and  (State  Legislatures  should  be  vv^ith- 
drawn,  and  their  oaths  prohibited  by  law. 

5.  That  the  civil  equality  secured  to  all  American 
citizens  by  articles  13th,  14th  and  15tli  of  our  amended 
Constitution  should  be  preserved  Inviolate. 

6.  That  arbitration  of  differences  with  nations  is 
the  most  direct  and  sure  method  of  securing  and  per- 
petuating a  permanent  peace. 

7.  That  to  cultivate  the  intellect  without  improving 
the  morals  of  men,  is  to  make  mere  adepts  and  experts ; 
therefore,  the  Bible  should  be  associated  with  books  of 
science  and  literature  in  all  our  educational  iustitu- 
tions. 

8.  That  land  and  other  monopolies  should  be  dis- 
couraged. 

9.  That  the  government  should  furnish  the  people 
with  an  ample  and  soimd  currency. 

10.  That  maintenance  of  the  public  credit,  protection 
to  all  loyal  citizens,  and  justice  to  Indians  are  essential 
to  the  honor  and  safety  of  our  nation. 

11.  And,  finally,  we  demand  for  tlie  American  peo- 
ple the  abolition  of  electoral  colleges,  and  a  direct  vote 
lor  President  and  Vice-president  of  the  United  States. 


Michigan  State  Ticket. 

For  Governor, 
CHARLES  C.  POOTE,  of  Detroit. 

For  Lieutenant  Governor, 
LEWIS  I.  WICKER,  of  Oakland. 

For  Secretary  of  State, 
JACOB  O.  DOESBURQ,  of  Ottawa. 

For  State  Treafsurer, 
GEORGE  SWANSON,  of  Calhoun. 

For  Auditor  General, 
WILLIAM  WING,  of  Kent. 

For  Commissioner  of  State  Laud  Office 
GEORE  W.  OLARK,  of  Detroit. 

For  Attorney  General, 
HENRY  C.  PRATT,  of  Lenawee. 

For  Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction, 
WILLIAM  H.  ROSS,  of  Allegan. 

For  Member  State  Board  of  Education, 
HARDY  A.  DAY,  of  Branch. 


Illinois  American  Ticket. 

For  State  Treasurer: 
Pbter  Howe,  of  Marshall  Co. 

For  Superintendent  of  Public  Inptruction: 
Hkbman  a.  Fisohbr,  of  DuPage  Co. 

New  Hampshire  State  Convention  of  the  American 
Party. 

The  friends  of  the  Americau  party  held  a 
iState  CouventioQ  at  Center  Straifo/d,  October 
12th,  and  made  the  following  nominations: 

For  Governor: 
Simon  Rowb,  of  Gifford. 

Representatives  in  Congress : 

District  No.  1,  Benjamin  W.  Mason,  of  Moultonboro. 

District  No.  2,  Frankhn  S.  Wood,  of  Keene, 

For  Railroad  Commissioners : 

John  H.  Bartlktt,  of  Barnstead. 

Abthub  H.  Lampbbv,  of  Belmout. 

MoBBs  Pierce,  of  Barriugton. 

S.  C.  Kimball, 
Secretary  of  the  Convention. 

Iowa  American  Ticket  for  1882. 

For  Secretary  of  State : 

A.  W.  Hali.,  of  Page  county. 

For  State  Auditor: 

Wm.  Elliott,  of  Van  Bureu  county. 

For  State  Treasurer : 

M.  Spbinqstbeu,  of  Cedar  county. 

For  Attorney  General : 

Jacob  W.  Rogers,  of  Payette  county. 

For  Judge  of  Supreme  Court: 
Joseph  P.  Fbrouson,  of  Cedar  county. 

For  Clerk  of  Supreme  Court: 
W.  P.  NoBBis,  of  Van  Bureu  county. 


Michigan  Fifth  District. 

Vot  RepreDentative  in  Congreis :    Ehnbt  D.  Immam, 


Illinois  Yotees  can  be  supplied  with  tickets 
from  this  office. 

Iowa  Voters  who  wish  to  obtain  tickets  to  be 
voted  Tuesday,  November  7th,  will  please  write 
at  once  to  J.  JST.  Norris,  of  Birmingham,  Yan 
Buren  county,  member  of  the  State  commit- 
tee.    Don't  delay. 

Michigan  voters,  send  to  H.  A.  Day,  Cold- 
water.  Mich.,  for  your  ballots ;  also  for  copies  of 
the  MicMgak  American.  Send  on  also  a  con- 
tribution to  help  pay  for  the  extra  edition  of 
20,000  copies  of  the  paper,  which  is  being  sent 
all  over  the  State-  Take  your  pen  and  write 
as  soon  as  you  read  this  and  then  the  duty  will 
not  be  forgotten. 


Eighth  Illinois  Congressional  District. — 
Through  misinformation  the  Cynosure  has  not 
published  the  name  of  the  American  candidate 
tor  Congress  in  this  district.  T.  W.  Baird,  of 
LaSalle  county,  was  nominated  at  the  same 
time  with  Messrs.  Howe  and  Fischer.  His 
name  will  appear  on  all  the  tickets.  He  is  a 
worthy  and  true-hearted  gentleman  who,  if 
elected,  will  introduce  into  our  House  of  Rep- 
resentatives something  of  that  integrity  of 
character  which  is  of  late  years  sadly  lacking 
in  that  body.  See  that  every  vote  is  polled  for 
him  possible. 


— J.  P.  Bartlett,  Esq.,  of  Blackberry,  Kane 
county,  is  the  American  candidate  for  the  State 
Legislature  for  Kane  and  DuPage  counties.  He 
is  a  lifelong  temperance  man  and  prohibition- 
ist, and  an  original  Anti-mason  in  politics,  since 
he  voted  for  Wirt  and  Ellmaker  in  3832.  Let 
,evejy  foe  of  the  secret  lodge  see  that  their  three 
votes  are  counted  for  him.  As  he  is  the  only 
pronounced  prohibitionist  nominated  for  the 
Legislature,  temperance  voters  should  stand  by 
the.ir  convictions  and  put  in  three  votes  for 
him. 


Questions  for  Voters. 


Do  you  believe  that  legal  suppression  of  liq- 
uor-selling in  the  saloon  and  eecrecy-selling  in 
the  lodges  is  right? 

Do  you  remember  that  John  Quincy  Adams, 
one  of  our  greatestPreeidents  and  ablest  states- 
men, and  Daniel  Webster,  the  great  expounder 
of  the  Constitution,  said  that  lodge  oaths  should 
be  suppressed  by  law? 

What  principles,  more  vital,  can  you  vote 
for? 

What  vital  principles  are  you  wi|ling  to  vote 
for? 

Do  you  reckon  on  accounting  to  God  for 
your  ballot? 

Do  yon  think  n-iore  of  your  party  than  of 
your  political  principles?     If  so,  why? 

Is  it  not  always  right  to  vote  right  ? 

If  you  do  your  duty  by  your  country  at  the 
ballot  box,  will  you  be  to  blame  if  it  goes  to 
deutruction  ? 

Is  it  not  the  duty  of  every  man  to  vote  for 
what  he  feels  is  right  and  to  trust  the  country 
to  that  Providence  which  has  hitherto  taken 
care  of  it? 

Is  not  a  fear  to  vote  right  an  evidence  of 
lack  of  faith  in  the  superintending  providence 
of  God? 

Is  a  vote  ever  lost  that  is  cast  for  the  right? 

Does  reason  or  revelation  warrant  a  voter  to 
defer  to  vote  right  to  a  more  convenient  sea- 
son? 

Do  you  hope  for  the  suppression  of  these  two 
enormous  evils  of  intemperance  and  lodgery? 

Do  you  pray  that  this  may  be  done? 

Will  you  vote,  Nov.  7th,  to   help  put  thkm 

DOWN? 


'A  Lost  Vote. 

The  master  stroke  of  the  politician  is  to  cry 
out,  "  You  are  losing  your  vote."  John  Quincy 
Adams  said,  "  Y^oung  man  always  vote  your 
principles,  and  then  you  will  have  the  sweet 
conscroiisness  that  you  didn't  lose  your  vote." 
The  patriots  vote  should  be  an  expression  of  his 
best  thought,  purpose  and  sympathy  for  his 
country.    Is  the  sincere  man  expressing  the  best 


in  him,  when  he  sustains  drunkards  in  office? 
When  he  sustains  men  who,  though  as  men,  are 
temperate,  yet  are  indifferent  concerning  the 
advocacy  of  the  principles  which  he  holds  dear? 
when  he  sustains  at  the  polls  temperance  men, 
who  fear  to  tell  the  world  they  are  temperance 
men?  If  I  avow  prohibition  as  a  principle,  do  I 
not  lose  my  vote  when  I  vot«  for  men  who  fear 
to  advocate  what  1,  in  a  private  way  advocate? 
Do  I  not  trifle  with  my  own  best  self ,  practically 
use  my  ballot  power  to  repress  the  cause  I  pro- 
fees  to  have  at  heart,  instead  of  using  that 
weapon  of  powtr  to  advance  it?  My  vote  is  lost 
— or  rather  my  ballot  power  is  lost — whenever 
I  do  not  use  it  to  give  hoaor,  prominence  and 
strength  to  the  principles  which  I  wish  to  become 
eftective,  even  though  it  be  some  time  in  the 
future  before  that  can  be  realized.  My  life  work, 
my  inJiuenee,  my  ballot,  has  a  reach  into  the 
future — yes  upon  generations  to  come.  A  vote 
is  lost,  when  it  does  not  advance  and  promote 
professed  principles.  — Prof.  H.  D,  Patton. 


A  New  American  Party. 

We  call  special  attention  to  iour  sermons  on 
Sabbath,  October  22d,  in  the  leading  Methodist 
pulpits  of  Chicago,  and  printed  in  the  Chicago 
Times  ot  Monday  following.  .The  burden  of 
the  sermons  is  prohibition,  but  it  is  plain  that 
some  of  the  speakers  had  the  American  plat- 
form in  mind.     Hev.  Mr.  Fawcett  says: 

"No  temple  ia  large  enough  to  hold  the  ark  of  the  Lord 
and  Dagon  at  the  same  time.  It  the  ark.  remains,  adjust 
Dagon  as  you  will,  his  head  and  hands  will  be  broken  and 
God  will  be  supreme.  Mount  Carmei  voices  the  Elijah 
call  to  choice  and  decision,  assuring  ua  that  there  is  not 
room  enough  in  the  hearts  of  the  people  or  in  the  wide 
nation  for  Jehovah  ani  Bnal  at  the  same  time.  'There  is  no 
middleground,'  said  Jesus.  'He  who  is  not  for  me  is 
against  me;  he  that  gathereth  not  with  me  scattereth 
abroad.' " 

Some  of  this  eloquent  clergyman's  people  are 
heart  and  soul  with  the  Cynosure;  and  the  above 
paragraph  seems  inspired  by  it.  How  long  be- 
fore he  will  see  that  while  liquor  is  but  a  tiigura- 
tive  "Dagon,"  the  lodge  ritual  is  actual,  literal 
Baal  worship,  which  was  the  mother  worship  of 
all  the  old  idolatries. 

But  we  come  now  to  the  crown.  In  closing 
this  remarkable  sermon,  Mr.  Fawcett  proposes 
a  new  party  with  a  platform  containing  prohibi- 
tion, civil  service  reform,  five  years'  residence 
for  foreigners  to  vote,  the  voter  must  be  able  to 
read  his  ballot,  compulsory  education,  and  prof- 
its of  criminal  labor  go  to  those  suffering  by 
crimes.     And  then  names  his  new  party  thus: 

"I  would  name  this  'The  American  party.'  The  name 
is  not  new  to  you.  You  will  remember  that  there  was  a 
party  by  that  name  organized  in  1853,  and  but  tor  its  sym- 
pathy with  the  slave  power  it  would  have  swept  the  na- 
tion. As  Democrats  are  Republicans  and  as  Republicans 
are  Democratic,  I  consider  such  a  name  more  expressive 
of  American  thought." 

Here  we  have  an  eloquent  prohibitionist,  in  a 
popular  Chicago  church,  proposing  a  new  party 
and  naming  it 

THE  AMERICAN  party 

This  is  significant.  The  "National  Prohibi- 
tion and  Home  Protection  Party,"  is  the  name 
adopted  by  the  great  Chicago  Convention  in 
August.  We  then  told  our  readers  that  the 
party  would  never  succeed  with  such  a  name,  so 
long,  so  special,  and  so  un statesman-like.  We 
lola  tnem  also  that  the  American  party  not  only 
has  a  popular  name,  bu<"  it  is  the  natural  and 
sure  landing-place  of  all  true  political  reforms. 
When  this  gentleman'b  new  American  party  is 
launched,  if  it  ever  is,  as  its  principles  are  lu- 
claded  in  ours,  tne  two  parties  witn  one  name 
and  the  same  principies,  must  of  course  be  one 
party  We  iUmk  the  intelligent  gentleman  con- 
templated this  wlien  he  omitted  the  name  of  his 
own  party  and  took  ours.  He  may  not  have 
wished  to  alarm  his  people  by  advising  them  to 
jom  our  American  party  in  a  body;  but  only 
wished  to  put  them  on  a  road  which  would  lead 
them  into  it.  At  any  rate  it  is  a  glorious  trib- 
ute to  the  wisdom,  propriety  and  popularity  of 
the  name,  American  Party. 


— The  Michigan  American  distributes  20,- 
000  copies  among  the  voters  of  that  State  thia 
month. 


November  2,  1882 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE 


18 


RELIGIOUS   INTELLIGENCE. 


— The  Preabyterian  Church  of  Canada  is 
raisins:  $100,000  to  build  churfhes  for  the  immi- 
grants who  are  pouring  into  Manitoba. 

— The  Presbyterian  Board  has  opened  a  mis- 
sion in  Guatemala,  under  care  of  Rev.  John  C. 
Hill. 

— Archbishop  Wood  (Catholic)  of  Philadelphia 
recently  forbade  hia  people  to  take  part  in  a 
Sunday  excursion,  becauee  he  "  resrarded  it  as 
a  violation  of  the  Lord's  day,  and  of  the  religions 
quiet  and  repose  appropriate  to  that  holiest  of  the 
holy  days  of  the  year."  The  excursion  did  not 
take  place. 

— Y,  M.  Christian  Associations  are  now  estab- 
liehed  in  Cairo,  Beyront,  Smyrna,  Damascui?, 
Jerusalem,  Nazareth,  Calcutta,  Hong  Kong, 
Yokohama,  etc, 

— A  brewer  in  London  confesses  that  the 
"  Salvation  Army  "  has  diminished  his  receipts 
over  $15,000  in  one  year,  through  their  work 
among  the  lower  classes. 

— A  recent  traveler  in  Bible  lands  says .  "  Of 
all  '  the  seven  churches  in  Asia,'  Smyrna  alone 
is  livinsr  still.  It  was  with  considerable  interest 
I  worshiped  at  the  '  English  church,  and  saw 
written  over  the  communion-tabie  the  message. 
'  To  the  angel  of  the  church  in  Smyrna,'  closing 
with  the  thrilling  promise,  '  Be  thou  faith- 
ful unto  death,  and  I  will  give  thee  a  crown  of 
life.'  " 

— If  is  reported  that  durinsr  the  three  years  in 
which  Mr.  Henry  M.  Stanley  has  been  conduct- 
ing his  exploring  expedition  on  the  Congo,  in 
Africa,  he  has  never  had  a  quarrel  with  the  na- 
tives, and  has  established  four  trading  stations. 
This  affords  additional  evidences  that  intercourse 
with  savage  nations  can  be  conducted  on  Chris- 
tian principles. 

— The  Paris  Register  has  this  to  say  of  the 
meetings  of  the  American  evangelists  in  that 
city :  "Messrs.  Moody  and  Sankey  began  their 
conferences  in  the  American  chapel,  21  rue  de 
Berri,  Sunday  afternoon  last.  The  church  was 
crowded  in  every  part,  as  was  that  of  Pasteur 
Bersier  in  the  evening.  D-^ubtless  many  came 
from  curiosity  to  see  and  hear  the  men  whose 
power  to  attract  the  multitudes  and  vivify  and 
impress  religious  truth  has  made  them  famous 
throughout  the  Christian  world.  But  in  the  au- 
diences were  many  personal  friends  who  had 
been  associated  with  them  in  Christian  work 
in  the  United  States  and  Great  Britain,  or  who 
had  heard  them  with  delight  elsewhere,  and 
wished  to  hear  them  again.  During  the  week 
the  meetings  have  been  well  attended  and  reli- 
gious interest  has  been  deepening  day- by  day. 
Thursday  evening  between  thirty  and  ^orty  de- 
clared their  determination  to  begin  a  religious 
life,  and  asked  for  the  prayers  of  Christians," 

— The  Free  Methodist  General  Conference 
lately  met  at  Burlington,  Iowa.  A  re-organiza- 
tion of  some  cotrference  limits,  the  alteration 
of  the  rule  against  tobacco,  making  it  more 
stringent,  and  the  election  of  an  editor  for  the 
Free  Methodist  of  this  city,  were  among  the 
important  transactions.  The  election  of  an  edi- 
tor-was made  at  the  request  of  Eev.  D.  P.  Ba- 
ker, publisher  of  the  paper  and  its  able  con- 
ductor heretofore.  The  conference  chose  Eev. 
Joseph  Travis,  of  Philadelphia,  to  fill  the  posi- 
tion. His  accession  will  be  of  great  value  to 
the  paper,  but  we  do  not  wish  to  hear  of  Bro. 
Baker's  retiring. 

— The  committee  appointed  to  select  the  in- 
ternational Sunday-school  lessons  for  the  next 
course  met  last  week  in  Philadelphia.  The  im- 
portance of  their  work,  and  the  interest  mani- 
fested in  the  result  of  their  deliberations,  makes 
this  meeting  one  of  the  most  eventful  in  the  re- 
ligious world.  They  legislate  tor  84,000  schools 
in  this  country,  with  a  membership  of  7,000,000, 
and  900,000  teachers,  while  a  total  of  nearly 
15,000,000  persons  throughout  the  world  use 
their  lessons. 

— The  issues  of  the  American  Bible  Society 
during  sixty-six  years  amount  to  40,4:07,584. 
The  work  of  the  society  last  year  show^  that 


there  were  manufactured  at  the  Bible  House 
1,174,893  copies  ot  the  Bible.  Imported  from 
abroad,  5,801.  Printed  abroad,  449,136.  Pur- 
chased abroad,  93,868.  Total,  1,723,698.  Copi'^e 
issued  at  home,  1,094,108;  abroad,  430,665. 
Total,  1,524,773.  Of  the  volumes  issued  from 
the  Bible  House,  45,887  were  sent  to  foreign 
lands.  The  foreign  work  of  the  Society  was 
last  year  as  follows:  Printed  during  the  year 
2.500  copies  of  the  Gospels,  Acts,  and  Joshua 
in  Ponape;  2,000  Mark  Luke  and  A-'ts  in  Mort- 
loek  ;  2,000  Genesis,  several  of  the  Epistles  and 
a  few  Psalms  in  Ebon  ;  300  of  John  in  Kusaien; 
1,000  of  Romans  in  Muskokee  ;  600  of  Luke  in 
Japanese  raided  letter  for  the  blind;  1,000  of 
Psalms  and  Provarbs  in  Zulu. 

— The  Wisconsin  United  Brethren  confer- 
ence, held  Oct.  4th,  at  Rutland,  Dane  county, 
resolved  thus  on  the  secrecy  question  : 

"Whereas,  We  highly  prize  the  Hause  of 
our  Discipline  treating  on  secrecy;  and,  Whereas, 
We  disapprove  of  all  pretense  to  worship  God 
without  recognizing  the  name  of  Christ ;  there- 
fore. 

"  Resolved,  That  we,  the  members  of  Wigf^on- 
sin  Conference,  do  hereby  pledge  our  utmost  en- 
deavors for  the  defense  of  the  law  against  all 
opposition." 

— The  Friends  Mexican  mission  was  begun  in 
1872  by  Samuel  A.  Pur  die  and  his  wife  in  Mat- 
amoras.  This  work  was  begun  independently, 
and  it  was  not  until  1875  put  in  charge  of  the 
Foreign  Mission  committee.  In  1880  a  meeting 
house  was  built  and  this  year  there  are  189 
members  reported  to  14  s<»vftn  years  ago. 


band.  I  felt  strong  enough  to  carry  him  in  my 
arras.  My  little  boy,  who  had  never  seen  me 
walk  before,  was  afraid,  he  thought  I  had  gone 
r-razy.  I  told  him  .Jesus  had  healed  me.  I  have 
been  gaining  steadily  in  strength.  I  can  ride 
in  a  carriage  or  wagon,  and  do  almost  all  my 
horrsework.     I  will  praise  Jesus  while  I   live." 

LizziK  Cochran. 
College  Springs,  Iowa. 


A  Marvelous  Faith  Cure. 

The  following  is  the  testimony  of  one  who 
has  recently  been  healed  by  faith  : 

"  Jesus  Christ  is  the  great  physician  and 
friend  of  sinners,  and  as  I  have  lain  a  suffering 
invalid  for  seven  years  and  seven  months.  I 
thought  it  my  duty  to  recommend  him.  I  have 
been  under  the  care  of  a  dozen  different  physi- 
cians, and  tried  almost  every  remedy  1  could 
think  of,  but  everything  failed  and  I  grew 
worse  all  the  time.  This  summer  I  grew  more 
helpless  and  nervous  than  ever.  My  little  boy, 
who  had  been  such  a  comfort  to  me  all  through 
my  sickness,  became  so  annoying  to  me  by  his 
playfulness.  I  praved  for  grace  all  through  my 
sickness,  and  the  Lord  always  did  grant  me 
grace,  but  il^seemed  as  though  I  could  bear  my 
sufferings  no  longer.  One  day  I  asked  the  Lord  to 
take  my  life  away  that  I  might  not  be  a  biirden 
to  my  friends.  I  had  no  hope  of  recovery,  for 
my  last  medicine  seemed  to  hurt  me  more  than 
any  I  had  taken.  I  think  the  last  physician 
tried  as  far  as  he  knew  to  cure  me.  Some  say 
he  claims  he  did,  but  it  is  a  mistake,  for  I  was 
worse  after  taking  his  medicine  than  before, 
and  I  had  not  taken  any  medicine  of  any  kind 
for  over  a  month  when  I  was  healed. 

For  six  years  and  a  half  I  have  not  been  able 
to  walk  across  the  house,  nor  sit  up  for  more 
than  ten  minutes  at  a  time.  This  summer 
something  seemed  to  say,  'There  is  a  balm  in 
Gilead.'  But  it  was  hard  for  me  to  believe  the 
Lord  was  going  to  heal  me.  Early  this  spring 
a  kind  minister  came  to  see  me  and  he  spoke 
about  Jesus  healing  me,  and  read  some  of  the 
promises.  Through  his  prayer  my  faith  grew 
stronger,  and  I  tried  to  plead  his  promises.  But 
I  grew  worse.  I  discontinued  taking  medicine 
in  June. 

After  I  quit  it  seemed  as  though  I  must  do 
something.  I  asked  my  husband  to  read  the 
passage  ot  S(^ripture  in  James,  'Is  any  one  sick,' 
etc.  While  he  read  I  felt  the  Lord  had  directed 
me  to  it.  We  sent  for  the  minister  I  spoke  of, 
and  others,  and  had  a  prayer  meeting.  When 
one  of  the  ministers  read,  'The  prayer  of  faith 
shall  heal  the  sick,'  my  faith  increased,  and  1 
believed  God  would  heal  me.  About  a  week 
after  this  first  prayer  meeting,  while  having 
family  worship,  Jesus  came  and  rebuked  the 
disease  and  I  became  so  strong  I  could  lie  in 
bed  no  longer.  I  commenced  praising  the  Lord. 
I  got  up  from  the  bed  and  Wftlked  to  my  hus- 


— There  are  said  to  be  110,000  members  of 
the  United  Workmen  lodges  in  this  country. 
They  pay  an  initiation  fee  of  $10,  and  the  ag- 
gregate insurance  thev  expect  to  get  at  death  is 
$226,000,000.  But  if  they  should  stop  taking 
in  members,  how  much  would  tliey  get? 


NEIVS  OF  THE  WEEK. 


— Hon.  Thurlow  Weed's  condition  did  not  improve  last 
week.  There  were  on  the  contrary  indications  of  another 
chill,  which  would  seriously  retard  his  recovery. 

— Mrs.  Scoville,  sister  of  the  assassin  Guiteau,  has  been 
on  trial  for  insanity  in  one  of  the  Chicago  courts,  her 
husband  having  inaugurated  the  suit.  Although  the  evi- 
dence was  very  favorable  for  her  case  the  jury  gave  a  ver- 
dict of  insanity  and  that  she  had  been  in  this  condition  six 
months. 

— A  reception  was  tendered  the  widow  of  John  Brown 
at  the  residence  of  Dr.  Talbot,  Boston,  last  Thursday  to 
which  were  invited  a  few  old  anti-slavery  people,  includ- 
ing Wendell  Phillips  and  the  poet  Whittier.  It  is  pro- 
posed to  raise  a  fund,  from  the  income  of  which,  Mrs. 
Brown  may  receive  a  pension. 

— A  mob  Rt  Grand  Forks,  Dakota,  made  a  most  deter- 
mined assault  upon  the  jail  in  which  was  confined  a 
negro  who  had  ravished  two  women,  and  although  the 
jail  was  stoutly  defended  the  doors  were  at  length  battered 
down  and  the  wretch  taken  out  and  hanged  from  the  rail- 
road bridge. 

— At  the  reassembling  of  Parliament  Wednesday,  the 
Tories  attacked  Gladstone  fiercely  for  violating  historical, 
precedents  by  calling  an  autumn  session.  Lord  Ran- 
dolph Churchill  moving  an  immediate  adjournment  as 
a  protest.  The  motion  was  defeated  by  a  vote  ot  142  to 
30y. 

— Gladstone  announces  that  the  government  had  under 
consideration  the  important  questions  of  the  freedom  of 
navigation  of  the  Suez  Canal  in  time  of  War;  the  best 
method  of  securing  to  the  people  of  Effypt  control  of 
matters  of  legislation  ar?d  expenditure  in  their  nation,  and 
the  extinction  of  slavery. 

— England  proposes  to  the  Egyptian  Government  that 
an  international  indemnity  commission  be  established; 
that  England  and  Fi-ance  have  only  one  representative,  the 
same  as  the  other  powers ;  that  America  and  Greece  each 
send  a  representative,  and  that  the  minor  States  have  a  col- 
lective representation. 

— The  private  correspondence  of  Arabi  Pasha  for  the 
last  two  years  was  seized  at  Cairo.  It  is  said  to  contain 
voluminous  correspondence  with  Constantinople  seriously 
compromising  the  Sultan. 

— Arabi  Pasha  says  he  desires  to  quit  Egypt  as  soon  as 
possible,  and  will  accept  a  sentence  of  exile  to  any  part  of 
the  British  dominions.  He  does  not  wish  to  see  Egypt 
again.  He  thinks  Egypt  will  shortly  lose  the  Soudan, 
unless  the  English  army  stops  the  False  Prophet.  The 
Perfecture  of  Pfilice  has  obtained  400  depositions,  the 
greater  part  of  which  are  from  European  residents,  sus- 
taining the  accusation  of  Arabi  Pasha,  that  Toulba  was 
alone  responsible  for  the  burning,  pillage  and  massacres 
in  the  city  last  summer.  This  fact  increases  English  and 
European  sympathy  for  the  chief  rebel,  which  has  been 
steadily  on  the  increase  since  his  capture  was  effected. 

— A  widow  whose  husband  was  executed  in  May,  1878, 
by  order  of  King  Milan  of  Bulgaria,  fired  twice  at  the 
Servian  ruler  in  the  cathedral  at  Belgrade,  but  did  not  suc- 
ceed in  hitting  him. 

— The  police  have  made  a  discovery  that  torpedoes  have 
been  placed  in  the  river  Danube,  and  that  thev  were  in- 
tended to  blow  up  the  steamer  upon  which  King  Milan 
was  to  come  to  Belgrade  from  Rustchuk. 

— The  largest  lumber  yards  of  Europe,  those  of  Gro- 
motf  in  St.  Petersburg,  have  been  destroyed  by  fire,  the 
loss  being  2,500,000  "rubles,  or  about  $1,750,000,  with 
insurance  for  one-half  that  sum  in  Russian  and  English 
companies. 

— Further  reports  tend  to  confirm  the  news  of  the  mas- 
sacre of  Egyptians  in  the  Soudan  by  a  Musselman  upris- 
ing. According  to  the  latest  private  advices  from  Khar- 
toum the  Egyptians  are  preparing  for  its  defense,  throwing 
up  forts,  digging  ditches,  etc.  The  prospects  are  desperate 
the  garrison  being  composed  of  only  1,000  men,  while  the 
new  prophet  is  leading  the  assault  at  the  head  of  6,000 
men.  The  whole  of  Egypt  south  of  Khartoum  is  in  pos- 
session of  the  False  Prophet. 

— It  is  reported  in  New  Bedford  that  a  letter  from  the 
captain  of  the  lost  schooner  Surprise,  whick  was  wrecked 
at  Basket  Island,  in  the  Straits  of  Magellan,  says  the 
boat's  crew  that  he  left  at  the  Island  were  subsequently 
massacred  by  the  native.s,  with  the  exception  of  a  Portu- 
guese boy.  He  also  says  a  boat's  crew  belonging  to  the 
British  bark  Rosencath,  which  foundered  at  sea,  contain- 
ing the  mate  and  four  men,  were  also  murdered  by  t^^ 
natives  excepting  the  mate. 


14 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE 


November  2, 1888 


VOMt  AND  FARM. 


Laws  of  Digestion. 

1.  Food  for  the  supply  of  the 
daily  wants  of  the  system  is  most 
rapidly  and  thoroughly  digested 
when  taken  early  in  the  day,  ere  the 
nervous  and  secretive  forces  are 
exhausted  by  toil. 

2.  Rapid  digestion  in  the  early 
part  of  the  day  contributes  to  the 
immediate  demands  of  motion  and 
enervation. 

3.  Food  for  the  repair  of  the 
continuous  wear  and  tear  of  the 
tissues  is  in  less  immediate  request; 
the  completeness  of  its  solution  is 
of  more  importance  than  the  rap- 
idity, and  it  is  best  taken  toward 
the  evening,  when  an  opportunity 
is  afforded  for  its  leisurely  absorp- 
tion during  sleep. 

4.  The  duration  of  digestion 
bears  a  proportion  to  the  quantity 
of  food  eaten. 

5.  In  youth  the  digestion  is 
quieter,  and  the  stomach  sooner 
emptied  than  in  grown-up  per- 
sons. 

6.  Rest  before  meals  makes  di- 
gestion more  complete.  Exertion 
immediately  before  meals  retards 
digestion,and  exertion  immediately 
afterward  deranges  it. 

7.  Sleep  retards  digestion,  but 
makes  it  more  complete. 

8.  Alcohol  retards  digestion,  and 
renders  it  also  incomplete. 

9.  Earnest  preoccupation  of 
mind  retards  digestion,  and  may 
even  quite  annul  it. 

10.  Water  weakens  digestion 
and  encourages  the  absorption  of 
fatty  and  saccharine  matter;  but 
its  effect  on  the  complete  solution 
of  albumen  is  doubtful. — House- 
keeper. 


How  to  Get  Well. 


A  lady  has  just  left  my  rooms 
whose  case  illustrated  an 'important 
idea.  Ten  years  ago  she  was  an 
invalid.  Her  malady  was  obstinate, 
and  at  the  end  of  a  year's  trea};- 
ment,  a  consultation  resulted  in 
the  opinion  that  her  case  was 
cerebro-spinaliritation,  from  which 
she  would  probably  never  recover. 
Six  years  ago  her  husband  died. 
Hie  state  proved  insolvent.  The 
wife  engaged  in  an  occupation  to 
support  her  three  children.  In  a 
year  she  was  well,  and  has  remained 
so  ever  since. 

There  are  two  million  dyspep- 
tics in  America.  Nine  in  ten  of 
them  could  be  cured  by  work. — Dio 
Lewis. 


— "We  rise  every  morning  with  a 
certain  store  of  strength,  which 
should  be  expended  on  the  most 
important  work  of  the  day,  whether 
of  body  or  brain,  by  riding  to 
business  and  walking  from  it. 
Both  brutes  and  birds  rest  after 
eating. 


Hints  for  Pook  Slbepers. — 
Poor  sleepers  will  find  it  advan- 
tageous often  to  raise  the  head  of 
the  bed  a  foot  higher  than  the 
foot,  and  then  to  sleep  on  a  toler- 
ably thick  hair  pillow,  so  as  to 
bring  the  head  a  little  higher  than 
the  shoulders.  The  object  is  to 
make  the  work  of  the  heart  in 
throwing  the  blood  to  tlie  brain 
harder,  so  it  will  not  throw  so  mucli. 
A  level  bed,  with  the  head  almost 
as  low  as  the  feet  causes  an  easy 


flow  of  blood  to  the  brain  and  pre- 
vents sleep.  Persons  who  find 
themselves  restless  and  unable  to 
sleep  at  night  would  do  well  to 
place  the  head  toward  the  north, 
as  it  is  undoubtedly  greatly  con- 
ductive to  health.  A  hot  mustard 
foot  bath,  taken  at  bedtime,  is 
beneficial  in  drawing  the  blood 
from  the  head,  and  thus  inducing 
sleep.  Sponge  the  entire  length  of 
the  spine  with  hot  water  for  ten  or 
fifteen  minutes  before  resting. 
This  will  often  insure  a  good 
night's  sleep.  A  hearty  meal  and 
a  seat  near  a  warm  fire  after  a  long 
walk  in  the  cold  wind  will  induce 
sleep  in  the  majority  of  persons, 
no  matter  how  lightly  they  ordi- 
narily slumber.  Active  outdoor 
exercise  and  avoidance  of  excessive 
and  long-coiitinued  mental  exertion 
are  necessary  in  all  cases  of  sleep- 
lessness. When  these  means  fail, 
such  remedies  as  are  known  to  di- 
minish the  amount  of  blood  in  the 
head  should  be  resorted  to — of 
course  under  the  direction  of  a 
competent  physician.  Opium, 
chloral,  etc.,  increase  the  quantity 
of  blood  in  the  head,  and  are  highly 
injurious.  Their  use  should  never 
be  resorted  to. — L.  H.  Washington, 
M.D. 


IMPORTANT  TO  TRAVELERS  ! 

Special  inducements  are  offered 
you  by  the  Burlington  Eoute.  It 
will  pay  you  to  read  their  advertise- 
ment to  be  found  elsewhere  in  this 
issue. 


Christian   Workers 


Who  depend  on  voluntary  con- 
tributions of  Christian  people  in 
whole  or  in  part  for  their  support: 

J .  F.  Browne,  Cabin  Creek,  Ky. 

Eli  Tapley,  Columbus,  Miss. 

J,  F.  Galloway,  Okahumka 
Florida. 

Wm.  Hazenbtjrg,  Cape  Town,  S. 
Africa. 

A.  D.  Zaraphonithes,  Andros, 
via  Syra,  Greece. 

G.  fl.  FiLiAN,  Armenia. 

Contributions  for  either  of  these 
brethren  may  be  forwarded  either 
through  the  editors  of  the  Cyno- 
sure or  the  Treasurer  of  the  N. 
C.  A.  Please  designate  to  which 
one  such  funds  shall  be  sent. 


BIBLES. 

Wo  have  recently  exchanged  a 
lot  of  Anti-masonic  publications 
for  Bibles  which  we  offer  at  low 
rates  post  paid. 

We  have  well  bound  pocket  Bi- 
bles at  11.00,  $1.35,  $1.50,  $2.00, 
$2.25,  $2.50  and  $3.00.  Also  some 
line  Oxford  and  Tract  Society 
Teachers  Bibles  at  $3.00,  $3.25, 
$3.50  and  $4.25. 

Of  the  family  Bibles  all  but  two 
have  already  been  disposed  of, 
leaving  one  at  $3.00  and  the  other 
at  $6.75. 

Among  the  pocket  Bibles  are 
some  Oxford  edition  witli  leather 
protecting  edges  at  $2.00  and 
$3.00  each.     Address, 

Ezra  A.  Cook, 
7  Wabash  Ave.,  Chicago. 

Handsome  Marriage  Certificates. 

LIthograplioil  In  Mnck  nnJ  goli,  wl;h  a  place  on 
each  for  two  plioioBrapho. 

Price,  po  t  pa  111.  ii.  'i.'>  prr  dozen;  liy  cxpfcss. 
charges  not  paiil.  *11  DO  per  li"0.  SUMiole  sent  post- 
paid on  rucclpt  ol  4a  ceuts.     size,  V2  liy  18  Inclita. 

PubUshcU  >.y  £ZKA  A.  COOK. 


Indiana,  8.  L.  Cook  ot  Albion. 
Missouri,  M.  N.  Butler  of  Albany. 
New  Hampshire,  L.  D.  Bryant  of  New 
Market. 
Wisconsin,  Thos.  Lowe,  Coloma  Sta. 

Other  Lkctorers. 
C.  A.  Blanchard,  Wheaton,  111 
N.  Ca] lender,  Thompson,  Pa. 
J.  H.  Timmons,  Tarentum,  Pa. 
J.  H.  Baird,  Templeton,  Pa. 
T.  B.  McCormick,  Princeton,  Ind 
E.  Johnson,  Dayton,  Ind. 
J.  M.  Bishop,  Chambersburg,  Pa 
A.  Mayn,  Promise  City,  Mich. 
J.  B.  Cressinger,  Sullivan,  O. 
W.  M.  Love,  Baker,  Mo. 
A.  D.  Freeman,  Downers  Grove,  111. 
R.  Faurot,  Jackson,  Miss. 
J.  P.  Richards,  Belmont,  Wis. 
Edward  Mathews,  N.  C.  A.  ofBce. 
Wm.  Feuton,  St.  Paul,Miun. 
E.  I.  Gi'innell,  Blairsburg,  Iowa. 
Warren  Taylor,  Son  ih  Salem,  O. 
J.  S.  Perry,  Thompson,  Conn. 

C.  F.  Hawley,  Wheaton,  111. 

J.  T.  Michael,  New  Wilmington,  Pa. 
Prof.  S.  C.  Kimball,  New  Market,  N.  H. 
Elder  L.  H.  Buf  kins,  Scranton,  Iowa, 
S.  Q.  Barton,  Breckinridge,  Mo. 
Joel  H.  Austin,  Goshen,  Ind. 

D.  B.  Turney,  Bird  Station,  111. 
J.  F.  Browne,  Cabin  Creek,  Ky. 

E.  Barnetson,  Jackson  Valley,  Pa. 


The  Churches  against   Lodgery. 

The  following  denominations  are  com 
mitted  by  vote  of  their  legislative  assem- 
blies or  by  constitution  to  a  separation 
from  secret  lodge  worship ; 

Adventists  (Seventh-day). 

Baptists — Primitive ,  Seventh-day  and 
Scandinavian. 

Brethren  (Dunkers  or  German  Baptists). 

Christiaa  Reformed  Church. 

Church  of  God  (Northern  Indiana  El- 
dership.) 

Congregational — The  State  Associations 
of  Illinois  and  Iowa  have  adopted  resolu- 
tions against  the  lodge. 

Disciples  (in  part). 

Friends. 

Lutherans — Norwegian,  Danish,  Swed- 
ish and  Synodical  Conferences. 

Mennonites. 

Methodists — Free  and  Wesleyan. 

Methodist  Protestant  (Minnesota  Con 
ference). 

Moravians. 

Plymouth  Brethren. 

Presbyterian — Associate,  Reformed  and 
United. 

Reformed  Church  (Holland  Branch). 

United  Brethren  in  Christ. 

Individual  churches  in  some  of  these 
denominations  should  be  excepted,  in. 
pai't  of  them  even  a  considerable  portion. 

The  following  local  churches  have,  as  a 
pledge  to  disfellowship  and  oppose  lodge 
worship,  given  their  names  to  the  follow- 
ing list  as 

THE    ASSOCIATED  CHURCHES  OF  CHRIST. 

New  Ruhamah  Congregational,  Hamil- 
ton.  Miss. 

Pleasant  Ridge  Congregational,  Sand- 
ford  county,  Ala. 

New  Hope  Methodist,Lowndes  co.,  Miss. 

Congregational,  College  Springs,  Iowa. 

College  Church  of  Christ,  Wheaton,  111. 

First  Congregational,  Leland,  Mich. 

Sugar  Grove  church,  Greeu  county.  Pa. 

Military  Chapel,  M.  E.,  Lowndes  Co., 
Miss. 

Hopewell  Missionary  Baptist,  Lowndes 
Co.,  Miss. 

Cedar  Grove  Missionary  Baptist,  Lown- 
des Co.,  Miss. 

Simon's  Chapcl,M.  E.,Lowndes  co..  Miss. 

Pleasant  Ridge  Missionary  Baptist, 
Lowndes  Co.,  Miss. 

Brownlee  church,  Caledonia,  Miss. 

Salem  church,  Lowndes  Co.,  Miss. 

West  Preston  Baptist  church,  Wayne 
Co.  Pa. 

Other  local  churches  which  have  adopt- 
ed the  same  principles  are — 

Baptist  churches ;  N.  Abington,  Pa. ; 
Menom;  nie,  Mondovi,  Waubeck  and 
Spring  Prairie,  Wis. ;  Wheaton,  111. ;  Per- 
ry, N.  Y. ;  Spring  Creek,  near  Burlington, 
Iowa ;  Lima,  Ind. ;  Constableville,  N.  Y. 
The  "Good  Will  Association"  of  Mobile, 
Ala.,  comprising  some  twenty-five  colored 
Baptist  churches;  Bridgewater  Baptist 
Association,  Pa. ;  Old  Tebo  Baptist,  near 
Leesville,  Henry  Co.,  Mo. ;  Hoopeston,  111. 

Congregational  churches :  1st  of  Ober- 
lin,  O. ;  Tonica,  Crystal  Lake,  Union  and 
Big  Woods,  111. ;  Solsbury,  Ind. ;  Congre- 
gational Methodist,  Maplewood,  Mass. 

I'n  s'ljterian  church,  Hoopeston,  111. 

1  inK  I  eudent  churches  in  Lowell,  Coun- 
tryman  school  house  near  Lindenwood, 
M.iiLiif;o  and  Streator,  111.;  Berea  and 
Ui.iap  Nelson,  Ky.;  Ustick,  111.;  Clarks- 
liirg,  Kans.  State  Association  of  Minis- 
tcis  and  Churches  la  Chrietof  Kentucky 


NATIONAL  CHRISTIAN  ASSOCIATION 


221  W.  Madison  St.,  Chicago. 
President.  —  J.   Blanchard,  Wheaton, 
111. 
Vice  -  President.  —  Thos.    H.   Gault, 

ChjCago. 

EC.  Sec. — John  D.  Nutting,  Chicago. 

Cor.  Sec.  and  Gen.  Agent. — J.  P.  Stod- 
dard, 221  W.  Madison  Street,  Chicago. 

Treasurer.— W.  I.  Phillips,  221  W. 
Madison  Street,  Chicago. 

Directors. — Philo  Carpenter,  J.  Blanch- 
ard, M.  R.  Britten,  E.  A.  Cook,  H  L.  Kel- 
logg, D.  P.  Baker,  T.  H.  Gault,  A.  G. 
Laird,  C.  R-  Hagerty,  John  Gardner,  L.  Nj 
Strattou. 

THE  national  CONVENTION. 

President.— Rev.  S.  Collins,  Wash. 
ington,  D.  C. 

Secretaries.— H.  L.  Kellogg,  W.  H. 
Ross  and  M.  N.  Butler. 

The  object  ot  this  Association  is: 

"To  sxpoie,  withstand  and  remov*  feeret  toct- 
9&9t,  Freemasonry  In  particultu-,  and  other  anti- 
Christian  movements,  m  order  to  »ave  the  chorch- 
«•  of  Christ  from  being  depraved,  t«  redeem  th* 
administration  of  justice  from  perversion,  and 
am  repnblicso  government  from  eormption." 

To  c&rrjr  on  this  work  contribations  are 
solicited  from  every  friend  of  the  reform. 

Fork  of  Bzqusst.— I  give  and  baqneatk  to  th* 

National  Christian  Association,  incorporatad  snA 
existing  under  the  laws  of  the  Stat*  of  lUlnoia, 

the  anm  of dollars,  for  the  porposet  of  Ml€ 

AssoRiation,  and  for  which  the  receipt  of  Iti 
Treasnrer  for  the  time  being  shall  be  a  infflolaat 
0;a,-b»- 

STATE  AUXILIARY  ASSOCIATIONS. 

Alabama. — Pres.,  W.  A.  McAlpine 
Sec,  G.  M.  Elliott;  Treas.,  E.  ishel,  all 
of  Selma. 

California. — Pres.,  L.  B.  Lathrop, 
Hollister;  Cor.  Sec,  Mrs.  U.  P.  Men-ill, 
Woodland;  Treas.,  C.  Ruddock,  Wood- 
land. 

Connecticut. — Pres.,  J.  A.  <;!onant, 
Willimantic;  Sec,  Geo.  Smith,  Willi- 
mantic;  Treas.,  C.  T.  Collins,  Windsor. 

Illinois. — Pres.,  D.  P.  Baker,  Chicago ; 
Sec.  W.  H.  Chandler,  Van  Orin ;  Treas., 
W.  I.  Phillips,  221  W.  Madison  street, 
Chicago. 

Indiana. — Pres.,  I.  W.  Lowman,  Au- 
burn ;  Sec,  Wm.  Small,  Amboy ;  Treas., 
Benj.  Ulsh,  Silver  Lake. 

lowA. — Pres.,  C.  D.  Trumbull,  Morning 
Sun ;  Rec.  Sec.  A.  W.  Hall,  College  Spring ; 
Cor.  Sec,  W.  T.  Moffltt,  Morning  Sun ; 
Treas.,  Joseph  Laird,  Wayne. 

Kansas. — Pres.,  J.  S.  T.  Milligan,  North 
Cedar ;  Sec,  J.  Alter,  Valley  Falls ;  Treas. 
J.  A.  Torreuce,  Winchester. 

Massachusetts. — Pres.,  S.  A.  Pratt; 
Sec,  Mrs.  E.  D.  Bailey;  Treas.,  David 
Manning,  Sr.;  all  of  Worcester. 

Michigan. — Pres.,  Wm.    Win^,  Grand 
Rapids;  Rec-Sec'y,    A.    H.    Springstein, 
Pontiac ;  Cor.  Sec,  W.  H.  Ross,  Allegan ; 
Treas.,  C.  C.  Foote,    88  Columbia  Street,  . 
Detroit. 

Minnesota. — Pres.  E.  G.  Paine,  Wasi- 
oja;  Cor.  Sec,  W.  H.  McChesney,  Fair- 
mont ;  Rec  Sec'y Thos.  Hartley,  Richland ; 
Treas.,  Wm.  H.  Morrill,  St.  Charles. 

Missouri. — Pres.  C.  J.  Kephart,  Avalon ; 
Treas.,  William  Beauchamp,  Avalon;  Cor. 
Sec,  M.  N.  Butler,  Albany. 

Nebraska. — Pres.  S.  Austin,  Pair- 
mount  ;  Cor.  Sec,  W.  S.  Spooner,  Kearney ; 
Treas.,  R.  A.  Bishop,  Seeley's  Mills. 

New  Hampshire. — Pres.  Benj.  M.  Ma- 
son, Moultonboro;  Sec,  S.  C.  Kimball, 
New  Market;  Treas.,  E.  Smith,  Center 
Strafford. 

New  York.— Pres.  F.  W.  Capwell, 
Dale;  Sec'y,  Isaac  Hyatt,  Dale;  Treas., 
M.  Merrick,  Syracuse. 

Ohio. — Pres.,  Wm.  Dillon,  Dayton; 
Cor.  Sec,  J.  P.  Lytle,  Sago;  Treas.,  J.  M. 
Scott,  Alexandria. 

Pennsylvania. — Pres.  A.  L.  Post,  Mon- 
trose ;  Cor.  Sec. ,  N.  Callender,  Thompson ; 
Treas.,  W.  B.  Bertels,  Wilkesbarre. 

Wisconsin. — Pres.,  Enos  Collins,  Colo 
ma;  Cor.  Sec.  W.  W.  Warner,  Baraboo; 
Treas.,  M.  R.  Britten,  Vienna. 

West  Virginia. — Pres.,  D.  B.  Turney, 
Sec,  John  Bosley,  Grafton ;  Treas.,  H.  B. 
Higgins,  Petroleum. 


Anti-masonic  Lecturers. 

General  Agent  and  Lecturer,  J.  P. 
Stoddard,  221  West  Madison  street,  Chi- 
cago. 

Agents  for  the  South :  H.  H.  Hinman, 
Wheaton,  111.,  and  Paul  S.  Feemster, 
Larned,  Kans. 

E.  D.  Bailey,  Worcester,  Mass.,  Agent 
for  New  England. 

Degree  Workers. — (Seceders.) 

D.  P.  Rathbun,  Clarence,  Iowa. 

S.  E.  Starry,  Clarence,  Iowa, 

Jas.  Furgiison,    "  " 

J.  K.  Qlassford,  Carthage,  Mo. 
State  Leoturebb. 

California,  D.  A.  Richards,  Woodland 

Connecticut,  J.  li.  Bailow  of  Wil)< 
mantio. 


November  2,  1882 


THTi;  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE. 


15 


CATALOGUE  OF  PUBLICATIONS  OF  EZRA  A.  COOK, 


FOR    SALjE   by 


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EZRA  A.  COOK,  NO.   7  WABASH  AVENUE.  CHICAGO,  ILL. 

NATIONAL  CHRISTIAN  ASSOCIATION,   221   WEST  MALISON  ST.,  CHICAGO. 

PROF.  E.  D.  BAILEY,      8  POK-TLNAD    STREET,  WORCESTER,  MASS. 


Books  at  dozen  or  retail  prices  sent  post-paid.  Not 
less  than  one-half  dozen  Bent  at  dozen  rates.  Books 
by  mail  a^e  at  risk  of  person  ordering,  unless  10 
ctnts  extra  is  sent  to  pay  for  registering  them, 
when  their  safe  delivery  is  guaranteed.  Books 
at  retail  ordered  by  express,  are  sold  at  10  per  cent, 
discount  and  delivery  guaranteed,  hut  noi  express 
paid.  Postage  stamps  taken  for  small  suras.  ^^A 
liberal  discount  to  dealers  and  regular  canvassers.     . 


ON  FREEMASONRY. 

Freemasonry  Illustrated.  A  complete 
exposition  of  the  seven  degrees  of  the  Blue  Lodge 
and  Chapter.  Profusely  Illustrated.  A  historical 
sketch  of  the  institution  and  a  critical  analysis  of 
the  character  of  each  degi'ee,  byPrest.  J.  Bhinch- 
ard,  of  .Wheaton  College.  Monitorial  quotations 
and  nearly  four  hundred  notes  from  standard  IMa- 
sonic  authorities  confirm  the  truthfulness  of  this 
exposition  and  show  the  characterof  Ma.souic  teich- 
ing  and  doctrine.  The  accuracy  of  this  e.'iposition 
legally  attested  by  J.  O.  Doesburg,  Past  Master  Un- 
ity LH  No.  191,  Holland,  Mich:,  and  oth  rs.  This 
is  the  latest,  most  accurate  and  complete  exposi- 
tion of  Blue  Lodge  and  Chapter  Masonry.  Over 
one  hundred  illustrations — several  of  them  full 
page — give  a  pictorial  representation  of  the  lodge- 
room,  chapter  and  principal  ceremonies  of  the  de- 
grees, with  t'he  dress  of  candidates,  signs,  grips, 
■stc.  Complete  work  of  640  pages.  In  cloth,  $1.00; 
jier  dozen,  •J9.00.  Paper  covers,  60  cents;  per  doz- 
en, Sb-.'SO.  First  three  degrees  (3T6  pages),  in  cloth, 
75  cents;  per  dozen,  .liT.OO.  Paper  cover,  40  cents; 
per  dozen,  $4.00.  ^^The  Masonic  quotations  are 
worth  the  price  of  this  book. 

Knight  Templarism  Illustrated.  A  full 
illustrated  ritual  of  the  six  degrees  of  the  Council 
and  Commandery,  comprising  the  degrees  of  Royal 
Master,  Select  Master,  Super-Excellent  Master, 
Knight  of  the  Red  Cross,  Knight  Templar  and  Knight 
of  Malta.  A  book  of  341  pages.  In  cloth,  $1.00; 
$8.50  per  dozen.  Paper  covers,  50cts;  $4.00  per 
dozen. 

Freemasonry  Exposed,  By  Capt.  'Winiam 
Morgan.  The  genuine  old  Morgan  book  republished, 
with  engravings  showing  the  lodge-ruom,  dress  of 
candidates,  signs,  due  guards,  grips,  etc.  This  rev- 
elation was  so  accura'te  that  Freemasons  murdered 
the  author  for  writing  it,  25  cents  each;  per  dozen, 
$2-00. 

Adoptive  Masonry  Illustrated.  A  full 
and  complete  Illustrated  ritual  of  the  five  degrees  of 
Female  Freemasonry,  by  Thomas  Lowe;  comprising 
the  degrees  of  Jephthah's  Daughter,  Euth,  Es.,her, 
Martha  and  Electa,  and  known  as  the  Daughter's 
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Valance,  one  of  the  three  Freemasons  who  drowned 
Morgan  In  the  Niagara  River,  was  taken  from  the 
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cine County,  Wisconsin,  In  1848.  10  cents  eachs 
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History  of  the  Abduction  and  Murder 

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of  over  twenty  persons.  Including  Morgan's  wife; 
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The  Broken  Seal;  or  PersonpJ  Reminiscences 
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Reminiscences  of  Morgan  Times.    By 

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Oaths    and    Penalties   of   the    33   De- 

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Oaths  and  Penalties  of  Freemasonry, 

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The  New  Berlin  trials  began  In  the  attempt  of 
Freemasons  to  prevent  public  initiations  by  seceding 
Masons.  These  trials  were  held  at  New  Berlin, 
Chenango  Co.,  N.  Y.,  April  13  and  14th,  18.31.  and 
General  Augustus  C.  Welsh,  sheriff  of  the  county, 
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CSharlos  G.  Finney,  of  Oberlln  College.  President 
Finney  was  a  "bright  Mason,"  but  left  the  lodge 
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tian religion.  Paper  cover,  30  cents  each;  per  doz- 
en, $2.50. 

Freemasonry  Self-Condemned.  By  Rev. 
J.  W.  Bain.  A  careful  and  logical  staf  ;ment  of 
reasons  why  secret  orders»hould  notbefellowshiped 
jy  the  Christian  Church,  and  by  the  United  Presby- 
terian church  in  particular.  Paper  covers;  price, 
20  cents  each;  perdozen.  $2.00. 

Light  on  Freemasonry.  By  Elder  D.  Ber- 
nard. To  which  is  appended  "  A  Revelation  of  the 
Mysteries  of  Odd-fellowship  (old  work),  by  a  Mem- 
ber of  the  Craft."  The  whole  containingover  Ave 
hundred  pages,  lately  revised  and  republished. 
In  cloth,  $1.50  each;  per  dozen,  $14.50.  The  first 
part  of  the  above  work.  Light  on  Freemasonry,  416 
pages,  75  cents  each  ;    per  dozen.  $7.50 

Freemasonry  and  the  M.  E.  Church. 
Let  every  lover  of  truth  and  Justice  read  this  report 
of  the  trial  of  Rev.  J.  T.  Michael,  showing  how  he 
was  driven  out  of  the  M.  E.  church  for  opposing 
Masonry  and  loving  Methodism.  10  cents  each; 
perdozen,  $1.00. 

Bernard's  Appendix  to  Light  on  Ma- 

SONRT.  Showing  the  character  of  the  institution 
by  its  terrible  oaths  and  penalties.  Paper  covers: 
25  cents  each;  per  dozen,  $'i,00. 

Discussion    on    Secret    Societies.     By 

Elder  M.  S.  Newcomer  and  Elder  G.  W.Wilson. 
This  discussion  was  first  published  in  a  series  of  ar- 
ticles in  the  Church  Advocate,  and  afterward  In 
pamphlet  form.  The  Evangelical  Bepository,  re- 
viewing it,  says:  "This  pamphlet  consists  of  a  se- 
ries of  articles  originally  published  in  the  Church 
Advocate,  Lancaster,  Pa.  Elder  M.  S.  Newcomer 
opposes  secret  societies,  and  especially  Freemasonry 
and  Elder  G.  W.  Wilson  defends  the  system.  We 
are  free  to  say  that  Mr.  Newco:3;er  has  thoroughly 
routed  his  opponent  at  every  point.  Sir.  Wilson 
speaks  by  the  book,  as  he  is  a  Koyal  Arch  Mason." 
25  cents  each ;  per  dozen,  $2.00. 

A  Masonic  Conspiracy,  Resulting  In  s 
fraudulent  divorce,  and  various  other  outrages 
upon  the  rights  of  a  defenseless  woman.  Also  the 
account  of  a  Masonic  murder,  by  two  eye-witnesses. 
By  Mrs.  Louisa  Walters.  This  Is  a  thrllllngly  Inter- 
esting, true  narrative,    SO  cents  ea«b£  oerdoseik 

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THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE 


November  3, 1883 


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pleasure  within  thirty  days  from 
■date  (Oct.  12th,  1882)  the  publisher 
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60  that  the  paper  can  be  well  pasted 
and  mailed  a  day  earlier  than  it  is 
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expense  it  has  been  hitherto  post- 
poned. Will  you  not  accept  this 
proposition  and  forward  the  money 
promptly  ? 

Each  week  we  will  leport  the 
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Books  and   Tracts   sent  during 
the   week  ending   Oct.   28,   1882. 

By  Express. 

L  D  Brown,  O    W  Warner,  W 
D  Zuver,    Rev    J 
ISmitt. 


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lon,  B  F  Thorn,  A  Jenkins,  S 
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George,  H  Reineck,  D  F  Hottal- 
ing,  J  D  Robertson,  D  P  Lat- 
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BIBLES. 

We  have  recently  exchanged  a 
lot  of  Anti-masonic  publications 
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rates  post  paid. 

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line  Oxford  and  Tract  Society 
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$3.50  and  $4.25. 

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have  already  been  disposed  of, 
leaving  one  at  $3.00  and  the  other 
at  $6.75. 

Among  the  pocket  Bibles  are 
some  Oxford  edition  with  leather 
protecting  edges  at  $2.00  and 
$3.00  each.     Address, 

Ezra  A.  Cook, 
Y  Wabash.  Ave.,  Cliicttgo. 


Handsome  Marriage  Certificates. 

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The  Broken  Seal, 

Finney  on  ISIasonry, 

Secret  Societies,  Ancient  and  Mod- 
ern. 

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Those  who  wish  to  know  the  character  of  Free- 
masonry, as  shown  by  its  own  publications,  will 
find  many  standard  works  in  the  following  Hat. 

No  sensible  Mason  dares  deny  that  such  men  as 
Albert  G.  Mackey,  the  great  Masonic  Lexicographer, 
and  Daniel  Slckels,  the  Masonic  author  and  publish- 
er, are  the  highest  Masonic  authority  In  the  United 
St.  les. 

All  the  books  advertised  here  are  used  by  Masons, 
but  Duncan's  Ritual,  Allyn's  Ritual  and  Richard- 
son's Monitor  are  not  publicly  acknowledged  as  Ma- 
sonic authority  because  they  tell  too  much. 

O-eneral  Ahiman  Kezon  and  Freema- 
SONS'  Guide.  By  Daniel  Slckels,  33d  degree.  The 
most  perfect  Masonic  monitor  published  In  the 
United  States.  Embellished  with  many  engravings 
and  containing  moi;itorlal  Instructions  In  the  de- 
grees of  Entered  Apprentice,  Fellow-Craft  and  Mas- 
ter Masons,  with  explanatory  lectures,  the  cere- 
monies of  consecration  and  dedication  of  new 
lodges.  Installation  of  officers,  laying  foundation 
gtones,  dedication  of  Masonic  halls,  burial  serv- 
fces,  Masonic  calendar,  ritual  for  a  Lodge  of  Sor- 
row, Masonic  trials,  etc.  Bound  in  fine  cloth,  extra 
large  13mo,  $2.00. 

Duncan's  Masonic  Ritual  and  SConi- 
ToR.  i'rofusely  illustrated  with  explanatory  en- 
gravings, and  containing  the  entire  ritual  and  work 
of  the  order  for  the  seven  degrees.  Including  the 
Eoyal  Arch.  Scores  of  Masons  have  privately  ad- 
mitted that  this  Is  a  standard  text-book  In  the  lodge 
and  Is  strictly  correct;  but  publicly  it  Is  not  ac- 
knowledged as  authority,  though  many  officers  ol 
the  lodge  make  use  of  It.    Price,  In  cloth,  12.50. 

f emala  Masonry.  Manual  of  the  Order  of 
the  Eastern  Star.  Containing  the  ritual,  symbols, 
lectures,  etc.,  of  the  five  degrees  of  "Adoptive  Ma- 
sonry,"  Jephthah's  Daughter,  Ruth,  Esther,  Martha 
and  Electa,  profu.^iely  illustrated  and  handsomely 
bound.     Price.  $1.50. 

Richardson's  Monitor  of  Freemasonry. 
Apractical  guide  to  the  ceremonies  in  the  degrees  con- 
ferred in  Masonic  Lodges,  Chapters,  Encampments, 
etc.  Illustrated  edition.  In  cloth,  $1.25;  in  paper, 
75  cents. 

Although  this  Monitor  is  extensively  used  by  the 
lodge,  especially  in  conferritig  the  higher  degrees. 
It  is  publicly  called  an  exposition,  and  not  allowed 
as  authority. 

Sickels'  Freemasons'  Monitor.  Contain- 
ing the  degrees  of  Freemasonry  embraced  In  the 
Lodge,  Chapter,  Council  and  Commandery,  embel- 
lished with  nearly  300  symbolic  illustrations,  to- 
gether with  tactics  and  drill  of  Masonic  Knighthood. 
Also  forms  of  Masonic  documents,  notes,  songs. 
Masonic  dates.  Installations,  etc.  By  D.  Slcke\8i 
32mo.     In  tuck,  $1.50;  cloth,  $1.00. 

Mackey' s  iLexicon  of  Freemasonry'. 
Containing  a  Deflnltion  of  Terms,  Notes  on  Its 
History,  Traditions  and  Antiquities,  and  an  Account 
of  all  the  Rites  and  Mysteries  of  the  Ancient  World. 
12  mo.,  5'.J6  pages,  $3.00. 

Macbey's  Manual  of  the  Iiodgre,  or  Moni- 
torial Instructions  In  the  Degrees  of  Entered  Ap- 
prentice, Fellow-Craft  and  Master  Mason,  with  Cer- 
emonies relating  to  installations,  dedications,  con- 
secrations, laying  of  corner-stones,  etc.  Price,  $2.00i{ 

Mackey's  Masonic  Ritualist,  or  Moni- 
torial Instruction  Book.  By  Albert  G.  Mackey, 
Past  General  High  Priest  of  the  General  Grand  Chap- 
ter of  the  United  States,  Knight  of  the  Eagle  and 
Pelican,  Prince  of  Mercy,  etc.  Price,  cloth,  $1.SS; 
tuck,  $1.75. 

Mackey's  Text-Book  of  Masonic  Ju- 
KisPRUDKNcE.  lUustrat'ng  the  laws  of  Freemason- 
ry, both  written  and  unv/Htten.  This  Is  the  great 
law  book  of  Freemasonry.     570  pages.    Price,  6.50. 

Allyn's  Ritual  of  Masonry.  Illustrated 
by  a  large  number  of  engravings,  and  containing  a 
Key  to  the  Phi  Beta  Kappa,  Orange  and  Odd-fellows' 
Societies      Price.  $5.00. 


MAJtKMl  REPORTS. 

Chioaoo,  Oct.  80, 

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Corn— No .  2 

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Hay— Timothy !»  00 

Prairie 7  00 

Lard  per  cwt 

Mess  pork  per  bbl 

Butter,  medium  to  best IS 

Cheese 05 

Beans 3  35 

Eggs 

Potatoes,  per  bu 46 

Seeds— Timothy 1  58 

Clover 

Flax 

Broom  com 02 

Hides— Green  to  dry  flint 8J4 

Lumber— Clear 43  00 

Common ,15  00 

Shingles 3  20 

WOOL-Washed 97 

Unwashed 18 

LIVE  STOCK— Cattle,  extra 6  00 

Good 6  15 

Medium 4  60 

Common 2  50 

Hogs 4  50 

Sheep 2  75 

Nete  York  Marheta. 

Flour 3  10 

Wheat— Spring 

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The  Cheistian  C  ynosuee 


VOL.  XV.,  No.  7. 


"In  Secret  Have  I  Said  Nothing.''— /wmj  Okri$t. 


WHOLE  No.  654 


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TASLE  OF  CONTENTS. 


Editorial  : 
Topics  of  the  Time ....    1 
The  Tonica    Conven- 
tion  ,    8 

An  Open  Letter 8 

The  Two  babylons...     8 
Contributions  : 

Masonry  and  Babylon    1 
Report  on  Secret  So- 
cieties to  Iowa  Syn- 
od     2 

Reform  Story  : 

Holden     with     Cords 

Chap  XXVI 3 

New  England  . 

Notes ;  Odd-fellowship 
Benevelence ;  Expe- 
rience in  Utah ;  Mr. 
Bishop's  Anti  -  Ma- 
sonry!  4,5 

Reform  News  : 

Shall  we  Take  Wash- 
ing ;  The  Struggle  in 
Kansas ;  The  Illinois 
Convention;  The  loa 
Convention 9,13 


Correspondence  : 
Among  the  Ruins  of 
Romanism;  A  U.  P. 
Preacher'sDilemma ; 
HowAnti-sIavery  ov- 
ercame ;  Plant  i  n  g 
Anti-masonry  in  Da- 
kota; Our  Mail 6 

American  Politics: 
Talmage  on  the   New 
Party ;  A  Few  Sam- 
ples  12 

Religious  News  : 

Holy  Ground  11 

Home  Circle 10 

Children's  Corner.  . .  10 

Sunday  School 7 

Temperance 11 

Thanksgiving 7 

Home  and  Farm 14 

News  of  the  Week.  . .  18 

Churches  vs.  Lodgery 14 

Anti-masonic  Le  cturers  14 

The  N.  C.  a  14 

Publisher's  Dbp't 16 

N  C.  A.  Lectures,  Etc  16 


TOPICS  OF  THE  TIME. 


The  kind  of  politics  in  vogue  in  Chicago  is 
thus  represented  by  Mayor  Harrison,  who  is 
undeniably  a  leader  and  representative  of  the 
Democratic  party.  In  a  mass  meeting  speech 
the  other  evening  he  expressed  himself  .  thus : 
»"I  think  the  best  plan  is,  since  you  are  going  to 
let  men  drink,  to  let  them  have  good  stuff. 
[Applause.]  Kentucky,  where  I  was  raised,  is 
a  great  State  for  making  whisky.  Up  to  the 
time  I  was  twenty-three  years  of  age  I  never 
saw  a  man  who  had  the  delirium  tremens.  I 
knew  a  great  many  men  who  drank  too  much, 
and  a  good  many  of  them  were  not  often  sober. 
They  were  a  nuisance,  but  they  were  not  poison- 
ing themselves,  for  good  old  Bourbon  don't  give 
one  the  delirium  tremens.  A  fellow  would 
drink  it,  go  to  bed,  sweat  it  out,  get  up  in  the 
morning,  do  his  work,  go  to  drinking  again, 
drink  all  the  evening  and  sleep  well  at  night, 
and  yet  he  was  a  tolerable  good  sort  of  a  fellow 
after  all.  [Applause.]  You  can  go  into  a  brew- 
ery and  drink,  and  it  will  do  you  no  harm  unless 
you  make  beer  barrels  of  yourselves.  Then  it 
is  no  good.  I  don't  like  to  see  a  fellow  drink 
until  he  rounds  out  so."  (Increasing  the  size  of 
his  stomcich  with  his  hands.)  Kentucky 
whisky  may  have  all  these  excellent  quali- 
ties, but  its  effect  upon  ordinary  men 
as  seen  in  the  notorious  Kentucky  feuds,  brands 
the  stuff  with  the  devil's  mark ;  and  no  less 
must  be  said  of  the  slops  that  "round  men  out." 

The  above  proceeds  from  the  head  of  our  Ma- 
sonic city  government.  Chicago  was  probably 
never  so  lodge-ridden  in  its  municipal  affairs. 
Harrison  is  a  Mason  of  many  degrees,  and  next 
under  him  are  T.  T.  Gurney  and  D.  C.  Cregier, 
both  "Past  Grand  Masters,"  one  a  reprobate 
church  member,  the  other  simply  a  "Hiramite" 
in  religion,  or,  in  respect  to  Christianity,  an 
infidel.  This  judgment  is  based  on  statements 
of  business  associates  and  in  the  Yoice  of  Ma- 
sonry.  Now,  with  such  men  at  the  head  of  her 
affaiw,  whither  is  Chicago  drifting?  In  the 
election  which  will  be  over  before  this  comes  to 


The  Morgan  Monument. 


The  above  cut  forms  the  frontispiece  of  the  pamphlet  con- 
taining Hon.  Thurlow  Weed's  letter  to  the  Batavia  Conven- 
tion just  issued  by  the  National  Christian  Association. 
Price  10c. 

our  readers  the  issue,  the  question  that  interests 
our  business-  men  is,  whether  Mike  McDonald, 
the  dictator  of  the  Chicago  gamblers,  shall  also  be 
dictator  supreme  in  the  next  City  Council  and  the 
Board  of  County  Commissioners.  The  great  daily 
papers  represent  this  rich  villain  as  having  already 
a  controlling  voice,  and  that  the  whole  force  of  the 
Mayor's  influence  is  given  to  secure  him  more 
power.  This,  then,  appears  to  be  the  outcome  of  a 
few  years  of  Masonic  rule  in  Chicago — it  has  been 
a  preparation  for  the  rule  of  gamblers  and  cut- 
throats ;  and  the  step  from  one  to  the  other  is jeasy 
to  take. 


The  examination  in  the  Star-route  bribery  cases 
in  a  Washington  police  court  compels  the  comment 
that  "  there  has  either  been  some  very  desperate 
swearing  in  the  case,  or  the  government  has  ras- 
cally agents  in  its  employ."  A  government  detec- 
tive swore  that  he  had  obtained  a  great  deal  of  in- 
formation which  he  had  given  Dorsey  "  because  he 
was  his  friend"  and  had  not  informed^he  govern- 
ment. Mr.  Wells,  government  counsel  in  these 
cases,  reports  upon  the  affidavits  he  has  taken,  that 
these  attempts  at  bribery  were  not  undertaken  with 
the  knowledge  of,  or  in  the  interest  of  the  prose- 
cution, but  were  "  a  deliberate  and  carefully  pre- 
pared conspiracy  against  the  administration  of  jus- 
tice," Dickson,  the  foreman  of  the  jury,  who  first 
started  the  bribery  scare  in  Judge  Wylie's  [court, 
held  highly  improper  conversations  with  an'^alleged 
briber, ^Dut  he  had  no  proof  that  briberyjwas  made 


or  attempted,  only  that  somebody  wanted  to 
know  whether  the  jury  could  be  bought. 
He,  however,  exaggerated  this  into  a  bribery 
scare,  and  supported  it  by  his  oath,  juet  at 
the  time  when  court  and  jury  could  be  most 
influenced  in  favor  of  the  thieves.  The  fur- 
ther the  light  of  day  penetrntes  this  mass  of 
official  corruption  the  more  do  the  secret  tricks 
of  the  lodge  nfold  themselves.  If  the  gov- 
ernment will  appoint  an  investigation  of  the 
Washington  lodges  we  believe  the  whole  plot 
would  be  laid  bare. 


The  Friends  of  Kush  and  Henry  counties, 
Ind.,  will  be  deeply  interested  in  the  letters 
addreesed  .to  them  in  this  number  of  the 
Cynosure  and  the  next.  Will  not  some  of 
their  number  in  Carthage  and  Spiceland  see 
that  these  letters  are  well  circulated  ? 


Masonry  and  Baby/on. 

Hislop,  in  his  work  "Two  Babylons,"  tells 
us  that  "the  Chaldean  m^steiies  can  b'^ 
traced  up  to  the  time  of  Semiramis,'  who 
lived  only  a  few  centuries  after  the  flood, 
and  who  is  known  to  have  impressed  upon 
them  the  image  ot  her  own  depraved  and 
polluted  mind."  He  assures  us  also  (p.  36, 
note)  that  "the  mysteries  of  Isis"weie  but  "a 
branch"  of  the  Chaldean,  and  (p.l3)  that  "in 
character,"  and  "in  all  essential  respects," 
the  mysteries  of  all  the  Pagan  nations  were 
the  same.  Of  that  character,  of  the  design 
of  those  mysteries,  and  of  the  instrumental- 
ity by  which  that  design  was  to  be  accom- 
plished, he  says  (p.  7,  8)  "The  grand,  dis- 
tinguishing feature  ot  the  Babylonian  system, 
was  the  Chaldean  mysteries.  Their  primary 
obfectwas  to  introduce,  by  little  and  litt'.e, 
ander  the  seal  of  secrecy  and  the  sanction  of 
an  oath,  what  it  would  noi  have  ueen  s.afe, 
all  at  once,  and  openly,  to  propound." 

He  says  their  ultimate  object  was,  "to  bind 
all  mankind  in  blind  and  absolute  submis- 
sion to  a  hierarchy,  entirely  dependent  on 
the  sovereigns  of  Babylon.  It  was  there- 
fore a  matter  a  vital  necessity,  if  idolatry  was 
to  be  brought  in,  and  especially  such  foul 
idolatry  as  that  of  the  Babylonian  system, 
that  it  should  be  done  stealthily  and  in  se- 
cret." Otherwise,  "though  it  were  done  by 
the  hand  of  power,"  its  hideousnesa  would 
have  disgusted  and  alarmed  the  uncorrupted 
among  mankind,  and  provoked  not  only  dis- 
approval, but  determined  and  even  violent 
effort  to  put  it  down,  and  so  have  defeated 
the.(very  object  for  which  that  "power" 
vas  used  (p.  8,  11). 

Thus,  the  grand  instrumentality  by  which 
the  mysteries  were  to  operate,  and  did  oper- 
ate upon  the  minds,  and  even  the  destinies 
of  mankind,  was  the  introduction  and  prop- 
igation  of  the  great  Babylonian  system  of 
paganism,  which  was  inaugurated  chiefly  by 
that  "paragon  of  unbridled  lust  and  hcen- 
tiousnees,"  the  Babylonian  queen,  Semiramis, 
the  wife  of  Nimrod,  or  IS  inus,  the  founder 
)f  Nineveh  and  the  first  king  of  Babylon. 

This  was  several  centuries  before  even  a 
ivord  of  the  sacred  oracles  had  been  written, 
yet  the  great  truths  of  the  evangelical  faith 
were,  even  then,  well-known  and  ac- 
knowledged £  by  the  mass  ot  mankind— - 
particulars  even,  concerning  Christ,  his 
birth,  his  character  as  a  Saviour,  Mpdiator, 
Priest  and  Kin?,  his  atonemen  aclud- 
ing  his    death,   reanrrection  and  a.,  naion; 


I'HE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE. 


Kovember  9,  1882 


man's  character  and  condition  as  a  sinner,  con- 
demned, lost,  wholly  destitute  of  that  holiness 
without  which  no  man  can  see  the  Lord,  and 
who,  therefore,  "must  be  born  again — ^in  short, 
the  whole  system  of  truth  as  it  is  now  revealed 
in  the  written  Word.  This,  no  doubt,  was  the 
result  of  the  preaching  of  "holy  men  of  God, 
who  spake  as  they  were  moved  by  the  Holy 
Ghost."  Of  those  men,  the  Scriptures  tell  us 
of  "Noah,  a  preacher  ot  righteousness;"  ol 
"Mt'lchisedec,  a  priest  of  the  Most  High  God ; " 
ot  Abraham  also,  and  Lot,  both  just  men  and 
faithful  witnesses  for  God. 

Such  universal  knowledge  of  "the  things  of 
the  kingdom"  must  be  certain  evidence,  that, 
besides  those  "holy  men"  there  were  many  com- 
petent and  faithful  embassadors  for  Christ,  men 
wao  taught  the  people  knowledge  and  the  fear 
of  God.  This  accounts  too,  for  that  strange 
medly  of  incongruities  and  even  antagonisms 
which  ran  througn  and  through  the  whole  Ba* 
bylonian,  pagan  system.  The  leaders  in  that 
great  apostacy  from  the  true  faith,  and  their 
successors,  admitted  those  great  truths,  and,  in 
their  mysteries  incorporated  them,  in  a  distorted 
and  perverted  form,  as  part  and  parcel  of  their 
pagan  abominations.  These  facts  will  hold  a 
conspicuous  place  in  the  history  of  the  ".myster- 
ies we  are  now  considering. 

We  will  now  turn  again  to  Semiramis.  She 
was  called  by  many  other  names,  both  in  Baby 
Ion  and  other  nations,  where,  after  her  death, 
she  was  deified  and  worshiped — Astarte,  or 
Ashtorcth  (in  the  Bible,  Ashtaroth),  Ehea,  Ops, 
Cybele,  Venus,  and  many  others.  The  last  four 
of  taese,  were  names  by  which  she  was  wor- 
shiped in  pagan  Rome  and  in  many  parts  of  the 
Eoman  Empire.  In  Egypt  she  was  called  Isis. 
By  this  name  she  was  also  worshiped  in  Greece 
and  Rome.  She  was  the  Diana  of  Ephesus, 
and  the  Aphrodite  of  Greece.  In  all  these  and 
other  nations,  almost  every  attribute  by  which 
absolute  divinity  could  be  described,  was  as 
cribed  to  her. 

The  other  great  feature  in  the  Babylonian 
system,  thus  clandestinely  propagated  by  the 
mysteries,  was  her  assumption  that  the  birth  of 
her  illegitimate  eon,  whom  she  called  Taramuz, 
one  of  the  many  names  of  her  husband — was 
miraculous,  and  that,  therefore,  he  was  the  son 
of  God,  the  long  and  oft  promised  Messiah! 
(p.  113).  This  was  but  the  logical  outcome  of 
the  claim  set  up  by  or  for  her,  that  she  was  the 
"Bride  of  the  Supreme  Father,"  "The  Mother 
of  the  gods  and  the  Being  who  was  to  bruise 
the  serpent's  head!"  (p.  128,  131-2). 

During  the  lifetime  of  the  great  harlot  queen 
and  her  son,  none  dared  openly  to  espouse  or 
even  defend,  any  of  her  blasphemous  assump- 
tions, either  for  herself  or  him.  All  advocacy 
of  them  was  sedulously  confined  within  the  sa- 
cred precincts  of  the  mysteries.  But  after  their 
death,  when  neprly  all  the  adult  males  in  Baby- 
lon had  been  initiated  in  the  mysteries,  and 
time  had  somewhat  obscured  the  history  of  the 
great  "mother  of  abominations,"  her  son's  birth 
was  boldly  declared  to  be  miraculous,  (p.  123). 
Both  mother  and  son  were  cow  worshiped 
with  an  enthusiasm  that  was  incredible,  and 
their  images  were  everywhere  set  up  and  adored, 
(p.  112.) 

Here  we  find  the  origin,  the  very  beginning 
of  the  worship  of  the  "Virgin  Mother  and  Son," 
in  the  Roj^ian  church.  The  titles  and  attributes 
by  which  Rhea  and  Nin  (Ninus),  the  Babyloni- 
an "Goddess-mother  and  Son"  were  worshiped, 
in  Babylon,  are  precisely  those  now  bestowed 
upon  Mary  and  her  Son  by  the  Roman  church! 
The  "Madonna"  and  Son  of  that  church,  then, 
i«i  not  Mary  and  Jesus,  but  the  old  Babylonian 
*»Madonna"  Astarte,  and  her  eon  Tammuz,  the 
false  Messiah  of  Babylon  and  the  ancient  pagan 
nations,  (p.  122,  135,  433,  435). 

The  Son,  thus  worshiped,  was  looked  upon  as 
invested  (in  the  mysteries)  with  all  the  attri- 
butes and  called  by  almost  all  the  names  of  the 
promised  Messiah.  In  Babylon  he  was  wor- 
shiped as  "God  the  Son,  as  "Mediator,"  and  ae 
"Lord  of  the  Covenant."  Among  "the  nations," 
as  Egypt,  Greece,  Rome,  India,  Japan  and  many 
others,  he  was  worshiped  ae  the  predestined  heir 
ot  tUX  things,  as  King    of  kings    and    Lord  of 


lords,  "the  Sin  Bearer,"  the  "Great  Victim 
M^an,"  "the  Saviour  of  men."  Many  other  kin- 
dred titles  were  also  bestowed  upon  him.  In 
India,  Thibet  and  Japan,  he  is  thus  worshiped 
to  this  day.  (p.  113-14-17-18-19. 

mOLATRY  OF  THE  "MfSTKEIES." 

"It  was  an  essential  principle  of  the  Babylo- 
nian system,  that  the  sun,  or  Baal,  as  he  was' 
called,  was  the  one  only  God.  When  therefore 
Tammuz  was  worshiped  as  God  incarnate,  that 
implied  that  he  was  an  incarnation  of  the  sun. 
(p.  156).  Devil  worship,  also  serpent  worship 
and  the  worship  of  images,  are  traced  to  the 
same  vile  fountain  and  source, — the  Chaldean 
mysteries,  (pp.  159,  370,  112).  Thus,  by  her 
vile  queen,  and  through  the  agency  of  the  mys- 
teries, which  she  had  a  chief  hand  in  forming, 
Babylon  became  the  mother  of  all  the  paganism 
which  has  since  overspread  and  cursed  the 
world.  There  is  not  a  spot  upon  God's  green 
earth  where  their  blighting,  withering  influence 
has  not  been  felt.  However  rude  or  even  bar- 
barous the  paganism  of  any  people  or  nation, 
the  principal  agent  in  the  propagation  and 
working  of  that  paganism,  is  some  secret  organ- 
ization, of  the  stamp,  more  or  less,  of  the  ancient 
mysteries,  around  which  hangs  a  pall  of  mystery 
dark  and  impenetrable  ! 

The  Egyptian,  Grecian,  and  Roman  mysteries 
took  up  the  same  system,  as  they  were  all  "es- 
sentially the  same,"  and  all,  essentially,  branches 
of  the  Chaldean,  (p.  36,  note)  each  adopting  its 
own  separate  and  particular,  yet  substantially 
the  same,  names  for  the  Babylonian  divinities, 
maintaining  in  every  case  the  eame  Babylonian 
paganism.  Says  Hielop  (p.  365)  "It  can  be 
proved  that  the  idolatry  of  the  whole  earth  is 
one ;  that  the  great  gods  of  every  country  and 
clime,  are  called  by  Babylonian  names  ! " 

The  above  facts*  illustrate  and  confirm  that 
Divine  verdict,  by  the  ancient  prophet  (Jer.  51: 
7)  :  "Babylon  hath  been  a  golden  cup  in  the 
Lord's  hand,  which  made  all  the  earth  drunken. 
The  nations  have  drunk  ol  her  wine,  therefore 
the  nations  are  mad  !" 

No  doubt  it  was  the  pagan  mysteries  that 
suggested  that  fearfully  significant  saying  of  the 
Master,  "Men  loved  darkness  rather  than  light, 
because  their  deeds  were  evil."  (John  3:19.) 

No  words  could  declare  more  plainly  or  more 
explicitly,  that  the  secrecy  which  always  shrouds 
"the  Mystic  Tie,"  either  ancient  or  modern, 
openly  pagan,  or  professedly  Christian,  is  a  sure 
declaration,  by  thofe  interested  therein,  that 
"their  deeds  are  evil!" 

MASONRY. 

Says  Hislop  (p.  69),  "It  is  admitted  that  the 
secret  system  of  Freemasonry  was  originally 
founded  on  the  mysteries  of  the  Egyptian  Isis." 
This,  in  connection  with  that  other  fact,  that 
those  Egyptian  mysteries  were  but  a  branch  of 
the  Chaldean,  that  noisome  fountain  of  all  the 
abominations  of  the  earth,  identifies  Masonry 
as  one  of  that  fountain's  polluted  streams'! 
From  the  very  nature  of  the  caee,  therefore, 
Masonry  must  derive  its  inspiration,  and  its 
character  as  well,  from  that  same  abominable 
source ! 

We  have  Divine  authority  tor  saying  that  "no 
fountain  can  send  forth,  from  the  same  place, 
sweet  water  and  bitter."  (Jas.  3:11.)  And  again, 
"Either  make  the  tree  good  and  his  fruit  good, 
or  else  make  the  tree  corrupt  and  his  fruit  cor- 
rupt." (Matt.  12:33).  This  rule,  made  by  God 
himself,  admits  of  no  exception,  no  evasion,  no 
compromise.  It  shows  that  any  system,  built 
upon  a  corrupt  foundation,  must  be  itself  cor- 
rupt ;  and  therefore,  no  system,  founded  upon 
pagan  principles,  and  for  the  propagation  and 
extension  of  paganism,  can  at  the  same  time, 
that  is,  from  itself,  send  forth  institutions  or 
principles  of  any  other  character  than  its  own. 
As  therefore  "Masonry  was  founded  upon  the 
mysteries  of  the  Egyptian  Isis,"  its  true  charac- 
ter, despite  its  pretended  affiliations  with  Chris- 
tianity, must  be,  in  every  essential  feature  of 
it,  the  same  as  that  of  those  mysteries — anti- 
Christian,  simply  and  only  pagan  !  This,  of 
course,  places  Freemasonry,  Odd-fellowship, 
and  the  whole  fraternity  ot  secret,  oath- bound 
"lodgery"  under  the  ban  of  the  severest  Divine 
condemnation.  Sbnex. 


Report  on  Secret  Societies. 

Zb  the  United  Presbyterian  Synod  of  Iowa. 
BY  REV.   AVM.    JOHNSTON. 

Secret  oath-bound  societies  are  contrary  to  the 
profession  of  the  United  Presbyterian  church, 
as  they  are  declared  in  our  Testimony  to  be 
contrary  to  the  Word  of  God.  The  law  of  the 
chnrch  on  this  subject  has  been  re-affirmed  more 
than  once  by  her  (ieneral  Assembly,  and  at  times 
under  considerable  pressure,  she  has  steadfastly 
refused  to  lower  her  Testimony.  At  the  last 
meeting  of  the  Synod,  our  trumpet  gave  no  un- 
certain sound.  The  attention  of  our  people 
was  called  to  the  aggressive  movement  of  secret 
orders,  the  Synod  declared  its  attachment  to  the 
position  of  our  standards  on  this  subject,  and 
exhorted  ministers  and  elders  and  people  to  tes- 
tify against  and  expose  the  evils  of  said  associa- 
tions by  word  and  by  deed. 

In  view  of  these  things,  it  is  certainly  not 
necessary  that  I  argue  the  unscriptural  and 
Christless  character  of  these  associations,  their 
abuse  of  the  oath,  and  their  use  of  oaths  that 
might  chill  the  blood  of  a  savage,  or  the  unholy 
and  unlawful  associations  into  which  they  tend 
to  bring  the  disciples  of  the  Lord  Jesus.  By 
the  ministers  and  people  in  our  church  these 
things  are  generally  known  and  admitted,  and  I 
presume  no  one  would  wish  to  re-open  the  dis- 
cussion of  our  position  as  a  church.  The  ques- 
tion of  the  hour,  as  I  apprehend  it,  is  rather 
what  should  be  the  attitude  of  the  church  tow- 
ard these  man-made  institutions,  with  their  bar- 
barous oaths  or  unlawful  vows,  their  false  pre- 
tentions and  their  Christless  worship ;  and  how 
shall  the  church  most  effectively  counteract  their 
infiuence. 

Now  the  position  of  our  church  on  this  ques- 
tion is  of  long  standing.  It  is  commensurate 
with  her  existence.  The  two  churches  which 
twenty-four  years  ago  flowed  together  and  form- 
ed the  United  Presbyterian  church,  had  alike 
unfurled  the  banner  of  opposition  to  secret  so- 
cieties. They  stood  by  their  colors  when  there 
were  few  to  stand  by  their  side.  Many  of 
their  eons,  who  were  valiant  for  the  truth,  long- 
ed for  the  time  when  other  churches  would 
come  to  their  help  against  the  growing  power 
and  the  corrupting  influence  of  secrecy.  As 
years  rolled  by  ever  and  anon  an  angel  has 
been  troubling  the  waters,  which  has  resulted  in 
giving  health  to  some  poor  soul,  and  light  to 
some  who  were  truly  seeking  light.  The  Uni- 
ted Presbyterian  church  has  largely  increased  in  * 
numbers  and  in  capabilities  for  effective  work. 
Some  other  branches  of  the  church  have  come 
prominently  to  the  front,  and  are  bending  their 
energies  to  counteract  the  influence  of  the  lodge, 
while  some  in  almost  all  the  churches  have  be- 
come convinced  that  secret  orders  are  antago- 
nistic to  pure  Christianity  and  are  praying  for 
their  overthrow.  A  vast  amount  of  informa- 
tion has  been  disseminated  daring  these  years.^ 
The  principles  of  the  leading  secret  orders  have 
been  thoroughly  discussed,  and  their  anti-Chris- 
tian and  anti-republican  characier  made  mani- 
fest. The  things  that  are  done  of  them  in  se- 
cret, have  been  dragged  to  the  light,  and  pub- 
lished to  the  world.  The  old  hush  cry,  "You 
don't  know  anything  about  secret  societies,"  can 
no  longer  be  raised,  and  the  expositions  of  Ma- 
sonry and  Odd-fellowship  can  no  longer  be  pro- 
nounced a  farce,  if  a  farce  they  be,  the  farce 
is  in  the  original,  the  travesty  of  things  sacred 
and  holy,  and  not  in  the  expositions.  A  Na- 
tional Christian  Association  has  been  organized 
with  eighteen  subordinate  State  associations, 
and  local  associations,  running  through  all  parts 
of  the  country.  The  publishing  house  of  the 
National  Association  is  sending  out  streams  of 
anti-secret  literature,  and  agents  supported  by 
the  Association  are  carrying  to  all  parts  of  the 
country  a  gospel  uncorrupted  by  the  traditions 
of  the  lodge.  Still  it  must  be  confessed  that 
the  number  who  take  an  open  stand  against 
these  orders  are  few  in  comparison  with  the 
multitudes  who  are  either  allured  by  their  gor- 
geous display,  or  in  dread  of  their  power  to 
crush  an  antagonist,  or  who,  like  Gallio  of  old, 
care  for  none  of  these  things.  Furthermore, 
we  may  rest  assured  that  the  lodges  of  the  coun- 
try will  not  surrender  their  charters  at  the  bid- 


Xoveoiber  9,  1882 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE. 


ding;  of  a  few,  whom  they  regard  as  cranks,  and 
fanatics.  If  they  go  down,  it  will  be  before  a 
tide  of  public  sentiment,  such  as  promises  to 
crush  out  the  blasting  influence  of  the  brewery 
and  the  still.  That  tide  of  public  sentiment 
will  only  be  put  in  motion  by  earnest  ai^itation, 
and  there  is  need  for  all  who  are  in  sympathy 
with  the  anti-secret  reform  to  come  up  to  the 
help  of  the  Lord  against  the  mighty.  The 
lodge  is  strongly  intrenched  in  the  ignorance  ot 
some,  in  the  selfishness  of  others,  in  the  ambi- 
tion of  others  and  in  the  irreligion  of  others ; 
and  worst  of  all  has  encouragement  and  moral 
support  from  some  of  the  churches  and  many 
ministers  of  the  gospel.  Now  what  shall  we  do? 
What  is  our  duty  as  a  church?  Some  say  just 
let  it  alone.  But  it  won't  let  us  alone.  It  will 
oppose  us  80  long  as  we  keep  that  stripe  on  our 
banner.  If  no  other  way,  it  would  worm  itself 
into  our  congregations ;  it  would  exalt  its  rites 
to  a  level  with  our  God-appointed  forms  of  wor- 
ship. It  would  eat  out  the  spirituality  of  some 
of  our  members.  We  can't  let  it  alone  with- 
out striking  our  colors,  and  making  a  surrender. 
But  do  you  say.  Let  it  alone  and  it  will  die  of 
itself?  I  answer  I  don't  believe  it  is  one  of  the 
things  that  will  die  that  way.  There  are  some 
things  80  inherently  silly  that  they  will  event- 
ually fall  for  want  of  something  to  give  them 
coherency.  But  the  lodge  is  not  of  that  na- 
ture. There  is  silliness  in  it,  it  is  true;  but 
there  is  much  more.  There  is  a  glamour  in  its 
heraldry  as  fascinating  to  many  as  dress  parade 
to  the  small  boy.  There  is  evil  in  it ;  the  spirit 
of  anti-Christ  is  there.  Now  sin  is  self-perpetu- 
ating. Darkness  will  never  scatter  by  any  in- 
herent law  or  principle.  Light  must  come  to 
dispel  it.  Satan  does  not  propose  to  cast  out 
Satan.  His  kingdom  will  stand  forever  if  a 
stronger  power  is  not  brought  in  antagonism  to 
it.  And  80  it  seems  to  me,  the  lodge  is  likely 
to  go  down,  only  before  a  rising  tide  of  en- 
lightened Christian  public  sentiment. 

The  United  Presbyterian  church  then,  as  one 
of  the  respectable  and  influential  bodies  which 
testify  against  secrecy,  has  a  mission  to  fulfill  in 
creating  this  public  sentiment  and  swelling  the 
tide  of  active  opposition.  A  silent  testimony 
will  accomplish  but  little;  there  must  be  con- 
sistent action  to  make  our  testimony  effect- 
ive. 

Allow  me  then  to  call  attention  to  a  few 
things,  which  seem  to  me  to  be  demanded  of  us, 
by  virtue  of  our  position  as  a  church : 

1.  Faithfulness  to  our  standards  in  the  admission 
of  members.  It  is  charged  that  members  of  se- 
cret orders  are  to  be  found  in  some  congrega- 
tions of  the  United  Presbyterian  church.  We 
hope  there  are  none  within  the  bdunds  of  the 
Synod  of  Iowa,  We  would  incline  to  think 
that  this  Synod  stands  solid  on  this  question. 
And  surely  the  present  is  no  time  to  lower  our 
colors.  The  tide  is  rising.  The  forces  are  mus- 
tering for  the  coming  conflict.  Out  of  Ephraim, 
Benjamin,  Zebulum,  from  different  tribes  of 
Israel  they  gather  under  the  banner  of  the  cross 
to  oppose  the  powers  of  an ti- Christ  and  the 
unfruitful  works  of  darkness.  Even  some,  who 
like  Keuben  abode  for  a  time  among  the  sheep- 
folds  to  hear  the  bleating  of  the  flocks  have  at 
length  heard  the  trumpet  call  of  Messiah  the 
Prince  and  are  girding  on  their  armor.  It  is  no 
time  then  for  us  to  waver.  All  the  indications 
of  God's  providence  seem  to  me  to  call  upon  us 
to  be  loyal  to  our  principles, 

2.  Let  our  pulpits  proclaim  the  truth  of  God 
in  all  its  bearings  on  this  subject.  We  would 
be  sorry  to  see  our  ministers  make  their  pulpits 
a  platform  for  dealing  in  low  billingsgate  and 
coarse  vituperation.  We  have  no  sympathy 
with  the  cry  of  "cut  throats"  and  "bowel  burn- 
ers" which  seems  to  be  the  martial  shout  of 
some  who  have  espoused  the  anti-secret  cause. 
But  we  deprecate  moral  cowardice  as  well.  We 
would  have  our  ministers  proclaim  the  truth  in 
love  in  opposition  to  this,  in  common  with  every 
other  evil  with  which  we  come  in  contact.  If  1 
may  be  allowed  to  express  an  opinion,  it  would 
be,  that  as  ministers  we  do  not  give  that  promi- 
nence to  this  principle  of  our  profession,  in  our 
public  ministrations  to  which  it  is  entitled. 
Some  perhaps  make  an  occasional  reference  to 


it,  some  perhaps  have  preached  for  several  years 
and  never  named  the  subject  from  the  pulpit, 
while  only  the  few  have  made  it  the  subject  of 
thorough  discussion.  Prohibition  would  never 
have  carried  in  Iowa  under  such  treatment  as 
this.  The  whiskey  and  the  beer  power  would 
have  held  the  State  beneath  their  iron  heel  and 
continued  to  spread  their  blasting  influence 
without  let  or  hindrance.  Now  without  riding 
a  hobby,  the  pulpit  may  frequently  bring  the 
truth  of  the  Gospel  to  bear  against  the  evils  of 
the  lodge,  and  thus  enable  our  people  to  give  a 
satisfactory  reason  of  the  faith  that  is  in 
them. 

3.  We  should  contribute  our  influence  as  we 
can  in  the  circulation  of  anti-secret  literature. 
We  all  recognize  the  press  as  wielding  a  tremen- 
dous power,  and  that  power  can  no  longer  be 
monopolized  in  the  interests  ot  secrecy.  Books 
are  published  in  opposition  to  the  lodge  that 
may  be  put  into  the  houses  of  our  people  at 
much  cheaper  rates  than  those  which  are  gener- 
ally circulated  by  the  peripatetic  agent.  Tracts 
are  published  which  it  put  into  our  Sabbath- 
dchools  may  give  the  right  bent  to  the  minds  of 
the  young  and  save  them  from  being  bound  in 
ihe  coils  ot  secrecy ;  and  papers  also  are  publish- 
ed in  the  interests  of  the  anti-secret  reform 
which  are  worthy  of  a  place  in  the  Christian 
home.  On  ministers  and  elders  largely  devolves 
the  duty  ot  making  these  agencies  effective  in 
our  congregations  and  communities, 

4.  There  is  a  National  Association  and  a 
State  Association  that  have  claims  upon  our 
sympathies  and  our^active  co-operation.  We  rec- 
ognize the  church,  indeed,  as  the  great  human 
agency  God  has  ordained  to  reform  the  world, 
and  know  that  God  will  not  give  his  glory  to 
another.  But  in  the  present  divided  state  of 
the  church  these  associations  afford  an  opportu- 
nity for  Christians  of  like  feelings  and  sympa- 
thies on  any  given  subject  uniting  together  and 
presenting  a  solid  front  against  what  may  be  re- 
garded as  a  common  foe.  However  some  men 
may  fly  in  eccentric  orbits,  these  associations  as 
a  body  do  not  propose  to  rob  the  church  of  the 
glory  God  would  put  upon  her.  It  is  the  spirit 
of  tiie  church  breathing  in  them  and  through 
them  that  clothes  them  with  moral  power  and 
makes  them  mighty  through  God  in  pulling 
down  strongholds.  Let  us  recognize  this  truth, 
and  they  will  neither  dishonor  God,  nor  make 
us  less  loyal  to  the  church.  But  some  say,  I 
don't  like  the  spirit  of  some  of  these  conven- 
tions, nor  the  animus  of  some  who  are  promi- 
nent in  them.  Very  well,  let  us  go  in  and 
breathe  a  little  more  United  Presbyterianism 
into  them  and  perhaps  they  will  come  more  to 
your  likings.  They  will  not  utterly  resist  as- 
similation. They  will  give  United  Presbyterians 
as  prominent  a  position  and  as  candid  a  hearing 
as  they  will  give  to  others.  They  will  be  glad 
of  your  company  and  your  co-operation.  They 
will  enjoy  your  counsels  and  your  prayers.  In 
their  devotional  meetings  they  will  sing  your 
psalms  with  a  gusto,  as  they  did  at  the  National 
Convention  at  Galesburg  last  winter,  if  you  are 
as  familiar  with  your  Psalter,  as  some  others  are 
with  their  hymns,  and  if  you  have  enough  of 
music  in  your  soul  to  start  the  tune.  They  are 
evidently  going  to  do  something,  and  if  they 
are  not  just  as  good  as  some  would  like  them  to 
be,  let  them  go  in  and  help  make  them  better. 
~"  had   a  higher  representation 

the  National  Convention  at 
the  State  Convention  lately 
Yet  the  attendance  at  the 
State  Convention  has  been  largely  locfl  and  it 
has  not  yet  received  that  general  attention  from 
the  people  of  our  church,  to  which  it  is  jusny 
entitled.  Our  position  as  a  church  demands 
of  us  active,  effective  work.  Let  us  not  be  de- 
ceived by  the  cry  that  is  sometimes  raised,  that 
by  agitation  you  only  make  Masons  and  Odd- 
fellows, There  is  no  doubt  but  agitation  has 
made  members  of  some  persons,  but  it  has  un- 
made others,  and  prevented  a  still  larger  num- 
ber from  being  ensnared  by  these  false  systems 
and  led  away  after  these  false  lights.  If  the 
anti-secret  principle  is  right,  agitation  must  be  a 
help  rather  than  a  hindrance.  No  reform  e"^or 
yet  has  been  carried  forward  without  agitation, 


True,  our  church 
than  any  other  in 
Galesburg,  also  in 
held  in  Winterset, 


nor  ever  can  be.  If  we  deprecate  agitation,  we 
may  as  well  take  in  our  banting,  and  bid  se- 
crecy hold  the  earth  beneath  the  sweep  of  her 
dragon  wing.  But  let  us  rather  awake  to  a 
higher  sense  of  duty,  and  make  our  influence 
more  widely  felt  against  a  system  that  refuses 
the  crown  to  our  Divine  Kedeemer. 


REFORM  STORY. 
Holden  with  Cords. 

By  THE  ADTHOK    OF    "  LITTLE    PEOPLE,"    "  A  SUNNY 

LIFE,"  ETC. 

Chaplvr  XXVI—Freemaa^rif  ea.  tfualUye, 

[Continued  ."^ 

Mark's  testimony;  in  spite  of  the  efforts  made 
by  the  counsel  on  the  other  side  to  shake  it,  was 
full,  clear,  and  convincing.  Legal  cunning  with 
all  its  artifices  was  no  match  for  simple  truth. 
And  when  as  the  last  weapon  in  a  closing  fight 
he  sneeringly  asked  if  all  the  information  Mark 
had  been  detailing  was  communicated  to  him 
Masonically,  the  venomed  point  of  the  inquiry 
which  was  plainly  to  prejudice  the  minds  ot  the 
jury  by  holding  him  up  as  a  foresworn  witness 
revealing  secrets  he  had  been  solemnly  pledged 
to  keep,  was  so  palpably  evident  that  it  met 
with  a  prompt  over-ruling  from  the  court  as 
irrelevant  to  the  case.  But  he  was  a  wily  law- 
yer; as  people  said  of  him,  a  "deep  tellow,"  and 
as  after  developments  showed  had  been  given 
an  immense  fee  by  the  lodge  to  clear  Morgan's 
murderers.  And  in  his  closing  address  to  the 
jury  he  made  free  use  of  those  weapons  of  false- 
hood and  inuendo  so  popular  with  the  institu- 
tion which  had  chosen  him  to  defend  her  from 
the  serious  charges  of  kidnapping  and  murder. 

He  cautioned  them  not  to  be  influenced  by 
the  excitement  then  prevailing ; — an  excitement 
he  assured  them  "got  up  by  ambitious  dema- 
gogues to  serve  their  own  political  ends."  Lan- 
guage that  received  its  proper  rebuke  from  the 
Judge  in  his  address  from  the  bench.  In  grave 
and  dignified  words  he  portrayed  the  aggravat- 
ed nature  of  the  outrage  committed,  and  then 
alluded  to  the  spirit  of  indignation  which  it  had 
excited  in  the  breast  of  every  patriotic  citizen 
"as  a  blessed  spirit  which  he  hoped  woald  not 
subside  but  be  accompanied  by  a  ceaseless  vigi- 
lance and  untiring  activity  until  eery  actor  in 
the  conspiracy  bad  been  hunted  from  his  hiding 
place,  and  received  the  punishment  due  to  his 
crime." 

Well,  it  is  all  over  now.  Judge,  jury  and 
counsel  have  gone  to  their  final  reward.  That 
same  judge  afterwards  Governor  of  New  York, 
sullied  his  bright  record,  and  from  the  Govern- 
or's chair  bowed  to  the  Masonic  power  which 
he  had  battled  with  from  the  bench.  As  tor 
the  lawyer,  who  Judas-line,  betrayed  the  truth 
for  gold  an  avenging  Nemesis  followed  in  his 
track.  God  hath  requited  him. 

"  I  believe  things  are  in  train  now  for  a 
speedy  ferreting  out  of  Morgan's  murderers," 
said  Mark,  hopefully,  as  we  turned  our  heads 
homeward.  If  so  terrible  a  crime  goes  unpun- 
ished after  so  many  of  its  details  have  been  laid 
bare,  and  so  great  an  excitement  has  been  cre- 
ated it  will  be  something  new  in  the  annals  of 
j  ustice. 

Could  we  have  foreseen  that  four  long  years 
would  drag  away  while  case  after  case  was  tried 
before  Masonic  grand  juries  which  failed  to  con- 
vict on  the  clearest  evidence;  that  witnesses 
would  be  secreted,  bribed,  threatened;  that  even 
the  Chief  Executive  of  the  State  would  be  cor- 
rupted, and  confidential  communications  exposed 
to  the  gaze  of  the  lodge  thus  thwarting  every 
design  to  arrest  the  murderers ;  that  in  short  the 
shield  of  a  vast  secret  irresponsible  power  would 
always  interpose  at  the  most  critical  moment 
between  them  and  the  sword  of  justice;  and 
furthermore,  could  we  have  known  as  lodge 
after  lodge  surrendered  its  charter,  and  the 
whole  dark  system  seemed  to  be  in  its  last  death 
throes,  it  was  only  feigning  to  die,  that  the  pop- 
ular attention  turned  to  another  question  it 
might  recuperate  its  strength,  and  under  a 
hundred  protean  disguises  secretly  and  silently 
seize  the  places  ot  public  trust,  muzzle  press  and 
pulpit,  a"-d  cause  even  the  watchmen  of  Zion  to 
be  dumb  dogs; — what  ahould  we  have  the  ght? 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE. 


November  9, 1882 


what  should  we  have  said? 

But  it  was  well  tbat  we  did  not  foresee  the 
future,  that  as  we  rode  homeward,  ur^jing  our 
horses  to  a  swifter  gallop  as  the  shadows  of 
night  fell  darkling  around  us,  we  believed  that 
the  end  was  near,  or  our  hearts  might  have  sunk 
within  us  at  the  seeming  hopeless  nature  of  such 
a  struggle  with  such  a  foe. 

Mark  Stedmau  had  escaped  for  this  time  the 
trap  lai<i  for  his  feet,  and  the  only  resource  for 
his  baffled  enemies  of  the  lodge  was  to  plan  some 
other  aiid  subtler  scheme — if  they  dared. 

But  would  they  dare?    "We  shall  see. 

OHAPrEE  XX VII. 
THE  SWOED  OF  DAMOCLES. 

Among  my  private  papers  is  one  yellow  time- 
stained  document  which  reads  as  follows: 

November  30th,  1820. 

Brownsville  Lodge,  No. 

Brother  Leander  Sevebns: — Whereas  sundry 
charges  have  been  preferred  against  you,  of  uninasonic 
conduct  in  falsely  accusing  brother  members,  aiding  and 
abetting  the  enemies  of  the  order,  and  otherwise  deporting 
yourself  to  the  general  injury  of  tke  fraternity,  you  are 
hereby  summoned  to  appear  at  the  next  regular  meeting 
of  Brownsville  lodge  to  answer  said  charges,  and  show 
good  and  sufficient  reason  why  you  should  not  be  ex- 
pelled for  the  same.  By  order  of  the  lodge. 

Baxter  Stebbins, 
Secretary  of  Brownsville  Lodge. 

I  put  the  summons  in  my  pocket  to  show  to 
Rachel.  It  may  as  well  be  stated  in  passing 
that  I  had  just  received  a  certain  wifely  reproof, 
which  on  looking  the  matter  over  seriously  with 
the  golden  rule  for  a  measure  and  guide — which 
same  old-fashioned  rule  by  the  way  is  just  as  ad- 
mirably adapted  to  married  people  as  any  one 
else — 1  came  to  the  conclusion  was  deserved. 

"Leander;"  she  said,  laying  down  her  sewing, 
and  walking  up  to  me  with  the  flush  on  her 
cheek  decidedly  deepening,  "I  thought  there 
were  to  be  no  secrets  between  us  any  more.  Do 
you  think  I  would  have  said  a  word  to  keep 
you  back  from  sharing  Mark's  danger  ?  Don't 
you  know  yet  what  kind  of  a  woman  you  have 
married?" 

"  A  woman  as  fair  as  her  name-sake  and 
brave  as  Deborah,  and — "  but  here  Rachel 
put  her  hand  over  my  mouth  and  stopped  me. 

"  Don't  be  silly,. Leander.     I  don't  want  com- 

Sliments.     I  want  you  to  promise  when  you  or 
lark  are  in  any  danger  again   not  to  keep  it 
from  me." 

"  I  thought  it  would  save  you  from  worrying, 
Rachel." 

"If  that  isn't  just  like  a  man !"  replied  Rach- 
el, the  laughter  coming  back  into  her  eyes. 
"Don't  you  think  all  this  mystery  about  Sam 
Toller's  coming  worried  me  any?  As  soon  as  I 
saw  your  face  I  felt  it  all  through  me  that  he 
wasn't  here  for  nothing.  You  see  we  women 
shut  up  at  home  grow  to  have  a  kind  of  sixth 
sense,  and  it  isn't  quite  so  easy  keeping  things 
from  us  as  you  men  seem  to  imagine.  Now 
don't  you  ever  do  so  again,  Leander."  And 
with  a  little  imperative  shake  of  her  finger 
Rachel  went  back  to  her  sewing.  But  her 
words  bore  fruit  as  was  evidenced  by  my  showing 
her  the  lodge  summons,  and  asking  her  advice 
what  to  do  about  it. 

"  Do  nothing,  of  course.    Pretty  business  to 
Buppose  they  have  any  control  over  you,  a  free 
man  under  a  free  government!"    And  Rachel's 
eyes  glowed  with  an  indignant  fire. 
'  "Well,  shall  I  burn  it  up?" 
■  "Yes.     No;  give  it  to  me." 

And  as  Rachel  dropped  it  into  her  work-box 
I  think  there  was  a  subtle  sense  of  triumph  in 
the  action.  And  who  can  blame  her  if  she  did 
take  a  certain  fine  revenge  on  the  institution 
that  had  wronged  and  insulted  her  wonaanhood 
just  as  it  wrongs  and  insults  womanhood  ev- 
erywhere, by  consigning  its  most  dreaded 
weapon  to  ignominious  imprisonment  among 
needle-books,  hooks  and  eyes,  and  skeins  of  sew- 
ing cotton ! 

Though  not  so  shining  a  mark  for  Masonic 
obloquy  and  persecution  as  though  I  had  been  a 
Mason  of  higher  degree,  I  did  not  escape  a  seriea 
of  petty  insults  and  vexations  from  members  of 
the  craft,  which  is  not  to  be  wondered  at  when 
it  is  considered  that  Masonry  solemnly  swears 
its  devotees  to  "take  vengeance  on  all  traitors." 
And  as  this  lovely  creed  had  no  stronger  sup- 


porter in  Brownsville  than  Darius  Fox,  it  fol- 
lowed naturally  that  he  should  be  chief  among 
my  persecutors.  Like  many  another  man  of 
small  moral  caliber  he  loved  the  lodge  for  the 
very  things  that  would  make  honest-minded 
men  shrink  from  joining  it.  The  obligation  to 
keep  all  secrets  of  a  companion,  the  vows  to  a 
negative  morality  that  is  absolute  license; — all 
these  he  rolled  as  a  sweet  morsel  under  his 
tongue.  What  wonder  then,  when  he  saw  the 
imminent  danger  that  threatened  his  beloved 
craft,  he  was  filled  with  rage  and  fury. 

Ways  of  annoyance  are  easy  enough  to  find 
when  all  one's  powers  are  set  in  that  direction. 
Bars  were  mysteriously  let  down,  giving  my 
cattle  the  freedom  of  the  neighboring  cornfield 
with  the  result  in  a  heavy  bill  for  damages ;  an 
old  debt  of  my  grandfather's^  paid  long  before 
his  death,  was  hunted  up  and  made  the  basis  for 
a  claim  on  the  estate  that  could  only  be  settled 
by  submitting  to  the  wrong,  or  by  wearisome 
and  costly  litigation.  And  finally  an  action  for 
trespass  was  brought  against  me  for  laying  a 
new  stone  wall  a  trifle  outside  of  what  was  al- 
leged to  be  the  true  boundary  line  between  my 
own  farm  and  the  one  adjoining. 

"  The  hand  of  Joab  is  in  this  thing,"  said 
Luke  Thatcher,  significantly  to  me.  "  They 
say  Fox  threatens  to  drive  you  out  of  Browns- 
ville." 

Joe  happened  to  be  standing  by  and  heard 
him. 

"I've  got  a  small  account  to  settle  with  Joab 
first,"  he  remarked  coolly.  "I  think  of  going 
over  to-night  to  see  him  about  it,  and  taking 
Sam  with  me." 

"Wall,  I  reckon  ye've  let  him  go  about  to  the 
end  of  his  tether,"  Sam  put  in  with  a  grin,  as 
he  whipped  the  dust  from  the  knees  of  his  trou 
sers  with  one  hand,  and  give  a  satisfied  thump  to 
the  crown  of  his  hat  with  the  other.  "It  won't 
hurt  him  nor  nobody  else  if  ye  tie  him  up  a 
grain  cloeer." 

For  Sam  was  once  more  installed  as  general 
factotum  in  and  about  the  house,  the  same 
queer  shiftless,  good-for-naught,  whose  short 
comings  had  so  often  roused  the  ire  of  the 
much-enduring  Miss  Loker.  He  always  allud- 
ed to  my  grandfather  with  a  kind  of  tender, 
touching  reverence. 

"I  tell  ye  the  Captain  was  a  Christian.  Some 
folks  never  care  how  they  treat  a  hired  man,  but 
yer  grand'ther  now  was  one  of  the  kind  that 
alius  wanted  his  men  to  hev  as  good  victuals 
and  drink  as  he  had  himself.  And  when  I  think 
about  him  I  like  to  remember  that  verse  in  R^- 
elations  about  their  all  sitting  down  together  to 
the  Marriage  Supper  up  above.  He'll  hev  good 
fare  there,  no  mistake." 

O,  it  is  a  blessed  thing  when  the  poor  and 
lowly  keep  bur  memories  green  after  the  places 
that  knew  us  once  know  us  no  more  forever  ; 
when  their  kindly  thoughts  follow  us  like  attend- 
ing angels  as  we  pass  into  the  eternal  mysteries 
of  the  life  beyond. 

\^To  he  continued.'] 


NEW  ENGLAND. 


THE  NEW  ENGLAND  BOARD  of  the  National  Chris- 
tian Association  has  it  headquarters  at  No.  8  Portland  St., 
Worcester,  Mass.  A  full  supply  of  books  and  tracts  con- 
stantly on  hand.  Orders  promptly  filled.  Correspondence 
solicited.  E.  D.  Bailet,  N.  E.  Sec. 


"If  the  churches  would  do  their  duty  there 
would  be  no  need  of  secret  societies."  This  is  a 
pet  assertion  of  secret  society  men.  Others  have 
taken  up  the  remark,  assumed  its  truthfulness, 
repeated  it  and  thus  offered  an  apology  for  these 
societies.  Let  us  see  what  the  remark  implies  : 
(1)  It  implies  that  the  churches  have  ceased  to 
fulfill  their  mission,  that  they,  have  become  neg- 
lectful of  duty  and  good  men  have  been  com- 
pelled (reluctantly,  of  course)  to  resort  to  other 
institutions.  (2)  It  implies  that  Freemasonry 
and  Odd-fellowship  are  supplying  the  lack  of 
the  churches,  that  there  is  a  necessity  for  their 
existence,  that  therefore  men  are  justifiable  in 
neglecting  the  churches  and  patronizing  the 
lodges.  What  is  the  effect  of  such  talk  ?  (1)  It 
brings  reproach  upon  the  church.  It  teaches 
young  men  that  the  churches  have  ceased  to  do 
their  duty  and  therefore  have  no  claim  upon 
them.  (2)  It  teaches  that  the  lodges  are  doing 
the  most  practical  good  in  the  community  and 
therefore  it  is  a  religious  duty  to  support  them. 
If  the  remark  is  true  let  us  abandon  our  church- 
es and  go  where  we  can  do  the  most  good.  Bat 
the  remark  is  false,  misleading  and  deceptire.      ' 


At  the  late  Conference  of  churches  held  in 
Paxton  the  divorce  question  was  ably  discuesed 
and  awakened  much  interest.  Now  why  not 
discuss  the  secret  society  question  at  the  next 
session?  Such  a  discussion,  properly  conducted, 
could  not  fail  to  produce  good  results.  Will 
not  the  programme  committee  make  provision 
for  a  "paper  on  the  subject  at  the  next  meet- 
ing? 

There  was  never  more  interest  in  the  discus- 
sion of  secret  societies.  The  erection  of  the 
Morgan  Monument,  the  growth  of  the  Ameri- 
can party,  the  multiplying  of  the  number  of 
agents  at  work,  the  scattering  of  tracts  and  the 
circulation  of  reform  papers  are  all  awakening 
a  deep  interest  in  the  public  mind  and  causing 
unusual  activity. 

It  is  a  very  significant  fact  that  the  Masonic 
lodge,  while  making  every  possible  endeavor  to 
parry  the  blows  of  Anti-masons,  has  scarcely  in 
fifteen  years,  made  the  semblance  of  an  answer 
to  our  arguments.  They  have  called  the  army 
of  seceders  "perjured  villains,"  they  have  sworn 
at  our  editors,  rotten-egged  our  lecturers,  cursed 
the  monument,  insulted  our  canvassers,  threat- 
ened the  ministers  and  closed  the  churches ;  they 
have  boasted  of  the  great,  who  patronize  them, 
of  their  antiquity  and  strength ;  they  have  spun 
five  yarns  about  charity,  morality  and  Masonic 
science ;  but  the  indictment  drawn  against  the 
lodge  is  in  every  particular  sustained  and  wholly 
unanswered. 

A  young  M.  E.  minister,  who  has  become  in- 
terested in  this  movement,  'recently  inquired 
what  we  were  aiming  to  accomplish.  What  is 
the  practical  end  to  be  reached?  First,  we  wish 
to  inform  the  people  of  the  true  character  of  the* 
secret  orders.  There  is  a  popular  ignorance  on 
this  subject  which  can  only  be  accounted  for  by 
remembering  that  the  lodges  have  all  along  for- 
bidden a  public  discussion  of  their  profession 
and  claims.  We  wish  the  people  to  know  that 
secret  orders  are  by  their  nature  pagan  in  re- 
ligion, schismatic  in  society,  partial  in  the 
business  of  the  country,  dangerous  in  pol- 
itics .and  therefore  to  be  condemned  by 
all  good  citizens.  Second,  we  wish  to  make 
it  as  disreputable  for  a  man  to  be  a  church  mem- 
ber and  a  Mason,  as  to  be  a  church  member  and 
a  Mormon  or  a  Mahommedan.  We  wish  to  make 
it  as  unorthodox  for  a  man  to  be  a  minister  of 
the  Gospel  and  a  Mason,  as  to  be  a  minister  and 
a  Catholic  or  Buddhist.  This  will  be  a  legiti- 
mate conclusion  when  the  people  understand  the 
true  character  of  these  orders.  Third,  for  the 
safety  of  our  government  we  wish  to  pass  laws 
forbidding  the  existence  of  secret  oath-bound 
eocieties.  They  are  a  dangerous  element  in 
the  country  and  unless  suppressed  will  ruin  bur 
government.  '"^ 

What  a  practical  theme  it  would  be  for  a 
minister  to  demonstrate  to  his  congregation  that 
in  the  matter  of  benevolence  the  churches  far 
outstrip  the  most  benevolent  of  the  so-called  be- 
nevolent orders.  Why  do  not  the  ministers  see 
that  when  the  lodges  boast  superiority  to  the 
churches  they  are  producing  more  infidelity 
than  all  the  infidel  lecturers  combined.  Let  a 
man  take  the  figures  of  church  benevolence  and 
compare  them  with  the  treasurer's  reports  of 
these  secret  orders  and  see  how  far  the  latter 
fall  behind  the  former.  It  is  a  shame  for  the 
ministers  supinely  to  submit  to  the  false  claims 
of  secret  orders  and  leave  the  charges  against 
the  churches  unanswered.  To  clear  up  this  one 
point  alone  in  the  presence  of  an  audience  on 
Sunday  morning  would  save  many  a  young  man 
from  being  beguiled  away  from  the  church  into 
the  lodge. 

Let  the  comparison  of  lodge  benevolence  and 
church  benevolence  proceed  as  follows :  The 
items  of  church  benevolence  are,  church  build- 
ings, hospitals,  colleges,  academies,  maintaining 
preaching,  Suudav-school  expenses,  caring  for 
the  poor  of  the  church,  caring  for  the  poor  out- 


ovember  9,  1882 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE 


side  of  the  chnrcli,  for  foreigu  inissions,  for 
frontier  misaiona,  for  southern  missions,  endow- 
ments of  colleges,  support  of  hospitals,  homes 
for  old  women,  for  orphans,  etc.,  etc.  The  items 
of  Masonic  and  Odd-fellowship  benevolence  are, 
building  lodges,  for  the  accomtuodatiou  of  their 
own  members  only,  buying  regalia  for  foolish 
displays,  expenses  of  banc^uets  and  dances,  pay- 
ing limited  amounts  to  sick  members  whose 
dues  to  the  lodge  are  paid— aod  here  it  ends.  If 
we  consider  the  single  item  of  caring  for  its 
own  members  the  church  can  make  a  better 
showing  than  the  lodge,  while  this  is  positively 
the  smallest  item  ot  the  benevolence  of  the 
churches.  In  all  its  other  vast  benevolent  en- 
terprises, the  lodge  has  nothing  whatever  to 
compare  with  it.  It  is  a  shame  for  the  churches 
to  rest  under  this  perpetual  charge,  when  the 
publication  of  a  few  figures  would  show  the  ab- 
solute absurdity  of  this  Masonic  boast, 

"No  institution  was  ever  raised  on  a  better 
principle  or  more  solid  foundation ;  nor  were 
ever  more  excellent  rules  and  useful  maxims 
laid  down  than  are  inculcated  in  the  several  Ma- 
sonic lectures."  (The  True  Masonic  chart,  p.  70.) 
Masonic  books  abound  in  fuch  panegyric  as  this. 
Not  even  the  church  of  Christ  is  excepted,  nor 
his  doctrines— Freemasonry  excels  them  both. 
Suppose  a  young  man  reads  books  containing 
.  such  statements,  and  suppose  (as  is  the  case 
with  the  book  from  which  we  quote)  the  names 
of  distinguished  men  are  referred  to  in  endorse- 
ment of  the  claim,  what  is  going  to  be  the  effect 
on  his  mind?  When  he  chooses  the  institution 
to  which  he  wishes  to  ally  himself  it  is  likely  to 
be  the  lodge  instead  of  the  church. 

A  Baptist  and  a  Congregational  pastor  have 
each  contributed  towards  our  funds  for  support- 
ing colporteurs  in  the  reform.  They  thus  show 
an  appreciation  of  the  work  beyond  that  of  most 
ministers.  Other  ministers  wish  well  to  the 
reform,  but  they  neither  advocate  it  in  their 
churches,  nor  support  it  with  their  means.  We 
hope  and  believe  that  they  will  soon  take  a  more 
favorable  attitude.  Meanwhile  we  must  continue 
to  scatter  tracts,  secure  subscriptions  for  the  pa- 
per, furnish  means  for  the  expenses  of  the  agents 
and  otherwise  show  our  iaith  by  our  works. 

Would  it  seem  proper  for  a  minister  ot  the 
Gospel  to  divide  a  funeral  service  with  a  Mo- 
hammedan priest?  Suppose  the  family  of  the  de- 
ceased desired  a  Chinese  funeral  ceremony 
would  it  be  proper  to  mix  a  Christian  burial 
service  with  it?  If  not,  what  more  propriety 
would  there  be  in  mixing  a  Masonic  and  Chris- 
tian service?  The  former  ceremony  excludes 
Christ  and  is  dishonorable  to  him.  Why  should 
Christian  ministers  submit  to  such  indignity? 
The  time  will  come  when  ministers  will  Bcorn 
to  do  so.  They  will  insist  that  those  who  love 
paganism  shall  be  buried  with  its  rites  and 
those  who  wish  Christian  burial  shall  be  entitled 

to  it. 

^  •  » • 

Odd-fellowship  Benevolence. 

The  Odd-fellows  plume  themselves  much  on 
the  advantages  to  be  obtained  by  members  in 
being  watched  with  in  sickness,  paid  a  stipend 
when  disabled  for  work,  and  buried  at  the  ex- 
pense of  the  order  when  dead  (not  before). 
These  three  points  constitute  the  staple  induce- 
ment to  join  them.  To  read  their  arguments 
on  these  points  one  would  conclude  that  the  ma- 
jority of  che  world  sicken  and  die  without  hav- 
ing watchers  at  their  bedside  or  friends  to  soothe 
them,  that  they  go  unburied  because  too  poor  to 
buy  a  cofiin  or  hire  a  grave  digger  and  that 
neighbors  are  generally  too  hard-hearted  to  get 
dinner  for  the  widow  and  children  when  they 
return  from  the  grave.  The  number  of  un- 
buried corpses  of  men  who  were  not  Odd-fel- 
lows is  not  shown  by  the  census  bureau,  but  it 
is  presumed  to  be  very  large.  The  thousands 
of  poor  benighted  human  beings  who  die  for 
want  of  somebody  to  watch  with  them  and  give 
them  medicine,  all  because  they  were  not  Odd- 
fellows, is  simply  alarming.  Tlie  earth  is  being 
rapidly  depopulated  by  this  one  pest  alone. 
While  the  number  of  children  who  have  wasted 
away  to  skin  and  bones  for  want  of  the  $50 
promised  to  widows  on  the  death  of  their  Odd- 
lellow  husbands  is  beyond  all  computation. 


And  the  worst  of  all  is,  this  untold  indescrib- 
able suffering  is  all  unnecessary.  If  every  hus- 
band would  only  blindfold  himself,  put  a  chain 
about  his  neck,  kneel  over  a  human  skeleton  in 
a  mahogany  cothn,  learn  to  twist  his  fingers  and 
arms  into  peculiar  shapes,  play  Jonathan  and 
David,  pay  the  Odd-fellbws  $40  for  it,  keep  up 
their  annual  dues  regularly,  wear  a  collar  and  be 
a  fool  generally,  they  would  have  the  pleasure 
ot  a  weekly  call  from  a  tobacco-chewing  "Noble 
Grand,"  they  could  have  a  few  dollars  a  week 
while  sick  (if  they  do  not  take  too  long  a  time 
to  die  in)  and  their  widow  might  have  a  small 
sum  of  money,  if  no  flaw  should  be  found  in 
the  title. 

The  strange  thing  is  that  the  human  race  got 
along  so  many  years  without  the  Odd-fellows. 
It  is  a  wonder  the  race  had  not  become  extinct 
before.  If  a  yoimg  man  joins  the  Odd-fellows, 
pays  his  initiation  fee,  keeps  up  his  dues  and 
never  tells  what  a  fool  they  made  of  him,  when 
he  is  old  and  has  paid  hundreds  of  dollars  into 
the  order  he  may  possibly  receive  back  one-third 
as  much  as  he  has  paid.  The  chances  are,  how- 
ever, that  he  will  receive  back  a  much  less  ratio. 
The  ease  with  which  men  may  be  beguiled  into 
such  foolish  investments  of  time  and  money  is 
simply  wonderful. 


A  Year's  Experience  in  Utah, 


of  the   New  West  Edu- 
iving     in   the  New 


One  of  the  teachers 
cational   Commission    is 

England  churches  an  interesting  account  of  the 
planting  of  Christian  schools  among  the  Mor- 
mons. The  recital  of  her  own  work  is  thrilling 
in  the  extreme,  and  it  is  inspiring  to  see  how 
the  grace  of  God  can  lift  a  timid  woman,  alone 
and  unprotected,  into  a  state  of  faith  and  cour- 
age that  is  truly  sublime.  Though  she  trem- 
bled inwardly  at  the  obstacles,  persecution  and 
trials  she  encountered,  yet  she  set  herself  like 
an  adamant  to  maintain  her  position,  relying 
only  upon  God  for  help.  And  she  triumphed. 
Her  school  was  a  success  and  the  problem  of 
Mormonism  helped  to  a  solution. 

Some  of  her  incidents  were  amusing,  others 
pathetic.  A  prominent  man  in  town  was  a 
Mormon  bishop  who  had  Ave  wives  with  sixteen 
children  apiece.  A. bright  young  grand-daugh- 
ter was  among  the  first  to  enroll  her  name  as  a 
pupil.  The  bishop  met  her  soon  after  and  asked 
her,  "Are  you  going  to  that  Gentile  school  ?" 

"Yes,"  was  the  answer. 

"Well,  you  leave  that  or  I'll  disinherit  you." 

"Well,  grandpa,"  she  replied,  "you've  got  a 
hundred  and  sixty-seven  grand-children,  and  I'd 
rather  have  an  education  than  my  share  of  the 
old  adobe  house." 

There  was  a  lad  of  sixteen  who  was  greatly 
interested  in  the  school  and  did  chores  for  the 
teacher.  To  reward  him  she  would  sing  one  of 
the  Gospel  hymns.  At  one  time  it  was  "Who's 
on  the  Lord's  side?"  When  she  finished,  she 
turned  and  said,  "N.,  are  you  on  the  Lord's 
side?"  He  was  confused  but  interested,  and  she 
proceeded  to  instruct  him,  urging  him  to  give 
himself  to  the  Lord.  He  went  away  promising 
to  decide  soon.  The  next  Sunday  morning  the 
young  people  gathered  to  sing  as  usual,  and  the 
same  hymn  was  called  for.  She  looked  at  the 
boy  to  see  if  he  had  thought  of  his  promise. 
He  was  watching  her  intently  and  nodded  his 
head.  She  wondered  if  he  meant  it,  and  seeing 
the  look  in  her  face  he  smiled  and  nodded  again. 
At  the  close  he  lingered  till  all  were  gone,  then 
he  said,  "I  believe  I'm  on  the  Lord's  side,  only 
it  seems  like  bragging  to  say  anything  about 
it." 

"Why,"  said  the  teacher,  "if  you  and  I  were 
the  children  of  the  same  father  and  way  off 
here  together  wouldn't  we  like  to  talk  to  each 
other  about  him?" 

He  burst  out  with  a  laugh,  "Why  that  sounds 
as  though  I  were  your  little  brother." 

Then  she  explained  to  him  that  those  who 
love  our  Heavenly  Father  are  his  children  and 
are  brothers  and  sisters.  Through  the  months 
after  that  she  watched  his  life  and  it  showed  an 
appreciation  of  what  it  meant  to  be  a  child  of 
God.  The  teacher  came  East  and  two  letters 
had  came  bearing  the  same  piece  of  news,  one 
from  his   mother,   the    other  from  the  teach  e'* 


who  took  her  place.  It  was  this  :  "N.  is  dead. 
He  died  of  typhoid  fever.  He  left  a  message 
for  you,  but  he  seemed  to  be  delirious,  for  we 
didn't  know  what  he  meant  by  all  he  said.    The 

message  was,  'Tell  Miss good-bye.     Tell 

her  I'm  so  glad  she  came  here.'  Then  af- 
ter awhile  he  said,  'Tell  her  I'm  on  the  Lord's 
side  and  I'm  her  iittlc  brother.'  " 

The  teacher  knew  well  the  meaning  of  the 
message  and  it  glorified  that  long  year  of  toil 
and  pain  and  thrilled  her  heart  with  a  joy  she 
never  felt  before.  Does  it  not  f»ive  us  all  a  glad 
key  note  for  future  work?  How  many  more 
such  brothers  and  sisters  might  be  won  to  the 
Lord's  side  had  we  the  courage  and  devotion  to 
win  them? 

Mr.  Bishop's  "Anti-Masonry." 

Robert  E.  Bishop  was  nominated  for  Govern- 
or of  Massachusetts  by  the  Itepnblican  party, 
after  a  heated  campaign  in  which  Mr.  Cross,  a 
Congressman  and  (we  believe)  a  Mason,  was  his 
competitor.  The  Demo'^rats  apain  nominated 
Ben.  Butler,  a  33  *=  Ma^on,  wfio  has  several 
times  before  been  nominated  against  Gov.  Long, 
himself  a  Mason.  Heretofore  Butler  has  stood 
no  chance  for  election,  but  immediately  after 
the  nomination  of  Mr.  Bishop  word  went  forth 
that  he  was  an  Anti-maeon  and  his  defeat  was 
quite  generally  predicted.  The  Republican 
leaders,  most  of  whom  are  Masons,  manifested 
no  enthusiasm  over  Mr.  Biehop,  but  talked  sad- 
ly over  his  probable  defeat.  The  Boston  Journal 
and  other  papers  published  the  fact  that  Mr, 
Bishop  was  an  orthodox  Christian  and  an  Anti- 
mason  and  the  announcement  had  a  very  de- 
pressing effect  on  the  political  "blowers."  Things 
have  continued  after  this  manner  till  within  ten 
days  of  election,  when  Mr.  Bishop  succumbed  to 
political  pressure  and  published  the  following 
card  under  the  title,  "Mr.  Bishop's  Anti-mapon- 
ry,"  with  an  explanatory  paragraph  by  the  Wor- 
cester Gazette  editor : 

"Among  the  campaiga  thuader  which  has  been  circu- 
lated as  a  part  of  the  still-hunt  against  Hon.  R.  R.  Bish- 
op's candidature  for  Governor  is  a  story  that  he  is  a  rabid 
Anti-mason,  a  supporter  of  the  anti-secret  society  move- 
ment, a  contributor  to  the  Morgan  monument  fund,  etc. 
This  story  has  been  industriously  circulated  among  secret 
society  men,  and  has  had  some  effect.  It  has  also  found 
its  way  into  print,  to  a  limited  extent.  What  of  truth 
there  is  in  the  story  appears  by  the  following  letter  by 
Mr.  Bishop  to  a  personal  friend  in  this  city,  under  date  of 
Oct.  23.  '82. 

"My  Dear  Sir, — Soon  after  the  nomination  I  heard  of 
an  absurd  story  going  round  with  reference  to  myself,  and 
have  heard  the  same  eight  or  ten  times  since  from  various 
sources,  and  now  I  hear  that  it  has  reached  you. 

'It  is  all  pure  invention  from  beginning  to  end.  There 
is  absolutely  nothing  in  it.  The  story  is,  as  it  has  been 
reported  to  me,  that  I  belong  to  an  anti-aecret-society 
league;  that  I  have  given  money  to  it,  and  have  refused  to 
attend  Masonic  celebrations  on  principle.  The  fact  is 
that  I  never  contributed  one  cent  towards  any  such  socie- 
ty; I  never  refused  to  attend  a  Masonic  celebration  or  any 
other  secret  society  celebration,  and  have  attended  plenty 
of  them. 

"The  whole  story  is  an  absolute    falsehood,  without  a 
particle  of  foundation  for  it  in  any  manner  whatever. 
"Yours  very  truly, 

"Robert  R.  Bishop'." 

It  will  be  noticed  that  Mr.  Bishop  does  not 
claim  to  be  a  member  of  any  secret  order  and 
this  fact  confirms  us  in  the  belief  that  he  is  at 
heart  an  An ti  mason,  as  he  is  also  said  to  be  a 
consistent  Christian.  But  like  Peter  of  old,  who 
feared  arrest,  Mr.  Bishop  is  unwilling  to  become 
a  political  martyr  and  he  therefore  denies  his 
principles.  Just  as  Sumner  found  in  Washing- 
ton the  Ma8o*nic  power  predominant;  just  as 
poor  Garfield  discovered  that  he  could  not  rise 
till  he  had  bowed  to  the  Masonic  Dagon,  so  Mr. 
Bishop  finds  the  lodge  hedging  his  way  to  that 
political  preferment  which  he  eo  nobly  earned 
in  his  manly  course  in  the  legislature  last  win- 
ter and  he  is  now  compelled  to  make  obeisance 
to  the  Secret  Empire,  which  governs  the  com- 
monwealth or  sink  into  his  political  grave. 

Thurlow  Weed  told  us  at  Batavia  that  the 
Anti-masons  did  not  "go  into  politics"  in  1830 
till  the  Masons  defeated  a  popular  candidate, 
even  after  he  had  been  endorsed  by  both  polit- 
ical parties,  and  actually  elected  a  Mason  to  the 
office  by  a  secret  conspiracy  without  a  public 
nomination.  For  similar  reasons  the  American 
party  now  is  compelled  to  take  the  field 
against  a  secret  conspiracy  which  governs  all 
our  elections  and  for  the  most  part  dictates  our 
nominationa. 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE, 


iToVetnber   1^,188 


CORRESPONDENCE. 


Among  the  Rums  of  Romanism. 

Editoe  Cynosure  : — To  show  yoii  the  super- 
stition whicli  exists  in  the  minds  of  Roman 
Catholics  I  will  make  a  statement  of  facts  which 
transpired  in  a  city  in  New  Jersey,  nearly  three 
years  ago.  A  physician  showed  me  a  small 
scrap  ot  paper  and  asked  me  what  it  was.  I 
told  him  it  was  the  first  fourteen  verses  of  the 
first  chapter  of  St.  John  in  Latin. 

Laughing  at  the  ridiculous  in^position  of 
Rome,  he  said,  "A  lady  handed  that  to  me,  ask- 
ing me  what  it  was ;  and  told  me  a  young  lady, 
8  member  of  the  Roman  Catholic  church,  had 
mislaid  it,  and  she  was  anxious  to  have  some 
one  tell  her  what  it  was,  for  the  priest  had  told 
this  unwary  female  she  must  wear  it  constant- 
ly, and  if  she  should  at  any  time  lose  it  some 
great  calamity  might  befall  her ;  and  she  was 
anxious  to  return  it  to  the  place  where  it  had 
been  mislaid,  to  avoid  any  extended  expecta- 
tion of  woe  on  the  part  of  ihe  owner." 

We  may  think,  Mr.  Editor,  ot  the  African 
savages  wearing  ornaments  made  of  some  part 
of  an  animal  or  bird,  which  they  had  killed, 
that  they  might  in  the  future  be  more  succees- 
ful  in  hunting,  and  by  being  thus  reminded  of 
their  former  bravery  and  accomplishments  they 
truly  might  be  stimulated  to  more  courage  and 
activity.  But  when  a  person  of  intelligence  ad- 
vocates the  wearing  of  a  paper,  on  one  side  of 
which  is  something  printed,  and  thepereon  wear- 
ing it  not  knowing  whether  it  is  the  Sioux  or 
the  Telegu  language,  that  the  said  person  might 
be  spiritually  benefitted  thereby,  there  is  a 
gross  deception. 

It  might  be  said  that  this  wearing  of  paper 
on  which  is  printed  an  unknown  language,  is  ac- 
cording to  one  of  the  rules  of  the  Romish 
church.  But  that  does  not  change  the  case  one 
particle;  it  is  of  human  origin.  And  this  final 
cause  is  the  guilty  party.  Again,  if  this  were 
the  commencement  of  the  imperfections  of  Ro- 
man theology,  where  would  be  the  end  ?  "Teach- 
ing for  doctrines,  the  commandments  of  men." 

C.  "W.  HiGGINS. 


A  U.  P.  Preacher's  Dilemma. 

addressed  to  the  "christian  instructor." 

1,    Galt,  Ont. 

Can  you  instruct  a  preacher  of  your  church 
how  he  can  live  by  the  altar,  and  not 
wander  from  the  fold  of  the  U.  F.  church? 
During  the  last  six  months  the  writer  of  this 
got  six  dollars  from  a  wealthy  congregation  for 
preaching  one-half  day  in  their  pastor's  absence. 
But  they  mean  to  secure  the  patronage  of  the 
lodge.  He  did  not  show  much  favor  for  that 
institution  of  the  "god  of  this  world."  So  they 
would  rather  be  vacant  than  ofi'end  Baalites. 

A  preacher  of  another  denomination  asked 
the  writer  to  be  his  substitute  for  one  day.  Be- 
lieving that  it  is  his  duty  to  "preach  the  Gospel 
to  every  creature,"  he  did  so.  Was  he  right? 
The  writer  does  not  believe  iu  the  logic  of  Dr. 
Harper  and  the  extreme  anti-organists.  They 
prove  too  much  by  their  logic  against  us  : 

1.  "All  that  was  Jewish  passed  away  at  the 
death  of  Christ;"  say  they. 

2.  But  the  moral  law,  the  Sabbath,  the  judi- 
cial law  ot  Moses,  the  forbidding  *  of  marriage 
to  your  deceased  wife's  sister,  or  to  your  de- 
oeaeed  husband's  brother,  the  psalms  ot  David, 
instruments  of  music  in  the  worship  of  God, 
dancing  to  the  praise  ot  God,  supporting  the 
ministry  of  the  church  by  the  voluntary  tithing 
of  the  people,  the  death  penalty  for  murder, 
etc.,  etc.,  were  all  Jewish,  and  passed  away  at 
the  death  of  Christ. 

3.  Therefore  it  is  sinful  to  use  any  of  the 
above  sinful  practices  in  the  New  Testament 
church. 

Besides,  see  page  30th  of  the  Doctor's  "Coun- 
ter-blast to  the  Organ."  He  will  not,  it  1  am 
not  greatly  mistaken,  have  any  of  his  "sous  of 
the  prophets"  use  instruments  m  the  worship  of 
God.  1  et  they  may  get  others  to  carry  them 
before  them,  get  extraordinary  illapses  of  the 
spirit  through  tuem,  use  them  only  ofiering  the 


sacrifices  that  remain  in  the  Christian  church- 
offerings  of  praise  at  the  sacrifice  of  thank- 
offering,  hang  the  instrument  up  in  the  church 
or  on  the  willows,  etc.  Is  this  the  way  he 
would  have  them  act  extraordinary  "illapses"  of 
the  spirit?  Perhaps.  If  so,  why  not  worship 
them?  Why  not  praise,  God  by  proxy?  Why 
not  get  the  Philistines  to  give  us  music,  since 
they  hold  the  "hill  of  God,"  and  give  us  place. 
But  since  1  do  not  believe  in  such  logic  I  must 
starve,  or  go  somewhere  else,  amid  the  jeers  of 
mockers. 

It  is  lawful  for  me  to  use  instruments  in  the 
worship  of  God,  if  able  to  use  them,  if  notable, 
it  is  not  expedient.  Therefore  let  me  preach 
the  Gospel  to  every  creature.  If  Christians  can 
use  the  organ — good.  If  they  have  none — bet- 
ter. If  they  praise  God  with  the  heart,  and  un- 
derstanding, with  the  voice  only  and  the  help  of 
the  Spirit — best.     Let  this  be  my  place. 

If  there  is  any  church  vacant,  which  shall  not 
be  ashamed  to  have  its  pastor  tell  the  lodge  men 
who  may  come  in  to  spy  out  our  liberty  in  Christ 
Jesus,  of  their  sio,  my  humble  services  are  at 
their  command.  But  no  U.  P.  church  that  has 
opened  its  doors  wide  for  the  lodge  and  that  has 
made  up  its  mind  that  Rob.  Morris  and  not  Je- 
sus Christ  shall  reign  there,  need  apply. 

James  Donaldson. 


How  Anti-Slavery   Overcame. 

GiLROY,  Santa  Clara  Co.,  Cal.,  Oct.  2,  1882. 

Editor  Cynosure: — In  a  conversation  with  a 
person  here,  1  said  I  believed  every  secret  so- 
ciety was  wrong.  The  reply  was :  "How  can 
you  help  it?  What  are  you  going  to  do  about 
it?" 

I  did  not  answer  the  questions  then,  but  if  I 
were  to  answer  the  questions  1  would  say,  "I 
will  tell  you  what  I  am' going  to  do  about  it.  I 
am  going  to  do  just  as  I  did  in  anti-slavery 
times  when  I  took  up  against  that  sum  of  all 
villainies,  negro  slavery.  I  talked  against  it ;  I 
read  against  it ;  I  wrote  against  it ;  I  prayed 
against  it  without  ceasing;  and  every  time  I 
had  an  opportunity  I  voted  against  itc  What 
can  any  of  us  do  more?  We  know  that  we  are 
battling  for  the  right  on  the  side  where  God  al- 
ways is,  and  by  his  help  we  must  succeed  ;  and 
may  the  Lord  hasten  the  day. 

In  anti-slavery  times  the  Whig  party  and 
Democratic  party  sold  themselves  to  the  slave 
power.  The  Whig  party  died  and  the  Demo- 
cratic party  got  whipped.  The  Democratic  and 
Republican  parties  here,  in  not  putting  a  tem- 
perance plank  in  their  platforms  have  sold 
themselves  to  the  whisky  power,  and  must  die. 
So  may  it  be.  Yours  respectfully, 

Robert  W.  Chapman. 


Planting  Anii-masonry  in  Dakota. 

Editor  Cynosure  : — With  two  sons  and  a  son- 
in-law  and  some  twenty  others,  I  started  for 
Dakota,  Oct.  2d,  to  see  the  country  and  take 
some  of  the  land  that  Uncle  Sam  offers  to  the 
boys.  Arriving  at  Highmore,  on  the  C.  N.  W. 
R.  R.,  fifty  seven  miles  east  of  Pierre,  at  5  p.  m., 
we  found  a  few  buildings,  consisting  ot  a  hard- 
ware store,  postoffice,  two  hotels,  land  office,  and 
some  dwelling  houses.  There  was  a  livery 
barn,  and  one  well  160  feet  deep  not  yet  curbed, 
and  one  dug  sixty  feet  and  no  water  iu  it. 

In  due  time  fifteen  of  our  party  retired  for 
tlie  night  on  the  hay  loft  of  the  livery  barn,  the 
hotels  not  being  able  to  accommodate  all  of  us. 
Next  day  the  same  number  went  to  find  home- 
steads; several  of  them  were  suited.  My  party 
of  four  concluded  that  water  was  too  far  below 
the  surface,  and  granite  and  gravel  too  abun- 
dant on  and  near  the  surface ;  so  we  went  back 
to  St.  Lawrence  where  we  were  much  better 
suited  in  these  respects.  We  went  twenty-two 
miles  and  found  plenty  of  good  land  and  we 
think  plenty  of  water  in  Wolf  creek,  and  only 
a  few  stone,  which  are  not  objected  to.  We 
took  claims,  went  to  Huron  on  the  7th ;  stopped 
over  till  the  9th,  when  the  land  office  for  that 
district  opened  for  the  first  time,  and  O,  such  a 
rush  and  determination  to  get  in  first  1  Could 
such  an  interest  be  awakened  in  the  minds  of 
men  to  press  their    claims  to  a  heavenly  home- 


stead, there  would  be  a  revolution  in  this  world 
that  would  make  it  unnecessary  to  put  forth  so 
much  effort  to  obtain  a  homestead  here,  as  none 
would  want  to  take  advantage  of  his  broth- 
er. 

Well,  we  put  in  our  papers ;  but  the  crowd 
being  so  great  we  could  not  know  what  we  got 
as  there  was  not  time  to  compare  the  papers 
with  the  entry  books.  After  making  the  selec- 
tions and  putting  some  marks  on  them  by  dig- 
ging some  pits  and  piling  up  the  sod  and  pla- 
cing a  stone  on  top,  I  put  a  Cynosure  in  place 
and  a  stone  on  it  to  keep  it  there.  Some  one 
may  see  it  and  get  light. 

I  made  the  acquaintance  of  a  young  M.  E. 
minister  at  Huron  ;  heard  him  preach  twice ; 
inquired  of  him  whether  many  of  the  ministers 
of  his  conference  were  Masons;  he  thought 
there  were  none.  He  said  he  knew  but  little 
about  the  order,  and  would  be  glad  to  learn 
something  concerning  it.  I  gave  him  some 
tracts,  two  or  three  Cynosures  and  an  Ameri- 
can Freeman ;  gave  him  my  address  and  took 
his ;  thus  I  planted  a  little  seed  of  this  reform 
in  Dakota  which  I  pray  may  become  fruitful 
and  multiply  to  the  honor  and  glory  of  God. 

It  is  my  present  intention  to  go  to  Dakota 
next  spring  and  take  a  homestead  and  undergo 
some  privations  by  which  to  secure  means  to  be 
more  able  to  further  the  cause  and  kingdom  of 
Christ  as  well  as  to  help  shape  the  growing 
population  of  at  least  one  locality.  I  trust  the 
friends  of  this  reform  will  pray  for  the  blessing 
of  God  upon  me  and  mine,  and  upon  the  effort, 
if  it  is  to  be  for  his  glory.  There  are  some 
difficulties  in  the  way  of  this  enterprise.  I  hope 
and  pray  they  may  be  made  insurmountable  if 
it  is  not  to  be  for  the  honor  of  Christ  and  the 
promotion  of  his  kingdom.  Should  God  favor 
my  going  to  that  land  of  homesteads  for  a  short- 
er or  longer  stay  I  shall  take  my  principles  with 
me  and  trust  in  God  that  this  reform  shall  lose 
nothing  by  the  change.  John  Dorcas. 


Our   Mail. 

Mrs.  Irene  Stoddard,  Galva,  111.,  sends  $2  for  the  Cyno- 
sure Extension  Fund  and  writes : 

"  I  cannot  expect  to  need  earthly  treasures  much 
longer  myself,  being  already  far  advanced  in  my  eighty- 
eighth  year." 

G.  N.  A.  F.  T.  Dickson,  Tilsonhurg,  Ont.  : 
"My  venerable  grandfather  was  a  Freemason.  He  was 
a  good  man,  noted  for  his  honesty,  integrity  and  the  fear 
of  the  Lord.  For  many  years  before  his  death  he  would 
not  meet  with  them ,  receive  or  return  their  signs.  He 
warned  all  his  grandchildren  never  to  join  the  fraternity. 
They. have  all  faithfully  complied  with  his  wishes.  A 
few  days  ago  I  prevented  the  eldest  son  of  one  of  the  most 
prominent  men  in  our  county  from  becoming  a  Mason.  I 
read  him  the  oath  he  would  have  to  take  and  he  was  liter- 
ally horrified.  I  spoke  to  a  Christian  friend  of  mine  from 
New  York  about  two  weeks  ago  on  the  subject.  He  is  a 
Mason.  Stoutly  denied  the  murder  of  Morgan.  *  *  * 
He  said  Masonry  was  purely  a  religious  institution.  When 
I  reminded  him  that  all  men  were  eligible  to  enter  the 
lodge  room,  atheists  excepted ;  that  Turks,  Jews,  infidels, 
etc.,  were  active  members,  he  felt  ashamed  and  replied, 
'I  do  not  meet  with  them  any  more.  I  joined  when  a 
young  man,  being  entirely  ignorant  ot  Masonic  oaths  and 
obligations,  and  for  years  I  have  had  no  fellowship  with 
any  lodge.'  " 

.Jas.  Donaldson,  Gait,  Ont.: 

"I  am  glad  that  the  Morgan  monument  is  an  historic 
fact.  It  is  an  eloquent  appeal  to  the  eye  of  a  nation's 
wrongs  and  her  sense  of  outraged  justice." 

J.  L.  Barlow,  Willimantic,  Conn. : 

"J.  E.  Wolf,  the  Evangelist  Hinman  spoke  of  in  his 
letter  in  last  Cynosure,  is  doing  a  fine  work  here,  for  God 
and  souls.  My  heart  rejoices  in  the  prospect  of  salvation 
for  this  wicked  people." 


On  duty  always  a  true  Christian  must  be. 
He  cannot  sort  his  actions  into  sacred  and  secu- 
lar, and  60  avoid  the  charge  of  inconsistency. 
The  late  bishop  Blanchard  when  once  called  to 
reprove  one  of  his  clergy  for  immorality  of 
of  conduct,  received  as  an  excuse  the  reply, 
"My  Lord,  I  never  do  it  when  on  duty."  "On 
duty?"  replied  the  bishop.  "When  is  a  clergy- 
man ever  off  duty?" 

Doves  and  serpents  breathe  the  same  air  and 
flourish  in  the  same  climate,  and  bask  in  the  same 
sunshine;  and  still  the  serpent  is  unchanged. 
Its  healthful  surroundings  do  do  not  eliminate 
its  poison.  So  sinners  in  the  church,  are  not 
made  good  by  church  privileges. 


November  9,  1882 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE. 


SABBATH  SCHOOL. 


LESSON  8,  November  12.— Jesus  Mocked  and  Cru- 
cified.—Mark  15, 16-26. 

(16)  And  tbe  soldiers  led  him  away  into  the  hall  called 
Praetorium;  snd  they  call  together  tbe  whole  band.  (17) 
And  clothed  him  with  purple,  and  platted  a  crown  of 
thorns,  and  put  it  about  his  head.  (18)  And  began  to 
fiftlute  him,  Hail,  King  of  the  Jews!  (19)  And  they  smote 
him  on  the  head  with  a  reed,  and  did  spit  upon  him,  and 
bowing  their  knees,  worshiped  him.  (20)  And  when  they 
had  mocked  him,  they  took  off  the  purple  from  him,  and 
put  his  own  clothes  on  him,  and  led  him  out  to  crucify 
him.  (21)  And  they  compelled  one  SlmoQ,  a  Cyrenian, 
who  passed  by,  coming  out  of  the  country,  the  father  of 
Alexander  and  Rufus,  to  bear  his  cross.  (22)  And  they 
bring  him  unto  the  place  Golgotha,  which  is,  being  in- 
terpreted. The  place  of  a  skull.  (23)  And  they  gave  him 
to  drink  wine  mingled  with  myrrti:  bat  he  received  it 
not.  (24)  And  when  they  had  crucifled  him,  they  parted 
his  garments,  casting  lots  upon  them,  what  every  man 
should  take.  (25)  And  it  was  the  third  hour,  and  they 
crucified  him.  (26)  And  the  superscription  of  his  accusa- 
tion was  written  over,  THE  KING  OF  THE  JEWS. 

Golden  Text. — "For  dogs  have  compassed  me;  the 
assembly  of  the  wicked  have  enclosed  me;  they  pierced 
my  hands  and  my  feet." — Ps.  22:16. 

HOME  headings. 

The  First  Sin  and  First  Promise  of  a  Saviour. — Gen  iii. 
The  Nature  of  Sin  Mauitested. — Gen.  iv.  1-5. 
The  Spiritual  Condition  of  Man  Typified.— Ex.  i,  8-22 
&  23-25. 
Our  Saviour  Typified.— Ex.  xii,  1-28. 
Christ  our  Eflicient  High  Priest. — Heb.  ix,  11-14. 
His  Suffering  Foretold. — Isa.  hii,  4-8. 
A  Voice  of  Lamentation. — Lwrn..  iii,  1-36. 

SUQGESTIVB  QUESTIONS. 

1-5.  Pilate's  jperplexity.  cf.  Matt  27: 1, 2, 11-14; 
Luke  23:  1-15;  Joho  18:  28  38.  Who  composed 
the  Jewish  council?  Luke  22:  66.  What  was 
the  object  of  their  consultation?  Why  did  they 
Bend  Jesus  to  Pilate?  Luke  22:  2;  Jno.  18:  31, 
32.  Did  this  release  them  from  the  responsi- 
bility for  His  death?  Acts  2:  22,  23,  36,  37. 
What  was  the  Jewish  mode  of  punishment  by 
death?  What  charges  were  brouj^ht  against  our 
Lord?  Luke  23:  25;  Jno.  19:7.  Which  one 
did  the  Jewish  rulers  urge  before  Pilate?  Jno. 
19:  12,  What  answer  did  Jesus  make  to  Pilate? 
Jno.  18:  33-36.  What  does  "  My  kingdom  is  not 
of  this  world  "  mean  ?  (That  neither  its  origin 
or  authority  would  be  derived  from  human 
institutions.)  The  expression  "  not  of  this  world" 
is  the  same  as  in  Jno.  17:  16.  Is  Christ's  king- 
dom to  be  a  real,  literal  kingdom,  or  merely 
what  is  called  a  "  spiritual "  one  ?  Sao  Dan.  2  : 
44;  7:  13,  14;  Ps.  72;  Luke  1:  32,  33;  Acts  1:  6, 
7;  16:  16;  Rev,  3:  21;  2t>:  6.  Why  did  not  Jesus 
reply  to  the  accusation  of  the  Jews?  What 
prophecy  did  His  silence  fulfil?  lea.  53:  7. 
What  other  things  astonished  and  perplexed 
Pilate? 

6-11.  The  Dreadful  Choice,  cf.  Matt.  2t: 
15  21;  Luke  23:  16-20;  Jno.  18:  39,  40.  What 
custom  prevailed  at  the  Passover?  Did  the 
multitude  come  on  purpose  to  ask  for  Jiarabbas? 
Who  proposed  the  choice  between  Barabbas  and 
Jesus?  Did  Pilate  gain  anything  by  his  coward- 
ly policy  ?  Who  stirred  up  the  people  to  choose 
Barabbas  instead  of  Jesus,  and  so  defeated 
Pilate's  well-intentioned  but  cowardly  effort? 
What  prophecy  did  this  fulfill?  Isa.  53:  12; 
Luke  22;  37  (Mark  15:  28  is  rejected  by  the  Re- 
vision.) How  wotild  you  account  for  this  fearful 
wickedness  of  the  Jews?  Is  it  not  always  the 
eiuner's  choice  to  prefer  Barabbas  to  Christ?  Is 
the  ein  any  less  when  any  one  deliberately 
chooses  the  world,  or  business,  or  pleasure,  or 
anything,  in  preference  to  Christ? 

12-15.  Messiah  Rejected,  cf.  Matt.  27:  22- 
26;  Luke  23:  21-25.  In  what  did  the  sin  of  the 
Jews  culminate?  Did  they  insist  on  Christ's 
death?  What  was  Roman  scourging?  Do  the 
Jews  as  a  people  still  reject  Christ  as  their 
Messiah?  W"ill  they  ever  come  to  see  their  guilt 
and  repent?  Acts  2:  37-41;  Zech.  12:  20;  Rom. 
11:  25-27.  For  whom  and  why  did  Jesus  suffer 
all  this?  Isa.  53:  4-8.  Has  the  thought  of 
Christ  and  His  claims  ever  troubled  youf  What 
is  your  choice?  What  will  you  do  with  Jesus? — 
Notes  for  Bible  Study. 

LESSONS. 

It  is  no  uncommon  thing  for  people  to  make  sport  of 
better  people  than  themselves  (v.  17.) 

Jesus  accepted  injury  and  insult  for  our  sake;  what  do 
"we  endure  for  his  (v.  19)  ? 

Jesus  was  maltreated  by  his  generation;  should  we 
thiak  strange  if  we  suffer  at  the  bands  of  ours  by  faith- 
fva]y  foUowiog  blm  (v.  19)  \ 


Every  Christian  ought  to  be  like  Simon,  bearing  his 
cross  after  Jesus  (v.  21). 

"Bear  ye  one  another's  burdens,  and  so  fulfill  the  law  of 
Christ"  (V.  21). 

The  most  unwelcome  service  sometimes  bears  the  most 
precious  Iruit.  We  go  with  reluctance  on  some  unprom- 
ising mission  and  return  refreshed  ourselves  or  rejoicing 
in  tne  good  we  have  accomplished  (v.  21). 

The  very  place  of  crucifixion  implied  reproach.  "Let 
us  go  forth  unto  him  without  the  camp  bearing  his  re- 
proach."    Heb.  xiii,  13  (v.  22). 

Till  life  ends  our  work  is  unfinished,  and  we  ought  not 
to  unfit  ourselves  for  it  (v.  23). 

The  cross  of  Christ  is  the  great  theme  of  the  Gospel. 
"We  preach  Christ  crucified,"  etc.  1  Cor.  i,  23  (v.  25). 

Fellow  sinner,  Jesus  alone  can  atone  lor  your  sin  and  rec- 
oncile you  to  God ;  will  you  not  receive  and  rest  on  him 
for  salvation  (v.  25). 

Jesus  is  your  rightful  King.    Do  not  say,  "I  will   not 
have  this  man  to  reign  over  me"  (v.  26). 
—  U.  P.  Bible  Teacher. 


Thanksgiving. 

President  Arthur  has  issued  his  first  Thanks- 
giving proclamation,  which  is  certainly  devout 
in  expression  and  full  in  its  enumeration  of  the 
blessings  for  which  we  should  be  grateful.  It 
reads : 

In  conformity  with  a  custom  t]ie  annual  observance  of 
which  is  justly  held  in  honor  by  this  people,  I,  Chester 
A.  Arthur,  President  of  the  United  States,  do  hereby  set 
apart  Thursday,  the  30th  day  of  November  next,  as  a  day 
of  public  thanksgiving.  The  blessings  demanding  our 
gratitude  are  numerous  and  varied :  For  the  peace  and 
amity  which  subsists  between  this  Republic  and  all  nations 
of  the  world;  freedom  from  internal  discord  and  violence; 
for  increasing  friendship  between  different  sectious  of  a 
land  of  liberty,  justice,  and  constitutional  government;  for 
the  devotion  of  the  people  to  our  free  institutions  and  their 
cheerful  obedience  to  mild  laws;  for  the  constantly  in- 
creasing strength  of  the  Republic,  while  extending  its 
privileges  to  the  feliow-men  who  come  to  us;  for  improved 
means  of  internal  communication  and  increased  facilities 
of  intercourse  witli  other  nations ;  for  the  general  prevail- 
ing health  of  the  year;  for  the  prosperity  of  all  our  indus- 
tries, a  liberal  return  for  the  mechanic's  toil,  affording  a 
market  for  the  abundant  harvests  of  the  husbandmen;  for 
the  preservation  of  the  National  faith  and  credit;  for  a 
wise  and  generous  provision  to  eliect  the  intellectual  and 
moral  education  of  our  youtti;  for  the  influence  upon  the 
conscience  of  a  restraining  and  transforming  religion;  and 
for  the  joys  of  home.  For  these,  and  for  many  otner  bless- 
ings, we  should  give  thanks. 

Wherefore  I  do  recommend  that  the  day  above  designa- 
ted be  observed  throughout  the  country  as  a  day  of  National 
thanksgiving  and  prayer,  and  that  the  people,  ceasing 
from  their  daily  labors,  and  meeting  in  accordance  with 
theirseveral  forms  of  worship,  draw  near  to  the  Throne  of 
Almighty  God,  offering  to  Him  praise  and  gratitude  for 
the  manifold  good  which  He  has  vouchsafed  to  us,  and 
praying  that  His  blessings  and  mercies  may  continue. 

And  I  do  further  recommend  that  the  day  thus  appointed 
may  be  made  a  special  occasion  for  deeds  of  kindness  and 
charity  to  the  suffering  and  needy,  so  that  all  who  dwell 
within  the  land  may  rejoice  and  be  glad  in  this  season  of 
National  thanksgiving. 


Words  of  Life  for  every  Day. 

^AiJOTIFY  THEM     THROUGH     THY  IRtlTn  ;    THY    WOKD 
19  TKtJTH. 

Thursday,  November  9.-r— Hatred  stirreth  up 
strifes  ;  but  love  covereth  all  sins.    Prov.  10:12. 

Friday,  November  10. — Better  is  a  dinner  of 
herbs  where  love  is,  thau  a  stalled  ox  and  hatred 
therewith.     Prov.  15:17. 

Saturday,  November  ll.~-Ho  that  covereth  a 
tranegrossiou  seeketh  lovo;  but  he  that  repeateth 
a  matter  separateth  very  friends.    Prov.  17:9. 

Sabbath,  November  12. — He  is  despised  and 
rejected  of  men  ;  a  man  of  sorrows,  and  acquaint- 
ed with  grief ;  and  we  hid  as  it  were  our  faces 
from  him ;  he  was  despised  and  we  esteemed 
him  not.     Isa.  53:3. 

Monday,  November  13. — Open  rebuke  is  bet- 
ter than  secret  love.  Faithful  are  the  wounds 
of  a  friend ;  but  the  kisses  of  an  enemy  are  de- 
ceitful.    Prov.  27:6-7. 

Tuesday,  November  14. — In  all  their  afflic- 
tion he  was  afflicted,  and  the  angel  of  his  pres- 
ence saved  them;  in  his  love  and  in  his  pity  he 
redeemed  them;  and  he  bare  them  and  carried 
them  all  the  days  of  old.  Isa.  63:9. 

Wednesday,  November  15. — The  Lord  hath 
appeared  of  old  unto  me,  saying,  Yea,  I  have 
loved  thee  with  an  everlasting  love;  therefore 
with  loving  kindness  have  I  drawn  thee.  Jer. 
31:  3. 


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19  Freemasonry  a  Chrlei-excludlng Religion 5 

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38  Masonic  Oaths  and  Penalties,  by  Rev.  A.  M.  Milllgan 4 

39  Should  Freemasons  be  admitted  to  Christian  Fellowship? 4 

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Personal. — To  those  friends  who  are  able  to 
respond  to  our  call  for  one  hundred  clubs  of  ten, 
who  have  not  already  done  so : — 

As  soon  as  you  have  read  Secretary  Stoddard's 
Washington  letter  on  the  9th  page  of  this  paper, 
will  you  not  send  us  immediately  fifteen  dollars 
for  a  club  of  ten  under  our  proposition  of  Oc- 
tober 12th '^ 

TWO  MORE   DAYS 

remain  of  the  thirty  for  the  collection  of  the  one 
hundred  name6,'_and  your  remittance  may  be  the 
very  one  needed  to  make  the  plan  a  grand  success. 
If  not  it  will  help  towards  securing  the  rest  o* 
the  ten  thousand  which  is  needed  in  order  to 
provide  a  "home"  for  our  work  in  the  capital 
city  of  our  great  Eepublic. 


An  Open  Letter. 


We  call  special  attention  to  Secretary  Stod- 
dard's Washington  letter,  and  the  reference  to  a 
Washington  headquarters  by  Mr.  Peter  Howe. 
Next  week  we  hope  to  give  a  carefully  consider- 
ed paper,  tJie  result  of  much  consultation  and 
prayer,  on  the  subject  of  nationalizing  the  Cy- 
nosure. 


The  American  party  is  this  year  merely  get- 
ting its  guDs  in  battery.  We  have  another 
whole  year,  1883,  to  marshal  our  troops  and  get 
them  into  line  before  the  campaign  opens  in 
1884. 


A  beloved  brother  of  the  Eeformed  Presby- 
terian church  (Covenanter,)  attended  our  politi- 
cal meeting  at  Tonica,  and  warmly  commented 
our  American  platform  as  the  only  one  recog- 
nizing God.  He  invites  the  State  Association 
to  Sparta  next  year,  arid  promises  a  large  house 
and  well  filled,  with  hospitality  for  all  who 
come. 


The  Tonica  Convention. 

Tonica  is  a  little  village  of  a  few  hundred 
people  on  the  Illinois  Central  in  LaSalle  county. 
Satan  has  rent  the  Congregational  church  and 
"hardly  departed  "  from  it  as  he  did  from  the 
boy  whom  he  rent  and  left.  The  "  stedfast " 
brethren  and  sisters  who  stood  firmly  for  reform, 
have  given  us  a  truly  glorious  meeting.  The 
lodge,  and  the  Baptist  and  Methodist  pastors 
who  fear  the  lodge  in  their  iJoeVg,  staid  away,  and 
our  meetings  were  small,  in  consequence,  till 
the  last  night  when  there  was  a  good  house  out. 
Brethren  Gurnea,  Morrison,  Baird  and  others 
drove  in  several  miles,  back  and  forth,  to  keep 
things  up  at  home.  The  women  of  the  village 
came  out,  and  the  men  increased  to  the  last. 
But,  as  the  dying  Wesley  said :  "  The  best  of 
all  is  God  with  us."  I  have  seldom  heard  bet- 
ter speaking.  Messrs.  Stratton,  Phillips,  Gard- 
ner, Faris  of  Sparta,  and  others,  all  seemed  to 
"  speak  with  other  tongues  as  the  spirit  gave 
them  utterance.  The  hearts  of  the  people  were 
open  to  large  and  noble  hospitality.  The  only 
trouble  was,  there  were  not  as  many  guests  as 
they  wanted. 

The  political  American  Party  meeting  was 
excellent.  I  have  often  heard  of  Prof.  Stratton,but 
his  exposition  of  our  platform  excelled  all  his 
former  efforts.  A  Prohibition  and  a  Bepublican 
candidate  were  present  before  our  opening  and 
spoke  earnestly  for  reform.  We  endorsed  the 
nomination  of  Peter  Howe  tor  State  Treasurer, 
Herman  A.  Pischer  for  State  Superintendent, 
and  T.  W.  Baird  for  Congress.  Some  of  our 
Wheaton  girls  acted  as  enrolling  Committee ; 
and,  in  short,  we  were  an  active  and  joyous 
company.  Mr.  Howe  came  up  from  Wenona 
and  left  ten  dollars  toward  expenses  ;  and,  being 
told  that  in  Washington,  D.  C,  they  were  trying 
to  buy  a  $20,000  headquarters  he  said,  ^Hell  them 
to  raise  $100,000  lor  Washington  and  I  will 
gme  one  thousand 
pl«a8«  mark  this. 


or  mart!     Mr.    Stoddard, 


TO  THE  SOCIETIES  OF   FRIENDS    IN    CARTHAGE,  RUSH 
CO.,  AND  IN  SPIOELAND,   HENRY  CO.,  INDIANA. 

ToNicA,  III.,  Oct.  31,  1883. 
Beloved  in  the  Lord  : — While  your  courtesy 
and  kindness  are  fresh  in  my  mind,  in  allowing 
me  to  address  you  several  times  last  week,  to- 
wit :  at  a  funeral,  at  your  fifth  day  meeting  in 
the  schools,  and  on  the  Lord's  day,  I  wish  to 
write  you  a  letter  and  give  to  you,  perhaps,  some 
little  encouragement  in  serving  Christ,  and 
some  useful  counsel. 

You  welcomed  us  to  your  meeting  houses, 
and  our  best  meetings,  opposing  the  secret 
lodge,  were  when  we  united  in  Friends  meet- 
ings. The  serene  and  well-considered  remarks 
of  brother  Marshall  and  sister  Eustis,  at  Car- 
thage, gave  us  much  joy  and  strength ;  and 
these,  with  your  schools,  Sabbath- school,  and 
meetings  for  worship,  in,  perhaps,  the  largest 
particular  Friends  meeting  in  the  world  at 
Spiceland,  filled  me  with  thronging  memories  of 
an  acquaintance  pleasant  in  past  years  ;  when, 
the  guest  of  Levi  Coffin,  I  attended  large  meet- 
ings at  New  Garden,  Ind.,  during  the  grapple  of 
the  country  with  the  slave  power.  And,  be- 
loved, now  I  am  to  meet  you,  perhaps,  no  more 
on  earth.  "Though  I  be  absent  in  the  fiesh," 
yet  am  I  with  you  in  the  spirit,  joying  and  be- 
holding your  order,  and  the  steadfastness  of 
your  faith  in  Christ.  Col.  2:5. 

But,  beloved,  there  were  errors  crept  into  the 
seven  churches  of  Asia,  which  John,  the  be- 
loved disciple,  reproved  ;  and  we  are  to  "follow 
those  who  through  faith  and  patience  have  in- 
herited the  promises."  Some  of  your  minis- 
ters and  members,  both  men  and  women,  have 
joined  in  secret  brotherhoods,  which  are  not  the 
brotherhoods  of  Christ,  based  on  regeneration 
and  love ;  but  on  oaths,  imprecation  and  terror. 
They  are  Freemasons,  Odd-fellows,  and  yoked 
in  lesser  orders,  all  of  the  same  dark  character, 
and  fashioned  alike.  Those  secret  orders  are  an 
organized  deism,  which  omit  Christ  to  take  in 
his  enemies,  who  neither  love  nor  worship  him. 
Some  of  your  ministers  who  sat  by  my  side  in 
meeting  last  Sabbath,  were  members  of  these  or- 
ders. Now  "I  wot  that  through  ignorance  they 
did  it,"  but,  being  conscious  of  the  oaths  and 
blasphemies  they  have  taken,  they  must  repent 
of  them,  and  "repentence  includes  renuncia- 
tion." 

Think  of  your  beloved  ministers,  now  in  fel- 
lowship with  "the  unfruitful  works  of  dark- 
ness," which  the  Word  forbids.  Think  of 
Friends  swearing  twenty-eight  oaths  to  become 
Master  Masons.  And  these  oaths  all  begin 
with,  "Furthermore  I  promise  and  swear,"  and 
end  with,  "so  help  me  God!"  I  do  not  think 
any  of  the  brethren,  caught  in  these  "man- 
traps of  Satan,"  will  deny  that  they  have  taken 
these  oaths.  If  they  should,  or,  if  they  should 
even  prevaricate,  and  thus  "make  a  lie,"  by 
prevarication,  quibbling,  or  even  by 
they  will  exclude  themselves  from 
which  shuts  out  "Whatsoever  loveth 
keth  a  lie." 

What  then  are  you  to  do  ?  "I  beseech  you 
suffer  the  word  of  exhortation,"  and  I  give  you 
this  counsel  in  the  name  of  Christ : 

1.  Pray  earnestly  in  the  Holy  Ghost  for  the 
brethren  who  have  erred  in  this  thing,  consider- 
ing yourselves  lest  you  also  be  tempted. 

2.  "Thou  shalt  in  anywise  rebuke  thy  brother 
and  not  suffer  sin  upon  him."  See  Lev.  19:17.- 
If  you  feel  unable  yourself,  do  it  by  another. 
Get  some  minister  or  elder  to  do  it. 

3.  Do  not  "do  the  work  of  the  Lord  deceit- 
fully." Be  satisfied  with  nothing  but  repent- 
ance and  renunciation. 

4.  Inform  yourselves.  Get  the  little  book  of 
the  sainted  Finney,  who  was  himself  a  Mason. 
Or  get  Morgan's  revelation,  and  ask  your  be- 
loved minister,  Pennington,  who  has  been  in 
the  lodge.  He  will  tell  you 
elation  is  true.     You   will 

(5)  See  that  your  erring  brethren  have  not 
only  sworn  oath  after  oath,  in  the  face  of 
the  Saviour  who  said,  "  Swear  not  at 
all,"     (Matt.     5:34,)     but    they    have     sworn 


sworn  consent  to  have  their  throats  cut,  which 
involves  the  guilt  of  suicide! 

Now  if  you  do  these  things  in  the  fear  of 
God,  and  love  of  your  brethren,  God  wiU  de- 
liver your  souls  from  the  sin  of  suffering  sin  in 
your  holy  communion.  And  he  will  deliver 
your  church  from  these  dark  and  dreadful  abom- 
inations, as  your  societies  were  delivered  from 
the  guilt  of  the  slave  system,  when  Anthony 
Benozet  and  Benjamin  Lay  plead  succeBsfuUy 
with  your  fathers  to  cease  from  holding,  as 
property,  the  bodies  and  souls  of  men. 

In  another  letter,  God  willing,  I  will  advise 
you  concerning  your  political  duties,  as  citizens. 
Last  winter  about  two  hundred  good  men  met 
in  a  national  capacity  and  nominated  me  to  be 
voted  for  as  President  of  the  United  States. 
I  replied,  that  the  utmost  they  could  expect, 
without  the  special  providence  of  God,  was,  to 
make  me  a  stone  for  others  to  step  over,  into 
that  high  office ;  and  that  I  would  undertake  to 
be  that  stepping  stone ;  and  I  am  now  consecra- 
ting my  life  to  that  work.  For  a  country  can 
no  more  live  with  conflicting  oaths  in  its  court- 
house than  it  can  live  "part  slave  and  part  free." 

Very  respectfully,  your  brother  in  Christ, 

J.  Blanchard. 


silence, 
heaven, 
and  ma- 


"The  Two  Baby  Ions." 

A  word  of  explanation  will  make  more  clear 
the  article  on  our  first  page  this  week  and  show 
that  the  statements  of  the  writer  are  of  profound 
interest.  Babylon  real  was  the  head  of  the  As- 
syrian monarchy,  built  upon  the  site  of  the 
Babel  tower  and  by  the  descendants  of  the  Babel 
builders.  The  latter  set  up  on  the  plain  of 
Shiuar  the  first  human  "  confederacy,"  against 
the  command  of  the  Most  High  to  scatter  abroad 
and  people  the  earth.  Nimrod,  "  a  mighty 
hunter  before  (margin,  against)  the  Lord"  was 
the  first  ruler  of  this  great  kingdom,  which  was 
ever  the  great  enemy  of  the  church  of  God. 
Jerusalem  was  destroyed  and  her  people  taken 
captive,  and  the  ten  tribes  were  wiped  out  of 
national  existence  by  the  triumph  of  this  Bab- 
ylonish world  monarchy.  This  is  historical. 
Babylon  mystical,  begun  in  the  confederacy  of 
the  plains  of  Shiuar,  was  formed  in  to  a  system  of 
false  worship  in  the  Chaldean  mysteries  men- 
tioned in  the  article  referred  to,  and  will  finally 
be  destroyed  as  prophesied  in  Revelations  16th, 
17th  and' 18th  chapters.  The  relation  of  Free- 
masonry with  both  the  historical  and  the  mys- ' 
tical  Babylon  is  proven  by  every  investigation  ; 
to  nothing  do  lodge  writers  of  every  class  give 
more  explicit  testimony  ;  and  there  is  no  subject 
more  nearly  affecting  the  existence  of  the 
churches  of  Christ  in  America. 


— Bro.  H.  H.  Hinman'sWashington  address,  is 
now  1413  Eighth  St.,  N.  W.  He  is  still  at  work 
in  that  city,  and  reports  a  good  meeting  on  Fri- 
day evening  with  another  appointed  in  a  week. 
Secretary  Stoddard  returned  on  Friday  to 
Chicago. 


that  Morgan's  rev- 


to   conceal  Mason's  crimes);    sworn  to  "obey" 
I  Masons    who     may     be     wicked     men;    and 


— In  announcing  a  change  of  editors  in  the 
Free  Methodist  of  this  city,  the  extent  of  the 
change  was  not  fully  known.  The  last  issue  of 
the  paper  informs  us  that  Bro.  Baker,  whose 
hand  has  been  at  the  helm  for  some  years,  retires 
altogether  from  it  on  account  of  overtaxed 
health.  He  has  divided  the  business  of  the 
office  with  his  partner,  T.  B.  Arnold,  retaining 
the  job  department,  leaving  Bro.  A.  sole  pub- 
libher  of  the  Free  Methodist  and  the  Sabbath- 
school  publications  associated  with  it.  Our 
prayers  and  sympathies  go  with  Bro.  Baker  in 
his  retirement.  The  Free  Methodist  has  grown 
both  in  size  and  excellence  under  his  hand,  and 
has  become  an  agency  for  the  truth  far  outside 
denominational  lines.  He  has  also  been  an  able 
counsellor  on  the  N.  C.  A.  Board,  and  has  ren- 
dered every  assistance  his  other  duties  would 
allow  in  maintaining  our  reform.  We  hope  he 
may  be  able  to  continue  this  valuable  aid  in  the 
future.  Bro.  Travis  comes  to  his  new  duties 
after  long  and  varied  experience  as  a  preacher 
of  the  Gospel,  a  clear  and  forcible  writer  and  a 
sincere  devotion  to  Christian  reforms. 


Kovember  9,  1889 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE. 


9 


REFORM  NEWS. 


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Shall  We  Take  Washington? 

THE  WAY  MAPPED  OUT. 

Washington,  D.  C,  Oct.  Slst,  1882. 
I  have  now  been  in  this  city  eleven  days,  and 
am  becoming  somewhat  familiar  with  its  geog- 
raphy and   public   buildings.     Every    thing  is 
national  in  dimensions  and  unlike  any  other  city 
I  have  visited.     Commerce  seems  to  be  only  an 
incident  in  the  miads  of  the  people  atid  the  one 
absorbing  thought  is  the  Treasury  and  how  to 
draw  from  its  coveted  conteata.     The  population 
is  transient  in  large  measure,  and  values  of  real- 
estate  tickle,  and  depend  on  "  lighting  on  "  the 
man   who  want  to  sell  or  buy.     Desirable  lo- 
cations are  in  demand,  but  I  have  beea  offered 
property  a  little  back  from  the  center  at  prices 
which  in  Chicago  would   be  mere  nominal  fig- 
ures, less  than  cost  of   erecting  buildings.     The 
Masonic   Temple  at  the   corner  of  F   and    9th 
streets  is  the  "  hub  "  of  business,  and  is  really  a 
tine  structure,  built  in  good  taste.     The  first  floor 
ig   for  business   and,    unlike   any  other  superb 
structure  of  the  craftjwith  which  1  am  acquainted. 
Be  it  said  to  the  credit  of  the  fraternity,  there  is 
neither  saloon,  liquor  store,  or   billiard  hall  ad- 
vertised.    The  second  floor  is  a  public  hall  and 
one  of  the  finest  and  most  tastefully  furnished 
and  neatly  kept  I  have  even  entered.     It  was 
well  filled   Sabbath  evening  in  the  intrest   of 
temperance,  and  a   reformed  drunkard,   son  of 
Senator  Nye,  made  a  grand  plea  for  total   ab- 
stinence, and  eloquently  plead  with  the  unfor- 
tunate victims   of  drink   to  trust  in   the   Lord 
Jesus  who   only  could  save  them.     Above  this 
are  two  stories  whftre  the  feet  of  the  "  profane  " 
are  not   permitted  to  tread,  or   unhoodwinked 
eyes  to  behold  the  "  things  that  are  done  of  them 
iu  eecret,"  in  the  chambers  of  their  "  imagery." 
I  have  held   three  parlor  confer-^nces,  two 
Sabbath  services,   two  public  meetings  in  City 
Hall,  and  am  to  give  a  third  lecture  this  evening. 
-Bro.  Hinman  has  worked  quietly,  faithfully  and 
successfully,   and  his  influence  increases   with 
each  day's  efforts.  ^^A  few  men  of  means  here 
are    willing  to  co-operate   with   the    National 
Christian  Association  in  establishing  permanent 
quarters  and  they,  with  others  who  will  be  found, 
would  contribute  quite  a  sum  in  support  of  any 
judicious  plan   based  on 
gives  reasonable  promise 

liowever  slow.  In  my  judgment  there  is  not 
another  point  in  the  whole  land  at  which  so 
many  can  be  reached  from  all  parts  of  our  own 
and  other  countries.  ^'  If  a  tithe  of  what  I  hear 
of  the  mysterious  doings  in  courts,  and  the 
strange  escape  from  prisons  and  officers  of  the 
law  is  true,  there  is  great  need  of  vigilance  on 
the  part  of  every  good  citizen,  and  a.  discreetly 
conducted  department  in  the  Cynosure  by  a 
Washington  correspondent  would  add  greatly  to 
the  value  of  our  organ. 

Here  as  elsewhere  we  shall  be  disappointed  if 
we  expect  from  pastors  more  at  the  first  than  a 
private  admonition  to  move  cautiously  and  not 
involve  their  names  in  so  unpopular  a  move- 
ment; many  express  sympathy  and  really  wish 
the  lodges  were  abolished,  but  are  too  "  prudent" 
to  antagonize  so  formidable  an  opponent.  One 
or  two  thousand  dollars,  added  to  what  could  be 
raised  here,  would  buy  and  equip  a  tract  and  book 
depository  with  rooms  adjoining  suitable  for  a 
small  family  and  furnish  a  nucleous  around 
which  to  gather.  I  do  not  know  that  this  would 
be  the  wisest  expenditure  of  means,  but  it  is 
worth  considering.  The  friends  have  completed 
the  Morgan  Monument,  and  the  Cynosure, 
which  was  a  most  efficient  agent  in  consummating 
this  work,  and  which,  under  God  is  the  right  arm 
of  power  with  the  people,  is  restricted  in  its  circu- 
lation far  beyond  what  it  ought  to  be  ;  and  I, 
with  many  others,  feel  that  our  effort  should  be 
to  carry  the  list  of  subscribers  up  to  at  least  ten 
thousand  before  embarking  in  other  enterprises 
that  will  tax  the  thoughts  and  draw  upon  the 
resources  of  our  friends.  It  we  could  each  take 
hold  with  a  will  as  we  did  with  the  monument 
enterprise  and  run  the  list  up  to  ten  thousand 
paying  subscribers  before  Congress  meets,  it 
would  be  an  act  of  justice  to  the  publisher  and 
«  noblo  work  for  the  cause  and  country.    I  think 


we  could  then  see  the  way  clear  to  enter  Wash- 
ington with  both  safety  to  our  finances  and  profit 
to  the  cause.  With  ten  thousand  families  in 
weekly  expectancy  of  news  from  Congress,  the 
White  Houee,  the  Cabinet,  the  departments,  the 
courts  and  the  interests  of  our  whole  nation  cen- 
tered here,  that  was  ?io^  '■^  strained  through  a 
Masonic  aieve,^^  a  correspondent  would  feel  an 
inspiration  in  gathering  and  reporting  facts  that 
would  make  a  deep  impression  on  the  whole 
country.  My  thoughts  are  led  out  in  this  di- 
rection, and  I  submit  the  case  for  your  consider- 
ation and,  if  you  approve, /or  your  action.  The 
time  is  short  but  the  cause  is  pressing. 

As  I  write  Long  Bridge  across  the  Potomac  is 
before  me.  When  pressed  by  the  enemy  our 
forces  were  not  long  iu  traversing  the  entire 
length  of  that  structure.  It  was  an  emergency 
in  which  every  man  did  his  best.  Is  there  not 
an  emergency  in  our  cause  requiring  quick  and 
decisive  action,  in  which  every  man  shall  do  his 
best,  not  in  retreating  but  in  advancing  to  plant 
the  banner  of  victory  over  10,000  happy  homes 
emancipated  from  the  galling  servitude  of  the 
lodge,  made  possible  in  most  instances  by  a  want 
of  that  knowledge  which  the  organ  of  the  Na- 
tional Christian  Association  contains?  The 
shadows  thicken  and  I  must  soon  go  to  ray  ap- 
pointment, in  the  building  and  iu  a  room  adjacent 
to  that  in  which  Guiteau  was  tried  and  sentenced. 
Think  of  this  matter,  brethren  and  sisters,  fel- 
low workers,  and  pray  for  divine  guidance  and 
help  to  do  your  whole  duty.    J.  P.  Stoddard. 


"  rock  bottom,"   that 
of  healthy    growth, 


The  Struggle  in  Kansas. 

Bro,  Feetnster  at  Sabelhu. 

Bro.  Feemster  lectured  in  Sabetha,  at  Slos- 
son's  IlaU,  Thursday  evening,  Oct.  19.  Al- 
though the  lecture  had  been  well  ad^^ertiaed,  the 
audience  was  not  as  large  as  was  expected,  about 
150  being  present.  The  secret  societies  were 
well  represented.  The  subject  of  the  lecture 
was,  "Tho  Educating  power  of  the  Lodge  on 
its  own  Members." 

Bro.  Feemster  is  a  clear,  logical  speaker,  at 
times  truly  eloquent,  with  now  and  then  a  flash 
of  wit,  which  brings  down  the  house.  For  ex- 
ample, in  describing  and  partly  working  the 
Entered  Apprentice's  degree,  where  the  candi- 
date, kneeling  at  the  altar,  after  having  taken 
the  oath,  the  Worshipful  Master  says,  "In  your 
present  blind  condition  what  do  you  most  de- 
sire?" Candidate. — "Light  in  Masonry  ?"  Bro. 
F.  turned  to  the  audience  and  said,  "Do  you 
suppose  that  is  so  ?  If  he  really  told  what  he 
most  desired  wouldn't  he  say,  Grive  me  my  pan- 
taloons and  let  me  go  home  ?" 

The  lodge  men  behaved  themselves  very  well 
while  Bro.  F.  was  speakf.ng,  except  that  they 
cheered  rather  more  than  gentlemen  would 
have  done,  which,  however,  did  not  seem  to  em- 
barrass him.  After  the  audience  was  dismissed 
one  of  the  Masons  lost  his  jewel.  He  is  mayor 
of  the  city,  also  justice  of  tJie  peace.  He  walk- 
ed up  to  Bro.  F.,  followed  by  a  crowd  of  Ma- 
sons. For  a  short  time  he  undid  his  long  back, 
and  by  sheer  force  ot  his  bean-pole  majesty 
tried  to  awe  into  subjection  all  opposition  to  se- 
cret societies  in  Sabetha.  It  didn't  awe  worth  a 
cent.  He  accused  Bro.  F.  of  making  a  hundred 
statements  which  he  Knew  were  false.  Bro.  F. 
asked  him  to  specify.  He  fixed  on  one,  and 
when  asked  for  others  he  told  him  to  call  at  his 
oflice  to-morrow  and  he  would  point  them 
■out.  The  next  night  Bro.  F.  proved  by  Masonic 
authority  that  he  was  correct.  "Whom  the  gods 
would  destroy  they  first  make  mad." 

The  second  evening  Bro.  Feemster  delivered 
his  lecture  on  "The  Power  of  the  Lodge  in 
Church  and  State."  About  three  hundred  were 
present. 

Tlie  city  mayor,  etc.,  did  not  come  to  the 
front  this  time,  but  took  a  back  seat  with  a 
crowd  of  small  boys,  his  own  and  other  Masons' 
boys  among  the  number.  It  soon  became  evi- 
dent that  they  came  with  the  express  purpose  of 
breaking  up  the  meeting.  Tiiey  kept  up  an  al- 
most constant  stamping,  w^histling  and  talking 
out  loud,  the  mayor  taking  part  himself  and  en- 
couraging them.  This,  remember,  was  a  man 
who  has  twice  sworn  to  enforce  the  laws  of  the 
land,  which  he  now  openly  vioiateef  and  encour- 


ages others  so  to  do.  No  perjury  about  that? 
Does  it  not  look  well  for  Masons  to  call  men 
perjured  villains? 

Bro.  F.  was  often  obliged  to  stop  because 
they  drowned  his  voice ;  but  made  good  use  of 
time  between,  though  he  was  not  able  to  do  as 
well  as  he  did  the  evening  before ;  indeed,  not 
one  man  in  a  hundred  could  have  spoken  at  all. 
The  Masonic  inob  argument  was  after  all  the 
best ;  we  gave  them  rope  and  they  hung  them- 
selves. 

One  of  the  Masons  finding  thai  the  mob 
business  did  not  "pan  out"  as  was  expected, 
thought  he  would  propound  a  "masher."  He 
asked  Bro.  F.  "if  he  was  talking  for  money, 
and  if  he  did  not  receive  pay?" 

Bro.  F.  said,  "Of  course  I  do,  I  could  not 
live  if  I  did  not.  Do  your  ministers  receive 
pay  ?" 

Cries  of  "Yes!" 

Do  the  officers  of  your  lolge  receive  pay  ?"    j 

Cries  of  "Yes,"  and  "Nol" 

"Does  your  secretary  receive  pay  ?" 

Cries  of  "No!"  ■; 

"Strange!     Does  your  tyler  receive  pay?" 

Cries  of  "No!" 

"Weil,  what  do  you  do  with  all  this  money?" 

A  voice. — "Pocket  it."  No  disturbance  was 
made  after  this  meeting. 

On  Sunday  afternoon  Bro.  Feemster  deliver- 
ed his  lecture,  or  sermon  "On  the  Keligion  of 
the  Lodge,"  at  3  p.  m.,  Oct.  i52d.  About  two 
hundred  were  present.  Oood  order  was  main- 
tained throughout.  Those  who  came  to  scoff 
were  silent,  daylight  and  the  light  of  God's 
truth  was  too  luucli  for  them.  This  lecture  was 
Bro.  Feemster's  best  effort,  and  much  good  was 
done. 

Whether  or  no  the  lodge  power  is  weaker, 
one  thing  is  sure,  the  opposition  is  stronger. 
Kansas  people  are  not  slow 'to  take  hold  of  re- 
forms, but  when  they  do  get  hold  they  are  like 
the  back-woodsman's  dog,  heaven  and  yarth 
can't  make  them  let  go."  H. 


The  Illinois  Convention. 


The  cordial  invitation  of  the  brethren  at; 
Tonica  to  the  State  Christian  Association  met 
with  a  very  inadequate  response  from  the 
friends  of  our  reform  throughout  the  State. 
Instead  of  twenty  or  thirty,  a  hundred  delegates 
from  abroad  would  hardly  have  taxed  the  large- 
hearted  liberality  of  the  good  friends  of  Tonica. 
Their  devotion  to  the  cause,  well  proved  in 
years  past,  must  be  esteemed  one  of  tue  features 
of  the  State  meeting. 

On  Wednesday  afternoon  at  2  o'clock  the 
convention  was  begim  with  a  devotional  meet- 
ing led  by  Pres.  J.  Bianchard.  Tlie  convention 
then  organized  by  electing  N.  £.  Gardner  and 
C.  VV^.  Hiatt  temporary  chairman  and  secretary. 
The  records  were  read,  and  the  following  com- 
mittees were  constituted:  On  Business:  0.  W. 
Hiatt,  L.  N.  Stratton  and  T.  W.  Baird.  En^ 
r ailment:  Misses  Eaton  and  Swan.  Nomina- 
tions: W.  I.  Phillips,  O.  Sholes,  Geo.  Gurnea. 
Resolutions:  L.  N.  Stratton,  A.  Osgood  and  J. 
Bianchard. 

A  portion  of  the  afternoon  was  now  given  to 
reports  from  the  different  parts  of  the  State 
represented,  while  committees  were  preparing 
to  report. 

President  Bianchard  spoke  of  the  Indiana 
Convention  which  he  had  just  attended.  The 
interest  manifested  by  the  Friends  at  Carthage 
and  Spiceland  in  reform  questions,  the  hospital- 
ity of  their  homes,  the  multitudes  attending  the 
meetings  were  very  hopeful  indications.  Dr. 
Hawkins  and  Bro.  O.  C.  McCord  reported  from 
Granville,  111.,  considerable  local  interest. 
The  Congregational  church,  now  without  a 
pastor  wishes  to  secure  the  lataors  of  a  man  who 
stands  true  for  Christ  against  all  evil  without 
compromise.  Bro.  W.  I.  Phillips,  N.  C.  A. 
Treasurer  and  assistant  Secretary,  spoke  of  the 
hopeful  word  just  recieved  from  the  labors  of 
brethren  Stoddard  and  Hinman  in  Washington 
City ;  also  of  the  Chicago  tract  work  and  of 
some  interesting  experiences  in  College  Springs, 
Iowa.  H.  L.  Kellogg  of  the  Cynosurs  referred 
to  interesting  cases  of  aelf-sacriflce  for  truth 
[LfOntimted  on  13th  page} 


10 


THE  CHRISTIAK  CYNOSURE. 


Kov«inber9, 1882 


HOME  CIRCLE. 


A  Marriage    Hymn. 


BY    THE    AUTHOR    OP    "CHRONIOLBS    OP    THE    SOHOENBEKQ-COTTA 
FAMILY. 

"  From  henceforth  uo  more  twain,  but  one," 

Yet  ever  one  through  being  twain, 
As  self  is  ever  lostund  won 

Through  loves  own  ceaseless  loss  and  gain ; 
And  both  their  full  perfectiou  reach. 
Each  growing  their  full  self  through  each. 

Two  in  all  worship,  glad  and  high. 

All  promises  to  praise  and  prayer. 
"  Where  two  are  gathered,  there  am  I" ; 

Gone  half  the  weight  from  all  ye  bear. 
Gained  twice  the  force  for  all  ye  do  — 
The  ceaseless,  sacred  Church  of  two. 

One  in  all  lowly  ministry. 

One  in  all  priestly  sacrittce. 
Through  love  which  makes  all  service  free. 

And  finds  or  malses  all  gifts  of  price. 
All  love  which  made  life  rich  before. 
Through  this  great  central  love  groivn  more. 

And  so,  together  journeying  on 

To  the  Great  Bridal  of  the  Christ, 
When  all  the  life  his  love  has  won 

To  perfect  love  is  sacriliced. 
And  the  New  Song  beyoud  the  Sun 
Peals,  'Uencetorlh  no  more  twain,  but  One." 

And  in  that  perfect  Marriage  Day 
All  earth's  lost  love  shall  live  once  more; 

All  lack  and  loss  ihull  pass  away. 
And  all  fiud  all  not  found  before ; 

T,ll  all  the  worlds  shall  live  and  glow 

In  that  gruat  love's  great  overflow.' 

—Selected. 


Help  to  Read  the  English  Bible. 

BBV.  W.  J.    EKDMAN. 

It  is  not  geutrallj  known  that  in  the  Bibles  of 
the  American  aud  Biitish  Bible  Societies,  and 
also  in  those  of  some  piiDlishing  houses,  at  least 
three  different  names  of  God  in  the  old 
Testament  are  indicted  by  a  diference  of  type. 

Let  any  one  read  tlie  Bible  with  a  knowledge 
of  the  meaning  of  these  names,  and  of  the  hint 
given  in  the  kibd  of  type,  and  many  passages 
will  shed  forth  more  ligiit.  Especially  will  this 
be  found  true  of  many  psalms  and  prophecies 
wherein  dilierent  persons  are  heard  either  as 
speaking  or  as  spoken  to,  as  m  Fs.  ii,  and  ex, 
and  in  is.  vi.  Ine  lull  lorce  of  certain  quota- 
tions or  allusions  in  tHo  JN'ew  Testament  will 
then  be  felt ;  and  the  identity  of  Christ  with  the 
God  ot  the  Old  Testament  will  be  clearly 
proven. 

Eiokim,  is  the  general  naine  of  God  as  God. 
By  it  He  is  related  to  Creation  and  Providence. 
ii  is  the  plural  ot  El  which  radically  signihes 
force  or  fctrength.  El  as  a  name  of  God  ib  often 
used  in  poetry,  and  elsewhere  usually  with  an 
adjective  or  epithet.  The  plural  form  suggests 
a  lallnesB  of  powers,  though  scholars  diifer  as  to 
its  origin  and  import.  Kindred  to  these  two 
names  are  two  more  Eloah  and  Elah,  the  latter 
being  Chaidee,  and  all  these  are  translated  by  the 
one  name  God. 

The  name  Jehovah  is  explained  in  Ex.  iii,  IS- 


IS ;  VI 


,  1-8;  itev.  i,  4.    Jehovah  is  God  as  tiie 


eternal  unchanging  One.  His  special  relations 
under  this  name  are  to  grace  aud  redemption. 
He  18  the  God  who  promises  the  covenants. 
Being  the  everlasting  God  He  will  keep  the 
everlasting  covenant,  no  matier*how  mauy  ceu- 
turied  of  seeming  forgttfulneds  aud  delay,  or  ap- 
parent impossibiatieB  come  bttweeu  the  promise 
and  the  lulhllmeut. 

As  Jehovah  He  is  the  God  of  Israel. 

"  Jehovah  is  thy  Elohim." — 

Jah  is  a  contraction  ot  Jehovah. — 
*r  The  name  Adouai  or  Adon  siguihes  Lord, 
Master,  Owner.  Adon  is  rarely  used  tor  God 
and  is  applied  generally  to  men.  Under  the 
name  Aaonai,  God  is  related  to  His  people  as' 
one  who  owns  aud  diuposes,  judges  aud  delivers, 
rebukes  and  helps,  and  all,  ii  might  be  said,  be- 
cause they  are  His  possetsion  through  redemp- 
tion. 

This  name  is  peculiarly  illustrated  by  what 
Jesus  has  done  for  and  is  to  the  church  as  His 
Body,  His  Bride,  His  Servants,  His  House,  His 
Own.  He  has  all  power  aud  is  Head  over  all 
things  lo  the  churchy  and  He  is  the  Savior  of 
the  body.  In  brief,  He  is  "our  Lord  Jesus 
Christ."     On  oomparing  Psalm  ex,  1  with  Kev, 


111 


^  21 ;  and  Isa.  vi,  1  with  John  xii,  41,  and  on 
reading  what  follows  in  that  psalm  and  in  that 
prophecy,  it  is  evident  that  Jesus  is  the  Adonai, 
and  as  the  Adonai  He  is  addressed  by  the  name 
Jehovah,  and  Jehovah  is  the  Elohim.  Exod. 
xxxiv,  23.     Amos  v,  16. 

The  following  is  the  help  to  recognize  each 
name : 

LOKD — Jehovah.     Lord — Adonai   or  Adon. 

God— Jehovah.  God — Elohim,  Eloah,  El, 
etc. 

Lord  GOD — Adonai  Jehovah. 

Lord  GOD  the  God  of  Israel— 

The  Adon,  Jehovah  Elohim  of  Israel.     Ex. 


xxxiv,  23. 

"Trust  ye 
Jehovah  is  a 
Waichmam,, 


in  Jehovah  forever,   for  in   Jah 
rock  of  ages."     Is.  xxvi,  4. — The 


Wisdom  of  two  Centuries  Old. 

Let  us  not  flatter  ourselves ;  we  can  never  be 
the  better  for  our  religion,  if  our  neighbor  be 
the  worse  for  it.  Our  fault  is,  we  are  apt  to  be 
mighty  hot  upon  speculative  errors,  and  break 
all  bounds  in  our  resentments ;  but  we  let  prac- 
tical ones  pass  without  remark,  if  not  without 
repentance ;  as  if  a  mistake  about  an  obscure 
proposition  of  faith  were  a  greater  evil  than 
the  breach  of  an  undoubted  precept.  Such  a 
religion  the  devils  themselves  are  not  without ; 
they  have  both  faith  and  knowledge ;  but  their 
faith  doth  not  work  by  love,  nor  their  knowl- 
edge by  their  obedience.  And  if  this  be  their 
judgment,  can  it  be  our  blessing?  Let  us  not 
then  think  religion  a  litigious  thing,  nor  that 
Christ  came  only  to  make  us  good  disputants, 
but  that  he  came  also  to  make  us  good  livers ; 
sincerity  goes  further  than  capacity.  It  is  char- 
ity that  deservedly  excels  in  the  Christian  reli- 
gion ;  and  happy  would  it  be  it',  where  unity 
ends,  charity  did  begin,  instead  of  envy  and 
railing,  that  almost  ever  follow.  It  appears  to 
me  to  be  the  way  that  God  has  found  out  and 
appointed  to  moderate  our  differences,  and  make 
them  at  least  harmless  to  society ;  and,  there- 
fore, I  confess  I  dare  not  asrgiavate  them  to 
wrath  an(i\)lood.  Our  disagreement  lies  in  our 
apprehension  or  belief  of  things,  and  if  the 
common  enemy  of  mankind  had  not  the  gov- 
erning of  our  aliections  and  passions,  that  disa- 
greement would  not  prove  such  a  canker  as  it  is, 
to  love  and  peace  in   civil   societies. —  William 

Penn. 

*  <  *■ 

The  Romish  Aggression. 

The  Illustrated  Christian  WeeTcly  calls  at- 
tention to  the  fact  as  ''a  sign  for  the  times 
worthy  of  note  that  a  great  Roman  Catholic  so- 
ciety has  taken  a  step  in  advance  in  the  line  of 
sectarian  and  proscriptive  political  action.  The 
German  Koman  Catholic  Central  Society,  num- 
bering three  hundred  and  forty  branches,  with 
thirty  thousand  members,in  twenty-three  States, 
held  its  annual  meeting  last  week  in  Milwaukee, 
Wis.  It  passed  strong  resolutions  denouncing 
the  prohibitory  temperance  movement  'as  con- 
trary to  the  interests  and  principles  of  the 
Catiiol'c  church,'  declaring  that  all  its  members 
are  in  duty  bound  to  send  their  children  to  Cath- 
olic parochial  schools  only,  and  favoring  an  or- 
ganization of  Catholics  for  the  purpose  of  elect- 
ing candidates  to  political  offices  'who  will  pro- 
tect Catholics  in  their  constitutional  right  of  un- 
impaired religious  worship.'  To  say  nothing  of 
the  fact  that  this  'constitutional  right'  is  no- 
where impaired,  this  action  gives  evidence  that 
the  hirearchy  of  that  church  intends  to  use  its 
monstrous  power  for  the  advancement  of  its  po- 
litical designs.  Forewarned  is  to  be  forearmed." 
—  Chriitian  Statesman. 


Questions  for  Quiet  Moments. — Have  you 
invited  any  one  directly  to  come  to  Christ  this 
week  ? 

Do  you  love  the  Lord  with  all  your  heart, 
strength  and  soul,  and  your  neighbor  as  your- 
self 'i 

When  God  would  educate  a  man,  he  compels 
him  to  learn  bitter  lessons.  He  sends  him  to 
school  to  the  necessities  rather  than  to  the  graces 
that,  by  knowing  all  sufferings,  he  may  know 
also  the  eternal  consolation. 


CHILDREN'S  CORNER. 


Our  Wonderful  House. 

A  wonderful  house  have  I, 
That  God  has  made  for  me, 

With  windows  to  the  iky. 
And  keepers  strong  and  free. 

The  door  has  a  tuneful  harp, 
A  mill  to  grind  my  bread, 

And  there  Is  a  golden  bowl, 
A  beautiful  silver  thread. 

A  fountain  is  in  the  bouse ; 

A  pitcher  lies  at  hand. 
And  strong  men  God  has  given 

To  bear  me  o'er  the  land. 

The  keepers  must  work  for  God ; 

The  harp  must  sing  his  praise ; 
The  windows  look  to  heaven ; 

The  strong  men  walk  hie  ways. 

And  when  this  honse  shall  fall. 
And  death  at  last  shall  come. 

The  good  have  a  better  house 
Above  in  Jesus'  home. 

Answer:    Bccleslaetes  12:1-7. 


How  Totty  Boiled  the  Egg. 


Mamma  was  sick.  Every  one  said  so  from 
the  doctor  way  down  to  Bridget,  the  cook.  Totty 
knew  it  must  be  so,  because  Katie,  the  nurse, 
wouldn't  let  her  go  upstairs — not  even  when 
she  promised  to  walk  on  the  very  tip  of  her  toes. 
Oh  dear,  oh  dear,  it  really  seemed  as  if  the  world 
were  coming  to  an  end.  Mamma  sick!  Why,  the 
sun  itself  might  just  as  well  not  shine  at  all. 

Totty  went  into  the  kitchen,  but  Bridget  was 
busy,  and  didn't  want  her  there. 

"I'll  go  out  the  back  yard  and  look  ac  the 
chicks,  I  guess,"  said  Totty  to  herself.  So  she 
took  down  her  sun-bonnet  from  the  hook  in  the 
entry  and  went  out.  Just  then  the  old  speckled 
hen  jumped  on  the  edge  of  a  barrel  and  cackled 
with  all  hoi  might. 

"I  declare,"  said  Totty,  "she's  laid  an  egg  ;  I 
wonder  where  it  is?  I  hope  it  isn't  in  the  shoe- 
box  nest,  way  up  high."  But  it  was,  and 
Toddy  almost  tumbled  off  the  ladder  trying  to 
reach  it. 

"Why!  There  are  two;  I  can  feel  'em.  I  telli 
you  what,  I'll  boil  one  for  my  sick  mamma." 

Putting  one  carefully  in  her  apron  pocket,  she 
crept  down  the  ladder,  and  then  went  across  the 
yard  to  the  kitchen.  Bridget  wasn't  there,  so 
Totty  looked  around.  There  was  the  tea-kettle 
puffing  away,  with  boiling  water  all  ready. 
What  could  she  want  better  than  that?  She 
reached  the  holder  and  took  off  the  cover,  and 
dropped  her  egg  in.  Now,  I'm  sorry  to  say, 
Totty  couldn't  tell  time  by  the  clock.  She 
knew  perfectly  well  that  the  egg  must  boil  for 
three  minutes,  but  although  the  clock  was  a  very 
large  one,  she  couldn't  make  anything  out  of 
the  long  hands  and  straight  figures. 

"I'll  run  around  the  kitchen  seven  times,  and 
I  guess  that'll  take  about  three  minutes,"  she 
said.  Of  course  she  had  to  do  it  very  softly,  so 
that  no  one  up  stairs  should  hear. 

'There  I  It  must  be  done  now,  because  I'm 
so  tired." 

She  had  counted  one  every  time  she  went  by 
the  clock  for  seven  times.  There  was  the  egg 
aancing  up  and  down  in  the  kettle.  How  to 
get  it  out  was  a  question.  Totty  tried  the  po- 
ker and  the  tongs,  but  the  egg  tumbled  back 
every  time.  Tne  shovel!  Of  course,  why  didn't, 
she  think  of  that  before?  Now  she  has  the  egg, 
safe  and  sound  on  a  little  saucer.  It  was  Totty'a 
own  saucer,  because  it  had  A  B  C's  in  blue 
letters  all  round  the  edge.  "I'll  carry  my  spoon 
too,"  she  said,  "and  then  maranaa  will  know 
who  fixed  it."  Carefully  up  the  back  stairs  she 
went,  and  through  the  long  entry  to  mamma's 
room.  The  door  was  shut.  She  could  just 
reach  the  key-hole,  and  she  whispered  through 
it,  "Please  can  I  come  in ;  it's  burning  my  fin- 
gers." Some  one  said  "hush,"  but  some  one 
also  said,  "That's  my  baby-girl ;  of  courea  she 
can  come  in." 

The  door  was  opened  and  Totty  walked  up  to 
the  bed. 

"It's  an  egg  for  mamma,  and  I  fixed  it  all 
alone." 

"But  she  can't  eat  it,"  said  the  doctor,  "be- 
cause she's  tick." 


* 


Koveitiber  9, 1882 


tHE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE. 


It 


"But  I  can  see  how  nicely  it's  done,  baby," 
and  mamma  took  the  spoon  and  struck  the  egg. 
But  it  didn't  break ;  then  she  struck  it  again  very 
hard,  but  no,  it  wouldn't  crack  a  bit;  and  all  the 
time  the  doctor  was  laughing  as  it  he  never  would 
Stop. 

"  What'fl  the  matter,  doctor?"  said  mamma. 

"Just  look  at  your  egg,"  said  the  doctor.  So 
mamma  took  up  the  egg,  and  then  she  laughed 
too,  fco  very  hard  that  toe  egg  rolled  off  the 
bed  and  clear  across  the  floor,  but  it  wasn't  hurt 
a  bit. 

For  (what  do  you  think?)  it  was  nothing  but 
the  glass  nest  egg  that  Totty  took  from  the  nest ! 
Bat  even  if  mamma  didn't  eat  it,  the  doctor 
said  it  made  her  well,  for  she  laughed  so  that 
she  was  ever  bo  much  better  the  next  day  ;  and 
as  for  the  egg,  why.  mamma  thinks  it  the  very 
beat  in  the  world,  and  you  couldn't  buy  it — no, 
not  for  all  the  money  in  your  savings  bank. — H. 
IT.  Tribune. 


Zero. 

Few  of  our  readers,  it  may  be,  are  familiar 
with  the  origin,  or  hardly  with  the  definition,  of 
the  term,  "zero,"  which  is  in  constant  use  upon 
the  Fahrenheit  thermometer.  Coming  into  our 
speech  from  the  Arabic  through  the  Spanish,  it 
perpetuates  its  original  force,  which  is  "nothing" 
or  "empty."  There  is  a  manifest  solecism  in 
the  use  of  the  word  force  as  thus  applied, 
though,  in  another  sense,  our  readers  have  need 
only  to  appeal  to  their  very  recent  experience  to 
realize  that  there  is  a  decided  fitness  in  its  prac- 
tical significance.  The  inventor  of  the  zero 
scale  upon  which  the  zero  point  is  marked,  was 
a  Prussian  merchant,  who  lived  upon  the  bor- 
ders ot  the  Baltic  Sea,  and  whose  name  was  Ga- 
briel Daniel  Fahrenheit.  A  hundred  and  eighty 
years  ago  he  availed  himself  of  a  bitterly  cold 
day,  of  a  memorably  cold  winter,  to  experiment 
with  mingled  salt  and  snow  to  produce  artificial 
cold.  He  supposed  he  had  thus  found  the  very 
lowest  point  of  cold,  and  constructed  a  rude 
thermometer  with  "zero"  at  the  lowest  point, 
and  graduated  from  that  to  the  boiling  point, 
212  degrees  above  zero,  while  he  fixed  the  freez- 
ing point  at  180  degrees  below  the  boiling  point, 
both  these  degrees  being  estimated  by  the  sup- 
posed contraction  of  quicksilver,  the  thirty- 
second  part  of  its  bulk  in  sinking  from  the 
freezing  point  to  zero,  and  by  its  expansion  the 
one  hundred  and  eightieth  part  in  being  heated 
from  the  freezing  to  the  boiling  point.  Of  course, 
this  was  unscientific  and  entirely  arbitrary ;  and 
as  soon  as  this  became  apparent,  othe^-  scales 
were  devised  upon  true  principles.  These  are 
Reaumer's  and  the  centigrade,  which  are  accom- 
modated to  Fahrenheit's  by  agreement.  The 
latter  is  used  in  Holland,  in  England  and  in  oar 
own  country,  and  its  continued  use  is  in  proof 
of  the  power  of  habit,  which  in  early  days  gave 
this  cumbrous  system  of  the  Dutch  philosopher 
a  hold  upon  the  public   m\n^.— The  Standard. 


TEMPERANCE. 


Some  ingenious  lovers  of  puzzles  have  made 
a  lot  of  senteucea,  in  each  one  of  which  all 
the  letters  of  the  alphabet  are  to  be  found. 
Nine  of  these  sentences  are  presented  this  week 
as  follows : 

J.  Grray,  pack  with  my  box  five  dozen  quills. 

Pert  fellows  vex  Hack  by  quizzing  him. 

Quickly  draw  fat  Jumbo's  vexing  phiz. 

John  was  quickly  vexed  by  Fritz's  magpie. 

Five  big  Jews  whacked  six  queer  lazy  pot- 
men. 

How  quickly  John  got  a  box  of  prizes  moved. 

Prim  Quaker  Job  exchanged  vows  with  lazy 
Flo. 

Joseph,  bring  my  adze,  quick;  I  want  Levy  to 
fix  it. 

Be  careful  of  extremes;  love  knowledge;  prize 
quiet  more  than  joy. 


Without  the  way,  there  is  no  going  ;  without 
the  truth,  there  is  no  knowing;  without  the  life, 
there  is  no  living.  Cbrist  is  the  way  which 
thou  oughtest  to  follow;  the  truth  which 
thou  oughtest  to  trust ;  the  life  which  thou 
OQghtest  to  hope  for. 


— A  young  Virginian  has  invented  a  machine 
called  the  "lung  destroyer."  It  turns  out  150 
cigarettes  a  minute. — New  York  Sun. 

— The  natural  result  of  Henry  Ward  Beecher's 
declaration  that  he  does  not  believe  in  prohib- 
ition was  the  ejectment  of  a  drunken  man  from 
his  church,  by  the  ushers,  last  Sunday. 

— The  legislatures  of  JSTew  York,  New  Jereey 
and  Missouri  now  have  bills  pending  before  them 
to  establish  the  whipping-post  tor  the  p\ini8h- 
ment  of  wife-beaters.  Kansas  covered  the 
entire  ground  by  banishing  liquor  saloons.  It 
is  the  use  ot  bad  whisky  that  makes  wite-beat- 
ers.  Wife-beating,  children  beating,  and  peni- 
tentiary-filling are  all  the  legitimate  fruits 
of  whisky  drinking. 

— A  man  returned  to  his  home  one  day  drunk. 
His  little  girl  toddled  to  meet  him  with  childish 
welcome.  Had  the  father  been  sober,  he  would 
have  clasped  the  little  child  to  his  breast.  As  it 
was,  he  took  hold  of  the  little  thing  by  the  should- 
ers and  threw  it  through  the  window.  There 
lay  the  little  head  among  stones  and  dirt  and 
broken  glass  covered  with  blood,  ajid  both  thighs 
broken . —  Oough. 

— "The  State  Committee  of  Massachusetts 
Prohibitionists  "  have  lately  said,  "  the  London 
Economist  estimates  the  cost  ot  all  the  great 
wars  of  the  world  for  twenty-five  years,  from 
1852  to  1877,  including  the  Franeo-G^erman  war 
and  our  own  civil  war  at  something  over  $12,- 
000,000,000.  The  cost  of  intoxicaaits  in  the 
United  States  for  the  same  period  is  more  than 
$15,000,000,000,  or  $3,000,000,000  more  than  all 
the  wars  of  the  world."  And  political  parties 
ignore  this  tremendous  iniquity.  Of  the  masses 
before  the  Deluge  Christ  says,  "  They  drank.^^ 
And  Noah's  case  shows  one  of  their  great  sins  to 
have  been  drunkenness.  Gen,  9  :  21.  The  last 
days  of  this  age  were  to  be  like  Noah's  days, 
(Matt.  24 :  37,  33,)  and  such  days  are  now  swftly 
passing.  Surely  God  will  punish  this  vast  peo- 
ple for  their  awful  vices. 

— SiK  Garnet  Wolseley  leaves  his  glass  un- 
touched at  dinner.  For  many  years  he  has  been 
a  teetotaler,  and  he  long  ago  gave  the  soldiers  of 
Great  Britain  this  very  sound  bit  of  teaching  : 
"  The  old  superstition  that  grog  is  a  good  thing 
for  men  before,  during,  or  atter  a  march,  has 
been  proved  by  the  scientifio  men  of  all  nations 
to  be  a  fallacy,  and  is  only  still  maintained  by 
men  who  mistake  the  craviiigs  arising  solely  from 
habit  for  the  promptings  of inature. 

— Queen  Makea  of  the  South  Pacific,  one  day 
called  her  oificials  together  and  said  :  "  You 
constables  were  dixected  to  put  down  drink. 
You  have  winked  at  it.  in  truth,  you  are  of  no 
use  whatever,  except  to  eat  on  feast  days  and 
share  fines  I  I  am  a  woman.  Let  the  etaid, 
middle-aged  women  ot  this  village  be  enrolled 
as  a  poliece  force ;  perhaps  they  will  have  some 
regard  tor  my  word."  This  novel  plan,  so  says 
William  Wyatt  in  [Sunday  at  Home,  has  been 
tried  for  some  months,  and  so  far  succeeds  re- 
markably well.  Nothing  escapes  the  eyes  of 
these  women  constables.  The  drunkards  are  in 
great  consternation;  several  of  them  have  turned 
over  a  new  leaf.  One  day  a  dirunken  man  on 
horseback  was  surrounded,  but  succeeded  in 
beating  off  the  women  with  a  long  whip.  Next 
day,  now  perfectly  sober,  he  unwisely  showed 
his  face,  and  of  course  was  heavily  fined.  A 
striking  outward  reformation  has  been  effected. 
A  day  or  two  ago  a  good  old  man  said  in  his 
prayer,  "  Lord,  we  have  been  told  that  such  a 
plan  was  never  before  hit  upon  in  any  part  of 
the  world.  Are  we  in  this  matter  sinning 
against  the?  Any  way,  let  the  strong  drink  that 
occasioned  the  murder  of  luy  only  eon  be  put 
down  effectually.  May  Ngaunu's  prayer  be 
answered  ! " 


Contempt  of  God  and  indifference  to  the 
toil  and  pains  ot  fellow-men  have  a  common 
root.  Both  are  products  of  selfishness.  They 
go  often  together. 

If  a  man  draws  near  God  an  inch,  God  draws 
j  near  him  a  u^ile. — Ea^^rn  Prov^h. 


RELIGIOUS   INTELLIGENCE. 


— The  Free  Methodist  Susquehanna  Confer- 
ence at  itb  late  meeting  adopted  the  following 
strong  paper  on  secret  societies  : 

It  is  a  startling  fact  that  all  secret  organizations  are 
at  war  with  the  best  interests  of  our  common  humanity 
and  dangerous  to  the  well-being  of  both  church  and 
state. 

That  they  infringe  upon  the  honors  and  prerogatives  of 
Almighty  God,  in  assuming  titles  which  belong  to  him 
only.  Tliey  administer  solemn  oaths  which  none  but 
civil  functionaries  have  the  right  to  administer,  and 
claim  tne  forfeiture  of  human  life  of  such  as  fail  to  meet 
their  requirements  and  observe  the  regulutions  of  their 
selfish  cian. 

They  interpose  their  combined  agency  to  protect  the 
guilty  and  thwatt  the  ends  of  justice  in  the  enforcement 
of  civil  law.  Unlike  the  compassioaaie  Saviour,  ihey 
pass  by  the  helpless  poor  and  bestow  their  benetactions 
on  such  as  have  contributed  to  fill  thair  coffers  and  adorn 
their  gorgeous  temples.  By  their  teaching  and  prac- 
tice they  slight  the  Son  of  tiod  aud  turn  men 
away  from  trust  in  him  to  a  dependence  upon  an  arm  of 
flesh.  They  bring  in  the  tem[)les  of  the  Most  High 
which  have  been  consecrated  to  his  worship,  their  pagiiu 
rights  and  forms,  thereby  desecrating  all  that  is  sacred 
and  divine  in  our  holy  Christianity.     Therelore 

Resolved,  1.  We,  as  a  conference,  will  strictly  en- 
force the  apostolic  injunction,  "  Have  no  lellowsnip 
with  the  unfruitful  works  of  darkness,  but  rather  reprove 
them." 

Resolved,  2.  That  we  believe  that  all  men's  intelli- 
gence, industry  and  virtue  should  be  their  passport  to 
success  in  the  activities  of  life. 

— The  Wesleyan  conference  this  fall  have 
spoken  in  decided  terms  against  the  lodge.  Thus 
the  Kansas  conference,  aud  the  Illinois  confer- 
ence, at  the  clcse  of  an  able  paper. 

"  Resolved,  That  we  are  satiefied  with  the  stand 
we  have  taken  as  a  connection  of  churches,  that 
we  will  not  tolerate  our  ministers  or  merabera 
in  joining  or  holding  fellowship  with  secret  so- 
ci  ties. 

Resolved,  2d.  That  we  will  not  cease  to  cry 
aloud,  and  spare  not,  until  the  branches  of  the 
visible  church,  that  indorse  the  christian  charac- 
ter of  those  who  are  yoked  with  unbelievers  in 
the  carnal  brotherhoodsaud  who  wickedly  refuse 
to  come  out  aud  be  separate,  as  God  commands, 
are  shown  their  sin  in  justifying  the  ungodly  and 
perverting  the  doctrine  of  Christ." 

— The  Christian  Advocate  has  looked  up  the 
status  of  the  wine  question,  as  related  to  Chris- 
tian communion  in  the  Protestant  churches  of 
Chicago,  and  gives  the  following  as  the  result : 
"  The  Methodist  churches  everywhere  in  the  city 
have  discarded  fermented  wine,  and  use  in  the 
sacramental  services  only  unfermented  grape 
juice.  The  Baptist  churches  have  almost  unani- 
mously abandoned  the  use  of  fermented  wine. 
All  the  Congregational  churches  except  two  have 
gone  in  the  same  direction.  The  Presbyterian 
churches,  however,  still  etir-k  to  the  old  ways, 
and  alcoholic  wine  is  dispensed  in  ail  -of  them 
with  two  or  three  exceptions." 

— Mrs.  Booth,  wife  and  active  coadjutor  of 
the  Generalissimo  of  the  Salvation  Army,  is  the 
daughter  of  a  lady  of  rank  who  was  banished 
from  friends  and  home  in  early  life  because  she 
resolutely  chose  to  marry  a  Methodist  lay  preach- 
er in  preference  to  a  man  of  wealth  aud  position 
who  was  a  suitor  for  her  hand.  The  story  of  this 
painful  epoch  in  her  mother's  life,  and  tlie  years 
of  devotion  that  followed,  appears,  more  than 
anything  else,  to  have  inspired  Mrs.  Booth  to 
enter  upon  the  remarkable  career  she  is  now  pur- 
suing. Accordingly  at  the  age  of  16  she  ded- 
icated herself  wholly  to  religious  work,  and 
since  then,  for  nearly  twenty-five  jears,  she  has 
been  speaking  in  public  three  or  four  times 
weekly,  and  doing  a  large  share  of  the  general 
executive  business  of  the  army.  On  being  asked 
how  she  could  do  eo  much  public  work  coucist- 
ently  with  her  duties  as  the  mother  of  a  large 
family,  Mrs.  Booth  replied:  "1  did  no  visiting, 
and  had  no  parties.  I  never  left  my  children 
for  any  other  purpose  than  to  preach,  and  1  there- 
fore spent  more  time  with  them,  after  all,  than 
mothers  usually  do."  The  training  of  the  family 
had  unquestionably  been  a  success,  the  eldeet  five 
children  being  already  among  their  father's  most 
prominent  and  valuable  helpers,  and  the  young- 
er ones  being  as  thoroughly  imbued  with  the 
one  idea  of  the  household — devotion  to  God  and 
mankind. 


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THE  CHRISTIAN  CryNOSURE 


Kovemher  9,  188S 


— Bro.  John  Todd  of  Des  Moines,  Iowa,  is 
beginning  a  series  of  Gospel  meetings  at  the 
N.  C.  A.  building  in  this  City.  He  is  visiting 
families  in  that  part  of  the  city  and  hopes  that 
a  good  work  may  be  done.  Fray,  reader  that 
such  may  be  the  result. 

— The  United  Presbyterian  congregation  of 
Northtield  and  Stowe,  Ohio.,  Rev.  J.  W.  Logue, 
pastor,  are  the  lirst  to  contribute  to  the  half 
million  Quarter  Centennial  Fund  of  the  denom- 
ination. The  former  gives  ^791,  and  the  latter 
$130 ;  or  a  .total  of  $931.  Westminister  College 
Pa.,  is  named  as  the  object  to  which  their  gifts 
shall  be  applied, 

— Darwin,  in  a  letter  written  three  years  ago, 
says  :  "  Christ  and  science  have  nothing  to  do 
with  each  other.  I  do  not  believe  that  any  rev- 
elation has  ever  been  made  as  to  the  future  life. 
Every  one  must  draw  his  own  concluaiona  from 
vague  and  contradictory  probabilities."  This 
ought  to  settle  the  question  ol  his  theological 
opinions. 

— There  are  1,000  charitable  institutions  In 
London,  with  an  aggregate  income  of  no  less  than 
$20,650,000.  Eighty-two  are  hospitals  and  forty- 
seven  dispensaries.. 

— The  Freemasons  can  now  have  a  Bible,  so- 
called,  which  can  be  used  in  all  their  lodges,  and 
is  only  good  lor  "  a  piece  of  furniture."  An 
enterprising  publisher  has  gone  through  all  the 
so-called  sacred  writings  of  the  world  and  collec- 
ted the  good  things  from  all  into  one  volume, 
which  is  named  the  Eclectic  Bible.  ISTo  religion 
has  been  left  out,  and  ancient  Paganisra,  the 
Christian  faiths,  and  the  different  beliefs  of  the 
Indians  and  Mound-builders  are  all  mixed 
together. 

The  laymen  of  the  Worcester  churches 
asking  why  the  "  Congregational  club  "  holds  its 
meetings  regularly  and  takes  its  supper  at  the 
Bay  tttate  House,  a  notorious  saloon'^  Surely 
this  cannot  be  considered  a  very  good  example 
to  set  before  the  public.  We  preach  temperance 
Sunday,  and  during  the  week  patronize  the  most 
noted  saloon  keeper  in  the  city  I  It  may  be  said 
that  there  is  no  immediate  conneetien  between 
the  parlors  and  the  bar-room,  but  homely  com- 
mon sense  cannot  fail  to  detect  the  unsavory 
character  of  the  whole  establishment.  Let  us 
hope  for  a  change — or  better  yet,  for  the  aban- 
donment of  the  banquet  itself. 


up 


are 


THE  AMERICAN   PARTY. 


Nominations  for  1884. 

For  Presidmit, 

JONATHAN  BLANCHARD, 

of  Illinois. 

tor   Vice-President, 

JOHN  A.  CONANT. 

of  Coanecticut. 

PLATFORM. 

We  hold:  1.  That  ours  is  a  Christian  and  not  a 
heathen  nation,  and  that  the  God  of  the  Christian 
(Scriptures  is  the  author  of  civil  government. 

2.  That  God  requires  and  man  needs  a  Sabbath. 

3.  That  the  prohibition  of  the  importation,  manu- 
facture and  sale  of  intoxicating  drinks  as  a  beverage 
is  the  true  policy  on  the  temperance  question. 

4.  That  the  charters  of  all  secret  lodges  granted  by 
our  Tederal  and  State  Legislatures  should  be  with- 
drawn, and  their  oaths  prohibited  by  law. 

5.  That  the  civil  equality  secured  to  all  American 
citizens  by  articles  loth,  14th  and  1.5th  of  our  amended 
Constitution  should  be  preserved  inviolate. 

0.  That  arbitration  of  differences  with  nations  is 
the  most  direct  and  sure  method  of  securing  and  per- 
petuating a  permanent  peace. 

7.  That  to  cultivate  the  intellect  without  improving 
the  morals  of  men,  is  to  make  mere  adepts  and  experts ; 
therefore,  the  Bible  should  be  associated  with  books  of 
science  and  literature  in  all  our  educational  institu- 
tions. 

8.  That  land  and  other  monopolies  should  be  dis- 
couraged. 

9.  That  the  government  should  furnish  the  people 
with  an  ample  and  sound  currency. 

10.  That  maintenance  of  the  public  credit,  protection 
to  all  loyal  citizens,  and  justice  to  Indians  are  essential 
to  the  honor  and  safety  of  our  nation. 

11.  And,  finally,  we  demand  for  the  American  peo- 
ple the  abolition  of  electoral  colleges,  and  a  direct  vote 
for  President  and  Vice-president  of  the  United  States. 


Holy  Ground. --Take  off  Your  Shoes. 

Mabtville,  Mo. 
I'o  Bros.  Lyman  and  Fee : 

I  see  at  your  meeting  at  Batavia,  N.  Y.,  Sept. 
15th,  that  I  with  you  constitute  a  committee  to 
call  a  Unicu  Convention,  and  to  organize  a  mis- 
sionary society.  Beloved,  I  want  the  .  church 
and  the  world  to  understand  that  this  is  Holy 
Ground.  That  we  wiio  claim  to  be  the  Lord's 
alone,  must  take  off,  even  down  to  our  shoes, 
every  thing  that  has  the  appearance  of  sect  or 
party,  and  remain  firm  in  (lod's  mode,  or  order 
in  saving  a  lost  world  as  well  as  to  follow  our 
Leader  in  his  own  blessed  way  of  reclaiming  a 
fallen  and  divided  church.  Grod's  ways  are  far 
above  our's.     We  must  look  to  hiin  only. 

1.  Ab  to  a  union  convention,  as  soon  as  the 
Lord  shall  raise  up  120,  who  have  one  mind 
and  want  to  meet  in  one  place  for  the  outpour- 
ing of  the  Holy  Ghost  and  the  salvation  of 
sinners,  I  think  the  time  and  place  will  be 
revealed  to  his  church. 

2.  As  to  forming  a  missionary  society,  I  think 
Jesus  organized  this  society  himself  (see  Acts  S. 
1-4)  to  continue  till  time  is  no  more.  Hence  let 
every  one  called  by  him  go  evprywhero  he  may 
direct,  and  preach  his  word  only. 

As  we  go  preaching  the  pure  gospel  we  must 
set  aside  all  secret  a' id  sect  powers,  as  not  only 
being  in  the  way  of  the  gospel,  but  directly  op- 
posed to  the  spirit  and  object  of  the  true  gospel 
of  Christ.  We  must  always  remember  as  we 
oppose  sects  and  parties,  to  watch  close  that  we 
do  not  run  in  to  some  mild  form  of  human 
bondage.  I  am  one  with  all  the  church,  even  as 
the  Father  and  Son  are  one.  I  can  not  join  a 
union  party,  however  pure  and  holy,  for  tliat  is 
not  Uod's  order,  Ku^us  tSMriH, 


Reports  from  last  Tuesday's  work  will  now 
be  in  order.  The  Cynosure  will  endeavor  to 
give  early  and  honest  returns. 

The  Toxica  political  meeting  was  one  of  the 
best.  N.  £.  Gardner  was  chosen  chairman  and 
W.  I.  Phillips  secretary.  The  ratification  of 
the  nominations  for  State  ofticers  and  Congress- 
man made  at  Wheaton  was  the  first  business. 
Speeches  were  made  by  W.  I.  Phillips,  J.  P. 
Porter,  C.  W.  Hiatt,  J.  Blanchard,  H.  L.  Kel- 
logg, Henry  Hawkins  and  L.  N.  Straiton.  The 
speakers  seemed  at  their  best,  and  if  party  re- 
wards were  to  follow  them  Bro.  Stratton  should 
be  nominated  for  governor  or  senator  at  least. 
His  exposition  of  the  platform  was  a  most  able 
effort. 

— It  has  iTdver  been  substantiated,  to  our 
knowledge, tlaat  President  Arthur  is  a  Freemason. 
But  the  InteUigencer  says  that  he  retains  a  lively 
interest  in  his  college  secret  society,  the  Psi 
Upsilon,  and  lately  gave  to  [Jnion  chapter  $100 
toward  the  eieotiou  of  a  lodge  hall. 

— T.  K.  Beecher  in  a  letter  to  the  New  York 
Indejpendent  gives  this  advice  to  voters: 

"If  counsel  might  avail  in  these  unsatisfacto- 
ry days,  I  would  advise  every  patriot  to  forsake 
the  two  old  parties  and  join  the  prohibition 
aimy,  or  the  Anti-monopoly  League,  or  the 
Greenback  party.  Join  anything,  anywhere, 
that  entertains  and  proclaims  principles  of  which 
you  can  make  yourself  an  enthusiastic  advocate, 
year  after  year,  no  matter  how  the  election  goes, 
nor  which  Senator  controls  the  Penn  Yan  post 
office.  There  is  a  pure  and  bright  political  en 
thusiasm  which,  next  after  the  inspirations  of 
home  and  the  hope  of  Heaven,  is  the  noblest 
stir  possible  to  man." 


and  plenty  of  schnapps,  and  plenty  of  Congres- 
sional infamy,  and  plenty  of  Congressional  out- 
rage, but  no  God.  I  am  far  from  wanting  to  see 
a  union  of  church  and  state  in  this  country,  but 
I  wouid  like  to  see  a  party  that  would  recognize 
openly  and  above-board,  and  without  disguise 
and  without  cant  the  God  in  whose  name  Col- 
ambus  took  possession  of  this  country,  and  in 
whose  name  Washington  achieved  our  indepen- 
dence, and  in  whoso  name  so  many  blessings 
have  come  to  us.  *  *  *  *  There  is  over- 
whelming victory  to  that  party  which  shall  come 
up  and  have  courage  enough,  and  enough  wor- 
fihipf  ulness  to  say  in  a  preamble  :  '  Whereas  : 
This  nation  has  been  blessed  of  God  as  no  other 
nation  has — blessed  in  its  harvests,  blessed  in  its 
health,  blessed  in  its  civilization,  blessed  in  its 
protection  against  foreign  enemies ;  therefore  we 
in  convention  assembled,  acknowledge  his  good- 
ness and  pray  for  a  continuance  of  his  mercy, 
and  in  the  name  of  our  God  we  now  set  up  onr 
banners.'  A  party  that  has  the  strength  to  say 
that  establishing  such  a  preamble,  follewed  by 
commonsensical  and  righteous  resolutions  as  to 
what  you  will  do  for  the  agricultural,  tho  com- 
mercial, the  manufacturing,  the  mining,  the  lit- 
erary, the  artistic,  and  moral  interests  of  the 
country,  will  sweep  this  whole  land  with  an 
overmastering  triumph.  *  *  *  J  wait  for 
the  foundation  of  such  a  party,  I  wait,  for  the 
coming  of  such  a  man.  Where  is  the  Moses? 
Where  is  the  Joshua?" 


Talntage  on  the  New  Party. 

Extract  from  a  sermon  preached  by  Dr.  Ta».- 
mage  in  Brooklyn  Tabernacle  Sunday  Oct.  8th, 
1882.  Subject.  ^'-Degradation  of  modern  pol- 
itics." 

"  Oh!  we  want  in  this  land — and  ^I  shall  live 
to  see  the  day  it  God  spares  my  life  a  few  years 
longer — we  want  a  party  in  this  country  that 
shall  first  of  all  recognize,  as  its  dominant  prin- 
ciple, the  presence  of  the  eternal  God  in  the 
affairs  of  men  and  governments.  The  trouble 
is,  we  have  no  God  in  American  politics.  We 
have  a  devil,  a  cohort  of  bad  spirits:  the  devil  of 
office  seeking,  the  devil  of  fraud,  the  devil  of 
injustice,  the  devil  of  wastefulness,  but  no  God. 
We  have  plenty  of  gin,  and  plenty  of  old  rye 


A  Few   Samples. 

Despite  all  assertions  to  the  contrary,  secret 
societies  are  meddling  with  our  politics.  Every 
secret  order  is  a  political  machine  which  is  se- 
cretly conspiring  to  attain  political  control.  The 
proof  of  this  assertion  is  ample  if  we  seek  for 
it.  We  have  repeatedly  asserted  that  the  Grand 
Army  of  the  Kepublic  was  kept  up  hj  the  lead- 
ers for  political  purposes.  Repeatedly  the  mem- 
bers of  that  order  have  denied  the  charge  and 
declared  that  its  existence  had  nothing  whatever 
to  do  with  politics.  The  following  despatch  shows 
who  lold  the  truth  : 

THE  G.  A.  K.  IN  POLITICS. 

New  York,  Oct.  14. — A  meetiag  of  the  Represeatatives 
of  the  Slate  Posts  of  the  Grand  Army  was  held  here  last 
night,  and  resolutions  were  adopted  urging  that  soldiers 
should  hftve  preference  in  government  appoiatments. 

Designing  men  make  use  of  such  secret  orders 
to  control  the  votes  of  the  soldier  element  of 
our  country  and  by  this  means  keep  themselves 
in  power.  Such  scheming  in  a  republic  cannot  - 
be  healthy  but  begets  clannishneds  and  conse- 
quent strife. 

It  is  well-known  that 
.  -   ■  fbeemasonky 

is  constantly  plotting  for  the  political  preferment 
of  its  members.  In  Massachusetts,  the  nomina- 
tion of  Mr.  Bishop,  a  supposed  Anti-mason,  has 
for  the  first  time  given  Ben.  Butler,  a  33  °  Ma- 
son, a  fair  show  for  election.  So  long  as  Gov. 
Long  was  candidate  his  Masonic  brethren  rallied 
to  the  Republican  standard  and  defeated  Butler, 
but  now,  when  an  Anti-mason  is  before  the  peo- 
ple, the  indifference  of  politicians  (or  positive 
hostility)  threatens  to  curse  the  commonwealth 
with  a  Butler  administration.  Ocijasionally  a 
Mason,  who  is  not  familiar  with  all  the  uses  of 
the  craft,  displays  his  disgust.  Here  is  an  in- 
stance : 

Editok  Cambkidgb  Tribune  :-f- When  I  look  at  the 
candidacy  of  Mr.  Bowman  lor  Congress  my  heart  grows 
sick.  To  see  a  man  professing  to  be  a' Mason,  visiting 
lodges,  as  he  has  done,  and  dellrering  political  speeches 
to  inlluence  "the  brethren,"  it  is  time  an  exposure  of  such 
conduct  was  made  public.  The  Masonic  institution  is, 
not  a  political  one  and  when  a  candidate  stoops  to  such 
measures  it  is  time  a  protest  was  entered.  Out  upon  such 
unmanly  and  unmasonic  comJuct.  A  Mason. 

Waltham,  Mass,,  Oct.  II,  1883. 

i^  ■  ^ 

Mrs.  Livermore  calls  attention  to  the  fact  that 
women  don't  go  marching  around  in  torchlight 
processions,  and  she  says  has  never  seen  them 
parading  by  daylight,  clad  in  abbreviated 
aprons,  ornamented  as  to  the  shoulders  in  what 
seemed  exaggerated  horse-collara,  their  heads 
supporting  an  immense  amount  of  "fuss  and 
featliers,"  and  their  padded  coats  over  their 
swelling  bosoms  nearly  bursting  with  ecstatic 
delight.  If  there  is  any  pie  left  iu  the  cup- 
board, Mrs.  Livermore  is  entitled  to  a  slice.-T- 
Lomsville  Gov/ner-Joumal. 


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November  9, 1883 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE. 


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[^Continued from  ninth  2>ci>ge^ 
among  young  men  and  their  eager  desire  to  learn 
the  facts  respecting  tlie  dark  principles  of  the 
secret  lodge  system.  Prof,  L.  N,  Stratton  of 
Wheaton  called  attention  to  the  secret  temper- 
ance lodges  and  their  decline  before  the  increase 
of  genuine  temperance  sentiment.  The  Good 
Templars  of  New  York  State,  who  numbered 
once  100,000  members,  were  only  23,000  at  the 
last  report  lie  had  seen.  In  other  places  he  had 
hteard  of  the  decline  of  the  lodge  before  the 
growing  light  of  Christ's  Gospel  of  freedom. 

The  committee  on  nominations  presented  their 
report  which  was  thus  adopted  : 
President,  N".  E.  Gardner. 
Vice-presidents:     D.   S.  Faris,  Henry  Haw- 
kins, Moses  Pettengill,  Joseph  Travis. 
,  Secretary,  C.  W.  Hiatt. 
Treasurer,  J.  0.  Schoenberger. 
Executive   Committee :     H.  L.  Kellogg,  Jos. 
Travis,  W.  I.  Phillips.  J.  P.  Stoddard,  Mrs.  E. 
A.  Cook,  Mrs.  D.  P.  Baker,  Mrs.  L.  N.  Stratton. 
The  Treasurer    made   a   verbal   report,    that 
although  the  amount   in  the  treasury  was  small 
during  the  year,  it  was  enough  to  pay  for  one 
month's  work  of  Rev.  E.  Mathews,  and  leave  a 
small  balance.     The  verbal  report  was  accepted 
and  the  Treasurer  was  instructed  to  present   his 
written  report  to  the  Executive  Committee. 

In  the  evening  Bro.  Orin  Sholes  of  Morrison 
led  the  devotional  meeting,  and  Dr.  Hawkins 
occupied  the  chair.  The  addresses  of  the  eve- 
ning were  made  by  Rev.  N.  E.  Gardner  and 
Prof.  L.  N.  Stratton.  Their  arraignment  of 
Freemasonry  and  other  orders  was  able  and  con- 
vincing, and  the  good  eftect  was  remarked  on  the 
subsequent  day. 

On  Thursday  forenoon  the  brethren  and  sisters 
enjoyed  a  season  of  prayer  for  a  half  hour,  this 
being  succeeded  by  a  political  meeting,  the  con- 
vention having  adjourned  until  alternoou. 

At  2  o'clock  on  reassembling  after  prayer  by 
Bro.  D.  S.  Faris  the  questions  of  the  location  of 
next  convention  and  of  the  State  agency  were 
brought  up.  Bro.  Faris,  in  response  to  the  sug- 
gestion that  the  meeting  be  in  the  south  of  the 
State,  said  that  a  cordial  welcome  would  be  ex- 
tended at  Sparta  or  Coulterville,  and  great  aud- 
iences could  be  gathered  at  either  point  if  good 
epeakers  from  the  north  would  attend.  It  was 
voted  to  recommend  that  the  Executive  Com- 
mittee provide  for  the  next  meeting  to  be  held 
in  one  of  these  places.  The  matter  of  State 
agent  was  referred  to  the  same  committee.  Jt 
was  suggested  that  instead  of  employing  a  man 
who  should  work  only  within  State  boundaries 
that  there  might  be  a  co-operative  arrangement 
made  through  the  N.  C.  A.  whereby  an  able  man 
might  pass  through  a  section  of  country  tributary 
to  each  great  railway  line. 

Space  was  also  given  for  presenting  the  Cyno- 
sure by  brethren  Kellogg  and  Stratton.  The 
result  was  another  evidence  of  the  devotion  of 
the  friends  of  our  cause  in  LaSalle  county.  Sev- 
eral subscriptions  were  raised  for  the  100  club 
fund,  others  gave  smaller  amounts  to  the  exten- 
sion fund  ;  a  number  of  subscriptions  were  taken 
and  more  promised.  When  it  is  remembered 
that  the  whole  county  was  canvassed  by  Bro. 
Worrell  only  two  or  three  months  ago,  the  result 
was  greater  than  could  have  been  expected. 

The  report  of  the  committee  on  resolutions 
was  presented,  discussed  and  adopted  as  follows: 

Resolved,!.  Tdatwe  hail  with  joy  and  gratitude  the 
multipJyiDg  tokens  of  the  prevalence  of  Christian  prin- 
ciples against  the  secret  lodge  system  in  this  country. 

2.  That  the  platform  of  the  American  party,  recognizing 
the  supremacy  of  God  and  the  equality  of  man  and  exclud- 
ing the  haughty  despotism  and  titles  of  the  secret 
orders,  is  the  only  platform  entitled  to  the  name  American 
and  worthy  the  support  of  the  American  people. 

3.  That  ministers  of  the  Gospel  who  belong  to  secret 
lodges  are  unworthy  of  the  confidence  and  support  of 
Christian  people,  until  they  repent  of  their  departure  from 
the  example  ot  Christ;  and  repentance  includes  renuncia- 
tion of  the  lodge. 

4.  That  membership  in  a  Masonic  lodge  is  incompatible 
with  a  credible  profession  of  Christian  religion. 

5.  That  we  will  do  our  best  to  inceease  the  circulation 
of  the  Christian  Cynosure  and  the  Illinois  American. 

6.  That  we  thank  the  Christian  people  of  Tonica 
who  have  so  cheerfully  entertained  this  State  Associa- 
tion, 

7.  That  we  hail  with  joy  the  spread  of  temperance  and 
prohibitix)n,  and  will  support  none  but  temperance  men 
as  candidates, 

_  8.  That  we  are  in  favor  of  giving  the  ballot  only  to  such 
citizens  as  read  it ;  and  we  believe  that  women  are  citizens 
and  are  entitled  to  impartial  suflfrage. 


th 


On  the  last  evening  Bro.  Stratton  in  "leading 
e  devotional  exercises  read  the  8th  of  Ezekiel 
and  commented  with  marked  effect.  The  ad- 
dresses of  Rev.  D.  S.  Faris  of  Sparta,  111.,  and 
President  Blanchard  followed,  and  it  is  safe  to 
say  that  neither  speaker  has  been  lately  more 
happy  in  pleasing  and  instructing  an  audience. 
The  convention  closed  amid  the  best  of  feeling. 
Though  not  the  largest  it  was  one  of  the  best  in 
the  history  of  the  State  Association.  It  was  well 
remarked  of  some  of  the  speakers  that  they  were 
never  known  to  speak  more  effectively  and  elo- 
quently, and  this  is  no  light  commendation.  On 
the  part  of  the  Tonica  friends  as  much  may  be 
said  in  honest  praise.  Whole  families  attended 
day  and  night,  driving  in  from  their  farms  three, 
four  and  six  miles  away,  and  making  little  ac- 
count of  difficulties  which  in  most  communities 
would  be  thought  great  enough  to  excuee  their 
attendance.  We  pray  that  their  zeal  may  have 
a  well  deserved  effect  upon  the  other  churches  of 
the  village,  which  are  not  so  much  indifferent  as 
scared  upon  the  question  of  the  lodge.  These 
may  learn  that  the  sincerity  of  their  neighbors 
is  not  misplaced,  but  the  evil  against  which  they 
testify  must  be  overcome  if  our  country  and  our 
homes  will  be  preserved  to  us   happy  and  free. 


influence  is  often  contrary  to  the  principles  and 
spirit  of  republican  institutions. 

President  Blanchard  spoke  both  eveniners, 
showing  the  erroneous  claims  of  secret  socie- 
ties to  be  charitable  institutions,  and  pointing 
out  many  of  tlieir  evil  tendencies.  His  elo- 
qudnce,  logic,  and  puavity  of  manner,  made  his 
addresses  intensely  interesting.  Dn ring  the  af- 
ternoon of  Wednesday  the  association  took  a  re- 
cess in  order  tliat  a  convention  might  be  held  of 
the  Americrn  Reform  political  party  for  the  nom- 
ination of  State  officers.  This  party  has  an  ex- 
cellent platform,  the  principles  of  which  are 
destined  to  prevail,  either  by  the  continued 
growth  of  the  new  party,  or  by  their  advocacy 
by  one  of  the  old  political  parties,  as  was  re- 
cently done  on  the  subject  of  prohibition.  Let 
the  attention  of  our  people  be  properly  directed 
to  any  subject  by  a  free  and  open  discussion  of 
it,  and  they  will  seldom  fail  to  come  to  right 
conclusions.  C.  T. 


The  Iowa  Convention. 


M. 


[The  president  of  the  Iowa  State  Association 
sends  the  following  communication  written 
for  a  local  paper  by  one  of  the  delegates  pres- 
ent :] 

As  the  court  room,  which  had  been  engaged 
for  the  convention  some  weeks  before,  was  un- 
dergoing a  renovation  at  this  time,  the  conven- 
waa  held  in  the  United  Presbyterian  church. 
The  exercises  were  introduced  with  praise, 
reading  the  Scriptures  and  prayer.  After  these 
devotional  services,  an  impromptu  welcome  was 
extended  to  the  delegates,  in  which  the  desire 
was  expressed  that  they  would  enjoy  themselves 
while  among  us,  and  do  good  to  our  community 
by  their  visit.  The  opinion  was  also  expressed 
that  the  people  of  Winterset  and  Madison  coun- 
ty, though  they  might  not  all  be  convinced  by 
the  arguments  which  would  be  presented  in  the 
convention  against  secret  societies,  were  still  so 
far  up  with  the  spirit  of  the  age  and  country  in 
which  they  live,  as  cheerfully  to  accord  to  the 
members  of  the  convention  the  same  priv- 
ilege which  they  claim  for  themselves  of  hold- 
ing and  propagating,  in  all  proper  ways,  their 
own  opinions. 

The  President,  Rev.  C.  D.  Trumbull,  then 
made  some  introductory  remarks,  stating  that 
the  Association  had  been  organized  seven  years 
before,  for  the  purpose  of  discueing  the  evils 
and  dangerous  tendencies  os  secret  societies,  es- 
pacially  such  as  are  oath-bound,  with  the  view, 
eventually,  of  the  entire  overthrow  of  all  such 
institutions  in  the  land.  He  did  not  deny  that 
they  were  numerous  and  powerful,  yet  he  firmly 
believed,  that  by  the  use  of  proper  means, 
the  God  of  truth  would  bring  about  the  desired 
end.  Great  and  apparently  immoveable  sys- 
tems of  evil  have  often  been  overthrown  in  the 
past,  and  truth  is  still  mighty  and  destined  to 
prevail. 

During  the  progress  of  the  convention  in  ad- 
dition to  interesting  conferences,  able  addresses 
were  delivered  by  Rev.  C.  A,  Blanchard,  Pres- 
ident of  Wheaton  College,  D.  P.  Rathbun 
and  R.  0.  Wylie.  These  addresses  showed  that 
whatever  a  superficial  observer  might  think  of 
secret  societies,  they  are  really  opposed  to  the 
best  interests  of  the  church,  the  state  and  the 
family. 

Rev.  Rathbnn  spoke  particularly  of  the  relig- 
ion of  Freemasonry,  showing  that  while  it  has  a 
religion,  it  is  no  more  the  Christian,  than  it  is 
the  Jewish,  the  Mohammedan,  the  Mormon, 
the  Buddhist,  or  any  other  system  of  heathen- 
ism. It  makes  no  acknowledgement  of  our  Lord 
Jesus  Christ,  through  whom  alone  sinners  can 
be  saved.  And  in  this  fesp  et  it  is  closely  cop- 
ied by  Odd-fellowship.  JMeither  admit  into 
their  religious  services  alything  which  would  be 
offensive  to  Jew,  Mohammedan,  Mormon  or  any 
other  false  religionist. 

Rev.  Wylie  spoke  of  the  relations  of  secret  so- 
cieties to  civil  government,  showing   that  their 


— There's  no  music  in  a.  "rest"  that  I  know 
of,  but  there's  the  making  of  music  in  it.  And 
people  are  always  talking  of  perseverence.  and 
courage,  and  fortitude ;  but  patience  is  the  finest 
and  worthiest  part  of  fortitude,  and  the  rarest 
too. — RusTcin. 


NEWS  OF  THE  WEEK. 


— The  reduction  of  the  public  debt  goes  on  at  the  rate 
of  half  a  million  dollars  per  dav.  For  the  month  of  Octo- 
ber the  reduction  was  $15,029,180. 

— It  is  expected  that  the  new  trial  of  Brady,  Dorsey, 
Vail,  Miner  and  Rerdell,  tlie  star  route  defendants,  will 
begin  Dec.  1,  and  that  no  delay  will  occur  on  account  of 
the  prosecution  of  the  jury-bribing  cases. 

— There  were  in  operation  on  the  30th  of  .June  1882, 
46,231  post-offices  in  the  United  States— an  increase  of 
1,719  during  the  year.  Free  delivery  is  carried  on  in  112 
cities,  employing  3,115  men  at  an  expense  of  .f;2,625,000 
the  average  cost  per  carrier  being  $835.75. 

— Mrs.  Scoville  and  her  child  Bertha  fled  to  London, 
Canada,  in  anticipation  of  a  verdict  by  the  jury  pronounc- 
ing her  insane,  and  where  she  evidently  Intends  to  remain 
so  as  to  be  beyond  the  reach  of  attempts  to  take  from  her 
the  custody  of  the  child. 

— A  loaded  coal  car,  on  "which  there  were  a  number 
of  workmen,  dashed  down  arx  incline  from  Mclntire's 
mine,  twenty-five  miles  from  Williamsport,  Pa.,  Thursday 
evening,  resulting  in  the  instant  death  of  three  persons, 
the  mortal  wounding  of  two,  and  the  severe  injuring  of 
many  others. 

— Neal  and  Craft,  two  men  supposed  to  have  been  ac- 
complices in  the  murder  of  two  young  women  and  a  boy 
at  Ashland,  Ky.,  Wednesday  were  transferred  from  Cat- 
lettsberg,  Ky.,  to  the  scene  of  their  new  trial  in  Carter 
county.  The  prisoners  were  under  the  escort  of  a  com- 
pany of  State  militia  as  it  was  believed  an  effort  would  be 
made  to  lynch  the  two  prisoners.  As  the  steamboat  was 
passing  Ashland  a  party  of  boys,  who  had  seized  a  steam 
ferryboat,  made  a  silly  attempt  to  intercept  the  other  boat 
and  was  fired  on  by  the  militia,  and  three  of  the  boys 
wounded.  The  river  bank  was  densely  crowded  with 
Ashland  people,  and  for  some  unaccountable  reason  the 
militia  turned  their  rifles  upon  the  populace,  killing  five, 
seriously  wounding  seven,  and  slightly  wounding  thir- 
teen. 

— Turkey  is  in  a  bad  waj"-  financially.  Next  year's 
budget  will  show  a  deficit  ot  fifty  millions.  Things  are 
shaping  toward  the  possibility  of'  another  loreign  control 
for  a  a  part  of  the  Sultan's  domain. 

— The  anarchist  organ  in  Paris  states  that  out-casts 
will  soon  be  placed  in  the  houses  of  the  bourgeoise,  where 
they  will  find  food  and  clothing,  and  destroy  important 
documents,  particularly  deeds,  bills,  and  titles  to  property 
so  that  the  owners  can  make  no  claim  for  compensation, 
and  will  besides  lose  trace  of  papers  connected  with  their 
estates. 

— Fires  in  Russia  have  been  so  disastrous  and  plentiful 
recently  that  the  insurance  companies  have  raised  their 
premium  rates  40  per  cent. 

— In  the  Bundesrath,  at  Burlin,  there  has  been  intro- 
duced the  draft  of  a  law  prohibiting  the  importation  of 
American  swine,  pork,  and  sausage-meat. 

— A  riotous  demonstration  of  a  serious  character  oc- 
curred recently  in  Vienna.  Three  hundred  members  of 
the  Shoemakers'  Union,  which  the  authorities  dissolved  a 
few  days  ago,  gathered  in  the  high  street,  shouting,  "We 
must  have  blood!"  "We  must  have  a  blaze!"  The 
police  were  badly  used  and  several  wounded.  Troops  dis- 
persed the  mob. 

— The  devastation  by  floods  in  the  Tyrol  and  in  Corin- 
thia  has  been  very  disastrious.  In  upper  Italy  the  terrific 
floods  are  abating,  but  in  the  Tyrol  roads,  railways  and 
bridges  are  submerged,  and  in  many  instances  have  been 
swept  away.  Dikes  have  also  been  destroyed  at  Dolls- 
chack,  and  thirty  inen  are  reported  as  having  been  killed. 
At  Salsburg  whole  houses  were  swept  away,  and  at  Nick- 
erdorf  the  station  of  the  Southern  Railway  has  been  de- 
stroyed. The  damage  will  reach  twenty  million  fljrins, 
while  the  destitution  among  the  inhabitants  is  rery 
great. 


14 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE. 


November  9,  188 


HOME  AND  FARM. 


The  Potato  Rot. 

Fortunately  the  potato  diseaee, 
(Perinosnora  infestaiis,)  is  not  one 
of  the  afflictions  of  this  country ;  if 
it  were,  the  fight  with  that  and  the 
potato  bus:  would  probably  be  an 
unequal  war.  But  it  has  visited 
ug  at  times,  and  perhaps,  if  we  ever 
finish  the  bug,  we  may  be  called 
upon  then,  if  not  sooner,  to  devote 
some  of  our  skillful  care  to  that 
predaceous  visitor.  In  Great  Brit- 
ain it  baa  never  wholly  disappeared 
since  it  was  first  known  there. 
Last  year  was  a  particularly  favor- 
able season,  the  blight  doing  but 
little  damage  compared  with  its 
usual  ravages.  The  large  potato 
crop  of  that  country  last  year  was 
a  great  boon  ;  and  a  new  trade 
sprang  up  with  this  countrv,  sup- 
plying us  with  potatoes  which  we 
were  lacking  on  account  of  the  very 
general  drouth.  For  years  the 
British  agriculturist  has  been  try- 
ing with  little  avail  almost  num- 
berless methods  to  prevent  or  miti- 
gate the  attacks  of  the  deadly  po- 
tato fungus. 

It  has  long  been  an  accepted  the- 
ory that  the  spores  of  this  fungus 
effect  an  entrance  into  the  potato 
plant  through  the  leaves.  In  fact, 
this  position  is  not  controverted. 
That  this  is  true  there  may  be  un- 
deniable proof  ;  but  it  has  also  been 
held  that  the  spores  did  not  and 
could  not  enter  the  tuber  directly 
through  the  skin.  Mr.  J.  L.  Jensen 
of  Copenhagen,  claims  that  the 
spores  do  enter  the  tuber  through 
the  skin,  and,  by  a  great  number 
of  careful  tests  made  for  the  pro- 
tection of  the  tubers  from  the 
spores  brings  weighty  evidence  to 
the  support  of  his  position.  The 
fungus  first  effects  the  leaves  of  the 
potato  plants,  causing  brown  and 
black  spots  on  them,  and  if  the  at- 
tack is  severe  enough  finally  de- 
stroys them  altogether.  The  spores 
fall  from  the  leaves  to  the  ground 
and  Mr.  Jensen  states  that  they 
are  carried  by  the  rains  down  to 
the  tubers,  germinate  on  the  skin 
and  penetrate  to  the  interior.  In 
this  manner  he  claims  that  the  in- 

J'ury  to  the  tuber  is  mostly  affected. 
t  the  epores  from  the  diseased 
leaves  could  be  prevented  from 
falling  where  they  would  reach  the 
tubers  the  disease  would  be  con- 
trolled to  a  great  extent.  This  Mr. 
J.  has  succeeded  in  doing,  so  that 
his  success  is  indeed  very  marked. 
The  process  is  a  simple  one,  and 
consists  in  earthing  up  the  potatoes, 
which  are  planted  in  drills,  so  that  a 
sharp  ridge  is  formed  over  them ; 
and  this  is  done  before  the  disease 
manilests  iteelf  on  the  leaves, 
or  at  its  commencement.  The  fol- 
lowing is  Mr.  J's.  account  of  the 
process : 

"  The  usual  moulding  hitherto 
practiced  in  all  countries  is  a  flat 
moulding,  by  which  the  uttermost 
tubers  are  only  covered  by  a  layer 
of  one  or  two  inches  of  earth,  but 
ray  protective  system  requires — 
after  a  preceding  flat  moulding — a 
high  and  sharp  moulding,  by  which 
the  upper  surface  of  the  uppermost 
tubers  is  covered  with  about  five 
inches  of  earth.  .  To  effect  this  it 
is  necessary  that  the  ridge  be  so 
high  that  the  top  of  it  is  from  ten 
to  twelve  inches  above  the  surface 
of  the  adjoining  furrow,  or  ditch, 
whilst  i^the  fridge   must    be  very 


broad  at  the  bottom.  My  system 
also  requires  that  the  tops  of  the 
potatoes  shall  be  moderately  bent 
to  one  side,  with  a  view  to  prevent 
the  rain  water  from  running  down 
the  stems  and  thus  carrying  the 
spores  to  the  tubers.  By  this  con- 
trivance also  more  spores  will  fall 
between  than  upon  the  ridges." 

In  five  places  in  Denmark  last 
year  eight  experiments  were  made 
with  the  common  flat  moulding, 
and  eight  others  with  the  high  or 
protective  moulding,  and  the  result 
was  that  there  was  an  average  of 
twenty -three  and  a  half  per  cent  of 
diseased  tubers  in  each  of  the  for- 
mer, and  one  and  a  half  average 
per  cent  of  fliseased  tubers  in  each 
of  the  latter  experiments.  In  eight 
other  similar  experiments  tried  at 
Antvorskov  there  was  an  average 
of  nearly  tortyone  per  cent,  of 
diseased  tubers  in  the  flat  moulded 
rows,  and  only  a  small  fraction  of 
one  per  cent,  in  those  high-moulded 
with  the  tops  bent  down.  This  is 
an  exceedingly  interesting  state- 
ment and  the  difference  in  the 
two  practices  is  sulficiently  appre- 
ciable. 

Care  is  necessary  in  digging  the 
potatoes  to  preserve  them  from  the 
spores.  A  f ter  the  leavea  are  with- 
ered the  tops  are  cut  off  and  car- 
ried away  out  of  the  field,  and  this 
is  done  a  number  of  days  before 
lifting  the  tubers. 

So  many  experiments  carefully 
carried  out  as  these  were,  and  the 
details  of  which  our  space  does  not 
admit  to  give  in  full,  all  without 
exception,  showing  results  of  the 
same  kind,  almost  establish  with 
certainty  the  theory  that  the  spores 
enter  the  tubers  through  the  skin. 
—  Vicka. 


IMPORTANT  TO  TRAVELERS  1 

Special  inducements  are  offered 
you  by  the  Burlington  Route.  It 
will  pay  you  to  read  their  advertise- 
ment to  be  found  elsewhere  in  this 
iesue. 


Christian    Workers 


Who  depend  on  voluntary  con- 
tributions of  Christian  people  in 
whole  or  in  part  for  their  support: 

J .  F.  Browne,  Cabin  Creek,  Ky. 

Eli  Tapley,  Columbus,  Miss. 

J.  F.  Galloway,  Okahumka 
Florida. 

Wm.  Hazenbttko,  Cape  Town,  S. 
Africa. 

A.  D.  ZARAPHONrrHES,  Andros, 
via  Syra,  Greece. 

G.  H.  FiLiAN,  Armenia. 

Contributions  for  either  of  these 
brethren  may  be  forwarded  either 
through  the  editors  of  the  Cyno- 
sure or  the  Treasurer  of  the  N". 
C.  A.  Please  DESIGNATE  to  which 
one  such  funds  shall  be  sent. 

Handsome  Marriage  Certificates. 

LflliograiilKHl  In  black  and  gold,  with  a  place  on 
each  fill-  two  photographs. 

Pilcp,  potpakl,  $3.25  per  dozen;  hy  express, 
charges  not  paid,  if  14. 00  per  100.  Sample  sent  post* 
paid  on  receipt  o£  25  cents.     Size,  12  by  18  Inches. 

PubUshed  by  EZRA  A.  COOK, 

CBI0IA.eOk  Iu« 

PHOTOGRAPHS. 

We  n<iw  have  at  the  Cynosure  office  a  supply  of 
well-executed  card  photographs  of  Captain  Wm. 
Morgan,  President  J.  Blancliard,  President  Charles 
G.  Finney  and  Elder  David  Bernard,  at  15 
cents  each,  or  the  four  for  50  cents,  post-paid. 
S^wtaga  MamiM  lecatred  IM  ainowif  «Kler  ^(Kk 


Indiana,  8.  L.  Cook  ot  Albion, 
Missouri,  M.  N.  Butler  of  Albany. 
New  Hampshire,  L.  D.  Bryant  of  New 
Market. 
Wisconsin,  Thos.  Lowe,  Coloma  8ta, 

Other  Lkctureks. 
C.  A.  Blanchard,  Wheaton,  111 
N.  Callender,  Thompson,  Pa. 
J.  H.  Timmons,  Tarentum,  Pa. 
J.  H.  Baird,  Templeton,  Pa. 
T.  B.  McCormick,  Princeton,  Ind 
E.  Johnson,  Dayton,  Ind. 
J.  M.  Bishop,  Chambersburg,  Pa 
A.  Mayn,  Promise  City,  Mich. 
J.  B.  Cressinger,  Sullivan,  0. 
W.  M.  Love,  Baker,  Mo. 
A.  D.  Freeman,  Downers  Grove,  HI. 
R.  Faurot,  Jackson,  Miss. 
J.  P.  Richards,  Belmont,  Wis. 
•  Edward  Mathews,  N.  C  A.  office. 
Wm.  Fcnton,  St.  Paul,  Miun. 
E.  I.  Grinnell,  Blairsburg,  Iowa. 
Warren  Taylor,  South  Salem,  0. 
J.  S  Perry,  Thompson,  Conn. 

C.  F.  Hawley,  Wheaton,  111. 

J.  T.  Michael,  New  Wilmington,  Pa. 
Prof.  S.  C.  Kimball,  New  Market,  N.  H. 
Elder  L.  H.  Buf  kins,  Scranton,  Iowa, 
S.  G.  Barton,  Breckinridge,  Mo. 
Joel  H.  Austin,  Goshen,  Ind. 

D.  B.  Turney,  Bird  Station,  111. 
J.  F.  Browne,  Cabin  Creek,  Ky. 

E.  Barnetson,  Jackson  Valley,  Pa. 


The  Churches  against   Lodgery. 

The  following  denominations  are  com 
mitted  by  vote  of  their  legislative  assem- 
blies or  by  constitution  to  a  separation 
from  secret  lodge  worship : 

Adventists  (Seventh-day). 

Baptists — Primitive ,  Seventh-day  and 
Scandinavian. 

Brethren  (Dunkers  or  German  Baptists). 

Chriatiao  Reformed  Church. 

Church  of  God  (Northern  Indiana  El- 
dership.) 

..  Congregational — The  State  Associations 
/  "^'nois  and  Iowa  have  adopted  resolu- 
Vions  against  the  lodge. 

Disciples  (in  part). 

Friends. 

Lutherans — Norwegian,  Danish,  Swed- 
ish and  Synodical  Conferences. 

Mennonites. 

Methodists — Free  and  Wesleyan. 

Methodist  Protestant  (Minnesota  Con 
ference). 

Moravians. 

Plymouth  Brethren. 

Presbyterian— Associate,  Reformed  and 
United. 

Reformed  Church  (Holland  Branch). 

United  Brethren  in  Christ. 

Individual  churches  in  some  of  these 
denominations  should  be  excepted,  it 
pai't  of  them  even  a  considerable  portion. 

The  following  local  churches  have,  as  a 
pledge  to  disfellowship  and  oppose  lodge 
worship,  given  their  names  to  the  follow- 
ing list  as 

THE    ASSOCIATED  CHURCHES  OF  CHRIST. 

New  Ruhamah  Congregational,  Hamil- 
ton.  Miss. 

Pleasant  Ridge  Congregational,  Sand- 
ford  county,  Ala. 

New  Hope  Methodist,Lownde8  co.,  Miss. 

Congregational,  College  Springs,  Iowa. 

College  Church  of  Christ,  Wheaton,  111. 

First  Congregational,  Leland,  Mich. 

Sugar  Grove  church.  Green  county,  Pa. 

Military  Chapel,  M.  E.,  Lowndes  Co., 
Miss. 

Hopewell  Missionary  Baptist,  Lowndes 
Co.,  Miss. 

Cedar  Grove  Missionary  Baptist,  Lown- 
des Co.,  Miss. 

Simon's  Chapel,M.  E.,Lowndes  co..  Miss. 

Pleasant  Ridge  Missionary  Baptist, 
Lowndes  Co.,  Miss. 

Brownlee  church,  Caledonia,  Miss. 

Salem  church,  Lowndes  Co.,  Miss. 

West  Preston  Baptist  church,  Wayne 
Co.  Pa. 

Other  local  churches  which  have  adopt- 
ed the  same  principles  are — 

Baptist  churches ;  N.  Abington,  Pa. ; 
Menomcnie,  Mondo\4?  Waubeck  and 
Spring  Prairie,  Wis.;  Wheaton,  111.;  Per- 
ry, N.  Y. ;  Spring  Creek,  near  Burlington, 
Iowa ;  Lima,  Ind. ;  Constableville,  N.  Y. 
The  "Good  Will  Association"  of  Mobile, 
Ala.,  comprising  some  twenty-five  colored 
Baptist  churclies;  Bridgewater  Baptist 
Association,  Pa. ;  Old  Tebo  Baptist,  near 
Leesville,  Henry  Co.,  Mo. ;  Hoopeston,  111. 

Congregational  churches:  1st  of  Ober- 
lin,  O.;  Tonica,  Crystal  Labe,  Union  and 
Big  Woods,  111. ;  Solsbury,  Ind. ;  Congre- 
gational Methodist,  Maplewood,  Mass. 

Presbyterian  church,  Hoopeston,  111. 

Independent  churches  in  Lowell,  Coun- 
tiyman  school  house  near  Lindenwood, 
Marengo  and  Streator,  111. ;  Berea  and 
Camp  Nelson,  Ky.;  Ustick,  111. ;  Clarks- 
burg, Kans.  State  Association  of  Minis- 
ten  and  Churches  in  Christ  of  Kentucky 


NATIONAL  CHRISTIAN  ASSOCIATION 


221  W.  Madibon  St.,  Chicago. 

President.— J,  Blanchard,  Wheaton, 
111. 

Vice  -  President.  —  Thos.  H.  Gault, 
Chjcago. 

EC.  Sec — John  D.  Nutting,  Chicago. 

Cor.  Sec.  and  Gen.  Agent.-^.  P.  Stod- 
dard, 221  W.  Madison  Street,  Chicago. 

Treasurer.— W.  I.  Phillips,  221  W. 
Madison  Street,  Chicago. 

Directors. — Philo  Carpenter,  J.  Blanch' 
ard,  M.  R.  Britten,  E.  A.  Cook,  H  L.  Kel- 
logg, D.  P.  Baker,  T.  H.  Gault,  A.  G. 
Laird,  C.  R.  Hagerty,  John  Gardner,  L.  NJ 
Stratton. 

THE  national  CONVENTION. 

President.— Rev.  B.  Collins,  Wash 
ington,  D.  C. 

Secretaries. — H.  L.  KeUogg,  W.  H. 
Ross  and  M.  N.  Butler. 

The  object  of  this  Association  is : 

"  To  flzpoia,  withstand  and  remove  leeret  locl- 
•ties.  Freemasonry  in  particnlar,  and  other  antt- 
Chriatian  movementa,  in  order  to  saTe  the  ehoich- 
aa  of  Christ  from  being  depraved,  t*  redeem  ih« 
administration  cf  jostice  from  perversion,  aal 
007  repablicaBKOvemment  from  corruptloB.*' 

To  carnr  on  this  work  contributions  art 
solicited  from  every  friend  of  the  reform. 

VoBH  OF  Bi<)UMT.— I  give  and  beqaaAtk  to  th« 

National  Christian  Association,  Incorporated  and 
existing  nnder  the  laws  of  the  State  of  Illinola, 

the  sam  of dollars,  fur  the  purposes  of  ^A 

Agsociation,  and  for  which  the  receipt  of  ita 
Treasurer  for  the  time  helnir  Khali  be  s  snfflelaBt 

STATE  AUXILIARY  ASSOCIATIONS. 

Alabama. — Pres.,  W.  A.  McAlpine 
Sec,  G.  M.  Elliott;  Treas.,  E.  ishel,  all 
of  Selma. 

California. — Pres.,  L.  B.  Lathrop, 
HoUister;  Cor.  Sec,  Mrs.  U.  P.  Merrill, 
Woodland;  Treas.,  C.  Ruddock,  Wood- 
land. 

Connecticut. — Pres.,  J.  A.  Conant, 
Willimantic;  Sec,  Geo.  Smith,  Willi- 
mantic;  Treas.,  C.  T.  Collins,  Windsor. 

Illinois. — Pres.,  D.  P.  Baker,  Chicago ; 
SecW.  H.  Chandler,  Van  Orin;  Treas., 
W.  I.  Phillips,  221  W.  Madison  street, 
Chicago. 

Indiana. — Pres.,  I.  W.  Lowman,  Au- 
burn ;  Sec,  Wm.  Small,  Am  boy ;  Treas., 
Benj.  Ulsh,  Silver  Lake. 

Iowa. — Pres.,  C.  D.  Trumbull,  Morning 
Sun ;  Rec.  Sec.  A.  W.  Hall,  College  Spring ; 
Cor.  Sec,  W.  T.  Moffltt,  Morning  Sun; 
Treas.,  Joseph  Laird,  Wayne. 

Kansas. — Pres.,  J.  S.  T.  Milligan,  North 
Cedar;  Sec,  J.  Alter,  Valley  Falls;  Treas. 
J.  A.  Torreuce,  Winchester. 

Massachusetts. — Pres.,  8.  A.  Pratt; 
Sec,  Mrs.  E.  D.  Bailey;  Treas.,  David 
Manning,  Sr.;  all  of  Worcester. 

Michigan. — Pres.,  Wm.  Wing,  Grand 
Rapids;  Rec-Sec'y,  A.  H.  Spnngstein, 
Pontiac ;  Cor.  Sec,  W.  H.  Rops,  Allegan ; 
Treas.,  C.  C.  Foote,  88  Columbia  Street, 
Detroit. 

Minnesota. — Pres.  E.  G.  Paine,  Wasi- 
oja;  Cor.  Sec,  W.  H.  McChesney,  Fair- 
mont ;  Rec.  Sec'y  Thos .  Hartley,  Richland ; 
Treas.,  Wm.  H.  Morrill,  St.  Charles. 

Missouri. — Pres.  C.  J.  Kephart,  Avalon ; 
Treas.,  William  Beauchamp,  Avalon;  Cor. 
Sec,  M.  N.  Butler,  Albany. 

Nebraska. — Pres.  S.  Austin,  Fair- 
mount  ;  Cor.  Sec,  W.  S.  Spooner,  Kearney ; 
Treas.,  R.  A.  Bishop,  Seeley's  Mills. 

New  Hampshire. — Pres  Benj.  M.  Ma- 
son, Moultonboro;  Sec,  S.   C  Kimball, 
New  Market;  Treas.,  E.  Smith,  Center' 
Straftbrd. 

New  York. — Pres.  F.  W.  Capwell, 
Dale;  Sec'y,  Isaac  Hyatt,  Dale;  Treas., 
M.  Merrick,  Syracuse. 

Ohio. — Pres.,  Wm.  Dillon,  Dayton; 
Cor.  Sec,  J.  P.  Lytle,  Sago;  Treas.,  J.  M. 
Scott,  Alexandria. 

Pennsylvania.- Pres.  A.  L.  Post,  Mon 
trose ;  Cor.  Sec. ,  N.  Callender,  Thompson ; 
Treas.,  W.  B.  Bertels,  Wilkesbarre. 

Wisconsin. — Pres.,  Enos  Collins,  Colo 
ma ;  Cor.  Sec.  W.  W.  Warner,  Baraboo ; 
Treas.,  M.  R.  Britten,  Vienna. 

West  Virginia. — Pres..  D.  B.  Turney, 
Sec,  John  Bosley,  Grafton;  Treas.,  H.  B. 
Higgins,  Petroleum. 


Anti-masonic  Lecturers. 

General  Agent  and  Lecturer,  J.  P. 
Stoddai'd,  221  West  Madison  street,  Chi- 
cago. 

Agents  for  the  South :  H.  H.  Hinman, 
Wheaton,  111.,  and  Paul  S.  Feemster, 
Larned,  Kans. 

E.  D.  Bailey,  Worcester,  Mass.,  Agent 
for  New  England. 

Degree  Workers. — (Seceders.) 

D.  P.  Rathbun,  Clarence,  Iowa, 

S.  E.  Starry,  Clarence,  Iowa. 

Jas.  Furguson,    "  " 

J.  K.  Glassford,  Carthage,  Mo. 
State  Lecturers. 

California,  D.  A.  Richards,  Woodland 

Connecticut,  J.  L.  Barlow  of  Wil)^ 
mantio. 


November  9,  1882 


THK  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURii. 


15 


CATALOGUE  OF  PUBLICATIONS  OF  EZRA  A.  COOK, 


FOR   SAT^E 


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cents  extra  is  sent  to  pay  for  registering  them, 
when  their  safe  delivery  is  guaranteed.  Books 
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discount  and  delivery  guaranteed,  but  not  express 
paid.  Postage  stamps  taken  for  small  sums.  J3P"A 
liberal  discount  to  dealers  and  regular  canvassers. 


ON  FREEMASONRY. 

Freemasonry  Illustrated.  A  complete 
exposition  of  the  seven  degrees  of  the  Blue  Lodge 
and  Chapter.  Profusely  Illustrated.  A  historical 
sketch  of  the  institution  and  a  critical  analysis  of 
the  character  of  each  degree,  by  Prest.  J.  Blanch- 
ard,  of  Wheaton  Ciollege.  Monitorial  quotations 
and  nearly  four  hundred  notes  from  standard  Ma- 
sonic authorities  confirm  the  truthfulness  of  this 
exposition  and  show  the  character  of  Masonlctench- 
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Knight  Templarism  Illustrated,  6th  to  13th  deg    1  00 

Revised  Odd  Fellowship  Illustrated 100 

Stearns'  Inquiry  into  the  Nature  and  Tenden- 
cy of  Freemasonry 60 

The  Broken  Seal 75 

Finney  on  Masonry 75 

J.  Q.  Adams'  Letters  and  Addresses 1  00 

Odd  Fellowship  Judged  by  its  Own  Utterances        60 
Secret   Societies,   by   Blanchard,  McDlll  and 
Beecher 35 

COMBINATION  BOOKS. 

Kituals  and  Secrets  Illustrated.  Com- 
posed of  "Temple of  Honor  Illustrated,"  "  Adoptive 
Masonry  lUnstrated,"  "United  Sons  of  Industry 
Illustrated,"  and  "Secret  Societies*  Illustrated," 
boond  tO09Ctier  is  aloU.CI.flO  eaobi  ^.OQ  pec  Aeaw. 


Five  Rituals  Bound  Together.  "Odd- 
fellowsh'p  Illustrated"  (old  work),  "Knights  of 
Pythias  Illusirated,"  "  Good  Templarism  Illustrat- 
ed," "Exposition  of  the  Grange"  and  "Ritual  of  the 
Grand  Army  of  the  Republic, "  are  sold  bound  to- 
gether la  cloth  fur  $1.00;  per  dozen.  Jil.llO. 

Anti-Masonic  Sermons  and  Addresses. 

Composed  of  "  Masonry  a  Work  of  Darkness;"  the 
Sermons  of  Messrs.  Cross,  Williams,  M'Nary.  Dow 
and  Sarver;  the  two  addresses  of  Pres't  Blanchard, 
the  addresses  of  Pres't  H.  H.  George,  Prof.  J.  G. 
Carson  and  Rev.  M.  S.  Drury;  "Thirteen  R'^aeons 
why  a  Christian  cannot  be  a  Freemason,"  "Free- 
masonry Contrary  to  the  Christian  Religion"  and 
"Are  Masonic  Oaths  Binding  on  the  Initiate?"  887 
pages;  cloth,  $1. 

Morgan's  Exposition,  Abduction  and 

Mi'iU'EK,  AND  Oaths  of  33  Degrehs.  Composed  of 
"Fivemasonrr  Exposed,"  by  Capt.  Wm.  Morgan; 
"History  of  the  Abduction  and  Murder  af  Morgan;" 
"Valance's  Confession  of  the  Murder  of  Capt.  W  a. 
Jlorgan;"  Bernard's  Reminiscences  of  Morgan 
Times,"  and  Oaths  and  Penalties  of  33  Degrees." 
304  nages-  '■'olt   *! 

History  and  Minutes  of  the  National 

Ciikistian  Association.  Containing  the  History  of 
the  National  Christian  Association  and  the  Minutes 
of  its  Conventions  at  Syracuse,  N.  Y. ,  and  Pitts- 
burg, Pa.     289  pages;  cloth,  75  tents. 

Eminent  Men  on  Secret  Societies.  Com- 
posed of  "Washington  Opposed  to  Secret  Socie- 
ties," "Judge  Whitney's  Defense,"  "The  Mystic 
Tie,"  ''Narratives  and  Arguments, "  the  "Anti-Ma- 
son's Scrap-Book"  and  "Oaths  and  Penalties  of 
Freemasonry  as  Proved  in  the  New  Berlin  Trials." 
32R  raires;  cloth    $1 

Secret  Societies,  Ancient  and  Modem, 

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two  pamphlets  combined  in  this  title,  bound  together 
in  Cloth,  $1.00  each;  per  dozen. $9.00. 


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In  the  Ooils;  or  the  Oomlnir  Oonfllo^ 

By  "A  Fanatic."  A  hl»torl»l  iketch,  by  *  nDlt«4 
Preibyteriau  minister,  Tlvldly  portraying  the  work- 
ings of  Secretism  In  the  rarioni  relation*  of  eT«ry-d»y 
lUe,  and  ibowlng  bow  individual,  domeatle,  social, 
religions,  professional  and  public  life  are  trammeled 
and  biased  by  the  baneful  workings  of  the  lodKS- 
Belng  presented  in  the  form  of  a  story,  this  TOlDm« 
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the  story  will  not  hare  to  be  searched  for.  Parenta 
who  wish,  not  only  to  keep  their  children  oat  of 
these  night-schools  of  Batan,  but  to  give  them  aryn- 
menta  against  them  In  the  most  attractive  dress,  wU) 
do  well  to  parcbast  tills  book.  tl. GO  each;  116. W 
per  doEen 

Steams'  Inquiry  into  the  Nature  and 
Tendency  of  Fkeemasonky.  With  an  Appendix 
treating  on  the  truth  of  Morgan's  Exposition  and 
containing  remarks  on  various  points  in  the  charac- 
ter of  Masonry,  and  a  Dialogue  on  the  necessity  of 
exposing  the  lodge.  338  pages:  cloth,  60  centseach; 
per  dozen.  $5.00.  Paper  covers,  40  ccnis  each;  per 
dozen,  .$4.00. 

Stearns'  Review  of  Tw^o  Masonic  Ad- 
DKESSES.  In  this  scathing  review  the  lying  preten- 
sions of  the  order  are  clearly  shown.  10  centit 
each;  per  dozen,  $1.00. 

Stearns'  Letters  on  Masonry.  Showing 
the  antagonism  between  Freemasonry  and  the  Chris- 
tian religion.  Paper  cover,  30  cents  each;  per  doz- 
en, $2.50. 

Freemasonry  Self-Condemned.  By  Rev. 
J.  W.  Bain.  A  careful  and  logical  sta!  ;ment  of 
reasons  why  secret  orders  should  not  be  fellowshlped 
uy  the  Christian  Church,  and  by  the  United  Presby- 
terian cburcli  in  particular.  Paper  covers:  priCBi 
20  cents  each;  perdozeu,  .*2  00. 

Light  on  Freemasonry.  By  Elder  D.  Ber- 
nard. To  which  is  appended  "  A  Revelation  of  the 
Mysteries  of  Odd-fellowship  (old  work),  by  a  Mem- 
ber of  the  Craft."  The  whole  containing  over  five 
hundred  pages,  lately  revised  and  republished. 
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Freemasonry  and  the  M.  E.   Church. 

Let  every  lover  of  truth  and  justice  read  this  report 
of  the  trial  of  Rev.  J.  T.  Michael,  showing  how  h* 
was  driven  out  of  the  M.  E.  church  for  opposihff 
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per  dozen,  .*1.00. 

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by  its  terrible  oaths  and  penalties.  Paper  covers: 
25  cents  each;  per  dozen,  $2.00. 

Discussion    on    Secret    Societies.     By 

Elder  M.  S.  Newcomer  and  Elder  G.  W.  Wilson. 
This  discussion  was  first  published  in  a  series  of  ar- 
ticles in  the  Church  Advocate,  and  afterward  In 
pamphlet  form.  'Ihe  Evaitgelicai  Bepositori/,re- 
viewing  it,  says:  "This  pamphlet  consist.s  of  a  se- 
ries of  articles  originally  published  in  the  Church 
Advocate,  Lancaster,  Pa.  Elder  M.  b.  Newcomer 
opposes  secret  societies,  and  especially  Freemasonry 
and  Elder  G.  W.  Wilson  defends  the  sysiera.  We 
are  free  to  say  that  Mr.  Newcoy.er  has  thoroughly 
routed  his  opponent  at  every  point.  Slj-.  Wilson 
speaks  by  the  book,  as  he  is  a  Royal  Arch  Mason." 
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upon  the  rights  of  a  defenseless  woman.  Also  the 
account  of  a  ilasonic  murder,  by  two  eye-witnesses. 
By  Mrs.  Lcuisa  Walters.  This  is  a  thrilUngly  inter- 
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THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE. 


November  9,  I882 


PUBLISHER'S  DEPARTMENT. 


Nov.  6th,  1882. 

Five  days  remain  at  this  writing 
in  whicli  to  secure  the  remaining 
eeventy-eeven  and  a  half  clubs  of 
ten  needed  to  complete  the  one  hun- 
dred in  thirty  days.  This  first 
twenty-two  who  have  already  re- 
sponded so  promptly  have  our 
thanks.  Fourteen  of  these  pledges 
came  within  the  last  week. 

Dr.  J.  Cochran,  we  understand, 
promises  to  be  one  of  the  one  hun- 
dred. 

C.  C.  Foote  sends  the  $15.00 
pledged  last  week  and  writes:  "  I 
prize  the  Cynosure  above  gold." 

P.  S.  Feemster  sendg  $15.  G  eo. 
B.  Hopkins,  N.  E.  Gardiner,  J.  C. 
Heywood,  John  Morrison  and  A 
Friend,  enroll  themselves  among 
the  one  hundred  from  the  state 
meeting  at  Tonica. 

John  Hepburn;  I  have  been  very 
busy  this  last  few  months,  but  will 
have  time  soon  to  work  for  the 
Christian  Cynosure.  I  am  satis- 
fied 1  can  get  up  a  club.  We  re- 
gard the  Cynosure  as  a  necessity. 
N.  P.  Eddy,  Sheffield,  Bureau  Co., 
Ill  : — With  aid  pledges  himself  as 
one  of  the  hundred  men  :  "  I  am 
anxious  "  he  says  "  that  thousands 
more  should  take  the  Cynosure.  I 
have  gotten  up  clubs  every  year 
since  I  knew  about  the  paper,  and 
I  expect  to  get  subscribers  as  long 
as  I  am  able.  I  am  now  most 
seventy-eight  years  old."  Later 
M.  Eddy  remits  the  cash  for  his 
pledge  and  encloses  five  dollars 
towards  another.  Dr.  J.  A.  Bing- 
ham, sends  $15.00  enrolling  his 
name  among  the  one  hundred.  His 
wife  writes.  Wish  we  could  do 
more.  We  shall  be  very  glad  to 
have  the  Reform  Story. 

Geo.  Brokaw,  sends  $15  00  and 
is  duly  entered  on  the  "  one  hun- 
dred '■'  list. 

W.  R.  Morley,  Brush  Creek, 
Iowa,  pledges  $15.00  to  help  secure 
the  folder. 

Mrs.  R.  Sshnellbocher ;  "Am 
trying  to  get  subscribers." 

David  Nelson,  Remington,  Ind., 
sends  six  for  a  year  each  on  a  club 
of  ten  which  he  expects  to  get  soon. 
Later :  Mr.  Nelson  has  completed 
his  club  forwarding  $15.00  with  the 
names  and  is  duly  enrolled.  E.  G. 
Paine,  will  try  and  send  in  a  few 
new  subscribers." 

C.  W.  Allen,  will  try  and  see 
what  he  can  do  toward  getting  a 
club  of  ten. 

Mrs.  D.  R.  Keir,  "  will  try  and 
get  some  more  subscriptions." 

By  actual  count  the  Cynosure 
mail  list  including  exchanges  num- 
bered 4,153  names. 

Be  sure  to  real  Secretary  Stod- 
dard's letter. 

Three  hundred  and  thirty  seven  i 
subscriptions  expire  in  November, 
If  yours  is  one  of   them  will   you 
please  renew  promptly. 


Subscriptions  received  during 
the  week  ending  Nov.  4th,  1882: 

H  Avery,  C  W  Allen,  G  F  Ab- 
brecht,  J  Blanchard,  Mrs.  L  Foster, 
Rev.  S  R  Gittins,  W  S  Garrison, 
D  D  Gibson,  G  Harvey,  P  Hurless, 
G  W  Holstead,  Rev.  H  Hawkins, 
S  E  Ferris,  R  H  Kelley,  Mrs.  D  R 
Kier,  L  Knight,  Elder  S  C  Kimball, 
L  J  Kindle,  Z  Y  Long,  W  R  Mor- 
ley, B  F  Morris,  J  Main,  J  T 
Michael,  D  Nelson,  E  D  Olmsted, 


E  G  Paine  W  I  Phillips,  S  F  Rob- 
inson, Mrs.  A  T  Rider,  J  A  Steguer, 
Mrs.  R  Schnellbacher,  Wm  J 
Teemster,  J  W  Stewart,  SE  Starry, 
J  W  Thomson,  A  Wakeman,  H  L 
Woodward,  I  Wingert  Mrs.  L 
Wren,  J  B  White,  R  J  Williams, 
Mrs.  L  D  Whitten. 


Cynosure  Extension  Fund. 

Statement  for  the  week  ending  Nov.  4th. 
1882: 

"  A  Friend,"  $10.00  L.  C.  Foster 
$3  00,  D.  G.  Gibson  $1.00,  W.  M. 
Bowker  60cts. 

Total  cash  received,     -  -  $524  63 

Total  cash  used,  -         -  342  60 

Cash  available,  -  -  |182  20 
This  Fund  is  designed  to  aid  in 
getting  subscribers  from  among 
those  wlio  do  not  take  the 
Cynosure,  and  who  may  be  induced 
to  read  it  by  paying  themselves 
fl.OO  per  year.  The  Fund  pays 
50  cents,  making  up  the  club  rate. 
It  will  now  aid  364  new  subscribers 
to  get  the  paper  for  $1.00. 

^•^  — 

Books  and  Tracts  sent  during 
the  week  ending  Nov.  4th,  1882. 
By  Express. 

U  P  Board  of  Pub,  G  Hartmann, 
By  Mail. 

J  M  Huddleson,  J  C  Barnett,  A 
Nekon,  T  A  Noe,  Y  Hail,  W  L 
Tulleys,  S  Duncan,  C  F  Williams, 
J  Hepburn,  F  K  Miller,  J  Bartlett, 
W  Pim,  F  Sermin,  J  Motter,  fl 
Balydon,  J  McOleary,  C  C  Kellogg, 
Box  837,  JAB  Wilson,  O  Ruden, 
W  B  Mumford,  Y  Meek,  W  Uter- 
moholen,  J  A  Gates,  G  R  Smith, 
J  G  Campbell,  Rev.  D  MoFawn, 
L  D  Murphy,  E  E  Flager,  W  M 
Bawker,  C  C  Dart,  G  H  Maxwell, 
G  W  Everts,  I  K  Ilgenfritz,  L 
Prentice,  J  L  Ide,  J  A  Lewis,  W 
J  Galbraith,  P  Thomson,  E  P  Lef- 
ever,  D  G  Whidden. 

BIBLES^ 

We  have  recently  exchanged  a 
lot  of  Anti-masonic  publications 
for  Bibles  which  we  offer  at  low 
rates  post  paid. 

Wo  have  well  bound  pocket  Bi- 
bles at  ^1.00,  $1.35,  $L50,  $2.00, 
$2.25,  $2.50  and  $3.00.  Also  some 
fine  Oxford  and  Tract  Society 
Teachers  Bibles  at  $3.00,  $3.25, 
$3.50  and  $4.25. 

Of  the  family  Bibles  all  but  two 
have  already  been  disposed  of, 
leaving  one  at  $3.00  and  the  other 
at  $6.75. 

Among  the  pocket  Bibles  are 
some  Oxford  edition  with  leather 
protecting  edges  at  $2.00  and 
$3.00  each.     Address, 

Ezra  A.  Cook, 
7  Wabash  Ave.,  Chicago. 

Christian   Workers 

Who  depend  on  voluntary  con- 
tributions of  Christian  people  in 
whole  or  in  part  for  their  support: 

J.  F.  Browne,  Cabin  Creek,  Ky. 

Eli  Tapley,  Columbus,  Miss. 

J.  F.  Calloway,  Okahumka 
Florida. 

Wm.  HAzENBTjKft,  Cape  Town,  S. 
Africa. 

A.  D.  Zaeaphonithes,  Andros, 
via  Syra,  Greece. 

G.  H.  Flllan,  Armenia.  i 

Contributions  for  either  of  these  j 
brethren  may  be  forwarded  either  j 
through  the  editors  of  the  Cyno-  \ 
sure  or  the   Treasurer  of  the   N.  j 

C.  A.      Pj^EASB  DESIGNATE  tO  which   ; 

one  such  funds  shall  be  sent.  ! 


Handsome  Marriage  Certificates. 

Lithographed  In  black  and  gold,  with  a  place  on 
each  for  two  photographs. 

Price,  po  t-paid,  $2.35  per  dozen;  by  express, 
charges  not  paid,  $14.00  per  lOO.  Sample  sent  post* 
paid  on  receipt  of  35  cents.     Size,  12  by  18  inches. 

PubUshed  by  EZBA  A.  COOK, 

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Rates  to  Agents  and  Canvassers. 

A     COMMISSION      OF      TWENTY     PEE 

CENT.  IN  CASH,  Or  thirty  per  cent,  in 
books  of  my  own  publication,  at  retail 
rates,  is  allowed  to  canvassers  on  all 
new  subscriptions  taken  at  $2.00  a  year, 
and  half  of  that  commission  on  re- 
newals. 

CLUB   RATES. 

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club  rates.  Clubs  of  five  (1  copy  free 
to  sender),  each,  .$1.75.  Clubs  of  ten  or 
moie(l  copy  free  to  sender),  each,$1..50 

Each  person,  Avhether  sending  a  singie 
subscription  for  a  year  or  as  a  member 
of  a  club,  for 

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is  entitled  to  either  of  the  following 
fifty-cent  books,  post-paid : 

Eevised  Odd-fellowship  Illustrated, 

Freemasonry  Illustrated,  three  de- 
grees. 

Knight  Templarism  Illustrated, 

The  Broken  Seal, 

Finney  on  Masonry, 

Secret  Societies,  Ancient  and  Mod- 
em. 

See  description  of  these  books  on 
page  15. 

Those  who  prefer  them  to  books  can 
have  the  photographs  of  President 
Charles  G.  Finney,  Preside/it  J.  Blanch- 
ard, Captain  William  Morgau,and  Elder 
D.  Bernard  on  the  same  terms  as  the 
fifty-cent  books ;  one  set  of  four  for  25 
cents  extra  if  sent  with  a  subscription 
for  a  year. 

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No.  7  Wabash  Ave.,  Chioago.  III. 


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but  books  by  mail  are  at  risk  of  person  ordering, 
■unless  10  cents  extra  is  sent  to  pay  for  registering 
them,  when  their  safe  delivery  is  guaranteed. 
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cent,  discount  and  delivery  guaranteed,  but  not 
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Those  who  wish  to  know  the  character  of  Free- 
masonry, as  shown  by  its  own  publications,  will 
find  many  standard  works  In  the  fdllowlng  list. 

No  sensible  Mason  dares  deny  that  such  men  as 
Albert  G.  Mackey,  the  great  Masonic  Lexicographer, 
and  Daniel  Sickels,  the  Masonic  author  and  publish- 
er, are  the  highest  Masonic  authorit^f  In  the  United 
St  ,tes. 

All  the  books  advertised  here  are  used  by  Masons, 
but  Duncan's  Ritual,  Allyn's  Ritual  and  Richard- 
son's Monitor  are  not  publicly  acknowledged  as  Ma- 
sonic authority  because  they  tell  too  much. 

O-eneral  Ahiman  Bezon  and  Freema- 
80NS'  Guide.  By  Daniel  Sickels,  33d  degree.  The 
most  perfect  Masonic  monitor  published  In  the 
United  States.  Embellished  with  many  engravings 
and  containing  mocltorlal  Instructions  In  the  de- 
grees of  Entered  Apprentice,  Fellow-Craft  and  Mas- 
ter Masons,  with  explanatory  lectures,  the  cere- 
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TheCheistian  Cynostiee. 


VOL.  XV.,  No.  8. 


'In  Secret  Have  I  Said  Nothing.'' — Jemu  Ohritt. 


WHOLE  No.  655 


EZRA  A.  COOK,  'Publisher, 
No.  13  Wabash  Avenue. 


CHICAGO,  THURSDAY,  NOVEMBER  16,  1882. 


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TASI.B  OF  CONTENTS. 


Editorial  : 
Topics  of  the  Time. ...    1 

Cynosure 8 

The  Elections 8 

A  Political  Letter 8 

Contributions  : 
Condemned     out      of 
their  own  Month. . .     1 

Plain  Preaching 2 

The  Symptoms  and  the 

Disease' 2 

Reform  Story  : 
Holden    with     Cords 

Chap  XXVIII 2 

The  Sermon  : 
The   Bible  and  Bible 

Society 3 

New  England  : 
Massachusetts     under 

the  Lodge  Heel 4,5 

Reform  News  : 
The     Indiana     State 
Meeting  (Reports  of 
Secretary  and    Lec- 
turer)...      17 

Religious  News  :  12 


Shall  we  Plant  a  Stan- 
dard in  Washington  ?      8 
Correspondence  : 
Conservatism ;     From 
Elder  Austin;    Bro. 
Bancroft's     Tour; 
From  the  Outlook  of 
a  Sick  Room;    Our 

Mail 6 

American  Politics: 
ie  Election  Returns ;  The 
Nov.  Elections  and 

their  Lessons 17 

Obituary  : 
Eli   Farnham,    Elder 
Faurot ;    Mrs.    Pad- 
dock   12 

Home  Circle 10 

Children's  Corner.  . .  10 

Sunday  School 11 

Temperance 11 

Home  and  Farm 14 

News  of  the  Week.  . .  18 

Churches  vs.  Lodgery 14 

Anli-masonic  Lecturers  14 
Publisher's  Dbp't 16 


The  Supplement, 

Which  we  give  to  our  readers  this  week,  may  be 
accepted  by  our  many  readers  as  a  token  of  the 
good  will  of  the  Cynoav^e,  and  of  the  gratitude 
of  editors  and  publisher  for  the  honest  effort  of 
many  of  the  friends  of  the  paper  to  increase  its 
circulation.  We  cannot  promise  a  supplement 
often  unless,  with  the  abundance  of  matter  sent 
in  for  publication,  there  is  a  corresponding  in- 
terest in  having  it  widelyread.  Suppose  that  now 
we  have  20,000  readers,  every  one  can  see  that 
the  value  of  their  writing  would  be  much  more 
than  five  times  multiplied  if  the  readers  were 
100,000  and  the  list  20,000.  So  when  we  say 
that  a  press  of  matter  demands  an  extra  sheet, 
we  mean  not  that  there  should  be  leis  writing 
but  more  readers.  Let  us  all  work  on  and  pray  on 
for  this  end.  In  our  added  pages  may  be  found 
interesting  reports  from  Indiana  and  from  the 
National  fietorm  Convention  in  Clarinda,  Iowa ; 
and  some  political  reading  which  will  be  looked 
for  with  some  anxiety. 


TOPICS  OF  THE  TIME. 


the  party  which  supported  his  administration 
also  belongs  the  River^  and  Harbor  bill  steal, 
the  infamous  political  assessments,  managed  by 
Hubbell  of  Michigan  with  the  greed  of  a  Jeffries, 
and  the  "spoils"  system  and  "boss"  rule.  Some 
oi  these  abuses  are  common  to  all  parties,  and 
only  sunk  the  Republican  ship  because  she  was 
under  the  necessity  of  carrying  the  load.  But 
the  emphatic  voice  of  the  people  to  the  Presi- 
dent, is  a  demand  that  he  shall  cease  trying  to 
be  a  President  and  a  ward  politician  at  the  'same 
time.  He  made  a  fatal  blunder  by  attempting 
to  thrust  Conkling  into  the  Senate  while  Gar- 
field lay  between  life  and  death ;  he  insulted  the 
intelligence  of  the  people  by  nominating  him  to 
the  Supreme  Bench ;  and  he  aroused  their  in- 
dignation by  opposing  the  renomination  of  Cor- 
nell. If  he  did  all  this  in  haste,  he  may  repent 
at  his  leisure.  An  opposition  Congress  will  oc- 
cupy henceforth  all  his  attention,  and  the  ward 
{)oliticians  of  New  York  may  mourn  that  he  no 
onger  leads  them  to  victory. 


Occasional  "off-year"  successes  had  prepared 
the  Democratic  party  to  expect  a  few  victories 
in  the  elections  of  last  week,  but  to  find  their 
candidates  receiving  majorities  of  200,000  in 
New  York;  35,000  in  Pennsylvannia;  13,000  in 
Massachusetts,  10,000  in  Kansas,  etc;  while  the 
next  House  of  Representatives  will  have  a  large 
Democratic  majority  and  possibly  also  the 
Senate — these  facts  permit  their  condition  to  be 
described  as  the  intoxication  of  success.  Proba- 
bly no  man  feels  more  keenly  the  defeat  than 
President  Arthur.  He  has  so  unwisely  staked 
his  political  fortune  on  this  election,  by  personal 
interference  in  favor  of  Conkling  and  other 
friends  in  New  York,  that  no  future  excellence 
in  his  management  of  his  great  office  can  restore 
him  to  the  favor  with  whiSi  he  entered  it.    To 


Our  New  England  editor  provides  some  read- 
ing which  should  be  of  gloomy  interest  to  the 
voters  of  Massachusetts,  and  to  all,  since  who 
may  say  that  the  same  dark  and  powerful  agency 
of  the  secret  lodge  is  not  everywhere  working 
for  the  same  result,  only  more  secretly.  The 
press  attributes  Mr.  Bishop's  defeat  to  his  want 
of  "personal  popularity" — a  very  convenient 
term  to  disguise  the  absence  of  a  lodge  oath  from 
his  conscience.  Butler's  sportive  audacity,  which 
has  brought  him  to  the  front  of  the  losing  party 
for  three  or  four  successive  elections,  and  has 
popularized  him  with  the  unthinking  multitude, 
had  his  private  millions  of  money  and  thirty- 
three  degrees  of  blasphemy,  outlandish  titles  and 
gew-gaws,  and  ten  million  oaths  to  back  it.  Per- 
haps the  Old  Commenwealth  thinks  herself  hap- 
py that  her  ruler  is  a  Sovereign  Grand  Inspec- 
tor-General, and  has  been  also  a  Sovereign 
Prince,  a  Grand  Pontiff,  a  Prince  of  Jerusalem, 
a  Prince  of  the  Tabernacle,  a  Prince  of  Mercy,  a 
Knight  of  the  Sun,  a  Grand  Inspector-Inquisitor 
Commander,  and  a  Sublime  Prince.  It  may 
alsojbe  a  matter  of  compUment,  if  jthe  New  York 
papers  say  truly,  that  all  the  leading  liquor  firms 
of  Boston  contributed  $300  each  to  elect  this 
mighty  governor.  But  when  the  lodge  and 
liquor  interest  combine  we  have  yet  to  learn 
that  it  was  with  any  intention  of  promoting  the 
happiness,  peace  and  prosperity  of  a  community 
or  a  State.  Let  Americans  mark  this  election 
and  see  in  it  a  fretting  leprosy,  that  will  spread 
through  all  our  national  structure,  unless  men 
anointed  of  God  shall  stand  up  to  stay  and 
cleanse  the  pla^^ue. 

Hon.  Thurlow  Weed  has  a  letter  in  the  New 
York  Tribune  of  Nov.  4th,  dictated  to  a  sten- 
ographer, in  which  he  comments  upon  the  polit- 
ical prospects  with  a  caustic  humor.  "Spoils," 
"bosses,"  Hubbell  committees,  and  Presiaential 
junketing  are  shaken  together  in  the  bag  which 
hung  about  the  neck  of  the  Republican  party 
while  it  buffetted  vainly  with  the  tides  of  elec- 
tion. The  force  of  his  criticisms  are  widely  ap- 
preciated, and  his  letter  is  everywhere  reprinted 
and  noticed  by  the  editors.  We  want  to  tie  fast 
one  fact — the  proof  of  Mr.  Weed's  vigor  of 
mind  which  this  letter  supplies.  In  a  few  years 
after  he  is  gone  to  his  rest,  we  shall  hear  the  au- 
thor of  the  powerful  letter  on  the  Morgan  ab- 
duction and  murdei  decried  as  unfitted  by  reason 
of  decrepitude  and  age  to  prepare  such  a  docu- 
ment, or  to  testify  to  its  truth.  But  the  Thur- 
low Weed  who  can  write  so  ably  on  politics  a 
few  days  later  is  not  regarded  as  an  imbecile  by 
the  ablest  political  editors  of  the  nation,  by  any 
meana. 


The  report  of  the  Post-office  Department  this 
year  wiU  interest  the  public  gpnorally  more  by 
its  small  figures  than  its  great  ones.  To  explain: 
The  revenue  of  the  Department  has  doubled 
since  since  1871,  in  which  year  on  June  30,  it 
was  $20,037,045.  On  the  same  date,  1882,  the 
annual  revenue  was  $41,876,410,  or  $10,000,000 
more  than  the  receipts  of  the  United  Kingdom, 
end  greater  than  the  receipts  of  the  mail  service 
of  any  other  country  in  the  world.  While  the 
receipts  have  been  increasing  at  the  rate  of  14 
per  cent  per  annum,  the  expenses  increase 
at  the  rate  of  less  than  2  per  cent.  The  net  sur- 
plus of  receipts  this  year  were  over  $1,500,000. 
These  are  the  great  figures.     They    show   so 

E remising  an  increase  in  the  revenae  of  this 
>epartment  that  it  is  believed  a  reduction  of 
letter  postage  to  2  cents  may  now  be  made.  A 
deficit  might  result  for  two  or  three  years,  but 
the  revenue  would  soon  again  exceed  expenses. 
Let  Congress  give  us  the  2  cent  stamp. 

The  "closure"  resolution  now  before  the  Br  it- 
ish  Parliament  is  the  next  reform  to  mark  the 
record  of  the  great  English  statesman.  This  is 
a  measure  to  guard  the  body  from  vicious  ob- 
struction by  a  minority,  and  answers  to  the  "pre- 
vious question"  of  our  Congress.  That  such  a 
measure  has  been  so  long  delayed  is  a  grand  tes- 
timony to  the  patience  of  English  majorities  or 
to  the  obedience  of  minorities.  But  Parliament 
once  had  the  "previous  question."  Macauley 
speaks  of  its  use  definitely  in  the  time  of  James 
II.  The  Tory  oppobition  has  been  considerable, 
and  appeared  strongest  in  the  effort  to  amend  by 
making  a  two-thirds  vote  necessary  to  close  de- 
bate. That  party  could  always  muster  more 
than  one-third  the  members  and  prevent  the  ac- 
tion of  the  rule.  They  were  defeated,  and  the 
measure  is  as  good  as  passed  which  will  prevent 
Parnell  from  stopping  the  transaction  of  Parli- 
amentary business  for  weeks  together. 
^  •  * ^ — 

— I.  H.  Jones  of  Jamestown,  Mo.,  for  four 
years'  an  Odd-fellow,  and  occupying  the  highest 
office  in  a  subordinate  lodge  has  lately  seceded 
forever  from  the  order. 


Condemned  Out  of  their  Own  Mouth. 

A  Purther  HepVy  to  the  Atamnptions  of  Rob.  StorriB  and  Othert , 

BY  WAEKEN  TAYLOB. 

When  Anderson  and  Deeaguilliers,  in  1717 
got  together  the  laborers  in  brick  and  mortar  m 
the  city  of  London,  and  proposed  to  them  to  form 
a  grand  lodge  and  receive  from  them  a  new, 
philosophical  and  speculative  masonry,  they 
certainly  dug  up  the  buried  Mysteries;  modified 
the  ceremonies  of  the  old  sun  worship  so  as  to 
retain  the  square,  compass,  trowel  and  apron ; 
and  to  make  the  whole  thing  more  imposing, 
more  captivating 'and  more  acceptable  to  Chris- 
tian people,  they  ascribed  to  it  great  antiquity 
and  connected  it  with  Solomon  and  the  temple  ; 
and  gave  these  mysteries  to  those  simple  and 
superstitious  men  as  the  new  fashioned  Masonry. 
As  Masonry  is  the  practice  of  sun  worship  in 
the  Mysteries  "it  is  more  ancient  than  the 
Christian  era.  But,  as  speculative  Masonry,  it 
is  just  one  hundred  and  sixty-five  years  old,  and 
so  the  more  candid  of  learned  Masons  are  free  to 
confess.  Thus  Albert  Pike  is  quoted  in  the 
Catholic  Remiew  as  saying,  "All  attempts  to 
prove  that  it  (Masonry)  existed  at  an  earlier  date 
than  the  17th  century  are  nonsense."  We  have 
also  been  told  in  the  Masonic  Trowel  that  a 
reliable  author  "  assigns  the  oriifin  of  the  Free- 
masonry of  the  present  day  to  the  year  1717." 
The  Cyclopedia  of  Freemasonry,  as  quoted,  and 
the  British  or  London  Cyclopedia,  both  affirm 
that.     "  Speculative  Freemasonry  originated  in 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE. 


November  16,  I882 


1717."  In  the  minutes  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of 
Ohio  for  the  year  1877  there  is  a  long  article 
read  by  one  of  their  most  learned  members,  on 
the  question,  "Whence  came  we  1"  And  the 
writer  athrms  that  having  resided  in  London, 
"  and  made  all  the  research  which  it  was  possible 
for  him  to  make,  he  could  find  no  evidence  ot 
any  degrees  in  Masonry  prior  to  1722.  "  And 
that  before  that  time  apprentice  masons  and 
craft  masons  were  made  such  not  by  any  cere- 
mony whatever,  but  were  simply  recognized,  the 
one  as  a  learner  and  the  other  as  a  workman  ; 
-and  tbat  the  masons  who  formed  the  first  grand 
lodge  at  the  Appletree  tavern,  were  (yraft  ma- 
eons  and  had  not  a  Master  Mason  among  them. 
All  this  testimony  is  found  on  the  minutes  of 
the  Grand  Lodge  aforesaid  without  objection  or 
demur. 


Plain  Preaching. 

'     BT  PKOF.  E.  D.  BAILET, 

What  is  plain  preaching?  It  is  not  a  whole- 
sale denunciation  of  everybody  and  everything 
except  the  preacher.  It  is  not  necessarily  loud 
preaching.  It  is  not  always  "smart"  preaching. 
It  is  never  "dull"  preaching.  It  is  preaching 
which  80  plainly  portrays  the  way  of  salvation 
that  all  who  are  in  it  recognize  the  description 
and  all  who  are  out  of  it  become  aware  of  the 
fact.  It  is  preaching  which  so  plainly  describes 
sin  that  every  sinner  feels  the  truthfulness  of 
the  description  and  recognizes  his  own  errors. 
Plain  preaching  makes  the  way  of  holiness  seem 
most  desirable  and  the  way  of  transgression  most 
hateful. 

In  order  to  preach  plainly  the  preacher  must 
be  filled  with  the  Word  and  the  Spirit — he'mnst 
feel  the  power  of  a  divine  inspiration.  In  de- 
scribing the  kingdom  of  heaven  he  must  not  be 
filled  with  constant  fear  lest  the  skeptical,  the 
scientific,  the  philosophic  portion  of  his  audi- 
ence shall  dissent;  and  in  portraying  sin  and 
calling  it  by  name  he  must  not  fear  lest  sinners 
present  will  take  exception  to  his  remarks. 
Indeed  he  cannot  preach  plainly  until  he  has 
risen  above  all  care  or  anxiety  for  the  reception 
of  his  preaching,  until  he  has  a  sublime  confi- 
dence in  the  truth  and  an  unswerving  faith  in 
its  triumph. 

•  The  man  who  cannot  tell,  with  plainness  and 
without  fear,  what  he  knows  about  intemper- 
ance, dancing,  card-playing,  covetousness,  secret 
societies,  and  every  other  prevailing  wrong,  has 
not  yet  got  beyond  trimming  his  preaching  to 
suit  "itching  ears."  It  was  said  at  the  late 
Board  meeting  in  Portland  that  it  was  under 
the  powerful  preaching  of  Edwards,  Payson, 
Finney  and  others  of  that  class  that  the  greatflst 
missionary  enterprises  had  their  o^i^in.  Dr. 
Gould,  at  the  l?te  Paxton  conferenc^xclaimed, 
"O  for  an  hour  of  Finney!  O  for  an  hour  of 
Payson !"  Such  men  were  fearless  in  denounc- 
ing sin  and  determined  in  upholding  truth.  But 
preachers  now  apologize  for  trimming  their  de- 
nunciations and  excluding  some  themes  by  ar- 
guing that  they  are  not  doing  it  through  fear, 
but  only  because  it  is  best  to  be  wise!  Away 
with  such  wisdom!  It  is  the  curse  of  the  church. 
The  people  do  not  need  soft  sermons.  They  need 
to  see  boldness  in  their  ministers.  Courage  is 
catching.     Let  us  have  more  of  it. 


approaching  to  God." — Isa.  58:2.  Surely  this 
is  more  than  could  be  said  of  the  church  now, 
yet  it  was  to  this  people  that  the  Spirit  said, 
"  Cry  aloud.  Spare  not.  Lift  up  thy  voice  like 
a  trampet,  and  show, my  people  their  transgres- 
sions and  the  house  of  Jacob  their  sins. — Isa. 
58:1. 

To-day  God  says  this  to  his  ministers,  but 
some  of  them  are  blind  watchmen.  They  do  not 
see  the  sword  coming.  Some  are  dumb  dogs 
that  cannot  bark ;  sleeping,  lying  down,  loving 
to  slumber." — Isa.  56:10,  11.  Some  seek  to 
build  up  the  walls  of  Jerusalem,  but  they  con- 
tinually say,  "  Peace,  peace,  when  there  is  no 
peace :  and  one  hath  built  a  wall  and  others 
daubed  it  with  untempered  mortar." — Esek. 
10: IS.  "  They  have  strengthened  the  hands  of 
the  wicked  that  he  should  not  return  from  his 
wicked  way  by  promising  him  life." — Ezeh. 
IS:^. 

Why  do  we  write  thus  of  the  church  ?  Be- 
cause she  thinks  herself  "  rich  and  increased  in 
goods,  and  hath  need  of  nothing,  and  knoweth 
not  that  she  is  wretched,  and  miserable,  and 
poor,  and  blind,  and  naked. — Rev.  3:11.  Symp- 
toms are  not  the  disease,  but  they  indicate  it. 
!N"otice  one  of  the  symptoms : 

A  large  share  of  the  ministers  here  in  Wash- 
ington are  Freemasons.  They  are  in  sworn  fel- 
lowship with  some  of  the  worst  of  men.  They 
have  taken  blasphemous  oaths.  They  practice 
rites  that,  if  done  openly,  would  cause  their  ar- 
rest for  indecency  or  lunacy.  They  practice  a 
religion  that  denies  the  Lord  that  bought  them. 
They  have  sworn  conformity  to  a  system  that 
perverts  justice,  corrupts  morale,  and  destroys 
true  piety.  "  Were  they  ashamed  when  they 
had  committed  abominations  ?  Nay,  they  were 
not  at  all  ashamed,  neither  could  they  blush." 

■Jer.  6:15.  They  glory  in  their  shame.  "  They 
rebuke  him  that  reproveth  in  the  gate.  They 
abhor  him  that  speaketh  uprightly." 

I  see  ministers  here  flaunt  their  Masonic  jew- 
elry, and  advertise  their  Masonry  in  their  pray- 
ers and  exhortations,  while  they  denounce  those 
who  in  Christian  fidelity  expose  the  evil. .  What 
is  the  matter  with  these  false  prophets?  Free- 
masonry? Nay,  verily.  That  is  but  one  of  the 
symptoms.  It  only  indicates  the  disease.  There 
are  other  symptoms,  unseemly  ulcers,  constantly 
coming  to  the  surface.  The  disease  is  in  the 
heart.  "  The  whole  heart  is  sick."  Neverthe- 
less there  is  balm  in  Gilead.  There  are  true 
prophets  who  wiU  not  hold  their  peace  day  nor 
night  till  he  establish,  till  he  make  Jerusalem  a 
praise  in  the  earth. — Isa.  62:6,  7. 
Washington.  D.  G. 


The  Sympioms  and  the  Disease. 

BY   H.   H.    HENMAN. 

The  whole  head  is  sick,  the  whole  heart  is 
faint,  from  the  sole  of  the  foot  even  unto  the 
head  there  is  no  soundness  in  it,  but  wo\md8  and 
bruises  and  putrefying  sores.  They  have  not 
been  closed  up,  neither  bound  up,  neither  molli- 
fied with  ointment. — Jsa.  1:56. 

History  continually  repeats  itself.  Isaiah  lived 
in  a  time  of  spiritual  declension.  So  do  we. 
Then  they  "  drew  near  the  Lord  with  their 
mouths,  and  with  their  lips  did  honor  him,  but 
lemoved  their  hearts  far  from  him,  and  the  fear 
of  the  Lord  was  taught  by  the  precepts  of  men." 
—Isa.  29:13. 

So  it  is  to-day.  Then  it  was  saiti,  "  Yet  ye 
seek  me  early,  and  delight  to  know  my  wfc^s,  as 
a  nation  that  did  righteousness,  and  forsook  not 
the  ordinances  of  their  God.    They  delight  in 


REFORM  STORY. 


Ho/den  with  Cords. 

BT  THE  AUTHOR  OF  "LITTLE  PEOPLE 
LIFE,"  ETC. 


"    u 


A  8UNNT 


Chapter  XXTII—Xhe  Sword  of  Damoeles. 
[Continued.1 

I  have  previously  mentioned  the  fact  that 
Darius  Fox  kept  a  distillery.  It  wa3  to  this 
place  that  Sam  and  Joe  when  the  evening  shad- 
ows began  to  gather  and  the  farm  chores  over 
for  the  day,  directed  their  steps; — an  ancient, 
smoke-stained  building  much  frequented  by  the 
men  and  boys  of  Brownsville,  either  because 
they  liked  the  odor  of  the  still,  the  chance  of 
imbibing  stray  drops  of  the  sweet  liquor  through 
a  straw,  or  for  some  social  charm  inherent  in 
the  general  atmosphere  of  the  place. 

Joe  sat  down  nonchalantly  on  one. of  the  big 
casks  beside  old  Ezekiel  Trull,  who  was  par- 
tially deaf;  and  drawing  a  small  volume 
from  out  his  pocket  inquired  in  the  loud  tones 
rendered  necessary  by  the  old  gentleman's  in- 
firmity, 

"Have  you  seen  one  of  Morgan's  books  yet, 
Mr.  Trull?  I  heard  Miller  had  got  it  out  so  I 
sent  tor  one  the  other  day." 

"Morgan's  book  out!  the  one  they  murdered 
him  for  trying  to  get  up.  Dew  tell.  I'd  give  a 
sight  to  see  it;"  answered  the  old  man  eagerly, 
fumbling  for  his  spectacles,  and  speaking  him- 
self in  that  high  key  natural  to  the  deaf,  so  that 


the  general  attention  was  attracted  preqisedy  aa 
Joe  meant  it  should  be. 

They  crowded  round  to  see  the  book,  some 
scornful,  but  all  curious.  Even  Darius  Fox  • 
drew  near  with  the  rest.  The  thing  to  prevent 
which  he  and  so  many  others  had  united  to  mur- 
der Morgan  had  not  been  prevented  after  all. 
Here  was  the  work  for  which  he  gave  his  life, 
rising  phoenix  like  from  his  martyr's  grave 
under  the  cold  waters  of  Niagara,  ten  fold  more 
potent  through  his  death.  And  this  was  what 
they  in  their  mad  rage  against  him  had  accom- 
plished. 

He  took  the  book,  shufiied  the  leaves  over ; 
then  threw  it  from  him  with  an  oath. 

"It's  just  a  pack  of  lies,  but  they'll  do  to  fool 
Anti-masons  with." 

"If  that  is  the  case  it  ain't  worth  swearing 
about,  seems  to  me,"  said  Joe,  coolly,  as  be 
stooped  to  pick  up  the  book^  a  trifle  the  worse 
for  the  rough  treatment  it  had  received.-  His 
retort  was  followed  by  a  laugh  from  one  oF  two 
who  saw  the  point.  It  angered  Darius,  who 
fiercely  repeated, 

"  I  say  it  again.  The  book  is  a  vile  im- 
position. I  don't  want  to  see  no  more  of  it 
than  I  have."  And  Darius  turned  away,  but 
not  so  quickly  that  he  failed  to  hear  Sam  Toller 
drawl  out, 

"Say  Joe,  ain't  it  a  good  deal  like  that  book 
ye  borrowed  once.  Or  1  dunno  ag  ye  'zaetly  bor- 
rowed it.  Kinder  fell  in  yer  way,  didn't  it? 
Maybe  Morgan  copied  from  that." 

"If  he  did  he  has  altered  one  or  two  things. 
That  was  J.  B.  This  is  B.  J.,"  replied  Joe. 

"B.  J;?  That  ain't  the  title  of  the  book,  is  it?" 
aeked  one  of  the  company  not  posted  in  lodge 
lore,  while  Mr.  Fox,  trembling  at  the  idea  that 
Joe  might  be  on  the  brink  of  revealing  what 
would  certainly  make  him  the  laughing  stock  of 
the  whole  neighborhood  if  it  should  ever  get  out, 
was  for  once  in  the  unpleasant  predicament  of 
not  knowing  what  to  do  or  say.  But  to  make 
peace  with  his  dangerous  adversary,  in  the  words 
of  Scripture  "while  he  was  in  the  way  with  him," 
seemed  the  only  discreet  thing  to  do  under  the 
circumstances. 

"Sam,"  he  said,  "I  wish  you  would  help  me 
a  minute  out  here.  And  you  too  Joe,  if  you 
will.  It's  only"  a  hand's  turn  I  want."  And  8am 
and  Joe  accordingly  followed  Mr.  Fox  who  led 
them  into  a  small  unfinished  room  in  the  rear 
of  the  building,  and  pouring  out  two  glasses  of 
his  own  liquor  he  presented  one  to  each,"  saying 
in  an  injured  tone  as  he  did  so, 

"This  is  confounded  mean  business  to  go  and 
blow  on  a  fellow  after  you've  given  your  solemn 
promise  to  keep  mum." 

"Now  look  here.  Mister,"  answered  Joe, 
scornfully  refusing  the  prorffered  peace-o:5ering 
to  which  Sam,  on  the  contrary,  had  due  respect. 
"When  I  heard  that  you  were  throwing  out 
hints  to  the  lodge  that  Leander  had  been  letting 
out  the  secrets,  I  went  to  you  and  I  warned  you 
pretty  pTain  that  the  real  traitor  would  be  ex- 
posed if  that  talk  wasn't  all  taken  back.  When 
Jachin  and  Boaz  tumbled  out  of  your  pocket 
and  I  picked  it  up  one  night  when  yon  were  go- 
ing home  from  the  lodge  too  drunk  to  know 
your  right  hand  from  your  left,  I  had  no  thought 
of  making  you  ridiculous  and  hurting  you  in  the 
lodge  by  telling  the  story  round  how  I  come  by 
the  secrets.  I  only  wanted  a  little  fun  and  I 
had  it,  by  teaching  them  to  Sam,  so  that  he 
could  pass  himself  ofl"  for  a  Mason.  But  now 
the  secrets  are  all  out  my  little  game  is  up,  but 
I  see  yours  isn't.  Because  Leander  knows  that 
Masons  murdered  Morgan,  and  ain't  afraid  to 
say  so;  because  he  left  the  lodge  like  an  honest 
man  when  he  found  out  what  Masonry  really  is, 
you've  persecuted  him  every  way  you  could 
think  of.  You've  used  tools  and  tried  to  teep 
your  hand  hidden,  but  what  is  the  use  when 
everybody  in  Brownsville  knows  as  well  as  I  do 
that  you  are  at  the  bottom  of  all  this  mischief. 
Now,  Mr.  Fox,  unless  you  give  me  your  solemn 
pledge  with  Sam  Toller  here  for  a  witness,  to 
have  all  legal  proceedings  against  Leander 
dropped,  and  not  to  trouble  him  any  more,  that 
story  shall  be  spread  all  over  the  neighborhood. 
And  I  mean  what  I  say.  You  had  better  be 
careful,  Darius  Fox,  just  for  your  own  good. 


November  16, 1889 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE. 


Folks  say  that  you  know  all  about  Morgan,  and 
they  say  some  other  things  that  are  not  exactly 
to  your  credit,  but  I  ain't  called  on  to  repeat 
'em.  Just  give  me  that  promise.  That's  all  I 
want  of  yow." 

Darius  Fox  stood  for  a  moment  In  silence, 
but  he  had  enough  good  sense  to  accept  Joe's 
alternative. 

"You're  too  hard  on  me,  Joe.  Eut  that  mat- 
ter about  the  wall — if  I  can  get  Joel  Barnes  to 
drop  it  I  will.  I  was  only  in  the  way  of  my 
duty  serving  the  writ.  A  sheriff  has  to  act  with- 
out respect  of  persons,  you  know." 

"  Oh,  yes  ;  Mason  or  Anti-mason,"  answer- 
ed Joe,  sarcastically,  as  he  inarched  o&  in 
company  with  the  chuckling  Sam.  "  Good- 
night, Mr.  Fox,  I  hope  you  will  remember  the 
little  talk  we've  just  had  and  govern  yourself  ac- 
cordingly." 

One  more  scene  and  Darius  Fox  fades  from 
my  story. 

CHAPTEK  XXVni. 
THE  MYSTERY  OF  OAK  ORCHARD  CREEK. 

The  appearance  of  Morgan's  book  deepened 
the  public  agitation  and  excitement.  To  many 
in  the  Masonic  ranks  it  came  like  a  decree  of 
emancipation.  The  secrets  were  out ;  if  not 
actually  proclaimed  from  the  house-tops  they 
were  freely  sold  to  the  simplest  cowan  who  chose 
to  invest  a  part  of  his  day's  wages  in  learning 
the  august  and  sublime  mysteries  of  Freemason- 
ry. Why  were  they  bound  to  keep  secret  what 
was  no  secret?  And  some  bolder  spirits,  among 
whom  was  Mark  Stedman  went  farther.  Why 
not  tear  away  the  veil  that  hid  the  higher  de- 
grees?— and  show  Masonry  personating  Jehovah 
in  the  burning  bush,  or  seated  as  the  All-Puissant 
on  his  throne  of  judgment^  thus  literally  fulfill- 
ing the  New  Testament  prophecies  of  the  Man 
of  Sin ;  show  Christ's  Holy  supper  profaned  in 
horrible  burlesque  by  deacons  and  drunkards, 
ministers  and  libertines; — and  finally  the  veil 
entirely  withdrawn,  show  her  swearing  her 
devotees  "to  crush  the  head  ot  the  serpent  of  ig- 
norance— a  serpent  which  we  detest,  that  is 
adored  by  the  idiot  and  vulgar  xmder  the  name 
of  Religion!" 

This  will  surely  be  the  death  blow  to  Masonry. 
So  said  and  thought  the  band  of  patriots  which 
met  at  Le  Roy,  and  placed  on  record  for  all  fu- 
ture time  their  independence  as  Christian  men 
and  American  citizens.  So  thought  every  hon- 
est man  and  woman  who  read  or  heard  their  tes- 
timony. So  thought  Joe  who  concluded  it  was 
time  to  surrender  his  secret.  And  accordingly  one 
day  I  found  a  bundle  of  foolscap  laid  in  conven- 
ient reach  for  my  inspection,  all  written  over 
with  the  first  three  Masonic  degrees. 

"What  under  the  sun  have  you  got  here,  Joe?" 
r  exclaimed. 

"  Only  something  for  Rachel  to  kindle  her 
fire  with,"  was  the  cool  reply.  "  That  is  all 
it  is  good  for  now.  Say,  Leander,  do  you  re- 
member that  old  book  I  was  looking  at  the  night 
you  joined  the  lodge?" 

"  To  be  sure  I  do.  Now,  how  did  you  come 
by  it?" 

"Easy  enough.  I  was  walking  home  from  Jake 
Goodwin's  party — " 

"  Who  with? "  I  interrupted,  with  that 
teasing  freedom  in  which  elder  brothers  some- 
times indulge. 

"Comj,  Leander,"  answered  Joe,  coloring, 
"that  is  no  business  of  yours.  If  you  ask  im- 
pertinent questions  I  shall  stop.  Of  course  I 
went  home  with  somebody,  but  we  had  parted 
company,  and  I  was  just  coming  over  the  hill 
there  by  the  widow  Tappan's  when  I  overtook 
Darius  Fox  coming  home  from  lodge  just  half 
seas  over.  I  never  saw  him  really  drunk  before 
but  folks  say  since  the  Morgan  afi'air  happened 
he's  been  getting  into  drinking  ways  fast." 

"I've  noticed  it  myself.  Well  Joe,  go  on." 
"His  gait  was  very  unsteady,  and  once  he  near- 
ly pitched  over,  and  in  the  jerk  he  give  to  save 
himself  or  some  way  that  book  fell   out  of  his 
pocket.     There  was  a  good  bright  moon  and  I 
stopped  a  minute  to  examine  it.  The  title  Jachin 
and  Eoaz  sounded  as  though  it  was  some  kind 
of  a  religious  book,  but  that  kind  of  reading  is 
not  quite  in  Darius'  line;  so.  I  looked  a  lit 


farther.  When  I  see  it  was  something  about 
Masonry  I  slapped  it  into  my  pocket  quick  as  a 
wink.  'So  ho,'  thinks  1,  'this  is  the  way  you 
lodge  members  post  yourselves.  What  is  to 
hinder  my  learning  the  signs  and  grips  and  in- 
itiating Sam  Toller?'  You  know  Sam  is  al- 
ways ready  for  a  joke,  and  he  was  just  as  much 
tickled  with  the  idea  as  I  was.  But  learning  it 
by  heart  was  such  a  job  Sam  told  me  I  had  bet- 
ter copy  it  ofi".  So  I  bought  a  quire  of  foolscap 
and  we  eat  up  two  whole  nights  out  in  the  barn 
to  do  it." 

"  I  wonder  you  didn't  set  the  barn  on  fire, 
Joe." 

"Well,  we  did  come  pretty  nigh  it  once,"  con- 
fessed Joe;  "when  we  thought  we  heard  Miss 
Loker  or  somebody  else  coming.  Sam  scrabbled 
so  to  hide  our  light  he  tipped  it  over,  and  I 
thought  for  a  minnte  we  should  be  all  in  a  blaze. 
When  we  got  it  nicely  copied  off  I  had  a  fine 
chance  to  return  it  on  the  sly.  Miss  Loker  sent 
me  over  to  the  Fox  place  for  some  kind  of  dried 
herb  she  wanted,  and  while  Aunt  Subrey  was 
rummaging  over  her  collections  up  stairs,  I 
clapped  the  book  right  back  again  into  the  pock- 
et of  Darius'  coat  that  was  laying  over  a  chair 
in  the  keeping  room — the  very  same  one  he  had 
on  that  night.  And  the  joke  of  the  matter  is 
Darius  had  never  missed  it,  so  he  never  thought 
he  was  the  leaky  vessel  till  I  come  to  blow  him 
up  for  calling  you  a  traitor.  You  should  have 
seen  his  face.  But  I  had  the  staff  in  my  own 
hands,  and  I've  kept  it  there  ever  since.  Darius 
is  like  an  alligator,  bullet  proof  except  in  one 
particular  spot.  He  don't  like  to  be  laughed  at. 
Now  I  know  just  as  well  as  1  want  to  that  he  set 
Joel  Barnes  on  to  make  trouble  about  that  wall. 
And  you  may  just  thank  me  that  it  has  all  end- 
ed in  smoke.  And  another  thing  Sam  tells  me, 
these  men  that  were  going  to  carry  off  Mark 
Stedman  bragged  that  Sheriff  Fox  would  never 
arrest  them.  'He's  a  Royal  Arch,'  said  one,  'and 
knows  as  much  about  Morgan  as  anybody  except 
them  that  pushed  him  into  the  river.'  I'm  glad 
I  don't  stand  in  his  shoes." 

And  Joe  went  off  after  letting  in  this  flood  of 
light  on  more  than  one  hitherto  mysterious 
point;  among  others  the  sudden  stay  of  pro- 
ceedings in  the  before  mentioned  trespass  case. 
Though  one  reason  may  have  been  that  Darius 
himself  was  before  long  in  the  grasp  of  that  law 
which  under  guise  of  administering  he  had  vio- 
lated and  defied.  At  the  next  sitting  of  the 
county  court  a  bill  of  indictment  was  found 
against  him  for  procuring  a  carriage  in  which  to 
convey  Morgan  one  stage  of  his  journey  and 
otherwise  helping  on  the  work  of  kidnapping 
and  murder.  But  the  trial  was  put  off  on  ac- 
count of  some  technical  irregularity,  and  the 
same  strange  difficulties  appeared  that  had  beset 
the  way  of  justice  in  the  case  of  at  least  a  score 
of  others,  lormally  indicted,  but  somehow  im- 
possible to  convict.  The  hood-wink  oyer  the 
eyes  of  Masonic  juries  blinded  them  to  the 
clearest  evidence  of  guilt.  Witnesses  were  coun- 
selled beforehand  by  Masonic  lawyers  to  with- 
hold the  truth;  and  when  examined  the  ques- 
tions were  so  adroitly  put  that  they  could  be  an- 
swered without  revealing  anything  on  which  to 
frame  indictments  or  prove  criminality.  And 
when  most  important  links  in  the  evidence 
were  wanting,  witnesses  who  had  knowledge  of 
the  desired  facts  were  strangely  spirited  off  no- 
body knew  whither,  thus  baflling  all  efforts  to 
forge  a  chain  of  clear  and  decisive  proof. 

It  was  plain  to  see  that  the  whole  Masonic 
fraternity  had  an  interest  in  stifiing  investiga- 
tion ;  that  it  intended  the  fate  of  Morgan  should 
remain  forever  one  of  those  shrouded  secrets  to 
which  the  years  only  add  a  deeper  mystery  as 
they  bear  them  farther  and  farther  on  towards 
the  light  of  God's  great  Day  of  final  revealing. 
But  since  the  time  when  the  earth  refused  to 
cover  the  blood  of  Abel,  tliei'e  has  been  a  deep 
seated  belief  in  the  human  mind,  borne  out  by 
many  a  strange  and  curious  fact  that  subtle 
agencies  are  continually  at  work  to  dog  the  mur- 
derer's steps  and  drag  his  secret  into  human 
view, — as  if  the  heart  of  our  great  Mother  Na- 
ture herself  rose,  in  shuddering  revolt  to  cast  it 
out  of  her  bosom. 

[To  ie  contmiied.'] 


The  Sermon 

PREACHED   IN    THE  COLLEGE   CHAPEL,  WHEATON,  BY 
PKKS.  C.  A.  BLANCHARD. 

And  I  iaw  another  angel  fly  In  the  midst  of  heaven,  having  the 
everlasting  gospel  to  preach  unto  them  that  dwell  on  the  earth,  and 
to  every  nation  and  kindred  aira  tongues  and  people.— Rev.  14:9. 

I  desire  this  morning  to  call  your  attention  to 
the  work  of  visiting  every  family  in  the  United 
States,  for  the  purpose  of  supplying  the  whole 
nation  with  the  Word  of  God.  This  work  has 
been  undertaken  by  the  American  Bible  Society, 
and  in  its  prosecution  all  Christians  are  invited  to 
assist.  It  is  an  immense  undertaking,  and  should, 
receive  our  hearty  sympathy  and  co-operation. 
It  involves  the  visitation  of  fifty  millions  of 
people  living  in  ten  million  houses,  scattered 
over  three  and  one-half  millions  square  miles  of 
territory.  It  insures  that  the  question:  Have 
you  a  Bible  ?  shall  be  asked  hundreds  of  thou- 
sands of  times,  and  that  multitndes  who  have 
been  destitute  shall  be  supplied  with  some  por- 
tion of  the  Word  of  God.  This  work  demands 
more  than  the  attention  of  our  minds  and  the 
labor  of  our  hands.  The  Bible  put  into  the 
hands  of  one  who  knows  not  God,  requires  the 
power  ox  '  he  Holy  Spirit  in  order  that  its  truths 
may  be  impressed  upon  tbo  heart  and  wrought 
out  in  the  life.  Without  this,  circulating  the 
Scriptures  is  like  putting  healthful  food  into  the 
mouth  of  a  dead  man,  or  playing  beautiful  rausio 
to  a  statue  of  stone.  It  is  our  duty,  then,  to 
give  as  we  are  able,  money,  time,  and  prayer  to 
this  task,  and  my  purpose  this  morning  is  to  re- 
call to  your  minds  some  of  the  reasons  which 
should  cause  us  to  perform  this  labor  with  en- 
thusiasm. 

THE  BIBLE  AND  MAn's  TEMPORAL  INTEREST. 

Men,  as  rational  creatures,  have  interests  which 
the  Bible  conserves.  Let  a  man  be  an  infidel, 
and  if  he  be  not  also  lacking  in  humanity  and 
patriotism  he  must  feel  a  hearty  sympathy  for 
this  work.  Examine  any  two  countries  you 
please,  in  one  of  which  this  book  is  generally  cir- 
culated and  read,  while  in  the  other  it  is  compar- 
atively unknown.  Leave  entirely  out  of  the  ac- 
count the  truth  or  falsehood  of  their  respective 
religions,  and  consider  them  with  reference  to 
this  life  alone.  Question  them  as  to  morality, 
intelligence,  social  life,  civil  order  and  financial 
prosperity.  You  will  find,  in  the  one  case,  vir- 
tue, common  schools,  happy  communities,  empty 
prisons,  or  prisons  filled  with  those  who  do  not 
use  the  Bible,  valuable  land,  well  painted  houses, 
improved  implements,  aud  all  the  comforts  of 
civilization.  On  the  other  hand  you  will  find 
polygamy,  infanticide,  ignorance,  insecurity  of 
property  and  life,  neighborhood  brawls  and 
feuds,  a  few  cheerless  palaces  aud  thousanda  of 
cheerless  hovels,  alternating  gluttony  and  starva- 
tion, a  few  colossal  fortunes  and  an  ocean  of 
hopeless  misery. 

It  may  be  denied  that  the  difference  in  ques- 
tion, which  is  evident  and  cannot  be  disputed,  is 
the  result  of  the  Bible's  presence  or  absence. 
But  it  would  seem  that  the  case  of  the  tribes  of 
Africa  and  islands  of  the  sea  had  settled  that  dis- 
pute for  all  candid  minds.  Here  were  people 
sunk  in  the  deepest  depths  of  savagism.  They 
were  universally  deceitful,  licentious,  and  blood- 
thirsty. Dwelling  in  regions  as  fair  and  produc- 
tive as  any  in  the  world,  surrounded  by  all  pos- 
sible sources^of  material  wealth,  they  were  more 
degraded  than  the  beasts  of  the  forests  about 
them.  The  Bible  came  in  the  hands  of  mission- 
aries, and  in  its  train  followed  all  the  blessings 
of  a  Christian  civilization.  This  is  the  more 
wonderful  when  we  remember  that  the  same 
ships  which  carried  the  words  and  men  of  God, 
also  conveyed  the  means  of  spiritual  and  tem- 
poral death.  American  whisky,  English  opium, 
and  the  dishonesty  of  traders,  who,  coming  from 
Christian  lands,  were  supposed  to  be  Christian  ; 
these  have  hindered  the  progress  of  both  civiliza- 
tion and  Christianity  in  these  dark  corners  of  the 
earth.     But  notwithstanding-  these 

HEATHEN    MERCHANTS  FROM  BIBLE  LANDS, 

the  result  has  been  so  wonderful  that  no  unpre- 
judiced observer  can  behold  it  without  astonish- 
ment and  delight.  If  this  were  all,  it  were  suf- 
ficient to  warrant  all  the  expenditure  of  time 
and  money. which  is  proposed,  and  it  is  clear 
that  men  who  are  not  ftt  all  CbmtiaD,  but  who 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE. 


November  16,  1882 


are  simply  patriotic  citizens  should  be  deeply  in- 
terested in  the  work.  It  requires  four  police- 
men to  take  one  determined  brawler  to  the  cal- 
aboose, it  sometimes  costs  several  lives  to  arrest 
one  law-breaker.  But  a  single  Kew  Testament 
has  subdued  the  inhabitants  of  a  whole  village 
so  that  officers  are  needless  and  violence  is  un- 
known. Churches  are  better  than  jails;  preachers 
of  the  Gospel  are  better  guardians  of  the  peace 
than  constables ;  men  must  be  taught  to  restrain 
and  control  themselves  or  society  is  impossible. 
To  those  who  are  believers  in  our  holy  relig- 
ion, however,  there  is  a  far  more  important  rea- 
son for  interest  in  this  work  than  that  it  makes 
the  little  life  which  men  liva  in  this  world  bet- 
ter and  happier.  We  believe  that  the  life  to 
come  is  longer  than  this  ;  that  persons  in  it  do 
not  change  their  condition,  but  continue  on  in 
endlees  happiness  or  endless  punishment.  And 
we  believe  that  the  Bible  is  God's  chosen  instru- 
ment for  revealing  to  men  both  their  need  and 
their  supply,  their  condition  and  their  remedy. 
Our  desire  then  "  to  see  the  word  of  God 
generally  circulated  will  be  measured  by  the  in- 
terest which  we  have  in  the  salvation  of  men. 
Unbelief  will  of  course  see  a  thousand  excuses 
for  inaction  Many  of  those  who  receive  the  word 
will  no  doubt  trample  it  under  their  feet.  When 
seed  is  sown  some  will  fall  by  the  wayside, 
some  on  stony  ground  and  some  among  thorns, 
but  the  faithful  keeps  scattering  the  good  seed, 
knowing  that  some  will  fall  on  good  ground 
and  that  in  harvest  sower  and  reaper  will  rejoice 
together. 

LET  TJS  HOWEVER  LEAVE  THE   GENERAL 

and  come  to  the  specific, — leave  the  subject  of 
the  Bible  and  its  distribution  and  take  a  view 
of  our  text.  We  find  in  it  three  main  lines 
of  thought.  First,  the  manner  in  which 
the  Gospel  is  to  be  proclaimed, — the  flying  an- 
gel. Second,  the  character  of  the  good  news 
delivered, — it  is  everlasting;  and  third,  the  num- 
ber to  whom  the  good  news  comes, — every  na- 
tion, kindred,  tongues  and  people  that  dwell  on 
the  earth. 

Already  the  first  portion  of  this  prophetic 
verse  is  fulfilled,  the  word  is  proclaimed  by  a 
flying  angel.  The  messengers,  steam  and  light- 
ning are  girdling  the  world  with  the  everlasting 
Gospel.  Over  or  through  the  mountains,  over 
or  under  the  sea,  the  click  of  the  sounder  or  the 
puflE  of  the  engine  are  carrying  the  news  of  free 
salvation  to  the  ends  of  the  earth.  In  more 
than  two  hundred  knguages  and  dialects  the 
nations  of  earth  may  now  read  that  beautiful 
prayer  to  Our  Father,  which  art  in  heaven.  Mil- 
lions of  copies  dropping  from  the  press  in  Lon- 
don, millions  dropping  from  the  press  in  New 
York.  In  boxes,  bales  and  bundles,  by  elevated 
railroads  and  railroads  that  are  not  elevated,  by 
steamship  and  sailing  craft,  on  the  backs  of  don- 
keys and  in  the  bundles  of  colporteurs  the  good 
news  is  flying  through  heaven.  It  was  a  long 
time  the  world  had  to  wait  for  the  f ulfllment  of 
this  word.  One  hundred,  five  hundred,  a  thou 
sand,  fifteen  hundT-ed  years  passed  and  still  the 
Gospel  seemed  creep!  r;g.  Then  a  German  boy 
whittled  out  a  letter  of  wood,  dropped  this  into 
some  dye  stuff,  picked  it  out  and  laid  it  on  a 
piece  of  parchment,  lifted  it  from  the  parchment 
and  saw  its  impress — the  art  of  printing  was  in- 
vented. A  Scotch  boy  was  lazily  watching  the 
tea  kettle  cover  rise  and  fall  with  the  pressure 
and  escape  of  steam.  His  mother  blamed  his 
idleness,  and  his  father  wished  that  there  was 
some  practical  common  sense  in  the  lad,  but  the 
idle,  worthless  lad  discovered  the  power  of 
steam  and  the  stationary  engine.  Another  boy 
put  this  stationary  engine  on  wheels,  and  an 
American  put  it  into  a  boat.  Another  American 
drew  down  lightning  from  the  clouds  and  an- 
other still  put  it  into  a  jar  and  sent  it  along  a 
wire,  and  now  the  Gospel  is  threading  the 
rivers,  climbing  the  mountains,  and  diving 
under  the  oceans.  1  see  an  angel  fly  in  the 
midst  of  heaven  having  the  everlasting  Gospel 
to  preach  to  them  that  dwell  on  the  earth. 

IT  IS  AN  KVBRLASTING  GOSPEL. 

Everything  that  you  can  see  is  not  everlasting. 
The  hills  wear  down,  the  rivers  run  dry,  the 
forests  are  cut  away,  the  coal  is  burned  up,  fash 
ions  change,  science  is  renewed  day  by  day,  ad- 


vances  are  made  in  the  art  of  government,  and 
the  implements  of  mechanic  trades  and  agricnl- 
tui'e.  On  the  grave  stone  you  often  find  the 
word,  "Resurgam" — I  shall  one  day  arise.  On 
all  the  works  of  nature,  and  the  labors  of  man's 
hands  you  may  truly  write :  I  shall  one  day 
grow  old  and  perish.  But  there  is  a  rock  which 
stands  firm,  there  is  a  place  where  the  heart  may 
rest  without  fear  of  disturbance  or  charige,  it  is 
the  everlasting  Gospel  of  the  eternal  God.  Oh 
you,  my  friend,  weary  and  worn  with  attaching 
your  heart  to  perishing  things,  give  attention. 
You  need  not  longer  continue  that  foolish  and 
painful  proceeding.  You  need  not  say, 

"Oh,  ever  thus  from  childhood's  hour 
I've  seen  my  foudest  hopeis  decay." 

Your  fondest  hopes  need  never  decay.  There 
is  some  everlasting  good  news  for  you.  God, 
whom  you  have  so  deeply  offended  is  willing  to 
be  reconciled ;  the  purity  of  soul  that  you  have 
lost  can  be  regained  ;  the  peace  of  conscience 
that  fled  from  you  when  the  first  wilful  sin  was 
committed,  may  come  back;  there  is  propitiation 
made  for  sins  that  are  past ;  the  water  of  life  is 
flowing  fully,  freely,  and  whosoever  will  may 
come  and  drink.  You  may  not  believe  this, 
you  may  ridicule  it,  you  may  neglect  it,  you  may 
scoff  at  it,  but  it  is  everlasting.  It  is  true  now; 
it  will  be  true  to-morrow;  it  will  be  true  forever 
that  Jesus  Christ  by  the  grace  of  God  tasted 
death  for  every  man,  and  that  all  who  will  may 
come  to  him  and  find  life  and  pardon. 

Oh,  backslider,  you  who  once  knew  the  joys 
of  salvation,  delighted  in  communion  with 
Jesus,  loved  the  prayer  room  and  the  house  of 
God  and  found  the  Bible  a  feast  of  fat  things, 
it  is  not  well  with  you  to-day.  A  vague  sense 
of  unrest  affects  your  soul.  You  have  not  the 
Spirit  witnessing  with  you  that  you  are  born  of 
God.  You  do  not  know  that  your  sins  are 
blotted  out.  You  are  neglecting  known  duty. 
Keturn  to  your  father's  house.  But,  you  say, 
how  can  I  return?  Eeturn  as  you  first  came. 
Your  need  is  the  same,  the  promise  is  unchanged, 
the  Gospel  that  you  believed  was  an  everlasting 
one.  So  long  as  there  is  one  heart  in  the  world 
or  the  universe  which  broVen-hearted  and  con- 
trite turns  to  God  crying,  "Pardon  mine  iniquity 
for  it  is  great,"  so  long  the  good  news  of  full 
and  free  salvation  will  remain. 

Let  us  tura  now  to  the  third  fact  of  the  text, 
viz.,  that  this  everlasting  Gospel  is  for 

EVERY  NATION,  KINDRED  TONGTTB  AND  PEOPLE. 

Why  so  many  words?  Why  not  say,  for  all 
men  and  stop?  I  do  not  know  unless  it  be  that 
this  idea  of  providing  an  everlasting  salvation 
for  everybody  was  so  pleasing  to  the  heart  of 
the  great  Father  of  us  all  that  he  loved  to  linger 
on  it,  to  turn  it  over,  to  state  it  in  many  ways, 
so  that  it  should  become  clear  and  distinct 
even  to  the  mind  of  a  child.  For  whom  did 
Jesue  Christ  taste  death?  For  every  man. 
Who  may  drink  of  the  water  of  life  ?  Who- 
soever will.  To  whom  will  God  return  ?  Unto 
all  those  who  return  to  him.  Who  is  it  that 
obtains  power  to  become  a  child  of  God?  As 
many  as  receive  Jesus.  To  whom  is  the  ever- 
lasting Gospel  proclaimed  by  the  angel  that  flies 
in  the  midst  of  heaven?  To  every  nation,  and 
kindred  and  people  and  tongue. 

This  is  the  place  where  the  everlasting  Gospel 
compares  to  such  wonderful  advantage  with  the 
false  and  lying  gospels  of  earth,  such  as  Mason- 
ry, Odd-fellowship  and  the  like.  These  lodge 
gospels  are  for  &Ae  bodied  men,  of  a  certain  age, 
who  are  not  deformed,  and  who  have  money. 
The  Gospel  of  Jesus  is  not  only  for  every  na- 
tion, but  for  every  kindred  and  tongue,  in  every 
nation.  High  and  low,  rich  and  poor,  learned 
and  Ignorant,  sound  and  maimed,  seeing  and 
blind,  popular  and  despised,  happy  and  miser- 
able,— for  every  one.  The  orphan  beggar  who 
lies  on  his  cot  in  raging  fever  with  not  a  friend 
in  all  the  earth  to  care  whether  he  live  or  die, 
has  as  large  a  place  in  the  heart  of  God  as  any 
king  who  ever  sat  on  a  throne,  or  general  who 
led  uncounted  hosts  to  battle. 

THE  FIRST  PRACTICAL    SUGGESTION 

arising  from  this  theme  is  the  complete  excuse- 
lessness  of  those  who  hear  and  yet  refuse  the 
offered  salyation.    If  there  were  any  hard  and 


unreasonable  conditions  attached  to  this  redemp- 
tion, above  all  if  there  were  any  impossibility 
required  of  men,  we  might  go  on  without  Christ 
and  challenge  his  justice  at  the  bar  of  judgment. 
But  when  the  command  is,  look  and  live,  wash 
and  be  clean,  buy  wine  and  milk  without  money 
and  without  price,  if  we  fail  we  shall  be  like  the 
one  who  ignored  the  provided  garment  at  the 
wedding,  speechlesB. 

Another  thought  is  that  we  shall  be  far  from 
guiltless  if  we,  having  heard  this  good  news,  fail 
to  extend  it  to  all  our  fellows  whom  we  may 
reach.  If  it  were  a  partial  offer  we  might  ex- 
cuse ourselves  on  the  ground  that  those  whom 
we  meet  may  possibly  be  not  included  in  the 
scheme,  if  it  were  not  an  everlasting  Gosrel, 
we  might  imagine  that  at  some  particular  mo- 
ment it  was  not  in  full  force  and  effeot.  But  now, 
we  can  never  meet  one  who  is  not  expressly  in- 
cluded in  the  great  proclamationof  liberty  to  the 
captives  and  the  Gospel  is  of  full  force  and  val- 
idity at  all  times. 

Still  another  blessed  thought  is  that  this  Gos- 
pel will  be  an  everlasting  source  of  strength 
and  consolation  to  all  who  will  accept  it.  It 
will  not  be  like  a  suit  of  clothes  that  can 
wear  out,  or  like  a  beautiful  apple  that  must  be 
eaten  lest  it  rot,  or  a  piece  of  gold  that  may 
be  stolen  from  us,  but  it  will  be  in  our  hearts 
a  well  of  water  springing  up  into  everlasting 
life. 

OUR  TEXT  SAYS  THAT  AN  ANGEL 

was  sent  to  fly  through  the  midst  of  heaven 
proclaiming  these  good  tidings.  So  likewise  we 
read  in  Luke  that  the  angel  of  the  Lord  appear- 
ed to  the  shepherds,  but  afterward  we  are  told 
that  there  was  present  a  multitude  of  an  heav- 
enly host  praising  God.  So  may  it  be'  with 
us.  May  God  so  fill  us  with  gratitude  and 
thanksgiving  for  this  good  word  that  we  shall 
go  through  the  world  personally  or  by  our 
agents  preaching  this  Gospel,  the  declaration  of 
which  is  the  most  delightful  occupation  of  the 
hosts  of  heaven. 


Jlf£l¥  ENGLAND. 


THE  NEW  ENGLAND  BOARD  of  the  National  Ghris- 
tian  Association  has  it  headquarters  at  No.  8  Portland  St., 
Worcester,  Mass.  A  full  supply  of  books  and  tracts  con- 
stantJy  on  hand.  Orders  promptly  filled.  Correspondence 
solicited.  E.  D.  Bailet,  N.  E.  Sec. 


— •'A  vote  fdr  principle  is  saved,  and  the  voter 
with  it.  A  vote  for  evil,  or  for  a  party  winning 
on  grounds  of  evil,  is  thrown  away  and  the  voter 
with  it." 

— The  fear  of  speaking  about  secret  societies 
is  wearing  off  and  people  are  beginning  to  men- 
tion the  subject  more  freely.  The  "courage  of 
one's  opinions"  is  contagious. 

— Mr.  Spaulding  will  epend  a  part  of  this 
week  visiting  towns  in  the  vicinity  of  Worces- 
ter and  then  goes  to  Vermont  for  a  campaign  of 
a  few  weeks. 

— Said  a  gentleman  the  other  day  who  had 
just  confessed  to  being  both  a  Mason  and  an 
Odd-fellow,  though  he  seemed  ashamed  to  con- 
fess it,  "I  never  heard  of  the  opposition  to  secret 
societies  till  you  came  here.  But  then,  I  don't 
care  anything  about  them,  I  don't  go  near  them 
now."  This  is  the  position  of  many  good  men 
who  are  pointed  to  triumphantly  as  the  pillars 
and  supporters  of  the  lodge. 

— A  young  man  distributing  some  reform 
tracts  in  a  Methodist  church  in  this  city,  one 
evening  before  service  and  soon  after  attempted 
to  do  the  same  thing  in  another  Methodist 
church.  The  janitor  saw  him  and  angrily  forbade 
it.  He  went  out  in  front  of  the  door  and  gave 
them  to  people  coming  in  and  was  ordered  away 
from  there.  So  he  walked  down  the  pavement 
and  distributed  them.  He  got  a  fresh  supply 
and  intended  to  try  it  again  at  the  same  place  as 
there  was  evident  need  of  "more  light." 

— We  frequently  see  the  results — or  their  be- 
ginnings— of  the  spread  of  reform  literature 
among  the  people.  Mr.  Spaulding  sold  a  book 
to  a  gentleman  in  Connecticut,  who  loaned  it  to 
his  brother.    The  latter  became  deeply  interest- 


Jj^ovembcr  16, 1883 


THE  CHHiSTlAN  CYNOSURE 


ed  and  ordered  several  books  of  us.  The  other 
day  he  called  with  a  friend  to  get  more  books. 
Her^id  he  had  been  importuned  to  join  both 
the  Masons  and  Odd-tellows,  and  was  inclined 
to  do  it,  but  now  he  was  too  well  posted  to  be 
drawn  into  their  net.  What  further  results  may 
follow  from  an  enthusiastic  young  man  with  half 
a  dozen  reform  books  to  read  and  lend  time  will 
show. 

— Mr.  Spaulding  was  exhibiting  the  "Revised 
Odd-fellowship"  in  a  town  in  Maine,  to  some 
men  in  a  shop.  One  of  them  looked  it  over  and 
expressed  his  delight  to  see  it,  said  it  was  correct, 
but  didn't  seem  to  understand  that  it  was  an  ex- 
position. He  inquired  if  the  encampment  de- 
grees were  in,  looked  for  it  and  declared  it  to 
be  correct  too.  Then  a  sudden  thoug;ht  struck 
him.  "Why,  you  won't  sell  these  to  the  fellows 
that  haven't  taken  the  upper  degrees,  will  you? 
Now,  there's  my  son,  he  hasn't  taken  the  en- 
campment. He  oughtn't  to  have  this.  If  you 
sell  these  around  generally,  Odd-fellowship  is  up 
in  this  town." 


Massachuseits  under  the  Lodge  Heel. 

Worcester,  Mass.,  Nov.  6,  1882. 

Tomorrow  is  to  decide  the  issues  of  an  impor- 
tant political  campaign  in  this  State.  It  is  spec- 
ially interesting  and  important  to  Anti-masons 
on  account  of  the  bold  and  unblushing  inter- 
ference of  secret  societies  with  the  primaries  and 
the  prominent  influence  they  have  exercised  in 
the  canvass.  The  nomination  of  Mr.  Bishop 
against  Mr.  Orapo  for  governor  was  the  triumph 
of  a  new  and  growing  element  ia  the  Republi- 
can party  over  the  wing  of  the  party  which  has 
held  the  reins  for  many  past  years.  Governor 
Long  was  a  Mason  and  by  urbanity  and  di- 
plomacy he  has  been  a  most  popular  governor. 

Mr.  Bishop's  nomination  gave  Butler  renewed 
hope,  for  it  became  at  once  evident  that  he 
could  count  on  a  largely  increased  support  from 
the  fraternities,  who  received  the  Bishop  nomi- 
nation as  a  direct  affront,  because  he  was  cur- 
rently reported  to  be  an  Anti-mason  and  pub- 
licly "charged"  with  having  contributed  toward 
the  Morgan  monument !  Of  course  the  crime 
of  such  an  act  was  unpardonable  in  the  eyes  of 
the  Masons  and  the  opinion  was  at  once  freely 
passed  from  lip  to  lip  that  he  would  be  defeated 
Then  came  the  cringing  letter  already  published 
in  the  Cynosure  from  Mr.  Bishop,  giving  a  sop 
to  the  fraternities  by  denying  that  he  had  con- 
tributed toward  the  Anti-masonic  movement. 

At  a  large  ward-meeting  in  this  city  composed 
mostly  of  Irish  and  other  foreigners,  a  bolt  was 
made  from  the  regular  nominee  c  f  the  party 
because  he  had  been  forced  upon  them  by  a  com- 
bination of  secret  societies.  This  charge  was 
openly  made  in  the  ward  meeting.,  lu  another 
case  in  the  northern  part  of  this  county  the 
daily  despatches  announced  that  the  secret  soci- 
eties had  bolted  the  regular  nominee  and  would 
support  a  Democrat. 

But  now,  in  Worcester,  comes  the  most  re- 
markable case  of  all.  At  the  urgent  demand  of 
friends  (presumably  of  Senator  Hoar  himself) 
Judge  Dewey,  a  retired  judge,  of  great  ability 
and  untarnished  character  and  an  Anti-mason, 
was  nominated  from  this  county  for  State  Sen- 
ator to  help  Senator  Hoar  to  a  re-nomination  to 
the  United  States  Senate.  Forthwith  a  club, 
styling  itself  the  Young  Men's  Republican  Club, 
invited  a  Democratic  ex-mayor  of  the  city  to  be 
its  candidate.  The  president  and  secretary  of 
the  club  are  both  Masons  and  it  is  said  the  club 
is  notoriously  Masonic  in  its  membership,  while 
the  only  fitness  of  their  chosen  candidate  for  the 
place  is  the  fact  that  he  is  a  Mason  and  that  he 
has  money,  while  his  unfitness  in  all  other  re- 
spects, renders  his  nomination  against  Judge 
Dewey  a  travesty  on  common  sense. 

After  the  Democratic  caucus  had  selected  the 
ex-mayor  which  a  Masonic  club  proposed,  a  card 
was  published  summoning  members  of  the  fra- 
ternity and  other  friends  to  a  meeting  to  consult 
about  methods  to  be  employed  for  electing  their 
candidate.  The  club  deny  that  they  issued 
the  card,  but  it  was  doubtless  put  forth  to  influ- 
ence votes. 

This  series  of  events  is  an  eye  opener  to  many 


unsuspicious  citizens.  They  have  actually  seen 
the  cloven  foot  of  the  beast  in  our  State  politics 
and  their  suspicions  are  fully  aroused.  It  is  im- 
possible to  predict  what  the  outcome  will  be, 
but  it  is  certain  that  in  this  State  secret  so- 
cieties are  sufficiently  emboldened  by  past  suc- 
cesses to  venture  an  unblushing  public  display, 
backed  by  unparalleled  secret  plotting. 

I  have  recently  had  the  pleasure  of  attending 
three  ecclesiastical  meetings  in  this  vicinity, 
affording  me  an  opportunity  for  enlarged  ac- 
quaintance with  ministers  and  laymen,  and  of 
introducing  to  their  notice  our  reform.  We 
have  sent  out  to  the  ministers  of  this  section  so 
many  circulars,  papers  and  tracts  that  they  are 
now  becoming  acquainted  partially  with  the 
work  and  some  of  them  manifest  a  fair  degree 
of  interest. 

Among  the  most  hopeful  events  which  can  be 
recorded  is  the  success  of  our  mission  in  the 
southern  part  of  the  city.  From  the  first  there 
has  been  evidence  of  vitality  and  the  influence 
has  spread  as  the  work  has  progressed.  There 
is  a  very  general  feeling  that  is  a  favorable 
spot  for  the  growth  of  a  large  church  and  the 
mission  has  already  attracted  considerable  atten- 
tion. "Yes,"  said  one  of  the  pastors,  when  he 
heard  of  the  growing  interest,  "he  can  build  up 
a  strong  reform  church  there."  It  is  a  token  of 
the  special  favor  of  the  Lord  that  our  efforts  to 
raise  money  for  the  erection  of  a  chapel  have 
been  so  signally  blessed.  First  the  lot  was 
bought  and  paid  for,  then  we  took  breath.  Now 
reliable  pledges  have  been  made  to  erect  a  chapel 
with  a  seating  capacity  of  250  and  prayer  meet- 
ing room  and  the  frame  of  the  structure  is  al- 
ready up.  We  lack  less  than  $300  to  cover  the 
contractor's  price  for  the  building  if  we  com- 
plete it  throughout.  A  strong  force  of  carpen- 
ters are  at  work  and  unless  extremely  cold 
weather  comes  on  early  we  shall  have  the  use  of 
the  building  this  winter. 

Since  the  New  Hampshire  meeting  my  work 
has  all  been  in  Worcester  and  vicinity  and  has 
been  of  an  important  character  though  it  cannot 
be  easily  described.  If  my  judgment  is  not  de- 
fective, however,  our  cause  has  been  set  forward 
not  a  little  and  the  ground  work  of  future  oper- 
ations made  more  secure.  Yesterday  it  was  my 
good  fortune  to  conduct  four  services  and  this 
morning  I  have  risen  "a  great  while  before  day" 
to  despatch  business  so  as  to  leave  on  an  early 
train  for  Vermont,  where,  if  there  is  no  hitch 
in  our  arrangements,  several  lecture  engage- 
ments await  me. 

Mr.  Spaulding  has  worked  for  three  weeks  in 
Maine  with  lair  success.  He  went  directly  to 
Portland  atid  remained  there  except  during  the 
convention  of  the  Y.  M.  0.  A  atLewiston,  when 
he  exhibited  and  sold  books  at  that  meeting.  He 
found  many  interested  persons  in  Portland  and 
sold  books  with  considerable  readiness,  taking 
also  a  goodly  number  of  subscriptions  for  some 
of  our  reform  papers.  It  does  not  seem  to  me 
that  all  the  friends  in  New  England  are  yet 
awake  to  the  importance  of  sustaining  this  work. 
The  pledges  received  fall  far  short  of  sustaining 
the  work  on  its  present  basis,  whereas  it  seems 
to  me  almost  a  necessity  to  enlarge  it  still  more 
as  a  matter  of  prudent  investment  if  on  no  other 
principle.  Some  have  responded  nobly,  some 
have  as  yet  made  no  response  whatever,  and 
the  pressure  here  at  headquarters  is  growing 
all  the  time  more  and  more  intense. 

E.  D.  Bailey. 


S.  Gardner,  Mass.,  Nov.  6,  1882. 
When  I  hurriedly  wrote  my  letter  to  the  Cyn- 
osure this  morning,  I  had  not  before  me  the  cir- 
cular appealing  to  the  Masonic  fraternity  to 
elect  ex-Mayor  Pratt,  of  Worcester,  to  the  State 
Senate.  The  Saturday  Evening  Gazette  con- 
tains the  followiog  card,  which  is  too  significant 
to  be  overlooked : 

AN  ILL-ADVISED  CIBCULAB. 

A  manuscript  letter,  of  which  the  following  Is  a  copy, 
has  been  circulated  among  the  Masons  in  this  city  within 
a  few  days  to  a  considerable  extent : 

"WOBOBSTER,  Nov.  1st,   '82. 

"Brother  and  Friend: — We  appeal  to  you  as  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Masonic  fraternity  to  do  all  you  can  for  the 
election  of  Charles  B.  Pratt.  Knowing  you  to  be  a  true 
and  loyal  Mason,  we  appeal  to  you  to  help  elect  him. 
We  ask  you  to  lay  aside  all  other  Issues  and  give  him 
your  support, 


"We  have  organized  an  independent  movement  in  his 
fuvor  at  Room  No.  4,  Bay  State  House,  where  we  should 
be  happy  to  meet  you.  Your  position  in  the  order  and 
in  the  community  in  which  you  live  are  such  that  you 
can  do  good  work  in  this  movement,  and  with  your  help 
and  co-operation  we  hope  to  succeed. 

"Resp.  yours,  " 

The  Morning  Spy  contains  a  card  from  a 
member  of  the  club  denying  the  authenticity  of 
the  foregoing,  but  the  effort  to  cover  the  tracks 
of  the  lodge  comes  too  late.  Much  indignation 
is  felt  over  the  circular. 

The  bolt  against  the  secret  society  nominee  in 
Ward  VJ  I.  (alluded  to  in  my  letter)  is  backed  up 
with  a  circular,  published  this  morning,  signed 
by  some  of  the  best  citizens  of  the  city.  These 
things  are  of  interest  to  Cynosure  readers,  be- 
cause they  disclose  so  plainly  the  hand  of  the 
lodge.  E.  D.  Bailey. 


In  the  statistics  of  crime  in  Massachusetts  the 
figures  given  for  the  county  of  Suffolk,  which  is 
an  average  of  the  State,  show  that  sixty  per 
cent,  of  the  convictions  are  for  direct  liquor  of- 
fences, such  as  drunkenness,  etc.,  while  twenty 
per  cent,  of  the  sentences  were  for  other  of- 
ences  committed  under  the  influence  of  liquor, 
making  eighty  per  cent,  of  the  convictions  the 
result  of  rum. 

"What  objections  have  yon  to  Freemasonry?" 
asks  anr  honest  inquirer.  Will  such  an  one 
hear  an  abbreviated  answer  and  then  take  steps 
to  learn  the  proof  of  our  assertions?  We 
charge  Masonry  with  lying  about  its  age,  with 
practicing  puerile  and  blasphemous  ceremonies, 
with  requiring  blind  conformity  to  unknown 
usages  and  customs,  with  imposing  upon  its 
members  sinful  obligations,  with  enforcing 
those  obligations  by  horrible  penalties,  with 
teaching  the  accursed  doctrine  that  an  obligation 
blindly  taken  to  commit  sin  must  he  Icept ;  we 
charge  it  with  practicing  religious  rites  borrowed 
from  the  pagan  idolatries,  with  rejecting  Christ, 
with  dishonoring  the  Bible,  with  inculcating 
infidel  sentiments  and  doctrines  calculated  to  de- 
stroy the  Christian  religion,  with  mocking  re- 
generation, the  resurrection  and  sanetification, 
with  claiming  to  be  an  all-sufficient  religion  and 
thus  misleading  blinded  devotees  at  its  shrine ; 
we  charge  it  with  making  a  boast  of  benevo- 
lence unwarranted  by  facts,  with  absorbing  the 
money  and  employing  the  time  of  men  in  a 
vain  pursuit  and  thus  robbing  the  church  of 
Christ  of  the  devotion  of  its  members;  we 
charge  it  with  teaching  immorality,  with  fur- 
nishing a  cloak  for  crime,  with  unjust  interfer- 
ence in  politics  and  with  partiality  in  business 
and  in  society.  All  this  and  much  more  is  laid 
to  the  charge  of  Freemasonry  and  amply  dem- 
onstrated by  facts  furnished  us  by  Masonic 
writers. 

"  What  regeneration  by  the  word  of  truth  is 
in  religion,  initiation  is  in  Odd-fellowship." 
Orosh^s  Manual  p.  90.  It  is  strange  that  secret 
orders  should  always  be  apeing  Christian  virtues 
and  doctrines  but  never  equaling  them.  If  the 
Odd-fellows  called  their  benefits  "insurance" 
the  fraud  would  at  once  be  detected  because  they 
only  pay  out  one  third  as  much  as  they  receive. 
They  call  it  "charity!"  If  they  called  their 
initiation  "  boys  play  "  there  would  be  nothing 
fascinating  about  it.  They  call  it  "regenaration." 
They  blindfold  a  man,  put  him  in  chains,  lead 
him  around  the  room,  kneel  him  over  a  coffin, 
swear  him  to  secrecy  and  say  that  it  corresponds 
to  regeneration  in  the  Christian  religion  !  Yet 
good  men  see  no  harm  in  Odd-fellowship.  So 
much  the  worse  for  the  judgment  of  the  good 
men.  They  are  incompetant  judges,  for  they 
are  blinded  to  the  blasphemy  of  su^jh  proceed- 
ings. If  the  young  people  of  one  of  our  churches 
should  play  prayer-meeting,  should  dress  up  one 
of  their  number  and  after  making  fun  of  him  all 
the  evening  say  they  had  "  regenerated "  him 
and  he  was  "  born  again  ; "  if  they  should  take 
$3.00  from  him,  return  one  and  say  they  were 
practicing  benevolence  ;  if  they  should  then  boast 
that  they  were  doing  better  than  the  churches, 
all  this  would  be  harmless  as  compared  with 
the  blMphemous  asflomptioiis  of  the  Odd-fellows. 


THE  CHHISTIAN  CYNOSUHK. 


lifovember  l6, 1882 


CORRESPONDENCE. 


Conservatism. 

When  you  can  obey  God  consistently  with 
your  duty  to  men  always  do  it.  Some  men  are 
everlastingly  blundering  by  getting  this  grand 
old  rule  reversed  and,  like  Daniel,  Paul  and 
Peter,  running  their  heads  against  the  "powers 
that  be."  Why  not  better  to  be  like  Naaman  oi 
old  in  the  house  of  Rimmon,  a  "genial  Chris- 
tian gentleman?"  Some  folks  think  God  is  such 
a  tyrant  as  to  make  his  own  will  the  law  for  all 
intelligences  in  the  universe;  and  others  think 
they  have  a  special  mission  to  vindicate  the  Su- 
preme One  from  such  tyranny  as  they  would 
call  it.  The  old  Book  that  some,  even  in  this 
advanced  age,  revere,  and  suppose  that  it  teach- 
es the  sovereignty  of  God  is  not  very  popular  in 
thia  conservative  period.  ,  \ 

All  conservatives  are  not  far  seeing  enough 
to  know  when  to  get  on  the  right  side  of  amoral 
issue.  Lyman  Beecher  and  the  editor  of  the 
Christian  Cynosure  kicked  and  pounded  Prince 
Alcohol  and  slavery  when  it  cost  something  to 
be  anti-wrong.  Of  course  persecution  and  dan 
ger  were  the  result.  Just  so  the  prophets  acted 
with  like  results.  The  son  of  Lyman  Beecher, 
who  seems  now  about  to  evolve  into  a  transpar 
eney,  was  shrewd  enough  to  know  when  to  take 
sides  with  a  reform  movement  as  opposed  to 
slavery  and  intemperance.  The  Erasmus  of  this 
19th  century  (smart  man  that  he  is)  now  that 
liberal  Christianity  (?)  is  going  it  rampant,  has 
just  broken  connection  with  his  church  and  de- 
nomination and  now  declares  his  distellowship 
of  the  Westminster  declaration  of  faith.  Will 
not  the  scientists  be  glad?  We  might  hope  were 
he  not  now  an  old  man  that  he  might  live  to  see 
the  day  when  he  could  prudently  take  sides 
with  the  anti-lodge  reform.  When  he  was  re- 
quested by  the  venerated  man  of  God,  C.  G 
Finney,  to  publish  against  Masonry,  he  knew 
quite  well  that  the  auspicious  time  for  a  shrewd 
conservative  had  not  arrived  to  commit  himself 
to  this  unpopular  reform.  He  knew  the  lodge 
was  Lucifer's  pet,  his  anointed,  and  to  touch  it 
would  at  least  be  bad  policy.  See  H.  W.  Beech 
er's  new  (?)  departure  as  published  to  the  world. 
Now  it  is  just  as  easy  to  please  the  flesh  and 
have  all  men  speak  well  of  us  as  to  be  like  the 
Old  and  New  Testament  saints  who  so  often 
met  with  grief  just  because  they  failed  to 
be  such  conservatives  as  now  adorn  our  churches, 
our  ministry  and  our  religious  papers. 

The  New  York  Weekly  Witness  has  sweetly 
ignored  the,N.  C  A.  and  its  annuals.  Do  you, 
Mr.  Editor,  know  whether  the  Witness  knew  of 
the  Batavia  anti-secret  convention?  Possibly 
he  may  have  noticed  the  convention  in  question 
yet  I  have  seen  no  such  notice,  though  a  constant 
reader  of  the  Witness  for  the  past  ten  years. 
Did  not  that  paper  take  notice  of  many  things 
of  less  magnitude,  I  might  conclude  that  the 
editor  in  the  day  of  prosperity  had  come  to  "de- 
spise the  day  of  small  things."  Fearless  and  out- 
spoken as  he  has  been  in  the  past,  against  the 
secret  crafts,  and  faithful  as  he  is  now  on  all 
other  moral  issues,  it  would  be  uncharitable  to 
think  he  is  gettinjf  conservative  on  the  question 
of  "the  orders."  Yet  how  he  could  overlook  the 
Batavia  convention  in  his  own  State  and  then 
put  in  a  long  notice  of  a  Good  Templar  conven- 
tion with  seeming  endorsement,  when  a  few 
years  ago  his  testimony  against  the  lodge  was 
frequent  and  unequivocal,  is   to  me  not  clear. 

H.  o. 


From  Elder  Austin. 


GoSHKN,  InD. 

To  my  friends  of  the  reform  worJc: — It  having 
been  some  time  since  I  have  appeared  before  you 
in  the  columns  of  the  Cynosure,  and  feeling 
that  I  have  many  friends  who  would  like  to  know 
that  I  am  still  alive,  and  alive  in  the  reform 
work,  and  have  not  turned  my  back  upon  the 
cause  nor  upon  the  cause  of  Christ,  I  write.  I 
am  still  endeavoring  to  fight  the  good  fight  of 
faith,  and  lay  hold  on  -eternal  life,  and  also  to 
declare  the  whole  counsel  of  God.  I  am  often 
assured  that  Freemasonry  and  secretism  has 
abated  none  of  its  malice  or  persecution  towards 


me.  I  was  assured  but  a  few  days  ago  from  an 
Oddfellow  that  the  Masons  and  Oddfellows  of 
this  place  had  combined  together  to  prevent  my 
getting  business.  He  told  that  he  considered 
it  the  meanest  thing  he  ever  knew,  and  that  he 
had  resolved  to  have  no  more  to  do  with  them. 
I  have  no  compromise  to  make  with  them, 
and  no  retreat  from  the  warfare,  it  is  victory 
at  the  end.  I  want  to  say  to  my  friends  that 
1  have  never  done  more  I  think  for  the  cause 
than  since  I  have  been  here.  About  three 
months  ago  I  secured  the  use  of  a  column  in  the 
Indejpend&nt,  published  at  Goshen,  Ind.  It  has 
a  circulation  at  present  of  about  four  thousand 
copies  weekly,  and  through  that  column  I  have 
been  able  to  give  light  on  the  darkness  of  Ma- 
sonry. When  I  came  here  last  winter  the  Ma- 
sons were  proud  and  defiant,  now  the  Masons  are 
long  favored  and  silent.  Now  we  have  a  county 
ticket  in  the  field.  I  have  canvassed  nearly  the 
whole  county,  and  lectured.  Have  sent  a  cir- 
cular to  nearly  all  the  churches  addressed  to  the 
Christian  voters.  The  German  Baptists  in  this 
county  are  quite  numerous  but  non-voting,  they 
are  opposed  to  secretism.  God  is  with  us  and 
we  feel  that  victory  is  drawing  nigh.  Your 
fellow  laborer  in  the  cause  of  Christ. 

Joel  H.  Austin. 


Bro.  Bancroft's  Tour. 


MoNKOE,  Wis.,  Oct.  30,  1882. 

Editor  Cynosuke  : — I  am  home  once  more 
and  suppose  you  have  been  wondering  what  has 
become  of  me  and  the  big  bundle  of  Cynosure 
tracts  you  kindly  furnished  me  for  my  Eastern 
tour.  I  pasfeed  through  Michigan,  Canada,  New 
York,  Pennsylvania,  New  Jersey,  Connecticut, 
Massachusetts,  New  Hampshire  and  Vermont 
I  scattered  a  few  on  almost  all  the  trains  I  i*ode 
on,  but  most  in  the  cities  where  I  stopped, 
attended  the  county  fair  at  Keene,  N.  H.,  spent 
about  two  hours  in  distributing  tracts  ;  no  one 
refused  to  take  them.  I  also  had  to  wait  about 
two  hours  in  St.  Albans,  Vt.  1  spent  the  time 
on  the  principal  streets,  handing  tracts  to  every 
one  I  met ;  a  lew  refused  to  take  them.  I  was 
detained  also  in  Belleville,  Canada,  for  several 
hours  after  I  had  made  my  visit,  and  I  distrib- 
uted all  I  had  ready.  I  finished  up  all  I  had  at 
Kalamazoo,  Mich.  I  was  sorry  that  I  had  not 
taken  a  few  more,  for  afterward  I  found  a  rnan 
on  the  train  who  said  that  he  believed  the  saloon 
ists  were  going  to  rule  our  country.  I  told  him 
I  could  tell  him  of  a  power  that  ^  ruled  them — 
secret  societies.  He  said  he  had  never  thought 
of  that ;  but  after  talking  awhile  to  him  he  said 
he  would  like  to  know  more  about  .the  secret 
order.  I  told  him  of  your  publishing  house,  and 
that  you  would  send  him  a  list  of  your  publica- 
tions and  price  if  he  would  write  you  ;  he  took 
your  address  and  said  he  would  surely  write. 

I  expected  ere  this  to  be  out  on  a  lecturing 
tour,  but  1  was  thrown  from  my  horse  and  hurt, 
so  I  am  not  able  to  at  present,  but  shall  be,  1 
presume,  ere  long.  I  was  not  hurt  much,  only 
brnsed,  and  am  rather  sore  and  lame  yet. 

I  was  well  paid  for  going  to  the  Batavia  Con- 
vention. It  was  a  grand  success — great  good 
will  come  out  of  it.  Let  us  press  forward  until 
victory  is  inscribed  on  all  our  banners. 

Yours  for  the  war,  I.  Bancroft. 


From  the  Outlook  of  a  Sick  Room. 

Dear  Cynosure  :  —  Through  your  highly- 
prized  columns  I  wish  to  give  my  testimony  of 
the  wonderful  dealings  of  God  with  his  unworthy 
handmaiden. 

For  the  past  two  years  the  furnace* fires  have 
been  seven  times  hotter  than  their  wanted  heat, 
and  through  misfortune  and  sickness  of  self  and 
family,  I  was  brought  almost  to  the  day,  as  I 
thought,  when  my  Father  would  say,  "  It  is 
is  enough  ;  come  up  higher." 

But  his  ways  are  not  our  ways.  He  sent  a 
loving  brother  in  the  flesh,  to  lift  us  from  our 
little  Laban  post-office,  out  of  our  sickness  and 
poverty  and  lay  us  gently  down  in  the  lap  of  lux- 
ury, and  bade  us  "  lay  aside  every  care,  and  get 
well."  Feeling  it  was  God's  will  we  have  quietly 
submitted,  and  are  obeying  to  the  best  of  our 
ability. 

I  take  it  iUl  as  from  the  hand  of  the  Lord,  in 


verification  of  his  many  precious  promises  to 
those  who  are  on  promised  ground.  I  know  that 
'ong  since  every  faculty  of  my  being  was  wholly 
submitted  to  his  will,  and  I  have  and  am  living 
in  sweet  communion  with  him. 

Though  I  have  so  long  been  shut  almost  en- 
tirely within  four  walls,  I  have  not  been  unac- 
quainted with,  nor  uninterested  in  the  great  bat- 
tle going  on  between  light  and  darkness  in  our 
land. 

Such  informants  as  the  Cynosure,  Wesleyan, 
Bible  Standard,  New  York  Witness,  and  other 
like  messengers  have  brought  faithful  and  truth- 
ful reports  from  all  our  borders. 

These,  again,  have  been  sent  out  as  seeds  scat- 
tered to  the  wind,  and  I  expect  to  keep  them' 
going,  even  here  in  Beloit,  Mitchell  county,  Kas.,, 
where  lodge  rule  is  triumphant,  and  the  M.  E. 
minister  goes  at  midnight  to  address  the  Odd- 
fellows at  their  grand  ball.  "  Have  no  fellow- 
ship with  the  unfruitful  works  of  darkness."  A* 
far  as  my  ability  and  opportunity  goes,  the  whole 
weight  shall  go  right  in  the  face  of  those  wha 
dare  stand  in  the  sacred  desk,  handling^the  Word 
of  God  deceitfully  by  having  bound  themselves 
to  other  gods,  and  serving  them  most  faithfully. 
If  I  had  money  of  my  own  to  ba^k  it  up  with,  I 
would  send  out  one  long,  loud  Macedonian  cry 
for  help  for  Kansas,  especially  in  this  town,  to 
break  the  power  that  binds  men,  and  women,  too, 
for  here  ih&y  have  a  secret  lodge. 

Mrs.  L.  T.  MoKunk. 


Our  Ellail. 

L.  Prentice,  Easton,  Kansas : 

"Am  thinking  strongly  of  devoting  my  time  to  the  sale 
and  circulation  of  anti-secret  literature,  hoping  thereby 
to  aid  in  arousing  the  masses  who  are  sleeping  like  Sam- 
son while  being  bound  by  the  lodge  power.  *  >•  * 
My  zeal  is  getting  up  to  white  heat.  *  *  i  might 
lecture  perhaps  occasionally.  *  *  i  take  six  or 
seven  papers  but  read  none  with  more  interest  tban  the 
Cynosure." 

Active  Christian  workers  are  much  needed.      Death  is 
thinning  our  ranks.  New  avenues  are  opening  for  work. 
Will  be  glad  to  welcome  you  to  the  ranks  of  our  noble^ 
army. 

Laura  L.  Thompson,  Lockport,  N.  Y. : 

"I  do  not  like  to  lose  a  chapter  of  the  Reform  Story. 
I  shall  want  the  book  when  it  is  published.  I  will  alaO' 
pray  for  a  blessing  on  your  labors.  I  am  a  friend  of  tour- 
score  years.  Three  score  years  in  the  Holy  War." 

John  and  Lucy  Hepburn,  Silver  Creek,  Oreg.  : 
"We  hear  plenty  of  men  talk  against  Masonry  here  that 
we  did  not  hear  a  word  from  when  we  came  here  four 
years  ago,  and  begin  to  take  courage.  Thanks  be  to  God 
for  all  the  light  of  the  gospel.  *  *  We  love  to 
read  the  proceedings  of  the  Batavia  Convention.  Think 
H.  H.  Hinman's  writings  and  instructions  excellent.  The 
privilege  granted  to  women  at  the  Batavia  Convention 
we  regard  as  a  giant  step  in  reform.  When  men  become: 
as  little  children  in  Christ  Jesus,  they  are  willing  to  re- 
ceive woman  as  an  equal." 

John  B.  White,  Chandlersville,  Ohio: 
"'  Success  to  t|ie  work." 
Geo.  Brokaw,  Washington,  Iowa: 
"I  never  expect  to  vote  for  a  secret  order  officer  know- 
ingly." 

Mrs.  R.  Schnellbecker,  Mankato,  Kan. : 

"There  are  a  good  many  anti-secret  folks,  but  we  need 
organization,  I  hope  and  pray  that  the  time  when  secrecy 
will  be  done  away  will  soon  be  here.  I  will  do  all  I  can 
for  the  reform." 

John  Whiteford,  missionary  to  poor  prisoners,  Wash- 
ington, D.  C. : 

"Brothers  Stoddard  and  Hinman  are  evidently  men  of 
God,  filled  with  the  Holy  Ghost.  They  will  puncture  the 
devil's  mock  figure  of  light  ^nd  the  world  will  be  aston- 
ished at  the  emptiness  of  the  follies  they  admired." 

D.  D.  Gibson,  Springville,  la.: 

"Our  town  is  cursed  with  two  lodges,  one  Freemason 
and  one  Odd-fellow.  *  *  In  walking  about  town 
one  can  feel  the  chilly  atmosphere.  I  see  no  great  differ- 
ence here  between  the  church  and  the  lodge. " 

Wm.  M.  Bowker,  Herrickville,  Pa. : 

"We  had  an  anti-secret  convention  at  our  church  in 
East  Herrick.  Some  accuse  us  of  raising  a  disturbance. 
Well,  be  it  so.  Christ  and  the  disciples  raised  the  great- 
est disturbance  of  any  in  known  history,  and  yet  it  needs 
the  Master  and  the  scourge,  as  when  he  drove  the  traders 
and  noble  grands  out  of  the  temple." 

Nathan  Callender,  Rush,  Pa. : 

"Permit  me  to  say  to  our  reform  friends  that  our  meet- 
ing at  East  Herrick  was  a  success.  Noble  men  and  wom- 
en testified  to  the  truth  against  the  lodge  worships  in  th  6 
churches.  *  *  *  There  are  at  East  Herrick 
a  noble  band  of  live  men  and  women,  full  of  enterprise 
and  of  tlie  Holy  Spirit.  One  Odd-fellow,  brother  Saun-- 
ders,  of  Cliflford,  Susquehanna  Co.,  Pa.,  gave  us  his  re- 
nunciation of  the  order  with  very  good  reasons  for  his 
course." 


Kovember  16, 1 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURB:. 


A  new  book,  which-the  Nation  fdeems,  from 
the  circumstances  ofj  its  production  and  pub- 
lication, worthy  a  place  among  the  "  curiosities 
of  literature,"  has  been  published  in  Reykiavik, 
the  capital  of  Iceland,  by  Emar  Thordarson,  the 
leading  publisher  of  that  distant  land.  Its  title 
is  "  Brynjolf  ur  Sveinsson,"  and  the  a;ithor  Mrs. 
Torfhildur  Thorstiradottir  Holm  ;  who  resides 
in  Selkirk  West,  Manitoba,  Canada.  It  is  the 
first  historical  novel  ever  published  in  Icelandic, 
and  the  first  novel  ever  written  by  an  Icelandic 
woman.  The  scene  of  the  story  is  in  Iceland, 
about  the  middle  of  the  17th  century. 

"  In  The  Coils  "  is  proving  to  be  the  fastest 
selling  and  most  popular  book  ever  published  in 
our  church.  Nearly  1,000  copies  have  been  sold 
in  the  four  worst  book  months  of  the  year.  A 
new  edition  will  be  issued  soon.  Evidently  the 
Omaha  parson  has  "struck  oil." — Christian  In- 
structor. 

Good  Literature  is  growing  into  a  place  among 
the  valued  and  popular  literary  papers.  Its 
selections  from  foreign  publications  are  gene- 
rally good,  while  its  reviews  and  notes  are  choice 
and  timely. 

Yick^s  Magamne  for  November,  tells  to  prune 
grapes  and  lay  them  down  for  the  winter  7iow. 
Even  the  hardy  Concords  are  better  off  for  some 
protection.  Parasitic  plants,  sunflowers,  and 
flowers  in  School  grounds  are  part  of  the  good 
things  of  the  niimber. 

St.  Nicholas  Magazine,  (a  better  name  should 
be  found  for  so  rich  a  periodical),  presents  one 
of  its  most  brilliant  numbers  for  November. 
The  sketch  of  Tad  Lincoln  and  the  description 
of  torpedoes  are  good. 

The  December  number  of  the  North  Ameri- 
can Jieview  is  to  contain  two  symposiums,  one 
on  the  health  of  American  Women,  by  Dr.  Jas. 
R.  Chadwiek,  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Cady  Stanton  and 
Dr.  Dio  Lewis  ;  and  the  other  on  Success  on  the 
Stage,  by  John  McCuUough,  Madame  Modjeska, 
Joseph  JefEereon,  Lawrence  Barrett,  Maggie 
Mitchell  and  William  Warren. 


Words  of  Ufa  for  every  Day. 

SANCTIFY  THEM    THROTJOH    THY  TROTH ;   THY    WORD 
IS  TRUTH. 

Thursday,  November  16. — And  because  iniq- 
uity shall  abound,  the  love  of  many  shall  wax 
cold.  But  he  that  shall  endure  unto  the  end, 
the  same  shall  be  saved.     Matt.  24:12-13. 

Friday,  November  17. — But  woe  unto  you, 
Pharisees!  for  ye  tithe  mint  and  rue  and  all 
manner  of  herbs,  and  pass  over  judgment  and 
the  love  of  God:  these  ought  ye  to  have  done 
and  not  to  leave  the  other  undone.  Luke  11 : 
42. 

Saturday,  November  18.-^ A  new  command- 
ment I  give  unto  you,  That  ye  love  one  another; 
as  I  have  loved  you,  that  ye  also  love  one  an- 
other. By  this  shall  all  men  know  that  ye  are 
my  disciples,  if  ye  have  love  one  to  another. 
John  13:34-35. 

Sabbath,  November  19. — For  dogs  have  com- 
passed me:  the  assembly  of  the  wicked  have  en- 
closed me;  they  pierced  my  hands  and  my  feet. 
Ps.  22:16. 

Monday,  November  20. — If  ye  keep  my  com- 
mandments ye  shall  abide  in  my  love,  even  as  I 
have  kept  my  father's  commandments  and  abide 
in  his  love.  John  15:10. 

Tuesday,  November  21. — Ye  have  not  chosen 
me  but  I  have  chosen  you,  and  ordained  yon, 
that  ye  should  go  and  bring  forth  fruit,  and  that 
your  fruit  should  remain;  that  whatsoever  ye 
shall  ask  of  the  Father  in  my  name,  he  may  give 
it  you.  John  15:16. 

Wednesday,  November  22. — O,  righteous 
Father,  the  world  hath  not  known  thee:  but  I 
have  known  thee,  and  these  have  known  that 
thou  hast  sent  me.  And  I  have  declared  unto 
them  thy  name,  and  will  declare  it;  that  the  love 
wherewith  thou  hast  loved  me,  may  be  in  them, 
and  I  in  them,  John  17:25-26. 


The  British  Women's  Petition  in  favor  of 
Sunday  Closing  contains  159,000  signatures, 
and  is  about  a  mile  in  lenth.  6,009  of  these  sig- 
natures were  obtained  by  the  Women's  Union  of 
the  0.  E.  T.  S.        . 


Islam's  Messiah. 

The  vague  reports  which  come  to  us  from  the 
upper  Nile  of  the  military  operations  of  the  so- 
called  "  False  Prophet,"  convey  but  little  idea 
to  the  average  reader  of  the  importance  of  the 
wide  spreading  revival  of  Mohammedan  piety, 
or  fanaticism,  of  which  these  operations  are  the 
most  formidable  manifestation.  The  situation  is 
at  least  interesting.  Tne  danger  of  the  future, 
whether  immediate  or  more  remote,  arises  from 
the  growing  power  of  the  Khoman,  or  semi-polit- 
ical, semi-religious  fraternities,  which  eeem 
destined  to  cover  all  north  Africa  with  a  web  of 
Moslem  Freemasonry.  This  powerful  brother- 
hood, is  less  than  thirty  years  old,  but  already 
threatens  fo  overshadow,  if  not  absorb,  other 
older  but  less  militant  organizations.  All  these 
orders  differ  in  form,  but  claim  to  be  founded  on 
the  pure  tenets  of  Islam  as  expounded  in  the 
Koran.  Each  also  claims  to  have  had  its  origin  in 
a  dream  of  its  founder,  who  is  supposed  to  have 
had  a  revelation  from  Mohammed  as  to  the  most 
acceptable  way  of  salvafion.  Each  order  has  a 
Supreme  Director,  or  Khalifa,  and  the  seat  of 
the  order  in  any  locality  is  called  a  Zaouia,  which 
seems  to  be  at  once  a  chapel,  a  school,  a  place  of 
refuge,  a  hospital,  a  library  and  a  political  de- 
bating club.  Further,  the  brethren  are  charged 
with  the  task  of  preserving  a  complete  record  of 
contemporaneous  events.  The  most  celebrated 
and  important  of  all  these  Zaouias  was  that 
founded  by  Senoussi,  about  thirty  years  ago,  at 
Djarbub,  an  oasis  about  twenty-two  days'  jour- 
ney inland  from  Benghazi  and  not  very  far, 
therefore,  from  the  western  frontier  of  upper 
Egypt.  He  then  established  no  less  than  300  of 
these  convent  sanctuaries  dn  every  consider- 
able place  between  Morocco  and  Mecca,  and  ap- 
pointed mukaddemin,  or  vicars,  in  every  part  of 
Islam. 

Senoussi  died  in  1800,  leaving  two  sons,  of 
whom  the  eldest  bore  the  name  of  El  Mehdi,  or 
the  director.  Before  dying  he  sent  out  many 
emissaries  among  his  followers,  telling  of  a  glo- 
rious fiiture  in  store  for  his  son.  Four  years 
ago  El  Mohdi  withdrew  from  his  followers  and 
became  a  hermit,  which  greatly  increased  his  in 
fluence  among  them.  Then  their  attention  was 
called  to  a  prophecy  that  on  the  12th  of  Novem- 
ber, 1882,  El  Mehdi,  or  Ttfeseiah,  shall  appear. 
He  will  be  exactly  40  years  old,  have  one  arm 
longer  than  the  other,  his  father's  name  Moham- 
med, uis  mother's  Fatina,  and  he  will  be  hidden 
for  a  time  before  his  manifestation. 

The  old  Senoussi's  name  was  Mohammed,  and 
the  right  hand  of  the  elder  son,  El  Mehdi,  reaches 
to  his  knee.  But  El  Mehdi  has  not  waited  for 
the  12th  of  November  to  manifest  himself.  Pos- 
sibly he  found  matters  ripe  in  the  interior  sooner 
than  he  anticipated.  Possibly  events  were  pre- 
cipitated by  the  Egyptian  crisis.  Be  that  as  it 
may,  he  appeared  at  the  head  of  an  army  a  few 
months  ago  at  Darfur,  and,  marching  upon  the 
upper  Nile,  utterly  defeated  the  Egyptian  gene 
ral  who,  at  the  head  of  2,000  men,  went  out  to 
meet  him.  His  later  operations  are  surrounded 
by  a  good  deal  of  doubt,  and  it  is  hard  to  dis- 
tinguish new  intelligence,  now  coming  down  the 
Nile,  from  information  which  started  before  the 
interruption  of  communications  by  Arabi  which 
was  stopped  on  its  way,  and  now  with  the  re- 
moval of  the  obstructions,  ia  finding  its  way  to 
Cairo  and  to  Christendom, 

Meantime,  the  Turkish  papers  at  Constantino- 
ple always  speak  of  El  Mehdi  as  the  *'  False 
Prophet,"  but,  though  that  may  be  the  view 
taken  of  him  by  the  Moslems  in  European  Tur- 
key, it  remains  to  be  seen  how  far  it  will  be 
adopted  by  the  rest  of  Islam.  No  dovibt  much 
will  depend  upon  his  success  and  upon  the  sanc- 
tion he  receives  from  the  mosque  of  El  Azhar  in 
Cairo,  from  the  spiritual  authorities  in  Mecca  and 
from  the  various  colleges  .  of  Ulemas  scattered 
throughout  the  East. 

All  this  means  that  the  defeat  of  Arabi  is  but 
the  beginning  of  the  contest  with  the  reviving 
spirit  of  Mohammedan  fanaticism  which  ie  arm- 
ing itself  in  North  Africa  for  a  death- grapple 
with  Christian  civilization. — St.  Louis  Evening 
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so.        •  KO.rAOES. 

1  Historical  Sketch  of  theN.C.A.,  by  Pres.  J.  Blanchard 4 

2  Voice  of  the  Empire  State  In  Condemnation'of  Masonry 4 

3  Address  to  American  Pastors  on  the  Secret  Lodge 4 

4  Freemasonry  in  the  Family,  by  J.  P.  Stoddard 4 

5  Pres.  Finney  on  the  Duty  of  Christians  toward  the  Lodge % 

B  Warning  against  Masonry  (For  Colored  People),  Illustrated 2 

7  To  the  Boys  who  Hope  to  be  Men,  Illustrated    2 

8  Freemasonry  Modern  Heathenism 4 

9  Ministers  at  Rival  Altars 4 

10  A  Pastor's  Confession 4 

U  Knight  Templar  Masonry 4 

12  Alexander  Campbell's  Estimate  of  the  Lodges 4 

13  "The  Secret  Empire,"  by  J.  P.  Stoddard 4 

14  True  and  False  Templarism 4 

15  Secrecy  and  Sin,  from  the  "Christian"  47  Cornhlll,  Boston 4 

1(5  Selling  Dead  Horses,  by  "Bostonlau" 4 

17  History  of  Masonry,  by  Pres.  ,T.  Blancbard 4 

18  Despotic  Character  of  Freemasonry 4 

19  Freemasonry  a  Christ-excluding  Religion 5 

20  Masonic  Murder,  by -Elder  T.  E.  Baird 2 

21  Grand,  Great  Grand,  by  Philo  Carpenter 2 

22  ^^asonlc  Oaths  and  Penalties  sworntoby  the  Grand  Lodge  of  R.I. .  4 

23  Letters  of  J.  Q.  Adams  and  J.  Madison  on  Freemasonry   4 

24  Satan's  Cable  Tow 4 

25  Character  and  symbols  of  Freemasonry.  Illustrated 2 

2t)  Address  of  the  Niagara  Association  ou  the  Murder  of  Morgan...  4 

27  .Judge  Whitney  and  Masonry — Masonry  Defends  a  Murderer 8 

28  Nathaniel  Colver  and  Howard  Crosby  on  Secret  Societies 2 

"29    Grand  Lodge  Masonry,  by  Pres.  J.  Blanchard 16 

30  Masonic  Oaths  Null  and  Void,  by  Rev.  I.  A.  Hart 4 

31  Hon.  Seth  M.  Gates  on  Freemasonry 4 

32  Origin,  Obligation  and  Expenses  of  the  Grange '' 

33  Hon.  Wm  ■  H.  Seward  on  Secret  Societies '2 

34  What  Great  Men  Say  about  Freemasonry 2 

35  Objections  to  Masonry,  by  a  Seceding  Mason 4 

3S  Masonic  Chastity,  by  Emma  A.  Wallace 4 

'37  Reasons,  """ly  a  Christian  should  not  be  a   Freemason  (German) . .  4 

38  Masonic  0>.-">s  and  Penalties,  by  Rev.  A.  M.  Mllllgan 4 

39  Should  Freemasons  be  admitted  to  Christian  Fellowship? 4 

40  The  Object  of  the  American  (Anti-masonic)  Party 2 

41  Freemasonry  a  Religion  (shown  by  Its  own  authors) 3 

42  Duty  and  Ability  to  ICnow  the  Character  of  Masonry 4 

43  Affidavit  that  Jlasoniy  is  revealed,  by  ,1.  O.  Doesburg  and  others  4 

44  D.  L.  Moody  on  Secret  Societies 4 

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THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE. 


November  16,  188^ 


The  Christian  Cynosure, 

CHICAGO,  THtlKSDAT,  NOVEMBER  16, 1888. 


"  We  all  vote  the  Ameeican  Ticket." — 
This  was  fretfully  said,  over  and  again,  on 
election  day  by  Eepublicans  and  Democrats.  It 
was  said  in  our  hearing  where  four  out  of  six 
county  candidates  and  the  Kepublican  and  Dem- 
ocratic nominees  for  State  office  were  members 
of  the  lodge  which  makes  no  secret  of  owing 
supreme  allegiance  to  the  laws  of  the  lodge  when 
they  conflict  with  the  laws  of  the  United  States! 
The  cry,  "  We  all  vote  the  American  ticket "  is 
but  a  confession  of  what  Americans  ought  to  do, 
but  do  not  when  they  vote  for  Masons  who  are 
sworn  aliens,  who  have  again  and  again  openly 
defied  and  still  defy  our  laws,  courts  and  Legis- 
latures. 


Elder  Eli  Farnham. — We  give,  in  another 
column,  a  sketch  of  one  of  the  founders  of 
Galesburg  and  Knox  College.  The  picture, 
though  given  by  his  youngest  child,  is  not  over- 
drawn; and  though  longer  than  we  usually  pub- 
lish will  be  read  with  interest  by  the  old,  and 
with  profit  by  the  younger  citizens  of  Galesburg. 
Mr.  Farnham  was  a  reader  of  the  Cynosure  and 
a  friend  of  the  reform  which  it  represents.  I 
have  known  him  long  and  intimately,  and  1 
never  knew  a  more  blamelees  disciple  of  Christ, 
or  clearer-headed  man.  He  reared  an  excel- 
lent family  of  children  who  "rise  up  and  call 
him  blessed."  "Mark  the  perfect  man  and  be- 
hold the  upright ;  for  the  end  of  that  man  is 
peace. " 


The  Cynosure. 


It  is  hoped  every  reader  of  the  Cynosv/re  has 
wondered  deeply  at  Secretary  Stoddard's  pro- 
posal, in  last  week's  issue,  to  "  Take  Washing- 
ton ;"  and  will  ponder  with  equal  zeal  and 
earnestness,  his  article  in  the  present  number; 
and  also,  (for  he  is  not  through)  what  may  yet 
follow  from  his  "  pen"  concerning  the  paper. 

This  is  the  substance :  That  the  lodge  dragon 
is  not  yet  awake,  but  will  OAJoake  when  his  den 
is  invaded  and  his  craft  is  endangered  by  our 
descent  on  Washington  ;  and  that  we  have  no 
adequate  defence  against  him  but  to  nationalize 
the  Cynosure  by  a  national  subscription  list. 
When  Mr.  Butler  was  asked,  "  Is  there  room  for 
the  Cynosure  and  the  Freemcm  (of  which  he  is 
editor)  in  Missouri?"  he  replied,  "Yes,  indeedl 
When  you  have  fifty  thouscmd  subscribers,  we 
shall  h<we  ten  thousand^  Mr.  Butler  compre- 
hends and  takes  a  stateman's  view  of  the  rela- 
tion of  a  national  to  State  organs  for  the  reform. 
Each  aids  the  other. 

I  have  written  seldom  and  but  little  on  this 
subject.  I  wish  now  to  anticipate  and  answer 
all  possible  objections,  and  aid,  as  I  may,  Mr. 
Stoddard's  plan  for  raising  a  subscription  list. 

And  first :  "  The  Cynosure  is  j^voate  prop- 
ertyP  Ana.  So  was  the  j^nti-Slavery  Philan- 
thropist. Yet  we  raised  several  thousand  dol- 
lars to  keep  it  running  in  Cincinnati ;  and  when 
Lewis  Tappan  raised  five  thousand  dollars  and 
sent  it  to  Washington,  it  paid  handsomely  for  a 
time ;  but  was  battered  by  the  Know  Nothings, 
and  left  the  owner's  family  poor.  But,  under 
God,  it  saved  the  nation. 

"7^  is  higher  than  the  New  York  Witness." 
Ans. — It  is  lower  than  its  neighbors.  The 
Weekly  Witness  began  by  using  the  type  of  the 
daily,  which  failed  after  sinking  tens  of  thous- 
ands. But  the  weekly  saved  a  good  list  and 
survived.  It  prints  now  120,000  copies.  Give 
the  Cynosurt  one  naif  as  many  names  and  we 
will  give  a  better  paper  as  cheap. 

"  Why  has  it  not  a  large  list  now  f"  Ans. — 
Because  it  has  had  neither  church  nor  political 
party  behind  it ;  but  has  lived  on  crumbs  from 
denominational  and  political  tables.  Because  re- 
form papers  grow  slow.  The  Meligious  Tele- 
scopey  with  a  church  behind  it,  and  every  preach- 
er an  agent,  received  eighteen  thousand  dollars 
in  donations  and  legacies,  which  swelled  the 
amount  to  near  thirty  thousand  before  it  sus- 
tained itself.  Again,  because  it  has  for  years 
helped  to  raise  the  publishing  fund  j  for  other 


years,  the  monument,  etc. ;  which  engrossed 
Secretary  Stoddard's  time  and  thoughts.  It  had 
no  elections  and  church  meetings  to  make  it  a 
necessity,  and  thoueands  have  taken  it  and  liked 
it,  but  dropped  it  for  their  church  and  party 
papers. 

"  jBut  the  Cynosv/re  needs  improvement. " 
Ans — Give  it  a  national  subscription  list,  and  it 
shall  have  it.     No  paper  shall  excel  it. 

"  Mow  has  it  Ivved  thus  far  f"  Ans. — Mr. 
Carpenter  virtually  sustained  the  whole  move- 
ment for  several  years.  Since  then,  it  has  lived 
by  the  severe  economy  and  self-devotion  of  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Cook,  and  the  indomitable  energy  and 
toil  of  comparatively  a  tew  devoted  friends 
One  moderate  farmer  in  Indiana,  viz.,  Benjamin 
Ulsh,  seK-moved,  has  gotten  one  hundred  sub- 
scribers. There  are  others  like  him,  God's  heroes, 
and  he  has  their  names  in  his  book. 

"/«  Chicago  the  heat  place  f"  Ans. — An  at- 
tempt is  now  being  made  to  bring  Our  Union, 
now  published  in  New  York,  (women's  temper- 
ance paper;)  and  unite  it  with  the  Signal  in 
Chicago.  Neither  of  those  excellent  papers  sus- 
tain themselves  even  now,  though  the  wave  of 
temperance  floods  the  whole  land.  You  learn 
more  of  Congress  from  the  Chicago  dailies  than 
from  Washington  dailies,  and  as  soon! 

"(7aw  the  thing  he  doneT'  Ans. — We  are 
beginning  to  vote  now.  And  there  are  [hun- 
dreds of  thousands  in  the  United  States  who 
wish  the  lodge  dead. 

^'£ut  how  can  the  thing  he  done  V  Ans. — 
Read  Mr.  Stoddard  and  see.  Faith  conquers 
all. 


The  Elections. 


Our  readers  will  have  learned  by  telegram 
before  this  writing  can  reach  them,  that  majori- 
ties in  the  thirty-one  States  which  voted  Nov. 
7th,  have  "tossed  from  hand  to  hand"  like  By- 
ron's thnnderbolts  in  the  Alps ;  and  the  hopes 
and  aspirations  of  politicians  have  brightened, 
faded  and  flitted  like  the  imposing  mockeries  of 
a  dream. 

Republican  States  have  gone  Democratic,  and 
at  least  one  Democratic  State  has  gone  Repub- 
lican. The  good  St.  John  has  been  defeated  by 
Republicans  m  Kansas;  while  all  the  other  Re- 
publican candidates  there  are  elected.  This  is 
the  work  of  "The  true  Temperance  party!"  The 
candidate  for  governor,  Bishop,  who  got  on  his 
political  knees  before  the  lodge,  has  gone  down 
before  "Sublime  Prince"  Ben  Butler,  in  the 
strong  Republican  State  of  Massachusetts. 
Ohio  had  gone  to  the  Democrats  before  the 
great  Republican  land-slide.  The  party  there 
went  for  the  Sabbath  and  against  prohibition, 
and  met  the  fate  of  trimmers.  Nothing  looks 
and  fares  worse  than  a  man  or  party  whose 
principles  are  good  and  practice  bad.  Such  has 
been  the  Republican  party  between  the  temper- 
ance voters  and  the  voters  for  liquor.  Both  sides 
distrusted  it. 

If  we  may  venture  to  generalize  results,  they 
teach  the  following  lessons: 

1.  That  both  parties,  as  we  have  taught,  were 
"dead  while  they  live."  They  had  no  prin- 
ciples and  no  issues ;  and  hence  the  voters  broke 
loose. 

2.  The  only  constant  forces  in  the  canvass 
have  been  lodge  and  Uquor,  The  gentlemanly 
and  capable  Joseph  Hart  of  LaSalle  county.  111., 
was  Republican  candidate  for  the  State  Senate 
of  Illinois.  In  his  own  Republican  town  he  was 
beaten  by  a  Democrat,  five  hundred  and  upward 
to  193.  The  explanation  is,  he  was  known  to 
be  opposed  to  both  liquor  and  the  lodges,  though 
he  took  no  part  with  the  Prohibitionists  or 
Americans.  "The  silent  hog  eats  the  swill ;  " 
and  in  this  canvass,  the  lodge  has  proved  to  be 
the  silent  hog  fed  on  still-slops. 

iJ.  The  results  are  auguries  for  reform.  In 
1844,  Clay  went  down  before  Polk,  when  there 
were  Anti-slavery  and  Whig  votes  enough  to 
have  elected  him.  So  it  is  ever.  The  party 
which  has  most  reformers  in  it,  suffers  first  from 
a  rising  reform.  Webster  said,  "The  Whig 
party  is  the  true  liberty  party."  But,  refusing 
to  go  for  liberty,  it  sunk  and  its  very  name  was 
blotted  out. 

The  Republicans  have  now  nothing  to  do  but 
to  join  the  American  party  as  the  old  Whigs 


went  to  the  Free-Soilers,  along  with  reform 
Democrats,  and  called  themselves  Republicans 
now  naming  the  Anti-slavery  party.  The  Republi- 
can party  as  such,  can  never  rise  from  its  pres^ 
ent  fall.  It  has  nothing  to  rise  by  or  stand  on 
if  arisen.  There  is  no  more  a  Democratic  party 
than  there  is  a  Republican  party.  The  con- 
querors of  Nov.  7th,  are  "  The  Independent 
Scratchers."  The  name  Democrat  is  popular, 
and  will  live ;  but  that  name  has  succumbed  to 
principle  for  the  last  twenty-two  years,  and  it 
win  yield  again,  to  principle  and  nothing  else. 
The  American  people  may  continue  to  drink 
wine  and  cider  of  their  own  making ;  but  the 
still,  brewery,  and  dram-shop  are  unpopular,  and 
the  lodge  is  unpopular.  It  has  never  dared  to 
put  itself  upon  issue  before  the  American  people. 
It  has  carried  thousands  of  elections,  but  never 
one  in  its  own  name!  It  is  un-American  and 
anti- American.  It  is  coward,  sneak,  thief,  and 
liar;  and  lives  as  they  do.  It  sinks  before  pop- 
ular discussion.  In  Morgan  times,  it  lived,  only 
by  feigning  dead,  like  cowards  on  battle-fields. 
When  the  American  people  come  to  see  that 
politics  can  recognize  us  without  coercing  con- 
science, or  oppressing  men ;  that  the  Bible  taken 
from  American  children  robs  them  of  forty  cen- 
turies  of  authentic  history ;  and  takes  from  them 
the  only  standard  of  law  and  morals;  and  when 
they  see  that  the  American  party  platform  is  the 
only  one  which  will  sweep  off  Mormonism  from 
marriage,  give  the  laborer  his  rest-day,  and 
shield  him  from  monopolists,  and  that  this  plat- 
form consists  of  the  very  identical  princip\,es  in 
which  the  United  States  of  America  were  "  born 
and  brought  up,"  men's  hearts  will  turn  to  it  as 
steel  turns  to  loadstone. 


A  Political  Letter. 


to  tele  society  of  friends  in  spiceland,  ind. 
Tonioa,  III.,  Nov.  1,  1882. 

Beloved  in  the  Lord  : — A  letter  from  my 
wife  speaks  of  "  your  fragrant  letter  from  Spice- 
land."  Your  town  is  certainly  fortunate  in  its 
name,  and  equally  so  in  its  inhabitants.  Having, 
according  to  a  wise  prayer,  "  neither  poverty  nor 
riches,"  you  have  health,  comfort,  and  intelli- 
gence beyond  the  ordinary  lot  of  men.  And 
judging  from  my  observation  in  your  schools 
and  religious  meetings,  you  ought  to  be  a  grate- 
ful and  happy  people. 

It  is  natural  that  you  should  be  Republicans. 
In  our  country's  great  agony,  Democrats,  misled 
by  their  party  name,  nearlv  sold  us  to  national 
disunion  and  destruction.  But  parties  like  men 
should  die  when  their  work  is  done. 

Your  eloquent  member  of  Congress  who  ad- 
dressed you  in  your  meeting-house  last  Saturday 
night,  erected  to  the  Republican  party  a  proud 
monument,  built  of  broken  fetters  and  restored 
rights.  But  it  was  hot  an  exception  to  other 
monuments — it  was  built  foe  the  dead.  Gen. 
Brown's  strongest  appeal  for  your  votes  was 
based  on  the  fact  that  he  had  voted  against  hia 
party  on  important  bills !  Notably  the  Chinese 
Dill  which  violated,  he  said,  the  fundamental 
doctrine  of  the  Government,  viz.,  the  equality 
of  man.  He  had  also  voted  against  the  ''  River 
and  Harbor  Bill,"  which  he  denounced  as  a 
^^  steal."  It  appropriated,  he  said,  millions  to 
improve  streams,  one  of  which  ordinarily  lacked 
water  to  swim  a  goose.  But  he  said  this  corrupt 
measure  was  paped  by  Republicans  and  Demo- 
crats alike;  one  reason  surely  why  both  the  old 
parties  should  give  way  to  a  third,  or  new  party 
as  the  existing  parties  fell  before  Repub- 
licanism. 

But  your  representative's  speech  was  most  sig- 
nificant, for  what  he  did  not  say.  He  knew  that 
the  party  platform  ignore  and  omit  God,  the 
source  of  civil  power,  from  our  living  politics. 
He  knew  that  the  Bible,  with  its  forty  centuries 
of  authentic  history,  is  being  pushed  from  our 
schools,  leaving  the  national  education  without 
a  standard  of  law  or  morale.  He  knew  that  a 
day  of  religious  rest  is  being  taken  from  the 
laborers.  Above  all,  he  knew  that  Mormonism 
and  Masonry  are  supplanting  the  civil  oath  by 
the  strange  oaths  of  the  Endowment  House  and 
the  lodge ;  yet,  as  your  political  adviser,  he 
omitted  and  left  out  of  his  long  speech  nearly 
everything  which  you  need  to  know  and  which 


l^OTember  16, 18S9 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURK. 


9 


an  upright  statesman  would  have  said. 

The  country  is  reeling  and  rocking  under  the 
question  of  suppressing  the  manufacture  and  sale 
of  intoxicating  liquors;  and  Gen.  Brown  told 
you  he  was  in  favor  of  submitting  that  question 
to  the  people,  but  he  did  not  say  whether  you 
should  vote  for  it,  or  whether  he  would  himself. 
He  said  if  a  majority  of  the  people  voted  to  put 
prohibition  into  the  Constitution,  they  had  a 
right  to  do  so,  and  the  minority  should  acquiesce. 
But  he  did  not  tell  you  whether  his  vote  would 
help  make  the  majority  for  or  against  liquor, 
which  is  what  the  movement  is  for!  Douglas 
did  not  care  whether  slavery  was  voted  up  or 
down ;  and  Gen.  Brown  did  not  tell  you  whether, 
in  his  opinion,  liquor  or  its  prohibition  should 
be  voted  np  or  down  1 

But  while  Gen.  Brown  would  allow  the  people 
to  have  prohibition  if  a  majority  should  vote  it, 
the  Republican  party,  as  such,  is  against  it.  Re- 
publicans refused  to  make  St.  John's  nomination 
unanimous.  Leading  Republican  papers  de- 
nounce prohibition  and  local  platforms  declare 
it  nnconstitutional. 

There  is  a  swing  in  nations  as  there  is  a  libra- 
tion  in  planets,  and  our  politics  are  returning  to 
the  recognition  of  God,  in  which  our  Govern- 
ment began.  Will  the  respected  friends  ad- 
dressed in  these  letters— those,  at  least,  into 
whose  hands  th«  paper  may  fall,  turn  to  "  the 
Platform  o/  the  American  jparty"  in  another 
colnmn,  and  read  this  mirror  of  reform,  join  the 
American  party  and  vote  for  its  candidates.  If, 
in  1884,  we  poll  no  more  than  fifty  thousand 
votes,  in  1888  this  party  can  elect  St.  John,  or 
some  statesman  of  like  principles;  intemper- 
ance and  idolatry  will  perish  before  discussion, 
and  the  United  States  become  that  "  happy 
^ople  whoie  God  is  the  Lordy  J.  B. 

i  : 

—Secretary  Stoddard  says  of  the  proposed 
Wisconsin  convention  :  "A  notice  from  Rev.  E. 
Collins,  President  of  the  Wisconsin  State  Asso- 
ciation, calling  their  annual  convention  at  Oeh- 
kosh,  Nov.  2l8t  and  22d  inst.,  haw  just  been  re- 
ceived. 1  have  written  Bro.  Collins  that,  D.  V., 
I  will  be  present  and  make  an  effort  to  secure 
the  attendance  of  other  speakers.  This  meeting 
is  very  important,  and  every  friend  of  the  cause 
in  Wisconsin  who  can  should  be  present.  Bro. 
C.  premises  free  entertainment  and  the  public 
introduction  of  our  work  into  this  center  of  in- 
fluence should  be  attended  with  numbers  of 
friends  and  demonstration  of  the  Spirit's  power." 

— Although  our  supplement  this  week  re- 
lieves in  a  degree  the  pressure  upon  our  columns 
several  dear  friends  whom  we  dislike  to  put  off 
are  waiting  their  turn.  Good  letters  from  Bro. 
S.  C.  Kimball,  in  New  Hampshire,  Prof.  P.  S. 
Feemster  in  Kansas,  Mrs.  J.  F.  Brovvrne  in  Ken- 
tucky, Bro.  A.  D.  Zaraphonithes  the  missionary 
in  Greece,  now  laboring  in  Smyrna  and  vicinity 
in  Asia  Minor,  and  others,  will  be  read  in  the 
Oynosure  next  week. 

—President  J.  Blanchard,  the  editor  of  the 
Cynosure,  is  under  promise  to  go  to  Oshkosh, 
"Wisconsin,  on  the  21st  and  22nd  inst.,  to  help 
on  the  State  Convention.  Friends  in  Wiscon- 
sin, the  time  is  short,  but  you  have  brave  and 
earnest  spirits.  Let  there  be  a  good  irecord  made 
at  this  meeting. 

—Attention  ia  called  to  the  circular  of  Whea- 
ton  College  on  the  13th  page  of  tMs  paper. 
Among  the  best  equipped  of  our  Western  col- 
leges ana  foremost  in  the  inculcation  of  those 
^reat  moral  principles  which  must  ever  be  the 
oulwark  of  the  Christian  church,  however  un- 
popular it  may  be  to  urge  them,  the  institution 
at  Wheaton  deserves  the  patronage  of  hundreds 
of  homes  that  are  either  neglecting  the  educa- 
tion of  their  children  or  are  sending  them  where 
there  can  be  no  gain  of  strength  to  their  moral 
convictions.     Read  the  notice. 

—The  Vanguard,  of  St.  Louis,  haa  just  come 
under  the  mauagement  of  Rev.  C.  W.  Sherman, 
Rev.  W.  L.  Ellis  retiring  to  resume  the  work  of 
an  evangelist.  The  paper,  a  while  since,  made  a 
Bore  charge  against  C.  W.  Wilson,  who  has  with 
singular  ability  and  amid  many  discouragementa 
oonduoted  the  Gaih  Bimmon,  in  the  same  city. 
We  are  glad  to  see  the  charge  withdrawn  in  the 
iMt  Vanguard  as  erroneous  and  unjuit^  i 


Shall  we  Plant  a  Standard  in  Washington  ? 

Chicago,  Nov.  10,  1882. 

It  is  easy  to  say  yes  or  no,  but  that  will  not 
determine  the  matter.  There  are  costs  to  be 
counted  and  tacts  to  be  considered  before  enter- 
ing uDon  an  undertaking  of  such  magnitude. 
Are  we  able  to  take  a  stand  and  maintain  it  in 
the  stronghold  of  our  adversary  H  Oar  cause 
does  not  demand  a  failure,  and  it  would  be  peril- 
ous, if  not  ruinous,  to  make  an  effort  and  not 
(succeed.  That  it  is  the  strategic  point  of  the 
nation  we  may  learn  from  the  children  of  this 
world,  who  are  wise  in  their  generation.  The 
"  chief  apostate"  knows  where  to  intrench  and 
where  to  strike.  Take  the  "  back  track"  of  any 
important  secret  movement  you  may  find  on  the 
remote  frontier,  and  follow  it  to  its  source,  and 
3rou  will  land  at  the  corner  of  Ninth  and  F 
streets,  Washington,  where  Freemasonry  has 
csrected  its  "  Temple"  of  worship,  the  citadel  of 
its  strength,  the  watch-tower  of  its  sentinels,  and 
the  bastile  of  its  inquisitorial  retribution.  Here, 
too,  is  the  abiciing  place  of  the  chief  executive  in 
the  "  secret  empire,"  whose  simple  endorsement 
has  secured  lucrative  appointments  in  instances 
where  the  recommendations  of  Congressmen  had 
utterly  failed.  To  meet  such  an  antagonist  in 
his  own  fastnesses  and  di&arm  him  of  his  power, 
is  not  a  work  of  simple  impulse  or  a  matter  of 
brave  resolve,  but  it  requires  solid  shot  and  a 
steady  aim.  Scattering  tracts  and  making 
speeches  to  a  few  curious  listeners  or  consecrated 
men  and  women,  will  not  draw  the  fire  or  rouse 
the  energy  of  the  lodge  in  Washington,  but 
when  a  sure  foundation  is  laid,  and  the 
"  roll-call "  of  anti-secrecy  is  heard  under  the 
shadow  of  the  Capitol,  andat  the  very  citadel 
of  secrecy,  every  "masked  battery"  from  one  end 
of  the  land  to  the  other  would  open  fire 
and  such  an  onslaught  as  would  follow  the 
planting  of  our  reform  in  Washington,  no  tem- 
porary expedient  or  ill-advised  measure  could 
stand  for  a  single  year.  Better  never  to  make 
the  attempt  than  to  expose  our  cause  to  almost 
certain  failure ;  but  better  still  to  take  a  stand, 
"trusting  in  God,"  use  discretion  and  succeed. 

To  do  this,  in  my  judgment,  two  or  three 
things  are  indispensable. 

1.  The  fee-simple  of  suitable  headquarters  must 
be  secured,  so  as  to  avoid  the  possibility  of  being 
driven  from  the  field  or  seriously  annoyed  by 
timid  or  unfriendly  landlords.  ^ 

2.  The  people  away  from  the  center  must  be 
reached  and  constantly  informed  of  what  is  going 
oh  at  the  headquarters  of  the  nation  and  of  the 
'^  Secret  Empire."  ^ 

3.  Prof.  E.  B.  Bailey,  or  some  other  capable, 
judicious  man,  must  be  equipped  and  stationed 
where  he  can  gather  facts  and  report  regularly 
every  week  through  our  Chicago  organ. 

The  first  may  be  secured  by  the  safe  invest' 
ment  of  a  few  thousand  dollars ;  the  second  by 
increasing  the  circulation  of  the  organ  of  our  re- 
form, and  the  third  by  the  appointing  aud  an- 
nointing  of  the  man  whom  God  shall  choose,  as 
he  chose  Dr.  Bailey  to  speak  to  the  nation's  con- 
science through  the  National  Era. 

How  shall  the  money  be  raised  to  buy  or  build 
a  home  for  our  reform  in  Washington  ?  I  an- 
swer, that  it  is  doubtful  if  a  man  can  be  found 
who  will  do  for  the  cause  at  the  national  capital 
what  Mr.  Carpenter  has  done  for  it  in  Chicago. 
There  are  men  of  means,  however,  who  have 
expressed  a  willingness  to  co-operate  in  any  feas- 
ible plan  that  gives  promise  of  permanent  suc- 
(iess,  and  others  will  be  found. 

The  second  point:  How  to  reach  the  people, 
is  first  in  importance  and  ought,  perhaps,  to  be 
put  first  in  order  of  time.  A  successful  farmer 
once  said  to  a  young  man  in  my  presence,"Clear 
your  land ;  cultivate  your  fields  ;  and  your  farm 
will  build  you  a  fine  hou^e,  but  the  fine  house 
won't  make  the  farm."  There  is  truth  in  this 
remark  of  a  practical  man,  that  applies  to  the 
case  in  question.  Readers  whose  hearts  are  en- 
listed and  who  are  in  possession  of  facts  make 
a  good  cause  strong  on  the  human  side,  and  the 
cause  in  turn  sustains  the  paper  that  furnishes 
the  facts,  and  the  paper  builds  the  house  in  which 
the  cause  may  live ;  but  the  house  won't  subdue 
the  fields  or  develop  their  resources  unless  com- 
munication is  open  and  kept  up  between  the 


two.  There  are  two  ways  in  which,  as  it  seems  ' 
to  me,  this  may  be  Jdone  :  First,  by  employing  ---^ 
and  paying  agents  to  canvass  lor  suuscribers; 
and  second,  by  the  united  efforts  of  all  present 
readers  and  friends  of  our  organ,  in  extending 
its  circulation.  The  first  involves  an  expense 
which  ought  if  practicable  to  be  saved  to  the 
cause,  and  besides  it  is  less  efficient  and  of  ne- 
cessity more  local  than  the  tecoud  method. 
There  are  now  on  the  Cynosure  libt  i,153  names 
of  persons  whtj  are  scattered  over  a  wide  range 
of  country,  and  brought  in  daily  contact  with 
persons  who  might  bo  enlisted  as  roitders  and- 
active  woikers  m  reform.  1  have  examined  the 
question  of  txpenses  and  am  clear  that  the  cause 
IS  honestly  indebted  to  its  organ  and  that  its 
publisher  has  born  an  undue  share  of  the  burden 
of  its  maintenance.  J!^o  one  wishes  him  to  do 
so  and  each  by  adding  one  or  moie  names  to  the 
list  may  bear  a  share  in  the  pa_)  ment  of  an  honest  / 
claim  upon  the  cause,  forestall  the  accumulation 
of  further  indebtedness,  and  at  tne  same  time 
reach  homes  and  hearts  that  are  needing  the 
facts  and  truth  contained  in  each  weekly  issue 
of  the  Association's  organ.  The  expense  tnus 
saved  to  the  cause  by  volunteer  rather  than  paid 
canvassers  would  soon  liquidate  all  claims  tor 
past  services  and  put  this  mdispeusibie  agency  of 
our  work  on  a  sound  basis. 

This  obstacle  removed  we  could  look  the  next 
question  of  entering  Washington  "  to  stay  "  in 
the  face  without  a  quiver.  Tne  channels  would 
then  be  open  from  the  center  to  the  circumter- 
ance  of  our  country,  and  as  the  currents  passed 
through  the  channels  would  widen  and  deepen, 
until  the  land  would  be  flooded  with  light  ana 
and  the  "night  lodge"  and  its  twin  brother 
the  dram  shop  flee  away  as  slavery  was  cast, 
down  and  is  being  speedily  consumen  by  the 
advancing  intelligence  of  the  people.  Very 
much  will  depend  upon  the  ability  and  skill  of 
the  man  at  VVashington  in  gathering  facts;  more 
on  the  mechanical  execution  of  the  work  ren- 
dering the  appearance  of  our  paper  attractive ; 
and  most  of  all  upon  its  intrinsic  excellence  as  a 
teacher  and  reporter  upon  the  living  questions 
and  vital  issues  pending,  increased  circulation 
will  give  corresponding  increase  of  names,  and 
make  much  needed  improvement  possible.  1 
believe  it  can  be  done,  and  that  now  when  finan- 
ces are  comparitiveiy  easy  is  the  time  to  do  it. 

J.  P.  Stoddard. 


— The  Illinois  Royal  Arch  Masons  report 
their  number  at  11,260,  an  increase  of  853  during 
the  year.  There  are  165  active  chapters,  but  to 
these  the  proportion  of  dead  chapters  is  more 
than  1  to  9.  The  suspended  members  number 
201 ;  demitted  370. 


— Bishop  Wright  prints  a  powerful  editorial  in 
his  paper,  the  Richmond  iStar,  with  the  title, 
"  Should  Secretists  be  Disciplined  ?"  He  will 
publish  it  also  as  a  tract  for  wide  distribution, 
especially  through  the  United  Brethren  church, 
to  whose  case  it  particularly  applies. 


Wisconsin. 

The  WiscoaBin  State  Conventiun  will  be  held  at  Osh- 
kosh on  the  21st  and  23d  of  November.  We  waul  every 
county  in  the  State  well  represented.  Let  the  triends  of 
reform  make  a  general  rally.  Little  ruforni  worK  has 
been  done  in  this  part  of  the  State  and  we  wisu  to  make 
a  strong  impression  in  favor  of  the  truth.  Let  us  mate 
some  sacrifice  to  be  present.  Bro.  Stoddard  and  otuer 
able  speakers  will  be  present.  Ample  arrangements  will 
be  made  for  entertainment  of  delegates.  Come  then, 
one  and  all.  Enus  Collins, 

President. 


Minnesota. 


By  request  of  the  friends  in  the  southwestern  part  of  the 
Stale,  the  filth  annual  convention  of  the  Mianesota  CUns- 
tion  Association  will  be  held  in  ihe  court  house  in  Blue 
Earth  City,  Faribault  county,  on  Wednesday,  Thursday 
and  Friday,  December  6th,  7th  and  tJih,  1862.  Blue  Eartu 
City  is  the  terminus  of  the  Blue  Earth  Ci;y  branch 
of  the  C.  St.  Paul,  M.  »&  O.  railroad.  The  Irieuds  offer 
free  entertainment  and  mvite  a  full  attendance.  Those 
intending  to  come  will  please  send  their  names  to  Kufus 
Johnson,  Blue  Earth  Cily,  Mion.  Reduced  railroad  lare 
returning,  on  all  roads,  to  those  who  pay  lull  fare  com- 
ing. Opening  lecture  Wednesday  evening  at  7  o'clocfe, 
by  Rev.  J.  P.  btoddard.  President  C.  A.  Blanciiard  is  ex- 
pected to  deliver  a  series  of  lectures. 

Thomas  Hartley, 

B.  Qt,  Paihe,  Kec.  Secretary. 

Preiident, 


10 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE 


November  1«,  1882 


HOME  CIRCLE. 


Live  with  God. 

Begin  the  day  witb  God : 

Kneel  down  to  him  in  prayer; 
Lift  up  thy  heart  to  hie  abode, 

And  seek  his  love  to  share. 

Open  the  book  of  God, 

And  read  a  portion  there. 
That  it  may  hallow  all  thy  thoughts. 

And  sweeten  all  thy  care. 

Go  through  the  day  with  God : 

Whate'er  thy  work  may  be. 
Where'er  thou  art— at  home,  abroad, 

He  still  is  near  to  thee. 

Converse  in  mind  with  God : 

Thy  spirit  heav'n ward  raise; 
Acknowledge  every  good  bestowed, 

And  offer  grateful  praise. 

CoDclude  the  day  with  God, 

Tby  sins  to  him  confess. 
Trust  In  the  Lord's  atoning  blood, 

And  plead  his  righteousness. 

Lie  down  at  night  with  God, 

Who  gives  his  servant  sleep ; 
And  when  thou  tread'st  the  vale  of  death. 

He  will  thee  guard  and  keeij. 

— Selected. 


The  Puritan  Theory  of  Amusements. 

The  questions  of  amusements  was  to  tlie 
Puritans  a  representative  q^ueetion,  in  which  was 
involved  the  whole  spirit  of  Christian  living. 
They  brought  to  its  discussion  the  whole  lorce  of 
their  intense  religious  nature.  In  their  very 
make  they  were  intense  men.  They  were  an- 
thracite on  lire.  Without  liame,  or  crackle,  or 
smoke, their's  was  solid  heat,buruing6tillyday  and 
night.  Such  intensity  of  moral  being  they  brought 
to  all  questions  of  practical  life. 

Such  men  felt  no  need  of  amusements.  How 
could  they  ?  They  were  not  born,  as  some  men 
appear  to  be,  at  hap-hazard,  without  an  aim  in 
living,  and  with  no  power  to  create  one.  Their 
happiness  did  not  depend  on  cat's  cradle  and 
push-pin.  They  did  not  know  the  meaning  of 
the  word  "  ennui."  They  came  into  this  world 
as  apostles.  They  came  because  they  were  sent. 
The  echo  of  the  voice  which  created  them  always 
sounded  iu  their  ears,  and  heralded  their  steps. 
Their's  was  a  great  mission.  Their  souls  were 
straightened  till  it  was  accomplished.  When 
invited,  urged,  bribed,  cajoled,  commanded, 
threatened,  browbeaten,  to  induce  them  to  dance 
around  a  Maypole  on  the  village  green,  they 
calmly  said.  '•  Wist  ye  not  that  i  must  be  about 
my  Father's  businesa'^" 

That  which  seemed  to  weaker  natures  a  harm- 
lees  or  needtul  recreation  seemed  to  them  friv- 
olity. When  charged  with  excessive  precision, 
said  one  ot  them  for  answer,  "  I  have  a  precise 
God  to  deal  with."  They  saw  no  record  that 
Christ  danced  around  poles,  or  amused  himselt 
with  a  jack-of-spades,  or  laughed  at  clowns  and 
harlequins,  or  hgured  at  masquerade  balls.  As 
they  read  his  hie  they  saw  him  seeking  relief 
from  life's  burdens  in  the  companionship  of 
brothers  and  sisters,  in  the  homes  of  iJethany, 
in  the  society  of  angels,  in  communion  with 
God.  They  saw  that  to  him  midnight  prayer 
took  the  place  of  midnight  revels.  They  hon- 
estly tried  to  live  as  Christ  hved.  Why  should 
they  not'f 

Kight  or  wrong,  they  believe  this  to  be  the 
true  theory  of  life  ;  and,  what  is  more,  they  in 
good  measure  lived  it.  They  enjoyed  it.  As  a 
class,  tbey  were  the  happiest  of  mortals.  If  ever 
in  this  world  men  enjoyed  life,  they  did,  when- 
ever tyranny  would  let  them  alone.  And  when 
it  would  not,  they  entertained  each  other  witu 
songs  in  prisons,  and  broke  out  with  doxologies 
at  the  stake. 

it  may  be  well  enough  to  revise^their  theory 
of  amusements  for  later  times  and  new  gener 
ations.  The  constitutions  of  states  rarely  last  a 
century  without  change ;  still  less  should  a  pop- 
ular theory  of  recreations.  We  may  wisely  let 
up  Bomewliat  of  Puritan  pressure  upon  the  mod- 
ern conscience.  We  may  bid  Godspeed  to  anybody 
who  thinks  he  can  improve  in  this  respect  the 
uaages  of  a  Christian  people,  ^y  all  means,  let 
UB  give  him  a  hearing.  Specially  may  we  ex- 
tend the  law  of  Christian  hberty  in  this  thing. 
W©  may  truattuHy  leave  it  to  every  man's  con- 


science to  say  what  recreations,  in  themselves 
innocent  (as  almost  all  recreations  are,)  will  be  a 
help  to  him  in  godly  living. 

But,  alter  all,  who  can  fail  to  see  that  the 
spirit  of  the  Puritans  on  this  subject  was  the 
Christian  spirit?  Who  can  help  seeing  that  im- 
provement, if  it  comes,  must  come  from  the 
same  spirit?  This  was  the  spirit  of  a  live  con- 
science. It  was  the  spirit  of  humble  inquiry;  it 
sought  wisdom  from  God.  It  was  the  conserv- 
ative spirit ;  it  leaned  to  the  safe  side  of  moral 
questions.  It  was  the  profound  spirit ;  it  sought 
hap'piness  in  duties  rather  than  in  rights. 

It  is  very  easy  to  fling  at  the  Puritans  in  this 
matter,  but  it  is  very  weak.  Every  dog  must 
have  his  bay  at  the  nioon,  but  healthy  men  sleep 
through  it.  So  disparagement  of  the  Puritans 
does  not  disturb  sound  thinkers.  The  world  has 
outlived  the  wit  of  it.  The  libel  of  the  "  Blue 
Laws  "  has  ceased  to  be  amusing.  If  we  could 
stay  long  enough  to  answer  such  disparagement, 
our  answer  would  be  to  point  to  the  men  whom 
the  Puritans'  theories  of  life  created.  Not  till 
the  improved  theories  give  us  better  women  can 
we  wisely  believe  that  they  are  improvements. 
Not  till  children  trained  under  such  improve- 
ments turn  out  to  be  more  Christlike  men  and 
women,  more  prayerful,  more  selt-denying,  more 
useful,  happier^  too,  in  the  profound  sense  of 
spiritual  joy,  can  we  safely  admit  that  their  fath- 
ers are  wiser  than  our  fathers.  For  that  proof 
the  world  must  wait  awhile — must  wait  long 
enough  for  us  to  do  some  things  which  the  world 
is  in  more  pressing  need  of  than  of  an  increase 
of  amusements  and  of  idle  time. — From,  Dr. 
Phelps'  "  My  Portfolio:' 


Pray  in  Secret. 


'  Five  minutes  for  reflection  and  self  examin- 
ation, ten  for  reading  the  Scriptures,  and  fifteen 
for  prayer,  daily,  is  about  as  little  as  most  Chris- 
tians can  live  upon.  Many,  it  is  true,  have  no 
special  time  or  place  for  secret  prayer,  and  there- 
fore do  not  live.  It  can  be  spared  as  the  ever-reeur- 
eing  time  for  our  regular  meal,  and  every  con- 
sideration, tertiporal  and  eternal  demands  it.  I 
was  once  profitably  impressed  with  the  impor- 
tance of  uniformity  in  this  duty  by  that  vener- 
ated ruling  elder,  the  late  John  Alexander,  of 
Lexington,  Virginia.  Soon  after  leaving  his 
bed,  and  before  he  had  fully  dressed,  and  while 
others  were  talking  around  him,  he  took  his 
Bible  and  sat  down  to  enjoy  the  hidden  manna. 

The  preaching  of  Lamed  and  the  preaching 
of  Payson  were  pre-eminent  for  that  unction 
which  secret  prayer  alone  can  impart,  and  hence 
the  peculiar  power  of  the  men.  One  of  the 
richest  prayers  I  ever  enjoyed  was  by  an  emi- 
nent merchant  in  the  prime  of  life,  and  immersed 
in  business.  Nothing  but  faithfulness  in  private 
prayer  kept  his  spirit  in  this  frame.  This  he 
intimated  in  reply  to  a  question  on  the  subject. 

The  question  often  arises,  as  to  whether  we 
shall  kneel  down  in  the  presence  of  others,  or 
pray  mentally  or  literally  in  secret.  Some  feel 
that  the  one  savors  of  ostentation,  and  some  that 
the  opposite  indicates  a  fear  of  man.  It  is  evi- 
dent that  either  method  is  right,  and  that  the 
one  is  best  that  most  effectually  subserves 
the  great  end  for  which  secret  prayer  was  en- 
joined. 

Any  Christians  who  succeed  in  wresting  an 
hour  a  day,  or  possibly  half-an-hour  from  the 
world,  will  experience  the  richness  of  those 
promises  made  in  the  Apocalypse  to  him  that 
overcometh." — Presbyteriam. 


Care  makes  a  man  old  before  his  time. 

Flowers  smell  sweet  whether  men  are  near  or 
not. 

One  tale  is  good  till  another's  told. 

He  who  gives  before  we  ask,  will  give  when 
we  ask. 

The  goodness  of  news  half  lies  in  the  hearer's 
ear. 


CHILDREN'S  CORNER. 


John  Ploughman's  Wisdom. 

Good  stuft  is  often  twisted  into  queer  shapes. 

Don't  spare  the  butcher  and  fee  the  doctor. 

Sunday  is  the  summer  of  the  week. 

Have  no  friends  you  dare  not  bring  home. 

Water  plants  before  they  wither. 

One  man's  fault  should  be  another  man's 
lesson. 

Soft-  words  Bcald  not  the  mouth. 

Mind  the  corner  where  life's  road  turns. 

It's  no  use  mending  the  tank  when  the  water 
is  gone. 

When  prayerg  are  strongest,  mercies  are  near- 
est. 


Why  a  Kerosene  Lamp  Bursts. 

BY  A  orviL  BNGINBEK. 

Girls,  as  well  as  boys,  need  to  understand 
about  kerosene  explosions.  A  great  many  fatal 
accidents  happen  from  trying  to  pour  a  little 
kerosene  on  the  fire  to  make  it  kindle  better, 
also  by  pouring  oil  into  a  lamp  while  it  is  lighted. 
Most  persons  suppose  that  it  is  the  kerosene 
itself  which  explodes,  and  that  if  they  are  very 
careful  to  keep  the  oil  itself  from  being  touched 
by  the  fire  or  the  light  there  will  be  no  danger. 
But  this  is  not  so.  If  a  can  or  a  lamp  is  left 
about  half  full  of  kerosene  oil  the  oil  will  dry  up 
— that  is,  "evaporate" — a  little,  and  will  form, 
by  mingling  with  the  air  in  the  upper  part,  a 
very  explosive  gas."  You  cannot  see  this  gas 
any  more  than  you  can  see  air.  But  if  it  is  dis- 
turbed and  driven  out,  and  a  blasse  reaches  it, 
there  will  be  a  terrible  explosion,  although  the 
blaze  did  not  touch  the  oil.  There  are  several 
other  liquids  used  in  houses  and  workshops 
which  will  produce  an  explosive  vapor  in  this 
way.  Benzine  is  one;  burning  fluid  is  another  ; 
and  naptha,  alcohol,  ether,  chloroform  may  do 
the  same  thing. 

In  a  New  York  workshop,  lately,  there  was  a 
can  of  benzine,  or  gasoline,  standing  on  the 
floor.  A  boy  sixteen  years  old  lighted  a  cig- 
arette, and  threw  the  burning  match  on  the  floor 
close  to  the  can.  He  did  not  dream  there  was 
any  danger,  because  the  liquid  was  corked  up  in 
the  can.  But  there  was  a  great  explosion,  and 
he  was  badly  hurt.  This  seems  very  mysterious. 
The  probability  is  that  the  can  had  beeb  stand- 
ing there  a  good  while  and  a  good  deal  of  vapor 
had  formed,  some  of  which  had  leaked  out 
around  the  stopper  and  was  hanging  in  a  sort  of 
invisible  cloud,  over  and  around  the  can  and 
this  cloud,  when  the  match  struck  it,  exploded. 

Suppose  a  girl  tries  to  fill  a  kerosene  lamp 
without  first  blowing  it  out.  Of  course  the  lamp 
is  nearly  empty,  or  she  would  not  care  to  fill  it.. 
This  empty  space  is  filled  with  a  cloud  of  explo- 
sive vapor  arising  from  the  oifin  the  lamp. 
When  she  pushes  the  nozzle  of  the  can  into  the 
lamp  at  the  top,  and  begins  to  pour,  the  oil,  run- 
ning into  the  lamp,  fills  the  empty  space  and 
pushes  the  cloud  of  explosive  vapor  up ;  the  va- 
por is  obliged  to  pour  out  over  the  edges  of  the 
lamp,  at  the  top,  into  the  room  outside.  Of 
course  it  strikes  against  the  blazing  wick  which 
the  girl  is  holding  down  by  one  side.  The  blaze 
of  the  wick  sets  the  invisible  cloud  of  vapor  afire, 
and  there  is  an  explosion  which  ignites  the  oil 
and  scatters  it  over  her  clothes  and  over  the  fur- 
niture of  the  room.  This  is  the  way  in  which 
a  kerosene  lamp  bursts.  The  same  thing  may 
happen  when  a  girl  pours  the  oil  over  the  fire  iu 
the  range  or  stove,  if  there  is  a  cloud  of  explo- 
sive vapor  in  the  upper  part  of  the  can,  or  if  the 
stove  is  hot  enough  to  vaporize  quickly  some  of 
the  oil  as  it  falls.  Remember  that  it  is  not  the 
oil  but  the  invisible  vapor  which  explodes.  Tak- 
ing care  of  the  oil  will  not  protect  you.  There 
is  no  safety  except  in  the  rule  :  Never  pour  oil 
on  a  lighted  fire  or  into  a  lighted  lamp. — Chris- 
tian union. 


The  Bridle  of  the  Tongue. 

"How  have  you  prospered  today,  my  son?" 
said  Mrs.  Stone. 

"  First-rate,  mother;  and  I  think  it  is  because 
I  remembered  the  verse  you  gave  Sadie  and  me 
this  morning.  You  see,  we  were  playing  at 
'  blind-man's-buff,'  and  the  boys  would  peep  so 
as  to  see  us.  I  was  so  provoked  that  I  wanted 
to  speak  right  out  sharp ;  but  every  time  I  began 
I  could  see  that  verse  real  plain  :  '  He  that  is 
slow  to  anger,  is  better  than  the  mighty,  and  ho 
that  mleth  his  spirit,  than  he  that  taket  ha  city  ;* 


\ 


November  16, 1883 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE. 


11 


and  I  did  not  say  a  word.     It  was  hard  work, 
though,  to  keep  from  Bpeaking." 

« I  do  not  doubt  it,  Willie ;  but  I  am  very 
glad  that  my  little  boy  was  so  brave.  I  think  it 
often  requires  more  true  courage  to  hold  the  bri- 
dle of  the  tongue,  than  that  of  a  horse." 

"  That  verse  helped  me,  too,"  said  Sadie,  "  I 
was  hurrying  along,  so  as  to  call  on  Julia  How- 
ard before  school,  but  just  as  I  turned  the  corner, 
old  Mrs.  Lane  opened  her  window  and  asked  me 
if  1  would  go  over  to  Mr.  Pinkham's  store  and 
get  a  bimdle  for  her.  I  was  so  disappointed  I 
wanted  to  say  *No  ;'  but  that  verse  came  into  my 
mind  bo  quick,  I  said  '  Yes'm,'  and  ran  along." 

"  You  did  quite  right,  my  children,"  Baid  Mrs. 
Stone,  "and  have  each  gained  a  victory  that  is 
better  than  taking  a  city." —  Well-Sprmg. 

Scripture  Problem. 

Set  down  first  the  number  of  men  who  went 
to  seek  Elijah  when  he  was  carried  up  to  heaven. 
Multiply  this  by  the  number  of  days  during 
which  Job's  friends  sat  by  him  without 
speaking  a  word,  when  they  came  to  comfort 
him.  Multiply  again  by  the  number  of  days 
which  Jericho  was  compassed  by  the  Israelites. 
Subtract  the  number  of  men  that  Samson  killed 
with  the  jawbone.  Divide  by  the  number  of 
atones  which  David  carried  with  him  when  he 
went  to  kill  Goliah.  Subtract  the  years  of  the 
Babylonish  captivity.  Add  the  number  of  fur- 
longs between  Bethany  and  Jerusalem.  Add 
the  age  that  the  Psalmist  said  is  generally  the 
limit  of  the  life  of  man  in  this  world.  Multiply 
the  number  of  Jacob's  sons  by  the  number  ot 
years  in  which  Solomon  was  building  the  tem- 
ple, and  subtract  the  product  from  the  above 
sums.  Add  the  number  of  years  in  which  the 
Israelites  were,  for  their  sins,  obliged  to  wander 
in  the  wilderness.  Subtract  one  from  the  sum 
and  we  have  the  number  ot  chapters  in  the  New 
Testament.  William  A,  Murchie. 

Blanckard,  Page  Oo.^  Iowa. 

How  many  answers  shall  we  have  from  our 
little  readers  %  In  two  weeks  we  will  publish 
their  names.  Ed.  Cynosure. 


it  is  in  every    Christian  congregation ;   thus   in 


SABBATH  SCHOOL. 


LESSON  IX  Nov.  26, 1882.— His  Death  on  the  Cross. 
—Mark  xv,  27-37. 

(27)  And  with  him  they  crucify  two  thieves ;  the  one  on 
his  right  hand,  and  the  other  on  his  left.  (28)  And  the 
scripture  was  fulfilled,  which  saith,  And  he  was  numbered 
with  the  transgressors.  (29)  And  they  that  passed  by 
railed  on  him,  wagging  their  heads  and  saying,  Ah !  thou 
that  destroyest  the  temple,  and  buildest  it  in  three  days, 
(30)  Save  thyself,  and  come  down  from  the  cross.  (31) 
Likewise  also  the  chief  priests,  mocking,  said  among 
themselves  with  the  scribes.  He  saved  others,  himself  he 
cannot  save.  (32)  Let  Christ,  the  King  of  Israel,  descend 
now  from  the  cross,  that  we  may  see  and  believe.  And 
they  that  were  crucified  with  him  reviled  him.  (33)  And 
when  the  sixth  hour  was  come,  there  was  darkness  over 
the  whole  land  until  the  ninth  hour.  (34)  And  at  the 
ninth  hour  Jesus  cried  with  a  loud  voice,  saying,  Eloi, 
Eloi,  lama  sabacthani  ?  Which  is,  being  interpreted,  My 
God !  my  God !  why  hast  thou  forsaken  me  ?  (35)  And 
some  ot  them  that  stood  by,  when  they  heard  it.  said. 
Behold,  he  calleth  Ellas.  (36)  And  one  ran  and  filled  a 
sponge  full  of  vinegar,  and  put  it  upon  a  reed,  and  gave 
him  to  drink,  saying,  Let  alone;  let  us  see  whether  Elias 
will  come  to  take  him  down.  (37)  And  Jusus  cried  with 
a  loud  voice,  and  gave  up  the  ghost. 

Gk)LDEN  Text. — Who  his  own  self  bare  our  sins  in  his 
own  body  on  the  tree. — 1  Peter  li,  24. 

DAILY  KEADrNGS. 

Necessity  of  Christ's  Death Heb.  ix,  15-28 

When  Promised Dan.  ix,  20-27 

Its  Bitterness Ps.  xxii 

Its  Result  to  Him Phil,  ii,  8-11 

Its  Result  to  us Col.  i,  20-22 

A  Joyful  Invitation, , . .  .Ps.  Iv 

The  Saints  Rejoicing Ps.  xcvii 

PROMFITNGS  TO  FURTHER  STUDY. 
If  we  suffer  with  him,  what  shall  we  also  do  with  him  ? 
What  kingly  title  is  given  to  Jesus  in  the  Revelation ;  and 
what  armies  are  described  as  following  him?  What 
Scripture  passage  will  give  you  a  hint  that  the  mockers 
would  not  have  believed  even  if  Jesus  had  come  down 
from  the  cross  ?  What  effect  did  it  have  upon  them  when 
they  learned  that  he  h«d  risen  from  the  dead?  Who 
took  pleasure  in  reproach  for  Christ's  sake  ?  What  is  said 
by  the  apostle  to  those  reproached  for  the  name  of  Christ? 
— Scholar's  Quarterly. 

NOTES. 

One  on  his  right  hand,  and  the  other  on  his 
left.  The  three  crosses  which  stood  together  on 
Mount  Calvary  are  a  continual  emblem  of  our 
world.  A  dying  Saviour  had  on  one  side  of  him 
an  enemy  and  unbeliever,  and  on  the  other  side 
a  friend  and  believer.  Thus  it  is  to-day  in  every 
part  of  the  globe  where  Christ  is  preached  ;  thus 


almost  every  household. — Nehemiah  Adams 

Descend  from  the  cross,  that  we  may  helieve. 
Men  who  hate  the  gospel  are  always  proposing 
some  test  of  its  value,  on  which  they  would  give 
it  their  confidence ;  but  if  that  test  were  fairly 
met  they  would  be  all  the  more  bitter  in  hostil- 
ity to  it,  because  of  its  new  triumph.  If  Jesus 
had  come  down  Irom  the  cross,  the  chief  priests 
would  have  seen  to  it  that  he  was  fastened  on 
again  more  securely  than  at  first.  Did  it  remove 
their  hostility  to  him  when  he  rose  from  the 
dead?  Were  they  any  readier  to  believe  in  him 
then?  No,  no.  Whatever  else  keeps  men  from 
believing  the  gospel,  it  is  not  any  lack  of  no- 
table wonders  wrought  through  its  power. 
Whatever  else  might  bring  them  to  give  in  their 
confidence,  there  would  be  no  gain  in  any  fresh 
or  greater  miracles  iu  its  behalf.  The  trouble  is, 
that  men  don't  want  to  believe  in  Jesus ;  and 
they  will  always  have  a  new  excuse  for  refusing 
credence  to  every  new  proof  of  his  supremacy. 
— Dr.  Hohinson. 

There  was  darkness ;  or,  "  a  darkness  came." 
Early  Christian  writers  speak  of  this,  and  appeal 
to  heathen  testimony  in  support  of  tiie  fact.  An 
eclipse  is  out  of  the  question,  for  the  moon  was 
full.  An  earthquake  followed  (Matt.  27:  51,) 
but  the  darkness  which  precedes  an  earthquake 
is  not  so  long  or  extended.  This  was  super- 
natural ;  for  since  our  Lord  showed  supernatural 
power  in  his  life,  his  death,  in  view  of  its  pur- 
pose, might  well  be  attended  with  such  events. 
It  has  been  supposed  to  signify  the  mourning  of 
nature,  but  it  also  stands  connecced  with  the 
hiding  of  God's  face. — Riddle. 

My  God,  my  Ood,  why  hast  thou  forsaken 
me!  This  cry  refers  to  one  utterly  broken  down 
for  a  time  in  a  wretchedness  beyond  our  concep- 
tion. It  was  not  mere  death,  which  many  a 
martyr  has  viewed  without  dismay,  but  the 
bearing  of  the  sin  of  the  world.  ^11  the  inner 
horror  of  sin  is  revealed  to  him.  Sin  in  its 
nakedness  is  more  horrible  than  death.  These 
words  belong  to  Christ  as  burdened  with  the 
sins  of  the  world.  They  express  the  complete 
separation  which  sin  makes  between  man  and 
God.  He  is  the  Advocate  of  all  mankind,  and 
their  separation  from  God" because  of  sin  extends 
itself  to  him  for  a  season. — Archbishop  Thomp- 
son. 

"Consider  the  following  facts:"  (i)  Jesus  is  rep- 
resented in  the  New  Testament  ae  subject  to  the 
whole  experience  of  spiritual  conflict  which  be- 
longs to  man,  (2)  He  is  represented  in  the 
prophets  )Isa.  63;  5,  6)  and  the  Epistles  (2  Cor. 
5:  21.  Gal.  3:  13.  1  Pet.  2:  24)  as  taking  upon 
himself  the  penalty  of  our  sins,  represented 
throughout  the  Bible  as  spiritual  separation  from 
God  (Deut.  32:  20.  Isa.  64:  7.  2  Tbess.  1:  9.) 
(3)  Some  help  toward  an  understanding  of  this 
cry  may  be  derived  from  that  phase  of  Chriaiian 
experience  in  which,  while  the  intellect  still 
holds  fast  to  its  belief  in  God,  the  \iQSt.xt  feels  his 
presence  no  more,  and  the  soul  is  in  darkness, 
in  spite  of  its  faith  in  God  (compare  Matt.  11: 
1-6.  Exod.  17:  4.  1  Kings  19:  10.  Ps.  10:  1. 
Jer.  12:  1,  2.)  (4)  That  there  was  an  inward 
conflict  in  Christ's  soul,  is  indicated  by  the  two- 
told  nature  of  the  cry  :  "  My  God  "  indicates 
an  unrelaxed  hold  on  him  ;  "  forsaken  me  "  in- 
dicates a  sense  of  bereavement  of  the  divine 
preBence.  If  these  are  inconsistent,  the  incon- 
sistency repeats  itself  frequently  in  Christian 
experience.  (5)  It  is  the  cry  of  innocence  ;  the 
lost  know  that  they  are  forsaken,  but  knowicAy, 
and  do  not  call  on  God  as  their  God.  It  was, 
therefore,  no  literal  transfer  of  the  experience 
of  remorse  and  spiritual  death  which  Christ  ex- 
perienced.— Ahb»tt. 

The  physical  cause  of  his  death  has  been 
thought  by  many  to  have  been  rupture  of  the 
heart.  (1)  Crucifixion  was  generally  a  very  lin- 
gering death  ;  the  victim  lived  seldom  less  than 
twenty-four  hours,  often  three  or  four  days.  (2) 
Usually  the  victim  died  of  sheer  exha^8tion ;  but 
Christ  was  not  exhausted,  as  he  cried  with  a 
loud  voice.  (3)  John  records  that  blood  and  wa- 
ter flowed  from  Christ's  side  when  pierced  by 
the  spear.  This  could  only  occur  if  the  heart 
had  been  ruptured,  and  the  blood,  before  death, 
had  flowed  out  into  the  cavity  which  surrounds 


the  heart.  Christ  then  literally  died  of  a  broken 
heart,  caused  by  his  overwhelming  mental 
agony.  This  theory  draws  our  thoughts  away 
irom  the  mere  bodily  tortures  which  Christ  en- 
dured, to  the  mysterious  woe  that  pressed  upon 
him  on  account  of  imputed  pin. — /Stock. 


TEMPERANCE. 
A  Revelation. 


During  the  present  week  an  item  of  business 
called  us  to  the  ofiice  of  a  gentleman  in  this  city 
who  believes  that  every  man  has  a  divine  right 
to  take  a  drink  whenever  he  feels  like  it,  and 
the  man  who  does  not  know  enough  to  stop  be- 
fore he  gets  drunk  is  a  very  inferior  specimen  of 
the  genus  homo,  and  might  as  well  drmk  himself 
to  death  as  not. 

Daring  the  conversation  that  ensued,  the  tem- 
perance question  came  in  for  its  share  of  atten- 
tion. Some  remarks  were  made  by  those  present 
abous  the  exhileratiug  affects  of  good  lager  in  hot 
weather,  and  the  folly  of  attempting  by  iegisla- 
tiun  to  stop  its  manufacture  and  sale. 

A  stranger  present  said:  "A  little  over  a 
year  ago  i  was  iu  Wisconsin,  it  was  harvest- 
time.  A  gang  of  men  were  employed  by  a 
wealthy  farmer  to  gather  a  large  harvest.  The 
table  wbich  this  farmer  spread  before  his  men 
was  richly  laden  with  everything  that  heart  could 
wish.  In  addition  to  all  the  substantials  and  deli- 
cacies that  the  faithful  housewife  could  prepare, 
1  was  greatly  surprised  to  find  a  goblet  by  each 
plate  filled  with  rye  whisky." 

The  narration  of  this  fact  turned  the  conver- 
sation away  trom  beer  to  whisky,  when  the  gen- 
tleman in  whose  ofiice  we  were  proceeded  to  re- 
late the   following   instance :     '"Not  very  long 
since  I  was  visiting  a  celebrated  distillery  not  a 
thousand  miles  distant  from  Detroit.     The  own- 
er of  that  distillery  is  profesr-ionaily  a  temper- 
ance man,  and  is  one  oi  the  wealthiest  and  most 
iuflueutiai  citizens.     The  nephew  ot  the  propri- 
etor was  showing  me  through  the  establishment, 
and  taking  a  good  deal  ot  pams  toexplaiu  every- 
thing that  1  saw.     Iu  one  part  of  the  institution 
I  noticed  two  iron  tanks  about  six  feet  in  diam- 
eter and  tour  or  five  feet  high.     One  of  these 
tanks  was  full  and  the   other  about   half  full  of 
what  I  supposed  to  be  whisky.     Actuated  by 
motives  of  curiosity,   I  approached  one   ot  the 
tanks,  and  was  about  to  examine  the  contents 
by  touching  the  surface  with  my  fingers,  when 
the  gentleman  who  was  conducting  me  through 
the  distillery  yelled  at  me  at  the  top  of  his  voice, 
'Don't  touch  that!     Don't  touch  that!'     'Why 
not,'  I  said  coolly.     'What  harm  in  just  touch- 
iug  the  surface?'     'Harm,'  he  ejaculated  excited- 
ly, 'Why  that  will  take  the  end  of  your  finger 
right  oli'!'     'Take  the  end  of  my  finger  off!'  I 
exclaimed,  'Why  so,  is  that  anything  more  than 
whisky?'    'Yes,'  said  he,  that  is  something  more 
than    whisky.     It   is   fusil  oil.'     'Fusil   oil!'  1 
ejaculated.     'Fusil  oil !'     1  was   startled,  for  I 
knew  that  fusil  oil  would  have  done  all  to  my 
fingers  that  he  said  if  I  had  touched   it.     It  is 
powerful  enough   to  bite   a  gun    barrel   off.     I 
looked  at  him  somewhat  savagely,  and  said,  'Do 
you  mean  to  say  that  you  make  use  of  that  stuff 
in  the  manufacture  of  your  whiskies?    Is  that 
the  kind  ot  stuff  you  just  offered  me  to   drinkH 
He  had  just  urged  me  to  try  some  of  his  whis- 
ky.    'We  have   some  good   stuff,'  he   replied, 
somewhat  meekly.     He  then  went  on  to  explain 
about  as  follows:     'To  tell    the   truth,  we  have 
some  grain  here  that  is  not   very  good.     It  was 
in  the  warehouse  on  one  of  the  docks  at  Chicago, 
at  the  time  of  the  great  tire,  and  when  the  dock 
burned  it  ran  down  into  the  river.     After  lying 
in  the  river  about  a  year,  it  was  taken  out,  and 
we  bought  it  to  manufacture  into  whisky.     Of 
course  after  lying  in  the  Chicago  river   for  that 
length  of  time,  tliere  is  not  much  strength  left 
in  it,  and  we  are  compelled  to  make  use  of  fusil 
oil  to  tone  it  up  a  little.'     'But  what  do  you  do 
with  the  stuff?'  I  inquired.     'Oh,  we  don't  know 
where  it  is  sold,'  said  he.     *lt  is  all  sent  East; 
none  of  our  customers  about  home  get  any  ot  it.' 
'But,'  said   I,  'somebody   must   get   it.'     *None 
of  our  home  customers  get  any  of  this,'  he  re- 
peated. 

"This,"  continued   our    friend,  "cured  me  of 
whisky  drinking. — The  Lever. 


12 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE 


Kovember  16,  1881 


Obituary. 

Eli  Faknham,  oldest  son  ol  Oapt  Levi,  and 
Eunice  Judd  Farnham,  was  born  on  Fompey 
Hill,  Onandago  Co.,  K  Y.,  Dec.  1st,  1803. 
"While  still  an  infant  his  parents  removed  to 
Genesee  Co.,  K.  Y.,  where  he  lived  until  about 
15  years  of  age.  Daring  this  fot^raative  period 
of  his  lite  he  was  under  the  influence,  and  en- 
joyed the  companionship  and  counsels  of  a  wise, 
judicious,  and  loving  mother,  from  whom,  and 
fi OKI  whose  long  line  of  worthy  ancestry  he  in- 
herited the  clear  intellect,  the  sound  judgment, 
and  the  remarkable  meutal  vigor  which  disting- 
uished him  through  life,  and  which  seemed  not 
to  abate  in  any  perceptible  degree  as  the  burden 
of  years  weighed  more  and  more  heavily  upon 
him. 

During  these  years  also,  having  beei  sur- 
rounded by  the  scenes  and  incidents  of  the  war 
of  1812,  and  having  been  brought  personally 
and  cioseiy  into  contact  with  the  spirit  of  it,  his 
father  being  an  officer  and  prisoner  in  that  war ; 
he  imbibed  much  of  the  spirit  of  patriotism  and 
intense  loyalty  to  his  country  which  characterized 
all  his  after  life. 

"When  he  was  about  fifteen  years  of  age  his 
mother  died,  and  the  large  family  of  eight 
brothers  and  sisters  were  scattered  never  to  be 
reunited  as  a  family.  He  longed  for  an  educa- 
tion, but  necessity  compelled  constant  toil  to 
earn  his  own  support,  and  as  far  as  possible  aid 
his  younger  brothers  and  sisters.  Meanwhile 
the  coveted  knowledge  was  eagerly  and  persist- 
ently eought  by  unwearied  application  to  both 
reading  and  study.  In  this  way  he  gained  a 
thorough  knowledge  of  history,  biography,  the 
natural  sciences  and  the  standard  literary  works 
of  that  day.  And  the  diligent  acquisition  of 
useful  information  was  his  ruling  passion  until 
death. 

He  was  active  and  earnest  in  every  form  of 
Christian  work  which  came  to  his  hand.  He 
desired,  and,  for  a  time,  hoped,  to  enter  the 
ministry;  but  the  giving  up  of  this  cherished 
hope  did  not  mean  to  him  the  giving  up  of 
active  religious  work.  On  the  contrary,  he  la- 
bored from  time  to  time  as  an  evangelist  during 
the  years  which  preceded  his  removal  to  the 
West.  During  seasons  of  religious  revival  he 
would  hold  meetings  during  the  week  and  preach 
on  the  Sabbath,  and  was  frequently  called  upon 
to  preach  as  a  supply  to  vacant  pulpits. 

After  becoming  of  age  he  went  into  business 
for  himself,  attending  to  business  in  the  summer 
and  teaching  school  winters.  In  company  with 
his  brother-in-law  he  became  proprietor  of  a 
carding  and  cloth- dressing  establishment  in 
which  business  he  continued  until  his  removal 
to  Galesburg,  Illinois,  in  1837.  In  1836  he  be- 
came connected  with  the  colony  which  was  or- 
ganized in  central  New  York  for  the  establish- 
ment of  a  town  and  college,  on  the  then  un- 
settled prairies  of  Knox  Co.,  Illinois.  And  the 
following  spring,  accompanied  by  his  brave  and 
saintly  wife,  whose  heroic  and  trustful  spirit 
was  her  heritage  from  a  noble  Puritan  ancestry, 
he  set  out  on  the  long  journey  of  six  weeks  by 
wagon,  to  join  in  founding  Galesburg  and  Knox 
College. 

From  that  hour  until  the  hour  of  his  death 
his  life  entered  into  and  became  an  essential  part 
of  the  life  of  the  town,  of  the  College  and  of  the 
Church. 

He  was  elected  an  elder  of  the  church  and  a 
trustee  of  the  College  at  an  early  day,  and  con- 
tinued to  discharge  the  duties  of  botli  offices  up 
to  the  time  of  his  death,  eerving  as  secretary  of 
the  College  Board  tor  the  last  sixteen  years  of 
his  life.  In  their  counsels  he  was  wise  and  mod- 
erate, yet  firm  and  faithful.  In  days  of  intense 
anxiety,  of  storm  and  confusion  in  the  College, 
and  in  the  church,  growing  out  of  the  condition 
of  the  College,  his  self-forgetting  devotion  con- 
tinued. And  in  his  latest  years,"  when  anxiety 
and  confusion  had  given  place  to  harmony  and 
mutual  trust,  his  calm  and  quiet  joy  in  renewed 
ccnhdeuce  and  assured  prosperity  was  a  perpet- 
ual enjoyment. 

HiS  presence  for  forty-five  years,  from  Sab- 
bath to  Sabbath,  has  been  as  ft  pillar  of  strength 
to  his  church,  aad  also  iu  the  College,  where  at 


public  mtjeuugs,  ana  iit  Lhu  muruiug  chapel  serv- 
ice on  Pres.  Bateman's  morning,  his  venerable 
form  and  benignant  face  were  expected  and  sel- 
dom failed  to  be  seen. 

And  thus,  while  in  his  old  age  he  was  reaping 
the  fruits  of  a  well  spent  life,  so  serene  and 
peaceful  was  his  soul,  so  vigorous  his  bodily 
powers  that  it  seemed  as  though  he  was  to  be 
spared  for  many  years  of  usef nines,  but  the 
news  of  his  sudden  death  startled  and  afflicted 
the  entire  communitv. 


Eldes  R.  i'AUROT. — The  sad  news  comes  to 
us  from  Mississippi  through  the  Christian  Stomd- 
ard  of  Cincinati,  that  this  esteemed  and  faith- 
ful brother  and  servant  of  Christ  is  dead.  He 
was  living  at  Edwards,  Hinds  county,  near 
Jackson,  Mississippi,  where  he  was  conducting 
with  others  a  theological  or  training  school  for 
colored  preachers  known  as  the  Southern  Chris- 
tian Institute.  To  this  labor  of  self-sacrifice  and 
love  he  had  given  several  years  of  his  life.  A 
letter  to  the  Standa/rd  from  one  of  the  teachers 
reads : 

"  We  are  in  deep  affliction  here,  for  our  be- 
loved leader  has  left  us.  He  saw  the  gates  of 
heaven  ajar,  and  now  he  has  entered  that  beau- 
tiful land  that  his  tongue  failed  to  describe  to 
us. 

"  Brother  Randal  Faurot  gently  fell  asleep  at 
1  p.  M.,  Oct.  10,  after  an  illness  of  nearly  three 
weels  of  typhoid  fever.Sister  Faurot  is  completely 
broken  down,  but  we  hope  she  will  regain 
her  strength,  for  we  feel  that  we  cannot  spare 
her. 

"  The  burden  on  our  shoulders  is  very  heavy, 
but  we  mean  to  take  it  up  bravely  and  hopefully, 
trusting  that  the  brotherhood  will  give  us  the  fi- 
nancial aid  we  so  much  need,  and  will  very  soon 
find  us  a  successor. 

"  We  do  not  suppose  the  forty  preachers 
who  promised  to  come  will  all  be  here,  but 
we  will  do  our  best  with  those  who  come,  and 
try  to  hold  the  fort  till  reinforcements  are  sent 
to  us." 

In  the  death  of  Bro.  Faurot  the  reform  loses 
an  able  advocate  and  a  fearless  friend,  and  the 
JM.  C.  A.  laborers  in  the  Southern  field  will 
especially  feel  the  loss  of  his  warm  sympathy 
and  cooi)eration. 

Died  at  Crystal  Lake,  ILs.,  October  the  18th, 
1882,  of  apoplexy  of  the  heart,  Nancy  Betts 
Paudoek,  wife  ol  Richard  Paddock,  of  Crystal 
Lake.  The  subject  of  this  notice  was  born  in 
Onondaga  Co.  JN.  Y.,  town  of  Manliua,  August 
the  19th,  1811;  and  at  the  time  oi  her  decease, 
she  had  just  entered  upon  her  seventy-second 
year.  "When  eight  years  of  age,  her  parents 
moved  to  Camilius,  N .  Y.,  whei-e  she  lived  till 
she  was  married  to  Richard  Paddock,  on  Aug. 
the  16th  1835.  The  year  following  their  mar- 
riage, Mr.  and  Mrs.  Paddock  came  to  Illinois 
wh«*re  they  have  since  lived.  Mrs.  Paddock 
leaves  behind  her  seven  children;  and  three 
have  precseded  her  in  their  entrance  upon  the 
spirit-world.  One  eon  she  laid  upon  tlie  altar 
of  her  country  in  1863.  For  the  last  twelve 
years,  she  has  been  almost  an  invalid,  going  out 
from  her  home  but  rarely  to  minglei  u  society, 
yet  she  had  drawn  to  her  a  large  circle  of  choice 
friends.  Modest  and  unassuming  in  her  ways, 
kind  and  sympathetic  in  her  feelings,  earnest 
and  helpful  in  her  acts,  she  was  ever  attracting 
friends  to  herself,  repelling  none.  Early  in  life 
she  sought  the  friendship  of  God  and  united 
with  the  M.  £.  church  at  Camilius,  or  Van  Bu- 
ren,  as  the  town  is  now  called,  and  ever  since 
has  lived  an  exemplary  and  consistant  Christian 
life.  She  was  faithful  in  the  religious  instruc- 
of  her  children  and  lived  to  see  the  fruit  appear 
in  their  lives.  As  a  wife,  as  a  mother  and  as  a 
friend,  she  was  faithful  in  the  discharge  of  the 
duties  devolving  upon  her  and  loyal  to  her  God. 
"After  she  had  served  her  own  generation  by  the 
will  of  God  she  fell  on  aleep." 

— L.  W.  Bacon,  pastor  of  the  Park  Church 
Norwich,'  Conn.,  son  of  the  late  eminent  Leon- 
ard Bacon,  is  to  tender  his  resignation  and  re- 
tire from  active  pastoral  labors,  to  devote  time 
to  the  preparation  of  a  biograpliy  of  hia  father, 
and  also  to  the  compilation  of  a  book  of  hymns 
for  the  Oongregationai  ohurchea. 


RELIGIOUS   INTELLIGENCE. 


— J.  L.  Benton, an  influential  TTfisZeya**  broth- 
er, proposes  the  title  M.  C.  (minister  of  Christ) 
instead  of  Rev.  to  distinguish  the  pastoral  office. 

— "We  are  reminded  that  the  annual  meeting 
of  the  Associated  Churches  of  Christ  in  Missis- 
sippi meets  December  6th,  at  Cedar  Grove 
church,  Loundes  county.  Miss.  As  this  meeting 
will  represent  the  reform  against  the  un 
Christian  usurpation  of  the  lodge,  it  should  be 
fostered  and  encouraged.  Churches  at  the  North 
should  remember  these  Southern  brethren,  and 
aid  them  by  prayer  and  letters  of  sympathy  and 
cheer.  The  latter  may  be  sent  to  Mrs.  M.  A. . 
Tapley,  Columbus,  Miss.' 

— The  Telescope  aays  that  Bro.  J.  Y.  Potts,  of 
Ohio,  author  of  two  works  that  have  been  widely 
circulated  among  the  United  Brethren,  "  Chris- 
tian Co-operation"  and  the  "  Itinerant  Plan," 
and  an  occasional  contributor  to  the  Cynosure, 
ifl  about  joining  the  Reformed  church.  We 
learn,  also,^that  Rev.  O.  W.  Van  Swearingen,  of 
this  State,  a  seceded  Odd-fellow  and  author  of  a 
work  on  the  order,  has  united  with  the  Congre- 
gationalists. 

— A  ^revival  is  in  progress  in  the  King  street 
United  Brethren  church,  Chambereburg,  Pa.,  of 
which  Bro.  Tobey,  editor  of  the  United  Breth- 
ren in  Christ,  has  lately  become  pastor. 

— Bro.  Edward  Mathews  has  accepted  the 
oversight  of  one  or  two  districts  to  which  he 
was  appointed  by  the  Michigan  Conference  of 
Free  Methodist  churches.  He  met  a  hearty  re- 
sponse at  hia  first  general  quarterly  meeting  at 
Wellsville,  Mich.,  Nov.  2d  and  5th.  Though 
secretists  refused  to  contribute  to  a  man's  sup- 
port who  "abused  them,"  as  they  call  it,  yet  the 
voluntary  gift  on  Sabbath  morning  was  over 
$25.  In  the  evening  Bro.  Mathews  raised  over 
$30  for  building  a  wall  under  the  church,  which 
has  stood  on  blocks  for  years.  On  Monday  he 
let  the  job.  He  speaks  in  Firman  Hall,  Bliss- 
field,  Mich.,  Nov,  14  and  15,  by  request  of  the 
banker  who  pays  the  rent  of  the  room,  and  who 
is  a  pronounced  Anti-mason,  though  not  a  Chris- 
tian man  professedly.  The  prospect  of  building 
a  church  at  that  place  is  good. 

— At  the  quarter-centennial  of  the  Bureau, 
111.,  Congregational  Association,  in  the  historic- 
al sketch  it  was  stated  that  "in  reform  this  body 
has  been  an  early  and  earnest  pioneer.  Slavery, 
secretism,  intemperance  have  all  received  heavy 
blows  from  its  valiant  men." 

— The  Rock  River  U.  B.  Conference  at  their 
late  meeting  maintained  the  good  report  for 
which  this  body  has  long  been  esteemed,  as  true 
on  Christian  reforms.  Their  resolution  on  se- 
cretism reads: 

Whbebas,  We  still  see  the  terrible  and  life-sapping 
tendency  of  oath-bound  societies  in  destroying  the  vitality 
of     the     Church  ;    and,    Where  is,    Our     politicians 
have  their  minds  biased  and  thereby  corrupt  our  courts;^ 
therefore, 

Resclvbd,  That  we  will  use  all  proper  means  to  cir- 
culate light  on  this  subject,  and  ask  especially  our  minis- 
ters to  acquaint  themselves  with  this  terrible,  corrupting, 
Christ-denying  monster  in  church  and  state. 

— Rev.  Andrew  Watson,  D.  D.,  United  Pres- 
byterian missionary  writes  on  his  return  to  his 
field  in  Alexandria,  Egypt:  "I  have  been 
amazed  to  find  in  American  papers  a  good  deal 
of  sympathy  with  the  military  leaders  in  the 
late  rebellion.  Indeed  I  have  seen  no  paper 
whose  editor  understood  the  situation  except  the 
New  York  Evening  Post.  Any  man  who  stirs 
up  the  fanatical  portion  of  Mohammedans,  can 
never  be  a  reformer.  Any  man  who  opposes 
the  intelligent  classes  of  his  country  and  puts 
the  ignorant  in  power,  can  never  be  a  reformer. 
Any  man  who  by  the  sword  suppressea  the  ex- 
pression of  private  opinion  in  the  newspapers, 
as  well  as  in  the  social  circle,  and  compels  all 
to  support  him  and  his  party  and  his  opinions 
for  fear  of  personal  violence,  can  never  be  a  re- 
former. All  this  Arabi  did  continually,  and 
much  more  in  the  same  direction.  Had  he  suc- 
ceeded Egypt  would  have  gone  back  one  hun- 
dred years.  But,  thanks  be  to  God  for  hia 
blessing  on  the  English  army,  we  may  now 
breathe  more  freely,  and  hope  to  see  Egypt  re- 


November  16.  1883 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURF 


13 


WHEATON  COLLEGE. 

FACULTY. 


PRES.  CHAP.  A.  BLANCHABD, 
PROF.  H.  A.  FISCHER, 
PROF.  W.  H.  FISCHER, 
MISS  A.  J.  CAROTHERS, 
PROF.  S.  WESLEY  MARTIN, 


PROF.  O.  F.  I.TTMRY, 
PROF.  R.  T.  MOROAN, 
MR.  D.  A.  STRAW, 
MISS  F.  H.  HIATT,   ' 
MRS.  S.  ir.  NUTTINO. 


Pres.  J.  Blaecliard  aod  Dr,  J.  R.  Walkr  also  Assist  in  the  Work  of  Inslractino, 


This  circular  of  Wheaton  CoLLBaK  is  pre- 
pared specially  for  the  readers  of  the  Christian 
Cynosure,  and  is  intended  to  call  their  attention 
to  the  Educational  advantages  afforded  by  this 
Institution.  Many  of  you  have  young  people  to 
educate,  and  those  of  you  who  have  not,  have 
influence  over  others  who  have.  Is  it  wise  to 
send  these  young  people  to  Institutions  where 
the  drift  is  steadily  against  the  truths  that  you 
value  ?  If  you  do  send  your  children  to  such 
schools  is  it  likely  that  they  will  hold  your  prin- 
ciples ?  It  ie  a  well  known  lact  that  a  large 
majority  of  our  educational  institutions  are  con- 
ducted by  those  who  are  silent  on  the  questions 
of  the  hour,  or  are  on  the  wrong  side  of  them. 
Yet  sehools,  newspapers  and  churches  of  this 
silent  or  Masonic  sort  are  patronized  by  thou- 
sands of  men  and  women  who  know  of,  and  per- 
sonally hate  these  evils. 

THE   OHILDRBH  OF  THIS   WOBLD 

are  wiser.  They  patronize  those  who  actively 
befriend  them,  and  in  this  they  are  right.  Those 
opposed  to  the  lodge  outnumber  those  who  favor 
it,  probably,  one  hundred  to  one,  but  they  are 
comparatively  uninfluential  because  they  do  not 
concentrate  their  forces.  If  you  to  whom  this 
circular  is  sent  unite  in  supporting  those  Col- 
leges which  are  leading  in  your  work  you  will 
have  strong,  efficient  schools,  sending  out  your 
sons  and  daughteru  trained  and  equipped  as 
leaders  of  society  in  this  great  work  which  is 
now  opening  before  you.  If  you  send  them  to 
Colleges  where  you  are  hated  as  disturbers  of 
the  peace  or  pitied  as  fanatics,  you  will  see  the 
lodge  grow  strong  and  the  church  grow  weak. 


FACILITIES,  BUILDINGS,  ETC. 

Wheaton  College  does  not,  however,  appeal 
to  you  on  the  ground  of  its  work  against  the 
lodge  alone.  Its,  buildings,  apparatus,  libraries 
and  instructois  are  well  adapted  to  the  work  of 
instruction.  There  are  no  better  teachers  in  the 
"West  than  give  their  time  and  strength  to  the 
work  of  this  College.  Students  can  make  their 
expenses  quite  light  by  boarding  themselves,  and 
if  they  choose  to  hire  their  board  they  can  se- 
cure it  at  from  $2.50  to  $3.50  per  week.  Some 
parents  desire  to  be  with  their  children  while 
they  are  pursuing  their  studies.  Those  who  de- 
sire to  do  so  can  rent  homes  in  Wheaton  as  reas- 
onably as  elsewhere,  and  thus  secure  the  education 
of  their  children  and  the  progress  and  strength 
of  the  Reform.  The  undersigned  will  answer, 
so  far  as  possible,  any  inquiries  and  assist  stu- 
dents or  their  parents  in  obtaining  locations. 

THE   COITRSES   OF   STDDY 

are  adapted  to  the  needs  of  the  present  age. 
They  are  the  Classical,  Philosophical  and  Laure- 
ate in  the  College,  and  the  Classical,  Normal 
and  Laureate  in  the  Preparatory  school.  Stu- 
dents can  enter  any  one  of  these  courses  at  any 
time  in  the  term  or  year,  though  it  is  evidently 
a  great  advantage  to  be  in  at  the  opening. 
Classes  in  German,  Bookkeeping,  Penmanship 
and  Elocution.are  organized  each  term,  and  there 
is  no  extra  charge  for  these  branches.  Classes 
are  also  organized  each  term  in  Arithmetic, 
Grammar,  Geography,  Reading  and  Spelling,  so 
that  those  who  have  lacked  opportunity  to  study 
at  their  homes  on  these  elemental  studies  can  be 
accommodated. 


CONSERVATORY    OF   MrSIC. 

The  Conservatory  of  Music  is  under  the  charge 
of  Prof.  S.  Wesley  Martin,  an  author  and  Con- 
ductor of  note  in  the  West.  His  charges  are 
very  reasonable,  and  will  be  made  known  on  ap- 
plication. Students  des'ring  to  take  lessons  on 
the  Piano,  Organ  and  Yiolin,  or  in  Yocal  cul- 
ture. Harmony  or  Chorus  singing,  CiiU  be  accom- 
modated. 

DRAWING   AND   PAINTIBTG 

are  still  under  the  care  ot  Mrs.  Nutting,  whose 
pupils  have  had  unusual  success  in  exhibitions 
and  teaching.  She  still  gives  gratuitous  instruc- 
tion in  Black  Board  Drawing,  and  her  ra*:e8  for 
tuition  are  low.  Inquiries  may  be  addressed  to 
her  at  Wheaton,  111. 

THE   WINTER   AND    SPRING 

terms  begin  December  12th,  1882,  and  March 
20th,  1883.  Students  from  a  distance  would  do 
wisely  to  get  to  Wheaton  on  Saturday  previous 
to  the  opening  of  the  term.  Those  who  are 
near  at  hand  can  come  on  Monday. 

It  is  fitting  to  return  thanks  to  the  many  friends 
throughout  the  country  who  have  so  generously 
aided  us  with  their  children,  money  and  prayers, 
in  days  past.  Our  College  is  now  out  of  debt, 
the  number  of  students  is  good,  and  we  are  en- 
couraged to  hope  for  great  things  in  time  to 
come.  We  wish  to  have  an  attendance  of  four 
or  five  hundred  students  who  shall  be  filled  with 
knowledge  and  zeal,  and  thus  educate  the  com- 
ing people  on  the  great  questions  of  the  hour. 

Inquiries  or  other  communications  may  be 
addressed  to         Chas.  A.  Blanchaed,  Pres't. 


oeive  some  of  the  benefits  of  Western  civiliza- 
tion under  the  protecton  if  England.  As 
America  civilizes  all  tribes  and  peoples 
who  settle  within  her  bounds,  so  England 
civilizes  the  nations  to  which  she  goes. 
Would  that  the  few  civil  American  dignitaries 
who  reside  in  Egypt  lent  a  helping  hand  to 
England  in  her  noble  work,  instead  of  being 
filled  with  jealousy  and  censuring  every  effort 
made  by  Englishmen  to  institute  reforms  in  the 
Egyptian  government.  I  preached  in  Arabic 
last  Sabbath  in  the  church  — men  about  as  many 
before  the  war  —  women  34,  and  4  children. 
It  was  a  day  of  joy  to  me." 

— On  the  16th  of  September  there  sailed  from 
New  York,  eight  missionaries,  two  men  and  six 
women,  who  have  consecrated  their  hearts,  their 
all,  to  mission  work  in  distant  India.  Two  of 
them,  Albert  Norton  and  his  wife,  go  from  Burr 
Oak,  Mich. ;  three  of  them,  G.  L.  Wharton,  his 
wife  and  Miss  Graybiel,  from  Buffalo,  N.  Y. ; 
Miss  Boyd,  from  Harrodsburg,  Ky.;  Miss  Kinzie 
from  Portland,  Ind.;  and  Miss  Kingsbury,  from 
Freeport,  111.  Four  of  them,  the  two  men  and 
their  wives,  go  out  under  the  direction  and 
auspices  of  the  Foreign  Christian  missionary 
Society  of  the  Disciple  church,  and  the  four 
young  women  are  sent  by  the  Christian  Wo- 
man's Board  of  Missions  of  the  same  church. 
Heretofore  this  church  had  missions  in  Jama- 
ica, Pans,  Copenhagen,  and  in  Constantinople, 
but  this  is  the  first  strictly  heathen  mission. 


NEWS  OF  THE  WEEK. 


— Three  cadets  have  been  dismissed  from  the  Naval 
Academy  at  Annapolis  for  hazing.  The  young  rufHans 
were  tried  by  court-martial  in  secret;  and  as  two  of  them 
pleaded  guilty  very  little  testimony  was  obtained  as  to  the 
general  practice. 

— The  annual  Pat  Stock  Show  will  be  opened  in  the 
Chicago  Exposition  Building,  Thursday,  Nov.  16,  and 
continue  day  and  evening  until  the  following  Thursday 
night,  Nov.  23,  at  ten  o'clock.  During  the  week  the  fol- 
lowing important  meetings  will  be  held,  all  at  the  Grand 
Pacific  Hotel :  Nov.  21,  the  Board  of  Directors  of  the 
American  Short-horn  Breeders  Association;  Nov.  23,  the 
American  Shorthorn  Breeders  Association;  Nov.  23,  the 
American  Hereford  Breeders  Association;  Nov.  16,  the 
American  Clydesdale  Breeders  Association;  Nov.  22,  the 
breeders  of  Polled  Angus  and  Galways  will  meet  and  form 
an  association. 

— The  Mayor  of  Iowa  City  will  grant  licenses  to  the 
saloons  of  the  city,  the  decision  of  Judge  Hayes  declaring 
the  amendment  unconstitutional,  and  the  result  of  the 
election  in  Iowa,  especially  the  defeat  of  the  Republican 
candidate  for  District  Attorney,  having  caused  the  mayor 
to  reconsider  his  rclusal  to  renew  licenses  when  they  ex- 
pired. 

— An  earthquake  all  along  the  line  of  the  Union  Pacific 
Railroad  in  Wyoming  was  so  distinctly  felt  in  Denver 
that  all  the  reporters  aad  editors  in  the  third  story  of  the 
Republican  office  rushed  down  stairs  and  into  the  street, 
thinking  that  the  building  was  about  to  fall.  Considera- 
ble damage  was  done  to  buildings  and  railroad  bridges  in 
the  northern  portion  of  tie  State.  The  earthquake  at 
Cheyenne  was  accompanied  )y  an  electric  flash  that  lighted 
up  the  northern  sky.    The  shock  was  violent. 

— It  has  come  to  light  that  at  a  meeting  of  the  higher 
priest-hood.  President  Taylor  instructed  them  that  priests 
and  bishops  and  their  counselors  are  not  entitled  to  hold 
their  positions  unless  they  qualify  by  becoming  polyga- 
mists.    There  are  a  lew  suca  officers  who  are  monogam- 


ists. One  has  since  resigned  rather  than  take  another 
wife.  This  shows  that  until  the  Government  proves  itself 
to  be  stronger  than  the  Mormon  Church  in  U^ah,  polygamy 
will  not  be  suppressed,  but  rather  stimulated  in  its  growth 
and  expansion. 

— A  fire  broke  out  at  midnight  in  the  eastern  end  ol  the 
Provincial  Poor  Asylum,  an  immense  six-story  brick 
structure  in  the  southeastern  suburbs  of  Halifax,  contain- 
ing about  foui' hundred  people.  At  1:30  a.  m.  half  the 
building  is  a  mass  of  flames.  -The  fire  originated  in  the 
bakery,  where  there  were  twenty-one  cords  of  wood  stored. 
The  flames,  catching  ttiis,  spread  with  lighiniug  rapidity 
soon  enveloping  that  pirt  of  the  building  used  as  a  hospit- 
al. In  spite  of  every  effort  31  persons  perished. 

— The  question  of  adopting  Gladstone's  closure  pro- 
gramme ill  the  British  House  of  Commons  was  virtually 
decided  Friday.  Sir  StaflTord  Northcote  moved  to  reject 
the  Government  programme  of  rules  relating  to  closure, 
and  the  motion  was  voted  down — yeas  216,  nays  304.  De- 
bate on  the  closure  proposition  ended  with  this  vote,  and 
only  the  minor  details  of  the  new  anti-obstruction  rules  re- 
main to  be  discussed. 

— The  Freeman's  .Journal,  of  Dublin  says:  "Premier 
Gladstone  has  never  before  yesterday  declared  so  distinct- 
ly and  clearly  his  opinion  of  the  necessitj'  of  home  rule  or 
the  extent  to  which  it  should  be  conceded.  It  is  impossi- 
ble to  exaggerate  the  significance  of  his  utterances.  Glad- 
stone would  not  dare  use  the  words  he  did  without  there 
was  some  real  meaning  behind  them  The  pioposition 
that  England  will  recognize  home  rule  w'as  distinctly  ad- 
vanced and  brought  more  clearly  into  the  domain  of  prac- 
tical politics  by  Gladstone  in  his  speech." 

— A  colliery  explosion  occurred  at  the  Clay  Cross  Mines 
in  Derbyshire.  Four  of  the  managers  of  the  mines  were 
blown  to  atoms.  The  explosion  whifh  was  terrific  in  its 
force  and  deadly  eflect,  shattered  buildings  in  localities 
five  miles  distaiit  from  the  mines.  The  greatest  conster- 
nation prevails  in  the  neighborhood.  The  number  of 
deaths  are  reported  at  fifty. 


14 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE. 


November  x6,  1882 


HOMt  AND  FARM. 


Health  Minis. 

HEADACHES  IN  CHILDREN. 

"When  a  child  complainR  of  head- 
ache onr  most  careful  scrntiny  is 
demanded,  and  if  it,  be  too  youn^ 
to  describe  its  sufFering's  its  manner 
and  appearance  are  hig-hly  engr^es- 
tive  of  some  cerebral  disturbance. 
Look  at,  a  little  child  of  some  ten 
or  twelve  months  old,  who  is  well 
developed  and  comesi  of  healthy 
parents.  There  is  the  excitement 
of  dentition,  and  the  little  thingf  is 
observed  to  put  its  tiny  hand  to  its 
head,  which  it  rolls,  perhaps,  frnm 
eide  to  side,  and  the  anxious  mother 
at  last  detects  a  sligrht  irreeularity 
in  the  muscular  movements  of  the 
eyeball.  Keflex  nervons  irritation 
ig  conveyed  through  the  fifth  nerve 
to  the  brain,  and  irritation  so 
awakened  may  be  followed  at  any 
moment  by  a  convulsion.  The 
child  is  wakeful,  uneasv  and  rest- 
lees.  The  brain,  so  needful  of  rest 
at  this  early  period  of  life,  is  sus- 
ceptible of  mipchief.  Habitual 
headaches  in  older  children  indi- 
cate an  exhausted  and  irritable 
brain,  and  if  intellectual  exertion 
be  carried  too  far  in  such  cases 
mischief  is  likely  to  ensue.  It 
seems  extraordinary  that  educated 
men  who  have  the  care  of  voungf 
persons  should  not  see  this  danger 
in  the  anemie  produced  by  over- 
study,  the  irritability  and  excita- 
bility of  manner,  and  the  imt)OSsi- 
bility  of  concentration,  so  necessary 
to  the  accomplishment  of  any  un- 
dertaking-. If  intellectual  exertion 
be  parried  beyond  a  certain  point 
the  brain  becomes  anemic,  fatigued, 
and  the  nutrition  in  the  ganglionic 
cells  of  the  cortex  becomes  impair- 
ed, diseased,  or  in  some  way  altered 
from  health.  Whatever  may  be 
the  exact  change  in  these  cells  the 
inference  is  most  probably  correct 
that  children  so  sufiering  cannot 
readily  grasp  new  ideas ;  and  if 
strong  and  powerful  efforts  are  put 
forward  in  this  direction  the  knowl- 
edge is  not  retained,  the  object  is 
frustrated,  one  idea  is  mixed  up 
with  another,  and  confusion  results. 
This,  I  apprehend,  is  just  enough  to 
illustrate  the  grand  problem,  that 
the  body  must  be  looked  to  as  well 
as  the  mind,  and  the  younger  the 
child  the  greater  is  the  necessity 
for  the  delay  of  intellectual  train- 
ing. And  it  does  strike  one  as 
very  extraordinary  that  the  nerv- 
ous system,  which  is  the  last  to  at- 
tain complete  development,  should 
be  the  first  to  be  overtaxed  in  this 
age  of  forcing  and  strain,  when 
revolutionary  ideas  are  apt  to  over- 
rule the  judgment.  It  is  not  that 
the  moderate  exercise  of  the  brain 
in  early  life  is  injurious ;  on  the 
contrary,  it  isconancive  to  health. 
The  mind  is  then  flexible  and  plas- 
tic, impressions  are  enduring,  and 
habits  of  concentration  are  easily 
acquired.  It  is  the  premature  and 
excessive  exercise  of  it  which  is 
prejudicial  when  the  bodily  powers 
need  the  chief  attention. 

No  rigid  rules,  no  cast-iron  sys- 
tem, will  do  for  the  training  of  all 
children.  All  are  not  cast  in  the 
same  mold.  Any  system  of  educa- 
tion must  be  elastic,  since  medioc- 
rity is  the  rule  ;  and  if  more  be  ex- 
pected of  some  children,  whose 
physical  development  is  at  the  same 
time  feeble,  then  disease  or  prema- 


ture ill  health  is  the  consequence. 
—  W.  H.  Day,  J).  B.,  ''Medical 
Press  and  Circular.''^ 


Stimulanis. 


Stimulants  exalt  nervous  action 
temporarily  and  compel  the  wheels 
to  revolve  rapidly,  but  they  supply 
no  threads  to  either  the  woof  or 
warp,  and  soon  or  later  break  the 
shuttle. 

The  man  who  has  eaten  one 
pound  of  beef  daily  for  one  year 
does  not  find  it  necessary,  in  order 
to  obtain  the  same  effect,  to  eat  two 
pounds  daily  for  the  next  year;  but 
he  who  drinks  one  pint  of  whisky 
daily  for  one  year,  must  take  two 
pints  daily  the  second  year  to  ob- 
tain the  same  effect. 

Any  article  of  food  'or  drink, 
the  use  of  which  creates  the  neces- 
sity for  larger  quantities  and  at 
shorter  intervals  in  order  to  at- 
tain the  same  mental  or  physical 
elevation,  ^y  that  fact  proves  itself 
pernicious. 

It  is  no  proof  because  a  man 
grows  fat  and  his  face  becomes  red 
under  the  use  of  stimulants,  that  he 
is  improving  in  health. 

Cholera  and  all  other  pestilential 
diseases  make  their  first  visits  to 
those  who  use  habitually  stimula- 
ting drinks. 

Of  tobacco,  Franklin  has  said  that 
"  he  could  not  think  that  it  had 
ever  done  much  good  in  the  world, 
since  he  never  knew  a  person  who 
used  it  habitually  who  would  rec- 
ommend another  to  do  the  same." 

Tobacco  is  certainly  not  food  for 
man,  nor  has  it  much  value  as  a 
medicine.  The  tobacco  worm  is  the 
only  animal  known  to  thrive  upon 
its  use. — Health  Aphorisms  of  Dr. 
F.  H.  Hamilton. 


Morgan  Monument  Fund. 

Eeceipts  for  Morgan  Monument 
for  weeks  ending  Nov.  4th,  1882. 

John  Hepburn,  lOcts,  Lucy  Hep- 
burn, Sets,  James  Fordyce,  15ct8. 
John  Lamb,  Mrs.  M.  McPhereon, 
Kev.  S.  Collins,  P.  H.  Gresham, 
$1.00  each.     Dr.  Geo.  Gross  $2.00. 

W.  I.  Phillips.     Treasurer. 


BIBLES. 

Wo  have  recently  exchanged  a 
lot  of  Anti-masonic  publications 
for  Bibles  which  we  offer  at  low 
rates  post  paid. 

We  have  well  bound  pocket  Bi- 
bles at  $1.00,  $1.35,  $1.50,  $2.00, 
$2.25,  $2.50  and  $3.00.  Also  some 
line  Oxford  and  Tract  Society 
Teachers  Bibles  at  $3.00,  $3.25, 
$3.50  and  $4.25. 

Of  the  family  Bibles  all  but  two 
have  already  been  disposed  of, 
leaving  one  at  $3.00  and  the  other 
at  $6.75.     • 

Among  the  pocket  Bibles  are 
some  Oxford  edition  with  leather 
protecting  edges  at  $2.00  and 
$3.00  each.     Address, 

Ezra  A.  Cook, 
7  Wabash  Ave.,  Chicago. 

Handsome  Marriage  Certificates. 

Lithographed  In  black  and  gold,  with  a  place  on 
each  for  two  photographs. 

Price,  po  fpald,  5(2.25  per  dozen;  by  express, 
charges  not  paid,  $14.00  per  100.  Sample  sent  post* 
paid  ou  receipt  of  35  cents.     Size,  12  by  18  Inches. 

Published  by  EZBA  A.  COOK, 

CaiOAeo.  lu* 

PHOTOGRAPHS. 

We  now  have  at  the  Cynosure  office  a  supply  of 
well-executed  card  photographs  of  Captain  Wm. 
Morgan,  President  J.  Blanchard,  President  Charles 
G.  Finney  and  Elder  David  Bernard,  at  16 
cents  each,  or  the  four  for  50  cents,  post-paid. 
JNWaae  lUmpa  KoetVQd  IM  amonntr  vder  fl.O0L 


NATIONAL  CHRISTIAN  ASSOCIATION 


231  W.  Madison  St.,  Chicago. 

Pbesident.  —  J.  Blanchard,  Wheaton, 
111. 

Vice  -  President.  —  Thos.  H.  Gault, 
ChjCago. 

EC.  Sec. — John  D.  Nutting,  Chicago. 

Cor.  Sec.  and  Gen.  Agent.-- J.P.  Stod- 
dard, 221  W.  Madison  Street,  Chicago. 

Treasurer.— W.  I.  Phillips,  221  W. 
Madison  Street,  Chicago. 

Directors. — Philo  Carpenter,  J.  Blanch- 
ard, M.  R.  Britten,  E.  A.  Cook,  H  L.  Kel- 
logg, D.  P.  Baker,  T.  H.  Gault,  A.  G. 
Laird,  C.  R.  Hagerty,  John  Gardner,  L.  N] 
Strattou. 

THE  NATIONAL  CONVENTION. 

President.— Rev.  8.  Collins,  Wash 
ington,  D.  C. 

Secretaries. — H.  L.  Kellogg,  W.  H. 
Rosa  and  M.  N.  Butler. 

The  object  oi  this  Association  is: 

"To  expoie,  withstand  and  remove  leeret  socl- 
•tlea,  FreemaBonry  Ic  particalar,  and  other  anU- 
Chriatian  moremetita,  in  order  to  lave  the  church- 
es oi  Christ  from  being  dapraTed,  to  redeem  the 
administration  of  Jastlca  from  perversion,  and 
aarrepnbllcan  government  from  eormptlon." 

To  cany  on  this  work  contributioas  ue 
■olicited  from  every  friend  of  the  reform. 

70RM  OF  BKimsT.— I  give  and  bequeath  to  the 
National  Christian  Association,  Incorporated  and 
existing  nnder  the  laws  of  the  State  of  IlUnola, 

the  sum  of dollars,  for  the  purposes  of  aald 

&.s80clation,  and  for  wUch  the  receipt  of  it* 
Trea?nr«ir  for  tbe  time  hMtie  shall  be  a  snfDolent 
"iu(C(i«-v' 

STATE  AUXILIARY  ASSOCIATIONS. 

Alabama. — Pres.,  W.  A.  McAlpine 
Sec,  G.  M.  Elliott ;  Treas.,  E.  ishel,  all 
of  Selma. 

California. — Pies.,  L.  B.  Lathrop, 
Hollister;  Cor.  Sec,  Mrs.  U.  P.  Merrill, 
Woodland;  Treas.,  C.  Ruddock,  Wood- 
land. 

Connecticut. — Pres.,  J.  A.  Conant, 
Willimantic ;  Sec,  Geo.  Smith,  Willi- 
mantic;  Treas.,  C.  T.  Collins,  Windsor. 

Illinois. — Pres.,  D.  P.  Baker,  Chicago ; 
Sec.  W.  H.  Chandler,  Van  Grin;  Treas., 
W.  I.  Phillips,  221  W.  Madison  street, 
Chicago. 

Indiana. — Pres.,  I.  W.  Lowman,  Au- 
burn; Sec,  Wm.  Small,  Amboy;  Treas., 
Benj.  Ulsh,  Silver  Lake. 

Iowa. — Pres.,  C.  D.  Trumbull,  Blorning 
Sun;  Rec.  Sec.  A.W.  Hall,  College  Spring; 
Cor.  Sec,  W.  T.  Moffitt,  Morning  Sua ; 
Treas.,  Joseph  Laird,  Wayne. 

Kansas.— Pres.,  J.  S.T.  Milligan,  North 
Cedar ;  Sec,  J.  Alter,  Valley  Falls ;  Treas. 
J.  A.  Torrence,  Winchester. 

Massachusetts. — Pres.,  8.  A.  Pratt; 
Sec,  Mrs.  E.  D.  Bailey;  Treas.,  David 
Manning,  Sr.;  all  of  Worcester. 

Michigan. — Pres.,  Wm.  Wing,  Grand 
Rapids;  ^ec.-Sec'y,  A.  H.  Springstein, 
Pontiac;  Cor.  Sec,  W.  H.  Ross,  Allegan; 
Treas.,  C.  C.  Foote,  88  Columbia  Street, 
Detroit. 

Minnesota. — Pres.  E.  G.  PainC;  Wasi- 
oja;  Cor.  Sec,  W.  H.  McChesney,  F^rir- 
mont ;  Rec.  Sec'y Thos.  Hartley,  Richland ; 
Treas.,  Wm.  H.  Morrill,  St.  Charles. 

Missouri. — Pres.  C.  J.  Kephart,  Avalon ; 
Treas.,  William  Beauchamp,  Avalon ;  Cor. 
Sec,  M.  N.  Butler,  Albany. 

Nebraska. — Pres.  S.  Austin,  Fair- 
mount  ;  Cor.  Sec,  W.  S.  Spooner,  Kearney ; 
Treas.,  R.  A.  Bishop,  Seeley's  Mills. 

New  Hampshire. — Pres.  Benj.  M.  Ma- 
son, Moultonboro;  Sec,  8.  C  Kimball, 
New  Market;  Treas.,  E.  Smith,  Center 
Straflbrd. 

New  York. — Pres.  F.  W.  Capwell, 
Dale;  Sec'y,  Isaac  Hyatt,  Dale;  Treas., 
M.  Merrick,  Syracuse. 

Ohio. — Pres.,  Wm.  Dillon,  Dayton; 
Cor.  Sec,  J.  P.  Lytle,  Sago;  Treas.,  J.  M. 
Scott,  Alexandria. 

Pennsylvania. — Pres.  A.  L.  Post,  Mon- 
trose ;  Cor.  Sec. ,  N.  Callender,  Thompson ; 
Treas.,  W.  B.  Bertels,  Wilkesbarre. 

Wisconsin. — Pres.,  Enos  Collins,  Colo 
ma ;  Cor.  Sec.  W.  W.  Warner,  Baraboo ; 
Treas.,  M.  R.  Britten,  Vieona. 

West  Virginia. — Pres.,  D.  B.  Turney, 
Sec,  John  Bosley,  Grafton;  Treas.,  H.  B. 
H  iggins,  Petroleum. 


Anti-masonic  Lecturers. 

General  Agent  and  Lecturer,  J.  P. 
Stoddard,  221  West  Madison  street,  Chi- 
cago. 

Agents  for  tbe  South :  H.  H.  Hinman, 
Wheaton,  111.,  and  Paul  S.  Feemster, 
Lamed,  Kans. 

E.  D.  Bailey,  Worcester,  Mass.,  Agent 
for  New  England. 

Degree  Workers. — (Seceders.) 

D.  P.  Rathbun,  Clarence,  Iowa. 

S.  E.  Starry,  Clarence,  Iowa. 

Jas.  Furguson,    "  " 

J.  K.  Glassford,  Carthage,  Mo. 
State  Leotdrerb. 

California,  D.  A.  Richards,  Woodland. 

Oonnecticnt,  J.  L.  Barlow  of  Wil)^ 
mantia 


Indiana,  8.  L.  Oook  of  Albion. 

Missouri,  M.  N.  Butler  of  Albany. 

New  Hampshire,  L.  D.  Bryant  of  New 
Market. 

Wisconsin,  Thos.  Lowe,  Coloma  8ta. 
Other  LscTtniBRB. 

C.  A.  Blanchard,  Wheaton,  111 

N.  Callender,  Thompson,  Pa. 

J.  H.  Timmons,  Tarentum,  Pa. 
•  J.  H.  Baird,  Templeton,  Pa. 

T.  B.  McCormick,  Princeton,  Ind 

E.  Johnson,  Dayton,  Ind. 

J.  M.  Bishop,  Chambersburg,  Pa 

A.  Mayn,  Promise  City,  Mich. 

J.  B.  Cressinger,  Sullivan,  O. 

W.  M.  Love,  Baker,  Mo. 

A.  D.  Freeman,  Downers  Grove,  111. 

R.  Faurot,  Jackson,  Miss. 

J.  P.  Richards,  Belmont,  Wis. 

Edward  Mathews,  N.  C.  A.  office. 

Wm.  Fenton,  St.  Paul,  Minn. 

E.  I.  Grinnell,  Blairsburg,  Iowa. 

Warren  Taylor,  South  Salem,  O. 

J.  8.  Perry,  Thompson,  Conn. 

C.  F.  Hawley,  Wheaton,  111. 

J.  T.  Michael,  New  Wilmington,  Pa. 
Prof.  8.  C.  Kimball,  New  Market,  N.  H. 
Elder  L.  H.  Buf  kins,  Scranton,  Iowa. 
8.  G.  Barton,  Breckinridge,  Mo. 
Joel  H.  Austin,  Goshen,  Ind. 

D.  B.  Turney,  Bird  Station,  111. 
J.  F.  Browne,  Cabin  Creek,  Ky. 

E.  Barnetson,  Jackson  Valley,  Fa. 


The  Churches  against   Lodgery. 

The  following  denominations  are  com 
mitted  by  vote  of  their  legislative  assem- 
blies or  by  constitution  to  a  separation 
from  secret  lodge  worship ; 

Adventists  (Seventh-day). 

Baptists — Primitive,  Seventh-day  and 
Scandinavian. 

Brethren  (Dunkers  or  German  Baptists). 

Christian  Reformed  Church. 

Church  of  God  (Northern  Indiana  El- 
dership.) 

Congregational — The  State  Associations 
of  Illinois  and  Iowa  have  adopted  resolu- 
tions against  the  lodge. 

Disciples  (in  part). 

Friends. 

Lutherans — Norwegian,  Danish,  Swed- 
ish and  Synodical  Conferences. 

Mennonites. 

Methodists — Free  and  Wesleyan. 

Methodist  Protestant  (Minnesota  Con 
ference). 

Moravians. 

Plymouth  Brethren. 

Presbyterian — Associate,  Reformed  and 
U'nited. 

Reformed  Church  (Holland  Branch). 

United  Brethren  in  Christ. 

Individual  churches  in  some  of  these 
denominations  should  be  excepted,  in 
part  of  them  even  a  considerable  portion. 

The  following  local  churches  have,  as  a 
pledge  to  disfellowship  and  oppose  lodge 
worship,  given  their  names  to  the  follow- 
ing list  as 

the    associated  pHlTRCHBS  OF  CHRIST. 

New  Ruhamah  Congregational,  Hamil- 
ton, Miss. 

Pleasant  Ridge  Congregational,  Sand- 
ford  county,  Ala. 

New  Hope  Methodi8t,Lowndes  co..  Miss. 

Congregational,  College  Springs,  Iowa. 

College  Church  of  Christ,  Wheaton,  111. 

First  Congregational,  Leland,  Mich. 

Sugar  Grove  church,  Green  county.  Pa. 

Military  Chapel,  M.  E.,  Lowndes  Co., 
Miss. 

Hopewell  Missionary  Baptist,  Lowndes 
Co.,  Miss. 

Cedar  Grove  Missionary  Baptist,  Lown- 
des Co.,  Miss. 

Simon's  Chapel,M.  E.,Lownde8  co.,  Miss. 

Pleasant  Ridge  Missionary  Baptist, 
Lowndes  Co.,  Miss. 

Brownlee  church,  Caledonia,  Miss. 

Salem  church,  Lowndes  Co.,  Miss. 

West  Preston  Baptist  church,  Wayne 
Co.  Pa. 

Other  local  churches  which  have  adopt- 
ed the  same  principles  are — 

Baptist  chhrches ;  N.  Abington,  Pa. ; 
Meuomimie,  Mondovi,  Waubeck  and 
Spring  Prairie,  Wis. ;  Wheaton,  111. ;  Per- 
ry, N.  Y. ;  Spring  Creek,  near  Burlington, 
Iowa;  Lima,  Ind.;  Constableville,  N.  Y. 
The  "Good  Will  Association"  of  Mobile, 
Ala.,  comprising  some  twenty-five  colored 
Baptist  churches;  Bridgewater  Baptist 
Association,  Pa. ;  Old  Tebo  Baptist,  near 
Leesville,  Henry  Co.,  Mo. ;  Hoopeston,  111. 

Congregational  churches :  1st  of  Ober- 
lin,  O. ;  Tonica,  Crystal  Lake,  Union  and 
Big  Woods,  111. ;  Solsbury,  Ind. ;  Congre- 
gational Methodist,  Maplewood,  Mass. 

Presbyterian  church,  Hoopeston,  111. 

Independent  churches  in  Lowell,  Coun- 
tryman school  house  near  Lindenwood, 
Marengo  and  Streator,  111.;  Berea  and 
Camp  Nelson,  Ky. ;  Ustick,  111. ;  Clarks- 
burg, Eaus.  State  Association  of  Minis- 
ten  and  Churches  in  Christ  of  Kentucky 


^.  November  16,  1882 


Tnr.  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE. 


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opposes  secret  societies,  and  especially  Freemasonry 
and  Elder  G.  W.  Wilson  defends  the  system.  We 
are  free  to  say  that  Mr.  Ncwco3;ei-  has  thoroughly 
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TO  THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE. 

CHICAGO,  THU  RSDAY,  NOVEMBER  16,  188J. 


NOMINATIONS  FOR  1884. 

Far  President, 
JONATHAN  BLANCHARD 

of  Illinois. 
For  Vice- President, 

JOHN  A.  CONANT, 

of  Gonnei^flciii. 

AMERICAN  PLATFORM. 

ritEAMBLE. 

Viewing  with  deep  concern  the  corrupt  and  unsettled 
condition  of  American  politics,  amd  witnessing  Avith 
alarm  the  fearful  prevalence  of  caste  and  clannishness 
by  which  our  citizens  are  being  arrayed  In  hostile 
bauds  working  secretly  to  compass  political  ends— a 
method  directly  and  ]iowerfully  tending  to  increase 
corruption,  to  destroy  mutual  confidence  and  hasten 
disruption  and  bloodshed;  and  having  no  hope  of  ad- 
equate remedy  for  these  evils  fi-om  existing  parties, 
and  believing  the  foundation  of  a  new  party  based 
upon  the  fundamental  principles  of  the  Declaration  of 
American  Independence  both  inevitable  and  indis- 
pensable ; 

We,  therefore,  a  portion  of  the  American  people, 
believing  with  our  fathers  that  we  have  our  rights  and 
liberties,  not  from  men  or  parties,  but  from  God;  be- 
lieving in  the  Christian  marriage,  and  not  in  Mormon- 
ism  ;  believing  in  the  religious  d(?mocracy  of  the  Nfw 
Testament,  and  not  in  the  despotism  of  Jesuitism,  of 
priestcraft,  or  of  the  lodge;  believing,  also,  with  our 
ycotch  and  English  ancestors,  that  civil  governmeid:, 
though  ordained  of  God,  is  "founded  in  nature,  not  in 
grace,"  and  therefore  that  all  have  equal  civil  riglits ; 
while  we  abiior  the  idea  of  enforcing  religion,  ur"<;on- 
troUing  conscience  by  human  laws,  and  penalties,  as 
calculated  to  make  hypocrites,  not  Christians,  and 
savoring  of  the  days  of  priestism,  the  fagot  and  tlio 
stake,  we  at  the  same  time  as  firmly  believe  that  atheism 
and  priestcraft  are  twins,  and  both  alike  foes  to  human 
liberty  and  welfare. 

We  further  most  firmly  believe  that  a  government 
without  God  has  none  but  lynch  power,  and  is  desti- 
tute of  all  legitimate  authority  to  maintain  civil  order, 
to  swear  a  witness,  to  try  a  criminal,  to  hang  a  mur- 
derer, to  imprison  a  thief;  and,  while  we  consider 
government  without  God  as  mere  usurpation,  we  re- 
gav'"*  all  religions  and  worships  invented  by  men,  and 
so,  having  no  higher  than  human  origin,  as  mere 
swindling  impositions  and  cheats. 

We,  therefore,  solemnly  adopt  and  present  the  fol- 
lowing, as  containing  a  brief  synopsis  of  the  principles 
of  .our  government,  by  which  we  intend  to  be  governed 
in  casting  our  votes : 

PLATFORM. 

We  hold:  1.  Tliat  ours  is  a  Christian  and  not  a 
heathen  nation,  and  that  the  God  of  the  Christian 
Scriptures  is  the  author  of  civil  government. 

2.  That  God  requires  and  man  needs  a  Sabbath. 

3.  That  the  prohibition  of  the  importation,  manu- 
facture and  sale  of  intoxicating  drinks  as  a  beverage 
is  the  true  policy  on  the  temperance  question. 

4.  That  ihe  charters  of  all  secret  lodges  granted  by 
our  Federal  and  State  Legislatures  should  be  with- 
drawn, and  their  oaths  prohibited  by  law. 

5.  That  the  civil  equality  secured  to  all  American 
citizens  by  articles  13th,  14th  and  15th  of  our  amended 
Constitution  should  be  preserved  inviolate. 

6.  That  arbitration  of  differences  with  nations  is 
the  most  direct  and  sure  method  of  securing  and  per- 
petuating a  permanent  peace. 

7.  That  to  cultivate  the  intellect  without  improving 
the  morals  of  men,  is  to  make  mere  adepts  and  experts ; 
therefore,  the  Bible  should  be  associated  with  books  of 
Bcience  and  literature  in  all  our  educational  institu- 
tions. 

8.  That  land  and  other  monopolies  should  be  dis- 
couraged. 

9.  That  the  government  should  furnish  the  people 
with  an  ample  and  sound  currency. 

10.  That  maintenance  of  the  public  credit,  protection 
to  all  loyal  citizens,  and  justice  to  Indians  are  essential 
to  the  honor  and  safety  of  our  nation. 

11.  And,  finally,  we  demand  for  the  American  peo- 
ple the  abolition  of  electoral  colleges,  and  a  direct  vote 
for  President  and  Vice-president  of  the  United  States. 

The  Connecticnt  American  party  ticket  was 
not  reported  to  the  Cynosure  in  time  to  Le 
printed  before  election.  It  reads :  For  Gov- 
ernor, George  P.  Rogers;  Lieutenant-Governor, 
William  S.  Williams ;  Secretary  of  State,  Isaac 
J.  Gilbert ;  Trea8urer,^Edmnnd  Tuttle ;  Comp- 
troller, Joseph  S.  Perry  ;  for.Congress,  Ist  dis- 
trict, David  J.  Ellsworth. 

<  ■  fc- 

— The'editor  oiJhelMichiga/n  American  man- 
ifested a  noble  public  spirit  in  his  effort  to 
secure  a  good  vote  in^that  State.  His  expense 
to  circulate  20,000  [copies  of  his  paper  for  this 
end,  has  but  partly  been  made  up.  Friends  will 
receive  his  thanks  who  will  aid  in  this  matter. 
Send  to  H.  A.  Day,  Coldwater,  Mich. 

-^The  Michigan  American  has  regular  sub- 
scribers in  Kansas,  Missouri,  Illinois,  Minnesota, 
Ohio,  Nebraska,  and  Indiana. 


Election  Returns. 

The  press  dispatches,  as  usual,  ignore  the 
American  vote,  unless  in  considerable  numbers. 
A  careful  review  of  the  returns  in  the  leading 
dailies  of  the  country,  printed  in  half  a  dozen 
cities,  fails  to  discover  the  report  of  a  single 
vote  against  the  lodge  in  Michigan,  Iowa,  or 
Connecticut,  though  in  each  an  American  State 
ticket  was  voted. 

In  Illinois  there  were  in  Wheaton  32  votes 
for  Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction  and  27 
for  Treasurer.  For  Congressman,  23  votes  are 
reported  ;  for  Representative,  48  votes.  In  Claik 
county,  D.  B.  Turney,  Anti-monopoly  and  Anti- 
masonic  candidate  for  Congress,  received  237 
votes.  In  Chatsworth  9  votes  are  reported  by 
S.  D.  Webster  ;  in  Wyanet  3,  by  A.  S.  Lathrop  ; 
in  Newark  12,  by  T.  S.  Bibbin;  in  Amboy  4, 
by  Rev.  J.  W.  Lewis;  in  Nora  6,  by  C.  J. 
Puckett. 

From  this  beginning,  the  official  returns  will 
toot  up  quite  a  respectable  vote  in  Illinois,  and 
we  hope  for  no  less  in  the  other  States  where  the 
ipsue  was  made. 


The  November  Elections  and  their  Lessons. 

Washington,  D.  C,  Nov.  9,  1882. 
There  are  two  most  remarkable  facts  in  con- 
nection with  the  election  of  Tuesday  last :  Ist, 
That  there  has  never  been  so  great  a  political 
revolution  in  so  brief  a  space,  as  that  of  the  last 
eighteen  months,  and  2nd,  there  never  has  been 
one  for  which  the  general  condition  of  the  coun- 
try gave  so  little  reason.  Nearly  all  political 
changes  come  as  the  result  of  financial  distress. 
Now  abundant  crops,  abundant  currency  and 
great  commercial  activity  are  the  rule.  Never 
have  we  had  a  period  of  more  substantial  pros- 
perity. Nor  is  there  any  reason  to  think  that 
there  has  been  any  great  change  in  the  con- 
victions of  the  people.  A  careful  analysis  of 
the  vote  will  show  that  where  the  question  was 
between  the  parties  simply,  and  was  disconnected 
with  other  issues,  the  relative  strength  has  re- 
mained about  the  same.  The  matured  convic- 
tions of  the  past  twenty  years  have  not  been 
suddenly  reversed,  nor  are  they  likely  to  be. 
The  causes  of  this  political  cyclone  are  :  1.  A 
weakening  of  the  power  of  party.  There  have 
been  no  issues  presented  that  fixed  public  at- 
tention, the  main  ard  almost  only  issue  was  the 
question  of  spoils;  and  in  such  a  struggle  the 
people  have  had  no  other  interest  than  that  the 
officers  chosen  should  be  honest  and  compe- 
(ant. 

2.  There  has  been  a  most  emphatic  repu- 
diation of  the  domination  of  party  leaders.  One 
would  have  supposed  that  these  leaders  would 
have  seen  the  hand  writing  on  the  wall,  and 
taken  warning,  but  their  eyes  were  blinded. 
No  tears  are  shed  over  their  political  graves. 

3.  The  vote  of  Tuesday  was  a  most  emphatic 
rebuke  of  the  Republican  party,  for  its  betrayal 
of  the  Civil  Service  reform,  and  the  assessments 
on  those  in  the  employ  of  the  government  for 
political  purposes.  That  this  rebuke  has  been 
given  should  occasion  profound  thanksgiving. 
Had  they  kept  in  power  by  such  means  we  might 
begin  to  despair  or  our  country. 

Lastly,  we  see  the  power  ot  evil  combinations, 
secret  and  open.  In  most  of  the  States,  but  es- 
pecially in  Ohio,  Indiana  and  Kansas,  the  whisky 
interest  was  at  stake.  That  interest  combined 
put  vast  BumS  into  the  balance,  and  made  use  of 
the  other  secret  combinations  to  compass  its  ends. 
It  controlled  all  of  the  lowest  and  some  of  the 
hest  elements  of  society.  It  has  succeeded  just 
as  the  slave  power  used  to  succeed  in  controlling 
the  nation,  and  just  as  the  Know  Nothings  suc- 
ceeded for  a  time,  not  because  they  \yere  a  ma- 
jority, but  because  they  could  secretly  decieve 
and  seduce  the  majority.  Such  games  have 
often  been  played  and  with  great  success,  but 
are  not  often  played  more  than  once.  Political 
fraud  has  been  rebuked  in  New  York  and 
Pennsylvania,  but  as  an  instrument  of  whisky 
rings  has  had  a  parHal  triumph  in  the  West. 

THE  ODTLOOK. 

Several  things  are  apparent:  Ist.  There  must 
be  a  re-cast  of  parties.  In  place  of  dead  issues 
will  come  real  questions.  The  change  may  not 
be  in   party  names.     It   may  be   rather  in   de- 


clared principles,  but  the  change  is  inevitable, 
and  such  change  is  dminous  for  good  to  the 
nation. 

2.  The  queetions  that  will  be  regarded  as  of 
paramount  importance  are  Prohibition  and  Civil 
Service  reform.  The  questions  can  neither  of 
them  be  kept  in  abeyance.  They  may  not  tri- 
umph on  their  first  eubmieeion  to  the  people,  but 
their  final  triumph  is  inevitable. 

3d.  The  success  of  the  Civil  Service  reform 
demands  the  utter  destruction  of  all  rings  and 
systems  of  favoritism.  Maeonic  and  other  secret 
fraternities  must  ccme  to  the  bar  of  public 
opinion  and  be  examined  in  the  light  of  huraan 
and  divine  law.  No  pretext  of  being  ancient 
and  honorable  will  excufe  them.  They  must 
bow  before  the  majesty  of  awakened  and  out- 
raged public  sentiment. 

Lastly,  there  is  a  striking  amalogy  between  the 
signs  of  the  times  now,  and  twenty-five  years 
ago.  Then  the  death  of  the  Whig  party  neces- 
sitated the  formation  of  the  Republican  party, 
and  the  deliverance  of  the  nation  from  the  dom- 
ination of  the  slave  power.  So  now  the  power 
of  the  lodge  and  of  the  dram  shop  have  a  brief 
triumph  that  they  may  perish  forever. 

H.    H.    HiNMAN. 


REFORM  NEWS. 


The  Indiana  State  Meeting. 

BE('RKrARY".S     KEl'URT. 

The  Indiana  State  Christian  Anti-secrecy  As- 
sociation convened  in  its  tenth  annual  session 
at  Friends'  Church,  Carthage,  Rush  county, 
Indiana,  on  Tuesday  evening,  October  24:th, 
1882. 

The  Association  was  called  to  order  by  Dr. 
S.  L.  Cook.  The  first  Psalm  was  read  by  Dr. 
Cook,  and  the  congregation  joined  in  singing 
"All  hail  the  power  of  Jesus  name,"  and  were 
led  in  prayer  by  Pres.  J.  Blanchard  of  Wheaton, 
111.  The  evening's  exercises  consisted  of  short 
introductory  addresses  by  Rev.  S.  Y.  Miller, 
Elder  I.  W.  Lowman,  Dr.  S.  L.  Cook,  and  Pres. 
J.  Blanchard. 

Wednesday  morning,  after  a  season  of  prayer, 
the  business  of  the  AsEociation  was  entered  upon. 
Elder  I.  W.  Lowman  was  chosen  president  of 
the  Association;  S.  Y.  Miller,  secretary,  and  Ben- 
jamin Ulsh,  treasurer,  for  the  ensuing  year. 

Committees  on  enrollment  and  resolutions 
were  appointed.  An  opportunity  was  given  for 
the  discussion  of  the  secrecy  question,  and  prof- 
itably improved  by  a  number  of  the  delegates. 
Rev.  A.  C.  Wilmore  and  Ryv.  Z.  McNew  of  the 
U.  B.  Church  were  introduced  and  each  spoke 
for  a  few  minutes  very  much  to  the  point. 

In  the  afternoon  Rev.  A.  C.  Wilmore  of  In- 
dianapolis, was  invited  to  address  the  meeting. 
He  gave  an  interesting  account  of  his  experience 
with  the  Odd-fellows,  and  his  reasons  for  re- 
nouncing allegiance  to  the  order.  He  was  fol- 
lowed by  Rev.  E.  Mathews  of  Michigan,  whose 
manner  of  address  is  very  inspiring. 

Pres.  J.  Blanchard  was  announced  as  the 
speaker  for  the  evening,  the  Association  adjourn- 
ed, and  joined  in  the  funeral  service  of  the  dear 
little  boy  of  the  Friends'  church. 

At  the  hour  appointed  for  the  evening  meet- 
ing a  large,  intelligent  audience  had  assembled, 
filling  the  entire  auditorium  of  the  new  and 
beautiful  Friends  meeting-houfce. 

After  devotional  exercises.  Elder  I.  W.  Low- 
man  delivered  a  short  address  introducing  Pres. 
J.  Blanchard  of  Wheaton  College,  111.,  who  for 
an  hour  or  more  received  the  close  attention  of 
the  large  audience,  while  he  epoke  with  power 
from  Matt.  6:10.  "Thy  kingdom  come,  Thy 
will  be  done  in  earth,  as  it  is  io  heaven."  Rev. 
E.  Mathews  then  spoke  for  some  time,  in  his 
usual  earnest  and  interesting  manner,  and  the 
evening's  exercises  were  closed  by  singing 
"Praise  God  from  whom  all  bleesings  Qow,^'  and 
benediction  by  Pres.  Blanchard. 

On  the  morning  of  the  third  day  Benjamin 
Ulsh,  Treasurer,  reported  cash  received  during 
the  year,  $177.25,  which  was  paid  to  the  State 
agent. 

The  hour  for  the  Friends  "fifth  day  meeting" 
having  arrived,  the  Association   adjourned,  and 


by  invitation  joined  with  them  in  their  servicee. 
The  Spirit  ot  Gcd  was  upon  the  meeting.  Many 
were  moved  to  epeak,  pray  and  eing  to  the  honor 
of  Jeens  acd  the  glory  of  God. 

The  following  resolutions  were  read  and 
adopted  in  the  afternoon: 

Eesoltbd,  1.  That  we  are  in  favor  of  startirg  a  month- 
ly psper,  8s  the  crgen  of  the  Americen  parly,  at  25  cts.  8 
year  for  single  copies,  and  15  els.  a  year  for  clubs  of  40, 
so  soon  as  1000  subscribers  can  be  obtained  and  the  money 
paid. 

2.  The  Slate  Executive  Committee,  ccnsisling  of  five 
men  and  four  women,  be  authorized  to  start  such  a  politi- 
cal psper,  and  that  Elder  I.  W.  Lowman  te  the  editor,  au- 
thorized to  take  subscriptions  and  money ;  and  that  if  the 
ICOO  stbtcriters  are  not  obtained,  he  shall  pay  the  money 
received,  to  Benj.  Ulsh ,  Treasurer  of  the  Stale  Association 
for  the  State  work. 

Whjekeas  We  allow  men  to  vote,  wko  pay  no  taxes,  and 
thousands  of  whom  cannot  read  the  names  on  their  ballots 
it  is  wrong  and  absurd  to  deny  the  ballot  to  thousands  ot 
women  who  pay  taxes,  and  who  can  read  and  write ;  there- 
fore 

Resolved,  1.  That  we  are  in  favor  of  impartial  suffrage 
excluding  the  Illiterate,  drunkards,  convicts  and  aliens; 
including  in  the  last  class  all  who  have  sworn  and  who 
owe  another  allegiance  than  that  to  the  United  States. 
We  understand  adhering  Masons  to  belong  to  the  latter 
elass. 

2.  Before  excluding  from  the  ballot  those  men  who  can- 
not read  a  vote  or  write  one,  we  are  in  favor  of 
giving  them  three  years  in  which  to  learn  to  read,  and 
also  of  compulsory  education  of  all  children  at  the  public 
expense. 

Rebooted,  That  we  exhort  all  fiiends  of  our  reform 
to  vote  for  Prohibition  candidates  where  no  candidates  of 
the  American  party  are  in  the  field. 

RESOiiVED,  That  Dr.  8.  L.  Cook  be  continued  as  State 
Lecturer  and  Agent  for  another  year,  and  that  Elder  I.  W. 
Lowman  be  appointed  as  his  associate,  and  that  the  two 
cooperate  together  in  canvassing  the  State  as  they  may 
agree. 

2.  That  with  such  aid  as  they  may  receive  from  Secre- 
tary Stoddard,  of  the  National  Association,  they  be  au- 
thorized to  collect  their  salaries  on  the  field  and  report  the 
same  fully  to  this  State  Association,  at  its  next  annual 
meeting,  and  that  we  call  earnestly  on  all  citizens  to  aid  in 
their  work. 

Rebolybd,  that  the  earnest  thanks  of  the  Indiana  State 
Cliristian  Association  be  tendered  to  the  Friends  for  the 
use  of  their  house,  and  to  the  community  for  its  hos- 
pitality. 

On  motion  of  Dr.  S.  L.  Cook  it  was  agreed 
to  adjourn  at  the  close  of  the  evening  session,  to 
meet  again  in  annual  session  at  the  call  of  the 
Executive  Committee. 

An  opportunity  was  given  for  persons  to  give 
pledges  to  support  the  State  work,  to  be  paid 
during  the  year  to  Benjamin  Ulsh,  treasurer. 
Pledges  to  the  amount  of  |76  were  secured,  and 
$22  of  the  amount  paid. 

Mrs.  Keturah  Miles,  Mrs.  Carrie  Clark,  Mrs. 
R.  P.  Hill,  Mrs,  Jemima  D.  White  and  Mrs. 
Sarah  Ann  White  were  appointed  an  executive 
committee  with  instructions  to  canvass  thorough- 
ly for  the  Indiana  American. 

After  devotional  exercises  in  the  evening  Dr. 
8.  L.  Cook  was  introduced  and  with  his  skill- 
ful manner  of  presenting  documents  and  facts 
to  prove  his  propositions,  held  the  close  atten- 
tion of  his  auditors. 

Rev.  E.  Mathews  then  spoke  until  9:30,  clos 
ing  with  a  very  affecting  account  of  a  youn^ 
Friend  wlto  joined  the  Masonic  fraternity,  and 
when  presented  with  an  exposition  by  hie  kind, 
Christian  mother,  who  asked  him  if  it  was  true, 
denied  the  truthfulnesB  of  it,  and  said  he  "hoped 
God  would  strike  him  dead  if  he  lied  to  her." 
Then  followed  his  conviction,  repentance,  ac- 
knowledgment of  his  awful  sin  to  his  mother, 
and  his  renunciation  of  allegiance  to  the  soul- 
destroying  order.  Many  were  laoved  to  tears 
during  the  relating  of  this  account  by  Bro. 
Mathews.  Pres.  J.  Blanchard  made  a  few  clos- 
ing remarks.  The  doxology  was  sung,  the  ben- 
ediction pronounced  by  Pres.  Blanchard  and  the 
convention  closed.  We  all  felt  it  was  good  to 
be  there.  S,  Y.  Millek 


the  religion  of  Christ.  These  persons  are  meet 
excellent  men  and  have  all  their  lives  stood  in 
the  front  of  reform  woik,  and  manifest  a  prac- 
tical religion  worthy  of  our  imitation.  It  is  a 
singular  fact  that  almost  universally  where  I 
find  an  avowed  infidel  out  side  of  the  lodge,  he 
is  an  anti- secret  man  and  puts  the  question  on 
moral  grounds;  while  many  of  our  Christian 
people  think  that  religion  makes  them  so  amiable 
that  they  must  not  rebnke  sin  except  in  very 
mild  generalities.  My  Christian  friends,  you 
forget  that  the  whole  Goepel  is  a  rebuke  to  dn. 
Our  Saviour's  reproofs  were  thiilling  and  terrible 
both  personal  and  geneial.  Paul  made  Felix 
tremble  by  forcing  Gotpel  truth  home  to  him, 
and  there  is  no  grander  spectacle  to  my  mind 
than  his  standing  with  his  scul  fnll  of  the  Gos- 
pel power  before  that  Reman  court.  My  friends, 
in  many  cases  1  ft ar  this  fear  of  offending  bad 
men  is  a  lazy  device  of  the  devil  to  induce  you 
to  preserve  an  indolent  qufet  and  your  personal 
popularity.  Buckle  on  the  ^  hole  armor.  Fight; 
go  forth  ;  be  good  soldiers  is  the  Bible  proclama- 
tion. 

Our  meeting  came  and  I  feel  that  much  good 
was  done.  Pres.  Blanchard's  discourse  on  the 
topic  "  Thy  Kingdom  come"  was  a  grand  one. 
I  attribute  largely  the  succes  of  our  work  in 
that  locality  to  Dr.  J.  M.  Clark's  quiet,  clear 
and  prudent  planning.  He  is  a  real  "Quaker 
Boy,"  and  always  works  in  a  way  that  suits  me. 
Our  executive  committee  deserves  much  praise 
in  planning  and  helping  by  their  presence  to 
execute. 

Revs.  Wilmore,  McNew  and  S.  Y.  Miller, 
and  many  others,  added  much  to  the  interest 
and  success  of  our  meeting.  We  had  a  good 
meeting. 

Friends,  we  have  a  large  harvest  ripening, — is 
ripe.  "  Thrust  in  thy  sickle  nor  wait  for  reapers 
more.  Shall  sheaves  lie  there  ungathered  and 
waste  upon  the  plain?"  S.  L.  Cook. 


leot0rbr  s  kepobt. 

Albion,  Nov.  10,  1882. 
The  friends  of  Reform  are  no  doubt  expecting 
some  word  from  me  in  reference  to  our  annual 
meeting  at  Carthage,  Oct.  24-26.  We  tried 
to  make  preparation.  One  of  the  measures  pre- 
paratory was  the  issuing  of  500  personal  circu- 
lars ot  invitation  by  myself,  I.  W.  Lowman  and 
Benj.  Ulsh,  at  our  own  expense.  1  received 
three  responses  containing  financial  aid,  1  believe 
the  others  received  none.  The  fact  is  this  that 
our  Christian  brethren  ought  to  notice  is  that 
none  ot  those  persons  responding  publicly  profess 


National  Reform  Conveniion  at  Clarinda,  Iowa. 

The  convention  held  in  Hawley's  Opera  Hall, 
Clarinda,  October  26,  26,  in  the  interests  of  the 
movement  for  the  Religious  Amendment  of  the 
constitution  of  the  United  States,  was  one  of  a 
series  of  similar  conventions  now  being  held  by 
the  National  Reform  Association  in  Pennsylva- 
nia, Ohio  and  Illinois.  They  are  the  mustering 
of  the  Christian  forces  of  our  country,  to  meet 
the  tide  of  infidel  godlessness  which  threatens 
to  sweep  away  the  Sabbath,  and  other  Christian 
features  of  our  government. 

TheConstitution  of  the  United  States  acknowl- 
edges no  authority  higher  than  man,  and  the 
enemies  of  Christianity  are  claiming  that  Sab- 
bath laws,^  civil  oaths,  the  Bible  in  the  schools 
and  prayers  in  the  legislative  bodies  are  uncon- 
stitutional, and  should  be  abolished. 

The  friends  of  these  Christian  institutions 
have  discovered  what  the  friends  of  temperance 
have  at  length  learned,  that  without  constitu- 
tional law  they  are  laboring  at  a  great  disadvan- 
tage. The  Clarinda  convention  in  nearly  every 
particular  was  an  undoubted  success.  It  differed 
from  other  conventions  in  that  it  was  called  to 
discuss  those  deep,  underlying  principles  which 
constitute  the  basis  of  all  true  reforms.  Its  del- 
egates were  those  who  aim  to  hew  to  the  line, 
and  lay  bare  the  bed  rock.  They  were,  there- 
fore, those  who  are  working  in  the  highest  de- 
partment of  moral  reform.  Never  before  had  a 
convention  met  in  Clarinda  composed  of  puch 
able  and  earnest  advocates  of  true  reform,  repre- 
senting such  a  wide  field,  and  having  behind 
them  such  a  high  moral  constituency.  Delegates 
were  present  from  eastern  Iowa,  southern  and 
western  Missouri,  Kansas  and  Nebraska.  They 
were  composed  of  eighteen  ministers  represent- 
ing six  Evangelical  churches  and  an  equal  num- 
ber of  Christian  laymen,  and  earnest  friends  of 
the  cause.  Kansas  and  Iowa,  who  are  at  the 
front  in  the  Prohibition  conflict  also  sent  the 
largest  delegation  to  this  convention.  Missouri 
also^sent  a  good  delegation,  and  to  recognize  the 
rapid  progress  made  by  that  State  in  moral  re- 
form, the  convention  elected  for  its  president  a 
prominent  minister  of  the  St.  Joseph  M.  E.  con- 
ference, Rev.  H.  L.  Powers,  of  Bolckow,  and 
for  its  secretary,  Rev.  W.  T.  Gordon,  of  Burling- 


ton Junction.  Much  of  the  interest  of  the  con- 
vention was  owing  to  the  splendid  executive 
ability  of  the  president,  and  his  enthusiastic  de- 
votion to  the  cause. 

The  addresses  on  the  first  evening  by  Rev. 
Wm.  Johnston,  of  College  Springe,  and  Hon.  T. 
E.  Clark,  of  Clarinda,  the  first  on  "  The  World's 
Conepiiacy  sgainst  Christ,"  and  the  second  on 
"  The  Legal  Aspect  of  the  Sabbath  Question," 
were  listened  to  by  a  large  audience  which 
nearly  filled  the  Hall.  Both  addreiEses  were 
masterly. 

The  morning  sesfiion  of  Thursday  was  spent  in 
discussing  two  topics.  First,  "The  Strength  of 
a  Free  Republic :  In  what  does  it  consist?  "  It 
was  opened  by  Elder  Smith,  of  Maryville,  Mo., 
who  has  heartily  enlisted  in  the  movement.  He  . 
was  followed  by  several  other  speakers.  The 
second  was,  "  Absolute  Freedom  of  Conscience  : 
Is  it  Consistent  with  Safe  Popular  Gov- 
ernment?" It  was  opened  by  Rev.  Wm. 
Johnston. 

Two  topics  also  occupied  the  discussions  of 
the  afternoon  session.  The  first,  "  Should  a 
Nation  Recognize  the  Author  of  Its  Moral  Cede  ? 
And  is  the  Constitution  the  Place  for  such 
Recognition?"  was  opened  by  Rev.  J.  S.  T. 
Milligan,  of  North  Cedar,  Kansas.  The  second 
"  Should  there  be  moral  Qualifications  for  Civil 
Rulers?"  was  opened  by  Rev.  W.  R.  Cox,  of 
Red  Oak.  His  addrees  was  carefully  prepared 
and  impressively  delivered.  Quite  a  number 
took  part  in  the  general  discussion,  among  whom 
were  Rev.  J.  M.  Armour,  of  Sterling,  Kansas, 
Rev.  R.  C.  Allen,  of  Superior,  Nebraska,  Rev. 
J.  F.  Campbell,  Rev.  D.  McKee  and  Wm.  Aiken, 
of  Clarinda,  and  others.  The  interest  and  atten- 
dance increased  at  each  session.  The  last  eve- 
ning was  occupied  with  an  able  and  logical  ad- 
dress by  Rev.  D.  H.  Coulter,  of  Winchester, 
Kansas,  on  the  "  Practical  Value  of  the  Pro- 
posed Amendment."  In  the  absence  of  Dr.  T. 
J.  Kennedy,  of  Des  Moines,  stirring  addresses 
were  made  by  Elder  Smith,  the  president,  Rev. 
Wm.  Johnston  and  Mrs.  Rev.  W.  T.  Gordon. 
Many  of  the  delegates  agreed  with  the  chairman 
when  he  said  that  for  the  talent  displayed  and 
for  the  able  presentation  of  those  principles 
which  constitute  Christian  statesmanship,  it  ex- 
celled tiny  convention  he  had  ever  attended. 
We  felt  that  it  excelled  in  one  feature  and  that 
enthusiasm.     Zeal  for   Christ's  honor   was 


was 

the  manifest  spirit  pervading  the  convention. 
Its  power  was  to  attract  Christ's  friends  as  the 
magnet  does  the  steel.  Some  of  the  people  of 
Clarinda,  among  them  a  few  of  the  editors  and 
ministers,  seemed  disposed  to  misapprehend  and 
misrepresent  the  movement.  But  we  do  not 
forget,  as  an  old  citizen  reminded  us,  that  before 
the  war,  when  some  of  these  same  reformers 
held  meetings  in  Clarinda,  calling  their  attention 
to  the  defect  in  our  constitution  regarding 
human  slavery,  there  were  those  who  ignored 
such  agitation  as  useless.  But  when,  the  war 
came,  and  dug  a  million  graves  for  our  dead, 
and  imposed  millions  on  millions  in  taxes  on  the 
living,  we  learned  who  were  right  on  that  great 
issue.  So  the  day  is  not  far  distant  when  the 
question  must  be  settled,  "  Can  a  nation  live  and 
ignore  the  law  and  authority  ot  God?  " 

One  practical  result  of  the  Clarinda  conven- 
tion was  to  form  an  organization  for  south-west- 
ern Iowa  and  north-western  Missouri  in  order  to 
hold  conventions  and  agitate  this  question. 
President  S.  C.  Marshall,  of  Amity  College,  was 
elected  president,  Rev.  Wm.  Johnston,  of  Col- 
lege Springs,  secretary,  and  Rev  M.  A.  Gault, 
corresponding  secretary.  Among  the  vice  pres- 
idents were  Rev.  W.  R.  Cox,  of  Red  Oak,  Dr. 
E.  K.  Bailey,  of  Shenandoah,  Rev.  R.  Johnson, 
of  Blanchard,  Rev.  W.  T.  Gordon,  of  Burlington 
Junction,  Rev.  H.  L.  Powers,  of  Bolckow, 
Thomas  Tomlinson  and  Rev.  D.  McKee,  of  Clar- 
inda, Capt.  Brown,  of  Malvern,  ^nd  others.  The 
time  and  place  of  the  meeting  of  the  next  con- 
vention was  left  to  executive  committee. 

H.  L.   POWEBS, 

W.  T.  Gordon.  S-r'v  ^       President. 

The  one  "Inebriate  Asylum"  that  I  have  most 
faith  in, "is  the  cross   of  the    atoning  Redeemer. 
"Tell  every  drunkard  that  Jesus  alone  can 
him." — Criyler. 


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XAJSLE  OP  CONTENTS. 


Editorial  : 

"     Topics  of  the  Time. ...    1 
The  Cynosure  Again . .     8 

Governor  St.  John 8 

Christian  Union 8 

Contributions  : 
The  Stalwart  «nd  Lib- 
eral Ropublican  (po- 

elry) 1 

The  Priests  and  Lodg- 

!'8  of  Ireland 2 

Personal  Preaching...     2 
Testimony  of  the  111. 

Conference 8 

Size     of     Temperance 

Question 3 

Reform  Story: 

Holden     with     Cords 
Chap  XXVIIir....     2 
Ns'w  England. 

Seed-Sowing     Among 
the  Green  Mountains    4 
Reform  News: 
N.  E.  Pa.  Christian  As- 
ciation ;   What  hath 

God  Wrought 5 

Note  from  Si  c.  Stoddard    4 

Washington  Letter 4 

Obituary 5 


Correspondence  : 
The  Irrepressible  Con- 
flict;    A     Birthday 
Letter;    Letter    to  a 
Washington  Pastor; 

Our  Mail 6,7 

American  Politics: 
The    Survival    of   the 
Fittest;  Another  Ad- 
vocate  for    a    New 

Party 9 

Religious  News: 
Letter  from  Smyrna, 
Turkey;  The  Work 
in  Kentucky;  A 
Maine  Conference ; 
The  Am.  Mias.  Asso- 
ciation; French  Mis- 
sions; The  Chic  :go 
Noon  Meeting ;  Wm. 

Taylor 12 

Home  Circle  10 

Children's  Corner...  11 

Sunday  School 11 

Home  and  Farm 14 

News  op  the  Week.  . .  16 

Churches  vs.  Lodgery 14 

An*i-masonic    Lecturers  14 
Publisher's  Dbp't 16 


The  thirty  days  covered  by  the  proposition 
of  Oct.  12th,  expired  last  Saturday.  Twenty-six 
remittances  of  $15.00  each  are  recorded  on  our 
books.  Crops,  absence  from  home,  inability  to 
rea^'h  funds  on  so  short  notice,  sickness,  etc.,  are 
among  the  causes  which  have  hindered  the  re. 
maining  seventy-four,  ten  of  whom  have  assured 
us  that  we  could  count  them  in.  Such  a  re- 
eponpe  so  promptly  made  gives  a  cheerful  outlook 
for  this  season's  campaign  and  thj3  opening 
although  not.  grand  is  a  hopeful  one.  If  the 
call  for  ten  thousand  subscribers  is  accepted  (-see 
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the  paper  will  at  an  early  day  be  mailed  earlier 
and  in  better  shape  than  ppesent  receipts  will 
allow.  Secretary  Stoddard  writes,  forcibly  on 
this  subject :  "  Permanent  improvements  in  this 
paper  depend  upon  the  number  of  subscribers 
sent  in,  and  the  number  of  subscribers  sent  in 
depends  upon  the  amount  of  work  we  do."  etc. 
Reports  of  the  number  of  subscribers  will  be 
made  monthly  through  the  winter. 

In  the  great  work  of  the  hour  let  us  be  en- 
thusiastic, thorough,  persevering,  and  with  the 
blessing  of  God  we  may  reasonably  expect 
success. 


TOPICS  OF  THE  TIME. 


Say  the  dispatches  :  "  The  first  words  of  But- 
ler's speech  on  Tuesday  night,  to  the  cheering 
multitude  in  front  of  the  Revere  House,  Boston, 
w' re :' Fellow-citizens,  the  stone  that  the  build- 
ers rejected  the, same  stone  has  become  the  head 
of  the  corner.' "  A  Christian  editor  of  New 
York  can  hardly  believes  that  Ben.  Butler  could 
be  guilty  of  such  heaven-defying  blasphemy  ; 
and  infers  that  since  the  impious  and  scoffing 
old  man  was  not  smitten  down  of  God,  he  was 
spared  that  a  time  for  repentance  might  yet  be 


given.  Such  surprise  may  be  pardonable  in  one" 
who  is  unaware  that  Butler  has  in  the  lodge 
borne  a  number  of  the  most  precious  titles  that 
belong  to  Christ ;  that  he  has  mocked  the  resur- 
rection of  Christ  in  the  Hiram  Abiff  farce ;  has 
played  blasphemously  with  the  miraculous  ap- 
uea ranee  of  the  Lord  at  the  burning  buah  in  the 


I 


oyal  Arch  degree ;  has  invoked  a  double  damna- 
tion upon  his  soul  in  the  Knight  Templar  initia- 
tion in  defiance  of  the  death  of  Jesus  for  the  re- 
mission of  sins ;  and,  in  short,  has  sported  with 
blasphemy  all  through  the  thirtv-two  or  three 
Masonic  degrees  he  has  caken.  That  he  should 
use  the  language  quoted  is  a  trifle  to  the  record 
he  has  made  in  this  line.  Yet  how  few  papers 
are  willing  to  point  out  the  sin  that  pretends 
concealment  in  ^Ik^  Id  re  ! 


Our  Kansas  letter  gives  a  good  reason  for  the 
defeat  of  Gov.  St.  John.  The  independent  pio- 
neers of  the  State  are  jealous  of  such  railroad 
monopoly  as  had  attached  itself  to  his  cause. 
"  Third-termism  "  was  another  fatal  element  in 
his  cause.  The  term  was  made  odious  by  the 
ConV  ling-Cameron-Logan  triumvirate  of  political 
bosses,  in  their  efforts  to  reinstate  Grant.  The 
newly  elected  Governor  Glick  has  been  making 
speeches  to  the  whiskyites  claiming  a  victory  of 
the  people  over  prohibition.  Glick  himself  is  a 
moral  invertebrate,  if  we  may  credit  the  papers, 
who  has  no  principle  but  to  get  into  office. 
He  will  find  the  next  election  worse  than  a 
Kansas  tornado  if  he  keeps  parading  himself  as 
a  toady  to  the  whisky  party  Kansas  people  are 
not  of  the  sort  to  give  up  so  a  good  a  thing  as 
their  con stituti oral  amf^ndmort. 


Judge  Hayes  of  Davenport,  Iowa,  has  decided 
a  test  case  against  the  prohibition  amendment 
adopted  June  27th.  His  reasons  are  largely 
technical,  and  are,  briefly,  that  the  legislative 
records  do  not  contain  the  aye  and  nay  vote; 
former  laws  permitted  the  liquor  traffic,  hence 
the  amendment  impaired  vested  rights  with  out 
providing  for  compensation;  the  punctuation  was 
changed;  the  words  *'  to  be  used  "  were  omitted 
after  action  was  first  taken  by  the  State  Legisla- 
ture. To  urge  these  objections  in  the  face  of 
30,000  majority  shows  how  bold  men  may  be 
made  by  a  single  election.  It  is  not  likely  that 
the  Supreme  Court  will  agree  with  the  Daven- 
port judge,  but  if  otherwise  the  delay  will  only 
make  the  final  triumph  of  prohibition  the  more 
complete. 

The  report  of  the  Irish  Land  Commission 
shows  that  the  amount  of  assistance  asked  for  by 
the  tenants  under  the  Arrears  of  Rent  bill  is 
far  less  than  was  expected,  is  insignificant,  in- 
deed, compared  with  the  large  sums  due  the 
landlords.  The  agreements  between  landlord 
and  tenant  aside  from  the  courts  are  increasing, 
and  the  outrages  are- rapidly  falling  off.  ]!I(It, 
Gladstone  eees  with  undisguised  satisfaction  the 
effect  of  his  work  and  in  a  speech  a  few  days 
since,  spoke  of  the  profound  interest  he  felt  in 
local  self-government  in  Ireland.  A  measure  to 
establish  county  officers  and  courts  among  the 
unhappy  Irish  would  be  a  noble  celebration  of 
the  fifty  years  Glndp^one  ba=  bop'n  in  Parliament. 

The  telegraph  has  opened  another  field  of  in- 
vestigation for  the  scientist.  It  reveals  the  pres- 
ence, duration  and  extent  of  a  singular  phenom- 
enon known  as  electric  storms.  One  such  on 
Friday  last  stopped  the  telegraphic  business  all 
through  the  Northern  States  and  was  even  felt 
in  England  and  Europe.  Wires  were  melted, 
dispatches  sent  by  aerial  electricity  alone,  and 
electric  lights  flashed  tnough  tho  batteries  were 
disconneoted.  On  Sunc'v  Mght  the  re  was  an- 
other storm  accompanied  with  a  brilliant  aurora. 


The  alarm  at  the  threatened  communistic  up- 
rising at  Lyons,  France,  subsided  as  quickly  as 
it  arose,  the  prompt  action  of  the  authorities 
being  a  notice  to  the  ringleaders  that  the  hand 
of  the  Republic  would  be  heavy  should  it  fall 
upon  them.  The  power  of  a  republic  to  main- 
tain itself  against  such  insurrections  is  thuE 
again  shown  since  Thiers  suppressed  the  Com- 
mune twelve  years  ago.  The  Napoleons  could 
not  have  been  more  successful ;  in  truth,  a  repub- 
lic which  reprepents  fairly  in  its  government  the 
mass  of  its  citizens  must  be  more  swift,  more 
certain  and  more  powerful  against  lawless  up- 
risings than  a  monarch,  whose  cause  must  of 
necessity  be  largely  selfish,  and  therefore  weak. 
A  republic  provides  at  recurring  elections,  too,  a 
means  of  correcting  abuses,  but  a  dynasty 
changes  only  by  revolution.  Tho  example  of 
France  is  no  strength  to  the  confidence  of  the 
monarchs  of  Europe  in  the  perpetuity  of  their 
governments. 


The  Stalwart  and  Liberal  Republican. 

BT  AI.BXAIIDEB  THOUSOM. 

[Day  after  Election.] 

BTALWABT. 

Shade  of  the  sainted  Garfield  I    What  a  day 
Of  route  and  ruin,  terror  and  dismay. 
Prom  sea  to  sea  our  party  banners  drop. 
And  all  our  hosts  in  many  a  bafiSed  group, 
Stand  in  amazement,  while  the  Bourbons  ri«e 
With  resurrected  strength,  'neath  smiling  skies. 
Like  famished  wolves  from  this  long  winter  fast 
They  view  with  gloating  eyes  the  rich  repast; 
While,  like  a  lamb  with  low  and  moaning  cries. 
Within  their  grasp  tjie  helpless  nation  lies. 
Shall  Bourbon  rye  and  Southern  shot-gims  keep 
With  godly  grace  our  Nation's  gentle  sheep. 
Lead  them  in  pastures  green,  and  give  them  peace, 
And  ask  but  homage  and  the  silKy  fleecei' 
Have  Toombs  and  Kelly  zealously  embraced 
The  holy  cause  to  guard  the  eagle's  neat. 
Protect  the  eaglets  from  the  buzzard  crew 
With  honor  bright,  and  courage  ever  new? 
Ae  soon  the  slums  of  Llmericu  shall  create 
A  polished;  people  and  a  Christian  state. 


Ye  need  not  be  surprised,  nor  yet  despair. 
Though  Bourbon  banner8,fly  in  Northern  air. 
Nor  yet  amazed  that  good  men  do  not  bother 
To  see  one  Bourbon  caeilngdown  another. 
There  was  a  day  when  Lincoln  led  the  van. 
And  Stanton  stood  for  all  the  rights  of  man ; 
When  Wilson,  Greeley,  G&rfleld  and  the  rest,' 
Wore  Honor's  garment  each  on  dauntless  breast. 
When  Northern  Kelleys  and  the  Southern  Toombs 
Made  bitter  wnr,  or  planned  in  midnight  rooms. 
When  I  had  rather  seen  thie  right  hand  rot 
Than  failed  in  freedom's  ranks  to  cast  a  vote. 

Now,  craft  the  place  of  statesmanship  supplies. 
And  scanty  good  is  eked  by  ample  lies ; 
Now  no  high  movement  for  the  general  weal 
Proclaim  the  heads  that  think,  the  hearts  that  feel ; 
Now  vast  monopolies,  by  protection  fed 
The  people's  rights  audaciously  invade. 
Live  on  their  substance,  all  their  powers  deride. 
And  o'er  their  laws  on  golden  chariots  ride. 

Who  bears  the  stain  of  that  tremendous  fraud 

With  /ace  unblushing  as  a  city  bawd. 

That  burled  great  Colfax  from  his  lofty  place 

Down  to  the  dark  oblivion  of  disgrace? 

Who  were  the  authors  of  that  "back-pay"  game 

That  crimson's  every  patriot's  face  with  shame  T 

Who  turns  on  temperance  a  contemptuous  back 

And  wards  with  party  shield  the  brave  attack. 

By  patriots  made,  at  once  to  overthrow 

At  one  brave  charge,  our  strongest,  deadliest  foef 

Who  use  the  power  and  patronage  of  place 

To  win  ignoble  victory  by  disgrace,* 

And  by  manipulator's  fatal  skill 

Defeat  and  overthrow  the  general  will  ? 

Who  but  the  party  you  and  I  have  known, 

And  proudly  boasted  that  It  was  our  cwn. 

Its  buildings  all  the  work  of  other  days, 
Long  stand  the  mocnments  it  lived  to  raise. 
And  from  Its  effete  body  may  there  spring 
Another  knight  full-armed  Into  tho     u  r, 
With  arm  to  strike  and  head  and  heut  to  plan 
VOr  all  tiM  rigliU  «nd  Ubwtlea  of  mAO. 


3 


iHE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE 


November  23,  1882 


The  Priests  and  Lodges  of  /re/and. 

The  Observer  ot  Bradford,  England,  reports  the 
opinions  of  a  correspondent  who  has  marked  the 
collusion  of  the  Romish  priests  with  the  secret 
societies  which  have  been  stabbing  men  in  parks 
and  shooting  women  from  behind  hedges  and 
shrubbery.     The  correspondent  writes : 

In  the  course  of  conversation  with  a  Roman 
Catholic  priest,  whose  name  I  advisedly  with- 
hold, the  opiTiion  was  expressed  to  me  that  many 
of  the  priests  in  Ireland  are  very  blameworthy 
in  respect  of  Irish  murders  and  outrages.  From 
his  knowledge  of  Irish  Catholics  my  informant 
is  convinced  that  most  of  the  crimes  and  outrages 
have  been  committed  under  the  auspices  of  the 
secret  organization.  It  is,  of  course,  a  strict 
rule  in  the  Roman  Catholic  Church  that  its 
members  renounce,  on  being  received  into  its 
bosom,  all  connection  with  secret  societies.  The 
priests  in  England,  without  any  known  exception 
receive  and  carry  out  thieir  bishop's  instructions 
to  meet  every  application  for  the  confessional 
with  the  question  whether  the  individual  making 
the  application  has  connection,  as  a  member  or 
as  an  active  supporter,  with  any  secret  society. 
If  the  question  is  not  satisfactorily  answered  in 
the  negative,  confession  is  refused.  By  this 
means  a  very  effectual  check  is  kept  on  the  ten- 
dencies of  Irishmen  to  join  themselves  to  the 
desperate  and  lawless  organizations  which  lure 
many  members  to  their  ranks  by  a  show  of  pat- 
riotism. Unfortunately  the  priests  in  this 
country  to  a  large  extent  have  to  grapple  with  a 
difficulty  which  they  have  no  very  readily  ap- 
parent means  of  surmounting.  This  is  the  laxity 
shown  in  the  matter  on  the  part  of  many  Roman 
Catholic  priests  in  Ireland.  In  a  word,  many 
■nriests  on  the  other  side  of  the  channel  wink  at 
this  breach  of  an  important  rule  of  their  church, 
and  to  the  extent,  at  'least,  of  not  denouncing 
the  offence  lend  countenance  to  it.  The  result 
is  that  these  treasonable  brotherhoods  include  in 
their  ranks  large  numbers  of  Irishmen  who 
openly  disavow  all  connection  with  them,  and 
yet  help  in  secret,  both  with  moral  and  material 
support,  the  purposes,  frequently  outrageous, 
and,  as  we  now  see,  even  murderous,  of  its  lead- 
ers. In  England  members  of  these  brother- 
hoods are  lost  to  the  confeesional,  and  rarely  fre- 
quent the  churches,  but  the  influence  they  ex- 
ercise amongst  the  Irish  community  in  any  town 
is  extensive.  One  dangerous  practice,  and  which 
can  be  vouched  for  by  the  clearest  evidence,  is 
that  of  common  lodginghouses,  and  such  places 
where  young  Irishmen,  strangers  to  England, 
invariably  go  to  on  pntering  a  town,  they  are  in- 
"veigled  into  the  society  of  Fenians,  and,  as  in 
often  the  case,  in  the  midst  of  a  drunken  revel 
these  young  men  are  prevailed  upon  to  take  the 
terrible  oaths  of  the  society,  and,  once  entrapped, 
it  is  difficult  for  them  to  withdraw.  Many  such 
young  men,  it  is  feared — indeed,  it  is  in  some 
instances'  known  to  be  a  fact — are  sent  off  to 
commit  outrages  in  spots  where  they  are  total 
strangers,  and  after  the  first  crimes  of  this  char- 
acter the  influence  exercised  over  them  is  im- 
mense, as  they  are  frequently  threatened  with 
delivery  to  justice  if  they  do  not  obey  the  behest 
of  the  meeting.  It  is  by  such  means  that  many 
crimes  recently  committed  in  Ireland,  the  per- 
petrators of  which  have  remained  undiscovered, 
have  been  brought  about. 

Persona/  Preaching. 

BY  JOHN  TANNER,   JE. 

There  is  something  beautiful  as  well  as  power- 
ful in  the  man  who  fearlessly  declares  the  truth 
under  all  circumstances  where  his  duty  calls  him, 
and  very  few  in  these  days  are  the  men  who  can 
stand  beside  Nathan  in  this  respect. 

Look  for  a  moment  at  the  circumstances  in 
which  the  prophet  Nathan  was  placed  at  the 
time  when  he  said  to  David,  "Thou  art  the 
man."  He  stood  in  the  presence  ot  the  King  of 
Israel.  David  had  been  a  man  after  God's  own 
heart,  and  God  had  raised  him  from  the  humble 
sphere  of  a  shepherd  boy,  to  sway  the  scepter  over 
his  people  Israel  in  that  nation's  palmiest  days. 
In  tnis  exalted  position  he  had  committed  one  of 
and  now  here  comes  to  him  this  humble  man  of 
foulest  crimes  of  which  man  was  ever  guilty  ; 
God  to  rebuke  the  king.    He  has  in  hie  mouth 


the  words  of  the  Lord  ;  no  Jonah  is  found  in 
him.  He  tells  the  king  of  a  man  who  has 
cruelly  wronged  an  innocent  neighbor.  The 
king  is  angry  at  such  a  deed  and  declares  the 
wicked  man  shall  die.  Then  the  prophet  makes 
the  startling  declaration,  "  Thou  art  the  Man." 
Methinks  if  this  picture  has  an  equal  in  Holy 
Writ,  it  is  in  John  the  Baptist  as  he  stood  in 
the  presence  of  Herod  and  rebuked  him  for  the 
same  wickedness. 

Where  are  the  prophets  of  the  Most  High  to- 
day, who  dare  rebuke  their  rulers?  There  be 
few  who  will  put  salary,  influence,  and  all  at 
stake  to  tell  the  truth.  In  their  hearts  is  the 
fear  of  man  more  than  the  fear  of  God.  There 
are  men  of  wealth  occupying  places  of  honor  and 
trust  to-day,  who  are  guilty  of  the  ruin  of  many 
an  innocent  girl ;  but  where  is  the  Nathan  that 
dare  stand  before  them  and  declare,  you  are 
the  men,  who  are  responsible  for  their  ruin. 

Our  fair  land  is  cursed  to  day  by  the  sin  of 
intemperance,  our  National  and  State  law-makers 
are  enacting  laws  to  protect  and  defend  it.  Why 
should  not  those  men  be  told  from  every  pulpit 
that  they  are  responsible  for  this  misery  and 

WOP? 

We  write  with  regret  that  our  present  chief 
magistrate  has  ignobly  insulted  his  two  prede 
cessors  in  office,  as  well  as  that^most  exemplary 
woman,Mr8.Lucy  B.  Hayes,  by  again  introducing 
the  wine  cup  at  the  White  House.  We  may 
suppose  if  Nathan  were  to  occupy  the  pulpit  in 
the  presence  of  our  President  next  Sabbath, 
he  would  point  his  finger  at  him  and  cry  in 
tones  of  thunder,  "  Thou  art  the  man"  more 
responsible  than  any  other  for  the  continuation 
of  the  burden,  curse  and  ruin  of  intemperance, 
in  the  United  States. 

The  want  of  more  Boanerges,  sons  of  thunder, 
to  ocupy  our  pulpits  is  too  apparent  to  be  denied. 
When  one  man  can  launch  out  into  the  waters 
of  heresy  and  carry  with  him  a '  professorship 
like  that  at  Andover,  to  the  regret  of  the  church 
and  the  great  delight  of  the  infidel,  it  is  very 
evident  that  the  faith  and  spiritual  life  of  the 
people  is  in  a  low  state,  and  all  for  the  want  of 
a  faithful  and  personal  presentation  of  God's 
truth  on  the  part  of  the  ministry.  The  teaching 
from  the  sacred  desk  to-day  is  more  complimen 
tary  to  the  unbelieving  than  rebuking  to  their 
sinful  life.  How  many  pulpits  in  the  land  pro- 
tested against  and  now  condemn  the  late  action 
of  Congress  in  passing  a  bill  restricting  the  best 
class  of  emigration  that  comes  to  our  shores,  all 
for  the  sake  of  gratifying  a  few  peace-disturbing 
Irishmen,  who  are  insatiable.  Would  these 
things  have  happened  under  a  Puritanic  pulpit, 
no,  and  they  ought  nnt  to  be  countenanced  to- 
day by  an  intelligent  Christian  people. 

And  the  writer  would  ask  of  every  candid 
reader  if  these  things  are  not  satisfactory  evi- 
dence of  a  want  of  conscience,  judgment, 
and  self-denial  on  the  part  of  these  leaders  of 
the  people  ©"cupyinsr  our  pulpits? 

Beacon  Hill,  Boston. 


A  WITHERING  rebuke  was  administered  by  At- 
torney General  Brewster,  during'the  recent  Star 
Route  trial,  to  Mr.  IngersoU  of  infidel  notoriety 
and  counsel  for  the  accused  conspirators.  To 
give  effect  to  his  plea  in  their  behalf,  he  alluded 
in  very  strong  language  to  the  crucifixion  scene. 
Mr.  Brewster  protested  against  drayging  that 
sacred  scene  into  that  court  for  clap-trap  pur- 
poses. In  so  doing  he  turned  to  IngersoU  and 
said  :  "And  introduced  by  a  gentleman  of  whom 
I  have  to  say,  What  has  he  got  to  do  with  the 
crucifixion  ?  Did  he  believe  in  it,  that  he  used 
it  for  the  purpose  of  influencing  the  jury  ? 
When  a  man  applies  to  an  occasion  an  illustra- 
tion, he  should  believe  in  what  he  eays.  Of 
what  value  is  it,  if  it  is  not  true  ?" — J^x. 


At  the  M.  E.  Conference  in  Indiana,  held 
lately,  it  was  resolved,  "That  no  minister  be  ad- 
mitted to  this  conference  on  trial  who  will  not 
pledge  himself  to  abstain  from  using  tobacco." 


— The  Capitol  building,  Washins'ton,  ia  as- 
sessed at  $15,099,656,  the  grounds  at'$7,907,596, 
an  d  the  Whi  te  House  at  $758,680.  The  national 
capital  is  finnlj  anchored. 


REFORM  STORK 

Ho/den  with  Cords. 

Br  the  author    of    "  little    people,"    "  A  SUNNY 
LITE,"  ETC. 

;  Chapter  XXVIII—lh«  Myttery  of  Orchard  Greek. 
[(Jon.tiinued.'\ 

On  the  day  of  October  8,  1827,  a  little  over  a 
year  from  the  mysterious  dirappearance  of  Mor- 
gan, the  body  of  an  unknown  mfin  was  cast 
ashore  at  Oak  Orchard  Creek,  and  hastily  bur- 
ied after  an  equally  hurried  inquest.  This  fact 
soon  became  noised  abroad,  and  the  question 
arose  and  passed  from  lijj^to  lip,  "What  if  this 
unknown  man  should  prove  to  be  Morgan?" 
The  fact  that  all  were  Masons  who  officiated  at 
the  inquest,  and  that  as  soon  ac  the  body  came 
ashore  members  of  the  fraternity  were  on  the 
watch  to  inter  It  as  quickly  and  quietly  as  possi- 
ble, pointed  suspiaion. 

A  second  inquest  was  resolved  upon  ;  Mrs. 
Morgan  was  notified,  and  invitations  sent  out  to 
his  old  friends  and  neighbors  in  Batavia  to  ap- 
pear and  give  testimony.  But  the  story  of  this 
second  inquest  as  well  as  some  curious  after  cir- 
cumstances which  finally  led  to  a  third  one 
after  the  identity  of  the  body  was  supposed  to 
be  established  beyond  doubt,  I  can  best  give  in 
the  words  of  my  grandfather's  old  friend,  Mr. 
Jedediah  Mills,  whom  I  came  across  one  day 
when  on  a  visit  to  a  neighboring  town. 

I  thought  Mr.  Mills  looked  thinner  and  a 
trifle  careworn,  but  he  shook  my  hand  with  the 
same  hearty  cordiality  that  had  welcomed  me  to 
Tonawanda;  and  a  few  words  sufficed  to  launch 
him  on  a  subject  which  was  just  then  the  theme 
ot  universal  conversation  —  the  strange  dis- 
covery of  Morgan's  body,  and  ihe  still  stranger 
circumstances  attending  the  efforts  made  to  iden- 
tify it. 

"It's  a  queer  story  from  beginning  to  end.  If 
I  had  read  it  somewhere  in  a  novel  I  vow  I 
wouldn't  have  believed  it.  You  see  the  river 
had  been  dragged  to  flnd  the  body,  and  I  sup- 
pose it  got  started  somehow  from  the  weight 
vhat  held  it  to  the  bottom,  and  floated  on  top. 
The  water  of  Niagara  river  ain't  just  Ifke  com- 
mon river  water;  it's  clearer  and  colder.  Why, 
I've"  known  a  man  that  was  lost  over  the  falls 
and  when  they  found  him  a  year  after  he  hadn't 
hardly  changed.  Now  I  ain't  any  surer  that 
I'm  a  living  man  than  I  am  that  this  was  Mor- 
gan's body.  Mr.  Greene  was  there  to  the  in-- 
quest,  and  Colonel  Miller  and  Captain  Davids, 
and  they  all  said  the  same  thing.  And  his  poor 
wife,  when  she  come  to  look  at  the  corpse,  she 
just  said,  'My  God!'  and  it  seemed  for  a  minute 
as  if  she  was  going  to  faint  dead  away.  I  de-  - 
clare,  I  felt — I  don't  know  how,  to  see  that 
poor  young  thing— pretty  as  a  picture,  too,  with 
the  tears  a  running  down  her  cheeks,  and  thought 
how  she  was  left  all  alone  in  the  world  with  her 
two  fatherless  babes.  What  if  it  had  been  my 
Hannah  now!  I  can't  feel  reconciled' to  some 
things  that  happen*in  this  world,  nohow." 

And  Mr.  Mills  pulled  out  his  handkerchief 
and  made  vigorous  use  thereof,  while  I  echoed 
inwardly,  "Poor  young  thing!"  hardly  older 
than  Rachel,  yet  called  to  such  a  baptism  of 
suspense  and  anguish;  mocked  in  her  perplexity 
and  distress  by  the  very  men  who  had  taken  her 
husband's  life,  as  related  in  the  words  of  her 
simple  and  touching  affidavit.  Verily  there  are 
things  that  make  us  wonder  at  the  patience  of 
the  Infinite;  but  among  the  promises  of  Holy 
Writ  is  one  that  shines  with  that  awful  glory 
which  is  finally  to  destroy  every  system  of  dark- 
ness and  oppression.  Well  may  the  Church 
herself  look  to  it  that  she  is  not  in  unholy 
league  with  a  power  that  persecutes  the  saints 
of  the  Most  High  and  hides  in  its  skirts  in- 
nocent blood.  "  The  day  of  vengeance  of  our 
God  shall  surely  come;  it  shall  come  and  will  not 
tarry." 

"  Mrs.  Morgan's  testimony  was  very  clear, 
I  understood,  about  the  marks  on  the  body," 
said  I. 

"  Clear  I"  echoed  Mr.  Mills.  "  There  wan't  a 
flaw  in  it.  She  testified  before  the  lid  of  the 
coffin  was  opened,  about  the  hair — chesnut  col- 
or, long  and  silky;  and  about  his  having  double 


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THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURB 


teeth  all  around,  and  told  where  he'd  had  one 
pulled  out.  And  the  very  doctor  that  pulled 
it  was  there  from  Batavia  and  had  the  tooth  with 
him,  and  it  fitted  right  into  the  place.  And  ehe 
told  too,  about  a  scar  on  his  foot  made  by  cut- 
ting it  with  an  ax,  and  sure  enough  when  they 
come  to  look  there  it  was  plaui  as  day.  Oh, 
there  was  no  getting  over  such  evidence  if  ehe 
didn't  tell  right  about  the  clothes.  But  that  is 
easy  enough  explained  to  my  mind.  I  believe 
the  Mason*  changed  Morgan's  clothes  when  they 
had  him  shut  up  in  the  fort." 

"  You  're  idea  is  nither  reasonable,  Mr. 
Mills;"  said  I,  after  thinking  it  over  for  a  mo- 
ment. "They  intended  in  the  event  of  the  body 
ever  being  found  to  prevent  identification  as  far 
as  possible." 

"JuBt  BO.  Exactly;"  answered  Mr.  Mills.  "Well 
of  course  the  body  was  brought  to  Batavia  and 
buried;  and  then  came  the  queer  part  of  the 
fltory.  It  begun  to  be  told  round  among  Ma- 
sons that  it  was  a  Timothy  Muuroe,  a  man  that 
was  drowned  in  Niagara  river  a  few  weeks  be- 
fore that  we'd  got  buried  there.  So  a  third  in- 
quest was  held  and  this  Munroe's  wife  and  son 
or  a  woman  and  a  boy  that  called  themselves  by 
that  name,  came  before  the  coroner's  jury 
and  swore  to  its  being  Munroe  instead  of  Mor- 
gan." 

"What  kind  ot  a  testimony  did  the  woman 
give?"  I  inquired. 

"I  didn't  think  much  of  it,"  answered  Mr. 
Mills,  emphatically.  "She  told  about  the  double 
teeth  all  round,  but  she  couldn't  tell  to  which 
jaw  the  tooth  that  was  pulled  belonged.  She 
said  his  hair  was  short  and  black,  and  she  didn'^. 
know  anything  about  the  scar  on  his  foot.  But 
come  to  the  clothes,  and  she  ran  on  as  glibly  ss 
an  auctioneer.  She  even  told  of  a  place  in  the 
heel  of  his  stocking  that  had  been  mended  with 
yarn  of  a  difterent  color.  There  was  something 
mysterious  about  that  woman,"  added  Mr. 
Mills,  lowering  his  voice.  "You've  read  in  the 
Bible  I  suppose  about  the  judgment  of  Solomon. 
Well,  if  I  had  been  Solomon,  and  that  case  was 
brought  before  me,  I  should  have  known 
mighty  quick  on  which  side  to  give  judgment, 
Morgan's  wife  or  that  Munroe  woman.  I've 
got  my  own  thoughts  about  her  that  I  don't 
tell  to  everybody.  1  believe  phe  was  a  man 
dressed  up  in  woman's  clothes." 

I  stared  at  Mr.  Mills  in  astonishment.  Could 
it  be  that  the  ancient  and  glorious  order  of 
Freemasonry  which  treats  the  whole  female 
sex  with  such  sublime  contempt,  was  actually 
not  above  borrowing  its  dress  in  an  emergency 
when  some  little  irregularity,  entirely  Masonic, 
but  which  the  general  sense  of  mankind  strange- 
ly enough  disapproves  of,  needed  to  be  covered 
up? — as  for  instance  kidnapping  and.  murder? 

"She  kept  her  veil  down  over  her  face,"  con- 
tinued Mr.  Mills;  "so  it  was  her  gait   and   her 
voice  I  judged  by  mostly,  but  them  two  things 
were  enough  for   me.     The  boy  with   her  was 
the  greenest  kind  of   a  fellow  that  I   ever  sat 
eyes  on,  just  the  chap  to   be  make  a  tool  ot   in 
any  such   business.     And  when  the   affair  was 
over  they  both  disappeared,  nobody  knew  where. 
But  I'll  just  tell  you—"   and   here   Mr,  Mills 
again  lowered  his  voice  confidentially,  ''what  m-y 
wife's  cousin  Joshua  says  about  it.     He  lives  in 
Wayne  county,  next   door  to   a   doctor  by  the 
name  of  Lewis,  a   Royal  Arch   Mason,  and   one 
that  had   considerable   to   do   with   taking  off 
Morgan.     He  says  the  Masons  round  there  were 
dreadful    flurried  when   they  knew    Morgan's 
body  was  recognized.     The  doctor  give  out  tliat 
he  had   a  very  dangerous  patient  in   the  next 
town,  and  hurried  oft  post  haste  with  his  hostler 
Mike,  bat  instead  of  going  to  perform  an  opera- 
tion as  he  said,  it  was  found  out  afterwards  that 
he  had  gone  in  the  direction  of  Batavia.     I  de- 
scribed the  woman  and  boy  as  well  as  I  could  to 
Joshua  and  he  just  clapped   his   hands   on   his 
knees,  and  says  he,  'I'd  be  willinar  to  lav  you  a 
five  dollar  gold  piece  that  Miss  Munroe  and  lier 
sou   was    Dr.  Lewis  and   his   coich-boy.'     It's  a 
queer  kind  of  a  world;"  and    Mr.  Mills  sighed 
with  that  deep  drawn  sigh  that  only  comes  from 
the  hidden  places   of   trouble.     "Now   I   never 
thouffht  that  in  my  old  age  I  should  be  in  dan- 
ger of  losing  my  farm.  But  the  title  deed  wan't 


quite  right;  something  put  in  or  something  left 
out,  I  hardly  know  which,  and  I'm  here  after 
a  lawyer,  though  I  hain't  much  opinion  of  law- 
yers nor  courts  nuther  nowadays." 

It  was  the  old  story  over  agam — of  persecu- 
tion and  wrong  that  was  to  find  no  redress 
this  side  of  the  grave  ;  of  injustice  shielded  un- 
der the  sacred  form  of  law;  of  the  wicked  lay- 
ing a  snare  for  the  righteous  in  the  secret  cham- 
bers of  iniquity,  and  saying,  "Behold  the  Lord 
doth  not  regard." 


it  should  be  great  joy,  by  means  of  the  harvest 
to  receive  an  assurance  of  God's  faithfulness. 
The  Lord  has  promised  that  seed-time  and  harv- 
est, summer  and  winter,  shall  never  cease;  and 
when  you  see  the  loaded  wain,  carrying  in  the 
crop,  you  may  say  to  yourself,  "  God  is  true  to 
his  promise." — Spurgeon. 


TEMPERANCE. 


Testimony  of  the  Illinois  Wesleyan  Conference. 

There  is  but  one  name  given  under  heaven 
or  among  men  whereby  we  can  be  saved. 

Freemasonry  repudiates  the  mediatorship  of 
Jesus.  She  encourages  her  votaries  to  attempt 
to  climb  up  to  heaven  in  some  other  way  than 
by  Christ.  Like  all  other  false  systems  of  reli- 
gion, she  teaches  salvation  jy  works,  instead 
of  salvation  bp  grace  received  through  faith. 

As  Masonry  rejects  Christ  and  seeks  to  climb 
up  to  heaven  by  merit  of  her  own  works, Freema- 
sonry is  therefore  organized  infidelity.  Nor  is 
the  virus  of  infidelity  to  be  found  only  in  Free- 
masonry. Other  secret  societies  are  tainted 
with  it  also. 

Rev.  Mr.  Crook,  a  Baptist  minister  of  Bear 
Lake,  Manistee  Co.,  Mieh.,  who  has  been  a 
member  of  the  order  of  Good  Templars,  testi- 
fied that  Good  Templarism  teaches  the  same 
infidel  heresy  that  Freemasonry  does,  namely, 
salvation  by  works  that  we  can  do,  instead  of 
salvation  by  grace,  received  through  faith. 

Is  it  any  wonder,  then,  that  Christ  so  positive- 
ly prohibits  his  people  trom  being  yoked  with 
unbelievers  in  any  of  the  carnal  brotherhoods? 
Or  it  his  people  are  already  yoked  with  unbelie- 
vers, that  he  commands  them  to  come  out  and 
be  separate — so  entirely  separate  as  not  again 
to  touch  the  unclean  thing?  Does  not  that  per- 
son deceive  himself  who  hopes  for  heaven  while 
refusing  to  obey  the  word  of  God?  Why,  then, 
should  any  person  be  received  into  the  church 
who  i8"yoked  with  unbelievers  in  the  lodge?  God 
says  he  will  receive  them  if  they  will  come  out 
and  separate  themselves  so  entirely  as  not  to 
touch  the  unclean  thing  Do  not  the  churches 
who  receive  those  who  are  yoked  with  unbelie- 
vers, and  refuse  to  come  out  and  be  separate, 
practically  teach  that  Christ  will  justify  a  man 
who  wilfully  clings  to  sin?  Do  not  those  minis- 
ters who  refuse  to  renounce^their  covenant  rela- 
tions with  unbelievers,  practically  teach  the 
damnable  heresy  that  a  man  may  refuse  to  obey 
Christ  and  yet  be  trusting  in  him  for  salavtion? 
W^ho  does  not  see  that  in  the  nature  of  things 
there  must  be  entire  submission  to  the  Divine 
will  in  the  heart  of  him  who  now  trusts  in  Jesus 
to  save  him  from  his  sins?  What  those  persons 
have  who  do  not  submit  to  obey  Christ,  is  a 
false,  deceptive  hoi^e  that  they  will  he  saved. 
The  faith  that  Jesus  does  save  is  impossible  to 
a  rebellious  heart. 


— What  a  picture  is  a  wagon  loaded  with  corn, 
of  you  and  me  as  loaded  with  God's  mercies  ! 
From  our  cradle  up  till  now,  every  day  has  ad- 
ded a  sheaf  of  blessing.  Let  us  adore  his  good- 
ness and  yield  him  a  cheerful  gratitude.  When 
the  children  of  Israel  were  in  the  wilderness, 
they  went  forth  every  morning  and  gathered 
the  manna.  Our  manna  does  not  come  to  us 
every  morning,  but  it  comes  once  a  year.  If  we 
went  out  into  the  field  and  gathered  food  which 
dropped  from  the  clouds,  we  should  think  it  a 
great  miracle;  and  is  it  not  as  great  a  marvel 
that  our  bread  should  come  up  from  the  earth, 
as  that  it  should  come  down  from  the  sky? 
Therefore,  whenever  we  find  the  harvest  comes, 
let  us  be  greatful  to  God,  and  let  us  not  suffer 
the  season  to  pass  over  without  psalms  and 
thanksgiving.  1  believe  I  shall  be  correct  if  I 
say  that  there  is  never  in  the  world,  as  a  rule, 
more  than  sixteen  months'  supply  of  food;  that 
is  to  say,  when  the  harvest  is  gathered  in,  there 
may  be  sixteen  months'  supply;  but  at  the  time 
of  harvest  there  is  not  usually  enough  wheat  in 
the  whole  world  to  last  the  population  more  than 
four  or  five  months,  so  that  if  the  harvest  did  not 
come  we  should  be  on  the  verge  of  famine.  We 
Btill  live  from  hand  to  mouth.     To  the  Christian 


Size  ot  the  Temperance  Question. 

It  does  no  good  for  men  to  sneer  at  the  agita- 
tion in  regard  to  the  liquor  traffiic.  The  subject 
is  too  important  to  be  laughed  down.  It  may  be 
that  prohibition  is  not  the  right  way  to  settle  it, 
or  that  license  is  not,  or  that  taxation  is  not; 
these  are  fair  questions  upon  which  a  difference 
of  opinion  between  sincere  and  candid  men  is 
possible.  But  the  subject  has  become  altogether 
too  important  to  be  ignored,  or  passed  over  with- 
out any  serious  attempt  tp  settle  it.  Aside  from 
the  law-defying  spirit  which  it  has  elicited,  aside 
from  all  its  moral  and  religious  aspects,  the  ques- 
tion considered  purely  as  one  of  the  dollars  and 
cents,  in  its  effect  upon  the  national  prosperity 
and  wealth,  is  one  of  the  most  important  that 
can  be  named. 

Directly  and  indirectly,  this  country  spends 
in  the  liquor  traffic  every  year  a  sum  exceeding 
half  the  National  debt.  The  cost  of  that  traffic 
to  the  country,  direct  and  indirect,  is  greater 
that  the  profits  of  all  its  capital  not  invested  in 
real  estate.  It  costs  every  year  more  than  our 
whole  Civil  Service,  our  Army,  our  Navyj  ,our  _ 
Congress,  including  the  River  and  Harbor  and"- 
the  Pension  bills,  our  wasteful  local  govern- 
ments, and  all  National,  State,  county  and  local 
debts,  besides  all  the  schools  in  the  country.  In 
tact,  this  Nation  pays  more  for  liquor  than  for 
every  function  of  every  kind  of  government. 
How  is  a  question  ot  that  size  to  be  put  aside 
with  a  sneer? 

As  these  statements  may  seem  surprising  to 
those  who  have  not  looked  into  the  matter,  a 
few  figures  may  be  of  service.  A  glass  of  beer 
costs  tne  consumer  five  cents,  and  there  are  at 
least  twenty  in  the  gallon,  and  640  in  the  barrel, 
BO  that  beer  retails  at  about  ^32  a  barrel,  while 
ale  costs  still  more.  The  conpumption  ot  beer 
and  ale  last  year  was  about  15,000,000  barrels  ; 
cost  to  consumers  about  $480,000,000.  The 
cheapest  kind  of  liquor  used,  ordinary  whisky, 
is  rarely  sold  at  five  cents,  and  averages  at  least 
seven  cents  a  drink  ;  at  half  a  gill  to  the  "horn," 
this  makes  $4.48  per  gallon.  The  consumption 
last  year  was  about  70,000,000  gallons;  cost  to 
consii mors  about  $313,000,000.  Adding  wines, 
there  is  certainly  spent  for  drink  more  than 
$800,000,000,  and  the  entire  sum  raised  by  taxes 
of  all  kinds.  National,  State,  county,  city,  town 
and  school  district,  is  stated  on  authority  of 
the  census  bureau  to  be  not  more  than  about 
$700,000,000. 

But  the  cost  of  the  liquor  drunk  is  not  by  any 
means  the  whole  cost  ot  the  liquor  traffic.  An 
official  report,  prepared  with  much  labor  by  the 
Bureau  of  Statistics  of  Massachusetts  under  au- 
thority from  the  Legislature,  states  that  eighty - 
four  per  cent,  of  all  the  crime  and  criminal  ex- 
pense in  the  State  comes  directly  from  the  abnee 
of  liquor.  There  are  at  least  one  in  twenty  of 
the  able-bodied  men  in  this  country  who  are 
rendered  idle  by  their  habits  or  incapacitated 
for  work,  and  these  persons,  as  the  ordinary 
wages  of  workingmen,  would  earn,  if  industrious 
and  fairly  employed,  over  $200,000,000  yearly. 
The  proportion  of  persons  in  hospitals  who 
reach  them  because  of  excess  in  drink  is  very 
large,  but  cannot  be  definitely  ascertained. 

A  traffic  that  costs  in  actual  payment  and  in 
loss  of  productive  labor  more  than  half  the  Na- 
tional debt  every  year  is  not  to  be  ignored  by 
the  economist.  It  may  be  assumed  that  the  en- 
tire wealth  of  the  country  has  risen  from  thirty 
billions  in  1870  to  fifty  billions  in  1880,  about 
one-half  being  in  real  estate.  Probably  it  does 
not  averaga  profits  exceeding  four  i  ■•  cent. 
yearly,  taking  bad  investments  with  ^  >!,  but 
at  that  rate  the  yearly  interest  on  all  -sonal 
property  of  all  kinds  is  only  one  biUio.  '.  jllars, 
and  the  direct  or  indirect  cost  of  liquor  traffic 
must  be  greater. 


THW  CHHISTIAK  CYNOSUHE. 


November  23,  1889 


These  comparisons  do  not  constitute  reasons 
for  doing  any  unjust  or  unwise  thing.  What 
ought  to  be  done  about  the  liquor  traffic  is  not 
to  be  decided  hastily  or  without  due  regard  for 
the  rights  of  all  classes  ot  citizens.  But  the 
time  has  gone  by  in  this  country  when  a  serious 
discussion  of  a  question  that  involves  such  a 
vast  expense  to  the  Nation  can  be  prevented  by 
bullying,  intolerance,  insolence  or  ridicule.  This 
very  practical  people,  having  begun  to  think 
about  the  matter  in  earnest,  perceives  that  it  is 
much  too  important  to  be  put  aside  at  the  dicta- 
tion of  saloon  keepers.  It  is  certain  tliat  the 
entire  savings  of  the  people  and  all  additions  to 
their  wealth  are  not  twice  as  much  as  the  sum 
expended  for  liquor  and  because  of  the  abuse  of 
liquor.  If  any  just  and  reasonable  propoeition 
can  be  made  that  will  add  one-hal  f  to  the  sav- 
ings and  the  prosperity  ot  the  Nation,  it  will 
not  be  put  down  by  a  sneer,  nor  defeated  by  a 
law-breaking  mob. — JV.  Y.  Tribtme. 

Mote  from  Secretary  Stoddard. 

Chicago,  Nov.  18th,  1882. 
An  unexpected  tax  upon  my  time  and 
thoughts  has  prevented  me  from  submitting 
what  I  have  to  say  further  about  Washington 
and  extending  the  circulation  of  the  Cynosure; 
but  this  need  rot,  and  I  trust  will  not  prevent 
any  one  from  efforts  to  introduce  our  organ  into 
families  and  secure  the  subscriptions  so  much 
needed.  I  go  to  Oshkosh,  Wis.;  Blue  Earth 
City,  Minn.;  and  to  Kansas,  to  attend  State 
meetings,  and  I  shall  do  what  I  can  in  connection 
with  these  annual  gatherings.  I  earneetly  solicit 
the  co-operation  of  all  friends  of  the  cause  every 
where,  and  D.  V.,  I  will  submit  farther  reasons 
next  week.  J.  P.  Stoddakd. 


Washington  Letter. 


befobmebs  that  need  to  be  beformed. 

Washington,  Nov.  11,  1882. 

The  Dashaway  Reform  (Temperance)  Ciub  of 
this  city  advertises  a  grand  fair  and  bazaar  on 
the  15-lYth,  at  the  Masonic  Temple,  the  princi- 
pal feature  being  a  lottery  of  which  the  following 
are  some  of  the  prizes :  "  An  organ  worth 
$200;  Chamber  set  costing  $100;  a  magnificent 
silver  pitcher  and  goblets,  to  the  temperance 
order  that  gets  the  highest  number  of  votes;" 
*' Lady's  silk  fur-lined  cloak  to  the  lady  who 
sells  the  greatest  number  of  tickets;  "  "  A  full 
suit  of  clothes  to  the  most  popular  temperance 
man."  "  Tickets  50cts.,  for  sale  at  news  and 
cigar  stands." 

I  wish  to  record  my  protest  against  this  pros- 
titution of  the  temperance  reform.  I  do  so  in 
the  name  of  civil  law,  and  Christian  morals. 
Because: 

1st.  It  violates  the  spirit,  if  not  the  letter  of 
the  laws  against  gambling  and  lotteries  in  many 
of  the  States  and  in  this  District. 

2.  It  appeals  to,  and  promotes  that  covet- 
eous  "love  of  money  which  is  the  root  of 
aU  evil,"  and  depresses  patient  endeavor,  and 
honest  industry. 

3.  It  dishonors  the  name  of  Christian  benev- 
olence which  it  assumes  to  be,  while  in  fact  it  is 
only  a  scheme  to  get  gain  at  others  expense. 

4.  It  offers  an  opportunity  for,  and  tempta- 
tion to  all  manner  of  fraud. 

6.  It  depresses  all  serious  conviction,  and 
makes  what  should  be  an  earnest  Christian  work, 
of  prayer,  faith  and  labor,  to  be  a  mere  frolic  or 
loorte. 

6.  Experience  has  shown  that  all  such  appeals 
to  selfishness  do  but  strengthen  the  selfish  prin- 
ciple, lower  the  standard  of  public  morals,  loosen 
the  restraints  upon  appetite,  and  tend  to  promote 
the  evil  they  were  designed  to  remove.  Let  if 
possible,  this  Reform  Club  be  reformed.  At 
least  let  all  God-tearing  people  avoid  all  such 
methods  of  reformation.  H.  H.  Hinman. 


False  Liveby. — Secret  societies  certainly  do 
not  lack  audacity  and  insolence.  No  theologian's 
spirit  and  teachings  were  more  opposed  to  th'' 
evils  of  such  societies  of  darkness  than  Luther's, 
and  stil\  we  find  his  fair  name  abused  by  some 
of  the  fraternities  in  New  York  city,  and  pos- 
sibly elsewheriB,  who  call  "  themselves  "  The 
Martiu  Luther  Lodges."    Seeking  thej  prestige 


his  honored  name  imparts  they  make  the  Re- 
former appear  to  sanction  a  system  that  he  would 
have  abhored  from  the  bottom  of  his  soul. — 
Luthercm  JStomdard. 


NEW  ENGLAND. 


THE  NEW  ENGLAND  BOARD  of  the  National  Chris- 
tian  Association  has  it  headquarters  at  No.  8  Portland  St., 
Worcester,  Mass.  A  full  supply  of  books  and  tracts  con- 
stantly on  hand.  Orders  promptly  filled.  Correspondence 
aolicited.  E.  D.  Bailey,  N.  E.  Sec. 


— A  gentleman,  who  belonged  to  the  Odd- 
fellows and  being  sick  was  entitled  to  a  weekly 
stipend,  proposed  to  sue  the  lodge  for  what  was 
due  him,  but  learned  from  the  lawyers  that  the 
lodge  was  not  incorporated  and  therefore  not 
responsible  in  law.  So  it  appears  that  those 
who  have  claims  against  secret  orders  are  with- 
out redress  when  their  benefits  are  withheld. 

— The  New  England  Secretary  preached  last 
Sunday  (12th)  at  Wayland,  Mass.  This  chnrch 
has  become  famous  of  late  by  reason  of  the  re- 
fusal of  a  Council  to  install  the  pastor  whom 
they  had  chosen.  The  young  man  was  a  graduate 
of  Andover  Theological  Seminary  but  believed 
in  a  future  probation  for  the  wicked.  He 
claimed  that  the  profeFsors  in  the  Seminary 
taught  that  doctrine  and  he  felt  it  his  duty  to 
preach  it.  The  council  promptly  declined  to 
endorse  him  and  the  church  acquiesced.  He 
preached  there  ten  Sabbaths  without  making 
known  in  any  way  his  erratic  doctrines,  so  that 
the  church  was  in  ignorance  of  his  views  on  the 
subject. 

—Elder  D.  DeWolf  of  Green  River,  Yt.. 
preaches  alternate  Sabbaths  at  a  school-house 
near  his  home  and  secures  a  good  audience, 
many  of  whom  do  not  attend  church  elsewhere. 
This  is  much  better  than  abandoning  all  Chris- 
tian work  in  old  age.  Mrs.  DeWolf  ably  seconds 
his  efforts. 

— Deacon  Leadbetter  dropped  into  the  old 
Wesleyan  meeting  house  at  Cochituate  one  Sun- 
day night  recently  and  found  that  a  layman  was 
maintaining  a  prayer-meeting  regularly  with  an 
average  attendance  of  about  sixty,  mostly  young 
people.  He  said  he  had  never  seen  a  better 
prayei"-meeting  or  more  profound  attention  from 
the  persons  present.  Who  knows  but  this 
barren  field  may  yet  blossom  with  spiritual 
grace?  Perhaps  the  Wesleyans  will  repossess 
the  field. 

— Those  Cynosure  subscribers  who  d«sire  to 
aid  in  sustaining  the  Wew  Enqlcmd  American 
are  requested  to  send  their  names  with  twenty- 
five  cents  at  once.  The  paper  must  rely  chiefly 
on  the  support  of  old  and  tried  friends  until  it 
works  its  way  into  new  homes.  The  subscrip- 
tion list  is  having  a  steady  growth  and  at  the 
present  rate  of  increase  will  soon  be  self- 
sustaining,  but  at  present  the  burden  is  heavy 
enough  to  be  felt  and  should  be  shared  by 
others. 


Seed-sowing  among  the  Green  Mountains. 

Woeoesteb,  Mass.,  Nov.  14th,  1882. 
Politics,  preaching,  visiting  and  lecturing  have 
been  the  agreeable  occupations  of  the  past  week. 
There  is  no  need  of  resting  for  want  of  work. 
If  there  were  three  men  here  now  ready  for 
work  they  would  not  have  to  wait  over  night  to 
find  it.  Several  friends  in  the  vicinity  of  Brat- 
tleboro,  Vt.,  had  invited  me  to  lecture  at  various 
points  about  there  when  convenient  and  I  had 
promised  to  do  so.  I  notified  them  when  I 
would  lecture  in  each  place  and  last  Monday 
commenced  the  campaign,  with  a  lecture  at 
Green  River,  a  few  miles  from  Brattleboro. 
The  pastor  of  the  church  gave  a  good  notice  of 
the  lecture  Sunday  morning  and  urged  the  peo- 
ple to  attend.  I  was  hospitably  entertained  at 
the  home  of  Bro.  Charles  Potter  during  my  stay 
and  his  horse  and  buggy  conveyed  me  to  the 
places  for  lecturing.  There  was  a  fair  and  at- 
uontive  audience  at  Green  River,  and  for  the 
most  part  an  apparent  sincerity  in  receiving  the 
facts.  At  the  close  of  the  lecturi>  two  young 
men  felt  it  their  duty  to  expose  their  ignorance 
and  display  their  folly,  but  they  wen  .f  too 
low  an  order  of  beings  to  make  any  impression 
on  respectable  people. 


The  second  lecture  was  2X  Hinesburg.  in  the 
Baptist  church,  of  which  Rev.  C.  S..  Sherman  is 
pastor.  The  moral  atmosphere  of  this  place  was 
far  in  advance  of  Green  River.  The  pastor 
came  forward  cordially  to  greet  me  on  entering 
the  church  and  tendered  his  kind  offices  for  any 
service  desired.  He  conducted  the  devotional 
exercises  and  introduced  me  in  a  happy  man-r 
ner  to  the  audience,  which  was  fair  in  size  and 
good  in  quality.  This  Baptist  church  has  kept 
itself  unspotted  from  the  lodge  and  *ifi  proud  of 
its  record.  The  degree  of  interest  in  the  dis- 
cussion may  be  judged  somewhat  by  the  fact 
that  the  people  here,  as  also  in  the  other  places, 
listened  to  an  address  two  hours  in  length  with 
apparently  undiminished  attention  to  the  last. 
There  are  probably  few  subjects  now  before  the 
people  which  would  hold  the  undivided  attention 
of  an  audience  for  the  same  length  of  time. 

The  third  lecture  was  at  Halifax.  Stephen 
Niles  and  A.  F.  S.  Niles  arranged  this  lecture  in 
a  Baptist  church,  where  also  the  Methodists 
worship.  Elder  D.  DeWolf  and  wife  and  Mr. 
J.  E.  Gates  and  wife  were  also  among  the  faithful 
helpers.  These  names  are  all  familiar  to  Ver- 
mont readers  and  the  persons  themselves  are 
faithful  laborers  in  the  good  "ause.  The  pleas- 
antest  part  of  the  work  is  the  meeting  of  such 
friends  whose  warm  sympathy  is  a  solace  for 
fatiguing  labors. 

The  fourth  lecture  was  at  Jamaica,  where  Bro. 
Abijah  Muzzy  and  wife,  and  Dr.  Houlton  and 
wife  have  for  many  years  maintained  a  faithful 
testimony  against  the  lodge.  The  meeting  was 
in  the  town  hall,  the  upper  part  of  which  is 
occupied  by  the  Congregational  church,  Rev. 
Mr.  Baker,  pastor.  The  train  on  which!  went 
reached  the  place  late  in  the  evening  and  the 
people  were  in  doubt  whether  I  would-be  there. 
At  8  p.  M.  I  reached  the  hall  and  met  persons 
!?oing  away.  The  hall  soon  filled  up  again  at  the 
ringing  of  the  bell  and  we  had  a  very  pleasant 
and  successful  evening.  They  were  anxious  for 
a  second  lecture  Friday  evening,  but  as  I  had 
spoken  eigkt  times  since  Sunday  morning  and 
had  another  engagement  at  Wayland,  Mass.,  for 
Sunday  it  seemed  imprudent  to  crowd  myself 
any  further  and  I  returned  Friday. 

I  am  under  great  obligations  to  Bro.  Charles 
Potter  and  family,  as  also  to  the  other  friends 
mentioned  above  for  their  hospitality  and  gen- 
erosity. 1  spent  Thursday  in  Brattleboro,  hoa- 
pitably  entertained  by  our  veteran  brother  R. 
G.  Wood  and  his  accomplished  daughters, 
who  say  they  are  staunch  Anti-masons  every- 
where except  in  Brattleboro,  where  their  friends 
Hve!  I  think  however  they  would  not  be  the 
first  to  retreat  if  the  batt'e  should  wax  warm 
near  home.  I  missed  Gen.  Phelps,  whoTiad  not 
returned  from  the  west. 

Brother  Wood  introduced  me  to  the  man  who 
some  years  ago  presented  a  petition  in  the  Ver- 
mont legislature  praying  for  the  prohibition  of 
extra  judicial  oaths.  For  his  services  in  the 
cause  he  says  the  lodge  "  took  his"  head  off"  so 
quick  he  hardly  knew  what  struck  him.  He  was 
not  returned  to  the  legislature  again.  One  can- 
not converse  with  men,  who  have  passed  through 
.such  experiences,  without  realizing  the  power- 
ful control  which  the  secret  orders  maintain 
over  our  politics.  It  is  the  certainty  of  speedy 
vengeance  from  the  lodge  which  deters  many 
men  from  a  bold  and  aggressive  warfare  against 
it. 

There  was  an  opening  for  a  lecture  in  West 
Brattleboro  which  I  was  unable  to  fill  at  this 
time.  We  obtained  the  promise  of  the  largo 
opera  house  in  Brattleboro  for  a  lecture  or  a 
State  convention  soon,  if  we  wish  it.  I  did  not 
close  a  bargain  for  two  reasons.  Is  Brattleboro 
the  most  convenient  place  for  holdiag  a  conven- 
tion? Mr.  Spaulding  is  now  in  Vermont  can- 
vassing and  is  to  see  what  can  be  done  for  a  place 
nearer  Montpelier,  in  the  centre  of  the  State. 
If  he  fiuds  an  opening  there  friends  may  prefer 
that  location.  This  is  one  point  to  consider  but 
a  second  and  very  important  consideration  is 
whether  residents  in  Vermont  will  themselves 
take  interest  enough  in  organizing  the  State  to 
attend  a  convention.  If  we  hold  it  at  Brattleboro 
this  fall  there  would  be  a  fair  attendance  of  per- 
sons living  in  the  southeastern  portioii..    These 


ovember  23,  1883 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE. 


persons  are  among  the  most  zealous  workers,  but 
will  the  people  come  from  other  parts  of  the 
State!  Nothing  will  determine  the  answer  but 
the  decision  of  the  people  themselves.  I  should 
be  pleased  to  hear  by  letter  from  others  on  this 
point.  Meanwhile  Mr.  Spaulding  will  push  the 
canvassing  bueineea  as  much  as  possible. 

The    polit)f;5^1    revolutioii    iri    Massachusetts 
which  puts  Ben.  F.  Butler  in  the  Gubernatorial 
chair  is   perhaps   as  significant   as  any   political 
event  in  the  country.     It  is  evident  that  this  re- 
sult is  not  due  to  the  ordinary  causes  which  op- 
erated elsewhere,  for  the  Republican  State  ticket, 
except  the  governor,  was  elected.     It  is  also  evi- 
dent that  the  result  is  not  due  to  the  great  pop- 
ularity of  Butler  for  he  has  six  times  before  run 
for  Governor  and  failed.     The  result  cannot  be 
due  to  any  conspicuous  inability   on  the  part  of 
Mr.  Bishop,  the  defeated  candidate,   for  it  was 
his  marked  ability  and  honest  record  in  the  leg- 
islature,  deteating   especially   the   salary  grab, 
which  made  him  strong  enough  before  the  peo- 
ple to  secure  a  nomination  against  the  wishes  of 
the  politicians.     Two  causes  operated  to  defeat 
him— he  was  a  prohibitionist    and   an  anti-se- 
cretist.     These  points  have  been  made  promi- 
nent in  the  canvas  aud  have  done  their   work. 
Judge  Dewey,  whom  the  Masons  in  Worcester 
opposed  for  the  Stale   Senate,  as  1  wrote   last 
week,  was  also  defeated,  although  he  is  said  to 
be  one  of  the  most  upright,  capable  men  in  the 
State  and  the  nomination  was  forced  upon  him 
against  his  will.     His  opponent  is  an  ignorant 
demagogue  who  relies  upon   his  Masonry  and 
money  for  office.     These  events  will  not  soon  be 
forgotten  in  this  State.     It  is  now  probable  that 
Geo.  Long,  a  Mason,   wiii  be   the  candidate   of 
our  Masonic  Governor  Butler,  for  tine  Senate,  to 
succeed  Mr.  Hoar,  and  we  shall  witness  in  this 
the  consummation  of  the  conspiracy  by  which 
the  lodge  will  control  the  Republican  party  in 
the  State.     It  is  not  always  easy   to  prove  com- 
plicity, but  in  this  case  the  evidence  is  so  over- 
whelming ad  to  leave  no  doubt. 

E.  D.  Bailey. 


REFORM  NEWS. 


Northeast  Pennsylvania   Christian  Association. 


Obituary. 

West  Newton,  Ind. 

Editor  Cynosure  : — I  write  to  inform  you, 
and,  thrungh  the  Cynosure,  the  many  friends  of 
light,  of  the  death  of  one  of  its  most;  earnest  sup- 
porters, Peeston  Allen,  on  Monday,  Oct.  30,  at 
7:30  p.m. 

Born  in  Ohio  in  1821,  he  came  with  his 
father  to  central  Icdiaud,  when  the  country  was 
an  unbroken  wilderness,  aud  was  one  of  the  pio- 
neers who  bore  the  privations  and  hardships 
which  were  incident  to  that  time.  The  hard 
Jabor,  exposure,  aud  irregular  life  which  seems 
unavoidable  in  clearing  and  cultivating  the  land 
produced  disease  of  the  digestive  organs  which 
led  to  ossification  in  th-?.  arteries. 

_  He  was  distinguished  in  the  community  for 
his  earnest  and  active  opposition  to  slavery,  in- 
temperance and  secret  orders.  The  last  few 
years  of  his  active  life  being  spent  especially  in 
endeavors  to  overthrow  the  latter  evil.  He 
fought  Masonry  and  not  Masons,  as  he  fought 
all  sin  and  not  sinners;  so  that  he  always  re- 
tained the  respect  and  good  will  of  those  who 
were  opposed  to  him.  His  work  is  done  and 
well  done  aud  his  reward  will  be  great. 

0.  F.  Allen. 


Died  in  Bloomingdale,  111.,  Nov.  8th  of  ty- 
phoid fever,  Charles  Northkop,  son  of  Deacon 
Northrop,  aged  24  }  ears. 

Bro.  Waters  Northrop  and  his  family  who  are 
thus  sorely  afflicted,  have  our  earnest  sympathy. 
He  has  long  boen  amongthe  warmest  suppo-ters 
of  the  reform  in  northern  IlliiiOis,  and  has  had 
the  satisfaction  of  seeing  a  brother  who  had 
taken  many  degrees  in  Masonry,  renounce  them 
for  Christ's  sake. 


— "  I  haven't  a  eon  or  a  daughter  that  I  would 
not  rather  see  carried  to  their  g/aves  thaa  to 
have  one  of  them  listen  to  Christian  teachings. 
I  would  rather  take  my  child  and  throw  it 
into  hell  than  to  send  it  to  an  outside  school. 
That's  the  kind  of  a  Latter-Day  Saint  I  am." 
said  Brigham  roung,  Jr.,  at  a  recent  Mormon 
conlerence. 


According:  to  previous  announcements,  the 
Northeast  Pennsylvania  Christian  Association 
met  at  the  East  Herrick  church,  in  Bradford  Co., 
Pa.,  on  Tuesday,  Oct.  24,  1882,  at  7:30  o'clock 
p.  M.  The  president,  Si.  i5.  Mil.er,  boing  absent. 
Rev.  Edwin  Barnetson  was  elected  in  his  stead, 
and  B.  H.  Pheip?  secretary. 

Elder  Nathan  Callender  addressed  the  people 
upon  the  religion  of  Freemasonry  as  a  universal 
religion,  making  numerous  good  points  which 
were  very  interesting  as  well  as  beneficial  and 
instructive. 

He  was  followed  by  Rev.  G.  L.  Paine  and 
Rev.  J  as.  Richmond.  The  president  warned 
young  men  against  the  allurements  of  Free- 
masonry. 

The  next  morning,  after  devotional  exercises, 
speeches  were  made  by  Rev.  Paine  and  G.  R. 
Sanders,  the  latter  giving  liis  experience  as  an 
Odd-fellow,  having  gone  as  high  as  possible  in 
that  order. 

Opportunity  being  given  for  persons  to  have 
their  names  enrolled  as  members  of  the  Associ- 
ation, twenty-one  responded.  The  conference 
meeting  was  renewed  by  speeches,  interspersed 
with  singing. 

In  the  afternoon  twelve  additional  members 
were  enrolled.  The  report  of  the  nominating 
committee  was  adopted  as  follows: 

President—^.  E.  Miller,  of  Clifford. 

Vice-Presidents— 3 .  J.  Barnes,  Robert  Bur- 
lington, J.  A.  Bowker,  H.  L.  Phelps,  Horton 
Taylor,  E.  Owen,  Burgess  Smith,  G.  Sanders, 
S.  W.  Elliott,  Newel  Callender,  Silas  Ferris. 

Recording  Secretary — B.  H.  Phelps,  Lerays- 
ville. 

Corresponding  Secretary — Nathan  Callender, 
Thompson. 

Treasurer — Wm.  Bertels,  Wilkesberre. 

The  subject  of  politics  being  discussed,  a  few 
shore  speeches  were  made;  after  which  a  vote  of 
thanks  waS  returued  the  people  fox  their  hospi- 
tality. 

In  the  evening  Mr.  G.  R.  Sanders  was  called 
upon  to  relate  his  experience  as  an  Odd-fellow. 
He  responded,  reading  several  times  from  the 
"  Odd-Fellows'  Manual,"  and  was  followed  by 
the  president,  who  made  some  very  strong  points 
in  opposition  to  Freemasonry  and  its  influances. 

Elder  Callender  also  made  some  remarks 
which  were  very  expressive  and  to  the  point. 
He  was  followed  by  N.  W.  Barnes,  who  acknowl- 
edged he  was  opposed  to  secret  societies,  but 
thought  we  should  be  silent  workers  in  the  re- 
form. 

The  doxology  was  sung  by  the  congregation, 
the  benediction  pronounced  by  Eider  Callender, 
and  the  meeting  closed. 

B,  H.  Phelps,  Recording  Secretary, 


mation  that  the  rioters  of  last  evening  were 
preparing  to  use  greater  violence  and  to  assault 
the  speakers  at  the  evening  meeting,  and  urging 
that  legal  precautions  be  taken.  After  consul- 
tation the  friends  of  the  convention  decided  to 
pray  to  God  and  leave  the  event  with  him  who 
is  able  to  "turn  the  wrath  of  man  to  his  praise." 
Contrary  to  the  fears  of  some,  good  order  pre- 
vailed; but  the  next  morning  we  found  one  of 
the  large  windows,  sash  and  glass,  smashed  in  by 
a  sled -stake.  What  a  change  for  the  better  in 
six  years! 

These  scandalous  proceedings  are  not  rehears- 
ed to  torture  the  guilty  men  who  thus  defied  all 
law,  human  and  divine,  but  to  encourage  our 
friends  in  other  States  not  to  fear  a  little  Satan- 
ic bluster,  noise,  threatening  and  even  violence. 
One  Masonic  mob  will  do  more  to  overthrow 
Masonry  in  a  State  than  forty  good  Anti-mason- 
ic lectures.  To  be  sure  it  is  not  pleasant  to 
contend  with  Satan  in  the  mob,  but  we  have  the 
sure  promise,  "Resist  the  devil  and  he  will,  fiee 
from  you."  The  Chriatian  must  be  willing  to 
resist  Satan  in  whatever  guise  he  may  present 
himself,.' whether  in  the  soft  prattle  of  a  Mason- 
ic elder  or  the  fierce  howl  of  a  Masonic  mob. 
I  second  the  timely  advice  of  Bro.  Bailey  to  our 
good  friends  in  Maine  and  Vermont.  "  Or- 
ganize! organize!"  No  doubt  Satan  will  hinder 
you  but  he  is  a  conquered  enemy.  Lift  up  th6 
standard  in  the  name  of  Jehovah  and  one  shall 
chase  a  thousand  and  two  shall  put  ten  thousand 
to  flight.  "Be  not  afraid  of  them  that  kill  the 
body  and  after  that  have  no  more  that  they  can 
do."  That  arm  that  holds  the  world  is  over  us 
with  tender  care.  No  evil  can  befall  the  just. 
"Fear  not,  little  flock.  It  is  your  father's  good 
pleasure  to  give  you  the  kingdom". 

S.  C.  Kimball. 


What  hath  God  Wrought! 

In  reading  Bro.  Bailey's  account  of  the  Sixth 
Annual  Meeting  of  the  New  Hampshire  Chris- 
tian Association  at  Center  Strafford,  it  occurred 
to  me  that  it  might  still  more  encourage  the 
friends  in  other  States  to  know  that  our  second 
annual  meeting  was  held  in  the  same  plice  under 
quite  different  circumstances.  Then  Bro.  J.  P. 
Stoddard  and  Bro.  J.  F.  Browne  were  the  chief 
speakers.  Bro.  Stoddard  had  hardly  commenced 
his  first  lecture  when  he  was  interrupted  by  a 
Freemason  church  member  who  beLhed  out, 
"You  are  a  perjured  man!'  Bro.  Stoddard 
hastened  to  say  that  he  was  not  a  Freemason, 
but  was  reciting  Misonic  oaths  as  revealed  by 
others.  The  mob  spirit  was  very  manifest  in 
the  meeting  aad  when  the  closing  prayer  was 
announced  the  Satanic  spirit  broke  loose  and 
this  Freemason  church  member  mounted  a  seat 
and  as  spokesman  for  the  rioters  forbade  prayer. 
The  lodge  mob  kept  up  such  an  uproar  that  the 
moderator  deemed  it  not  advisable  to  have  a 
formal  closing  prayer  and  Bro.  Stoddard  in 
stentorian  voice  closed  the  meeting  with  a  bene- 
diction. 

I  will  now  quote  from  the  official  record  to 
show  the  public  feeling  on  the  last  day  of  the 
meeting:  'The  Becretary  w*a  privately  notified 
by  several  persons  that  they  had  received  infor- 


— A  convention  m  favor  of  the  National  Re- 
form is  about  to  be  held  in  Coulterville  in 
southwestern  Illinois.  Revs.  R.  C.  Wylie,  J.  M. 
Faris  and  others  have  been  holding  meetings  in 
various  places  in  the  vicinity  in  preparation  for 
the  convention. 

— The  Lake  Local  of  Sandy  Lake,  Meroer 
county,  Pa.,  speaks  with  enthusiasm  of  a  recent 
aid>-e88  of  Dr.  A.  M.  Milligan  of  Pittsburg  on 
the  National  Reform  issues,  thus  : 

"An  immense  audience  greeted  Dr.  MiUigan 
at  Stonaboro  Wednesday  evening  to  hear  his 
great  lecture,  '  Our  Country  for  Christ.'  Few 
such  able  lectures  have  ever  been  delivered  in 
this  county.  The  Dr.  excelled  himself.  He 
showed  from  Scripture  the  two  great'  Powers 
waring  in  the  Universe.  "  There  was  war  in 
heaven;  Michsel  and  his  angels  fought  against 
the  dragon;  and  the  dragon  fought  Michael  and 
his  angela."  He  graphically  portrayed  the  con- 
flicts of  theie  two  powers  in  our  nation  in  the 
past,  and  pointed  out  many  of  those  yet  to  come 
befora  our  nation,  the  battle-ground  of  moral 
issues  for  the  world,  shall  be  regenerated,  and 
become  a  kingdom  of  the  Lord  and  of  his 
Christ."  .«      _ 


cents  tax  on  whiskey, 
for  Connecticut,  $6.50 
is  probably  less  money 


Yermont  pays  three 
per  capita,  against  $4.50 
for  Illinois,  etc.     There 

paid  into  secret  lodges  in  that  State  than  any 
other.  It  is  called  a  good  State  to  emigrate 
from.     It  looks  like  a  good  State  to  stay  in. 

— Telegraphing  with  mirrors  for  instruments 
and  sunbeam's  for  wires  is  not  a  new  thing,  but 
it  is  psrhaps  more  generally  employed  in  mili- 
tary operations  than  people  generally  suppose. 
A  very  interesting  experiment  was  tried  in 
Egypt  recently  when  Colonel  Keyser  ascended 
one  of  the  pyramids,  and  setting  up  a  helio- 
graphic  miror  reflected  rays  of  sunshine  to  the 
coast  of  Alexandria,  120  miles  distant.  In  that 
way  a  message  from  ttir  Garnet  Wolseley  was 
communicated  to  the  Khedive.  Where  the  top- 
ographical condition  of  the  country  wiU  admit 
of  it  this  form  of  telegraphing  in  very  conven- 
ient and  useful,  since  no  wires  are  necessary  and 
hence  the  massage  cannot  be  arrrested  or  stolen. 

— Who  is  wise?  He  that  is  teachable.  Who 
ia  mighty?  He  that  conquers  himself.  Wlio  is 
rich!  He  that  is  contented.  Who  is  honored ? 
He  that  honoreth  others.  n-^saa 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSUHB. 


November  23,  1883 


CORRESPONDEHCE. 


the  Irrepressible  Conflict. 

Stkawbebry,  Kabs. 
Editor  Cynosure: — The  conflict  is  becoming 
fiercer  in  this  county  between  God's  people  and 
the  lodge.  The  M.  E.  church  has  had  another 
of  those  celebrated  church  trials  similar  to  that 
of  Bro.  J.  T.  Michael  and  others— that  of  F.  H. 
Benneit,  of  Clifton,  this  county.  Bennett  de- 
clared himself  opposed  to  secret  societies  some 
months  ago  but  said  nothing  further  on  the 
subject  and  things  went  on  very  smoothly  lor 
awhile.  For  several  years  he  has  tilled  many 
offices  in  the  church,  has  been  oflEered  an  ex- 
hortei's  license  and  even  asked  to  fill  the  minis- 
ter's place  while  he  went  to  conference  last 
spring.  In  short,  he  was  a  prominent  and  useful 
member,  but  poor.  After  conference,  however, 
he  displeased  the  Masonic  minister  in  some  way 
and  was  suddenly  found  out  to  be  a  very  bad 
man  and  his  character  assailed  by  the  minister 
and  others;  when  he  and  the  minister  had  a  tilt 
closely  followed  by  a  church  trial.  A  committee 
of  five  was  chosen  by  the  ministex,  his  own 
warm  friends  to  all  appearances,  two  of  them 
Freemasons  and  two  of  them  rank  jack  Masons. 
The  result  was  Bennett  was  expelled  on  a  very 
trivial  specification  under  the  charge  of  false- 
hood. Out  of  seven  or  eight  specifications  un- 
der the  charge  of  dishonesty  and  falsehood, 
this  was  the  only  one  sustained,  and  Bennett 
declares  that  he  believes  from  all  appearances 
four  of  the  committee  were  asleep  at  the  time 
this  specification  was  under  consideration — the 
trial  continuing  all  night. 

This  trial  took  place  August  25th,  last.  Ben- 
nett has  tried  for  an  appeal,  but  I  understand  is 
denied.  He  demanded  a  public  trial,  but  the 
elder  wrote  to  not  let  him  have  a  public  trial, 
especially  not  in  a  public  btiilding  where  the 
doors  could  not  be  closed  against  certain  classes. 
The  letter  closed:  "If  Bro.  B.  was  tried  by  an 
Odd-fellow  or  Freemason  lodge,  could  he  expect 
a  public  trial?" 

I  wonder  if  the  Methodist  church  is  to  follow 
the  lodge  policy  in  everything.  Some  will  in- 
sist that  the  lodge  is  at  the  bottom  of  the  expul- 
sion. But  it  surely  can't  be  so  ;  for  they  deny 
it,  and  the  minister  was  prostrated  after  the  trial 
and  came  near  dying.  After  four  weeks  he  is 
on  the  wing  again  and  filled  his  appointment  at 
Maple  Grove,  evidently  seeking  whom  he  may 
— turn  out  of  the  church — if  they  don't  behave. 
Daring  his  remarks  he  said  that  "some  were 
disturbers  of  the  church;  didn't  like  secret  socie- 
ties; couldn't  have  their  own  way;  couldn't  run 
things  and  therefore  had  to  leave  the  church. 
Some  took  letters,  but  some  had  to  show  their 
contempt  for  the  church  by  leaving  without 
letters.  These  people  that  were  junlping  about 
from  one  church  to  another  were  no  Joss  to  the 
church — the  M.  E.  church — nor  benefit  to  the 
church  that  got  them.  If  a  few  more  would 
leave  the  church  we  would  have  a  pretty  good 
community."  Now  of  the  twelve  who  have  left 
this  class  and  joined  the  United  Brethren  church 
on  account  of  secret  societies  in  the  M.  E. 
church  only  one  of  them  has  ever  belonged  to 
any  other  church  and  some  of  them  have  been 
active  members  for  ten  to  twenty  years.  They 
were  all  good  enough  till  they  left  the  M.  E. 
church  and  then  were  "sour  grapes."  He  said 
"the  Methodist  church  was  no  prison.  If  any 
iidn't  like  secret  eocieties  they  could  get  out  of 
the  church.  If  they  didn't  keep  still  about  it 
they  would  have  to  take  a  back  seat.  It  has 
got  to  be  stopped.  The  next  one  that  men- 
tions this  subject  in  class  I  will  bring  charges 
against." 

A  rich  Freemason  said  that  sermon  did  him  a 
hundred  dollars  worth  of  good.  The  minister 
went  home  with  him  after  the  sermon.  Next 
day  he  called  on  H.  E.  Prentice,  the  Anti- 
masouic  class  leader  at  this  point,  (Maple  Grove) 
took  his  class  book  and  turned  him  out  of  otiice. 
He  admitted  to  Prentice  that  he  had  met  his  ap- 
probation completely  as  leader,  but  in  the  Ben- 
nett trial  a  few  weeks  ago  he  had  leaned  toward 
the  Bennett  side  in  his  argument  in  summing 
up  the  case — in  short,  was  in  sympathy  with  the 
Auti-maions.     These  are  not  the  exact  words 


but  the  substance  of  his  objections  to  Prentice. 
Now  Bennett  was  class  and  recording  steward 
and  as  an  Anti-mason  was  likely  to  make  a  record 
against  the  lodge  if  allowed  to  stay  in  office  ; 
and  Prentice  was  an  able  man  in  Quarterly  Con- 
ference. If  one  or  two  more  officers  are  turned 
out  the  lodge  will  have  a  majority  in  Quarterly 
Conference.  ^ 

The  Methodist  minister  belongs  to  a  num- 
ber of  lodges,  uses  tobacco,  and  gets  about 
seven  hundred  dollars  a  year  for  preaching  at 
three  points — two  weeks'  preaching. 

Yours  for  the  cause,  s. 


A  Birthday  Letter. 


timely  warning  if  the  lodge  carried  out  threats. 
I  have  been  threatened — but  would  rather  had 
his  friendship  outside  than  inside  of  the  lodge. 

J.  S.  Hickman. 


GooDwiNE,  III.  Nov.  6th,  1882. 
Editor  Cynosure: — This  day  fifty-one  years 
ago  I  was  born  in  the  little  State  of  Deleware, 
and  now  as  I  have  just  entered  upon  a  new  year 
of  my  life,  I  feel  like  covenanting  anew  in  the 
good  and  noble  work  of  our  reform.  Not  long 
since,  while  on  a  Wabash  train,  I  accidently 
seated  myself  by  Kev.  N.  E..  Woods,  a  Free 
Methodist  preacher;  as  soon  as  I  learned  this,  I 
felt  as  if  I  had  found  a  friend — felt  at  home. 
Of  course  the  lodge  question  soon  came  up  and 
although  an  entire  stranger  to  him  he  risked  a 
bright  silver  dollar  with  me  to  pay  for  the 
Cynosure.  See  what  confidence  he  put  in  me 
(not  wishing  to  praise  myself,)  because  I  was 
earnestly  opposing  the  lodge.  But  suppose  we 
on  the  other  hand  had  both  been  Masons  and  I 
had  proved  myself  to  be  a  true  "  hrothe/^  "  on 
the  square'^  by  the  usual  signs,  does  any  one 
think  he  would  have  risked  a  dollar  with  his 
"cut  throat"  brother?  Not  a  penny  of  it! 
Why?  Becaufe  one  fraud  is  always  afraid  of 
another.  It  Masonry  is  not  a  fraud  there  is  no 
such  thing  as  fraud.  Their  secrets  are  all  out 
and  yet  they  are  peddling  the  three  degree  se- 
crets out  for  usually  about  $30.  The  lodge 
magnates,  like  "  horse  tamers,"  know  their  ani- 
mal must  first  be  hrohen.  A  man  is  devoid  of 
manhood  when  he  submits  to  be  "  roped  ; "  and 
being  devoid  of  manhood  makes  him  an  animal. 
This  is  fair  reasoning.  Masous  first  commence 
to  train  their  dupes  by  throwing  around  them  a 
blue  rope  called  a  cable  tow.  Once  tamed  he  is 
at  their  mercy.  Masons  say  it  is  the  covenant 
that  makes  the  Mason.  We  say  it  is  not  true — 
it  is  only  a  part  of  it.  We  say  a  man  is  made 
a  Mason  only  when  he  is  entered,  passed, 
knocked  down,  scooped  and  raised.  We  appeal 
for  the  truth  of  this  to  those  preachers  who  are 
Masons. 

And  now  one  word  about  supporting  Masonic 
ministers.  It  is  getting  to  be  poor  policy  to 
support  a  minister  to  preach  the  gospel  (?)  when 
he  is  training  behind  tyled  doors  and  m  such 
dens. 

While  visiting  my  aged-  parents  in  Indiana 
and  going  to  church  with  them  I  was  approached 
by  lioger  Adams,  aged  76.  He  said  be  had  no 
money  (Mr.  A.  is  a  rich  man)  for  Masonic 
preacherp,  but  he  gave  me  money  for  the  Cyno- 
sure. It  would  nearly  break  a  "heart  of  sione 
to  hear  him  recite  how  the  fraternity  approached 
him  when  away  ofl  in  Missouri  among  strangers, 
and  engaged  in  a  heavy  criminal  suit  where  his 
son  was  the  party  on  trial.  It  cost  the  father 
about  $1,500  to  defend  him.  Mr.  A.  was  asked 
if  he  was  a  Mason,  giving  him  to  understand 
if  he  was,  everything  would  certainly  come  orit 
all  right,  telling  the  old  man  at  the  same  time 
they  did  not  believe  his  son  guilty,  but  lor  want 
of  the  helli8h(excuse  the  word!  I  don't  know  of 
any  other  suit)  badge,  his  son  had  to  languish  in 
a  prison  and  before  these  Masonic  officials  could 
decide  the  case  the  son  sickened  and  died  in 
prison  and  was  sent  home  in  a  cofiin  to  fond 
parents,  brothers  and  sisters!  [  have  known 
the  Adamses  forty  years  and  they  are  highly  re- 
spected folks. 

While  at  father's  I  learned  with  the  deepest 
sorrow  of  two  friends  of  mine  who  had  joined 
the  lodge,  both  of  whom  knew  in  advance  just 
how  they  would  be  treated  during  initiation.  I 
can  not  understand  what  they  joined  for.  One 
of  them  went  with  me  to  Philadelphia  to  the 
Centennial  when  I  gave  out  thousands  of  tracts 
going  and  coming — waa  told  he  would  give  me 


Letter  to  a    Washington  Pastor. 

The  following  lette*-was  lately  Addressed  to  a 
Methodist  Episcopal  pastor  of  Washington  city 
by  a  gentleman  who  was  about  to  enter  into  full 
communion  of  his  church,  but  drew  back  when 
he  learned  that  the  pastor  was  a  worshiper  at 
Masonic  altars: 

WASHiNoroN,  D.  C,  Oct.  11,  '82. 
Eev. ,  pastor  of M.  E,  church: 

Dear  Sir  : — Were  I  to  consult  my  feelings, 
I  would  have  prefixed  the  word  "Brother"  w.'-.ere 
the  formal  "Sir"  appears  at  the  opening  sen- 
tence of  this  letter;  but,  for  reasons  which  will 
duly  appear,  it  is  not  placed  where  my  hewit 
would  most  gladly  write  it. 

I  must  request  that  you  do  not  call  out  my 
name  to  approach  the  altar-rail  to  receive  the 
right  hand  of  fellowship  until  I  shaU  indicate 
my  willingness  to  take  that  step. 

Never  did  I  regret  anything  much  more  than 
I  do  this  necessary  step  which  I  am  taking 
conscientiously. 

"The  blood  of  Jesus  cleanseth  from  all  sin." 
O,  how  true  is  this!  In  my  own  case,  I  have 
no  more  doubt  of  the  efficacy  of  that  sacrifice 
than  I  doubt  my  present  duty  to  write  this  epis- 
tle. Blessed  be  his  name!  it  is  because  I  am 
cleansed  from  all  sin  and  sinfulness,  that  I  write 
to  request  that  the  action  of  the  church  in  favor 
of  my  admission  be  not  regarded  as  an  obligation 
on  my  part  to  comply  with  the  usual'  invitation. 

You  will  please  call  to  mind  your  remark  in 
your  parlor  the  day  I  consulted  you  on  the  sub- 
ject of  placing  myself  on  probation.  You  said 
I  was  testing  the  church.  Now  to-night  I  learn- 
ed a  fact  from  brother   P which  places  me, 

at  the  end  of  my  probation  and  at  the  incipiency 
of  full  membership,  in  such  an  anomalous  posi- 
tion that  I  find  myself  most  reluctantly  compelled 
to  withdraw  my  attitude  of  quest  as  to  full 
membership  of  the  dearest  church  I  have  ever 
known.  I  am  more  of  a  Methodist  than  ever, 
t  am  less  of  a  Romanist  than  ever  before.  I 
have  burned  my  bridges,  I  am  a  Voutrance  with 
any  so  called  church,  which  dares  to  reverse  two 
important  mandates  of  the  Savior.  I  'refer  to 
Matt.  20:  25-28;  and  again  to  his  plain  and  clear 
and  explicit  and  binding  mandate  in  Matt.  23: 9, 
on  which  subject  I  present  you  the  following 
extracts  from  my  letter  of  this  date  to  my 
Roman  Catholic  daughter: 

"As  to 'tirades' against  your  reliciioa ;  you  ought  never 
to  use  such  a  term  to  your  own  father.  Indeed  your  re- 
ligion is  the  subject  ot  just  criticism  so  long  as  it  does 
not  teach  you  to  reverence  your  papa.  I  hate  to  be  the 
only  'father'  you  possess  who  cannot  claim  your  respect ; 
and  I  regret  ihat  you  place  as  first  objects  of  your  love 
those  whose  claims  are  founded  on  the  blasphemous  tradi- 
tion whicli  violates  the  command  of  Jesus,  without  whom 
there  can  be  no  church,  and  whose  plain  command  to  call 
no  man  father  on  earth  (meaning  Spiritual  father)  no 
church  can  reverse  without  denying  the  Lord  that  bought 
them.  Jesus  only;  Jesus  all  in  alii  That  is  my  central 
truth,  tne  pivotal  point  of  my  entire  theology.  No 
church  witliout  Jesus.  All  who  truly  obey  Jesus  only 
are  members  ol  my  cnurch,  be  they  Romanists  or  Protes  - 
tants." 

If  you,  dear  sir,  will  now  read  the  next  verse, 
Matthew  23:10,  you  will  see  that  i  am,  in  con- 
science, just  as  much  opposed  to  the  order,  of 
which  I  am  now  informed  you  are  a  member, 
and  on  the  very  same  grounds.  Jesus  only  is 
your  "Master,'^  or  else  you  are  entirely  out  of 
place  in  his  pulpit. 

You,  however,  acknowledge  a  "Grand  Mas- 
ter," on  earth  and  are  perhaps,  partaker  of  the 
title.  You  cannot;  therefore,  be  my  pastor. 
"Jesus  only,"  is  my  motto. 

While  our  paths  necessarily  diverge  there  ia 
no  reason  why  you  should  regard  me  with  aver- 
sion for  having  thus  addressed  you.  I  am  older 
than  you  and  I  know  that  the  great  obstacles  to 
the  spread  of  genume  doctrine  and  practice  of 
Jesus  are  the  loose  ways  of  the  Christians  who 
are  to  a  great  extent  violating  Matthew  20:25- 
28;  23:9-10;  19:9,  or  at  least  quietly  minding 
their  own  business  and  letting  others  Uveas  they 
please  and  with  whom  they  pleaee. 


u 


November  23, 1888 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYTsTOSUHB 


As  to  the  religion  ot  Masonry  it  is  abhorent 
to  Jesus,  whom  it  excludes  trom  its  pale.  Its 
ablest  advocate  has  said  that  it  is  a  religion  of 
pure  "  Theism"  beyond  which,  as  a  Mason  you 
"must  not  and  cannot  go."  (Mackey's  Masonic 
Jurisp.  p.  95.;  Mackey's  Lex.,  Art.  "Keligion.") 
''  It  is  Auli-masonic  to  require  any  religious  test 
other  than  the  candidate  should  believe  in  a  God, 
the  creator  and  governor  of  the  Universe." 
(Chaee's  Dig.  of  M.  Law  p.  206.)  "Freemasonry 
calls  no  man  to  ar-connt  for  his  belief  of  any  re- 
ligion on  the  globe."  (Cons.  Gr.  Orient  of 
France.     Chase's  Disr.  207.) 

I  will  not  multiply  quotations  to  prove  that 
^asonry  is  a  Christless  religion.  Let  it  suffice 
to  say  that  the  "  Liberty  wherewith  Christ  has 
set  me  free  is  deservedly  dear  to  me;  nor  will  I, 
God  helping  me,  be  again  entangled  with  the 
yoke  of  bondage,  or  fellowship  the  "  works  of 
darknees."  I  cannot  fellowship  with  any  save 
Christians,  and  as  no  man  can  serve  two  masters, 
no  man  can  be  a  Christian,  such  as  Jesus  re- 
quires and  secretly  fellowship  with  idolaters, 
polygamibts  and  aw^i-Christians;  for  the  beloved 
disciple  defines  the  spirit  of  «7i.i!*'- Christ,  in  his 
first  EpisUe  4:  3,  to  be  any  spirit  "  that  confesses 
not  that  Jesus  Christ  is  come  in  theflesli."  The 
spirit  of  Masonry  excludes  the  very  subject  from 
its  '•  religion." 

1  have  never  sought  admission  into  Masonic 
order;  I  neither  know,  or  wish  to  know  its  secret. 
If  it  be  good,  then  ought  I  to  communicate  it  to 
the  public;  if  evil,  I  would  be  under  the  same 
obligation.  The  religion  of  Jesus  is  all  I  want ; 
and  of  course,  I  regard  the  pulpit  the  sole  and 
exclusive  property  (with  all  its  consistent  incum- 
bent,) of  Jesus  only. 

L>oubtle8s  you  have  your  own  opinion  of  the 
matter,  which  will  not  be  afiected  by  that  of  an 
outsider;  but,  as  you  are  precluded  by  your  ob 
ligation,  in  which  you  have  invoked  your  own 
destruction  in  manner  and  form  which  would 
revolt  an  inquisitor,  from  showing  me  my  errors 
from,  or  outside,-  the  pulpit  of  Jesus,  of  course, 
we  must  remain  antipodal  in  this  matter. 

With  the  sincere  prayer  that  yon  may  with- 
draw from  evil  associations,  as  I  must  regard 
them,  and  confine  yourself  to  the  work  of  the 
ministry  of  Jtsus  alone,  I  am,  my  dear  sir, 
your  true  friend.  


— There  are  said  to  bo  110,000  members  of 
the  United  Workmen  lodges  in  this  country. 
They  pay  an  initiation  fee  of  $10,  and  the  ag- 
gregate insurance  they  expect  to  get  at  death  is 
$22«,000,000.  But  if  they  should  stop  taking 
in  memoers,  how  much  would  they  get? 


saints  and  tliey  will  soon  rtst   from  thi  ir   labors  and  their 
works  will  follow  them." 

John  Hotter,  Lyons,  Kan. : 

"Bro.  Feemster  has  paid  us  a  visit  and  lectured  here  in 
theU.  B.  church.  He  is  doing  great  good  in  the  lecture 
field  in  Kansas." 

C.  H.  Gillett,  Maple,  Mich.,  gives  this  as  the  judgment 
of  his  experience: 

"There  is  no  person  who  understands  what  Freemason- 
ry is  and  loves  it,  but  liates  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ,  I  care 
not  how  many  ministers,  deacons  and  church  members 
you  make  out,  it  will  prove  true  at  the  judgment  of  the 
last  great  day." 

Thos.  C.  Haines,  Portland,  Oregon : 

"When  showing  the  Cynosure  and  the  monument  pic- 
tures to  a  sister,  she  said  she  supposed  Morgan  was  really 
killed;  that  her  mother  said  she  had  two  brothers  at  that 
time  Masons,  and  they  left  the  lodge,  yet  of  course  never 
dare  tell  about  it.  She  also  remembered  a  man  who  a 
good  many  years  ago  preached  in  Portland  agaiast  secret 
orders ;  most  everybody  got  mad  at  him  and  the  papers 
abused  him.  On  asking  his  name  it  proved  to  be  Bro. 
Chimberlain  of  Washington  Territory.  That  seed  may  yet 
bear  much  fruit." 


Our  Mail. 

G.  H.  Williams,  Putnam,  Conn. : 

"Our  cause  progresses  and  the  battle  grows  hotter  of 

course." 

Jas.  Barnes,  8r..  Strawberry  Point,  Iowa : 

"I  feel  that  all  preachers  who  are  Masons  ought  to  be 
rebuked  severely  and  stop  preaching  till  they  repent  and 
confess  that  great  sin.  *  *  I  once  thought  some  of 
joining  the  lod^je  because  so  many  ministers  belonged  to 
if.  I  thank  the  good  Lord  that  I  have  not  fallen  into  that 
dreadful  snare." 

Mrs.  Rachel  P.  Hill,  Carthage,  Ind.,  writes  of  the  Indi- 
ana State  Convention : 

"We  think  the  convention  did  much .  good.  The  devil 
overshot  his  mark  in  opposition  and  caused  a  reaction  in 
favor  of  anti-secretism.  The  Methodist  minister  would 
not  let  th».  gingers  into  his  Sabbath-school  because  they 
were  connected  with  the  anti-secret  movement,  which 
caused  some  of  his  scholars  to  come  down  to  the  Friends 
Sabbath-school  which  was  opened  and  closed  by  the 
singers." 

W.  H.  McOhesney,  Corresponding  Sec'y  of  Minnesota 
Christian  Association  writes  trom  his  former  home  in 
New  York : 

"I  am  holding  up  the  cause  of  reform  here  and  find  the 
people  in  much  ignorance  in  regard  to  the  terrible  insti- 
tution of  Freemasonry.  They  think  it  horrible  for  a 
Christian  man  to  take  such  oaths  and  I  tell  them  that 
they  do." 

J.  C,  Card,  Seattle,  W.  T.  : 

"I  believe  you  are  preaching  the  everlasting  gospel  as 
foretold  under  the  third  angel's  proclamation  in  Revela- 
tion 14  and  verse  9,  and  that  we  are  living  in  the  reaping 
time  as  foretold  in  verse  15,  when  the  lares  are  being 
bound  in  bundles  to  be  burned  as  Christ  taught  they 
should  be,  in  Matthew  13 :30,  for  men  are  being  gathered 
Into  all  kinds  of  societies  (bundles)  and  bound  by  all  kinds 
.  of  oatha.    Surely  here  is  the  patience  and  the  faith  the 


Books  and  Magazines. 

The  first  volume  of  the  tasteful  edition  of 
Green's  "History  of  the  English  People"  pub- 
lished by  the  Useful  Knowledge  Publishing  Co., 
New  York,  appeared  some  time  ago.  Four 
handy  volumes  complete  the  work,  clearly  print- 
ed and  finely  bound.  This  history,  while  the 
latest,  is  also  the  best  of  those  which  cover  the 
whole  period  of  English  history  from  the  earli- 
est times  to  our  own  century.  It  is  a  history  of 
the  people  no  less  than  of  their  rulers,  showing 
them  as  they  lived  as  well  as  how  they  warred 
and  managed  the  politics  of  their  times.  The 
student  of  Macauley  will  miss  the  versatility, 
the  elegance  of  diction  and  the  philosophical 
analysis  of  that  great  yrriter;  but  will  be  none 
the  less  pleased  with  the  clearness,  the  happy 
sketches  ot  character  and  of  historical  incidents 
that  enliven,  diversify  and  render  the  narrative 
deeply  impressive.  One  could  wish  that  the 
author  had  been  less  brief  with  the  closing  chap- 
ters, especially  those  respecting  the  American 
Revolution  and  the  wars  with  Napoleon.  These 
periods  are  quite  fully  written  up  by  other  au- 
thors, however.  The  publishers  have  presented 
excellent  work  in  very  attractive  style  and  at 
this  very  low  price 

The  Century  for  November  is  a  rich  number, 
both  in  i's  matchless  illustrations  and  the  excel- 
lence of  some  ot  its  articles.  "A  new  Profession 
for  Women"  recounts  the  obstacles  surmounting 
and  the  present  successful  operation  of  the 
Training  School  for  Nurses  connected  with 
Bellevue  Hospital,  New  York.  This  is  not  a 
new  profession,  but  this  systematic  education  of 
devoted  young  women  has  not  before  been  tried 
in  this  country.  Their  work  in  hospital,  tene- 
ment house  and  as  private  nurses  is  very  touch- 
ingly  told.  Their  eelf-sacrifice  inspires  emula- 
tion and  banishes  misanthropy.  Rev.  Washing- 
ton Gladden  contributes  the  first  ot  a  series  of 
articles  on  "The  Christian  League  of  Connect 
icut,"  which  deserves  a  more  extended  notice 
than  can  here  be  given.  Edward  Eggleston  also 
begins  a  historical  series  "The  Beginning  of  a 
Nation,"  which  tells  much  that  is  entertaining 
and  some  things  that  are  new  about  the  settle 
ment  of  this  continent.  This  article  is  ireely 
illustrated  with  old  and  rare  outs.  An  article  on 
the  failure  of  the  Jury  System  by  Albert  Stick- 
ney,  and  on  England  by  Charles  Dudley  War 
ner  help  to  make  this  a  substantial  number  of 
the  CentMry. 

Purdy's  Fruit  Recorder  for  this  month  pic 
tures  for  os  the  boasted  "Big  Bob"  strawberry, 
which  the  publisher  puts  at  the  head  of  the  list. 
If  the  fruit  equals  the  representation  we  can 
believe  all  that  is  said  in  favor  of  the  new 
berry. 

The  Quarterly  Report  of  the  Kansas  State 
Board  of  Agriculture  for  quarter  ending  Sep- 
tember 30,  is  strong  in  statistics.  The  crop 
reports  tor  1882  place  Kansas  among  the  most 
promising  of  the  agricultural  States.  Many 
counties  report  as  yet  but  half  the  land  in  culti- 
vation. Nearly  a  million  and  a  half  acres  were 
sown  to  winter  wheat,  and  the  average  yield 
was  about  thirty-two  bushels  per  acrej  corn 
nearly  thirty- six. 


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NO.  NO.  Pages. 

1  Historical  Sketch  of  the  N.C. A.,  by  Pres.  J.  Blanchard 4 

2  Voice  of  the  Empire  State  In  Condemnation' of  Masonry 4 

3  Address  to  American  Pastors  on  the  Secret  Lodge 4 

4  Freemasonry  in  the  Family,  by  J.  P.  Stoddard 4 

5  Pres.  Finney  on  the  Duty  of  Christians  toward  the  Lodge 2 

6  Warning  against  Masonry  (For  Colored  People),  Illustrated 2 

7  To  the  Boys  who  Hope  to  be  Men,  Illustrated    2 

8  Freemasonry  Modern  Heathenism 4 

9  Ministers  at  Rival  Altars 4 

10  A  Pastor's  Confession 4 

11  Knight  Templar  Masonry 4 

12  Alexander  Campbell's  Estimate  of  the  Lodges 4 

13  "Thi- Secret  Empire,"  by  J.  P.  Stoddard 4 

14  True  and  False  Templarism 4 

15  Secrecy  and  Sin,  from  the  "Christian"  47  CornhlU,  Boston 4 

16  Selling  Dead  Horses,  by  "  'Bostonlan" 4 

17  History  of  Masonry,  by  Pres.  J.  Blanchard 4 

18  Despotic  Character  of  Freemasonry 4 

19  Freemasonry  a  Christ-excluding  Religion 5 

20  Masonic  Muider,  by  Eider  T.  R.  Balrd 2 

21  Grand,  Great  Grand,  by  Philo  Carpenter 2 

22  Masonic  Oaths  and  Penalties  swornto by  theGrandLodgeofR. I..  4 
'23    Letters  of  J.  Q.  Adams  and  J.  Madison  on  Freemasonry   4 

24  Satan's  Cable  Tow 4 

25  Character  and  symbols  of  Freemasonry.  Illustrated 2 

26  Address  of  the  Niagara  Association  on  the  Murder  of  Morgan...  4 

27  Judge  Whitney  and  Masonry — Masonry  Defends  a  Murderer 8 

28  Nathaniel  Colver  and  Howard  Crosby  on  Secret  Societies 2 

29  Grand  Lodge  Masonry,  by  Pres.  J.  lilanchard Iti 

80    Masonic  Oaths  Null  and  Void,  by  Rev.  I.  A.  Hart 4 

31  Hon.  Seth  M.  Gates  on  Freemasonry ' 

32  Origin,  Obligation  and  Expenses  of  the  Grange < 

83    Hon.  Wm    H.  Seward  on  Secret  Societies 2 

34  What  Great  Men  Say  about  Freemasonry 2 

35  Objections  to  Masonry,  by  a  Seceding  Mason 4 

36  Masonic  Chastity,  by  Emma  A.  Wallace 4 

87    Reasont,  ""»vy  a  Christian  should  not  be  a   Freemason  (German) . .  4 

38    Masonic  0..-""9  and  Penalties,  by  Rev.  A.  M.  Mllllgan 4 

89    Should  Freemasons  be  admitted  to  Christian  Feilowship'!" 4 

40  The  Object  of  the  American  (Antl-masonic)  Party 2 

41  Freemasonry  a  Religion  (shown  by  Its  own  authors) 8 

42  Duty  and  Ability  to  Know  the  Character  of  Masonry 4 

43  Affidavit  that  Masonry  is  revealed,  by  J.  O.  Doesburg  and  others    4 

44  D.  L .  Moody  on  Secret  Societies 4 

45  Ought  a  Seceding  Mason  t"o  Keep  his  Lodge  Oath  ? 4 

46  Nos.  17, 18  and  19  combined,  by  Prof.  Cerviu  (Swedish) 16 

47  Irish  Murders  and  Secret  Societies  .   -- 4 


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1  Freemasonry  Illustrated.  Exposition  of  7  Degrees 640 

2  BttualB  of  Odd-fellowship,  Knights  of  Pythias  (JoodTem- 

plarism.  The  Grange,  'Irand  Army  ajid  Machinists 

and  Blacksmiths  TJnloj ^ 

8    The  Broken  Seal;  or  Freemoaonry  Developed 304 

4  Finney  on  Masonry... *'• 

5  EmlnentmenonSecretSooletl' s;Composedof "WasMng- 

ton  Opposed  to  Secret  Societies,  "  lodge 'Whitney's 
Defence, " ' 'T^e Uystio Tie. "' 'Nar»fttl ves and  Argn - 
ments.  "  The  Antl-masonio  Scrap  Boo'  u  •*  and"0»th8 
and  Pena.fles  of  Freemasonry  5i  proved  In  the  Kew 
Berlin  Tr.als." m» 

6  Morgans  Masonic  Exposition,  Abdnct.onand  Murder. 

Oathsof  33  Degrees;  con  posedof '  'Freemasonry  Ex- 
po3ed„  "History  of  the  AbducTOn  and  Murder  of  Mor- 
gan, "Valance's  Confesslor  "  "Beraard's  Kemenls- 
cences  of  Morgan  Times,"  and  "Oat  ,a  and  Penalties 
of  83  Degrees" ..     Si 

7  Secret  Societies  Ancient  an  J  Modem,  and  Ooilege  Secret 

Societies... .,..,.. ^S* 

8  Sermons  and  Addresses  on  Secret  Sooiet'.e; ,  composed  of 

"Masonry  a  Work  of  Darkness."  and  the  Sermons 
of  Messrs.  Cr-ss,  Wl'llams,  McNary,  Dow,  Sarver; 
the  two  addresses  of  .Test.  Blanchard,  the  addr^ssea 
of  Prest.  H.  H.  George, Prof.  J.  Q.  Carson,  Be-,.  M. 
S.  Dniry. '  'Tlilrteen  Reasons  why  i.  Chrtstia  i  cannot 
be  a  Freemason."  "Fr  emasonry  contrary  to  the 
Christian  Religion."  Anu"Aje  Masonic  Oaths  Bind- 
ing on  the  Initiate?".       ..,.,. *7 

9  History  of  the   rational  Christian  Association,  and  Mln- 

ates  of  the  Syr  icrse  and  Pittsburgh  Conventions. .  .»• 
19    Hon.  J.Q.  Adams  Lett-;rs  and  Addresses  on  Fret  masonry  Mi 

11  Odd-fellowaWpJndgedbytts-jwn  Ctterances ItO 

12  Secret  Societies  by  Revs  McDO!  B■anc;^la^(?andBeecber    V8 

IS.  Knight  Templarlsm  Illustrated *« 

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U.  Rltoals  and  Secrets  Illustrated;  Composed  of     Temple 

of   Honor    Illustrated,"    "Adoptive    Masonry 
mnstrated,"    "United  Sons  of  Indostry  lUns- 

traced"  and  "Secret  8octetle»  IllMtrated ^ 

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THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE. 


November  28,  1883 


The  Christian  Cynosure. 

CHICAGO,  THURSDAY;  NOVEMBER  88,  1882. 


The  Cynosure  Again. 

An  unexpected  pressure  of  busineBS  has  pre- 
vented Secretary  Stoddard  writing  his  intended 
article  for  this  week.  But  the  article  will  come. 
All  he  has  yet  suggested,  is,  that  4000  sub- 
scribers get,  each,  one  subscriber  added  to  his 
own.  This  looTcs  feasible.  For  a  man  who  has 
business,  as  Lewis  Tappan  used  to  have,  can  get 
those  who  liouie  to  do  business  with  him,  to  sub- 
Bcriue  as  Lewis  Tappan  always  did;  while  abo- 
litionism was  much  more  hated  than  anti-secret- 
ism  now  is.  That  accomplished,  will  give  a  list 
of  more  than  eight  thousand  subscribers,  just  by 
each  subscriber  obtaining  one. 

But  there  are  many  Father  Auten's  who  will 
get  ten  instead  of  one;  that  is,  one  for  himaelf, 
and  nine  to  double  nine  others,  who  may  be  sick 
or  timid.  Let  every  Fa*<her  Auten  on  the  list 
strike  now,  for  the  iron  is  getting  hot. 

But  to  get  the  minimum,  which  is  ten  thou- 
sand, before  we  go  to  Washington — the  least 
list  which  will  save  us  from  contempt  when  we 
go  there — we  must  not  only  ask  each  subscriber 
to  add  one  beside  his  own;  but  every  Benjamin 
Ulsh  on  the  list  must  be  employed  and  paid  for 
canvassing.  Mr.  Stoddard  has  been  canvassing 
accounts  with  his  usual  integrity  and  care,  and 
he  will  show  you  that  the  cause  owes  its  organ 
something,  more  or  less.  That  something  should 
be  paid:  but  paid  in  subscribers.  This  is  all  the 
publisher  wants.  He  will  give  a  receipt  in  lull 
if  the  list  reaches  a  square  ten  thousand;  we 
shall  go  to  Washington  with  a  decent  backing 
and  the  cause  will  triumph. 


Governor  St  John. 


The  defeat  of  this  statesman  in  Kansas,  while 
every  other  Republican  candidate  is  elected  by  a 
tair  majority,  is  an  interesting  study.  The 
Cynosure  will  give  the  matter  its  profound  at- 
tention, and  our  readers  shall  have  the  benefit  of 
our  study  of  it.  Doubtless  it  will  be  found  that 
distiller  and  brewer  money  has  bought  stock  in 
popular  Kansas  papers  and  defeated  St.  John  in 
the  name  of  pretended  Prohibition.  Then  the 
anti-third  term  argument  was  used  with  many. 
Bat  over  and  beyond  all,  it  will  be  found  that 
the  secret  lodge  has  defeated  him.  We  know  a 
secret  distiller'a  society  was  formed  there,which 
was  Masonry  by  an  alias,  using  the  Masonic 
lodge-rooms  nightly  and  run  by  Masons,  who 
hate  and  distiust  St;  John,  not  because  he  has 
opposed  Masonry,  but  because  they  hate  God  and 
goodness.     But 

"The  busy  triflerg  deem  themselves  alone; 
Frame  many  a  parooae  and  God  works  his  own." 

The  outcome  wiii  be  to  throw  St.  John  and 
ex-Senator  Fomeroy  (who  has  also  felt  the  teeth 
of  the  snake  )  into  the  American  party.  Let  us 
raise  the  Cynosure  list  and  then  move  on  Wash- 
ington.    Mark  oar  prophecy. 


Christian  Union. 


Not  a  few  of  the  readers  of  the  Cynosure 
have  seen  with  gratitude  the  attempts  to  call  to- 
gether the  Christian  church"fes  into  a  union  of 
organization,  sympathy  and  work,  which  it  is 
evident  they  do  not  now  enjoy.  At  the  same 
time  there  has  been  at  intervals  a  crudity  of 
theory  on  this  topic  which  has  displeased  good 
men  who  are  anxious  to  be  one  with  all  the  host 
of  God  below  in  practical  effort  for  the  kingdom 
of  Christ.  None  who  havo  thought  upon  the 
matter  wiU  iail  to  read  with  interest  some  prac- 
tical hints  gathered  from  the  article  of  Washing- 
ton Gladden  in  the  Century  for  the  current 
month,  on  the  "Christian  League  of  Connect- 
icut." 

A  banker  and  his  pastor  having  with  deep 
regret  observed  the  need  of  a  practical  effort  to 
bring  Christian  living  and  doctrine  into  the 
homes  of  the  poor  and  neglected  classes  as  well 
as  to  awaken  an  interest  among  inexcusable  non- 
church  goers,  called  together  the  pastors  of 
their  city,  including  the  Universalist,  but 
not  of  the  Eooian  Catholic  or  the  colored 
ohurohes.    WiUx  thd  paatorg  they  invited  three 


of  the  oest  members  ot  each  churcli,  upright  ana 
well-reputed  men.  This  company  organized  by 
agreeing  to  a  constitution  which  provided  that 
there  should  be  no  voting,  no  records,  :.no  per- 
manent officers,  no  creed,  nor  doctrinal  discus- 
sion. The  meetings  were  to  be  monthly  at  the 
houses  of  different  members  by  invitation,  the 
member  at  whose  house  the  meeting  was  held 
to  preside  and  appoint  any  committees.  Unan- 
imous consent  must  be  given  to  every  successful 
proposition.  This  company  began  the  work  of 
visitation  and  evangelization  of  the  churchless 
classes,  distribution  of  Bibles,  care  of  the  poor, 
etc.,  the  idea  that  the  work  was  that  of  the 
churches  being  paramount. 

The  reason  for  leaving  out  the  colored  breth- 
ren is  given  thus  by  the  banker: 

"The  colored  brethren  must  be  left  out,"  was 
the  answer;  "not  for  social,  but  for  ecclesiastical 
reasons.  One  of  the  first  duties  of  this  league 
of  ours  if  it  ever  gets  into  operation,  will  be  the 
suppression  of  these  colored  churches.  When 
the  colored  people  abandon  their  own  organiza- 
tions, and  join  the  other  churches,  they  may 
come  in  as  representatives  from  them.  We  will 
have  no  color-line  in  the  Christianity  for  which 
this  club  stands.  I'll  go  as  far  as  any  other  man 
in  fraternizing  with  colored  men ;  but  with  co- 
lored churches,  never.  The  sectarianism  whose 
only  basis  is  the  color  of  the  skin  is  the  meanest 
kind  of  sectarianism." 

A  sentiment  that  has  much  sense  behind  it 
though  having  a  look  of  severing  on  its  front. 
Not  less  pointed  is  the  sentiment  of  one  pas- 
tor respecting  mission  work  among  the  poor  in 
reply  to  the  suggestion  that  they  would  often 
attend  mission  chapels  but  avoid  the  churches: 

"The  first  thing  to  do  -in  such  a  case",  replied 
Mr.  Strong  with  emphasis,  "is  to  convert  or  kill 
the  churches  of  which  this  is  true.  A  church 
into  which  poor  people  cannot  be  induced  to  go 
ought  to  be  born  again  or  blotted  out.  The 
church  whose  methods  oi  administration  and 
whose  social  atmosphere  are  such  as  to  discou- 
rage the  attendance  of  the  poor,  is  driving  Christ 
from  its  door.  Is  not  this  his  own  word,  'Inas- 
much as  ye  did  it  unto  one  ot  the  least  of  these, 
ye  did  it  unto  me'  ?  It  is  entirely  possible  to  cre- 
ate and  maintain  in  our  churches  a  spirit  and  a 
way  of  working  that  shall  make  the  poorest 
people  feel  perfectly  at  home  in  them.  The 
church  in  which  these  are  not  lound  needs  a 
missionary  as  much  as  the  Patagonians  do.  It 
has  not  yet  learned  the  alphauet  of  Christianity." 

*  *  *  "I  think  not,"  was  the  answer. 
"The  one  injurious  and  fatal  fact  of  our 
present  ch arch  work  is  the  barrier  between  the 
churches  and  the  poorest  classes.  The  first 
thing  for  us  to  do  is  to  demolish  this .  barrier. 
The  impression  is  abroad  among  the  poor  that 
they  are  not  wanted  in  the  churches.  This  im- 
pression is  either  correct  or  incorrect,  if  it  is 
correct,  then  there  is  no  missionary  work,  for  ub 
who  are  pastors,  half  so  urgent  as  the  conversion 
of  our  congregations  to  Christianity,  it  it  is 
incorrect,  we  aie  still  guilty  before  God  in  that 
we  have  allowed  such  an  impression  to  go  abroad ; 
and  we  are  bound  to  address  ourselves,  at  once 
and  with  all  oiligence,  to  the  business  of  con- 
vincing the  poor  people  that  they  are  wanted, 
and  will  be  made  welcome,  in  the  churches. 
But  every  mission  chapel  planted  in  the  neigh- 
borhood of  a  church,  and  intended  fur  the  puor, 
is  an  ostentatious  proclamation  to  the  poor  that 
they  are  right  in  their  impression;  that  we  free- 
ly consent  to  the  separation  of  the  rich  from  the 
poor  in  worship;  that  we  approve  of  the  religion 
that  is  founded  on  caste,  lo  that  proclamation 
1  will  never  put  my  signature.  The  time  has 
come  when  judgment  should  begin  at  the  house 
of  God,  and  when  the  paganism  tliat  masquerades 
in  our  stylish  churches,  in  the  guise  of  Christia- 
nity, should  be  stripped  of  its  disguises  and  ban- 
ished from  our  altars." 

The  town  having  been  districted  among  the 
different  churches  the  work  of  visitation  begun 
with  this  result: 

"So  it  came  about  that,  before  the  winter  was 
over,  the  whole  town  had  been  covered  by  the 
canvassers,  and  no  household  was  left  in  iguo- 
rauce  of  the  fact  that  a  place  and  a  welcome 
were  waiting  for  it  in  one  of  its  churches.    Some 


OI  the  canvassers  carried  with  them  cards  on 
which  were  printed  the  hours  of  their  various 
services.  The  spirit  of  good-will  and  co-opera- 
tion was  such  that  the  visitors  generally  sought 
to  gratify  the  denominational  preferences  of 
those  on  whom  they  called.  If  a  Congregation- 
a'.  visitor  found  a  family  with  Baptist  proclivi- 
ties, he  sent  the  address  of  this  family  to  the 
nearest  Baptist  visitor.  In  this  way  the  poor 
people  obtained  a  strong  impression  of  the  uni- 
ty of  the  churches.  It  became  evident  that  this 
enterprise  was  not  undertaken  for  the  aggrand- 
izement of  any  sect  or  of  any  local  churcli,  but 
rather  for  the  sake  of  carrying  the  gospel  greet- 
ing and  invitation  to  all  the  destitute.  Many 
cases  of  sickness  and  want  were  also  discoveren 
by  the  visitors,  and  the  practical  charities  of  the 
churches  began  to  be  developed  in  an  effective 
way.  A  colporter  of  the  Bible  Society  appeared 
upon  the  scene  as  the  work  was  beginning,  him- 
self proposing  to  canvass  the  town  in  the  inter- 
est of  his  society;  but  he  was  easily  persuaded 
to  relinquish  the  work  into  the  hands  of  the 
local  visitors." 

This  brief  sketch  of  a  long  article  is  given  for 
its  suggestions  respecting  united  work  for  Christ 
in  a  community.  Mr.  Gladden  might  have  such 
a  union  with  unorthodox  churches  in  the  city  of 
Springfield  where  he  preaches,  but  such  an  ar- 
rangement, while  liberal  toward  men  is  sighting 
and  dishonoring  Christ.  So  too,  we  should  consid- 
er union  with  a  church  as  such  that  openly  fellow- 
shipped  the  lodge  and  was  under  its  control. 
But  beyond  these  hindrances  there  are  methods 
of  Christian  union  in  practical  work  for  the 
kingdom  of  Christ  which  are  neglected  in  every 
village  and  city,  and  which  should  be  used  iu- 
bringing  many  souls  to  the  Lord. 


Joseph  Cook,  the  great  i-Jostun  lecturer  left 
this  country  for  England  in  September,  1880. 
After  nine  months  in  the  United  Kingdom  he 
made  the  circuit  of  the  great  German  Universi- 
ties, and  then  visited  Italy,  Greece,  Egypt,  and 
Palestine.  Going  by  way  of  the  iled  Sea  he 
reached  Bombay  in  January,  1882.  In  India 
and  Ceylon  he  spent  eighty-four  days,  and  de- 
livered forty-two  lectures.  Then  he  went  up  the 
Chinese  coast  and  to  Japan,  and  from  Yoko- 
hama sailed  for  South  Australia.  After  vitiiting 
the  various  Australasian  colonies  he  set  sail  for 
San  Francisco,  having  delivered  more  than  two 
hundred  and  fifty  lectures  in  foreign  lands.  He 
spoke  in  Lincoln,  Nebraska,  on  the  15th  and 
reached  Chicago  last  week.  He  spoke  for 
two  hours  on  Sabbath  afternoon  to  an  immense 
audience  in  Farwell  Hall  on  "The  Signs  of  the 
Times."  He  will,  while  here,  be  moved,  we 
hgpe,  to  leave  an  emphatic  testimony  against 
the  lodge  system 


Thurlow  Weed,  alter  eighty -five  years  politi- 
cal lite,  equalled  in  its  activity  perhaps  by  no 
other  American,  is  dying.  There  is  no  acute 
trouble,  but  inability  to  take  nutritious  food  and 
the  exhaustion  of  old  age  have  brought  him  to 
an  extremity.  He  last  week  conversed  cheer- 
fully and  with  Clearness  and  force  on  political 
questions  to  one  or  two  old  friends,  but  is  con- 
scious that  his  end  is  approaching.  "  I  do  not 
expect  to  go  down  stairs  again,"  he  said  to  his 
physician.  On  Sabbath  day  he  had  a  consul 
tatiou  of  physicians.  One  of  them  said  ho  did 
did  not  take  food  enough  to  keep  a  canary  bird 
aLve,  but  there  was  no  local  affection  which 
should  prevent  the  digestion  of  food.  The 
nation  waits  at  his  bedside,  and  doul>lle8s  the 
end  will  soon  come. 


— If  wonder  posBeosed  uay  reader,  because  the 
leading  editorial  of  last  week  hoped  that  all  had 
"wondered  at"  Secretary  Stoddard's  article,  let 
them  revise  by  using  the  woTd pondered  and  all 
will  be  plain.  So  in  the  next  articie  it  was 
written  that  "politics  can  recognize  God  [not 
us]  without  coercing  conscience  or  oppresoing 


men. 


— The  Nebraska  State  Association  holds  its 
annual  meeting  in  May  next.  The  friends  in 
that  State  wish  to  secure  the  benefits  of  an  early 
notice  and  the  attendance  of  Secretary  Stod- 
dard. 


November  93, 1889 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE 


THE  AMERICAN    PARTY. 


Nominations  for  1884. 

Far  PretltUmt, 

JONATHAN  BLAN CHARD, 

of  Illinois. 

lor  Vice-President. 

JOHN  A.   CONANT. 

•of  Connecticut. 

PLATFORM. 

We  hold:  1.  That  ours  is  a  Christian  and  not  a 
heathen  nation,  and  that  the  God  of  the  Christian 
Scriptures  is  the  author  of  civil  government. 

2.  That  God  requires  and  man  needs  a  Sabbath. 

3.  Tliat  tlie  prohibition  of  the  importation,  manu- 
facture and  sale  Of  intoxicating  drinks  as  a  beverage 
is  the  true  iiolicy  on  the  temperance  question. 

4.  That  the  charters  of  all  secret  lodges  granted  by 
our  Federal  and  State  Legislatures  should  be  with- 
drawn, and  their  oaths  prohibited  by  law. 

5.  That  the  civil  equality  secured  to  all  American 
citizens  by  articles  13th,  14th  and  15th  of  our  amended 
Constitution  should  be  preserved  inviolate. 

G.  That  arbitration  of  differences  with  nations  is 
the  most  direct  and  sure  method  of  securing  and  per- 
petuating a  permanent  x^eace. 

7.  That  to  cultivate  the  intellect  without  improving 
the  morals  of  men,  is  to  make  mere  adepts  and  experts ; 
therefore,  the  Bible  should  be  associated  with  books  of 
science  and  literature  in  all  our  educational  institu- 
tions. 

8.  That  land  and  other  monopolies  should  be  dis- 
couraged. 

9.  That  the  government  should  furnish  the  people 
with  an  ample  and  sound  currency. 

10.  That  maintenance  of  the  public  credit,  protection 
to  all  loyal  citizens,  and  justice  to  Indians  are  essential 
to  the  honor  and  safety  of  our  nation. 

11.  And,  finally,  we  demand  for  the  American  peo- 
ple the  abolition  of  electoral  colleges,  and  a  direct  vote 
for  President  and  Vice-president  of  the  United  States. 


— The  American  vote  iu  Cook  county  IIl.,wa9 
reported  as  65. 

— The  first  report  from  Michigan  is  by  J. Van 
Halteren,  who  writes  that  iu  Holland  City  there 
wore  23  votes;  in  the  township  outside,  6;  and 
in  Grand  Haven  6  votes. 

— In  the  11th  Illinois  Congressional  district 
Eev.  A.  Or.  McCoy  of  Monmouth  was  on  the 
Prohibition  ticket  for  State  Senator  and  our 
good  friend  John  A.  Gordon  of  Roseville,  for 
county  surveyor. 

— From  each  county  where  an  American  vote 
was  polled  there  can  now  be  obtained  from  the 
county  clerk's  office  a  record  of  the  vote.  Let 
the  friends  who  are  interested,  get  the  report 
and  forward  by  postal  card  to  the  Cynosure. 


The  Survival  of  the  Fittest. 

Empokia,  Kansas,  Nov.  5,  1882. 

Editob  Cynosdee: — 1  am  writing  under  the 
cooling  shadow  of  George  W.  Glick,  Governor 
elect  of  the  State  of  Kansas. 

It  seems  a  little  awkward.  A  whisky  Gov- 
ernor of  Kansas,  and  Butler,  Governor  of  Massa- 
chusetts, and  a  Democratic  tornado'all  the  way 
between.  It  seems  a  little  rough.  Tornado's 
are  always  rough,  but  they  are  said  to  purify  the 
air.  If  such  is  the  result  we  will  praise  the 
Lord  for  it ;  for  the  air  was  bad. 

FUNEBtAL    OP   DEAD  I88UBS. 

As  we  stand  to-day  and  look  round  over  the 
scattered  debris  of  parties,  one  thing  at  least  is 
c'ear :  The  dead  issues  of  the  past  can  no  longer 
hold  parties  together.  When  the  iustitution  of 
slavery  was  the  one  power  to  be  feared  in  our 
land,  it  was  no  doubt  most  important  to  elect 
officers  who  were  sound  on  that  question.  But 
now^  tliar  slavery  is  dead  and  rotton  as  Hiiam 
Abiff  himself,  its  importance  is  not  so  clear  in 
the  minds  of  the  people ;  and  the  past  election  is 
to  my  mind  the  funeral  procession  of  the  issues 
of  twenty  years  ago. 

woman's  suffrage  gone. 

Another  important  question  seems  scarcely 
less  detinitely  settled.  In  the  light  of  the  past 
election,  the  wom^kn's  suffrage  movement  seems 
to  be  rather  the  impulse  of  gallantry  than  the 
cry  of  the  oppressed.  The  matter  was  fairly 
presented  to  the  people  in  Kansas  and  J>f  ebraeka, 
but  it  awakened  no  enthusiasm.  The  party 
leaders  endorsed  it,  but  the  women  laughed  at 
it.  If  the  wives  and  mothei's  and  sweethearts  of 
the  laud  had  said  to  their  husbands,  sons  and 
lovers :  "  We  feel  wronged  by  being  deprived  of 
our  vote,  and  we  would  be  glad  to  have  you  ex- 
tend to  us  this  privilege  " — does  any  one  doubt 


the  result  ?  1  don't,  i  do  not  believe  there  is 
one  man  iu  a  hundred  who  would  not  have  gone 
to  the  polls,  and  gone  quck,  and  voted  to  strike 
the  fetters  from  woman's  hands. 

But  woman's  suffrage  is  hopelessly  buried  in 
the  (general  wre -k  of  Tuesday  last,  and  buried 
because  the  women  wanted  it  buried.  Hequies- 
cat  in  pace. 

TEMPERANCE   IN   POLmOS. 

Tetnperance  is  no  doubt  a  question  of  no  sec- 
ondary importance,  but  it  is  not  the  only  im- 
portant question  before  the  country.  It  is  a  good 
plank  in  any  platform,  but  no  party  can  stand 
ou  that  alone.  It  is  too  narrow.  Governor  St. 
John  ran  far  behind  his  ticket,  and  why  ?  Partly 
no  doubt  because  of  a  reaction  on  the  temper- 
ance question,  but  on  the  eve  of  election  the  A., 
T.  &  S.  F.  railroad  issued  a  circular  to  its  em- 
ployes to  vote  for  St.  John  or  he  dismissed. 
This  single  taut  was  as  a  millstone  around  his 
neck. 

No  party  can  permanently  succeed  which  does 
not  plant  itself  squarely  against  monopoly  and 
ring  rule.  To  this,  not  only  Kansas,  but  New 
York  and  Pennsylvania  say,  Amen,  with  a  voice 
of  thunder. 

AMERICAN   PARTY   TO   THE   FRONT. 

All  these  things  are  so  many  index  fingers 
pointing  to  the  American  party  as  the  party  of 
ihe  future.  Happy  .the  American  people,  if 
they  may  but  know  the  day  of  their  merciful 
visitation. 

Now  that  the  door  is  open  let  us  gird  us  to  the 
work.  Let  us  stop  at  once  all  trifling  with  wo- 
man's suffrage.  1  would  be  glad,  too,  to  drop 
out  that  article  of  our  platform  demaoding  a  di- 
rect vote  for  President  and  Vice  President,  for 
though  personally  I  believe  in  it,  1  do  not  think 
it  worth  while  to  come  down  from  the  high 
moral  principle  for  which  we  are  contending  to 
spend  time  or  lose  votes  over  this  matter. 

Let  us  rather  plant  ourselves  on  the  j<reat 
moral  questions  of  the  day,  such  as  temperance 
and  opposition  to  monopolies  and  ring  rule  in 
every  form.  Thus  we  will  gather  in  all  that  is 
free  in  the  prohibition  party.  I  had  almost  said 
we  would  get  all  that  is  honest  in  the  Green- 
back-labor party,  and  all  that  is  alive  in  Repub- 
licauism. 

Thus,  with  truth  and  justice  on  our  side  and 
a  wide  door  before  us,  let  us  rise  up  and  possess 
the  land  in  the  name  of  the  Lord  ot  Hosts. 

P.  S.  Feemstek. 


Another  Advocate  for  a  New  Party. 

The  New  York  Witness,  as  a  wise  observer  of 
the  signs  of  the  times,  regards  the  hour  favor- 
able for  planting  the  standard  of  revolt  against 
the  old  and  corrupt  parties,  and  establishing  in 
the  revolution  a  new  party  which  shall  have  a 
basis  of  moral  principles  and  measures  for  the  ben- 
efit of  the  whole  people  without  distinction  of 
race,  color,  or  property  qualification.  The  Wit- 
ness has  always  favored  the  Republican  party 
but  is  now  inclined  to  moralize  thus  upon  its  late 
defeat: 

"  So  long  as  the  Republican  party  was  the  only 
one  to  which  the  nation  could  look  for  justice  to 
our  brethren  of  African  decent,  or  to  our  Indian 
tribes  and  Chinese  immigrants — so  long  as  it 
was  the  only  party  from  which  temperance  leg 
islation  could  be  hoped,  or  which  was  likely  to 
maintain  a  sound  currency,  or  to  check  the  en- 
croachments of  Rome  upon  our  school  system ; 
and,  above  all,  when  it  was  the  only  party  to 
maintain  the  Union,  it  had  imperative  claims 
upon  the  better  classes  of  the  ^community,  and 
these  claims  were  acknowledged  by  continued 
victories  in  six  consecutive  Presidential  elections. 
But  when  this  great  party  got  mixed  up  with 
all  kinds  of  corruption  and  fraud,  when  junket- 
ing and  favoritism  reigned  in  it,  when  it  put 
some  of  the  worst  men  of  the  country  into  most 
important  political  positions  ;  when  it  would  do 
nothing  for  the  temperance  cause,  not  even  to 
investigate  the  evils  of  the  liquor  traffic ;  when 
it  was  been  to  be  committed  to  bossism,  and  that 
it  consented  to  unjust  legislation  against  the 
Chinese,  and  that  it  did  not  prevent  cheating 
the  Indians  and  making  war  npon  them  ;  when 
all  this  was  fully  realized,  the  last  feather  which 


proverbially  breaks  the  horse's  back  was  added 
in  the  River  and  Harbor  bill,  the  Hubbeil  as- 
sessments, and  the  fraud  and  forgery  committed 
by  the  Republican  machine  men  at  the  S^iratoga 
Nominating  Convention,  and  the  defeat  was 
fully  expected  which  has  just  been  made  certain 
by  last  week's  election." 

That  there  is  more  hope  from  the  Democratic 
party  than  the  other  the  editor  proceeds  to  show 
18  likely,  and  finally  enunciates  a  plattorm  for  a 
new  party  which,  with  one  or  two  exijeptions, 
seems  strong  and  sound;  and  proves  by  its  like- 
ness to  the  American  platform  how  nearly  men 
of  conviction  and  prinjiple  will  come  to  think 
alike  on   political   issues  a  year  or  two  hence. 

A  new  party,  sai/s  the  Witness,  likely  to  at- 
tract the  best  men  from  all  present  parties,  and 
free  from  all  previous  scandals  and  compli- 
cations, should,  we  think,  be  formed  now;  and 
take  tlie  liberty  of  suggesting  the  following 
basis : 

1.  Prohibition  of  the  liquor  traffic. 

2.  Civil  Service  Reform. 

3.  A  purely  revenue  tariff. 

4.  Sound  currency,    based  on  gold  standard. 

5.  Constitutional  prohibition  of  free  passes  by 
corporations  to  officials  or  representatives. 

6.  The  recognition  of  women  as  citizens. 

7.  The  recognition  in  the  Constitution  of  the 
Creator  and  Saviour  of  the  world. 

8.  A  strict  adherence  to  Washington's  advice, 
to  enter  into  no  entangling  alliances  with  foreign 
powers. 

9.  Not  only  to  do  justice  to  what  are  called 
inferior  races,  but  to  treat  them  kindly  and  con- 
siderately. 

10.  National  laws  of  marriage  and  divorce, 
and  a  national  registry  of  births,  marriages,  and 
deaths. 

11.  Two-cent  postage,  postal  telegraphy  and 
post-office  savings  banks. 

It  will  be  seen  that  the  proposed  new  party 
would  include  six  already  existing  parties. 


NOTICES. 


Minnesota.      ' 

i  f By  request  of  the  friends  in  the  southwestern  part  of  the 
State,  the  flftd  annual  convention  of  the  Minnesota  Chris- 
tian Association  will  be  held  in  the  court  house  in  Blue 
Earth  City,  Faribault  county,  on  Wednesday,  Thursday 
and  Friday,  December  6th,  7th  and  8th,  1882.  blue  Earth 
City  is  the  terminus  of  the  Blue  Eai  Ih  City  branch  of  the 
C,  St.  Paul,  M.  &  O.  railroad.  The  friends  offer  free  en- 
tertainment and  invite  a  full  attendance.  Those  intend- 
ing to  come  will  please  send  their  names  to  Rufus  John- 
son, Blue  Eaith  City,  Minn.  Reduced  railrodd  tare  re- 
turning, on  all  roaus,  to  those  who  pay  full  fare  coming. 
Opening  lecture  Wednesday  evening  at  7  o'clock,  by  Rev. 
J.  P.  Stoddard.  President  C.  A.  Blanchard  is  expected  to 
deliver  a  series  of  lectures.  Thomas  Harflet, 

Rec.  ttecretury. 
E.  G.  Paine, 

President. 


Kansas. 

The  Kansas  State  Christian  Association,  opposed  to  se- 
cret societies,  will  meet  in  convention  at  the  Free  Meth- 
odist Church,  Emporia,  at  7  o'clock  p.  m.,  Dec.  19th,  and 
continue  in  session  until  the  2l8t.  Secretary  Stoddard  and 
other  active  and  able  workers  are  expected  to  be  present. 
The  place  is  central  and  easy  of  access,  and  we  urge  the 
friends  of  reform  from  all  parts  of  the  State  to  be  present. 
Important  business  will  come  belore  the  Association. 
Come,  brethren, '  to  the  help  of  the  Lord,  to  the  help  of 
the  Lord  against  the  mighty."  Jos.  Axtek,  Sec'y. 


AvALON  College  announces  the  opening  of 
its  winter  term  ou  December  13th.  The  Colle^ie 
is  better  equipped  than  ever  before,  has  a  full 
attendance,  and  is  doing  thorough  work  in  all 
departments.  Its  studtnts  represent  fifteen 
counties  of  North  Missouri  and  the  States  of 
Illinois,  Iowa  and  Kansas,  and  are  good  expon- 
ents of  the  intelligence  and  educatioual  interest 
ot  the  people  of  these  sections.  Avalon,  the  seat 
of  the  College,  is  not  cursed  with  a  saloon.  No 
other  places  of  vice  are  tolerated  in  ihe  town. 
Students  are  especially  forbidden  to  engage  in 
any  conduct  that  may  lead  them  or  their  com- 
panions to  the  formation  of  vicious  habits.  The 
trustees  have  lately  decided  to  increase  the 
capacity  of  the  College  buildings  by  adding  a 
fourth  story  with  a  mansard  roof.  Any  infor- 
mation will  be  freely  given  by  Pres.  C.  J.  Kep- 
hart,  Avalon,  Mo. 


16 


THE  CHHISTIAN  CYKOSUHE. 


November  23.  1883 


HOME  CIRCLE. 


In  Fellomaiiip  at  oarvice. 

We  work  together  if  far  apart: 

Loyal  and  strong  is  euch  servant's  heart; 

One  is  our  Master,  Chiitt  Iho  Lord, 

And  we  catch  the  sound  of  his  guiding  word. 

And  onward  go  where  he  shows  the  way 

Till  we  stand  with  him  in  the  perfect  day. 

The  work  we  do  is  not  quite  the  same. 
Some  as  heralds  the  news  proclaim. 
Some  are  working  among  the  vines. 
Some  in  the  fields  where  the  hot  sun  shines. 
And  8(ime  wurk  quietly  in  the  gloom 
Of  a  shady  place  or  a  narrow  room. 

Some  are  singing  the  Master's  praise. 
Some  are  cleansing  the  dutty  ways. 
Some  are  teaching  the  young  with  care, 
Some  are  sptuoiug  the  dais  in  prayer; 
We  all  are  working  with  voice  or  pen, 
The  young  and  the  old,  the  women  and  men. 

For  how  shall  the  servants  of  Christ  be  still 
When  h'.B  kingdom  is  hindered  by  force  of  ill? 
His  will  being  done,  the  world  would  be 
Happy  and  prosperous,  good  and  fiec. 
Shall  we  not  labor  until  is  won 
The  whole  glad  world  for  Uod  s  dear  Son? 

We  work  together,  if  far  apart. 

Hands  in  unison,  heart  to  heart! 

We  work  as  having  one  common  aim, 

We  work  as  bearing  the  same  good  name, 

We  dare  not  loiter,  but  still  pursue 

The  work  of  the  Master,  with  him  in  view. 

Brothers  and  sisters,  I  send  yougreetingl 
Not  yet  is  the  time  of  our  happy  meeting; 
But  progress  is  made,  it  is  now  the  noon. 
And  the  sweet  rest-hour  will  be  coming  soon. 
I  hear  your  voices  sometimes  in  song. 
And  all  our  work  will  be  done  ere  long. 


-Marianne  Farningham. 


Seeing    Christ  in  the  Poor. 

The  poet,  Lungfeilow,  puts  into  exquisite 
verse  a  imdieval  legend  ot  fine  eigniticance. 
At  the  hour  of  noon  it  was  customary  in  the 
old  monastery  for  the  neighboring  poor  to 
receive  alma  at  the  gate,  from  the  monks  who 
took  the  service  in  fcui^cession.  One  day  the  fa- 
ther whoae  turn  it  was  to  dispense  that  day  tiie 
customary  chatty,  was  engaged  in  prayer  m  his 
cell,  when  his  Lord  suddenly  appeared  to  him 
in  an  epiphany  of  lovo  and  giory,  and  the  saint 
could  only  lie  at  his  feet  in  adoration  and  joy. 
While  this  vision  tarried,  suddenly  the  convene 
bell  rang  out  the  hour  ot  the  noon,  and  the  wor- 
shipper knew  that  the  needy  were  waiting  at 
the  grated  doors  with  gaum  laces  and  thin  skele- 
ton bands  for  his  chanty.  Should  he  tarry  with 
his  Lord,  or  go  to  wait  upon  his  Lord's  suneriug 
ones?  Should  he  linger  at  the  gate  of  heaven 
or  hasten  to  the  gate  ot  earthly  misery?  It  was 
a  moment  ot  suspense,  bnt  duty  trmmphed. 
He  rose  from  the  radiant  Pregeuce  and  spent 
the  hour  in  deeds  of  love,  wondering  all  the 
while  at  tho  strange  joy  which  filled  his  spirit, 
and  not  daring  to  think  that  the  glorious  vision 
would  ever  meet  his  eyes  -again.  He  had  done 
his  Lord's  will  and  work;  he  was  eatistied  with 
the  consciousness  of  his  approval.  But  as  he 
slowly  returns  to  the  eacred  spot,  what  was  his 
surpriee  and  delight,  to  see  the  Master  waiting 
to  welcome  him  with  a  smile  of  commendation 
he  had  not  worn  before,  and  the  words  of  bene- 
diction, "If  thou  hadst  staid,  1  would  have 
gone." 

Wo  lose  many  a  blessing  by  seeking  blessing 
when  we  should  ralhor  seek  to  please  and  honor 
him.  "He  is  not  here — he  goeth  before  you 
into  Galilee,"  might  be  said  lo  many  a  despon- 
dent seeker  after  spiritual  peace,  looking  in  vain 
ior  blessing  in  religious  selfishness.  There  is  one 
place  we  are  ever  sure  of  his  presence,  and  that 
IS  in  obedience  to  the  command  coupled  with 
its  companion  promise,  "(to  ye  into  all  the 
world  and  preach  the  gospel  to  every  creature, 
and  io,  I  am  with  you  always,even  unto  the  end 
of  the  world." — Gosjjel  in  ail  Lands. 


— To  be  satisfied  with  the  acquittal  of  the  world, 
though  accompanied  with  the  secret  condemna- 
tion of  conscience,  this  is  the  mark  of  a  little 
mind;  but  it  requires  a  soul  of  no  common 
stamp  to  be  satisfied  wfth  its  own  acquittal, 
and  to  despise  the  condemnation  of  the  world. 
—GoUon, 


Rewards  of  Giving. 

A   iHANKSGTVr.N'G  LE'^SON. 

"  Blessed  is  he  that  cousidereth  the  poor;  the 
Lord  will  deliver  him  in  time  of  trouble.  The 
Lord  will  preserve  him  and  keep  him  alive; 
and  he  shall  be  blessed  upon  the  earth;  and  thou 
will  not  deliver  him  un^'o  the  will  of  his  enemies. 
The  Lord  will  strengthen  him  up  on  the  bed  of 
languishing;  thou  wilt  make  all  his  bed  in  his 
sickness." — Ps.  xli.  1. 

"  Trust  in  the  Lord,  and  do  good;  so  shalttbou 
dwell  in  the  land,  and  verily  thou,  shait  be  fed." — 
Ps.  xxxvii.  3. 

''  Honor  the  Lord  with  thy  substance,  and  with 
the  first  fruits  of  all  thine  increase:  so  shall 
thy  bai-ns  be  filled  with  plenty,  and  thy 
presses  shall  burst  out  with  new  wine." — Prov. 
iii.  6. 

"There  is  that  seattereth  and  yet  increae- 
eth ;  there  is  that  withholdeth  more  than  is 
meet,  but  it  tendeth  to  poverty.  The  liberal 
soul  shall  be  made  fat,  and  he  that  water- 
eth  shall  be  watered  also  himself." — Prov.  xix. 
17- 

"  And  if  thou  draw  out  thy  soul  to  the  hungry, 
and  eatisfy  the  afflicted  soul,  then  shall  thy  light 
shine  in  obscurity,  and  thy  darkness  be  as  noon- 
day; and  the  Lord  shall  guide  thee  continually, 
and  satisfy  thy  soul  in  drought,  and  make  fat  thy 
bones;  and  thou  shalt  be  watered  like  a  garden, 
and  the  springs  of  water  whose  waters  fail  not." 
— Isa.  Iviii.  10. 

"  Bring  ye  all  the  tithes  into  the  storehouse, 
that  there  may  be  meat  in  my  house;  and  prove 
me  now,  herewith,  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts,  if  I 
will  not  open  you  the  windows  of  heaven 
and  pour  you  out  a  blessing  that  there  shall 
not  be  room  enongh  to  receive  it.  And  I  will 
rebuke  the  devourer  for  your  sakes,  and  he 
shall  not  destroy  the  fruits  of  your  ground, 
neither  shall  the  vine  cast  her  fruit  before  the 
time  in  the  field,  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts." — Mai. 
iii.  10. 

"  Give  and  it  shall  be  given  unto  you — good 
measure,  pressed  down,  shaken  together  and 
running  over,  shall  men  give  into  your  bosom. 
For  with  the  same  measure  you  mete  withal 
it  shall  be  measured  to  you  again." — Luke  vi. 
38. 

"  I  have  showed  you  all  things,  how  that  so 
laboring  ye  ought  to  support  the  weak,  and  to 
remember  the  words  of  the  Lord  Jesus,  how  he 
said,  It  is  more  blessed  to  give  than  to  receive." 

Acts  XX.  35. 

"  Every  man  as  he  purposeth  in  his  heart,  so 
Ipt  h'm  give;  not  grudgingly  or  of  necessity;  for 
God  loveth  a  cheerful  giver.  And  God  is 
able  to  make  all  grace  [the  word  *'  grace  "  here 
refers  to  temporal  blessings]  abound  towards 
you;  that  ye  always  having  all  sufficiency  in  all 
things  may  abound  to  every  good  work." — 2d 
Cor.  ix.  7. — Compiled  hy  author  of  Christian 
Giving, 


Cultivating  Selfishness  in  Children. 

The  mother  who  in  the  fullness  of  generous 
love  runs  hither  and  thither  continually  to  do 
for  the  various  members  of  the  family  those 
things  which  they  should  do  themselves,  comes 
to  be  regarded  as  a  useful  piece  of  machinery, 
suited  to  minister  to  their  wants.  By-and-by, 
when  the  mother  is  worn  out  in  body  and  spirit, 
when  the  child,  grown  older,  feels  no  need  of 
her  as  its  slave,  it  finds  other  more  attractive 
plavmates  and  companions. 

The  mother  has  necessarily  far  more  labor, 
care,  and  anxiety  than  any  other  member  of  the 
household.  She  is  constantly  occupied,  and  her 
work  seems  to  have  no  end.  Neither  husband 
nor  children  will  love  her  the  more  for  sacri- 
ficing hereelf  wholly  to  them,  as  many  a  sad, 
weai  y  mother  has  learned  to  her  cost.  Let  her 
be  just  to  herself.  Not  that  she  should  make 
slaves  of  the  children  any  more  than  they  should 
make  a  slave  of  her.  But  children  like  to  be 
useful,  like  to  teel  that  they  are  a  help  to  older 
persons,  and  if  a  little  praise  and  perhaps,  coo,  a 
little  money  is  given  them,  they  will  learn  to 
enjoy  the  pleasure  of  helping  mother  and  of 
earning  something  for  themselves,  and  be  early 
taught  the  dignity  of  labor  as  well  as  to  save 


their  mother  a  little  lime  to  keep  herself  in  ad- 
vance of  them  in  study  and  thought,  lu  general 
information,  and  in  spiritual  growth,  so  as  to  be 
always  reverenced  as  their  intellectual  and  spir- 
itual guide  and  friend  and  counsellor. 

It  has  been  truly  said  by  Miss  Sewell,  author 
of  an  excellent  work  on  education,  that  "  Un- 
selfish mothers  make  selfish  children."  This 
may  seem  startling,  but  the  truth  is,  that  the 
mother  who  is  continually  giving  up  her  own 
time,  money,  strength,  and  pleasure  for  the  grat- 
ification of  her  children,  teaches  them  to  expetit 
it  always.  They  learn  to  be  importunate  in 
their  demands  and  to  expect  more  and  more.  If 
the  mother  wears  an  old  dress  that  her  daughtor 
may  play,  she  is  helping  to  make  her  vaiu,  self- 
ish, and  ignorant,  and  very  likely  she  will  be 
ungrateful  and  disrespectful,  and  this  is 
equally  true  of  the  husband  and  other  mem- 
bers of  the  family.  Unselfish  wives  make 
selfish  husbands.  How  frequently  do  we  see  the 
pathetic  ballad,  "Hannah  Jane,"  enacted  in  real 
life. 

"No  negro  ever  worked  so  hard  a  servant's  pay  to  save, 

She  made  herself  moat  willingly  a  household  drudge  and  slave  ; 

What  wonder  if  she  never  read  a  magazine  or  book. 

Combining  as  she  did  in  one,  nurse,  housemaid,  seamstress,  cook; 

What  wonder  that  the  beauty  fled  that  once  was  so  adored ; 

Her  beautiful  complexion  the  fierce  kitchen  Are  devoured; 

Her  plump,  soft,  rounded  arm,  was  once  too  fair  to  be  concealed, 

Hard  work  for  me  that  softness  into  sinewy  strength  congealed. 

I  was  her  altar  and  her  love  the  sacrificial  flame. 

Ah  I  with  what  pure  devotion  she  to  that  altar  came. 

And  tearful  flung  thereon  -alas,  I  did  not  know  it  then. 

All  that  she  was.  and  more  than  that — all  thatshe  might  have  been." 

—  Globe. 


The  American  Singer. 

Of  Madam  Antoinette  Sterling,  the  Ameri- 
can singer,  the  London  World  says:  ' 

Entering  the  London  concert-room  at  a  time 
when  it  was  the  fashion  for  performers  there  to 
paint,  bedizen,  and  decolleter  themselves  in  the 
same  manner  as  for  the  stage,  Antoinette  Stor- 
ing from  the  first  refused  to  resort  to  any  tricks 
of  toilet.  Although  at  first  her  refusal  to  wear 
low  dress  was  made  the  subject  of  a  sneer  from 
some  critics,  she  persisted  in  her  intention,  nev- 
er once  finding  her  listeners  less  kind  to  her  on 
that  account ;  and  she  has  the  satisfaction  to-day 
of  seeing  the  high  dress  the  prevailing  mode, 
adopted  by  the  generality  of  concert  singers 
even  in  the  evening,  while  the  berouged,  low- 
necked  and  bare-armed  songstress  is  a  rare  sur- 
vival. With  a  thorough  Italian  musical  educa- 
tion, and  receiving  advice  unceasuii^ly  in  that 
school  from  her  cherished,  master,  Signor  Gar- 
cia; with  a  contralto  voice  unequalled  since  Al- 
boni,  and  a  most  dramatic  style,  why  does  not 
Antoinette  Sterling  go  upon  the  operatic  8rao;e? 
"I  cannot,"  she  says;  "I  stand  by  every  word  f 
utter  when  I  sing,  and  I  feel  [  must,  to  the 
death.  It  is  not  alone  song  with  me — melodi- 
ous sounds — it  is  the  lesson  inculcated;  hope  in 
the  future,  bright  joys  to  come,  the  inorcy  of  an 
all-wise  God.  I  would  not  sing  a  wicked  or 
frivolous  word  before  my  audience'ftn-  anytliing 
on  earth.  I  love  tbein  and  I  know  they  Tove 
me." 


Providence. 

[From  the  Italian.] 

Just  as  a  mother,  with  sweet  pious  face. 

Yearns  towards  her  little  children  from  her  seat. 

Gives  one  a  kiss,  another  au  embrace. 

Takes  this  upon  her  knees,  that  on  her  feet ; 

And  while  from  actions,  looks,  complaints,  pretenses, 

She  learns  their  feelings  and  thuir  various  will. 

To  this  a  look,  to  that  a  word  dispenses. 

And,  whether  stern  or  smiling,  loves  ihcm  still ; 

So  Providence  for  us,  high,  infinite. 

Makes  our  necessities  its  watchful  task, 

Hearkens  to  all  our  prayers,  helps  all  our  wants. 

And,  even  if  it  denies  what  seems  our  right. 

Either  denies  because  'twould  have  us  ask. 

Or  seems  but  to  deny,  or  ju  denyfng  grants. 

—  Leigh  Hunt. 


— Blotting  paper  was  disc'overed  in  1845. 
Previous  to  that,  when  a  man  dropped  a  splotch 
of  ink  on  the  lower  left-hand  corner  of  his 
paper,  he  would  give  it  a  lick  with  his  tongue 
towards  the  upper  right  baud  corner  and  nuke 
a  better  picture  of  the  comet  of  1882  than 
any  that  has  yet  appeared  in  the  illustrated  pa- 
pers. 


November  ^3,  1882 


THE  CHHISTIAN  CYNOSURE. 


11 


CHILDREN'S  CORNER. 


My  Mother's  been  Praying. 

In  February,  1861,  a  terrible  gale  ras;ed  along 
the  coast  of  England.  In  one  bay  (Hartlepool) 
it  wrecked  eighty-one  vessels.  While  the  storm 
•^&%  at  its  highth,  the  Rising  Sun,  a  stout  brig, 
struck  on  Lougrear  Rock,  a  reef  extending  a 
mile  from  one  side  of  the  bay.  She  sank, 
leaving  only  her  two  topmasts  above  the  foaming 
waves.  ^ 

The  life  boats  were  away,  rescuing  wrecked 
crewB.  The  only  means  of  savinjf  the  men 
clinging  to  the  swaying  masts  was  the  rocket- 
apparatus."  Before  it  could  be  adjusted,  one  mast 
fell.  Just  as  the  rocket  bearing  the  life  line 
went  booming  out  of  the  mortar,  the  other  mast 
toppled  over. 

Sadly  the  rocket-men  began  to  draw  in 
their  line,  when  suddenly  they  felt  that  some- 
thing was  attached  to  it,  and  in  a  few  minutes 
hauled  on  to  the  beach  the  apparently  lifek-ss 
body  of  a  sailor-boy.  Trained  and  tender 
hands  worked,  and  in  a  short  time  he  became 
conscious. 

With  amazement  he  gazed  around  on  the  crowd 
of  kind  and  sympathizing  friends.  He  looked 
up  into  the  weather-beaten  face  of  the  old  fish- 
erman near  him  and  asked  : 

"Where  am  I?" 

•*  Thou  art  safe,  my  lad." 

"  Where's  is  the  cap'n?" 

"  Drowned,  my  lad." 

"  The  mate,  then?  " 

"  He's  drowned  too." 

"The  crew?" 

"  They  are  all  lost,  my  lad;  thou  art  the  only 
one  saved." 

The  boy  stood  overwhelmed  for  a  few  mo- 
ments; then  he  raised  both  his  hands  and  cried, 
in  a  loud  voice  : 

"My  mother's  been  praying  for  me!  my 
mother's  been,  praying  forme!"  and  then  he 
dropped  ou  his  knees  on  the  wet  sand  and  hid 
his  sobbing  face  in  his  hands.  > 

Hundreds  heard  that  day  this  tribute  to  a 
mother's  love,  and  to  God's  faithfulness  in  list- 
ening to  a  mother's  prayers. — Selected. 

Temperance   Catechism. 

1.  Who  was  the  first  drunkard?  Gen.  ix. 
20,  21. 

2.  Who  took  the  first  temperance  pledge? 
Judges  xiii.  13,  14. 

3.  Did  anybody  mentioned  in  the  Bible  ever 
take  a  pledge  on  hie  own  accord  ?     Dan.  i,  8. 

4.  Was  he  any  better  or  wiser  in  conse- 
quence?    Dan.  i.  15-17. 

5.  Ought  kings  to  drink  wine  ?   Pi'ov.  xxxi.  4. 

6.  Ought  ministers  to  drink  wine  ?  Lev. 
viii.  9. 

7.  Ought  we  make  companions  of  drunkards  ? 
1  Cor.  V.  il. 

8.  Can  any  drunkard  enter  the  kingdom  of 
heaven  ?     1  Cor.  vi.  9,  10. 

9.  Does  God  pronounce  this  woe  upon  drunk- 
ards?    Isa.  XV.  11,  12. 

10.  Why  has  he  pronounced  any  woe  ?  Isa. 
xxviii.  7,  8. 

11  Are  drunkards  likely  to  get  rich  ?  Prov. 
xxi.  17. 

12.  What  are  the  consequences  of  drinking  ? 
Prov.  xxiii.  29,  30. 

13.  How  maj-^  we  avoid  the  consequences? 
Prov.  xxiii.  31. 

14.  What  will  be  the  result  if  we  disregard 
this  advice  ?    Prov.  xxiii.  32. 

15.  Is  it  wise  to  tamper  with,  strong  drinks? 
Prov.  xxi  1. 

16.  Wtiere  was  the  first  teroiperance  society? 
Jer.  XXXV.  6  8. 

17.  What  blessing  did  God  pronounce  upon 
the  first  temperance  society  ?     Jer.  xxv.  18-19. 

18.  Is  intemperance  a  vice?     Gal.  v.  21. 

19.  When  is  temperance  a  virtue  ?  Gal.  v. 
22. 

20.  Tobacco  and  opium  "were  not  known 
when  the  Bible  was  written,  so  that  they  were 
not  mentioned  by  name  in  the  Bible ;  but  is 
there  anything  in  the  Bible  tLat  governs  all  tem- 
perate habits?  Rom.  xiv.  "21.— Y<m^h' s  Tern- 
jjferemoe  Manner. 


SABBATH  SCHOOL. 


LESSON    X    Dec.  3,   1883.— Aptee    His   Dkath.— 
Mark  15 :38~47. 

(33)  And  the  vail  of  the  temple  was  reat  in  twain  from 
the  top  to  the  bottom.  (39)  And  when  the  centurion 
which  stood  over  against  him,  saw  that  he  so  cried  out, 
and  gave  up  the  ghost,  he  said,  Truly  this  man  was  the 
Son  of  God.  (40)  Tliere  were  also  women  looking  on  afar 
off:  among  whom  was  Mary  Magdalene,  and  Mary  the 
mother  of  James  the  less  and  ot  Joses,  and  Salome:  (41) 
Who  also,  when  he  was  in  Galilee,  followed  him,  and 
ministered  unto  him;  and  many  other  women  which  came 
up  with  him  unto  Jerusalem.  (43)  And  now  when  the 
even  was  come,  because  it  was  the  preparation,  that  is,  the 
day  before  the  Sabbath,  (43)  Joseph  of  Arimathea,  an 
honorable  counsellor,  which  also  waited  for  the  kingdom 
of  God,  came,  and  went  in  boldly  unto  Pilate,  and  craved 
the  body  of  Jesus.  (44)  And  Pilate  marvelled  if  he  were 
already  dead;  and  calling  unto  him  the  centurion,  he 
asked  him  if  he  had  been  any  while  dead.  (45)  And  when 
he  knew  it  of  the  centurion  he  gave  the  body  to  Joseph. 
(56)  And  he  bought  fine  linen,  and  took  him  down,  and 
wrapped  him  in  the  linen,  and  laid  him  in  a  sepulchre 
which  was  hewn  out  of  a  rock,  and  rolled  a  stone  unto 
t'ledoor  of  the  sepulchre.  (47)  And  Mary  Magdalene,  and 
Mary  the  mother  of  Joses  beheld  where  he  was  laid. 

Golden  Text. — Truly  this  man  was  the  son  of  God. — 
Mark  15  :id. 

DAILY  READINGS. 

The  falling  of  a  grain  into  ihe  earth. . .  .John  12 :24-3(} 

The  sign  of  the  prophet  Jonah. . , Matt.  12:38-45 

Descending  into   Hades Eph.   4:1-16 

Making  his  grave  with  the  rich isa.  5il  :1-12 

Tasting  death  lor  every  man Heb.  2:l-i8 

l/aid  m  a  new  sepulchre John  19 :31-4a 

Making  sure  the  sepulchre Matt.  27:45-56 

PKOMPTINGS  TO  FURTHER  STUDY. 

On  what  occasion  did  a  heathen  multitude  take  two 
preachers  for  gods  in  human  shape  ?  What  was  the  Old 
Testament  rule  about  taking  down  the  body  wheu  a 
criminal  was  hung;  and  what  was  the  reason  therefor? 
How  did  the  Jews  generally  show  their  regard  for  tne 
command  in  the  case  ot  Jesus?  When,  during  Moses' 
time,  were  people  hung  to  turn  away  the  fierce  anger  of 
the  Lord  ?  What  other  men,  in  the  New  Testament,  be- 
sides Joseph,  are  described  as  iooJimg  for  the  kingdom 
of  God  ? 
— /Soholar^s  Quarterly. 

NOTES. 

From,  top  to  ihe  hottom.  How  emphatic  the 
statement  ''  from  top  to  the  bottom  ! "  as  if  to 
say,  Come  boldly  now  to  the  throne  of  grace  ; 
the  veil  is  cleau  gone;  the  mercy-seat  stands 
open  to  the  gaze  of  sinners,  and  the  way  to  it  is 
sprinkled  with  the  blood  of  Him  "who  through 
tHe  eternal  Spirit  hathoifered  himself  without 
spot  to  God ! "  Before,  it  was  death  to  go  in  ; 
now  it  is  death  to  stay  out.  See  more  on  this 
glorious  subject,  Heb.  9:  9-12:  10:  20.— J".  F. 
and  B. 

This  man  was  the  Son  of  God.  Or,  "God's 
Sou."  The  heathen  officer  may  have  used  these 
words  in  the  heathen  sense,  hero  or  demi-god ; 
but  this  is  not  probable.  For  he  had  heard  this 
accusation,  and  must  have  known  something  of 
Jewish  opinion :  heathen  became  Christians 
through  the  preaching  of  the  cross,  why  not 
through  the  sight  of  the  dying  Redeemer?  Such 
a  conversion  would  be  thus  indicated.  Only 
the  centurion  thus  spoke ;  but,  as  the  soldiers 
"feared,"  some  decided  spiritual  effect  may  have 
been  produced  on  them  also. — Schaf. 

The  cross  is  early  giving  token?  uf  its  power. 
It  lays  hold  of  the  dying  thief,  and  opens  to  him 
the  gates  of  paradise.  It  lays  hold  of  this  cen- 
turion, and  works  in  him  a  faith  which,  let  us 
hope,  deepened  into  a  trust  in  Jesus  as  his  Sav- 
iour. From  such  uniikeiy  quarters  came  the 
two  testimonies  borne  to  the  Lord's  divinity  the 
day  he  died. — Ilanna. 

There  were  also  women.  Forerunners  of  the 
noble  army  of  holy  women,  who  were,  in  the 
ages  to  come,  throughout  the  length  and  bread ih 
ol  Christendom,  to  minister  at  many  a  death-bed 
out  of  love  for  him  who  died  "the  death." — 
Cambridge  Bible. 

Because  it  was  the  preparation.  The  day 
was  now  drawing  to  a  close,  and  at  sunset  (soon 
after  6  p.  m.)  the  Sabbath  would  begin.  "That 
Sabbath  day  was  a  high  day;"  especially  as  being 
the  second  day  of  the  feast  of  unleavened  bread, 
when  the  firsc-fruite  of  the  harvest  were  ottered 
in  the  temple,  and  whence  the  60  days  were 
reckoned  to  the  -Day-  of  Pentecost.  For  that 
Sabbath  this  day  itself  was  the  "preparation." 
This  statement,  twice  made  by  St.  John,  has 
caused  much  debate ;  but  it  seems  to  refer  sim- 
ply to  the  custom  of  preparing  tor  any  sacred 
festival  on  the  previous  day.  On  this  "prepara- 
tion day"  especiaUy,  they  would  put  away  ail 


pollutions  and  signs  of  mourning  that  miglit 
mar  the  coming  feast.  So,  though  they  had  not 
scrupled  to  enact  on  it  a  deed  which  would  have 
profaned  any  day,  they  could  not  endure  its  de- 
filement by  the  consequences  of  their  judicial 
murder. — Smith. 

Went  in  boldly  unto  Pilate.  Mark  alone,  as 
his  manner  is,  notices  the  boldness  whicti  this' 
required.  The  act  would,  without  doubt,  iden- 
tify him  for  the  first  iime  with  the  disciples  of 
Christ.  Marvellous  it  certainly  is,  that  one  who,^ 
while  Jesus  was  yet  alive,  merely  refrained  from 
condemning  him,  not  having  the  courage  to 
espouse  bis  cause  by  one  positive  act,  should, 
now  that  he  was  dead,  and  his  cauee  apparently 
dead  with  him,  summon  up  courage  to  go  in 
pei'sonally  to  the  Roman  governor,  and  ask  per- 
mission to  take  down  and  inter  the  body.  But 
if  this  be  the  first  instance,  it  is  not  the  last, 
that  a  seemingly  dead  Christ  has  awakened  a 
sympathy  which  a  living  one  had  failed  to 
evoke.  The  heroism  of  faith  is  usually  kindled 
by  desperate  c'rcumstanjcs,  and  is  not  seldom, 
displayed  by  those  who  before  were  the  most 
timid,  and  scarce  known  as  disciples  at  all. — J^ 
F.  and  B.  The  cross  transfigured  cowards  into 
heioes. — Maclear.  It  was  no  light  matter  Jo- 
seph had  undertaken  :  lor  to  take  part  in  a  burial, 
at  any  time,  would  defile  him  tor  seven  days, 
and  make  everything  unclean  which  he  touched 
(Num.  19:  11.  Hag.  2:  13),  and  to  do  so  now 
involved  his  seclusion  through  the  whole  pass- 
over  week,  with  all  its  holy  observances  and  re- 
joicings.— Geikie.  in  later  martyrdoms  such  a 
request  cost  men  their  lives  ;  in  this  case  it  inusB 
at  least  have  cost  Joseph  much  obloquy. — Abbott. 

Calling  unto  him  the  centurion.  Pilate,  be- 
fore giviug  up  the  body  to  his  friends,  would 
learn  how  the  fact  stood  from  the  centurion, 
whose  business  it  was  to  oversee  the  execution. 
"  And  when  he  knew  it  of  the  centarion,"  tnat 
it  was  as  Joseph  had  said,  "he  gave" — rather, 
"made  a  gift  cf " — "the  body  to  Joseph;"  struck, 
possibly,  with  the  rank  of  tlie  pedtiuner  and  the 
dignified  boldness  of  the  petition,  in  contrast 
With  the  spirit  of  the  other  party  and  the  low 
rank  to  which  he  had  been  led  to  believe  all  the 
followers  of  Christ  belonged.  But,  whatever 
were  Pilate's  motives,  two  most  blessed  objects 
were  tuus  secured  :  (1)  The  reality  of  our  Lord's 
death  was  attested  by  the  p'^rty  of  all  others 
most  competent  to  decide  on  it,  and  certainly 
free  from  all  bias, — the  officer  in  attendance. 
(2)  The  dead  Redeemer,  thus  committed  by  the 
supreme  political  authority  to  the  care  ot  his 
triends,  was  thereby  protected  from  all  further 
indignities;  a  thing  most  befitting  indeed,  now 
that  his  work  was  done,  but  impossible,  so  far  as 
we  can  see,  if  his  enemies  had  been  at  liberty  to 
do  with  him  as  they  pleased.  How  wonderful 
are  even  the  minutest  features  of  this  matchless 
history ! — J.  F.  and  B. 

He  bought  fine  linen.  A  winding-sheet.  This 
would  enclose  the  spices  used  in  the  temporary 
embalming,  which  now  took  place,  Nicodemus 
having  bought  Mie  spices  (John  19:  39,  -tO). 
There  was  not  time  enough  to  em  balm  on  Friday 
evening,  so  the  costly  gdts  of  JMicodemus  were 
used  to  preserve  tne  body,  the  women  preparing 
in  the  interval  what  they  thought  necessary  for 
the  further  anointing. — Schaff. 

The  neighborhood  ot  Jerusalem,  like  all  other 
parts  of  Palestine,  has,  since  the  earliest  times, 
abounded  in  tombs  hewn  out  in  the  lime&tono 
rock.  (They  were  cut  horizontally,  and  not 
downward.)  Princes,  rich  men,  every  one  who 
could  by  any  means  secure  it,  desired,  above  all 
things,  to  prepare  for  themselves  and  their  fam- 
ilies ail  "fcveriasting  house;"  and  such  a  tomb, 
never  yet  used,  had  been  hewn  out  in  the  hill- 
side tor  himself,  by  Joteph,  in  a  garden  not  far 
from  Calvary. — Geikie. 

Rolled  a  stone  unto  the  door.  The  mouth  of 
these  rocky  tombs  was  closed  with  a  large  stone 
(like  a  millstone),  called  by  the  Jews  Golal,  which 
could  only  be  roLsd  thero  by  the  labor  ut  several 
men  (John  11:  39). —  Cambridge  Bible.  The 
Evangelists  seem  to  have  been  thus  particular  in 
the  narrative  of  the  burial,  to  prove,  beyond  all 
possibility  of  doubt,  those  two  great  points  of 
the  Christian  religion,  the  death  and  resurrection 
of  Jesus. — SUknhope, 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE. 


November  23, 1889 


RELIGIOUS   INTELLIGENCE. 


— Charles  H.  Spurgeoa,  eon  of  the  great  Lon- 
don preacher,  who  has  been  visiting  our  Ameri- 
can cititis  and  preaching  the  Word,  sails  for 
England  next  week. 

— Elder  Hezekiah  Davis,  president  of 
Bible  Banner  pablisliing  association,  and  a 
warm  helper  of  Bro.  Bailey  iu  New  England, 
has  removed  from  Putnam  to  Soutuington, 
Conn.,  in  which  place  he  is  pastor  of  the  Gospel 
Mission  chapel. 

— The  Ckrutian  Instructor  publishes  in  full 
the  able  paper  on  eeiiiet  societies  of  Rev.  Wm. 
Johnston,  read  before  the  Iowa  United  Presby- 
terian Synod.  The  United  Presbyterian,  of 
Pittsburg,  also  prints  the  grater  part  of  the 
paper. 

— The  editor  of  the  Cynosure,  in  response  to 
an  invitation  to  preach  uu  the  Sabbath  at  Osh- 
kosh,  left  for  that  city  on  Saturday. 

— Special  religious  services  are  appointed  in 
the  College  at  Wheaton  this  week,  there  being 
hopeful  indications  of  the  presence  of  the  Holy 
Spirit. 

— Kev.  A,  S.  Bartholomew,  of  the  Lutheran 
church  at  Lima,  Ohio,  died  on  the  23d  of  Sep- 
tember. Several  years  ago  he  took  a  decided 
stand  against  the  lodge  in  his  congregation,  but 
was  80  strenuously  opposed  bysome  members  con- 
nected with  the  Masonic  order  that  the  church 
was  divided  and  a  long  and  trying  litigation  fol- 
lowed. Mr.  Bartholomew  had  baen  sick  for 
years  and  had  retired  from  the  active  duties  of 
the  Ministry. 

— Major  Whittle  who  is  now  stopping  in  Chi- 
cago sends  the  following  word  to  the  Advance; 
"Should  not  the  churches  be  warned  against  dis- 
sipating their  strength  in  engaging  to  such  an 
extent  in  educational  and  political  work  that  the 
distinctive  work  of  laboring  for  spiritual  results 
is  neglected?  Statesmen  and  men  of  the  world 
are  recognizing  that  the  great  need  of  the  hour 
is  an  awakeniug  of  the  people  in  revivals  ot 
religion.  Let  us  sound  the  trumpet  on  that 
line.  From  personal  observation  1  am  convinced 
that  the  churches,  as  a  rule,  are  in  a  very  low 
spiritual  state." 

— One  of  the  most  promising  features  of  our 
missionary  work  in  Burmah  is  found  in  the  fact 
that  many  ol  the  churches  are  becoming  self 
suppoitiug.  This  is  espeoially  the  case  among 
the  Karens,  who,  out  ot  thfeir  deep  poverty,  are 
abounding  in  the  riches  of  their  liberality. 
The  last  reports  from  this  important  field  show 
that  the  liberality  of  the  memoers  of  the  Karen 
churches  averages  more  than  that  of  our  own 
country,  while  their  zeal  in  educational  and 
evangelizing  work  is  putting  to  shame  the  sloth 
of  American  Christians  through  whom  they  re- 
ceived the  knowledge  of  the  way  of  life. 

— The  Moravian  Mission  Department  reports 
a  deficiency  between  the  ordinary  receipts  and 
expenditures  the  past  year  of  upward  of  $6,800. 
Tills  deticiency  was  removed,  however,  togeiner 
with  a  small  deHcit  of  the  previous  year,  by 
using  a  portion  of  legacies  received.  The  dis- 
bursements amounted  to  $98,930.  The  larger 
half  of  this  sum  was  expended  lor  expenses  of 
management  and  pensions  for  retired  missiona- 
ries, widows  and  children,  and  education  of 
children  of  mifsionaries.  The  Tibetan  mis- 
sion has  completed  the  translation  of  the  New 

Testament   into  Tibetan,  and  the    British  and 

Foreign  Bible  Society  is  to  print  it. 

— Perhaps  there  is  a  thought  worth  heeding 
in  the  remark  ot  Dr.  A.  T.  Piersou,  a  Presby- 
terian pastor,  formerly  of  Watertown,  N.  Y., 
and  now  in  Indianapolis.  Addressing  the  Synod 
of  Indiana  he  said  that  pastors  too  often  made 
idols  of  their  church  edilices.  "i  had  a  magni- 
ticent  church  in  1875,"  he  said,  "and  $35,000 
was  spent  on  the  interior  decoraiion.  Then  and 
there  1  said  to  God  that  1  would  renounce  all 
the  idols  of  which  1  had  been  made  conscious  if 
Jie  would  only  let  me  do  His  work.  While  1 
wag  praying  for  this  blessing  the  church  took 
tire,  and  iu  half  an  hour  it  was  in  ashes." 

— The  Unified  Brethren  in  Christ  reports 
thi«  nUtemoub  from  ^amual  ISMKLdard  oi  X«w- 


rence,  Michigan,  which  reveais  airubtleand  fear- 
ful power  in  the  secret  order  system  to  enslave 
men:  "My  father  was  living  in  Hartford,  Conn,, 
at  the  time  that  Wm.  Morgan  revealed  the 
gecrets  of  Masonry.  A  revivalist  hy  the 
name  of  L.  N.  Moffat  came  to  the  city  and  be- 
^jjglgan  to  hold  meetings.  Father  attended  them. 
One  evening  the  revivalist  was  opening 
the  meeting  and  had  just  announced  the  hymn, 
when  in  came  a  notoriously  wicked  man  of  the 
city  and  spoke  to  him.  Moffat  immediately  went 
away  with  the  man,  without  even  dismissing 
the  congregation.  The  lodge  had  summoned 
him  to  appear  before  it,  and  he  could  not  delay 
for  a  moment.  Since  then  my  father  will  not 
hear  a  Mason  preach  if  he  knows  him  to  be 
such." 


— A  dispatch  from  Washington,  Pa.,  reports 
this  wonderful  case:  "Richard  Hoffman,  of  Som-' 
erset  township,  has  been  a  cripple  for  years, 
being  paralyzed  in  his  lower  limbs,  so  that  he 
was  compelled  to  hse  a  wheel  chair.  On  last 
Thursday  he  crawled  behind  a  barn,  and  while 
engaged  in  prayer  he  heard  a  voice  say  'Arise 
and  walk'.  He  obeyed  the  command,  and  has 
been  walking  ever  since." 

— Prof.  S.  C.  Kimball,  editor  of  the  Christian 
Witness  of  New  Market,  N.  H.,  was  lately 
prostrated  by  severe  and  painful  illness.  All 
ordinary  remedies  seemed  to  be  used  in  vain. 
While  suffering  greatly  during  the  night  he 
called  upon  God  and  was  heard.  The  pain  cea- 
sed, the  disease  departed  and  he  is  now  in  usual 
health  glorifying  God  for  his  gracious  power 
and  love. 

— The  Jesuits  driven  from  France  have  esta- 
blished themselves  in  considerable  numbers  in 
Turkey — their  purpose  being  to  renew  the  at- 
tempt which  so  lamentably  failed  in  1692,  to 
bring  the  Armenians  to  the  feet  of  the  Pope. 

— The  resignation  of  Dr.  Scudder  on  the 
ground  that  he  could  not,  in  justice  to  the  church, 
accept  their  offer  to  release  him  from  one  of 
his  sermons  each  Sabbath,  will  be  likely  to  revive 
the  question  of  two  preaching  services — their 
propriety  and  their  practicability.  Only  let  it 
be  understood  that  it  is  not  the  ministry  who  ask 
it.  They  are  willing,  anxious  to  preach  twice 
on  the  Lord's  day,  if  the  opportunity  is  afforded. 
At  the  tame  time,  the  increased  duty  performed 
by  church  members  in  Sabbath-school  and  mis- 
sion work,  together  with  the  greater  need  of 
seventh-day  repose  in  this  intense  and  exhaus- 
ting life  of  ours,  furnishes  a  strong  argument 
for  a  modification  of  the  second  service,  if  not  a 
relaxation  of  the  obligation  to  attend  it.  In 
large  populations,  why  should  it  not  be  devoted 
more  particularly  to  evangelistic  work;  and  in 
smaller  neighborhoods,  to  a  more  social  and  flex- 
ible and,  so  to  speak,  voluntary  service?  But 
each  church,  minister,  and  locality  can  best 
judge  of  their  own  duty  and  interest. — Intelli- 
gencer. 

— Bishop  Weaver  of  the  United  Brethren 
Church  seems  to  be  modifying  his  views  of  the 
lodge  question.  He  has  been  counted,  and  with 
good  reason,  on  the  side  ot  those  who  wish  to 
break  down  the  rule  of  the  church  and  admit, 
at  least,  a  part  of  the  secret  orders  without  ques- 
tion. i3ut  a  letter  from  W.  S.  Spooner  of  Kear- 
ney Junction  says,  that  at  a^dedication  in  Ham- 
ilton county  on  Nov.  12th,  just  after  the  sitting 
of  the  Nebraska  Conference,  Bishop  Weaver 
said  in  his  sermon,  speaking  of  secret  societies : 
"  They  remind  me  of  this  pencil  [exhibiting  a 
sharpened  pencil] ;  they  are  this  way,  the  Masons 
first,  the  Odd-fellows  next,  then  the  minor  se- 
cret orders,  ending  say  in  the  grange.  They  are 
whittled  to  a  point.  There  is  nothing  there,  and 
the  persons  who  join  find  it  so.  Think  of  a  inin- 
ister  of  the  Guspel  going  down  to  join  one  of 
these  societies;  for  it  is  going  down ;  it  is  laying 
aside  ministerial  dignity,  for  there  is  a  dignity 
in  the  ministerial  character,  not  the  dignity  of 
pride,  but  the  dignity  of  purity.  It  is  vile  degra- 
dation to  leave  the  Christian's  exalted  station 
and  associate  with  these  societies."  If  Bishop 
Weaver  maintains  such  views  and  puts  them 
into  practical  effect  he  will  give  great  support  to 
the  true  men  who  aim  to  aphold  the  eupremaoy 
of  Ohrist  in  the  church. 


Letter  from  Smyrna,  Turkey. 

Bro.  ZwrapKonithes  removes  from  Andros — 
Preaching  in  the  interior — Greek  and  Eng- 
lish School  in  Smyrna. 

Smyrna  Rest,  Smyrna,  Turkey,  ) 
Oct.  12,  1882.  f 
Dear  Bro.  Kellogg: — We  received  your  very 
kind  letter  and  the  check  which  you  sent  with 
it.     Many  thanks  for  your  continued  kindness 
to  us. 

Now  I  have  something  to  tell  you  about  my 
trip.  I  came  to  Smyrna  and  also  went  as  far 
as  one  hundred  miles  into  the  interior.  The 
name  of  the  place  is  Idine.  About  twenty  years 
ago  the  American  Board  took  action  to  send  na- 
tive preachers  there  on  the  Sabbath  from  time 
to  time;  but  the  main  thing  is  that  the  Turkish 
Bazaar  takes  place  on  that  day  and  that  hinders 
the  work.  The  missionaries  of  Constantinople 
once  changed  the  day  of  the  Bazaar ;  but  the 
Turks  made  some  trickery  and  got  it  back  to  the 
Sabbath  again.  I  preached  to  the  people  in 
Idine  twice;  and  in  regard  to  the  Sabbath  I  told 
them  that  they  ought -to  keep  the  Sabbath,  and 
if  they  lose  anything  because  the  Turks  have 
the  Bazaar  on  the  Sabbath,  God  will  repay  them. 
I  had  many  discussions  with  the  Greeks  and 
Turks.  One  of  the  Turks  was  very  much  sur- 
prised in  regard  to  the  idea  of  loving  your  ene- 
mies. He  said  that  Mohammed  says,  if  a  man 
puts  your  eye  out,  you  must  put  his  eye  out 
also.  I  told  him  that  Mohammed  came  six 
hundred  years  after  Christ  and  he  ought  to  give 
them  a  good  example,  and  because  he  did  not,  it 
showed  that  he  was  not  a  very  good  man. 

The  text,  "Love  your  enemies,"  made  a  great 
impression  on  the  Turk,  for  I  had  a  long  discus- 
sion with  him  and  he  saw  that  to  "love  your  en- 
emies" is  not  a  damage  but  a  gain.  He  also 
said  to  a  friend  of  mine  that  he  never  heard 
such  things  said  before;  but  that  it  seemed  after 
all  to  be  a  pretty  good  thing. 

I  had  also  many  discussions  on  drinking  and 
smoking,  aq^  it  seems  also  a  new  and  very 
strange  thing  to  them  not  to  drink  or  smoke.  So 
it  is  a  good  thing  to  have  the  gospel  preached  all 
around  for  most  of  them  never  heard  the  gos- 
pel before.  But  where  are  the  men  to  send 
around  ? 

You  will  be  taken  by  surprise  to  hear  that  we 
are  in  the  city  of  Smyrna.  When  1  came  last 
July  to  travel  in  Asia  Minor,  Rev.  Geo.  Con- 
Btantine  persuaded  me  to  come  here  and  try  to 
reopen  a  school,  which  school-house  was  builded 
by  the  English  population  of  the  two  railroads 
here.  We  will  receive  both  English  and  Greek 
children.  We  will  first  try  to  get  acquainted 
with  the  people  about  us,  and  after  New  Year, 
we  will  open;  but  we  can  only  say  that  even  if 
there  be  no  school,  there  is  very  much  to  be 
I  done  in  this  great  city  which  is  all  wickedness. 
For  want  of  time  I  must  close,  but  will  write 
again  soon  and  tell  you  about  the  cHy  and  the 
missionary  work  here. 

We  have  not  left  Andros  entirely  but  will  go 
there  for  our  school  vacation.  There  is  so  much 
work  to  be  done  here  and  Andros  is  not  ready 
yet  to  receive  the  gospel,  for  the  people  are  very 
'much  behind.  It  is  a  great  undertaking  for  us 
to  leave  our  home  and  come  here  and  begin 
housekeeping  anew,  for  as  we  expect  to  spend 
our  school  Viication  in  Andros,  it  costs  too  much 
to  move  our  furniture  back  and  forth.  Though 
we  do  not  see  our  way  through  exactly,  because 
the  running  expenses  are  so  heavy,  yet  we  have 
faith  that  the  Lord  who  brought  us  here  will 
not  leave  us  or  forsake  us. 

Last  Sunday  the  new  church  of  the  American 
Board  was  dedicated,  of  which  Rev.  Mr.  Bowen 
is  the  pastor  or  missionary.  There  were  pres- 
ent from  Constantinople,  Dr.  Wood  and  Dr. 
Riggs,  Rev.  Mr.  Crawford  of  Manasi*  and  also 
different  missionaries  of  this  place.  The  exercises 
were  conducted  in  five  different  languages. 

1  did  not  go  to  visit  those  places  which  I  ex- 
pected because  I  decided  to  come  here  and  open 
a  school  and  1  thought  to  go  and  bring  my  fam- 
ily here  before  winter  comes  on,  and  so  those 
places  are  lett  for  the  future. 

Your  brother  in  Christ, 

A.  D.  Zaraphontthes. 


November  23  1889 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CVNOSURK 


i«^ 


The  Work  in  Kentucky. 

Mrs.    Bmwn^s    Report    of      her     Northern 

visit — The  present  prospect  and  need  of  the 

schools. 

Cabin  Ceeek,  Ky:,  Nov.  9,  1882. 

Dea.e  Cynoscke: — It  has  been  quite  two 
months  since  I  returned  from  my  trip  North, 
and  at  this  late  day  I  am  almost  ashamed  to  say 
anythinis:  of  it.  I  had  fully  intended  to  give 
you  a  full  report,  but  when  we  find  so  many 
things  around  us  claiming  our  time  and  atten- 
tion, it  is  very  easy  to  neglect  those  less  urgent. 
■  I  visited  Wenona,  Tonica,  Morrison,  IJBtick,  La- 
nark, Lena,  Warren,  Martin,  Monroe,  Evansville, 
Wheaton  and  Chicago.  I  saw  many  old  friends 
and  formed  the  acquaintance  of  many  new 
ones.  May  the  Father  above  reward  them  all 
for  their  kindness  to  me ;  not  one  ot  them  is  for- 
gotten. The  thought  of  them  makes  glad  many 
a  long  day.  I  received  financial  aid  both  lor 
ourselves  .and  for  our  work  here  from  many,  for 
all  which  we  are  very  thankful. 

To-day  1  received  a  letter  from  the  Monroe, 
Wis,,  friends,  saying  they  had  starteci  a  box  for 
us  containing  a  carpet  for  our  own  use,  and 
other  thino'8  for  our  new  dormitory  at  Camp 
Nelson.  Word  comes  from  Wheaton  saying 
the  ladies  of  the  College  church  are  working  for 
us.  A  short  time  ap-o  I  received,  through  a  New 
Han^nshire  friend,  $3  from  a  lady  I  know  noth- 
ing of,  saying  she  wanted  me  to  use  that  in  get- 
ting something  I  needed,  as  she  knew  I  must 
deny  myself  ot  many  things  she  enjoyed. 

As  I  look  around  our  home  1  think  we  do 
deny  ourselves  of  many  things  our  Northern 
friends  enjoy,  but  we  have  much  to  be  thankful 
for.  We  look  at  these  gifts  as  coming  from  the 
Master  for  whom  we  are  working.  He  knows 
we  get  scarcely  anything  for  our  work  here,  so 
he  opens  the  hearts  of  you  who  have  more  than 
yon  need. 

Not  only  we  ourselves,  but  the  work  hera 
suffers  for  lack  of  funds.  In  our  building 
we  cannot  go  in  debt,  so  when  our  money  is  out 
the  work  stops.  The  schools  both  here  and  at 
Camp  Nelson  are  in  session,  though  neither  of 
the  new  buildings  are  fit  for  occupancy,  conse- 
quently our  work  is  much  hindered.  I  often 
think  of  a  friend  who  gave  me  five  dollars  while 
I  was  North,  saying,  "  Don't  thank  me ;  it  is 
God's  tenth."  Friends,  are  you  all  doing  that — 
giving  God  his  "  tenth." 

Here  in  this  place,  by  the  terms  of  the  deed 
by  which  the  Academy's  land  was  conveyed  to 
it,  no  intoxicating  liquors,  no  tobacco,  opium,  or 
other  substance  of  lii%e  nature,  are  to  be  made, 
sold,  or  otherwise  trafficked  in,  except  for  scien- 
tific or  medicinal  purposes ;  no  secret  society  is 
to  meet  on  the  premises,  nor  any  of  the  teachers 
or  students  allowed  to  have  connection  with 
such  societies ;  no  religious  sect  is  to  have  con- 
trol of  the  institution.  By  violation  of  any  of 
thesB  requirements  the  title  to  the  land  is  for- 
feited, and  reverts  to  the  one  by  whom  it  was 
donated.  Not  OL-ly  is  instruction  to  be  given  in 
the  studies  usually  taught  in  such  schools,  but  it 
is  stipulated  that  Bible  morals  and  principles 
shall  be  taught,  and  that  nothing  shall  be  taught 
at  variance  with  the  religion  ot  Christ. 

Now,  friends,  it  seems  as  though  this  is  a 
good  place  to  invest  money. 

I  must  stop.     If  any  of  our  friends  happen 
this  way,  they  will  find  our  latch  string'  out. 
Yours  truly,  M.  C.  Bkowne. 

^  ■  ^  

A  Maine  Conference  Discusses  Lodgery. 

PrrTSTON,  Me. 

Deak  Oynosoke  : — Here  is  good  news  from  a 
far  country.  We  have  "  toiled  all  night"  (for 
years)  and  I  seem  to  hear  a  voice  saying  Cast 
the  net  on  the  right  side  of  the  ship;  "  for  there 
is  a  prospect  of  a  draught,  providing  we  have 
the  right  man  with  a  strong  arm  to  draw  in  the 
net. 

The  Kenebec  Co.  Conference  met  with  the 
church  in  Gardiner  on  the  17th  and  1 8th  of 
Oct.  The  forenoon  ot  the  18th  was  devoted  to 
a  discussion  on  "  The  Development  of  Christian 
Character."  Topics,  such  as  the  relation  of 
truth,  work  and  of  society  to  character  were 
assigned.  At  the  end  of  the  discussion  half  an 
hour  was  left  and  nothing  to  talk  about. 


By  the  permission  of  the  moderator  I  ventured 
to  ask  a  question  :  "  What  is  the  relation  of 
pecret  organizations  to  Christian  character?" 
It  was  responded  to  by  three  ministers,  who 
unhesitatingly  denoimced  secretism,  giving 
Freemasonry  the  heaviest  blow. 

Dea.  M —  of  Monmouth  said,  in  substance 
that  his  father  was  a  Mason  and  loved  Masonry 
so  much  that  when  he  came  along  he  was  named 
Mason,  with  the  expectation  that  when  he  bo- 
came  a  man  he  would  be  a  member  o  f  the  order; 
but  his  father  was  mistaken.  He  related  some 
facts  of  the  Morgan  excitement.  His  father  ob- 
tained Morgan's  expose  and  wanted  him  to  read 
it;  then  asked  wh»t  he  thought  of  it.  "  I  believe 
every  word  of  it "  said  he.  The  father  replied, 
"  a  man  that  would  take  that  oath  and  break  it 
ouffht  to  be  killed ! " 

This  remark  sealed  the  opinion  of  young 
Maaon,  and  from  that  time  he  has  been  an  Anti- 
mason.  The  half-hour  was  all  nsed  in  the  dis- 
cussion, and  certainly  with  more  zeal  than  the 
former  topics. 

Two  years  ago  this  same  house  was  closed  to 
Eld.  Brown,  but  this  time  the  Masonic  church 
committee  were  not  'asked  whether  Masonry 
might  be  discussed  or  not.  It  don't  always  pay 
to  ask  a  cable-towed  church  committee  when 
and  where  and  how  and  what  we  may  speak. 

Surely  the  field  is  white  already  to  harvest. 
I  pray  the  Lord  he  will  send  forth  more  laborers 
into  the  harvest.  F.  M.  M. 


I  shall  soon  be  one  year  in  Brooklyn,  and  as  I 
look  over  the  paet  year  I  r.erfainly  recognize  the 
hand  of  God  guiding  us  all  the  way. 

"Onr  church-building  is  incapable  of  contain- 
ing the  large  numbers  of  Roman  Catholics  and 
Protestants  that  come  to  our  services.  However, 
we  hope  to  have  larger  church  buildings  of  our 
own  in  the  near  future.  Efforts  are  being  put 
forth  towards  this  obiect,  and  already  eome  of 
the  raoet  prominent  ministers  of  Brooklyn  have 
interested  themselves  in  this  behalf. 

"  Last  Sunday  morning  we  celebrated  the  feast 
of  the  Lord's  Supper,  and  held  a  reception  of 
member?.  Among  those  received  into  chnroh- 
raembership  was  a  young  lady  who  but  a  short 
time  ago  was  in  the  novitiate  of  a  convent  in 
Brooklyn.  Last  Thursday  evening,  after  prayer- 
meeting,  a  lady  came  to  me  and  said  :  '  Hitherto 
I  have  been  a  Rom^n  Catholic.  I  would  like  so 
much  to  join  your  church  nex:t  Sunday  morning, 
but  I  am  afraid  of  trouble  from  my  people. 
However,  my  heart  is  with  you  and  the  church.' 
Persecution  has  a  harsh  sound,  and  generally 
when  we  hear  the  word  uttered  our  thoughts 
travel  back  to  the  days  of  the  stake  and  the  rack. 
The  word  can  be  applied  in  our  midst,  and  the 
practical  meanini?  of  the  wo^d  illustrated  in  the 
case  of  some  who  have  recently  left  the  Church 
of  Rome  and  united  with  the  Reformed  Catholic 
Church." 


The  American  Missionary  Association. 

From  the  reports  made  at  the  late  annual 
meeting  of  this  society  at  Cleveland  a  year  of 
success  appears  to  have  been  given  to  its  efforts. 
The  "  General  Survey  "  says : 

"  At  the  South  we  count  8  chartered  institu- 
tions, 11  high  and  normal  schools,  and  38  com- 
mon schools — in  all  57.  During  the  year  we 
have  employed  241  teachers,  an  increase  over 
the  last  year  of  11.  Of  these,  13  have  performed 
the  duties  of  matrons  and  15  have  been  en- 
gaged in  the  business  departments.  The  num- 
ber of  students  has  been  9,(i08,  a  gain  of  500 
over  last  year.  Of  these,  72  have  been  in  the 
theological  department,  28  in  the  law,  104  in  the 
collegiate,  139  in  the  preparatory,  2,542  in  the 
normal,  1,103  in  the  gramma'',  2,185  in  the  inter- 
mediate, and  3,481  in  the  primary." 

The  colored  churches  have  increased  to  83,  of 
which  22  have  paptors  from  the  North.  The> 
have  a  total  o^  5,641  members,  an  average  of 
68,  while  the  average  membership  of  the  Con- 
gresational  churches  west  of  the  Mississippi 
River  is  only  45,  and  of  all  west  of  Pennsylva- 
nia, 63.  The  additions  on  profession  were  709  ; 
the  Sunday-school  scholars  numbered  1,835  ;  the 
amount  raised  for  church  purposes,  $9,306,  and 
the  benevolent  contributions  reached  $1,496.50. 

The  total  number  of  scholars  enrolled  during 
the  year  in  the  15  Chinese  schools  was  2,567,  a 
gain  over  the  previous  year  of  935,  while  that 
year  had  a  gain  over  the  former  one  of  seventy- 
six.  Of  these  during  the  past  year  156  have 
ceased  from  idolatry  and  106  have  given  evi- 
dence of  conversion. 


French  Missions. 


The  work  among  the  French  Catholics  in  New 
York  and  vicinity,  though  attended  with  many 
vfxations,  is  accomplishing  great  things  for 
Christ's  kingdom.  Pastor  Seguin  says  that  from 
Sunday,  the  19th,  his  French  work  will  be  com- 
V'ined  with  the  work  of  Rev.  Dr.  Jndeon  of  New 
York.  Besides  worshipping  with  Dr.  Judson's 
congregation  in  the  morning  and  evening,  there 
will  be  a  special  service  in  French  at  4  p.  m.,  as 
formerly  in  Bleecker  street.  We  hope,  says  the 
Witness,  that  this  new  arrangement  will  ac- 
complish much  toward  the  evangelization  of  our 
French  colony  located,  the  most  part  of  them, 
near  the  Bnrean  Baptist  church.  We  under- 
stand that  Pastor  Seguin  will  now  concentrate 
all  his  strength  and  ability  upon  the  French  of 
every  description,  European  and  American,  in 
that  neighborhood. 

From  Brooklyn,  Bro.  J.  F.  McNamee  writes : 
*•  Our  work  in  BrooMyn  is  growing  stronger 
and  firmer  day  by  day,  and  making  a  greater 
ixupreBsiou  among  the  Roman  OathoUe  element. 


The  Chicago  Noon  Prayer  Meeting. 

In  tl^e  noon  Sabbath  School  lesson  meeting 
at  Farwell  Hall  on  Saturday,  when  the  leader, 
Rev.  Herrick  Johnson,  invited  questions,  a  voice 
said :  "  Yoii  spoke,  sir,  of  the  soldiers  mocking 
the  Saviour.  Do  you  not  think  that  the  Free- 
masons mock  him  when  they  pretend  to  kill  the 
candidate,  raise  him  from  the  dead,  and  profess 
to  save  his  soul  without  Jesus  Christ,  while  they 
use  the  Bible  ? " 

Mr.  Johnson  replied  that  he  did  not  pretend 
to  answer  the  question. 

Now,  Mr.  Edito^,  with  all  the  testimony  of 
seceding  Masons,  from  the  time  Captain  Morgan 
was  murdered  for  writing  the  setrets  of  Masonry 
down  to  the  present  day,  and  euch  testimony  as 
hangs  men,  being  confirmed  by  the  sworn  affi- 
davits of  Freemasons  in  lawful  manner,  uude- 
nied,  but  rather  confirmed  by  adhering  Masons, 
when  they  call  these  eeceders  Masonically  "per- 
jured villians;"  and  this  testimony  bein?  pub- 
lished broadcast  all  over  the  country,  I  ask,  is  it 
not  a  shame  that  any  minister  of  the  Gospel  can 
not  answer  that  question  ?  Do  let  the  Rev.  Her- 
rick Johnson  be  supplied  with  the  necegsary  in- 
formation. W.  Fenton. 


Who  can  Answer  for  William  Taylor. 

Obeelin,  Omo. 
Editor  Cynosure: — I  have  observed  com- 
mendatory remarks  of  Rev.  Mr.  Taylor's  mis- 
sionary work  in  the  Cynosure  occasionally,  and 
truly  hope  they  are  well  deserved.  He  has 
awakened  ray  suspicion,  however,  to  euch  a  de- 
gree, that  he  is  in  league  with  Freeraasoary,  that 
I  am  in  doubt  about  his  whole  work.  The  wily 
craftiness  of  that  stupendous  fraud,  Freemaeon- 
ry,  will  bear  watching.  If  you  will  turn  to  "Our 
South  American  Cousins,"  by  Mr.  Taylor,  and 
about  the  middle  of  the  book,  you  will  find  that 
he  is  at  the  pains  to  Inform  his  readers  that  there 
is  a  Masonic  lodge  in  almost  every  town  of  note 
on  the  South  American  coast.  Now,  why  is 
this?  Is  it  to  add  force  to  his  appeals  for  mis- 
sionaries 1  If  so,  his  misf  ionary  work  is  in  league 
with  the  Masonic  institution,  and  ought  to  be 
condemned.  If  his  work  is  not  in  league  with 
that  infetitution,  then  why  did  he  give  Masonry 
the  benefit  of  that  mention  or  advertisement  in 
his  book?  I  do  not  care  to  enter  into  a  public 
discussion  of  the  question  in  the  Cynosure,  but 
it  asks  for  attention.  Enqthrkk. 


— Infancy  is'  forever  dignified  by  the  manger 
of  Bethlehera;womanhood  is  enobled  to  its  purest 
ideal  in  Mary ;  man  as  such,  receives  abiding 
honor  in  the  earliest  accepted  homage  to  her 
Son,  being  that  of  the  simplest  poor. 

— It  is  one  thing  to  wish  to  have  truth  on  our 
Fide,  and  ano'luir  to  \y'A\  ^/^  be  on  the  side  of 
truth, — Archbishop  Whatel/y. 


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14 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE 


November  23  1888 


HOMt  AND  FARM. 


Agricultural. 

Fall  work  in  the  gaedek. — 
Grounds  and  beds  may  be  remod- 
elled, transplantins:  of  trees,  ehrube, 
bulbs,  and  all  hardy  plants  may  be 
done,  vines  and  trees  may  be 
pruned,  graps-eced  may  be  Fown, 
and  planting  made  ot  eome  seeds, 
protection  given  to  plants  ueedino; 
it.  It  is  a  good  time,  says  VicKs 
Magazine,  to  dig,  and  grade  and 
seed  down  lawns,  to  get  the 
earliest  poesible  start  in  the 
spring. 

Transplanting  trees  and  shrubs^ 
with  the  exception  of  evergreens, 
is  better  than  io  wait  until  ppring, 
with  suitable  protection  in  winter. 
In  case  of  trees  liable  to  be  blown 
sway  by  winds,  stakes  should  be 
driven  and  the  trees  tied  to  them  ; 
together  with  a  mound  of  soil  a 
foot  or  eighteen  inches  high  about 
the  base,  to  be  levelled  early  in  the 
spring.  Shrubs  need  no  stakes, 
but  a  few  inches  of  extra  soil  is  a 
good  protection.  Roses  may  be 
protected  by  raising  a  good  mound 
of  earth  around  them. 

The  tender  varieties  of  raspber- 
ries should  be  protected  in  the  same 
manner.  Where  it  is  known  to  be 
necessary,  grape-vines,  after  prun- 
ing, may  also  be  laid  down  and 
covered  with  leaves.  Grape-vines 
generally  should  receive  their 
pruning  in  the  fall:  it  is  dangerous 
to  postpone  this  operation  until 
ppring,  as  in  that  case  it  is  apt  to 
be  neglected  until  too  late.  The 
Virginia  Creeper  is  greatly  bene- 
fited by  a  judicious  aiiunal  pruning, 
aaid  there  will  be  no  better  time 
than  the  present  to  performi  it ;  by 
annually  shortening  in  the  new 
wood  a  more  vigorous  growth  is 
eecared. 

Bn lb-planting  can  be  carried  on 
as  long  as  the  ground  remains 
open ;  so,  too,  may  aeparagus-beds 
be  made,  and  planted  with  one  or 
two  year-old  plants.  Hardly  herb- 
aceous plants  will  be  all  the  better 
for  a  light  covering  of  leaves. 
Care  bestowed  on  the  garden  now 
will  be  plentifully  repaid  the  season 
to  follow. 


Preparing  Plants  for  Winter. 

It  i&  a  great  mistake  to  delay  the 
work  of  preparation  tor  winter 
until  it  is  suggested  by  cool  nights 
or  a  warning  given  by  blighting 
iroBts.  When  a  plant  has  been 
taken  from  a  pot  and  planted  in 
open  ground  it  usually  outgrows 
its  former  place,  and  is  too  large 
for  any  vessel  of  convenient  size. 
The  root  should  be  cut  away  to  a 
considerable  extent ;  and  likewise 
the  top,  or  foliage,  must  be  corre- 
.spondingly  reduced.  Novic-es  often 
fail  at  this  point,  for  they  dislike 
to  part  with  any  of  the  new  growth, 
and  set  the  plant  in  a  pot  unpruned 
and  expect,  what  is  not  possible, 
that  it  will  flourish.  Cut  back  root 
system  and  branch  syetem  equally 
is  the  rule. 


Fasting  in  Acute  Rheumatism. 

J)t.  Wood,  professor  of  chem- 
istry in  the  medical  department  of 
Bishop's  College,  Montreal,  reports 
In  the  Canada  Medical  lieoord  a 
n amber  of  cases  in  which  articular 
rheumatism  was  cured  by  fasting, 
Visually    from  four  to  eight  days. 


In  no  case  was  it  necessary  to  fast 
more  than  ten  days.  Less  positive 
results  were  obtained  in  chronic 
rheuHDitigra.  The  patients  were 
allov*  od  to  drink  freely  of  cold  wa- 
ter or  lemonade  in  moderate  quan- 
tities it  they  preferred.  No  medi- 
cines were  given.  Dr.  Wood  says 
that  from  the  quick  and  almost 
invariably  good  results  obtained  by 
simple  abstinence  from  food,  in 
more  than  forty  caees  in  his  own 
practice,  he  is  inclined  to  believe 
that  rheumatism  is,  after  all,  only  a 
phase  of  indigestion,  to  be  cured  by 
giving  complete  and  continued  rest 
to  all  the  viscera. 


Corn-Fodder. — Mr.  Ansel  W. 
Putnam  says  that  whatever  theo- 
rists may  argue,  his  cows  prove  to 
him  by  the  milk  that  corn-fodder 
is  at  its  best  before  the  stalk-hard- 
ening begins,  and  as  soon  as  all  the 
leaves  of  the  heavy  part  ot  the 
stems  are  fully  grown.  The  second 
growth  as  he  calls  it — of  top-stalks 
and  husks — he  thinks  as  good  milk- 
making  material  as  the  first,  but 
not  any  better.  His  policy  is  to 
plant  very  thickly  and  cut  when 
the'first  growth  is  fully  developed, 
which  is  in  six  or  seven  weeks 
after  planting,  in  good  growing 
weather ;  and  in  this  way  he  can 
raise  two  crops  in  one  season. 
Thick  planting  is  advised  to  the 
second  or  top  growth,  unless  with 
varieties  of  sweet  corn. 


Christian    Workers 

Who  depend  on  voluntary  con- 
tributions of  Christian  people  in 
whole  or  in  part  for  their  support: 

J .  F.  Browne,  Cabin  Creek,  Ky. 

Eli  Taplet,  Columbus,  Miss, 

J.  F.  Galloway,  Okahumka 
Florida. 

Wm.  Hazenbueg,  Cape  Town,  S. 
Africa. 

A.  D.  Zaraphonithes,  Andros, 
via  Syra,  Greece. 

G.  H,  FiLiAN,  Armenia. 

Contributions  for  either  of  these 
brethren  may  be  forwarded  either 
through  the  editors  of  the  Cyno- 
sure or  the  Treasurer  of  the  N, 
C.  A.  Please  designate  to  which 
one  such  funds  shall  be  sent. 


BIBLES. 

Wo  have  recently  exchanged  a 
lot  of  Anti-masonic  publications 
for  Bibles  which  we  oiler  at  low 
rates  post  paid. 

We  have  well  bound  pocket  Bi- 
bles at  !$1.00,  $1.35,  $1.50,  $2.00, 
$2.25,  $2.60  and  $3.00.  Also  some 
fine  Oxford  and  Tract  Society 
Teachers  Bibles  at  $3.00,  $3.25, 
$3.50  and  $4.25. 

Of  the  family  Bibles  all  but  two 
have  already  been  disposed  of, 
leaving  one  at  $3.00  and  the  other 
at  $6.75. 

Among  the  pocket  Bibles  are 
sonic  Oxford  edition  with  leather 
protecting  edges  at  $2.00  and 
$3.00  each.     Address, 

Ezra  A.  Cook, 
7  Wabash  Ave.,  Chicago. 

PHOTOGRAPHS. 

We  now  have  at  the  Cynosure  office  a  supply  of 
well-executed  card  photographs  of  Captain  \Vm. 
Morgan,  President  .1.  Blanchnrd,  President  Charles 
G.  Finney  and  Elder  David  Bernard,  at  15 
cents  each,  or  the  four  for  50  cents,  post-paid. 
fMUaa  •taowa  iBoatnid  tM  amoimtr  vder  fl.Qft 


NATIONAL  CHRISTIAN  ASSOCIATION' 


221  W.  Madison  St.,  Chicago. 

President.  —  J.  Blanchard,  Wheatou, 
111. 

Vice  -  President.  —  Tbos.  H.  Gault, 
ChjCago. 

EC.  Sec. — John  D.  Nutting,  Chicago. 

CoK.  Sec.  and  Gen.  Agent. — J  P.  Stod- 
dard, 221  W.  Madison  Street,  Chicago. 

Treasurer.— W.  I.  Phillips,  231  W. 
Madison  Street,  Chicago. 

Directors. — Philo  Carpenter,  J.  Blanch- 
ard, M.  R.  Britten,  E.  A.  Cook,  H  L.  Kel- 
logg, D,  P  Baker,  T.  H.  Gault,  A.  G. 
Laird,  C.  R.  Hagerty,  John  Gardner,  L.  N' 
Stralto'i. 

TUB  national,  convention. 

President.— Rev.  8.  Collins,  Wash 
ingtnn    D.  C. 

Secretaries. — H.  L.  Kellogg,  W.  H. 
Ross  and  M.  N.  Butler. 

The  object  of  this  Association  ii : 

"To  erpo»e,  wlthstind  and  remove  secret  »ocl 
•ties,  Freemneonry  in  particular,  and  other  antl- 
CiiriitiftB  movement*,  id  order  to  save  the  church- 
«(  of  Christ  from  being  depraved,  to  redeem  th« 
admlnietrstion  ot  justice  from  perversion,  ftod 
our  rapnbllosn  gOTercmeal  from  cormptlon." 

To  casrj  on  this  work  contributions  axe 
toiicited  from  every  friead  of  the  reform. 

Fo&K  or  Bs()irssr.— I  give  and  beqaeatk  to  the 
National  Christlas  Association,  incorporated  and 
existing  under  th«  laws  of  the  State  of  Illinoi*. 
tha  sum  of dollars,  for  the  pnrpoaea  of  sale 

ri.";^-  '■■■)..■':..■       ..-l;,,      .>,Kt       ^1.-    r   ..isfr.cleli;, 

STATE   AUXILIARY  ASSOCIATIONS. 

Alabama. — Pres.,  W.  A.  McAlpine 
Sec,  G.  M.  Elliott ;  Treas.,  E.  ishel,  all 
of  Selma. 

California. — Pres.,  L.  B.  Lathrop, 
Hollister;  Cor.  Sec,  Mrs.  U.  P.  Merrill, 
Woodland;  Treas.,  C.  Ruddock,  Wood- 
land. 

Connecticut.— ^Pres.,  J.  A.  Conant, 
Willimantic ;  Sec,  Geo.  Smith,  Willi- 
mantic;  Treas.,  C.  T.  Collins,  Windsor. 

Illinois. — Pres.,N.E.Gardner,Haldane. 
Sec,  C.  W.  Hiatt,  Tonica;  Treas.,  J.  C. 
Schoenberger,  Chicago. 

Indiana. — Pres.,  I.  W.  Lowman,  Au- 
burn ;  Sec,  Wm.  Small,  Amboy ;  Treas., 
Benj.  Ulsh,  Silver  Lake. 

Iowa. — Pres.,  C.  JD.  Trumbull,  Morning 
Sun;  Rec.  Sec.  A.W.  Hall,  College  Spring; 
Cor.  Sec,  W.  T.  Moffitt,  Morning  Sun ; 
Treas.,  Joseph  Laird,  Wayne. 

.  Kansas.— Pres.,  J.  S.T.  Milligan,  North 
Cedar;  Sec,  J.  Alter,  Valley  Falls;  Treas. 
J.  A;  Torreiice,  Winchester. 

Massachusetts — Pres.,  8.  A.  Pratt; 
Sec,  Mrs.  E.  D.  Bailey;  Treas.,  David 
Manning,  Sr.;  all  of  Worcester. 

Michigan. — Pres.,  Wm.  Wing,  Grand 
Rapids;  Rec.-Sec'y,  A.  H.  Spriogstein, 
Pontiac ;  Cor.  Sec,  W.  H.  Ross,  Allegan ; 
Treas.,  C.  C.  Foote,  88  Columbia  Street, 
Detroit. 

Minnesota. — Pres.  E.  G.  Paine,  Wasi- 
oja;  Cor.  Sec,  W.  H.  MoChesney,  Fair- 
mont ;  Rec.  Sec'y  Thos.  Hartley,  Richland ; 
Treas.,  Wm.  H.  Morrill,  St.  Charles. 

Missouri. — Pres.  C.  J.  Kephart  Avalon ; 
Treas.,  William  Beauchamp,  Avalon;  Cor. 
Sec,  M.  N.  Butler,  Albany. 

Nebraska. —  Pres.  S."  Austin,  Fair- 
mount  ;  Cor  Sec,  W.  S.  Spooner,  Kearney ; 
Treas.,  R.  A.  Bishop,  8"eley's  Mills. 

New  Hampshire. — Pres,  Elder  J.  G. 
Smith,  New  Hampton;  Sec,  S.C  Kimball 
New  Market;  Treas.,  E.  Smith,  Center 
Strafford. 

New  York. — Pres.  F.  W.  Cap  well. 
Dale;  Sec'y,  Isaac  Hyatt,  Dale;  Treas., 
M.  Merrick,  Syracuse. 

Ohio. — Pres.,  Wm.  Dillon,  Dayton; 
Cor.  Sec,  J.  P.  Lytle,  Sago;  Treas.,  J.  M. 
Scott;  Alexandria. 

Pennsylvania. — Pres.  A.  L.  Post,  Mon 
trose ;  Cor.  Sec. ,  N.  Callender,  Thompson ; 
Treas.,  W.  B.  Bertels,  Wilkes barre. 

Wisconsin. — Pres.,  Enos  Collins,  Colo 
ma;  Cor.  Sec.  W.  W.  Warner,  Baraboo; 
Treas.,  M.  R.  Britten,  Vieuua. 

West  Virginia. — Pres.,  D.  B.  Turney, 
Sec,  John  Bosley,  Grafton;  Treas.,  H.  B. 
Higgins,  Petroleum. 


Anti-masonic  Lecturers. 

General  Agent  and  Lecturer,  J.  P. 
Stoddard,  221  West  Madison  street,  Chi- 
cago. 

Agents  for  the  South :  H.  H.  Hinman, 
Wbeaton,  111.,  and  Paul  S.  Feemster, 
Larned,  Kans. 

E.  D.  Bailey,  Worcester,  Mass.,  Agent 
for  New  England. 

Degree  Workers. — (Seceders.) 

D.  P.  Rathbun,  Clarence,  Iowa, 
S.  E.  Starry,  Clarence,  Iowa. 
Jas.  Furguson,    "  " 

J.  K.  Qlassford,  Carthage,  Mo. 

State  Lecturers. 
California,  D.  A.  Richards,  Woodland 
Connecticut,   J.    L.    Barlow  of  Wil)< 
t  anmo 


Indiana,  8.  L.  Oook  ol  Albion. 
Missouri,  M.  N.  Butler  of  Albany. 
New  Hampshire,  L.  D.  Bryant  of  New 
Market. 
Wisconsin,  Thos.  Lowe,  Coloma  8t«. 

Other  Lkcturbks. 
C.  A.  Blanchard,  Wheaton,  111 
N.  Callender,  Thompson,  Pa. 
J.  H.  Timmons,  Tarentum,  Pa. 
J.  H.  Baird,  Templeton,  Pa. 
T.  B.  McCormick,  Princeton,  Ind 
E.  Johnson,  Dayton,  Ind 
J.  M.  Bishop,  Chambersburg,  Pa 
A.  Mayn,  Promise  City,  Mich. 
J.  B.  Cressinger,  Sullivan,  O. 
W.  M.  Love,  Baker,  Mo. 
A.  D.  Freeman,  Downers  Grove,  HI. 
R.  Faurot,  Jackson,  Miss.  '     . 

J.  P.  Richards,  Belmont,  Wis. 
Edward  Mathews,  N.  C.  A.  office. 
Wm.  Fenton,  St.  Paul,  Minn. 
E.  I.  Grir.nell,  Blairsburg,  iowa. 
Warren  Taylor,  South  Salem,  O. 
J.  S.  Perry,  Thompson,  Conn. 

C.  F.  Hawley,  Wheaton,  111. 

J.  T.  Michael,  New  Wilmington,  Pa. 
Pnxf.  S.  C.  Kimball,  New  Market,  N.  H. 
Elder  L.  H.  Buf  kins,  Scranton,  Iowa, 
8.  G.  Barton,  Breckinridge,  Mo. 
Joel  H.  Austin,  Gosben,  Ind. 

D.  B.  Turney,  Bird  Station,  111. 
J.  F.  Browne,  Cabin  Creek,  Ky. 

E.  Barnetson,  Jackson  Valley,'  Pa. 


The  Churches  against   Lodgery. 

The  following  denominations  are  com 
mitted  by  vote  of  their  legislative  assem- 
blies or  by  constitution  to  a  separation 
from  secret  lodge  worship : 

Adventists  (Seventh-day). 

Baptists — Primitive ,  Seventh-day  and 
Scandinavian. 

Brethren  (Dunkers  or  German  Baptists). 

Christian  Reformed  Church. 

Church  of  God  (Northern  Indiana  El- 
dership.) 

Congregational — The  State  Associations 
of  Illinois  and  Iowa  have  adopted  resolu- 
tions against  the  lodge. 

Disciples  (in  part). 

Friends. 

Lutherans — Norwegian,  Danish,  Swed- 
ish and  Synodical  Conferences. 

Mennonites. 

Methodists — Free  and  Wesleyan. 

Methodist  Protestant  (Minnesota  Con 
ference). 

Moravians. 

Plymouth  Brethren. 

Presbyterian — ^Associate,  Reformed  and 
United. 

Reformed  Church  (Holland  Branch). 

United  Brethren  in  Christ. 

Individual  churches  in  some  of  these 
denominations  should  be  excepted,  in 
part  of  them  even  a  considerable  portion. 

The  following  local  churches  have,  as  a 
pledge  to  disfellowship  and  oppose  lodge 
worship,  given  their  names  to  the  follow- 
ing list  as 

the   associated  churches  of  CHRIST. 

New  Ruhamah  Congregational,  Hamil- 
ton, Miss. 

Pleasant  Ridge  Congregational,  Sand- 
ford  county,  Ala. 

New  Hope  Methodist.Lowndes  co.,  Miss. 

Congregational,  College  Springs,  Iowa. 

College  Church  of  Christ,  Wheaton,  111. 

First  Congregational,  Leland,  Mich. 

Sugar  Grove  church,  Green  county,  Pa. 

Military  Chapel,  M._  E.,  Lowndes  Co., 
Miss. 

Hopewell  Missionary  Baptist,  Lowndes 
Co.,  Miss. ' 

Cedar  Grove  Missionary  Baptist,  Lown- 
des Co.,  Miss. 

Simon's  Chapel,M.  E., Lowndes  co..  Miss. 

Pleasant  Ridge  Missionary  Baptist, 
Lowndes  Co.,  Miss. 

Brownlee  church,  Caledonia,  Miss. 

Salem  church,  Lowndes  Co.,  Miss. 

We^t  Preston  Baptist  church,  Wayne 
Co.  Pa. 

Other  local  churches  which  have  adopt- 
ed the  same  principles  are — 

Baptist  churches ;  N.  Abington,  Pa. ; 
Menomi  nie,  Mondovi,  Waubeck  and 
Spring  Prairie,  Wis.;  Wheaton,  111.;  Per- 
ry, N.  Y. ;  Spring  Creek,  near  Burlington, 
Iowa;  Lima,  Ind.;  Constableville,  N.  Y. 
The  "Good  Will  Association"  of  Mobile, 
Ala.,  comprising  some  twenty-five  colored 
Baptist  churches;  Bridgewater  Baptist 
Association,  Pa. ;  Old  Tebo  Baptist,  near 
Leesville,  Henry  Co.,  Mo. ;  Hoopeston,  111. 

Congregational  churches:  1st  of  Ober- 
lin,  O. ;  Tonica,  Crystal  Lake,  Union  and 
Big  Woods,  111. ;  Solsbury,  Ind. ;  Congre- 
gational Methodist,  Maplewood,  Mass. 

Presbyterian  church,  Hoopeston,  111. 

Independent  churches  in  Lowell,  Coun- 
tryman school  house  near  Lindenwood, 
Marengo  and  Streator,  111.;  Berea  and 
Camp  Nelson,  Ky. ;  Ustick,  111. ;  Clarks- 
burg, Kans.  State  Association  of  Minis- 
ten  and  Clinrohes  in  Cluri«t  of  Kwtuckjr 


\ 


November  23,  1882 


Tnn  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE. 


IS 


CATALOGUE  OF  PUBLICATIONS  OF  EZRA  A.  COOK, 


FOR    SATLE 


Books  at,  dozen  or  retail  piiccs  sent  post-paid.  Not 
less  than  one-half  dozen  sent  at  dozen  rales.  Books 
by  mail  are  at  risk  of  person,  ordering,  unless  10 
cents  extra  is  sent  to  pay  for  registering  t/iern, 
wlien  their  safe  delivery  is  guaranteed.  Books 
at  retail  ordered  by  e.xpre.ss,  are  sold  at  10  per  cent, 
dlscoflnt  and  delivery  guaranteed,  bnt  not,  express 
paid.  Postage  stamps  fallen  for  small  sums.  ^^A 
liberal  discount  to  dealers  and  regular  canvassers. 


ON  FREEMASONRY. 

Freemasonry  Illustrated.  A  complete 
exposition  of  the  seven  degroej  of  the  Blue  Lodge 
and  Chapter.  Profusely  Illustrated.  A  historical 
sketch  of  the  institution  and  a  critical  analysis  of 
the  character  of  each  degree,  byPrest.  J.  Blanch- 
>ird,  of  Wheaton  College.  Monitorial  quotations 
and  nearly  four  hundred  notes  from  standard  Ma- 
sonic authorities  eonllrm  the  truthfulness  of  this 
exposition  and  show  the  character  of  Masonicte^ch- 
ing  au'i  doelrlne.  The  accuracy  of  this  exposition 
legally  attested  by  J.  O.  Ooosburg,  Past  Master  Un- 
ity C  No.  191,  Holland,  Mich  ,  and  oth  rs.  This 
Is  the  latest,  most  accurate  and  compleie  exposi- 
tion of  Blue  Lodge  and  Chapter  Masonry.  Over 
one  hundred  Illustrations — several  of  them  full 
page — give  a  pictorial  representation  of  the  lodge- 
room,  chapter  and  principal  ceremonies  of  the  de- 
grees, with  the  dress  of  candidates,  signs,  grips, 
?tc.  Complete  work  of  640  pages,  in  cloth,  ¥1.00; 
/er  dozen,  fi'J.OO.  Paper  covers,  60  cents;  per  doz- 
en, $.'5. 150.  First  three  degrees  (3Tt)  pages).  In  cloth, 
75  cenrs;  per  aozeii,  jT.OO.  Paper  cover,  40  cents; 
per  dozen,  $4.00.  l|g&~The  Masonic  quotations  are 
worth  the  price  of  this  book. 

Knig'ht  Templarism  Illustrated.  A  full 
Illustrated  ritual  of  the  six  degrees  of  the  Council 
and  Commandery,  comprising  the  degrees  of  Royal 
Master,  Select  Master,  Super-Excellent  Master, 
Knight  of  the  Red  Cross.  Knight  Templar  and  Knight 
of  Malta.  A  book  of  341  pages.  In  cloth,  $1.00; 
18.50  per  dozen.  Paper  covers,  50cts;  $4.00  per 
dozen. 

Freemasonry  Exposed,  By  Capt.  ■Wllllain 
Morgan.  The  genuine  old  Morgan  book  republished, 
•"vith  engravings  showing  the  iodge-room,  dress  of 
candidates,  signs,. due  guards,  grips,  etc.  This  rev- 
elation was  so  accurate  that  Freemasons  murdered 
•he  author  for  writing  It.  25  cents  each ;  per  dozen, 
$2.00 

Adoptive  Blasonry  Illustrated.  A  full 
and  complete  illustrated  ritual  of  the  five  degrews  of 
Female  Freemasonry,  by  Thomas  Lowe:  comprising 
the  degrees  of  Jephthah's  Daughter,  Ruth,  Es.  her, 
iviartha  and  Electa,  and  known  as  the  Daughter's 
Degree,  Widow's  Degree,  Wife's  Degree,  Sister's  De- 
gree and  the  Benevolent  Degree,  20  cents  each; 
per  dozen,  $1.75. 

Valance's  Confession  of  the  Murder  of 

CiPT,  Wm.  Morgan.  This  confession  of  Henry  L, 
Valance,  one  of  the  three  Freemasons  who  drowned 
Morgan  in  the  Niagara  River,  was  taken  from  the 
iips  of  the  dying  man  .by  Dr.  John  C.  Emerj. ,  of  Ra- 
cine County,  Wisconsin,  in  1848.  10  ceiits  each; 
oer  dozen.  .*1  00. 

History  of  the  Abduction  and  Murder  ■ 

OF  Capt.  Wm.  Morgan.  As  prepared  by  seven  com- 
mittees of  citizens,  appointed  to  ascertain  the  fate 
cf  Morgan.  This  hook  contains  indisputable,  legal 
,3vldence  that  Freemasons  abducted  and  murdered 
Wm.  Morgan,  for  no  other  offense  than  the  revela- 
tion of  Masonry.  It  contains  the  sworn  testimony 
of  over  twenty  persons,  Including  Morgan's  wife; 
and  no  candid  person,  after  reading  this  book,  can 
doubt  that  many  of  the  most  respectable  Freema- 
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16 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE. 


November  23,  1889 


NEWS  OF  THE  WEEK. 


— It  has  bfien  decided  by  Secretary  Lin- 
coln to  recommend  in  his  annual  report 
that  no  River  and  Harbor  bill  be  passed 
by  Congress  this  winter,  as  there  will  re- 
main out  of  the  enormous  appropriation 
made  {it  the  last  session  as  much  money 
as  can  be  judiciously  expended  during  the 
ensuing  year. 

— The  Wilson  Packing  Company  of 
Chicago,  which  for  many  years  has  been 
the  largest  canner  ot  meats  in  the  world, 
is  on  the  point  of  abandoning  the  business, 
since  the  trade  in  dressed  beef  by  refrig- 
erator cars  has  begun. 

— The  reception  of  MrB.  John  Brown  in 
the  Senate  Chamber  at  Topeka,  was  a  cred- 
itable expression  of  the  reverence  in  which 
Kansas  holds  the  memory  of  her  brave 
husband  John  Brown's  weapons  and 
other  relics  of  the  times  in  which  he  fig- 
ured were  exhibited,  and  several  of  his 
companions  in  arms  were  present.  Gov. 
St.  John  opened  the  meeting  with  a  short 
speech. 

— Since  Aug.  24  there  have  been  in  Cin- 
cinnati upwards  of  4  000  cases  and  1,500 
deaths  from  the  small-pox,  and  it  is  ex- 
pected that  with  the  advent  of  cold  wea- 
ther the  disease  will  become  epidemic. 

— A  Quebec  Jud^e  has  decided  that  the 
rule  of  trades-unions  forbidding  their 
members  to  work  with  non-unionists  is  il- 
legal, and  has  given  judgment  in  favor  of 
a  nor -union  man  who  sued  the  Ship-La- 
borers' Benevolent  Society  for  damages 
for  enforcing  his  dismissal  by  a  ship- 
master. 

— An  immense  business  consolidation 
is  announced  from  London.  The  cele- 
brated cannon-loundry  establishment  of 
Sir  Walter  Armstrong  has  amalgamated 
with  Mitchell  &  Co.,  shipbuilders,  and 
will  establish  works  on  the  Tyne,  the  ca]^- 
ital  of  the  joint  concern  being  $10,000,000. 
Ships  of  war  and  guns  for  their  arma- 
ment will  be  turned  out  ready  for  action. 

— A  fearful  explosion  of  dynamite  oc- 
curred Nov.  17,  at  the  works  of  Burry- 
port,  Llanelly,  Wales,  instantly  killing 
three  girls  and  two  men,  and  wounding 
seven  others. 

—In  a  fire  yesterday  at  Crozen,  France, 
the  Council  buildings  schools,  and  post- 
office  were  destroy ci,  and  a  teacher  and 
eight  children  perished  in  the  flames. 

— The  assassins  of  the  Joyce  family  in 
Ireland  are  being  tried  singly  at  Dublin, 
two  of  the  accomplices  testifsing.  Pat- 
rick Casey  was  yesterday  found  guilty 
and  sentenced  to  be  hanged  Dec.  IT. 

— The  printing  business  is  well-nigh 
paralyzed  in  Vienna  owing  to  the  strike 
of  the  compositors,  who  demanded  an  ad- 
vance of  30  per  cent.  Eighteen  leading 
establishments  refused  the  demand  and 
closed  their  offices. 

— The  illness  of  President  Grevy  is  of 
80  critical  a  character  that  his  death  is 
looked  for,  and  discussion  as  to  who  shall 
be  hia  successor  has  already  begun. 

PUBLISHER'S  DEPARTMENT. 


Seven  remittances  of  ^15.00  or 
more  each  were  received  last  week 
from  David  Horning,  Geo.  Cowley, 
Isaac  Bancroft,  E.  D.  Tillson,  Mary 
E.  McPhereon,  M.  &  M.  Koberts. 
and  Maria  B.  Nichols,  who  were 
duly  enrolled  on  the  one  hundred 
list.  David  Horning  accompanied 
his  remittance  with  four  names 
and  the  following:  "May  God 
bless  your  work  and  save  the  coun- 
try and  his  people." 

Geo.  Cowley — eleven  subscrip- 
tions for  a  year  each.  He  writes : 
"  Will  try  to  get  more  subscribers 
when  the  rush  of  work  is  over." 

Isaac  Bancroft  would  have  re- 
sponded earlier  if  he  had  not  been 
thrown  from  a  horse  and  tempor- 
arily disabled. 

E.  D.  Tillson  accompanies  his 
remittance  with  two  subscriptions 
for  a  year  and  three  for  six  months 
each. 

G.  D.  Frizzell  renews  his  sub- 
scription and  intimates  that  he 
may  send  a  club  often  after  he 
turns  his  crop  of  hay  and  grain. 

Martin   Mjers   sends   five  sub- 
scriptions  for  a  yef.r  each.      He 
writes:  "I  am  tryicg  to  do  all  I  ! 
can  to  spread  the  truth."  \ 


Four  subscriptions  for  a  year 
each  came  from  Shade,  O. 

W.  H  Layton  eends  five  for  a 
year  each  on  his  club  of  ten. 

Clinton  Mallory  sends  three  tor 
a  year  each. 

Several  send  two  for  a  year  each, 
and  thus  on  the  threshold  of  the 
winter  campaign  the  canvass  opens 
encouragingly. 


Donations 

Received  by  the  National  Christian 
Association  duiung  Octo&kb  —  Fo.r 
Southern  work :  W.  Machemer,  50c. ;  E . 
M  Livesay,  $1  00. 

For  Rev.  Wm.  Hazenberg,  South  Af- 
rica, from  C.  G.  Miller,  |1.00. 

For  General  work :  Rev.  J.  P  Stoddard, 
$6.75 ;  Rev.  E.  Mathews,  $31.25 ;  Rev.  H. 
H.  Hinman,  $27.12;  Rev.  P.  S.  Peemster, 
$1.80. 

For  Eld.  J.  P.  Browne,  Cabin  Creek, 
Ky.,  from  J.  P.  Donwldson,  $1.00.. 

W.  I.  Phillips,  Treas. 


Subscription  Loiter  List. 

A  Ashabranner,  Eliza  Baker, 
Schoenberger  Brop,  I  Bancroft,  E 
D  Bailey,  C  Bender,  A  Blair,  G 
Cowley,  A  A  Crowell,  W  H  Chan- 
dler, T  B  Cole  Sr.,Martha  Creamer, 
S  Cranston,  Mrs.  R  W  DoolitHe,  S 
H  Davidson,  G  L  Frizzell,  J  K 
Glassford,  D  Horning,  Mrs  L  H 
Hull,  A  Housel,  A  Hilleary,  H 
Jenness,  W  H  Layton,  P  Lee,  M 
Myers,  C  Mallery,  R  H  Obeuchain 
J  Power,  F  D  Parish,  W  I  Phil- 
lips, Stoddard  and  Phillips,  Mrs  C 
B  Piatt,  A  J  Phillips,  Mary  Phil- 
lips, D  Roberts,  J  A  Richards,  Mrs 
W  J  Richards,  J  B  Stowell.  S  M 
Swift,  J  W  Stewart,  W  S  Spooner, 
J  Teeple,  E  D  Tillson,  R  C  Wal- 
lice,  L  G  Wicker,  AC  "Wiggins,  G 
W  Woreter,  D  Yant,  J  Zearing. 


Cynosure  Extension  Fund. 

Statement  for  the  week  endingNov.lSth, 
1882: 

I.  Leadbetter  1.00, W.  H.  Chand- 
ler 50c. 


Total  cash  received, 
Total  cash  used, 

Cash  available, 


$520  12 
366  10 

$154  02 


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Cynosure,  and  who  may  be  induced 
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50  cents,  making  up  the  club  rate. 
It  will  now  aid  308  new  subscribers 
to  get  the  paper  for  $1.00. 
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Books  and    Tracts   sent   during 
the  week  ending  Nov.  iSth,  1882. 
By  Express. 

E  D  Tillson. 

By  Mail. 

A  B  Trimble,  G  C  Norton,  C  H 
Stevens,  Wm  A  Jones,  H  Rhodes, 
Rev.  A  T  Worn,  J  Carter,  R  E 
Ashley,  A  Piatt,  J  G  Bkkeslee,  C 
P  Elder,  C  J  R  Carson,  C  P  Wal- 
round,  M  R  Jackson,  W  F  Rogers, 
J  D  Olmsted,  Rev.  H  A  Day,  H 
HRicheson,  W  B  Lewis,  G  W 
Sechrist,  L  D  Brown,  J  Esmay,  F 
E  Reynolds,  F  M  Bingham,  E 
Ostergren,  W  Fogg,  L  Malliken, 
H  G  Walker,  G  R  James,  M  M 
Ames,  E  A  Worley,  D  R  Gibson, 
A  Housel,  B  Bennett,  F  M  Wood, 
J  Hard'e,  P  G  Slatter,  D  G  W hid- 
den, I  Sinclair,  T  B  McCormick,  R 
W  More,  G  Valentine,  A  F  Rogers 
M  L  Snyder,  Mrs,  M  E  McPherson, 
Mary  Phillipe,  L  T  Wood,  J  B 
Alexander,  J  Brandt,  C  Malley,  A 
G  Rede  haw,  J  Smith,  J  Manrev, 
Jr.,  J  A  Tallej. 


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Those  who  wish  to  know  the  character  of  Free- 
masonry, as  shown  by  Its  own  publications,  will 
find  many  standard  works  in  the  following  list. 

No  sensible  Mason  dares  deny  that  such  men  as 
Albert  G.  Mackcy.the  great  Masonic  Lexicographer, 
and  Daniel  Sickels,  the  Masonic  author  and  pirblish- 
er,  are  the  highest  Masonic  authority  in  the  United 
St,  ,tes. 

All  the  books  advertised  here  are  used  by  Masons, 
but  Duncan's  Ritual,  Allyn's  Ritual  and  Richard- 
son's Monitor  are  not  publicly  acknowledged  as  Ma- 
sonic autliority  beciiiii*.'  tli^'y  ii-ll'to.i  iiiucli. 

G-eueral  Ahiman.  Bezou  and  Freema- 
SONS'  Guide.  By  Daniel  Sickels,  33d  degroe.  The 
most  perfect  Masonic  monitor  published  in  the 
United  States.  Embellished  with  many  engravings 
and  containing  mocitorial  Instructions  in  the  de- 
grees of  Entered  Apprentice,  Fellow-Craft  and  Mas- 
ter Masons,  with  explanatory  lectures,  the  cere- 
monies of  consecration  and  dedication  of  new 
lodges,  installation  of  officers,  laying  foundation 
Stones,  dedication  of  Masonic  halls,  burial  serv- 
fces.  Masonic  calendar,  ritual  for  a  Lodge  of  Sor- 
row, Masonic  trials,  etc.  Bound  in  line  cloth,  extra 
larwe  12mo,  $2.00. 

Duncan's  Masonic  Situal  and  Dloni- 

TOR.  Profusely  illustrated  with  explanatory  en- 
gravings, and  containing  the  entire  ritual  and  work 
of  the  order  for  the  seven  degrees,  including  the 
Royal  Arch.  Scores  of  Masons  have  privately  ad.- 
mltted  that  this  is  a  standard  text-book  in  the  lodge 
and  is  strictly  correct;  but  publicly  it  is  not  ac- 
knowledged as  authority,  though  many  officers  of 
the  lodge  make  use  of  it.    Price,  in  cloth,  $2.50. 

female  Masonry.  Ma  lual  of  the  Order  of 
the  Eastern  Star.  Containing  the  ritual,  symbriis, 
lectures,  etc.,  of  the  live  degrees  of  "Adoptive  Ma- 
sonry," Jephthah's  Daughter,  Ruth,  Esther,  Martha 
and  Electa,  profusely  Illustrated  and  handsomely 
bound.     Price.  $1.50. 

Rich3.rdson's  Monitor  of  Preemasonry. 
Apractical  guide  to  the  ceremonies  in  the  degrees  con- 
ferred in  Masonic  Lodges,  Chapters,  Encampments, 
etc.  Illustrated  edition.  In  clo'th,  $1.25;  in  paper, 
TS  cents. 

AUhougli  this  Monitor  is  extensively  used  by  the 
lodge,  especially  In  conferring  the  higher  degrees, 
it  is  publicly  called  an  exposition,  and  not  allowed 
as  authority. 

Sickels'  Freemasons'  Monitor.  Contain- 
ing the  degrees  of  Freemasonry  embraced  in  the 
Lodge,  Chapter,  Council  and  Commandery,  embel- 
lished with  nearly  300  symbolic  illustrations,  to- 
gether with  tactics  and  drill  of  Masonic  Knighthood. 
Also  forms  of  Masonic  documents,  notes,  songs. 
Masonic  dates,  installations,  etc.  By  D.  Sickels; 
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MAUKJEl  REPORTS. 

Chioaso,  Nov.  30, 

GRAIN— Wheatr-No .    2 93!4 

No.  3....-; 

Rejected 

Winter,  No,  2. . . 

Corn— No.  2 

Rejected 

Oats— No.  2 34»4 

Rye— No.  2 

Bran  per  ton 

Flour— Winter 4  50 

Spring 3  00 

Hay— Timothy 9  00 

Prairie 7  00 

Lard  per  cwt 

Mess  pork  per  bbl 

Butter,  medium  to  best 18 

Cheese 05 

Beans 3  35 

Eggs 

Potatoes,  per  bu 46 

Seeds— Timothy 1  58 

Clover 

Flax 

Broom  corn 02 

Hides— Green  to  dry  flint 8)4, 

Lumber— Clear 43  00 

Common 15  00 

Shingles 3  20 

WOOL-  Washed 27 

Unwashed 18 

LIVB  STOCK— Cattle,  extra 6  85 

Good 6  00 

Medium 4  30 

Common 2  75 

flogs 4  25 

Sheep 3  60 

New  York  Marketa, 

Flour 3  10 

Wheat— Spring 

Winter 8S 

Com 75 

OatB 38 

Lard 

Mess  Pork 

Butter 15 

Cheeae 06 

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The  Cheistian  Gtnosure. 


VOL.  XV.,  No.  10. 


'  In  Secret  Have  I  Said  Nothing.''— /««»  Oh/ritt. 


WHOLE  No.  657 


EZRA  A.  COOK,  -Publtshkr, 
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CHICAGO,  THURSDAY,  NOVEMBER  30,  1882. 


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lABLE  OP  CONTENTS. 


Editoriai.  : 
Topics  of  tlie  Time. ...    1 
The  Oshliosh  Meeting    8 
Editorial  Letters 8 

Contributions  : 
The  Anti -liquor  Cam- 

paigu  in  Mass 1 

A  Thanksgiving  Hymn    2 
Sinful  Precautions. ...     2 
Relie-ious     Ci'iims    of 
Frepmasoury 2 

Reform  Story: 

Holden    with     Cords 
Chap    XXIX  .....    S 

The  Sermon  J 3 

ISew  England; 
A  Peep  into  an  Odd- 
fellow  Lodge 5 

The  Southern  Field: 
Along  the   Potomac. .     4 

Reform  News: 
Tbe  lo'^va  Convention  12 

Thurlo'v  Weed — Remin- 
iscences      9 


I  Answer  to  the  Scripture 

I      Problem 5 

I  Day  of  Prayer  for  Tem- 
perance      5 

Correspondence  : 
The  Example  of  Jesus ; 

Our  Mail 6 

American  Politics: 
Political      Reports; 
More     Lodgery     in 
Politics;  The  Indi- 
ana American 12 

Religious  News  : 
The  Outpouring  of  the 

Spirit 13 

Notices 8 

HoMB  Circle 10 

Sabbath  School 6 

Lessons  fob  the  Day.  .  11 

Home  and  Farm 14 

News  of  the  Week.  . .  16 

Churches  vs.  Lodgery 14 

An'i-masonic    Lecturers  14 
Publisher's  Dbp't 16 


TOPICS  OF  THE  TIME. 


The  temperance  cause  in  Kansas  labors  under 
a  peculiar  and  unusual  disadvantage.  The 
metropolis  of  the  State  is  just  aeroas  the  eastern 
border  in  Miesouri.  Kansas  City  is  the  great 
stock  and  grain  market  of  the  southwest.  The 
press  of  that  city  has  probably  double  the  circu- 
lation and  influence  in  Kansas  that  it  has  in  its 
own  State  ;  and  it  is  estimated  that  the  Kansas 
City  Times  and  Journal  have  a  greater  circula- 
tion in  Kansas  than  any  three  home  papers.  The 
whisky  interest  is  located  also  there  in  power, 
and  from  this  most  favorable  and  guarded  posi- 
tion can  maintain  tbe  battle  against  prohibition 
with  perfect  impunity.  Liquor  dealers  driven 
out  of  Kansas  took  refuge  in  the  city  and 
swelled  the  gale  of  war  with  all  the  bitterness  of 
revenge.  The  enemy  were  thus  within  the  ga^es 
yet  protected  by  the  laws  of  another  State.  The 
papers  mentioned  made  superhuman  efforts  to 
defeat  St.  John,  and  gave  the  word  to  the  rene- 
gade Republican  press  of  the  State.  This  factor 
in  the  defeat  of  St.  John  must  not  be  overlooked 
in  making  up  the  estimate  of  the  defeat  of  Nov. 
7th. 


Grovernor  St.  John,  though  badly  defeated,  is 
cheertul  and  brave.  "  Though  beaten,"  he 
writes,  "  I  am  neither  dishonored,  discouraged 
nor  whipped."  He  has  profound  faith  in  the 
principles  of  prohibition,  and  prophesies  ultimate 
and  glorious  victorv,  though  a  thousand  St. 
Johns  go  down  in  the  fight.  May  God  cheer  tbe 
brave  spirits  in  Kansas  who  taint  not  ia  this  day 
of  adversity.  Their  reward  shall  appear  at  the 
last,  and  all  the  enemies  of  the  truth  shall  see  it 
with  confusion  and  sliame. 


Postmaster-General  Howe  is  in  favor  of  a 
nostal  telegraph  system  and  the  postal  savings 
bank.  He  says  the  Department  is  at  present  a 
monopoly  of  all  the  slow  methods  for  transmit- 
ting letters  while  private  corporations  have  de- 
veio!>ed  and  enjoy  the  privilege  of  sending  rapid 
system  messages  exclusively.  Mr.  Howe  is  right, 


but  it  will  take  a  shrewd  and  able  man  to  bring 
about  a  reform.  The  objection  to  the  postal 
savings  banks,  that  a  national  debt  ia  necesaary 
in  order  that  they  should  be  profitable  to  the 
government,  is  not  very  forcible  eo  long  as  we 
are  paying  out  over  one  hundred  millions  a  year 
for  pensions. 

The  Romish  hierarchy  of  Canada  have  been 
in  great  tribulation  over  the  introduction  of  Sir 
Walter  Scott's  poem  "Marmion"  as  a  text  book 
in  schools.  The  story,  it  will  be  remembered, 
includes  a  secret  trial  of  a  young  woman  by  a 
dungeon  council  of  priests — unpleasant  reading 
for  those  who  hope  to  cast  out  of  our  histories 
all  reference  to  the  persecutions  and  cruelties  of 
Rome.  On  the  other  hand  a  deputation  repre- 
senting the  Episcopal,  Presbyterian  and  Metho- 
dist churches  of  Canada  lately  called  upon  the 
Attorney  General  and  urged  that  the  Bible 
should  be  made  a  text  book  in  the  public  schools. 
The  official  replied  at  length  that  the  request  of 
the  deputation  should  receive  t)ie  earnest  con- 
sideration of  the  government.  To  ask  that  the 
Holy  Scriptures  should  be  read  was  a  reasona- 
ble request.  He  also  said  that  under  the  present 
regulations  religious  instruction  should  be  given 
by  ministers  of  the  various  denominations  to  the 
children  after  usual  school  hours.  Romish 
superstition  and  pervility  to  priest  rule  cannot 
stand  long  where  the  government  maintains 
such  principles. 

The  gold  gambling  during  the  war,  or  the 
stock  sales  in  San  Francisco  following  the  dis- 
coveries in  the  Nevada  mines,  hardly  surpassed 
the  speculation  in  oil  of  the  past  few  weeks, 
which  has  centered  in  Philadelphia,  Pittsburg, 
Bradford  and  Oil  City,  Pennsylvania.  Within 
a  month  the  price  of  crude  petroleum  has  run 
up  from  about  80  or  90  cents  to  $1.3.5  per  bar- 
rel and  back  again,  immense  quantities  chang- 
ing hands.  Thus  at  Pittsburg  the  sales  on  the 
6th  inst.  were  11,370,000  barrels ;  at  Oil  City, 
14,545,000 ;  and  at  Bradford,  30,000,000.  This 
fever  of  oil  speculation  began  some  months  ago, 
when  a  new  district  was  opened  where  wells  for 
a  few  days  produced  enormously.  In  July  the 
oil  product  was  111,000  barrels  per  day ;  it  is 
now  only  65,000.  But  the  chief  disturbing  ele- 
ment is  the  great  monopoly,  the  Standard  Oil 
Company  of  Cleveland,  which  is  managing  the 
market  to  get  control  of  all  the  crude  oil  to  run 
through  its  refineries.  Already  the  retail  price 
has  advanced  several  cents  a  gallon.  A  few 
hundred  people,  whose  covetousness  is  greater 
than  their  scruples,  and  has  led  them  into  the 
vortex  of  speculation  and  ruin,  have  lost  their 
all,  but  the  whole  land  is  laid  under  tribute  to 
this  Cleveland  monopoly,  whose  extortions  have 
for  years  been  notorious,  but  whose  wealth  and 
facilities  have  choked  competition  and  defied  pub- 
lic opinion  and  the  laws. 

The  results  of  speculative  over-production  are 
beginning  to  be  fe^t  in  some  severity.  As  in 
1873,  the  railroads  promise  to  lead  in  the  proces- 
sion of  panic  and  loss.  It  is  notorious  that  the 
extension  of  roads,  through  rivalry,  or  the  am- 
bition of  the  magnates  of  the  business,  has  b^en 
disproportioned  to  the  business  demand.  For 
the  millions  thus  expended  the  whole  country 
must  pay.  The  threa*^ened  closing  up  of  steel 
mills  in  Chicago  and  Pittsburg  is  another  sign 
of  the  coming  financial  storm.  Not  a  few  wise 
observers  are  furling  their  [sails  and  trimming 
their  spars  to  be  Te«dv  for  the  bkst. 

The  Methodist  ministers  of  Chicago  took  up 
the  Sabbath  question  last  week,  Rev.  Wm. 
Fawcett  (the  same  who  proposed  a  new  political 
party  with  American  principles  and  name)  lead- 


ing the  discussion  with  an  able  address.  The 
Sunday  newspapers  were  inore  severely  con- 
demned than  any  other  business  that  desecrate* 
the  day.  Bishop  Merrill  considered  them  worse 
than  the  open  saloons.  They  keep  more  people 
from  church  than  theaters  and  saloons  combined. 
The  Tribune,  which  is  the  chief  sinner  in  this 
respect,  is  badly  hurt  and  full  of  wrath.  The 
pastors  "display  a  degree  of  bigotry,  intolerance 
and  ignorance  not  at  all  creditable; "  "  The  Sun- 
day paper  has  become  a  necessity  in  this  coun 
try,"  etc.  The  fact  is  the  Sunday  sheet  is  a  ne- 
cessity only  to  those  who  make  money  by  it. 
The  Sunday 7V*^7i«  is  one  of  the  best  advertising 
mediums  in  the  country,  and  that  makes  all  the 
difference.  As  much  may  be  said  of  any  other 
form  of  Sabbath- breaking  that  has  been  tolerated 
until  people  are  afcustomed  to  it.  There  is  no 
more  need  of  a  Sunday  paper  than  of  a  fifth 
wheel  to  a  coach. 


— It  is  suggested  that  many  friends  have  the 
impression  that  because  the  N.  C.  A.  now  pub- 
lishes all  the  tracts  that  they  are  therefore  free. 
It  is  true  t'-.at  a  large  circulation  is  desired  and 
to  secure  this  many  thousand  pages  are  distrib- 
uted gratuitously ;  but  as  the  Association  is  at 
considerable  expense  for  the  publication  it  is 
hoped  that  friends  will,  so  far  8s  possible^  send 
the  price,  noted  with  the  tract  list,  when   they 

send  an  order. 

^  *  *■ 

An  Anii-Liquon  Campaign  at  ihe  Heart  of  Massa- 
chusetts. 

BY  KEV.  HENRY  T.  OHKEVEB. 

Sabbath,  Nov.  19,  was  a  memorable  field-day 
for  temperance  m  Worcester.  The  annual  ajri- 
tation,  under  the  Local  Option  law,  for  No 
License,  opened  auspiciously  under  Christan 
conduct.  A  crowded  meeting  was  held  in  the 
now  historic  Mechanics'  Hall,  presided  over  and 
opened  by  a  minister,  and  forcibly  addressed  by 
Robert  Scot',  of  the  Massachuh-etts  Total  Absti- 
nence Society,  and  by  Rev.  Dr.  Mears,  of  this 
city,  in  support  of  these  principles,  which  were 
offered  as  the  basis  for  discussion  through  suc- 
cessive meetings : 

1.  To  license  the  liquor  traffic  by  law  is  erroneous  and 
wrong  in  theory,  demoralizing  and  vicious  in  practice, 
ruinous  in  results. 

3.  Constitutiooal  and  statutory  prohibition  of  the  man- 
ufacture and  sale  of  intoxicating  drinks  by  a  major  vote 
of  the  people  is  the  most  eflectual  way  of  preventing 
drunkenness  that  is  in  the  power  of  organized  society, 
because  it  is  virtually  stopping  the  supplies  of  that  drunk- 
enness. 

3.  The  great  reform  party  of  the  future,  to  cirry  this 
Christian  republic,  must  therefore  be  a  national  American 
party,  that  shall  make  suppression  of  the  liquor  traffic  in 
all  the  States  by  Constitution  and  law,  one  of  its  funda- 
mental principles. 

In  the  evening  Piedmont  church  was  thronged 
long  before  the  hours  of  service  to  hear  the 
veteran  lecturer,  John  B.  Gough.  At  7  o'clock 
all  the  available  seating  and  standing  room  of 
the  large  auditory  was  occupied,  and  more  thar 
were  admitted  are  said  to  have  gone  away  un- 
able even  to  get  into  the  vestibule.  Mr.  Gough 
characterized  the  business  of  liquor  selling  in 
the  most  scorching  language,  as  the  foulest 
business  a  creature  could  follow.  He  depicted, 
by  numerous  illustrations  and  instances  in  his 
own  wide  observation,  the  inexpressible  horrors 
of  the  life  and  death  of  the  drunkard  ;  and  the 
terrors  consequent  upon  the  ruin  of  the  beloved 
son  of  a  friend  by  liquor — closing  with  a  climax 
of  emphasis  Gough  only  can  master,  that  the 
licensing  of  the  sale  of  liquors  in  dear  Worces- 
ter must  and  shall  be  stopoed.  This  is  the  first 
of  a  series  of  Sunday  afternoon  mass  meetings 
for  the  healthy  toning  and  concentrating  of  pub- 
lic sentiment.  It  is  to  continue  until  what  I 
trust  will  prove  the  cay  of  doom  for  the  liquor 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE. 


November  80,  1883 


traflSc,  the  pending  12th  of  December.  At  the 
last  meeting  an  opportunity  will  probably  be 
given,  with  other  resident  ministers,  for  your 
"  Corresponding  Editor,  E.  D.  Bailey,"  to  lift 
up  his  voice  in  Mechanics'  Hall.  His  reformative 
and  his  prpaching  work  are  alike  acceptable  and 
effective,  and  he  is  winning  a  good  reputation  as 
the  right  man  in  the  right  place. 
Worcester. 


A  Thanksgiving  Hymn. 

Once  more  the  rolling  year  brings  round 
The  A&j  when  festal  joys  abound ; 
Our  land,  from  East  to  Western  eea. 
Sends  np  united  prftlse  to  Thee. 

Why  should  we  thank  Thee,  Lord  of  aUf 
What  are  Thy  gifts  that  daily  fall 
And  yearly  crown  us  with  their  store, 
That  we  have  oft  received  before? 

These  are  Thy  gifts  I    We  thank  Thee,  Lord, 
For  harvests  yielding  rich  reward; 
For  orchard's  fruitage,  full  and  free, 
And  plenty's  reign  from  sea  to  sea. 

We  thank  Thee,  Lord,  for  evil  crushed. 
That  wives  and  mother's  bowed  In  dust, 
Hay  hail  the  dawn  of  that  glad  hour, 
That  breaks  in  twain  the  rum-fiend's  power. 

We  thank  Thee,  Lord,  for  friendship  ipared, 

For  dear  love  given,  taken,  shared; 

For  infant  treasures  lent  us  here, 

For  sweet  home-fires  to  bless  and  cheer. 

Help  U8  to  say,  "We  thank  Thee,  Lord," 
When  dear  graves  dot  the  mossy  sward ; 
When  hopes  He  buried  'neath  the  sod. 
And  we  are  crushed  by  Thy  stern  rod. 

Help  us  to  praise  in  hours  of  pain, 
With  quivering  heart  and  throbbing  brain ; 
When  weak,  pale  hands  close  folded  He, 
While  all  the  world  goes  hurrying  by. 

So  we  would  thank  Thee,  Lord  of  all. 
For  every  gift  Thy  hand  lets  fall. 
For  Joy,  for  sorrow,  pleasure,  pain. 
Let  all  Thy  people  say,  "Amen  I" 

—Advocate  and  Quardian. 


Sinful  Precautions. 

BY  ELDEK  8*.  0.  KIMBALL. 


Adam  and  Eve  sinned  to  increase  their  knowl- 
edge. Abraham  lold  Sarah  to  lie  to  secure  the 
favor  of  Pharaoh.  Kebekah  taught  Jacob  to 
deceive  his  father  for  temporal  advantage. 
Achan  broke  the  command  of  God  for  gold. 
Young  Elder  Gehazi  swindled  money  out  of 
Naaman  bo  as  to  turn  heathen  property  into  the 
support  of  the  Lord's  servants.  Thus  it  appears 
no  recent  Invention  to  do  evil  that  good  may 
come.  These  ancients  who  had  no  Bible  and 
comparatively  little  moral  instruction  must  be 
beaten  with  few  stripes.  What  shall  we  eay  of 
minJfltere  and  professed  Christians  who  in  the 
last  years  of  the  nineteenth  century  and  under 
the  blaze  of  Gospel  light  continue  the  same  folly 
and  sin?  Says  the  church:  We  cannot  raise 
money  to  pay  our  preacher  and  hence  we  must 
turn  the  temple  of  God  into  a  play  house.  We 
cannot  repair  our  house  of  worship  unless  we 
gamble  the  money  out  of  sinners. 

Says  the  minister:  I  cannot  get  a  desirable 
preaching  place  unless  I  take  the  blasphemous 
oaths  of  the  Masonic  lodge.  I  do  not  quite  like 
to  do  it  but  then  it  will  increase  my  influence 
and  sphere  of  usefulness.  I  fear  if  1  should  be 
sick  I  should  not  be  cared  for,  and  hence  I  will 
join  some  brotherhood  of  ungodly  men.  If  I 
preach  a  full  Gospel  I  shall  offend  my  hearers 
and  lose  my  preaching  place,  and  hence  I  will 
tone  down  the  message  to  suit  the  people. 

Saya  the  layman:  I  must  pay  the  preacher  if 
I  cheat  a  little  in  my  business  to  do  it. 

Says  the  rumseller:  I  know  I  rob  women  and 
children  of  their  bread,  but  then  I  pay  liberally 
to  the  church  and  other  benevolent  causes. 

And  80  it  goes;  but  what  eaith  the  Scriptures 
of  all  this?  Their  "damnation  is  just."  Kom.  3:8. 
Silly  church,  you  may  gamble  to  increase  your 
revenues,  but  your  "damnation  is  just."  Foolish 
preacher,  you  may  daub  with  untempered  mortar 
to  please  the  back-elidden  in  heart,  but  your 
"damnation  is  just."  Stupid  professor,  you  may 
■in  with  Balaam  for  the  wages  of  unrighteoue 
ness,  but  your  "damnation  is  just."  "Awake 
thou  that  steepest,  and  arise  from  the  dead,  and 
Ohrist  shall  give  thee  light."  Blessed  are  the 
jmre  in  heart  for  they  shall  see  God,  and  at  his 
right  hand  are  jojs  iorever  more. 


Religious  Claims  of  Speculative  Hasonry. 

8ELK0TION8  FROM  MASONIC  WRITEBS  WITH  NOTES   BY 
BEV.  J.  F.  BAYNOB. 

"Almost  all  the  circumstances  attending  the 
promulgation  ot  the  Jewish  dispensation  have 
been  introduced  in  Freemasonry,  and  the  par- 
ticular observances  incorporated  with  its  cere- 
monial. The  divine  appearance  at  the  burning 
bush,  the  shoes,  the  rod,  the  serpent  and  the 
sacred  name  are  equally  embodied  in  the  system. 
The  plagues  of  Egypt,  with  the  signs  which  at- 
tended the  divine  deliverance  of  the  children  of 
Israel  from  captivity,  the  pillar  of  a  cloud  and 
of  fire,  the  mighty  winds",  the  division  of  the 
Red  Sea,  the  salvation  of  God's  people,  and  the 
destruction  of  Pharaoh  and  his  host,  the  wan- 
derings in  the  wilderness,  the  delivery  of  the 
law,  the  building  of  the  Tabernacle,  and  the 
establishment  of  the  hierarchy,  the  order  ob- 
served in  the  frequent  migrations  led  by  the 
banners  of  each  tribe,  and  other  important 
events,  all  form  parts  of  the  complicated  syetem 
of  Freemasonry,  and  show  its  connfction  with 
the  offices  of  religion.^'  —  Oliver  and  McGoy,  En- 
cyclopedia^ p.  193,  Art.  Observances. 

Ibid.,  p.  236-7, Art.  Rod :  "The  rod  of  Moses, 
fearful  as  the  attack  of  a  serpent  to  the  Egyp 
tians,  wa3  a  scepter  of  righteousness  to  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel.  It  was  a  sign  of  the  divine 
authority,  and  a  visible  demonstration  of  God's 
power  used  to  confound  the  pretended  skill  of 
the  magicians  ;  to  show  the  omnipotence  of  the 
Deity,  and  to  humble  the  pnde  of  Pharaoh 
when  he  beheld  the  mighty  wonders  wrought  by 
so  contemptible  an  agent  as  a  shepherd's  staff. 
But  above  all,  this  rod  metataorphosed,  was  a 
type  of  Christ's  death,  to  which,  indeed,  Free- 
masonry ultimately  points  ;  for  as  by  a  serpent 
death  came  into  the  world,  so  bv  the  death  ot  the 
Sod  of  God,  the  serpent  or  Satan  was  tully  van- 
quished and  trodden  underfoot." 

Ibid.,  p  61,  Art.  Center:  "  The  labors  of  a 
Freemason  must  penetrate  to  the  center  of  the 
earth,  and  his  spirit  inquire  all  into  the  opera- 
tions of  nature,  and  either  be  capable  aatisfae- 
torily  to  explain  or  humbly  admire  them." — 
Oadiche. 

Ibid.,  p.  61,  Art.  Central  Point :  "  Masonry 
is  truly  the  sister  of  religion  ;  for  she  boasts  her 
efficacy  in  all  its  native  influence,  and  is  con- 
tinually the  assistant,  promoter  of  like  princi- 
ples and  like  actions  The  central  point  of  all 
her  innumerable  lines,  squares  and  circles  is  the 
love  of  God;  and  upon  this  central  point  she 
builds  her  faith  ;  from  it  she  derives  her  hope  of 
glory  here  and  hereafter,  and  by  it  she  squares 
her  conduct  in  strict  iustice  and  nniversal  char- 
ity. The  central  point  of  all  true  Christianity  is 
the  love  of  Cod.  Masonry  is  dedicated  only 
to  the  OospeV^ 

Ibid.,  p.  18,  Art.  Angel  of  Jehovah :  "  The 
angel  of  Jehovah  was  really  and  truly  the  Cap- 
tain of  Salvation  or  Jehovah  himself,  the  Crea- 
tor of  the  World,  or  Jesus  Christ,  called  by 
Masons  T.  G.  A.  O.  T.  U.,  who  only  hath  im- 
mortality, dwelling  in  the  light  which  no  man 
can  approach  unto.  This  divine  being  called  to 
Moses  by  his  name,  and  commanded  him  to  ap- 
proach with  naked  feet  because  the  ground  on 
which  he  stood  was  holy,  or  consecrated  by  the 
divine  presence,  and,  tnerefore,  Moses  took  off 
his  shoes  in  obedience  to  the  divine  command, 
and  prostrated  himself  before  the  Deity. 

Regeneration,  p.  M6  :  "  The  Triple  Cross  of 
Royal  Arch  Masonry  signifies  alike  the  cross  of 
Christ,  regeneration  and  life." 

Serpent  and  Cross,  p.  251 !  "  A  type  of  salva- 
tion to  the  Israelites.  Henee  the  cross  became 
the  emblem  of  life  and  salvation,  and,  being  iii 
a  higher  degree  tripled  amongst  ourselves,  signi- 
fies the  Tetragrammaton,  or  Him  who  made  the 
worlds,  even  the  Author  of  our  Redemption — 
Jesns  Christ." 

Art  Arcana:  "In  the  fecret  Arcana  of  our 
mysteries,  a  series  of  valuabh  truths  are  pre- 
served, which  corxespond  with  the  teachings  of 
Christianity,  and  point  to  the  appearance  of  a 
Saviour  in  the  world  to  atone  for  human  trans- 
gression, and  carry  us  from  eart  i  to  heaven ; 
and  being  the  conservator  of  such  valu&oie  mys- 
teries, it  is  not  surprising  that  in  these  days  of 
gnperior  pietj  and  intelligenoe  it  should  eo  rap- 


idly increase  in  public  estimation,  and  be  prac- 
tised by  the  wise  and  good,  not  merely  as  a 
source  of  rational  amusement,  but  as  a  means  of 
promoting  the  blessings  of  morality  and  virtue 
amongst  mankind,  and  augmenting  a  respect  for 
the  institution  of  religion." 

Angular  Trial :  "At  the  establishment  of  the 
Royal  Arch  degree,  the  angular  trial  bore  a  ref- 
erence to  the  three  great  lights,  what,  at  that 
period,  were  interpreted  to  symbolize  the  light 
of  the  Gospel  and  the  sublime  mystery  of  the 
Trinitj." 

Christianity  :  "  Masonry  is  the  excellency  of 
Christianity,  and  every  Msson  is,  if  he  is  in 
reality  a  Maeon,  a  true  Christian,  or,  at  least,  he 
is,  in  reality,  truly  religious,  according  to  his 
profession,  whether  he  be  a  Jew  or  Christian. — 
Inwood. 

Note. — The  above  references  show  that  Ma- 
sonrj^  originated  in  a  Christian  land,  and  that  in 
its  earlier  stages,  the  Christian  religion  had  a 
considerable  molding  and  shaping  influence 
upon  it. 


REFORM  STORY. 


Ho/den  with  Cords. 

BY  THE  AUTHOB    OF    "  LITTLE    PEOPLE,"    "  A  SPNNY 

LIFE,"  ETC. 

Olutpter  XJX—WhUsh  Contain*  Sundry  Happenings. 

Though  it  still  continued  in  many  minds  an 
unsettled  question  whether  or  no  Morgan's  body 
had  actually  been  discovered,  popular  excite- 
ment WJ*8  wakened  anew.  Masons  were  exult- 
ant over  the  Timothy  Munroe  story,  while  the 
opposite  party  saw  in  it  nothing  but  a  clever 
ruse  by  which  to  deceive  the  public. and  influ- 
ence the  approaching  elections.  For  the  whole 
subject  from  being  a  mere  matter  for  the 
courts  to  deal  with  had  now  come  to  play  an 
important  part  in  our  national  politics.  In  a 
country  where  the  unbiased  will  of  the  people 
constitutes  the  only  court  of  appeal  it  follows 
naturally  that  all  great  moral  evils  must  >  tand 
their  trial  sooner  or  later  before  that  august 
tribunal.  And  Masonry  had  reached  the  point 
sooner  for  the  reason  that  her  haughty  de- 
flance  of  law  and  justice,  as  well  aa  her  arro- 
gant assumption  of  an  authority  superior  to  that 
of  the  State  had  alarmed  all  candid  and 
thoughtful  men,  and  fairly  forced  the  question 
to  a  political  iesue. 

Th>t  the  strife  as  it  went  on  should  develop 
a  spirit  of  heat  and  acrimony  and  unfairness 
even  on  the  side  of  the  partisans  of  truth,  is 
nothing  strange  considering  the  infirmities  ot 
human  nature.  For  in  every  rising  of  popular 
wrath  against  an  established  wrong  or  abus-e 
there  is  a  grand  intolerance,  like  an  earthquake 
or  a  whirlwind  that  levels  indiscriminately;  it 
makes  no  allowance  for  possible  honesty  on  the 
part  of  some  who  supnort  that  particular  evil 
against  which  the  arrows  are  for  the  time  being 
hurled.  Timorous  Masons  cowered  before  the 
storm,  aud  withdrew  from  the  lodge  in  shame 
and  silence;  while  others  of  different  caliber 
roused  to  a  perfect  frenzy  of  bitterness  and  hate 
at  the  threatened  downfall  of  their  cherished 
institution  persecuted,  with  all  the  weapons 
malice  could  invent,  those  recreant  brethren  who 
tiad  testified  to  its  evil  works. 

Such  was  the  situation  in  the  Fall  of  1827,  a 
year  after  the  death  of  Morgan. 

Elder  Cuehing  preached  on;  his  congregation, 
as  regarded  the  male  members  almost  entirely 
Masonic,  sustained  him.  But  there  had  been 
Tio  revival  in  the  church  since  the  period  of  its 
first  planting,  and  it  was  soon  apparent  to  all 
that  the  candle-etick  was  being  slowly  moved 
out  of  its  place,  especially  when  a  series  of  relig- 
ious meetings  in  the  neighborhood  had  drawn  m 
many  of  the  young  people,  and  caused  not  afev 
to  inquire  anxiously  the  way  of  salvation.  For 
so  deep  was  the  interest  manifested  that  these 
meetings  were  continued  and  formed  the  seed 
of  a  new  church,  small  in  numbers  but  rich  in 
faith,  and  full  of  that  spiritual  life  aud  energy 
which  naturally  abounds  where  most  of  the 
members  are  new  converts.  It  took  in  Rachfl 
and  1,  and  baptized  our  little  one;  dear  old 
Methodist  Episcopal  church  whom  I  sha'l  never 
cease  to  love,  though  I  love  the  Church  Univer- 


November  30,  1889 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE. 


sal  better.  And  though  people  and  pastor  alike 
hav^e  in  too  many  instances  forgotten  the  faith 
of  their  early  founders,  and  turned  aside  to  a 
strange  worship,  God  visit  them  in  mercy  and 
bring  them  back  to  their  first  love! 

The  Morgan  trials  dragged  slowly  along  with 
out  reaching  any  definite  result.  His  murderers 
still  at  large  defied  the  hand  of  law  to  touch 
them,  and  before  winter  was  over  Brownsville 
had  its  sensation  in  the  sudden  flight  of  Da- 
rius Fox,  against  whom  new  evidence  had  ap- 
peared implicating  him  still  more  deeply  in 
the  plot,  so  that  another  warrant  was  speedily 
issued  for  his  arrest. 

"They  say  the  officers  were  after  him,"  said 
Joe,  who  brought  in  the  news;  "but  somehow  he 
got  wind  of  it  »nd  cleared  out.  Jt  wasn't  an 
hour  before  they  come  to  arrest  him  that  Seth 
Briggs  says  he  was  talking  with  him  about  a 
young  horse  he  wanted  to  buy.  They  couldn't 
seem  to  come  to  a  bargain,  and  while  they  were 
chaffing,  he  saw  Darius  look  up  and  grow  sort 
of  white  about  the  month.  'I'm  in  a  hurry 
now,'  said  he;  'we'll  let  the  matter  go  till  anoth- 
er time.'  And  Seth  says  he  noticed  a  man  come 
in  while  they  were  talking  that  he  is  sure  give 
Fox  the  Masonic  sign.  Any  how,  he's  left 
Brownsville,"  concluded  Joe,  "and  I  hope  his 
place  will  be  filled  by  a  better  man." 

In  which  expression  Joe  was  not  alone,  but 
there  remained  another  surprise  for  the  people 
of  Brownsville  in  the  fact  that  the  ex-sheriff 
had  not  left  his  affairs  in  the  confused  state 
which  would  seem  to  follow  naturally  on  such  a 
sudden  flight.  All  his  property,  including  the 
distillery,  was  soon  foand  to  have  been  secretly 
purchased— rumor  said  by  the  lodge — at  a  price 
so  far  in  advance  of  its  real  value  as  to  cover  all 
pecuniary  loss  sustained  in  his  abrupt  departure. 
As  it  is  on  record  by  indisputable  authority  that 
the  Grand  Lodge  and  Grand  Chapter  of  the 
State  contributed  large  sums  during  the  time 
the  Morgan  trials  were  pending  lor  the  aid  snd 
defence  of  their  distressed  Masonic  brethren  it 
will  be  seen  that  their  claim  to  benevolence  is 
not  without  a  certain  foundation  ;  but  as  a  ban  ? 
of  thieves  and  murderers  would  probably  be  just 
as  benevolent  under  similar  circumsrances  I 
will  cite  one  historical  instance  and  let  the  eub- 
ject  pass. 

The  following  spring,  Richard  Howard,  the 
midnight  incendiary,  closely  pursued  by  the 
officers  of  justice,  entered  an  encampment  of 
Knight  Templars  in  the  city  of  New  York,  and 
there  confessed  himself  guilty  of  the  murder  of 
Mo'gan.  He  was  helped  to  embark  on  board  a 
vessel  bound  for  some  European  port ;  and  with 
the  wages  of  sin  in  his  hand,  fled  -his  native 
country,  and  how  or  where  he  died  only  the 
Judgment  Day  will  reveal.  The  two  others 
also  escaped  the  grasp  of  the  law  by  a  flight  into 
what  was  then  the  extreme  western  boundaries 
of  the  Union,  but  who  shall  say  they  went  un- 
punished ? — that  in  [dreams  haunted  by  the  last 
look  of  their  victim,  in  the  sigh  of  the  wind  or 
the  rustle  of  a  leaf  instinct  with  startling  mes- 
sages of  fear  for  the'r  guilty  souls  God  did 
not  vindicate  his  righteous  judgment  against  all 
murderers. 

Mark  Stedman  had  been  appointed  on  a  cir- 
cuit that  came  very  near  the  Tonawanda  line. 
For  this  reason  or  some  other  we  soon  found 
out  by  his  letters  that  he  was  a  frequent  guest 
in  the  family  of  Mr.  Jedediah  Mills,  whose 
troubles  he  was  not  slow  to  ascribe  to  their  true 
origjn — the  machinations  of  the  lodge 

"Thej^  mean  to  ruin  him  for  the  part  he 
played  m  the  rescue  of  Colonel  Miller,"  wrote 
Mark.  "When  a  vast  secret  power  like  Mason- 
ry sets  itself  against  one  solitary  individual  that 
individual  must  go  to  the  wall.  They  mean  to 
ruin  Mr.  Greene  of  the  Park  Tavern,  and  they 
are  doing  it  as  fast  as  they  can  by  'deranging 
his  business'  in  every  possible  way.  To  tell 
you  all  the  outrages  he  has  suffered  would  fill  a 
volume.  He  is  making  a  brave  fight,  but  what 
avails  it  against  such  an  enemy?  How  long,  O 
Lord,  shall  the  wicked  persecute?  How  long 
shall  they  bend  their  bow  and  make  ready  their 
arrows  upon  the  string  that  they  may  privily 
shoot  at  the  upright  m  heart!" 
^'Xieander,"  said    Eachel,  suddenly,  "I  have 


heard  of  Hannah  Mills  through  one  of  the 
Lokers — Miss  Alvira  Loker  you  know  has  con- 
nections in  Tonawanda.  She  calls  Hannah  a 
real  good  Christian  girl,  and  if  Mark  has  taken 
a  liking  to  her  I  am  glad.  He  needs  just  such 
a  wife  as  she  would  make  him.  Mark  is  all 
spirit,  he  forgets  he  has  a  body  to  be  taken  care 
of.  I  saw  that  plain  enough  when  he  was  here 
two  months  ago.  He  was  pale  and  thin  and  had 
a  hacking  cough  on  him.  No  wonder,  catching 
cold  every  little  while  and  never  taking  any- 
thing for  it.  Riding  for  miles  wet  to  the  skin, 
and  then  preaching,  and  then  oft  again  to  hold 
another  service  sorjiewhere  else.  He  wants  some 
body  to  see  to  him,  that  he  don't  break  down  in 
a  consumption  before  his  work  is  half  done;  to 
lecture  him  every  time  he  forgets  to  wear  an 
overcoat  or  tie  up  his  throat;  to  insist  on  his 
taking  a  hot  drink  after  he  has  been  out  in  the 
wet  and  cold,  and  see  that  his  flannels  are  in 
order,  and  a  thousand  and  one  things  that  only 
a  wife  can  do  for  him, — a  plain  sensible  Chris- 
tian woman  that  will  glory  in  his  usefulness  and 
share  his  love  for  souls,  and  yet  be  a  practical 
common  eense  adviser  in  all  the  ordinary  affairs 
of  life.  Mark  is  all  spirituality  and  ideality  and 
heroism  and  what  not,  and  I  consider  it  a  benef- 
icent arrangement  of  Providence  that  such  men 
are  usually  attracted  to  their  opposites." 

"Dear  me,  Rachel,"  I  said,  "you  talk  as  if  the 
whole  matter  was  prearranged.  Mark  hasn't 
even  mentioned  Hannah  Mills  in  this  letter." 

"  Precisely  the  circumstance  that  adds  weight 
to  my  suspicions,"  answered  Rachel,  briskly.  "If 
he  had  mentioned  her  I  should  think  there  was 
nothing  in  it.  You  don't  know  everything,  Le- 
ander." 

And  Ra.chel,  who  I  must  confess  had  in  her 
secret  heart  a  little  of  that  love  of  matchmaking 
not  uncommon  in  happily  married  wives,  smiled 
with  the  pleasant  complacency  of  superior 
knowledge;  while  I  only  uttered  that  sage  and 
safe  remark  appropriate  to  all  conditions  of  mor- 
tal uncertainty,  "We  shall  see." 

At  the  very  time  this  conversation  occurred, 
Mark  Stedman  was  travelling  on  his  circuit 
through  woods  just  leafing  out  with  the  eme- 
rald hues  of  spring,  and  thinking  over  the  sub- 
ject on  which  he  intended  to  preach  when  he 
reached  his  destination,  a  lonely  school  house 
where  meetings  were  held  at  stated  periods.  He 
rode  slowly,  occasionally  referring  to  his  pocket 
Bible  for  some  text,  a  kind  of  holy  rapture  fill- 
ing his  soul  as  he  thought  of  the  grandeur  of 
the  struggle  before  him,  and  the  joys  of  that 
final  victory  when  the  kingdoms  of  this  world 
should  become  the  kingdoms  ot  our  Lord  and  ot 
his  Christ — when  every  refuge  of  lies  should  be 
swept  away  and  that  embodiment  of  Satanic 
power  and  malice,  the  man  of  sin  to  which  the 
New  Testament  writers  point  in  dim  and  awful 
prophecy,  should  be  forever  destroyed  in  the 
brightness  of  his  glorious  second  coming.  For 
to  such  a  mind  as  Mark's,  things  unseen  and 
eternal  have  a  palpable  reality  impossible  to 
comprehend  by  any  soul  that  lingers  outside  the 
pale  of  a  full  consecration.  As  he  rode  along 
intent  on  the  message  he  was  to  deliver,  earth 
seemed  nothing  and  less  than  nothing  ;  God  and 
his  eternal  truth,  everything. 

Suddenly  a  shot  split  the  air  fired  from  the 
thicket  through  which  Mark  was  passing.  It 
took  effect,  wounding  him  in  the  arm.  Another 
and  another  followed  in  quick  succession  but 
the  flash  and  report  so  frightened  his  horse  that 
it  needed  no  spurring  but  broke  at  once  into  a 
furious  run,  and  the  second  and  third  balls 
whizzed  harmlessly  past. 

Providence  doubtless  ordered  that  the  affair 
should  happen  near  Tonawanda,  and  that  when 
his  trembling  horse  finally  stopped,  reeking  with 
foam,  it  was  close  by  Mr.  Jedediah  Mills  gate. 
His  injury  proved  to  be  a  flesh  wound  and 
nothing  very  serious,  but  he  had  to  submit  to 
considerable  dressing  and  bandaging  for  a  few 
days,  during  which  time  his  resolution  was  taken 
to  do  what  he  had  more  than  once  half  resolved 
upon  doing  in  some  of  his  lonely  rides,  and  then 
I'nandoned  as  too  great  a  sacrifice  to  require  of 
the  woman  he  loved, — ask  Hannah  Mills  if  in 
I  deed  and  in  truth  she  wa:  aiding  to  be  the  wife 
1  of  a  poor  circiut  preacher  who  t^l%  i%  bit  mia- 


sion  to  Jake  side  with  every  unpopular  reform, 
and  preach  all  sorts  of  unpalatable  truths,  and 
whom  the  world  would  frown  upon  accordingly, 
reserving  its  smiles  for  those  prophets  who 
prophesy  unto  it  smooth  things;  who  moreover 
was  now  engaged  in  deadlv  conflict  with  an  un- 
sparing foe  sworn  to  persecute  him  to  the  death 
— would  she  knowing  all  theses  things  consent 
to  share  his  lot. 

I  happen  to  know  Hannah's  answer.  It  came 
in  the  words  of  a  certain  old  Hebrew  idyl  which 
has  stood  for  ages  and  will  stand  while  time  lasts 
as  the  epitome  of  that  self-sacrificing  devotion 
which  shrinks  from  no  trial  with  th^  loved  one 
at  its  side. 

And  so  Hannah  Mills  became  Hannah  Sted- 
man, the  elder's  wife ;  and  in  process  of  time 
Rachel's  wish  was  realized  in  that  unlocked  for 
way  in  which  our  wishes  so  often  become  proph- 
ecies, by  their  eventually  occupying  the  very 
cottage  from  which  we  had  moved  on  our  grand- 
father's death. 

As  for  Rachel,  she  would  scarcely  have  been 
human  if  she  had  never  once  said,  "  I  told  vou 
so." 


The  Sermon. 


SYNOPSIS   OF  8EHM0N  PREACHED  BY  E.  D    BAILBY  AT 

WASHBURN     HALL,    WORCESTER,    SUNDAY 

MORNING,  NOV.  19tH. 

Text:—"  For  they  that  are  after  the  flesh  do  mind  the  things  of  th« 
flesh ;  bat  they  that  are  after  tlie  Spirit  the  things  of  the  Spirit." 

Doubtless  you  are  all  as  anxious  as  I  am  to 
know  what  is  essential  to  the  progress  of  Chris- 
tian work  in  this  city,  and  what  hinders  its  pro 
gress.  We  shall  welcome  joyfully  anything 
which  will  help  us  in  our  endeavors  to  bring 
men  to  a  saving  knowledge  of  the  truth.  It  is 
this  desire  on  my  part  which  leads  to  the  dis- 
cussion of  H  practical  theme  in  the  light  of  this 
passage  of  Scripture.  Let  us  first  understand 
the  meaning  of  the  text. 

In  many  places  in  the  New  Testament  a  con- 
trast is  drawn  between  those  who  follow  the  in- 
terests of  their  spiritual  natures  and  those  wh'> 
study  only  to  gratify  their  carnal  desires.  Thui 
Paul  speaks  of  "sowing  to  the  flesh"  and  "sow- 
ing to  the  spirit,"  and  draws  a  contrast  between 
the  fruits  of  the  two.  He  also  speaks  of  certain 
classes  of  persons  as  being  "  lovers  of  pleasure 
more  than  lovers  of  God."  Again  he  writes 
concerning  his  helpers  in  the  ministry  that 
"  they  all  seek  their  own,  not  the  things  which 
are  Christ's."  He  records  of  Demas  that  he  had 
forsaken  him,  "  having  loved  this  present  world." 
All  these  passages  throw  light  upon  the  contrast 
drawn  in  the  text  between  the  "  carnal"  and  the 
"spiritual"  natures. 

The  meaning  of  the  text  is  that  some  persons 
spend  their  labors  chiefly  to  gratify  the  lower 
nature,  while  others,  under  the  lead  of  God's 
Spirit,  are  engaged  in  mortifying  the  sensual 
nature  and  cultivating  those  nobler  virtues  which 
are  pleasing  to  a  Holy  God. 

spmrnJAL  power 
comes  from  minding  "  the  things  of  the  Spirit." 
Cases  can  be  called  to  the  mind  of  every  indi- 
vidual of  persons  among  their  acquaintances 
who  are  noted  for  their  spirituality,  or  of  other 
persons  who  are  notoriously  unspiritual.  There 
are  some  whose  sole  ambition  is  to  walk  with 
God,  to  commune  with  His  Spirit  through  the 
Word,  while  there  are  others  to  whom  such 
things  are  wholly  distasteful.  There  are  two 
classes  in  our  churches,  and  they  represent  two 
opposite  tendencies. 

If  we  wish  to  ascertain  what  the  carnal  mind 
loves  we  have  only  to  consult  the  practices  of 
those  who  profess  only  to  follow  carnal  desires 
and  we  shall  have  a  plain  answer.  If  we  wifh 
to  know  what  the  spiritually  minded  desire  we 
have  only  to  consult  the  sacred  Word,  and  the 
lives  of  godly  men  and  women  will  furnish  the 
answer.     The  carnal  mind  craves 

AMUSEMENTS. 

A  person  does  not  need  to  be  converted  to  the 
Lord  to  love  the  dance,  the  theater,  the  card 
table,  billiards,  oyster  suppers,  strong  drink, 
dramas  and  apron  sales.  These  things  are  the 
amusements  of  the  unregenerat^e,  hence  it  is  not 
neoeigar^  to  bo  filled  with  the  Spirit  to  enjoy 


THM  CHFtlSTIAWr  CYMOSU¥IM. 


Navember  30,  1882 


them.  They  are  the  class  of  things  meant  by 
the  apostle  when  he  speaks  of  being  "  lOvers  of 

fleasure,"  and  they  are  also  what  he  means  when 
e  enumerates  among  the  fruits  of  the  flesh 
"revellings."  The  unrej?enerate  man  craves 
such  entertainment.  The  lees  of  the  Spirit  one 
has  the  more  he  loves  such  things.  From  the 
world  has  come  a  demand  that  the  churches 
shall  furnish  such  amusement  for  the  sake  of 
the  young  people,  and  little  by  little  the  church 
has  acceded  to  this  demand  until  the  concession's 
are  nothing  less  tuan  appalling.  The  daily 
papers  of  the  city  have  announced  nearly  forty 
entertainments  during  the  past  week  in  this 
vicinity,  about  one-fourth  of  which  are  by  the 
churches.  The  first  class  of  these  entertain- 
ments are  by  the 

SECRET   SOGtffriES 

the  Knights  of  Pythias,  G.  A.  R.,  and  others. 
The  theaters,  the  New  Garden,  and  other  secu- 
lar places  join  this  class  and  display  their  attrac- 
tions in  flaming  colors.  Then  come  the  Reform 
club,  the  Temperance  elub,  the  Y.  M.  0.  A.,  and 
other  moral  and  religious  accessories.  These  ad- 
vertise dramas,  games,  social  concerts  and  the 
the  like.  Lastly  came  he  churches  with  dramas, 
concerts,  fairs,  oyster  suppers,  apron  sales,  old' 
folks  concerts  and  a  host  of  other  things,  all  cal- 
culated to  "draw."  It  is  safe  to  say  that  there 
are  not  three  churches  in  the  city  of  Worcester, 
Catholic,  Episcopal,  Universalist,  Methodist, 
Baptist  or  Congregational,  which  will  not  have 
one  or  more  such  entertainments  between  the 
first  of  Septe?nber  and  the  first  of  January, 
while  many  of  them  will  have  a-  series  of  such 
things.  .  One  looking  on  from  the  outside  is 
puzzled  to  discern  the  diflerence  between  the 
shows  outside  of  the  churches  and  those  inside. 
The  advertisements  read  alike,  the  same  kind  of 
inducements  are  offered,  and  doubtless  the  peo- 
ple who  patronize  them  feel  about  alike.  There 
was  an  old  popular  superstition  that  the 
churches  existed  to  promote 

SPIEITUALITY, 

but  that  was  long  since  exploded.  The  church 
has  now  become  the  rival  of  the  world  in  fur- 
nishing amusement  and  entertainment.  Tbe 
world  said  it  wouldn't  go  to  church  if  it  couldn't 
be  entertained,  and  the  church  replied,  "We'll  do 
the  best  we  can,"  and  it  has  been  at  it  ever  since. 
The  question  is  not  whether  these  things  are 
wrong  per  se,  but  the  question  is  should  the 
church,  whose  business  it  is  to  preach  salvation, 
forsake  its  legitimate  work  and  undertake  to 
satisfy  the  carnal  desires  of  the  world?  Our 
great  mistake  is  in  teaching  our  young  people, 
or  allowing  them  to  believe  that  they  should 
not  be  expected  to  do  anything  which  has  not  in 
it  their  own  personal  gratification.  Children  are 
not  sent  to  school  for  fun,  neither  should  they 
be  sent  to  church,  for  fun.  There  is  a  sober, 
serious,  earnest,  important  duty  devolving  upon 
them,  and  their  carnal  deeires  are  not  what  we 
are  to  gratify,  but  their  spiritual  needs.  Unless 
there  is  a  radical  change  soon  we  can  easily  pro- 
phesy what  kind  of 

KKVTVALS 

there  will  be  this  winter.  The  minister,  deacons, 
and  a  few  faithful  brethren  and  sisters  will  soon 
begin  to  be  worried  at  the  thin  attendance  at 
prayer-meeting,  and  the  little  interest  in  reli- 
gious things  prevailing  in  the  church.  After  a 
good  deal  of  talk  some  extra  meetings  will  be 
oalled.  The  minister  will  speak  with  more  than 
usual  fervor,  and  the  deacons  will  pray  better. 
All  will  bemoan  tbe  fact  that  so  few  are  inter- 
ested in  this  revival.  Two  or  three  young  per- 
sons, whose  parents  are  praying  for  them,  will 
rise  for  prayers,  but  "  outsiders,"  the   "  young 

Seople"  and  the  "  society"  will  not  be  present, 
fobody  alludes  to  the  reason  of  their  absence, 
but  the  fact  ia  they  are  too  busy  preparing  their 
"parts"  for  the  next  entertainment.  Then 
oomes 


CHRISTMAS 


and  all  religious  efforts  must  give  way  to  a  gen- 
eral pious  carnival,  and  then  comes  the  week  of 
prayer,  when  anofher  spurt  of  effort  will  be 
made,  and  the  heated  season  will  hurry  on  when 
"  no  man  worketh"  (in  these  modem  dtiyrt). 

A  father  was  once  remonstrating  with  his  son 
for  playing  ball  all  day  long  instead  of  going  to 


school.  "  Father,"  said  the  son,  "you  don't 
mean  to  say  playing  ball  is  wicked,  do  you? 
"  My  son,"  answered  the  father,  "  the  question 
is  not  whether  it  is  wicked,  but  whether  you  can 
afford  to  waste  your  precious  time,"  The  ques- 
tion is  not  now  whether  theatres,  dances,  and 
oyster  suppers  nre  wrong,  but  the  question  is  can 
the  churches  afford  to  engage  in  these  things  to 
the  exclusion  and  destruction  of  their  legitimate 
work.  Let  the  world,  if  it  will,  gratify  the  car- 
nal desires,  but  let  the  church  follow  after  the 
Spirit. 

THE   CHURCHES 

will  increase  their  power  and  usefulness  im- 
measureably  if  they  will  retrace  their  steps  to 
the  place  where  first  they  departed  from  their 
legitimate  work,  and  take  up  anew  the  struggle 
against  the  over-mastering  power  of  the  world. 
There  is  no  surer  token  of  the  decay  of  spiritu- 
ality than  the  popularity  and  multiplicity  of 
worldly  amusements  in  the  churches.  Let  us 
banish  them.  We  may  lose  in  numbers,  but 
we  shall  gain  in  power,  ' 


THE  SOUTHERN  FIELD. 


Along  the  Poiomac. 

Washington,  Nov.  17,  1882. 

Dear  Bro.  K.  : — On  Wednesday  the  15th 
inst.,  1  visited  the  "  National  Home  for  destitute 
colored  children  and  aged  women,"  on  the  bor- 
der of  the  city  not  far  from  Howard  University. 
It  has  about  100  children  and  seven  aged  women. 
All  are  under  the  care  of  Miss  E.  Heacock,  as- 
sisted  by  able  teachers.  It  receives  about  $6,000 
annually  from  the  national  government,  and  is  a 
most  deserving  charity.  I  was  glad  to  find  Miss 
H.  in  warm  sympathy  with  our  reform. 

In  the  evening  I  took  passage  for  Fortress 
Monroe  on  the  steamer  Jjodi/  of  the  Lake,  and 
woke  up  next  morning  in  time  to  aee  the  lia^hts 
on  the  capes  at  the  entrance  of  Chesapeake  Bay, 
and  a  large  number  of  fine  ships  bound  to  and 
from  Baltimore,  Norfolk  and  other  points.  At 
7:30  we  reached  Fortress  Monroe,  which  covers 
about  75  acres,  and  is  the  largest  defensive  struc- 
ture on  the  coast.  The  Bip  Raps,  a  rocky  island 
just  opposite  the  Fortress,  ia  a  foundation  for 
another  fort,  on  which  much  money  and  labor 
has  been  spent.  Hero  are  Hampton  Roads,  one 
of  the  finest  natural  harbors  in  the  world,  and 
here  was  fought  the  battle  between  the  Merri- 
mac  and  the  M.onitor^  which  changed  the  whole 
charac'^er  of  naval  warfare.  Here  was  the  prison 
of  Jeff.  Davis,  until  a  lalse  kindness  released 
him  on  bail,  and  saved  him  from  trial  and  pun- 
ishment. I  saw  lying  in  the  harbor  three  large 
government  frigates,  and  in  the  yards  of  the 
Fortress  a  vast  number  of  cannon  and  other  im- 
plements of  war. 

CTn  landing  here  I  found  that  I  had  reached 
that  undefined  region  known  as  "  The  South." 
I  knew  by  the  Bermuda  grass  that  grew  in  the 
yards,  but  especially  by  the  many  little  carts, 
each  drawn  by  one  small,  poor  ox,  and  loadisd 
with  colored  people,  I  had  seen  this  often  in 
the  barren  ricelands  of  Georgia  and  Alabama. 
I  was  surprised  and  saddened  to  see  it  in  a  fer- 
tile region. 

A  hack  took  me  three  miles,  through  the 
sleepy  village  ot  Hampton,  to  Hampton  Indus- 
trial and  Normal  Institute,  with  its  fine  build- 
ings, busy  workshops,  and  intelligent  and  enter- 
prising managers  and  pupils.  This  school  was 
commenced  soon  after  the  close  of  the  war  by 
the  American  Missionary  Association,  and  is  for 
the  education  of  the  African  and  Indian  races. 

The  last  catalogue  shows  501  pupile,  of  whom 
89  were  Indians  and  412  of  the  negro  race.  At 
present  there  are  about  100  Indians  and  a  pro- 
portionate increase  of  the  colored.  The  Indians 
are  trom  many  differeiit  tribes,  from  the  Sioux 
of  the  northwest  to  the  Seminoles  of  Florida. 
The  colored  represent  twelve  different  States, 
but  are  mostly  from  Virginia  and  North  Caro- 
lina, The  whole  are  under  the  able  and  efficient 
management  of  Gen.  S.  C.  Armstrong,  assisted 
by  many  excellent  co.laborers,  male  and  temale. 
They  have  a  farm  of  600  acres  of  fair  soil,  well 
adapted  to  the  growth  of  wheat,  corn  and  gar- 
den vegetables,  which  are  the  principal  articles 
raised.    The  farm  buildings  are  large  and  neat^ 


and  the  business  seems  well  conducted.  They 
have  besides  a  large  saw  and  planing  mill,  a  car- 
riage and  a  harness  manufactory,  tin  shop  and  a 
printing  office,  which  publishes  monthly  the 
Southern  Workman,  a  large,  illustrated  paper. 
They  also  made  last  year  over  two  millions  of 
bricks.  Contiguous  to  the  Institute  are  the  Sol- 
dier's Home  and  the  National  Cemetery,  with 
its  fine  granite  monument. 

I  was  most  kindly  entertained  by  Gen.  Arm- 
strong, and  greatly  admired  nearly  all  that  I 
saw.  I  visited  the  school  rooms  and  workshops 
of  the  Indians,  saw  them  working  in  blacksmith 
and  tin  shops  and  in  other  departments;  and 
found  that  both  in  the  shop  and  in  the  school- 
room they  are  much  like  other  people,  with  just 
such  obstacles  and  successes  as  their  darker  and 
paler  brethren  meet.  There  seems  to  be  no  race 
prejudice  here,  and  if  this  institution  helps  to 
destroy  the  spirit  of  caste,  it  will  for  that  reason 
be  worth  all  that  it  has  cost. 

I  have  but  a  single  criticism  to  make.  This 
school  ia  semi-military.  Military  drill  is  con- 
ducted by  Lieut.  G.  L.  Brown,  U.  S.  A.  With 
my  v'ews  of  war  I  cannot  approve  of  anything 
that  looks  to  preparation  for  war.  I  earnestly 
hope  that  the  American  Missionary  Association, 
which  will  not  allow  its  African  missionaries  to 
deal  ia  or  have  implements  of  war,  lest  they 
countenance  the  war  sj)irit,  will  seriously  con- 
sider the  question  of  consistency,  and  will  drop 
this  worse  than  needless  appendage. 

ANTI-8E0RETI8M. 

I  was  much  gratified  to  find  that  Gen.  Arm- 
strong and  the  efficient  Treasurer,  Gen.  J.  F. 
B.  Marshall,  are  in  accord  with  us  in  opposition 
to  secret  societies,  though  neither  had  given  the 
subject  much  attention.  Gen.  Armstrong  said 
that  he  had  always  kept  out  of  college  secret 
societies,  and  regarded  them  as  clannish  and  un- 
manly. He  called  the  school  together  at  three 
p.  M,,  and  I  had  the  privilege  of  speaking  thirtv- 
five  minutes  to  over  400  students  and  teachers. 
Gen.  A.  spoke  at  some  leufi'th,  approving  and 
enforcing  what  I  said.  I  left  a  good  supply  of 
tracts  for  distribution,  some  books  for  the  library 
and  ordered  the  Cynosure  for  their  readmir-room. 
There  seemed  to  be  but  one  man  connected  with 
the  business  who  advertised  his  Masonry  by 
wearing  a  Knight  Templar  badge,  though  I 
think  some  of  the  students  are  Masons  and  be- 
long to  other  secret  orders.  Gen,  Armstrong 
seemed  pleased  with  my  visit  and  what  I  had 
said.  I  was  provided  with  an  early  tea  and  sent 
down  to  the  steamer  in  a  carriage.  1  reached 
this  city  at  9  a.  m.,  having  had,  on  coming  up 
the  Potomac,  a  fine  view  of  Mt.  Vernon,  Ft. 
Washington,  and  other  points  of  interest. 

Nov.  22. — To-day  I  visited  Wayland  Univer- 
sity, a  Baptist  institution  for  collegiate  and  theo- 
logical education  of  colored  students.  It  has  a 
fine  building  near  the  liead  of  Fourteenth  street, 
N  W.,  and  has  more  than  a  nundred  students  in 
attendance.  It  ia  under  the  care  of  Rev.  G.  M. 
F.  King,  assisted  by  Prof.  W.  B,  Johnson  and 
olhorti.  These  brethren  received  me  most  kind- 
ly, expressed  mu!ih  sympathy  and  interest  in  my 
work,  and  invited  me  to  address  the  students  at 
1  o'clock  p.  m.  They  were  all  in  attendance, 
and  some  young  men  irom  Howard  University. 
I  was  listened  to  with  most  respectful  attention 
for  an  hour. 

Among  those  present  was  a  young  medical 
student  who  had  heard  me  speak  three  times  at 
Atlanta  University,  Georgia,  and  who  told  me 
that  the  discussion  had  resulted  in  a  marked 
change  of  sentiment  among  the  students  in  At- 
lanta. Quite  a  number  of  the  students  here  are 
Masons  or  Odd-tellows,  but  unlike  some  of  their 
white  brethren  they  were  not  disposed  to  deny 
the  correctness  of  the  expositions  or  that  Mason- 
ry is  largely  used  for  the  perversion  of  justice. 
It  seemed  never  to  have  occurred  to  them  that 
any  one  had  ever  been  opposed  to  Masonry  or 
other  secret  societies.  I  distributed  a  consider- 
able quantity  of  tracts,  and  have  promised  some 
books  to  the  University  library.  Should  any  of 
our  Baptist  brethren  desire  to  aid  the  good  work 
that  ia  being  done  here,  let  them  address  Presi- 
dent G.  M.  King,  Wayland  University,  Wash- 
ton,  D.  0.     Yours,  in  the  Lord, 

H.  H.  HiNMAJtr. 


Noveml)ey  30,  1882 


THK  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSUHK. 


Answer  to   the  Scripture  Problem  of  Nov.  16. 

1.  Set  down  first  the  number  of  men  who 
went  to  seek  Elijah  when  he  was  carried  up  to 
heaven?    Ane. — Fiftv  men.     2  Kings  2:16. 

2.  Multiply  this  by  thp  number  o^  days  du- 
ring which  Job's  friends  sat  by  him  without 
speaking  a  wf^rd  when  they  came  to  comfort  him? 
Ans. — fcieven  days.     Job,  2:13. 

3.  Multiply  aga'*n  by  the  number  of  days 
which  Jericho,  was  compassed. by  the  Israelites? 
Ans. — Seven  days.     Joshua  6:4. 

4.  Subtract  the  number  of  men  that  Samson 
killed  with  the  jaw-bone?  Ans. — A  thousand 
men.  Judges  15:15,  5.  Divide  by  the  number 
of  etones  which  David  carriedwith  him  when  he 
went  to  kill  Goliah?  Ans. — Five  stones.  1 
Samuel  17:40,  6.  Subtract  the  years  of  the 
Babylonish  captivity?  Ans. — Seventy  years. 
Jer.  25:11,  7.  Add  the  number  of  furlongs  be- 
tween Uethauy  and  Jerusalem.  Ans. — Fifteen 
furlongs,  John  11:18.  8.  Add  the  age  that 
the  Paalmist  said  is  generally  the  limit  of  life  of 
man  in  this  world?  Ans, — Three  score  and  ten. 
Ps.  ^0:10.  9.  Multiply  the  number  of  Jacob's 
eons,  (Twelve)  by — 

10.  The  number  of  years  in  which  Solomon 
was  build  insf  the  temple  subtract  the  product 
from  the  above  sum.  Ans. — Seven  years.  1 
Kings  6:38,  11.  Add  the  number  of  years  in 
which  the  Israelites  were  for  their  sins  obliged 
to  wander  in  the  wiideraeBS.  Ans. — Forty  years. 
Num.  14:34. 

12.  Subtract  one  from  the  sura  and  we  have 
the  number  of  chapters  in  the  New  Testament. 
Ans. —  260.  Alice  Angell, 

Delanmn,  Wisconsin.     (32  years  old,) 

Our  Cynosure  boys  and  girls  will  all  agree 
that  Alice  has  answered  the  problem  beautifully. 
And  here  come  a  lino  company  of  bright-eyed, 
eha'-p  witted  little  folks  who  have  been  studying 
diligently  in  the  Bible  to  find  the  same  answer  ; 
and  all  have  it  correctly  :  Griibert  J.  Dake,  Col- 
umbus city,  Iowa.  Rollie  Lyman  (aged  13,) 
Arcade,  N.  Y.  Rosa  H,  Oulberteon  (aged  13,) 
Uoud's  Station,  Iowa.  Hsrschel  L.  Carnahan 
(aged  8,)  and  Frank  Carnahan  (aged  6.)  Ada  O. 
JPerry,  Burlington,  Iowa,  Rubie  Rogers  (age  9,) 
Union  Mills,  Ind. 

We  shall  be  glad  to  give  our  little  readers 
another  problem. 


Day  of  Prayer  for  Temperance. 

The  General  Assembly  of  the  United  Presby- 
terian Church  of  North  America,  at  its  meeting 
in     Monmouth,   111.,    May   24th  to  June     1st, 

1882,  took  the  following  action  with  reference  to 
the  appointment  of  a  day  of  prayer  in  behalf  of 
the  temperance  cause: 

"Resolved,  that  we  cordialy  second  the  request  of  the 
W.  C.  T.  Union  of  this  city,,  in  referance  to 
securing  the  assignment,  by  the  Evangelical  Alliance  in 
their  programme  lor  the  Week  of  Prayer,  of  one  day  to 
the  subject  of  Temperance ;  and  re-afflrming  the  action  of 
the  last  Assembly  in  reference  to  this  matter,  we  direct  our 
principal  clerk  to  present  this  request  to  the  Alliance. 
We  further  recommend  that  in  case  of  the  refusal  of  this 
request,  our  clerk  be  authorized  and  directed,  on  the  ap- 
pearance of  the  programme  of  the  Alliance,  to  designate 
the  day  on  which  this  subject  shall  be  considered,  and  to 
give  notice  of  such  designation  through  the  papers  of  the 
church."— Minutes  of  General  Assembly,  Vol.  V.,  page  534. 

This  action  was  forwarded  to  the  committee 
of  the  Evangelical  Alliance,  but  in  the  program- 
me for  the  Week  of  Prayer  no  "one  day  or  its 
equivalent  on  different  days"  {Minutes,  Vol. 
v.,  paqe  36Ji,,)  has  been  assigned  to  the  subject 
of  Temperance,  The  sin  of  intemperance  is 
referred  to  only  in  connection  with  many  other 
sins,  for  which  confession  should  be  made. 

Therefore,  by  the  authority  and  direction  of 
the  General  Assembly  of  the  United  Presbyte- 
rian Church,  1  desisrnate  Tuesday,   January  9th, 

1883,  ae  the  day  of  the  Week  of  Prayer  on 
which  the  cause  of  temperance  shall  be  made 
the  subject  of  conference  and  prayer, 

William  J.  Reid,  Priricipal  Glerh. 


NEW  ENGLAND. 


THE  NEW  ENGLAND  BOARD  of  the  National  Chris- 
tian Association  has  it  headquarters  at  No.  b  Portland  St., 
Worcester,"  Mass.  A  full  supply  of  Ijooks  and  tracts  con- 
stantly on  hand.  Orders  promptly  filled.  Correspondence 
aolicited.  E.  iJ.  Bailey,  N.  E.  Sec. 


— The  Odd-fellow  order  throughout  the 
country  is  in  great  disturbance  over  the  estab- 
lishment of  an  aristocratic  ring,  known  as  the 
circle  degrees,  which  will  play  Knight  Templar 
Bnob  to  the  ordinary  Odd-fellow  who  la  bound 
down  by  his  three  links  and  a  lean  purse. 


— Places  to  hold  State  Conventions  in  Maine 
and  Vermont  have  been  secured.  Now  we  want 
to  find  men  and  money  to  make  them  a  sac- 
cess. 

— A  lady  connected  with  the  theatre  in  Wor- 
cester advertises  to  give  dramatic  training  for 
private  theatricals,  chv/rch  fairs,  festivals,  etc. 
Now  our  young  people  will  probably  be  able  to 
win  the  same  compliment  given  to  one  last  win- 
ter of  whom  the  paper  said  her  acting  in  a 
church  drama  "would  have  done  credit  to  the 
regular  stage." 

— A  gentleman  reports  that  niuety-nine  out  of 
every  hundred  Odd-iellowa,  who  were  seen  go- 
ing into  their  hall  one  night,  entered  with  cigars 
in  their  mouths.  Yet  Christian  men  pretend 
there  is  nothing  evil  in  such  associations. 

— A  young  man  who  despises  the  lodge  was  sa- 
luted by  a  Masonic  church  member  after  prayer- 
meeting  and  the  Masonic  brother  introduced 
Freemasonry  to  substantiate  some  assertions  he 
was  making.  The  young  man  stood  his  ground 
against  the  Masons  who  flocked  about  him. 
The  conversation  was  interrupted  by  the  Wor- 
shipful Master  of  a  lodge,  who  led  the  prayer- 
meeting  that  night.  He  told  the  younsf  man 
he  must  not  mention  Freemasonry  there  again 
— "If  you  do  we  will  put  you  out." 

— "I  have  quit  the  Odd-iellows,"  said  a  young 
man  a  few  days  since.  "How  did  that  come 
about?"  we  inquired,  "Well  I  am  a  Christian 
and  always  felt  some  doubt  about  what  I  saw 
in  the  lodgo,  but  when  I  bought  of  your  agent 
a  book  on  the  subject  I  saw  plainly  the  evil  of 
the  order."  Others  are  seeing  the  same  thing. 
The  wonder  is  that  they  did  not  see  it   sooner. 

— The  same  young  man  said  that  the  larger 
part  of  the  140  members  of  his  lodge  were  ir- 
religious persons,  while  many  of  them  consider- 
ed Odd-fellowehip  a  substitute  for  Christianity. 
This  he  said,  was  the  first  thing  which  alarmed 
him.  The  same  young  man  has  told  eome  of  his 
relatives,  who  are  Masons,  what  he  has  conclud- 
ed, and  he  found  they  were  of  tiie  same  mind 
and  were  ready  to  renounce.  - 

— Governor  Long  and  other  distinguished 
citizens  of  the  Commonwealth  have  formed  a 
citizens'  league  (not  secret)  to  secure  a  vote 
against  licensing  saloons.  They  have  appealed 
to  the  people  to  realaim  the  cities  of  the  State 
from  the  control  of  license  men. 

— Is  this  in  Ameriga?  Read  it  and  see  if  it 
sounds  like  it:  "The  Grand  Temple  of  Yer- 
mont.  Ancient  Arabic  Order  of  Masonic  No- 
bles of  the  Mystic  Shrine,  was  instituted  at 
Masonic  hall,  Montpelier,  October  24."  The 
following  are  the  titles  of  some  of  the  oflBcers : 
"  Illustrious  Grand  Potentate,"  "Illustrious 
Chief  Rabban,"  "Illustrious  Assistant  Rabban," 
"illustrious  High  Priest,"  "Illustrious  Oriental 
Guide,"  and  much  more  of  the  same  stuff. 

— If  you  wish  to  know  why  so-called  Chris- 
tians find  the  lodges  so  congenial,  talk  with 
them  and  you  will  be  surprised  at  their  imper- 
fect knowledge  of  Christianity.  One  lodge 
man,  a  church  member,  recently  defended  the 
necessity  and  the  right  of  Christians  to  be  "un- 
equally yoked  together  with  unbelievers." 

— Another  case  of  Odd-fellowship  "benevo- 
lence" has  come  to  light.  A  gentleman  was 
twenty  years  a  member  of  the  order  and  regu- 
larly paid  his  dues,  under  the  rules  of  the  lodge 
which  promised  him  $4  per  week  should  he  be 
disabled.  He  was  seriously  injured  by  an  ac- 
cident and  was  an  invalid  for  eight  years.  At 
first  the  lodge  kept  its  agreement,  but  finally 
wearied  of  that  kind  of  benevolence  and  refused 
to  stand  by  its  rules.  The  man  was  advised  to 
sue  for  what  he  was  entitled  to,  but  found  tiie 
ordur  w«m»  wo*  iTico'7»oT«t^  vi\'\  no  enit  could  bo 
maintained. 


— Connecticut  and  New  Hampshire  are  the 
only  New  England  States  which  joined  the 
Western  States  in  putting  in  nomination  a  full 
American  party  ticket.  The  associated  press 
despatches  gave  us  some  statements  .about  the 
Illinois  Anti-masonic  ticket.  The  other  States 
were  not  mentioned. 

— These  lines  from  the  "Bigelow  Papers" 
will  do  very  well*  for  a  modern  confession  of 
faith — not  what  "I  believe,"  but  "what  I'm 
willing  you  should  believe:" 

"I'm  wlllln'  a  man  Hhoald  go  tollable  etrong 
Agin  wrong  in  the  abstract,  f  er  that  idnd  of  wrong 
Is  allera  unpop'lar,  an'  uever  gfts  pitied, 
.    Because  it's  a  crime  no  one  ever  committed; 
But  lie  mu8'n"t  be  hard  on  partlcliler  sins, 
Cob  then  he'll  be  liicldn'  the  people's  own  shins." 

— A  man  in  Connecticut  publishes  a  political 
card  signed  by  "  C.  H.  Cooley,  grand  dictator 
of  the  Knights  of  Honor,  district  director  of  the 
Knights  of  Honor  Mutual  .Benefit  Association, 
past  regent  of  the  Royal  Arcanum,  and  director 
of  the  Pratt  and  Whitney  Mutual  Benefit  Asso- 
ciation." 


A  Peep  into  an  Odd-fellowi'  Lodge. 

Not  many  "profanes"  have  such  a  chance. 
The  "vulgar"  are  generally  excluded.  Before  us 
lies  an  Odd-fellow  journal  full  of  that  particu- 
lar kind  of  news  which  that,  gentry  are  supposed 
to  delight  in,  A  few  sample  paragraphs  will 
reveal  to  us  at  once  wherein  the  work  of  the 
lodge  excels  in  value  and  importance  that  of  the 
church.  Here  is  a  report  of  an  Odd-fellows' 
prayer  meeting! 

After  doing  the  initiatory  work  and  completing  lodge 
business  the  brethren  were  invited  to  the  banquet  hail, 
where  the  fourth  degree  paraphernalia  confronted  them  in 
the  shape  of  smoking  chowder,  hot  coffee,  etc.  They  all 
seemed  proficient  in  workiag  this  degree,  at  the  comple- 
tion of  which  we  are  informed  "  the  brethren  were  sup- 
plied with  a  choice  grade  of  Dublin  cigarettes,  under  the 
soothing  influences  of  which,  while  the  aromatic  clouds 
of  smoke  rose  to  the  ceiling,  a  general  season  of  good 
feeling  prevailed,  enlivened  by  stories,  jokes  and  recita- 
tions." 

Doubtless  the  Odd-fellow  pastor  was  present, 
together  with  the  good  deacon,  both  of  whom 
came  out  talking  of  the  glories  of  the  order,  ics 
noble  work  and  announcing  in  grave  accents 
that  they  "see  nothing  in  Odd-fellowship  incon- 
sistent with  Christianity." 

Another  brother  lauds  the  efforts  of  a  member 
to  commit  the  ritual.  Here  are  his  state- 
ments : 

One  Odd-fellow  I  have  in  mind  began  his  reformed  ex- 
perience by  committing  to  memory  the  conductor's  ini- 
tiatory charge.  It  probably  took  him  two  hours  to  learn 
that  charge  so  he  could  say  it  without  the  book.  Was 
that  all  he  did  ?  To  my  certain  knowledge  that  brother 
spent  weeks  and  months  of  all  the  leisure  time  he  could 
spare  upon  that  short  composition.  What  was  he  doing? 
the  reader  will  ask.  He  was  posturing  before  a  mirror, 
(for  eftect  on  the  brethren)  was  repeating  it  in  the  presence 
of  competent  critics,  was  studying  the  inflection  and 
every  shade  of  meaning  of  each  empbatic  word  so  that  the 
impression  (on  both  lodge  and  caadidate)  might  be  the 
best  one.  In  initiating  a  man,  especially  should  the  can- 
didate be  one  well  educated,  which  conductor  would  you 
choose  to  produce  the  best  results  upon  a  lodge,  that  one 
or  the  ordinary  oflicer  ? 

Doubtless  the  conductor  practiced  most  on 
the  dramatic  act  of  chaining  the  man  and  lead- 
ing him  in  good  style  up  to  the  skeleton  in  the 
coffin  ! 

But  all  Odd-fellows  do  not  posture  two  hours 
before  a  looking  glass  to  become  proficient  in 
the  sublime  ridiculousness  of  the  order.  An- 
other writer  describes  the  ignorami  as  fol- 
lows : 

A  favorite  expression  with  this  class  is  that  they  "know^ 
the  old  five  degrees  very  well ;  they  can  pass  a  good  exam- 
ination in  them,  but  haven't  posted  up  in  the  new  order  of 
things."  Occasionally  they  have  to  take  back-water  from 
the  questionings  of  some  one,  who,  expert  in  the  new 
work,  likewise  remembers  the  old.  When  thus  cornered 
the  grumblers  "  hedge "  again  under  some  convenient 
pretext. 

Now  while  the  ministers  of  the  Gospel  are 
diligently  preparing  to  do  nothing  this  winter, 
and  while  they  are  boldly  and  courageously  de- 
termined not  to  mention  the  evils  of  secret  soci- 
eties, they  may  learn  from  the  following  quo- 
tation how  the  Odd-fellows  propose  to  have  a 
revival: 

These  winter  months  are  just  the  beat  time  for  brothem 
to  fljicl  Oft  the  beat  meu  to  becomo  td  embers  of  onr  frat*T»- 
•U»,  »afl  WC  hope  the  time  may  Liu  when  there  is  not  a 
man  on  the  earth  who  is  in  every  way  desirable  who  is  not 
or  who  will  not  soon  become,  an  Odd-fellow. 


THE  CMMSTIAN  CYNOSURE. 


November'30, 188S 


CORRESPONDENCE. 


The  Example  of  Jesus. 

Editob  Cynosttke: — I  like  the  bold,  clear,  de- 
cided and  Scriptural  stand  which  you  have  taken 
and  endeavor  to  maintain  on  the  subjects  which 
you  have  so  ably  discussed  in  your  paper.  Jeeus 
Bald  to  the  high  priest  (John  18:20)  when  on 
trial  for  his  life  :  "  I  spake  openly  to  the  world ; 
I  ever  taught  in  the  synagogue  and  in  the  tem- 
ple, whither  the  Jews  always  resort ;  and  in 
aeeret  have  I  said  noihing."  All  his  acts,  his 
Words  and  hie  ways  were  manifest  to  mankind. 
He  came  to  benefit  man  ;  to  teach  him  the  right 
kind  of  truths  ;  to  set  before  him  a  perfect  ex- 
ample, to  pursue  a  course  that  it  would  be  safe 
for  men  to  follow.  He  belonged  to  no  secret 
organization  or  secluded  body  of  men  ;  but  the 
church  which  he  established  was  to  be  as  open  in 
its  teachings  and  ways  as  he  himself  was.  Its 
members  were  to  imitate  him,  let  their  light 
Bhine  before  the  world  and  not  confine  them- 
selves to  a  room  where  signs  were  to  be  given, 
an  oath  taken,  and  where  the  doors  must  be 
kept  carefully  closed  lest  an  intruder  should  ap- 
pear and  see  what  was  going  on  within.  Who 
ever  started  an  organization  of  this  kind  could 
not  have  been  a  follower  of  Christ,  at  least  in 
this  respect ;  and  it  is  a  liti:le  difficult  for  us  to 
Bee  how  any  true  follower  of  the  meek  and  lowly 
Jesus  can  unite  with,  remain  in,  and  take  pleas- 
ure in  belonging  to  such  societies.  And  yet 
many  professed  followers  of  him  do  join  them 
and  remain  in  them ;  but  whether  their  connec- 
tion with  them  adds  to  their  piety,  their  spirit- 
ual parity,  or  their  usefulness  in  the  world,  is  a 
question.  If  such  societies  had  been  needful  for 
tno  purity,  piety  and  spiritual  influence  of  the 
church,   would  not   Christ  have  established  and 

Eatronized  them  ?  And  would  not  his  apostles 
ave  followed  him  in  this  as  in  other  respects? 
But  in  all  my  study  and  reading  of  the  New 
Testament,  I  never  have  found  the  least  intima- 
tion that  one  of  them,  either  Paul,  Peter  or 
James,  had  anything  to  do  or  connection  with 
such  organizations  as  are  common  at  the  present 
day. 

It  is  to  be  hoped  that  you  will  have  success  in 
your  enterprise,  and  you  surely  will,  if  properly 
conducted  ;  for  the  cause  of  truth  and  of  right, 
though  it  may  struggle  hard  and  be  contemned 
for  a  time,  must  prevail  at  last.  Christianity 
has  met  with  violent  opposition  for  these  1800 
years,  but  it  must  finally  triumph.  When  the 
Beventh  angel  sounds,  Rev.  18:15,  great  voices 
will  be  heard  in  heaven,  saying,  "The  king- 
doms of  this  world  are  become  the  kingdoms  of 
our  Lord  and  of  his  Christ;  and  he  shall  reign 
for  ever  and  ever."  The  persecuted  will  finally 
triumph.  His  name  is  "  King  of  kings  and 
Lord  of  lords."  There  will  be  no  secret  societies 
then.  David  Q.  Cushman, 


Our  Mail. 
''   M.  A.  W.  asks  us  to  describe  the  Masonic  sign  of  death. 
One  away  down  in  the  thirty-first  or  second  degree  an- 
swers a*  follows : 

"The 'sign  of  death' referred  to  in  the  inclosed  letter 
may  mean  either  one  of  the  morality,  scientific  or  relig- 
ious signs,  viz.,  throat  cutting,  toncue  pulling,  breast 
tearing,  heart  plucking,  body  severing  or  ashes  scattering. 
If  the  destroying  angels  are  Holy  Royal  Arch  Masons  and 
wish  to  assist  a  gentleman  according  to  Masonic  holiness 
roles  they  may  cut  ofl  his  right  ear  and  hand,  split  his 
tongue,  throw  away  his  heart  and  smite  ofl  his  skull.  Or 
If  the  Masonic  angels  have  gone  way  down,  down,  down, 
into  Masonic  holiness  and  are  in  direct  communication 
with  the  supreme  author  and  finisher  of  Masonic  faith, 
the  said  author  (devil)  may  suggest  a  score  or  more  plans 
to  murder,  all  of  which  may  be  strictly  Masonic ,  named 
in  the  obligations,  the  keeping  of  which  according  to 
Mackey  will  make  them  free  from  sin.  Masonry  tells 
liow  to  cut  throats  and  retain  the  moral  part  of  the  trans- 
action, viz.,  cut  the  throat  across  and  from  ear  to  ear." 

I.  F.  Short,  Crestline,  Kansas: 

"We  have  fallen  between  the  railroad  company  and 
eastern  capitalists  and  the  whole  country  is  under  mort- 
K»ge.  The  half  will  lose  their  homes  unless  the  Lord 
has  mercy  on  us,  for  we  well  know  that  monied  men  will 
not." 

B.  D.  Tilson,  Tilsonburg,  Ont. : 

"Finney  was  well  known  by  most  of  our  Christian  peo- 
ple in  the  country  and  Christian  people  have  confidence 
in  what  he  says  as  it  is  said  in  such  a  mild  Christian 
spirit."    (He  orders  eight  copies  of  Finney  on  Masonry.) 

A  cripple  nearly  seventy.four  years  of  age  orders  bis 
IUb  QyaosoN  obaiftd  to  Windsor,  Mass.,  and  writes  i 


"May  heaven  richly ."rewardjthe  kind  hearted  one  who 
ordered  the  paper  for  me  and  grant  success  to  every  efl'ort 
against  the  anti-Christian.system  of  oath-bound  secrecy. 
I  fenow  not  how  much  longer  I  may  be  able  to  read  or 
write,  but  of  late  I  seem  to  be  drawing  nearer  the  close  of 
my  pilgrimage.  Nearly  stventy-four  years  I  have  lived 
in  this  world ;  nearly  sixteen  of  the  years  last  past  have 
been  unable  to  stand  on  my  feet,  and  the  confinement  has 
been  far  from  pleasant.  But  it  is  not  my  purpose  to  com- 
plain of  my  lot,  or  murmur  at  the  dealings  of  him  who 
doeth  all  things  well.  No,  no;  if  this  be  the  chastise- 
ment from  a  loving  Father's  hand,  and  for  my  profit  that  I 
mighi  be  partaker  of  his  holiness  I  certainly  should  not 
complain.  Yours  in  the  comforting  hope  of  the  ultimate 
triumphs  of  Gospel  truth  and  righteousness  and  in  the 
appropriate  use  of  intelligent  instrumentalities  in  such 
triumphs,  James  M.  Whipple." 

Thomas  R.  Griffln,  pastor  of  the  African  M.  E.  church 
Springfield,  111. : 
Sec'y  Nat'l  Christian  Ass'n : 

DbabSib: — You  can  have  no  appreciable  idea  of  how 
much  the  cause  of  our  Christ  could  be  extended  by  dis- 
tributing your  Anti-Masonic  tracts,  and  other  similar  pub- 
lications not  only  in  Chicago,  but  throughout  the  United 
States,  among  the  colored  people.  I  hasten  to  sound  this 
alarm  with  all  the  power  of  one  who  daily  sees  the  grow- 
ing and  malignant  evil  of  this  agency  of  Satan.  In  view 
of  the  fact  that  many  of  our  prominent  ministers  and 
leaders  are  identified  with  that  institution  and  other  secret 
societies,  thereby  impeding  the  progress  of  Christianity,  I 
beg  that  you  will  give  this  yoar  early  attention  in  the 
hope  that  our  Heavenly  Father  may  control  and  make 
successful  your  every  effort. 

J.  S.,  Belvidere,  111  : 

"Anti-masons  in  this  place  are  no  way  concerned  in 
trying  to  open  the  eyes  of  their  fellow  mortals  that  are 
entangled  in  the  meshes  of  Masonry  so  as  to  see  them- 
selves on  the  broad  way  to  the  city  of  destruction." 

J.  B.  Stowell,  Eugene  City,  Oreg. : 

"When  will  the  new  book,  the  'Reform  Story  or  Holden 
With  Cords,'  be  published?" 

We  hope  to  issue  it  next  March. 

Wm.  A.  Pratt,  Deep  River,  Conn. : 

"  I  believe  God  is  on  our  side  and  we  will  win  some 
day. " 

Clayton  Mallory,  Panacea,  Mo. : 

"I  well  remember  the  part  Thurlow  Weed  took  in  the 
Morgan  aflair.  The  first  vote  I  cast  was  Anti-masonic 
and  if  I  live  I  shall  cast  one  for  Blanchard  and  Conant, 
and  will  try  to  get  more  to  do  so." 

Martin  Myers,  Weston,  Oregon : 

"Hope  the  time  will  soon  come  when  Christians  at  least 
will  learn  to  let  secretism  alone." 

W.  H.  Lay  ton,  Blackmore,  Iowa: 

"  I  am  still  working.  I  love  to  work  for  Christ.  I  think 
the  path  grows  brighter,  and  I  believe  it  will  until  the 
perfect  day." 

M.  M.  Ames,  Menomonee,  Wis.: 

"The  Cynosure  and  tracts  are  doing  a  eilent  but  thor- 
ough and  good  work  in  this  region  of  country.  'In  the 
Coils'  burns  its  way.  We  hope  'Holden  with  Cords'  will 
be  bound  soon." 

We  expect  to  issue  it  in  the  spring. 


SABBATH  SCHOOL. 


LESSON  XI  Dec.  10,  1882.— His  Resurrection.— 
Mark  16:1-8. 

(1)  And  when  the  Sabbath  was^past,  Mary  Magdalene 
and  Mary  the  mother  of  James,  and  Salome,  had  bought 
sweet  spices,  that  they  might  come  and  anoint  him.  (2) 
And  very  early  in  the  morning,  the  first  day  of  the  week, 
they  came  unto  the  sepulchre  at  the  rising  of  the  sun.  (8) 
And  they  said  among  themselves.  Who  shall  roll  us  away 
the  stone  from  the  door  of  the  sepulchre  ?  (4)  And  when 
they  looked  they  saw  that  the  stone  was  rolled  away :  for 
it  was  very  great.  (5)  And  entering  into  the  sepulchre 
they  saw  a  young  man  sitting  on  the  right  side,  clothed 
in  a  long  white  garment:  and  they  were  affrighted.  (6) 
And  he  saith  unto  them.  Be  not  afirighted :  ye  seek  Jesus 
of  Nazareth,  which  was  crucified:  he  is  risen ;  he  is  not 
here:  behold  the  place  where  they  laid  him.  (7)  But  go 
your  way,  tell  his  disciples  and  Peter  that  he  goeth  before 
you  into  Galilee:  there  shall  ye  see  him  as  he  said  unto  you. 
(8)  And  they  went  out  quickly,  and  fled  from  the  sepul- 
chre ;  for  they  trembled  and  were  amazed :  neither  said 
they  any  thing  to  any  man ;  for  they  were  afraid. 

Golden  Text. — Now  is  Christ  risen  from  the  dead, 
and  become  the  first  fruits  of  them  that  slept. — 1  Cor. 
15  ;20 

DAILY   KEADTNG9. 

The  Holy  One  n<Jtto  see  corruption.  .Psa.  16:1-11 

"This  temple"  to  be  raised John  2:1-22 

Not  possible  to  be  holden  of  death Acts  2:22-36 

By  risiufi  declared  to  be  the  SOu Rom.  1 :1-17 

Tne  first-fruits  of  them  that  slept..  1  Cor.  15:1-26 

Raised  for  our  Justification Rom.  4:1-25 

He  that  was  dead  but  liveth Rev.  1  1-20 

PROMPTINGS  TO  FDKTHEB  STUDY, 

Where  in  the  New  Testament  is  the  first  day  of  the 
week  called  "the  Lord  s  day  ?"  In  what  instance  had 
Jesus  directed  the  stone  to  be  taken  away  from  tne  mouth 
of  a  tomb?  If  Christ  hath  not  been  raised,  then  what  is 
vain,  and  who  are  of  all  men  most  pitiable  ?  Where  is  the 
resurrection  spoken  of  as  the  powerful  declaration  that 
Jesus  was  the  Son  of  God?  Where  is  the  resurrection  set 
forth  as  the  measure  of  God's  power  toward  them  who  be- 
lieve; and  in  what  particulars? 
— Scholar's  Quarterly. 


At  the  moment  Christ  died,  nothing  could 
have  seemed  more  abjectly  weak,  more  pain- 
fully hopeless,  more  absolutely  doomed  to  scorn 
and  extinction  and  dispair,  than  the  church 
which  he  had  founded.  It  numbered  but  a  hand- 
ful of  weak  followers.  They  were  poor,  they 
were  ignorant,  they  were  hopeless.  They  could 
not  claim  a  single  syuagogue  or  a  einofle  sword. 
So  feeble  were  they,  and  insignificant,  that  it 
would  have  looked  like  foolish  partiality  to  pro- 
phesy for  them  the  limited  existence  of  a  G-aii- 
lean  eect.  How  was  it  that  these  dull  and  igno- 
rant men,  with  their  cross  of  wood,  triumphed 
over  the  deadly  tascinations  of  sensual  mytholo- 
gists,  conquered  kings  and  their  armies,  and 
overcame  the  world  ?  There  is  one,  and  only 
one,  possible  answer — the  resurrection  from  the 
dead.  All  this  vast  revolution  was  due  to  the 
power  of  Christ's  resurrection. — Farrar. 

Come  and  anoint  him..  Embalm  him;  or 
apply  these  spices  to  his  body  to  keep  it  Irom 
putrefaction.  This  is  proof  that  they  did  not 
suppose  he  would  rise  again.  And  the  fact  that 
they  did  not  expect  he  would  rise,  gives  more 
strength  to  the  evidence  for  his  resurrection. — 
Jacohua.  The  hurried  burial  had  not  permitted 
this  anointing  to  be  completed  ;  it  had  been 
commenced  by  Nicodemus  at  the  time  of  the  in- 
terment (John  19:39,  4U).  Perhaps  the  women 
were  ignorant  of  that ;  perhaps  they  wished  to 
add  their  own  oflferings. — Abbott. 

He  is  risen.  "  Through  woman  death  was 
first  introduced  into  the  world ;  to  woman  the 
first  announcement  was  made  of  the  resurrec- 
tion." 

Proofs  of  Christ's  Resurrection.  I  have 
been  used  tor  many  years  to  study  the  history  of 
other  times,  an-i  to  examine  and  weigh  the  evi- 
dences of  those  who  have  wiitten  about  them ; 
and  I  know  of  no  one  fact  in  the  history  of  man- 
kind which  is  proved  by  better  and  fuller  evi- 
dence of  every  sort,  to  the  mmd  of  a  fair  in- 
quirer, than  that  Christ  died,  and  rose  again  from 
the  dead. — Dr.  Arnold.  Moreover,  it  was  pre- 
cisely the  sam.(i  body  which  was  buried  that  rose 
again,  or  all  proofs  fail. 

I.  Proved  by  the  friends  of  Christ.  (1)  The 
apostles  had  the  most  powerful  faith  in  the  fact. 
They  were  unanimous  in  their  declaration  of  it 
a  few  days  after,  on  the  very  spot  on  which  it 
occurred,  and  that  to  men  who  were  prepared  to 
do  anything  to  conceal  the  fact.  (2)  This  faith 
came  in  direct  opposition  to  their  previous  be- 
liefs and  worldly  interests.  They  had  no  expec- 
tation and  no  hope  of  such  resurrection.  (3) 
They  had  every  opportunity  for  thoroughly  sat- 
isfying themselves  on  this  point.  (4)  IJy  their 
declaration  of  the  fact  they  induced  thousands  of 
the  very  enemies  of  Christ  to  believe  in  it,  and 
that  close  to  the  time  and  near  the  very  spot  on 
which  it  occurred.  The  early  church  universally 
believed  in  it ;  and  it  is  incredible  that  a  myth, 
a  false  story,  should  have  so  grown  up  without 
substantial  foundation. — From,  Thomas'  Genius 
of  the  Gospel.  (5)  They  attested  this  fact  not 
only  by  their  lives  but  by  their  death.  (6)  Only 
the  fact  of  the  resurreetioti  can  account  for  the 
marvellous  change  in  the  spirit  and  character  of 
the  apost'es.  The  resurrection  completely  trans- 
formed them  ;  inspired  them  with  a  new  con- 
ceplion  of  Christ's  kingdom  as  for  all  people, 
with  a  new  courage  to  suffer  for  the  sake  of  their 
risen  Lord  and  his  kingdom,  and  with  . 
a  new  purpose  to  preach  Christ  and  him 
crucified    everywhere    as   a    spiritual   redemp- 

t  on  for  ein  (Acts  2:39  ;  6:41 ;  10:43).  Neither 
truiui  nor  fiction  is  competent  to  account 
for  the  moral  contrast.  (7)  A  singular  and 
significant  testimony  to  the  truth  of  the 
resurrection  is  afforded  by  the  change  in  the  Sab- 
bath day.  It  was  changed,  not  by  any  express 
command  in  the  New  Testament,  but  by  the  al- 
most universal  consent  of  the  church,  which 
could  not  endure  to  observe  as  a  day  of  joy  and 
gladness  that  on  which  Christ  lay  in  the  tomb, 
nor  forbear  to  mark  as  a  weekly  festival  that  on 
which  he  arose. — Abbott. 

II.  Proved  by  the  enemies  of  Christ.  (2)  It 
was  impossible  tor  theso  enemies  to  deny  that 
Christ  had  by  some  means  left  the  grave.  (3)  It 
was  impossible  for  them  to  give  any  other  ex- 
planation than  that  which  they  now  invented — 


Kovember  30,  1882 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE 


that  his  disci [)le3 -stole  the  body.  (3)  It  was  im- 
possible for  this,  the  only  explanatioQ  they  could 
give,  to  be  credited  ;  tor  (a)  the  disciples  could 
not  have  stolen  him  if  they  would  :  (b)  it  was  in 
the  last  degree  improbable  that  all  the  Rotuau 
watch  were  asleep  ;  (o)  nor  would  the  Jewish 
council  have  voted  money  merely  to  have  re- 
ported a  truth ;  {d)  if  the  soldiers  slept,  they 
could  not  have  known  that  the  dissiples  stole  the 
body;  their  story  contradicted  itself. —  Genius  of 
the  Gospel. 

p.  The  Importance  of  the  Resukreotion.  (1) 
This  resiirrecliou  is  ihe  t-rowuing  proof  that 
Christ  is  the  Son  of  God.  If  he  could  not  con- 
quer death,  and  come  back  from  heaven,  he  could 
not  prove  that  at  the  first  he  came  from  heaven. 
(2)  It  is  proof  of  immortal  life  beyond  the  grave  ; 
that  death  does  not  end  all,  but  the  soul  lives  af- 
ter the  body  dies.  ^3)  It  is  the  assurance  of  our 
own  resurrection.  (4)  It  shows  that  our  Saviour 
has  power  over  every  one  of  our  enemies.  (5) 
It  teaches  the  moral  resurrection,  that  being  dead 
to  sin  we  should  be  alive  unto  God. — Peioubet. 


— JJr.  Holland  said,  ''Faith  draws  the  poison 
from  every  grief,  takes  the  stiag  from  every 
loss,  and  quenches  the  fire  of  every  pain;  and 
only  faith  can  do  it." 


HOMk  AND  FARM. 


The  Fat  Stock  Show. 

The  annual  exhibition  of  fat  stock  has  grown 
to  be  one  of  the  permanent  features  of  Chicago. 
This  great  city  furnishes  disappointment  and 
vexation  enough  to  its  tributary  country  in 
paradt  s,  fairs,  races  and  exhibitions  which  are 
all  show  and  nothing  substantial  behind  them. 
This  one,  however,  is  a  fine  exception, — it  is  all 
solid,  feubstantial,  ponderous.  It  is  moreover  a 
show  in  which  the  city  furnishes  only  the  accom- 
modation, while  the  country  exhibits  some  of  its 
beet  products  to  the  admiration  of  the  town 
people.  The  size  of  this  exhibition  may  be  in- 
ferred from  the  fact  that  there  were  set  up  on 
the  wide  floor  of  the  Exhibition  builling  226 
stalls  for  horees  and  cattle  and  83  for  sheep  an  J 
swine,  and  ihe  poultry  exhibition  beside  was 
quite  a  display  of  itself. 

The  horses  shown  were  few,  eleven  English 
draft  horses,  imported  by  J,  H.  Truman  oi  this 
city,  powerful,  heivy-limbed  animals,  more  at- 
tractive to  the  eye  of  the  city  teamster  than  the 
country  plowman.  They  have  not  the  weight, 
but  seem  more  muscular  than  the  Norman 
stock. 

The  herds  oF  Short  horns,  Herefords  and 
Polled  Angus  cattle  were  the  great  attraction. 
Mr.  bherman,  of  the  Union  Stock  Yards,  leads 
year  by  year  in  specialities.  His  heaw  steer 
led  the  list  at  3055  pounds,  a  huge  .red  beast, 
equalled  nearly  in  size  but  not  in  weight  by  two 
white  steers,  one  owned  by  AUen  Varner  of 
Indianola,  II'.,  weighing  28501b8,  the  other  by 
H.  B.  Varnum,  Marsliall,  Iowa,  weigiit,  27151b8. 
A  pair  of  twin  steers  frooa  Aehtabula  Co.,  Ohio, 
were  a  great  attraction — a  handsome  red  in  color, 
and  tipping  the  scalea  at  2765  and  2485!bs.  A 
lot  of  five  fine  white  and  roan  Short  horns  from 
Canada  were  noted  for  their  beauty  of  form  and 
fine  keeping.  The  Short  horns  were  most  nu- 
merous aud  showed  a  capacity  for  greater  devel- 
opment than  the  Herefords,  while  for  the  latter 
is  claimed  the  best  beef  and  quicker  maturity. 
The  contest  between  the  breeds  h^s  at  several 
exhibitiouF  been  warm ;  this  year  however  the 
former  led,  exhibitiug  the  best  lot  of  five  and 
best  single  steer.  D.  McMoninger,  Galviu,  Io\^a; 
J.  D.  Gillett  Elkuart,  111.;  and  J.  H.  Potts 
&Son,  Jacksonville,  lil.,  exhibited  the  largest 
herds  of  Short  horns.  Potts  aud  Gillett  each 
listed  fourteen  animals  which  ha.i  gained  over 
two  pounds  weight  per  day  of  their  lives.  T, 
L.  Miller  of  Beecher,  111.,  made  a  fine  display  of 
Hereford  cattle  which  presented  more  uniformity 
in  weight  aud  growth  than  their  rivals.  A  half 
dozen  of  the  black,  hornless  Polled  Angus  breed 
were  exhibited  by  a  Canada  owner.  This  Scotcli 
breed,  while  lees  attractive  in  form  and  size,  are 
Baid  to  have  qualitLCs  of  quick  development  and 
fine  grade  of  beef  which  render  them  in  these 
respects  uuperior.  Oonsiderabie  importations  of 
these  have  nave  been  made  within  a.yenr  or  ty^o 


past    by    wealthy    Oliicagoans    who   own    stock 
farms. 

The  sheep  on  exhibition  were  fine  representa- 
tives of  the  Oxford,  Cotswold,  Southdjwn, 
Shropshire,  Merino  and  Leicester  breeds.  M. 
N.  Hood  of  Gueiph,  Canada,  was  one  of  the 
largest  exhibitors.  To  Simon  Beattie,  Annan, 
Scotland,  were  credited  four  pens  of  fine  ani- 
mals. Mrs.  Annie  Newton  of  Pontiac,  Mich., 
had  also  a  tine  display,  chiefly  of  the  Shropshire 
strain. 

J.  A.  Countryman  of  Rochelle,  111.,  and  Taylor 
Bros,  of  Waynesviile,  111.,  exhibited  the  largest 
show  of  hogs,  Tiie  latter  took  the  premium  for 
the  heaviest  fat  hog,  a  Berkshire.  They  owned 
also  the  hog  showing  the  largest  daily  gain, 
which  averaged  2.901bs.  from  date  of  birth.  Mr. 
Countryman's  fine  exhibit  were  all  of  the  Poland 
China  breed  and  attracted  universal  attention. 
One  hog  a  Chester  White,  owned  by  J.  A. 
Brown  &  Son,  Decatur,  111.,  was  scheduled  at 
650  pounds.  G.  W.  Stoner.  LaPlace,  111., 
showed  a  Jersey  Red  weighing  6001  bs.;  twelve 
other  hogs  in  the  show  wore  marked  over  500; 
while  thirty-two  showed  an  average  gain  of  over 
one  pound  per  day. 

The  Poultry  show  was  not  large  but  fine, 
leading  off  with  a  huge  Thanksgiving  gobbler  of 
291b8.  weight,  raised  by  Bueh  &  Blodgett, 
Downers  Grove,  111.  This  firm  owned  the 
premium  gobler,  wt.  271b8.;  also  a  huge  gander, 
wt.  24lb8.  Their  White  Brahma  fowls  were 
fine,  but  we  have  seen  better  specimens  of  the 
Plymouth  Rocks. 

The  show  closed  on  Wednesday,  having  been 
open  a  week,  and  attracting  daily  from  oflSce, 
store  and  parlor  thousands  of  people  who  were 
thankful  to  thus  gratify  their  taete  for  something 
more  serious,  substantial  and  useful  than  the 
stock  quotations  or  the  gewgaws  of  fashion. 


Words  of  Life  for  every  Day. 

SANCTIFY  THEM  THROUGH  THY  TRUTH  \    THY  WOED 
18  TRUTH 

Thursday,  Nov.  30. — As  many  as  I  love,  I  re- 
buke and  chasten ;  be  zealous,  therefore,  and 
repent.     Rev.  3:19. 

Friday,  Dec.  1. — And  fear  not  them  which 
kill  the  body,  but  are  not  able  to  kill  the  soul ; 
but  rather  fear  him  which  is  able  to  destroy  both 
soul  and  body  in  hell      Matt.  10:28. 

Saturday,  Dec.  2.  -Pray  ye  therefore  the  Lord 
of  the  harvest,  that  he  will  send  forth  laborers 
into  the  harvest.     Matt.  9:38. 

Saboath,  Dee.  3. — And  when  the  centurion, 
which  stood  over  against  him,  saw  that  he  so 
cried  out,  and  gave  up  the  ghost,  he  said.  Truly 
this  man  was  the  Son  of  God.     Mark  15:39. 

M-^nday,  Dec  4. — But  the  very  hairs  of  your 
head  are  all  numbered.  Fear  ye  not  therefore, 
ye  are  of  more  value  than  many  sparrows.  Matt. 
10:30-31. 

Tuesday,  Dec.  5. — Lay  not  up  for  yourselves 
treasures  upon  earth,  where  moth  and  rust  doth 
corrupt,  aud  where  thieves  brea'k  through  and 
steal ;  but  lay  up  for  yourselves  treasures  in 
heaven,  where  neither  moth  no^  rust  doth  cor- 
rupt, and  where  thieves  do  not  break  through 
nor  steal.— Matt.  6:19  20. 

Wednesday,  Dec.  6.  —Wherefore  seeing  we 
also  are  compassed  about  with  so  great  a  cloud 
of  witnesses,  let  us  lay  aside  every  weight,  and 
the  sin  which  doth  so  easily  beset  up,  and  let  us 
run  with  patience  the  race  that  is  set  before  us. 
Heb.  12:1. 


— A  century  since,  in  the  north  of  Europe 
stood  an  old  cathedral,  upori  one  of  the  arches  of 
which  was  a  sculptured  face  of  wondrous  beauty. 
It  was  long  hidden,  until  one  day  the  eun  light 
striking  through  a  slanted  window  revealed  its 
matchless  features.  And  ever  after,  year  by 
year,  upon  the  days  when  for  a  brief  hour  it  was 
thus  illumed,  crowds  came  and  waited  eagerly 
to  catch  but  a  glimpse  of  that  (ace.  It  had  a 
strange  history.  When  the  cathedral  was  being 
built  an  old  man,  broken  wiih  the  weight  of 
years  and  care,  came  and  besought  the  architect 
to  let  him  work  upon  it.  Out  of  pity  for  his 
age,  but  fearful  leat  his  failing  aight  and  trem 


bling  touch  might  mar  fome  fair  deaigiu 

master  set  hira  to  worV  in  the  •h^'^cw!  o* 


the 

the 


vaulted  roof.  One  day  they  found  the  old  man 
asleep  in  death,  the  tools  of  his  craft  laid  in 
order  beside  him,  the  cunning  of  his  right  hand 
gone,  his  face  upturned  to  this  other  marvelous 
face  which  he  had  wrought  there— the  face  of 
one  whom  he  had  loved  and  lost  in  his  early 
manhood.  And  when  the  artists  and  sculptors 
and  workmen  from  all  parts  of  the  cathedral 
came  and  looked  upon  that  face  they  said. 
''  This  is  the  grandest  work  of  all ;  love  wrought 
this?" 

In  the  great  cathedral  of  the  ages — the  Temple 
being  built  for  an  habitation  of  God — we  shall 
all  learn  sometime  that  love's  work  is  tho  grand- 
est of  all. — J.  L.  Russell. 


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1  Historical  Sketch  of  the  N.  0.  A. ,  by  Pres.  J.  Blanchard 4 

2  Voice  of  the  Empire  State  In  Condemnation' of  Masonry 4 

3  Address  to  American  Pastors  on  the  Secret  Lodge 4 

4  Freemasonry  in  the  Family,  by  J.  P.  Stoddard 4 

5  Pres.  Finney  on  the  Duty  of  Christians  toward  the  Lodge Z 

Warning  against  Masonry  (For  Colored  People),  Illustrated 8 


To  the  Boys  who  Hope  to  be  Men,  Illustrated 

Freemasonry  Modern  Heathenism 

Ministers  at  Rival  Altars 

A  Pastor's  Confession 

Knight  Templar  Masonry 

Alexander  Campbell's  Estimate  of  the  Lodges 

"Tho  Secret  Empire,"  by  J.  P.  Stoddard '. 

True  and  False  Templarlsm 

Secrecy  and  Slu,  from  the  "Christian"  47  Cornhlll,  Boston. 

Selling  Dead  Horses,  by  "Bostonlan" 

History  of  Masonry,  by  Pres.  J.  Blancbard 

Despotic  Character  of  Freemasonry 


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Freemasonry  a  Christ -e.-scludlng Religion S 

Masonic  Murder,  by  Eider  T.  R.  Baird 2 

Grand,  Great  Grand,  by  Philo  Carpenter 2 

Masonic  Oaths  and  Penalties  sworn  to  by  the  Grand  Lodge  of  B.I. .     4 

Letters  of  J.  Q.  Adams  and  J.  Madison  on  Freemasonry  4 

Satan's  Cable  Tow 4 

Character  aud  symbols  of  Freemasonry.  Illustrated S 

Address  of  the  Niagara  Association  on  the  Murder  of  Morgan. .      4 

Judge  Whitney  and  Masonry — Masonry  Defends  a  Murderer 8 

Nathaniel  Colver  and  Howard  Crosby  on  Secret  Societies 8 

Grand  Lodge  Masonry,  by  Pres.  J.  Blanchard 16 

Masonic  Oaths  Null  and  Void,  by  Rev.  I.  A.  Hart 4 

Hon.  Seth  M.  Gates  on  Freemasonry * 

Origin,  Obligation  and  Expenses  of  the  Ch'ange 4 

Hon.  Wm    H.  Seward  on  Secret  Societies 8 

What  Great  Men  S.iy  about  Freemasonry. .., ..'. jt 

Obj?ctlons  to  .Masonry,  by  a  Seceding  Masoh^ 4 

Masonic  Chastity,  by  Emma  A.  Wallace .^ 4 

Reasons. •~"'\y  a  Christian  should  not  be  a  Freetoason  (German)  . .    4 

Masonic  C. ^8  and  Penalties,  by  Rev.  A,  M.  Mllllgan 4 

Should  Freemasons  be  admitted  to  Christian  Fellowship? 4 

The  Object  of  the  American  (Antl-masonic)  Party S 

Freemasonry  a  Religion  (shown  by  its  own  authors) 8 

Duty  and  Ability  to  Know  the  Character  of  Masonry 4 

Affidavit  that  Masonry  Is  revealed,  by  J.  0.  Doesburg  andothert    4 

D.  L.  Moody  on  Secret  Societies 4 

Ought  a  Seceding  Mason  to  Keep  his  Lodge  Oath  ? 4 

Nos.  17,  18  and  19  combined,  by  Prof.  Cervin  (Swedish) 16 

Irish  Murders  and  Secret  Socletlea  ..   ..  4 


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November  30,  1889 


The  Christian  Cynosure. 

CHICAGO,  THUKSDAT,  NOVEMBER  80,  1882. 


Women  Politicians. — la  England  women 
property-holder.*  have  long  voted,  and  this  leads 
educated  English  women  to  study  politics.  Read 
caretully  Lady  Knssell's,  the  Court  ladies',  and 
the  Queen  of  England's  prevention  of  a  double 
war  at  once,  with  England  and  the  South,  in 
Thurlow  Weed's  statement  to  Secretary  Stod- 
dard. 


A  THING  OMITTED  iu  Mr.  Weed's  statement 
herein  given,  is  this,  Lincoln  sent  him  to  Eng- 
land to  prevent  war.  To  avoid  offending  our 
minister  Charles  Francis  Adams,  he  first  landed 
in  France  till  Adams  sent  for  him.  Before 
seeing  Lord  John  Russell's  grounds  with  Lady 
JSuflsell,  he  had  a  map  of  them  given  him  and  he 
knew  all  about  them  before  he  saw  them.  This 
pleased  his  hostess. 


A  NEW  THING  IN  THE  Eakth.. — A  private  citizen 
has  died,  and  the  press  from  center  to  circum- 
ference of  the  United  States,  has  gazetted  his 
B  ckness  from  day  to  day,  as  a  President's  aiek- 
nees  in  this  country,  or  that  of  a  monarch  in 
Europe  I  And  now  the  columns  of  city  dailies, 
and  remote  frontier  weeklies  will  be  loaded,  for 
a  time,  with  intelligence  concerning  him.  We 
knew  that  our  government  was  in  the  hands  of 
Anti-masons  during  the  Rebellion  ;  but  we  did 
not  know,  till  we  heard  Secretary  Stoddard's 
statement,  that  Thurlow  Weed  was  God's  hand 
in  moving  Mr.  Lincoln  to  place  it  there.  Seward, 
Stevens,  Stanton  and  Chase  were  Mr.  Weed's 
nominees. 


The  Oshkosh  Meeting. 

The  hand  bills  were  sixty  miles  away  at  Ca- 
louo;  the  weather  was  cold,  and  the  people  ut- 
terly ignorant  of  even  the  name  and  nature  of 
the  N.  C.  A. 

But  president  Collins  and  agent  Lowe  met  us. 
They  had  toiled  unweariedly ;  and  though  the 
meetings  began  small,  the  second  night  the  hall 
was  filled,  and  some  standing  about  the  door. 

The  death  of  Thurlow  Weed  came  in  the 
papers,  and  we  spent  a  day  beyond  time  allotted 
for  the  Convention,  to  hold  a  memorial  meeting 
and  I  spoke  at  evening  at  large  in  the  Presby- 
terian church,  where  we  had  an  important 
though  small  congregation.  The  snow  fell  in 
the  night,  and,  a  sfirst  snows  do,  chilled  the  at- 
tendance, which  the  lodge  had  sufficiently 
chilled  before.  But  several  ministers  and 
church  oflicers  and  "  honorable  women"  were 
out;  and  although  I  did  not  speak  well,  they 
understood  every  point  made. 

The  Presbyterian  minister's  name  is  Bacon, 
and  he  bears  a  strong  resemblance  to  his  remote 
relative,  the  late  Leonard  Bacon,  and  has  his 
long-headedness  with  more  of  the  simplicity 
there  is  in  Christ.  Mrs.  Bacon  has  promised  a 
poem  lor  the  Cynosv/re.  There  are  calls  for  our 
''  Holden  with  Cords"  and  we  have  writers  of 
genius,  but  this  lady  may  if  God  please,  write 
the  Uncle  Tom's  Cabin  of  this  reform. 


Editorial  Letters. 


Oshkosh,  Nov.  21,  1882. 

Dear  Cynosurk: — Our  Convention  opens  to- 
day. Brethren  L^we  and  Collins  are  here  and 
assiduous.  Yesterday  (Monday)  I  attended  the 
ministers  meeting.  Ten  were  present.  One, 
Eev.  Mr.  Jones,  Methodist,  gave  an  interesting 
report  of  his  European  travel,  just  returned. 
I  gave  notice  ol  our  Convention  here,  and  M.r. 
Jones  gave  notice  that  Masonic  degrees  would 
be  worked,  and  bore  witness  to  our  Bro.  Collins, 
that  he  "knew  him  and  that  he  was  a  good  man." 
1  do  not  know  Bro.  Jones'  status  as  to  the  lodge, 
but  he  certainly  did  God  good  service  in  giving 
the  notice  of  the  degree-work. 

In  the  afternoon  I  visited  the  magnificent 
Normal  school  building.  President  Albee  is  a 
born  Vermonter,  an  able  educator,  and  withal, 
a  gentlemanly  man.  fle  has  alternative  Bible 
reading  in  the  morning,  and  has  thus  far  been 


enabled  to  beep  all  his  students  (three  to  five 
hundred)  pleased  with  chapel  exercises.  Dr. 
Bafccom,  President  of  Madison  (State)  University, 
meets  only  a  handful  of  students  there  in  morn- 
ing recognition  of  God.  I  think  there  is  a 
swinging  back  in  these  institutions  from  infidel- 
ity and  scepticism.  The  European  citizens  of 
Wisconsin  want  to  learn  that  there  is  no  "by 
law  established"  religion  in  this  country;  and, 
when  satisfied  on  that  head,  will  not  wish  to 
kick  out  the  Bible,  with  its  forty  centuries  of 
authentic  history,  from  our  schools. 

1  am  at  the  house  of  the  Presbyterian  minis- 
ter of  this  city,  whose  sweet  children  were  trans- 
ferred in  early  childhood,  to  begin  for  him  and 
his  excellent  wife,  a  family  circle  in  heaven.  I 
hope  for  a  blessed  and  profitable  convention. 
Surely  it  is  needed.  Some  Congregational  min- 
isters in  this  part  of  the  State  are  in  the  lodges, 
and  one,  a  pastor,  says  he  "does  not  wish  to 
be  saved  by  Christ's  blood."  "The  theory,"  he 
says,  "makes  God  the  murderer  of  his  Son." 
This  is  Masonic  theology. 

Nov.  23. — Our  Convention  proper  closed  last 
night,  but  as  the  attendance  was  diminished  by 
miscarriage  of  bills,  etc.,  we  have  concluded  that 
I  should  stay  and  speak  on  the  lodge  system  in 
the  Presbyterian  church  to-night.  Last  night 
Gill's  Hall  was  filled,  some  standing  at  the  door, 
and  the  interest  in  our  meetings  is  just  begin- 
ning to  awake. 

I  have  never  heard  Mr.  Lowe  before.  He 
was  an  able  lodge  master  and  confers  the  degrees 
with  fiuency  and  accuracy,  and  the  impression 
on  the  people  last  night  was  very  strong.  Rev. 
E.  Collins,  president  of  the  State  Association, 
Wesleyan;  Rev.  Mr.  Bergen,  German  Methodist; 
Rev.  Mr.  Wheeler,  Free  Will  Baptist;  Rev.  W. 
Warner,  Wesleyan,  and  his  son,  a  Wheaton 
student  who  preaches  at  Waupun;  and  Bro. 
Ames,  down  from  Menomonee,  have  taken  a 
lively  interest  in  the  meetings.  The  death  of 
Hon.  Thurlow  Weed  was  announced  yesterday 
and  memorial  services  are  set  ^or  10  o'clock  to- 
day. Secretary  Stoddard  speaks. 

On  the  whole,  our  Convention  has  made  a 
very  encouragmg  beginning  in  this  part  of  the 
State,  whfre  almost  nothing  lias  heretofore  been 
known  or  said  of  the  reform.  The  summer- 
sault in  politics  will  seaeon  the  temperance  re- 
form, which  has  made  such  rapid  summer 
growth  that  it  was  likely  to  winter  kill.  The 
reverse  will  blow  off  the  chaff.  The  politicians 
who  were  making  prohibition  their  political 
kite,  will  turn  back,  but  the  cause  will  go  for- 
ward. As  old  Dr.  Beecher  used  to  say,  "It  has 
only  let  go  to  spit  on  its  hands  and  take  hold 
afresh." 

It  19  interesting  to  see  the  JVew  York  Wit- 
ness give  its  platform  of  a  uew  party  vs.  rings, 
leaving  out  the  worst  of  all,  the  secret  rings. 
There  will  be  a  plank  against  them,  all  the  same. 
I  think  Prof.  Feemster  is  mistaken  in  thinking 
that  woman  suffrage  is  dead.  The  defeat  of  St. 
John  will  not 'kill  it.  It  will  prune  the  discus- 
sion of  false  reasoning,  and  the  idea  that  women 
are  enslaved  by  not  having  the  ballot;  but  the 
discussion  is  not  done.  J.  Blanohard. 


Thurlow  Weed. — The  memorial  meeting  on 
Thursday  last  at  Oahkosh  adopted  the  following 
tribute  of  respect  to  the  memory  of  Mr.  Weed  : 

Whereas,  Ood  has  dismissed  this  distinguished  Amer- 
ican Irom  his  suflerings  we  hasten  to  record  our  gratitude 
that  he  was  permitted  to  live  to  give  his  dying  testimony 
to  the  cause  which  his  life  did  so  much  to  promote. 

Resolved,  that  we  tender  to  the  members  of  his  family 
who  survive  him,  the  sympathies  of  the  Wisconsin  State 
Christian  Association  in  their  af9[iction  aud  our  congrat- 
ulations for  the  light  in  which  hi?  long  day  has  closed. 

2.  That  we  congratulate  the  counli-y  that  he  lived  to  give 
his  dying  testimony  against  the  lodge,  and  seal  it  with  his 
oath. 

3.  That  we  will  use  our  best  endeavors  to  circulate 
Mr.  Weed's  pamphlet  forthwith  throughout  the  United 
biates. 


— Agaiti  the  Gt/nonire,  though  fall  of  good 
things,  has  the  p'easure  of  saying  to  its  readers 
that  there  is  more  to  follow.  Reports  from  Bro. 
Matthews'  work  in  Iowa  last  month,  and  from 
Father  Taylor  in  Ohio,  wait  for  them,  also  a  let- 
ter of  deepest  interest  from  Michigan,  with  the 
personal  statement  of  another  eye-v)ltnesii  to  the 
seizure  of  Morgan  at  the  Canandaigua  jail,  and 
of  another  witness  to  the  fact  that  the  "Mrs.  Mon- 
roe," who  was  of  so  great  assistance  to  the  Ma- 
sons, was  no  other  than  Dr.  Lewie,  as  Mrs. 
MatKer  testified  so  clearly  in  the  Batavia  Con- 
vention. We  give  way  also  this  week  for  Sec- 
retary Stoddard's  recollections  of  his  visits  to 
Thurlow  Weed,  and  postpone  some  facts  of  in- 
terest gleaned  from  the  press. 

— The  disposition  of  the  Knights  of  Pythias 
to  desecrate  the  Sabbath  with  parades  and  other 
lodge  business,  has  just  caused  the  Illinois  Grand 
Lodge  to  take  special  action  against  it. 

— Every  member  of  the  Knights  of  Pythias 
order  in  Illinois  is  taxed  40  cents  a  year  to  sus- 
tain the  Grand  Lodge.  This  body  meets  but 
once  a  year ;  estimate,  therefore,  the  round  sura 
which  is  taxed  for  all  the  lodge  raeetinga  of  the 
year  with  special  services  for  dancing,,  etc. 

— Pres.  B.  H.  'Hinsdale  of  Hiram  College 
wrote  some  time  since  in  answer  to  aa  inquiry 
respecting  President  Garfield,  that  Freemasonry 
was  "  a  mere  incident  in  his  life  and  his  personsil 
friends  do  not  regard  his  connection  with  the 
lodge  as  of  sufficient  importance  to  deserve  at- 
tention." 

— Sabbath  school  superintendents  are  now  look- 
ing about  for  lesson  helps  for  the  coming  year, 
when  the  schools  will  generally  take  up  the  study 
of  the  Acts  for  the  fir»t  six  months,  and  ot  the 
Old  Testament  history  through  Joshua,  Judges 
and  1  Samuel  during  the  second.  Tlje  "  Lesson 
Helper  Quarterly,"  published  by  Eugene  R. 
Smith,  New  York,  and  with  departments  by  Dr. 
C.  F.  Deems,  is  one  of  these  helps  which  we 
should  recommend  to  avoid.  During  the  past 
few  years  Dr.  Deems  has  been  prominent  among 
the  Freemasons  of  New  York;  being  ufed  by 
them  on  public  occasionf,  much  «8  Thomas, 
Locke,  Lorimer  and  Fallows  are  used  by  the 
Chicago  lodges.  On  the  lesson  Mark  10:1-16, 
he  makes  this  comment :  "  Have  I  not  made  un- 
satisfactory excuses  for  neglect  of  home  duties? 
Have  I  not  neglected  my  home  for  the  school, 
the  society,  the  order,  or  the  church?  Can  a 
man  be  very  useful  as  a  teaehet",  as  a  temperance 
or  missionary  worker,  as  a  Mason,  as  a  church- 
member,  who  does  not  have  daily  family  wor- 
ship." This  putting  the  blasphemy,  the  rejec- 
tion of  Christ,  the  falsehood,  sham  and  heathen- 
ism of  Freemasonry  along  with  the  Christian 
church  and  Christian  duty,  and  teaching 
it  to  the  children  in  the  Sabbath  school  is 
worthy  of  a  Jesuit.  Let  publishers  who  allow 
such  teaching  in  their  papers  have  a  wide  berth. 


NOTICES. 


— Bro.  Stoddard  returned  from  Oshkosh  on 
Friday  but  remained  but  a  short  time  in  the 
city,  hence  the  promised  article  on  the  Cynosure 
list  he  has  not  been  able  to  prepare  lor  this 
number.  While  waiting  for  it,  let  some  good 
work  for  new  subscribers  and  especially  for  re- 
newals prepare  for  ita  welcome. 


Minnesota. 

By  request  of  the  friends  ia  the  southwestern  part  of  the 
State,  the  fifth  annual  convention  of  the  Minnesota  Chris- 
tian Association  will  be  held  la  the  court  house  in  Blue 
Earth  City,  FHrihault  county,  on  VVednesday,  Thursday 
aud  Friday,  December  6ih,  7th  and  8th,  1882.  lilue  Earth 
City  18  ttae  leimmus  of  the  Blue  Eauh  City  branch  of  the' 
C,  St.  Paul,  At.  &  O.  railroad.  The  friends  offrtr  free  en- 
tertainment and  invite  a  full  attendance.  Tiiose  intend- 
ing to  come  will  please  send  their  names  to  Rifus  John- 
son, Blue  Earth  City,  Minn.  Reduced  rnilrosd  lare  re- 
turning, on  all  roaUs,  to  those  who  pay  full  fare  coming. 
Opening  lecture  Wednesday  evening  at  7  o'clock,  by  Rev. 
J.  P.  Stoddard.  President  C.  A.  Blaucbard  is  expected  to 
deliver  a  series  of  lectures.  Thomas  Hari'lkt, 

Rec.  becretary. 

E.  G.  Paine, 

President. 


Kansas. 

The  Kansas  State  Christian  Association,  opposed  to  se- 
cret societies,  will  meet  in  convention  at  the  Free  Meth- 
odist Church,  Emporia,  at  7  o'clock  p.  m.,  Dec.  19th,  aud 
continue  in  session  until  the  21  at  Secretary  Stoddard  and 
other  active  and  able  workers  are  expected  to  be  present. 
The  place  is  central  and  easy  of  access,  aod  we  urge  the 
friends  of  reform  from  all  pnrls  of  the  State  to  be  present. 
Important  business  will  come  belore  the  Association. 
Come,  brethren, '  to  the  help  of  the  Lord,  to  the  help  of 
the  Lord  against  the  mighty."  Job.  Altbk,  Sec'y . 


I 


November  30,  1883 


■TMK  CHHISTIAN  CYNOSUHfe 


Hon.   Thurlow  Weed.--Remniscences. 

Relation  givect  to  the  Wisoonsin  Cheistian 
Association.  Reported  by  vote  of  the  body, 
FOB  the  Cynosure  by  bECRErABY  Stoddard. 

The  press  of  this  city  announced  last  evening 
the  death  of  Hon.  Thurlow  Weed.  The  an- 
nouncement accompanied  with  a  rather  imper- 
fect likeness  of  that  great,  and,  I  believe,  Chris- 
tian man,  revived  the  memory  of  many  intereet- 
jng  incidents  and  important  facts  which  he  re- 
lated to  me  when  at  his  house  in  September  last. 
It  has  occurred  to  me  that  mention  of  a  few 
among  the  many  things  related  during  three  in- 
terviews, might  escape  the  notice  of  those  who 
will  write  biographical  notices  of  Mr.   Weed. 

My  first  interview  with  hi  in  was  at  his  house 
No.  12,  12th  St.  New  York,  July  24ih,  1882. 
He  received  me  cordially;  and  when  1  stated  the 
object  of  my  call  he  seemed  to  forget  all  else 
and  entered  at  once  into  a  detailed  account  of 
the  abduction  and  murder  of  Captain  William 
Morgan.  I  told  him  ot  the  monument  that  was 
to  be  erected  to  Mr.  Morgan  at  Batavia  and 
asked  him.  to  be  present  and  take  part  in  the 
unveiling  ceremonies  on  the  13th  ot  September. 
He  listened  with  interest  and  expressed  his  en- 
tire approval,  and  gave  encouragement  that  if 
health  would  permit  he  would  be  present,  and 
if  unable  to  attend  in  person,  he  would,  if  pos- 
sible, prepare  and  send  to  be  read  on  the  occtasion, 
a  statement  of  facts.  Impaired  eye-sight  aod 
ill  health  prevented  his  attendance,  but  he  was 
able,  by  the  aid  ot  an  amanuensis,  to  furnish 
one  of  the  ablest,  clearest  and  most  conclusive 
solutions  of  the  "Morgan  mystery"'  given  to  the 
American  public.  It  is  a  document  that  should 
be  read  by  every  citizen  ot  our  country.  It  has 
been  issued  by  the  National  Christian  Associ- 
ation, 221  W.  Madison  St.,  Chicago,  in  i>araphiet 
form  accompaiiied  with  a  cut  of  the  Morgan 
monument  and  is  sent  to  any  address  on  receipt 
of  live  cents. 

My  next  call  was  on  September  23d,  after  the 
unveiling  at  Batavia,  and  on  the  day  when  that 
terrible  storm  was  raging  that  swept  the  At- 
lantic seaboard,  Mr.  Weed's  grand-daughter 
answered  the  door  bell  and,  on  learning  my  namp, 
said  *•  we  have  been  expecting  you ;  "  aud  then 
led  the  way  to  the  room  where  Mr.  Weed  was 
restiuvr  on  an  old-fashioned  lounge.  At  the 
mention  of  my  name,  he  arose  and  extending  his 
hand,  said,  "  1  am  glad  to  see  you.  I  have  been 
reading  iibout  your  meeting  at  Batavia  in  the 
papers,  and  I  want  to  know  all  about  it."  I 
gave  him  an  account  of  the  convention,  and  an- 
swered his  questions,  as  well  as  I  was  able.  He 
then  proposed  to  affix  his  aifidavit  to  that  document 
read  at  the  Convention,  it  1  thought  it  would 
add  weight  to  it  with  the  people.  1  approved  ot 
the  suggestion  and  at  his  request  left  the  docu- 
ment lor  review,  and  his  alfidavi:t.  To  show 
the  kindness  of  his  heart,  I  will  mention  one 
little  incident.  When  I  was  about  to  leave  Mr. 
Weed  accompanied  me  to  the  door  and,  hearing 
the  rain  which  was  falling  profusely,  he  asked, 
"  Have  you  a  good  umbrella'^  "  i  replied  "  No, 
but  I  do  not  mind  the  rain,  I  ehall  get  along 
very  well  without  one."  He  replied  "you  mubt 
take  mine; "  and,  stretching  out  his  hand  to 
where  three  or  four  were  standing  in  a  case,  he 
fielcvited  one  with  a  silk  cover  and,  drawing  it  out 
said,  "  Here  take  this  ;  you  c^n  return  it  when 
convenient."  J,  of  couree  accepted  of  his  kind 
offer. 

1  called  again  on  Monday  the  25th,  and  found 
him  cheerful  and  very  ready  to  converse.  He 
had  carefully  reviewed  his  paper  to  the  Conven- 
tion and  wished  me  to  leave  it  for  additions,  to 
which  1  assented.  He  then  related  in  an  easy, 
colloquial  way  many  incidents  of  his  life.  His 
earliest  recollections  were  in  his  father's  "  log 
cabin,"  when  he  used  to  climb  up  a  ladder  to  his 
little  bed  in  the  "  loft."  He  began  his  public 
life  as  a  journalist  and  continuedliis  connection 
with  the  press  as  editor  and  coi-respondent  up  to 
within  a  few  days  of  his  death.  He  entered  the 
arena  of  politics  from  compulsion  rather  than 
choice. 

When  a  journeyman  printer  in  Rochester,  N. 
Y.,  which  at  the  time  was  only  a  village,  there 
was  great  need  for  increased  banking  facilities. 
Two  unsuccessful  attempts,  attended  with  heavy 


expense,  h;ii  bteii  m  sde  to  obtun  a  chartir. 
Mr.  Weed,  was  selected  to  make  a  third  effort 
and,  by  careful  management  succeeded  at  a  com- 
paratively trifling  expense.  This  success  was 
his  first  in<^roduc''ion  to  the  favorable  notice  of 
men  of  political  influence;  and,  by  making  ju- 
dicious ut^e  of  the  advantage  gained,  his  influence 
increased  until  he  attained  a  place  in  the  coun- 
sels of  statesmen,  seldom,  if  ever,  pjseessed  by 
any  ot^^er  American  citizen. 

About  this  time  (1826)  occurred  the  abduction 
and  murder  of  Capt.  Wm.  Morgan.  News 
reached  Rochester  from  Batavia,  only  eome 
thirty  miles  distant,  of  a  mteting  for  inquiry 
and  there  was  a  general  excitement  among  the 
citizens.  Mr.  Weed  alluded  to  the  report  in  a 
paper  which  he  was  then  publishing,  which  so 
incensed  the  Masons  that  they  wittidrew  their 
subscriptions  in  large  numbers,  and  began  hos- 
tile movements  againet  him.  Mr.  Weed  promptly 
resigned  connection  with  the  paper  to  save  his 
partner  from  financial  ruin,  and  looked  else- 
where for  employment.  At  Albany,  Troy,  and 
other  points  he  found  the  "  craft"  had  anticipa- 
ted his  applications,  and  managed  to  defeat  his 
efforts.  Thfase  things  be*? an  to  open  his  eyes, 
and  to  reveal  to  him  the  true  character  of  the 
lodge.  It  was  not  until  he  had  seen  the  lodges 
carry  a  muncipal  election  in  Rochester  over  both 
the  political  parties,  that  he  fully  comprehended 
their  power ;  and,  even  then,  he  strove  with  all 
his  ability  to  keep  the  question  ot  Anti-masonry 
out  of  State  politics,  and  so  preserve  intact  the 
Whig  party  to  which  he  belonged. 

The  people,  however,  were  aroused,  and,  de- 
spite the  eliorts  of  Seward,  G-ranger,  Weed  and 
others,  they  took  the  question  to  the  ballot-box 
and  kept  it  there  until  they  triumphed  in  the 
State  politics  ot  New  York  and  several  other 
State*,  and  228,000  votes  were  cast  for  Wirt  and 
Eilmaker.  Sdward  and  Weed  were  firm  friends, 
and  Mr.  Wead  ardently  desired  Mr.  Seward's 
election  to  the  Presidency.  In  this  desire  almost 
the  whole  country  concurred.  Extensive  prep- 
aranons  were  made  for  Mr.  Seward's  nomination 
at  the  Chicago  convention  in  1860.  Mr.  Greeley 
was  opposed  to  Seward's  nomination,  and  se- 
cured the  appointment  of  delegates  in  Vermont, 
who  entertained  the  same  views.  In  relating 
the  history  of  that  movement  Mr.  Weed  re- 
marked, ''  It  is  said  Greeley  packed  the  Ver- 
mont delegation  through  the  lodges;  but  I  never 
could  believe  that  he  would  resort  to  such  a 
measure.  Yet  it  is  said  that  every  Vermont 
delegate  was  a  Freemason,  and  the  delegation 
went  solid  against  Seward."  Speaking  ot  the 
Virginia  delegates  he  said  they  were  instructed 
for  Seward,  but  in  convention  they  disregarded 
their  instructions.  Afterwards  two  of  those 
Virginia  delegates  explained  to  Mr.  Weed  the 
reason  ot  their  course  m  the  convention  by  say- 
ing :  "  We  were  not  aware,  until  we  reached 
Chicago,  that  this  was  the  Seward  who  had  so 
much  to  do  with  the  Anti-masonic  excitement 
in  western  New  York." 

After  Mr.  Lincoln's  election,"  he  often  sum- 
moned Mr.  W  eed  lor  counsel  at  critical  periods 
during  the  war  and  was  largely  influenced  by 
his  advice  in  making  appointments.  When  our 
affairs  with  Great  Britain  were  becoming  com- 
plicated on  account  of  the  Mason-Slidell  case  and 
the  Alabama  difficulty,  President  Lincoln  sent 
Mr.  Weed  on  a  mission  of  peace.  With  his 
daughter,  he  landed  in  Paris  and  there  waited 
advices  from  Hon.  Charles  Francis  Adams,  then 
Minister  at  her  Majesty's  court.  Receiving  an 
invitation,  he  hastened  to  London  and,  after  a 
conference  with  Mr.  Adams,  at  length  secured 
an  interview  with  Lord  John  Russell,  Prime 
Minister  of  England,  at  his  country  seat.  The 
great  rebellion,  and  especially  the  Alabama  dif- 
ficulty, was  the  theme  of  discussion.  Lord  Rus 
sell  was  unyielding  in  his  demands  that  humilia- 
ting reparation  should  be  made  for  the  insult 
ofl:ered  to  the  British  flag.  Earnest  conference 
followed  in  which  the  whole  case  was  canvassed 
and  the  wrong. which  our  goverment  had  done 
was  freely  acknowledged.  Lord  Russell  was 
stern,  and  the  conversation  closed  with  little 
prospect  of  an  amicable  settlement.  Lady  Rus- 
sell had  been  a  silent,  but  a  deeply  interested 
listener.    She  invited  Mr.  Weed  to  view  the 


parks  and  grounds  around  their  mausioii  j»ud 
when  about  to  dismiss  him,8aid  quietly, "  vVomen 
are  not  supposed  to  know  anything  of  pontics, 
or  to  have  any  influence  in  affairs  of  state,  but 
1  thought  it  might  be  a  comfort  to  yon  to  know- 
that  you  have  one  friend."  Mr.  Weed  assured 
me  that  this  was  the  first  ray  ot  hope  that  ap- 
peared in  the  case,  and  that  it  lifted  a  heavy  load 
from  his  heart.  He  then  gave  a  detailed  account 
of  how,  through  the  influence  of  Lady  Russell, 
aided  by  other  ladies  at  court  whom  she  enlisted 
with  her,  the  document  that  had  been  prepared 
as  the  final  demand  of  the  British  governmtsnt  on 
our  own,  was  brought  to  the  Queen's  notice. 
Alter  reading  it  the  Queen  exclaimed,"  Oh  1  can- 
not think  of  a  bloody  war  between  our  govern- 
ment and  the  United  States!"  Sue  ihen  took 
her  pen,  and  with  her  own  hand  erased  the  moat 
otfensive  features  of  the  demand,  and,  then 
sent  for  Prince  Albert  to  ask  his  advice. 
The  Prince  was  too  ill  to  leave  his  room.  She 
then  sent  the  revised  paper  to  him.  Ho  made 
still  further  modific-ations  which  so  changed  the 
conditions  imposed  that  our  government  could 
make  the  concession  without  compromising  its 
own  honor  and  sell  respect;  Englaud  was  kept 
from  open  alliance  with  the  confederate  States; 
and  thus  a  double  war,  with  Great  Britain  and 
the/Rebellion,  was  averted :at  the   moat   critical 

■J  7  ^      , 

moment  ot  our  nation's  existence,  under  God 
by  the  sagacious  statesmanship  of  Mr.  Weed, 
aided  by  Lady  Russell  and  other  ladies  at  court. 
Thousands  of  lives  and  millions  ot  property 
were  saved,  and  amicable  relations  maintained 
between  the  two  dominant  powers  in  the  civil- 
ized world!  Had  Mr.  Weed  accomplithed  noth- 
ing more  than  this  one  victory,  he  would  have 
deserved  the  deepest  gratitude  of  every  patriot 
and  philanthropist  on  this  globe,  and  merited  a 
place  among  the  most  distinguished  of  the  great 
men  of  earth. 

After  listening  for  hours  to  the  recital  of  un- 
written history  in  connection  with  the  most  im- 
portant events  in  our  civil  history,  I  said,  "Mr, 
Weed,  how  does  it  come  that  while  you  have 
been  making  other  men  Presidents,  senators  and 
governors,  you  have  never  been  President  your- 
self?" He  replied,  "I  never  wanted  an  office, 
and  wouldn't  have  one.  This  the  pDliticians 
knew;  and  they  always  confided  in  me,  knowing 
that  I  would  not  betiay  or  supplant  them.  The 
men  who  have  the  greatest  influence  in  shaping 
national  movements  are  not,  as  a  ru^e,  the  men 
who  come  prominently  before  the  people;  but 
the  men  who  study  public  affaire,  and  wisely 
but  quietly  control  them."  It  will  be  acknowl- 
edged, I  think,  by  all  who  knew  Mr.  Weed, 
that  he  practiced  his  own  theory  with  great  fidel- 
ity, and  that  this,  with  other  great  qualities,  was 
fhe  secret  of  his  success. 

My  last  visit  to  Mr.  Weed  was  on  the  28 ch  of 
September.  He  had  carefully  revised  his  letter 
and  made  such  additions  as  he  wished;  so  that 
it  is  the  thoroughly  considered  and  carefully 
revised  statement  ot  his  accurate  recollections. 
He  called  in  a  notary  and  said,  "I  wish  to  make 
oath  to  this  paper  in  the  most  direct  and  simple 
form."  Mr.  Doty  then  wrote  the  following 
form  of  oath: 

Thurlow  Weed,  being  duly  sworn,  says  that  the   fore- 
going statements  are  true. 

THURLOW  WEED. 
Subscribed  and  sworn  to  before  me  this  28th  day  of 
September,  1882. 

Spencek  C.  Doty,  Notary  Public, 
n  Union  Squaie,  j^4ew  York  City. 

to  which  Mr.  Weed,  while  I  looked  on,  affixed 
his  signature,  with  his  own  trembling  hand. 


— A  mural  tablet  has  been  erected  in  the  1st 
church  of  New  Haven  reading  as  follows: 

BY  THE  GR4CK  OP  GOD 

LEONARD  BACON. 

A  servant  of  Jesus  Christ  and  of  all  men  for  his  sake^ 
here  preached  the  gospel  for  flfty-seveu  years.  Fearing 
God  and  having  no  fear  beside,  loving  righteousness  and 
hating  iniquity,  friend  of  liberty  aad  law,  he'per  of  Caris- 
tian  missions,  teacher  of  teachers,  promoter  ot  every  good 
work.  He  blessed  the  city  and  the  Nation  by  ceaseless 
labors  and  a  holy  life,  and  departed  peacefully  into  rest 
December  24th,  1881,  leaving  the  world  beitar  lor  having 
lived  in  it. 


IHE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE. 


November  30,  1882 


The  Christian  Cynosure, 

CHICAGO.  THURSDAY,  NOVEMBER  80,  1882. 


WoMEar  Politicians. — la  England  women 
property-holdfrd  have  long  voted,  and  this  leads 
educated  Englith  women  to  study  politics.  Read 
carefully  Lady  Kassell's,  the  Court  ladies',  and 
the  Queen  of  England's  prevention  of  a  double 
war  at  once,  with  England  and  the  South,  in 
Thurlow  Weed's  statement  to  Secretary  Stod- 
dard. 


A  THING  OMITTED  in  Mr.  Wecd's  statement 
herein  given,  is  this,  Lincoln  sent  him  to  Eng- 
land to  prevent  war.  To  avoid  offending  our 
minister  Charles  Francis  Adams,  he  first  landed 
in  France  till  Adams  sent  for  him.  Before 
seeing  Lord  John  Russell's  grounds  with  Lady 
BuBsell,  he  had  a  map  of  them  given  him  and  he 
knew  all  about  them  before  he  saw  them.  This 
pleased  his  hostess. 


Anewtbimg  in  the  Earth.. — A  private  citizen 
has  died,  and  the  press  from  center  to  circum- 
ference of  the  United  States,  has  gazetted  his 
B  ckness  from  day  to  day,  as  a  President's  aick- 
neas  in  this  country,  or  that  of  a  monarch  in 
Europe  1  And  now  the  columns  of  city  dailies, 
and  remote  frontier  weeklies  will  be  loaded,  for 
a  time,  with  intelligence  concerning  him.  We 
knew  that  our  government  was  in  the  hands  of 
Anti-masons  during  the  Rebellion  ;  but  we  did 
not  know,  till  we  heard  Secretary  Stoddard's 
statement,  that  Thurlow  Weed  was  God's  hand 
in  moving  Mr.  Lincoln  to  place  it  there.  Seward, 
Stevens,  Stanton  and  Chase  were  Mr.  Weed's 
nominees. 


The  Oshkosh  Hieeiing. 


The  hand  bills  were  sixty  miles  away  at  Ca- 
louo;  the  weather  was  cold,  and  the  people  ut- 
terly ignorant  of  even  the  name  and  nature  of 
the  N.  C.  A. 

But  president  Collins  and  agent  Lowe  met  us. 
They  had  toiled  unwearied) y ;  and  though  the 
meetings  began  small,  the  second  night  the  hall 
was  filled,  and  some  standing  about  the  door. 

The  death  of  Thurlow  Weed  came  in  the 
papers,  and  we  spent  a  day  beyond  time  allotted 
for  the  Convention,  to  hold  a  memorial  meeting 
and  I  spoke  at  evening  at  large  in  the  Presby- 
terian church,  where  we  had  an  important 
though  small  congregation.  The  snow  fell  in 
the  night,  and,  a  sfirst  snows  do,  chilled  the  at- 
tendance, which  the  lodge  had  sufficiently 
chilled  before.  But  several  ministers  and 
church  oflicers  and  "  honorable  women"  were 
out;  and  although  I  did  not  speak  well,  they 
understood  every  point  made. 

The  Presbyterian  minister's  name  is  Bacon, 
and  he  bears  a  strong  resemblance  to  his  remote 
relative,  the  late  Leonard  Bacon,  and  has  his 
long-headedness  with  more  of  the  simplicity 
there  is  in  Christ.  Mrs.  Bacon  has  promised  a 
poem  tor  the  Gynosv/re.  There  are  calls  for  our 
'*  Rolden  with  Cords, ^^  and  we  have  writers  of 
genius,  but  this  lady  may  if  God  please,  write 
the  Uncle  Tom's  Cabin  of  this  reform. 


Editorial  Letters. 


Oshkosh,  Nov.  21,  1882. 

Dbak  Cynosure: — Our  Convention  opens  to- 
day, Bretiiren  Ljwe  and  Collins  are  here  and 
assiduous.  Yesterday  (Monday)  I  attended  the 
ministers  meeting.  Ten  were  present.  One, 
Rev.  Mr.  Jones,  Methodist,  gave  an  interesting 
report  of  hia  European  travel,  just  returned. 
I  gave  notice  ot  our  Convention  here,  and  ilLr. 
Jones  gave  notice  that  Masonic  degrees  would 
be  worked,  and  bore  witness  to  our  Bro.  Collins, 
that  he  "knew  him  and  that  he  was  a  good  man." 
I  do  not  know  Bro.  Jones'  status  as  to  the  lodge, 
but  he  certainly  did  God  good  service  in  giving 
the  notice  of  the  degree-work. 

In  the  afternoon  1  visited  the  magnificent 
Thermal  school  building.  President  Albee  is  a 
born  Vermouter,  an  able  educator,  and  withal, 
*  gentlemanly  man.  He  has  alternative  Bible 
reading  in  the  morning,  and  has  thus  far  been 


enabled  to  keep  all  his  students  (three  to  five 
hundred)  pleased  with  chapel  exercises.  Dr. 
Bafccom,  President  of  Madison  (State)  University, 
meets  only  a  handful  of  students  there  in  morn- 
ing recognition  of  God.  I  think  there  is  a 
swinging  back  in  these  institutions  from  infidel- 
ity and  scepticism.  The  European  citizens  of 
Wisconsin  want  to  learn  that  there  is  no  "by 
law  established"  religion  in  this  country;  and, 
when  satisfied  on  that  head,  will  not  wish  to 
kick  out  the  Bible,  with  its  forty  centuries  of 
authentic  history,  from  our  schools. 

1  am  at  the  house  of  the  Presbyterian  minis- 
ter of  this  city,  whose  sweet  children  were  trans- 
ferred in  early  childhood,  to  begin  for  him  and 
his  excellent  wife,  a  family  circle  in  heaven.  I 
hope  for  a  blessed  and  profitable  convention. 
Surely  it  is  needed.  Some  Congregational  min- 
isters in  this  part  of  the  State  are  in  the  lodges, 
and  one,  a  pastor,  says  he  "does  not  wish  to 
be  saved  by  Christ's  blood."  "The  theory,"  he 
says,  "makes  God  the  murderer  of  his  Son." 
This  is  Masonic  theology. 

Nov.  23. — Our  Convention  proper  closed  last 
night,  but  as  the  attendance  was  diminished  by 
miscarriage  of  bills,  etc.,  we  have  concluded  that 
I  should  stay  and  speak  on  the  lodge  system  in 
the  Presbyterian  church  to-night.  Last  night 
Gill's  Hall  was  filled,  some  standing  at  the  door, 
and  the  interest  in  our  meetings  is  just  begin- 
ning to  awake. 

I  have  never  heard  Mr.  Lowe  before.  He 
was  an  able  lodge  master  and  conlers  the  degrees 
with  fluency  and  accuracy,  and  the  impression 
on  the  people  last  night  was  very  strong.  Rev. 
E.  Collins,  president  of  the  State  Association, 
Wesleyan;  Rev.  Mr.  Bergen,  German  Methodist; 
Rev.  Mr.  Wheeler,  Free  Will  Baptist;  Rev.  W. 
Warner,  Wesleyan,  and  his  son,  a  Wheaton 
student  who  preaches  at  Waupun;  and  Bro. 
Ames,  down  from  Menomonee,  have  taken  a 
lively  interest  in  the  meetings.  The  death  of 
Hon.  Thurlow  Weed  was  announced  yesterday 
and  memorial  services  are  set  ^or  10  o'clock  to- 
day. Secretary  Stoddard  speaks. 

On  the  whole,  our  Convention  has  made  a 
very  encouragmg  beginning  in  this  part  of  the 
State,  where  almost  nothing  has  heretolore  been 
known  or  said  of  the  rtform.  The  summer- 
sault in  politics  will  seaeoa  tlie  temperance  re- 
form, which  has  made  such  rapid  summer 
growth  that  it  was  likely  to  winter  kill.  The 
reverse  will  blow  off  the  chaff.  The  politicians 
who  were  making  prohibition  their  political 
kite,  will  turn  back,  but  the  cause  will  go  for- 
ward. As  old  Ur,  Beecher  used  to  say,  "It  has 
only  let  go  to  spit  on  its  hands  and  take  hold 
afresh." 

It  is  interesting  to  see  the  Hfew  YorJc  Wit- 
ness give  its  plattorm  ot  a  new  party  vs.  rings, 
leaving  out  the  worst  of  all,  the  secret  rings. 
There  will  be  a  plank  against  them,  all  thdsame. 
I  think  Prof.  Feemster  is  mistaken  in  thinking 
that  woman  suffrage  is  dead.  The  defeat  of  St. 
John  will  not 'kill  it.  It  will  prune  the  discus- 
sion of  false  reasoning,  and  the  idea  that  women 
are  enslaved  by  not  having  the  ballot;  but  the 
discussion  is  not  done.  J.  Blanchard. 


Thurlow  Weed. — The  memorial  meeting  on 
Thursday  last  at  Oshkosh  adopted  the  following 
tribute  of  respect  to  the  memory  of  Mr.  Weed  : 

Whereas,  Ood  has  dismissed  this  distinguished  Amer- 
ican trom  his  sufterings  we  hasten  to  record  our  gratitude 
tliat  he  was  permitted  to  live  to  give  his  dying  testimony 
to  the  cause  which  liis  life  did  so  much  to  promote. 

Resolved,  that  we  tender  to  the  members  of  his  family 
who  survive  him,  the  sympathies  of  the  Wisconsin  Slate 
Christian  Association  in  ihtir  a^iction  aud  our  congrat- 
ulations for  the  light  m  which  hi*  long  day  has  closed. 

3.  That  we  congratulate  the  counii-y  that  he  lived  to  give 
his  dying  testimony  against  the  lodge,  aud  seal  it  with  his 
oath. 

3.  That  we  will  use  our  best  endeavors  to  circulate 
Mr.  Weed's  pamphlet  forthwith  throughout  the  United 
btates. 


— Again  the  Cynomre,  though  fall  of  good 
things,  has  the  p'easure  of  saying  to  its  readers 
that  there  is  more  to  follow.  Reports  from  Bro. 
Matthews'  work  in  Iowa  last  month,  and  from 
Father  Taylor  in  Ohio,  wait  for  them,  also  a  let- 
ter of  deepest  interest  from  Michigan,  with  the 
personal  statement  of  another  eye-vjltness  to  the 
seizure  of  Morgan  at  the  Canandaigua  jail,  and 
ot  another  witness  to  the  fact  that  the  "Mre.  Mon- 
roe," who  was  of  so  great  assistance  to  the  Ma- 
sons, was  no  other  than  Dr.  Lewie,  as  Mrs. 
Mather  testified  so  clearly  in  the  Batavia  Con- 
vention. We  give  way  also  this  week  for  Sec- 
retary Stoddard's  recollections  of  his  visits  to 
Thurlow  Weed,  and  postpone  some  facts  of  in- 
terest gleaned  from  the  press. 

— The  disposition  of  the  Knights  of  Pythias 
to  desecrate  the  Sabbath  with  parades  and  other 
lodge  business,  has  just  caused  the  Illinois  Grand 
Lodge  to  take  special  action  against  it. 

— Every  member  of  the  Knights  of  Pythias 
order  in  Illinois  is  taxed  40  cents  a  year  to  sus- 
tain the  Grand  Lodge.  This  body  meets  but 
once  a  year ;  estimate,  therefore,  the  round  sum 
which  is  taxed  for  all  the  lodge  meetings  of  the 
year  with  special  services  for  dancing,,  etc. 

— Pres.  B.  H.  •Hinsdale  of  Hiram  College 
wrote  some  time  since  in  answer  to  aa  inquiry 
respecting  President  Garfield,  that  Freemasonry 
was  "  a  mere  incident  in  his  life  and  his  personal 
friends  do  not  regard  his  connection  with  the 
lodge  as  of  sufficient  importance  to  deserve  at- 
tention." 

— Sabbath  school  superintendents  are  now  look- 
ing about  for  lesson  helps  for  the  coming  year, 
when  the  schools  will  generally  take  up  the  study 
of  the  Acts  for  the  first  six  months,  and  ot  the 
Old  Testament  history  through  Joshua,  Judges 
and  1  Samuel  during  the  second.  Tlie  "  Lesson 
Helper  Quarterly,"  published  by  Eugene  R. 
Smith,  New  York,  and  with  departments  by  Dr. 
C.  F.  Deems,  is  one  of  these  helps  which  we 
should  recommend  to  avoid.  During  the  past 
few  years  Dr.  Deems  has  br en  prominent  among 
the  Freemasons  of  New  York;  being  ufed  by 
them  on  public  occasionr,  much  ss  Thomas, 
Locke,  Lorimer  and  Fallocps  are  used  by  the 
Chicago  lodges.  On  the  lesson  Mark  10:1-16, 
he  makes  this  comment :  "  Have  I  not  made  un- 
satisfactory excuses  for  neglect  of  home  duties? 
Have  I  not  neglected  my  home  for  the  school, 
the  society,  the  order,  or  the  church?  Can  a 
man  be  very  useful  as  a  teacher,  as  a  temperance 
or  missionary  worker,  as  a  Mason,  as  a  church- 
member,  who  does  not  have  daily  family  wor- 
ship." This  putting  the  blasphemy,  the  rejec- 
tion of  Christ,  the  falsehood,  sham  and  heathen- 
ism of  Freemasonry  along  with  the  Christian 
church  and  Christian  duty,  and  teaching 
it  to  the  children  in  the  Sabbath  school  is 
worthy  of  a  Jesuit.  Let  publishers  who  allow 
such  teaching  in  their  papers  have  a  wide  berth. 


NOTICES. 


— Bro.  Stoddard  returned  from  Oshkosh  on 
Friday  but  remained  but  a  short  time  in  the 
city,  hence  the  promised  article  on  the  Cynosure 
list  he  has  not  been  able  to  prepare  lor  this 
number.  While  waiting  for  it,  let  some  good 
work  for  new  subscribers  and  especially  for  re- 
newals prepare  for  its  welcome. 


Minnesota. 

By  request  of  the  friends  in  the  southwfistern  part  of  the 
State,  [ho  flftli  annual  convention  of  the  Minnesota  Chris- 
tian Association  will  be  held  in  the  court  house  in  Blue 
Earth  City,  Faribault  county,  on  VVednesday,  Thursday 
aud  Friday,  December  6ih,  7th  and  8th,  1882.  iilue  Earth 
City  )8  the  terminus  of  the  Blue  Eauh  City  branch  of  the 
C.,  8t.  Paul,  At.  &  O.  railroad.  The  friends  offer  free  en- 
tertainment and  invite  a  full  atteudance.  Tiiose  intend- 
ing to  come  will  please  send  their  names  to  II. :fus  John- 
son, Blue  Earth  City,  Minn.  Reduced  r.iilroad  fnie  re- 
turning, on  all  roaUs,  to  those  who  pay  full  fare  coming. 
Opening  lecture  Wednesday  evening  at  7  o'clock,  by  Rev. 
J.  P.  Stoddard.  President  C.  A.  Blaucbard  is  expected  to 
deliver  a  series  of  lectures.  Thomas  Harilky, 

Rec.  Secretary. 

E.  Ot.  Paine, 

President. 


Kansas. 

The  Kansas  State  Christian  Association,  opposed  to  s«- 
cret  societies,  will  meet  in  convention  at  the  Free  Meth- 
odist Church,  Emporia,  at  7  o'clock  p.  m.,  Dec.  19th,  aud 
continue  in  session  until  the  21st  Secretary  Stoddard  and 
other  active  and  able  workers  are  expected  to  be  present. 
The  place  is  central  and  easy  of  access,  aud  we  urge  the 
friends  of  reform  from  all  psrts  of  the  State  to  be  present. 
Important  business  will  come  belore  the  Association. 
Come,  brethren, '  to  the  help  of  the  Lord,  to  the  help  of 
the  Lord  against  the  mighty."  Job.  Altbk,  Sec'y. 


November  30,  1883 


•rUS.  CMHISTiAN  CYNOSDHM 


Hon.   Thurlow  Weed.—Remniscences. 

Relation  givest  to  the  Wisoonsim  Christian 
Association.  Reported  by  vote  op  the  body, 
FOR  the  Cynosure  bv  bEORErARY  Stoddard. 

The  press  of  this  city  announced  last  evening 
the  death  of  Hon.  Thurlow  Weed.  The  an- 
nouncement accompanied  with  a  rather  imper- 
fect likeness  of  that  great,  and,  I  believe,  Chris- 
tian man,  revived  the  memory  of  many  interest- 
ing incidents  and  important  facts  which  he  re- 
lated to  me  when  at  his  house  in  September  last. 
It  has  occurred  to  me  that  mention  of  a  few 
among  the  many  things  related  during  three  in- 
terviews, might  escape  the  notice  of  those  who 
will  write  biographical  notices  of  Mr.   Weed. 

My  first  interview  with  hi^n  was  at  his  house 
No.  12,  12th  St.  New  York,  July  24ih,  1882. 
He  received  me  cordially;  and  when  1  stated  the 
object  of  my  call  he  seemed  to  forget  all  else 
and  entered  at  once  into  a  detailed  account  of 
the  abduction  and  murder  of  Captain  William 
Morgan.  I  told  him  ot  the  monument  that  was 
to  be  erected  to  Mr.  Morgan  at  Batavia  and 
asked  him.  to  be  present  and  take  part  in  the 
unveiling  ceremonies  on  the  13th  ot  September. 
He  listened  with  interest  and  expressed  his  en- 
tire approval,  and  gave  encouragement  that  if 
health  would  permit  he  would  be  present,  and 
if  unable  to  attend  in  person,  he  would,  if  pos- 
sible, prepare  and  send  to  be  read  on  the  occtasion, 
a  statement  of  facts.  Impaired  eye-sight  aod 
ill  health  prevented  liis  attendance,  but  he  was 
able,  by  the  aid  ot  an  amanuensis,  to  furnish 
one  of  the  ablest,  clearest  and  most  conclusive 
solutions  of  the  "Morgan  mystery"  given  lo  the 
American  piiblic.  it  is  a  document  that  should 
be  read  by  every  citizen  ot  our  country,  it  has 
been  issued  by  the  National  Christian  Associ- 
ation, 221  W.  Madison  St.,  Chicago,  in  i>amphiet 
form  accompanied  with  a  cut  of  the  Morgan 
monument  and  is  sent  to  any  address  on  receipt 
of  live  cents. 

My  next  call  was  on  September  23d,  after  the 
unveiling  at  Batavia,  and  on  the  day  when  that 
terrible  storm  was  raging  that  swept  the  At- 
lantic spabosrd,  Mr.  Weed's  grand-daughter 
answered  the  door  bell  and,  on  learning  my  name, 
said  '•  we  tiave  been  expectmg  you  ;  "  and  then 
led  the  way  to  the  room  where  Mr.  Weed  was 
resdui^r  ou  an  old-fashioned  lounge.  At  the 
mention  ot  my  name,  he  arose  and  extending  his 
hand,  said,  "  1  am  glad  to  see  you.  I  have  been 
reading  about  your  meeting  at  JBatavia  in  the 
papers,  and  I  want  to  know  all  about  it."  I 
gave  him  an  account  of  the  convention,  and  an- 
swered his  questions,  as  well  as  I  was  able.  He 
then  proposed  to  affix  his  affidavit  to  that  document 
read  at  the  Convention,  it  1  thought  it  would 
add  weight  to  it  with  the  people.  1  approved  ot 
the  suggestion  and  at  his  request  left  the  docu- 
ment lor  review,  and  his  affidavit.  To  show 
the  kindness  of  his  heart,  I  will  mention  one 
little  incident.  When  I  was  about  to  leave  Mr. 
Wefd  accompanied  me  to  the  door  and,  hearing 
the  rain  which  was  falling  profusely,  he  asked, 
"  Have  you  a  good  umbrella'^  "  i  replied  "  No, 
but  I  do  not  mind  the  rain,  I  ehall  get  along 
very  well  without  one."  He  replied  "you  must 
take  mine; "  and,  stretching  out  his  hand  to 
where  three  or  four  were  standing  in  a  case,  he 
8eleo,ted  one  with  a  silk  cover  and,  drawing  it  out 
said,  "  Here  take  this  ;  you  c-tn  return  it  when 
convenient."  J,  of  couree  accepted  of  his  kind 
offer. 

1  called  again  on  Monday  the  25th,  and  found 
him  cheerful  and  very  ready  to  converse.  He 
had  carefully  reviewed  his  paper  to  the  Conven- 
tion and  wished  me  to  leave  it  for  additions,  to 
which  1  assented.  He  then  related  in  an  easy, 
colloquial  way  many  incidents  of  his  life.  H'is 
earliest  recollections  were  in  his  father's  "  log 
cabin,"  when  he  used  to  climb  up  a  ladder  to  his 
little  bed  in  the  "  loft."  He  began  his  public 
life  as  a  journalist  and  continuedTiis  connection 
with  the  press  as  editor  and  correspondent  up  to 
within  a  few  days  of  his  death.  He  entered  the 
arena  or  politics  from  compulsion  rather  than 
choice. 

When  a  journeyman  printer  in  Rochester,  N. 
T.,  which  at  the  time  was  only  a  village,  there 
was  great  need  for  increased  banking  facilities. 
Two  unsuccessful  attempts,  attended  with  heavy 


(j.xjKjiiBe,  h:ii  bi.en  m  ido  to  obtiin  a  ehartir. 
Mr.  Weed  was  selected  to  make  a  third  effort 
and,  by  careful  management  succeeded  at  a  com- 
paratively trifling  expense.  This  success  was 
hit)  first  in'-roduc'^ion  to  the  favorable  notice  of 
men  of  political  influence;  and,  by  making  ju- 
dicious uf-e  of  the  auvantage  gained,  his  influence 
increased  until  he  attained  a  place  in  the  coun- 
sels of  statesmen,  seldom,  if  ever,  possessed  by 
any  ot'^er  American  citizen. 

About  this  time  (1826)  occurred  the  abduction 
and  murder  of  Capt.  Wm.  Morgan.  News 
reached  Rochester  from  Batavia,  only  eome 
thirty  miles  distant,  of  a  mteting  for  inquiry 
and  there  was  a  general  excitement  among  the 
citizens.  Mr.  Weed  alluded  to  the  report  in  a 
paper  which  he  was  then  publishing,  which  so 
incensed  the  Masons  that  they  withdrew  their 
subacriptiona  in  large  numbers,  and  began  hos- 
tile movements  agamet  him.  Mr.  Weed  promptly 
.resigned  connection  with  the  paper  to  save  his 
partner  from  financial  ruin,  and  looked  else- 
where for  employment.  At  Albany,  Troy,  and 
other  points  he  found  the  "  craft"  had  anticipa- 
ted his  applications,  and  managed  to  defeat  his 
efforts.  Thbse  things  bejjan  to  open  his  eyes, 
and  to  reveal  to  him  the  true  character  of  the 
lodge.  It  was  not  until  he  had  seen  the  lodges 
carry  a  muncipal  election  in  Rochester  over  both 
the  political  parties,  that  he  fully  comprehended 
their  power  ;  and,  even  then,  he  strove  with  all 
his  ability  to  keep  the  question  of  Anti-masonry 
out  of  State  politics,  and  so  preserve  intact  the 
Whig  party  to  which  he  belonged. 

The  people,  however,  were  aroused,  and,  de- 
spite the  efforts  of  Seward,  Granger,  Weed  and 
others,  they  took  the  question  to  the  ballot-box 
and  kept  it  there  until  they  triumphed  in  the 
State  politics  ot  New  York  and  several  other 
State*,  snd  228, OOU  votes  were  cast  for  Wirt  and 
EUmaker.  Seward  and  Weed  were  firm  friends, 
and  Mr.  Weed  ardently  desired  Mr.  Seward's 
election  to  the  Presidency.  In  this  desire  almost 
the  whole  country  concurred.  Extensive  prep- 
aradons  were  made  for  Mr.  Seward's  nomination 
at  the  Chicago  convention  in  1860.  Mr.  Greeley 
was  opposed  to  Seward's  nomination,  and  se- 
cured the  appointment  of  delegates  in  Vermont, 
who  entertained  the  same  views.  In  relating 
the  history  of  that  movement  Mr.  Weed  re- 
marked, '•  It  is  said  Greeley  packed  the  Ver- 
mont delegation  through  the  lodges;  but  I  never 
could  believe  that  he  would  resort  to  such  a 
measure.  Vet  it  is  said  that  every  Vermont 
delegate  was  a  Freemason,  and  the  delegation 
went  solid  against  Seward."  Speaking  ot  the 
Virginia  delegates  he  said  they  were  instructed 
for  Seward,  but  in  convention  they  disregarded 
their  instructions.  Afterwards  two  of  those 
Virginia  delegates  explained  to  Mr.  Weed  the 
reason  of  their  course  m  the  convention  by  say- 
ing :  "  We  were  not  aware,  until  we  reached 
Chicago,  that  this  was  the  Seward  who  had  so 
much  to  do  with  the  Anti-masonic  excitement 
in  western  New  York." 

After  Mr.  Lincoln's  election,"  he  often  sum- 
moned Mr.  W  eed  lor  counsel  at  critical  periods 
during  the  war  and  was  largely  influenced  by 
his  advice  in  making  appointments.  When  our 
affairs  with  Great  Britain  were  becoming  com- 
plicated on  account  of  the  Mason-Slidell  case  and 
the  Alabama  difficulty,  President  Lincoln  sent 
Mr.  Weed  on  a  mission  of  peace.  With  his 
daughter,  he  landed  in  Paris  and  there  waited 
advices  from  Hon.  Charles  Francis  Adams,  then 
Minister  at  her  Majesty's  court.  Receiving  an 
invitation,  he  hastened  to  London  and,  after  a 
conference  with  Mr.  Adams,  at  length  secured 
an  interview  with  Lord  John  Russell,  Prime 
Minister  of  England,  at  his  country  seat.  The 
great  rebellion,  and  especially  the  Alabama  dif- 
ficulty, was  the  theme  of  discussion.  Lord  Rus 
sell  was  unyielding  in  his  demands  that  humilia- 
ting reparation  should  be  made  for  the  insult 
offered  to  the  British  flag.  Earnest  conference 
followed  in  which  the  whole  case  was  canvassed 
and  the  wrong. which  our  goverment  had  done 
was  freely  acknowledged.  Lord  Russell  was 
stern,  and  the  conversation  closed  with  little 
prospect  of  an  amicable  settlement.  Lady  Rue- 
sell  had  been  a  silent,  but  a  deeply  interested 
listener.    She  invited  Mr.  Weed  to  view   the 


parks  and  grounds  around  their  maiiSion  i>nd 
when  about  to  dismiss  him,said  quietly,  "  vYomen 
are  not  supposed  to  know  anything  of  pontics, 
or  to  have  any  influence  in  affairs  of  state,  but 
i  thought  it  might  be  a  comfort  to  you  to  know- 
that  you  have  one  friend."  Mr.  Weed  assured 
ma  that  this  was  the  first  ray  ot  hope  that  ap- 
peared in  the  case,  and  that  it  lifted  a  hccivy  load 
from  his  heart.  He  then  gave  a  detailed  account 
of  how,  through  the  influence  of  Lady  Russell, 
aided  by  other  ladies  at  court  whom  she  enlisted 
with  her,  the  document  that  had  been  prepared 
as  the  final  demand  of  the  British  goverumcui  on 
our  own,  was  brought  to  the  Queen's  notice. 
Atter  reading  it  the  Queen  exclaimed,"  Oh  1  can- 
not think  of  a  bloody  war  between  our  govern- 
ment and  the  United  States!"  Sue  iheu  took 
her  pen,  and  with  her  own  baud  erased  the  moat 
offensive  features  of  the  demand,  and,  then 
sent  for  Prince  Albert  to  ask  his  advice. 
The  Prince  was  too  ill  to  leave  his  room.  She 
then  sent  the  revised  paper  to  him.  He  made 
still  further  modifications  which  so  changed  the 
conditions  imposed  that  our  government  could 
make  the  concession  without  compromising  its 
own  honor  and  sell  respect;  England  was  kept 
from  open  alliance  with  the  confederate  States; 
and  thus  a  double  war,  with  Great  Bntam  and 
the/Rebellion,  was  averted^at  the  most  critical 
moment  ot  our  nation's  existence,  under  God 
by  the  sagacious  statesmanship  of  Mr.  Weed, 
aided  by  Lady  Ruseell  and  other  ladies  at  court. 
Thousands  of  lives  and  millions  ot  property 
were  saved,  and  amicable  relations  inaintciined 
between  the  two  dominant  powers  in  the  civil- 
ized world!  Had  Mr.  Weed  accomplithed  noth- 
ing more  than  this  one  victory,  he  would  have 
deserved  the  deepest  gratitude  of  every  patriot 
and  philantbropist  on  this  globe,  and  merited  a 
place  among  the  most  distinguished  of  the  great 
men  of  earth. 

After  listening  for  hours  to  the  recital  of  un- 
written history  in  connection  with  the  most  im- 
portant events  in  our  civil  history,  I  said,  ''Mr. 
Weed,  how  does  it  come  that  while  you  have 
been  making  other  men  Presidents,  senators  and 
governors,  you  have  never  been  President  your- 
self?'' He  replied,  "I  never  wanted  an  office, 
and  wouldn't  have  one.  This  the  paliticians 
knew;  and  they  always  confided  in  me,  knowing 
that  I  would  not  betiay  or  supplant  them.  The 
men  who  have  the  greatest  influence  in  shaping 
national  movements  are  not,  as  a  rule,  the  men 
who  come  prominently  before  the  people;  but 
the  men  who  study  public  affairs,  and  wisely 
but  quietly  control  them."  It  will  be  acknowl- 
edged, I  think,  by  all  who  knew  Mr.  VV^eed, 
that  he  practiced  his  own  theory  with  great  fidel- 
ity, and  that  this,  with  other  great  qualities,  was 
the  secret  of  his  success. 

My  last  visit  to  Mr.  Weed  was  on  the  28 ch  of 
September.  He  had  carefully  revised  his  letter 
and  made  such  additions  as  he  wished;  so  that 
it  is  the  thoroughly  considered  and  carefully 
revised  statement  ot  his  accurate  recollections. 
He  called  in  a  notary  and  said,  "I  wish  to  make 
oath  to  this  paper  in  the  most  direct  and  simple 
form."  Mr.  Doty  then  wrote  the  following 
form  of  oath: 

Thurlow  Weed,  being  duly  sworn,  says  that  Ihe   fore- 
going statements  are  true. 

THURLOW  WEED. 
Subscribed  and  sworn  to  before  me  this  28tli  day  of 
September,  1882. 

Spencer  C  Doty,  Notary  Public, 
17  Union  Squaie,  i!^ew  York  City. 

to  which  Mr.  Weed,  while  I  looked   on,  affixed 
his  signature,  with  his  own  trembling  hand. 


— A  mural  tablet  has  been  erected  in  the  1st 
church  of  New  Haven  reading  as  follows: 

BY  THE  QRiCR  OF  GOD 

LEONARD  BACON. 

A  servant  of  Jesus  Christ  and  of  all  men  for  his  sake 
here  preached  the  gospel  for  fifty-seven  years.  Fearing 
God  and  having  no  fear  beside,  loving  rigliteousuess  and 
hating  iniquity,  friend  of  liberty  and  law,  he'psr  of  Caris- 
tian  missions,  teacher  of  teachers,  promoter  of  every  good 
work.  He  blessed  the  city  and  the  Nation  by  ceaseless 
labors  and  a  holy  life,  and  departed  peacefully  into  rest 
December  24th,  1881,  leaving  the  world  belter  lor  having 
lived  in  it. 


10 


THE  CHHISTIAN  CYNOSURE. 


November  gO,  1889 


HOME  CIRCLE. 


A  Worker's   Prayer. 

Dismias  me  not  Thy  service.  Lord, 

But  traia  me  for  Thy  will; 
For  even  I,  la  fleltle  so  broad, 

Some  duties  may  fulfill. 
And  I  will  ask  for  no  reward 

Except  to  serve  TUee8till. 

How  many  serve,  how  many  more 

May  to  the  service  come; 
To  tend  the  vines,  the  grapes  to  store. 

Thou  dost  appoint  for  some ; 
Thou  ha»t  Thy  young  men  at  the  war. 

Thy  little  ones  at  home. 

All  works  are  good,  and  each  is  best 

As  most  it  pleases  Thee; 
Each  worker  pleases  when  the  rest 

He  serves  in  charity; 
And  neither  man  nor  work  unblest 

Wilt  thon  permit  to  be, 

Onr  Master  all  th»  work  hath  done 

He  asks  of  us  to-day ; 
Sharln?  His  service,  every  one 

Share,  too.  His  sonship  may. 
Lord,  I  would  serve  and  be  a  son; 

Dismiss  me  not  I  pray. 


—Selected. 


At  the  Prison  Gate. 


"  Passing  the  State's  prisou  in  Wetherefield 
en  foot,  one  morniug,  thirty  years  ago,"  said  an 
rid  getitleuian  recently,  one  of  the  prison  com- 
niifcSioners  ol  the  State  of  Connecticut.  "  I  saw 
the  gate  open,  a  nuan  come  onl,  and  the  gate 
cl(  ee  again  The  caan  looked  pale,  and  worn, 
and  sad.  He  stood  by  the  gate  in  the  broad 
ilf<y  sunshine  in  a  perplexed  and  undecided  way, 
and  1  noticed  that  the  tears  were  streaming 
down  his  cheeks.  He  looked  up  and  down  the 
ruad,  np  at  the  tky,  and  then  etcod  with  bowed 
head 

"  '  Where,  now,  my  friend?'  I  asked  cheer- 
fully. 

'• '  1  don't  know,  good  sir,'  replied  the  man, 
sadly. 

"  '  1  am  walking  to  Hartford  ;  take  passage 
wilu  me,'  1  said. 

"  '  i  ou  won't  care  to  be  seen  in  such  company,' 
he  replied,  looking  at  me  incredulously.  'Per- 
haj  s  \ou  don't  understand  that  I  have  just 
wciked  out  a  sentence  in  the  State's  prison 
hfc-ie.' 

'  •  i  understand^'  I  said.  'We  are  all  way- 
farers; come  aloiig  and  we  will  tak  the  matter 
over,  and  decide  as  we  go  what  can  be  done  for 
you.' 

'■  it  was  a  lovely,  warm  day.  We  walked 
slow! J'  and  talked  a  good  deal,  or  rather  my 
companion  talked,  and  1  encouraged  him  to  do 
so.  He  answered  my  questions  trankly,  clutch- 
ing hungrily  at  my  ready  sympathy. 

'•  i  louna  that  he  bad  made  shoes  in  the  prison. 
*  1  never  had  a  trade  before,'  he  said.  '  1  think 
it  1  had,  1  would  not  have  fallen  into  errors. 
Had  i  had  a  legitimate  way  of  getting  a  living, 
J  wuu  d  not  have  been  tempted  as  1  was.  1  have 
a  g.  ud  trade  to  begin  on  now,  however.  1  have 
brougut  that  atvay  with  me,  as  well  as  a  bitter 
meiuory  and  a  lasting  disgrace.' 

"  '  it  is  not  the  fact  of  your  being  in  prison, 
but  I  he  crime  that  carried  you  there,  wherein 
lits  the  sin,'  i  said. 

'• '  ii\!t  those  who  are  not  found  out  escape  the 
disgrace,'  he  replied  bitterly,  with  a  deep  sigh; 
auu  i  hastened  to  tay  : 

•• '  i  think  i  know  a  man  here  in  the  city  who 
will  hire  you.  He  is  a  large  shoe  manufacturer, 
and  i  am  sure  he  will  make  a  place  for  you 
a«  a  favor  to  me,  even  if  ho  does  not  really  need 
a  man.' 

••  The  more  I  thought  about  it,  the  more  con- 
iideut  i  felt  that  my  friend  would  take  him  into 
his  manufactory. 

''  ■  it  i  was  in  your  place,'  I  said,  ab  we  entered 
the  cuy,  "  i  would  not  li&p  a  word  about  having 
bUi'Jj  in  prison.' 

"  i'he  poor  fellow  stopped  short  and  looked 
at  me.  The  hopolul  look  dropped  out  of  his  face, 
his  eyes  fiiied  with  tears,  and  he  said,  in  a  broken 
voice : 

'•  *  i  ou  have  been  very  kind,  but  1  had  better 
bid  you  good-bye,  sir.  i  cannot  live  and  lie.  I 
proxuised  my  ii^od  lait  aiglit|  ia  uy  oeU  XhaA  wm 


60  dark  at  titst,  but  so  light  at  last,  when  Jesus 
came  to  me  there,  that  I  would  he  true  whatever 
befell  me,  and  1  will  keep  my  word." 

"  Forgive  me  lor  tempting  you  at  the  outset,' 
i  fcaid;  '  Come  on.' 

"  I  saw  my  friend,  and  told  him  the  whole 
story.  He  had  a  little  talk  with  my  man,  and 
made  a  bargram  with  him.  That  night,  just  at 
the  hour  for  the  shop  to  close,  we  three  went 
into  the  work  room. 

'' '  Here  is  a  poor  fellow  who  was  discharged 
this  morning  from  the  Connecticut  State's  pris- 
on,' said  the  proprietor.  '  I  am  going  to  give 
him  a  start  in  lite  by  taking  him  into  the  shop  ; 
he  will  begin  work  to-morrow' 

*'  There  were  indignant  glances  among  the 
men,  and  one  spoke  up  hastily : 

"  '  1  shall  leave  if  he  stays.  I  will  not  work 
with  a  jail-bird." 

"  '  Very  well,"  said  the  employer,  '  any  one 
who  wifches  to  leave  can  bring  in  a  bill  of  his 
time  in  the  morning.' 

"  Only  one  man,  the  man  who  had  constituted 
himself  spokesman,  left. 

"  Ten  years  later,  that  discharged  convict  was 
the  owner  of  that  manufactory,  and  the  man  who 
would  not  work  with  a 'jail- bird '  was  one  of 
the  journeymen.  As  I  said,  to  begin  with,  that 
was  thirty  years  ago.  That  man  whom  I  met  at 
the  prison  door  is  now  a  Senator  in  the  Legisla- 
ture of  one  of  the  largest  New  England  States. 
He  said  to  me  this  day  : 

•' '  I  tremble  when  I  think  what  the  result 
might  have  been  had  au  evil  instead  of  a  good 
friend  met  me  outside  the  prison  door.'  " — An- 
nie A.  Preston  in  Advocate  and  Guardian. 


Week  Day  Sermons. 


BY  MISS  E.  E.  FLAGG. 


We  hear  a  great  deal  about  the  'aws  of  eti- 
quette. There  are  treatises  on  the  subject  easily 
procured  and  about  as  helpful  as  a  complete 
letter  writer  with  its  forme  of  every  kind  of 
epistolary  communication,  from  the  schoolboy's 
first  effort  to  fashionable  billet-doux ;  from  let- 
ters of  love  or  friendship  to  the  dry  est  business 
note.  Hun  your  eye  dov?n  the  column  of  ques- 
tions and  answers  in  any  society  paper,  and  sr-e 
how  some  poor  souls  are  exercised  over  "  things 
to  no  profit," — anxiously  inquiring  whether  this 
or  that  style  of  introduction,  this  or  that  mode 
of  serving  a  dish  or  helping  a  guest  is  in  strict 
accordance  with  polite  usage.  And  not  a  hun- 
dred years  ago  a  great  religious* paper  whose 
name  is  a  household  word  opened  its  columns  to 
discuss  that  particular  breach  of  etiquette  which 
consists  in  eaiing  with  the  knife  1  iSow  whether 
or  no  the  subject  was  one  suited  to  the  dignity 
of  a  great  denominational  organ  may  be  fairly 
questioned,  but  there  is  no  questioning  the  fact 
that  so  long  as  we  live  on  the  world  the  laws  of 
good  society, — those  written  and  unwritten  prin- 
ciples of  good  breeding  that  govern  social  inter- 
course— must  have  their  due  weight.  Human 
nature  so  prone  to  extremes  is  apt  to  magnify 
them  into  overshadowing  importance,  or  belittle 
them  as  things  of  no  coneequence.  And  as  the 
former  mistake  is  the  more  common  of  the  two, 
this  brief  article  is  written  with  the  hope  that 
some  young  Christian  brother  or  sister  who  feels 
sorely  his  or  her  ignorance  on  many  nice  points 
of  social  etiquette  may  be  helped  thereby. 

Paul  exhoits  us  "  to  be  without  carefulness." 
Whj?  Because  our  one  supreme  object  of 
anxious  thought  and  desire  should  be, — and 
again  i  quote  St.  Paul,  for  what  grander  ex- 
pounder of  Christian  duty  save  the  great  teacher 
himself  walked  ou  earth? — "that  1  may  win 
Christ  and  be  found  in  him,  not  having  mine 
own  righteousness  which  is  ot  the  law,  but  that 
which  IS  through  the  faith  of  Christ,  the  right- 
eousness which  ia  ot  God  by  faith;  that  I  may 
know  him,  and  the  power  ot  his  resurrection  and 
the  fellowship  of  his  sufferings,  being  made  con- 
formable unto  his  death."  When  an  ambition  so 
grand,  lar  reaching,  all-embracing  possesses  the 
soul  of  man  or  woman,  what  room  for  anxious 
fear  lest  they  offend  some  of  the  thousand  and 
one  rules  laid  down  by  social  etiquette?  What 
place  for  "  carefulness"  over  the  fashion  of  this 
world  that  passeth  away  ? " 

*'£at  70uliAT«  jut  Mid  th«M  thingi  bare 


their  importance;"  puts- in  tii is  same  Chrisliau 
brother  or  sister.  "  L)o  uncouth  ways  or  awk- 
ward manners  honor  Christ?  jVerily  not,  beloved. 
"  Charitj  doth  not  behave  herself  unseemly." 

"  Then  do  you  know  where  I  could  procure 
some  book  of  plain  simple  rules  to  guide  me  in 
these  matters?" 

I  was  once  sitting  by  the  side  of  a  dear  old 
mother  in  Israel  whose  eyes  are  blind  to  the 
glories  of  this  world  while  the  eyes  of  her  un- 
derstanding have  grown  piercing  as  the  eagles  ; 
and  in  the  course  of  our  conversation  the  subject 
came  up. 

"  It  used  to  give  me  a  great  deal  of  anxiety 
when  I  was  young,"  she  said,  smiling  ;"  so  much 
that  I  sent  and  bought  me  a  work  on  etiquette 
— a  real  nice  one,  bat  everything  in  it  of  impor- 
tance to  regard  I  fouad  my  own  dear  mother 
had  taught  me.  And  now  1  believe  that  the 
Lord  will  guide  and  instruct  his  children  even  in 
such  a  thing  as  this.  The  three  Christian  graces 
are  all  the  teachers  of  etiquette  they  need.  One 
who  is  a  pupil  in  tlieir  school  will  be  careful  of 
everybody's  feelings;  will  not  obtrude  his  own 
personal  affairs  in  general  conversation ;  will 
always  prefer  others  before  himself,  and  act  in 
short  like  a  true  gentleman." 

"  But  these  non-essentials — these  minor  points 
of  etiquette,  what  is  to  be  done  with  them?"  I 
inquired. 

"  My  dear,  when  these  Christian  graces— and 
the  greatest  ot  these  is  love,  remember — set  up 
their  gchool  in  any  heart,  such  things  can  be 
safely  left  to  take  care  of  themselves.  Some  are 
not  worth  minding,  others  are  to  be  regarded 
because  they  have  their  roots  in  the  great  foun- 
dation principles  that  underlie  all  good  breeding, 
*but  a  Christian  keenly  alive  to  the  honor  of  his 
Master  will  soon  learn  to  distinguish  between 
the  gold  and  the  dross.  The  three  Christian 
graces  do  not  teach  without  a  text- book, — and 
that  text- book  you  do  not  need  to  be  told  is  the 
Bible." 

1  know  she  was  rijht.  I  know  that  God's 
grand  word  of  truth  partakes  ot  his  own  great- 
nt'ss.  He  who  numbers  the  hairs  of  our  head 
and  notes  the  fall  of  the  sparrow,  while  he 
guides  the  course  of  empires,  and  the  far  higher 
concerns  of  that  spiritual  realm  of  which  we 
know  nothing,  has  madeit  just  what  it  is  ; — with 
counsel  for  the  smallest  perplexities  of  human 
life  as  well  as  balm  for  its  most  crushing  sorrows; 
— a  book  whose  one  great  purpose  is  to  teach 
the  way  of  salvation,  noi-  literature,  or  science, 
or  jurisprudence,  yet  this  same  book  has  moulded 
literature  till  our  nobiest  fiction  and  our  grand- 
est poetry  are  full  of  its  inspiration.  It  has 
taught  in  dim  allegory  secrets  that  the  eternal 
rocks  are  slowly  giving  up  to  the  curious  gaze  of 
the  scientist,  and  more  and  more  is  the  pendulum 
ot  human  law  beginning  to  vibrate  in  accoi  dance 
with  those  divine  principles  of  justice  laid  down 
in  its  pages. 

Dear  Christian  readers,  "  henceforth  let  no 
man  trouble  you."  Study  in  the  sehooi  of  the 
Christian  graces.  Let  love  be  your  chief  teacher, 
and  the  Bible  your  only  book  of  etiquette. 


MoEAL  Decay  in  the  Family  is  the  invariable 
prelude  to  public  corruption.  It  is  a  false  dis- 
tinction which  we  make  between  public  integrity 
and  private  honor.  The  man  whom  you  cannot 
admit  into  your  family,  whose  morals  are  cor- 
rupt, can  not  be  a  pure  statesman.  Whoever 
studies  history  will  be  profoundly  convinced 
that  a  nation  stands  or  falls  with  the  sanctity  of 
its  domestic  ties.  Rome  mixed  with  Greece  and 
learned  her  morals.  The  Goth  was  at  her  gates; 
but  she  fell  not  until  she  was  corrupted  and 
tainted  at  the  heart.  The  domestic  corruption 
preceded  the  political.  When  there  was  no 
longer  purity  on  her  hearth-stones,  nor  integrity 
in  her  Senate,  then  and  not  till  then,  her  death- 
knell  was  rung. — Rohfrtson. 


— Do  not  wade  far  out  into  the  dangerous  sea 
of  this  world's  comfort.  Take  the  good  that 
God  provides  for  you,  but  say  of  it,  "  It  passeth 
away,  for  indeed  it  is  but  a  temporary  need." 
Never  suffer  your  goods  to  become  your  god. — 
Spurg^on, 


J 


Norember  30,  1882 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE. 


11 


LESSONS   FOR   THE  DAY. 


Song  of   Thanksgiving. 

When  all  Thy  mercies,  O  my  God, 

My  rising  Boul  surveys, 
Traneported  with  the  view,  I'm  lost 

In  wonder,  love,  and  praise. 

O  how  shall  words  with  equal  warmth 

The  gratitude  declare, 
That  glows  within  my  ravish'd  heart  I 

But  thou  canst  read  it  there. 

To  all  my  weak  complaints  and  cries 

Thy  mercy  lent  an  ear. 
Ere  yet  my  feeble  thoughts  had  learnt 

To  form  themselves  in  prayer. 

Unnumbered  comforts  on  my  soul 

Thy  tender  care  bestowed, 
Before  my  infant  heart  conceived 

From  whence  these  comforts  flowed. 

Through  hidden  dangers,  toils,  aud  death. 

It  gently  clear'd  my  way ; 
And  through  the  pleasing  snares  of  vice. 

More  to  be  feared  than  they. 

Ten  thousand,  thousand  precious  gifts 

My  daily  thanks  employ ; 
Nor  is  the  least  a  cheerful  heart 

That  tastes  those  gifts  with  joy. 

Through  every  period  of  my  life 

Thy  goodness  1 11  pursue; 
And  after  death,  in  distant  worlds. 

That  glorious  theme  renew. 

Through  all  eternity  to  Thee 

A  Joyful  gong  I'll  raise ; 
But  0 1  eternity's  too  short 

To  utter  all  Thy  praise  I 

—Addison. 

For  What  to  Give    Thanks. 

REV.    J.   H.    BROOKES. 

I.  .For  God's  goodness.  O  give  thanks  unto 
the  Lord;  for  he  is  good;  for  his  mercy  en- 
dureth  forever,  i  Chron.  xvi,  31;  Pa.  cvii,  i; 
cxviii,  I. 

II.  For  his  holiness.  Sing  unto  the  Lord,  O 
ye  saints  of  hie,  and  give  thanks  at  the  remem- 
brance *of  his  holiness.  Ps.  xxx,  4  ;  xcvii,  12  ; 
cxl,  13. 

III.  For  revealing  himself.  Unto  thee,  O 
God,  do  we  give  thanks,  unto  thee  da  we  give 
thanks  ;  for  that  thj  name  is  near,  thy  wonder- 
ous  works  declare.  Ps.  Ixxv,  i ;  cxxxviii,  2  ;  i. 
Thess.  ii,  13. 

IV.  For  the  gift  of  his  Son.  Thanks  be  unto 
God  for  his  unspeakable  gift,  2  Cor.  ix,  15.  For 
God  80  loved  the  world,  that  he  gave  his  only 
begotten  Son,  that  whosoever  believeth  in  him 
should,  not  perish,  but  have  everlasting  life. 
John  iii,  16;  Rom.  vi,  23. 

V.  For  a  present  salvation.  Giving  thanks 
unto  the  father,  which  hath  made  us  meet  to  be 
partakers  of  the  inheritance  of  the  saints  in  light; 
who  hath  delivered  us  fioin  the  power  of  dark- 
ness, and  hath  translated  ua  into  the  kingdom 
of  his  dear  Son.     Col.  i,  12,  13;  John  vi,  47. 

.  VI.  For  mctory.  The  sting  of  dea'th  is  sin  ; 
and  the  strength  of  sin  is  the  law.  Bat  thanks 
be  to  God,  which  gi-  eth  us  the  victory  through 
our  Lord  Jesus  Christ,  i  Cor.  xv,  56,57  ;  Rom. 
vii,  25. 

VII.  For  everything.  In  everything  give 
thanks  ;for  this  is  the  will  of  God  in  Christ  Jesus 
concerning  you.  1  Thess.  v,  18.  Be  careful  for 
nothing ;  but  in  everything  by  prayer  and  sup- 
plication, with  thanksgiving,  let  your  requests  be 
made  known  to  God.  Phil,  iv,  6;  Eph.  v,  20. — 
Selected. 


A  True  Incident 

A  iarmei  who  had  recently  listened  to  an  ex- 
position from  the  text  found  in  Isaiah,  "  The  ox 
knoweth  his  owner,  and  the  ass  his  master's  crib ; 
but  Israel  doth  not  know,  my  people  doth  not 
consider,"  was  giving  food  to  his  stock,  when 
one  of  his  oxen,  evidently  grateful  for  his  care, 
fell  to  licking  his  bare  arm.  Instantly  with  this 
simple  incident  the  Holy  Spirit  flashed  convic- 
tion on  the  farmer's  mind.  He  burst  into  tears, 
and  exclaimed,  "It  is  all  true,  flow  wonder- 
ful is  God's  Word  I  This  poor  dumb  brute  is 
really  more  grateful  to  me  than  1  am  to  God, 
and  yet  I  am  in  debt  to  him  for  everything. 
What  a  sinner  I  am!  " 

The  lesson  had  found  its  way  to  his  heart, 
and  wrought  there  effectually  to  lead  him  to 
Ohrut. — Am.  Messenger. 


Mrs.  Oldham's  Thanksgiving  Dream. 

Thanksgiving  wa=  over.  That  is,  the  sermon 
had  been  preached,  the  dinner  eaten,  and  the 
yue^ts  were  gvjue.  Mrs.  Oldham  had  drawn  the 
curtains  aud  wae  musing  alone  in  lier  hindsomc 
parlor  which  a  '"ew  minutes  beloro  resounded  with 
wit  and  sono:  and  glitter<'d  in  the  rich  attire  ol 
the;  assembled  gueets. 

•'  1  will  write  to  him  this  very  night,"  she  said. 
Drawing  her  writing  desk  toward  the  fire  she 
I' .luiiieuced  a  letter,  but  had  only  written  the 
Jaty  when  she  dropped  her  pen  aud  recline^  on 
rt  lounge  near  by.  Resting  upon  this  she  seemed 
struggling  to  gather  her  thoughts  on  a  subject 
in  hand.  A  few  minutes  parsed  when  the  maid 
•jpei  ed  the  door  saying; 

"  Madame,  a  gentleman  wishe?  to  see  you" 

Scarcely  comprehending  the  message,  she  re- 
plied absently  : 

"  Show  him  into  this  room." 

The  door  opened  instantly,  and  a  well  dressed 
rjiit  seedy-looking  man,  with  a  sorrowful,  care- 
worn countenance  entered,  and,  without  invita- 
Liou,  drew  a  chair  to  the  grate  and  seated  him- 
self there. 

Mrs.  Oldham  arose  quickly,  and  after  the  first 
iremor  at  seeing  a  stranger  thus  bold  and  fam- 
miliar,  felt  all  fear  pass,  and  in  its  stead  a  real 
pity  for  a  forlorn  man. 

"  My  friend,"  she  said,  "  your  face  is  familiar, 
but  1  cannot  recall  the  p'ace  or  time  of  my  ac- 
quaintance with  you.     I — " 

'*  I  preiume.not,"  he  said  with  a  smile,  "  but 
that  is  no  matter  of  importance.  I  have  known 
people  to  forget  their  own  kindred." 

"  Tell  me  this,  my  friend,"  she  continued, 
"  have  we  met  before?     Do  you  know  me?" 

'•Yes,  indeed.  We  were  childrei  together, 
[knew  you  very  well.  I  «m  glad  t^  see  you 
surrounded  with  so  much  comfort." 

"  Children  togetherl  Weil,  then  I  cau  guess 
your  name,"  Mrs.  Oidhain  said,  "for  my  child- 
hood acquaintances  were  few.  1  am  to  have  the 
pleasure  ot  greeting  an  old  time  friend.  You 
are  none  other  than  Paul  Thornton." 

"  Quite  wrong." 

"  Iinposuble!  Thenyouare  Will,  his  brother." 

"  Wrong  again." 

"  Can  it  ba  that  you  are  Jonathan  Jarvis?  " 

"  Far  from  it.  Jonathan  has  been  dead  these 
many  years,  poor  boy!" 

There  is  only  one  left.  Yon  are  Richard 
Turnip!"  Confident  of  having  guessed  right 
tins  time,  Mrs.  Oidham  arose  and  extended  ner 
hand  to  greet  her  visitor. 

"  Not  yet,"  he  said,  with  a  sigh.  "  There  is 
another  childhood  playmate  whom  you  have  not 
mentioned." 

While  he  thus  spoke  the  visitor  drew  still 
closer  to  the  grate  and  stretched  his  thin,  pale 
hands  into  the  flame,  and  rubbed  them  together 
as  if  chilled  through.  Mrs,  Oldham  rang  the 
bell  and  the  maid  appeared,  to  whom  she  gave  a 
whispered  order.  The  maid  soon  returned  with 
a  tray,  loaded  with  fragments,  gathered  from  the 
remains  of  the  dinner,  and  an  urn  full  of  smok- 
ing coffee,  the  aroma  of  which  soon  filled  the 
room. 

"  That  is  for  you,"  Mrs.  Oldham  said.  "  You 
look  cold  and  hungry." 

Without  a  word  he  took  the  tray  upon  his 
knee,  drank  the  coffee  slowly  and  with  evident 
relish,  and  then  with  great  deliberation  filled  his 
pockets  with  the  edibles. 

"  These  things,"  said  he,  "  I  will  take  to  my 
wife  and  babies." 

Mrs.  Oldham  interposed  no  objection,  but  said 
inquiringly  : 

"Then  you  have  a  wife  and  babies?" 

"Indeed  ihave!  Such  a  wife;  so  sweet,  so 
gentle,  so  generous,  so  patient,  and  such  babies  1 
Perfect  copies  of  their  mother." 

Saying  this,  he  drew  near  to  where  Mrs.  Old- 
ham sat  and  continued  : 

"  That's  why  I  am  hear  to-night — that  wife 
and  those  babies.  They  did  not  send  me,  nor  do 
they  know  I  am  here,  but  for  their  sake  I  am 
here.     You  know  my  wife?  " 

"  Perhaps  I  do.  But  how  can  I  tell,  when  I 
do  not  recall  your  name?" 

"  Oh,  yes  ;  sure  enough;  but  I  forgot.  But 
then  I  know  you  know  her.    My  wife  sings,  and 


so  do  yov'..      Let.  us  sing  some  of  th^jso  old  aougs 
we  siing  years  ago." 

So  saying  he  led  the  way  into  the  parlor, 
lighted  the  gas,  saying?  "  We  have  no  gts  in 
our  house.  Our  home  is  in  a  lu^  *'abin."  He 
opened  the  piano  and  said,  "  Wo  have  no  piano 
now." 

Mrs.  Oldham  took  the  place  at  the  piano,  and 
the  visitor  selected  the  music  from  the  huge  lot 
on  the  stand.  She  struck  the  chords  and  he 
commenced  to  sing.  She  tiied  to  follow,  but  in 
vain,  nor  did  she  p'.ay.  He  Siug  on  and  on.  He 
•ang  boyish  gices,  anthems,  songs,  hymoti,  chants 
and  roundos.  His  voice  was  cracked,  as  though 
he  had  been  long  exposed  to  cold  and  hunger. 
When  he  had  done,  she  motioned  him  into  the 
room  where  the  tire  was. 

"  No,"  said  he,  "  this  is  good  enough  for  me. 
This  is  warmer  than  my  houSe  when  we  have  a 
fire.  The  wind  whistles  through  the  chinks, 
and  through  the  fl^or,  and  around  the  windows 
and  the  door,and  nothing  is  warm  but  our  hearts." 

"Came,  my  friend,  let  uu  go  to  the  fire,"  said 
Mrs.  Oldham,  beginning  to  fear  she  hid  a  mad- 
man for  her  visitor.  At  the  thought  her  heart 
sank  within  her,  but  she  seemed  powerless  to 
call  for  help.  Her  husband  had  left  on  ihe  late 
afternoon  train  on  a  business  trip.  Her  daughter 
was  away  at  school,  and  the  maid  had  retired  for 
the  night 

When  they  came  again  by  the  fire  the  visitor 
resumed  his  mild  and  grateful  air. 

"  Ruth,"  said  he,  and  added,  seeing  her  look 
of  surprise,  "  that  is  what  1  called  you  years  ago; 
Ruth,  1  propose  that  you  and  your  family  change 
places  with  me  and  my  family,  but  not  without 
a  sufficient  consideration  to  atone  for  the  differ- 
eace  in  the  value  of  our  property  and  the  de- 
sirableness of  our  locat'on — socially  and  other  - 
wise." 

"Sir,"  said  Mrs.  Oldham,  "you  may  be  all 
you  claim  for  yourself,  an  old-time  friend  and 
all  that,  but  I  cannot  suffer  you  to  longer  intrude 
upon  my  time  and  premises,"  and  arising  she 
attempted  to  ring  the  bell,  but  was  prevented 
by  her  visitor  coming  before  her  and  saying 

"  I  am  sory  to  intrude  upon  your  time,  but  as 
to  the  premises,  when  the  trade  is  made,  you 
will  be  the  iutruder,  not  I.  In  the  meantime 
have  no  fears.  I  am  not  mad.  I  will  do  you 
no  harm." 

Remembering  that  all  crazy  people  claim  to  be 
sane,  and  that  the  best  way  to  deal  with  them  is 
to  humor  their  whims,  she  seated  herself  again 
and  endeavored  to  listen  and  talk  carelessly  as 
before. 

"  Do  you  believe  the  Bible  ?  "  said  he. 

"  I  do,  most  sincerely." 

"  Then  you  endorse  the  sentiment  that  it  is 
more  blessed  to  give  than  receive?  " 

"  I  do,  but — but — then,  you  see — " 

"  Yes,  I  see.  You  want  to  be  charitable  and 
let  others  have  that  blessing.  Do  you  approve 
the  doctrine.  'Owe  no  man  anything  but  to 
love  one  another?'." 

"  With  all  my  soul." 

"  Are  you  in  debt?  " 

'•  Thank  Providence,  I  am  not.  I  make  it  a 
rule  to  pay  as  1  go." 

"  Is  this  house  youis?  See  this  furniture,  the 
piano,  the  organ,  this  jewelry,  are  they  youts?" 

"They  are  all  mine.  My  husband  give  them 
to  me.  He  h&s  been  very  successful  of  late, 
and—" 

"  Was  he  always  wealthy  ? " 

"No, when  we  were  married  he  was  quite  poor." 

"  Where  did  he  get  his  capital?  " 

"My  brother  let  him  have  it." 

"Was  your  brother  wealthy?" 

'  Oh,  no;  not  to  cpeak  of.  He  was  well  to  do, 
and  had  unlimited  credit,  so  he  borrowed  money 
and  mortgaged  his  place  to  help  us." 

"  Well,  go  on.     1  am  much  interested." 

"  The  hard  times  came  on,  my  husband  failed 
— that  is,  he  took  the  benefit  of  the  bankrupt  law, 
but  he  is  on  his  feet  again." 

"  Did  he  settle  with  your  brother?  " 

"  Why,  certainly.  My  brother  was  settled 
with  just  like  ail  the  creditors.  The  bankrupt 
law  did  that,  and  then,  you  know  he  was  a 
brother.  We  well  knew  he  never  would  com- 
plain." 


THE  CHFtlSTIAN  CYNOSURE. 


November  30, 1882 


"  Did  your  brother  Jose  his  property?" 

"  Uh,  yes ;  he  might  have  saved  it  like  v?e 
did  ours,  but  he  wouldn't  cheat  any  one  out  of  a 
cent." 

"  Have  you  more  than  one  brother? " 

"  Ouly  one  living.     The  others  died  long  ago." 

"  JNow,  Kuth,  i  propose  that  you  and  1  ex- 
change property,  i  know  v/hat  yours  is,  and  I 
can  toon  tellyoa  about  mine,  i  own  a  log  cabin 
in  the  woods,  twelve  miles  Irom  the  railroad  and 
thirty  miles  irom  the  market.  The  winters  are 
long  and  suminers  short  there,  and  our  neighbors 
are  few  and  far  away.  Of  course  your  place  is 
better  than  mine,  but  see  what  i  give  you  beside. 
I  give  you  the  privilege  of  experiencing  a  bles- 
sing above  ail  you  have  ever  possessed.  You 
have  been  receiving  all  your  daye,  now  you  can 
have  the  blesstduess  ot  giving ;  while  your 
brother  has  been  ;feaping  the  fruit  of  giving  all 
his  days  and  it  is  only  fair  he  should  divide  with 
you.  Jieside  this,  you  will  have  the  comfort  of 
kcowiug  you  owe  no  man  auytliing,  for  I  will 
pay  all  your  debts  out  of   your  property   here." 

Mrs.  Oldham  smiled  at  the  eccentricity  of  her 
visitor,  but  deigned  no  reply. 

After  waiting  some  time  for  a  reply,  he  said  : 

"  Do  you  coLisent? " 

"  Most  eeitainiy,"  she  answered,  seeking  to 
further  gratify  the  whim. 

"  Very  well.  That's  all.  I  am  here  to  take 
posession.     Here  is  the  agreement.     Sign." 

He  produced  a  huge  document  and  spread  it 
out  before  her  on  the  table  where  her  writing 
materials  lay.  More  out  of  curiosity  than  any- 
thing eise  bhe  arose  and  glanced  over  the  paper. 
Color  fled  from  her  lacs  and  she  exclaimed: 

"Mr.  Oldham  nas  already  signed  it!  .  Where 
did  you  see  him?  " 

"  1  met  him  at  the  depot.     Only  a  few  words 
were  necessary  with  him.     I  had  unanswerable 
arguments." 
•  "Then  is  all  lost?" 

"JNot  by  any  means.  All  is  saved.  The 
owner  gets  possession.  The  wrong  is  righted. 
Ruth,  have  you  forgotten  your  own  kindred?" 

Mre.  Oldham  was  aroused  by  the  familiar 
voice,  aud,^iif  ting  her  eyes,  she  saw  her  brother 
before  her,  and  the  next  int-taut  opened  her  eyes, 
as  It  from  a  dream,  to  hud  herself  nervously 
ciutchmg  ihe  back  ot  the  louuge  and  trembling 
in  every  muscle.  The  Are  had  burned  low,  but 
it  was  not  late.  The  clock  in  the  steeple  hard  by 
was  tolling  the  hour  of  nine.  Mrs.  Oldham 
arose,  replenished  the  fire,  and  again  seated  her- 
selt  at  the  writing  desk  to  iinish  the  letter  com- 
menced earlier  in  the  evening.  She  wrote  two 
woids,  fateadily  and  slowly : 

"  Dear  Brother  :  " 

Over  these  she  lingered,  and  again  and  again 
her  eyes  filled  with  tears  as  she  recalled  the 
many  acts  of  kindnets  of  her  only  brother,  and 
recalled  the  fact  that  her  pleasant  surroundings 
were  due  to  his  self-denial,  and  that  night  she 
wept  bitterly  to  know  she  had  only  repaid  him 
by  upbraidings,  and  anon  by  words,  empty 
words  of  thanks.  She  dried  her  tears  and  wrote 
a  line  of  common-place  introduction  when  she 
was  interrupted  by  a  loud  riftg  at  the  door.  The 
maid  aubw^red  and  brought  in  a  message,  lu 
haste  the  envelope  was  opened  and  Mrs.  Oldham 
•  read : 

"  Your  brother  died  after  a  short  but  painlul 
illness,  yesterday.  His  last  words  were  '  Tell 
Ituih  the  wrong  is  righted.  1  enter  wy  mansion 
above.' " 

She  did  not  laint.  She  did  not  cry  aloud. 
She  was  speechless.  She  lives  as  beiore,  but 
Thanksgiving  day  has  ceased  to  be  a  joyful  oc- 
casion 111  that  house.  It  has  come  to  be  a  day  of 
fasting  and  prayer.  Perhaps  it  is  well  the 
change  has  occurred.  There  are  many  homes 
wheie  these  things  ought  to  be  laid  to  heart. — 
Western  Chrisiiuu  Advooaie. 


REFORM  NEWS. 


— Our  ledge  friends  eay  they  have  only 
enough  of  secrecy  to  prevent  imposition.  Yet 
the  Masonic  liegister  admits  that  there  are  a 
thousand  men  ("Masonic  excrements")  who  live 
by  swindling  the  brotherhood  by  using  its  soealled 
secret  signs.  Evidently  secrecy  helps  instead  of 
hindering  impoeitioD. 


The  Iowa  Convention. 

StJBJOINKD  REPORT   FROM  THE  SEORETARr. 

College  Springs,  Nov.  21st,  1882. 

The  former  report  closed  fioon  after  the  close 
of  tho  annual  meeting  of  the  State  Association, 
held  at  Winterset,  Aug.  22d,  was  perhaps  no- 
ted as  containing  the  excellent  quality  of  brevity. 
But  it  was  not  the  intention  of  the  Secretary 
that  it  should  be  considered  an  exponent  of  the 
excellent  meeting  to  which  it  referred  in '  this 
particular.  J^either  was  it  purposed  that  those 
who  denied  themselves  the  privilege  (by  stay- 
ing at  home)  of  enjoying  the  con ventiion,  and 
listening  to  the  soul-inspiring  words  of  such 
men  as  its  president,  Kev.  0.  D.  Trumbull, 
Pres.  C.  A.  Blanchard,  Rev.  T.  P.  Robb,  or  the 
logical  address  of  Rev.  R.  C.  Wylie,  or  the  wis- 
dom and  counsels  of  Dr.  McCaughn,  and  many 
others  there  met  together,  should  hear  nothing 
more  of  the  councils  and  measures  agreed  upon 
affecting  the  work  of  reform  in  our  State. 
There  was  a  disposition  manifest  in  the  delibera- 
tions of  the  convention  to  be  intensely  practical, 
as  the  tenor  of  some  of  the  resolutions  noteal  in 
this  report  will  show.  Now,  friends  of  the  re- 
form in  Iowa,  your  attention  and  consideration, 
please.  "What  shall  it  profit  to  meet  in  annual 
convention  and  pass  strong  resolutions  setting 
forth  the  urgent  demands  of  its  work  in  the 
State,  and  during  the  interval  make  no  effort  to 
practically  carry  out  their  spirit  *and  demands? 
This  has  been  too  much  the  case  with  us  in  for- 
mer years;  and  the  feeling  of  the  convention 
was  no  longer  to  formulate  dead  creeds,  but  to 
become  living  epistles  ot  our  faith.  Shall  the 
acts  of  the  convention  as  set  forth  in  the  resolu- 
tions noted,  be  approved  not  by  mere  assent  of 
the  mind,  but  by  practical  endorsement  of  the 
friends  of  reform  in  the  State.  (See  James  2: 
14-16.) 

The  following  is  part  of  the  report  of  the 
eoramitee  on  resolutions: 

Wherwas,  Freemasonry,  Odd-fellowship  and  all 
orders  ot  like  character  are  in  their  spirit  and  tendency 
hostile  fo  free  government  and  to  Christian  religion; 
therefore,  Resolved, 

1.  That  all  Christian  churches  should  refuse  to  receive 
as  members  those  who  worship  in  Ida  secret  lodges,  those 
lodges  which  are  heathenizing  our  people,  aad  so  far  as 
their  influence  extends,  destroying  the  Christian  relig- 
ion. 

2.  That  it  is  the  duty  of  all  good  citizens  to  aid  in 
keeping  out  ot  official  stations  men  who  are  under  secret 
obligation  to  stand  by,  aid  and  assisttkeir  fellow  members 
in  oases  where  they  have  violated  the  laws  ot  the  land; 
and,  although  as  a  Christian  Association  we  may  not  take 
action  on  this  subject  directly,  yet  we  will  as  citizens  use 
all  lawful  means  to  shut  out  from  the  jury  box,  the  judge's 
bench,  and  executive  station  all  men  who  have  assumed 
and  still  regard  the  obligation  of  these  associations. 

8.  That  the  great  need  of  the  hour  is  that  the  people  of 
our  country  should  become  thoroughly  informed  regard- 
ing the  anti-Christian,  un-republican,  demoralizing  char- 
acter of  secret  societies,  and  that,  to  meet  this  want,  there 
should  be  a  wide  and  careful  distribution  of  tracts,  books, 
and  papers  bearing  on  this  subject,  and  especially  that  all 
sympathizers  with  the  cause  should  seek  to  increase  the 
circulation  of  the  Christian  Cynosure  as  much  as  pos- 
sible. 

4.  That  those  who  understand,  the  character  of  the 
lodge  system  snould  not  patronize  with  money  or  pupils 
those  schools,  academies  and  colleges  which  favor  secret 
associations  or  are  silent  respecting  their  evil  deeds  and 
dangerous  tendencies. 

5.  That  we  commend  to  all  friends  of  our  cause  the 
Christian  Cynosure,  the  American  Freeman,  and  all  other 
religious  or  secular  papers  which  publish  the  lacts  on  the 
lodge  question  and  advise  that  they  discontinue  such  pa- 
pers as  do  not  furnish  to  the  public  information  on  this 
subject. 

6.  That  we  are  rejoiced  at  the  publication  of  the  book 
enlltled  "In  the  Coils,"  and  hope  for  it  a  wide  circula- 
tion. 

Again  note  carefully  the  following:  ' 
Feeling  the  imporlance  and  necessity  of  plTShing  for- 
ward our  reform  work  during  the  interval  of  our  aunual 
gatherings;  theiefore 

Resolved,  That  we  adopt  such  measures  as  will  put  a 
lecturer  in  the  field;  also  that  the  Association  will, 
aa  far  as  possible,  arrange  for  the  support  of  such  lec- 
turer. 

This  resolution  was  referred  to  a  special  com- 
mittee who  reported  as  follows: 

1.  That  the  Association  employ  a  lecturer  for  the  work 
of  the  year. 

2.  TUat  Rev.  D.  P.  Rathbun  be  so  employed. 

b.  That  a  committee  of  three  of  whom  tUe  treasurer 
shall  be  chairman,  shall  be  appointed,  whose  duty  it  shall 
be  to  look  after  the  remuneration  of  Bro.  Rathbun  for  said 
work. 

This  report  was  adopted  and  the  committee 


thus  constituted :  J.  A.  Laird,; John  Dorcas  and 
R.  E.  Adams. 

I^owit  is  expected  that  the  friends  of  the 
Association  will  approve  this  action:  first,  by 
arranging  for  the  labors  of  the  lecturer;  second 
by  helping  the  committee  by  donations,  etc. 

The  lecturer  is  already  in  the  field  working 
and  wanting  work.  Will  you  respond;  or,  after 
all  the  arrangements  thus  perfected,  allow  it  to 
fail  by  your  negligence?  We  expect  your  co- 
operation, and  hence  this  report, — not  to  inforoi 
what  was  done  in  convention  only,  but  to  advise 
you  ot  what  we  expect  you  to  do. 

Dear  brethren,  resolutions  on  paper  will  never 
put  down  the  gigantic  organized  evil  ot  Free- 
masonry. Shall  there  then  not  be  a  grand  rally 
of  the  friends  of  the  work,  letting  the  light  of 
God  and  truth  upon  the  darkened  places  of  our 
State?  Your  response  is  the  measure  of  our 
success.  A.  W.  Hall, 

Mec.  Sec'y. 

THE  AMERICAN   PARTY. 


Nominations  for  1884. 

Par  PreaieUmt, 

JONATHAN  BLANCHARD, 

of  Illinois. 

Jror   Vice-President, 

JOHN  A.   CONANT. 

of  Connecticut. 

PLATFORM. 

"We  hold:  1.  That  ours  is  a  Christian  and  not  a 
heathen  nation,  and  that  the  God  of  the  Christian 
Scriptures  is  the  author  of  civil  government. 

2.  That  God  requires  and  man  needs  a  Sabbath. 

3.  That  the  prohibition  of  the  importation,  manu- 
iiacture  and  sale  of  intoxicating  drinks  as  a  beverage 
is  the  true  policy  on  the  temperance  question. 

4.  That  the  charters  of  all  secret  lodges  granted  by 
our  Federal  and  State  Legislatures  should  be  with- 
drawn, and  their  oaths  prohibited  by  law.- 

5.  That  the  civil  equality  secured  td  all  American 
citizens  by  articles  13th,  14th  and  15tli  of  our  amended 
Constitution  should  be  preserved  inviolate. 

6.  That  arbitration  of  differences  with  nations  is 
the  most  direct  and  sure  method  of  securing  and  per- 
petuating a  permanent  jieace. 

7.  That  to  cultivate  the  intellect  without  improving 
the  morals  of  men, is  to  make  mere  adepts  and  experts; 
therefore,  the  Bible  should  be  associated  with  books  of 
science  and  literature  in  all  our  educational  institu- 
tions. 

8.  That  land  and  other  monopolies  should  be  dis- 
couraged. 

9.  That  the  government  should  furnish  the  people 
with  an  ample  and  sound  currency. 

10.  That  maintenance  of  the  public  credit,  protection 
to  all  loyal  citizens,  and  justice  to  Indians  are  essential 
to  the  honor  and  safety  of  our  nation. 

11.  And,  finally,  we  demand  for  the  American  peo- 
ple the  abolition  of  electoral  colleges,  and  a  direct  vote 
for  President  and  Vice-presiden^  of  the  United  States. 

— Dockery,  the  Freemason  Orand  Master  of 
Missouri,  has  been  hoisted  into  Congrees  by  his 
"  brethren." 

— Winnebago,  McLean,  La  Salle,  Kankakee, 
Marion  and  Madison  led  the  Prohibition  vote  in 
Illinois,  casting  in  each  over  400  ballots. 

— Oaine,  the  Mormon  candidate  ^or  Congres- 
sional delegate  from  Utah,  has  been  given  the 
certificate  of  election.  The  Mormon  vote  was 
23,036,  the  Gentile  4,884. 

— The  Republican  ticket  of  New  Hampshire 
headed  by  Hale  for  Governor  and  Haynes  tor 
Congress,  Freemasons,  was  adorned  by  a  five 
pointed  star,  surrounded  by  a  halo  of  light. 
What  will  those  good  friends  now  think  who 
have  claimed  that  Masonry  does  not  interfere 
in  polities? 

Political  Reports. 

M.  V.  Cliite,  Aurora,"  111.:— "I  think  there 
were  not  more  than  two  American  tickets  cast 
in  Aurora.  There  would  have  been  quite  a 
number  had  there  been  previous  action  in  regard 
to  the  matter." 

L.  Griggs,  Cherry  Yalley,  Til.: — We  got  some 
three  or  four  American  party  votes  in.  1  never 
saw  so  many  kinds  of  tickets  at  one  election. 
All  split  up — seven  or  eight  different  kinds." 

J.  Van  Halteren,  Holland,  Mich.:—"  In  Hol- 
land City  there  were  twenty- three  American 
tickets  voted.  In  Holland  township  six  votes. 
In  Grand  Haven,  also,  six  American  tickets 
voted." 

W.  H.  Laytojw-eports  three  votes  for  his  local- 
ity, Blaokmore,  Iowa.  He  writes:  *' Tickets 
must  have  been  very   scarce.     We  must  try  to 


November  SO.  1883 


THF,  rH1=?T«;TTAN  CVNOSTTRF. 


13 


have  onr  tickets  on  time  after  this.  This  i«  a 
serious  drawback  to  our  reform  movement.  "We 
ahonld  vote  as  we  pray  if  we  expect  sufcegs." 

Mary  Pinknev,  Forest  City,  Til.,  reports  two 
AmenVan  nartv  votes. 

O.  Breed,  Avery,  Jo  Daveiss  county,  111., 
writes  that  five  and  perhaps  ipore  American 
votes  were  cast  at  h's  plaoe,and  he  will  try  to  have 
more  put  into  the  box  next  time. 

Orin  Sboles  reports  two  American  votes  at 
Morrison.  Til. 

Geo  Brokaw,  Washiuflrton,  Iowa,  reports  six- 
teen of  the  American  tickets  voted  in  his  town- 
ship. 

H.  F.  Buffhara,  Batavia,  Mich.:  "  There  were 
three  American  party  votes  in  Batavia  and  eiorht 
in  Bethel  in  this  countv,  and  howmanvin  other 
towns  1  do  not  know.  T  thank  God  for  th^* 
privilege  of  voting  the  American  ticket  after 
working  for  it  at  the  election." 


— A  prominent  minister  of  New  York  entered 
the  place  of  roaristry  and  the  foUowinfir  conver- 
sation took  place:  "Well,  Doctor,  you've  comft 
once  more  to  eniov  the  inestimable  privilege?" 
"Ko,"  said  the  Doctor,  quietly,  "I  do  notre}?ard 
the  ballot  as  a  pnvilege  T  would  not  vote  if  T 
could  help  it  Kor  do  T  claim  it  as  a  right.  I 
have  no  more  right  to  the  ballot  than  to  the 
Presidency.  Tt  is  a  dutv  imposed  by  my  coun- 
try, and  T  shall  come  to  its  discharge  as  T  sro  to 
rav  pulpit,  and  shall  prav  to  be  "'uided  in  my 
voting  as  in  my  preaching."  There  was  si- 
lence. 1 

' ^  m  *• 

The  Indiana   American. 

Elder  T.  W.  Lowraan  of  Auburn,  Tnd  ,  who 
was  chosen  editor  of  the  political  paper  for  that 
State  bv  the  Carthas'e  convention,  wishes  to 
make  a  beariBuing  of  the  enterprise  and  T>Topo8eg 
to  issue  a  sample  copy  January  1st.  To  meet 
the  expenses  which  he  does  not  feel  called  upon 
to  bear  alone,  he  asks  the  friends  in  Indiana  tc 
send  him  contributions  immediately  for  this 
pnrpose.  If  more  than  is  needed  is  sent  the  bal- 
ance will  help  for  the  second  number.  Spnd 
also  subscriptions  at  25cts  a  year  each,  with  th^ 
understandinsr  that  if  the  paper  is  no*  continued 
the  money  shall  be  handed  to  Benf.  TJlsh,  State 
treasurer,  for  State  work.  Send  for  papers  to 
canvass  for  clubs  stating  the  number  needed. 
Be  in  earnest,  friends,  and  let  Indiana  be  as 
well  represented  in  ♦his  respect  as  her  sis'er 
States.      Adress  I.  "W".   Lowraan,  Auburn,  Ind. 


More  Lodge ry  m  Politics. 

From  La  Salle  county.  111.,  we  have  received 
ft  copy  of  the  following  letter,  which  was  being' 
freely  displayed  in  Ant?-masonic  preeiu'-ts  just 
before  election.  The  lef'er  is  written  by  a  pro- 
minent srentleman  of  Ottawa,  who  would  not  be 
I'kely  to  commit  to  paper  a  story  that  ha^l  no 
foundation  in  fact,  and  is  addressed  to  Hon. 
Daniel  Evans,  Democratic  candidate,  we  believe, 
for  the  State  Leg-islature.     Tt  reads: 

D^AR  SiK: — Therp  ia  a  stron?  Masonic  movement  here 
in  the  interest  of  McDonald  and  the  Knights  Templar  all 
over  the  counts  are  expected  to  takei  it  np  and  hrine  all 
of  the  Masons  into  line  for  him.  T.wish  to  put  vou  on 
your  guard  against  it  so  you  will  have  ample  time  to 
defeat  the  movement.  Use,  your  best  endeavors  and  I 
think  it  can  be  counteracted  in  a  measure. 

Yours  truly. 

The  letter  wa"  accompanied  bv  a  slip  from 
the  Twin  City  News  of  Peru,  Til.,  of  De^.  31, 
1881,  containing  a  notice  of  a  Knight  Templar 
ball  at  wh^'ch  McDonald  was  a  prominent  per- 
former. We  have  not  learned  whether  this 
Knight  Templar  of  light  foot  and  mean  spirit, 
who  would  debase  an  order,  which  the  lodge 
is  ever  fond  of  praising  fo**  its  nobility  of  char- 
acter, was  elected  or  not.  If  so,  the  good  people 
of  LaSalle  county  may  remember  that  the  nian 
who  used  his  Masonry  to  get  him  into  office  will 
not  scruple  to  use  the  same  dark  and  unlawful 
agency  while  administerinar  his  office. 

Abraham  Lincoln  on  Civil  Service  Reform. 

Mr.  Shuman,  editor  of  the  Evening  Journal 
of  Chicago  has  written  a  letter  to  the  Nation 
reporting  the  views  of  Mr.  Lincoln  on  civil  ser- 
vice reform  as  given  to  a  circle  of  political 
friends  in  the  old  Tremont  House  in  1857.  Mr. 
Shuman  writes: 


"Mr.  Lincoln  was  very  emphatic  in  his  ex- 
pression of  disgust  with  what  is  now  known  p.s 
the  'spoils  svstem'  in  polities.  T  do  not  recollect 
his  exact  words,  bu^  his  sentiments  I  well  re- 
member. A  political  partv,  he  said,  that  cannot 
maintain  itt^el'''  bv  virtue  of  the  righteousneBs 
and  popularity  of  its  principles,  snd,  when  in 
official  power,  by  earninfr  and  retaining  the  re- 
spect and  confidence  of  the  people,  ousrht  to  find 
no  permanent  place  in  American  politics.  Ont 
of  power,  and  seeking  power,  it  is  a  vagabond, 
and  when  in  power  a  usurper  and  a  tyrant.  The 
svstem  of  rewards  and  punishments  in  party  pol- 
itic, as  instituted  bv  Andrew  Jackson,  and  per- 
petuated by  succeeding  national  administrations 
he  reprobated.  A  government,  he  thought, 
should  be  as  prudent  and  discreet  in  its  methods 
of  business  as  a  well-manaared  private  manufac- 
turiner  establishment,  or  a  mer'»ant,ile  house,  the 
managing  heads  of  which  seek  trustv  and  offi- 
cient  superintendents,  agents  and  clerks,  and 
having;  been  fortunate  enough  to  eecure  such,  do 
not  dismiss  them  without  good  cause;  and  when, 
bv  death  or  sale,  a  great  business  house  changes 
proprietors  and  managers,  the  new  administra- 
tion is  generally  srlad  to  retain,  and  deems  it 
necessary  to  retain,  all  the  experienced  and 
faithful  emp^ovea  of  the  concern  as  loner  as  they 
continue  to  fulfil  their  respective  trusts.  In 
private  business,  employers  do  not  ask  appli- 
ennts  for  enaploytnent  what  their  religion  is,  to 
which  political  party  they  belong,  whom  they 
voted  for  at  the  last  election,  or  whom  they  are 
in  favor  of  for  the  next  President,  Governor,  or 
Sheriff:  but  seek  to  know  whether  or  not  the  ap- 
plicant is  practically  qualified  for  the  work  that 
he  will  be  required  to  perform." 


RELIGIOUS   INTELLIGENCE. 


— Bro.  Taplev  of  Columbus,  Miss.,  acknowl- 
edges the  receipt  of  $5  from  A.  Laird  and  $2.50 
from  Mrs.  A.  Paley. 

— According  to  Chamher's  Journal,  the 
ewleeiastical  staff  of  Queen  Victoria's  house- 
hold ia  a  very  larp^e  one.  Tt  consists  of  the  Dean 
and  Sub-Dean  of  the  Chapel  Eoyal,  St  James's; 
the  Clerk  of  the* Closet,  three  Deputy  Clerks, 
a  resident  Chaplain,  a  Closet-keeper,  forty-eight 
Chaplains  in  Ordinary,  and  ten  priests  in  Ordi- 
nary, besides  four  chaplains,  three  preachers  and 
<-hree  readers  for  the  chapels  at  Whitehall  Hall, 
Hampton,  Windsor,  and  Kensington.  There  is 
also  a  choir  of  boys  who  wear  gorgeously  em- 
broidered coa^s,  four  organists,  two  composers,' 
a  violinist,  a  Sergeant  of  the  vestry,  and  a  Mas- 
ter of  the  Boys. 

— Last  week  we  noted  the  remarkable  case  oi 
the  healing  of  Eiehard  Huffman  of  "Washington, 
Pa.,  by  prayer  to  God.  On  Wednesday  last  a 
dispatch  from  the  s^rae  place  tells  of  other  re- 
markable healing.  Miss  Emma  Rogers,  an  es- 
timable lady,  22  years  of  age,  who  resides  on  a 
farm  a  few  miles  from  town,  has  been  for  two 
years  afflicted  in  a  like  manner  to  Huffman, 
with  a  spinal  affection.  During  the  time  stated 
she  has  been  unable  to  be  out  of  bed,  or  even  to 
raise  her  head  from  the  pillow.  A  year  since 
she  was  taken  to  Philadelphia,  where  she  was 
seen  by  prominent  physicians  of  that  city,  but 
failed  to  obtain  any  relief.  Richard  Huffman 
had  been  acquainted  with  the  family,  and  several 
weeks  ago  stated  to  Miss  Rogers  that  he  was 
certain  that  through  the  power  of  prayer  God 
would  yet  restore  them  both  to  health  and 
strength.  Miss  Rogers  has  been  quite  devout 
for  some  time,  praying  very  much,  and  others 
have  also  prayed  for  her.  Yesterday  she  got  up 
from  her  ^ed,  and  when  her  father  came  home 
he  found  his  daughter  sitting  in  a  chair  perfectly 
recovered.  The  physician  who  was  attending 
her  is  as  much  astonished  in  her  case  as  was  the 
doctor  who  had  made  a  careful  examination  of 
Huffman  and  pronounced  him  incurable.  This 
second  case  of  faith-cure  in  the  county  within 
ten  days  has  set  the  people  to  wondering  if  indeed 
miracles  are  not  now  being  performed  as  in  the 
time  of  Christ." 

Faith  Healtng. — A  sister  living  in  Knight, 
Oregon,  Mrs,  Emma  Wa  kins,  writes  of  a  strange 
but  blessed  experience  of  the  infinite  mercy  of 
God.    Her  little  daughter,  aged  three  years, 


was  afflicted  with  spasmp.  ".Tudce  6*amoth«^r'8 
feeling'''."  she  witos.  "when  she  see",  her  darling^ 
thus  afflicted.  But  I  had  fa'th  in  God  that  he 
would  enrc  he*  if  T  only  asked:  and  he  has  ''one 
so.  She  hna  not  had  a  spasm  for  thre*»  or  four 
months,  while  before  ahe  was  attaf^ked  onco  or 
oftener  each  week."  She  hopes  this  record  may 
encouraare  others  to  trust  fully  in  God  for  help 
and  for  salvation. 

— We  reo'ret  to  learn  that  Mr.  Moodv  has 
been  compelled  to  interrupt  his  e^ansrelistic 
work  in  Eng-Und,  because  of  a  sudden  break 
down  in  health,  and  he  is  now  lyin?  at  Ca^n- 
bridfi^e,  sufferina:  from  nervons 'proi'tratio'^.  To 
tbose  who  know  the  enormous  strain  upon  him 
when  eneraged  in  revival  work,  and  the  amount 
of  mental  and  physical  exertion  with  which  he 
is  a«5customed  to  tax  himself,  the  only  wonder 
is  that  he  has  never  before  shown  signa  of  in- 
iury  to  his  system.  The  manneT*  in  which  he 
has  so  far  been  sustained  has  seemed  almost 
supernatural.  That  he  may  be  raised  to  renew- 
ed vifor,  an<^  asrain  sustained  in  a  career  of  con- 
tinned  useful-^ess.  should  be  the  praver  of  every 
Ch^-'stian  in  America  and  throughout  the  world. 
—  Witness. 

— The  Lord  his  ffiven  the  Illinois  Annual 
Conference  something  better  to  do  than  persecut- 
ing holiness  people. 

Some  of  our  road ers  may  remember  that  in 
TJrbana.  111.,  a  minister  took  it  upon  himsel'^  ♦o 
crush  ont  the  holiness  work  in  his  church.  H« 
srathered  his  artillery  one  Sabbath  mornin?in 
the  shape  of  a  huge  pile  of  books  and  authorities 
and  in  the  most  violent  manner  delivered  his 
soul  for  the  space  of  nearly  gn  hour  and  a  half, 
»nd  ended  by  calling  a  meeting  of  the  board  of 
Trustees  to  consider  the  question  of  denying  the 
holiness  meeting  the  use  of  the  church,  and 
suars'ested  other  steps  to  kill  out  the  hateful 
heresy. 

He  did  not  meet  the  Trua*-ee3.  He  stood  be- 
fore God  immediately  at  the  close  of  the  dis- 
course. In  other  words  he  dnacended  ^-om  ♦■he 
pulnit  and  dropped  dead. — Layman's  Christian 
Advocate. 


The  Outpouring  at  the  Spirit. 

CoLtnvEBTTS,  Mies.,  Nov.  15,  1882. 
Bro.  Smith,  Maryvillfi.  Mo. : 

I  road  with  intense  interest  your  article  in  the 
last  Gynostire  relative  to  the  calling  to^etho'"  of 
a  "onvention  "  for  the  outpouriner  of  the  Holv 
Ghost  and  the  salvation  of  sinners."  and,  as  I 
suppose,  the  discussion  of  the  subject  how  we 
may  "  remain  firm  in  God's  mode  or  order  in 
saving  a  lost  world  as  well  as  to  follow  our 
le<ider  in  his  own  blessed  way  of  reclaiminj?  a 
fallen  and  divided  church."  I  am  ner'^uaded 
that  your  ideaa  of  the  way  in  which  God'-'  peo- 
ple should  walk  in  ordor  that  they  may  all  feel 
that  they  are  one  in  Christ  Jesus  would  be  en- 
tirely new  to  many  whole  churches.  There  is 
great  need  of  plain  Scriptural  knowledge  upon 
this  subieet.  "We  have  some  earnest  Gospel 
preaching  and  more  that  maybe  said  to  be  cood, 
but  comes  as  cold  as  the  north  wind,  and  in 
many  churches  we  have  presented  visions  and 
dreams  s^d  strange  traditions  instead  of  tho  true 
Word.  O  for  an  outpouring'  of  the  Holy  Spirit, 
and  that  Jesns  who  is  "  the  light  of  the  world" 
would  send  into  our  midst  those  who  are  filled 
with  chis  Spirit  to  teach  the  way  of  holiness,  and 
to  rouse  the  slumbering  chnrchea  to  a  pense  of 
their  high  calliner  and  privilege  !  If  the  one 
hundred  and  twenty  mentioned  in  your  article 
can  be  found  who  wish  to  meet  in  that  conven- 
tion in  Lowndes  county,  Mississippi,  in  the  near 
approaching  winter,  will  the  committee  make 
the  appointment  and  meet  with  us  here,  and 
how  many  of  like  spirit  will  they  bring'  with 
them?  May  the  Lojd  direct  all  whose  hearts  are 
in  this  work  in  his  own  right  way. 

Mbs.  E.  Tapley. 


— Our  friend  John    Thompson  of   Sabetha, 

Kansas,  wrote  of  the  visit  of   Bro.    Feemeter  to 

that  place.     The  main  facts  of  the  meeting  held 

there  have  been  pr'rted,  but  be^i'^e  the^e  Bro. 

j  Thompson   adds  a  -"varm   commendation   of  the 

I  speaker  as  a  worker  well  qualified  for  the  field. 


14 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE 


Novfmber  80,  1882 


TEMPERANCE. 


One  of  our  old  friends  writes: 
"Do  the  colleges  and  literary  insti- 
tutions supported  by  the  A.  M.  A. 
prohibit  the  use  of  tobaoco,  as  well 
as  of  intoxicating  liquorp,  among: 
their  students,  as  Oberlin  does?" 
We  are  happy  to  inform  him  and 
all  other  friends  that  this  is  the 
rule  in  all  of  our  schools,  and.  that 
they  wouid  bedelierhted  to  observe 
t'  e  frredom  of  all  our  school-build- 
ings fr'  m  the  po  lution  of  tobacco. 
It  ig  M  fine  element  in  the  forma- 
tion of  eharflcter,  as  well  as  a  mat- 
ter of  health  and  economy. — Am- 
erican  Missionary. 

One  of  the  signs  of  progress  in 
Philadelphia  is  the  forbidding  ci- 
gar-smokinsr  on  the  cars  of  one  of 
the  prominent  lines  of  street  rail- 
way. Some  of  the  smoke-inclined 
passengers  moan  over  this  as  an  in- 
fringement of  their  personal  liber- 
ty. Thoy  even  go  so  far  as  to  say 
that  their  wives  and  mothers  won't 
let  them  smoke  at  home,  and  their 
employers  and  customers  won't  al- 
low it  in  their  places  of  business; 
and  now  thev  are  fhut  off  from 
being  a  nuisance  on  the  street-car^. 
That  does  have  a  look  of  hardship; 
but  civilization  is  an  expensive 
luxury.  There  is  no  securing  it 
without  some  voluntary  self-denial, 
and  some  enforced  constraint  of 
the  individnal  for  the  public  good. 
-S.  S.  Times. 

At  the  annual  conference  of  the 
Anti-Tobacco  Society,  held  at  Man 
Chester,  Eng  ,  the  following  resolu- 
tion was  passed:  ''That  as  careful 
investigation  has  shown  that  teeto- 
talars  who  smoke  are  five  times 
more  liable  to  fall  away  than  those 
who  do  not,  this  meeting  would 
earnestly  appeal  to  Blue  Ribbon, 
Band  of  Hope,  and  all  other  tem- 
perance organizations  who  pledge 
their  followe-s  to  discountenance 
the  causes  and  practices  of  intem- 
perance, to  offer  them  an  additional 
safeguard  of  a  pledge  against 
tobacco. 

An  engineer  employed  on  eome 
of  the  public  works  pt^Szegedin, 
Hungary,  bonght  four  cigars  one 
day  not  long  ago,  and  began  to 
smoke.  He  had  finished  one  ard 
laid  another,  half  smoked,  upon  his 
writing-table,  when  suddenly  it 
exploded,  throwing  him  from  his 
chair  and  wounding  his  cheek,  ears, 
lips,  and  left  hand.  Investigation 
showed  that  the  cigar  had  contain- 
ed a  glaps  tbue  filled  with  nitro-gly- 
cerine.  The  fact  that  tobacco  is  a 
monopoly,  manufactured  and  sold 
only  by  dealers  licensed  by  the 
Government,  makes  the  mystery 
deeper.  If  the  officer's  cigar  had 
been  in  his  mouth  when  it  explod- 
ed he  would  doubtless  have  been 
killed — a  circumstance  which  does 
not  add  to  the  pleasure  of  smoking 
in  Szegedin. 

Starting  a  Yocng  Man. — It  is 
related  of  a  wealthy  Philadelphian 
who  has  been  dead  these  many 
years  that  a  young  man  came  to 
him  one  day  and  asked  for  help  to 
start  in  business.  * 

"Do  you  drink?"  inquired  the 
millionaire. 

"Occasionally" 

"Stop  it!  ftop  it  for  a  year,  and 
then  come  and  see  me." 

The  young  man  broke  off  the 
habit  at  once',  and  -it  the  end  of  a 
year  again  presented  hglmBeU, 


"Do  you  smoke?"  asked  the 
great  man. 

"Yes,  now  and  then." 

"Slop  it!  stop  it  for  a  year,  and 
then  come  and  see  me." 

The  young  man  went  away  and 
cut  loose  from  the  habit,  and  after 
worrying  through  another  twelve 
months  once  more  faced  the  phi- 
Ian  thropiet. 

"Do  you  chew?" 

"Yes." 

"Stop  it!  stop  it  for  a  year,  and 
then  come  and  see  me." 

Bat  the  young  man  never  called 
again.  When  eome  one  asked  him 
why  he  didn't  make  one  more  ef- 
fort he  replied: 

"Didn't  I  know  what  he  was 
driving  at?  He'd  have  told  me 
that  as  I  had  stopped  chewing, 
drinking,  and  smoking',  1  must 
have  savtd  enough  monev  to  start 
myself." —  Wall  Street  News. 

Destroyed  through  Tobacco. — 
An  agent  of  an  insurance  compa- 
ny says:  "One  half  our  losses  come 
from  the  spark  of  the  pipe  and  the 
cigai."  One  young  man  threw 
away  his  cigar  in  one  of  the  cities, 
and  with  it  he  threw  away  three 
millions  of  dollars'  worth  of  pro- 
perty of  others  blazed  up  from 
that  spark.  Harper's  splendid 
printing  establishment  years  ago 
was  destroyed  by  a  plumber,  who, 
having  lighted  his  pipe,  threw  the 
match  away  and  it  fell  into  a  pot 
of  camphene.  The  whole  building 
was  in  i  lames.  Five  blocks  went 
down.  Two  thousand  employtes 
thrown  out  of  work,  and  more 
than  a  million  of  dollars'  worth  of 
property  destroyed.  But  I  am 
speaking  of  higher  values  to  day. 
Better  destroy  a  whole  city  of 
stores  than  destroy  one  man.  O 
my  young  friends!  if  you  will  ex- 
cuse the  idiom,  I  will  say.  Stop 
before  you  begin.  Here  is  a  serf- 
dom which  has  a  shackle  that  it  is 
almost  impossible  to  break.  Gi- 
gantic intellects  that  could  over- 
come every  other  bad  habit  have 
been  fliinj?  of  this  and  kept  down. 
— Talmage. 


Christian   Workers 

Who  depend  on  voluntary  cou- 
tribujtions  of  Christian  people  in 
whole  or  in  part  for  their  support: 

tl.  F.  Bbowke,  Cabin  Creek,  Ky. 

Eli  Tablet,  Columbus,  Miss. 

J.  F.  Galloway,  Okahumka 
Florida. 

Wm  H  AZENBtjKG,  Cape  Town,  S. 
Africa. 

A.  I).  Zaeaphonithes,  Andros, 
via  Syra,  Greece. 

G.  H.  FinAN,  Armenia. 

Contributions  for  either  of  these 
brethren  may  be  forwarded  either 
through  the  editors  of  the  Cyno- 
sure or  the  Treasurer  of  the  N. 
C.  A.  Please  DESIGNATE  to  which 
one  Rucb  funds  shall  be  sent. 


PHOTOGRAPHS. 

Wc  now  have  at  the  Cynosure  office  a  supply  of 
wellexecutcd  curd  ptiotographs  of  Captain  Wm. 
Morgan,  Preslcleul  .J.  Blanchard,  President  Charles 
G.  Finney  and  Elder  David  Bernard,  at  15 
cents  each,  or  the  four  for  50  cents,  post-paltV. 
1*?«»*»p  r»j)i'i»  ->!-*'-»■»•'  *■'■  iMtio'-Ti''   ■n.'Je'  81  '" 

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dard, 221  W.  Madison  Street,  Chicago. 

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logg, D.  P.  Baker,  T.  H.  Gaijlt,  A.  G. 
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THE  NATIONAL  CONVENTION. 

President.— Rev.  8.  Collins,  Wash 
ington,  D.  C. 

Secbbtabies. — H.  L.  Kellogg,  W.  H. 
Ross  and  M.  N.  Butler. 

Tne  object  ot  this  Association  is : 

"To  azpose,  wl!list&nd  end  remeye  (eere?  f.  '• 
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Chrifltian  moTemenU,  m  order  to  save  tbe  cin-. 
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STATE  AUXILIARY  ASSOCIATIONS. 

Alabama. — Pres.,  W.  A.  McAlpine 
Sec,  G.  M.  Elliott ;  Treas.,  E.  ishel,  all 
of  Selma. 

California. — Pres.,  L.  B.  Lathrop, 
Hollister;  Cor.  Sec,  Mrs.  U.  P.  Merrill, 
Woodland;  Treas.,  C.  Ruddock,'  Wood- 
land. 

Connecticut. — Pres.,  J.  A.  Conant, 
Willimantic ;  Sec,  Geo.  Smith,  Willi- 
mantic;  Treas.,  C.  T.  Collins,  Windsor. 

Illinois. — Pres.,N.E.Gardner,Haldane. 
Sec,  C.  W.  Hiatt,  Tonica;  Treas.,  J.  C. 
Scboenberger,  Chicago. 

Indiana. — Pres.,  I.  W.  Lowman,  Au- 
burn;  Sec,  Wm.  Small,  Amboy;  Treas., 
Benj.  Ulsb,  Silver  Lake. 

Iowa. — Pres.,  C.  D.  Trumbull,  Slorning 
Sun ;  Rec.  Sec.  A.W.  Hall,  College  Spring ; 
Cor.  Sec,  W.  T.  Moffitt,  Morning  Sun ; 
Treas.,  Joseph  Laird,  Wayne. 

Kansas.— Pres.,  J.  S.  T.  Milligan,  North 
Cedar ;  Sec,  J.  Alter,  Valley  Falls ;  Treas. 
J.  A.  Torreiice,  Winchester. 

Massachusetts — Pres.,  S.  A.  Pratt; 
Sec,  Mrs-  E.  U.  Bailey;  Treas.,  David 
Manning,  Sr. ;  all  of  Worcester. 

Michigan. — Pres.,  Wm.  Win^,  Grand 
Rapids;  Rec-Sec'y,  A.  H.  Springstein, 
Pontiac ;  Cor.  Sec,  W.  H.  Rops,  Allegan ; 
Treas.,  C.  C.  Foote,  88  Columbia  Street, 
Detroit. 

Minnesota. — Pres.  E.  G.  Paine,  Wasi- 
oja;  Cor.  Sec,  W.  H.  McChesney,  Fair- 
mont :  Rec  Sec'y Thos.  Hartley,  Richland ; 
Treas.,  Wm.  H.  Morrill,  St.  Charles. 

Missouri. — Pres.  C.  J.  Kephart,  Avalon; 
Treas.,  William  Beauchamp,  Avalon;  Cor. 
Sec,  M.  N.  Butler,  Albany. 

Nebraska. — Pres.  S.  Austin,  Fair- 
mount  ;  C jr  Sec,  W.  S.  Spooner,  Kearney ; 
Treas.,  R.  A.  Bishop,  Seeley's  Mills. 

New  Hampshire. — Pres.  Elder  J.  G. 
Smith,  New  Hampton ;  Sec,  S.C  Kimball 
New  Market;  Treas.,  E.  Smith,  Center 
Strafiord. 

New  York. — E*res.  F.  W.  Cap  well. 
Dale;  Sec'y,  Isaac  Hyatt,  Dale;  Treas., 
M.  Merrick,  Syracuse. 

Ohio. — Pres.,  Wm.  Dillon,  Dayton; 
Cor.  Sec,  J.  P.  Lytje,  Sago;  Treas.,  J.  M. 
Scott,  Alexandria. 

Pennsylvania. — Pres.  A.  L.  Post,  Mon 
trose;Cor.  Sec  ,  N.  Callender, Thompson; 
Treas.,  W.  B.  Beitels,  Wilkesbarre. 

Wisconsin. — Pres.,  Enos  Collins,  Colo 
ma;  Uor.  Sec.  W.  W.  Warner,  Baraboo; 
Treas., M.  R.  Britten,  Vieina. 

West  Virginia. — Pres.. ,  D.  B.  Turney, 
Sec,  John  Bosley,  Grafton;  Treas.,  H.  B. 
Higgins,  Petroleum. 


Anti-masonic  Lecturers. 

General  Agent  and  Lecturer,  J.  P. 
Stoddard,  221  West  Madison  sti-eet,  Chi- 
cago. 

Agents  for  the  South :  H.  H.  Hinman, 
Wheaton,  111.,  and  Paul  8.  Feemster, 
Larned,  Kans. 

E.  D.  Bailey,  Worcester,  Mass.,  Agent 
for  New  England. 

Degree  Workers. — (Seceders.) 

D.  P.  Rathbun,  Clarence,  Iowa, 
S.  E.  Starry,  Clarence,  Iowa. 
Jas.  Furgvisofl,    "  " 

J.  K.  Glassford,  Carthage,  Mo. 

State  LECTiiRERS. 
California,  D.  A.  Richards,  Woodland 
Connecticut,   J.   h-   Barlow  of  WilJ* 
tK^lli;^. 


Indiana,  8.  L.  Cook  ol  Albion. 
Missouri,  M.  N.  Butler  of  Albany. 
New  Hampshire,  L.  D.  Bryant  of  New 
Market. 
Wisconsin,  Thos.  Lowe,'  Coloma  8ta, 

Other  Lecturers. 
C.  A.  Blanchard,  Wheaton,  111 
N.  Callender,  Thompson,  Pa. 
J.  H.  Timmons,  Tarenium,  Pa. 
J.  H.  Baird,  Templeton,  Pa. 
T.  B.  McCormick,  Princeton,  Ind 
E.  Johnson,  Dayton,  Ind. 
J.  M.  Bishop,  Chambersburg,  Pa 
A.  Mayn,  Promise  City,  Mich. 
J.  B.  Cressinger,  Sullivan,  O. 
W.  M .  Love,  Baker,  Mo. 
A.  D.  Freeman,  Downers  Grove,  111. 
R.  Faurot,  Jackson,  Miss. 
J.  P.  Richards,  Belmont,  Wis. 
Edward  Mathews,  N.  C.  A.  office. 
Wm.  Fenton,  St.  Paul,  Minn. 
E.  I.  Grinnell,  Blairsburg,  Iowa. 
Warren  Taylor,  South  Salem,  O. 
J.  S.  Perry,  Thompson,  Conn. 

C.  F.  Hawley,  Wheaton,  111. 

J.  T.  Michael,  New  Wilmington,  Pa. 
Prof.  S.  C.  Kimball,  New  Market,  N.  H. 
Elder  L.  H.  Buf  kins,  Scranton,  Iowa, 
8.  G.  Barton,  Breckinridge,  Mo. 
Joel  H.  Austin,  Goshen,  Ind. 

D.  B.  Turney,  Bird  Station,  111. 
J.  F.  Browne,  Cabin  Creek,  Ky. 

E.  Barnetson,  Jackson  Valley,  Pa. 


The  Churches  against   Lodgery. 

The  following  denominations  are  com 
mitted  by  vote  of  their  legislative  assem- 
blies or  by  constitution  to  a  separation 
from  secret  lodge  worship . 

Adventists  (Seventh-day).  ■ 

Baptists — Primitive ,  Seventh-day  and 
Scandinavian. 

Brethren  (Dunkers  or  German  Baptists). 

Christiaa  Reformed  Church. 

Church  of  God  (Northern  Indiana  El- 
dership^) 

Congregational — The  State  Associations 
of  Illinois  and  Iowa  have  adopted  resolu- 
tions against  the  lodge. 

Disciples  (in  part). 

Friends. 

Lutherans — Norwegian,  Danish,  Swed- 
ish and  Synodical  Conferences. 

Mennonites. 

Methodists — Free  and  Wesleyan. 

Methodist  Protestant  (Minnesota  Coh- 
ference). 

Moravians. 

Plymouth  Brethren. 

Presbyterian — Associate,  Reformed  and 
United. 

Reformed  Church  'Holland  Branch). 

United  Brethren  in  Christ. 

Individual  churches  in  .some  of  these 
denominations  should  be  excepted,  in. 
part  of  them  even  a  considerable  portion. 

The  following  local  churches  have,  as  a 
pledge  to  disfellowship  and  oppose  lodge 
worship,  given  their  names  to  the  follow- 
ing list  as 

THE    associated  CHURCHES  OP  CHRIST. 

New  Ruhamah  Congregational,  Hamil- 
ton.  Miss. 

Pleasant  Ridge  Congregational,  Sand- 
ford  county,  Ala. 

New  Hope  Methodist,Lowndes  co..  Miss. 

Congregational,  College  Springs,  Iowa. 

College  Church  of  Christ,  Wheaton,  111. 

First  Congregational,  Leland,  Mich. 

Sugar  Grove  church.  Green  county.  Pa. 

Military  Chapel,  M.  E.,  Lowndes  Co., 
Miss. 

Hopewell  Missionary  Baptist,  Lowndes 
Co.,  Miss. 

Cedar  Grove  Missionary  Baptist,  Lown- 
des Co.,  Miss. 

Simon's  Chapel,M.  E., Lowndes  co..  Miss.. 

Pleasant  Ridge  Missionary  Baptist, 
Lowndes  Co.,  Miss. 

Brownlee  church,  Caledonia,  Miss. 

Salem  church,  Lowndes  Co.,  Miss. 

West  Preston  Baptist  church,  Wayne 
Co.  Pa. 

Other  local  churches  which  have  adopt- 
ed the  same  principles  are — 

Baptist  churches ;  N.  Abington,  Pa. ; 
Menom' nie,  Mondovi,  Waubeck  and 
Spring  Praiiie,  Wis.;  Wheaton,  111.;  Per- 
ry,  N.  Y. ;  Spring  Greek,  near  Burlington, 
Iowa;  Lima,  Ind.;  Constableville,  N.  Y. 
The  'Good  Will  Association"  of  Mobile, 
Ala.,  comprising  some  twenty-flve  colored 
Baptist  churches;  Bridgewater  Baptist 
Association,  Pa. ;  Old  Tebo  Baptist,  near 
Leesville,  Henry  Co.,  Mo. ;  Hoopecton,  111. 

Congregational  churches :  1st  of  Ober- 
lin, O.;  Tonica,  Crystal  Lake,  Union  and 
Big  Woods,  111.;  Solsbury,  Ind.;  Congre- 
gational Methodist,  Maplewood,  Mass. 

Presbyterian  church,  Hoopeston,  111. 

Independent  churches  in  Lowell,  Coun- 
trvman  school  house  near  Lindenwood, 
Marengo  and  Streator,  111,;  Berea  and 
Camp  Nelson,  Ky. ;  Ustick,  111. ;  Clarks- 
burg, Kans.  State  Association  of  Minis- 
tffi  m^  Ohurohes  in  Christ  of  K«ntu<^ 


November  30,  1883 


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ON  FREEMASONRY. 

Freemasonry  Illustrated.  A  complete 
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and  Chapter.  Profusely  Illustrated.  A  historical 
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Revised    Odd-felloT^ship   Illustrated. 

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THW  CHRfST?AW  CYNOSORI^ 


Noveriiher  30,  1889 


NEWS  OF  THE  WEEK. 


— The  President  on  Saturday  dismissed 
Capt.  Henry  Mirshal  of  the  District,  the 
postmaster  ot  Washington  and  his  assist- 
ant, Spencer,  Union  Pacific  R.  R  com- 
missioner, and  the  foreman  of  the  Record, 
for  obstructing  the  administration  of  jus- 
tice in  the  Star-route  trials. 

— The  President  has  accepted  the  resig- 
nation of  Judge  Fnleer.  Secretary  of  the 
Treasury,  to  take  efiect  Dec.  15th, 

— The  funeral  of  Thurlow  Weed  oc- 
curred at  his  late  residence  in  New  York 
Friday  morning,  with  services  later  on  at 
the  church,  where  a  brief  address  was  de- 
livered bv  the  Rev.  Dr.  John  Hall.  There 
was  a  large  attendance  ot  persons  of  note 
from  various  parts  of  the  State.  The  re- 
mains were  taken  by  boat  to  Albany  ior 
interment. 

— In  the  heavy  wind-storm  which  pre- 
vailed Thursday  afternoon  aid  Friday 
morning  on  Lakes  Huron  and  Michigan — 
a  storm  nearly  equalling  in  fury  the 
memorable  gale  of  Oct.  16, 1880,  when  the 
Alpena  was  lost  with  all  on  board — there 
were  many  wrecks  of  vessels,  but  so  far  as 
now  known  but  one  life  was  lost. 

— A  fierce  railroad  war  during  the  last 
week  between  the  Milwaukee,  St.  Paul 
and  the  Rock  Island  roads  has  reduced 
fares  to  comreting  points  in  Iowa  from 
Chicago  to  50  cents  and  in  Minnesota  to 


— A  new  Police  superintendent  in  Chi- 
cago is  beginning  to  break  up  the  gam- 
bling dens  and  arrest  lewd  women  by  the 
score  lound  on  the  street  at  night. 

— Snow  fell  to  the  depth  of  several  in- 
ches in  Georgia  and  Northern  Michigan 
early  last  week.  On  Saturday  night  the 
first  fall  of  the  season  occurred  in  Chi- 
cago. 

— The  Pennsylvania  Railroad  Company 
taking  advantage  of  the  recent  drop  in 
the  values  of  iron  and  steel,  has  just  piven 
orders  for  the  eonstructien  of  sixty-five 
locomotives  and  6,000  cars. 

— A  terrible  affair  took  place  at  Provi- 
dence, R  I.,  wherein  three  women  met 
their  death  and  nineteen  other  persons 
were  fearfully  injured  by  jumping  from 
the  windows  of  the  fourth  story  of  a  burn- 
ing building- 

— The  Committee  on  Alcoholic-Liquor 
Traffic  finished  its  work  by  reporting  in 
favor  of  the  appointment  of  a  commission 
on  tbat  subject  ;  and  the  bill  remains  in 
the  House  without  action,  the  attempt  to 
pass  it  under  a  suspension  of  the  rules 
having  failed. 

— The  awful  midnight  murder  of  the 
Joyce  fami'y  in  Connemara,  Ireland,  on 
the  17th  of  last  August,  will  be  pun- 
ished in  a  mannerj  scarcely  less  thrill- 
ing than  the  crime  itself.  Three  of  the 
leaders  of  tho  bsnd  of  assassins  have  had 
their  trial  at  Dublin,  and  have  received 
the  sentence  of  death,  and  last  week  four 
accomplices  pleaded  guilty  and  threw 
themselves  on  tne  mercy  of  the  Crown. 
Thf  y,  too,  were  sentenced  to  die  on  the 
scafiold  Dec.  15. 

— The  railway  bridge  at  Bromley,  near 
London,  fell  Friday  morning.  Seven 
workmen  beneath  the  structure  eating 
breakfast  were  killed  and  several  others 
injured. 

—Chili  has  preferred  a  claim  of  $20,000,- 
Ono  damages  against  the  United  States  of 
Coluntbia.  This  claim  is  for  allowing 
arms  and  military  stores  of  various  kinds 
to  pass  across  the  isthmus  from  the 
United  States  to  Peru  and  Bolivia  during 
the  late  war  with  Chili.  Chili  now  threat- 
ens to  seize  the  Isthmus  of  Panama  in  sat- 
isfaction of  the  claim. 


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The  Christian  C wosuhe. 


VOL.  XV.,No.  11. 


"In  Secret  Have  I  Said  Nothing.''— y««tM  Ohritt. 


WHOLE  No.  858 


EZRA  A.  COOK,  PuBMSHEB. 
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XABZJBl  Of  CONTENTS. 


Editoeial  : 

Topics  of  the  Time....    1 
The  Pantheon  of  Na- 
tions      1 

Theological     L  a  n  d  - 

Slides 8 

Contributions  : 
The  Church  and    Sin    1 
Honora  Long  Delayed    2 
Refobm  Stoby: 

Holden    with     Cords 

Chap     XXX     2 

New  England: 
The  Kingdom  of  God 
Cometh  not  with  Ob- 
servation       4 

Reform  News: 
To  Friends  in  Ind iana ; 
Note  from  Elder 
Rathbun;  Sowin  ? 
tteside  all  Waters ; 
Iowa  State  Work  ; 
Bro.  Matheivs  in 
Birmingham  5,12 


Thurlow  Weed 9 

Suggestive  Opinions. ...     7 
The  Southern  Field: 

The  Star  Route  Ring    4 

Correspondence  : 

Important  Morgan 

Reminiscences  ;Tim- 

othy     Shaw's    Part ; 

Kissing    Baal;   Our 

Mail 6 

American  Politics: 
Essay     on     Christian 

Politics 12 

Religious  News  : 

Wm.   Taylor 13 

Home  Circle 10 

Children's  Cobneb.  . .  10 

Sabbath  School 6 

Tempebance 11 

Literary 13 

Home  and  Farm 14 

News  OF  THE  Week..  .  16 

Churches  vs.  Lodgery 14 

Publisher's  Dep't 16 


Tke  winter  canvass  has  fairly  opened. 
Strike  while  the  i/ron  is  hot!  '■'■Ten  thousand 
suhscrihers  a/ad  WashyngtorC*  is  the  watchword. 


TOPICS  OF   THE  TIME. 


The  remains  ot  Thurlow  Weed  were  taken  to 
Albany  on  Saturday,  the  25th  ult.,  after  the  brief 
religious  servicea  in  ^ew  York.  Lying  in  St. 
Peter's  church  they  were  viewed  by  thousands, 
before  the  brief  and  final  service  before  burial, 
during  which  the  church  was  crowded  to  its  ut- 
most. The  entire  staff  of  the  Albany  Evening 
Journal,  the  paper  founded  by  Mr.  Weed  as  an 
organ  for  the  Anti-masonic  party  of  fifty  years 
ago,  were  present,  and  with  them  200  employees 
of  the  printing  house  established  in  connection 
with  the  paper  by  his  only  son  James,  who  died 
in  1851.  Minute  guns  were  fired  as  the  funeral 
cortege  passed  to  the  Rural  Cemetery  where  all 
that  is  mortal  of  this  great  man  rests  at  last. 


Governor  St.  John  is  visiting  Chicago,  and 
was  announced  to  speak  at  Grace  Methodist 
church  on  Sabbath  evening.  The  notice  having 
been  made  without  consultation,  he  spoke  but 
briefly  to  the  crowded  house  by  way  of  warning 
to  young  men.  Chicago,  he  said,  contained  a 
population  about  one  half  as  great  as  the  State  ot 
Kansas ;  and  while  its  laws  protected  and  fos- 
tered churches  and  schools,  they  also  protected 
about  4,000  saloons,  where  the  devil  preached 
every  day  in  the  week  to  the  disadvantage  of 
the  churches.  The  laws  sustaining  these  places 
were,  he  said,  the  result  of  politicians  carrying 
a  groggery  on  one  shoulder  and  a  Sabbath  school 
on  the  other.  He  had  little  respect  for  the  sen- 
timent which  seems  to  sustain  sneh  a  law.  To 
the  young  men  he  said  that  instead  of  think- 
ing of  the  saloons  they  should  think  of  God,  and 
rely  on  the  counsels  of  their  parents  as  the  best 
means,  under  God,  of  avoiding  the  crime  of  in- 
temperance.   Later  in  the  month  Gov.  St.  John 


expects  to  make  several  addresses  in  the  city  and 
in  the  State  on  temperance. 


Congress  met  on  Monday  at  11  a.  m.  and  lis- 
tened to  the  President's  message,  which  is  this 
year  shorter  than  usual.  It  reviews  briefly  the 
whole  round  of  onr  foreign  relations,  lingering  a 
little  upon  the  Chili  case  and  the  defunct  peace 
congress  of  American  Republics.  Revenue  re- 
duction is  recommended  by  abolition  of  all  taxes 
except  upon  distilled  spirits.  Last  year  the  Pres- 
ident recommended  the  tame  reduction,  except- 
ing tobacco  and  distilled  and  fermented  liquors. 
So  far  as  the  question  has  been  discussed  among 
Congressmen  they  wish  everything  excepted  but 
these  three  nuisances.  The  message  favors  the 
two  cent  postage  rate  and  opposes  postal  tele- 
graphy which  Postmaster-General  Howe  recom- 
mends ;  ?t  also  asks  for  a  new  bankrupt  law,  and 
President  Arthur  takes  almost  his  only  oppor- 
tunity in  an  official  way  to  hit  back  at  ex-8ecre 
tary  Blaine  for  his  foreign  policy  and  vigorous 
defense  of  the  same  since  the  death  of  Garfield. 


The  quiet  of  Sabbath  hours  was  horribly  broken 
in  Chicag-o  this  week  by  the  hue  ting  down  and 
killing  of  a  colored  desperado.  On  Wednesday 
night  three  ofiicers  went  to  arrest  him.  The 
first  one  was  shot  dead  as  he  opened  the  door, 
and  his  companions,  terrified  and  cowardly,  let 
the  man  escape.  Hia  whereabouts  being  discov- 
ered by  the  police  on  Su'^day  afternoon,  another 
officer  was  shot  and  seriously  wounded.  The 
force  was  then  called  out,  a  hundred  or  more 
strong,  and  a  rabble  of  several  thousand  joined 
in  the  hunt  among  freight  cars  and  coal  yards 
along  the  Northwestern  railway  tracks.  Every 
man  who  had  a  revolver  held  it  ready  for  use, 
and  in  the  excitement  it  is  a  wonder  that  a  dozen 
men  were  not  shot.  A  spirit  of  frenzy  and  re- 
venge, disgraceful  to  both  police  and  citizens,  took 
possession  of  a  whole  section  of  the  city  and  th<- 
hunt  went  on  as  if  for  a  mad  dog  or  an  escaped 
tiger.  The  murderer  was  little  less,  for  when 
found  and  shot  down  he  had  a  revolver  fully 
loaded,  and  would  have  used  it  to  the  last.  But 
most  disgraceful  of  all,  when  the  body  of  the 
dead  rufiian  was  taken  to  the  station  the  surging 
crowd,  determined  on  revenge,  could  not  be 
kept  off  even  by  the  revolvers  of  a  squad  of  po- 
lice; and  to  satisfy  their  beastly  Nero-thirst  for 
blood  the  dead  body  was  exposed  in  d.  window 
while  for  houis  the  crowd  filed  bv,  until  it  was 
glutted  with  the  bloody  sight.  Chicago  has 
seldom  if  ever  exhibited  so  sickening  and  dis- 
graceful a  picture.  An  adequate  contrast  can  be 
found  only  in  the  slave  hunts  of  the  South  or 
the  guerillar  aids  of  the  war. 

— John  C.  W.  Bailey,  a  32-degree  Mason  who 
died  a  few  months  since  in  this  city,  was  the 
first  editor  and  publisher  of  the  Voice  of  Ma- 
sonry, with  which  he  connected  the  printing 
and  sale  of  Masonic  books.  After  he  sold  out 
this  business  he  engaged  in  printing  and  at  one 
time  run  on  his  presses  a  whole  edition  of  Ro- 
nayne's  "Haud-book"  for  Baker  and  Arnold. 
Bro.  Baker  called  his  attention  to  the  character 
of  the  book  but  Bailey  turned  off  the  allusion  to 
his  lodge  oath  with  a  joke.  He  evidently 
thought  more  of  a  few  substantial  dollars 
than  of  a  false  and  hypocritical  oath  which 
no  one  has  any  moral  right  to  assume. 


— Detroit,  Holland,  Wexford  county,  Branch 
county,  and  Oakland  county,  have  reported 
for  the  American  Party.  About  300  votes  were 
polled  as  the  aggregate  of  these  places.  Other 
places  have  not  been  heard  from. 


The  Pantheon  of  the  Nations. 

[Editorial.) 

Pantheons  are  temples  devoted  to  all  the  gods 
of  paganism.  The  name  is  Greek,  and  meang 
every  god.  There  was  one  in  Athens  and  one  in 
Paris,  the  last  begun  in  1764. 

Roman  policy  brought  the  leading  deiliea  of 
all  its  conquered  nations  to  Rome,  thus  to  make 
it  the  mistress  of  the  world  These  idols  were 
placed  in  the  magnificent  Pantheon,  which  was 
bailt  on  the  field  of  Mars,  and  was  a  measure 
of  war-policy.  Erected  perhaps  130  years  be- 
fore Christ,  when  it  had  stood  more  than  seven 
centuries.  Pope  Boniface  IV.  turned  it  into  a 
temple  consecrated  to  the  Virgin  Mary.  But 
long  before  this  the  best  of  its  images  had  been 
taken  to  Constantinople  by  Constantino  and  con- 
verted into  popish  saints.  Its  image  of  Jupiter, 
the  head  god  cf  paganism,  has,  however,  been 
retained  and  removed  to  the  Vatican,  where  it  is 
worshipped  as  the  statue  of  St.  Peter  by  kissing 
the  toe  of  the  stone  image  until  the  nail  is  worn 
off  by  the  lipg  of  Roman  Catholics.  The  tem- 
ple itself,  surmounted  by  a  dome  which  is  an 
exact  halt  sphere,  served  as  a  model  for  the 
dome  of  St.  Peter's.  When  the  thought  struck 
Michael  Angelo,  as  he  walked  the  street,  it 
is  eaid  he  exclaimed,  "  I  will  hang  the  Pantheom 
in  mid  air."  The  old  temple  is  still  visited  by 
tourists. 

Freemasonry  attempts,  like  the  builders  of 
Pantheons,  to  unify  the  Christless  worships  of 
the  world.  "  The  inimitable  Ralph  Cndworth" 
(as  John  Paine  calls  him  in  his  Intellectual  Sys- 
tem of  the  Universe)  has  shown  that  all  the 
pagan  systems  admitted  one  supreme  being, 
with  a  multitude  of  lesser  gods.  Freemasonry 
takes  that  one  supreme  deity  as  the  "  religion 
in  which  all  mankind  agree,'''  or,  as  Mackey 
calls  it,  (Lex.  p.  404)  "  the  religion  of  pure 
Theism.''  This  is  the  religion  of  ttiis  world,  as 
it  is  without  Christ,  and  Satan  is  the  god  of  it. 
What  the  old  Pantheon  attempted  by  architect- 
ure, stone  and  statuary,  the  lodge  system  at- 
tempts by  mystery  and  rites  adapted  to  a  higher 
grade  of  superstition,  and  is  thus  the  modern 
Pantheon  of  the  nations. 


The  Church  and  Sin. 

BY  PKKSrOENT  O.  J.  KEPHABT. 

It  is  a  sad  fact  that  the  church  is  so  slow  to 
take  an  active  part  as  a  unit  in  any  of  the  great 
questions  of  reform  that  have  occupied  the  at- 
tention of  men.  When  Moses,  at  the  direction 
of  the  Lord,  would  lead  Israel  out  of  Egypt,  he 
must  endure  almost  as  much  reproach  from  his 
own  people  as  from  his  enemies.  When  King 
Hezekiah  attempted  to  reform  Israel  after  the 
terrible  sins. of  his  predecessors,  his  efforts  were 
very  generally  spurned. 

When  Jesus  "came  to  his  own  his  own 
received  him  not,"  but  plotted  and  effected 
his  death.  When  Luther  commenced  to  preach 
the  truth  he  met  the  most  bitter  opposition  from 
the  church. 

When  the  question  of  the  rightfulness  of 
human  slavery  was  before  the  people  the  insti- 
tution had  its  strongest  support  in  the  church. 
The  sin  ot  whisky-drinking  has  reached  its  pres- 
ent appalling  proportions  because  of  the  support 
it  received  from  the  church. 

Looking  at  this  phase  of  the  subject  one  might 
conclude  that  the  cuurch  is  the  conservator  of 
error,  rather  than  of  truth;  and  such  indeed  it  is, 
if  we  look  upon  it  from  the  human  side  alone. 
It  is  not  the  perfection  of  human  ideas,  plans 
and  efforts,  that  renders  the  church  the  strong- 


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hold  of  truth ;  it  is  the  constant  working  in  it 
of  the  divine  idea,  formulated  in  the  spiritual 
rule  of  Christ,  in  spite  of  human  imperfectif  ns, 
that  renders  it  the  hope  of  the  world.  How 
poor  an  idea  of  what  the  church  might  be  do 
we  get  from  what  it  is !  God  speaks  of  her  in 
his  Word  as  coming  forth,  "Fair  as  the  moon, 
dear  as  the  sun,  and  terrible  as  an  army  with 
banners."  Such  indeed  it  is,  so  far  as  reepects 
the  divinity  present  in  its  organization  and  oper- 
ation, but  snch  it  has  never  yet  been  seen  from 
the  human  side. 

To-day  pin  in  some,  I  might  say  many,  of  its 
moet  terrible  forms,  has  as  its  bulwark  the 
church;  not  so  much  because  of  a  positive  atti 
tude  in  favor  of  sin  as  because  of  a  negative  un- 
defined atHtude.  I  am  not  one  of  those  who 
think  that  the  world  is  constantly  growing  worse. 
and  the  church  declining  fr<^m  God.  Far  from 
it.  The  world  s-rows  better  every  day,  and  the 
church  more  powerful.  But  this  1  claim :  The 
church  does  not  yet  so  dearly  comprehend  truth 
that  she  preserves  herselt  from  being  Dsed  fts  the 
support  and  defense  of  sin.  The  church  has 
scarcely  ever  taken  a  position  in  defense  of  any 
of  the  radical  forms  of  error  and  iniquity.  She 
h^  never  declared  in  favor  ot  idolatry.  She 
has  never  placed  it  in  the  catalogue  of  duties  to 
keep  slaves,  or  to  practice  drunkenness  and  de- 
bauchery ;  yet  she  has  tolerated  every  one  of 
theae^abominations.  The  church,  nor  any  part 
of  it,  has  ever  prescribed  it  as  a  part  of  Christian 
duty  to  unite  oneself  with  any  of  the  forms  of 
iniquity  known  in  modern  times  as  secret  socie- 
ties. At  the  same  time  there  is  scarcely  a  Chris- 
tian denomination  which  has  not  in  some  w^y  or 
other  sought  the  patronage  of  these  institutions, 
and  thus  has  taken  an  attitude  which  rendered 
opposition  to  this  iniquitous  pfa.'tice  unrea!>on- 
able.  The  effort  has  been  to  do  this  in  the  light 
of  the  sinfulness  of  these  organizations,  with  no 
possibility  of  doubting  that  to  do  so  is  most  pos- 
itively to  degrade  the  church  in  the  estimation  of 
the  unsaved. 

This  is  too  bad.  When  will  Christian  men  and 
Christian  organizations  learn  that  it  is  not  tho 
right  of  any  man,  as  God  views  it,  to  do  thpt 
which  it  is  not  his  duty  to  do  as  a  servant  of 
God  Nor  is  it  the  right  of  any  Christian  or- 
ganization to  tolerate  or  permit  that  to  be  done 
by  its  members  which  God  does  not  prescribe  as 
a  part  of  Christian  duty.  The  preservation  of 
Christian  integrity  is  a  duty  to  which  every  one 
should  give  most  careful  attention.  Any  degra 
dation  of  Christian  character  is  a  reproach  to  the 
cause  of  Christ,  and  any  toleration  ot  such  deg 
radation  by  Christian  organizations  is  an  abomi- 
nation. To  ask  whether  the  union  of  Christian 
men  with  the  ungodly  of  every  type,  in  the  man- 
ner in  which  this  union  is  effected  in  the  differ- 
ent secret  orders,  for  no  other  purpose  than  per 
sonal  aggrandizement — to  ask  whether  this  is 
degrading  to  Christian  character  is  supreme 
folly. 

The  effort  of  every  individual  Christian  should 
be  to  exhibit  to  the  world  the  true  Christian 
character  as  revealed  in  the  Word  ot  God,  of 
which  the  world  in  general  has  a  very  correct 
idea.  The  effort  of  every  branch  of  the  Chris- 
tian church  should  be  to  throw  around  its  ad- 
herents Euch  influences  and  restrictions  as  will 
most  conduce  to  this  end.  I  only  ask,  does  the 
toleration  of  union  with  that  which  is  in  its  very 
nature  iniq^uitous,  conduce  to  the  accomplish- 
ment of  this  object? 

Avalon  College,  Mo. 


Honors  Long  Delayed. 

BY  PKOF.  B.  D.  BAILET. 

It  doesn't  often  happen  that  one  waits  fifty 
years  after  -^eath  for  funeral  solemnities,  or 
waiting  that  long,  gets  them.  It  seldom  hap- 
pens either  that  a  man  gets  a  double  quantity  cf 
fluch  sepulchral  honors;  but  that  antiquated 
reservoir  of  justice,  wisdom  and  charity  tho 
Order  of  Ancient  Free  and  Accepted  Masons, 
believes  in  giving  to  every  man — if  he  is  a  Ma- 
son— his  due,  providing,  always,  that  the  man 
has  regularly  kept  up  all  hie  dues. 

And  it  believes  also  in  improving  every  op- 
portunity to  make  a  grand,  imposing  moral  show 
of  ^itself  in  ^itg  trappery  and  paraphernalia,  as  if 


it  was  a  monster,  combination.  Jumbo  menag- 
erie. 

Such  an  opportunity  occurred  a  few  years  ago 
in  Worcester,  and  it  wa'^  an  emergency  that  ap- 
pealed to  the  vanity  of  every  loyal  follower  of 
the  square  and  compass? 

Near  th«  part  of  the  city  where  the  new 
Union  passenger  d'^pot  had  been  erected  was  an 
old  cemetery  in  which  the  respected  citizens  of 
past  years  had  long  been  laid  away  for  their  last 
slumber.  In  order  to  extend  a  street  to  reach 
the  new  depot,  it  became  necessary  to  disturb 
this  last  resting  place  of  Worcester's  most  peace- 
ful inhabitants,  and  such  handfuls  of  mortal  dust 
as  could  be  discovered  under  the  crumbling 
gravestones  were  carefully  transplanted  to  a 
new  cemetery.  Among  the  number  of  those 
thus  unexpectedly  asked  to  "  move  on,"  was 
the  slender  remains  of  a  man  who,  no  doubt,  was 
respectable  and  deserving  enough  in  life — Mr. 
Isaiah  Thomas,  of  savory  memory.  He  had  dis- 
tinguished himself  while  on  earth  and  in  Mas- 
sachusetts by  being  the  editor  of  the  Mnssachu 
setts  Spy.  Fleeing  from  Boston  at  the  outbreak 
of  the  Revolution,  he  set  his  press  to  work  in 
Worcester,  where  ever  pince  it  has  continued  to 
keep  an  "Argus  eye"  on  the  doings  of  its  neigh- 
bors. He  was  also  the  first  to  read  the  Declara- 
tion of  Independence  in  New  England  ;  it  being 
tlone  from  the  steps  of  Old  South  church  in 
Worcester  to  an  admiring  audience.  His  quin- 
quagesiraal  honors,  however,  w^re  dufe  to  the 
facts  that  follow  rather  than  thes".  He  was 
also  a  Mason,  and  fifty  years  ago,  more  or  lees, 
he  was  summoned  to  the  Grand  Lodge  above. 
His  brethren  of  the  mystic  tie  would  gladly  have 
rushed  to  mingle  their  tears  of  sympathy  with 
those  of  the  bereaved  friends — if  there  were  anj 
— and  pour  their  liberal  treasures  in  their  lap, 
and  even  if  they  had  omitted  this  first  ceremony 
they  would  rot  have  omitted  to  gather  their  de- 
ceased brother  in  the  arms  of  their  ostentatious 
charity,  and  bear  him  to  the  tomb  with  mourn- 
ful pomp.  But  to  the  horror  and  distress  of 
the-se  devotees  of  Solomon's  Temple,  their  be- 
loved institution  was  under  a  painful  cloud. 
Anti-masonry,  fierce  and  deetroyinsr,  was  abroad 
in  the  land,  and.  to  tell  the  honest  truth,  they 
were  afraid.  So  the  friends  buried  him  and  let 
it  go,  hoping  he  would  get  in  somehow,  without 
a  Masonic  send-off. 

But  fortune's  wheel  turned,  and  the  "  hand- 
maid of  religion"  was  mistress  again.  So  when 
the  aforementioned  reinterment  took  place,  the 
brilliant  idea  flashed  upon  the  minds  of  the 
knights  of  the  cable-tow,  to  speed  on  the  soul  of 
the  departed — if  so  be  it  lingered  at  the  pearlly 
gate  above,  kept  out  by  some  angelic  tyler — be- 
cause it  didn't  come  properly  vouched  for,  or 
perhaps  it  was  also  to  vindicate  their  right  to 
make  ridiculous  fools  of  themselves — which  no 
bodv  ever  doubted — biit  most  probably  to  give 
themselves  a  chance  to  air  their  aprons  and  ex- 
hibit their  big  Bible  that  the  profane  outside 
might  know  they  had  one.  So  they  gathered  in 
Mechanic's  Hall,  these  thrice  illustrious  disciples 
of  the  double  triangle,  a  gorgeous  and  mournful 
company.  At  least  they  tried  to  look  solemn, 
but  i'  is  said  they  looked  ineffably  silly. 

Over  the  mortal  I'einains — a  bone  or  two  and 
a  puff  of  dust — of  the  long-since  departed 
brother,  laid  in  an  elegant  and  costly  casket, 
they  held  a  solemn  and  imposing  service.  They 
made  long  and  eulogistic  speeches  and  then  with 
mournful  step  and  slow,  headed  by  muffled 
drums,  playing  a  funeral  dirge,  the  long  proces- 
sion moved  to  the  place  prepared  for  mortal 
man.  May  he  rest  there  in^peace  till  the  last 
great  awakening. 

We  venture  to  suggest  that  this  man  who  had 
been  dead  fifty  years  and  had  forgotten  the 
pomps  and  vanities  of  this  world,  was  very  little 
benefitted,  and  as  for  relatives  and  descendants 
to  be  flattered  by  this  show  of  respect,  there 
were  none.  But  his  name  and  tame  served  as  a 
background  against  which  the  lurid  light  of  Ma- 
sonic glorification  shone  astonishingly  well,  and 
they  were  happy,  even  if  everybody  else  was  dis- 
gusted. 

^  m  m 

New  Year's  Gifts  must  soon  be  prepared. 
What  better  tor  some  friend  than  tho  Cynosure 
for  a  year,  or  a  copy  of  "In  the  Coils?" 


REFORM  STORY. 


Ho/den  with  Cords. 

BY    THE    AUTHOR    OF  '^'LITTLE   PEOPIiE,"  "a    SUNNY 

I.TEP".,"   ETC. 

Chapter  XXX—HatUe  Snake  Com«r. 

As  soon  f«,s  we  heard  of  the  attack  on  Mark, 
\  started  off  for  Tonawanda.  It  was  not  likely 
the  actual  perpetrators  of  the  outrage  would 
ever  be  known,  but  there  was  no  reasonable 
doubt  that  they  were  ti^ols  of  the  lodge  whose 
first  plot  to  silence  his  fearless  testimony  had  eo 
signally  miscarried — thanks  to  Sam  Toller. 

At  one  of  the  stopping  places  on  the  way  an 
incident  occurred  eo  st'ongly  illustrative  of  that 
spirit  in  Masonry  which  a  distinguished  se- 
ceder  and  writer  on  the  subject  has  justly  de- 
nominated "infernal"  that  I  cannot  forbear 
transcribing  it, 

A  man  well  dressed,  but  with  a  general  ming- 
ling of  the  fumes  of  whisky  and  tobacco  about 
his  person  rather  too  strong  to  be  agreeable, 
stood  leaning  against  the  bar  apparently  on  the 
lookout  for  an  acquaintance,  which  he  fioally 
recognized  in  a  thin-visaged,  nervous  looking 
individual  with  an  umbrella  and  big  carpet  bag. 
The  latter  returned  his  salute  with  a  rather 
slight  nod  and  cool  "How  d'ye  do?" — but  the 
other  was  of  a  class  not  easy  to  snub. 

"Going  to  put  up  at  Greene's?"  he  inquired 
familiarly. 

"I  was  calculating  to,"  responded  the  one  in- 
terrogated. 

"Maybe  it's  none  of  my  business,"  resumed 
the  other,  with  the  air  of  a  person  obliged  to 
say  disagreeable  things  at  the  call  of  duty,  "but 
if  I  did  as  I  would  like  to  be  done  by,  I  should 
tell  you  that  Greene's  tavern  ain't  a,  good  place 
for  travellers  that  have  anything  valuable  about 
them.  If  I  was  obliged  to  put  up  there  I  should 
sleep  with  one  eye  open." 

The  nervous  looking  man  glanced  toward  his 
carpet  bag  as  if  he  saw  it  already  in  possession 
of  unlawful  hands,  and  answered  in  a  slow,  ap- 
palled way,  "You  don't  say  so.  Why  now  I 
had  no  idea  the  Park  Tavern  was  such  a  place, 
but  I  guess  I'll  go  on  to  the  next  stand;  it  won't 
be  much  further.  I  declare,  there's  no  knowing 
who  to  trust  now  days."  And  depositiiig  his 
umbrella  carefully  between  his  legs  he  eat  down 
in  a  remote  corner  apparently  absorbed,  in 
mournful  refiections  on  the  general  wickedness 
of  the  world.  j 

"Well  now,"  put  in  the  landlord  who  was 
standing  behind  the  bar,  making  some  entries 
in  his  book.  "I  must  say  I  am  surprised  to  hear 
that.  I  always  supposed  Greene  kept  a  pretty 
nice  house." 

"I  reckon  after  you  bad  a  brand  new  ten  dol- 
lar horse  blanket  taken  from  you  as  a  neighbor 
of  mine  did  that  put  up  there  last  winter,  you 
wouldn't  think  so,  landlord.  The  fact  is  Greene's 
tavern  is  getting  to  be  really  a  disreputable 
place  to  stop  at,  and  I  only  do  as  my  conscience 
tells  me  to  in  warning  any  traveller-  that  I  hap- 
pen to  know  against  going  there." 

It  i?  needless  to  say  that  my  blood  fairly 
boiled  with  indignation  while  I  listened  to  these 
base  calumnies  knowing  so  well  their  foul  origin. 
Should  I  remain  silent  and  let  this  thing  in  hu- 
man semblance  spit  out  his  vile  venom  without 
reproof  or  contradiction ?    Never. 

"I  know  Mr.  Greene  to  be  a  Qhrietian  and  a 
gentleman;"  I  said,  turning  to  the  mnn  of  con- 
science. "This  is  the  first  time  I  ever  heard 
that  travellers'  things  were  not  safe  at  his 
house." 

My  words  had  a  somewhat  similar  effect  to 
poking  a  venomous  snake  with  a  stick. 

The  stranger  reddened  with  rage,  and  an- 
swered fiercely,  "  Do  you  tell  me  then  that  I 
lie?" 

"No;"  I  responded  quietly,  "I  hope  you  are 
only  misinformed.  But  I  repeat  what  I  said, 
Mr.  Greene  has  always  been  a  character  above 
reproach;  and  it  is  certainly  strange  that  no  sto- 
ries to  the  discredit  of  his  house  were  over  cir- 
culated till  the  Morgan  affair  happened." 

"Good  now;  I'll  go  sides  with  ye,"  interrupted 
a  voice  behind  me.  "I'd  a  blamed  sight  rather 
be  h^m  than  the  men  that  will  fcteal  their  own 
blankets,  and  then  turn  round  and  prosecute 
him.    Or  the  men  either  that  would  take  his 


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THK  CHHISTIAN  CYl^OSUHK. 


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poor  dog,  cut  its  throat  from  ear  to  ear  and 
drown  it  at  low  water  mark.  When  I  get  kinder 
riled  up  about  such  doings  I  pick  out  a  psalm 
of  David  and  read  it — about  Doeg  the  Edomite, 
or  Cueh  the  Benjamite,  or  some  other  of  them 
rascally  chaps  that  he  is  always  praying  to  be 
delivered  from.  There's  one  veree  in  particu- 
lar,— 'His  mischief  shall  return  upon  his  own 
head  and  his  violent  dealings  upon  his  own 
pate,' that  does  me  as  much  good  to  think  of 
as  it  ever  did  to  eat  my  victuals." 

And  my  neV'  found  ally  who  proved  to  my 
Burprise  to  be/the  jocular  man  introduced  to  the 
reader  on  a  previous  occasion,  resumed  his  seat 
and  taking  a  jack-knife  from  his  pocket  pro- 
ceeded to  coolly  pare  an  apple,  and  cut  it  in 
even  quarters  which  he  stowed  away  in  his  ca- 
pacious mouth  with  the  utmost  ease. 

Physical  bulk  and  strength  is  something, 
decry  it  as  we  may,  for  there  is  a  certain  class 
of  men  who  will  pay  respect  to  nothing  else. 
The  jocular  man  stood  over  six  feet  in  his  stock- 
ings, and  had  chest  and  limbs  of  herculean 
breadth  and  power.  The  other  looked  as  much 
at  a  disadvantage  as  a  terrier  before  a  big  New- 
foundland dog,  and  did  not  choose,  for  prudent 
reasons,  to  turn  on  him  in  the  same  threatening 
bnllying  fashion  in  which  he  had  turned  on  me. 
So  he  contented  himself  with  a  few  mutter.t  d 
words  in  reply  and  sneaked  off,  probablv  to 
play  the  same  small  game  of  detraction  and  ca- 
lumny somewhere  else. 

Nothing  was  altered  at  Mr.  Jedediah  Mill's. 
The  same  air  of  comfort  and  thrift ;  the  same 
kitchen  with  its  scoured  floor,  its  flag-bottomed 
straight- backed  chairs,  and  homely  hospitality; 
the  same  "best  room"  with  a  sampler  Hannah 
had  wrought  in  her  girlhood,  hanging  over  the 
high,  black  mantle,  and  such  books  as  Rollins' 
Ancient  History,  Watts  on  the  Mind,  and 
Baxter's  Saints'  Rest  standing  in  solemn  rows  on 
the  shelves  of  the  book  case,  yet  over  it  all 
rested  the  shadow  of  a  brooding  trouble  as  a 
thundercloud  overhangs  a  fair  landscape. 

It  was  visible  in  Mrs.  Mills  dejected  face,  ia 
her  husband's  whitening  hairs,  and  even  in  the 
smile  with  which  Hannah  greeted  me  when  I 
came  to  the  door,  for  it  was  that  pathetic  kind 
of  a  smile  which  Old  Sorrow  and  New  Happi- 
ness are  apt  to  wear  before  they  have  had  time 
to  make  each  other's  lequaintance.  Light  and 
shadow,  joy  and  grief!  Wisely  has  Providence 
mingled  the  cup  as  we  shall  all  know  when  we 
reach  those  love-illumined  heights  that  rise  be- 
yond the  mist'  of  time  and  death;  as  many  of 
us  come  to  realize  even  here  when  some  thorny 
trial  blossoms  into  a  rich  red  rose  of  blessing, 
and  "Thy  will  be  done"  grows  suddenly  easy  to 
say,  so  easy  that  we  wonder  it  was  evpr  hard. 

For  Hannah's  parents  were  well  suited  with 
her  choice,  though  in  a  worldly  sense  they  knew 
she  might  have  done  better.  They  reverenced 
the  young  preacher  with  his  slight  frame,  hie 
burning  ardor  and  devotion  in  his  Master's 
cause,  almost  like  an  angelic  messenger;  and  the 
recent  assault  upon  him  had  naturally  intensified 
the  feeling  by  surrounding  him  with  not  a  little 
of  that  homage  with  which,  reasonably  or  other- 
wise the  best  portion  of  humanity  are  apt  to  re- 
gard one  who  has  come  very  near  being  enrolled 
in  the  noble  army  of  martyrs. 

Good  Mrs.  Mills,  with  pleasant  garrulousn ess, 
told  me  the  who':e  story  of  the  courtship  before 
I  had  been  in  the  house  twenty -four  hours. 

"Father  has  been  real  down  in  the  month 
pince  this  trouble  come  on  to  u£  about  our  farm. 
You  see  he's  a  man  that  won't  give  up  a  grain 
to  injustice.  He's  always  said  he'd  tight  it  out 
to  che  end,  if  it  took  every  dollar  he  had,  for  'it 
I  give  'em  an  inch,'  says  he,  'they'll  take  an  ell, 
and  then  what  am  I  better  off'^'  It  was  two  or 
three  days  after  Mark  was  shot  that  father  was 
sitting  over  the  fire  in  one  of  his  low  spells,  and 
1  was  trying  to  chirk  him  up  a  little  by  talking 
about  the  old  times  before  we  were  married, 
and  asking  him  if  he  remembered  the  first  night 
we  walked  home  from  the  singing  school  to- 
gether, and  how  he  walked  in  one  rut  and  I  in 
the  other  because  we  were  too  bashful  to  lock 
arms;  but  I  couldn't  get  a  smile  onto  his  face. 
And  just  then  the  door  opened,  and  father,"he 
kindier  started  up,  for  there  was  Mark  and  Han- 


nah looking  as  happy  as  though  they  had  just 
stepped  out  of  Paradise.  And  I  lay  down  my 
knitting,  for  I  see  what  was  coming,  and  I  won- 
dered how  father  would  take  it.  Hannah  stepped 
up  and  put  her  arras  around  his  neck,  and  give 
a  little  sob;  and  then  father  seemed  to  unier- 
stand  it  at  last.  He  looked  from  Mark  to  Han- 
nah, and  say.5  he,  'You  know  I  am  a  poor  man 
now,  I  can't  give  yon  any  setting  out.'  And 
then  Mark  spoke  up,  and  says  he,  'We  only 
want  your  consent  and  blessing.  Hannah's 
wedding  portion  is  in  herself,  and  its  value  is 
far  above  rubies.  I  have  told  her  what  to  expect 
if  she  married  me,  but  she  is  willing  to  try  it.' 
And  father  give  his  consent  right  off  and  seemed 
to  cheer  up  wonderfully,  so  that  I  told  Hannah 
afterwards,  'I  hain't  seen  your  father  so  like 
himself  since  he  begun  to  have  this  law-suit.' 
And  though  I  do  say  it  of  my  own  daughter, 
Hannah  will  matce  a  first-rate  minister'?  wife. 
She  is  just  cut  out  for  it.  She'll  turn  off  work, 
baking  or  churning  or  spinning,  and  you  wonder 
how  she  gets  so  much  dnne  with  so  little  fuss; 
and  then  she  will  be  all  ready  to  go  and  watch 
with  somebody  that's  sick.  I  tell  folks  she  is 
just  'ike  bet  aunt  Eunice — " 

But  I  forbear,  remembering  that  the  reader's 
interest  will  not  be  likely  to  extend  as  far  as 
Aunt  Eunice. 

The  marriage  was  to  take  place  in  a  few 
months,  for  as  Mark  said,  neither  of  them  want- 
ed a  long  engagement.  They  were  eager  to 
enter  upon  this  life  work  together.  The  time  was 
short  at  best.  Why  should  they  make  it  any 
shorter  by  unnecessary  delay? 

Of  course  the  reader  of  either  sex  who  looks 
upon  matr'mony  as  an  affair  largely  made  up 
of  bank  stocks,  diamond  rings,  and  elaborate 
trosseaus  will  have  no  patience  with  such  an 
uncalculating  young  couple  ;  and  I  fear  that  no 
excuse  can  be  made  for  their  verdancy  which 
will  be  accepted  in  such  quarters. 

The  fact  was,  Hann<ih  Mills  was  not  only  "cut 
out  to  be  a  minister's  wife,"  but  she  was  cut 
out  to  be  the  helpmeet  of  a  poor  and  unpopular 
minister,  whose  mission  led  him  in  the  ways  of 
Elijah  aod  Ezekiel,  and  other  old  reformers,  to 
the  great  detriment  of  his  worldly  prospects. 
And  when  she  accepted  Mark  she  simply  accept- 
ed her  vocation, 

Mark  accompanied  me  home  to  Brownsville 
as  the  best  way  to  convince  Rachel  that  he  had 
not  been  seriously  hurt  ;  for  the  report  had 
reached  us,  as  reports  generally  do,  in  so  exag- 
gerated a  form  as  to  rouse  all  her  sisterly  anx- 
iety. 

He  wanted  to  call  at  the  Park  Tavern,  how- 
ever, before  he  left,  and  Mr.  Mills  having  an 
errand  in  the  direction  of  Batavia,  the  latter  took 
us  in  his  farm  wagon  as  far  as  the  outskirts  of 
the  village,  where  he  dropped  us  and  we  pro- 
ceeded the  remaining  distance  on  foot. 

Batavia  was  now  in  its  normal  condition,  a 
busy  but  seemingly  peaceful  community.  I 
was  thinking  of  the  very  different  aspect  it  had 
worn  on  my  first  visit  when  we  heard  a  con- 
fused shout  from  a  rabble  of  men  and  boys  in 
the  distance  that  did  not  sound  exactly  like 
"mad  dog,"  though  the  cry  partook  somewhat  of 
that  character.  An  instant  after  a  window  open- 
ed, and  a  woman  called  loudly  to  a  little  tow- 
head  making  mud  pies  underneath,  "Charles 
Henry,  come  into  the  house  this  minute,  or  you'll 
get  hit," 

The  alarm,  whatever  its  cause,  seemed  to 
spread  with  electric  rapidity.  There  was  a  gen- 
eral banging  of  doors  and  windows  while  fright- 
ened women  in  all  stages  of  dishabille  rushed 
out  frantically  calling  in  their  children  as  if  they 
were  menaced  by  some  fearful  danger. 

"What  is  the  matter?"  we  stopped  to  ask  of 
one,  the  mother  of  the  Charles  Henry  aforesaid 
— for  that  young  gentleman  was  too  delightfully 
engaged  to  heed  at  once  the  maternal  call, 
and  was  now  being  dragged  unceremoniously 
into  the  house  in  a  small  skirmish  of  slaps  and 
kicks. 

"Why,  hain't  you  heard  about  it?  It's  aw- 
ful. Twenty  or  thirtv  rattlesnakes  loose  right 
here  in  the  village  I  You'd  better  take  care  of 
yourselves." 

Aud  80  saying  she  disappeared  with  her  con- 


tumacious young  scion,  while  Mark  and  I  looked 
around  us  for  some  weapon  of  defense.  For 
though  rattlesnakes  had  ceased  ^o  be  indigenous 
to  the  soil  of  Western  New  York,  they  were 
not  infrequently  killed  in  remote  or  newly  set- 
tled places,  and  many  an  old  hunter  could  tell 
yarns  quite  suffitsient  to  make  the  hair  rise  on 
the  most  unbelieving, — how  it  fascinated  its  vic- 
tim with  circles  of  ever-changing  light  and  color, 
mingling  and  melting,  melting  and  mingling; 
with  a  low  throbbing  music  sweet  as  the  song  of 
the  Syrens,  till  the  fatal  spell  was  broken  at  last 
by  its  fangs  in  his  fiesh,  and  the  creeping  chill 
of  death  at  his  heart. 

Several  men  and  boys  ran  past  ns  to  join  the 
rapidly  nearing  crowd,  armed  with  every  imag- 
inable weapon  from  hickory  clubs  to  brick-bats 
and  fire  shovels,  and  we  heard  the  name  of 
Greene  mingled  with  threats  and  execrations  as 
if  he  were  in  some  way  responsible  for  thejescape 
of  the  reptiles. 

"This  is  only  another  Masonic  outrage  on 
Mr.  Greene;"  said  Mark  suddenly,  dropping  the 
stout  sappling  which  he  was  trimming.  "I  don't 
believe  there  are  any  rattlesnakes  about.  See, 
they've  stopped  at  the  Park  Tavern  and  are 
pouring  into  his  yard.  Come  Leander;  we  must 
see  this  affair  through.  I  know  a  back  way 
that  we  can  take  so  as  to  avoid  mixing  with  all 
that  rabble." 

Accordingly  I  followed  Mark  "the  back  way" 
and  we  entered  the  public  room  of  the  tavern 
just  as  a  part  of  the  mob,  their  search  for  stray 
rattlesnakes  in  Mr.  Greene's  yard  and  outbuild- 
ings having  apparently  been  fruitless,  carried 
the  hunt  into  the  house,  loading  its  proprietor 
with  every  vile  epit'-et.  But  the  latter  met 
them  with  cool  self-possession.  He  had  been 
under  the  tire  of  the  lodge  too  often  to  show 
any  surprise  or  trepidation  at  this  new  form  of 
attack,  and  there  was  even  a  suppressed  humor 
lurking  about  his  mouth  as  if  he  saw  a  comical 
side  to  the  affair. 

"Gentlemen," — and  I  remember  how  his  clear 
full  voice  sounded  above  the  uproar,  a  voice  I 
was  destined  to  hear  afterwards  from  the  plat- 
form as  he  told  the  stoi-y  of  Morgan  to  listening 
crowds,  and  faced  mobs  with  the  same  calm  he- 
roic bearing  with  which  he  now  met  the  daily 
outrage  and  insults  to  which  he  was  subjected; 
— "the  snakes  are  all  safe  in  their  box.  Who- 
ever said  they  had  escaped  spread  a  false  report. 
I  beg  you  will  be  content  with  this  assurance 
and  disperse." 

"Do  you  think  we  will  take  yowr  word  for  it, 
you  cussed,  perjured  villain?"  responded  the 
foremost  one,  who  seemed  to  be  full  not  only  of 
the  spirit  of  the  lodge  but  the  spirit  of  whisky, 
and  who  as  I  afterwards  learned  had  done  a  good 
deal  of  false  swearing  as  a  witness  in  the  Morgan 
trials.  And  he  brandished  his  club  threatening- 
ly near  to  Mr.  Greene's  face,  but  the  latter  did 
not  abate  one  atom  of  his  cool,  dignified  bear- 
ing. 

"You  are  not  obliged  to  take  my  word  for  it. 
I  can  easily  send  for  the  man  who  asked  leave 
to  store  the  box  ir  my  granary.  He  can  certify 
that  not  one  of  the  snakes  has  got  loose." 

"I've  seen  the  box  myself  and  it  is  all  right;" 
spoke  up  the  bar-tender.  '-Do  you  suppose  I 
would  be  suoh  a  precious  fool  as  to  stay  here, 
if  1  knew  any  such  varmints  were  crawling 
about?'' 

This  argument  was  rather  unanswerable,  es- 
jecialiyas  another  man,  a  lodger  at  the  Park 
Tavern  added  his  own  assurance  to  the  same 
effect.  And  after  a  little  more  abuse  of  Mr. 
Greene,  the  rioters — for  such  they  were — find- 
ing their  game  was  likely  to  be  a  losing  one,  de- 
parted 

The  court  was  then  sitting,  Batavia  being  a 
cou'tty  town,  and  the  explanation  of  this  whole 
scene  consisted  in  the  fact  that  one  of  the  wit- 
nescCB  in  a  forthcoming  trial  had  a  box  of  rattle- 
snakes with  bim  which  he  was  taking  to  a  man 
in  New  York.  He  accordingly  asked  storage 
room  for  it  duringr  the  period  of  his  stay  at  the 
Park  Tavern.  This  was  a  grand  opportunity 
for  Mr.  Greene's  enemies  of  the  lodge  to  spread 
a  general  panic  through  the  village,  and  friphten 
away  his  custom  by  a  report  that  the  snakes  had 
broken  loose. 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE, 


December  7,  1883 


He  greeted  Mark  and  I  with  a  Pmile  as  un- 
troubled as  if  he  had  just  been  waited  on  by 
some  flattering  committee  who  wanted  to  make 
him  their  political  nominee;  and  his  only  refer- 
ence to  the  scene  that  had  passed  was  in  these 
few  quiet  words  as  he  took  us  into  a  small  apart- 
ment adjoining  the  public  room: 

"You  have  only  seen  one  specimen  of  the 
many  ways  in  which  the  Masons  are  trying  to 
ruin  my  business  here  in  Batavia  I  presume 
they  will  accomplish  their  end.  My  only  com- 
fort is  that  Grod  rules  in  heaven,  a  God  of  in- 
finite justice,  who  has  promised  to  hear  the  cry 
of  the  oppressed.     To  him  I  submit  my  cause." 

Grand,  simple-hearted  Christian  hero,  thy 
wrongs  were  never  righted  on  earth,  but  none 
the  less  eiirely  will  the  year  of  His  redeemed 
come  in  the  overthrow  of  every  dark  unright- 
eous system  of  lalsehood  for  whose  destruction 
aoujs  under  the  altar,  that  have  shed  their  blood 
in  the  cause  of  truth,  cry  continually,  "O,  Lord, 
how  long  I" 

Reader,  who  may  desire  a  proof  that  I  am  re- 
lating fact  and  not  fiction,  kuow  that  in  the 
goodly  village  of  JBatavia  there  is  a  certain  lo- 
cality called  by  the  townspeople  to  tliis  day 
in  memory  of  the  foregoing  occurrence.  Rattle 
Shake  Cobnek. 


THE  SOUTHERN  FIELD. 


The  Star-route  Ring— Is  it  Masonic. 

Washisgton,  Nov.  27. 
Deab  Bro.  K.  : — There  is  reason  to  think  that 
the  late  political  cyclone  did  much  to  purify  the 
moral  atmosphere  of  Washington.  Important 
changes  in  ofl&cial  circles  have  already  taken 
place,  and  others  are  irapendinaf.  It  seoms  now 
to  be  well  understood  that  government  officials 
caused  the  failure  of  the  Star-route  prosecu- 
tions, and  that  there  was  a  conspiracy  to 
make  the  government  appear  in  the  light  of  a 
persecutor  of  the  innocent,  rather  than  a  prose 
cutor  of  the  guilty.  Every  effort  is  used  to  not 
only  thwart  public  justice,  but  to  pervert  public 
opinion.  It  is  pretended  that  the  prosecution 
was  simply  a  war  of  the  stalwarts  on  the  friends 
of  Garfield,  but  the  people  are  not  and  will  not 
be  deceived,  and  the  administration  dare  not 
hesitate.  It  is  acting  with  promptness  and  en- 
ergy. The  following  extract  from  the  letter  of 
the  Attorney-General  to  the  President  will  show 
something  of  the  feeling,  at  least,  by  which  the 
Cabinet  is  actuated  : 

"  I  desire  to  call  your  attention  to  the  fact  that  the 
offlcera  ot  the  law  and  those  who  have  directly  been  aiding 
me  in  the  discharge  of  my  duty  in  this  business  have  been 
from  the  first  encircled  with  snares,  pitlalls  and  every 
species  of  vile  device  that  could  be  invented  to  ^arin  them, 
hinder  their  usefulness  and  prevent  the  administration  of 
justice.  Some  portions  of  this  community  who  surround 
these  defendants  and  who  have  enjoyed,  or  do  still  enjoy, 
minor  official  positions,  know  no  allegiance  to  any  one 
but  this  band  of  robbers,  and  render  no  service  to  any  one 
but  their  evil  employers.  From  motives  of  gain  or  other 
corrupt  considerations  they  are  saturated  with  affinities  lor 
these  bad  men,  and  they  have  contributed  by  every  means 
in  their  power,  at  the  bidding  of  their  masters,  to  obstruct 
public  justice  and  to  defame  its  officers,  with  the  hope  of 
securing  the  acquittal  of  the  worst  band  of  organized 
scoundrels  that  ever  existed  since  the  commencement  of 
the  government." 

How  much  Masonry  has  had  to  do  with  these 
immense  frauds  and  sham  prosecutions  we  may 
not  certainly  know ;  bat  there  are  not  a  few 
here  in  Washington  who  do  not  hesitate  to  say 
that  the  Postoftice  Department  is  controlled  by 
a  Masonic  ring.  It  is  vain  to  talk  of  an  honest 
administration,  of  justice  or  of  civil  service  re- 
form so  long  as  these  men  who  execute  our  laws 
are  sworn  to  another  government.  I  think  that 
it  is  just  such  political  tornadoes  as  those  of  the 
late  elections  that  will  break  up  the  domination 
of  party,  and  bring  men  face  to  face  with  living 
issues  ;  and  that  instead  of  weeping  we  ought  to 
"  sing  the  doxology." 

I  have  to-day  visited  the  Garfield  Memorial 
Fair  in  the  Capitol.  The  entrance  was  on  the 
west  side,  the  main  front  entrance  being  barred 
by  an  annex  constructed  of  boards  for  the  use  of 
the  great  band  of  musicians.  The  main  display 
is  in  the  rotunda,  and  consists  of  paintings  and 
statuary  inters-  >?d  with  tropical  plants  and 
flowers.  Afi.  catue  of  Garfield  is  in  the  cen- 
ter. The  display  of  pictures  is  large,  and  some 
of  them  are  very  tine,  but  as  a  whole  will  not 


compare  with  Corcoran  Art  Gallery.  The  sta- 
tuary faVs  far  short  of  that  which  has  been 
eent  to  the  Capital  by  the  several  States.  In 
Statuary  Hall  (the  old  hall  of  the  House  of  Rep- 
resentatives) we  found  an  exhibit  of  each  of  the 
States;  each  under  the  care  of  a  committee  of 
ladies  from  that  State.  Some  of  the  States  made 
very  fine  exhibits  ;  that  of  Kansas  was  especially 
noticeable  as  it  consisted  in  agricultural  pro- 
ducts arranged  in  artietic  forms.  The  cryut, 
which  is  directly  under  the  rotunda,  was  bril- 
liantly lighted,  and  had  a  very  fine  display. 

I  was  much  pleased  with  one  feature — there 
were  no  intoxicating  drinks  sold  about  the  prem- 
ises, and  no  smoking  in  the  building  ;  but  I  was 
sorry  to  find  that  lotteries  were  an  important 
featuie  ot  the  fair.  This  was  conspicrious  in  the 
Kentucky  department,  which  was  quite  small, 
but  was  devoted  to  the  sale  o^  Masonic  jewels 
and  a  few  other  trinkets  hy  lottery.  This  is  a 
plain  violation  of  the  spirit  if  not  the  letter  of 
both  human  and  divine  law.  On  Wednefday 
there  is  to  be  a  bievcle  display,  and  Thursday  is 
to  be  given  to  the  Knights  Templar,  and  in  each 
case  there  are  to  be  more  lotteries.  How  much 
Mr.  Garfield  will  be  honored  remains  to  be  seen. 
I  distributed  about  the  Capitol  a  large  number 
of  the  letter  of  Thurlow  Weed  to  the  Batavia 
Convention.  In  most  cases  they  were  kindly  or 
even  eagerly  taken.  In  a  few  they  were  reject- 
ed with  indignation  when  they  saw  what  they 
were.     But  some  of  this  seed  will  terminate. 

H.  H.  HiNMAN. 


NEW  ENGLAND. 


THE  NEW  ENGLAND  BOARD  of  the  National  Chris- 
tian Association  has  it  headquarters  at  No.  8  Portland  St., 
Worcester,  Mass.  A  full  supply  of  books  and  tracts  con- 
stantly on  hand.  Orders  promptly  filled.  Correspondence 
solicited.  E.  D.  Bailey,  N.  E.  Sec. 


—The  temperance  meetings  under  the  lead  of 
Rev.  H.  T.  Cheever  continue  to  be  gloriously 
successful.  Mechanics  Hall,  the  larijest  in  the 
city  was  fillel  to  overflowing  last  Sunday,  and 
many  turned  away  unable  to  find  even  standing 
room.  It  is  hoped  that  this  will  result  in  a 
revolution  in  our  city  government.  The  change 
of  one  hundred  votes  last  year  would  have 
given  the  victory  to  "  iSTo  license."  It  is 
hopf'd  we  may  find  the  people  better  prepared 
this  year. 

— Miss  Mitchell,  of  Pittston,  Me.,  writes  of 
one  of  the  evangelists,  whom  Bro.  Spauldiug 
found  in  Portland,  that  he  recently  held  some 
meetings  in  Gardner,  and  one  evening,  turning 
to  a  Mason,  he  said:  "When  you  get  the  Lord 
Jesus  in  your  soul  it  will  take  out  all  the  secret 
societies." 

— Robert  Mansfield,  a  Wesleyau  Methodist 
brother,  sends  us  some  interesting  reminiscences 
and  among  them  a  note  about  the  Wesleyau 
church  spoken  of  last  week  in  the  Cynosure : 
"When  the  Wesleyan  Methodist  church  at  Co- 
chituate  was  organized  it  was  done  by  persons 
of  various  beliefs,  for  the  purpose  of  having  a 
church  in  the  village.  When  it  was  found  that 
members  of  secret  societies  could  not  be  ad- 
mitted, a  large  majority  left.  The  house  is  now 
secure  in  possession  of  the  Wesleyan  Metho- 
dists." This  statement  confirms  the  opinion 
which  we  have  previously  expressed  that .  it  is 
Masonic  influence  which  kept  the  reform 
churches  out  of  New  England.  It  also  explains 
why  the  Congregational  churches,  whose  ciiief 
strength  is  here,  have  from  the  first  feared  this 
reform  They  know  the  power  of  the  lodge  and 
are  unwilling  to  risk  their  strength  in  an  open 
encounter. 

— The  same  brother  adds  these  words  of 
cheer :  "God  leads  reformers,  if  faithful,  to 
sure  success.  Though  they  have  to  wade  through 
deep  waters  it  shall  not  overflow  them.  The 
agency  at  Worcester  is  a  God  send  and  if  right- 
ly cherished,  will  set  flres  that  will  consume 
the  stubble  all  over  the  Eastern  States.  Wor- 
cester appears  a  bright  star  in  the  reform  con- 
stellation and  promises  to  bring  to  light  the  hid- 
den works  of  darkness.  Let  us  take  courage  and 
go  forward,  if  need  be  through  saftering,  until 


through  God's  favor  victory  shall  be  inscribed 
on  our  banners." 

— A  note  from  Mr.  Spaulding  informs  us  that 
his  assortment  of  books  and  papers  is  exhausted 
and  he  is  on  b'"s  way  home  again  through  New 
Hampshire.  He  has  visited  Concord,  Plymouth, 
and  Manchester  since  leaving  Vermont.  He 
adds:  "One  not  only  needs  financial  support, 
but  the  prayers  of  the  people,  to  work  in  .these 
States."  Few  realize  the  hardships  of  euch 
labor  and  yet  it  is  the  most  essential  par'',  of  our 
efforts.  Towns  and  cities  where  the  subject  has 
not  been  agitated  must  be  visited  and  our  litera- 
ture brought  before  the  people.  Pay  the  work- 
men and  pray  for  them. 

The  Kingdom  of  God  Cometh  not  with  Observation, 

WoKCESTEK,  Mass.,  JSov.  28,  1882. 

The  best  timber  is  of  slowest  growth.  The 
softer  and  less  durable  wood  grows  most  rapid- 
ly. Is  it  not  so  also  in  moral  reforms?  Many 
questions  which  agitate  the  people  now  are  as 
iuaportant  for  the  discipline  ot  the  present 
generation  as  their  fruit  will  be  advantageous 
to  those  who  come  after.  In  every  great  re- 
form there  are  fundamental  principles  involved 
which  have  been  lost  signt  of  and  the  revival 
of  which  is  important  to  the  well-being  of  the 
people. 

Those  who  dread  and  avoid  the  agitation  of 
reforms  and  who  treat  society  as  they  would 
treat  house-plants,  forget  that  the  strongest 
character  is  developed  by  the  most  adverse  cir- 
cumstances. The  course  pursued  by  many  is 
calculated  only  to  produce  mora!  imbeciles  and 
cowards.  Those  periods  of  history  which  reveal 
the  greatest  of  human  achievements  reveal  also 
the  most  of  human  adversity. 

These  reflections  arise  fiom  a  clearer  view  of 
the  immense  revolution  in  human  affairs  which 
must  take  place  before  the  principles  of  the 
Gospel  ;,wholly  predominate.  The  disciplea 
were  not  more  ignorant  of  the  manner  of  spirit 
they  were  of,  when  they  proposed  to  call  down 
fire  from  heaven  to  consume  their  enemies,  than 
many  persons,  prominent  in  the  councils  of  the 
churches,  are  in  reference  to  the  Kingdom  of 
Christ  as  compared  with  other  kingdoms. 

It  would  be  a  small  matter  to  destroy  Free- 
masonry if  its  destruction  were  only  accomplish- 
ed by  playing  with  the  predjudices  of  men  or 
awakening  their  jealousy.  One  of  the  great 
t>urder)8  laid  on  those  who  ensrage  in  this  reform 
is  to  awaken  a  new  in  erest  in  the  study  of  the 
false  systems  of  worship  which  in  all  ages  have 
hovered  about  the  true,  and  blow  again  the 
blast  of  the  old  prophets  by  which  the  people 
shall  be  delivered  from  the  thraldom  of  false 
worship  and  brought  into  the  glorious  light 
and  liberty  of  the  Gospel. 

The  South  Worcester  chapel  is  progressing 
r.sjpidly  and  it  is  expected  to  be  completed  ready 
for  use  by  the  first  of  January.  Meanwhile 
the  attendance  at  our  services  is  increasing  in  a 
marked  degree.  The  indications  are  all  good 
and  we  are  correspondingly  hopeful.  For  a 
few  Sabbaths  I  have  also  been  preaching  at 
Washburn  Hall  and  may  continue  this  service 
hereafter,  both  morning  and  evening.  Of  these 
services  I  shall  have  more  to  say  soon.  Oar 
plans  have  to  await  development  somewhat  but 
the  work  goes  on  continually.  We  have  means 
of  knowing  that  our  movements  are  closely 
watched  and  th:it  no  steps  will  be  taken  without 
meeting  every  impediment  which  can  be  thrown 
in  the  way. 

I  hope  friends  will  send  large  orders  tor  the 
Thurlow  Weed  pamphlet  and  give  it  a  wide  cir- 
culation. We  will  fill  promptly  all  orders  for 
they  should  be  scattered  immediately  while  the 
people  have  a  desire  to  read  whatever  Mr.  Weed 
has    written.  E.  D.  Bailey. 


— We  have  not  yet  received  the  secretary's 
report  of  the  Wisconsin  State  meeting,  but  learn 
that  Rev  Isaac  Bancroft,  for  some  years  pastor 
of  the  Congregational  church  at  Monroe,  was 
appointed  State  agent  and  lecturer  and  that  he 
begins  his  work  this  week.  Bro.  Bancroft  is  a 
man  of  excellent  spirit  and  will  be  able,  with 
du6  co-operation  of  the  Wisconsin  friends,  to  pat 
the  work  forward  grandlj  in  that  State. 


Decembei-  Y,  188S 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE, 


REFORM  NEWS. 


To  Friends  in  Indiana. 

Can  yon  not  open  the  way  for  work  in  yonr 
several  vicinities  and  let  me  iinow.  1  can  now 
have  the  aesistance  of  Eld.  I.  W.  Lowman. 
We  can  with  the  naoral  support  of  the  friends 
of  reform  do  much  good  by  holding  conven- 
tions or  by  lecturing  in  neighborhoods.  Our 
work  will  never  be  done  till  sin  is  thoroughly  re- 
proved and  its  power  res-rained.  Your  work 
will  never  be  done  till  yon  give  your  testimony 
against  this  giant  system  of  moral  corrnption. 
My  friends  there  must  be  a  positive    reproof. 

You  cannot  evade  responsibility.  One  can- 
not do  the  work  of  many.  1  can  do  much  more 
with  your  co-operation,  shall  I  have  it?  Will 
you  not  remember  that  moral  support  will  not 
feed  the  body?  Pledges  amounting  to  $76.00 
are  not  an  encouraging  page  to  look  at,  nor  is 
it  a  pleasant  recollection  that  $20.00  indebted- 
ness remains  for  the  horse  that  helped  to  do  my 
work  and  yours.  Will  these  pledges  continue 
to  be  scattered  over  a  whole  year  or  what  is 
worse,  several  years?  Will  you  not  forward  at 
least  half  your  pledges  by  New  Year's  day?  and 
will  not  those  who  have  not  pledged  feel  that 
they  have  a  duty  to  perform  and  forward  a? 
God  may  direct.  Eld.  Lowman  hopes  to  have 
issued  a  copy  of  the  Indiana  American  in  Jan- 
uary. I  urge  the  co-operation  ot  all  the  faithful 
in  this  adjunct  to  our  work.  Let  us  all  this  win- 
ter do  our  best  and  ask  God's  blessing.  One  of 
England's  great  captains  on  the  approach  of  an 
important  battle  thus  addressed  his  tleet,  "Eng- 
land expects  every  man  to  do  his  duty."  Ger- 
many's great  general's  favorite  address  to  his 
army  was,  "Forward,  brethren,  forward!"  Christ 
pronoanced  a  woe  against  you  when  all  men 
speak  well  of  you.  Let  your  popularity  go. 
Move  forward;  let  me  hear  from  you. 

S.  L.  Cook. 


Note  from  Elder  Raihbun. 

As  I  have  received  invitations  from  Nathan 
Caliender  of  Pennsylvania,  and  H.  Curtis  of 
Kansas  and  others  to  work  for  them,  I  wish  to 
say  through  the  Cynosure  that  1  shall  confine 
myself  to  work  in  Iowa,  as  some  of  the  friends 
of  the  cause  are  paying  largely  to  keep  me  in  the 
State.  I  recommend  S.  E.  Starry  and  James 
Fergarson,  both  of  Clarence,  Iowa,  as  efficient 
degree  workers,  and  advise  you  to  correspond 
with  them  and  secure  their  services  if  possible. 
I  have  had  a  very  successful  month's  work, 
which  I  expect  soon  to  report  through  the  Cy- 
nosure. '  D.  P.  Kathbun. 

Sowing  Beside  all  Waters. 

South  Salem,  O.,  Nov.  "21,  1882. 

Deak  Editor  : — According  to  my  strength  and 
opportunities,  1  endeavor  to  carry  out  ray 
maxim,  though  doubtless  I  come  short,  as  I 
have  in  all  my  attempts  to  serve  the  Master. 

I  responded  to  the  call  of  Mr.  Baldridge  to 
visit  Adams  county,  and  gave  two  addresges  to 
fair  congregations  in  the  Q.  P.  church  of  Cherry 
Fork.  JBut  other  places  in  the  county  wheie 
Masonry  has  more  power,  were  closed  to  me. 
Yet  in  this  way  and  by  literature,  the  seed  mast 
be  sown  and  the  light  must  spread. 

Having  occasion  to  spend  a  few  days  in  Cin- 
cinnati, I  visited  Lane  Theological  Seminary, 
and  found  in  the  Library  there  the  minutes  of 
the  Philadelphia  Anti-masonic  convention  of 
1880,  the  letters  of  John  Quincy  Adams  on 
Freemasonry,  Stearns  on  Freemasonry,  Webb's 
Monitor  (a  very  old  edition),  Freemacioury  Illus- 
trated by  Doeeburg,  and  two  bulky  volumns  in 
laudation  of  the  institution.  1  took  the  pains  to 
let  the  Seminary  know  that  these  books  were 
there:  and  also  had  the  opportunity  of  addres- 
sing the  faculty  and  students  for  three  quarters 
of  an  hour. 

^  I  also  had  the  privilege  yesterday,  of  addres- 
sing the  ministers  meeting  of  Cincinnati  and 
vicmity  (twenty-five  ministers  being  present) 
for  a  very  few  minutes,  and  as  I  condensed  into 
a  few  words  as  much  truth  as  I  possibly  could, 
perhaps  you  will  print  my  speech,  allowing  me 
to  report  it  myself. 


ADDRESS  BEFORE  THE  Mli^ISTER  8  MEETING. 

"In  the  very  able  address  on  Home  Missions, 
to  which  we  listened  here  one  week  ago.  Dr. 
Rumler  spoke  ot  false  religions  to  be  encoun- 
tered and  put  down  bv  the  agency  of  ministers, 
and  the  power  of  the  Gospel:  a;.<l  am'.ug  these 
he  mentioned  Romanism  and  Mormunisiu.  He 
did  not  mention  Freemasonry,  the  fals*^  religion 
by  which  you  are  mote  immediately  surrounded, 
and  with  which  we  are  more  immediately 
concerned.  Becaase  he  did  not,  I  am  obliged 
to  infer  that  he  is  unacquainted  with  it.  It 
may  be  that  yon  are  all  unacquainted   with  it 

"  As  a  religion.  Freemasonry  has  its  creed,  its 
temples,  its  altars,  its  priests,  and  i's  religious 
rites,  numerous  and  imposing.  It  gives  religious 
instructions,  and  promises  the  new  birth,  puri- 
fying of  an  evil  nature,  freedom  from  sin,  the 
house  not  made  with  hands  eternal  in  the 
heavens,  and  the  reward  which  belongs  alone  to 
the  just  made  perfect,  to  all  its  votaries  of  the 
third  or  Maeter's  degree,  and  all  this  by  Ma- 
sonry alone.  It  rejects  the  name  of  the  Lord 
Jesns  from  all  its  rites  and  acts  ot  worship,  and 
denies  his  power,  and  its  rites  are  literally  and 
precisely  the  rites  of  the  ancient  sun-worship  as 
we  find  them  in  history,  and  as  they  are  described 
or  referred  to  in  the  8th  chapter  of  the  prophet 
Ezekiel. 

"Freemasonry  is  also  a  government,-  claiming 
to  be  above  and  independent  of  all  other  gov- 
ernments, yet  using  the  state  and  the  church 
where  it  can  do  so  to  its  own  advantage,  and  op- 
posing and  ready  to  destroy  either  or  both  when- 
ever and  wherever  they  come  in  the  way  of  its 
own  designs.  An  old  man,  a  Mason  and  church 
member  in  the  State  of  Kentucky,  conversing 
with  me  familiarly  on  the  subject  of  Masonry, 
said  to  me,  "  It  is  a  cover  for  scoundrels  any- 
way." And  another  old  and  high  Mason  and 
minister  of  the  same  State  said  to  me,  "  The  only 
objection  I  have  to  it  (Masonry)  is  that  men 
will  lean  on  it  for  the  salvation  of  their  souls." 

"I  give  you  these  facts  naked,  without  asking 
time  for  their  verification;  but  the  means  of 
their  verification  are  ample  and  at  your  hands 
I  have  no  opinions  of  my  own  to  utter  here  con 
corning  Freemasonry,  or  advice  to  give  respect- 
ing modes  of  treating  it.  I  speak  as  unto  wise 
men,  judge  ye  what  1  say.  There  are  in  Ohio, 
more  than  500  lodgee  and  28,000  members,  and 
in  the  United  States  5,000  lodges  and  500,000 
members."  "^^ 

At  the  Seminary,  I  could  see  that  the  truth 
was  well  received  at  least  by  a  good  portion  of 
my  audience.  But  I  could  not  judge  of  the 
effect  of  that  very  brief  speech  on  the  staid  and 
conservative  Presbyterian  ministers  of  Cincinnati 
and  vicinity.  1  can  only  hope  that  it  was  not  in 
vain.         Yours  truly,  Warren  Taylor. 


Iowa  State  Work. 

RATHBUN  AT  MORNING    SUN. 

The  following  is  from  the  Morning  Sun 
Herald,  of  Nov.-  16  :  "  Monday  evening  was 
the  time  set  for  the  lecture  of  Rev.  D.  P.  Rath- 
bun,  of  Clarence,  Iowa,  and  at  the  appointed  time 
the  audience  was  called  to  order  and  Rev.  J.  W, 
Dill,  of  Mediapolis  led  in  prayer.  Rev.  Trum- 
bull then  introduced  the  speaker,  who  spoke  for 
nearly  two  hours  on  the  evils  of  Freemasonry. 
We  would  like  to  give  a  full  synop.*i8  of  his 
speech,  as  it  would  be  of  interest  to  many  of  our 
readers,  but  are  compelled  to  omit  the  greater 
part  tor  want  of  space.  He  started  out  by  Fay- 
ing that  Freemasonry  is  a  religion  and  to  prove 
his  assertions  he  quoted  from  such  Masonic 
writers  as  Mackey,  Morris,  Reynolds,  etc.  He 
said  that  the  workings  ot  the  lodge  inside  orig - 
uated  from  the  ancient  sua-worshippers  and 
therefore  it  was  heathenish.  *  *  *  it  was  a 
very  interesting  lecture  and  would  have  paid 
every  body  to  have  heard  it.  This  is  the  dret 
opportunity  that  the  writer  has  ever  had  of 
hearing  a  speaker  on  this  subject,  so  we  are  un- 
able to  make  a  compari^'on  between  Mr.  Rath 
bun  and  other  anti-scret  lecturers.  A  large  and 
attentive  audience  was  in  attendance,  all  the 
seats  were  occupied  and  many  standing  up  from 
the  beginning  to  the  close  of  the  remarks.  Rev. 
Rathbun  spoke  Tuesday  evening  and  Wednes- 
day afternoon  in  Sharon  church  to  good  audi- 
ences." 


I  would  add  to  the  above  that  I  have  heard 
from  a  goodly  number  who  have  attended  the 
'ectures  of  brother  R%thbun  in  this  vicinity, 
and  ail  express  thamfcelves  as  highly  pleased; 
and  I  desire  to  urge  friends  of  the  cause  in  Iowa, 
to  send  for  him  to  lecture  in  their  respective 
neighborhoods  and  to  do  all  they  can  to  encour- 
age and  support  him  in  his  self-denying  labors 
in  the  anti-secret  cause. 

C.  D.  TRTJMBtTLL. 

AT    S0AKON. 

The  meeting  of  our  State  Association  in  Win- 
tei'sel,  did  one  thing  for  the  cause  of  reform 
which  it  has  no  reason  to  regret,  viz.,  the  ap- 
pointment '■'f  a  State  lecturer.  Wj  have  long 
felt  the  need  of  some  one  to  head  the  work,  and 
yet  the  way  did  not  seuiii  to  open  so  that  we 
were  justified  in  giving  any  one  tlie  appoint- 
ment. At  our  last  meeting  an  appointment  was 
made,  and  Bro.  D.  P.  Rathbun  is  in  the  field. 
He  sent  word  he  would  visit  this  neighborhood 
at  a  certain  time.  We  were  not  quite  ready  for 
him,  but  still  we  made  arrangements.  His  lec- 
ture in  Morning  Sun  I  did  not  hear;  but 
on  the  evening  of  the  14th  he  spoke  to  an  inter- 
ested audience  in  our  church  (Sharon  R.  P. 
church)  and  I  am  quite  certain  no  one  present 
went  away  with  any  prejudices  in  favrr  of  Ma- 
sonry. 

The  next  day  a  small  audience  gathered  and 
listened  to  the  heart-rending  tale  of  what  tliis 
dear  brother  has  suffered  for  righteousness  sake. 
As  I  was  entering  the  church  I  spoke  to  a  man 
who  cAme  a  long  way,  and  said  I  had  not  ex- 
pected t»  see  him  there.  He  replied,  "  I  do 
not  know  wha'  I  came  for,  because  I  am  as 
much  opposed  to  Freemasonry  as  I  can  be." 
After  the  meeting  closed,  the  same  man,  with 
tears  in  his  eyes,  said,  "  I  know  now  what  I 
came  for."  Another  man,  one  who  has  long 
been  wide  awake  o'"-  the  subject,  said,  "  That  was 
the  best  lecture  I  ever  heard  on  that  subject." 

I  am  sure  if  Brother  R  could  only  come  in 
contact  with  the  people,  he  would  warm  many 
of  the  old  friends  into  renewed  action,  and  would 
gain  many  new  friends  to  the  cause. 

And  now,  friends  of  the  cause  in  the  State, 
remember  Bro.  Ratiibun  is  our  State  lecturer. 
This  fact  lays  us  under  certain  solemn  obliga- 
tions: 

1.  If  he  is  lecturer  for  our  State  it  is  our  duty 
to  find  work  tor  him  in  the  State.  Every  triend 
of  the  cause  can,  by  persistent  effort,  secure  an 
appointment  and  a  good  audience.  This  can  be 
done  even  where  secretism  has  a  fft9t  hold, 
where  the  cause  for  which  we  labor  is  unpopu- 
lar. 

2.  Where  there  are  a  large  number  of  friends 
they  ought  to  make  one  or  two  appointments  in 
their  midst,  and  make  the  presence  of  the  State 
lecturer  a  time  of  good  work. 

In  the  cause  of  temperance  we  do  not  expect 
the  saloons  to  pay  the  expenses  of  the  temper- 
ance work;  neither  ought  we  to  expect  the  lodge 
or  its  abettors  to  pay  one  cent  of  Brother  Rath- 
bun's  expenses.  On  the  other  hand,  we  who 
are  strong,  oujrht  to  help  the  weak.  "  Bear  ye 
one  another's  burdens  and  so  fulfill  the  law  of 
Christ."  F-nende  of  the  cause,  send  tor  RiitJibun, 
and  then  make  it  possible  for  him  to  go  where 
he  8  not  asked.  T.  P.  Robb. 

IN  JASPER  OOUNTY. 

Lynnville,  Iowa. 

Our  State  lecturer  has  been  in  these  parts 
again,  and  our  prayer  is  that  he  may  not  be  so 
near  killed  just  after  leaving  us,  as  he  was  a  few 
days  after  leaving  us  whan  here  before.  He 
preached  at  Granville  on  Sabbath  at  11  o'clock, 
at  the  U.  B.  church,  and  in  evening  at  Friends 
church  in  Cheater,  to  fair  audiences  and  to  good 
satisfaction. 

On  the  evening  of  the  6th  he  lectured  at 
Granville  and  spoke  some  on  the  political  issues 
of  the  American  party.  On  the  7th  he  lectured 
at  Writer  school-house  on  the  general  character 
and  claims  of  Masonry ;  on  the  8th,  at  Friends 
church  in  Chester,  on  the  relation  of  secrecy  to 
the  family  and  church.  We  consider  this  one  of 
his  master  lectures,  and  should  be  heard  by  all, 
even  "jack  Masons."  His  next  lecture  was  at  a 
1  [Continued  oy\  12t''  in':"..'\ 


THE  CHHiSTIAN  CYNOSURE, 


December  7,  1882 


CORRESPOMDEHCE. 


Important  Morgan  Reminiscences. 

Hadley,  Lapeer  Co.,  Mich.,  ) 
Nov.  20,  1882.  f 

The  first  settlers  of  this  part  of  Michigan  were 
mostly  from  the  State  of  New  York,  many  of 
them  from  the  region  of  the  Morgan  tragedy, 
and  the  epread  of  Anti-maeonio  literature  to- 
gether with  the  huilding  of  the  monument  at 
Batavia  is  loosening  tongues  souaewhat. 

Mandly  Swears  tells  me  that  he  lived  in  the 
town  of  Clarence,  midway  between  Eatavia  and 
Buffalo;  that  he  had  a  brother-in-law,"  a  shoe- 
maker and  a  Freemason,  living  in  Canandaigua; 
that  when  he  (Maudley  Ssvears)  was  sixteen  years 
old  he  went  to  learn  the  shoemaker's  trade  of  his 
brother-in-law. 

When  he  had  been  inCanandaigua  a  few  days, 
one  evening,  after  his  brother-in-law  had  gone 
out,  his  sister  said  to  him,  "  There  is  something 
going  on  among  the  Masons.  I  wish  you  would 
go  out  and  watch  around  and  see  what  it  is." 

He  went  out  and  finding  the  gathering  near 
the  jail,  he  went  round  the  block,  goi:  o'^er  the 
back  fence  into  the  jail-yard,  crept  forward  f  o  tlie 
front  jail-yard  fence  and  lay  down  there.  Whife 
lying  there  by  the  fence  he  saw  Morgan  brought 
out  of  thejai',  seized,  gagged,  thrust  into  the 
carriage  and  driven  off. 

When  all  was  over  he  went  and  told  his  sister. 
The  next  morning  at  breakfast  he  was  told  that 
his  trunk  was  packed,  and  a  seat  secured  for  him 
in  the  stage,  and  that  he  must  qo  home;  which 
he  did  that  day. 

Walter  M.  Beden  tells  me  that  he  came  from 
near  where  a  certain  Dr.  Lewis  lived,  that  he 
was  well  acquainted  with  Dr.  Lewis,  and  that  it 
was  well  known  in  his  neighborhood  that  Dr. 
Lewis  personated  the  fictitious  Mrs.  Munroe  in 
the  Munroe  inquest  over  Morgan's  body.  On 
his  way  home  he  was  recognized  while  yet  in  fe- 
male attire,  at  k  hotel,  by  the  landlady,  who 
boldly  charged  him  with  being  Dr.  Lewis.  The 
Dr.  whined  out,  "No  1  am  Mrs.  Munroe." 
But  the  landlady  told  him  she  knew  better; 
that  she  kuew  him.     "  He  was  Dr.  Lewis." 

Alonzo  Conant  tells  me  that  his  father  had  a 
horse  to  sell  that  was  noted  for  speed  and  en- 
durance. One  day  a  Masonic  neighbor  came  to 
buy  the  horse.  A  bargain  was  soon  made,  but 
before  closing  it  the  Mason  wanted  to  take  the 
horse  home  and  try  him  a  few  days.  In  a  few 
days  the  horse  was  returned,  not  wanted.  Mr. 
Oonant  afterward  learned  enough  to  satisfy  him 
that  his  horse  was  used  in   the  Morgan   transit, 

Edward  Sawyer  of  kidnapping  fame,  I  knew 
to  be  living  in  the  town  of  Grand  Blanee,  (a  few 
miles  west  of  here)  forty-five  years  or  more  ago. 
I  have  seen  him  occasionally  since.  Is  living 
there  still  or  was  not  long  ago. 

Edwin  B.  Webster. 


Timothy  S/iaw's  Part  of  the  Morgan  Affair. 

Eau  Claire,  Wis. 

Editob  Cynosure: — I  don't  know  as  1  can 
give  you  anything  that  will  do  the  public  any 
good,  but  will  give  a  little  sketch  of  my  brother's 
life.  He  was  ten  years  older  than  myself  and 
joined  the  lodge  when  he  was  23,  in  the  town  ot 
Chelsea,  Vermont,  in  1815.  boon  after,  he  cut 
his  ankle,  took  cold  in  it  aud  his  leg  mortified 
on  one  side,  up  to  his  body,  and  for  weeks  we 
expected  his  death  daily.  It  was  a  year  before 
he  could  do  any  kind  of  work.  The  Masons 
gave  him  twenty  dollars. 

Not  long  after,  he  left  Chelsea  and  came  out 
to  Lewiston,  N.  Y.,  and  as  he  had  a  sore  on  his 
leg  he  could  not  work  very  well.  He  was  made 
deputy  sheriff  and  custom  house  ofiicer,  and  was 
in  various  kinds  of  business;  and  when  Morgan 
was  carried  oft  he  wrote  home  that  a  man  had 
revealed  Masonry  and  they  had  run  him  out  of 
the  country;  that  they  were  making  him  trouble 
about  it,  but  said  he  never  saw  the  man.  As 
father  never  thought  any  jjood  of  Masonry,  he 
was  a  little  excited  over  it  and  called  on  the 
Masons  of  Chelsea  to  know  about  it.  After 
much  joking  and  laughing  they  told  him  that 
Timothy  (my  brother)  was  master  of  the  lodge 
and  it  was  his  duty  to  furnish  a  team  to  pass  the 
man  along. 


In  1853  1  made  tiim  a  visit,  and  talking  of 
financial  affairs  he  said  his  Mason'c  trouble  had 
cost  him  a  thousand  dollars.  How  I  learned 
Timothy  was  one  of  the  eight  that  east  lots  is 
this:  A  young  man,  acquainted  with  all  the 
Morgan  affair,  left  tiiose  parts  and  came  back,  I 
think  some  years  ago,  and  said  there  were  eight 
that  met  out  on  the  plain  and  gave  their  names, 
among  them  was  my  brother,  and  Yalance  eays 
there  were  eight  that  cast  Jots,  but  don't  give 
names.  This  information  is  in  one  of  the 
Cynosure  books  that  I  have  had  but.  have  for- 
gotten the  title.  I  lend  my  hooks  and  ihey  get 
Morganized.  Josiah  Shaw. 


Kissing  Baal. 

St.  Paul,  Minn.,  Nov.  23,  1882. 

Editok  Cynosure  : — We  have  lately  had  our 
city  placarded  with  announcements  of  Colonel 
Bob  IngersoU's  lecture ;  which  in  reality  was  no 
leoture,  but  a  frothy  demonstration. 

Mr.  IngersoU  was  careful  not  to  ridicule  the 
"grand  lodge  on  high"  of  Freemasons,  or  the 
absurdity  of  Odd-fellowship.  Ha  seemed  bent 
on  getting  the  name  of  "  smart  man"  and  pock- 
eting the  cash  derived  from  admittance  fees. 

He  did  not  hurt  the  lodges  here,  for  the  Ma- 
sons delight  in  their  royal  law  of  doing  *.8  you 
would  be  done  to,  which  was  the  speaker's  stand- 
ard of  holiness,  muoh  as  he  falls  short  ot  it,  by 
speaking  evil  of  the  best  citizens  on  the  face  of 
the  globe. 

I  lately  met  a  gentleman  from  the  Black  Hills, 
who  told  me  that  he  met  a  preacher  out  there 
who  fought  Masonry,  aud  therefore  was  not  a 
success.  What  the  gentleman  calls  success  I  do 
not  know. 

Some  people  here  cannot  understand  how  such 
good  men  can  be  Masons  if  Masonry  is  so  bad, 
and  why  good  men  keep  so  quif  t  in  their  pulpits 
on  the  subject. 

A  little  girl  was  not  long  since  reproved  by 
her  mother  for  kissing  a  dirty  boy,  and  to)d  her 
mother  that  she  almost  hated  that  boy,  and  noth- 
ing could  tempt  her  to  kiss  him,  but  he  gave  her 
candy  ;  "  and"  said  the  little  one,  "  I  kissed  juet 
enough  to  get  the  candy." 

So  it  is  with  business  men  and  preachers,  they 
will  kiss  Masonry  just  enough  to  get  the  Ma- 
sonic patronage.  R.  Shemeld. 


•  Our   Mail. 

Jas.  Donaldson,  Gait,  Ont. : 

"The  initiated  all  join  in  the  cry  'Let  it  alone  and  it 
will  die  of  itself.'  But  it  is  spreading  more  and  more 
until  every  one  is  afraid  to  touch  it.  I  am  a  wonder  to 
many  for  daring  to  attack  it  in  public." 

Mary  Pinkney,  Forest  City,  111. : 

"I  heard  my  sainted  mother  say  when  I  was  a  girl,  to 
my  brothers,'Never  swear  your  lives  into  any  one's  hands.' 
I  am  trying  to  spread  the  Cynosure.  I  suall  try  to  get 
subscribers  for  it  if  I  can  on  the  Extension  Fund  plan." 

S.  C.  Taylor,  Pactolus,  Arkansas : 

"Nearly  all  of  the  natives  in  these  parts  are  Masons. 
The  females  are  much  the  worst  to  encounter.  If  they 
could  have  had  their  way  they  would  have  reduced  me  to 
worm  food  long  ago.  I  now  see  the  great  necessity  of 
having  the  exposition  of  Adoptive  Masonry."  I  had  it 
when  in  Kansas  but  thought  it  of  but  little  consequence 
as  there  was  no  female  Masonry  there." 

George  Edwards,  Waitsbuig,  Walla  Walla  Co.,  Wash. 
Ter.: 

•'I  hope  to  see  the  day  when  your  excellent  paper  shall 
be  extensively  circulated  to  do  more  good  ihan  any  other 
paper  with  which  I  am  acquainted." 


Obituary. 

Rev.  Joshua  Davis  Haughawout  diei  at 
Carthage.  Mo.,  Sep.  29, 1882,  in  the  76th  year  of 
his  age.  He  was  born  in  Mifflen  county.  Pa., 
in  1805;  was  converted  and  joined  the  M.  E. 
church  in  1830;  m  1832  he  was  married  to 
Amelia  Steese,  who  survives  him.  He  was  an 
ordained  minister  of  the  Gospel  in  the  M.  E. 
church  for  many  years;  he  was  a  traveling 
preacher  and  was  a  man  strong  in  the  faith  and 
full  of  the  spirit  of  the  Matter;  and  in  the  great 
day  many  will  blees  God  that  this  brother  Jived 
to  proclaim  a  pure  gospel.  Rev.  Haughawout 
was  also  a  believer  m  Scriptural  holiness  and 
practised  it.  He  was  a  man  ot  a  very  strong 
and  clear  mind  and  many  times  I  have  found 
him  to  be  better  and  clearer  than  commentaries 
on  the  difficult  passages  of  the  Word  of  God. 


He  read. the  Christian  Cynosure,  and  believed 
its  truths  and  praetited  them  in  his  life.  In  a 
word,  he  was  full  of  light  and  truth  and  love  for 
the  cause  and  people  of  God.  Although  he 
suffered  for  years  before  he  died,  yet  he  was  full 
of  patience  and  it  will  be  gaid  of  him,  that  he 
"  came  out  of  great  tribulation  and  washed  his 
robes  and  made  them  white  in  the  blood  of  the 
Lamb."  He  raised  a  lai-ge  family,  and  some  of 
them  are  ministers  of  Christ's  Gospel.  All  of 
them  can  say  with  David,  "  Mark  the  perfect 
and  behold  the  upright,  for  the  end  of  that  man 


18  peace. 


J.  K.  Glassford. 


SABBATH  SCHOOL. 


LESSON  XII  Dec.  17,  1883.— After  Hib  Rebtorkc- 
TioN.—Mark  16:9-20. 

(9)  Now  when  Jesus  was  risen  early  the  first  day  of  the 
week,  he  appeared  first  to  Mary  Magdalene,  out  of  whom 
he  had  cast  seven  devils.  (10)  And  she  went  and  told 
them  that  had  been  with  him,  as  they .  mourned  and  wept. 
(11)  And  they,  when  they  had  heard  that  he  was  alive,  and 
had  been  seen  of  her,  believed  not.  (12)  After  that  he 
appeared  in  another  form  unto  two  ot  them,  bs  they 
walked,  and  went  into  the  country.  (13)  And  they  went 
and  told  it  unto  the  residue:  neither  believed  they  them. 
(14)  Atterward  he  appeared  unto  the  eleven  as  they  sat  at 
meat,  and  upbraided  them  with  their  unbelief  and  hard- 
ness of  heart,  because  they  believed  not  them  which  had 
seen  him  after  he  was  risen.  (15)  Aud  he  saith  unto  them, 
Go  ye  into  all  the  world,  and  pi  each  the  gospel  to  every 
creature.  (16)  He  that  believeth  and  is  baptized  shall  be 
saved;  but  he  that  believeth  not  shall  be  damned.  (17) 
And  these  signs  shtll  follow  them  that  believe;  In  my 
name  shall  they  cast  out  devils ;  they  shall  speak  with  new 
tongues:  (18)  They  shall  take  up  serptnts;  and  it  they 
drink  any  deadly  thing,  it  shall  not  hurt  them ;  they  shall 
lay  hands  on  the  sick,  and  they  shall  lecover.  (19)  So 
then,  after  the  Lord  had  spoken  unto  them,  he  was  received 
up  into  heaven,  and  sat  on  the  riaht  hand  of  God.  (20) 
And  they  went  forth,  and  preached  everywhere,  the  Lord 
working  with  them,  and  confirming  the  work  with  signs 
following.    Amtn. 

Golden  Text. — And  he  said  unto  them,  Go  ye  into  all 
the  world,  and  preach  the  gospel  to  every  creature.    Mark 

DAILY  READINGS. 

The  Lord  is  risen  indeed Luke  24:13-35. 

Carried  up  into  heaven Luke  24 :36-53, 

Received  up  into  heaven Acts  1 :1-H. 

Passed  through  the  heavens Heb  4 :1-16. 

At  the  right  hand  of  God Heb.  10 :1-14. 

Led  captivity  captive Eph.  4:1.16. 

"  Lo,  I  am  with  you  alway." Matt.  28  ;l-20. 

PEOMPTINGS  TO  FURTHER  STUDY. 

What  order  did  Paul  give  to  the  churches  of  Galatia  and 
Corinth  about  the  first  day  of  the  week?  What  is  Jesus 
promise  to  those  who  go  into  all  the  world  to  preach  the 
gospel  ?  How  many  instances  can  you  find  of  the  fulfil- 
ment of  the  promised  sign,  "  they  shall  cast  out  devils  ?" 
What  IS  the  latest  mention  of  'sptaking  with  new 
tongues  ?♦'  What,  of  healing  the  sick  by  laying  hands  ou 
them  ? 

—Scholar's  Qua/rterly. 

Introduction. — We  can  never  rightly  under- 
stand the  words  of  the  apostle,  "  that  we  might 
know  him  and  the  power  of  his  resurrection," 
but  by  a  careful  study  of  our  Lord's  appearances 
to  his  disciples  and  his  words  addressed  to  them 
during  the  forty  days  he  remained  on  earth 
after  he  had  risen  from  the  dead.  Indeed  it  is 
here  that  our  study  must  begin,  if  at  every  step 
of  his  life  of  humiliation  we  are  to  behold  his 
glory,  the  glory  as  of  the  only  begotten  of  the 
Father  full  of  grace  and  truth.  It  is  too  com- 
mon among  us  to  dwell  upon  the  death  of  Christ 
apart  from  the  resurrection,  whereas  in  the  word 
of  God  the  two  events  are  linked  together  in 
doctrinal  teaching  as  closely  as  they  are  con- 
nected with  each  other  as  historical  facts. 

Analysis. — 9.  What  do  we  know  of  the  his- 
tory ot  Mary  Magdalene?  Why  called  Magda- 
lene? Many  conjectures,  the  ?tiost  probable 
that  she  was  of  the  town  of  Ma^^dala.  What 
she  owed  to  the  Great  Healer.  Luke  8; 2.  Ten 
appearances  recorded.  1.  To  Mary  Magdalen, 
V.  9.  Why  did  the  Lord  reveal  himeelf  first  to 
this  woman?  Her  state  of  mind  wLen  she  comes 
to  the  sepulchre.  Matt.  28:  5;  Mark  IG;  5;  John 
20:  1,  2.  Why  she  could  not  recu(?nize  the 
Lord  when  he  appears  to  her.  Why  was  she 
not  permitted  to  touch  him?  What  was  the 
message  given  to  her  for  the  disciples?  What 
great  truth  contained  in  the  wording  of  the 
message?  John  20:  17.  How  was  the  message 
received?  vs.  10:  11.  2.  To  the  woman.  Matt. 
28:  9,  10.  3.  To  Peter— the  details  of  this  ap- 
pearance unknown.  Luke  24:  34.  4.  To  the 
two  disciples  as  they  walked  to  Emmaup — Em- 
maus  about  8  miles  from  Jerusalem,  exact  site 
not   known.     The  stranger  who  joins  them  as 


Necember  7,  1882 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSUHB. 


they  walk  by  the  way.  The  conversation.  The 
opening  up  of  the  O.  T.  Scriptures.  The  invi- 
tation to  abide  with  them.  The  recognition. 
Luke  24:  13-35.  5.  Ten  of  the  disciplee  sitting 
together  with  doofs  closed,  for  fe^ir  of  the  Jews. 
Luke  24:  36;  John  20:  19.  His  salutation.  The 
effe'"t  upon  the  disciples.  Their  thought  about 
him.  flow  he  meets  their  doubticg.  He  eats 
in  their  presence.  His  benediction.  His  gift — 
"  Keceive  ye  the  Holy  Ghost."  Their  commis- 
siou.  1).  15.  Their  message.  1).  16.  Their  power. 
vs.  17,  18.  6.  Next  Lord's  Day,  when  Thomas 
is  present,  ^  John  20:  26,  29.  7.  To  seven  of 
the  disc'ples  by  the  sea  ol  Galilee.  John  21: 1-24. 
The  fishers  and  their  success.  The  brcakfaet. 
The  restoration  of  Petei\  John  21.  8.  To  the 
eleven  apostles  and  five  hundred  brethren.  Matt. 
28:  16;  1.  Cor.  15:  3  6.  9.  To  James  only.  1. 
Cor,  3:  7.  10.  To  all  the  apostles  on  ihe  Mount 
of  Olives,  vs  19:  20;  Luke  24:  50;  Acts  1:  3-12. 
Forty  davs  had  now  elapsed.  The  ascension. 
The  angel'fi  testimony.     The  work  begun. 

Lessons.—  1  His  appearance  to  many,  a  special 
proof  of  love — 2  to  the  women,  as  the  reward 
oi  faith — 3  to  Peier  as  the  seal  of  forgiveness — 
4  to  the  two  disciples  on  the  way  to  Emmaus, 
to  comfort  them  that  mourn  m  Zion,  to  enlighten 
those  who  are  in  doubt  and  difficulty,  to  show 
his  delight  in  communion  with  his  disciples — 5 
to  bestow  upon  his  disciples  the  gift  of  the  Holy 
Ghost-— 6  to  rebuke  unbelief — 7  to  encourage 
bis  apostles  and  to  restore  Peter  by  renewing 
his  commission — 8  to  engage  all  his  followers  in 
the  great  work  of  preaching  the  gospel  to  every 
creature — 9  to  James,  tradition  says,  because  he 
had  taken  a  solemn  vow  not  to  eat  or  drink  after 
the  supper  until  he  had  seen  the  risen  Lord. 
Whether  there  be  any  truth  in  that  or  not,  it  is 
certain  the  Lord  does  grant  sweet  and  secret  in- 
terviews to  his  own  which  only  concern  them- 
selves— 10  to  witness  his  glorious  ascension; 
His  ascension,  the  consummadon  of  his  earthly 
history  and  inseparable  from  his  whole  mani- 
festation as  the  Son  of  God,  attesting  his  heav- 
enly origin,  declaring  that  his  kingdom  was  to 
be  established  by  the  spirit  irom  heaven  and 
giving  the  glorious  assurance  of  his  return  again 
to  take  the  kinj^dom  to  himself.  Acts  1:  11. — 
Notes  for  Bible  Study. 


Suggestive   Opinions. 

We  ought  to  be  more  careiul  not  to  ordain  a 
man  who  has  departed  from  the  truth  than  a 
man  who  is  coming  up  higher  toward  the  truth. 
Here  is  the  mounia.n  of  truth.  One  man  is  at 
ttie  very  bottom  of  it  and  is  going  up;  another 
man  is  at  the  top  of  it,  coming  down.  They 
meet  at  a  certain  place,  and  each  agrees  exactly 
with  the  other.  They  are  both  equal  then, 
but  the  man  who  is  going  up  is  far  'superior  to 
the  man  who  is  coming  down.  Our  Unitarian 
friends  at  the  beginning  ot  this  century  preached 
more  orthodoxy  on  these  doctrines  than  is 
preached  in  some  orthodox  puipts  at  the  pres- 
ent day.  This  is  a  melancholy  fact,  and  it  shows 
that  we  muet  stop  somewhere,  that  wo  must 
have  some  aividing  line.  We  must  insist  on 
some  doctrines ;  unless  we  do  our  denomination 
is  in  ruins.  If  we  are  not  to  insist  on  these 
great  doctrines,  on  these  great  schemes  given  us 
by  Christ  and  the  Apostles,  if  we  are  to  give  up 
the  faith  of  our  fathers,  nuich  as  1  love  it,  the 
sooner  Congregationalism  is  sunk  the  better. 
On  some  of  thetse  doctrines  we  must  look  to  the 
Methodists  for  l.'ght  and  instruction,  for  they  are 
more  orthodox  than  we  are. — Prof.  E.  A. 
Park. 

The  reason  given  by  Prof.  Felix  Adler  for 
withdrawing  from  the  Free  Religious  Aesocia- 
tion  may  well  ca^^se  many  in  our  churchea  to 
pause  and  think.  His  chief  reason  was  that  the 
society  seemed  to  have  no  object  beyond  the  per 
petnal  discussion  of  religious  questions.  The 
temptation  everywhere  is  to  spena  time  in  such 
discussion,  as  did  the  ancient  doctors  of  the  law, 
imtead  of  giving  one's  life,  as  did  Christ,  to  the 
active,  self-denying,  bat  fruitful  work  of  saving 
the  lost.  When  we  look  over  our  churches,  and 
see  how  few  are  blest  with  revivals,  how  small 
the  number  of  additions  on  profession  ot  faith, 
how  feeble  are  all  our  efforts  to  bring  men  to 


repentance,  and  what  great  spiritual  dearth  there 
is  in  the  land,  it  is  enough  to  silence  all  our  war 
about  words  and  humble  us  into  the  dust.  And 
it  is  not  so  mu?h  great  meetin^a  for  the  promo 
tion  of  holinees  that  is  needed,  as  wh.it  faithful 
John  Bunyau  called  "  heart  work."  Daring  a 
recent  meeting  of  a  multitude  of  ministers  in 
this  city  from  vaiious  p^rts  of  the  world  for  the 
promotion  of  a  deeper  spirituality  and  more 
effective  evangelism,  very  little — some  say  al- 
most no  time — was  given  to  prayer.  We  talk 
and  argue  and  discuss  and  misunderstand  each 
other,  and  make  almust  no  headway.  The  cloud 
still  hangs  over  the  camp  and  the  hosts  of  God 
move  not  forward. — Advance. 

It  really  seems  as  though  the  Romanists  were 
proud  of  the  great  financial  swindle  of  the  now 
almost  childish  Archbishop  Purcell  of  Cincin- 
nati. Every  possible  and  almost  impossible  oc- 
casion is  eagerly  seized  to  bring  his  personality 
or  position  into  publicity.  Even  such  an  odd 
event  as  the  49th  anniversrry  of  his  consecration 
was  celebrate  1  with  pomp  and  rhetorical  gush. 
In  the  meanwhile  the  millions  of  which  he  swin- 
dled confiding  Romanists  remain  unpaid.  In 
their  appeal  to  the  pope  the  creditors  say  that 
"  after  three  years  of  patient  waiting  the  credi- 
tors, many  of  whom  have  lost  all  the  proceedB 
of  labor  accumulated  in  a  lifetime  of  toil,  are 
becoming  desperate,  and  that  many  of  the  poorer 
creditors  have  died  from  want,  while  others  com- 
mitted suicide,  and  others  stiil  have  become  in- 
sane from  despair." — Lutheran  Stcmdard. 


Words  of  Life  for  every  Day. 

SANOTIFT  THEltf    THROUGH    THY  TEFTH ;   THY    WOKD 
18  TBTTTH. 

Thursday,  Dec.  7.— Remember  therefore  how 
thou  hast  received  and  heard,  and  hold  fast,  and 
repent.  If  therefore  thou  shalt  not  watch,  1 
will  come  on  thee  as  a  thief,  and  thou  shalt  not 
know  what  hour  I  will  come  upon  thee.  P^rov. 
3:3. 

Friday,  Dec.  8. — Now  no  chastening  for  the 
present  seemeth  to  be  joyous,  but  grievous; 
nevertheless  afterward  it  yieldeth  the  peaceable 
fruit  of  righteousness  unto  them  which  are  exer- 
cised thereby.     Heb.  12:11. 

Saturday,  Dec.  9. — He  hath  shewed  thee,  O 
man,  what  is  good;  and  what  doth  the  Lord  re- 
quire of  thee,  but  to  do  juetly,  and  to  love  mer- 
cv,  and  to  walk  humbly  with  thy  God.  Micah 
6":  8. 

Sabbath,  Dec.  10.  —But  now  is  Christ  risen 
from  the  dead,  and  become  the  first  fruits  of 
them  that  slept.     1  Cor.  15:20. 

Monday,  Dec.  11. — Wno  is  a  wise  man  and 
endued  with  knowledge  among  you?  let  him 
show  out  of  a  good  conversation  his  works  with 
meekness  of  wisdom.     James  3:13. 

Tuesday,  Dec.  12. — He  that  loveth  father  or 
mother  more  than  me  is  not  worthy  of  me;  and 
he  that  loveth  son  or  daughter  more  than  me  i« 
not  worthy  of  me.     Matt!  10:37. 

Wednesday,  Dec.  13. — I  counsel;,  thee  to  buy 
of  me  gold  tried  in  the  fire,  that  thou  mayest  be 
rich;  and  white  raiment,  that  thou  mayest  be 
clothed,  and  that  the  shame  of  thy  nakedness  do 
not  appear;  and  anoint  thine  eyes  with  eye- 
salve,  that  thou  mayest  see.     Prov.  3:18. 


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1    Freemasonry  Illustrated.  Exposition  of  7  Degrees ....     640 
?    TJltuals  of  Odd-feUowshtp,  Knights  of  Pythias  GoodTem- 
■ilarlsm.  The  Grange;  'Irand  Army  %t)<J  Macblnleta 
»na  B'acksrclths  Uuio... . ..  .  -  *J8 

3  The  Bioken  Seal;  or  Freemwflonjy  Developed.  ,■  304 

4  Flaney  or.  Masonry  , ..       27? 

5  liiiifQeutiT.cnonSecretSocletI'fl;CompoiSe(iof  "Washing- 

ton Opposed  toS-icret.  Societies,  -'Tadge  Whitney's 
Befence, " '  'TJ-e  IXystlc  Tie. " '  'Kan  atlvcs  and  Arga 
menis,'" 'The  A  ntl -masonic Scrar  Boo   .'aad"Oaths 
and  Peua.'k'S  ol  Freemasonry  1.9  proved  in  the  few 
Berlin  Tr.;il8."..     ....... ,  .     .     .  3*» 

6  Morgans  Masonic  Exposition,  AMuc^oo and  Murder 

Onchs  otZ'a  Oeinees;  COD  posedcf  Free-nasoisry  Ex- 
[K>sed,.'"H!storyof  the  AbdaJOTonandMurdero^  Mor- 
gan, "Valance's  CotfessSot  "  "Beria/d's  Bercenle- 
cenftes  of  Morgan  Times,  and  •  Oac  ;8  ind  penalties 
of  33  Degrees' -       Ri 

7  Secret  Societies  Ancient  ani  Modem,  and  Oodege  Secret 

Societies....   , .,.,,., ...SS 

8  ^--rTtons  and  Addresses  on  Secret  Socieile..  coicpoaeU  of 

'Masonry  a  Work  of  Darknees,'  and  the  Sermons 
o'  Me.?sr3.  Cr  -ss  "Wt'ilams,  McNary.  Dow,  Sarysr, 
tne  two  addrebsea  ot .  >-esi.  BiancC»rd,  the  addresses 
of  Prest.  H,  H.  George.Prof.  J.  G.  Carson.  'Ha;.  M. 
S.  T>r=iry.  "Thirteen  Reasons  why  i,l7hri9t!8  i  cannot 
he  a  Freen^ason,"  "Fr-cmasonry  conirary  10  the 
Christian  Kellglon.'  Anu"Aj'e  Masonic  Oatns  Bind- 
ing on  the  Initiate'" , ,197 

9  History  of  the   JatlonalChrlstlau  Associat.on,  and  Mln- 

jres  of  the  Syr  ic'.»?e  and  Plttshurgh  Conveniione .  289 
10  flon  J  Q  Adams  Lett  jrs  and  Addresses  o?jFte<  lUftfiOLy  83S 
11'  Odd  f eUowship  Judged  by  IXa  jwr>  >: eteran-jes . . .  . .  c  in 
i'J.  .SirCTef  Soc?et!cstT  Reve  MeDI',;.  Bliicfca.-i  iailBeectey  ^ 
18.  Knight  Templarism  Illustrated 841 

14,  Eevlsed  Odd-fellowship  Illustrated 281 

15.  Rituals  and  Secrets  Illustrated;  Composed  of  "Temple 

of    Honor    Illustrated,"    "Adoptive     Masonry 
tDustrated,"    "United  Sons  of  Industry  lUus- 
itated"  and  "Secret  Societies  HJws'rHtefi'  .   .     886 
"^i  ^tssms'  fts^-ilry  '.ato  Fr'iWOttsonrf    •  •  **^ 


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NO,  XO.  PAGES. 

1     Historical  Sketch  of  the  N.C. A.,  by  Pres.  J.  Blanchard 4 

•<J    Voice  of  the  Empire  State  In  Condemnation  of  Masonry 4 

3  Address  to  American  Pastors  on  the  Secret  Lodge 4 

4  Freemasonry  in  the  Family,  by  J.  P.  Stoddard 4 

5  Pres.  Finney  on  the  Duty  of  Christiana  toward  the  Lodge 2 

6  Warning  against  Masonry  (For  Colored  People),  Illustrated 2- 

T     To  the  Boys  who  Hope  to  be  Men,  Illustrated    2 

8    Freemasonry  Modern  Heathenism 4 

H    Ministers  at  Rival  Altars 4 

10  A  Pastor's  Confession 4 

11  Knight  Templar  Masonry 4 

1'2    Ale.vander  Campbell's  Estimate  of  the  Lodges 4 

13  "Thi>  Secret  Empire, '■  by  J.  P.  Stoddard 4 

14  True  and  False  Templarism 4 

15  Secrecy  and  Sin,  from  the  "Christian"  47  Cornhill,  Boston 4 

IB  Si-iling  Dead  Horses,  by  "Bostonian" 4 

17  History  of  Masonry,  by  Pres.  J.  Blanchard 4 

18  Despotic  Character  of  Freemasonry 4 

lil    Freemasonry  a  Christ-e.xcludlug  Religion 5 

20  Masonic  Murder,  by  Eider  T.  R.  Balrd 2 

21  Grand,  Great  Grand,  by  Philo  Carpenter 2 

'22  Masonic  Oaths  and  Penalties  sworn  to  by  the  Grand  Lodge  of  K.I. .  4 

'23  Letters  of  J.  Q.  Adams  and  J.  Madison  on  Freemasonry     .'.  4 

•24  Satan's  Cable  Tow •,•  •  4 

'25  Character  and  symbols  of  Freemasonry.  Illustrated 2 

'26  Address  of  the  isriagara  Association  on  the  Murder  of  Morgan;..  4 

•27  Judge  Whitney  and  Masonry — Masonry  Defends  a  Murderer 8 

28  Nathaniel  Colver  and  Howard  Crosby  on  Secret  Societies .2 

29  Grand  Lodge  Masonry,  by  Pres.  J.  Blanchard It) 

30  Masonic  Oaths  Null  and  Void,  by  Rev.  I.  A.  Hart '.'.'....     4 

'31  Hon.  Seth  M.  Gates  on  Freemasonry ^,,.i:;  * 

32  Origin,  Obligation  and  Expenses  of  the  Orange '..'•  4 

33  Hon.  Wm    H.  Seward  on  Secret  Societies ^...   2 

34  What  Great  Men  Say  about  Freemasonry 2 

35  Objections  to  Masonry,  by  a  Seceding  Mason 4 

36  Masonic  Chastity,  by  Emma  A.  Wallace 4 

37  Reasont,  "Hy  a  Christian  should  not  be  a   Freemason  (German)..  4 

38  Masonic  0„-~>s  and  Penalties,  by  Rev.  A.  M.  .MlUigan 4 

39  Should  Freemasons  be  admitted  to  Christian  Fellowship? 4 

40  The  Object  of  the  American  (.\nti- masonic)  Party '2 

41  Freemasonry  a  Religion  (shown  by  Its  own  authors) 8 

42  Duty  and  Ability  to  Know  the  Character  of  Masonry 4 

43  Affldavit  that  Masonry  is  revealed,  by  J.  O.  Doesburg  and  others  4 

44  D.  L.  jMoody  on  Secret  Societies 4 

45  Ought  a  Seceding  Mason  to  Keep  his  Lodge  Oath  ? *..  4 

4B  Nos.  17,  18  and  19  combined,  by  Prof.  Cervin  (Swedish) 16 

47  Irish  Murders  and  Secret  Societies  . 4 


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THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSUHB. 


December  T,  188 


The  Christian  Cynosure. 

CHICAGO,  THURSDAY,  DECEMBER  7,  1882. 


Theological  Land-Slides. 

Wickliffe  and  Luther  taught  theology  by  giv- 
ing the  Bible  to  the  masses.  But  they  formu- 
lated theology  as  well.  This  formulation  is  not. 
to  supplant  or  make  a  new  Bible,  but  to  ward 
off  talse  doctrine  or  practice  professedly^drawo 
from  the  Bible  which  we  have,  as  a  church  at 
Salt  Lake,  might  properly  put  in  its  form- 
ula, that  "Divine  marriage  is  between  one  man 
and  one  woman."  Thus  theology  teaches  "What 
Man  is  to  believe  concerning  God,  and  what 
duty  God  requires  of  Man;"  and  is  either  "ex- 
pressly set  down  in  the  Word  of  God  or  deriva- 
ble therefrom  by  good  and  necessary  inference." 

Now  this  leaves  little  or  no  room  for  what  is 
now  called  "progress"  or  "restatement"  in  the 
doctrines  of  Inspiration,  Depravity,  Regenera- 
tion and  Retribution,  at  least,  in  the  English 
tongue.  The  "mce  truth,"  which  John  Robin- 
son believed  was  yet  to  "burst  forth  from  the 
Word  of  God,"  was  not  new  versions  of  estab- 
lished truth,  but  new  applications  of  divine  truth 
to  established  errors  and  corruptions.  There  are 
no  new  continents  and  islands  in  our  theology 
or  on  our  globe;  and,  so,  no  work  for  discoverers. 
We  are  to  use  what  we  have  ot  both  to  support 
and  save  mankind.  If  new  spots  are  found, 
they  are  the  same  as  the  old,  but  merely  those 
not  hitherto  used. 

The  English  tongue  can  never  yield  clearer 
or  shorter  theological  propositions  than,  "Man's 
chief  end  is  to  glorify  God  and  enjoy  him  for- 
ever." "God  is  a  spirit,  infinite,  eternal  and  un- 
changeable, in  his  being,  wisdom,  power,  holi- 
ness, justice,  goodness  and  truth."  There  never 
■^as,  nor  is  likely  to  be,  so  favorable  a  time  for 
clear,  unbiased  statement  of  theological 
truth,  as  when  the  above  paragraphs  were  writ- 
ten. Henry  VI II.  had  freed  mind  from  the 
fear  of  the  pope,  and  Parliament  had  cast  off 
bishops  and  kings;  there  wore  no  sects  yet,  and 
men  went  boldly  to  the  Bible  to  learn  what  it 
taught. 

The  present  vaunted  "progress"  in  theology, 
as  Dr.  Edwards  A.  Park  has  recently  intimated, 
is  a  progress  down  hill.  It  is  pitching  theology 
toward  Sodom,  and  the  world  knows  and  delights 
in  it.  Wherever  this  "progress"  come=i,  family 
prayer  and  prayer  meelmgs  die  out,  gradually, 
as  grass  died  under  the  hools  of  the  steed  ut 
Alaric.  In  the  words  of  Dr.  Goodwin  at  Port- 
land, this  progressive  theology  "explains  away 
gin  and  its  penalty,"  and  "spans  the  very  gull 
of  perdition  with  a  rainbow  of  hope."  But  that 
rainbow  rests  on  a  Satanic  aiirage. 

There  is  a  swing  or  libration  m  statements  of 
true  doctrine,  as  in  everytliin^  else,  the  heaven- 
ly bodies  included.  Beza,  as  disciples  are  apt, 
had  pushed  Calvin's  doctrine  of  decrees  to  an 
extreme,  and  Armiuius,  who  studied  at  Geneva 
twenty  eight  years  after  Calvin's  death,  was  dis- 
gusted at  Bf  za's  extremes  of  doctrine,  and  pro- 
duced an  Armlnian  land-slide  in  the  opposite 
direction,  which  was  chiefly  remarkable  for  de- 
nying the  fag-ends  of  Calvinism,  as  taught  by 
hig  disciples. 

Our  American  theology  came  to  us  from  an 
English  furnace,  which  was  heated  up  near  halt 
a  century  after  the  kindlers  of  the  continental 
fires  had  died  (1643).  The  Westminster  and 
Savoy  confessions,  and  the  Episcopal  Thirty- 
nine  Articles,  were  all  Calvinistic;  but  not  so 
much  so  but  that  John  Wesley  put  the  substance 
of  them  into  *'The  Articles  of  Religion"  tor  his 
Methodist  church.  Men  who  study  theology  in 
sight  of  the  stake  differ  little  in  the  doctrines  of 
BaT?ation;  and  those  English  Confessions  were 
written  by  martyrs  by  the  light  of  the  fires 
which  burned  them.  Our  modern  "progress" 
on  the  contrary  is  made  to  meet  the  exigences 
of  worldly-minded  churches,  and  surely,  as  Dr. 
Park  says,  it  is  a  progress  "down  hill." 

Hopkins  and  Emmons  produced  no  revivals 
by  their  speculations;  neither  did  Tyler  and 
Taylor  by  theirs;  though  they  produced  revivals 
and  were  earnest  and  able  men.  Hopkins  left 
Barrington  for  want  of  hearers,  and  had  like  to 
iiaye  met  a  similar  fate  at  Newport.     Dr.  Cban- 


ning's  resplendent  genius  produced  a  system 
which  was  a  dissolving  view;  and  Dr.  Woods, 
accounted  for  years  the  theologian  of  the  coun- 
try, did  not  convince  his  own  children  of  the 
truth  of  his  ideas.  Such  is  the  •  fate  of  stalwart 
theologians  who  prefer  their  theology  to  salva- 
tion and  retorm.  On  the  contrary  "Luther 
touched  the  pope  on  his  tiara,  and  the  monks  on 
their  belly,"  and  his  work  flourishes  to-day. 
John  Wesley  attacked  distillers  an  age  before 
prohibition.  He  said,  "They  murder  his  Majes- 
ty's subjects  without  stint."  "They  drive  them 
to  hell  like  sheep."  And  Wesley's  "soul  is 
marching-  on." 

Indeed  a  subtle,  malign  influence  pervades  all 
theological  land-slides.  The  Tyler  and  Taylor 
controversy  split  one  theological  eeminary  into 
two;  and  its  discussions ;  having  an  appearance 
of  religion,  diverted  thousands  of  good  and  holy 
men  from  the  study  of  .the  slave  question, 
while  yet  the  war  might  have  been  prevented; 
and  Satan  seems  to  be  starting  another  theolog- 
ical land-slide  to  stave  off  reforms  which  are 
pressing  and  knocking  at  the  gates  of  the 
church. 

But,  of  all  land-slides,  those*  are  the  most  fatal 
which  slide  the  church  into  the  lap  of  the  world. 
Not  to  pause  upon  the  apostles  of  the  world 
and  Satan  in  Chicago,  whom  the  churches 
have  cast  off,  and  who,  openly, 

"Lead  to  bewilder  and  dazzle  to  blind," 

let  US  scan  the  teachings  of  one  who  has  lately 
been  pronounced,  if  not  orthodox,  yet  within  the 
pale  ot  orthodoxy.  The  following  excerpts  are 
taken  from  his  carefully  prepared  statement  of 
what  he  believes,  made  to  a  council: 

"1  believe  in  one  G^d  existing  in  three  eter- 
nal distinctions."  "That  beside  the  written 
canon  of  faith,  we  have  a  second  source  and  aid, 
viz.,  the  Christian  tradition."  "That  man  is  a 
spiritual  entity  or  person," — while  God  is  "three 
distinctions."  "That  the  atonement  is  God's 
satistactiou  of  himself  in  h  s  whole  ethical  per- 
sonality in  the  forgiveness  ot  sin."  Contrast 
this  with  Moody's  favorite  text,  "Jesus  Christ 
died  for  our  sins."  "That  this  present  dispen- 
sation, or  world-age  shall  come  to  an  end  at  the 
day  of  judgment."  And  that  "for  the  individ- 
ual, the  day  of  judgment  is  his  confirmed  self- 
determination  to  good  or  evil."  And  he  believes 
that  "for  infants,  idiots,  some  heathen,  and  chil- 
dren born  to  no  moral  chance,"  God  will  provide 
"some  special  unrevealed  opportunities  lor  re- 
pentance in  Hades;"  i.  e.  take  them  to  heaven 
by  the  way  of  purgatory!  And  to  think  of  a 
pastor  of  a  popular  church  including  in  his  state- 
ment of  his  religious  belief,  things  "unrevealed!" 
These  excerpts  are  promiscuousiy  taken  irom  a 
mass  of  like  utterances. . 

Surely  the  time  is  eome  when  "men  will  not 
endure  sound  doctrine."  Let  us  fervently  pray 
that  "  the  days  may  be  shortened." 


The  N.  C.  A.  Board  met  last  week  and  passed 
upon  the  important  business  of  opening  an  aux- 
iliary office  in  Washington.  Seveal  letiers  from 
Bro.  Uiuman  ""and  other  friends  there  were 
urgent  for  as  little  delay  as  possible,  and  it  was 
decided  to  make  the  arrangement  in  accordance 
with  their  wisbes  if  possible.  Secretary  Stod- 
dard is  this  week  dfevotiug  himself  to  it.  A 
vote  of  thanks  was  given  to  Washington  friends 
for  their  generous  co-operation.  Tiie  action  of 
the  committee  appointed  at  Batavia  in  publishing 
100,000  copies  of  the  Weed  letter  was  approved, 
as  also  the  final  report  of  the  National  Conven- 
tion and  the  Morgan  monument  fund.  A  de- 
ficit of  $190  43  was  reported  in  the  latter  which 
a  former  vote  of  the  Board  will  cover.  The  ex- 
tension of  iho  Cynosure  list  and  the  interests  of 
the  paper  as  the  Association's  organ  were  con- 
siiicred  at  length.  The  Board  was  well  repre- 
sented, only  two  members  being  absent  from 
the  discussion  ot  these  important  quettions. 


Two  New  Books. — The  first,  "  Ilolden  with 
Cords"  will  be  ready  for  delivery,  providence 
permitting,  April  Ist,  1883 ;  the  second,  "  Scot- 
tish Rite  Masonry  Illustrated  '"  consisting  of  all 
the  Scottish  rite  degrees,  including  the  highest 
or  thirty-third.    For  price  and  detciiption  see 


next  week's  Cynosure.  All  orders  accompanied 
with  the  cash,  received  in  advance  of  publication, 
will  be  filled  at  twenty  per  cent  discount  on  re- 
tail and  dozen  rates  and  those  first  received  will 
be  first  filled. 

— We  have  the  pleasure  of  promising  for  our 
next  issue  the  Thanksgiving  sermon  of  Pres.  C. 
A.  Blanchard  in  the  union  service  at  Wheaton. 
For  the  week  following,  Dec.  2l8t,  Dr.  F.  A. 
Noble,pa8tor  UnionPark  Congregational  church, 
Chicago,  will  furnish  a  sermon  for  the  Cynosure. 
AH  will  be  edified  by  the  perusal  of  a  discourse 
so  scholarly,  practical,  entertaining  and  full  of 
Biblical  strength. 

— Seth  Hanchett,  the  lately  elected  Repub- 
lican sheriff  of  Cook  county.  111.,  is  a  member  of 
the  order  of  United  Workmen,  who  are  lion- 
izing him.  They  know  in  whom  to  put  their  trust 
if  they  get  into  legal  trouble. 

— At  a  meeting  held  at  Quasqueton,  Iowa, 
Bro.  T.  F.  Blair  of  that  place  was  appointed 
chairman  of  a  committee  to  communicate  with 
the  friends  of  reform  in  Buchanan  county,  Iowa, 
and  arrange  for  the  organization  of  a  county 
auxiliary  association.  Let  all  the  readers  of  the 
Cynosure  in  that  county  mark  this  and  drop  a 
card  to  Bro.  Blair  saying  what  they  can  do  to 
forward  so  laudable  an  object. 

— At  a  State  prohibition  convention  held  in 
Minneapolis,  Minn.,  on  the  14th  ult.,  Prot  E.  J. 
Paine  of  Wasioja  Seminary  was  made  president, 
and  received  the  special  thanks  of  the  meeting 
for  the  ability  he  displayed  in  managing  its  ses- 
sions. 

— Bro.  n.  H.  Hinman  wrote  on  Thanksgiving 
day  from  Baltimore  where  he  is  hoping  to  devote 
some  time  in  useful  labor.  He  finds  in  some 
respects  a  more  hopeful  state  of  things  in  re- 
spect to  reform  work  than  in  Washington. 
There  are  Reformed  and  United  Presbyterian 
churches,  which  will  aid,  and  five  United  Breth- 
ren churches  which — but  we  leave  to  Bro.  Hin- 
man's  letter,  which  will  appear  in  our  next,  to 
state  the  startling  condition  of  at  least  a  portion 
of  these  organizations  which  should  be  heartily 
committed  to  our  movement  for  Christ  against 
the  Baal  worships  of  the  lodges.  Three  of  the 
ablest  of  the  colored  pastors  he  finds  also  decided 
Anti-masons,  who  have  suffered  for  their  con- 
victions. There  are  also  some  Quaker  churches 
with  which  he  hopes  for  further  acquaintance. 
After  speaking  in  the  United  Presbyterian 
church  on  Sabbath  he  expected  to  return  to 
Washington  on  Tuesday  evening  to  till  an  ap- 
pointment to  lecture.  Our  prayers  should  fol- 
low Bro.  Hinman  in  hia  important  work.     • 

— Bro.  Trumbull,  president  of  the  Iowa  State 
Association  in  writing  of  Elder  Rathbun's  work 
in  that  place,  says  beside  that  the  Grand  Army 
of  the  Republic  is  making  a  new  attempt  to 
organize  in  Morning  Sun,  and  have  held  one 
preliminary  meeting  at  which"  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  pastor  presided.  An  open  letter  was 
immediately  addressed  to  this  minister  through 
the  local  paper  arguing  the  cate  on  its  merits. 
"No  secret  organization,"  says  Bro.  Trumbull, 
"shall  gain  a  foothold  here  without  being  at- 
tacked and  exhibited  if  in  our  power  to  show 
them  up."  Grand  resolve!  Let  it  be  made  by 
every  minister  of  the  Gospel  ot  Christ  and  the 
work  is  done.  The  synagogues  of  Satan  will 
then  no  longer  divide  and  distract  the  churches 
of  the  true  God. 

— Rev.  H.  Cogswell,  formerly  of  Wadsworth 
and  Mansfield,  Ohio,  where  his  renunciation 
of  Masonry  had  a  stunning  effect  on  the  lodge, 
is  now  in  Olathe,  Kansas.  He  visited  the  late 
Wesleyan  conference  of  that  State  and  during 
the  session  gave,  says  the  Wesleyan  report, 
"a  crowded  house  some  of  his  experiences  in 
getting  into  and  out  of  the  meshes  ol  secretism. 
Such  men  pursued  and  persecuted  most 
cruelly  by  the  lodge,  merit  the  sympathy  and 
encouragement  of  all  the  friends  of  righteousness. 
Other  ministers  not  so  marked  in  their  sympa- 
thy with  us,  but  more  liberal  in  their  criticisms, 
were  present  on  different  occasions  during  our 
sessions." 


December  f ,  188^ 


mn  cHHisTiAN  CYnosvnm. 


Thur/ow  Weed. 

2%e  TrOmtea  of  the  Frets  and  the  Quaking  of  the  ItOdge. 

Seldom  in  any  land  or  in  any  age  h  i8  the  d  ;ath 
of  any  man,  whose  reputation  has  been  made 
without  the  aid  of  public  office,  received  so  wide 
and  BO  extended  notice  as  that  of  Mr.  Weed. 
The  New  York  papers  fill  pages  with  the  rec'ord 
of  his  fruitful  and  eventful  lite;  and  the  press  of 
the  whole  nation  follows  their  leading.  But 
while  his  political  career,  wonderful  in  its  con- 
tinuance and  influence,  has  been  very  fully  set 
before  the  public,  the  beginning  of  that  career 
in  the  Anti-mft8onic  campaign  ol  1827-32,  receiv- 
ing its  impetus  and  direction  from  the  thrilling 
experiences  and  sound  principles  of  that  great 
struggle ;  and  the  record  of  his  Christian  life 
which  has  been,  since  the  Moody  meetings  in 
New  York  city  in  1876,  a  matter  of  eome  pub 
licity  and  general  satisfact'on, — these  important 
portions  of  his  life  have  been  passed  over  with 
too  few  words.  Exceptions  are:  The  story  of 
the  Anti-masonic  contest  in  the  New  York 
Daily  Times,  and  the  notice  of  his  Christian 
life  which  appears,  with  a  portrait,  in  the  C/iHs- 
tirni  Herald  of  the  same  city. 

But  the  publication  of  Mr.  Weed's  Batavia 
letter  in  the  Cynosure  and  by  the  National  As- 
sociation in  pamphlet  form  has  given  a  new 
direction  to  the  current  of  public  thought.  The 
Assistant  Secretary  sent  500  copies  of  the  latter 
to  prominent  papers  throughout  the  country, 
and  the  reprinting  of  the  statement,  together 
with  Mr.  Weed's  affidavit,  entire  in  the  Buffalo 
Express  B.n^  New  Yox]s.  Sun;  and  the  publica- 
tion of  portions,  greater  or  less,  in  almost  all  the 
prominent  daily  papers  of  the  whole  country 
(Senator  Pomeroy  secured  its  insertion,  in  whole 
or  in  part,  in  all  the  dailies  of  Washington),  has 
been  like  the  explosion  of  a  torpedo  under  the 
barnacled  old  hulk  of  Freemasonry.  The  sur- 
vivors are  coming  to  the  surface,  and  when  over- 
hauled are  free  with  their  opinions.  The  force 
and  effect  of  the  blow  may  be  judged  by  their 
sullen  denials,  their  brazen  defiance,  and  their 
dishonorable  mention  of  the  dead,  while  all  the 
rest  of  mankind  are  eager  to  do  him  honor.  The 
opinion  of  such  a  mind  as  Charles  A.  Dana,  edi- 
tor of  the  New  York  San,  also  indicates  its 
effect  when  he  says  Mr.  Weed's  testimony  "  is  so 
clear  that,  were  all  the  parties  now  living,  the 
alleged  murderers  might  he  brought  to  trial  and 
CONVICTED."  But  we  must  give  Mr.  Dana's  edi- 
torial 'n  full.  It  heads  the  column  in  the  Sun 
of  Nov.  28,  while  the  Weed  letter  is  first  on  the 
first  page,  and  reads  : 

THTJRLOW    weed's   DYING-  KEVELATION. 

Mr.  Weed's  dying  revelation  concerning  the 
death  of  William  Morgan  is  a  document  of  ab- 
sorbing interest.  It  clears  up  a  mystery  which 
has  overshadowed  the  pubLc  mind  for  more 
than  half  a  century.  His  sworn  testimony  is  eo 
clear  that,  were  all  the  parties  now  living,  the 
alleged  murderers  might  be  brought  to  trial  and 
convicted. 

"For  fifty  years  has  this  secret  been  locked 
within  the  breast  of  the  veteran  politic'an.  The 
reasons  are  manifest.  The  information  was 
vouchsafed  by  a  participator  in  the  crime.  It 
was  given  in  a  friendly  spirit,  to  be  used  with 
care  as  a  weapon  of  defence  when  Mr.  Weed 
was  hard  pressed  in  a  court  of  law.  The  arbi- 
trary ruling  of  the  Judge  rendered  its  use  unnec- 
essary, and  gratitude  to  the  friend  who  prof- 
fered it  made  the  secret  inviolate. 

"The  death  of  all  who  were  nearly  concerned  in 
the  disappearance  of  Morgan  unlocked  the  lips 
of  the  only  man  who  retained  the  secret,  and  it 
is  now  given  to  publicity  for  the  first  time  in  an 
authentic  form." 

A  dispatch  from  New  York  to  the  Chicago 
Tribune,  Nov.  28th,  says  that  the  publication  of 
the  sworn  paper  caused  much  comment,  and  ev- 
idently of  an  excited  nature,  among  the  Masons 
of  that  city.  It  is  considered  by  them  "  one  of 
the  most  serious  charges  ever  brought  against 
the  order," 

COL.  E.  M.  EHLERS, 

Grand  Secretary  of  the  New  York  Grand 
Lodge,  was  interviewed  and  said :  *'  The  story 
was  ingeniously  woven,  but  when  you  come  to 
analyze  it  there  is  little  importance  to  be  at- 


taohod  to  it.  In  the  first  place,  all  the  parties 
who  it  is  alleged  were  concerned  in  the  Morgan 
affair  are  dead,  and  consequently  cannot  come 
forward  to  defend  themselves.  In  the  next 
place,  you  must  remember  that  Mr.  Weed  was  a 
man  o*  strong  likes  and  dislikes,  and  would  be 
the  last  man  to  let  slip  an  opportunity  to  vindi- 
cate himself  when  attacKed.  It  is  not  likely  that 
when  Wh'tney  made  the  confession  to  him, 
with  a  request  that  it  should  be  published  aiter 
Whitney's  death,  Mr.  Weed  would  miss  such  a 
chance  to  get  even  with  his  tormentors  But, 
admitting  the  truth  of  the  statement,  let  me  tell 
you  there  are  thousands  of  Masons  who  would 
tell  you  Morgan  was  just;y  punished.  We  can 
afford  to  meet  any  charges  of  this  or  any  other 
character.  Masonry  witustood  the  ons  aught  of 
1826  and  the  two  following  years,  ana  will  be 
quite  ULiaffected  by  the  present  one." 

When  asked  if  the  order  would  be  likely  to 
take  any  action  in  the  matter,  Ehlera  replied, 
"  I  think  not.  I  mean,  of  course,  openly.  The 
subject  will  naturally  be  more  or  leas  discussed 
in  the  lodges,  but  beyond  that  it  is  unlikely  that 
any  action  will  be  taken." 

ALBERT  PIKE 

the  Pea  Ridge  acalper  of  Union  troops  and  head 
of  the  Scottish  rite  Masons  of  the  South  and 
West,  makes  this  declaration  through  the  St. 
Louis  Mepuhlican : 

"It  is  my  belief  that  they  killed  Morgan," 
said  be  yeccerday  to  a  Republican  reporter.  "It 
would  be  just  as  impofsibie,  however,  for  me 
to  prove  that  as  it  would  be  that  they  did  not 
kill  him.  Still,  I  believe  it.  Ir  he  wiS  not  mur- 
dered, why  did  he  not  come  back  ?  I  was  in 
Albany,  N.  T.,  in  1831,  and  I  recollect  that  then 
nothing  else  was  talked  aboat.  Morgan  pub- 
lished a  book  purporting  to  give  au  expo-e  of 
Biue-lodge  Masonry.  He  was  taken  to  Canada, 
and  I  suppose  they  found  they  had  an  elephmt 
on  their  hands  and  so  put  him  out  of  the  way. 
I  know  nothing  more  about  it,  though,  in  all 
probability  than  you  do,  for,  not  being  a  Mason 
then,  as  1  only  joined  the  order  in  the  fifties,  1 
cared  nothing  for  it  one  way  or  the  other.  The 
story  current  at  the  time  was  about  the  same  as 
this  which  has  been  revived,  that  he  was  taken 
out  in  the  lake  and  drowned.  As  tor  Weed's 
affidavit,  it  is  nothing  new,  for  several  yearp 
since  I  saw  this  same  statement  credited  to  him 
in  the  newspapers.  It  was  reported  during  the 
excitement  over  Morgan's  disappearance  that  he 
was  living  in  Batavia,  but  as  he  never  came  back 
I  never  credited  it.  The  Anti-masonic  conven- 
tion was  held.  Thomas  Jefferson  wrote  some 
letters  on  the  subject,  and  there  was  testimony 
taken  in  the  courts,  bat  I  do  not  think  that  the 
men  whom  Weed  mentions  were  mentioned  at 
the  time.  Masons  know  no  more  about  the 
matter  than  anyone  else.  Perhaps  at  the  t  rae 
it  might  have  bean  known  among  a  few  mem- 
bers of  the  lodges  in  the  State  of  New  York. 
Of  course,  every  man  concerned  in  it,  if  Morgan 
was  really  murdered,  should  have  been  hung. 
In  the  obligation  which  a  Mason  takes  it  is  ex- 
pressly stated  that  it  shall  not  compel  him  to  do 
anything  against  his  conscience  or  the  laws  of 
his  country." 

BEV.  DR.  JOHN  D.  VINCIL, 

Grand  Secretary  of  the  Missouri  Grand  Lodge 
of  A.  F.  and  A.  M.,  spoke  of  the  story  as  a 
slander,  the  act  alleged  being  opposed  to  every 
tenet  of  Masonry,  which  aimed  to  inculcate  a 
beautiful  system  of  morals.  The  book  which 
Morgan  had  published  was  as  silly  as  had  been 
all  the  professed  exposes  of  Masonry  written  by 
men  wnolly  ignorant  of  what  they  were  writing 
about,  and  at  no  time  worthy  of  serious  consid- 
eration. The  excitement  over  Morgan  had  been 
worked  up  and  nursed  carefully  for  political  pur- 
poses, but  now  nothing  could  revive  it. 

BEN  PERLEY  POORE, 

the  old  Washington  correspondent  and  Sub- 
lime Prince  Freemason,  the  detractor  of  John 
Quincy  Adams  in  the  columns  of  the  Atlatiiic 
Monthly,  and  the  defamer  of  Garfield  by  repre- 
senting that  he  was  "devotedly  attached"  to 
Masonry,  went  to  lodge  dances,  and  was  a  bibber 
or  "temperate  drinker"  of  beer,  Rhine  wine  and 
champagne — this  aged  and  bitter  Freemason 
writes  to  the  BoBton  Journal: 


"Cireful  o*"  tiis  reputation,  it  was  not  strange 
that  Mr.  Weed,  as  the  end  of  his  eventful  life 
approached,  deaired  to  remove  the  stigma  that 
he  had  been  prominently  concerned  in  extract- 
ing a  front  tooth  ^rora  the  body  of  a  drowned 
Irishman  and  of  saying detia-ntly  that  'he'll  make 
a  i'ood  enough  Morgan  until  alter  election.'  His 
statements  about  the  taking  off  of  Morgan, 
which  are  all  hearsay,  were  doubtless  believed  by 
him,  but  they  are  not  evidence.  When  in  Smyrna 
some  forty  years  ago,  I  gathered  a  good  deal  of 
intormation  about  a  mysterious  Auiericau  who 
had  come  there  soon  after  the  Morgan  excite- 
ment. He  received  quarterly  remit inncec,  and 
finally  died  the-e.  Were  i  disposed  to  give 
hearsay  statements,  I  think  that  I  could  show 
'h-tt  the  mysterious  stranger  was  Morga'?,  who 
wan  paid  liberally  by  the  Anti-miisons  to  a'^eent 
himself,  but  who  hoped  a'ter  some  years  had 
elapsed  to  return  to  the  State  of  JNew  York.  But 
I  cannot  prove  the  statement,  and  my  own  oath 
won  id  not  make  my  statements  of  what  t  saw, 
heard,  and  read,  legal  evidence." 

ENOCH   T.  CARSON 

who  is  known  amon^  Masons  as  Past  Grand 
Master  of  the  Grand  Commandery  of  Ohio 
Knight  Templars,  and  a  representative  of  that 
State  in  the  body  of  Sovereign  Grand  Inspectors 
General  of  the  33d  degree  gave  this  opinion  to 
the  Cincinnati  Commercial : 

"Well,  it  is  one  of  the  unsolved  mysteries. 
Morgan  disappeared.  Nobody  ever  heard  of 
him.  It  is  like  the  Baldwin  or  the  Ross  mur- 
der. It  has  never  been  solved.  If  Morgan  was 
uiurdvred  by  Masons  then  I  eay,  mos^emphatic 
ally,  it  was  the  most  outrageous  violation  of  ev- 
ery teaching  and  doctrine  of  that  order.  That 
ignorant  men  commit  crimes  under  the  impres- 
sion that  they  are  fulfilling  the  law  of  God  or  of 
some  society  or  organ-zation  to  which  they 
belong,  is  one  of  thoee  facts  common  in  the  his- 
tory ri  the  world.  Terrible  crimes  have  been 
committed  in  the  name  of  re'igion.  It  is  pos- 
sible that  crimes  have  been  committed  in  the 
name  of  Christianity  and  Masonry  for  which 
neither  Christianity  nor  Masonry  is  responsible.' 

"The  statement  is.  false,  and  yet  it  is  an  im- 
portant one.  It  involves  qneolious  of  great  in- 
terest to  every  person,  it  strikes  at  the  very 
heart  of  Masonry.  I  know  the  thing  to  be  false. 
1  have  so  written  to  members  of  the  fraternity 
in  New  York  to-day.  The  whole  trouble  comts 
from  ignorance  on  the  question.  Now,  there 
were  Masons  in  New  Y^orK  who,  at  the  time  ot 
the  dedication  of  the  Masonic  Temple  in  Twenty- 
third  street,  New  York,  called  on  Thuriow 
Weed.  Well,  I  have  no  patience  with  those 
kind  of  Masons,  and  we  don't  have  them  out- 
side of  New  Y'ork,  either,"  gaid  Mr.  Carson, 
warming  up — "and  don't  you  forget  that."  * 
*  *  "The  order  has  survived  all  such  attacks, 
and  it  will  continue  to  survive  ihem  and  flour- 
ish when  Mr.  Weed's  memory  ie  only  known 
in  connection  with  ail  that  waa  corrupt  in  the 
history  of  American  journalism  and  politics. 
There  is  much  said  at  the  present  time  about 
bosses.  Thuriow  Weed  was  the  prince  of  bosses 
even  down  to  this  present  dav  of  Nov.  29,  1882. 
With  him  the  end  justified  the  means.  He  was 
reaKy  the  father  of  American  political  Anti-ma- 
sonry." 

"Mr.  Carson,  I  should  like  to  ask  what  would 
become  of  &  man  who  would  expose  the  secrets 
of  Masonry." 

"The  only  penalties  known  in  the  order  are 
reprimand,  suspension  from  membership,  and 
expulsion  from  the  order.  That  is  our  capital 
punishment.  A  man  who  claims  that  Masonry 
teaches  any  hijrher  grades  of  punishment  than 
those  is  a  fool,  a  knave,  or  worse,  as  was  Thur- 
lo'w  Weed." 


Kansas. 

The  Kaasas  State  Christian  Association,  opposed  to  se- 
cret societies,  will  meet  in  convention  at  the  Free  Meth. 
odist  Church,  Emporia,  at  7  o'clock  p.  m.,  Dec.  19th,  and 
continue  in  session  until  the  21st.  Secreiaiy  Stoddard  and 
other  active  and  able  -workers  are  expected  to  be  present. 
The  place  is  central  and  easy  of  access,  aud  we  urge  the 
friends  of  reform  from  all  parts  of  the  State  to  be  present. 
Important  business  will  come  belore  the  Association. 
Come,  brethren, '  to  the  help  of  the  Lord,  to  the  help  of 
the  Lord  against  the  mighty."  Joa.  Altkb,  Sec'y. 


10 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURK/ 


December  7, 1882 


HOME  CIRCLE. 


Cumbered  with  Serving. 

She  was  cambered  with  serving;— the  household,  the  board, 
The  meal  to  be  mingled,  ihe  feast  to  bo  spread, — 

So  she  could  not  eit  stiU  at  ihe  feet  of  the  Lord 
Tbongh  her  spirit  was  faint  for  the  heavenly  bread. 

She  was  cumbered  with  serving ;  the  qiflck  tones  grew  sharp, 
There  were  lines  on  her  brow,  there  was  grief  in  her  eyes; 

And  no  time  could  she  spare  for  the  sweet  thrilling  harp. 
Or  the  hymn  that  bhoald  gently  as  Incense  arise. 

She  was  cumbered  with  serving;  she  marvelled  indeed 
That  any  could  rest  while  the  work  must  be  done, 

The  work  that  was  pressing,  since  days  with  such  speed 
Fled  on  tiil  the  night,  and  the  fall  of  the  sun. 

She  was  cumbered  with  serving;  the  dear  Lord  was  there, — 
She  could  touch  Him,  could  call  Him,  could  bend  at  his  knee; 

Yet  this  was  the  whole  of  her  querulous  prayer: 
"O  Master,  my  sister,  wlit  bid  her  h  elp  me?" 

Ahl  Martha  of  Bethany,  many  there  be 

Who  are  cumbered  like  Ihec  with  earth's  service  this  day. 
And  fettered  and  weary  and  fretted  like  thee 

They  go  to  the  Master  and  bitterly  pray. 

And  some  of  them,  matrons,  are  tired  of  steps 

All  over  the  house  from  ihe  morn  till  the  eve, 
Aud  some  of  them,  mothers,  are  pale  to  the  lips. 

With  Ihe  tasks  ihey  must  do  or  the  tasks  they  must  leave. 

And  their  comfort  it  is,  when  the  great  tears  well  up. 
And  the  soul  with  endeavor  aud  longing  is  spent, 

That  the  Lord  has  compassion,  who  sees  their  life's  cup 
So  dark  with  the  brewing  of  hot  discontent. 

And  his  "Cumbered  with  serving,"  although  it  reprove, 

Aud  stir  them  with  shame,  hath  a  pitiful  tone. 
And  they  hear  J.hrough  its  tender  reproach  the  Christ's  love 

That  never  lets  slip  from  its  clasping,  his  own. 

— Margaret  E.  Sangster. 


A  Remarkable   Document. 

THB   OFFICIAL  BEPOBT  OF   PONTIUS  PILATE  OON- 
OEKNING  THE   CRUCIFIXION    OF  CHKIST. 

A  book  entitled  "Acta  Pilat^,"  edited  by 
Rev.  Geo.  Sluter,  late  Secretary  of  Missions, 
Ir'resbyterian  Synod  of  Missions,  has  recently 
made  its  appearance,  aud  adds  much  weight  to 
the  New  Testament  version  of  the  death  of 
Christ.  It  claims  to  be  "important  testimony 
of  Pontius  Pilate,  recently  discovered,  being  his 
official  report  to  the  emperor  Tiberius,  concern- 
the  crucifixion  of  Christ." 

Tlie  editor  in  hie  preface  eays  that  until  now 
this  remarkable  document  has  been  couceakd 
among  the  24,000  manuscripts  in  the  penetralia 
of  the  Vatican.  Its  existence  was  known  from 
the  earliest  periods  of  the  Christian  Era,  and 
was  familiar  to  men  of  letters.  It  was  conceal- 
ed from  the  world  till  1874,  when  it  was  brought 
to  light  through  the  efforts  of  Dr.  Constantina 
Tischendorfi.  Througli  various  and  authentic 
agencies  a  transcript  was  obtained  from  the  Va- 
tican. The  original  was  so  old  and  defaced 
that  a  magnifying  glass  had  to  be  used  in  trans- 
cribing It  by  Father  Freelin  Husin,  a  monk  of 
great  learning,  at  Kome,  and  a  custodian  ot  the 
Vatican,  who  furnished  ihe  following  certificate: 
"Rome,  Italy,  April  25, 1859.  I  hereby  forward 
the  transcript  as  it  is  on  record  in  the  Vatican, 
in  Tiberius  Csesar's  court,  by  Pilate.  I  certify 
this  to  be  a  irue  copy,  word  for  word,  as  it 
occurs  there.  Pkter  Fkeelin  Husin." 

The  genuineness  of  the  report  is  proved  by 
the  pablished  testimony  of  the  apostolic  fathers 
and  early  defenders  ot    Christianity. 

Pontius  Pilate,  m  his  letter  to  the  emperor 
says:  "One  day,  in  passing  by  the  place  of 
iSiioe,  where  there  was  a  great  concourse  of 
people,  1  observed  in  the  midst  of  the  group  a 
young  man,  'who  was  leaning  against  a  tree,  calmly 
addressing  the  multitude.  1  was  told  it  was 
Jesufl.  This  I  could  eabily  have  suspected,  so 
great  was  the  difEeience  between  him  and  those 
who  were  listening  to  him.  His  golden  colored 
hair  and  beard  gave  to  his  appearance  a  celestial 
aspect.  He  appeared  to  be  about  thirty  years 
ot  age.  JMever  have  1  seen  a  sweeter  or  more 
serene  countenance.  What  a  contrast  between 
him  and  his  hearers,  with  their  black  beards  and 
tawuey   complexion." 

Further  on  in  his  report,  Pilate  says:  "I  wrote 
to  Jesus,  requesting  an  interview  with  him. 
You  know  ttiat  in  my  veins  flows  the  Spanish 
mixed  with  the  Roman  blood,  as  incapable  of 
tear  as  of  puerile  emotion.  When  the  Kazarine 
made  his  appearance,  I  was  walking  iu  my  basi- 


lica, and  my  feet  seoiued  t«6ttn;.d  with  an  iron 
hand  to  the  marble  pavement,  aud  I  trembled  in 
G'vaiy  limb  as  a  guilty  culpric,  though  he  was 
calm — the  Nazarine,  calm  as  innocence.  When 
he  came  up  to  me,  he  stopped,  he  seemed  to  say 
to  me,  'I  am  here.'  For  some  time  I  contem- 
plated with  admiration  and  awe  this  extraordin- 
ary type  ot  manr  unknown  to  our  numerous 
painters,  who  have  given  forms  and  figures  to 
all  the  gods  and  heroes." 

Pilate'.s  report  concludes  with  a  succinct  yet 
descriptive  history  of  the  events  connected  with 
ihe  life  and  death  of  Jesus. — Selected. 


Some  Rules  for  Reading. 

1.  Put  your  whole  mind  into  the  businees 
of  reading.  The  counsel  to  do  with  our  might 
what  our  hands  or  our  minds  find  to  do  applies 
with  full  force  to  reading.  Dawdling  with  a 
tfbok  is  an  enervating  process.  Better  read  an 
hour  with  close  attention  and  vigorous  thinking 
than  to  read  half  a  day  with  desultory  glances 
aud  wandering  thoughts.  Read  while  you  read: 
then  if  you  wish  to  drowse  or  indulge  in  reverie, 
resign  yourself  lo  that  intelligently.  It  is  easy 
for  lazy  minds  to  cheat  themselves  with  the 
pretense  of  reading  when  they  are  simply  idling. 
President  Porter  is  entirely  right  when  he  says : 
"  R«ad  with  attention.  This  is  the  rule  that 
takes  precedence  of  all  others.  It  stands  instead 
of  a  score  of  minor  directions.  Indeed,  it  com- 
prehends them  all,  and  is  the  golden  rule.  To 
gain  the  power  and  habit  of  attention  is  tlie 
great  difficulty  to  be  overcome  by  young  readers 
when  they  begin.  The  one  reason  why  reading 
is  so  dull  to  multitudes  of  active  and  eager 
minds  is  that  they  have  not  acquired  the  habii  of 
attending  to  books." 

I  have  known  persons  who  had  been  much  era- 
ployed  in  reading  aloud  for  the  entertainment 
of  others,  and  who  had  formed  the  habit  of  read- 
ing without  attending  at  all  to  what  they  read, 
who  could  pass  over  page  after  page,  pronoun c 
ing  the  words  properly,  and  even  conveying  the 
sense  to  others,  while  they  were  wholly  oblivious 
of  the  words  they  were  reading.  And  there  are 
many  who,  while  reading  silently,  are  addicted 
to  the  same  vice ;  the  eye  passes  over  paragraph 
after  paragraph  while  the  thoughts  are  at  the 
ends  of  the  earth.  It  is  a  mischievous  habit. 
The  power  of  mental  concentration  is  one  on 
the  chief  things  to  be  gained  in  ediicat'on;  anf 
our  reading  must  strengthen  and  not  weaked 
this  power. 

2.  When  there  *are  others  who  will  join  you 
in  reading,  it  is  -hoW.  to  read  aloud.  Then  let 
every  mitpronounced  woid  be  noted  with  pencil 
by  those  who  listen  (to  be  reported  and  settled 
afterward,)  aud  every  unintelligible  statement  or 
allusion  be  looked  up  on  the  spot.  Whether 
reading  alone  or  in  company,  pass  over  nothing 
that  you  do  not  understand  until  you  have 
exhausted  all  your  sources  of  information, 

3.  Read,  therefore,  with  the  constant  aid  of 
as  good  a  supply  as  you  can  command  of  books 
of  reference.  Some  such  books  you  must  have. 
A  good  dictionary,  for  one  thing,  is  indispen- 
sable. You  might  as  well  think  of  going  to 
sea  without  a  compass  as  of  reading  without  a 
dictionary.  The  Springfield  rule,  and  I  think  it 
a  good  one,  is  to  "  get  the  best"  dictionary.  It 
you  cannot  afford  the  "  unabridged  pictorial," 
get  the  completest  edition  you  can  afford.  A 
good  atlas  is  also  indispensable.  An  encyclo- 
psedia,  too,  is  greatly  to  be  deeired.  Some-  of 
the  abridgm'ents  ate  not  expensive;  the  edition 
of  Chambers  published  by  the  American  Book 
Exchange  is  very  cheap.  The  encyclopaedia 
answers  the  purpose  at  once  of  a  gazetteer  and  a 
geographical  dictionary;  but  if  you  cannot  obtain 
the  larger  encyclopaedia,  get  if  possible,  Cham- 
plin's  "  Young  Folks'  Cyclopaedia  of  Persons 
and  Places."  Use  these  books  of  reference 
freely. 

4.  Read  with  pencil  in  hand;  make .  notes 
freely  of  what  you  read,  putting  the  author's 
thought,  it  you  can,  into  your  own  words.  The 
note-book  is  an  important  part  of  your  outfit. 
Look  over  your  notes  when  you  have  finished 
the  book,  and  it  the  thought  be  not  wholly  fam- 
iliar to  you,  turn  back  to  the  page  and  refresh 
your  mtiuv^ry. 


5.  Read  judicially.  It  will  not  always  do  to 
surrender  yourself  to  your  author;  prove  the 
things  he  tells  you;  hold  fast  that  which  is  good. 
Exercise  your  judgment — your  historical  judge- 
ment, your  moral  judgment — on  all  that  you 
read.  If  any  statement  seems  to  you  doubtful, 
weigh  it  well  and  see  if  it  cannot  be  verified.  It 
is  not,  however,  necessary  that  yon  should  cul- 
tivate only  the  skeptical  habit.  Presumably 
your  author,  knew  what  he  was  saying.  At  any 
rate,  as  Mr,  Ruskin  eays,  "  Be  sure  that  you 
go  to  the  author  to  get  at  his  meaning,  not  to 
find  yours.  Judge  it  afterwards,  if  you  think 
yourself  qualified  to  do  so;  but  ast^ertain  it 
first," 

6.  Remember,  finally,  that  of  all  the  best 
books — those  which  DtQuineey  ranks  in  "  the 
literature  of  power  "  rather  than  of  knowledge, 
the  books  that  stir  the  heart  and  invigorate  the 
moral  nature — the  true  worth  cannot  be  found 
out  by  any  who  are  not  themselves  worthy.  It 
is  the  pure  in  heart  who  see  Grod,  and  it  is  only 
they  who  ever  clearly  perceive  the  truth  of  God, 
whether  in  words  that  are  written  or  in  things 
that  are  made.  Jt  is  as  true  of  many  other 
books  as  of  the  Bible,  that  the  reader  gets  but 
little  from  them  because  he  bnngs  but  little 
power  ot  true  discernment  to  them.  "  To  him 
that  hath  shall  be  given." —  Washington  Gladden. 


CHILDREN'S  CORNER. 


Frolicking  Elephants. 

The  little  readers  of  the  Cynosure  who  take 
great  delight  in  the  playing  oi  their  kittens  and 
dogs  will  be  astonished  to  read  that  huge 
elephants  can  spoirt  with  each  other  in  the  same 
way.  Mr.  Barnum,  the  great  showman,  is  keep- 
ing part  of  his  great  collection  of  animals  at  his 
country  homo  at  Bridgeport,  Connecticut.  We 
have  here  an  account  ot  a  bath  which  the  eleph- 
ant had  a  few  days  ago,  as  told  by  one  who  saw 
the  sport  iu  a  letter  to  the  Philadelphia  Times: 

Barnum  took  a  notion  to  give  twenty  of  his 
elephants  a  swim  in  salt  water  the  other  day. 
Seaside  park,  near  the  showman's  mansion,  is  a 
magnificent  area  of  tastefully  improved  laud, 
reaching  down  to  the  water's  edge,  aud  gently- 
sloping  pebbly  beach.  To  this  beach  the  ele- 
phants were  marched  in  stately  procession  fol- 
lowed by  .an  immense  crowd,  which  seemed  to 
embrace  half  the  people  of  Connecticut.  Thou- 
sands of  people  wore  on  hand  to  eujoy  the  fun. 
As  soon  as  the  elephants  got  a  sight  of  the  Sound 
they  made  a  break  for  the  water,  with  expreEsions 
ot  the  most  stupendous  joy.  They  showed  no 
desire  to  keep  near  the  shore,  but  pushed  for 
deep  water,  where  they  began  to  play  with  all 
the  heartmess  of  a  lot  of  school-boys  let  loose  in 
the  surf.  Never  had  elephants  displayed  to  a  gap- 
ing crowd  their  capacity  tor  fun  aud  frolic  in  so 
pronounced  a  manner.  They  fr  sked  like  pup- 
pies, tumbling  each  other  over  in  the  water  and 
performing  all  sorts  ot  .wild  gymnastic  feats. 
Two  elephants  would  sportively  go  for  a  third 
aud  duck  him  under  the  water.  Then  half  a 
dozen  of  them  would  fill  their  trunks  with  wa- 
ter and  squirt  it  at  each  other  as  children  in  the 
surf  splash  water  in  each  other's  faces  with  their 
hands.  Sometimes  an  elephant  would  be  mis- 
sing for  several  minutes,  and  people  would  get 
an  idea  that  ho  had  sunk  to  rise  no  more.  But,, 
presently,  the  round  black  nozzle  of  his  trunk 
would  appear  on  the  surface,  reminding  the 
spectators  that  a  beast  with  such  a  long  nose  can 
remain  out  of  sight  as  long  as  he  pleases,  if  he 
only  keeps  the  end  of  his  breathing  apparatus 
Within  reach  of  fresh  air. 

"Emperor,"  the  large  and  unruly  elephant, 
who  made  such  trouble  last  summer  when  he 
escaped  at  Troy  and  went  on  a  rampage  ttirough 
the  streets  of  that  city  at  night,  showed  a  sport- 
ively riotous  disposition.  He  acted  as  if  he  was 
drunk  and  wanted  to  get  up  a  tight  among  the 
other  elephants.  He  is  next  to  Jumbo  in  size, 
and  ten  times  as  frisky.  He  took  several  ot  the 
little  elephants  one  by  one  and  tossed  them  over 
aud  around  in  the  water  as  if  they  were  cats. 
Two  or  three  of  the  little  ones  thought  it  was 
too  much  of  a  good  thing,  and  seemed  to  want 
to  unite  their  efforts  to  play  a  trick  on  the  mens- 


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December  7,  1882 


THE  CHRISTIAN   CYNOSURE. 


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ter  and  hold  iiim  uuuer  tii.i  water.  Tli.s  they 
tried  tor  a  little  while,  but  soon  got  enough  of 
it.  They  knew  how  ugly  he  could  be  when  he 
felt  like  it,  and  so,  after  a  few  weak  trials  they 
concluded  to  let  him  alone.  After  awhile  Em- 
peror and  another  elephant  nearly  as  big  as  him- 
self took  a  notion  to  start  off  twards  the  Long 
Island  shore.  Side  by  eide,  as  if  harnessed  to- 
gether, they  swam  majesticaMy  away,  as  if  to 
return  no  more.  When  they  had  gone  several 
hxmdred  yards  one  of  the  keepers  put  after  them 
in  a  rowboat,  and  soon  caught  up  with  them. 
ile  had  pole  with  a  hook  on  its  end,  such  as  is 
used  among  elephants  as  an  instrument  of  cor- 
rection. After  he  had  given  Emperor  one 
punch  with  this  the  beast  turned  and  gave  the 
boat  a  push  with  his  shoulder,  indicative  of  what 
he  might  further  do  if  annoyed.  The  boat  began 
to  fill,  and  the  frightened  keeper  headed  for 
shore.  As  he  turned  the  other  elephant  gave 
the  boa!;  a  whack  with  his  trunk,  just  as  a  little 
reminder.  For  a  few  moments  there  was  deep 
excitement  among  the  crowd,  for  nobody  knew 
but  that  the  creatures  might  take  it  into  their 
heads  to  swim  the  whole  length  oi  Long  Island 
Sound,  and  thence  out  to  sea.  Somebody  sug- 
gested sending  a  steam  tug  alter  them,  and 
others  idiotically  proposed  harpoous  and  lasso- 
ropes.  The  venerable  Barnum  sat  on  the  porti- 
co of  the  bathing  pavilhon,  near  by,  and  laughed 
like  a  big  boy,  heartily  enjoying  the  fun,  and 
knowing  thst  the  voice  of  Arstingstall,  the 
chief  trainer,  would  in  time  avail  to  prevent  the 
animals  from  being  lost  at  sea.  In  a  few  minutes 
Aretingstali's  word  ot  command  was  heard  from 
the  beach.  Instantly  the  swimmers  turned  and 
headed  for  the  shore,  greeted  by  immense  cheer- 
ing from  the  crowd. 

The  whole  swim  of  the  elephantine  party 
lasted  about  two  hours,  to  the  great  delight  of 
the  beasts  themselves  and  of  the  Bridgeporters 
who  were  assembled  to  see  them.  Interest  in 
the  performance  did  not  for  a  moment  flag, 
though  the  day  was  cold  and  drizzly.  The  ele- 
phants would  have  staid  in  the  water  all  the 
afternoon  had  they  not  been  commanded  to 
come  out.  When  called  to  come  to  the  shore 
they  obeyed  very  reluctantly,  performing  all 
sorts  of  capers.  One  muscular  elephant  wound 
his  trunk  around  one  of  the  posis  supporting 
the  platform  which  extends  out  from  the  bath- 
ing-pavilion over  the  water  ot  the  Sound.  He 
was  about  to  pull  this  post  up,  the  effect  of 
which  would  have  been  to  give  a  large  party  of 
people  an  unexpected  bath.  His  keeper  told 
him  to  stop  it.  With  the  air  of  a  boy  caught 
in  the  act  ot  stealing  jam  from  his  mother's  pan- 
try the  beast  let  go  of  the  post,  tucked  his  trunk: 
under  his  left  fore  leg,  and  ambled  ashore. 

Arrived  on  the  pebbly  beach  the  elephants  had 
to  be  chained  or  hobbled  to  prevent  them  from 
doing  mischief  as  they  paraded  through  the 
streets  to  their  winter  quarters,  which  are  about 
halt  a  mile  from  the  shore.  While  the  keepers 
were  adjusting  the  chains  the  beasts  made  the 
most  of  their  opportunity  to  have  some  tun  with 
the  soft  mud  at  the  water's  edge  in  which  they 
were  standing.  iScoopiug  up  as  much  as  they 
could  conveniently  handle  with  their  trunks 
they  slung  it  around  at  each  other  and  at  the 
bysiauders.  There  was  a  sudden  scattering 
among  the  boys  and  others  who  were  thus  vib- 
ited  with  a  baptism  of  mud.  The  chaining  com- 
pleted, the  whole  party  marched  off  as  stately 
and  soie-an  as  if  no  such  picnic  as  ihey  had  en- 
joyed had  ever  been  heard  of.  Jumbo  was 
kept  at  home. 


A  Pleasant  Experiment  with  Salt. 

Do  you  want  to  gvow  salt,  and  at  thg  same 
time  have  an  interesdng,  handsome  ornaments 
The  proceeding  is  a  novel  chemical  experiment 
that  may  be  tried  by  any  one.  Put  in  a  goblet 
one  tablespoonful  of  salt  and  one  spoonful  of 
bluing.  Vill  the  goblet  two-thirds  full  of  water 
and  set  it  in  a  position  where  it  w.ill  have  plenty 
of  warmth  and  sunlight.  In  a  little  while 
sparkling  crystals  will  commence  forming  on 
the  outside  of  the  glass,  and  it  is  both  a  novel 
and  interesting  sight  to  watch  it  gradually 
growing  day  by  day,  until  the  outside  of   the 


goolet  IS  endreiy  covered  over  with  beautiful 
white  crystals.  Another  variation  of  this  beau- 
tiful experiment  would  be  to  take  a  goblet  with 
the  base  broken  off,  and  fasten  it  in  the  center 
of  a  thin  piece  of  board,  which  may  be  roixnd, 
square  or  oblong.  After  the  crystals  have  formed 
on  the  glass,  set  it  on  a  tiny  wall  bracket,  and 
place  a  bright  holiday  or  birthday  card  in  front 
of  it;  this  will  hide  the  base,  on  which  no  crys- 
tals will  form.  After  this  is  done,  fill  the  gob- 
let with  flowers  or  dried  grasses,  and  you  will 
have  a  vase  which  will  cost  but  comparatively 
little. 


The  Bible  Gentleman. 

It  was  a  hot  July  morning,  and  old  Mrs.  Dawes, 
carrying  the  clean  linen  home  to  the  rectory, 
thought  her  basket  seemed  heavier  than  usual. 
Johnnie  Leigh,  the  sou  of  the  village  doctor, 
overtook  her  halfway  up  the  hill. 

"  Why,  mother,"  said  he,  "  that's  more  than 
you  can  manage  !  Let  me  have  one  handle,  and 
then  we'll  trot  it  up  easily  enough." 

"  The  idea,"  said  Fannie  Leigh,  who  came 
down  the  lane  just  in  time  to  see  her  brother  and 
Mrs.  Dawes  turn  at  the  rectory  gate,  "  You  are 
a  gentleman,  Johnnie  1  Supposing  Lady  Blake 
had  met  yon  carrying  a  clothes-basket  !  How 
could  you  do  it?" 

Johnie  whistled. 

"  A  gentleman  !  Of  course  I  am  I  am  a 
Bible  gentleman,  like  father." 

Fannie  looked  puzzled,  so  Johnnie  extilained. 

"  Father  said  that  a  Bible-gentleman  is  always 
civil  to  poor  people  as  well  as  to  rich  ones  ;  and 
poor  old  Mrs.  D^wes  is  my  '  neighbor'  as  cnuch 
as  Lady  Blake." — Sel. 


TEMPERANCE. 


Temperance  and  Legislation. 

I  think  that  total  abstinence  is  necessary,  and 
I  will  turn  directly  to  the  question  of  legislative 
restriction.  Gentlemen,  1  look  around  me,  not 
here  in  England  only,  but  also  through  all  the 
world,  over  dependencies  over  which  the  sun 
never  sets,  and  I  see  the  frightful,  the  intoler- 
able evidences  of  the  devastation  wrought  by 
one  fatal  sin,  the  sin  of  drunkenness;  and  that 
sin  caused  by  one  fatal  product,  alcohol  diluted 
in  intoxicating  drinks.  I  am  unable,  I  have  not 
the  heart  to  day  to  touch  on  one  tenth  or  one 
hundredth  part  of  the  proofs  which  demonstrate 
to  every  serious  mind  which  is  at  all  acquainted 
with  the  facts  the  awful  importance  ol  the  que-- 
tion.  Focus  the  lurid  gleams  which  flash  up- 
ward from  this  pit  of  destruction  and  you  will 
see  how  frightful  is  the  glare.  Track  the  sub- 
terranean raiuiticationci  of  this  evil,  and  you  will 
see  how  tie  whole  nation  is  undermined ;  how 
every  treaa  we  take  is  over  tire  ever  bursting 
through  the  treacherous  ashes.  It  is  matter, 
not  oi  assertion,  but  of  sternest  demonstration, 
that  the  drink  traflic  causes  the  most  amazing 
wabte  iif  our  national  resources;  that  to  it  are 
aue,  mainly  and  almost  exclusively,  the  worst 
phenomena  oi  pauperism;  that  it  causes  seven 'y- 
tive  per  cent,  of  those  melancholy  cases  of  do 
mestic  ruin  which  till  our  police  courts;  that  it 
contributes  enormously  bosh  directly  and  indi 
rectly  to  the  hideouo  social  evil;  that  but  for  it,  on 
the  testimony  of  nearly  every  judge  on  the  bench, 
crimes  of  violence  would  wellnigh  disappear; 
that  it  is  the  cause  both  directly  and  indirectly 
of  a  mostt  errible  mortality;  that  it  chokes 
our  prisons,  madhouses,  and  penitentaries;  that 
it  crcatt  8  an  hereditary  taint  which  makes  life  a 
curte  to  a  stunted  population;  that  because  of  its 
thousands,  aye,  tens  of  thousands  of  miserable 
men,  and  yet  more  miserable  women,  and  poor 
little  children  most  miserable  of  all,  lead  lives  of 
such  squalor  and  anguish  as  only  they  who  have 
witnessed  can  conceive;  that  it  devastates  the 
humanity,  and  blights  the  bodies  and  the  souls 
not  only  of  600,000  drunkards,  but  of  the  mil 
lions  wiiich  their  rum  orags  down  to  shame;  that 
it  frustrates  our  religious  efforts  at  home;  that 
it  destroyes  and  ruins  our  mission  efforts  abroad; 
that  it  IB  the  chief  bane  and  ruin  tt  our  homes; 
that  it  is  the  darkest  stain  on  the  glory  and 
prosperity  of  our  nation. 

Exaggeration,  gentlemen  I    There  is  not  one 


word  of  this  indictment  whicn  la  not  true  to  tue 
letter;  not  one  word  of  it  which  is  not  capable 
of  the  most  rigorous  proofs  which  evidence  can 
establish  and  statistics  con^;ain.  And  nn'ess  it 
be  proper  to  eay  twilight  when  we  mean  mid- 
night, if  it  is  no  exageration  to  say 
twilight  when  we  mean  midnight,  then  it 
is  none  to  say  the  blackness  of  it  darkness 
could  only  be  represented  insuch  col- 
ors as  when  some  mighty  painter  dips  his  pencil 
in  th«  hues  of  0?irthquake  and  eclipse.  Those 
who  know  nothing  whatever  about  the  suhjdvit — 
those  who  are  so  unhappy  as  to  be  blinded  by 
the  pocsession,  in  some  shape  or  other,  of  a  share, 
or  a  freehold,  or  an  interest  in  the  produetiouor 
the  sale  of  that  which  is  tne  cauee  of  all  this 
iniquity — may  call  this  impeachment  exaggera- 
ted; but  they  have  never  slui^n,  they  have 
never  even  attempted  to  shake  the  damning  evi- 
dences on  which  it  is  founded,  and  to  which 
concur,  with  startlingunan  raity,  the  teslimonieB 
of  every  single  person,  and  every  single  class  of 
persons  that  has  in  any  way.  studied  or  come 
across  the  subject.  That  evidence  has  been  pro- 
duced in  the  most  public  way,  and  in  every  pos- 
sible way,  asrain  and  again;  it  has  been  produced 
before  committeep  of  the  House  of  L^rds,  and 
before  commiitoes  of  the  House  of  Oummons;  it 
has  been  gathered  for  the  northern  house  of 
convocation,  and  for  the  southern  house  of  convo- 
cation ;  it  has  been  collected  by  statesmen,  and 
collected  by  political  economists;  it  has  been 
furnishsd  from  sources  the  most  opposite  and 
the  most  unsuspected;  it  is  derived  from  clergy- 
men, and  from  judges,  and  from  jailors,  and 
from  policemen,  and  frobi  the  heads  ot  work- 
houses and  asylums,  and  from  physicians,  from 
publicans,  and  it  stands  not  only  unshaken,  but 
absolutely  unchallenged — and  more  than  this,  it 
is  constantly  admitted,  at  unguarded  moments 
by  the  very  agents,  and  the  very  writers  who 
detest  teetotallers,  and  leave  no  stone  unturned 
to  overthrow  the  alliance. 

We  are  met  by  a  decrepit  witticism  and  delu- 
sive epigram:  "  You  cannot  make  people  sober 
by  act  of  Parliament."  Well,  that  is  a  form  of 
fungus  of  which  the  mushroom-head  ought,  I 
think,  to  be  remorselessly  brained  with  a  fan. 
Gentlemen,  it  is  not  true  that  God  cannot,  to 
an  immense  extent,  make  people  sober  by  act 
of  Parliament.  You  can,  it  has  been  done  over 
vast  tracts  of  America.  It  is  being  done  in 
wide  areas  of  our  colonies.  It  is  done  in  hun- 
dreds of  our  English  parifehes  where  the  land- 
owner has  the  wisdom  to  shelter  his  people  from 
crime  and  pauperism  by  the  simple  rule,  which 
he,  on  his  single  authority,  can  make,  and 
make  unquestioned,  but  which  hundreds  of 
poor  men  and  poor  women  and  poor  children  on 
bis  estate  cannot  make,  however  passionately 
they  desire  it,  and  however  deeply  it  affects 
their  social,  moral,  and  religious  welfare,  name- 
ly :  That  there  shall  not  be  a  aingle  liquor  shop 
on  his  estate.  Not  make  people  sober  by  act  of 
Parliament!  Why,  at  this  moment,  to  their 
own  immense  benefit,  you  are  making  20,000 
people,  among  whom  are  the  very  worst  drunk- 
ards in  England,  not  only  sober  by  act  of 
Parliament,  but  absolute  teetotalers  by  act  of 
Parliament.  Who  are  those?  Way,  they  are 
poor  prisoners  now  in  our  prisons,  not  one  of 
whom  from  the  day  he  enters  prison  is  allowed 
to  touch  a  drop  of  alcohol,  and  who,  in  conse- 
quence of  this  restriction,  are  as  a  class,  in  spite 
of  their  other  disadvantages,  so  completely  the 
healthiest  class  of  people  in  England,  that  there 
is  a  lower  rate  of  mortality  among  prisoners 
than  there  is  among  proiessional  men,  and  that, 
as  the  death-rate  stands  highest  of  all  among 
publicans  who  sell  alcohol,  so  it  stands  lowest  of 
all  among  prisoners  who  are  absolutely  deprived 
of  every  drop  ot  it. — Carton  Farrar. 

m  %  ^- 

— Alcohol  is  admitted  by  every  one  to  be  an 
irritant.  If  a  drop  of  spirit  and  water  is  placed 
in  the  eye  it  will  make  it  smart;  if  it  is  he^d  in 
the  mouth  it  will  make  it  burn;  if  a  piece  of 
lint  is  dipped  in  spirit,  placed  on  the  skin,  and 
covered  with  oiled  silk  to  prevent  evaporation,  it 
will  raise  a  blister.  Its  effect  on  the  inside  or 
lining  of  the  stomach  is  just  the  same,  only  we 
do  nut  feel  what  is  ouchmg  that  part  ^of  our 
bodies. — Selected. 


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t^HS  CHHISTIAH  CYNOSURE. 


Deceriiber  t,  l88S 


{Continued from,  jifth  page'\ 
school-houric  northwest  ot  tSearaboro'.  Here, 
after  speuding  the  nig>)t  at  the  hospitable 
home  of  Henry  Johnson  and  wife,  he  etarled  for 
Marengo,  where  he  was  to  spend  the  Sabbath, 
and  then  go  to  Morning  Sun  and  other  points  in 
the  southern  part  of  this  State. 

Now,  iriendfl  of  the  reform  in  Iowa,  we  hope 
you  will  not  wait  too  long  for  a  special  oppor 
tunity  for  getting  the  lecturer's  services,  but 
write  him  at  on^-e,  and  keep'  him  busy.  He 
wants  work  and  should  have  it,  and  be  liberally 
paid  for  it,  too.  We  expect  him  here  again  next 
Bpring  to  do  more  work  for  us,  ari  he  had  calls 
here  he  could  not  fill  this  time.  1  say  again,  let 
us  give  him  work  aud  plenty  of  it.  As  ever  for 
the  war,  T.  K.  Btjfkin. 

Bro.  Mathews'  Visit  to  Birmingham,  Iowa. 

BlEMlNGHAM,  loWA. 

Editok  Christian  Cynosure: — There  has  been 
nothing  yet  published  m  your  worthy  paper  of 
the  work  oi  Eev.  E.  Mathews  at  this  place.  He 
came  amongst  us  oq  the  12th  of  October  last, 
and  lectured  at  the  United  Presbyterian  church 
in  Birmingham  on  the  subject  of  reform,  show- 
ing the  great  evils  of  eecretism,  especially  that 
of  Freemasonry,  on  the  evening  of  the  2l6t  of 
Oct.     His  audience  was  large  and  attentive. 

On  the  followmg  Sabbath  he  preached  in  the 
Free  Methodist  cnurch,  the  Lord  wonderfullv 
helping  him  to  hold  forth  his  truth  in  euch  a 
manner  as  to  shake  the  sandy  foundation  of 
some  holiness  profeesors.  On  Sabbath  evening 
he  preached  at  the  U.  P.  church  to  a  large  con- 
gregation, where  the  Lord  again  assisted  him  in 
drawing  the  line  so  close  Ihat  lukewarm  protos- 
ors  were  made  to  feel  uncomfortable.  On  the 
evening  of  tho  23d  of  October  he  again  lectured 
at  Hebron  (a  Chriscian  church)  to  a  large  audi- 
ence, on  the  subject  of  Freemasonry. 

His  stay  with  us  was  short,  though  very  pleas- 
ant, and  we  trust  much  good  will  result  from 
his  labors.  Ero.  Mathews  is  a  real  stirring  stick 
for  God.  Before  he  came  here,  the  devii  wae 
having  things  pretty  much  his  own  way.  Free- 
masonry was  seldom  disturbed  by  those  whom 
God  had  commise-ioned  to  preacti  his  Gospel, 
some  holding  out  the  idea  that  the  subject  ot  re- 
form has  been  agitated  enough  in  this  place,  and 
that  a  better  way  is  not  to  touch  people's  idols. 
God  surely  thea  made  a  serious  mistake  when 
he  said.  Cry  aloud  and  spare  not;  lift  up  thy 
voice  like  a  trumpet,  and  show  my  people  their 
transgressions,  and  the  house  of  Jacob  their  sins. 
Isaiah  68:  1.  if  ceasing  to  agitate  the  lodge  be 
right,  then  why  not  cease  to  agitate  politics, 
or  why  not  cease  to  preach  repentance  and  faith 
to  sinners?  JSTo,  sir,  this  is  a  trick  of  the  enemy. 
God's  people  ehouid  be  an  aggressive  people, 
and  when  they  cease  to  be  so  God  has  no  farther 
use  tor  them,  i  know  something  about  the 
wicked  and  abominable  systems  of  Freemasonry 
and  Odd  fellowsiiip.  1  have  been  behind  the 
Bcenes.  God  in  hia  mercy  has  saved  me  out  of 
them,  and  commissioned  me  as  a  watchman  on 
the  walls  ot  Ziou  to  faithfully  warn  the  people 
of  their  wickedness.  "Awoaderiul  aud  hor- 
rible thing  is  committed  in  the  land"  Jeremiah 
5:30.  That  thing  is  Freemasowry.  Suall  we 
quietly  close  our  mouths,  and  cease  to  agitate 
the  subject  of  a  vile  system  that  is  doing  more 
to  create  infidelity  than  all  other  systems  com- 
bined? I  am  a  Methodist,  and yree:  yet  1  have 
had  Free  Methodist  preachers  try  to  quiet  me, 
or  tone  me  down  from  raising  my  voico  against 
a  wicked  and  vile  system  that  God  has  saved 
me  from.  God  pity  them  .««nd  give  them  more 
ot  tho  Apostolic  fire  18  my  prayer.  When  it 
comes  to  the  pass,  that  Freemasons  will  endorse 
Free  Methodist  preachers,  and  call  them  good 
sortof  leliowB,  you  may  rest  assured  their  s^sem 
is  not  disturbed  by  them;  and  yer,  1  have  known 
this  done  here  iu  thib  place,  i  am  glad  the 
Lord  sent  Bro.  M — I  pray  the  Lord  to  keep  him 
tilled  with  Holy  Ghost  tire.  Ameu.  Yours  lor 
reform,  J.  W.  Hough. 

{Free  Methodist  please  copy.) 

_ ^  »  ^ 

— We  are  told  by  a  correspondent  that  the 
vote  of  D.  B.  Turney  for  Congress  in  the  16th 
Illinois  district  was  7,569;  this  was  largely  an 
anti  monopoly  vote. 


THE  AMERICAN   PARTY. 


Nominations  for  1884. 

For  President, 

JONATHAN  BLANCHARD, 

of  Illinois. 

lor   Vice-PresidenU 

JOHN  A.  Ct)NANT. 

of  Connecticut. 

PLATFORM. 

We  hold:  1.  That  ours  is  a  Christian  and  not  a 
heathen  nation,  and  that  the  God  of  the  Christian 
Scriptures  is  the  author  of  civil  government. 

2.  That  God  requires  and  man  needs  a  Sabbath. 

3.  That  the  prohibition  of  the  importation,  manu- 
facture and  sale  of  intoxicating  drinks  as  a  beverage 
is  the  true  policy  on  the  temperance  question. 

4.  That  the  charters  of  all  secret  lodges  granted  by 
our  Federal  and  State  Legislatures  should  be  with- 
drawn, and  their  oaths  prohibited  by  law. 

5.  That  the  civil  equality  secured  to  all  American 
citizens  by  articles  IStli,  14th  and  15th  of  our  amended 
Constitution  should  be  preserved  Inviolate. 

6.  That  arbitration  of  differences  with  nations  is 
the  most  direct  and  sure  method  of  securing  and  per- 
petuating a  permanent  peace. 

7.  That  to  cultivate  the  intellect  without  improving 
the  moYals  of  men,  is  to  make  mere  adepts  and  experts ; 
therefore,  the  Bible  should  be  associated  with  books  of 
science  and  literature  in  all  our  educational  institu- 
tions. 

8.  That  land  and  other  monopolies  should  be  dis- 
couraged. 

9.  That  the  government  should  furnish  the  people 
with  an  ample  and  sound  currency. 

10.  That  maintenance  of  the  public  credit,  protection 
to  all  loyal  citizens,  and  justice  to  Indians  are  essential 
to  the  honor  and  safety  of  our  nation. 

11.  And,  finally,'we  demand  for  the  American  peo- 
ple the  abolition  of  electoral  colleges,  and  a  direct  vote 
tor  President  and  Vice-president  of  the  United  States. 


In  North  Carolina  the  Republicans  were  the 
saloon  party  and  the  Democrats  prohibitionists. 
The  Republican  State  Convention  held  last  July 
at  Raleigh,  the  State  capital,  passed  the  follow- 
ing as  a  part  of  their  platform  : 

"  Resolved,  That  the  Bourbon  leaders  of  the  Demo- 
cratic party  are  responsible  for  the  passage  of  the  prohibi- 
tion bill,  and  the  agitation  resulting  therefrom,  the  said 
bill  having  been  rejected  by  a  vote  of  the  people;  and  the 
Republicans  of  this  State,  in  maintaining  the  fundamental 
prmciple  that  a  majority^jnust  rule,  request  their  candi- 
dates tor  the  Legislature  to  vote  for  the  repeal  of  said  pro 
hibUion  bill,  aad  against  all  similar  measures." 


— The  Detroit  Evening  News,  has  the  follow- 
ing election  note  from  Holland,  Ottawa  connty. 
"  The  following  are  the  Republican  majorities  : 
Holland  City,  9A  for  the  State  and  Congressional 
dietricts.  Holland  township  67  on  the  State, 
and  75  or!  theCongr  ssionai  ticket.  Zeeland,  180 
majority  for  governor  and  representative  in 
Congress.  The  vote  polled  was  light  on  account 
of  the  new  registration.  The  Anti-masonic 
element  again  raised  its  feeble  form  but  only 
succeeded  in  polling  a  few  votes  for  their 
'  American'  ticket."  We  do  not  wonder  that 
the  poor  fellows  endeavor  to  excuse  the  little- 
ness of  the  above  figures.  They  are  a  pretty 
meager  showing  for  the"great  Republican  party." 
We  are  inclined  to  think  however,  that  the 
"  feeble  form"  above  mentioned  had  more  to  do 
with  this  showing  than  the  "  new  registration.' 
It  takes  a  good  deal  of  pinching  to  fetch  out  a 
groan  like  the  above  from  the  '•  great  party." 


A  Hint. 

Voters  for  American  candidates  who  do  not 
see  the  record  of  their  ballots  in  the  official  re- 
ports, please  read,  mark  and  inwardly  digest  this 
case.  Soon  after  the  November  election  the 
Anti-monopoly  party  representatives  met  in 
Chicago  and  found  that  a  number  of  their  votes 
had  not  been  returned  by  the  judges  of  elections. 
They  adopted  resolutions  setting  forth  and  con- 
demning the  fact,  and  deterniiued  to  prosecute 
the  delinquent  functionaries.  The  Legal  News 
says,  editorially,  on  the  matter  : 

"  If  the  maltere  stated  In  the  above  resolutions  are  true, 
then  the  judges  of  election  have  been  guilty  of  a  great 
crime  and  ought  to  be  punished  for  it.  The  fact  that  three 
or  lour  citizens  voted  this  way  or  that  way,  when  their 
votes  do  not  change  tne  result,  is  not  of  much  importance 
to  the  public,  but  when  the  judges  fail  to  count  their  votes 
or  take  any  notice  of  them  in  their  return,  it  is  evidence 
of  fraud  or  criminal  carelessness.  If  the  judges 
can  refuse  or  neglect  to  count  three  votes,  they  can 
three  hundred,  and  if  three  hundred  they  can  three  thous- 
and The  rpsnlt  of  an  election  count  should  be  verity  it- 
self.   There  ia  no  safety  in  any  other  rule." 


Essay  on  Christian  Politics. 

I'EESENTED  BT  THE  EDITOR  OF  THIS  PAPER  AT  THE 
WE8LETAN  METHODIST  MINISTERIAL  ASSOCIATION 
CONVENED  AT    PITTSFOKD  MICH.,  NOV.    14  AND  15 

1882. 

The  assignment  of  such  a  subject  as  that  of 
Christian  politics,  for  presentation  at  an  associa- 
tion of  ministers  such  as  is  convened  here  to-day 
is  a  step  in  the  right  direction.  As  straws,  indi- 
cate the  way  of  the  wind,  so  this  assignment 
may  be  regarded  as  an  indication  of  the  approach 
of  the  long  looked  for,  and  much  needed  reform, 
which  must  come  speedily  or  we,  as  a  natiou, 
must  perish.  Too  long  have  the  politics  of  our 
country  been  managed  by  ungodly  men.  While 
we  do  not,  and  cannot  tolerate  the  idea  of  the 
union  ot  church  and  state,  we  hesitate  not,  to 
say,  that  Christianity  in  politics  is  the  only  rem- 
edy for  our  national  ailments  to-day. 

God  is  the  author  of  pure  politics,  and  should 
be  consulted  and  recognized,  in  political  matters 
as  in  all  other  matters,  it  has  ever  been  the 
political  history  ot  governments,  that  so  far  as 
nations  have  failed  to  recognize,  and  trust  in 
God's  guidance,  just  so  far  have  politics  become 
corrupt  and  ruin  and  disaster  followed.  Our 
own  history  as  a  nation  is  proof  of  this.  Our 
Puritan  fathers  struck  Plymouth  Rock  with 
their  knees,  and  lifting  their  hands  to  heaven, 
invoked,  first  of  all,  the  blessing,  guidance  and 
protection  of  the  Christian's  God,  who  gave  to 
this  world  the  only  true  science  of  government. 
And  had  not  their  sons  refused,  or  neglected  to 
follow  that  example,  peace  would  have  been 
continually  within  our  palaces,  and  prosperity 
within  our  gates.  We  are  aware  of  their  pres- 
ence and  influence,  who  eay  it  is  not  neces- 
sary that  a  candidate  for  public  office,  should  be 
required  to  express  his  belief  in  Christ  or  the 
Bible.  But,  notwithstanding  all  this,  we  say 
we  hope  and  pray,  that  for  our  nation's  well- 
being,  the  time  may  speedily  come  when  no 
man,  whatever  other  good  qualities  he  may  pos- 
sess shall  be  eligible  to  office,  and  especially  to 
one  of  the  high  offices  of  this  government,  except 
he  he  a  Christian.  Scripturally  speaking,  na 
man  is  qualified  for  office  except  he  be  a  child  of 
God.  Paul  says,  speaking  of  rulers,  "They  are 
God's  ministers."  He  says  also  concerning  the 
subject  of  government,  "  If  thou  doest  evil,  be 
afraid,  for  he  {i.  e.  the  Christian  ruler)  beareth 
not  the  sword  (i.  e.  his  authority)  in  vain."  But, 
he  says,  "  He  is  the  minister  of  God  to  thee  for 
good."  Happy  is  the  nation  which  hath  such 
rulers:  cursed  are  we,  for  our  great  men  are  not 
men  of  God.  Political  reformers  may  compass 
sea  and  land,  advocating  this  measure  and  that, 
but  until  a  reform  is  advocated  and  pushed  to 
speedy  success,  which  calls  this  nation's  attention 
to  the  God  of  governments,  and  humbles  us 
before  him,  there  will  be  no  lasting  reform. 
Reform  to  be  lasting,  must  bring  Christ  out  from 
Pilate's  hall,  down  from  the  cross,  and  up  from 
the  grave,  to  which  the  official  Judases  of  this 
government  have  betrayed  him.  God  in  the 
Constitution,  the  Bible  in  schcolsj  a  proper  rec- 
ognition of  the  Christiaa  Sabbath,  the  prohibi- 
tion of  the  importation,  sale  and  manufacture 
of  intoxicating  drinks,  and  the  suppression  of  all 
secret  societies  from  within  our  borders,  are  re- 
forms immediately  sought  for,  and  needed  now. 
These  can  only  be  brought  about  by  making 
the  politics  of  our  nation  Christian  in  every  re- 
spect. Christianity  in  the  White  House,  in 
Congress,  in  the  Senate,  is  really  what  the  peo- 
ple are  longing  for,  and  hoping  to  see.  When 
at  Washington,  Senators  and  Representatives 
carry  Testaments  instead  of  whisky  flasks,  when 
in  place  of  Congressional  drunken  debauches, 
are  held  Senatorial  and  Congressional  prayer- 
meetings,  it  will  be  to  us  what  the  birth  of 
the  Son  of  Mary,  was  to  the  shepherds  of  Chal- 
dea — the  dawning  of  a  brighter  age.  Then  will 
we  say  with  Simeon  of  old:  "  Now  lettest 
thou  thy  servant  depart  in  peace,  for  mine  eyes 
have  seen  thy  salvation." 

"  Bappy  ia  that  people  that  is  in  such  a  case, 
yea,  happy  is  that  people  whose  God  is  the 
Lord." 

i^  %  1^ — 

Complete  self-forgetfulness  is  the  surest  way 
to  reach  completeuets  ol  charak.ter. 


Decfcmber  7,  1882 


THE  CHRfSTJAN  CVWOSURE 


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RELIGIOUS   INTELLIGENCE. 


—Prof.  L.  N.  Stratton  of  Wheaton  Theolog- 
ical Seminary  preached  at  a  union  service  at 
Sycamore,  111.,  on  Thanksgiving  day.  The 
Wesleyan  and  College  churches  of  Wheaton  met 
in  the  church  of  the  former  on  the  same  day  and 
were  addressed  by  Pres.  C  A.  Blanchard. 

— A  letter  from  G.  H.  Filian,  the  Armenian 
brother  ordained  at  Wheaton  last  May,  tells  us 
that  he  hopes  to  start  for  his  fatherland  and 
lite  work  in  April.  He  is  meantime  speaking 
in  New  England,  awakening  an  interest  in  Ar- 
menian evangelization,  and  preparing  for  his 
journey  and  future  work. 

— Thirteen  new  theatres  have  been  built  in 
Berlin  in  ten  years,  and  in  the  same  time  only 
two  cburchf  8.  The  downward  progress,  of  mor- 
als in  that  city  may  be  gauged  by  the  statement 
thus  made. 

— Dr.  Sheldon  Jackson  has  returned  from  a 
visit  to  A.l»ska.  He  located  for  the  Board  of 
Home  Missions  160  acres  for  the  Indian  Train- 
ing and  Industrial  School,  and  erected  a  two- 
story  mission  house,  100x50. 

— Of  the  Moody  and  Sanky  meetings  in  Paris, 
M.  Reveilland  writes:  "There  has  been  nothing 
more  beautiful  and  more  powerful  than  these 
great  gatherings  which  have  each  evening  filled 
the  nave,  the  choir,  the  platforms,  and  the  gal- 
leries of  the  vast  temple  of  the  Oratoire.  Not- 
withstandine'  the  hindrances  of  a  foreign  tongne, 
and  the  difficulty  of  interpretation  (a  difficulty 
marvellously  overcome  by  the  linguistic  skill  of 
M.  Theodore  Monod),  these  crowds  were  held 
for  the  space  of  two  or  three  hours,  hanging 
upon  the  lips  of  preacher  and  singer,  without  a 
symptom  of  weariness  or  fatigue.  JNever  before 
in  our  experience  have  we  borne  away  from  a 
religious  assembly  bo  deep  an  impression  of  these 
thousands  assembled  in  one  place,  these  bowed 
heads,  these  bended  knees,  this  genuine  Groa- 
pel  unity  and  brotherhood,  which  induces  the 
pale-faced  workman  from  Mr.  McAll's  meetings 
to  rub  elbows  with  the  white-handed  tine  lady. 
Large  numbers  requested  prayer,  and  publicly 
expressed  their  desire  to  become  Christ's." 


WHIiam  Taylor. 

The  General  Missionary  Committee  of  the 
M.  E.  Church,  at  its  late  session,  discussed  the 
relations  of  the  Missionary  Society  and  the 
church  with  William  Taylor's  missionary  work. 
Bro.  Taylor  is  a  noble  man,  and  has  done  very 
marked  and  successful  work  for  God.  Especially 
is  this  true  of  the  United  States,  of  India,  and  of 
Africa.  There  is  a  phase  in  his  South  American 
work,  however,  which  has  made  it  principally  a 
spiritual  failure  ;  and  this  defect  and  failure  we 
have  been  seeing  for  a  considerable  time.  The 
d'scussions  of  the  Missionary  Committee  bring 
the  matter  prominently  forward.  His  mistake 
has  been  in  sending  out  men  and  women  as 
school  teachers  rather  than  as  evangelists,  as  sci- 
entific men  rather  than  as  gospel  men  ;  that  is, 
school  work  has  been  made  the  principal 
work,  and  gospel  work  incidental.  It  appears 
that  they  have  been  prohibited,  by  contract, 
from  doing  religious  work  in  their  schools.  "We 
do  not  know  of  but  four  men,  and  perhaps  one 
or  two  women,  who  have  been  exv>ected  to  work, 
and  have  made  religious  work  their  prime  effort. 
These  aie.  Bros.  Birdsall  and  Lapham  at  Aspin- 
wall,  Bro.  Hoffman  in  Northern  Patagonia,  and 
Bro.  Krauser,  first  in  Northern  Patagonia,  and 
now  in  Valparaiso.  We  hear  that  Bro.  Taylor 
has  "sent  forty  men  to  the  West  Coast ;  twenty- 
two  of  these  have  returned,  and  seven  more  will 
before  the  end  of  this  year,  leaving  only  fifteen 
on  the  field."  Bro.  Taylor  is  just  started  for 
South  America,  we  believe ;  but  we  do  not  know 
his  designs. —  Christian  Harvester. 

•-•-» 

Week  of  Prayer  for  1883. 

The  following  programme  has  been  designat- 
ed by  the  Evangelical  Alliance: 

Sttnday,  Jan.  7. — Sermons:  "For  there  is  one 
God,  and  one  Mediator  between  God  and  men, 
the  Man  Christ  Jesus;  who  gave  himself  a  ran- 
Bom  for  all."    (I.  Tim.  ii.,  5,  6). 

Monday,  Jan.  8. — Praise  and    Thanksgiving: 


For  the  lonsr-suffering  love  and  faithfulness  of 
God,  and  for  his  continued  mercy  and  good- 
ness; for  the  progress  of  the  Gospel,  the  gift  of 
the  Holy  Spirit,  the  revival  of  true  religion;  for 
the  preservation  of  peace  among  the  nations; 
and  for  aU  temporal  blessings.  Psalm  ciii.; 
fsa.  XXV.;  Psalm  cni.;  I.  Thess.  i.;  Psalm  xxxvi., 
from  5th  verse. 

Tuesday,  Jan.  9. — Hnmiliation  and  confession: 
Of  unfaithfulness  to  Christ,  divisions  amonsr 
the  Lord's  people,  and  want  of  brotherly  love; 
of  pride,  self  will,  and  worldliness;  of  national 
sins,  especially  intemperance  and  licentious- 
ness, the  desecration  of  the  Lord's  day,  the 
spread  of  skepticism  and  infidelity,  and  the 
prevalence  of  disorder  ard  violent  crime.  Psalm 
li.  and  cxxx.;  Jer.  xiv.,  7-10,  20-23;  Luke  xv.; 
Lam.  iii.,  12-41;  Hosea  xiv.;  James  iv.;  II.  Cor. 
vi. 

Wednesday,  Jan.  10. — Prayer  for  families — 
for  parents,  children,  and  the  household — that 
all  connected  with  the  training  and  education  of 
the  young  may  be  deeply  impresged  with  the 
vital  importance  of  Scripture  instruction,  and 
that  the  absolute  need  of  the  power  of  the  Holy 
Spirit  in  all  departments  of  this  great  work  may 
be  realized;  for  the  cultivation  of  every  mural 
virtue;  for  integrity,-  purity,  and  piety  in  the 
home  life;  and  for  a  special  blessing  upon 
Sunday-schools.  Deut.  vi.,  1-16;  Psa.  cxxvii.; 
Eph.  vi.,  1-18;  Deut.  xxxiii.,  12-16,  24-29; 
Prov.  viii.;  John  xiv.,  12-17. 

Thursday,  Jan.  11. — Prayer  for  tbe  Church 
(Jniversal — for  the  outpouring  of  the  Holy  Spirit 
—that  all  ministers  of  Christ  and  those  prepar- 
ing for  the  ministry  may  deeply  realize  their 
responsibilities  and  their  need  of  the  Spirit's 
teaching  and  power;  that  their  testimony  be- 
fore the  world  may  be  open  and  faithful;  tha'' 
sound  doctrine  and  holiness  of  heart  and  life 
may  prevail  in  the  churches,  and  false  teaching 
and  superstition  be  counteracted;  that  all  the 
children  of  God  may  be  filled  with  earnestness 
and  zeal  in  seeking  to  gather  in  the  lost;  for  a 
rich  blessing  upon  efforts  to  promote  union  and 
brotherly  love;  and  for  afflicted  Christians 
everywhere.  Joel  ii.,  *ii8  31;  Acts  ii.,  32-41; 
Isa.  Iv.;  Eph.  iii.,  14-21;  I.  Cor.,  xii.,  1-13; 
John  XV.,  12  27;  Phil,  ii.,  1-16;  Psa.  xcv. 

Fkiday,  Jan.  12. — Prayer  for  Nations — for 
Sovereigns,  Rulers,  and  Magistrates;  that  all 
laws  favorable  to  cruelty  and  vice,  the  opium 
traffic  and  intemperance,  may  be  abolished;  for 
the  better  observance  of  the  Lord's  day;  for 
for  peace  and  good-will  among  men,  that  all  may 
yield  obedience  to  the  powers  that  be,  and 
that  the  spirit  of  lawlessness  may  be  subdued; 
for  the  cessation  of  war;  that  the  pursuit  of 
literature,  sijience,  and  art  may  be  influenced  by 
the  fear  of  God;  that  all  people  may  be  turned 
from  their  sins,  saved  from  unbelief,  an  1  brought 
to  know  Christ  as  their  Saviour;  that  God's  an- 
cient people,  the  Jews,  may  be  delivered  Jrom 
the'r  oppressions,  and  all  persecuted  Christians 
be  relieved.  Matt,  v.,  1-16;  Prov.  xxi.,  1-13; 
Rom.  xiii.;  Psa.  cxliv.;  I.  Peter  i.,  13-25;  IT. 
Tim.  ii.,  1  21;  Acts  x  ,  34-48;  Rom.  xiv.,  1-19; 
Jer.  XXX.;  Mark  x.,   28-45. 

Saturday,  Jan.  13. — Prayer  for  Missions:  that 
all  missionaries,  and  others  engaged  in  mission 
work  and  in  the  circulation  of  the  Scriptures,  at 
home  and  abroad,  may  be  filled  with  the  Holy 
Snirit,  and  that  great  suceess  may  crown  their 
efforts;  that  all  native  Christians  may  be  kept 
steadfast  in  ^the  faith,  and  made  earnest  and 
efficient  in  seeking  to  bring  souls  to  the  Saviour; 
that  many  more  faithful  laborers  may  be  called 
into  the  Lord's  vineyard:  that  the  Mohamme- 
dans and  the  heathen  may  be  won  to  Christ, 
and  that  the  Jews  may  be  constrained  to  receive 
him  as  their  long-expected  Messiah;  that  the 
blefsing  of  God  and  the  power  of  the  spirit  may 
abundantly  rest  upon  the  conference  of  Chris- 
tians of  various  nations  proposed  to  be  held  this 
year  in  Stockholm.  Luke  xxiv.,  36-53;  Luke  x.; 
1-16;  Johnxvi.,  1-15;  Acts  xi.,  1-21;  Psa.  ex. 
and  Pea.  c;  Rom.  xi.;  Ezek.  xxxvii.,  21-28;  Isa. 
iii,  7-15. 

Sunday,  Jan.  14. — Sermons:  "Looking  for 
that  blessed  hope,  and  the  glorious  appearing 
of  the  greitt  God  and  our  Saviour  Jesus  Christ." 
(Titus  ii.,  13.) 


Literary. 

LETTKRe  TO  Cabdinal  McCloskey  by  Rev. 
James  A.  O'Connor,  pastor  of  th»  Independent 
Catholic  Church  of  New  York.  This  volume  of 
betters  is  now  issued  in  a  second  edition;  they 
first  ap'^eared  weekly  in  the  columns  of  the  Npw 
York  WitnesH  and  though  not  so  learned  as  the 
celebrated  letters  of  "  Kirwau,"  they  may  be  in 
many  caaep  equally  effeetivo  and  valuable,  on 
account  of  the  experiences  of  the  author.  The 
questions  dipcussed  are  the  power  fi^d  luxnry  of 
ftomanism,  celibacy,  convent  life  Virgin  Mary, 
ConfcRsion,  the  use  of  wine  at  Maes,  and  the 
way  of  salvation  as  taught  '>v  Christ  nnd  by  the 
priests.  Published  for  25g.  bv  Jamep  A. 
O'Connor,  42  S.  Washington  Square,  New 
York. 

A  Lecture  on  thfi  Inspiration  of  the  Bihle,  by 
H.  L.  Hastings,  editor  of  the  Christian.  Boston, 
delivered  before  the  Sixteenth  Annual  Conven- 
ti'^n  of  the  Young  Men's  Christian  Association, 
of  Mass.,  in  18^1,  and  subsequently  repeated  by 
request,  in  1882,  at  tbf^  Sixteenth  Annual  Con- 
vention of  the  Y.  M.  C.  Association  of  Maine, 
has  been  issued  in  pamphlet  form  to  meet  a 
wide  demand.  To  all  who  are  familiar  with 
Bro.  Hastings'  incisive  style  and  orip^'naMty  of 
thought  throusrh  the  columns  of  the  Christian^ 
this  address  will  hardly  need  recommendation. 
It  is  one  of  the  best  arguments  on  thi^^  question 
ever  issued  in  so  small  compass  and  cheap  a 
form. 

The  Century,  while  it  does  not  in  the  current 
number  reach  the  superlative  as  last  month,  has 
yet  very  aWe  articles  on  the  Supreme  Court, 
which  with  its  illustrations,  sets  before  the  reader 
the  character,  surroundings  and  methods  of  that 
august  body  in  a  most  eleir  and  able  manner. 
The  sketches  of  the  Chief  Justices,  au'l  especially 
of  John  Marshall  and  h^'s  great  decisions  tonch- 
ine'^upon  the  character  of  the  federal  -compact  of 
the  States,  are  a  valuable  etudv.  Washins'ton 
Gladden  telis  how  the  "  ChrJBtian  Leagu""  met 
the  questions  ^^f  establishing  a  mission  church, 
paying  a  church  del^t,  temperance  work  and 
carinsr  for  the  poor.  -These  articles  on  practical 
Christian  union  are  full  of  suggestion  and  should 
be  read  by  every  pastor.  Mr.  Cnshins'  begins 
the  story  of  his  adventures  among  the  Zani  In- 
dians and  illuBtrates  abundantly  the  peculiar  life 
of  this  sun-worshiping'  tribe.  "The  Taxader- 
niVlArt"  is  the  best  illustrated  ar^'cle  and 
"The  Problem  of  Spelling  Reform"  by  Prof.T.R. . 
Lounsbury  one  of  the  best  things  that  has  been 
written  on  this  subject. 

The  North  American  Review  for  Decem- 
ber is  a  strong  number,  openiner  with  a  tripple 
article  on  the  health  of  American  women  by 
Dio  Lewis.  Elizabeth  Cady  Stanton  and  Dr. 
Jamep  R.  Chadwick.  The  question  seems  to  be 
settled  by  this  three-sided  attack.  One  gets  a 
blow  at  the  corset,  indoor  habits,  long  skirts,  and 
tight  shoes;  another  at  the  "  feminine"  occupa- 
tions, so-called;  the  third,  writes  ot  the  physical 
difficul  ties  peculiar  to  American  women  like  a 
skillful  and  learned  physician.  This  i^  good 
readina'  for  mothers.  Gov.  Sherman  of  Iowa 
writes  fairly  on  the  temperance  struggle  in  his 
State.  Gen.  Grant  comes  near  having  a  hobby 
in  the  matter  of  Fitz  John  Porter.  His  attempt 
at  vindicating  that  cashiered  officer  only  results 
in  conspicuous  failure.  It  has,  however,  drawn 
out  a  demolishing  reply  from  Senator  Logan  of 
Illinois  in  the  Chicago  Tribune.  If  Gen.  Grant 
had  remembered  that  the  whole  case  as  it  is  be- 
fore him  has  also  been  before  Congress  and  the 
people,  he  would  hesitate  at  so  partisan  an 
Article.  Prof.  R.  A.  Proctor  writes  on  the  "  In- 
fluence of  Food  on  Civilization"  and  Prof. 
George  P.  Fisher  on  "  The  Decline  of  Clerical 
Authority"  both  learned  and  able. 

— The  MS.  works  of  tho  physician  Galen, 
which  were  supposed  to  be  lost,  have  been  dis- 
covered in  Salonica  by  a  M.  Papageorgee.  They 
dated  from  the  fi'teenth  century  and  appear  to 
have  originall7  Icrmed  248  sheets;  144  are  in 
good  conditio 2,  t,7enty-four  are  mutilated  or 
worm  eaten  ard  eichtv  are  missing. 
^  %  » 

— Heaven  yj.il  j:vy  for  any  loss  we  may  suffer 
to  gain  it;  but  uotidng  can  pay  for  the^loes  of 
heaven. 


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THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE 


Deceiiber  7,  1888 


HOMk  AND  FARM. 


Cheap  Food  and  Good  Food. 

Dr.  Dio  Lewis  says  :  To  make 
the  best  bread  that  can  be  made  of 
wheat,  obtain  good  wheat  and  grind 
it  without  bolting,  mix  it  with  cold 
water  until  it  is  as  thi;k  as  it  can 
be  well  beaten  with  a  spoon  ;  after 
it  is  thoroughly  beaten  down,  put 
it  into  a  large  iron  pan  composed 
of  many  little  ones,  which  must  be 
first  made  hot ;  put  it  then  quickly 
into  a  hot  oven,  and  bake  it  as  rap- 
idly as  posbible. 

Indian  corn  makes  excellent 
nourishment.  It  contains  a  large 
amount  of  oil,  has  remarkable  fat- 
tening qualities,  and  is  likewise  re- 
markable as  a  heat  producer. 

Rice  keeps  its  consumers  fat,  but 
it  lacks  the  elements  which  feed  the 
muscles  and  the  brain. 

Potatoes,  both  Irish  and  sweet, 
are  very  poor  for  brain  and  mus- 
cle. 

Of  meats  the  beet  for  heat  and 
fat  are  pork,  mutton,  lamb,  beef 
and  veal;  for  mus/'le,  brains  and 
nerve,  beef,  veal,  mutton,  lamb  and 
pork. 

In  cold  weather,  fat  meat,  butter 
and  the  like  will  keep  the  body 
•warm;  and  in  warm  weather, milk, 
eggs,  brrad  and  summer  vegetables 
will  keep  it  cool. 

There  is  no  difficulty  in  a  pour 
man's  having  meat  for  his  family 
every  day.  Take,  for  example, 
what  is  called  a  shank  of  beef.  The 
very  best  can  be  bought  for  a  frac- 
tion of  what  the  dearest  parts  cost. 
A  single  pound  cooked  in  a  ttew 
■with  dry  bits  of  bread  will  make  a 
meal  for  an  entire  family. 

How  DO  Tou  Keep  youe  Room. 
— A  look  into  a  girl's  room  will 
give  one  an  idea  ot  what  kind  of  a 
woman  she  will  probably  become. 
A  girl  who  keeps  her  clothes  hung 
tip  neatly,  whose  room  is  clean  al- 
ways, will  be  very  apt  to  make  a 
good  wife  and  successful  woman. 
Order  and  neatness  are  essential  to 
our  comfort  as  well  ag  to  that  of 
others  about  us.  A  girl  who  throws 
down  her  things  anywhere,  will  do 
things  in  a  slovenly,  careless  way. 
A  girl  who  does  not  make  her  bed 
till  after  dinner  (and  she  should 
always  make  it  herself  rather  than 
have  a  servant  to  do  it)  and  throws 
her  dreps  or  bonnet  down  in  a 
chair,  will  make  a  poor  wife  in 
nine  cases  out  of  ten.  If  all  the 
world  could  see  how  a  girl  keeps 
her  dressing-room,  many  unhappy 
marriages  would  be  saved.  ^Always 
be  as  tidy  about  your  person  and 
room  as  if  all  your  friends  could 
always  see  you.  Get  into  the  hahit 
of  order  and  neatnees,  and  it  will 
come  easy  in  life  afterwards. 

Night  Lights  in  Bed-rooms. — 
The  common  practice  of  having 
night  lights  in  the  bed  rooms  of 
children  is  deprecated  by  Dr.  Rob- 
ert H.  Bakewell.  Re  says  it  has  a 
most  injurious  effect  upon  the 
nervous  system  of  young  children. 
Instead  of  the  perfect  rcet  the 
optic  nerves  ought  to  have,  ar»d 
which  nature  provides  for  by  the 
darkness  of  the  night,  these  nerves 
are  perpetually  stimulated,  and  of 
course  the  brain  and  the  rest  of  the 
nervouB  system  suffer.  Children 
thus  brought  up  are  excessively 
timid  for  years  after  on  going  into 
the  (iark.  Palijjhtis  used  at  all 
it  should  be  turned  down  to  a  mere 


poin^,   and  placed  where  it  cannot 
be  seen  by  the  child. 

Feeding  Swine  Dukino  Winter. 
— Swine  should  be  fed  oftener  than 
twice  daily,  and  during  the  winter 
the  first  feed  should  be  given  moi^- 
erately  early,  and  the  evening  feed 
should  be  given  not  at  4  or  5 
o'clock,  as  is  the  custom  with  many, 
but  at  about  6:30.  Fourteen  or  fif- 
teen hours  between  the  evering 
and  morning  feeds  are  periods  alto- 
gether too  lonsr  for  comfort  and 
profit,  as  the  appetite  is  liable  to 
become  ravenous,  the  animal  gorg- 
ing itself  unduly. 

A  Large  Farmer — At  the  ses- 
sion of  the  Tariff  Commission  at 
Rochester,  Mr.  Hiram  Sibley  of 
that  city  was  presented  as  the  larg- 
est farmer  in  the  world.  He  leases 
to  tenants  143  farms,  cultivates  a 
larger  number  under  his  own  direc- 
tion, owns  the  Howland  Island 
farm  in  Cayuga  county,  said  to  be 
the  largest  in  New  York  State,  and 
an  estate  in  Ford  county,  111.,  of 
40,000  acres. 

The  census?  informs  us  that  there 
are  12,611,148  cows  in  the  United 
States.  This  shows  a  cow  popula- 
tion equal  to  about  one  fourth  of 
the  human  population.  The  esti- 
mated value  of  these  cows  is  $323,- 
746,646,  or  about  $27  each.  The 
cows  are  not  distributed  among  the 
States  with  much  regard  to  popu- 
lation. In  Iowa  there  are  845,000 
cows,  while  in  Louisiana,  with 
about  the  same  number  of  voters, 
there  are  only  115,000.  The  aver- 
age value  of  a  cow  in  the  South 
eru  States  is  only  $16.  In  New 
England  it  is  between  $30  and  $32. 
California  holds  fair  rank  among 
the  great  dairying  States,  being  the 
sixth  in  valuation.  The  States 
which  have  a  higher  valuation  are 
New  York,  Pennsylvania,  Ohio, 
Illinois  and  Iowa.  MiAigau,  In- 
diana, Wisconsin  and  Kansas  have 
nearly  the  same  in  number,  but 
their  valuation  is  less.  The  num- 
ber in  <^alifornia  is  487,000 — valu 
ation  $16,061,792.— Ca^^. 


Christian    Workers 


Who  depend  on  voluntary  con- 
tributions of  Christian  people  in 
whole  or  in  part  for  their  support; 

J.  F.  Browne,  Cabin  Creek,  Ky. 

Eli  Taplet,  Columbus,  Miss. 

J.  F.  Galloway,  Okahuuika 
Florida. 

Wm.  Hazenburq,  Cape  Town,  S. 
Africa. 

A.  D.  Zaraphonithbs,  Andros, 
via  Syr  a,  Greece. 

G.  H.  Filian,  Armenia. 

Contributions  for  either  of  these 
brethren  may  be  forwarded  either 
through  the  editors  of  the  Cy7W- 
sure  or  the  Treasurer  of  the  N. 
C.  A.  Please  designate  to  which 
one  such  funds  shall  be  sent. 


PHOTOGRAPHS. 

^Vc  now  liiivc  ii,  ilie  Cunosure  otHce  a  supply  uf 
well-cxecutefl  curd  pliotograplis  of  Captain  Wm. 
Morgan,  President  J.  Blanchard,  President  Charles 
G.  Finney  and  Elder  David  Bernard,  at  15 
cents    each,   or  the  four  for  50  cents,    post-paW. 

Handsome  Marriage  Certificates. 

Lithographed  In  black  and  gold,  with  a  place  on 
each  for  two  photographs. 

Price,  po  tpald,  |i2,25  per  dozen;  hy  expresB, 
charges  not  paid,  $14.00  per  100.  Siimple  sent  post* 
paid  on  receipt  of  26  cents.     Size,  12  by  18  Inches. 

FubUstiedbr  £ZXIA  A.  OOOK, 


NA  TIONAL  CHRIS  TIAN  ASSOC  I  A  TlOh 


221  W.  Madison  St.,  Chicago. 

President.  —  J.  Blanchard,  Wb'aton, 
111. 

Vice  -  President.  —  Thos.  H.  Gault, 
CLjcago. 

EC  Sec. — John  D.  Nutting,  Chicago. 

CoK.  Sec.  and  Gen.  Agent. — J  P,  HUul 
dard,  221  W.  Madison  Street,  Chicago. 

Treasuber.— W.  I.  Phillips,  221  W. 
Madison  Street,  Chicago. 

Directors. — Philo  Carpenter,  J.  Blanch- 
ard, M.  ii.  Britten,  E.  A.  Cook,  H  L.  Kel- 
logg, D.  P.  Baker,  T.  H.  Gault,  A.  (\. 
Laird,  C.  R.  Hagerty,  John  Gardner,  L.  N- 
Stratton. 

THE  national  CONVENTION. 

President.— Rev.  8.  Collins,  Wash 
ingtnn    D.  C. 

Secretaries. — H.  L.  Kellogg,  W.  H. 
Ross  and  M.  N.  Butler. 

The  object  ot  thia  Association  ia : 
"To  expose,  wirlist&nd  and  remove  sscrot  aocl 
«tlei,  FreomsBOriry  in  p&rticuUr,  and  other  aaK 
CSirlstian  movement*,  in  order  to  save  the  ehorch 
•8  of  Ohrigt  from  b«tDg  depraved,  to  re'^eero  th» 
(idmlnistTRtloii  of  3aslic«  from  perver^lon^  aa^ 
onr  r«ptibllcaE  government  from  corraptlou." 

To  canj  ou  Ehis  work  contributioiis  art 
solicited  from  every  friend  of  the  ceforaa 

PoRii  OF  BiijuBBT.— 1  give  and  b«qoe£tk  t<s  Xti 
Uationa]  Christian  Association.  Incorporated  and 
eslBting  undeir  the  laws  of  the  fitat«  ■>>.  IlUnola 

the  sum  of dollars,  for  the  pnrpoRez  of  teXA 

V96  .ci"t!0Ti,  and  for  which  the  receipt  of  it; 
TiidAwrm  f.ir  ttja  «irnp  t'.<^'j)g'  nh«l?  hf  >  snffleiaO' 
fi;ach  '■--•■ 

STATE  AUXILIARY  ASSOCIATIONS. 

Alabama. — Pres.,  W.  A.  Mc Alpine 
Sec,  G.  M.Elliott;  Treas.,  E.  ishel,  all 
of  Selma. 

California. — Pres.,  L.  B.  Lathrop, 
HoDister;  Cor.  Sec,  Mrs.  U.  P.  Merrill, 
Woodland;  Treas.,  C.  Ruddock,  Wood- 
land. 

Connecticut. — Pres.,  J.  A.  Conant, 
Willimantic ;  Sec,  Geo.  Smith,  Willi- 
mantic;  Treas.,  C.  T.  Collins,  Windsor. 

Illinois. — Pres.,N.E.Garduer,Haldane. 
Sec,  C.  W.  Hiatt,  Tonica;  Treas.,  J.  C. 
Schoenberger,  Chicago. 

Indiana. — Pres.,  I.  W.  Lowman,  Au- 
burn;  Sec,  8-  Y.  Miller,  College  Corners; 
Treas.,  Benj.  Ulsh,  Silver  Lake. 

Iowa. — Pies.,  C.  D.  Trumbull,  Morning 
Sun;  Rec.  Sec.  A.W.  Hall,  College  Spring; 
Cor.  Sec,  W.  T.  Moffitt,  Morning  Sun; 
Treas.,  Joseph  Laird,  Wayne. 

Kansas.— Pres.,  J.  8.T.  Mil  11  gan,  North 
Cedar ;  Sec,  J.  Alter,  Valley  Falls ;  Treas. 
J.  A.  Torreuce,  Winchester. 

Massachusetts — Pres.,  S.  A.  Pratt; 
Sec,  Mrs.  E.  D.  Bailey;  Treas.,  David 
Manning,  Sr. ;  all  of  Worcester. 

Michigan. — Pres.,  Wm.  Wing,  Grand 
Rapids;  Rec-Sec'y,  A.  H.  Springstein, 
Pontiac;  Cor.  Sec,  W.  H.  Rops,  Allegan; 
Treas.,  C.  C.  Foote,  88  Columbia  Street, 
Detroit. 

Minnesota. — Pres.  E.  G.  Paine,  Wasi- 
oja;  Cor.  Sec,  W.  H.  McChesney,  Fair- 
mont :  Rec.  Sec'y  Thos.  Hai  tley,  Richland ; 
Treas.,  Wm.  H.  Morrill,  St.  Charles. 

Missouri. — Pres.  C.  J.  Kephart  Avalon; 
Treas.,  William  Beauchamp,  Avalon;  Cor. 
Sec,  M  N.  Butler,  Albany. 

Nebraska. — E'res.  S.  Austin,  Fair- 
mount  ;  Cor  Sec,  W.  S.  Spooner,  Kearney ; 
Treas  ,  R.  A.  Bishop,  S''eley's  Mills. 

New  Hampshire. — Pres  Elder  J.  G. 
Smith,  New  Hampton;  Sec,  S.C  Kimball 
New  Mai-ket;  Treas.,  E.  Smiih,  Center 
Strattfird. 

New  York. — Pres.  F.  W.  Capwell, 
Dale;vSec'y,  Isaac  Hyatt,  Dale;  Treas., 
M.  Merrick,  Syracuse. 

Ohio. — Pres.,  Wm.  Dillon,  Dayton; 
Cor.  Sec,  J.  P.  Lytle,  Sago;  Treas.,  J.  M. 
Scott,  Alexandria. 

Pennsylvania. — Pres.  A.  L.  Post,  Mon 
trose ;  Cor.  Sec  ,  N  Callender,  Thompson ; 
Treas.  W.  B.  Bertels,  Wilkesbarre. 

Wisconsin. — Pfffs.,  Enos  Collin?,  Colo 
ma;  Cor.  Sec  W.  W.  Warner,  Kavaboo; 
Treas., M.  R.  Britten,  Vie;ua. 

West  Virginia. — Pres..  I).  B  Turuey, 
Sec,  John  Bosley,  (iraftnu;  Tn  as.,  H.  B. 
Higgins,  Petroleum. 


Anti-masonic  Lecturers. 

GBNEHAI.  AgKNT  and    LkCTUKKK,  J.  P. 

Stoddard,  221  West  Madison  street,  Chi- 
cago. 

Agents  for  the  South :  H.  H.  Hinmau, 
Wheaton,  111 ,  and  Paul  S.  Feemster, 
Larued,  Kans. 

E.  D.  Bailey,  Worcester,  Mass.,  Agent 
for  New  England. 

Degree  Workers. — (Secedurs.j 

D.  P.  Rathbun,  Clarence,  Iowa, 
S.  E.  Starry,  Clarence,  Iowa. 
Jas.  Furguson,    "  " 

J.  K.  Glassford,  Carthage,  Mo. 

State  Leotubers. 

California,  D.  A,  Richards,  Woodland, 
Conn.,  J.   L.  Barlow  of  WU]mantic. 


Indiana,  S.  L  Cook  ol  \lbion. 
Iowa,  D.  p.  Rathbun,  Clarence. 
Missouri,  M.  N  Butler  of  Albany. 
Wisconsin,  Thos.  Lowe,  Coloma  Sta 

Other  Lectxjbbbs. 

C.  A.  Blanchard,  Wheaton,  111 
N.  Callender,  Thompson,  Pa. 
J.  H.  Timmons,  Tarentum,  Pa. 
J.  H.  Baird,  Templeton,  Pa. 

T.  B.  McCormick,  Princeton,  Ind 

E.  Johnson,  Dayton,  Ind 

J.  M.  Bishop,  Chambersburg,  Pa 

A.  Mayn,  Promise  City,  Mich. 

J.  B.  Cressinger,  Sullivan,  O. 

W.  M.  Love,  Baker,  Mo. 

A.  D.  Freeman,  Downers  Grove,  111 

J.  P.  Richards,  Belmont,  Wis. 

E.  Mathews,  Soring  Arbor,  Mich. 

Wm.  Fenton,  St.  Paul,  Minn. 

E.  I.  Grinnell,  Blairsburg,  Iowa. 

Warren  Taylor,  South  Salem,  O. 

J.  S  Perry,  Thompson,  Conn. 

G.  F.  Hawley,  Wheaton,  111. 

J.  T.  Michael,  New  Wilmington,  Pa. 

Prof.  8.  C.  Kimball,  New  Market,  N.  H. 

Elder  L.  H.  Buf  kins,  Scranton,  Iowa. 

S.  Q.  Barton,  Breckinridge,  Mo. 

Joel  H.  Austin,  Goshen,  Ind. 

D.  B.  Turney,  Bird  Station,  111. 
J.  F.  Browne,  Cabin  Creek,  Ky. 

E.  Barnetson,  Jackson  Valley,  Pa. 


The  Churches  against   Lodgery. 

The  following  denominations  are  com 
mitted  by  vote  of  their  legislative  assem- 
blies or  by  constitution  to  a  separation 
from  secret  lodge  worship 

Adventists  (Seventh-day). 

Baptists — Primitive,  Seventh-day  and 
Scandinavian . 

Brethren  (Dunkers  or  German  Baptists). 

Christian  Reformed  Church. 

Church  of  God  (Northern  Indiana  El- 
dership.) 

Congregational — Tlie  State  Associations 
of  Illinois  and  Iowa  have  adopted  resolu- 
tions against  the  lodge. 

Disciples  (in  part). 

Friends.  - 

Lutherans — Norwegian,  Danish,  Swed- 
ish and  Synodical  Conferences. 

Mennoniti^s. 

Methodists — Free  and  Wesleyan. 

Methodist  Pi-otestant  (Minnesota  Con 
ference). 

Moravians. 

Plymouth  Brethren. 

Presbyterian — Associate,  Reformed  and 
United. 

Reformed  Church   Holland  Branch). 

United  Brethren  in  Christ. 

Individual  churches  in  some  ol  thesf 
denominations  should  be  excepted,  it 
part  of  them  even  a  considerable  portion. 

The  following  local  churches  have,  as  a 
pledge  to  disfellowship  and  oppose  lodge 
worship,  given  their  names  to  the  follow- 
ing list  as 

the    associated  churches  op  CHRIST. 

New  Ruhamah  Congregational,  Hamil- 
ton,  Miss. 

Pleasant  Ridge  Congregational,  Sand- 
ford  county,  Ala. 

New  Hope  Methodist.Lowndes  co..  Miss. 

Congregational,  College  Springs,  Iowa. 

College  Chnrch  of  Christ,  WTieaton,  111. 

First  Congregational,  Leland,  Mich. 

Sugar  Grove  church,  Greea  county.  Pa. 

Military  Chapel,  M.  E.,  Lowndes  Co., 
Miss, 

Hopt-well  Missionaiy  Baplist,'Lowndes 
Co.,  Miss. 

Cedar  Grove  Missionary  Baptist,  Lown- 
des Co.,  Miss. 

Simon's  Chapel,M.  E.,Lowndes  co.  Miss. 

Pleasant  Ridge  Missionary  Baptist, 
Lowndes  Co.,  Miss. 

Brownlee  church,  Caledonia,  Miss. 

Salem  church,  Lowndes  V,o.,  Miss. 

West  Preston  Baptist  church,  Wayne 
Co.  Pa.    i 

Other  local  churches  which  have  adopt- 
ed the  same  principles  are — 

Baptist  churches ;  N.  Abington,  Pa. ; 
Menomi  nie,  Mondovi,  Waubeck  and 
Spring  Prairie,  Wis.;  Wheaton,  111.;  Per- 
ry, N.  Y. ;  Spring  Creek,  near  Burlington, 
Iowa;  Lima,  Ind.;  Constab'ieville,  N.  Y. 
The  "Good  Will  Association"  of  Mobile, 
Ala.,  comprising  some  twenty-five  colored 
Baptist  churches;  Bridgewater  Baptist 
Association,  Pa. ;  Old  Tebo  Baptist,  near 
Leesville,  Henry  Co.,  Mo.;  Hoopeston,  111. 

Congregational  churches:  1st  of  Ober- 
lin,  O.;  Tonica,  Crystal  Lake,  Union  and 
Big  Woods,  III. ;  Solsbury,  Ind. ;  Congre- 
gational Methodist,  Majilewood,  Mass. 

Presbyterian  church,  Hoopeston,  111. 

Independent  churches  in  Lowell,  Coun- 
tryman school  house  near  Lindenwood, 
Marengo  and  Streator,  III.;  Berea  and 
Camp  NeJson,  Ky.;  Ustick,  IlL;  Clarks- 
burg, Kans.  State  Association  of  Minis- 
ten  and  Churches  in  Christ  of  Kentuokj 


"December  7, 1882 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE 


16 


CATALOGUE  OF  PUBLICATIONS  OF  EZRA  A.  COOK, 


FOR 


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THE  CHHISTIAN  CYNOSUHE 


December  7.  1882 


NEWS  OF  THE  WEEK. 


— Attorney-General  Brewster  states  that' 
he  has  instructed  special-counsel  Oeorge 
Bliss  to  indict  the  members  of  the  Parker- 
Saulsbury  Star-routo  combination  if  a 
grand  jury  could  be  found  to  make  such  a 
presentation.  All  attempts  at  compro- 
mise have  been  sternly  rejected  by  Mr. 
Bre'sster. 

— H.  P  Lee,  President  of  'he  recently- 
suspended  First  National  Bank  of  Buf- 
falo, hfls  been  convic^'-d  in  the  United 
States  Circuit  Court  at  Syracuse,  of  embez- 
zling $200,000  of  the  bank's  funds,  and 
sentenced  to  ten  years'  imprisonment  in 
the  Erie  Counly  Penitentiary.  Last  fall 
Lee  was  the  stalwart  candidate  of  West- 
ern New  York  for  the  office  of  State 
Treasurer,  and  came  near  securing  the 
nomination. 

— David  Lee  (white)  was  lynched  in 
front  of  his  house  at  Storr's  Landing,  La., 
for  hog  stealing.  Some  of  the  lynchers 
are  threatened  "with  a  dose  of  their  own 
medicine. 

— Last  week  there  were  186  business 
failures  in  the  United  Slates,  an  excess  of 
fifteen  over  the  rreceding  week,  and  an 
increase  of  twenty-eight  over  the  corre- 
sponding period  in  1881. 

— Thurlow  Weed's  will  was  filed  Friday, 
and  bequeathed  the  bulk  of  his  property — 
between  $500,000  and  $700,000— to  his 
three  daughters  and  six  grandchildren. 

— Near  Union  Point,  Qa  ,  a  double  ra  1 
way  collision  occurred  in  a  deep  cut,  a 
passenger  running  into  a  freight  train,  and 
another  freight  crashing  into  the  passen- 
ger train.  Though  one  locomotive  ex- 
ploded and  another  engine  and  several 
cars  were  wrecked,  all  the  passengers  es- 
caped. 

— The  steamer  Cedar  Grove,  from  Lon- 
don, for  Hilifax  and  St.  John,  etruck  the 
rrcks  of!  Cape  Canso.  and  sunk  shortly 
afterward.  A  boat,  containing  among 
others,  the  captain, chief  f  fficer,  and  a  lady 
passenger,  is  missing,  and  is  supposed  to 
have  been  lost. 

— At  the  Coliseum  Theater,  Cincinnati, 
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Behren  dead  while  attempting  to  shoot  an 
apple  from  her  head.  He  fired  with  his 
back  turned  to  the  victim,  and  it  is 
claimed  the  accident  was  due  to  a  defect 
in  the  rifle.  Mr.  Frayne  was  placed  under 
arrest. 

— The, Canada  Pacific  Railroad  Com- 
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$15,000,000  to  $100,00,0000. 

— ^The  last  of  the  new  procedure  rules 
of  Parliament  -were  passed  Friday  even- 
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SIAJtKJEl  REPORTS. 

Chioabo,  Dec.  8,  1882. 

QRAIN-Wheat— No.    2., U% 

No.  3 80 

Rejected 73 

Winter,  No,  2...  fl4H 

Corn— ^0.  2 55^ 

Rejected 45 

Oats— No.  2 35H 

Rye— No.  2 57 

Bran  per  ton 13  50  . 

Flour- Winter 4  50  6  75 

Spring 3  00  4  80 

Hay— Timothy 9  00  18  50 

Prairie 7  00  10  ,50 

Lard  per  cwt 10  67    • 

Mess  pork  per  bbl 17  45 

Butter,  medium  to  best 18  87' 

Cheese 05  14 

Beans 3  86  8  90 

Eggs 27 

Potatoes,  per  bn 65  70 

Seeds— Timothy 1  58  1  60 

Clover 5  75 

Flax 1  16 

Broom  corn 02  07H 

Hides-Green  to  dry  flint 8J4       15 

Lumber— Clear 43  00  52  00 

Common 15  00  22  00 

Shingles 3  20 

WOOL-M'aBhed....; S7  41 

Unwashed 18  80 

LIVK  STOCK— Cattle,  extra 5  75  6  60 

Good 4  75  5  50 

Medium 4  85  4  60 

Common 2  75  4  25 

flogs 4  ,50  6  76 

Sheep 250  500 

S«w  Tork  Marhett. 

Flour 325  7  50 

Wheat— Spring 

Winter 79  1  13 

Com 60  84 

Cats 36  48 

Lard H  35 

Mess  Pork 19  00 

Butter 15  39 

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lABZE  OP  CONTENTS. 


Editorial  : 

Topics  of  the  Time 1 

The  Boots  of  Truth  oq 

at  Last .*    8 

American  Plat  f  orm- 

VII 8 

Contributions  : 
The  Cloture    and  the 

House  of  Commons     1 
Call   it   by  the  Right 

Name 2 

Masonic  Symbolism. .     2 
Reform  Story : 
Holden    with     Cords 

Chap    XXXI 2 

The  Sermon  : 

Tnanksgiving  Day 3 

New  England  : 

The  Topic  of  the  Hour    5 
Thurlow  Weed  aa  a  Chris- 
tian Man 5 

Weed  and  Morji'aa 8 

Correspondence  : 
A  Pew  Remarks  ;Lodge 
Enticements;  Separ- 
ation; Our  Mail. ...    6 


Reform  News  : 
Last  Words  to  Kansas 
friends;  From  Elder 
Rathbun's  Work  ; 
The  Wisconsin  State 
Meeting;  Minnesota 
State  Meeting;  The 
Gospel  and  Masonry 
in  Sauk  Co.,  Wis...   12 
The  Southern  Field  : 
Baltimore  and  Wash- 
ington      9 

American  Politics: 

The  Home  Ballot 13 

Religious  News  : 

Wm.   Taylor 13 

The  25th  of  December .. .    6 
S.  S.  Lessons  for  1883. ..  ll 

Home  Circle 10 

Children's  Corner.  . .  10 

Home  and  Farm 14 

News  of  the  Week.  . .  16 

Churches  vs.  Lodgery 14 

The  N.  C.  a ,...14 

N.  C.  A,  Lectures,  Etc  14 
Publisher's  Dbp't 1(5 


TOPICS  OF   THE  TIME. 


The  arraagements  for  the  corner-stone  laying 
of  one  of  the  finest  buildings  in  Chicago,  and 
the  peer  of  of  any  coinmerciai  structure  in  the 
world,  are  all  made  for  Wednesday  the  13th 
inst.;  but  if  we  were  speaking  for  the  secret 
order  self-styled  "Hiramitee,"  we  should  say  to 
the  honorable  committee  of  arrangements.  You 
have  made  a  eerious  omission — a  great  blunder. 
Nowhere  appears  any  notice  or  recognition  of 
our  "ancient  and  honorable  fraternity."  An 
explanation  is  due.  The  answer  might  be:  We 
do  not  care  for  a  repitition  of  the  tarce  at  the 
GovernmEnt  building  in  1874,  when  the  work 
was  delayed  seriously  to  accommodate  the  lodge 
and  its  24th  of  June  saints'  day.  A  secret  lodge 
ol  bakers,  tailors,  lawyers  and  confidence  men 
have  no  business  with  any  corner-stones  but  on 
their  own  premises.  It  is  perfectly  evident  that 
assiduity  in  Freemasonry  is  at  the  expense  ol 
business  integrity  and  success.  For  these  and 
other  reasons  too  numerous  to  mention,  we  are 
clear  in  saying  to  you  gentlemen  of  gaveled 
morals.  Hands  off.  Our  Board  of  Trade  has 
sins  enough  to  answer  for  without  assuming 
those  of  Freemasonry,  and  our  new  Chamber  of 
Commerce  must  be  built  by  other  rules  than 
those  laid  down  in  your  trestle-board. 

Like  a  small  t>oy  alier  a  parental  admonition. 
Congress  presents  to  the  watchtul  eyes  ot  the 
nation  an  appearance  of  hopeful  industry.  The 
House  has  already  passed  two  appropriation 
bills,  the  Diplomatic  and  Indian,  and  the  Post- 
office,  Army,  Fortification,  and  Military  Acad- 
emy bills  are  expected  to  be  ready  for  the  Sen- 
ate before  the  close  of  next  week.  So  excellent 
is  the  disposition  of  that  body  that  it  may  even 
postpone  the  holiday  adjournment,  so  as  to 
hasten  its  business.  If  this  exhibition  of  virtue 
is  due  to  the  Democratic  party  we  may  yet  re- 
fuse our  thanks  since  the  benefit  was  uninten- 
tional. There  is  one  question  which  this  Con- 
gress should  take  up,  since  it  is  in  so  good  and 


obedient  a  mood.  The  amendment  of  the  Ed- 
mund's Anti-Mormon  law  is  imperative.  The 
experience  of  the  Utah  Commission  is  conclusive 
that  the  bill  has  come  far  short  of  its  promises, 
and  the  necessities  of  the  case.  Though  it  dis- 
franchised some  16,000  Mormons,  the  rulers  of 
the  sect,  who  are  among  the  number,  rule  none 
the  less  surely.  Their  will  is  still  the  law.  A 
memorial  from  the  non-Mormons  of  Utah  has 
been  presented  to  the  House.  It  says :  "  The 
Mormon  people  regard  the  past  efforts  of  the 
National  Government  as  weak  and  futile,  and 
as  indicating  that  the  Government  is  not  in 
earnest  in  its  avowed  intention  of  suppressing 
polygamy  and  priestly  domination  in  civil  affairs 
in  Utah.  The  laws  already  enacted  have  served 
only  as  a  gentle  irritant,  have  consolidated  the 
people,  strengthened  the  control  of  the  Mormon 
priests  over  their  followers,  and  failed  to  dimin- 
ish the  celebration  of  polygamous  marriages,  for 
the  reason  that  they  regard  the  ehurch  superior 
to  the  Government."  The  memorial  aska  that 
a  Council  be  appointed  by  the  President  who 
shall  have  legislative  powers. 

The  transit  of  Venus  on  the  6th  inst.  was  a 
matter  of  some  moment  in  astronomical  circles, 
because  the  planet  will  not  again  pass  between 
us  and  the  sun  for  over  a  century.  The  signifi- 
cance of  this  position  lies  in  the  fact  that  more 
careful  approximation  of  the  distance  from  the 
earth  to  the  sun  may  be  made  from  observations 
made  at  such  a  time  than  from  any  other  data.  It 
is  of  no  importance  to  astronomical  investigation 
whether  this  distance  is  95,000,000  miles  or 
93,000,000  or  193,000,000;  tor  from  the  earth  to 
the  sun  is  the  astronomical  unit.  Irrespective 
of  miles  or  kilometres  this  distance  Is  unity  and 
all  the  dimensions  of  the  solar  system  are  ex- 
pressed by  it  with  great  exactness.  But  when 
the  science  is  to  be  brought  down  to  the  com- 
prehension of  common  folks  who  know  how 
long  a  mile  is  across  a  prairie  it  is  convenient  to 
give  the  astronomical  scale  in  miles.  Astrono- 
mers vary  in  their  estimates  of  the  mile-length 
of  this  unit  and  hence  the  desire  to  obtain  ac- 
curate observations  of  this  phenomenon.  The 
hope  was  fulfilled  except  to  those  who  used  only 
smoked  glass,  and  when  the  results  have  been 
figured  out  we  shall  know  better  how  hot  it  has 
to  be  at  the  sun  to  break  up  a  spell  of  zero 
weather. 


The  first  blow  at  the  Irish  secret  societies  was 
the  conviction  of  the  seven  murderers  of  the 
Joyce  family.  The  assassins  of  Lord  Cavendish 
and  under-secreiary  Burke  have  not  yet  been 
discovered,  and  the  reward  of  10,000  pounds 
sterling  for  their  conviction  having  passed  its 
limit  of  time,  the  offer  has  been  renewed  for 
six  months,  with  minor  rewards  offered  to  draw 
out  a  word  from  some  informer.  The  authori- 
ties have  the  horse  and  car  which  drove  off  on 
that  fatal  evening  with  the  four  sssassins,  but 
the  driver  and  his  bloody  passengers  are  yet 
entirely  unknown.  The  government,  by  re- 
moving all  trials  under  the  act  suppressing  the 
secret  orders  to  Dublin,  has  been  much  more 
successful.  The  country  juries  were  hardly 
better  than  those  with  which  Victory  Birdseye 
and  John  0.  Spencer  wrestled  in  western 
New  York  after  the  Morgan  murder,  so  wide- 
spread is  the  lodge  contamination  among  the 
peasantry  of  Ireland.  Fair  juries  have  been 
obtained  in  Dublin  where  the  Joyce  murder- 
ers were  tried.  But  another  danger  threat- 
ens. Judge  and  jurors  must  face  the  assassin's 
dagarer  in  every  dark  corner.  Last  month  an 
attack  was  made  on  Judge  Lawson  by  a  man 
armed  with  a  revolver,  though  he  was  guarded 


by  two  policemen  and  two  detectives.  In  Dub- 
lin the  "  Moonlighters,"  Fenians  and  *'  White- 
boys,"  the  Thugs  and  Nihilists  of  Ireland  gather. 
Within  a  few  days  these  assassins  of  lodgery 
have  shot  a  detective,  stabbed  a  juror  and  a 
bailiff,  and  produced  a  small  "Reign  of- Terror" 
about  the  Dublin  courts.  The  government  has, 
therefore  "  proclaimed"  the  city  under  the  Re- 
pression act,  and  all  persons  found  on  the  streets 
at  night  unable  to  give  a  good  account  of  them- 
selves will  be  arrested.  Some  American  jour- 
nals howl  at  this  as  an  act  of  tyranny,  very  con- 
veniently forgetting  that  Chicago  was  put 
through  the  same  severe  regimen  just  after  the 
fire  to  the  perfect   satisfaction  of   all  good  citi- 


zens. 


The  Cloture  and  the  British  House   of  Commons. 

BY  BET.  JOHN   BOTES,  A.  M. 

There  is  an  amusing  story  told  in  England  of 
a  negro  that  once  lived  in  the  State  of  Illinois, 
who  was  condemned  to  die  for  murder,  claiming, 
according  to  custom,  the  privilege  of  singing  a 
hymn  when  on  the  scaffold  prior  to  execution. 
On  reaching  the  157th  veree  the  sheriff  thought 
it  was  time  to  claim  the  right  of  carrying  out 
the  sentence  of  the  court.  More  than  two  years 
ago  Wm.  Parnell  and  his  Land-league  followers 
tried  to  outdo  the  negro  by  constructing  a  hymn 
^ving  in  itself  a  power  of  endless  reproduction. 
Every  verse  of  this  wonderful  composition  is  an 
exact  facsimile  of  every  other  verse.  One  verse 
of  this  work  of  art  may  therefore  be  taken  as  a 
fair  sample  of  the  whole  : 

"  Obstruct,  obstruct,  obstruct,  obstruct, 
Obstruct,  obstruct,  obstruct; 
Obstruct,  obstruct,  obstruct,  obstruct, 
Obstruct,  obstruct,  obstruct." 

After  listening  to  the  stram  for  more  than  two 
years,  sung  to  the  tune  of  the  Sham-patriof a 
Lament,  Mr.  Gladstone  claims  the  privilege  of 
carrying  out  the  sentence  of  the  nation  with  re- 
gard to  progressive  legislation.  The  Conserva- 
tiv^es  have  joined  the  sham-patriots  of  Ireland  in 
their  opposition  to  liberal  and  beoeficient  legis- 
lation. A  little  disorder,  however,  has  arisen 
from  the  fact  that  Sir  Stafford  Northcote  and 
Lord  Randolph  Churchill  are  both  anxious  to 
ride  the  same  horse  without  either  of  them  sit 
ting  behind — a  feat  which,  while  ambitious, 
lacks  dignity.  Mr.  Parnell  declares  that  it  is 
highly  necessary  for  Ireland  that  the  legislative 
efforts  of  Mr.  Gladstone  should  be  defeated,  and 
the  Conservatives  think  it  equally  desirabie,  in 
order  to  make  way  for  theb-  own  elevation  to 
power ;  and  so  patriotism  is  boina:  sacrificed  to 
partyism.  To  carry  on  the  warfare  of  obstruc- 
tion, gifted  men  like  Mr.  Ashmead-Bartlett,  who 
is  credited  with  the  ability  to  speak  on  any  sub- 
ject he  does  not  understand,  from  everlasting  to 
everlasting,  are  called  into  requisition.  Prince  Bis- 
marck's definition  of  a  debater  is,  one  who  argues 
questions  which  have  been  long  decided  by  prac- 
tical men.  If  meetings  of  other  public  bodies 
can  do  their  work  in  a  reasonable  time,  surely 
Parliament  ought  to  be  able  to  do  the  same.  We 
fail  to  see  how  the  reasonable  rights  of  minori- 
ties are  to  be  endangered  by  stopping  talk,  when 
nothing  fresh  is  being  contributed  by  the  speak- 
ers. The  right  of  majorities  hag  of  late  been 
fearfully  invaded  by  thu  twaddle  of  minorities. 
The  danger  to  liberty  of  speech  mainly  comes 
from  vanity,  loquaciliy  and  unbusinesa-like  apti- 
tude. If  any  argument  is  wanted  to  prove  the 
necessity  of  closing  a  debate  when  it  is  finished, 
it  is  the  opposition  during  the  recent  sitting  of 
the  House  on  the  cloture,  when  twenty  nights 
were  consumed  in  talk  before  the  first  resolution 
could  be  pnssed. 

Louth,  Engkmd,  Nov.  15, 1882. 


IHE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE. 


December  W,  1888 


Call  it  by  the  Right  Name. 

BY  J.  N.  N0EBI8. 

Many  of  our  speakers  and  writers  when  han- 
dling the  subject  of  Freemasonry  and  kindred 
brotberhoods,  use  one  word  in  designating  them 
that  seems  to  me  clearly  out  of  place.  1  allude 
to  the  use,  or  rather  the  misuse,  of  the  word 
"  institution."  This  word  lends  them  too 
much  dignity,  so  to  epeak.  It  invests  them  with 
too  much  importance  in  their  own  estimation, 
and  in  the  estimation  '  of  those  who  have  given 
but  little  thought  or  attention  to  the  real  char- 
acter and  legal  status  of  such  brotherhoods. 

"  Institution,"  according  to  Webster,  is :  Ist, 
"  The  act  of  establishing ;  2nd,  establishment. 
That  which  is  appointed,  prescribed,  or  founded 
by  authority,  and  intended  to  be  permanent." 
By  what  authority  is  Freemasonry  founded,  and 
intended  to  be  permanent?  In  what  good  sense, 
then,  can  so-called  Freemasonry  be  dignified 
with  the  title  of  "  institution  ?"  With  all  its 
puerility,  profanity,  mockery,  blasphemy,  des- 
potism, degrading  rites  and  false  pretensions,  is 
it  a  good  and  desirable  thing  to  be  perpetuated? 
Satan's  kingdom  will  stand  firmly  while  it  has 
Buch  an  ally. 

There  is  another  brotherhood  having  a  striking 
analogy  to  Freemasonry,  viz.,  the  brotherhood  of 
piracy,  which  is  also  a  secret  association  or  con- 
spiracy, and  whose  oaths,  obligations  and  penal- 
ties cannot,  by  any  possibility,  be  more  wicked, 
savage  and  revolting  than;are  those  ,of  Freema- 
sonry. How  much  propriety  would  there  be  in 
dignifying  piracy  with  the  title  of  "institution?" 
So,  also,  in  relation  to  Masonry.  It  is  the  prostitu- 
tion of  a  good  word  to  a  bad  use.  It  seems  to 
me  the  names  dcm,  cabal,  or  junto,  would  in- 
finitely better  designate  the  character,  the  de- 
signs, the  aims  and  the  ends  of  both,  than  would 
the  respectable  word  institution.  Both  are 
secret  conspiracies  against  all  outside  of  their 
given  pale.  Freemaeonry  can  be  nothing  but  a, 
detestable  clan,  or  cabal,  in  the  most  sinister  a  * 
ceptatioa  of  these  sinister  words — a  cabal  which 
by  intrigue,  by  secret  signs,  tokens,  grips,  obliga- 
tions, etc.,  possesses  itself  of  place  and  power,  ot 
honor  and  emolumei^ts  to  which  it  has  no  just 
claim,  and  which  it  could  not  obtain  by  open, 
honest  fair-dealing. 

Wherein  is  it  better,  then,  than  piracy?  A 
man  may  be  a  pirate  and  also  a  worthy  brother 
in  Masonry.  (See  Mackey's  Mystic  Tie.)  Even 
a  mountain  robber  may  be  a  good  and  worthy 
brother  Mason.  (See  Masonic,  Review,  1858, 
vol.  xviii.,  p.  350.)  The  presumption  is  that 
pirates,  like  Masons,  are  bound  to  keep  all  the 
secrets  of  their  clansmen,  in  order  to  shield  them 
from  the  consequences  of  their  crimes.  We 
know  this  is  the  case  with  Masonry,  for  the  ob- 
ligations of  the  "  sublime  degree"  except  tuo 
crimes  only — "  murder  and  treason,"  and  they 
are  optional ;  and  in  the  Holy  Royal  Arch  de- 
gree" there  is  no  exception.  What  mighty  dif- 
ference then  is  there  between  the  two?  If  an- 
tiquity has  a  sanctifying  and  hallowing  power 
as  Freemasons  would  have  us  believe  that  it  has, 
they  must  most  assuredly  yield  the  palm  to 
piracy.  The  latter  is  m,ore  than  165  years  old, 
while  speculativeMasonry  is  that  old  and  no  more. 

Here  the  analogy  between  Freemasonry  and 
piracy  ends.  The  latter  is  a  little  more  modest 
in  its  pretensions  than  is  the  former.  It  does 
not  claim  to  be  respectable,  even.  It  never 
boasts  of  its  charity,  benevolence,  morality,  etc. 
It  lacks  the,  brazen  impudence  of  Masonry, 
which  claims  to  be  divinely  inspired,  and  given 
of  God.  Piracy  don't  insult  the  common  sense 
of  all  Christendom  by  claiming  to  be  the  pure 
essence  of  religion,  conferring  the  new  birth, 
not  only  upon  impenitent  sinners,  but  also  on 
so-called  preachers  of  the  Gospel ;  nor  of  three 
degrees  being  all  that  the  soul  of  man  requires, 
(see  Gen.  Aldman  Hezon,  p.  189.)  Piracy  does 
not  descend  the  immeaeurable  depths  of  solemn 
mockery,  to  the  unblushing  blasphemy  and  to 
the  deep  damnation  that  Masonry  does  in  its 
bold  hypocrisy  in  claiming  to  be  a  sovereign  re- 
ligion. 

Not  every  one  who  has  been  entrapped  by  or 
who  is  connected  with  the  clan  is  a  Freemason 
at  heart.  The  great  bulk  of  the  clan,  no  doubt 
is  made  up  of  honest,  well-meaning  but  mistaken 


men,  men  who  by  obligations  blindly  assumed, 
have  yielded  private  judgment,  and  freedom  of 
action,  to  be  awed,  subjugated  and  manipulated 
by  bad  men — the  worst  men  in  the  lodge  ;  and 
it  is  notorious  that  such  generally  rule  them. 

While  we  are  free  and  glad  to  make  this  con- 
cession, we  have  no  doubt  (to  use  the  words  of 
a  veteran  in  this  reform)  "  that  the  spirit  of 
Masonry  is  the  spirit  of  murder,  and  of  every 
crime  this  side  of  it."  Then  let  us  not  lend  to 
Masonry  a  seeming  reepectability  which  in  no 
wise  belongs  to  it  by  calling  it  an  institution  / 
and  by  so  doing  prostitute  a  good  word  in  desijr- 
nating  a  rctiserable  cabal,  whose  eeotery  and  ex- 
otery  show  it  to  be  a  degrading  burlesque  on  all 
that  is  great  and  good. 

Birmingham,  Iowa. 

<  •  » 

Masonic  Symbolism. 

BY  ELDER  NATHAN    CALLENDER. 

We  know  of  no  religion  with  snch  an  array  of 
symbols  as  the  religion  of  Masonry,  unless  it  be 
the  ancient  pagan  worship,  from  which  the  for- 
mer is  evidently  evolved.  Oae  of  their  sym- 
bols ia  certainlv  singularly  apt.  On'^page  22ad, 
of  "  Scottish  Bite  Mamnry''''  is  the  iripple  tri- 
angle with  corrugated  crimson  plate  with 
mica  refiector  and  argand,  gas  burner  repreEen- 
ting  the^  sun.  Forming  the  extreme  border, 
which  encircles  all,  is  seen  a  snaTce,  which  seems 
to  have  the  peculiar  marks  of  the  rattle  snake, 
and  (to  complete  the  circle)  his  tail  is  poshed 
into  hie  own  mouth.  We  may  thank  the  craft 
for,  at  least,  one  appropriate  emblem.  Did  the 
author  intend  to  make  his  symbol  suit  the 
facts :  Is  this  serpent  picture  to  symbolize  'the 
old  serpent  who  is  the  devil  and  Satan,"  who 
seems  to  be  the  "Royal  Arch"  conspirator 
against  God  and  our  world?  He  did  claim,  the 
world  to  be  his,  and  once  offered  to  give  it  away 
to  Him  whom  Masonry  now  discards,  on  the 
condition  that  He  would  fall  down  and  worship 
him.  Christ  declined  the  present,  on  the  prof- 
fered terms,  with  an  emphasis  which  put  the 
old  serpeiit  in  the  rear.  For  this  he  had  good 
reasons,  as  "  He  upholdeth  all  things  by  the 
word  of  his  power"  and  had  a  better  title  to  the 
world  than  the  devil  or  even  Masonry  itself ; 
which  now  seems  to  rival  Lucifer  in  many  ways. 
While  so  many  of  the  clergy  and  the  churcht's, 
seem  more  than  willing  to  come  within  the  sli- 
my folds  of  this  serpentine  circle,  thank  God, 
the  Father  of  Jesus,  a  goodly  number,  more 
than  seven  thousand,  are  by  him  reserved,  who 
have  not  bowed  to  the  image  of  Baal. 

We  must  concede  to  the  craft  great  discrimi- 
nation in  selecting  the  serpent  as  the  all-em- 
bracing symbol  of  the  order.  The  analogy  be- 
tween them  is  perfect,  and  whoever  selected  this 
symbol  is  entitled  to  the  title,  "  Perfect  Master." 
The  habits  of  the  snake  are  those  of  the  lodge 
in  every  main  feature. 

Another  feature  of  this  serpentine  ring  is  in 
its  self -swallowing  attitude.  In  1880,  the  report 
of  the  "  Grand  Secretary  of  the  Knight  Templar 
conclave  in  Chicago  ■  showed  an  increase  of  the 
Knight  Templar  Masons  up  to  date,  but  a  de- 
crease of  membership  in  the  lower  degrees  ot 
about  20,000,  up  to  1879.  This  looks  like  the 
head  swallowing  the  tail  of  the  serpent.  "  So 
mote  it  be."  May  the  head  grow  hungry  for 
Knighthood  till  it  makes  clean  work  of  the  body, 
like  the  fabled  snakes,  which,  beginning  at 
each  other's  tails,  went  into  mutual  annihilation. 
There  would  then  be  as  much  of  his  enakeship 
as  the  world  ever  needed. 


Segrbtism. — The  Aehantees  and  other  negro 
tribes  have  supreme  rulers  who  make  and  un- 
make, create  and  destroy,  as  the  whim  seizes 
them.  Buf  we  do  not  believe  there  is  a  tribe, 
nation,  order,  society  or  association  in  the  world 
outside  of  barbarism,  with  eighteen  thousand 
people  that  are  ruled  by  a  self -elected  tribunal, 
with  supreme  power,  that  are  answerable  to  i^o 
one;  end  can  be  called  to  no  account  by  the  people 
they  assume  to  govern  ;  who  tax  their  subjects 
at  will,  vote  themselves  salaries,  make  the  strict- 
est laws,  rules  and  regulations,  and  en- 
force them,  yet  when  a  vacancy  occurs  in 
their  numbers  elect  another  law-maker  without 
consulting  the  eighteen  thousand  people  gov- 
erned.— Royal  Templar. 


REFORM  STORY. 


Holden  with  Cords. 

BY    THE    AUTHOR    OF  "lTTTLE   PEOPLE,"  "a   SUNNY 
LIFE,"   ETC. 

Chapter  XXXI— New  Scenes  and  old  Facts.] 

Let  the  reader  imagine  me  a  necromancer 
whose  magic  wand,  waved  lightly  over  him,  has 
the  power  of  putting  him  to  sleep  for  about 
forty  yeais;  for  though  a  great  many  things  may 
happen  in  that  period  of  time  very  interesting 
to  the  world  at  large,  to  say  nothing  of  minor 
events  equally  interesting  in  a  smaller  way  to 
the  individual,  none  of  which  would  be  omitted 
by  a  consciencious  historian  or  a  careful  biogra- 
pher, I  am  neither  the  one  nor  the  other.  I 
am  simply  teUing  the  story  of  my  experience 
with  Freemasonry;  and  if,  when  nearly  all  the 
States  passed  laws  prohibiting  extra-judicial 
oaths,  and  the  churches  of  Christ  everywhere 
disfellowshipped  adhering  Masons,  the  institu- 
tion had  actually  died  down  as  it  feigned  to  do 
I  should  probably  make  this  my  concluding 
chapter,  or  what  is  more  likely  the  case,  not 
written  any  story  at  all,  preferring  to  let  the 
dead  bury  its  dead  in  decent  oblivion. 

But  the  wounded  dragon  of  Masonry  did  not 
yield  up  its  life  so  easily.  At  the  South,  under 
cover  of  the  night-dark  wing  of  slavery  it  hid  in 
shame  and  dishonor,  to  slowly  recover  from  its 
grievous  hurt,  and  finally  creep  forth  again  into 
the  light — not  always  under  its  true  name — 
while  brave  men  and  women  fighting  with 
tongue  and  pen  for  the  freedom  of  the  slave 
never  dreamed  what  chains  were  forging  in 
secret;  or  how  in  their  own  free  North,  the  time 
would  come  when  under  the  intimidating  power 
of  the  lodge,  men  dared  not  freely  discuss  its 
claims;  when  editors  of  religious  journals  would 
refuse,  in  their  craven  fear  of  losing  patronage, 
to  publish  articles  against  it;  and  even  the 
Christian  ministers,  while  hating  it  at  heart, 
should  be  afraid — Oh,  shame! — actually  afraid 
to  stand  up  in  the  pulpit  and  speak  God's  truth 
concerning  it. 

But  in  passing  over  such  an  interim  of  time 
there  must  necessarily  be  many  scattered  threads, 
which  it  behooves  one  to  gather  up  and  knit  in 
one  general  whole  before  I  proceed  further. 

Of  the  score  or  scores  of  persons,  actually  par- 
ticipating in  the  murder  of  Morgan  or  consent- 
ing thereto,  only  five  were  convicted.  Loton 
Lawson  was  sentenced  to  two  years'  imprison- 
ment; Nicholas  G.  Cheesboro  to  one,  and  Eli 
Bruce,  Edward  Sawyer,  and  John  Whitney  to 
varying  terms  of  one  month  or  more,  and  this 
was  all  that  resulted  from  four  years'  trials  and 
investigations. 

That  these  men  were  considered  by  their 
brethren  of  the  lodge,  not  as  convicted  felons 
but  as  martyrs  to  the  Masonic  cause  may  be  in- 
ferred from  the  fact  that  they  remained  in  full 
fellowship  therewith  as  jnembers  in  good  and 
regular  standing;  that  they  were  visited  daily 
while  in  jail  by  their  Masonic  brethren,  in  many 
cases  accompanied  by  their  wives  and  daughters; 
that  they  were  furnished  with  every  luxury 
money  could  procure,  and  when  their  term  was 
up  escorted  from  prison  in  triumph.  But  O, 
most  benevolent  Masonry,  where  were  thy  bow- 
els of  compassion  for  many  an  unfortunate  broth- 
er confined  within  those  very  walls,  not  for  kid- 
napping and  murder  but  for  debt? 

Darius  Fox  f'ame  unexpectedly  back  to  Browns- 
ville  about  a  year  after  his  sudden  flight — no- 
wise improved  by  his  stay  among  the  wild  and 
reckless  characters  of  the  Western  frontier. 
Why  he  chose  to  run  the  risk  of  returning; 
whether  he  had  beerx  led  to  bebeve  that  all  dan- 
ger ot  conviction  was  over,  or  whether  his  course 
was  dictated  by  mere  braggadocio,  is  more  than 
I  can  say.  But  he  talked  swaggeringly  about 
having  "come  back  to  stand  his  trial,"  and  had 
his  small  circle  of  admijers,  who  surrounded 
him  in  store  and  tavern,  and  praised  and  cheered 
him  as  if  he  had  done  a  very  brave  and  plucky 
thing  in  returning. 

Perhaps  he  had  overlooked  the  possibility  that 
some  of  his  aeeociates  in  evil  might  turn  State's 
evidence  against  him.  A  few  days  after  his 
unexpected  appearance  in  Brownsville  one   of 


December  14,  1882 


THfL  CHHiSiiAW  GYNOSUHiS. 


the  men  convicted  of  abducting  Morgan  gave 
testimony  in  regard  to  his  own  ehare  in  that 
transaction  that  would  inevitably  have  consigned 
him  to  a  felon's  cell  had  he  not  been  found  dead 
the  next  morning.  The  cause  ot  his  sudden 
death  was  said  to  be  apoplexy,  though  a  story 
never  exactly  authenticated  was  whispered  about 
and  believed  by  many  in  Brownsville  that  he 
had  really  hung  himself  in  a  moment  when  re- 
morse and  fear  of  punishment  so  acted  on  a 
mind  unbalanced  by  drink  as  to  drive  him  to 
fielf-de£truction  ;  and  his  family,  to  avoid  the 
dishonor  attaching  to  the  name  of  suicide  had 
attempted  to  cover  up  the  fact  by  ascribing 
his  untimely  end  to  a  cause  which  was  not  the 
true  one. 

But  whether  he  met  death  by  his  own  hand 
or  in  the  common  orderings  of  Providence,  Da- 
rius Fox  went  to  his  own  place  where  in  the 
course  of  years  all  his  companions  in  crime  fol- 
lowed him;  into  that  dim  eternity  towards  which 
the  evil  and  the  righteous  are  alike  hastening, 
where  the  deeds  done  in  the  body  are  either 
angel's  wings  ever  raising  us  higher  in  the  scale 
of  purified  being,  or  weights  sinking  us  deeper 
and  deeper  into  into  the  pit  of  final  despair. 

For  three  years  the  proprietor  of  the  i*ark 
Tavern  tried  to  carry  on  his  business  in  the  face 
of  wrongs  and  outrages  that  in  number  and  petty 
malignity  fell  to  the  lot  of  no  other  Anti- 
mason  ot  those  days.  Hear  his  own  words  on  the 
subject : 

"My  help  was  hired  to  leave  me;  others  sent 
who  after  being  hired  would  get  in  debt  and 
prove  unfaithful.  Sham  sales  of  stage  horses 
would  be  made  to  unprincipled  drivers  who 
would  keep  their  horses  at  my  house  on  usual 
contracts,  and  when  a  quarterly  bill  was  pre- 
sented against  the  ostensible  owner  it  would  be 
shoved  oft  upon  the  driver  who  was  irresponsi- 
ble and  would  abscond;  or  it  sued,  pay  the  debt 
on  the  jail  limits.  Merchants  with  whom  I  had 
dealt  would  divide  my  accounts  and  sue  ma 
on  each  day  trade,  causing  me  to  pay  unneces- 
sary costs." 

Nor  did  they  stop  short  at  personal  violence, 
as  witness  his  further  testimony: 

"My  furniture  was  injured,  and  in  my  at- 
tempts to  save  it  from  destruction  I  have  been 
choked  in  my  own  house  till  my  family  were 
alarmed  lest  my  life  should  be  taken.  All  this 
was  done  with  the  avowed  intention  of  tempt- 
ing me  to  commit  assault  and  battery,  or  seek 
redress  by  law  suit  that  they  might  avail  them- 
selves of  the  law  to  destroy  me  effectually." 

The  fight  was  too  unequal.  What  chance  had 
one  man,  however  just  his  cause,  against  hun- 
dreds working  in  secret  conclave  to  accomplish 
his  ruin?  Mr.  Greene  disposed  of  his  busmess 
in  Batavia,  and  as  a  public  lecturer  did  more 
perhaps  than  any  other  man  to  enlighten  the 
public  mind  on  the  real  nature  of  Freemasonry. 

Undaunted  by  opposition,  undismayed  by 
danger,  though  he  once  came  very  near  sharing 
the  fate  of  Morgan,  he  kept  on  his  way,  lectur- 
ing, editing,  publishing,  side  by  side  with  a 
young  man,  Lloyd  Garrison  by  name,  who  had 
just  heard  the  bugle  call  to  another  conflict 
which  was  destined  ere  long  to  be  the  one 
great  absorbing  issue  that  should  swallow  up  all 
others. 
_  The  Liberator  and  the  Anti-masonic  Chris- 
tian Herald  were  both  published  in  the  same 
building  and  delivered  by  the  eame  carrier — 
but  while  one  waxed  and  grew  the  other  waned 
before  the  new  struggle  for  human  rights.  And 
when  a  terrible  punishment  was  at  last  meted 
out  to  us,  when  every  newspaper  was  like  the 
prophet's  scroll  written  throughout  with  mourn- 
ing and  lamentation  and  woe,  when  Rachels 
wept  their  dead  in  jSTorthem  and  Southern 
homes  alike,  who  saw  the  secret  hands 
working  in  darkness  and  silence  to  prolong  the 
contest? 

.^^Good  patriots  on  the  Union  side  blushed  for 
the  cowardice  and  in-ompetency  that  stayed  idly 
-  in  the  trenches  for  weeks  and  months;  that  Jed 
ho8t3  of  brave  men  to  inglorious  slaughter*  or 
disgraceful  flight  before  the  enemy.  Could  they 
have  known  that  promotion  did  not  depend  on 
bravery  or  merit,  but  on  the  number  of  Masonic 
degrees;  could  they  have  wituebsed  those  secret 
midnight  meetings  when  Northern  generals  fra- 


ternized with  the  enemy,  they  would  have  had 
a  better  understanding  of  the  whole  subject. 
And  when  the  guns  of  the  Rebellion  were  si- 
lenced and  the  smoke  cleared  away,  could  they 
have  seen  delegations  from  Northern  lodges  on 
a  vi<?it  to  Southern  cities  uniting  in  brotherly 
union  with  Knights  of  the  Golden  Circle,  these 
same  good  people  would  not  have  been  so  slow 
to  recognize  grinning  under  the  mask  of  the 
Ku  Klux  the  same  old  enemy  against  which 
Samuel  D.  Greene  so  faithfully  warned  his 
countrymen. 

He  died  on  the  threshold  of  the  on-coming 
struggle — a  new  struggle  with  an  ancient  foe, 
and  eaw  not  its  end.  Pursued  even  to  the  last 
by  the  unsparing  hatred  of  the  lodge  ho  died 
aa  he  had  lived,  boldly  testifying  to  "  the  truth 
as  it  is  in  Jesus  "  against  every  unfruitful  work 
of  darkness,"  and  now  translated  in<-o  that  great 
"cloud  of  witnesses"  perhaps  he  does  see  the  end 
after  all. 

Bright,  mischievous  brother  Joe  married  early 
in  life  a  fair  acquaintance  of  Brownsville,  who  I 
have  reason  to  suspect  was  the  same  he  accom- 
panied home  from  Jake  Goodwin's  party;  and 
emigrated  to  Kansas  in  the  early  stages  of  its 
struggle  to  be  a  free  State,  where  as  a  friend 
and  associate  of  John  Brown  he  participated 
in  more  than  one  stirring  scene  of  that  eventful 
era. 

Sam  Toller  has  long  since  passed  from  earth, 
but  there  is  still  a  circle  slowly  narrowing  who 
hold  him  in  kindly  remembrance. 

Luke.  Thatcher  has  represented  his  native 
State  in  the  Legislature,  and  is  looked  up  to  by 
his  neighbors  as  an  honest,  far-seeing  man  who 
is  always  on  the  right  side  of  every  social  and 
political  question. 

Mr.  Jedediah  Mills  lost  his  law-suit  and  his 
farm — a  result  not  hard  to  predict  from  the  be- 
ginning. Anxiety  and  trouble  so  wore  upon 
him  that  he  did  not  live  long  after;  and  another 
name  was  added  to  that  hidden  roll  of  martyrs 
to  the  lodge  which  God  keeps  in  his  secret  place 
against  the  day  "when  he  maketh  inquisition  for 
blood." 

Mark  Stedman's  life  has  been  one  of  constant 
warfare  with  every  prevailing  and  popular  form 
of  sin.  When  the  Anti-masonic  excitement 
died  away,  and  even  he  believed  that  the  lodge 
had  fallen  never  to  rise  again,  he  turned  his 
attention  to  the  crime  of  American  slavery.  At 
a  time  when  the  mere  avowal  of  Abolitionisc 
principles  cost  more  than  the  present  generation 
can  readily  conceive,  he  preached,  prayed  and 
worked  for  the  emancipation  of  the  slave.  And 
careless  of  fine  and  imprisonment,  on*  of  his 
own  sender  store  he  and  his  good  wife  Hannah 
sent  many  a  fugitive  rejoicing  on  their  way 
towards  the  North  Star, — a  work  in  which 
Rachel  and  I  not  infrequently  had  the  pleasure 
of  helping,  for  both  families  left  Brownsville 
and  moved  to  Ohio  about  the  same  time,  where 
wo  settled  in  easy  visiting  distance  of  each 
other. 

We  are  a  staid,  elderly  couple  now,  Rachel 
and  I,  with  a  number  of  grandchildren  to  spoil, 
and  one  or  two  grown  up  fledglings  still  linger- 
ing about  the  home  nest.  But  our  little  David 
never  went  forth  with  sling  and  stone  against 
any  of  these  moral  Goliaths  that  from  time  to 
time  have  come  out  from  their  Philistine  fast 
nesses  to  defy  our  American  Israel.  One  bright 
summer  day  we  laid  him  under  the  green  grass 
in  Brownsville  cemetery;  and  on  another  sum- 
mer day  as  bright,  there  came  to  our  home  a 
second  little  David.  He  sleeps  in  his  nameless 
grave  at  Antietam.  Still  another  of  our  boys 
danned  the  blue  and  marched  proudly  away  to 
die  by  slow  starvation  in  a  Southern  prison. 

Oh,  it  is  not  in  hours  of  joy  that  hearts  knit 
together  the  closest  and  strongest!  From  that 
mighty  baptism  of  anguish  Rachel  and  1  came 
forth  united  in  the  grand  fellowship  of  suffering 
without  which  love  is  like  gold  that  lacks  the 
test  of  the  crucible. 

And  now  having  brought  my  story  down  to 
Anno  Domini  1870  or  thereabouts,  I  take  it  for 
granted  that  the  reader  is  sufficiently  interested 
to  wait  its  further  development,  first  promising 
that  the  end  is  not  far  off. 

For  with  Rachel  and  i  the  shadows  are  begin- 


ning  to  stretch  eastward.  She  sits  shelling  beans 
in  the  porch  which  comTJands  a  view  of  .rich 
Ohio  C' rntields  basking  in  the  August  sun,  a 
gray-haired,  p'acid-browed  matron.  But  the 
fires  of  youth  flash  still  from  her  brown  eyes 
showing  that  she  has  not  materially  altered  from 
the  quick,  imperious  Rachel  of  former  days. 

If  any  one  doubts  it  let  him  rouse  her  indig- 
nation by  some  act  of  meanness  or  duplicity,  and 
if  he  don't  have  cause  to  remember  that  day  aa 
long  as  he  lives  I  am  very  much  mistaken. 

^  ■  ^ 

The  Sermon. 

PREACHED   THANKSGIVING   DAY,  IN   THE  WKSLBYAN 

CHaKOH,    WHEATON,     ILL,,    BY    PREs't. 

OHAS.    A.   BLANCHARD. 

Oh  give  thanks  unto  the  Lord;  for  he  18  good:  for  his  mercy  en- 
dureth  forever.— Ps.  13(5:1. 

If  we  are  to  estimate  the  importance  of  dutiefl 
by  the  frequency  ot  their  mention,  the  duty  of 
returning  thanks  to'  God  for  his  goodness  is  of 
the  greatest  moment.  Over  and  over  again  in 
many  forms  we  are  exhorted  to  praise  him,  give 
thanks  to  him,  magnify  him,  etc.  This  proba- 
bly arises  from  two  facts:  first,  that  the  duty  is 
essential  to  a  worthy  life;  and  second,  that  it  is 
much  neglected.  It  is  natural  for  man  to  forget 
God,  and  to  ascribe  all  the  blessings  of  his  prov- 
idence to  chance,  nature,  or  his  own  exertions. 
Hence  in  the  mad  race  which  men  run  between 
the  cradle  and  the  grave  they  too  seldom  stop 
to  give  thanka  to  God  for  his  goodneee.  They 
congratulat-e  themselves  when  they  have  "good 
luck."  They  are  glad  when  things  "happen"  to 
turn  out  well.  Miniature  Nebuchadnezzars 
walk  the  earth  in  every  direction  sayng,  'Is 
not  this  great  Babylon  which  I  have  builded?" 
Man  also  praise  one  another,  to  receive  as  muck 
again.  Mutual  admiration  societies  are  numer- 
ous, largely  attended  and  apparently  interesting 
to  the  members,  but  there  are  too  few  who 
obey  the  injunction  of  our  text  and  give  thanks 
to  God. 

Another  thing  to  be  observed  is  that  we  are 
thus  to  render  him  thanks 

BECAUSE  HE  IS  GOOD. 

Men  too  frequently  offer  thanks  and  praises  to 
their  fellows  because  they  are  rich,  or  popular, 
or  powerful.  Moral  excellence  which  is  the 
standard  of  worth  in  God's  kingdom,  is  lightly 
esteemed  in  that  portion  of  it  which  Satan  has 
usurped.  Now  in  the  text  our  minds  are  direct- 
ed to  this  fact,  that  goodness  is  the  ground  of 
all  rightly  ascribed  honor.  Do  not  give  thanks 
to  God  because  he  ''s  mighty,  because  he  has 
founded  the  earth,  stretches  out  the  heavens, 
and  fixed  the  stars  in  their  distant  orbits.  Do 
not  praise  him  because  from  the  foundation  of 
the  world  he  has  known  all  things,  because  the 
lightning  of  his  eye  pierces  that  thick  cloud 
which  hides  the  future  from  mortal  sight.  Give 
thanks  unto  the  Lord  because  he  is  good. 

I  have  said  that  this  duty  is  sadly  neglected, 
who  does  not  know  this,  flow  seldom  do  we 
hear  in  our  meetings  the  trembling  tongue  tell- 
ing the  goodness  of  Jehovah.  We  have  con- 
fessions of  sin,  prayers  for  pardon,  entreaties  to 
the  Holy  Spirit,  none  too  many  of  these,  but 
along  with  them  there  should  be  doxologies  of 
loftiest  and  most  earnest  tone.  There  is  no  doubt 
that  a  failure  in  this  regard  is  the  occasion  of 
many  an  unanswered  prayer.  "In  all  things  by 
prayer  and  supplieat'on  with  ihanksgivi?ig  make 
known  your  requests  unto  God,  and  then  the 
peace  of  God  that  passeth  all  understanding 
will  keep  your  hearts  and  minds  through  Christ 
Jesus."     Phil.  4:6. 

Should  there  be  those  here  this  Thanksgiving 
morning  whose  hearts  are  cold,  whose  hopea 
burn  low,  who  feel  that  God  ie  far  away  from 
them.  !^.L9t  euch  burdened  hearts  recall  the 
countless  mercies  of  God,  tell  him  of  the  unde- 
served bounties  which  his  hand  has  heaped  upon 
your  heads,  and  you  will  find  the  hot,  dry  eye 
moistened,  and  the  cold,  dead  heart  warmed  anc 
overflowing  with  gratitude  and  love.  Give 
thanks  to  God;  for  he  is  good:  for  his  mercy  en- 
dureth  forever. 

SPECIAL  MEHCIES  CALL  FOE  SPECIAL   THANKSGIVING. 

There  is  sometimes  a  disposition  to  generalize 
in  religion,  after  the  recommendation  of  the  boy 


THE  CHHISTIAH  CYNOSURE. 


Deeember  14,  1888 


•who,  weary  of  the  giving  thanks  at  table,  re- 
quested his  father  to  ask  a  blessing  over  the 
meat  barrel  so  that  it  would  last  all  the  year.  It 
is  not  well  thus  to  do,  but  it  is  wise  to  give  par- 
ticular attention  to  those  times  and  places  in 
our  indiridual  or  national  history  when  Grod  has 
in  special  naanner  exhibited  his  'goodness  to  us. 
The  event  to  day  commemorated  is  one  of  those 
times  when  God  most  evidently  appeared  for 
our  fathers'  help.  You  are  all  familiar  with 
the  story.  A  group  of  shivering  men  and  wom- 
en huddled  in  the  log  cabins,  on  an  iron-bound 
coast,  far  from  the  homes  of  their  childhood 
asa.d  the  graves  of  theirfathers,  while  three  thou- 
sand miles  of  long,  lumbering  billows  rolled  on 
the  wintry  sea  between.  The  provisions  are  ex- 
hiausted  and  starvation,  that  had  already  blotted 
out  more  than  one  colony,  looked  in  at  every 
door  &vA  eyiapped  his  jaws  in  hideous  delight. 
They  appointed  a  day  of  fasting  and  prayer 
durinf?  which  they  might  entreat  the  protection 
and  care  of  Grod.  As  the  hour  for  service  ap- 
proached some  watcher  on  the  beach  catches 
sight  of  the  rounded  sail  and  sends  through  all 
those  famished  homes  the  glad  cry  of,  "A  ship 
from  England."  The  vessel  drops  anchor  in 
the  bay.  The  fainting  and  hungry  are  re- 
freshed and  then  they  gather  in  the  log  church 
to  "Give  thanks  to  God,  for  he  is  good:  for  his 
mercy  endureth  forever." 

Ah  uno  disce  om/ties.  From  a  single  event 
understand  the  character  of  our  whole  history. 
It  can  be  described  in  one  word.  It  was  provi- 
dential. ELow  did  it  come  to  pass  that  this  con- 
tinent of  noble  rivers,  lofty  mountains  and  wide 
extended  plains,  wes  hidden  from  the  darkened 
millions  of  Europe  and  Asia  until  1493,  when 
the  mind  of  the  world  was  waking  from  its 
sleep  of  a  thousand  years  and  the  printing  press 
had  just  commenced  to  shoot  its  blazing  arrowt^ 
through  the  thick  night  of  ignorance  and  super- 
stition?  What  was  it  which  sent  educated  men 
and  women  of  gentle  birth  across  the  sea  to  live 
among  savages?  Thoy  were  compelled  to  come. 
Aa  the  eagle  when  she  sees  that  her  brood  are 
strong  enough  to  fly,  scatters  the  nest  she  reared 
with  loving  care  on  some  rocky  craig,  and  then 
pushes  her  young  over  its  edge.  And  as  they 
flutter  a  moment  in  fear,  and  then  delighting  in 
their  new  found  powers  soar  away  abo^e  the 
mountain  siimmit  to  bask  in  presence  of  the 
sun,  so  God  first  educated  our  Puritan  ancestors 
and  when  they  were  trained,  hurried  them  out 
of  the  old  land  where  they  would,  have  gJadly 
attempted  to  put  the  new  wine  of  liberty  into 
the  old  bottles  of  kingly  power,  and  enabled 
them  to  lay  here  the  foundations  of  a  state,  which 
despite  all  its  defects,  ie  to-day  the  strongest, 
freest  nation  on  the  globe. 

The  hand  of  God  is  not  less  evident  in  the 
events  which  attended  the  struggle  for  inde- 
pendence, and  the  civil  strife  which  a  few  years 
ago  rocked  the  nation  to  ite  very  foundations 
and  threatened  our  complete  overthrow.  We 
are  evidently  directed  by  an  omnipotent  hand 
and  shall  doubtless  find,  year  by  year,  continued 
reason  to  do  as  the  Psalmist  exhorts  us  in  the 
text.  Let  us,  however,  leaving  the  past,  confine 
our  attention  for  a  little  time  to  the  mercies  of 
to-day,  and  first  to  those  of  a 

TEMPOKAI,  OHABAOTBB. 

These  are  obvious  and  so  great  that  the  mind 
ataggers  in  attempting  to  sustain  them.  Other 
nations  are  in  war  or  sustaining  vaet  armies  in 
expectation  of  it;  we  are  in  peace  at  home  and 
abroad.  Other  nations  are  wrestling  with  diffi- 
culties respecting  <he  ownership  of  land  which 
will  never  be  settled  until  the  men  who  till  the 
land  own  it:  our  old  States  have  not  a  tenth  of 
the  population  which  they  can  sustain,  and  mil- 
lions of  acres  on  our  western  border  are  still 
waiting  for  the  first  plowman's  furrow.  Last 
July  throughout  the  length  and  breadth  of  our 
land  men  trembled  for  fear  of  their  crops;  now, 
wheat  is  counted  by  hundreds  and  corn  by  thou- 
sands of  millions  of  bushels.  A  year  or  two 
oince  whole  towns  were  depopulated  by  yellow 
fever;  this  year  no  pestilential  disease  has  in- 
vaded our  homes.  We  have  had  fire  and  flood 
but  they  have  done  their  work  of  ruin  on  limit- 
ed areas,  and  as  a  people  we  are  in  prosperity. 
Food  and  fire,  shelter,  air    and  water  are  the 


happy  possessions  of  a  large  majority  of  our  peo- 
ple. The  burdens  and  miseries  of  general  pau- 
perism are  still  afar  off  and,  recognizing  God 
as  the  author  of  all  the  works  of  nature,  we 
should  to-day  return  our  hearty  thanks  for  these 
unmerited  favors. 

THE  PKOGRESS  OF  REFORM  EFFORTS 

is  another  occasion  of  thanksgiving,  and  this 
also  is  evident  on  every  hand.  In  the  temper- 
ance cause  there  are  solid  gains  in  public  senti- 
ment with  temporary  back-sets  which  occur  in 
all  movements,  material  and  spiritual.  The 
adoption  of  the  amendment  in  Iowa  was  a  glo- 
rious triumph  of  the  people  and  the  politicians. 
The  people  won  a  victory  in  that  they  recorded 
their  votes  against  that  immense  evil;  the  politi- 
cians that  they  avoided  all  responsibility  for  it 
by  calling  it  non-partisan,  so  that  now  there  is  a 
law  with  one  to  enforce  it.  In  Kansas  also  there 
is  a  seeming  victory  for  the  rum  trade  that  will 
result  in  an  onward  movement  all  along  the 
line.  The  Republican  party  attempted  to  play 
double — to  carry  both  parties:  those  who  favor 
and  those  who  oppose  the  enactment  of  temper- 
ance laws,  and  were  overwhelmingly  defeated, 
as  it  deserved  to  be.  The  Democrats  boldly 
avowed  their  adhesion  to  the  rule  of  King  Alco- 
hol and  were  not  defeated  as  they  deserved  to 
be.  But  Mene,  inene,  tekel,  upharsin,  is  written 
on  the  brow  of  any  party  which  attempts  to 
dhampion  the  cause  of  the  saloon,  and  if  the  Re- 
publican party  wish  not  to  undertake  the  battle 
of  home  protection,  there  will  be  a  party  which 
will  take  up  the  glove  so  insolently  thrown 
down  by  the  liquor  traffic  and  fight  the  fight  out 
to  the  end.  Conventions  are  being  held,  papers 
printed,  tracts  circulated,  the  nation  educated 
and  God  is  marching  on.  Let  us  to-day  give 
thanks  unto  God,  for  he  is  good.  All  the  attri- 
butes of  his  nature  are  against  a  triffie  like  the 
one  in  ardent  spirits,  and  he  graciously  permits 
us  to  see  the  work  of  reformation  going  on. 

THE  MOVEMENT  AGAINST  SECRET  SOCIETIES 

is  also  widening  and  deepening.  The  erection 
of  the  monument  to  William  Morgan,  the  con- 
vention held  at  its  unveiling,  the  letter  of  Hon. 
Thurlow  Weed,  the  newspaper  discussion  pro- 
voked thereby,  and  the  whole  tone  of  public 
sentiment  are  indices  of  and  means  to  produce 
great  results.  All  Christians  should  for  this 
give  thanks.  Secret  societies  are  in  nature  and 
tendency  hostile  to  everything  that  is  good. 
They  protected  slavery,  they  protected  the  re- 
bellion, they  protected  the  whisky  ring,  they  are 
protecting  the  liquor  trade,  their  obligations 
bind  them  to  aid  one  another  in  distress  and 
though  some  of  them  are  worthy  men,  others  in- 
terpret this  to  mean  men  who  stand  at  the  judg- 
ment bars  of  courts  justly  accused  of  crime.  In 
addition  to  this  they  rival  and  supplant  the 
Christian  church  in  their  ceremonies,  use  vainly 
and  irreverently  the  name  of  God,  and  sacrelig- 
iously  month  the  awful  words  of  Holy  Writ.  It 
is  not  needful  to  say  that  some  men  called  Ma- 
sons, Odd-fellows,  etc.,  are  not  in  sympathy 
with  the  unchristian,  unrepublican  and  unso- 
cial conspiracies.  Only. the  past  week  one  who 
is  called  a  Mason  and  has  n^ver  publicly  seceded 
from  the  order,  said  to  me,  "Secret  societies  are 
of  no  use,  they  train  men  to  lie.  I  have  no  care 
for  such  organizations."  The  number  of  such 
men  is  increasing  on  every  hand  and  is  yet  to 
increase.  Multitudes  of  these  men  are  noW  in 
the  condition  of  the  man  who  had  the  wolf  by 
the  ears,  they  are  afraid  to  hold  on  or  let  go, 
but  other  multitudes  have  let  go,  and  other  mul- 
titudes still  are  slackening  their  grip.  A  brother 
said  to  me  the  other  day,  "Now  that  the  secular 
papers  are  printing  on  tUig  question,  the  religious 
papers  will  get  courage  and  print  too."  There 
is  no  doubt  at  all  respecting  the  matter,  the 
east  is  reddening  and  though  clouds  and  storms 
may  at  times  obscure  the  sun  it  will  by  and  by 
reach  high  noon. 

Another  sian  of  the  times  for  which  we  ought 
to  be  thankful  is  the 

INDEPENDENT  CATHOLIC  MOVEMENT 

led  by  Father  McNamara.  Catholicism  in  the 
United  States  is  not  the  Catholicism  of  Europe; 
that  of  1882  is  not  that  of  1 100.  But  there  is 
in  the  system  the  virus  of  ecclesiaiticism,  that 


deadly  poison  which  crucified  Christ  and  slew 
the  holy  apostles  and  martyrs.  Hence  when  we 
learn  that  more  than  five  nundred  priests  have 
written  this  brother,  who  in  the  providence  of 
God  leads  in  this  Catholic  reformation  of  the 
nineteenth  century,  asking  what  they  they  can 
do  for  deliverance  from  the  iron  yoke  of  the 
church,  it  is  a  matter  for  which  we  should  give 
thanks.  The  Inquisition  is  a  thing  of  the  past, 
but  the  Vatican  decrees  are  melancholy  witness 
that  the  spirit  of  the  Inquisition  still  exists  and 
waits  only  opportunity  to  throw  off  its  shep- 
herd's cloak  and  again  put  on  the  shirt  of  mail. 
The  decree  that  sent  men  to  dungeon  and  rack 
for  having  in  possession  the  word  of  God  is  no 
more,  but  a  Catholic  Bible  is  so  costly  that  the 
mass  of  the  church  are  ignorant  of  it,  save  as 
expounded  by  a  priest.  We  should  therefore  be 
grateful  that  in  this  free  air  the  spiritual  choke- 
damp  of  past  ages  is  so  dissipated  and  weakened 
that  those  who  in  former  days  might  have  been 
willing  slaves  now  try  the  bars  of  their  prison- 
house  ftnd  look  with  at  least  a  measure  of  desire 
upon  the  green  fields  and  blue  sky  of  that  land 
where  there  is  one  Master,  even  Christ,  and  all 
men  are  brethren. 

Once  more  we  have  occasion  for  gratitude  in 
that  the  work  of  the 

NATIONAL   REFORM   ASSOCIATION 

is  extending,  the  society  now  employing  five 
agents  instead  of  one,  and  the  public  taking  a 
greater  and  more  intelligent  interest  in  the 
question  than  in  former  times.  It  is  needless 
to  say  that  much  remains  to  be  done,  but  some- 
thing is  already  accomplished  and  there  is  more 
to  follow.  There  is  a  very  general  apprehension 
that  the  only  thing  desired  by  those  of  us  who 
wish  for  national  reform  is  the  insertion  of  a 
recognition  of  God's  authority  in  the  document 
which  lies  at  the  foundation  of  all  our  laws.  It 
is  no  exaggeration  to  say  that  there  is  not  a 
single  advocate  of  the  cause  who  ever  made  any 
such  proposition.  We  do  not  want  the  words 
there  that  the  nation  may  be  Christian,  but  we 
desire  that  a  Christian  nation  should  have  a 
Christian  constitution.  We  do  not  want  a  con- 
stitution verbally  right  while  ttie  people  are 
wrong.  We  desire  that  the  people  shou'd  be 
right  that  the  fundamental  law  may  not  be 
wrong. 

Every  school  boy  knows  that  the  Constitution 
cannot  be  amended  without  the  consenting  de- 
sire of  about  three-quarters  of  the  people.  Un- 
less these  people  wish  a  change  none  will  he 
made.  Our  business  is  to  get  them  to  desire  it. 
We  have  now  no  foundation  for  any  of  our  dis- 
tinctively Christian  laws.  The  Sabbath,  profan- 
ity, marriage,  and  similar  laws  all  depend  upon 
common  consent  rather  than  the  Constitution, 
while  the  law  against  Mormonism  which  is  now 
and  seems  likely  to  remain  a  dead  letter,  is  in 
direct  violation  of  its  provisions.  The  National 
Reform  Association  has  for  its  purpose  the  edu- 
cation of  the  American  people' on  this  question, 
and  its  work  is  extending. 

These  are  a  few  only  of  our  occasions  of 
thanksgiving,  but  these  are  sufficient  to  make  us 
grateful  and  glad.  God  is  reigning  and  all  hie 
enemies  are  being  put  under  his  feet.  Let  us 
then  as  we  go  from  this  place  of  prayer  recount 
our  individual,  family,  and  national  blessings, 
praying  that  God  may  still  let  the  light  of  his 
countenance  fall  upon  us  for  Jesus'sake,  to,whom 
with  the  Holy  Spirit  be  praise  and  glory  and 
honor  forever.     Amen. 


— Wendell  Phillips  has  lately  made  a  gift  to 
the  Boston  Public  Library  of  1,303  bound  yol- 
umes  and  4,682  pamphlets. 


— The  Ghristiarh  Instructor  oi  Philadelphia 
announces  that  with  the  Ist  of  January  it  will 
change  from  the  eight  to  a  sixteen  page  form  as 
desired  by  a  majority  of  its  readers. 


— The  Minneaota  convention  held  at  Blue 
Earth  City  last  week  was  favored  with  the  pres- 
ence of  Pres.  C.  A.  Blanchard  of  Wheaton  Col- 
lege, who  was  engaged  to  address  the  meeting. 
We  shall  expect  a  good  report  from  the  meeting 
notwithstanding  the  severe  cold  of  last  week. 


iDecember  14,  1882 


mn  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE. 


Thurlow  Weed  as  a  Christ/an  Man. 

On  the  Train  near  Lookport,  III.,  ) 
December  4,    1882.  j 

After  reading  letters  oi  encouragement  from 
Senator  S.  C.  Poraerdiy  and  others  at  "Washing- 
ton that  came  in  juet  as  1  was  leaving  Ohicaj^o, 
I  have  looked  over  a  few  numbers  of  the  Tri- 
bune, thoughtf  ally  handed  me  by  Mr.  Carpenter. 
Reports  of  Mr.  Weed  correspond  in  the  main 
with  what  he  said  to  mo  when  at  his  hou«e  in 
September  last,  although  some  incidents  of  es- 
pecial interest  to  me  are  omitted. 

As  v^t  I  have  seen  very  little  mention  of 
Mr.  "Weed's  religious  belief  or  Christian  experi- 
ence. Of  this  he  spoke  freely  to  me.  His  con- 
versation, or  perhaps  I  should  say  relation,  was 
based  upon  two  fundamental  facts,  which  he  as- 
sumed rather  than  stated  formally,  viz.,  natural 
depravity  and  the  atonement.  In  proof  he 
spoke  of  the  profanity,  corruption  and  licentious- 
ness prevalent  in  New  York,  and  our  large 
cities,  and  then  of  the  wonderful  change  wrought 
in  these  "habitations  of  cruelty"  by  the  trans- 
forming power  of  the  Gospel.  He  spoke  in 
the  highest  terms  of  Mr.  Moody  and  Sankey,  and 
was  enthusiastic  in  his  approbation  of  their 
work  in  lifting  up  the  poor  and  outcasts  of  -New 
York.  He  mentioned  Jerry  McAuley  as  an 
example  of  what  tho  washing  of  regeneration 
and  the  renewing  of  the  Holy  Ghost  would  ac- 
complish in  the  lowest  and  most  degraded  of 
men. 

Alter  Mr.  Moody  and  Sankey  left  New  York 
he  endevoured  to  still  push  on  the  work.  To 
obtain  means  for  the  purpose  he  applied  to  Jay 
Gould  for  a  contribution.  Mr.  Gould  received 
his  i-equeet  kindly  and  «sked,  "flow  much  do 
you  want?"  Mr.  "Weed  declined  naming  any 
sam,  and  as  they  parted  Gould  said,  "I  am  inter- 
ested in  this  work  for  the  poor,  and  think  some- 
times that  I  am  overlooked  in  such  things. 
You  may  draw  on  me  monthly  for  what  you 
think  I  ought  to  pay."  Mr. "Weed  accepted  the 
kindness  and  drew  on  Mr.  Gould  lor  $100  per 
month  for  sometime,  and  his  drafts  were  always 
honored.  The  fact  that  Mr.  Gould  was  giving 
money  to  Mr.  "Weed  became  known  to  the 
politicians,  who  asserted  that  it  was  corruption 
money  and  not  for  the  poor;  and  to  avoid  the 
speech  of  these  men  he  discontinued  his  drafts. 

In  speaking  of  personal  experiences  and  the 
desire  of  his  own  soul,  Mr.  "Weed  said,  "I  have 
long  wished  for  some  proof  outside  the  Bible, 
that  there  was  such  a  person  as  Jesus  Christ 
who  appeared  at  the  time  spoken  of;  and  I  have 
been  accustomed  to  inquire  of  clergymen  whom 
I  have  met  if  there  was  anything  of  the  kind  to 
be  found.  Not  that  I  doubt  or  question  the 
fact  for  a  monient,  but  it  would  be  a  great  satis- 
if  I  could  find  something  of  the  kiud."  I  re- 
fered  to  Joaephus.  He  replied,  "You  know 
that  has  been  called  in  question.  There  is  a 
letter  by  an  old  Roman  General,  that  was  for  a 
long  time  admitted  as  authentic,  but  of  late  the 
authenticity  of  this  has  been  denied.  I  used  to 
publish  that  letter  once  and  sometimes  twice 
every  year  in  my  paper,  and  was  very  reluctant 
to  give  it  up;  and  have  been  encouraged  by  Dr. 
Hall  and  others  to  hope  that  subsequent  inves- 
tigations would  remove  all  doubt  of  its  genuine- 
ness." 

Mr.  "Weed,  in  speaking  of  the  order  of  his 
household,  said,  "I  am  accustomed  to  attend  to 
the  reading  of  the  newspapers,  and  receiving 
friends  during  the  day  until  9  o'clock  in  the 
evening.  We  then  spend  an  hour  in  reading 
some  standard  history;  after  which  we  have 
Scripture  reading,  followed  by  a  prayer  from 
this  book  (handing  mo  a  book  of  private  prayer). 
I  then  retire  to  my  room  and  there,  after  re- 
viewing the  mercies  and  blessings  of  the  day, 
offer  up  my  prayer  of  thanksgivmg  to  God  aiid 
commit  myself  to  his  care  for  the  night." 

Mr,  Weed  related  his  experiences  and  the 
longing  of  his  soul  in  such  an  artless,  childlike 
spirit,  that  he  impressed  me  with  the  feeling 
that  I  was  in  the  presence  of  one  who  was  not 
only  near  the  end  of  his  journey,  but  that  he 
was  one  with  the  Father,  having  his  life  hid 
with  Christ  in  Gcd.  The  little  book  he  gave 
me  I  shall  cherish  as  a  memento  from  the  hand 
of  one  great  among  tho  most  distinguished   of 


earth,  and  whom  I  beliore  now  to  have  excelled 
his  highest  earthly  fame,  as  the  light  of  heaven 
exceeds  the  darkness  of  earth,  by  having  escap- 
ed the  corruption  that  is  in  the  world,  and  be- 
come a  "King  and  a  priest  unto  God  forever 
and  forever."  J.  P.  Stoddard. 


NEW  ENGLAND. 


THE  NEW  ENGLAND  BOARD  of  the  National  Chris- 
tian Association  has  it  headquarters  at  No.  8  Portlanci  St., 
Worcester,  Mass.  A  full  supply  of  books  and  tracts  con- 
stantly on  hand.  Orders  promptly  filled.  Correspondence 
solicited.  E.  D.  Bailkt,  N.  E.  Bcc. 


— The  news  of  this  letter  is  too  good  to  be  lost, 
even  if  long  delayed :  "  The  leaven  of  Anti- 
masonry  is  stiU  at  work  here.  I  had  a  long 
conversation  Saturday  with  a  personal  friend  of 
mine — a  Knight  Templar  and  an  Odd-fellow. 
He  is  weakening  a  great  deal  for  him,  and  said 
to  me  frankly,  '  I  am  not  near  so  good  a  Mason 
as  I  used  to  be.'  I  think  some  day  he  will  take 
a  stand  with  the  Anti-masons." 

— Here  is  more  of  the  same  sort :  "  Since  I 
saw  you  I  have  had  a  conference  with  our  pastor 
on  the  subject.  While  an  adhering  Mason,  he 
has  not  been  into  a  lodge  for  many  years — has 
no  sympathy  with  the  lodge  and  in  his  own  lan- 
guage, considers  the  teaohings  of  the  institution 
'  mere  bosh.'  "  The  same  writer  gives  several 
other  similar  facts. 

— Mr.  Tanner  is  in  Tennessee  and  reports 
himself  "  as  well  as  usual." 


The  Topic  of  the  Hour.. 

Worcester,  Mass.,  Dec.  5th,  1882. 

No  recent  event  indicates  a  more  marked 
change  in  public  opinion  concerning  this  reform 
than  the  general  discussion  going  the  rounds  of 
the  press  coBcerning  the  "  dying  revelation" 
alleged  to  have  been  given  by  Thurlow  Weed. 
Five  years  ago  the  press  of  the  country  closed 
its  columns  completely  to  all  discussion  adverse 
to  Freemasonry  and  treated  every  effort  to  put 
facts  before  the  people  as  an  affrontery.  Now 
the  paper  which  has  not  publi&hed  a  synopsis  of 
Mr.  Weed's  letter  to  the  Batavia  convention  is 
considered  behind  the  times  and  wanting  in  en- 
terprise. Under  a  variety  of  startling  captions 
the  papers  have  given  with  fairness  Mr.  Weed's 
account  of  the  abduction  and  murder  of  Capt. 
Morgan,  and  some  cases  editorial  comments 
have  also  accompanied  the  historical  article. 

In  giving  a  history  of  Mr.  Weed's  life  it  is 
also  noticeable  that  no  endeavor  has  been  made 
to  suppress  his  Anti-masonic  record  but  abrevi- 
ated  accounts  of  political  Anti-masonry  have 
appeared  in  due  proportion.  To  the  younger 
portion  of  the  people  these  facts  vnll  come  like 
a  revelation,  tor  the  press  has  so  long  ac<3U8tomed 
itself  to  the  suppression  of  facts  that  young  pol- 
iticians are  in  total  ignorance  of  that  chapter  of 
American  history.  A  kind  Providence  has  un- 
locked the  doors  of  the  press  and  a  beginning  is 
made  of  a  discussion  destined  to  become  general 
in  years  to  come. 

There  is  an  amusing  side  to  these  publications 
and  we  must  be  pardoned  for  a  little  laugh  at 
the  expense  of  "  enterprising  journals."  Some 
of  the  leading  New  York  and  Boston  papers 
lead  off  in  the  publication  of  the  facte,  making  it 
appear  as  if  their  reporters  caught  the  message 
from  Mr.  Weed  just  as  his  last  breath  was  leav- 
ing the  body,  and  thus  the  long  kept  "  mystery" 
was  finally  solved.  The  Boston  Traveller  gives 
its  contemp^aries  a  side  thrust  after  this  man- 
ner: 

"The  telegraph  brought,  this  forenoon,  a  reve- 
lation of  the  late  Thurlow  Weed  in  relation  to 
the  alleged  murder  of  William  Morgan  for  his 
revelation  of  the  secrets  of  Freemasonry,  fifty 
years  ago,  which  statement,  it  is  said,  was  kept 
secret;  until  the  death  of  Mr.  Weed.  We  pub- 
lish the  dispatch  because  the  death  of  the  great 
leader  of  Anti-masonry  has  recalled  the  story  of 
the  Morgan  abduction,  and  we  do  not  care  to 
seem  to  be  behind  our  contemporaries  in  a  mat- 
ter like  this,  but  the  revelation  is  by  no  means  a 
new  one.  We  have  before  us  a  pamphlet  giving 
'Mr.  Weed's  yorsion  of  ;hea"bdui;tiou,whicu.  tells 


the  story  word  for  word  as  given  in;the'di8patch 
printed  in  another  column,  with  a  full  account 
of  the  circumstances  under  which  Mr.  Weed  re- 
ceived "  the  confession  "  of  Mr.  Whitney,  and  of 
his  own  trial  for  libel  for  charging  Gen.  Gould 
with  complicity  in  the  murder.  Mr.  Weed's 
statement  indicates  that  he  fully  believed  the 
story  of  the  murder,  and  that  his  belief  was 
based  on  very  strong  testimony." 

Another  item  has  gone  the  rounds  of  tho  press, 
which  confirms  Mr.  Weed's  account  fully  and 
is  exerting  a  considerable  influence  with  many 
who  are  unfamiliar  with  the  facts  heretofore 
published.  The  dispatch  is  from  Canada,  and 
supplies  the  names  of  the  Canadian  Ma8o«s  who 
were  to  have  aided  in  the  spiriting  away  Capt. 
Morgan.     The  item  is  as  follows  : 

"St.  Catharines,  Ont.,  December  1. — A  gen- 
tleman of  this  city,  who  has  read  Thurlow 
Weed's  statements  regarding  the  disappearance 
of  Morgan,  says  that  when  a  boy  he  well  re- 
members much  of  tho  excitement  occasioned, 
and  says  that  the  men  who  kidnapped  Morgan 
tried  to  get  the  following-named  Canadian  Ma- 
sons to  bring  him  into  Canada  and  take  charge 
of  him :  Colonel  Clench,  Dr.  Muirhead,  Ed- 
ward McBride,  John  Brant  (the  Indian  chief,) 
Judge  Edwards,  and  others  whose  names  he  can- 
not remember.  They  declined  to  have  anything 
to  do  with  the  matter,  and  eome  of  them  ne^er 
went  back  to  the  lodge  meetings  again.  He 
likewise  states  that  those  who  are  reported  to 
have  kidnapped  Morgan  all  came  to  violent 
deaths  with  one  exception,  as  follows  :  Colonel 
King  of  Niagara  county,  N.  Y.,  fell  dead  in  a 
bar-room;  Whitney  of  Rochester  died  a  miser- 
able death;  Howard  of  New  York  was  drowned 
in  Buffalo  creek;  Adams,  one  of  the  leaders,  was 
drowned  in  the  Niagara  river;  Garside  of  Ni- 
agara fell  from  his  horse  and  broke  his  neck  : 
Colonel  Jewett  died  in  Lockport,  his  last  years 
being  very  miserable,  being  unable  to  sit  still. 
The  only  one  who  lived  out  his  days  was  Mr. 
Chubbuck,  who  died  a  natural  death  in  Lewiston 
not  long  ago." 

It  is  to  be  hoped  friends  of  this  cause  every- 
where will  see  the  importance  of  circulating  the 
Weed  pamphlet  published  by  the  N.  C.  A. 
now,  while  the  public  is  in  a  frame  of  mind 
to  hear  the  facts.  Fifty  pamphlets  bought  and 
judiciously  distributed  in  a  town  will  of  nensaity 
help  the  reform  more  than  the  same  expenditure 
in  any  other  way. 

Mr.  Spaulding  had  one  experience  in  Vermont 
worthy  of  mention  among  the  trying  circusi- 
stances  connected  with  this  class  of  work.  In 
one  town  as  he  left  the  train  he  handed  a  tract 
to  a  young  man  on  the  platform  of  the  depot. 
The  tract  fell  into  the  hands  of  a  Mason  stand- 
ing near.  This  Mason  followed  Mr.  Spaulding 
about  town  to  hinder  his  work  and  finally  suc- 
ceeded in  producing  a  street  commotion,  atten- 
ded by  loud  and  boisterous  threats  to  "  report 
his  name  to  the  lodge  and  send  his  character  on 
ahead  of  him."  This  was  evidently  done,  f®r  a 
stranger  the  next  day  in  another  town  accosted 
him  to  say  that  he  knew  him  and  acoueed  him 
of  having  been  "  driven  out"  of  the  last  town. 
To  a  tried  soldier  such  threats  are  like  the 
bursting  of  air  bubles,  and  yet  there  is  nothing 
pleasant  about  being  "  spotted"  by  a  set  of  un- 
principled men  who  are  taught  to  believe  that 
murder  is  no  crime  when  committed  in  behalf 
of  their  secret  clan. 

"  No  man  can  preach  in  Worcester  who  is  op- 
posed to  se^^ret  societies."  This  is  a  remark 
made  by  a  Mason  to  a  gentlemen  who  has  been 
instrumental  in  opening  the  way  for  me  to 
preach  in  Washburn  Hall.  It  was  accompanied 
with  the  advice  that  my  services  be  dispensed 
with.  This  is  the  subtle  foe  that  is  interposing 
obstacles  to  every  step  we  attempt  to  take.  To 
determine  whether  that  remark  is  true  or  not  is 
the  problem  given  us  to  solve.  I  do  not  think 
even  the  readers  of  the  Cynosure  in  Worceater 
fully  appreciate  the  situation,  but  I  earnestly 
pray  that  God  may  open  their  eyes  to  the  truth 
concerning  this  matter  and  lead  them  to  aid  in 
breaking  the  shackles  of  the  pulpit  in  this  city. 

K.  D.  Bailey. 


— Preferring  our  own  wiii  to  the  will  of  God 
1  is  to  make  gods  of  oureelyes. 


THK  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSUHH. 


December  14,  1882 


CORRESPOMDENCE. 


A  Few  Remarks. 

Editok  CyNosDKE: — For  some  time  past  I 
have  desired  to  give  expression  to  my  yaarnings 
for  the  welfare  of  a  certain  institution  of  learn- 
ing; a  cut  of  which  appeared  in  the  Cynosv/re 
lately;  and  which  I  wish  could  remain;  as  I  do  not 
well  see  how  the'  space  could  be  better  occupied. 

WHEATON  COLLEGE 

is  certainly  unfortunate  in  not  having  an  exten- 
sive reputation;  or  rather  the  Christian  world  is 
a  great  loser  by  its  lack  of  information,  concern- 
ing this  rare  seat  of  learning. 

That  it  hae  a  fair  share  of  patronage'  is  not 
questioned;  but  nothing  seems  more  evident 
than  that  it  deserves  tenfold  the  support  and 
attention  it  receives:  and  theee  it  would  obtain, 
should  [zealous  Christians  throughout  this  land, 
have  an  adequate  knowledge  ot  its  nerits;  of  its 
facilities  for  imparting  knowledge  ot  the  most 
necessary  and  useful  type;  in  short,  of  its  capa- 
city unequalled  anywhere,  for  giving  to  youth 
the  principles  that  are  fundamental  to  the  purest 
and  happiest  society,  as  well  as  for  givins:  them 
simply  an  intellfcctual  training.  On  visiting 
the  College  in  February  last,  the  writter  was 
remarkably  impressed  with  the  high  spirit- 
ual atmosphere  that  prevailed  here,  and  which 
seemed  a  common  factor  of  the  institution. 
And  it  was  then  and  there  determined,  concern- 
ing certain  rumors  unfavorable  to  leaders  in  our 
cause,  that  if  any  one  doubted  that  these  were 
ill-founded,  nay  that  they  were  even  set  afloat 
by  enemies  of  the  'College,  he  could  not  better 
satisfy  himself,  then  to  spend  a  time  in  the  vicin- 
ity, and  witness  how  lemarkably  God  in  his 
kind  providence,  has  prospered  and  blessed  the 
work  there  carried  on.  I  repeat  then,  that  as  a 
means  of  securing  the  attention  of  parents  and 
others,  whereby  Wheaton  College  may  be  more 
widely  known,  I  would  like  to  see  the  aforesaid 
cut  given  regularly,  a  prominent  place,  not  only 
in  the  Cynosure,  but  in  other  papers  interested 
in  our  cause. 

THE  CHIOAGO  PUBLIC  LIBRARY. 

I  was  very  agreeably  impressed  lately  on  seeing 
in  the  supplement  to  the  Library  catalogue,  a 
list  of  our  books  requiring  about  a  column  of 
that  pamphlet  for  the  display.  The  Cynosure 
18  now  also  kept  on  file  ;  so  it  will  be  inexcufa- 
ble  for  the  people  of  this  city  if  they  longer  re- 
main in  darkness.  Without  reflecting  on  the 
Masonic  character  of  the  Board,  or  the  librarian 
himself,  the  Cynosure,  if  it  couid  speak,  might 
have  for  us  all,  an  entertaining  story,  concerning 
its  treatment,  in  that  connection.  For  a  time, 
after  being  received  when  called  for,  it  would, 
after  some  search,  be  produced  from  quarters  of 
a  character  not  the  most  dignified.  When  asked 
why  it  was  not  _  catalogued  and  put  on  file,  the 
reply  was  that  it  was  not  the  only  journal  not 
accorded  a  conspicuous  place. 

AT   WASHINGTON. 

It  will  certainly  be  a  happy  day  when  this  is 
accomplished.  But  our  advisers  iiever  did  bet- 
ter prospecting  than  in  properly  weighing  this 
question.  The  difficulty,  however,  to  have  this 
done,  all  the  more  indicates  its  great  neces.-ity. 
The  brewers  and  distillers  even  have  here  their 
stronghold.  Some  time  since  the  editor  of  the 
Washington  Sentinel,  brazen  and  audacious, 
told  iu  bin  paper  ot  a  flying  trip  of  his  to  Wash- 
ington, to  "tamper"  with  a  committee;  whereby 
he  claimed  vast  good  was  done.  His  remarks 
concluded  with  an  urgent  appeal  as  to  the  abso- 
lute necessity  of  having  constantly  some  one  in 
the  lobby  of   Congress,  to  watch  every  move- 

™6Dt.  J.  C.  SOHOENBEEGEB. 


Lodge  Enticements. 

Toronto,  Can. 
Among  the  fancied  enjoyments  which  men 
are  prone  to  pursue,  thoee  fascinating  gardens  of 
imaginary  blifs — secret  societies^- lay  around 
him  on  all  sides,  ent'cing  and  imposing  without, 
Eounding  from  within  words  ot  joy  and  welcome, 
resplendant  with  signs  and  emblems  of  all  that 
is  great  and  good  ;  but  in  their  interior  awaking 
unpleasant  experiences,  creating  dangers,  beget- 


ting and  nursing  vice,  upholding  selfishness  and 
tredding  on  virtue  and  religion. 

As  surely  as  a  man  is  allured  into  euch,  so 
surely  will  he  repent.  But  he  may  not  crv  for 
help,  or  express  his  repentance  aloud.  Why  ? 
Because  he  has  entrapped  himself  into  a  snare 
from  which  there  -is  no  release  except  through 
the  jaws  of  death,  or  by  dangers  which  he  will 
not  encounter.  He  will  remain  there,  and  en- 
deavor to  make  his  situation  as  happy  as  possible 
rather  than  resort  to  despair  or  the  means  of 
freedom. 

Men,  born  imprudent,  are  seldom  caution?, 
contented  that  they  are  more  wiee  than  those 
who  offer  to  advise  them.  But  the  stings  of 
danger  are  the  wages  of  imprudence,  and  the  im- 
prudent man  always  repents  too  late.  It  will  be 
well,  therefore,  for  men  to  listen  once  in  a  while 
to  reason,  and  to  heed  the  stern  voice  of  expe- 
rience, and  while  trying  to  avoid  dangers  pointed 
out,  above  all  not  to  be  smitten  by  the  outward 
splendors  of  secret  societies. 

They  who  are  of  their  own  will  entrapped 
into  them,  endeavor  to  exonerate  from  all 
blame  those  who  ensnared  them,  arguing  for  this 
purpose  that  a  foreknowledge  of  the  powers  and 
penalties  of  their  superiors  was  extended  to 
them.  If  the  high-titled  officers  of  secret  socie- 
ties do  really  extend  this  foreknowledge  to  their 
innocent  candidates,  they  possess  at  least  the 
heroic  generosity  of  the  rattlesnake;  which,  be- 
fore lodging  its.  poison  in  the  body  of  an  in- 
truder, will  give  a  warning  of  escape. 

He  who,  in  his  innocent  or  selfish  desires,  ex- 
pects to  find  in  secret  societies  abounding  joys, 
will  be  deplorably  deceived.  He  will  find  that, 
like  a  child  pursuing  a  butterfly  for  the  beauty  of 
its  wings,  or  a  boy,  in  his  curiosity  risking  his 
limbs,  climbing  for  a  nest,  he  has  placed  himself 
in  needlefis  danger;  with  but  little  to  toil  after, 
and  only  a  colored  bubble  when  he  has  obtained 
it.  E.  J.  Butler. 


The  Question  of  Separation. 

Olathe,  Kans. 

Editor  Ctnosuee: — Is  it  not  the  duty  of  every 
one,  who  is  a  member  of  a  church  that  tolerates 
secret  societies,  and  who  are  <5ati6fied  by  thorough 
investigat'on  that  such  eocietits  are  a  detriment 
to  the  welfare  of  Zion,  to  withdraw  from  such 
church  and  use  their  influence  toward  establish- 
ing a  Chrietian  society   whose  God  is  the  Lord? 

Can  any  one  who  loves  the  Saviour,  please 
God  and  grow  in  grace,  and  yet  worship  Jah- 
Bei-On  in  the  secret  chambers?  If  not  does  he 
stay  in  the  hearts  of  his  followers  when  they 
entered  the  Sanctum  Sanctorum  of  Masonry? 
If  not,  are  not  such  men  lost  to  all  eternity  ex- 
cept they  repent?  If  that  be  the  case,  is  it  not 
the  duty  of  all  true  followers  of  Christ  to  separ- 
themselves  that  they  be  not  "partakers  of  their 
sins?"  Can  one  live  in  a  church  with  Baal 
worshipers  without  partaking  of  their  sins  to 
some  extent?  Who  troubled  Israel,  Elijah  or 
Ahab?  and  yet  Ahab  was  an  Israelite.  Will 
some  one  answer   these  queries,     and    oblige 

A  Separatist. 


Our  Mail. 

Wm.  Kaight,  Hulberton,  N.  Y. : 

"I  will  try  aad  do  something  for  the  advancement  of 
the  reform.  The  battle  ia  the  Lord's;  let  us  be  workers 
together  with  him." 

He  pledges  one  new  subscriber  and  as  many  more  as  he 
can. 

Jesse  Hunter,  Beman,  Kansas: 

"A  discussion  of  the  question  of  Masonry  is  inevitable. 
*  *  *  I  have  recently  found  a  mau  in  Alma, 
Waubonsee  county,  Kansas,  Judge  Hall,  an  old  gentleman 
and  an  Anli-mason,  who  was  at  Bitavia  at  the  time  Mor- 
gan was  murdered  and  saw  the  straw  nest  Morgan  lay 
upon  in  the  tort.  *  *  *  He  is  not  afraid  to 
talk  out  anywhere." 

One  from  Oskaloosa,  Kansas,  sends  for  Knights  of 
Pythias  Illustrated.  'I  am  besieged,'  he  writes,  "to  join 
the  order,  but  have  thus  far  refused,  as  I  do  not  like  secret 
orders.    I  used  to  be  a  reader  of  the  Cynosure.' 

J.  N.  Norris,  Birmingham,  Iowa: 

"Denominationalism  like  a  huge  rock  stands  direct'y 
across  the  path  of  moral  reform." 

E.  Irish,  Delavan,  Wisconsin,  and  other  octogenarians 
cheer  us  with  earnest  words  whicli  almost  seem  to  come 
from  the  portals  of  eternity. 


Thos.  Relyea,Watertown,  N.  Y.: 

"I  have  left  ofl  voting  in  this  State  and  county  lor  State 
and  county  officers,  but  if  there  c^n  be  an  American  ticket 
put  in  nomination  here  while  I  live,  I  will  support  it  if 
it  is  free  from  all  secret  societies.  Freemasonry  and  Odd- 
fellowism  run  very  high  in  t]^  city." 

F.  A.  Evans,  Concord,  N.  H. : 

"Have  studied  some  of  your  works  with  a  good  deal  of 
interest  and  -wonder  how  you  made  them  so  correct." 

R.  W.Laughlin,  Troy,  111.: 

"You  may  score  me  another  Methodist  preacher  who 
intends  to  fight  it.    If  I  stir  the  hornets  just  "let  'em  buz," 
I  am  astonished  that  I  have  lived  to  be  51  years  old  and 
knew  so  little  of  the  inwardness  ot  the  thing."    , 
..^^^ -.iat- 

The  Twenty-fifth  of  December. 

The  holiday  season  naturally  suggests  to  the 
minds  of  men  two  questions — one  respecting  the 
wisdom  of  such  days  in  general ;  the  other  re- 
specting the  particular  arguments  for  and  against 
the  observance  of  each  particular  day.  In  the 
first  case,  we  inquire  whether  it  is  well  to  have 
days  on  which  the  people  of  a  nation,  released 
from  labors,  shall  spend  their  time  in  social  en- 
joyments;  and  in  the  second,  whether  Thanks- 
giving, New  Tear's,  or  the  twenty-fifth  of  De- 
cember, are  such  days  as  may  be  profitably  kept 
in  this  manner.  These  questions  are  as  can  at 
onee  be  seen,  quite  distinct.  It  ia  within  the 
memory  of  those  who  are  yet  young  that  the  day 
of  Thanksgiving  was  a  I^q-w  England  iuFtitutlon, 
while  the  twenty- fifth  of  December  was  cele- 
brated in  the  South,  and  by  Catholics  and  Epis- 
copalians in  the  North.  We  have  seen  a  com- 
plete change  in  this  regard — the  Pilgrim  day 
traveling  southward,  and  the  Catholic  day  trav- 
eling northward,  until  each  has  spanned  the 
States.  This  is  mentioned  simply  to  call  atten- 
tion to  the  fact,  that  in  very  recent  times  holi- 
days have  changed  and  interchanged,  and  hence, 
that  we  may  consistently  believe  in  the  observ- 
ance of  days  of  national  recreation,  and  at  the 
same  time  for  satisfactory  reasons  avoid  and 
condemn  the  observance  of  a  particular  day. 

In  relation  to  the  first  question  suggeeted,  we 
must  content  ourselves  with  a  few  words.  It 
might  seem  that  men  in  this  workaday  world' 
are  so  constantly  exhausted  by  the  toils  and 
cares  of  lite,  that  holidays  should  be  a  great  bles- 
sing to  wearied  bodies  and  burdened  minds ; 
that  a  general  release  from  toil  would  result  in 
happiness  and  increased  powers  of  production. 
A  carefiil  inspection  of  the  national  life  of  the 
world  will  perhaps  shake  this  a  priori  judg- 
ment. We  find  that  those  psople  who  have 
most  holidays  have  less  property,  less  intelli- 
gence, less  virtue,  and  less  liberty,  than  those 
who  have  fewer  occasions  of  this  sort.  Com- 
pare Italy  with  England,  and  the  United  States 
with  Spain.  Compare,  also,  any  country  at  dif- 
ferent times,  and  the  number  of  its  holidays  will, 
I  think,  be  found  to  increase  with  the  poverty 
and  degradation  of  the  people.  Thus  in  the  de- 
partment of  Lyons,  France,  in  the  sixteenth 
century,  the  number  of  compulsory  annual  festi- 
vals was  near  forty,  while  in  France,  in  1802, 
the  number  was  reduced  to  four.  It  would  be 
inside  the  truth  to  gay  that  the  people  of  France 
were  ten  times  more  prosperous  in  1800  than  in 
1600. 

It  will  probably  be  said  that  Jehovah  in  set- 
ting up  the  Jewish  polity,  established  three  great 
national  feasts.  It  ia  true ;  and  if  national  holi- 
days could  be  conducted  as  those  festivals  were, 
perhaps  they  might  still  be  advnatageous, 
though  this  cannot  be  admitted  without  argu- 
ment. The  camp  meeting  of  co-day  is  not  the 
power  for  good  that  it  was  in  the  days  when 
newspapers  were  unknown  and  hymn:<  were 
"  lined  out,"  not  only  because  there  were  few 
books,  but  because  there  were  many  who  could 
not  read.  At  the  present  time,  however,  na- 
tional feast  days  are  of  two  sorts — mere  play- 
days  and  celebrations  of  idolatrous  rites  and 
ceremonies.  The  latter  are  always  wrong,  and 
deadly  in  their  influence;  the  former  are,  at  best, 
ot  doubtful  benefit.  Tne  gieat  danger  of  the 
world  is  not  that  men  will  have  too  much  relig- 
ion or  too  much  industry.  Idleness,  infidelity, 
extravagance,  these  are  the  dangers  of  the  pres- 
ent age.  Of  course,  1  speak  now  of  men;  chil- 
dren are  to  play  during  the  most  of  childhood  ;  . 
men  should  put  away  childish  things. 
In  passing  to  the  second  question  suggested 


December  14, 188J» 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSUHIS 


above,  it  may  ba  remarked  that,  admitting  the 
utility  of  holidays  in  general,  Protestant  Chris- 
tians should  not  celebrate  those  with  bad  names, 
if  they  can  get  enough  that  have  good  ones. 
The  word  "  mass  "  has  for  all  those  who  are  ac- 
quainted with  the  history  of  paet  ages  a  deep 
and  terrible  meaning,  dark  and  bloody  associa- 
tion. It  recalls  the  instruments  and  agents 
which  were  used  during  hundreds  of  years  to 
coerce  the  consciences  and  subvert  the  liberties 
of  humanity.  Why  should  we  choose  ior  a  day 
of  joyous,  social  intercourse,  a  title  that  is  en- 
crusted with  the  blood  of  myriads  of  martyrs  ? 
If  tho  needs  of  men  require  the  observance  of 
the  twenty-fifth  of  December  as  a  day  ot  rest 
and  sport,  let  it  be  observed ;  bat  the  heathen 
name  for  the  winter  solstitial  festival  would 
certainly  be  less  objectionable  to  Protestant  ears 
than  the  word  "  maes,"  which  has  associated  with 
it  the  creaking  of  racks,  the  groans  of  inno- 
cent men  and  women,  and  the  flames  of  the  auto- 
dafe. 

Then,  again,  take  the  first  part  of  the  name, 
Christ,  the  anointed.  This  is  one  of  the  peculiar 
names  of  God.  As  such,  it  comes  within  the 
scope  ot  the  command:  ''Thou  shalt  not  take  the 
name  of  the  Lord  thy  God  in  vain.'*  Taking 
God's  name  in  vain  is  using  it  in  a  light,  trifling, 
irreverent  manner.  Take  now  the  expression  : 
"  I  wish  you  a  merry  Christmas  ;  "  analyze  it, 
and  what  do  you  find?  It  is  the  statement  of  a 
desire  that  the  person  addressed  may  have  a 
merry  Christ's  mass.  That  is,  the  festival  is  a 
mass  of  communion,  which  is  specially  celebra- 
ted in  memory  of  the  birth  of  the  Saviour.  In 
Catholic  churches  they  have  one  mass  at  mid- 
night, another  at  dawn,  and  a  third  along  in  the 
morning.  It  is  emphatically  a  mass  day  in 
honor  of  the  Saviour's  birth.  But  how  many  of 
the  millions  who  utter  that  wish  have  any 
thought  of  Christ  at  all?  The  multitude  mean  : 
I  hope  you  may  spend  this  day  of  feasting  and 
sport  pleasantly.  That  is,  they  use  the  name  of 
the  Saviour  to  de?igaate  a  play-day,  and  think  it 
no  profanity,  because  they  have  entirely  forgot- 
ten the  God  whose  name  they  are  using.  On 
precisely  the  same  principle  the  man  who  curses 
in  the  name  of  Jesus,  is  innocent  as  soon  as  he 
has  sworn  so  often  as  to  forget  the  being  whose 
holy  name  he  employs. 

If,  on  the  other  hand,  it  be  afiirmed  that  the 
day  is-  to  be  observed  in  a  sacred  and  reverent 
manner,  the  question  at  once  arises  :  "  Who. 
hath  required  this  at  your  hands  ?  "  In  what 
part  of  the  Scriptures  are  men  required  to  ob- 
serve the  birthday  of  the  Saviour?  If  in  no 
part  1  hereof,  then  this  day  is  simply  part  and 
parcel  of  that  system  of  man-invented  worship, 
which  has  for  as  many  centuries  offended  G.od 
and  degraded  men.  The  Puritans  unanimously 
rejected  this,  and  a'l  similar  days.  Mather 
{Ratio  Disciplinae)  calls  it:  One  of  the  earliest 
apostacies  and  fcuporstitions  of  the  Christian 
Church."  The  Westminster  divines  declare 
that  "  there  is  no  day  commanded  in  Scripture 
to  be  kept  holv  under  the  gospel  but  the  Lord's 
day.  *  *  *  Festival  days,  commonly  called 
holy  days,  having  no  warrant  in  the  word  of 
God,  are  not  to  be  continued  ;  nevertheless  it  is 
lawful  and  necessary,  upon  special  emergent  oc- 
casions, to  separate  a  day  or  days  for  public  fast- 
ing or  thanksgiving,  as  the  several  eminent  and 
extraordinary  dispensations  ot  God's  providence 
Bhall  administer  cause  and  opportunity  to  his 
people."  This  is  the  language  of  reason  and 
revelation.  All  that  God  has  commanded  is  to 
be  done.  l!^othing  that  he  has  not  commanded 
is  to  be  done.  In  religion  all  things  are  to  be 
arranged  by  divine  command.  If,  then,  the  or- 
dinary name  of  this  winter  festival  is  used  to 
designate  a  day  of  sport,  it  is  a  profanity;  if  a 
day  for  worship,  it  is  evil  worship,  strange  fire, 
a  part  of  an  idolatrous  syetem;  in  either  case 
Christians  should-stand  aeide  from  its  observance. 
These  considerations  seem  decisive,  but  their 
force  is  greatly  increased  by  the  fact  that  nature 
aid  custom  have  united  in  designating  the  New 
Year's  day,  only  one  week  later,  as  a  festival 
time,  which  is  found,  on  examination,  to  be  free 
from  the  weighty  objections  .which  lie  against 
the  twenty-fifth  of  December,  while  those  who 
love  children   can  have  on  that  day  the  fairest 


field  that  could  be  desired  for  the  excercise  of 
their  benevolent  impulses. 

In  conclusion  it  may  be  remarked  that  there 
is  no  festival  day  at  present  observed  in  this 
counti-y  which  seems  to  be  the  occasion  of  such 
a  vast  amount  of  falsehood.  All  scholars,  so  far 
as  I  know,  are  agreed  :  1.  That  this  festival 
was  invented  more  than  one  hundred  years  after 
Christ  was  dead.  2.  That  it  was  originally  held 
in  the  spring-time — May  or  June.  3.  That 
some  four  or  five  hundred  years  after  Christ  was 
born,  a  pope  undertook  to  settle  the  day,  and 
had  it  fixed  at  the  present  time  of  the  year.  4 
That  the  Eastern  church  now  obser'^es  the  sixth 
of  January,  instead  of  tho  twenty-fifth  of  De- 
cember. 5.  That  no  one  can  tell  exactly  when 
Christ  was  born.  6.  But  that  everybody  knows 
that  he  was  not  born  on  the  day  celebrated. 
Now  in  the  face  and  eyes  of  a  set  of  facts  like 
these  we  find  poets,  parents,  and  artists  combined 
to  make  childhood  believe  that  Jesus  was  born 
at  precisely  that  time  in  the  twelve  months, 
when  we  know  that  he  was  not  burn  then,  and 
churches  of  God  celebrating  a  faleshood,  as  in- 
quisitors burned  heretics,  "  ad  majorem  gloriam 
BeiP 

Is  it  not  time  for  us  to  pause  in  this  career, 
and  if  determined  to  have  a  jovial  and  pleasant 
time  at  or  about  the  winter  soletice,  to  choose 
some  day  not  associated  with  those  corruptions 
of  the  church  that  gave  the  world  its  dark  ages, 
and  to  name  the  day  not  by  the  awful  and  rev- 
erend name  ot  God,  especially  when  the  name  is 
a  suggestion  ot  what  e^ery  intelligent  person 
knows  to  be  ui!true? — Wheaton  College  Record 

Of  "Liberty  of  Wonaen  in  Unchristian 
Lands,"  W.  F.  Crafts,  writting  in  the  New-Eng- 
lander,  says,  "Confucius  taught  in  'The  Great 
Learning  of  Women,'  and  Buddha  afterward 
adopted  the  maxim,  'A  bride  must  serve  her 
father-in-law  and  her  mother-in  law.'  When  a 
bridegroom  goes  forth  from  his  father's  home  to 
bring  back  his  bride,  the  monher,  as  a  regular 
part  of  the  wedding-ceremony,  asks,  'Where  are 
you  going,  ml  son?'.  He  answers,  'I  am  going 
to  bring  you  a  female  servant.'  In  Asia  it 
would  hardly  have  been  necessary  to  correct 
the  mistake  of  a  child  who,  being  examined  by 
the  priest  in  the  catechism,  gave  the  definition 
of  Purgatory  when  asked  to  explain  the  sacra- 
ment of  matrimony.  In  Ada  a  woman  is  made 
to  feel  that  marriage  is  a  state  of  torment  into 
which  souls  enter  to  prepare  them  for  another 
and  a  petter  world.  'They  submissively  endure 
a  hell  on  earth  as  the  price  of  heaven.'  The 
Hindu  law  giver.  Menu,  in  his  'Institutes,'  says 
to  woman  in  regard  to  her  husband,  'Though 
inobservant  of  approved  usages,  or  enamored  of 
another  woman,  or  destitute  of  good  qualities, 
yet  a  husband  must  constantly  be  reverenced  as 
a  god  by  a  virtuous  wife.'  " 

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1  Historical  Sketch  of  the  N.C. A.,  by  Pres.  .J.  Blanchard 4 

2  Voice  of  the  Empire  State  In  Condemnation' of  Masonry 4 

3  Address  to  American  Pastors  on  the  Secret  Lodge 4 

4  Freemasonry  in  the  Family,  by  J.  P.  Stoddard 4 

5  Prcs.  Finney  on  the  Duty  of  Christians  toward  the  Lodge 2 

6  Warning  against  Masonry  (For  Colored  People),  Illustrated 2 

7  To  the  Boys  who  Hope  to  be  Men,  Illustrated   2 

8  Freemasonry  Modern  Heathenism 4 

9  Ministers  at  Rival  Altars 4 

10  A  Pastor's  Confession 4 

11  Knight  Templar  Masonry 4 

12  Alexander  Campbell's  Estimate  of  the  Lodges 4 

13  "The  Secret  Empire,"  by  J.  P.  Stoddard 4 

14  True  and  False  Templarism 4 

15  Secrecy  and  Sin,  from  the  "Christian"  47  Cornhill,  Boston 4 

16  Selling  Dead  Horses,  by  "Bostonlan" 4 

17  History  of  Masonry,  by  Pres.  J.  Blanchard 4 

18  Despotic  Character  of  Freemasonry 4 

19  Freemasonry  a  Chrl^t-excludlng Religion 5 

20  Masonic  Murder,  by  Elder  T.  R.  Balrd 2 

21  Grand,  Great  Grand,  by  Phllo  Carpenter 2 

22  Masonic  Oaths  and  Penalties  sworntoby  thcGrandLodgeof  R.I..  4 

23  Letters  of  J.  Q.  Adams  and  J.  Madison  on  Freemasonry   4 

24  Satan's  Cable  Tow 4 

25  Character  and  symbols  of  Freemasonry.  Illustrated 2 

26  Address  of  the  Niagara  Association  on  the  Murder  of  Morgan...  4 

27  .Judge  Whitney  and  Masonry — Masonry  Defends  a  Murderer 8 

28  Nathaniel  Colver  and  Howard  Crosby  on  Secret  Societies 2 

29  Grand  Lodge  Masonry,  by  Pres.  J.  IJlanchard 16 

30  Masonic  Oaths  Null  and  Void,  by  Rev.  I.  A.  Hart 4 

31  Hon.  Seth  M.  Gates  on  Freemasonry 4 

32  Origin,  Obligation  and  Expenses  of  the  Grange 4 

33  Hon.  Wm   H.  Seward  on  Secret  Societies 2 

34  What  Great  Men  Say  about  Freemasonry 2 

35  Objsctlons  to  Masonry,  by  a  Seceding  Mason 4 

36  Masonic  Chastity,  by  Emma  A.  Wallace 4 

37  Reasouc  "^"vy  a  Christian  should  not  be  a  Freemason  (German)  ..  4 

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December  14,  1888 


The  Christian  Cynosure. 

CHICAGO,  THURSDAY,  DECEMBBR  14, 1882. 


The  Boots  of  Truth  put  on  at  Last. 

The  old  adage  that  *'  a  lie  will  run  from 
Maine  to  Georgia,  while  Truth  is  putting  on  his 
boots,"  is  signally  verified  in  the  ease  of  Thurlow 
Weed.  When  a  third  coroner's  jury,  with 
a  reprobate  Mason,  Dr.  Lewis,  in  woman's 
clothes,  for  a  witness,  as  Mrs.  Munroe, 
had  found  Mojgan  three  or  foar  inches 
taller  than  he  was  by  measure ;  and  with  black 
hair  cut  sh'^rt,  instead  of  the  long,  silky,  auburn 
hair,  which  was  Morgan's ;  and  on  such  testi- 
mony had  decided  that  Morgan  was  not  Morgan 
but  Mu'^roe,  a  billiard  player,  cue  in  hand, 
said,  "Well,  Weed,  what  will' you  do  for  Mor- 
gan now?"  Weed  replied,  nobly  and  forcibly, 
"  That  dead  vnan  is  good  enough  Morgan  till 
you  hring  hack  the  one  you  ha/oe  taJcen  off.''^ 

An  editor  started  the  lie  that  he  said,  "  Good 
enough  Morgan  till  after  election" — thus  making 
Mr.  Weed  a  conscious  and  confessed  demagogue 
and  deceiver,  who  would  use  a  dead  man  for  a 
lie  to  carry  an  election  1 

Mr.  Weed,  in  Europe  and  America,  suflered 
under  that  vile  falsehood  half  a  century ;  but 
now  Truth  has  got  his  boots  on  and  overtaken  it. 
This  is  a  comfort  to  others,  who  are  suffering 
under  malignant  falsehoods. 


The  American  Platform.— Art.  VII. 

"That  to  cultivate  the  intellect  without  improving  the 
morals  of  men  is  to  make  mere  adepts  and  experts;  there- 
fore the  Bible  should  be  associated  with  books  of  science 
and  literature  in  all  our  educational  institutions." 

Washington,  Jefferson,  Madison,  Franklin, 
and  all  political  writers  of  their  time,  insist  over 
and  again  that  a  republic  cannot  stand  unless 
bottomed  on  religious  conviction  in  the  minds 
of  the  people.  This  idea  was  not  original  with 
them.  The  world  knew  it  by  heart.  There  is 
no  one  nation  on  earth  without  religion  and 
gods  of  some  sort.  All  the  old  law-givers 
founded  their  codes  on  religious  conviction. 
Numa,  as  did  Mohammed  and  Loyola  afterward, 
pretended  to  get  his  system  of  law  and  life  in  a 
cave  at  night,  and  by  divine  inspiration,  Solon 
and  Lycurgus  went  into  exile,  and  their  friends 

fave  out  that  they  were  among  the  gods;  and 
impedocles  juraped  into  the  crater  of  a  volcano 
to  make  the  people  believe  the  gods  had  taken 
him,  and  so  give  a  superstitious  authority  to  his 
moral  writings.  But  neither  our  American 
fathers  nor  the  ancients  are  necessary  to  prove 
that  a  government  without  a  divine  sanction  is  a 
bottomless  pit  of  anarchy,  where  there  is  no  re- 
etraint  but  what  one  wicked  passion  imposes  on 
another:  and  an  education  without  a  standard  of 
law  or  morals  is  an  absurdity,  worse  than  a  gov- 
ernment without  sanction. 

Infidels  and  priests  combined  to  exclude  the 
Bible,  and  even  religious  singing,  from  the 
schools  of  Cincinnati.  The  infidels  thus  showed 
that  they  had  no  objection  to  priest-oraft;  and 
the  prieots  showed  they  love  infidelity  while  it 
will  sustain  them.  Several  cities  where  the 
lodge  controls  the  vote,  have  already  followed 
the  example  set  by  Cincinnati;  and,  as  there,  the 
forces  excluding  the  Bible  are  infidelity  and  su- 
perstition combined;  though  every  one  knows 
that  priestism  the  world  over  is  despotism,  and 
infidelity  is  anarchy:  and  every  one  also  knows 
that  in  excluding  the  Bible,  as  they  would  not 
dare  to  treat  Shakespeare  or  Milton,  they  have 
thrown  out  forty  centuries  of  authentic  history, 
the  sublimest  poetry,  the  best-  Saxon  English, 
and  the  only  foundation  of  morals,  to  say  noth- 
iiig  of  the  salvation  by  Christ,  "the  only  name 
given  under  heaven  whereby  we  must  be  saved." 
The  fear  profeesed  by  these  Bible  excluders, 
of  "church  and  State,"  of  hanging  witches,  and 
of  enforcing  conscience,  is  utterly  insincere. 
Chrigt  is  what  they  hate,  not  religious  supersti- 
tion, even  though  allied  to  despotism.  Ingereoll 
admires  and  praises  the  gods  of  Asiatic  pagan- 
ism, though  he  very  well  Knows  that  the  tyran- 
ny of  priests,  and  the  political  degradation  of  the 
Asiatic  masses,  is  their  religion^  taught  by  those 
yer^  hero-godg  whom  he  admires.    And  those 


very  Furitans  who  are  the  butt  of  his  ridicule, 
are  declared,  in  express  terms,  by  Hume,  Brou- 
gham, and  Macauley,  to  be  the  authors  and 
source  of  all  the  popular  rights  and  liberties 
which  the  British  Constitution  contained ;  and 
our  popular  liberties  are  the  children   of  theirs. 

Education  without  religion,  intellect  without 
conscience  make  men  devils;  at  once  very  know- 
ing and  very  base.  This  plain,  obvious  fact,  the 
seventh  article  of  our  American  Platform  prop- 
erly assumes ;  and  it  assumes  also,  that  it  is  an 
Amencan  fact.  J  eflereon  (his  writings  abund- 
antly show)  was  a  religious  man.  His  weeping 
over  his  Bible  when  a  beloved  child  was  dead  ; 
the  books  which  he  published  in  the  name  and 
doctrines  of  Christ;  and  his  celebrated  declara- 
tion that  "  The  Almighty  has  no  attrihute^^ 
which  could  take  part  with  despots  against  slaves 
fighting  for  their  freedom,— these,  and  multi- 
tudes like  these  statements,  show  tlmt  Jefferson 
was  a  religious  man ;  and  his  four  distinct  refer- 
ences to  the  God  of  the  Bible  in  the  great  Dec- 
laration, which  is  the  basis  of  our  American 
Constitution,  prove  abundantly  that  the  Bible, 
as  a  standard  of  law  and  morals,  is  an  American 
institution,  and  a  proper  part  of  a  political  plat- 
form. 

Platforms  are  the  living  politics,  as  laws  cited 
in  courts  are  the  living  laws.  Left  out  of 
either,  God  and  the  Bible  becomes  obsolete. 
The  platforms  of  existing  parties  strike  law  and 
morals  with  a  paralysis.  Every  Presidential 
election  debilitates  the  goodness  of  the  nation, 
every  four  years.  The  American  platform  pro- 
poses to  bring  back  American  polities  to  the 
tombs  and  memories  and  political  doctrines  of 
the  fathers;  to  take  back  the  dimmed  gold  of 
American  institutions  to  the  furnace  that  forged 
out  our  liberties,  not  for  senseless  superstitious 
worship,  but  to  have  them  renewed  and  re- 
stamped  in  the  national  mint;  bearing,  as  they 
did  at  the  first,  on  one  side  the  '■'■  things  of 
Caesar,^'  and,  on  the  other,  "  the  things  of 
God!'' 


As  AjvfOTHER  TIDE-MARK  for  the  wavc  of  popu- 
ular  interest  in  the  discussion  of  the  past  evil 
history  of  the  Masonic  lodge,  and  its  present 
capacity  to  reproduce  the  same  transactions,  we 
note  that  the  daily  Union  and  Advertiser  of 
Rochester,  N.  Y.  published  on  the  2nd  inst.  the 
long  report  on  the  abduction  and  murder  of 
William  Morgan  and  the  attempts  of  the  lodge 
to  obstruct  the  course  of  justice  in  the  courts, 
which  was  presented  to  the  iMational  Anti- 
masonic  convention  held  in  Philadelphia,  Sep- 
tember 11,  1830,  by  a  committee  of  which 
the  chairman  was  Frederic  Whittlesey  of  New 
York,  one  of  the  Anti-masonic  leaders.  The 
other  members  of  the  committee  were  Bates 
Cooke  of  New  York,  William  W.  Irwin  of 
Pennsylvania,  Ellison  Cong-rr  of  New  Jersey  and 
Alvah  Labin  of  Vermont.  This  report  is  clear 
and  exhaustive  and  would  probably  cover  seven 
or  eight  pages  of  the  Cynosure.  The  Chicago 
Times  and  Cincinnati  Commercial  reprint  a 
considerable  portion  of  the  report  with  an  ab- 
stract of  the  whole. 


— Secretary  Stoddard  started  again  for  Wash- 
ington on  Monday  afternoon.  He  hopes  to  re- 
turn in  time  to  attend  the  Kansas  State  meeting 
at  Emporia  on  the  19th  inst. 

— The  editor  of  the  Cynosure  expects  to  at- 
tend the  Kansas  Convention  and  will  stop  at 
Galva  on  the  way  thiiher,  where  he  is  expected 
to  preach  in  the  Congregational  church  on  Sab- 
bath next. 

— We  learn  with  regret  of  the  death  of  Mr. 
Abel  Carpenter,  brother  of  Deacon  Philo  Car- 
penter. He  died  in  his  house  in  Aurora  on  Fri- 
day last,  and  was  buried  at  Warrenville,  near 
Wheaton.  Mr.  Carpenter  was  a  prominent 
member  of  the  Baptist  church  in  Warrenville 
for  many  years  ;  he  was  elostly  identified  also 
with  our  reform  work  as  a  corporate  member  of 
the  National  Association,  but  failing  health  has 
for  several  years  prevented  his  attending  the 
annual  meetings.  His  death  is  the  occasion  of 
deep  Eorrow  to  a  large  circle  of  friends  and  rela- 
tives. 


—The  New  York  World,  of  Nov.  26th,  says 
that  "  Mecca  Temple  of  the  Nobles  of  the  Mystic 
Shrine"  will  commemorate  the  martyrdom  of 
Hussein  and  Hassan  on  a  certain  day  in  the 
Masonic  Temple.  From  which  it  must  be  un- 
derstood that  this  formidable  order  is  a  revival, 
in  some  respect,  of  the  "  assassins"  of  Western 
Asia  and  Persia,  who  flourished  in  the  eleventh 
century,  and  of  which  the  two  characters  men- 
tioned were  founders.  The  characteristic  doc- 
trines of  this  dreaded  and  formidable  secret  or- 
der were  that  all  positive  religions  were  equally 
right  and  all  actions  morally  indifferent — a  creed 
that  reads  very  like  the  Masonic. 


Weed  and  Morgan. 

The  Topic  of  the  Time. 


[New  York  Weekly  WitnesB,  Dec.  7.] 

The  papers  edited  by  Masons,  which  are  prob- 
ably pretty  numerous,  affect  great  hilarity  over 
the  testimony  concerning  the  murder  of  Mor- 
gan, which  the  late  Mr.  Thurlow  Weed  authen- 
ticated on  oath,  as  one  of  the  last  duties  of  his 
life.  We  say  affect,  tor  that  the  contempt  and 
derision  excited  in  these  journals  by  the  terrible 
revelations  made  in  that  afiidavit  are  simulated, 
is  rendered  much  more  than  probable  by  the 
well-known  circumstances  of  the  case.  There  was 
unquestionably  such  a  man  as  Morgan,  who  had 
been  a  Mason,  and  who  wrote  a  book  revealing 
the  secrets  which  Masons  guard  to  the  uttermost. 
He  was  threatened  with  death,  which  is  said  to 
be  the  Masonic  punishment  for  revealing  its  se- 
crets, and  he  was  abducted  by  a  party  of  Masons. 
After  that  he  was  never  more  seen  alive  or  dead, 
and  we  suppose  no  sensible  or  fair-minded  man 
has  ever  doubted  that  Morgan  was  ioully  mur- 
dered by  zealous  Masons  for  his  crime  against 
Masonry.  The  tale  left  on  record  by  Mr.  Weed, 
as  having  been  communicated  to  him  in  confi- 
dence by  one  of  the  murderers,  who  was  doubt- 
less conscience-stricken,  fits  as  exactly  into  the 
circumstances  as  a  key  to  a  lock,  and  the  con- 
tempt expressed  by  the  World  and  other  papers 
for  the  affidavit  is  on  a  par  with  that  expressed 
by  Dorsey  for  the  public  prosecutor. 

[Dally  Inter  Ocean,  Dec.  6] 

7H0RLOW    weed's    STATEMENTS    OORROBOBATED   BT 

OOLONBL  0.  G.  HAMMOWD. 

The  statement  of   Thurlow  Weed  regarding' 
the  disappearance  ot  William  Morgan  who  tried 
to  expose  the  secrets  of  the  order  of  Freemason- 
ry oyer  fifty  years  ago,  has  awakened  fresh  in^ 
terest  in  that  mystery,  and   called  out    denials 
from  prominent  Masons.     Yesterday  a  reporter 
of  the  Inter  Ocean  met  Col.  C.  G.  Hammond, 
of  this  City,  who,  at  the  time  of  the  abduction  oil 
Morgan,  lived^  at  Canandaigua,  N.  Y.,   and  i^ 
thoroughly  conversant  with   all   that    then  oa 
curred  there.     Colonel   Hammond  said   he  had 
read  the  statement  of  Mr.  Weed  and  knew  it  t<x 
be  absolutely  true.     It  agreed  in   almost  every) 
particular  with  the  facts  as  he  knew  them,  and 
in  what  he  did  not  have  positive  personal  knowl- 
edge, the  death  of  Morgan,  the  statement  agreed 
with  what  was  generally  believed,  and  actually) 
known  to  be  true  in  the  neighborhood  of  Can- 
andaigua. He  was  a  young  man  at  the  time,  and 
it  was  his  first  participation  in  politics  to  attend! 
the  Anti-masonic  Convention  held  at  Kochester  I 
shortly  after  the  occurrence.     He  cast  his  tirstjl 
vote  for  that  ticket.     His  friends  were  nearlJ; 
all  Masons,  and  he  had  no  prejudices  against  thei 
order  until  that  time.     He  thought  that  was  go-; 
ing  too  far,  and  the  gave  his  influence  to  the 
Ani-masonic  party,  following  Seward  and  Weed.i 
He  related  a  number  of  incidents  of  the  abduc- 
tion, all  of  which  corroborate  the  statement  ai 
Mr.  Weed.     He  was  personally  acquainted  witt 
nearly  all  the  men  taking  part  in  the  affair,  and' 
M.&8  present  at   the  time  they  were  tried.     HA 
most  sincerely  believes  that  Morgan  was  drowne© 
in  the  Niagara  Kiver,  and  that  tha  body  fouBrti 
months  later  was  that  of  the  traitor  to  Masonr^jj 
It  was  known  positively  that  six  men  went  out 
in  the   boat,  and   but  five  returned.     Colonoi  I 
Hammond  said  he  believed    the  Auti-ma6oni»i| 
movement  brought  out   Seward  and   gave  hin 
the  opportunity  to  develop  into  a  great    man 
He  jumped  into  the  movement  at  the  right  time 


December  14,  1883 


THE  CHHISTIAN  CYNOSUHK 


9 


and  rode  on  the  crest-wave  to  greatness.  Wheth- 
er his  connection  with  the  movement  had  any- 
thing to  do  with  tha  defeat  of  Mr.  Seward's  as- 
pirations to  the  Presidency  he  did  not  know, 
but  he  never  heard  Masons  bring  up  the  charge 
against  him.  They  were  too  willing  to  hush  up 
the  matter  and  not  give  any  cause  for  a  revival 
of  the  old  story  of  the  Morgan  affair. 

Colonel  Hammond  left  Canandaigua  in  1834, 
and  came  West,  but  while  he  still  resided  there 
he  knew  there  were  many  Masons  who  believed 
as  he  did  concerning  the  end  of  Moi^gan. 

The  New  York  World  of  the  29th  ult.  in  an 
editorial  endeavors  with  some  ingenuity  to  break 
the  crushing  force  of  Mr.  Weed's  letter  upon 
the  lodge.  The  account  of  the  two  inquests  is 
garbled  to  please  Masonic  ears,  and  the  article 
closes  with  an  outright   lie,  thus: 

"There  is  absolutely  nothing  in  the  story  as 
told  by  Mr.  Weed  to  connect  the  Masonic  or- 
der in  any  way  whatever  with  the  fate  of  Will- 
iam Morgan,  It  is  a  pity  that  the  Sun  should 
have  been  deluded  into  making  itselt  a  vehicle 
to  bring  before  the  country  this  dismal  twad  lie, 
the  only  conceivable  effect  of  which,  were  it 
well  fouaded,  would  be  to  breed  animosity  and 
injustice  towards  a  great  and  most  respectable 
organization." 

In  striking  and  noble  contrast  with  this  state- 
ment the  New  York  Times  of  the  same  day 
says  in  concluding  a  note  on  the  controversy: 

"But  there  is  no  shadow  of  doubt  that,  what- 
ever became  ot  Monroe,  Morgan  was  drowned." 
The  Cincinnati  Cominercial  (Murat  Hal- 
stead's  paper)  ou  the  30th  ult.  published  the  de- 
nial of  Mr.  Weed's  account  by  Carson,  a  Mason- 
ic fossil  who  runs  an  insurance  affair  for  the 
presumed  benefit  of  the  lodge.  But  there  was 
so  loud  a  demand  for  Mr.  Weed's  statement  that 
the  CoimneTcial  was  compelled  to  print  it  entire 
December  Ist  to  meet  the  call,  copying  it  from 
Weed's  old  paper,  the  Albany  Evening  Journal. 
So  that  Garfon's  vilification  resulted  excellently 
after  all.  The  Commercial  evidently  found  its 
Anti-uiasonic  readers  wide  awake  and  in  the 
majority,  for  on  December  4th  it  publi.«hed 
nearly  three  columns  of  solid  tine  type,  repro- 
ducing most  of  ex-Chancellor  Whittlesey's  great 
report  to  the  National  Convention  at  Philadel- 
phia on  the  murder  and  abduction  of  Morgan. 
The  chai  actor  of  Mr.  Whittlesey  is  represented 
as  above  reproach  and  the  report  as  a  document 
which  cannot  be  successfully  controverted.  The 
letter  from  Kochester,  N.  Y.,  accompanying  the 
Whittlesey  report  mentions  the  profound  inter- 
est of  all  ciaases  in  that  city,  roused  by  the  Weed 
letter  and  the  1830  document,  which  the  Union 
Advertiser  prints  in  full.     This  letter  says: 

"  '^o  one  about  Rochester,'  said  a  leading 
member  of  the  Masonic  fraternity,  'denies  that 
Morgan  was  abdacted.  The  only  mistake  the 
order  made  was  in  furthering  the  action  of  a 
few  hot-headed  zealots,  who  gave  men  like 
Thuriow  Weed  an  opportunity  to  arraign  the 
whole  fraternity.' " 

Among  the  numerous  other  papers  which  have 
printed  Mr.  Weed's  letter,  are  the  Weehly  Gate 
City  of  Keokuk,  Iowa,  which  gives  it  entire. 
An  amusng  incident  occurred  in  connection 
with  the  publication  of  the  letter  in  the  Chicag^o 
Tribune.  Before  it  had  appeared  in  the  Cyyio- 
sure  in  September,  a  proof  was  taken  to  the 
Tribune  eaitor,  but  relused  on  the  ground  that 
the  matter  was  too  old  and  nearly  forgotten  to 
attract  public  notice.  The  Times,  however, 
accepted  it  and  printed  ^part.  But  when  the 
Buffalo  Express  of  November  27th  printed  the 
document  entire,  the  Tribune  received  a  dis- 
patch from  New  York  announcing  the  fact  and 
conveying  over  the  wires  a  liberal  portion  of  the 
very  letter  which  a  few  weeks  before  the  T'rib 
une  editor  had  refused  in  proof.  The  dispatch 
appeared  in  the  Tribune  of  the  28th  and  a  day 
or  two  thereafter  the  reluctant  editor  admonish- 
ed by  the  demands  of  his  readers  gave  way  for 
another  striking  selection  from  the  vexatious 
but  wonderful  letter. 

It  is  H  significant  fact  that  the  statement  upon 
which  the  Freemasons  most  depend  to  break 
the  blow  is  a  pamphlet  by  one  Keilly,  formerly 
of  Rochester,  and  a  jack  Mason,  who  wrote  a 
statement  of  the  Morgan  case  to  please  the  lodge 


and  pay  a  grudge  against  Weed.  A  lew  year 8 
ago,  Heilly  came  to  Mr.  Weed  in  great  destitu- 
tion. The  noble  old  man,  forgiving  and  forget- 
ting the  past,  got  his  former  enemy  a  position 
in  the  New  York  Custom  House,  where  he 
remains  it  is  said  to  this  day.  From  the  contra- 
dictory statements  of  the  Masons  themselves, 
most  of  whom  acknowledge  the  murder  as  com- 
mitted by  the  order,  others  defy  justice  and 
the  public  conscience  and  vindicate  the  lodge  in 
its  crime,  while  others  have  it  that  Morgan  ran 
off  to  Smyrna,  Arizona,  New  Zealand  or  the 
ends  of  the  earth, — this  very  contradiction  is 
the  strongest  evidence  of  the  truth  of  Mr.  Weed's 
statement.  The  Anti-masons  have  but  one 
story — they  need  but  one,  and  that  the  truth. 
It  is  understood  about  Washington  that  these 
entangling  statements  are  alarming  the  lodge 
ringsters  at  headquirters  and  word  has  gone  out 
that  nothing  more  will  be  said  by  Masons 
until  a  final  reply  is  prepared  and  then  Free- 
ma,eonry  will  draw  back  into  its  den  and  will 
no  more  appear  to  the  public  except  to  scratch 
at  those  who  intrude  into  its  unholy  secrecy. 


THE  SOUTHERN  FIELD. 


BaHimore  and  Washington. 

The  churches  of  the  Monument  City  and  their 
disposition  toward  reform — False  {United) 
Brethren  —Colored  churches  open  and  their 
pastors  preaching  against  the  orders— Grand 
meetin']  with  the  Presbyterians,  United  and 
Reformed — The  opening  of  Congress. 

Baltimoke,  Md.,  Nov.  30,  1882. 

Dbak  Bko.  K. — Of  all  the  large  cities  of  the 
East  this  has  the  best  reputation  for  morality. 
I  have  seen  fewer  saloons  and  less  drunkenness 
than  in  Washington,  and  it  is  said  that  the  Sab- 
bath is  better  observed. 

This  is  a  city  of  churches,  the  most  numerous 
being  Eoman  Catholic,  next  M.  E.  and  M.  E. 
South,  then  Presbyterians,  Baptists,  Lutherans, 
ete.  There  are  quite  a  number  of  Independent 
or  Congregational  Methodist  churches  and  also 
of  the  Evangelical  Association. 

There  is  here  a  large  colored  population  and 
many  churches,  of  which  the  Baptists  are  the 
most  numerous. 

Of  those  who  might  be  supposed  to  sympa- 
thize with  our  reform  there  are:  One  Reformed 
Presbyterian,  one  United  Presbyterian,  and  five 
United  Brethren  churches.  Of  these  the  Re- 
formed Presbyterian  and  United  Presbyterian 
churches  are  free  from  all  complicity  with  se- 
cretigm.  Their  able  and  excellent  pastors  ex- 
press a  warm  interest  in  our  work  and  have  in- 
vited me  to  preach  on  it  in  the  U.  P.  church 
on  Sabbath  afternoon,  December  3d.  There 
has  been  considerable  discussion  during  the 
past  year  on  the  relation  of  the  secret  orders  to 
the  churches;  but  mainly  in  the  colored  congre- 
gations. But  one  white  church  took  any  special 
part,  and  its  pastor  after  preaching  against  the 
lodge,  concluded  to  humble  himselt  before  it 
He  was  not  willing  to  have  a  tract  left  in  his 
house.  There  are  four  colored  pastors  who  are 
strongly  impressed  with  the  evils  of  secretism, 
and  three  of  them  have  preached  on  the  subject. 
Two  of  them  have  invited  me  to  address  their 
congregations  as  soon  as  their  present  series  of 
meetings  are  concluded,  and  all  of  them  were 
thankful  for  our  co-operation.  One  of  them. 
Rev.  Harvey  Johnson,  is  pastor  of  a  church  of 
more  than  a  thousand  members  and  many  of 
them  belong  to  the  different  orders.  He  preached 
twice  last  tummer  on  the  lodge,  and  was  openly 
withstood  by  the  Grand  High  Priest  of  the 
Chapter,  who  is  a  member  of  his  church.  He 
tells  me  that  his  life  has  been  threatened  and  he 
asks  the  prayers  of  Grod'e  people  that  he  may 
know  and  do  what  is  right.  There  are  more 
than  forty  diferent  kinds  of  secret  orders  among 
the  colored  people.  These  colored  pastors  are. 
Rev.  H.  Johnson,  Baptist,  352  Lombard  St.; 
Rev.  P.  H.  A.  Braxton,  252  Park  Ave.;  Rev. 
W.  H.  Weaver,  Presbyterian,  297  N.  Eutaw 
St.;  Rev.  A.  Brown,  Baptist,  57  S.  Green  St. 
The  Cynosure  has  been  ordered  for  all  of  them. 

Of  the  United  Brethren  churches,  I  think  it 


may  be  said  that  they  have  a  name  to  live  and 
are  dead.  Just  now  they  are  holding  a  Confer- 
ence S.  S.  Institute  at  their  church  on  Scott 
street.  I  went  there  and  found  one  of  the  lead- 
ing men  with  a  full  supply  of  Masonic  jewels. 
The  pastor  of  the  church,  Rev.  Hoffman,  told 
me  very  quickly  that  he  had  no  sympathy  with 
my  work.  He  said  that  "everything  is  now 
quiet  and  they  meant  to  keep  it  so"  and  ihis 
seemed  to  be  the  general  feeling  among  the 
ministers,  though  some  of  the  laymen  received 
my  tracts  gladly  and  manifested  a  better  spirit. 
I  wondered  whether  these  ministers  ever  read 
Ezek.  13:10-16,  or  33:1-10.  Surely  the  Lord 
will  require  the  blood  of  souls  of  such  false  and 
wicked  watchmen.  May  the  Lord  give  them 
a  better  mind. 

Washington,  Dec.  4. —  Yesterday  I  had  the 
privilege  of  speaking  three  times  in  the  city  of 
Baltimore.  In  the  morning  aud  at  night  in  the 
colored  Baptist  church  on  the  corner  of  Linden 
Ave.  and  Hoffman  St.  Their  exccilent  and  able 
pastor.  Rev.  P.  H.  A.  Braxton,  is  in  cordial 
sympathy  with  our  reform.  He  has  repeatedly 
preached  on  the  subject  of  secret  societies,  and 
heartily  endorsed  my  remarks.  They  are  taking 
measures  to  build  a  house  of  worship  and  seem 
to  be  reasonably  prosperous. 

At  4:30  p.  M.  I  preached  in  the  United  Pres- 
byterian church  on  the  corner  of  Biddle  street 
aud  Madison  Avenue.  It  a  building  with  rather 
plain  exterior,  but  a  seating  capacity  of  eight  or 
nine  hundred.  The  able  pastor,  T.  W.  Ander- 
son, attended  the  National  Convention  of  the 
N.  C.  A.,  held  some  years  ago  at  Monmouth, 
111.,  when  a  student,  and  was  glad  to  have  me 
address  his  people.  Rev.  Mr.  Crowe,  pastor  of 
the  Reformed  Presbyterian  church,  postponed 
his  second  service  and  attended  with  part  of  his 
congregation.  The  audience  was  quite  large. 
1  spoke  from  Eph.  5:11;  and  after  the  discussion 
she  pastors  and  some  ot  the  congregation  thank- 
ed me  for  the  presentation  of  the  subject.  I 
took  tea  with  Mr,  W.  K.  Carson,  an  elder  in  the 
church,  who  has  been  a  life-long  reformer,  a 
friend  of  Thaddeus  Stevens,  and  familiar  with 
the  Anti-masonic  struggle  in  Pennsylvania  titty 
years  ago. 

1  left  Baltimore  at  9  a.  m.  and  in  an  hour  and 
ten  minutes  was  in  Washington.  I  was  in  the 
gallery  of  the  House  of  Representatives  soon 
after  the  speaker  called  to  order,  and  listened  to 
the  reading  of  the  President's  message — partly, 
amidst  the  deafening  confusion  ot  the  House, 
and  the  remainder  in  the  quieter  hall  ot  the 
Senate.     The  galleries  were  not  crowded. 

The  articles  on  exhibition  at  the  Garfield  Me- 
morial Fair  were  not  all  removed,  and  occupied 
the  attention  of  many.  Floral  decorations  were 
beautiful  and  abundant,  especially  those  laid  on 
the  desks  of  the  Speaker  ot  the  House  and  pres- 
ident of  the  Senate.  There  was  a  tremendous 
spasm  of  virtue  among  the  Republican  members 
on  the  subject  of  civil  service  reiorm.  Several 
resolutions  were  introduced  and  a  bill  (by  Mr. 
Honk,  of  Tenn.)  and  quite  a  number  of  brief 
speeches  made,  in  whieii  the  determination  was 
expressed  to  attach  these  measures  to  the  appro- 
priation bills  so  as  to  ensure  action.  This  led 
to  a  witty  speech  by  Mr.  Cox  of  New  i^ork, 
congratulating  them  on  their  recent  and  rapid 
conversion.  The  speech  brought  down  the  house 
aud  it  took  many  raps  of  the  Speaker's  gavel  to 
stop  the  clapping  and  laughter. 

But  little  business  was  done  in  the  Senate. 
Soon  alter  the  conclusion  of  the  message,  a 
Georgia  Senator  announced  the  death  ot  his  col- 
league, Ben.  F.  Hill.  Appropriate  resolutions 
were  adopted  and  the  Senate  adjourned. 

Of  the  Gartitiid  Memorial  Fair  it  may  be  said 
that  notwithstanding  all  the  diureputable  ways, 
such  as  lotteries,  raffles,  voting  tor  nice  men  aud 
pretty  women  at  so  much  a  vote,  the  whole 
thing  was  a  comparative  failure,  realizing  ouiy 
about  $7,000.  Doubtless  ten  times  that  sum 
could  have  been  raised  by  subscription,  with  a 
tenth  part  of  the  effort  wliich  was  put  inid  the 
tair;  but  then  the  Knights  and  other  Masons 
would  have  failed  to  make  their  display.  But  the 
end  is  not  yet.  H.  H.  Him  man. 

— Complete  seJf-lorgettulnessis  the  surest  way 
to  reach  completeness  of  character, 


10 


THE  CHHISTIAH  CYNOSURE. 


Deceniber  14, 1S8S 


HOME  CIRCLE. 


At  Last 

When  on  my  day  of  life  the  night  is  falling, 

!\sd.  In  the  winds  from  unsunned  spaces  blown, 

I  hear  far  voices  out  of  darkness  calling 
My  feet  to  paths  unknown. 

Thou  who  hast  made  my  home  of  life  so  pleasant, 
Leave  not  Us  tenant  when  its  walls  decay; 

0  Love  divine  I  O  Helper  ever  present. 
Be  Thou  my  streugth  and  stay  I 

Be  near  me  when  all  else  is  from  me  drifting, 
Earth,  sky,  home's  pictures,  days  of  shade  and  shine. 

And  kindly  faces  to  ray  own  upUfliLg 
The  love  which  answers  mine, 

1  have  but  Thee,  O  Father  1    Let  thy  Spirit 
Be  with  me  then,  to  comfort  and  uphold; 

No  gate  of  peiirl,  no  branch  of  palm  I  merit, 
Nor  street  of  shining  gold. 

Suffice  it  if— my  good  and  ill  unreckoned. 
And  both  forgiven  through  thy  abounding  grace  — 

I  find  myself,  by  hands  familiar,  becsoned 
Unto  my  lilting  place. 

Some  humble  door  among  thy  many  mansions. 
Some  sheltering  shade  where  ein  and  striving  cease, 

And  fl^ws  forever  through  heaven's  green  expansions. 
The  river  of  Thy  peace. 

There,  from  the  music  round  about  me  stealing, 

I  fain  would  learn  the  new  and  holy  song. 
And  find  at  last,  beneath  Thy  trees  of  healing, 

The  life  for  which  I  long. 

—J.  G.  Whittier. 


Bible  Thoughts. 

"For  I  am  the  Lord,  I  change  not;  therefore  ye  sons  of  Jacob  are 
not  consumed."— Mai.  3:6, 

Evtrjthing  cliaugCij  but  God.  He  is  without 
vanableuees  or  shadow  of  turning.  The  heavens 
above  us  and  the  earth  beneath  us  are  ever 
changing,  but  he  is  the  same  yesterday,  to-day, 
and  lor  ever. 

This  divine  unchangeableness  is  to  us  like  an 
anchor  in  a  stormy  sea,  like  a  tower,  like  a  rock, 
like  a  city  of  retuge.  In  a  changeable  world 
there  is  unspeakable  consolation  in  remembering 
an  unchangeable  God.  Had  Jehovah  been  a 
changeable  God,  a  capricious  being,  we  had  long 
ere  this  have  perished."  But  it  is  not  mere 
"  unchangeableness''  that  our  text  affirms,  but 
unchangeableness  in  connection  with  him  whose 
name  is  Jehovah,  and  unchanjjeableness  in  the 
divine  dealings  with  frail,  sinning  man.  "  1  am 
Jehovah,"  and  in  ail  that  this  name  unfolds,  I 
am  unchangeable.  Ye  are  the  "  sons  of  Jacob," 
— children  of  evil,  and  deceit,  and  rebellion, 
and  vanity;  yet  I  am  the  unchangeable  Jehovah, 
and  theretore  ye  are  not  consumed.  Had  I  been 
a  fickle  being,  like  man,  long  ere  this  ye  (should 
have  been  destroyed.  A  sinner's  security  is  the 
divine  faithfulness  and  immutability. 

1.  An  unchangeable  Jehovah.  The  "  I  am 
that  1  am; "  unaltered  in  character  or  perfections 
or  purposes;  unaltered  in  his  treatment  of  the 
sinner;  "  the  Lord,  the  Lord  God,  merciful  and 
gracious." 

2.  An  unchangeable  covenant.  It  is  the  cov- 
enant of  salvation,  of  life,  of  reconciliation,  of 
peace  and  truth;  the  one  covenant,  of  which  this 
is  the  sum,  "  Where  sin  halh  abounded,  grace 
did  much  more  abound." 

3.  An  unchangeable  fulnes.  There  is  no 
drying  up  or  diminution  of  this  infinite  foun- 
tain, on  ebbing  and  flowing,  no  alternate  light 
and  darkness ;  but  all  light,  and  fulness,  all 
flowing. 

4.  An  unchangeable  cross.  The  ages  have 
not  altered  it,  nor  earth's  revolutions  removed 
it.  It  stands  the  same  as  at  the  flrst,  in  its  rev- 
elation of  divine  love  and  grace,  m  its  proclama- 
tion of  peace,  in  its  promise  of  rest.  The  blood 
of  the  croes  has  lost  none  of  its  virtues  throuj^h 
time.  It  is  unchanged  in  its  pacifying,  cleans- 
ing, healing  power. 

5.  Unchangeable  grace.  It  was  with  free 
love  that  God  met  us  at  first ;  and  it  is  with  the 
same  free  love  that  he  meets  ua  every  day.  It 
is  grace  abounding  over  sin.  It  is  grace  that  is 
never  weary  with  receiving  sinners  or  pardoning 
iniquities. 

Such  is  the  foundation  on  which  we  rest  for 
eternil)';  an  unchangeable  Jehovah,  whose  love 
the  many  waters  cannot  quench,  nor  the  floodti 
drown Bonar. 


Evolution    Downward. 

Ex  President  Hopkins  has  a  sharp  argument  in 
a  few  words  against  the  theory  of  man's  evolu- 
tion from  the  savage  state.  "Those  who  ho'd," 
he  says,  "that  man  was  developed  from  below, 
also  hold  that  primeval  man  was  a  savage,  and 
that  as  we  recede  towards  the  point  of  his  ori- 
gin his  savage  characteristics  became  more  pro- 
nounced. But  since  the  anomalous  and  destruc- 
tive practices  mentioned  above  are  most  prevalent 
amoug  savages,  and  not  at  all  among  the  animals 
ftom  which  man  is  supposed  to  have  been  devel- 
oped, it  will  follow  that  the  more  nearly  he 
should  approach  them  the  more  free  he  would 
be  from  such  practices.  Since  then  man  is  by 
these  practices  degraded  below  the  brutes,  it 
Will  follow  even  on  the  supposition  of  his  ani- 
mal origin  that  he  could  not  have  been  original- 
ly a  savage." 

Thus  he  believes  with  the  Duke  of  Argyll, 
Archbishops  Whately  and  Trench,  with  Dr. 
Mitchell  and  many  others,  that  man  in  his 
primitive  condition  was  not  a  low,  cruel,  brutal- 
ized, vicious,  unprincipled  savage,  but  that  the 
savage  estate  in  which  many  tribps  are  now 
found  is  the  last  result  of  a  developement  down- 
ward. The  animals  are  better  than  man,  the 
savage.  They  do  not  practice  cruelty  upon  the 
females  as  savages  do  upon  their  women,  nor 
do  they  rejoice  in  cannibalism  and  infanticide 
and  many  other  iniquities  of  which  the  savage 
is  proud.  In  other  wo.rds,  man,  the  savage,  is 
far  worse  than  the  animal,  his  ancestors — all 
which  shows  evolution  downward  instead  of  up- 
ward, i.  e.,  if  evolution  be  true  at  all. — Chris- 
tian at  Worh. 


Cold  Winters  in  the   Past. 

The  following  statistics  of  the  good  old  win- 
ters are  curious.  In  408  the  Black  Sea  was  en- 
tirely frozen  over.  In  761,  not  only  the  Black 
Sea,  but  the  Straits  of  the  Dardanelles,  were 
frozen  over ;  the  snow  in  some  places  rose  fifty 
feet  high.  In  822  the  great  rivers  of  Europe—- 
the  Danube  and  Elbe,  etc. — were  bo  hard  frozen 
as  to  bear  heavy  wagons  for  a  month.  In  860 
the  Adriatic  was  frozen.  In  991  everything  was 
frozen  ;  the  crops  totally  failed,  and  famine  and 
pestilence  closed  the  year.  In  1067  the  most  of 
the  travelers  were  frozen  to  death  on  the  roads. 
In  1133  the  Fowas  frozen  from  Cremona  to  the 
eea ;  the  wine  caeks  were  buret,  and  even  the 
trees  split  by  the  action  of  the  frost  with  im- 
mense noise.  In  1336  the  Danube  was  frozen 
to  the  bottom,  and  remained  long  in  that  state. 
In  1836  the  crops  wholly  failed  in  Germany ; 
wheat,  which  some  years  before  sold  in  England 
at  six  shillings  the  quarter,  rose  to  'HI.  In  1339 
the  crops  failed  in  Scotland,  and  such  a  famine 
ensued  that  the  poor  were  reduced  to  feed  on 
grass  and  many  perished  miserably  in  the  fields. 
The  successive  winters  of  1432-33  3i  were  un- 
commonly severe.  It  once  snowed  forty  days 
without  interruption.  In  1468  the  wine  dis- 
tributed to  the  soldiers  in  Flanders  was  cut  with 
hatchets,  in  1684  the  winter  was  excessively 
cold.  Most  of  the  hollies  were  killed.  Coaches 
drove  along  the  Thames,  the  ice  of  which  was 
eleven  inches  thick.  In  1709  occurred  a  cold 
winter.  The  frosts  penetrated  three  yards  into 
the  ground.  In  1715  booths  were  erected  and 
fairs  held  on  the  Thames.  In  1744  and  1745 
the  strongest  ale  in  England,  exposed  to  the  air, 
was  covered  in  leas  than  fifteen  minutes  with  ice 
an  eighth  of  an  inch  thick.  In  1809,  and  again 
in  18a2,  the  winters  were  remarkably  cold.  In 
1814  there  was  a  fair  on  the  frozen  Thames. — 
Scientifio  American. 


— Some  time  ago,  Monsignor  Justin,  Arch- 
bishop of  Besangou,  had  a  present  made  him  of  a 
cask  of  read  wiue  by  a  wine-merchant,  as  a  sam- 
ple suitable  for  the  communion  or  mass.  It  was 
thought  to  be  so  good  that  the  archbishop  recom 
mended  it,  without  ftny  doubt,  to  his  clergy  to 
such  an  extent  that  the  maker  received  many  or- 
ders. No  suspicion  appears  to  have  been  enter- 
tained that  it  was  anything  but  the  pure  juice 
of  the  grape,  such  as  the  priests  have  to  drink 
at  the  mass  as  enjoined  by  the  rubric.  Alas! 
one  of  the  priests  went  to  the  expense  of  having 
it  analysed,  when  jt  was  found  that  it  did  not 


contain  a  single  drop  of  grape  juice,  but  was  a 
compound  fabricated  by  the  new  process,  by 
which  sham  wines  are  made  so  largely  at  Cette. 
Tiie  archbishop  had  to  announce  that  all  masses 
where  the  spurious  wine  had  been  used  must  be 
annulled,  and  in  over  100  churches  this  had  been 
done,  and  the  masses,  whether  offered  for  the 
living  or  the  dead,  have  had  to  be  said  over 
again.  In  the  light  of  such  facts  is  it  not  a 
blessed  thing  for  the  Christian  to  know  that  he 
is  not  dependent  at  all  upon  the  supposed  sacra- 
mental efiicacy  of  a  human  production  for  his 
salvation,  but  upon  the  sacrifice  once  offered  for 
all  upon  Calvary,  and  thank  God  no  ha  man 
power  can  mar  its  efficacy  or  hinder  its  cleansing 
power,  "  for  the  blood  of  Jesus  Christ  cleanseth 
from  all  sin."  Here,  so  long  as  we  look  only  to 
Christ,  there  can  never  be  any  deception. — Ex. 


CHILDREN'S  CORNER. 


Health   Alphabet. 

A-8  soon  as  you  are  up  shake  blankets  and  sheets ; 

B-etter  be  without  shoes  than  sit  with  wet  feet; 

C-hildren  if  healthy  are  active,  tot  still ; 

D-amp  beds  and  damp  clothes  will  both  make  you  ill ; 

E-at  slowly  and  always  chew  your  lood  well ; 

F-reshen  the  air  in  the  house  where  you  dwell; 

G-armtnts  should  never  be  mado  too  tight; 

H-omes  should  be  healthy,  airy  and  light. 

I-f  you  wish  to  be  well,  as  yon  do,  I've  no  doubt, 

J-ust  open  the  window  before  you  go  out. 

K-eep  your  room  always  tidy  and  clean ; 

L-et  dust  on  your  furniture  never  be  seen. 

M-uch  illness  is  caused  by  the  want  of  pure  air; 

Now,  to  open  your  windows  be  ever  your  care; 

Old  rairs  and  old  rubbish  should  never  be  kept; 

P-eople  should  see  that  their  floors  are  well  swept; 

Q-nick  movements  in  children  are  healthy  and  right; 

R-emember,  the  young  cannot  thrive  without  light. 

Bee  that  the  cistern  is  clean  to  the  brim; 

T-ake  care  that  your  dress  is  all  tidy  and  trim ; 

TJ-se  your  nose  to  find  if  there  be  a  bad  dram, 

V-ery  sad  are  the  fevers  that  come  from  its  train ; 

W-alk  as  much  as  you  can  without  feeling  fatigue ; 

X-erxes  could  walk  full  many  a  league, 

Y-our  health  is  your  wealth,  which  your  wisdom  must  keep; 

Z-eal  ^ill  help  a  good  cause,  and  the  good  you  will  reap. 


American  Children  and  Horses. 

American  boys  are  quite  as  brave  and  active 
as  any  in  the  world,  and  learned  travelers  tell  us 
they  know  more  than  any  boys  yet  discovered  in 
the  solar  system.  Likewise,  the  American  girl 
is  sweet  and  good  and  true — as  bright  as  any 
girl  in  Europe.  For  all  this,  American  boys 
and  girls  do  not,  as  a  rule,  ride  horseback.  It  is 
true,  some  country  boys,  east  and  west  ride  fear- 
lessly and  well,  but  the  majority  of  boy  and- 
girl  riders  have  climbed,  by  the  aid  of  a  rail- 
fence,  on  the  back  of  a  farm-horse,  and  when 
they  were  mounted  the  horse  either  laughed  in 
his  mane  or  iugloriously  tumbled  the  rider  over 
his  head.  It  is  very  s'range  that  in  such  a  land 
of  horses,  so  few  boys  and  gms  know  how  to  ride. 
It  is  a  mistake  to  think  that,  when  Dobbin  is 
brought  to  the  fence  and  you  liave  climbed  on 
his  back,  this  is  riding.  Not  even  the  most  un- 
commonly bright  girl  or  the  most  learned  boy 
can  ride  without  instruction.  One  has  to  learn 
this  art,  just  as  one  must  learn  to  play  the  piano 
or  mount  a  bicycle. 

Let  us  consider  the  horse,  see  what  he  is  like, 
and  then,  perhaps,  we  may  learn  what  it  moans 
to  ride.  A  horse  is  an  animal  with  a  large 
brain,  and,  though  he  seldom  speaks,  you  may 
be  sure  he  thinks  and  has  a  mind  of  his  own. 
Besides  this,  he  has  four  legs.  These  are  im- 
portant things  to  remember — he  stands  on  four 
legs  and  can  think  f|pr  himself.  He  also  has  ears, 
and,  though  he  is  not  given  to  conversation,  he 
hears  and  understands  much  that  is  said  to  him. 
He  also  has  a  temper — good  or  bad— and  may 
be  cross  and  ill-natured,  or  sweet  tern  jeered, 
cheeriul,  patient,  and  kind.  In  approaching 
such  a  clever  creature,  it  is  clear  a  boy  or  girl 
must  be  equally  patient,  kind,  cheerful,  *nd 
good-natured,  tjnless  you  are  as  good  as  a 
horse,  you  have  no  right  to  get  upon  his   back. 

Of  course,  there  are  bad  horses,  but  they  are 
not  tit  for  riding,  and  are  need  only  to  drag 
horse-cars  or  do  other  common  work.  All  riding 
horses  fit  for  the  society  of  bo_ys  and  girls  are 
good  horses,  not  merely  for  walking  or  galloping, 
but  morally  good — gentle,  kind,  patient,  careful, 
and  obedient.    Any  boy  or  girl,  over  seven 


December  14,  1882 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE. 


11 


years  of  age,  with  a  brave  heart  and  steady  hand, 
and  also  sweet-tempbred,  gentle,  kind,  and 
though^^ful,  can  learn  to  ride.  All  others  mnst 
sit  in  a  box  on  wheels,  and  be  dragged  about. — 
Si.  Nicholas. 


A  Dab  of  Paste. 

Practical  jokes  are  a  foolish  sort  of  fun,  and 
they  often  lead  to  consequences  that  are  any- 
thing but  funny.  John  B.  Grough  tells  how 
unluckily  one  turned  out  with  him,  when  he 
was  a  boy. 

A  young  fellow  at  work  in  the  same  book- 
binder's shop  with  him  thought  he  would  play 
John  a  trick.  So  he  took  a  brush,  thrust  it  into 
a  tub  of  paste,  and  holding  it  beside  his  face, 
called  out  suddenly — 

"John  I" 

John  turned  quickly,  and  striking  the  brush, 
got  the  charge  full  in  his  face  and  hair.  The 
young  fellow  left  him  sputtering  with  paste 
and  vexation,  and  ran  laughing  out  of  the 
shop. 

"  I'll  pay  him  for  that  1 "  thought  John. 

He  took  a  sheet  of  paper,  and  put  about  a  pint 
of  paste  on  it,  then,  holding  it  on  the  palm  of 
his  hand,  placed  himself  in  ambush  at  the  door, 
la  readiness  to  return  the  joke  when  his  com- 
panion should  venture  back. 

"  If  I  have  to  wait  here  all  day,"  he  said  to 
himself,  "  I'll  come  up  with  him! " 

At  last  he  heard  footsteps  on  the  stairs.  John 
balanced  tbe  handful  of  paste  and  braced  himself, 
for  the  deed. 

"  Now,  my  boy,  you  shall  catch  it !  "  thought 
he  trembling  with  excitement. 

A  hand  was  on  the  latch;  the  door  opened, 
and  out  flew  the  whole  pasty  mass  into  the 
comer's  face. 

It  was  a  capital  shot.  But  if  John  laughed, 
he  did  not  laugh  long.  He  saw,  to  his  horror, 
"while  the  face  was  struggling  out  of  the  paste, 
that  he  had  made  a  terrible  mistake.  He  had 
plastered  the  "  boss  "  of  the  shop  ! 

It  could  not  have  been  a  very  pleasant  scene 
that  followed;  and  John's  explanations  and  ex- 
cuses could  not  have  been  wholly  satisfactory  to 
his  exasperated  employer.  The  little  joke  proved 
no  joke  to  either  of  them,  certainly,  whatever 
the  young  fellow  who  began  the  pasting  may 
have  thought  of  it. 

It  cost  John  his  place;  the  future  orator  of 
temperance  was  turned  out  of  the  shop. —  Youth's 
Co^njHinion. 


Words  of  Life  for  every  Day. 

SANCTIFY  THEM    THEOTJQH    THY  TKUTH ;   THY    WOKD 
18  TRUTH. 


International  Lessons  for  1883. 

studies  in  the  Acta  of  the  Apostles. 
FIRST  QUARTER. 

1.  Jannary  7.  The  Ascending  Lord.  Acts  i. 
1-14.  Golden  Text.  And  when  he  had  spoken 
theue  things,  while  they  beheld,  he  was  taken  up. 
Acts  i.  9. 

2.  January  14.  The  Descending  Spirit.  Acts 
ii.  1-16.  And  they  were  all  filled  with  the  Holy 
Ghost.     Acts  ii.  4. 

3.  January  21.  The  Believing  People.  Acts 
ii.  37-47.  Then  they  that  gladly  received  his 
word  were  baiitized.     Acts  ii.  41. 

4.  January  28.  The  Healing  Power.  Acts 
iii.  1-11.  Then  shall  tbe  lame  maa  leap  as  an 
hart,  and  the  tongue  of  the  dumb  sing.  Isa. 
XXXV.  6. 

5.  February  4,  The  Prince  of  Life.  Acts  iii. 
12-21.  In  him  was  life ;  and  the  life  was  the 
light  of  men.     John  i.  4. 

6.  Februa.'-yll.  None  other  Name.  Acts  iy. 
1-14.  Neither  is  there  salvation  in  any  other ; 
for  there  is  none  other  name  under  heaven  given 
among  men  whereby  we  must  be  saved.  Acts 
iv.  12. 

7.  February  18,  Christian  Courage.  Actaiv. 
18-31.  If  God  be  for  us,  who  can  be  against  us? 
Rom.  viii.  31. 

8.  February  25,  Ananias  and  Sapphira,  Acts 
V.  1-11.  Lying  lips  are  an  abomination  to  the 
Lord.     Prov.  xii.  22. 

9.  March  4.  Persecution  Eenewed.  Acts  v. 
17-32.  We  ought  to  obey  God  rather  than  men. 
Acts  V.  Sj9. 

10.  March  11.  The  Seven  Chosen.  Acts  vi. 
1-16.  Seven  men  of  honest  report,  full  of  the 
Holy  Ghost  and  wisdom.     Acts  vi.  3. 

li.  March  18.  The  First  Christian  Martyr. 
Acts  vii.  64-60,  and  viii.  1-4.  Be  thou  faithful 
unto  death,  and  I  will  give  thee  a  crown  of  life. 
Rev.  ii.  10. 

12.  March  25.    Review,  or  Select  Lesson. 

SECOND  QUARTER. 

1.  April  1.  Simon  the  Sorcerer.  Acts  viii, 
14-25.  Thy  heart  is  not  right  in  the  sight  of 
God.     Acts  viii,  21. 

2.  April  8.  Philip  and  the  Ethiopian.  Acts 
viii,  28  40.  And  he  went  on  his  way  rejoicing. 
Acts  viii,  39. 

3.  April  15.  Saul's  Conversion.  Acts  ix, 
1-18.  And  he  received  sight  forthwith,  and 
arose,  and  was  baptized.     Acts  ix,  18. 

4.  April  22.  Saul  Preaching  Christ.  Acts  ix, 
19-31.  He  which  peiseeuted  us  in  times  past, 
now  preacheth  the  faith  which  once  he  de- 
stroyed.    Gal.  i,  23. 

5.  April  29.  Peter  Working  Miracles.  Acta 
ix,  32  43.    Jesus  Christ  maketh  thee  whole.  Acts 

34. 


2.  July  8.  Passing  over  Juidau.  Jo-'li.  in, 
5-17.  When  thou  pasaest  through  the  waters,  1 
will  be  with  thee  ;  and  through  the  rivers,  they 
shall  not  overflow  thee.     Isa.  xliii,  2, 

3.  July  15.  The  Plains  of  Jerico.  Josh,  v, 
10-15,  and  vi,  1  5.  By  faith  the  walls  of  Jericho 
fell  down,  after  they  were  compassed  about  seven 
days.     Heb.  xi,  30. 

4.  July  22.  Israel  defeated  at  Ai.  Josh,  vii, 
10-25.  Be  sure  your  sin  will  find  you  out.  Num. 


xxxii,  23. 

5.  July  29.  The  Reading  of  the  Law.  Josh, 
viii,  30-35.  I  have  set  before  you  life  and  death, 
blessing  and  cursing.     Deut.  xxx,  19. 

6.  Augu?=t  5.  The  Cities  of  Refuge.  Josh. 
XX,  1-9.  Who  have  fled  for  refuge  to  lay  hold 
upon  the  hope  set  before  us.     Heb.  vi,  18. 

7.  August  12.  The  Last  Days  of  Joshua. 
Josh,  xxiv,  f4-29.  Choose  you  this  day  whom 
ye  will  serve.     Josh  xxiv.  15, 

8.  Augifst  19.  Israel  Forsaking  God.  Judg. 
ii,  616.  And  they  forsook  the  Lord  God  of 
their  fathers.     Judg.  ii,  12. 

9.  August  26,  Gideon's  Army.  Judg.  vii, 
1-8.  The  sword  of  the  Lord,  and  of  Gideon. 
Judg.  vii,  20. 

10.  September  2.  The  Death  of  Samson. 
Judg.  xvi,  21-31.  The  God  of  Israel  is  he  that 
giveth  strength  and  power  unto  his  people.  Psa. 
Ixviii,  35, 

11.  September  9,  Ruth  and  Naomi.  Ruth  i, 
14-22.  Thy  people  shall  be  my  people,  and  thy 
God  my  God.     Ruth  i,  16, 

12.  September  16,  A  Praying  Mother.  1 
Sam.  i,  21-28.  I  have  lent  him  to  the  Lord  ;  as 
long  aa  he  liveth  he  shall  be  lent  to  the  Lord.  1 
Sam.  i,  28. 

13.  September   23.     The   Child   Samuel.     1 


Sam.   iii. 


1-19.     Speak,   Lord ;  for  thy  servant 
heareth.    1  Sam.  iii,  9. 

14,  September  30,     Review,  or  Select  Lesson. 

FOURTH  QUARTER. 

1  October  7.  Eli's  death.  1  Sam.  iv,  10-18. 
His  sons  made  themselves  vile,  and  hejestrained 
them  not.     1  Sam.  iii,  13. 

2.  Oi^.tober  14.  Samuel  the  Judge.  1  Sam. 
vii,  3-17.  Hitherto  hath  tbe  Lord  helped  us.  1 
Sam,  vii,  12, 

October  21, 


Thursday,  Dec.  14, — For  we  know  him  that 
hath  said.  Vengeance  belongeth  unto  me,  I  will 
recompense,  saith  the  Lord,  And  again,  The 
Lord  shall  judge  his  people.  It  is  a  fearful 
thing  to  fall  into  the  hands  of  the  living  God. — 
Heb.  10:30-31. 

Friday,  Dec.  15.  —Owe  no  man  anything  but 
to  love  one  another:  for  he  that  loveth  another 
hath  fulfilled  the  law.— Rom.  13:8. 

Saturday,  Dec.  16. — Let  us  not  therefore  judge 
one  another  any  more:  but  judge  this  rather, 
that  no  man  put  a  stumbling  block  or  an  occa- 
sion to  fall  in  his  brother's  way. — Rom.  14:13. 

Sabbath,  Dec.  17. — And  he  said  unto  them, 
Go  ye  into  all  the  world,  and  preach  the  Gospel 
to  every  creature. — Mark  16:15. 

Monday,  Dec.  18. — Love  not  the  world,  neith- 
er the  things  that  are  in  the  world.     If  any  man 
love  the  world  the  love  of  the  father  is  not  in 
,,j|hira.—l  John  2:15. 

ii      Tuesday,  Dec,   19, — And   Jesus  knew  their 

thoughts,  and  said  unto  them.  Every  kingdom 

jjf'lj  divided  against  itself  is  brought  to   desolation; 

and  every  city  or  house  divided  against  itsell 

shall  not  etand, — Matt.  12:25. 

Wednesday,  Dec.  20. — Where  your  treasure 
is,  there  will  your  heart  be  also. — Matt.  6:21. 


IX, 

6.  May  6.  Peter  Preaching  to  the  Gentiles. 
Acts  X,  30  44.  On  the  Gentiles  also  was  poured 
out  the  gift  of  the  Holy  Ghost.     Acts  x,  45. 

7.  May  13.  The  Spread  of  the  Gospel.  Acts 
xl,  18-30.  And  the  hand  of  the  Lord  was  with 
them  ;  and  a  great  number  believed,  and  turned 
unto  the  Lord.     Acts  xi,  21. 

8.  May  20.  Herod  and  Peter.  Acts  xii,  1-17. 
The  angel  of  the  Lord  encampeth-  round  about 
them  that  fear  him.     Psa.  xxxiv,  7, 

9.  May  27.  Paul  and  Barnabas  in  Cyprus. 
Acts  xiii,  1-42.  Separate  me  Barnabas  and  Saul 
for  the  work  whereunto  I  have  called  them.  Acts 
xiii;  2, 

10.  June  3.  At  Antioch.  Acts  xii,  13-16,  and 
43-52.  And  the  word  of  the  Lord  was  published 
throughout  all  the  region.     Acta  xiii,  49. 

11.  June  10.  At  Iconium  and  Lyetra.  Acts 
xiv,  118.  Speaking  boldly  in  the  Lord.  Acts 
xiv,  3. 

12.  June  17.  End  of  First  Missionary  Jour- 
ney. Acts  xiv,  19-28.  Go  ye,  therefore,  and 
tejich  all  nations,  baptizing  them  in  the  name  of 
the  Father,  and  of  tbe  Son,  and  of  the  Holy 
Ghost.     Matt,  xxviii,  19. 

13.  June  24.     Review,  or  Select  Lesson. 


Neither  the  Old  Testament  nor  the  New  do 
we  find  the  individual  sacrificed  to  the  commu- 
nity, nor  the  woman  to  the  man,  in  pursuit  of 
well-being. 


studies  in  the  Old  Testament. 

THIRD  QUARTER. 

1.  July  1.  Joshua.  Successor  to  Moses.  Josh, 
i,  1-9.  Be  strong  in  the  Lord,  and  in  the  power 
of  his  might,    Eph.  vi,  10. 


3-  October  21,  Asking  for  a  King.^1  Sam,  viii 
1-10.  Itis  better  to  trust  in  the  Lord  than  to  put 
confidence  in  princes.     Psa.  cxviii,  9. 

4.  October  28.  Saul  Chosen  Iving.  1  Sam. 
X,  17-27.  And  all  the  people  shouted  and  said, 
God  save  the  king.     1  Sam.  x,  24. 

5.  November  4.  Samuel's  Farewell  Address. 
1  Sam.  xii,  13-25.  Only  fear  the  Lord,  and  Ecrve 
him  in  truth  with  all  your  heart :  for  consider 
how  great  things  he  hath  done  for  you.  1  Sam. 
xii,  24. 

6.  November  11.  Saul  Rejected.  1  Sam.  xv, 
12-26.  Behold,  to  obey  is  better  than  sacrifice. 
1  Sam.  XV,  22. 

7.  November  18.  David  Anointed,  1  Sam. 
xvi,  113.  I  have  found  David  my  Eervaut; 
with  my  holy  oil  have  I  anointed  him.  Psa. 
Ixxxix,  20. 

8.  November  25.  David  and  Goliah.  1  Sam. 
xvii,  38-51.  The  battle  is  the  Lord's.  1  Sam. 
xvii,  47. 

9.  December  2.  David's  enemy — Saul.  ISam. 
xviii,  1-16.  And  David  behaved  himself  wisely 
in  all  his  ways  ;  and  tie  Lord  was  with  him.  1 
Sam.  xviii,  14. 

10.  December  9.  David's  Friend — Jonathan, 
1  Sam.  XX,  32-42.  A  man  that  hath  friends 
must  show  himself  friendly  ;  there  is  a  friend 
that  sticketh  closer  than  a  brother.  .Prov.  xviii, 
24. 

11.  December  16.  David  sparing  h's  Enemy. 
1  Sam.  xxiv,  1-17.  But  I  say  unto  you.  Love 
your  enemies,  bless  them  that  curse  you,  do  good 
to  them  that  hate  you,  and  pray  for  them  which 
despitefuUy  use  you,  and  persecute  jou.  Matt. 
V,  44. 

12.  December  23.  Death  of  Saul  and  Jona- 
than. 1  Sam.  xxxi,  1-13.  The  wicked  is  driven 
away  in  his  wickedness;  but  the  righteous  hath 
hope  in  his  death.     Prov.  xiv,  32. 

13.  December  30.     Review;    or.  Missionary, 


Temperance, 
(sohool, 


or  other  Lesson  eelected  by  the 


Id 


THK  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE 


December  M,  1888 


REFORM  NEWS. 


Last  Words  to  Kansas  Friends. 

Hoping  that  these  liDes  maj  reach  you  in  time 
I  write  you  to  say  that  queetiona  of  great  im- 
portance will  be  diseueeed  and  decided  at  our 
State  meeting  in  Emporia.  If  any  one  has  any 
suggestion  to  make  as  to  the  conduct  of  thie 
movement,  let  him  now  make  that  suggestion 
known,  either  in  person  or  by  letter,  ''  or  ever 
after  hold  his  peace." 

As  to  the  State  Agent  we  have  not  yet  pledged 
$300.  Shall  this  movement  fail  for  lack  of  suf- 
jBlcient  means  ? 

When  you  read  this,  please  sit  down,  if  you 
have  not  done  so  before,  and  write  me  a  card  to 
Emporia,  stating  what  sum  you  will  pay  during 
the  coming  year  for  a  State  Agent  should  one  be 
employed.  If  you  have  any  suggestion  to  make 
as  to  who  could  be  secured,  or  who  would  be  ac- 
ceptable to  you,  tell  US  that.  We  want  to  get  an 
able  and  acceptable  man. 

Last,  b"t  not  least,  pray  that  the  Lord  would 
guide  us  in  ail  our  councils. 

P.  S.  Feemstee. 


From  Elder  Rathbun's  Work. 

Wayne,  Iowa. 
With  gratitude  and  a  feeling  of  increased 
energy  in  the  reform  work  in  Iowa,  I  report 
the  success  of  D.  P.  Rathbun's  labor  in  this 
vicinity,  having  lectured  six  times  and  preached 
four.  Inquirers  for  the  truth  came  many  miles 
to  listen  to  his  conclusive  arguments,  presented 
with  clearness  seldom  before  heard.  Iowa 
should  be  proud  of  Rev.  D.  P.  Rathbun.  Surely 
no  one  can  question  his  mission.  Sui'ely  no  one 
who  listens  to  his  preachings  can  say,  he  cares 
not  for  my  soul.  The  appreciation  of  his  work 
here  was  thorough,  being  manifested  by  liberal 
contributions.  Hiram  was  "duly  and  truly" 
killed  here  more  than  a  year  ago  and  he  still  has 
a  few  mourners.  Minnie  Laird. 


In  the  forenoon  of  the  second  day  President 
Blanchard  had  a  Bible  reading.  The  culpability 
of  those  who  listened  to  lodge  oaths  *'  and  do 
not  utter  it;"  that  Masonry  is  the  "image  of 
the  beast,"  that  the  worship  at  lodge  altars  is  the 
worship  of  devils,  were  points  made  and  clinched 
by  a  "Thus  saith  the  Lord." 

In  the  afternoon  a  business  session  was  held 
which  resulted  in  the  election  of  Bro.  Enos 
Collins,  presidfiTit;  Bro.  Isaac  Bancroft,  State 
Lecturer ;  W.  W.  Warner,  Recording  and  Cor- 
responding Secretary. 

Bro.  Stoddard  gave  a  clear  analysis  of  the  ob- 
ligation "which  makes  the  Mason."  He  showed 
it  to  be  a  covenant  with  death  that  shall  be  dis- 
annulled. His  arraignment  of  lodge  oaths  was 
con  vincing  and  scathinir. 

W.  W.  Ames  followed,  stating  among  other 
things  that  as  he  was  an  anti-slavery  man  so  he 
was  an  Anti-mason. 

In  the  evening  Bro.  Lowe  exemplified  the 
degrading  ceremony  of  lowering  a  candidate  to 
the  third  degree.  The  hall  was  crowded  with  an 
attentive  and  an  instructed  audience. 

On  the  23d  of  November,  a  memorial  service 
was  held  in  honor  of  Thurlow  Weed.  Appro- 
priate resolutions  were  adopted. 

Bro.  Stoddard  gave  an  account  of  his  confer- 
ences with  this  patriot  just  before  his  death, 
After  which  the  convention  adjourned. 

W.  W.  Warnek,  Cor.  Sedy. 


The  Wisconsin  State  Meeting. 

beoketakt's  bepobt. 

This  meeting  was  held  in  Gill's  Hall,  Osh- 
kosh,  opening  Kov.  21st,  The  attendance  was 
small  but  our  trust  is  in  Him  who  said  "  if  is 
not  by  might,  nor  by  power,  (numbers,)  but  by 
my  Spirit."  Bro.  E.  Collins  presided  with 
meekness  and  discretion. 

The  convention  was  opened  by  prayer  and 
conference  meeting.  Bro.  Collins  said  that  after 
a  jury  had  decided  in  his  favor  a  Masonic  judge 
set  that  decision  aside,  thus  swindling  him  out  of 
about  $500.  A  German  Methodist  minister, 
pastor  ot  a  church  in  Oshkosh,  requested  more 
light  in  Anti-masonry.  His  questions  were  an- 
swered and  more  than  one  prayer  went  up  for 
God's  blessing  on  the  honest  inquirer. 

In  the  evening  President  Blanchard  mar- 
shalled the  opinions  of  eminent  divines  against 
the  lodge  and  tiacked  it  through  some  of  its 
bloody  history.  A  hearer  who  either  had  not 
used  the  common  gavel  "  to  divest  his  mind  of 
its  superfluities,"  or  who  was  an  instance  of  the 
utter  failure  of  this  Masonic  implement  for  the 
"  suppressing  of  our  passions,"  arose  and  shaking 
his  h'et,  angrily  asked  if  the  speaker  ever  was  a 
Mason. 

"  No,  sir,  I  never  was." 
"  Then  you  know  nothing  about  Masonry." 
"  By  this  time  several  were  on  their  feet  and 
some  "  jewels"  were  lost.  President  Blanchard 
said  that  Bro.  Thomas  Lowe,  Past  Master  of 
several  lodges,  would  work  the  first  and  third 
degrees  ana  that  if  any  Mason  would  swear  that 
they  were  not  given  correctly,  the  convention 
would  have  that  Mason  arrested  and  sent  up  for 
perjury.     This  was  a  "  settler." 

The  President  closed  with  a  feeling  appeal  in 
favor  of  approaching  this  all-important  subject 
with  candor  and  reason. 

Bro.  Thomas  Lowe  began  work  on  the  first 
degree  amid  some  confusion.  Ones  of  "  You're 
a  perjured  wretch,"  etc,  were  met  and  turned  to 
the  injury  of  the  lodge.  The  firm,  kind  manner 
of  the  leaders  of  the  meeting  quickly  restored 
order,  while  the  melting,  winning  spirit  of  the 
Master  predominated  at  this  and  all  other  sit 
tings  of  the  convention. 


Minnesota  State  Meeting. 

According  to  announcement  the  State  Con- 
vention met  in  the  Court  House  at  Blue  Earth 
City.  The  county  ofiicers  had  kindly  granted 
the  use  of  the  Court  House  for  the  meeting,  and 
Bro.  Rufua  Johnson  had  provided  for  lighting 
and  warming  it.  He  had  also  secured  accommo- 
dations in  the  families  of  the  city  for  the  enter- 
tainment of  delegates,  so  that  it  was  not  neces- 
sary, as  on  some  occasions  it  has  been,  to  send 
delegates  to  hotels.  The  weather  was  extremely 
cold,  the  thermometer  on  the  first  night  of  our 
meeting  registering  26  degrees  below  zero. 
Owing  to  tfie  state  of  the  weather  and  the  fact 
that  trains  were  late,  no  meeting  was  held  on 
Wednesday  evening,  and  the  convention  assem- 
bled lor  the  first  time  on  Thursday  morning. 

The  first  half  hour  was  spent  in  devotional 
exercises,  led  by  Rev.  Thos.  Hartley.  This  was 
a  meeting  of  much  power,  the  Holy  Spirit  being 
evidently  poured  upon  us  trom  on  high.  After 
this  hour  of  prayer,  a  short  address  was  delivered 
by  President  Charles  A.  Blanchard,  on  the 
need  of  faith  for  the  success  of  our  work. 
At  the  close  of  this  address  the  President,  Prof. 
E.  G.  Paine,  announced  the  various  committees. 

In  the  afternoon  there  was  an  address  by  ProL 
E.  G.  Paine,  of  Wasioja  Seminary,  on  the  funda- 
mental principles  of  our  reform.  A  report  was 
then  made  on  the  state  of  the  work  in  various 
parts  of  the  State.  Messrs.  Morrill,  Paine,  John- 
son and  Hartley  speaking  for  Winona,  Dodge, 
Faitibault  and  Waseca  counties. 

In  the  evening  devotional  exercises  were  con- 
ducted by  Rev.  A.  C.  Hand,  after  which  Presi- 
dent Blanchard  addressed  a  good  audience  on 
the  objections  to  Anti-masonry  and  the  objec- 
tions to  Freemasonry. 

Friday  morning  the  convention  met,  and  after 
devotional  exercises  the  committee  on  work  re- 
ported as  follows : 

1 .  There  should  be  a  State  agent  appointed  and  paid 
for  his  labor. 

2.  Volunteer  agents  should  be  appointed  in  all  counties 
where  there  are  men  who  are  able  and  willing  to  do  the 
work. 

3.  All  our  local  associations  should  be  animated,  en- 
couraged and  enthused,  while  new  ones  should  be  organ- 
ized as  rapidly  as  possible. 

4.  A  subscription  should  now  be  taken  for  the  support 
of  our  State  lecturer. 

After  the  adoption  of  this  repoit  Rev.  Robt.  J. 
Williams  was  elected  State  lecturer  and  for 
supervision  of  labor  in  counties  the  following 
named  pereons  were  appointed  :  Dodge  county. 
Prof.  E.  G.  Paine ;  Fairibault  county,  Rufus 
Johnson^;  Waseca  county,  Rev.  Thos,  Hartley; 
Winona  county,  W.  H.  Morrill;  Martin  county. 
Rev.  W.  H.  MeChesney. 

The  committee  on  finance  then  reported  on 
the  expenses  of  the  oonvention,  showing  that 


provision  for  them  was  already  made,  and  that 
there  was  a  small  balance  in  the  treasury.  Af- 
ter announcements  and  Jthe  singing  of  the  dox- 
ology  the  convention  adjourned  to  1:30  p.  m. 

In  the  afternoon  there  were  devotional  exer- 
cises led  by  the  State  lecturer  elect,  Rev.  Robt. 
J.  Williams,  and  then  addresses  by  Rev.  Thos. 
Hartley  and  Rufus  Johnson,  and  in  the  evening 
another  address  by  President  C.  A.  Blanchard, 


The  Gospel  and  Masonry  in  Sauic  County,  Wis. 

Deae  Bbo.  K.  :— On  Sabbath,  the  19th  No- 
vember, I  preached  at  a  place  called  Peck's  Cor- 
nere,  at  11  a. m.,  from  1st  Timothy  1:5  :  "Now 
the  end  of  the  commandment  is  charity ;  out  of 
a  pure  heart  and  of  a  good  conscience,  and  of 
faith  unfeigned," 

In  speaking  of  faith  as  a  fundamental  grace, 
without  which  we  can  neither  be  justified  nor 
cleansed  from  all  unrighteousness,  nor  filled 
with  the  love  of  God  shed  abroad  in  our  hearts 
by  the  Holy  Ghost,  I  said  I  feared  that  there 
were  many  in  the  churches  who  feign  faith,  and 
many  others  in  the  world  who  believe  what  is 
written  about  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ  who  have 
no  saving  faith  in  Christ.  Of  Jesus  it  is  yritten, 
"  He  shall  save  his  people/rom  their  sins."  The 
salvation  of  the  Gospel,  then,  is  primarily  a  b&\- 
YAtion /ro?n  sin.  But  how  can  a  person  trust  in 
the  Lord  Jetus  Christ  as  his  personal  Saviour 
from  sin  w  ho  is  conscious  of  clinging  to  sin,  and 
refusing  to  do  what  God  in  his  VV^ord  com- 
mands? What!  believe  in  your  heart  that 
Jesus  does  save  you  from  sin,  while,  at  the  same 
time,  you  are  conscious  of  clinging  to  sin ;  and 
refusing  obedience  to  God  ?  Impossible  !  What 
is  it,  then,  that  such  people  have  which  they  oall 
faith.  It  is  the  desire  and  expectation  that  Jesus 
will  save  them,  and  not  the  confidence  that  he 
does  save  them. 

The  apostle  James  teaches  us  that  we  deceive 
ourselves,  if  we  hope  for  heaven,  and  are  not 
doers  of  the  known  will  of  God.  The  apostle 
John  exhorts  us  pot  to  let  any  man  deceive  us. 
"He  that  doeth  righteousness  is  righteous;  he  that 
committeth  sin  is  of  the  devil."  This  is  the  doc- 
trine of  the  beloved  disciple. 

It  is  manifest,  then,  that  Christ  does  not  ac- 
cept and  save  any  that  live  in  known  sin. 

No  one  can  be  said  to  be  saved  from  sin  who 
still  clings  to  and  continues  to  commit  sin.  It 
could  not  be  said  that  Christ  saves  a  man  from 
drunkenness  who  still  gets  drunk ;  or  that  he 
gives  a  man  from  licentiousness  who  continues 
to  commit  adultery.  How  is  it,  then,  that  so 
many  profess  faith  in  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ  and 
still  are  Freemasons  or  Odd-fellows,  or  members 
ot  some  other  carnal  brotherhood.  Do  they  not 
know  that  God  commands  believers  in  Christ 
not  to  be  unequally  yoked  together  with  unbe- 
lievers? Do  they  not  know  that  Christ-rejecting 
Jews,  Mohammedans,  pagans,  spiritualists,  deists 
and  unbelievers,  of  every  grade,  who  acknowl- 
edge the  existence  of  some  God  and  a  future 
state,  are  just  as  freely  made  Masons  as  Chris- 
tians are  ?  How,  then,  can  they  yoke  themselves 
up  in  covenant  relations  with  unbelievers,  if 
they  know  that  God  has  forbidden  it  ?  Does 
not  God  forbid  believers  to  yoke  themselves 
with  unbelievers ;  just  as  plainly  as  he  forbids 
swearing  or  stealing,  or  lying  or  adultery?  Can 
a  man  have  unfeigned  faith  in  Christ  who  con- 
tinues to  swear  or  steal  or  lie,  or  who  lives  in, 
adultery?  If  he  can  not,  neither  can  the  man 
have  unfeigned  faith  in  Jesus  Christ  who  is 
yoked  with  unbelievers  in  Freemasonry  or  some 
other  carnal  brotherhood. 

He  who  teaches  either  by  precept  or  example 
that  we  can  have  unleigued  iailh  in  Christ  and 
yet  refuse  obedience  to  the  known  will  of  God 
teaches  a  damnable  heresy,  and  ought  to  be  cast 
oiit  of  the  church,  for  it  is  manifest  that  he  can 
have  no  place  in  the  sviritual  body  of  Christ. 
Why,  then,  should  such  a  moral  excrescence  be 
permitted  to  adhere  to  the  visible  church  ? 

The  light  which  was  in  these  Masonic  minis- 
ters and  iaymen  has  become  darkness,  and  the 
darkness  has  become  so  great  that  when  the  Lord 
Jesus  comes  to  judge  them  by  the  word  that  He 
has  spoken,  and  it  oecouios  manifest  in  the  light 
of  the  judgment  that  they  have  built  for  eternity 
upon  the  esnd,  they  will  be  aston^ebed,  and  will 


Deoomber  14,  1882 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSUHK. 


18 


cry  out  "  Lord,  have  we  not  prophesied  in  thy 
name  ?"  But  it  will  be  too  late  to  correct  the 
fatal  error  of  their  lives — that  of  calling  Jesug 
Lord  while  refusing  to  do  as  he  commands. 
Alas,  that  so  many  in  the  visible  church  should 
go  in  the  beaten  way  to  hell,  ins+ead  of  search- 
ing out  the  straight  gate  and  walking  in  the  nar- 
row way  that  leads  to  heaven. 

In  the  conference  meeting  that  followed  the 
sermon  at  Peek's  Corners,  a  Mason  violently  as 
sailed  the  wholesome  doctrines  preached.  He 
said  Masons  were  just  as  good  and  better  than 
Anti-masons. 

I  replied  it  was  not  a  question  of  who  were 
the  best  fellows;  but  a  question  of  loyalty  to 
Christ.  I  read  the  Divine  command,  not  to  be 
yoked  with  unbelievers ;  and,  if  they  were 
yoked, to  come  out  and  be  separate;  to  so  totally 
renounce  their  covenant  oblig'itions,  as  never 
again  to  touch  the  unclean  thing.  "  Now,"  sa^d 
I,  ''do  you  think  you  can  refuse  to  do  as  Christ, 
by  the  Holy  Ghost,  commands  you,  and  yet 
thrust  yourself  upon  Jesus,  and  believe  in  your 
heart  that  he  does  receive  and  save  you,  when 
you  know  that  you  are  unreconciled  to  God ; 
that  you  are  flatly  refusing  to  do  what  he  com- 
mands vou?  Impossible  !  You  merely  feign 
faith.  What  you  call  faith  is  merely  a  false 
hope  which  you  can  never  realize.  It  will  per- 
ish in  the  judgment;  just  as  the  house  built 
upon  the  sand  fell  when  the  flood  came." 

There  was  quite  a  breeze  of  excitement.  Some 
rejoiced  in  the  truth  and  in  the  faith  of  Jesus; 
but  one  man,  especially,  seemed  madly  bent  on 
rejecting  the  truth,  and  building  for  eternity 
upon  the  sand.  But  I  quietly  and  firmly  main- 
tained the  truth  as  it  is  in  Jesus,  that  Masonry 
must  be  renounced,  or  Jesus  cannot  be  received 
by  faith.  1  speak  now  of  those  who  know  the 
truth,  that  in  Masonry  the  believer  is  yoked 
with  unbelievers,  and  that  God  forbids  it,  and 
'  commands  the  believer  to  come  out.  Faith  in 
Christ  to  that  man  is  impossible  if  he  refuses  to 
obey. 

Let  us  warn  and  entreat  and  persuade  these 
erring  brethren  "  with  all  long-suffering  and  doc- 
trine,' if,  peradventure,  some  may  be  reclaimed 
from  their  apostacy,  and  "garfted  in"  again  to 
Christ ;  and  be  fonnd  at  last  fruit-bearing 
branches  of  the  vine.  C.  F.  Hawley. 


THE  AMERICAN   PARTY. 


Nominations  for  1884. 

For  Pre»id«nt, 

JONATHAN  BLANCHARD, 

of  Illinois. 

lor  Vice-President. 

JOHN  A.  CONANT. 

of  Conuecticut. 

PLATFOBM. 

We  hold:  1.  That  ours  is  a  Christian  and  not  a 
heathen  nation,  and  that  the  God  of  the  Christian 
Scriptures  is  the  author  of  civil  government. 

2.  That  God  requires  and  man  needs  a  Sabbath. 

3.  That  the  prohibition  of  the  importation,  manu- 
facture and  sale  of  intoxicating  drinks  as  a  beverage 
is  the  true  policy  on  the  temperance  question. 

4.  That  the  charters  of  all  secret  lodges  gi-anted  by 
our  Federal  and  State  Legislatures  should  be  with- 
drawn, and  their  oaths  prohibited  by  law. 

5.  That  the  civil  equality  secured  to  all  American 
'Citizens  by  articles  13th,  14th  and  I5th  of  our  amended 

Constitution  should  be  preserved  inviolate. 

6.  That  arbitration  of  differences  with  nations  is 
the  most  direct  and  sure  method  of  securing  and  per- 
petuating a  permanent  peace. 

7.  That  to  cultivate  the  intellect  without  improving 
the  morals  of  men,  is  to  make  mere  adepts  and  experts ; 
therefore,  the  Bible  should  be  associated  with  books  of 
science  and  literature  in  all  our  educational  institu- 
tions, a 

8.  That  land  and  other  monopolies  should  be  dis- 
coiuaged. 

^  9.  That  the  government  should  furnish  the  people 
with  an  ample  and  sound  currency. 

10.  That  maintenance  of  the  public  credit,  protection 
to  all  loyal  citizens,  and  justice  to  Indians  are  essential 
to  the  honor  and  safety  of  our  nation. 

11.  And,  finally,  Ave  demand  for  the  American  peo- 
ple the  abolition  of  electoral  colleges,  and  a  direct  vote 
lor  President  and  Vice-president  of  the  United  States. 


went  back,  but  became  Republicans.  Senator 
Logan,  General  Grant,  and  many  other  men  who 
DOW  run  the  Republican  party  were  Democrats 
twenty  years  ago.  Tha  Republicans  are  for 
tariff  for  revenue,  with  discrimination  for 
protection;  the  Democrats  for  the  very 
same;  and  both  are  on  record  for  saving  the  re- 
sults of  the  war.  What  is  the  difference  between 
them  that  one  should  boast  against  the  other? 

— W.  H.  Ross  of  Allegan,  Mich.,  reports  27 
American  votes  cast  in  Allegan  county,  the 
largest  number  (8)  being  in  the  town  of  Hop- 
kins. The  Prohibition  vote  in  the  same  county 
was  38  straight  tickets. 

—When  Thurlow  Weed  undertook  the  man- 
agement of  the  Albany  Evening  Journal  in  1830, 
there  were  211  newspapers  published  in  Wew 
York  State.  Of  these  thirty-two  were  radically 
Anti-masonic  and  the  Jottrnal  was  the  thirty- 
third. 


The  Home  Ballot 


A  very  sensible  and  forcible  letter  from  the 
pastor  of  the  Congregational  church,  Galva,  111., 
says: 

I  am  sorry  that  the  American  Party  has  omit- 
ted the  equal  political  rights  of  men  and  women 
from  its  platform.  Pres.  Blanchard  reflects  on 
the  platform  drawn  up  by  the  New  York  Weekly 
Witness  because  it  omits  the  lodge ;  but  on  the 
other  hand  it  recognizes  the  equal  political 
rights  of  women.  It  seems  to  me  so  short-sighted 
to  work  to  Christianize  the  politics  of  our  coun- 
try, and  at  the  same  time  give  one's  influence  to 
disfranchise  the  women  who  make  up  at  least 
two-thirds  ot  the  membership  of  the  churches  of 
the  country.  This  country  can  only  be  purified 
and  saved  when  the  homes  are  more  perfectly 
represented  in  the  government,  and  that  will  be 
when  those  most  deeply  interested  in  the  homes 
— the  mothers,  wives  and  sisters — have  the  bal- 
lot. The  lodge  is  essentially  a  male  institution, 
and  it  will  not  flourish  as  a  "  secret  ring "  in 
polities  when  the  ho7ne,  by  ballot,  can  protect 
itself.  There  are  many  advantages  that  are 
coming  to  the  country,  besides  the  destruction 
of  the  liquor  traffic,  by  giving  the  ballot  to 
women.  The  party  that  most  directly  works  to 
this  great  end  is  the  one  I  will  hereafter  work 
with.  Why  should  Bro.  Feemster  in  his  battle 
with  the  lodge  turn  aside  to  gratify  the  whisky- 
ites,  and  all  other  bad  people  and  elements  in 
the  country,  by  declaring  that  this  great  reform 
is  de.'id?  It  will  not  die  while  God  lives  and 
Christianity  exists  to  biess  and  exalt  the  home. 
I  thank  Pres.  Blanchard  for  reminding  Bro, 
Feemster  that  "  women  suffrage  is  not  dead"  in 
his  Oshkosh  letter.     Faithfully  yours, 

C.  C.  Haekah. 


RELIGIOUS  INTELLIGENCE. 


Empty  professions  are  depraving,  and  Demo- 
cratic and  Republican  professions  are  empty. 
This  Pres.  C.  A.  Blanchard,  shows  with  great 
clearness  in  his  Thanksgiving  sermon  published 
in  this  number.  Thou0'>.Gds  ot  Democrats  vot- 
ed for|Van  Buren  (Free  Soil)  in  1848,  who  never 


— The  West  Nebraska  United  Brethren  con- 
ference lately  met  near  Aurora,  Hamilton  county, 
passed  a  vote  of  condemnation  against  the  lodge, 
tobacco,  Sabbath  desecration,  etc. 

— The  cable  reports  of  Mr.  D.  L.  Moody's 
serious  illness,  published  by  the  daily  journals, 
of  which  mention  was  made  in  these  columns 
lately,  happily  proved  to  have  been  unfounded. 
Mr.  Moody  has,  in  reply  to  the  sympathetic 
inquiries  of  his  friends,  sent  word  by  cable 
that  there  is  no  foundation  for  the  reports  that 
he  is  suffering  from  nervous  prostration.  He 
is,  he  says,  perfectly  well.  This  is  intelligence 
which  will  be  very  welcome  to  the  many 
friends  ot  the  evangelist  here,  who,  knowing 
the  arduous  labors  he  is  i^erforming  in  England, 
were  prepared  to  credit  the  report  of  his  break- 
down. 

— It  is  reported  that  an  organ  for  the  liberal 
wing  of  the  Congregational  church  is  to  be  estab- 
lished in  Boston.  One  hundred  thousand  dollars 
were  offered  to  give  it  a  start,  and  it  is  understood 
that  a  corporation  has  been  formed  to  control  it. 
It  will  be  a  powerful  rival  of  the  Gongregation- 
alist.  This  movement  explains  why  some  of 
the  Congregational  papers  have  become  sud- 
denly wary   while  not  long  since  their  editors 


were  earnestly  combatting  the   Smyth-Beecher 
theories. 

— The  "  General  Council "  branch  of  the  Lu- 
theran church  has  a  rule  forbidding  church 
members  from  belonging  to  secret  societies  ;  but 
in  the  church  at  Rockville,  Conn.,  the  pastor 
attempted  to  enforce  the  law  against  members 
of  secret  societies  within  the  congregation,  but 
failed  in  the  attempt.  He  was  obliged  to  va- 
cate hia  office,  and,  in  withdrawing,  took  with 
him  a  paH  of  the  congregation,  and  organized  a 
new  church.  The  majority  retained  poseesion  of 
the  church  property  and  called  a  new  pastor, 
who  was  dulv  installed  by  order  of  the  presi- 
dent of  the  New  York  Ministerium  ! 

— Elder  J.  H.  Austin  writes  that  on  the  eve- 
ning of  the  3d  inst.  at  the  Mennonite  Hall,  in 
Goshen,  Ind.,  Elder  Breneman,  the  traveling 
missionary  of  the  denomination,  while  expound- 
ing the  ""doctrines  of  the  church  and  its  Bible 
views  of  Christian  obligations,  ^ave  full  and  ex- 
plicit testimony  against  the  lodge  and  all  its 
allied  secret  societies.  Some  looked  morose  and 
sour,  but  most  looked  a  "thank-God"  from 
their  bright  and  appreciative  countenances. 
They  held  a  series  of  meetings  for  one  week ; 
seven  were  received  to  raerabership.  So  it  is 
evident  that  God  will  bless  and  save  souls  even 
if  in  preaching  the  whole  truth.  Baal  worship 
is  rebuked  from  the  pulpit.  O !  that  there  were 
more  such  living  testimony. 

— A  missionary  steamer,  whose  hull  and  ma- 
chinery weigh  only  six  tons;  is  now  moored  in 
the  Thames  in  London.  The  name  of  the  ves- 
sel is  "Peace,"  and  it  has  been  built  for  the 
Baptist  Missionary  Society,  who  destine  it  "^or 
the  service  of  the  mission  in  the  upper  reaches 
of  the  Congo  River.  The  boat  can  be  taken  to 
pieces  readily  for  transport  purposes. 

— A  memorial  church  to  David  Livingstone 
has  been  erected  at  Blantyre,  where  he  was  rear- 
ed. Dr.  Blaikie  relates  of  old  Neil  Livingstone, 
the  father,  ^'hat  he  was  the  founder  of  a  missionary 
society  and  also  of  a  missionary  prayer-meeting 
in  Blaityre.  He  bought  -or  borrowed  as  many 
missionary  books  ae  he  could  lay  his  hands  on. 
The  heroes  of  the  household  were  Martyn,  Jud- 
son,  Carey,  and  Zinzendorff;  so  that  from  his 
earliest  years  David  Livingstone  was  steeped  in 
the  literature  of  Christian  missions. 

— A  graphic  picture  of  the  present  "  liberal  " 
movement  in  theology  is  penned  by  Dr.  Cun- 
ningham Geike,  of  London,  who,  in  speaking  of 
Wellhausen  and  his  school  says  :  "  In  the  new 
volume  of  the  Encyclopedia  Brittanica,Dr.  Well- 
hausen, of  all  men,  has  been  entrusted  with  the 
article  on  Israel.  Abraham  or  Isaac  are  not 
named  in  it;  and  the  story  of  Moses  is  diminished 
to  a  thread.  He  does  not  menti<^n  Joseph.  In 
fact,  the  Bible  is  a  mere  trickle  of  history 
through  a  meadow  of  fable." 


Wm.'  Taylor. 

Albany,  Mo.  Nov.  27,  1882. 
Editoe  Cynosuke: — I  see  inquiry  made  with 
regard  to  the  probable  connection  of  William 
Taylor,  of  the  "India  Mission"  with  Freemason- 
ry. 1  made  the  acquaintance  of  two  of  his  broth- 
ers, one  a  farmer  living  in  the  north  part  of 
Mercer  county,  Mo.;  the  other  a  minifter  who 
had  been  sometime  also  in  California.  The  one 
who  is  a  farmer  was  trustee  of  a  church  in  his 
vicinity,  and  gave  me  liberty  to  lecture  in  the 
church,  which  I  did,  and  thus  hastened  the  per- 
secutions against  Bro.  Orr  for  it  was  on  his  cir- 
cuit. Mr.  Taylor  professed  to  be  anti-secret, 
but  when  trouble  came  lacked  back-bone  from 
head  to  heel.  The  minister  acknowledged 
himself  both  a  Mason  and  an  Odd-fellow,  and 
said  he  was  convinced  of  the  sin  and  had  no, 
afl&liation  with  the  orders.  He  told  Bro.  Orr, 
if  my  memory  is  correct,  that  his  brother  Wil- 
liam was  both  a  Mason  and  Odd-fellow,  but 
said  he  had  not  affiliated  with  the  fraternities 
for  years.  This  I  believe  to  be  the  truth  in 
the  case.  The  minister  above  refered  to  made 
some  concessions  to  Bro.  Orr,  which  he  no  doubt 
recanted  when  the  persecution  arose  against 
that  brother.  He  was  a  witness  against  Bro. 
Orr.  E.  G.  Coopeb. 


14 


THK  CMHiSTIAN  CYNOSUHB; 


December  14,  1882 


HOMt  AND  FARM. 


Why  Some  are  Poor. 

Cream  is  allowed  to  mold  and 
epoil.  Silver  flpoona  are  used  to 
scrape  kettles.  The  scrubbinj^-brueli 
is  left  in  the  water.  Nice  handled 
knives  are  thrown  into  hot  water. 
Brooms  are  never  hung  up.  Dish- 
cloths are  thrown  were  mice  can 
destroy  them.  Tubs  and  barrels 
are  left  in  the  enn  to  dry  and  fall 
apart.  Clothes  are  left  on  the  line 
to  whip  to  pieces  in  the  wind. 
Pie-crust  is  left  to  Pour,  instead  of 
making  a  few  tarts  for  tea.  Dried 
fruit  is  not  taken  care  of  in  season 
and  becomes  wormy.  Vegretables 
are  thrown  away  that  would  make 
a  good  dinner.  The  cork  is  left 
out  of  the  syrup  pig  and  the  flies 
take  possession.  Bits  of  the  meat 
are  thrown  out  that  would  make 
excellent  hash  for  breakfast.  Cof- 
fee, tea  and  spices  are  left  to  stand 
open  and  lose  their  strength.  Pork 
spoils  for  the  want  of  salt  and  be- 
cause the  brine  wants  scalding. 

The  above  why's,  which  we  clip 
from  an  exchange,  apply  to  the 
household.  Now  let  us  look  out 
doors:  Wagons,  implements,  etc , 
are  unpainted  and  uncovered,  and 
hence  rapidly  decay.  Crops  are 
destroyed  for  lack  of  good  fences. 
Domestic  animals  become  carcas- 
ses or  die  because  not  propelry  fed 
and  protected.  Many  animals  are 
ruined  or  die  because  they  are  not 
promptly  cared  for  when  ailing 
from  accident  or  digease.  Many  Sf 
crop  is  a  partial  or  total  failure  be- 
cause it  was  not  planted,  cultivated 
or  harvested  in  season.  The  lack 
of  good  sheds,  stables,  etc.,  often 
causes  great  waste  of  forage  and 
other  losses.  The  use  of  poor  seed 
often  loses  a  crop,  and  the  lack  of 
good  implements  is  frequently 
very  damaging.  Failure  to  exer- 
cise brains  in  planning  and  manage- 
ment is  very  expensive;  and  the 
excessive  use  of  stimulants  and 
narcotics,  and  the  loss  of  time 
spent  where  they  are  purchased 
and  consumed,  often  leads  to  both 
poverty  and  disgrace.  These  are 
among  the  cogent  reasons  why 
some,  aye,  many,  do  not  accumu- 
late sufficient  projjerty  to  render 
themselves  comparatively  indepen- 
dent. 


Packing  Eggs  fok  Wintek. — 
Take  a  box  of  sufficient  size,  sprin- 
kle oats  on  the  bottom,  stand  the 
eggs  on  the  little  end  and  so  close 
together  that  they  will  not  tip 
over,  sprinkle  oats  between  eacjh 
layer  and  on  top.  Cover  tightly 
and  Bet  in  a  cool  place.  They  will 
keep  seven  months  and  be  clean 
and  fresh. 


Feeding  Flajxseed. — Flaxseed 
has  a  very  important  feeding  value, 
and  can  be  ground  by  mixing  it 
with  other  grain — 1  ot  flaxseed  to 
12  or  15  of  corn,  or  corn  and  oats, 
peas  and  oats,  barley  and  oats,  etc. 
There  being  about  37  per  cent,  of 
oil  in  flaxseed,  it  cannot  be  ground 
in  an  ordinary  mill  without  mixing 
it  with  other  grain,  to  absorb  the 
oil:  but  this  oil  of  the  flaxseed  im- 
proves the  feeding  value  of  the 
other  grain  very  much.  Besides, 
flaxseed  is  rich  m  aluminoide,  or 
muscle-forming  food,  and  this  im- 
proves Indian  corn  materially. 
During  the  winter  season,  when 
cittle  get  a  diet  of  dry  food,  and 
especially  in  the  West,  where  the 


dry  stalks  of  the  corn  fields  furnish 
the  largest  share  of  coarse  fodder, 
this  mixture  of  flaxseed  in  the 
grain  ration  will  have  the  most 
beneficial  effect.  This  extra  pro- 
portion of  oil  will  have  a  slightly 
laxative  effect  upon  the  bowels, 
and  prevent  impactidh  of  the  mani- 
folds, and  other  diseases  arising 
from  constipation.  The  proportion 
of  1  of  flaxseed  to  12  or  15  of  corn 
and  oats  will  produce  marked  ef- 
fect upon  the  coat  of  cattle  and 
horses,  rendering  it  as  g'ossy  as 
when  on  good  grass.  "We  have  fed 
it  with  great  satisfaction  to  caives 
and  colts.  It  is  also  in  the  right 
proportion  for  milch  cows,  keep- 
ing the'm  in  good  health,  prevent- 
ing indigestion,  and  garget,  but  a 
little  less  should  be  given  to  cows 
shortly  before  coming  in. — Na- 
tional Live  Stock  Journal. 


Farming  Pkospekous. — The 

fame  of  our  agricultural  lands  has 
reached  e^ery  hamlet  in  Europe, 
and,  coupled  with  the  knowledge 
of  the  great  prosperity  existing 
here  among  all  dassee,  is  bringing 
to  our  farms  and  workshops  thou- 
sands of  foreigners  every  day. 
Nothing  could  more  forcibly  il- 
lustrate the  prosperous  condition 
of  affairs  throughout  the  country 
than  the  unusual  demand  for  both 
skilled  and  unskilled  labor.  Not- 
withstanding the  arrival  ot  at  least 
three  thousand  emigrants  a  day, 
yet  the  movement  for  higher  wages 
has  been  general  and  successful  in 
a  large  number  of  trades.  The  de- 
maud  for  agriculturists  seems  great- 
er than  the  supply,  tending  in  some 
sections  of  the  country   to  higher 

wages. 

«-»-• 

Apples  fob  Health. — Apples  in 
addition  to  being  a  delicious  iruit, 
make  a  pleasant  medicine.  A  raw 
mellow  apple  is  digested  in  an 
hour  and  a  half,  while  boiled  cab- 
bage requires  flve  hours.  The  most 
healthy  desert  that  can  be  placed 
on  the"  table  is  a  baked  apple.  If 
eaten  frequently  at  breakfast,  with 
coarse  bread  and  butter,  without 
meat  or  flosh  of  any  kind,  it  has 
an  admirable  effect  on  the  general 
systt  m,  often  removing  constipa- 
tion, correcting  acidities,  and  cool- 
ing off  febrile  conditions  more  ef- 
fectually than  the  most  improved 
medicines.  If  families  could  be 
induced  to  substitute  apples,  ripe 
and  sound,  for  pies,  cakes  and  sweet- 
meats, with  which  their  children 
are  frequently  stuffed,  there  would 
be  a  diminution  of  doctor's  bills  in 
a  single  year  sufficient  to  lay  in  a 
stock  '^f  this  delicious  fruit  for  the 
whole  season's  use. 

Christian   Workers 

Who  depend  on  voluntary  con- 
tributions of  Christian  people  in 
whole  or  in  part  for  their  support: 

J.  F.  Bkowne,  Cabin  Creek,  Ky. 

Eli  Tafley,  Columbus,  Miss. 

J.  F.  Galloway,  Okahumka 
Florida. 

Wu.  IIazenbukg,  Cape  Town,  S. 
Africa. 

A.  D.  Za  raphonithes,  Andros, 
via  Syra,  Greece. 

G.  H.  FiLLA-N,  Armenia. 

Contributions  for  either  of  these 
brethren  may  be  forwarded  either 
through  the  editors  of  the  Cyno- 
sure or  the  Treasurer  of  the  N. 
C.  A.  Please  designate  to  which 
one  Buch  funds  shall  be  sent. 


NATIONAL  CHRISTIAN  ASSOCIATION 


221  W.  Madibon  St.,  Chicago. 

President.  —  J.  Blanchard,  Wheaton, 
111. 

Vice  -  President.  —  Thos.  H.  Qault, 
Chicago. 

EC.  Sec. — .John  D.  Nutting,  Chicago. 

Cor.  Sec.  and  Gen.  Agent.--J.  P.  Stod- 
dard, 231  W.  Madison  Street,  Chicago. 

Tbeasurer.— W.  I.  Phillips,  221  W. 
Madison  Street,  Chicago. 

Directors. — Philo  Carpenter,  J.  Blanch- 
ard, M.  R.  Britten,  E.  A.  Cook,  H  L.  Kel- 
logg, D.  P.  Baker,  T.  H.  Gault,  A.  G. 
Laird,  C.  R.  Hagerty,  John  Gardner,  L.  N^ 
Stratton. 

THE  NATIONAL  CONVENTION. 

President.— Rev.  8.  Collins,  Wash 
ington,  D.  C. 

Secretaries. — H.  L.  Kellogg,  W.  H. 
Ross  and  M.  N.  Butler. 

liie  object  of  this  Associatioc  is: 

"To  srpone,  withstMd  and  remeT«  sseret  aocl 
«tie«,  Pr®emaBonry  in  particular,  and  otbsr  «,ntS 
Christiaa  movsmenU,  in  order  to  osve  th»  churcJl 
tz  »f  Ohrlst  from  beiag  depraved,  to  radeem  tb« 
«d3nla.i»tratian  ef  jnatice  from  ponarsioE,  utS 
erirrepnblieaB  gOTaynmsnt  from  eoircptioti.'' 

To  carry  on  this  work  contributions  arc 
Mjiicited  from  every  friend  of  the  reform. 

?OKM  OF  B^QTXST.— I  give  a3>.d  b«qaeath  to  itv 

Naticusl  Christian  Association,  Ineorporatsd  aoi 
?r3gttr.g  aades  the  ln^e  at  th«  8Ut«  of  illliioia, 

ths  suai  9f dollars,  for  the  purposse  «f  «ale 

ABBi>cl8l!on,  and   for   wtilcJs  tha  receipt  of   Its 
Treasurer  for  th«  time  he'.D?  >h»li  \»»  s  «7iiH<:l«B' 

STATE  AUXILIARY  ASSOCIATIONS. 

Alabama. — Pres.,  W.  A.  McAlpine 
Sec,  G.  M.  Elliott;  Treas.,  E.  ishel,  all 
of  Selma. 

California. — Pres.,  L.  B.  Lathrop, 
Hollister;  Cor.  Sec,  Mrs.  U.  P.  Merrill, 
Woodland;  Treas.,  C.  Ruddock,  Wood- 
land. 

Connecticut.— Pres.,  J.  A.  Conant, 
Williraantic;  Sec,  Geo.  Smith,  Willi- 
mantic;  Treas.,  C.  T.  Collins,  Windsor. 

Illinois. — Pres.,N.E.Gardner,Haldane. 
Sec,  C.  W.  aiatt,  Tonica;  Treas.,  J.  C. 
Schoenberger,  Chicago. 

Indiana. — Pres.,  I.  W.  Lowman,  An. 
burn;  Sec,  S-  Y.  Miller,  College  Corners; 
Treas.,  Benj.  Ulsh,  Silver  Lake. 

Iowa. — Pres.,  C.  D.  Trumbull,  Slorning 
Sun ;  Rec.  Sec.  A.  W.  Hall,  College  Spring ; 
Cor.  Sec,  W.  T.  Moffltt,  Morning  Sun ; 
Treas.,  Joseph  Laird,  Wayne. 

Kansas.— Pres.,  J.  S.T.  Mil ligan.  North 
Cedar ;  Sec,  J.  Alter,  Valley  Palls ;  Treas. 
J.  A.  Torreuce,  Winchester. 

Massachusetts — Pres.,  S.  A.  Pratt; 
Bee,  Mrs.  E.  D.  Bailey;  Treas.,  David 
Manning,  Sr. ;  all  of  Worcester. 

Michigan. — Pres.,  Wm.  Wing,  Grand 
Rapids;  Rec-Sec'y,  A.  H.  Springstein, 
Pontiac ;  Cor.  Sec,  W.  H.  Kops,  Allegan ; 
Treas.,  C.  C.  Foote,  88  Columbia  Street, 
Detroit. 

Minnesota. — Pres.  E.  G.  Paine,  Waai- 
oja;  Cor.  Sec,  W.  H.  McChesney,  Fair- 
mont ;  Rec.  Sec'y Thos.  Hartley,  Richland ; 
Treas.,  Wm.  H.  Morrill,  St.  Charles. 

Missouri. — Pres.  C.  J. Kephart  Avalon; 
Treas.,  William  Beauchamp,  Avalon;  Cor. 
Sec,  M.  N.  Butler,  Albany. 

Nebraska. —  Pres.  8.  Austin,  Fair- 
mount  ;  Cor.  Sec,  W.  S.  Spooner,  Kearney ; 
Treas.,  R.  A.  Bishop,  Seeley's  Mills. 

New  Hampshire. — Pres.  Eider  J.  G. 
Smith,  New  Hampton;  Sec,  S.C  Kimball 
New  Market;  Treas.,  E.  Smith,  Center 
Straflord. 

New  York. — Pres.  F.  W.  Capwell, 
Dale;  Sec'y,  Isaac  Hyatt,  Dale;  Treas., 
M.  Merrick,  Syracuse. 

Ohio. — Pres.,  Wm.  Dillon,  Dayton; 
Cor.  Sec,  J.  P.  Lytle,  Sago;  Treas.,  J.  M. 
Scott,  Alexandria. 

Pennsylvania. — Pres.  A.  L.  Post,  Mon- 
trose; Cor.  Sec,  N.Callender, Thompson; 
Treas.,  W.  B.  Bertels,  Wilkesbarre. 

Wisconsin. — Pres.,  Enos  Collins,  Colo 
ma;  Cor.  Sec  W.  W.  Warner,  Baraboo; 
Treas.,  M.  R.  Britten,  Vieuna. 

West  Virginia. — Pres.,  D.  B.  Turney, 
Sec,  John  Bosley,  Grafton;  Treas.,  H.  B. 
Higgins,  Petroleum. 


Anti-masonic  Lecturers. 

General  Agent  and  Lecturer,  J.  P. 
Stoddai-d,  221  West  Madison  street,  Chi- 
cago. 

Agents  for  the  South:  H.  H.  Hinman, 
Wtieaton,  111.,  and  Paul  S.  Feemster, 
Larned,  Kans. 

E.  D.  Bailey,  Worcester,  Mass.,  Agent 
for  New  England. 

Degree  Workers. — (Seceders.) 

D.  P.  Rathbun,  Clarence,  Iowa, 
S.  E.  Starry,  Clarence,  Iowa. 
Jas.  Purguson,    "  " 

J.  K.  Glassford,  Carthage,  Mo. 

State  Lecturers. 

California,  D.  A.  Richards,  Woodland. 
Coim.,  J.    L.   Barlow  of  WiUmantio. 


Indiana,  S.  L.  Cook  ot  Albion. 
Iowa,  D.  P.  Rathbun,  Clarence. 
Missouri,  M.N.  Butler  of  Albany. 
Wisconsin,  Thos.  Lowe,  Coloma  Sta.    . 

Other  Lectubebs. 

C.  A.  Blanchard,  Wheaton,  111 
N.  Callender,  Thompson,  Pa. 
J.  H.  Timmons,  Tarentum,  Pa. 
J.  H.  Baird,  Templeton,  Pa. 
T.  B.  McCormick,  Princeton,  Ind 
E.  Johnson,  Dayton,  Ind, 
J.  M.  Bishop,  Chambersburg,  Pa 
A.  Mayn,  Promise  City,  Mich. 
J.  B.  Cressinger,  Sullivan,  O. 
W.  M .  Love,  Baker,  Mo. 
A.  D.  Freeman,  Downers  Grove,  111. 
J.  P.  Richards,  Belmont,  Wis. 
E.  Mathews,  Spring  Arbor,  Mich. 
Wm.  Fenton,  St.  Paul,  Minn. 
E.  I.  Grinnell,  Blairsburg,  Iowa. 
Warren  Taylor,  South  Salem,  O. 
J.  S.  Perry,  Thompson,  Conn, 

C.  P.  Hawley,  Wheaton,  111. 

J.  T.  Michael,  New  Wilmington,  Pa. 
Prof.  S.  C.  Kimball,  New  Market,  N.  H. 
Elder  L.  H.  Buf kins,  Scrauton,  Iowa. 
S.  G.  Barton,  Breckinridge,  Mo. 
Joel  H.  Austin,  Goshen,  Ind: 

D.  B.  Turney,  Bird  Station,  111. 
J.  F.  Browne,  Cabin  Creek,  Ky. 

E.  Barnetson,  Jackson  Valley,  Pa, 


The  Churches  against   Lodge ry. 

The  following  denominations  are  com 
mitted  by  vote  of  their  legislative  assem- 
blies or  by  constitution  to  a  separation 
from  secret  lodge  worship  ; 

Adventists  (Seventh-day). 

Baptists — Primitive,  Seventh-day  and 
Scandinavian. 

Brethren  iDunkers  or  German  Baptists). 

Christiaa  Reformed  Church. 

Church  of  God  (Northern  Indiana  El- 
dership.) 

Congregational — The  State  Associations 
of  Illinois  and  Iowa  have  adopted  resolu- 
tions against  the  lodge. 

Disciples  (in  part). 

Friends. 

Lutherans — Norwegian,  Danish,  Swed- 
ish and  Synodical  Conferences. 

Mennonites. 

Methodists — Free  and  Wesleyan. 

Methodist  Protestant  (Minnesota  Con- 
ference). 

Moravians. 

Plymouth  Brethren. 

Presbyterian — Associate,  Reformed  and 
United. 

Reformed  Church  (Holland  Branch). 

United  Brethren  in  Christ.  *" 

Individual  churches  in  some  of  these 
denominations  should  be  excepted,  in 
part  of  them  even  a  considerable  portion. 

The  following  local  diurches  have,  as  a 
pledge  to  disfellowship  and  oppose  lodge 
worship,  given  their  names  to  the  follow- 
ing list  as 

THE    associated  CHURCHES  OP  CHRIST. 

New  Ruhamah  Congregational,  Hamil- 
ton, Miss. 

Pleasant  Ridge  Congregational,  Sand- 
ford  county,  Ala. 

New  Hope  Methodist,Lownde&  co.,  Miss. 

Congregational,  College  Springs,  Iowa. 

College  Church  of  Christ,  Wheaton,  111. 

First  Congregational,  Leland,  Mich. 

Sugar  Grove  church.  Green  county.  Pa. 

Military  Chapel,  M.  E.,  Lowndes  Co., 
Miss. 

Hopewell  Missionaiy  Baptist,  Lowndes 
Co.,  Miss. 

Cedar  Grove  Missionary  Baptist,  Lown- 
des Co.,  Miss. 

Simon's  Chapel,M.  E.,Lownde3  co..  Miss. 

Pleasant  Ridge  Missionaiy  Baptist, 
Lowndes  Co.,  Miss. 

Brownlee  church,  Caledonia,  Miss. 

Salem  church,  Lowndes  Co.,  Miss. 

West  Preston  Baptist  church,  Wayne 
Co.  Pa. 

Other  local  churches  which  have  adopt- 
ed the  same  principles  are — 

Baptist  churches ;  N.  Abington,  Pa. ; 
Menomcnie,  Mondovi,  Waubeck  and 
Spring  Prairie,  Wis. ;  Wheaton,  111. ;  Per- 
ry, N.  Y. ;  Spring  Creek,  near  Burlington, 
Iowa;  Lima,  Ind.;  Constableville,  N.  Y. 
The  "Good  Will  Association"  of  Mobile, 
Ala.,  comprising  some  twenty-five  colored 
Baptist  churches;  Bridgewater  Baptist 
Association,  Pa. ;  Old  Tebo  Baptist,  near 
Leesville,  Henry  Co.,  Mo. ;  Hoopeston,  111. 

Congregational  churches :  1st  of  Ober- 
lin,  O. ;  Tonica,  Crystal  Lake,  Union  and 
Big  Woods,  111. ;  Solsbury,  Ind. ;  Congre- 
gational Methodist,  Maplewood,  Mass. 

Presbyterian  church,  Hoopeston,  111. 

Independent  churches  in  Lowell,  Coun- 
tryman school  house  near  Lindenwood, 
Marengo  and  Streator,  111  ;  Berea  and 
Camp  Nelson,  Ky.;  Ustick,  111.;  Clarks- 
burg, Kans.  State  Association  of  Minis- 
ten  and  Ohurches  in  ChxiaX  of  Keatooky 


December  14,  188'i 


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Freemasonry  Illustrated.  A  complete 
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and  Chapter.  Profusely  illustrated.  A  historical 
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Knight  TemplariBm  Illustrated.  A  full 
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THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE. 


Decetiiber  14, 1888 


NEWS  OF  THE  WEEK. 


— The  propeller  Morning  Star,  plying 
between  New  Orleans  and  Magnolia 
Plantation  exploded  it8  boiler  near  Bellair 
plantation  Wednesday  morning,  killing 
three  persons  instantly,  blowing  into  the 
river  and  drowning  a  fireman  and  seven 
roustabouts,  and  probably  fatally  scalded 
six  others.    The  boat  was  racing. 

— A  special  from  Chihauhua,  Mexico, 
states  that  the  recent  massacre  in  Casa 
Grande  by  Indians  proves  to  have  been 
a  horrible  affair.  A  band  of  Apaches 
numbering  500  crossed  the  border,  de- 
scended unon  the  little  town,  and  began 
an  indiscriminate  massacre,  fully  seventy- 
flve  persons  falling  victims.  Several  girls 
and  women  were  earried  ofl  by  the  sav- 
ages. 

— The  reported  resignation  of  Secretary 
Folger  was  a  Wall  street  canard. 

— The  voluminous  report  of  the  Tarifi 
Commission  recommends  a  reduction  ot 
from  15  to  25  per  cent,  on  many  articles 
of  general  consumption  and  of  40  to  50 
per  cent,  on  sugar,  with  a  liberal  addition 
to  the  free  list. 

— In  his  annual  report  the  Secretarjr  of 
the  Navy  recommends  the  appropriation 
of  three  and  one  half  million  dollars  for 
the  construction  of  a  steel  ram,  steel 
cruisers,  and  an  iron  dispatch  boat.  He 
deplores  the  disappearance  of  the  Ameri- 
can commercial  marine  from  the  seas, 
and  recommends  that  a  lai-ge  compensa- 
tion be  given  to  American  ships  carrying 
the  mails. 

— The  corner  stone  of  the  new  Chamber 
of  Commerce  in  this  city  is  to  be  laid 
with  appropriate  ceremonies  on  Wednes- 
day of  this  week — if  the  weather  permits. 
The  tower  and  spire  of  this  building  will 
rise  over  300  feet  in  the  air. 

— The  police  raided  five  gambling  hells 
m  Chicago  last  week  Tuesday  evening, 
arresting  over  one  hundred  inmates  and 
destroying  the  furniture  of  the  rooms. 
Another  dealer  was  raided  Friday  after- 
noon. 

—The  United  States  Rolling  Stock  Co., 
manufacturers  of  locomotives  and  cars, 
are  about  to  remoye  to  the  southern  bor- 
ders ol  Chicago  and  erect  immense  shops 
and  a  small  city  for  their  workmen. 

— The  cold  wave  which  swept  over  the 
Northern  States  last  Wednesday  brought 
down  the  mercury  10  to  18  degrees  below 
zero  in  this  city.  At  LaOrosse  25  below 
was  reported;  at  Dubuque  18  to  20;  Oma- 
ha 20  to  21;  Qalesburg  20;  Mattoon,  111., 
12  below. 

— Many  mayors  of  Illinois  cities  assem- 
bled at  Springfield  Thursday  to  take  into 
consideration  the  needed  improvement  of 
country  roads.  Carter  Harrison  of  Chi- 
cago, was  chairman  of  the  meeting. 

— The  Apache  leader  Ju,  and  his  band, 
surrounded  and  butchered  a  party  of 
thirty-five  men  near  Casa  Grande,  Chi- 
hauhau,  Mexico.  Five  of  the  victims  were 
Americans.  The  posse  had  followed  the 
Indians  for  the  purpose  of  recovering 
stolen  stock. 

— Judge  Hilton,  who  not  very  long  ago 
excluded  .Jews  from  his  hotel  at  Saratoga, 
oflered  ten  thousand  dollars  for  the  relief 
of  the  Russian-Jewish  refugees  in  Amer- 
ica. 

— It  is  reported  that  with  the  new  year 
^eat  changes  are  to  be  made  in  the  Brit- 
ish Cabinet,  Earl  Derby  and  Sir  Hugh 
Childers  to  accept  ofiice  and  Mr.  Glad- 
stone to  retire  with  the  understanding  that 
the  Marquis  of  Hartington  shaU  succeed 
to  the  Premiership. 

— The  loss  of  property  by  the  great  fire 
on  Thursday  in  London,  England — the 
largest  which  has  occurred  in  that  city 
for  over  tweaty  years — is  estimated  at 
over  fllteen  millions.  A  whole  square  of 
buildings,  covering  more  than  tv\  o  acres 
of  ground,  was  destroyed,  and  as  the  prop- 
erty was  amongst  the  most  valuable  in 
London,  the  loss  will  probably  be  even 
greater  than  it  is  now  estimated.  A  flre- 
■  man  was  killed  and  several  citizens  injur- 
ed by  falling  walls. 

— The  Hungarian  Government,  sur- 
prised at  the  great  tide  of  immigration 
to  America  from  the  mountain  districts, 
has  requested  the  Austrian  authorities 
to  stop  all  persons  unprovided  with  pass- 
ports. 

— The  snowstorm  of  Wednesday  night 
and  Thursday  in  Great  Britain  was  the 
severest  known  for  years.  Numerous 
shipwrecks  occurred  on  the  coast,  and  the 
loss  to  all  descriptions  of  property  is  very 
great. 

—  Very  serious  floods  are  reported  in 
Paris,  the  water,  standing  a  foot  deep  in 


some  of  the  principal  streets.  The  island 
on  which  the  Cathedral  of  Notre  Dame  is 
situated  swarms  with  rats  driven  out  of 
the  sewers  by  the  high  water,  and  the  peo- 
ple are  suffering  severely  from  their  dep- 
redations. 

— Tho  French  Government  has  asked 
the  Chambers  for  an  appropriation  of  one 
million  francs  to  relieve  sufferers  by  the 
floods.  The  Seine  continues  to  rise. 

— Protests  have  been  received  by.  the 
German  Government  from  the  Chambers 
of  Commerce  of  all  the  seaport  towns 
against  the  proposed  ironclad  law  pro- 
hibiting the  importation  of  American 
meats. 

— The  result  of  the  trial  of  Arabi  Bey 
which  has  been  progressing  in  Cairo,  was 
that  he  at  length  plead  guilty  to  the  charge 
of  rebellion.  He  was  at  once  sentenced 
to  be  hung,  but  the  Khedive  promptly 
commuted  the  sentence  to  banishment  for 
life.  It  is  thought  that  the  culprit  may 
make  his  abode  in  Enuland.  If  he  should 
return  to  Egypt  the  death  sentence  would 
take  effect. 


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Editorial  : 
Topics  of  the  Time ....    1 
Transmigration    and 

Evolution 8 

"Sirs,  ye  are  Brethren"    8 
Contributions  : 
The  Testimony  of  an 

Odd-fellow 1 

The  Church  of  Christ 

One 2 

Reform  Story : 

Holden    with     Cords 

Chap    XXXII 2 

The  Sermon  : 

The     Sympathy     of 
Christ  with  Men. ...    3 
New  England  ; 
Grand  Rally  for  Tem- 
perance in  Worces- 
ter      9 


Washington   Letters 8 

Correspondence : 
Ei'Cts   about  Mortran; 
Letter  from  Bro.  A. 
\.  Phelps;   H.    W. 
Beecher  an<l  Evolu- 
tion; Our  Mail;....     6 
American  Politics: 
Address  by  Rev.  C.  C. 

Poote 13 

Religious  News  :  13 

Christmas  in  Syria 7 

Home  Circle 10 

Children's  Corner...  10 

Temperance 11 

Home  and  Farm 14 

News  of  the  Week.  , .  16 

Churches  vs.  Lodgery 14 

Then.  C.  a 14 

Publisher's  Dep't 16 


TOPICS  OF  THE  TIME. 


The  laying  of  the  corner-stone  of  the  new 
Chamber  of  Commerce  by  the  Chicago  Eoard 
of  Trade,  took  place  last  Wednesday.  A  short 
march  with  bands  of  music  in  the  sharp  winter 
air  and  brisk  west  wind  broufi;ht  the  procession 
of  two  thousand  to  the  southwest  corner  of  the 
Grand  Pacific  Hotel — a  procession  finely  con- 
trasting with  the  frequent  lodge  parades  in  our 
streets.  They  were  the  true  architects  of  Chi- 
cago's greatness,  while  the  others  though 
bearing  the  name  of  builders,  are  only 
destroyers  of  honor  and  fair  fame.  The 
exercises  announced  lor  the  corner-stone  laying 
were  simple,  and  honorably  represented  the 
concentrated  business  of  a  great  city,  which  is 
nominally,  at  least,  Christian.  They  were  cut 
short  by  the  cold  wind,  but  were  thus  arranged: 
Opening  prayer  by  one  of  the  Chicago  pas- 
tors; the  singing  of  "America"  by  the  assemblage; 
the  laying  of  the  stone,  and  reading  of  the  docu- 
ments placed  therein;  an  address  by  the  presi- 
dent of  the  Board  of  Trade;  an  oration  by  its 
secretary;  and  singing  of  the  "Doxology,"  ac- 
companied by  the  band.  The  resemblance  of 
this  programme  to  that  used  at  a  similar  oc- 
casion a  few  months  since  by  the  business  men 
of  New  York,  encourages  us  to  believe  that 
conscience,  and  a  sense  ot  obligation  to  that  God 
who  gives  the  power  to  get  wealth,  are  not  yet 
eliminated  from  the  great  business  interests  of 
our  country. 


milliotifl.  Texas  stands  first  with  18.723,016. 
South  Carolina  and  Rhode  Island  have  uearly 
the  same  record,  while  Connecticut  with  23,789,- 
376  snrpaeses  Alabama,  Mississippi  and  Arkan- 
sas combined.  But  the  average  column  is  most 
instructive.  The  District  of  Columbia  shows 
the  greatest  activity  with  the  pen,  the  dwellers 
therein  averaging  85.31  letters  each.  The  far 
West  makes  a  higher  average  than  any  other  re- 
gion, thus :  Colorado,  55.22 ;  Arizona,  31.61 ; 
Dakota,  29.76;  Montana,  40.25.  New  York, 
with  all  its  metropolitan  interests,  shows  41.58, 
and  N'^w  England  hardly  averages  28.  In  the 
South  again  the  figures  run  low  to  6,  7  and  8, 
Texas  again  leading  at  11.70.  The  intellectual 
stimulus  of  the  Rocky  Mountain  region  is  thus 
seen  to  be  equal  to  the  fomentation  of  JWall  street, 
and  is  decidedly  healthier.  But  the  chief  prob- 
lem is  that  presented  by  the  illiteracy  among  the 
prtor  whites  and  blacks  at  the  South.  One  ill 
effect  of  the  late  elections  has  been  to  thrust 
aside  the  discussions  of  two  years  ago,  led  by 
Edmunds,  Logan  and  Tourjee,  which  made  us 
hope  that  a  noble  scheme  would  result  for  the 
general  education  of  these  classes.  Civil  ser- 
vice reform  is  insignificant  in  comparison. 


The  reckless  competition  which  has  forced 
upon  the  country  a  number  of  needless  railway 
lines  is  aptly  illustrated  by  Jay  Gould's  yacht 
building.  Gould  lives  up  the  Hudson  and  likes 
to  come  down  to  Wall  street  in  his  own  steamer. 
But  he  has  no  peace  even  here,  for  a  Mordecai 
of  a  silk-dealer  named  Jarrett  has  a  yacht  too, 
and  tantalizes  the  great  broker  by  firing  a  gun 
when  lie  passes  Gould's  landing,  and 
mocks  hira  when  he  runs  by  him  on 
the  river  with  his  faster  boat.  So  Gould  is 
building  a  yacht  212  feet  long  and  nearly  all 
boil'^rs  and  engines,  which  he  is  determined  shall 
be  the  fastest  vessel  ever  built.  His  boat  may 
fo.low  the  Mississippi  plan  and  heave  to  with  a 
big  explosion,  but  his  railroads  blow  up  the 
country  and  wreck  business  with  a  panic. 


In  the  debate  on  the  Postal  Appropriation  bill 
in  the  House  last  week  there  were  some  facts  of 
great  interest  to  the  public,  and  especially  to 
students  of  political  and  social  science.  The 
number  of  letters  mailed  in  1880  have  been  tab- 
ulated trom  the  official  count,  and  show  some  re- 
markable figures.  New  York  leads  the  list,  her 
post-offices  receiving  211,435,640  letters  that 
year.  Pennsylvania  ie  npxt,  with  105,237,340 ; 
Massachusetts  third,  with  69,010,604;  and  Illinois 
a  close  fourth,  with  68,643,328.  At  the  other 
end  of  the  list  Alaska  begins  with  but  6,812 
letters  or  only  an  average  of  .22  for  each  per- 
son. The  Southern  Stales  bring  up  a  solid 
phalanx  of  low  marks,  three,  seven  and  «ight 


The  investigation  at  Washington  of  the  fated 
Jeannette  exploring  expedition  to  the  Arctic  seas 
is  revealing  little  not  before  known  of  the  perils, 
the  battle  with  the  ice  and  then  with  death 
itself,  who  was  the  final  and  terrible  victor. 
Dr.  Collins,  who  accompanied  the  expedition  as 
a  civilian  scientist,  has  left  some  l-ecords  which 
show  that  Lieut.  DeLong,  the  commander,  was 
at  times  not  above  the  manners  ot  a  martinet; 
but  the  testimony  of  Capt.  Niebaum,  a  Russian 
and  the  last  man  from  whom  DeLong  received 
provisions  off  the  north  coast  of  Alaska,  goes  to 
prove  him  too  obstinate  to  profit  by  the  experience 
of  men  familiar  with  Arctic  life.  Niebaum  sup- 
plied him  with  a  large  number  of  dogs  and  says 
that  the  killing  of  these  dogs  lost  the  party. 
They  are,  he  says,  a  necessity  in  these  northern 
regions,  as  tbey  are  sure  to  find  bear  meat  left 
in  caches  in  the  ice  by  hunters.  DeLong's  dia- 
ry tells  of  the  killing  of  these  animals.  When 
they  were  gone  no  hope  was  left.  The  lute  dis- 
covery of  this  mistake  will  not  go  far  to  remove 
the  fearful  dread  of  these  inaccessible  reprions, 
which  the  pitiful  story  of  DeLong's  wretohed 
death  has  impressed  upon  ambitions  explorers. 
It  will  be  years  before  any  follow   in  his   track. 


Two  boiler  explosions  in  Illinois,  one  of  a 
sawmill  at  Shawneetown,  the  other  in  a  manu- 
factory of  agricultural  machinery  at  Canton, 
were  sufficiently  fatal  in  their  effects  to  demand 
a  careful  investigation.  The  Canton  disaster  oc- 
cured  on  Saturday,  in  an  establishment  employ- 
ing 300  men,  of  whom  nine  were  killed.  Three 
boilers  exploded,  all  of  them  in  fino  condition 


and  one  new;  the  engineer  was  a  careful  and  com- 
petent man,  and  the  reason  of  the  disaster 
seems  inexplicable,  since  the  engineer  was  one 
of  the  victims.  The  theory  supported  by  a 
Pittsburg  mechanic,  and  demonstrated  by  him 
in  several  actual  experiments,  may  yet  have  to 
be  received  as  a  more  important  fact  in  rnnning 
an  engine  than  low  water,  namely,  that  a  sud- 
den exhaustion  of  steam  from  a  strong  boiler,  by 
starting  the  engimi  or  otherwise,  allows  the  wat- 
er which  has  been  held,  as  it  were  in  compression, 
to  expand  into  steam  in  an  instant  with  a  force 
no  ordinary  boiler  can  withstand.  With  all  the 
appliances  for  the  safe  management  o^  this  use- 
ful but  terrible  agent,  the  world  may  be  thank- 
ful when  one  less  cruel  shall  take  its  place. 


In  the  discussion  of  Sabbath  desecration  in 
the  Chicago  Methodist  minister's  meeting  not 
lonsr  ago,  Mr.  Fawcett,  pastor  of  a  Aorth  Side 
church,  was  prominent.  That  his  viewa  were 
radical  may  be  understood  from  the  fact  that  it 
was  he  who  proposed  a  new  party  with  reform 
principles  and  name  "  American,"  just  after  the 
election.  He  has  been  watched  by  the  Sabbath- 
breaking  sheets,  and  especially  the  Tribune,  that 
"  some  occasion  might  be  found  against  him." 
He  gave  a  lecture  entitled  "  Great  Blunders;" 
forthwith  some  of  its  lines  were  compared  with 
a  lecture  by  Talmage  of  Brooklyn  on  "Big 
Blunders."  Two  or  three  ideas  were  culled  out 
which  were  treated  in  a  similar  manner  and  Mr. 
Fawcett  was  loudly  trumpeted  as  a  plagiarist. 
Talmage  was  interviewed,  and  the  wily  reporter 
got  from  him  some  expressions  which,  in  print, 
had  the  bitterness  of  condemnation,  whether 
Mr.  Talmage  so  expressed  himself  or  no.  This 
cunning  and  contemptible  attack  Mr.  Fav^cett 
has  met  manfully  in  a  challenge  to  the  Tribune 
and  Mr.  Talmage,  to  print  the  two  lectures  entire 
and  together,  since  in  no  other  way  could  he 
meet  an  enemy  who,  seems  to  have  lost,  with  his 
regard  for  the  Sabbath,  most  of  his  scruples 
about  other  mora  questions. 


— New  testimony  and  of  great  importance  and 
interest,  confirming  the  account  of  Mr.  Weed, 
has  come  to  the  Cyno»ufre,  and  will  be  spread 
before  our  readers  next  week. 


The  Testimony  of  an  Odd-fellow. 

BY   KKV.  ViTM.    JOHKSTON. 

I  have  lately  received  some  testimony  in  ref- 
erence to  the  order  of  Odd-fellows  which  I  must 
needs  divulge,  that  it  may  no  longer  lie  under 
uncharitable  suspicion. 

Not  many  days  since,  in  passing  through  a 
town  in  south-western  Iowa,  and  stopping  at  a 
hotel  for  dinner,  I  had  an  opportunity  of  list- 
ening to  a  conversation  that  may  serve  to  throw 
some  light  on  the  morality  of  the  order.  The 
parties  engaged  in  the  conversation  were  a  young 
man  whom  1  took  to  be  a  travelling  salesman, 
and  a  citizen  of  the  place,  who  was  addressed  as 
doctor,  and  who  seemed  to  have  some  pretty 
high  aspirations  in  his  profession.  The  young 
man  seemed  to  have  a  preference  for  the  Masons, 
and  intimated  that  they  were  more  benevolent 
ihan  the  Odd-fellows.  The  doctor  replied, 
''  That's  just  where  you  are  left." 

After  some  further  conversation  the  young 
man  said  he  supposed  they  were  a  pretty  good 
thing.  "  Yes,"  said  the  Esculapian  warming  up 
in  his  zeal,  *'  If  a  man  lives  up  to  Odd-f  eHowehip 

I'll  be" here  supply  a  cognate  of  condemned — 

"  if  he  can  help  but  be  a  g'jod  man."  Again  he 
swore  by  the  name  of  his  God,  that  Odd-foUow- 
ship  was  a  good  thing.  _^In  the  space  of  about 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE. 


December  21,  1882 


five  mintiteB,  three  times  he  swore  by  the  name 
of  his .  God,  and  three  times  he  invoked  dam- 
nation if  these  things  were  not  so. 

Several  times  before  I  have  heard  similar 
testimonies,  similarly  attested  by  fearful  oaths. 
Now  if  it  be  so  "  that  an  oath  for  confirmation 
is  an  end  of  all  strife,"  and  if  "at  the  mouths  of 
two  or  three  witnesses  every  word  shall  be  es- 
tablished," does  not  the  excellence  of  the  order 
seem  to  be  almost  indicated  :  When  so  many 
Odd-fellows  can  swear  at  all  times,  before  pri- 
vate citizens  as  well  as  before  magistrates  and  by 
all  conceivable  oaths  that  the  order  is  a 
j{Ood  thing,  how  can  there  be  any  further  con- 
troversy ? 

After  the  excellency  of  the  order  had  been 
.attested  by  oaths,  the  parties  .turned  to  the  dis- 
cussion of  its  benevolent  workings.  I  was 
busily  reading  a  paper  at  the  time,  yet  so  as  not 
to  interfere  wil  h  my  hearing  or  prevent  a  sharp 
outlook  for  freeh  information.  But  the  dinner 
bell  sounded  just  where  I  wanted  to  hear,  and 
I  had  to  forego  the  pleasure  of  being  further 
edified.  But  what  I  heard  gave  me  food  for 
reflection  over  my  "  roast  beef,"  and  1  will  give 
you  some  of  my  thoughts. 

Odd-fellows  tell  us  they  are  required  to  be- 
lieve in  a  God;  and  the  question  came  up  in  my 
mind,  Is  it  the  more  honorable  to  deny  the  ex- 
istence of  a  God,  or  to  admit  there  is  a  God  and 
then  blaepheme  his  name  in  ordinary  conversa- 
tion, in  an  attempt  to  bolster  up  the  goodness  of  a 
Christless  institution  !  I  would  certainly  have 
as  much  confidence  in  a  man  who  denies  God , 
as  in  a  man  who  profanes  his  holy  name  from 
day  to  day.  I  would  have  as  much  confidence 
in  a  man  who  denies  there  is  a  home  of  ever- 
lasting sorrow  into  which  the  wicked  shall  at 
length  be  turned,  as  in  the  man  who  admits  the 
doctrine,  and  yet  profanely  invokes  damnation, 
if  he  has  mistakoQ  the  character  of  a  silly  insti- 
tution with  whi.  h  he  is  connected.  Then  I 
thought  still  farther,  if  a  man  must  necessarily 
be  good  who  lives  up  to  the  regulations  of  Odd- 
fellowship,  how  comes  it  that  there  are  so  many 
Odd-fellows  whosa  throats  are  an  open  sepul 
cher,  and  who,  in  hotels,  on  the  streets,  in  depots 
and  railroad  trains  are  giving  vent  to  poisonous 
exultations  from  a  putrefying  corpse  in  the 
heart.  As  we  listen  to  their  profanity  and  often 
their  vulgarity  as  well,  we  must  say  with  the 
Psalmist — "  Their  inward  part  is  very  wicked- 
ness, their  throat  is  an  open  sepulchre.'' 

And  now  if  these  lines  should  fall  nnder  the 
eye  of  any  professed  follower  of  Christ,  I  wish 
to  call  his  attention  to  a  lie  of  the  devil,  to 
which  he  is  giving  currency  and,  so  far  as  he  can, 
giving  the  sanction  of  Christianity.  The  pro- 
fane, evil  doer  and  devil-server  swears  by  the 
great  and  dreadful  name  of  God,  that  if  a  man 
lives  up  to  the  principles  of  Odd-fellowship  he 
must  be  a  «ood  m'^n,  some  Sabbath-school  su- 
perintendent says  Amen,  and  a  minister  of  the 
Gospel  pats  him  on  the  shoulder  and  exclaims, 
"  Well  said,  my  brother.  Be  a  good  Odd-fellow 
and  thoti  shalt  be  saved."  Bat  down  in  yonder 
underworld  of  the  damned  the  devil  dances  in 
hellish  glee  as  he  sees  that  even  professed  fol- 
lowers of  Jesus  have  swallowed  the  hook  that  he 
has  baited.  For  verily  the  devil  understands 
the  terms  of  salvation  better  than  some  who  call 
themselves  Christians.  .The  devil  knows  full 
well  that  the  faith  of  Jesus  is  the  foundation  of 
all  real  goodness,  and  that  while  men  deny  or 
ignore  the  faith  of  Jesus,  the  kingdom  of  dark- 
ness stands  secure.  The  religion  of  Masonry 
and  Odd-fellowship  would  give  the  Redeetner  a 
starless  crown,  while  the  eyes  of  a  sinful,  dying 
race  would  be  left  to  stream  with  everlasting 
sorrow. 

Ye  who  say,  that  if  a  man  lives  up  to  Odd- 
fellowship  he  must  be  a  good  man,  and  especially 
ye  Christian  professors  who  endorse  the  devil's 
falsehood,  I  beseech  you  turn  your  eyes  to  the 
cross  of  Christ,  which  "  will  eerve  as  a  cynosure 
to  direct  you  in  ihis  unknown  navigation."  Be- 
lieve in  Jesus  »  the  son  of  God  and  the  Saviour 
of  men,  and  th.  a  you  have  laid  the  foundation, 
and  the  only  loundation,  on  which  men  can 
build  for  eternity.  On  this  foundation  you  may 
stand  secure,  though  the  heavens  were  on  fire 
above,  and  the  earth  were  reeling  beneath  you. 


Odd-fellowship  builds  on  drifting  sand,  and 
when  the  voice  of  the  Lord  comes  over  the  wa- 
ters and  it  shall  be  called  to  stand  the  crucial  test, 
both  the  order  and  its  blinded  devotees  shall  go 
down  in  the  '"  red  roaring  fiood." 
College  Springs,  Iowa. 


The  Church  of  Christ  One. 

BY  KEV.  WABREN  TAYLOR. 

The  unity  of  the  church  of  Christ  is  an  exist- 
ing fact  that  ought  to  be  everywhere  recognized 
and  acknowledged.  By  whatever  name  they  are 
called,  in  whatever  organization  they  are  gath- 
ered, or  though  they  were  known  by  no  name 
and  gathered  in  no  organization,  the  disciples  of 
Christ  are  one  body  and  one  bread;  and  on  a 
credible  profession  of  him,  are  entitled  to  the 
privileges  of  the  household  of  faith.  Is  it 
asked  where  is  their  unity,  since  they  are  di- 
vided into  different  dpnominations  or  "  sects," 
called  by  different  names,  and  have  differences 
in  their  creeds,  their  forms  of  government,  their 
terms  of  fellowship  and  modes  of  worship. 
Where  is  their  unity,  whilst  they  harbor  jeal- 
ousies among  themselves  and  are  sometimes 
found  disputing  and  wrangling  over  these 
various  points  of  difference?  This  is  the  ques- 
tion that  I  desire  to  answer.    And — 

1.  The  disciples  of  Christ  are  one  in  their  re- 
lation to  him.  They  have  all  believed  in  him, 
and  been  justified  by  his  blood;  they  are  all  en- 
grafted into  him  and  receive  their  new  life  from 
him;  they  have  all  submitted  to  his  authority, 
and  given  themselves  to  him  and  to  his  service, 
and  they  have  all  been  embraced  by  him  as  his 
redeemed  and  his  friends. 

2.  They  are  one  in  a  common  faith.  What- 
ever in  doctrine  is  essential  to  the  character  of 
a  Christian  or  the  salvation  of  the  foul,  that  they 
all  believe.  They  all  believe  in  the  eternity  and 
the  sovereignty  of  God,  and  in  the  trinity  of  the 
Godhead.  They  all  believe  in  the  inspiiation 
of  the  Scriptures  and  the  depravity  ot  man. 
They  all  believe  in  the  doctrine  of  regeneration 
by  the  Holy  Spirit,  and  in  the  at .nement  of 
Christ.  They  all  believe  in  a  future  judgment 
and  in  endless  rewards  and  punishments.  These 
doctrines  are  the  fundamentals  of  the  Christian 
system,  and  like  the  stones  of  an  arch  they  are 
bound  together,  and  must  stand  or  fall  together. 
If  any  one  Intelligently  and  sincerely  embrace 
and  confess  these  he  is  a  Christian  and  ought 
to  be  regarded  and  treated  as  such,  or  if  he 
wilfully  denies  these  or  any  of  these  or  fails  to 
embrace  them  he  puts  himself  outside  of  the 
communion  of  saints.  But  as  all  Christians 
hold  to  these  essentials  of  the  Christian  system, 
however  they  may  differ  on  questions  of  baptism 
or  church  order,  I  repeat  it,  they  are  one  in  the 
common  faith. 

3.  Christians  are  one  in  the  prevailing  spirit 
by  which  they  are  animated  in  their  labors  and 
their  struggles  here.  In  spite  of  their  infirmi- 
ties and  short-comings,  in  spite  of  their  jealousies 
and  strifes,  things  which  we  all  ought  long  since 
to  have  put  away,  the  strong  prevailing  spirit  of 
every  Christian  is  that  of  love  to  God,  and  to 
the  souls  of  his  fellow  men.  And  in  this  they 
are  all  one. 

4.  Christians  are  all  one  in  their  hopes.  They 
are  all  looking  forward  to  the  time  when  through 
the  grace  of  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ,  they  shall 
see  nis  face  and  serve  him  without  weakness 
and  without  interruption. 

"This  glorloas  hope  revives  our  courage  by  the  way." 

It  seems  to  me  that  these  facts  will  naturally 
awaken  some  very  practical  refiections.  Bat 
I  leave  these  for  the  reader  to  make  for  him- 
self. 

The  Saviour  in  his  prayer  That  they  all  'may 
he  one,  undoubtedly  had  his  mind  on  the  devel- 
opment or  manifestation  of  the  real  existing 
un'ty  of  his  church:  And  I  confess  it  did  my 
heart  good  to  see  how  nearly  the  fultillment  of 
his  prayer  was  being  realized  in  a  sinarle  town  as 
shown  in  the  Cynosure  6i  Nov.  23,  under  the 
head  of  "  Christian  Union,"  where  diff"erent 
churches,  without  renouncing  their  identity 
Tvere  all  swf>utly  united  in  relieving  the  wants 
of  the  poor,  comforting  those  who  were  in  sorrow, 
and  leading  souls  to  the  Lamb  of  God  who 
taketh  away  the  sin  of  the  world.  , 


REFORM  STORY. 


Ho/den  with  Cords. 

BY    THE    AUTHOR    OF  "LITTLE   PEOPLE,"  "a   SUMNY 
LIFE,"   ETC. 

Oftapter  XXXIl—Ihe  MyMery  of  Iniquity. 

Rachel  finished  shelling  her  pan  of  peas  and 
carried  them  into  the  kitchen.  Then  in  obedi- 
ence to  a  certain  thrifty  custom  nearly  obsolete 
now,  but  very  common  with  industrious  house- 
wives of  a  former  generation  who  did  not  choose 
to  allow  Satan  even  eo  small  a  vantage  ground 
as  a  few  idle  moments  between  sundown  and 
dark,  she  took  out  a  half  finished  sock  on  which 
her  needles  flew  briskly  till  she  had  knit  about 
six  times  around,  when  her  inward  musings  took 
shape  in  this  terse  sentence: 

"I  don't  see  into  it." 

"Don't  see  into  what,  mother?"  I  asked.  For 
we  had  now  reached  that  comfortable  stage  in 
our  matrimonial  journey  when  to  address  each 
other  by  the  parental  title  seems  the  most  natur- 
al thing  in  the  world. 

"How  Anson  Lovejoy  can  be  a  Mason.  Now 
I  really  like  the  m^n,  and  always  have  liked 
him  from  the  very  first.  But  when  I  find  that 
he  can  take  part  in  such  ridiculous,  blasphemous 
folly,  and  be  himself  actually  master  of  a  lodge 
initiating  others  into  it,  I — well,  realy  I  don't 
know  what  to  think  except  that  there  is  one 
more  fool  in  the  world  than  I  had  supposed." 

And  Eachel  knit  vigorously  several  more 
rounds  while  1  pondered  the  subject  in  silence. 
I  too  liked  Anson  Lovejoy  in  spite  of  the  fact 
that  he  was  not  only  a  Mason,  but  held  the  office 
of  Worshipful  Master  of  Fidelity  Lodge,  loc^^ted 
in  the  fiourishing  village  o  E  Gran  by ,  Ohio;  said 
lodge  numbering  among  its  membera  one  cr  two 
ministers,  a  saloon-keeper,  one  deacon,  several 
notorious  gamblers,  and  a  general  sprinkling  of 
the  lowest  characters  in  the  place,  all  "  meet- 
ing on  the  level"  in  felicitous  union  and  fellow- 
ship. 

"Well,  mother;"  I  said  finally,  "a  man  isn't 
always  a  fool  because  he  does  foolish  things. 
The  fact  is  I've  had  a  little  talk  with  him  on  the 
subject  of  Masonrv,  and  I  have  come  to  the  con- 
clusion that  it  isn't  the  system  as  it  really  is  that 
he  admires,  but  an  ideal  existing  only  in  his  own 
imagination  of  something  it  might,  could,  would 
or  should  be  if  it  was  only  properly  understood, 
and  more  care  exercised  in  admitting  candidates; 
such  delightfully  impossible  conditions  in  short, 
that  I  was  strongly  reminded  of  the  old  coup- 
let, 

'If  wishes  were  horses  beggars  would  ride ; 

It  I  was  a  Bword  it  would  hang  by  your  side.' " 

"Now  father" — and  Rachel  laid  down  her 
knitting  in  her  earnestness — "why  don't  you  put 
it  right  to  him  about  the  oaths  and  oblifirations 
and  ceremonies.  You  have  been  through  them 
yourself  and  know  all  about  it,  so  you  are  just 
the  one.  What  if  this  man's  soul  should  be  re- 
quired at  your  hands?" 

"I  did  'put  it  right  to  him.'  I  told  him  he 
had  sworn  to  conceal  the  criminal  acts  of  brother 
Masons,  to  warn  them  of  approaching  danger 
and  help  them  out  of  all  difliculties  no  matter 
what  wrongdoing  might  be  the  cause.  But  he 
had  one  answer  for  every  objection,  and  that 
was  that  he  did  not  so  understand  Masonry,  and 
only  considered  its  obligations  binding  when 
they  failed  to  conflict  with  any  superior  duty 
that  he  owed  to  God  or  to  Government.  I  asked 
him  if  that  was  the  way  he  explained  them  to 
candidates.  He  assured  me  it  wa°.  I  told  him 
flat  that  such  teaching  of  Masonic  obligations 
WHS  a  mistake  and  a  contradiction;  that  Masonry 
owns  no  law  and  no  authority  outside  of  or  su- 
perior to  herself;  that  when  she  ceases  to  be  a 
complete  despotism,  when  she  allows  her  mem- 
bers to  put  their  own  interpretation  on  the  oaths 
and  penalties;  above  all,  when  she  elevates  the 
Bible  from  a  mere  piece  of  lodge  furniture  on  a 
level  with  the  square  and  compass  to  be  what 
the  old  Weotminster  divinea  called  it,  'the  only 
sufficient  rule  of  faith  and  practice,'  her  power 
has  fled.  She  simply  cannot  exist  under  such 
oonditidns." 

*'And  what  did  he  say  to  that?"  asked  Rachel. 


'"I 


Decemo«r  21,  1882 


THK  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURK. 


"Well,  that  fellow  Jervieh  came  in  just  then 
and  broke  ap  our  talk.  I  suppose  he  thinks  me 
a  fool  and  a  fanatic.  I  consider  him  an  honest, 
well-meaning  man,  whose  chief  mistake  is  in 
thinking  that  he  can  do  what  the  Scriptures 
declare  impossible,  'bring  a  clean  thing  out  of 
an  unclean.'  " 

"Well,  I  don't  understand  it;"  repeated  Kach- 
el,  decidedly.  "There  must  be  somethiog  wrong 
somewhere,  when  a  man  can't  see  the  plain  truth 
put  right  before  him." 

For  Rachel  was  like  most  practical,  matter-of- 
fact  people,  DOC  subject  to  glamours  of  any  sort. 
When  she  saw  a  truth  she  saw  it  clearly— a  sun- 
illumined  mount  of  God  piercing  heaven  un- 
clouded by  bewildering  fogs  and  mists,  and 
could  not  understand  why  any  honest  mind 
should  fail  to  perceive  it  too.  But  I  knew  bet- 
ter how  men  like  Anson  Love  joy  can  be  made 
the  apologists  and  defenders  of  a  lie;  how  they 
naturally  seek,  the  first  disappointment  over,  to 
reconcile  tne  teachings  of  Masonry  with  their 
own  standard  of  human  duty,  and  only  succeed 
by  an  ingenious  system  of  interpretations  that, 
carried  into  practical  effect,  would  annul  the 
whole  thing.  My  grandfather  so  reasoned  till 
the  murder  of  Morgan  opened  his  eyes.  But  a 
man  like  Aneon  Lovejoy,  who  belonged  to  a 
generation  that  knew  not  Morgan — must  an- 
other tragedy  as  fearful  shock  the  public  mind, 
and  rouse  in  even  the  dullest  that  indignation  so 
terrible  because  it  is  a  dim  shadow  of  the  divine 
wrath  against  evil  doers,  before  he  could  be 
made  to  eeel 

This  question  1  silently  asked  myself,  while 
Kachel  rolled  up  her  knitting,  and  called  to 
Grace,  our  youngest,  to  light  a  lamp. 

"Yes,  mother;"  answered  Grace,  and  rose 
promptly  from  her  seat  on  the  back  steps,  where 
she  was  giving  his  first  lesson  in  astronomy  to  a 
favorite  nephew  named  Joe,  of  whom  I  can  only 
say  that  he  had  already  begun  to  develop  a 
talent  for  mischief  that  bade  tair  in  time  to  east 
all  the  youthful  exploits  of  the  original  Joe  quite 
into  the  shade.  At  the  same  moment  the  gate 
swung  open  and  admitted  a  female  figure  with 
a  tin  pail. 

"Mother,  there  is  Mary  Lyman  come  to  borrow 
some  yeast." 

"Well,  Grace,  you  can  get  it  for  her."  And 
Rachel  drew  up  her  chair  within  the  circle  of 
the  light  and  took  her  sewing,  while  she  in- 
vited the  new-comer  with  a  kindly  smile  to  sit 
down. 

She  was  a  girl  of  not  more  than  seventeen — 
hardly  that.  Her  large  blue  eyes,  regular  fea- 
tures, and  heavy  braids  of  tawny  gold  hair 
made  her  face  one  of  singular  beauty.  But 
there  was  a  sad,  depressed  look  about  her  mouth, 
and  a  lack  of  youthful  elasticity  in  her  mo- 
tions that  made  her  seem  older  than  she  really 
was. 

She  took  her  pail  of  yeast  and  departed  with 
a  murmured  word  of  thanks.  Rachel  sewed  very 
fast  for  several  minutes  till  she  snapped  her 
thread.  Then  she  >>roke  out, 

"I  say,  it  is  a  shame." 

"What  now,  mother?" 

"To  keep  that  girl  as  they  do.  I  know  how 
it  is,  just  as  well  as  if  I  saw  it;  drudge,  drudge 
from  morning  till  night.  Not  a  minute  in 
the  twenty-four  she  can  call  her  own.  No 
chance  for  improvement,  but  plenty  of  chances 
for  everything  else.  It  is  too  bad,  poor  orphan 
child  1"  added  Rachel,  who  had  all  the  large- 
hearted  instincts  of  true  motherhood,  and  its  ca- 
pabilities of  indignation  also. 

"Well,  I  know  it  is  too  bad;  but  she'll  be  free 
in  a  year  or  so.  That's  one  comfort." 

"I  wish  her  time  was  out  now,"  responded 
Rachel.  "Grace  can't  keep  school  and  help  me 
much.  And  I  believe  if  I  could  have  the  train- 
ing of  Mary  for  awhile  I  might  make  something 
of  her  yet." 

"What!  at  eighteen?"  I  asked  with  natural  in- 
credulity. 

"Yes;  at  eighteen,"  answered  Rachel,  biting 
her  thread  with,  an  air  of  decision.  "It  is  a  mis- 
take to  think  the  die  for  good  or  evil  must  be 
cast  at  a  particular  age.  It  all  depends  on  cir- 
cumstances. Now  this  girl  makes  me  think  of 
Bome^tiger-lilies  I  remember    grew  behind  the 


barn  when  I  was  a  child.  I  don't  know  how 
they  ever  come  there,  in  that  sunless  corner,  but 
there  they  were,  growing  and  blossoming  in 
about  the  same  fashion  that  she  is  ripening  into 
womanhood.  All  she  wants  is  a.  chance  to  de- 
velop herself,  if  I  could  give  her  that  I  should 
feel  that  I  had  done  one  good  work  in  the  world 
before  I  leave  it." 

"Why,  mother;  your  life  has  been  nothing  but 
giving  and  doing  for  forty  years." 

"Well,  I  don't  know  about  that,  father;"  an- 
swered Rachel  with  a  little  shake  of  her  head. 
But  I  could  see  that  her  husband's  praise  was 
very  sweet  to  her,  nevertheless. 

The  girl  of  whom  we  had  been  speaking  was, 
as  Rachel  said,  an  orphan  whom  fate,  personified 
by  the  selectmen  of  Grauby  had  delivered  over 
to  be  the  victim  of  a  species  of  white  slavery  in 
the  family  of  a  Mr.  S  mon  Peck.  To  scrub 
floors,  feed  the  hogs,  fetch  the  water,  and  lug  a 
heavy  baby  about  when  there  was  nothing  else 
for  ker  to  do,  was  the  routine  of  her  daily  life 
varied  by  such  small  tyrannies  and  exactions 
ftom  the  younger  Pecks  as  the  ingenuity  of 
their  own  minds  or  the  example  of  their  elders 
might  suggest. 

It  was  not  strange  that  all  Rachel's  womanly 
feelings  had  been  roused  in  behalf  of  the  girL 
But  a  natural  refinement  had  kept  her  from  as- 
similating with  her  rough  and  coarse  surround- 
ings, and  f  he  was  now  growings  tip  to  a  dower  of 
singular  beauty.  Who  should  say  whether  it 
would  prove  a  blessing  or  a  curse? 

Rachel  sewed  away  in  silence  for  a  few  mo- 
ments, and  when  she  again  spoke  it  was  to  recur 
to  our  former  subject  of  talk. 

"Well,  I  don't  see,  as  I  said  before,  how  such 
men  as  Anson  Lovejoy  can  defend  Masonry, 
but  I  think  I  understand  the  reason  why  I  don't 
understand  it." 

"What  do  yon  mean,  mother?" 

"Why,  it  is  the  'mystery  of  iniquity.'  We 
talk  about  'the  inystery  of  godliness'  that  can- 
not be  known  except  by  Christians,  but  we  for- 
get there  is  something  corresponding  it  on  the 
other  side.  There  are  depths  of  Satanic  craft 
just  as  there  are  depths  of  Redeeming  Wisdom. 
We  can't  understand  either.  They  are  beyond 
us.  It  is  the  'deceivableness  of  unrighteousness,' 
'the  strong  delusion.'  Mystery;  that  is  just  what 
it  is,  the  mystery  of  iniquity." 

And  Rachel  resumed  the  work  which  she  had 
let  fall  in  her  earnestness,  while  I  pondered 
over  her  words,  and  concluded'that  she  was  about 
right. 

The  Follies  and  Dangers  of  fashion  were 
well  illustrated  last  summer  at  Saratoga  by  an 
incident  given  in  the  Albany  Evening  Journal. 
The  picture  of  a  woman  covered  with  jewels 
attended  by  a  grim  detective  is  a  striking  com- 
ment on  the  hollow  hypocrisy  of  fashionable 
society :  "The  most  conspicuous  feature  of  the 
evening^cene  was  a  lady  from  Philadelphia, 
fair,  and  young,  and  petite,  a  Mrs.  Moore,  whose 
sleeveless  dress  of  rare  point-lace  is  said  to  have 
cost  $20,000  ;  and  in  whoee  hair  and  ears,  and 
on  whose  shoulders,  bosom,  neck,  wrists,  and 
hands  were  displayed  diamonds  that  must  have 
run  up  into  hundreds  of  thousands  in  value,  in 
solitaires,  crescents,  horizontal  bands,  and  grace- 
ful pendants,  that  flashed  and  gleamed  whenever 
there  was  a  shadow  of  an  excuse  for  them.  Her 
husband,  a  gentlemanly,  middle-aged  man  in  ap- 
pearance, supported  her  on  his  arm;  and  a  little 
in  their  rear,  solemn-visaged  and  absorbed  in 
intense  watchfulness  of  her,  a  private  detective 
in  citizen's  dress  wottnd  his  way  in  and  out  amid 
the  brilliant  scene.  It  was  a  strange  spectacle. 
People  held  their  breath  and  called  her  the 
'  Diamond  Queen.' " 


— The  United  Presbyterian  keeps  up  the 
music  controversy  in  the  church  of  which  it  is 
the  organ,  by  securing  and  publishing  opinions 
from  Hon.  Daniel  Agnew,  late  Chief  Justice 
of  Pennsylvania,  Wm.  Murray  of  the  New 
York  Supreme  Court,  and  A.  M.  Brown,  a  Pitts- 
burgh lawyer,  all  affirming  the  validity  of  the 
late  action  of  the  General  Assembly  at  Mon- 
mouth. 


The  Sermon. 

Tha  Sympathy  of  Christ  toith  Han. 

PRHACHED  FOR    THE  tJNION    PARK    CONGREGATIONAL 

OHUROH    OHIOAGO,  ILLINOIS,     BY    THE     PASTOR, 

REV.  FREDERICK  A.  NOBLE,       SUNDAY 

MORNING.    DEO.  3,    1882. 

"  For  we  have  not  au  High  Priest  which  cannot  be  touched  wltk 
the  feeling  of  our  inflrmitleB."    Heb.  4:15, 

Human  sorrow  is  many  sided.  So  there  are 
many  aspects  in  which  sorrow  can  be  viewed. 
The  methods  and  purposes  of  its  coming;  the 
proper  attitude  to  be  assumed  when  its  smiting 
tides  are  sweeping  in  against  the  soul;  the  con- 
solations and  supports  which  are  to  be  found 
under  It,  the  lessons  of  resignation  and  trust  that 
are  in  it,  these  are  all  questions  having  their 
roots  in  the  one  common  fact  of  suffering;  but 
standing  out  from  it  like  so  many  branches  from 
the  stem  of  a  single  tree. 

This  morning  we  will  try  to  look  at  the  in- 
firmities and  diseases  and  losses  and  pangs  of  one 
sort  and  another  which  we  are  called  upon  to 
meet  and  endure  as  events  that  awaken  a  divine 
interest  in  our  behalf,  as  channels  opened  for  the 
inflowing  of  holy  influences  upon  the  heart;  as 
golden  gates  swung  back  of  Providence  to  let 
our  sonls  into  closer  companionship  with  God  ; 
or,  to  throw  it  all  into  a  sentence,  as  special  op- 
portunities for  Christ  to  show  his  sympathy  to 
men. 

"  For  we  have  not  an  High  Priest  which  can- 
not be  touched  with  the  feeling  of  our  infirm- 
ities." How  the  heart  kindles  at  the  thought! 
What  strength,  what  joy,  what  hope  it  puts  into 
the  life  to  realize  that  in  the  midst  of  our  dis- 
tresses, and  when  darkness  is  over  us,  and  the 
whole  horizon  of  our  life  is  cloud-bound,  and 
only  woe  is  voicing  itself  in  the  soul,  there  is  a 
love  like  the  love  of  our  Divine  Lord,  to  throb 
down  to  us — an  arm  like  the  arm  of  him  who 
came  to  lift  up  the  bowed  down,  to  reach  out 
under  us — a  voice  like  the  voice  of  him  who 
called  the  dead  out  of  their  graves  to  whisper  to 
us  of  peace  and  safety ! 

But  our  object  just  now  is  not  so  much  to 
dwell  directly  on  the  blessedness  of  this  divine 
tenderness  which  is  exercised  toward  us  in  our 
sorrows,  as  to  separate  it  into  its  elements  and 
look  at  them  one  by  one,  that  thus  the  way  may 
be  prepared  for  each  to  see  and  know  for  him- 
self, as  otherwise  might  not  be  possible,  how 
rich  and  sacred  and  helpful  this  sympathy  of 
Jesus  is. 

With  this  end  in  view  I  remark: 

1.  That  the  sympathy  of  Christ  with  man  is 
an  intelligent  sympathy.  Christ  has  such  a 
perfect  understanding  of  us  that  he  can  sympa- 
thize with  us  fully.  He  knows  us  through  and 
through.  Nothing  essential  to  a  right  knowl- 
edge is  hidden  or  can  be  Irom  his  eyes.  His 
regard  for  us  is  not  a  mere  spasm  of  affection — 
a  simple  emotional  caprice  resulting  from 
partial  information;  but  this  regard  is  based  on 
a  complete  comprehension  of  all  the  facts  of  our 
condition.  Every  secret  of  the  heart,  and  every 
circumstance  which  would  in  any  way  modify 
judgement  is  open  to  his  thought.  No  man 
is  so  low,  so  high,  so  remote;  no  temperament  is 
80  peculiar,  no  emotion  so  iniense,  that  Christ 
cannot  search  out  all  and  enter  into  all  the 
experiences  of  which  he  may  be  capable. 

Now,  at  first  thought,  this  may  seem  of  little 
consequence.  It  is  of  great  consequence.  For 
of  all  bars  to  sympathy  between  min  and  man 
there  is  none  so  strong  and  general  as  this  of 
our  ignorance  one  of  another.  We  do  nof.  un- 
derstand each  other.  To  say  nothing  of  our 
multiplied  misunderstandings  in  which  there  is 
more  or  less  of  willful  perversion,  there  is  any 
number  of  defective  and  partial  understandings 
such  as  result  from  imperfect  knowledge.  How 
hard  it  always  is  to  get  men  to  change  places, 
even  in  imagination,  so  as  to  look  at  things  from 
each  other's  stand-point.  What  warrings  there  are 
between  man  and  man — between  nation  and  na- 
tion— between  race  and  race;  between  the  differ- 
ent orders  and  classes  and  sects;  between  the  va- 
rious trades;  and  how  impossible  it  seems  to 
hush  these  warrings  down,  for  tho  simple  reason 
that  each  party  to  the  conflict  refuses  to  see 
facts  in  their  broad  and  general  aspects,  but  will 
insist  on  looking  at  them  in  the  light  of  narrow 
and  selfish  interests. 


THK  CHHISTI/lN  CTNOSUH3S. 


I)eoeml)er  21,  1882 


Mere  eeein^  eye  to  eye  would  not  heal  all  the 
•trifes  and  settle  all  the  world's  difficulties;  for 
there  is  often  a  malignity  behind  our  ignorance, 
or  existing  in  spite  of  our  knowledge,  which 
must  be  corrected  before  there  can  be  the  calm 
of  perfect  oneness.  But  a  great  many  of  our 
controversies  would  certainly  yield  to  a  little 
more  of  the  light  which  would  come  if  each  an- 
tagonist would  put  himself  in  the  other's  place. 
Class  hates  and  prejudices,  the  hostilities  of  par- 
ties and  factions,  sectional  jealousies,  the  disput- 
ings  of  the  schools,  would  all  be  modified  and 
softened  by  the  diffusion  of  a  common  intelli- 
gence. 

Perhaps,  under  our  human  limitations,  it 
would  be  impossible  for  any  man  to  become  so 
cosmopolitan  in  understanding  and  so  catholic 
in  spirit  as  to  be  able  to  take"  the  attitude  in 
which  he  might  see  and  hear  and  feel  just  as  the 
man  in  whose  place  he  supposes  himself  to  be 
standing  for  the  time  being  sees  and  hears  and 
feels.  But  whether  it  be  possible  or  not  it  is 
painfully  manifest  that  thousands  upon  thou- 
sands do  not  even  approximate  to  this  attitude. 
The  mutual  generosity  of  opinion  and  treatment 
which  would  follow  from  a  mutual  appreciation 
of  positions  exist  as  yet  only  in  germ. 

flow  often,  for  instance,  parents  and  children 
stand  at  a  distance  from  each  other,  and  harbor 
discontent  and  foster  alienations,  because  in 
some  respects  they  do  not  see  eye  to  eye.  The 
boys  and  girls  have  not  had  the  experience  to 
enable  them  to  enter  into  the  anxiety  and  care 
with  which  they  must  be  watched  over  and  fol- 
lowed. All  too  frequently  it  is  the  case  that 
fathers  and  mothers  have  wholly  lost  the  facul- 
ty, or  have  ceased  to  exccise  it  at  any  rate,  of 
recalling  how  things  used  to  look  and  how  they 
must  still  look  to  the  young.  Tiiis  is  one  of  the 
pathetic  facts  disclosed  in  the  life  of  Macaulay 
--the  utter  lack  of  sympathy  between  this  dis- 
tinguished eon  and  his  distinguished  father. 
Employers  and  working  men  are  constantly 
drifting  into  disputes,  and  getting  further  and 
further  away  from  each  other,  largely  for  the 
reason  that  they  refuse  to  study  duties  and  obli- 
gations in  the  broad  way  which  takes  in  the  in- 
terests of  both  alike.  The  clerk  who  chafes  and 
frets  under  the  least  constraint  does  not  pause 
and  say  to  himself,  "Now  if  I  were  the  head 
of  this  establishment,  how  should  I  want  my 
book  keeper  and  salesmen  and  watchman  and 
errand  boy  severally  to  acquit  themaelvee?" 
and  so  try  to  look  at  his  work  from  the 
other  side.  Neither  does  the  merchant, 
in  turn,  say  to  himself,  "If  I  were  a  young 
man  in  a  store,  shut  up  all  day,  far  away 
from  home,  perhaps,  working  on  a  small  salary, 
obliged  constantly  to  strui^gle  with  temptations 
to  excess  and  over-reaching,  almost  all  the  time 
weary,  ambitious  of  promotion  but  forced  to 
wait  and  still  to  wait,  how  would  the  outlook 
appear  to  me?'*  Albeit  these  two  simple  ques- 
tions, put  by  each  to  his  own  heart  would  bridge 
over  many  a  gulf,  and  soften  many  an  asperity 
and  turn  away  much  bickering  and  wrath.  How 
rarely,  too,  does  it  seem  to  occur  to  the  mistress 
in  the  parlor,  as  she  comes  in  fresh  from  her 
complaining  because  so  many  things  go  wrong 
in  the  kitchen,  to  stop  and  say,  "How  should  1 
like  it?  how  would  that  sort  of  destiny  affect 
me?  what  kind  of  temper  would  it  be  likely  to 
develop?  how  much  of  serenity  and  deference 
be  likely  to  beget?  to  stand  always  in  the  pres- 
ence of  such  tasks;  and  how  much  care  and 
economy  should  I  feel  called  upon  to  exercise? 
how  many  of  the  cardinal  virtues  to  exemplify, 
to  what  lofty  heights  of  womanhood  to  ascend, 
if  every  day  of  my  life  had  to  be  spent  in  this 
way?"  Quile  as  often  the  maid  is  at  fault,  and 
does  not  pause  to  reflect  and  say,  "True,  this  is 
hard,  and  I  get  but  little  for  it,  and  many  times 
am  found  fault  with  when  there  is  no  just 
ground  for  it,  and  not  unfrequently  am  burden- 
ed and  urged  beyond  my  strength,  but  I  am 
here  under  contract  to  be  faithful,  and  I  must 
do  as  I  would  be  done  by — do  as  I  would  have  a 
servant  do  for  me  were  this  household  mine, 
and  I  responsible  for  its  neatness  and  safety 
and  general  direction." 

Neither  party  looks  at  lifo  and  duty  from  the 
•tand-point  of  the  other.    Yet  how  much  more 


sympathy  and  consequent  harmony  there  would 
be  -between  the  two  if  in  thought  their  places 
could  be  occasionally  changed,  and  parents  and 
children,  and  capitalists  and  laborers,  and  mis- 
tresses and  maids,  could  see  eye  to  eye  and  feel 
heart  to  heart.* 

This  runs  t'.rough  all  departments  and  orders. 
The  poor  and  the  rich,  the  weak  and  the  strong, 
the  high  and  the  low,  the  rulers  and  the  ruled, 
come  often  into  hostile  attitudes,  and  are  liable 
to  break  out  into  disastrous  open  ruptures, 
because  they  have  no  adequate  knowledge  and 
appreciation  of  each  other's  bui-dens  and  trials 
and  obligations. 

Nor  is  this  the  whole  of  it.  We  all  have  ex- 
periences into  which  we  feel  that  no  other  hu- 
man soul  can  enter;  as  we  are  also  sure  that 
others  have  experiences  into  which  we  cannot 
enter.  The  heart  is  a  mighty  mystery.  Having 
much  in  common  all  hearts  have  much  that  is 
personal  and  private  to  each.  No  man,  no  gen- 
eration, is  cast  in  precisely  the  same  raoul^  in 
which  others  are  cast.  A  simple  difference  of 
temperament,  or  of  education,  or  of  some  habit, 
often  makes  men  utterly  incomprehensible  to 
each  other.  As  I  have  been  implying  we  might 
see  into  each  other's  hearts  better  than  we  do, 
and  we  ought  to  do  so.  Some  time  we  shall. 
Then  men  will  not  make  so  many  and  such  fatal 
mistakes  along  this  line  of  mis-conceiving  and 
mis-judging  aa  now.  For  how  frequently  it 
happens  that  towards  the  very  men  from  whom 
we  have  been  shut  out  by  the  prejudices  which 
have  sprung  out  of  an  imperfect  information, 
we  have  been  drawn  warmly  and  tenderly  when 
we  chanced  to  get  some  new  insight  into  their 
motives,  and  some  fresh  glimpse  into  their  char- 
acters. Who  knows  how  many  times  the  cry 
of  the  mis-judged  and  mal-treated  has  gone  up 
to  heaven,  "Oh,  if  those  who  slander  and  stone 
and  persecute  me  only  knew  the  spirit  which 
animates  me,  and  what  the  ends  are  that  I  seek> 
and  what  motives  constrain  me,  they  wonld  not 
mock  and  scourge — they  would  not  hunt  me 
down  with  their  cruel  ostracism,  and  grind  me 
80  between  the  upper  and  nether  mill-stones  of 
their  fierce  hate!"  Thousands  whoes  martyr- 
blood  has  been  the  seed  of  the  church  might 
have  said  that.  At  the  same  time  it  is  impossi- 
ble for  one  man  to  fathom  another  man,  or  to 
duplicate  his  experience  altogether  in  his  own 
life.  Men  cannot  be  sure  that  they  interpret 
each  other  with  absolute  accuracy. 

But  the  Divine  Christ  knows  us.  No  bar  of 
ignorance  shuts  him  out.  No  intervening  cloud 
obscures  his  clear  seeing  of  our  hearts  and  of  all 
that  is  inmost  in  them.  No  art  can  baffle  hie 
penetration.  Words  cannot  mislead  him.  Si- 
lence cannot  deceive  him.  No  man  has  ever  to 
go  to  Jesus  and  say,  "If  you  only  understood  my 
motives  and  my  desires  your  heart  would  beat 
out  responsively  to  mine."  All  our  motives  and 
desires  are  an  open  book  to  him.  No  man  is 
ever  obliged  to  go  to  Jesus  and  say,  "  You.  have 
given  me  your  sympathy,  and  I  feel  it-«feel  all 
the  blessed  influence  of  the  divine  one;  but  if 
you  had  only  known  me  as  I  know  myself  you 
could  not  have  done  it."  No.  There  is  no  ne- 
cessity of  this  sort.  All  the  sympathy  he  gives 
us  we  may  be  sure  is  on  the  basis  of  a  complete 
understanding  of  us — our  thoughts  and  lives. 

Having  this  perfect  knowledge  of  us,  Jesus  is 
supplied  with  the  essential  conditions  of  a  right 
sympathy.  Under  such  conditions  he  can  sym- 
pathize to  the  utmost.  Is  a  man  poor?  No  man 
Knows  poverty  as  he  knew  it.  Is  a  man  rich? 
So  was  he  once,  though  he  gave  up  his  riches 
that  sinners,  wretched  and  miserable,  through 
his  poverty  might  be  made  ri^'h;  and  he  sees  and 
feels  all  the  temptations  and  burdans  of  wealth. 
Is  a  man  ignorant?  He  knows  what  it  is  to  be 
limited  in  understanding  and  to  reach  wisdom 
through  the  stern  method  of  increase.  Is  a  man 
learned?  He  knows  how  thought  kindles 
thought,  and  how  attainment  awakens  aspira- 
tion, and  how  unsolved  problems  press  the  soul. 
Is  one  young?  Is  one  old? .  Is  one  weighed 
down  with  responsibilities  and  trials?  Is  one 
worn  with  wearisome  cares  and  anxieties  and 
watchings?  Is  one  in  robust  health  and  liable 
to  go  astray  through  the  very  over-plus  of  lifo; 
or  an  invalid,  wearied  and  worn,  sick  in   body, 


and  sick  too,  it  may  be,  in  heart?  Has  one  pe- 
culiar distresses  and  besetments?  Has  one  sor- 
rows in  which  there  are  elements  it  seems  utter- 
ly out  of  the  question  to  get  anybody  else  to 
comprehend?  Christ  is  master  of  all  that  be- 
longs to  all  these  stages  and  conditions  and  ex- 
periences. He  ranges  at  will  through  each  man's 
mood.  He  can  sound  the  notes  of  all  needs.  He 
can  be  touched  with  a  feeling  of  every  infirmity. 
In  assuming  our  humanity  he  assumed  it  in 
such  way  that  his  experience  might  be  brother 
to  every  other  experience,  however  peculiar  or 
severe.  Every  pulsation  of  our  being,  every 
yearning,  every  pang  of  body  and  mind  and 
heart,  every  struggle  under  disadvantage  and 
limitation,  every  loss,  every  outside  encounter, 
every  inward  wrestle — he  knows  it  all.  We  may. 
have  no  words  in  which  to  express  our  feelings; 
but  he  knows  them — knows  all.  He  stands  by 
us  and  appreciates  the  consuming  heats  of  our 
unseen  furnaces,  walks  with  us  in  all  the  way  of 
our  hidden  lives,  and  gives  right  meaning  to 
every  cry. 

II.  The  sympathy  of  Christ  with  man  is  a 
helpful  sympathy.  All  true  sympathy,  indeed, 
is  helpful.  But  much  that  has  expression  never 
takes  any  valuable  practical  turn.  The  world  is 
no  better  for  it.  The  lives  of  men  are  made  no 
brighter  and  easier.  It  is  a  mere  effusion  of 
emotion,  and  out  of  it  there  comes  no  relief  to 
anybody.  It  is  beautiful  for  the  moment;  but 
it  is  only  foam,  and  it  passes  away  like  foam* 
It  says,  "I  am  sorry  for  your  coldness  and  hun- 
ger," but  it  never  takes  the  form  of  fuel  and 
food.  It  says,  "I  am  sorry  for  the  burdens  you 
bear,"  but  it  never  goes  out  as  a  hand  to  make 
the  burden  less  heavy.  It  says,  "I  am  sorry  for 
the  darkness  in  which  you  wal^,"  but  it  never 
kindles  into  a  clear  light  to  guide  erring  feet. 
The  sympathy  of  Christ  is  just  the  opposite. 
It  is  lielpfu',  practical,  and  it  amounts  to  some- 
thing. It  cheers;  it  heals;  it  strengthens;  it 
elevates. 

1.  In  the  first  place  Christ  is  willing  to  help. 
This  is  much.  Especially  is  this  much  when  it 
is  taken  in  connection  with  Christ,s  perfect  un- 
derstanding of  us  in  all  our  needs.  There  Are 
some  who  are  disposed  to  be  kindly  and  loving 
just  as  far  as  they  have  appreciation  of  what  is 
required  and  suitable.  Ttiey  may  blunder  in 
the  method  of  their  benevolence,  and  tear  open 
afresh  the  wound  into  which  they  would  pour 
the  healing  oil;  but  they  do  the  best  they  know 
how  and  have  capacity  for.  Not  many  are  there  - 
however,  whose  hands  keep  at  even  pace  with 
their  hearts,  and  whose  feet  are  as  quick  to  run 
as  their  eyes  are  to  see,  and  who  are  willing  to 
be  to  the  trouble  of  showing  sympathy  in  the 
shape  of  practical  beneficence.  vc  r 

Here  is  a  man  who  knows  just  what  it  is  to 
wrestle  with  poverty,  and  who  has  abundant 
means  to  relieve  the  distresses  of  some  one  or 
more  of  those  who  are  passing  through  the  bitter 
experiences  with  which  early  necessity  made 
him  familiar;  but  not  a  dollar  goes  out  from  his 
palm.  He  knows  what  to  do,  but  ho  is  not  will- 
ing. Here  is  a  man  who  knows  just  what  it  is  to 
suffer  through  the  long  days  and  nights  of  a 
painful  illness,  and  who  knows,  too,  how  much 
even  words  may  be  worth  to  such  an  one,  and  of 
what  value  are  little  attentions  and  courtesies, 
and  how  sweet  is  thoughtfiil  patience;  but  now 
that  he  is  well  he  passes  by  on  the  other  side, 
and  neglects  to  render  the  little  services  which 
are  so  comforting  and  precious.  He  knows 
what  to  do,  but  he  is  not  willing.  Here  is  a  man 
who  knows  what  it  is  to  be  a  stranger  in  the 
midst  of  strangers;  to  be  lonely  and  desolate 
with  homesickness;  to  be  easily  tempted  to  fall 
into  the  despondency  incident  to  such  a  life  in 
such  circumstances,  for  he  has  felt  it  all;  but  he 
speaks  no  word  of  comfort  to  those  he  discovers 
to  be  in  the  same  straits — lets  them  struggle  on  > 
and  struggle  through  as  best  they  may.  He 
knows  what  to  do,  but  he  is  not  willing. 

It  is  the  same  with  a  great  many.     It  is  not  J^ 
from    lack    of  knowledge,    but  for  want  of  a    ". 
willing  mind  and  the  loving  heart  that  there  is 
nwt  more  bearing  of  one  another's  burdens. 

But  Christ  18   willing.    The   clearness  with 
which  he  soes  our  needs  is   not  more  marked    '^ 
than  the  readiness  with,  which  he  hurries  to  beiur    , 


»-) 


December  21,  188*2 


THIS  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURB. 


relief.  Eecall  bow  it  was  wben  he  was  here — 
he  who  is  the  same  yesterday,  to-day  and  for- 
ever. How  quick  his  response  to  all  appcsla 
for  aid!  How  he  went  about  doin^  good!  How 
patient  he  was  with  the  blindness  and  stupidity 
he  met!  How  compassionate,  how  forgiving, 
how  helpful,  wherever  he  went!  More  willing 
than  the  sun  to  pour  out  light;  more  willing 
than  the  drops  to  fall  out  of  the  over-charged 
clouds;  more  willing  than  the  buds  to  come  and 
the  flowers  to  open  in  spring-time,  is  Christ  to 
lend  his  help  to  men.  Does  not  all  this,  and 
more,  have  expression  in  the  one  measureless 
fact  of  Calvary? 

2.  Christ,  in  the  second  place,  is  able  to  help. 
He  has  the  resources  of  helpfulness.  Here  again 
^e  see  how  sharp  is  the  contrast  between  Christ 
and  even  good  men.  Many  a  man  who  really 
feels  for  the  distresaes  of  others,  who  weeps 
oyer  them,  mingling  his  tears  with  their  tears, 
and  who  makes  their  wants  his  wants,  and  their 
disgrace  his  disgrace,  and  their  agony  his  agony, 
is  nevertheless  shut  out  from  the  doing  of  much 
which  he  would  be  glad  to  do  by  the  limitations 
under  which  he  labors.  Money  is  needed,  but 
he  is  without  means.  Counsel  "is  needed,  but 
he  is  sure  he  i«  not  wise  enougli  to  meet  the  ex- 
igencies of  the  case.  Encouragement  is  needed, 
but  he  is  not  familiar  enough  with  the  inti- 
mate windings  in  and  out  of  the  human  heart  to 
minister  the  subtle  stimulus  required.  What- 
ever the  direction,  he  soon  finds  himeelf  at  the 
end  of  his  resources.  He  may  have  the  tender- 
•  est  heart  but  he  cannot  help.  He  feels  deeply 
and  genuinely  for  the  tempted  and  dissipated, 
but  ail  the  restraints  of  which  he  has  comraand 
are  too  feeble  for  the  work.  He  pities  the  ig- 
norant and  would  gladly  aid  them  by  putting 
letters  within  their  reach  and  encouraging  tliem 
to  learn,  but  it  is  only  little  he  can  do.  Even 
Mr.  Slayton,  with  his  million  for  education,  as 
Mr.  Peabody  before  him,  must  see  thousands  of 
ends  he  would  promote  if  he  could,  but  cannot. 
For  doubtless  he  would  endow  institutions  for 
culture  in  every  city  in  the  land,  would  bu^d  up 
academies  and  colleges  and  seminaries,  and 
found  libraries  and  establish  technical  schools 
and  galleries  of  art  all  up  and  down  our  broad 
domain;  but  how  unequal  to  an  enterpriee  so 
vast  would  even  many  millions  be!  With  the 
warmest  heart,  and  clearest  head,  and  the  best 
intentions  in  the  world  there  is  no  man  who  is 
not  forced  to  say  "No"'  many  times,  when  all  his 
impulses  would  lead  him  to  say  '^Yes." 

But  he  who  when  here  on  earth  was  the  im- 
age of  the  invisible  God,  and  by  whom  and  for 
whom  all  things  were  created,  and  in  whom 
through  the  pleasure  of  the  Father,  all  fulness 
dwelt,  is  not  hedged  in  by  any  such  limiting 
necessity.  All  resources  of  help  arfe  in  his 
hands.  If  any  inan  is  straitened  it  is  not  in  the 
Son  of  God,  but  in  himself.  Is  any  man  tempt- 
ed? He  is  able  to  succor  the  tempted.  Is  any 
man  ignorant  and  out  of  the  way?  He  can  have 
compassion  on  all  such.  la  any  man  in  trouble? 
He  is  a  very  present  help  in  time  of  trouble.  Is 
any  man  ever  led  to  doubt  the  issue  of  his  faith? 
He  is  able  to  save  unto  the  uttermost  all  who 
come  unto  God  by  him.  Does  he  sometimes 
seem  afar  off  and  out  of  reach?  He  is  ever 
nigh:  for  though  he  has  passed  into  the  heavens 
and  Is  exalted  above  the  heavens,  hia  glonous 
priesthood  remains  unchanged  and  unchange- 
able, and  he  ever  liveth  to  make  intercession. 
In  all  our  distresses,  in  all  our  darkness,  with  all 
our  tears  we  may  come  boldly,  with  petitions, 
that  is,  in  which  nothing  is  kept  back,  but  every 
desire  is  poured  out  freely  and  fully,  to  the 
throne  of  his  grace.  It  is  both  in  his  heart  and 
in  his  hand  to  bestow  mercies. 

Would  that  we  could  realize  this!  Would  that 
they  who  have  sorrows  they  do  not  utter;  that 
children  whose  loving  parents  have  been  called 
on  high;  that  mothers  whose  dear,  sweet  babes 
have  been  taken  out  of  their  arms;  that  wives 
whose  strong  ones  have  lallen  at  their  sides, 
11'  leaving  them  like  tender  vines  widowed  of  their 
1  support,  could  only  fashion  to  their  hearts  what 
fulness  of  sympathy  there  is  for  them  in  the 
Divine  Son! 

''No  fable  old,  nor  mythic  lore, 

Nor  (iream  of  bards  and  seers, 
flo  dead  lact  stranded  on  the  shore 

Of  the  oblivions  years ; 


Bnt  warm,  »weet,  tender,  even  yet 

A  preeeni  helo  is  He : 
And  faith  has  still  its  Olivet; 

And  love,  its  Galilee. 
The  healing  of  His  eeaml"88  dress 

Is  by  onr  becU  of  paiu ; 
We  touch  Uim  in  life's  throng  and  press. 

And  we  are  whole  again." 

III.  The  sympathy  of  Christ  with  feian  is  a 
purifying  and  ennobling  sympathy.  Few  con- 
siderations could  be  more  important.  Much  of 
the  sympathy  of  the  world  is  not  purifying  and 
ennobling;  it  is  mis-leading  and  degrading  and 
hurtful.  It  does  not  aid — it  hinders.  It  does 
not  improve  men — it  makes  them  worse.  It  does 
not  strengthen,  but  weakens  rather  in  the  di- 
rection ot  morai.  force;  so  that  often  the  sympa- 
thy which  has  expression  from  man  to  man  is 
not  a  blessing  but  a  curse.  Perhaps  this  may 
be  fixdd  in  mind  by  an  illustration  or  two. 

Not  long  since  a  young  man  of  my  acquaint- 
ance thought  he  had  been  grossly  wronged  by 
parties  with  whom  he  stood  in  intimate  reUtion. 
He  had  not  received  the  recognition  and  the 
recompense  to  which  he  felt  ho  was  freely  en- 
titled. Like  most  men  in  such  circumstances 
he  hastened  to  tell  the  story  of  his  grievances  to 
a  friend.  The  friend  was  one  whom  he  knew 
loved  him  and  in  whose  judgment  he  placed  im- 
plicit confidence.  Of  course  a  statement  made 
in  such  circumetances  would  be  one-sided  and 
colored  through  and  through  with  prejudice, 
i'he  man  who  heard  the  statement  ought  to  have 
bethought  him  of  this  at  once.  But  he  did  not. 
He  allowed  his  sympathy  to  be  kindled  to  a 
white  heat  at  the  first  word,  and  in  a  moment 
more  he  had  endorsed  the  complaint  and  added 
fuel  to  the  fire.  In  this  way  the  ill-temper, 
which  ought  to  have  been  soothed,  was  aggra- 
vated— every  evil  passion  was  inflamed,  and 
it  was  only  through  the  interposition  of  wiser 
counsels  that  grave  disaster  was  averted.  Here 
was  sympathy;  but  it  was  a  mischievous  sympa- 
thy. Instead  of  guiding,  it  perverted.  Instead 
of  allaying  selfish  discontent  and  hushing  down 
unwise  ambition,  it  aroused  every  bad  impulse, 
and  turned  a  soul  for  the  time-being  into  dark 
and  Satanic  channels.  It  was  sympathy,  but  such 
a  sympathy  as  a  man  better  never  have. 

Here  is  another  instance.  A  young  man  had 
been  insulted,  not  directly,  but  indirectly  in  the 
person  of  his  father.  The  wound  inflicted  was 
so  sharp  and  inexcusable  that  it  aroused  all  the 
anger  of  the  young  man's  soul.  He  saw  in  it 
an  invasion  of  private  rights.  He  saw  in  it  a 
misrepresentation  of  motives  which  he  knew  to 
be  honorable  and  above  suspicion.  He  saw  in 
it  the  arraignment  of  his  own  manhood;  and  the 
only  thing  it  occured  to  him  to  do  was  to  wipe 
out  the  indignity  with  a  blow.  Well,  what  did 
men  say  to  him?  The  whole  community  was 
stirred,  and  everybody  was  hurrying  to  express 
sympathy.  What  was  the  tone  and  character  of 
this  sympathy?  Just  this.  Hundreds  said: 
"You  are  indignant;  so  are  we.  You  feel  that 
you  have  been  outraged;  so  do  we.  You  think 
some  sharp  expression  ought  to  be  given  to 
your  s-mse  of  wrong;  so  do  we.  Now  strike,  and 
we  will  back  you.  Push  to  your  beart's  content, 
and  we  will  see  that  no  harm  comes  to  you." 
That  was  the  form  the  sympathy  took.  It  was 
not  good  and  wholesome.  It  had  the  spirit  of 
the  pit  in  it.  It  was  lurid  with  vengeance.  It 
could  only  belittle  and  blind.  Whereas  true 
sympathy  would  have  lifted  him  above  the  ex- 
ploded sentiment  of  eye  for  eye,  and  tooth  for 
tooth,  and  railing  tor  railing,  and  pointed  out  to 
him  some  worthier  method  of  voicing  a  right- 
eous indignation.  True  sympathy,  while  appre- 
ciating his  feelings  under  the  wrong,  would 
have  reminded  him  that  the  Perfect  Man,  when 
'reviled  reviled  not  again,  and  so  would  have 
made  his  wrong  the  occasion  of  moral  triumph. 
So  it  is  often,  and  in  many  spheres.  Sym- 
pathy is  made  an  instrument  of  tearing  down 
rather  than  building  up,  and  of  diverting  from 
the  right  path  rather  than  leading  straight  on  in 
the  way  everlasting.  When  men  are  suffering 
from  loss  of  property  by  tire  or  accident  or  vil- 
lainy, how  common  a  thing  it  is  to  see  them 
falling  into  despondency  or  envy  or  discontent 
under  the  dealings  of  Providence  through  tlio 
infinenee  of  the  sympathy  aonveyed  to  them  by 
friends.    How  much  more  harm  than  good  is 


often  done  in  sick  rooms  by  words  dropped  only 
with  kindliest  interest.  When  bitter  afflictions 
come,  and  dear  ones  are  taken,  how  frequently 
it  happens  that  the  words  which  are  spoken, 
and  spoken  only  with  the  purpose  of  consoling, 
are  so  indiscreet  as  to  bring  shadows  between 
the  struggling  soul  and  God.  In  fact  unless  one 
has  given  special  thought  to  the  subject  I  doubt 
if  it  be  possible  for  him  to  realize  how  absolute- 
ly disastrous  and  degrading  in  their  efl"ect8  on 
the  soul  are  many  of  the  forms  and  methods  of 
human  sympathy.  It  is  made  to  whet  bad  pas- 
sions; to  kindle  devouring  flames;  to  exasperate 
rather  than  to  calm;  to  burden  rather  than  to  re- 
lieve; to  intensity  discontent  and  hate;  and  to 
take  men  down  lower  than  it  finds  them  instead 
of  conducting  to  higher  planes.  Not  always  is 
it  so,  for  if  it  were  we  could  not  live;  but  many 
times  and  in  many  spheres  where  sympathy 
is  brought  into  play  it  is  so. 

Exactly  the  opposite  is  Christ's  sympathy. 
The  sympathy  of  Christ  always  purifies.  It 
cheers;  it  helps  to  right-seeing;  it  heals;  it 
strengthens;  it  exalts  and  brings  one  nearer  to 
God;  it  puts  evil  passions  to  sleep  and  awakens 
holy  emotions;  it  quickens  not  the  worst  things 
but  the  best  things  in  a  man;  it  has  in  it  always 
a  pulee  of  heavenly  one;  it  never  aggravates  a 
bad  symptom;  it  never  accelerates  a. wicked 
course;  it  stills  the  troubled  waters;  it  rests  and 
soothes  the  aching  heart;  it  makes  a  man  hate  the 
mean  and  low,  and  love  the  good  and  high;  it 
takes  one  forward  into  companionships  which 
are  above  the  stars;  it  is  more  palatable  than 
food;  it  is  more  refreshing  than  light;  it  is  more 
fragrant  than  flowers;  it  is  svpeeter  than  song. 
For  this  sympathy  of  Christ  is  a  Divine  heart 
touching  a  human  heart,  and  informing  it  with 
heavenly  love. 

Are  any  afflicted,  then?  are  any  in  darkness 
and  distress  and  sorrow?  are  any  standing  face 
to  face  with  calamities  they  dread  ?  Here  is  one 
who  knows  all  needs,  and  who  is  willing  and 
able  to  help  in  every  extremity,  and  whose  min- 
istries of  comfort  are  always  cleansing  and  ex- 
alting. There  is  no  infirmity  he  does  not  un- 
derstand, and  we  can "  have  no  feeling  with 
which  he  cannot  be  touched.  He  follows  sinners 
down  into  the  depths  of  their  deepest  sinful- 
ness, for  he  came  to  seek  and  to  save  that  which 
was  lost.  No  man  sinks  so  low  down;  no  man 
drifts  so  far  away  in  alienation  and  wrong-doing 
that  there  is  not  a  ready  and  helpful  compassion 
for  him  in  the  heart  of  Jesus  if  he  wants  it  and 
will  accept  it.  If  we  only  knew  it  there  is  no 
yearning  to  which  he  will  respond  so  quick  and 
so  lovingly  as  to  the  yearning  for  deliverance 
from  the  guilt  and  defilement  and  dominion  of 
sin. 

"By  his  honr  of  dire  despair. 
By  his  agony  of  prayer, 
By  his  wounds  and  pangs  and  cries. 
By  the  Perfect  Sacrifice; 
Bending  from  his  throne  ou  high, 
He  will  hear  the  sinner's  cry," 


Does  this  little  stoby  throw  any  light  on 
the  growing  faithlessness  and'  irreligion  of  the 
age? 

"  A  little  girl,  not  far  from  Chicago,  who  has 
believed  implicitly  up  to  date  in  the  person  and 
mission  of  the  sweet  Christmas  saint  who  slides 
down  the  chimney  on  Christmas  eve  and  fills  the 
stockings  hanging  there,  was  thought  by  her 
parents  old  enough  this  year  to  be  undeceived. 
They  proceeded  to  tell  her  as  kindly  and  care- 
fully as  possible  who  'were  her  real  benefactors, 
and  that  Santa  Clans  is  a  myth,  made  beautiful 
by  long  tradition  and  the  faith  of  many  little 
people  Isfice  herself.- 

"The  child  fell  into  uncontrolled  grief  and  re- 
fused to  be  comforted.  Finally,  as  the  storm  of 
sorrow  was  nearly  spent,  between  the  dry  sobs 
the  child  turned  upon  her  father  and  mother 
with  the  astounding  observation — "  Well,  I  hope 
you  haven't  been  deceiving  me  about  Christ  all 
these  years." 

Verily  Truth  is  a  jealous  goddess. — Signal. 

— At  the  thirty-second  annual  meeting  of  the 
Grand  lodge  of  colored  Free-masoni  of  Ohio 
last  August,  44  regular  lodges  were  reported 
with  1004  members.  Their  net  loss  for  the 
year  was  25,  and  121  were  saspended. 


THB  CHHISTIAH  CYNOSURE. 


December  21,  1882 


CORRESPONDENCE. 


Facts  About  Morgan. 

from  a  letter  to  the  Satavla  Convention. 

Feeeport,  111. 

Concerning  the  abduction  of  Wm.  Morgan, 
of  course  I  have  no  personal  knowledge,  being 
at  the  time  a  mere  infant.  My  dear  father,  who 
came  to  Freeport  in  1854,  was  a  personal  friend 
of  Morgan  and  an  ardent  and  devoted  Anti-ma- 
son. His  "  Morgan  expose  of  Masonry,"  a 
small  pamphlet,  I  have  known  nothing  of  for 
forty  years.  He  preserved  for  many  years  several 
volumes  of  the  Repuhlicam,  Advocate,  published 
at  the  time  of  Morgan's  abduction,  what  became 
of  them  I  know  not. 

I  know  of  no  persons  in  the  world  who  could, 
in  my  judgment,  furnish  more  information  on 
the  subject  than  Judge  Taggart  and  Miss  Sarah 
K.  Stevens  of  Batavia.  It  may  be  well  for  me 
to  refer  you  to  the  Utica,  JM.  Y., Observer,  or  Ob- 
server and  Herald,  published  at  that  time. 
Some  time  during  the  past  year  one  Mr.  Fitkin, 
dealer  in  rags  and  old  iron,  etc.,  in  this  city, 
called  ray  attention  to  two  bound  volumes  ot  the 
Observer  and  Herald  which  he  said  he  pur- 
chased of  the  family  of  the  late  S.  W.  Guiteau, 
(father  o£  Charles  Julius  Guiteau  the  assassin) 
and  which  volumes  he  sold  for  from  $10  to  $20 
to  the  N'ew  York  Historical  Society  (Horatio 
Seymour,  Pros.)  Utiea,  N.  Y.  These  volumes 
were  pnbliabed  I  think  during  1826-8,  and  con- 
tained many  able  and  interesting  articles  on  the 
subject  of  the  abduction  of  Morgan  and  Anti- 
masonry.  I  am  inclined  to  the  opinionyou  may 
obtain  valuable  information  from  the  Historical 
Society  of  Kew  York.  I  have  the  honor  to  be 
very  truly,  Chas.  Betts. 


Letter  from  Bro.  A.  A.  Phelps. 

Nashville,  Tenn. 

I  cannot  tell  you  how  deeply  I  regretted  my  in- 
ability to  attend  your  Anti-secret  Association  at 
Batavia.  I  was  the  secretary  of  the  first  one 
ever  held — in  Pittsburg,  1868 — and  ofE<^red  the 
resolution  that  resulted  in  starting  the  Christian 
Cynosure ;  and  though  I  have  not  been  able  to 
meet  with  you  often,  I  have  had  but  one  un- 
varying conviction  in  regard  to  secret  societies 
in  general,  namely:  That  they  are  not  needed 
for  any  good  cause,  that  they  are  capable  of 
being  used  for  great  mischief,  that  they  o|ten 
become  selfish  monopolies,  that  they  generally 
stand  in  the  way  of  progress,  and  the  world 
would  be  better  off  if  there  was  not  a  secret  or- 
der of  any  description.  In  regard  to  Freema- 
sonry in  particular — against  which  your  batteries 
are  mainly  turned — I  regard  it  as  a  strange  mix- 
ture of  silliness  and  sacrilege,  combining  about 
as  much  deception,  selfishness,  and  barbarism  as 
you  could  well  incorporate  into  a  eingle  system, 
and  worthy  of  the  reprehension  of  all  good 
men.  The  wonder  is  that  any  one  should  try 
to  marry  such  an  inetitution  to  the  church  of 
God. 

For  a  dozen  years  I  have  labored  as  an  inde- 
pendent evangelist,  going  from  Maine  to  Texas, 
and  entering  whatever  doors  were  providentially 
opened.  I  have  found  good  sheep  in  the  various 
folds,  and  a  growing  number  who  were  in  favor 
of  shaking  off  sectarian  shackles  and  fellowship- 
ing  all  true  Christians.  But  I  have  found  also 
tons  of  shriveling  bigotry — a  disposition  to  wor- 
ship the  church  more  than  its '  Founder — any 
amount  of  churchmnity  mingled  with  very  small 
quantities  of  Christianity. 

I  believe  in  churches — organized  churches — 
but  I  would  have  them  organized  scripturally, 
and  with  as  little  machinery  as  possible.  I 
would  have  the  church  very  strict  in  regard  to 
character,  but  very  tolerant  m  regard  to  differing 
opinions.  I  would  make  a  charaoter-iQiX^  rather 
than  a  creed-\&sX.  The  door  of  the  church  should 
be  wide  enough  to  let  all  true  Christians  pass 
through  it.  The  church  is  Qod^s  institution,  and 
therefore  all  his  children  are  in  it  in  fact  and 
have  a  right  to  be  in  it  in  form.  You  have  well 
said  that  the  only  justifiable  division  is  that 
which  separates  "  the  children  of  God  and  the 


children  of  the  wicked  one."  There  is  no  reason, 
(that  can  stand  the  test  of  divine  or  even  human 
scrutiny,)  for  cutting  God's  organized  church 
into  a  multitude  of  jangling  fragments.  Such  a 
scene  of  disruption  is  enough  to  make  sinners 
scoff  and  angels  weep. 

Such  is  the  creed-bound  sectarianism  of  most 
of  the  chuirches,  that  many  masjnanimous  souls 
are  in  honest  doubt  whether  to  formal iy  join  any 
of  them,  or  stand  and  fight  alone.  As  a  rule,  it 
is  probably  better  that  Christians  should  unite 
with  some  church,  even  if  they  cannot  find  every- 
thing to  their  liking ;  especially  if  they  are  not 
obliged  to  swallow  various  unscriptural  pills 
which  the  creed-makers  have  prepared,  but,  on 
the  contrary,  are  a- lowed  to  exercise  their  liberty 
of  conscience  and  speech.  But,  alas!  how 
often  such  liberty  has  been  promised  at  the 
door,  and  denied  after  the  candidate  has  en- 
tered the  room  !  O,  there  is  such  an  everlast- 
ing tendency  to  selfishness,  rivalry,  and  sectarian- 
ism ! 

Even  those  denominations  that  started  out 
with  a  scriptural  name,  and  promised  to  make 
Christian  character  the  only  test  of  fellowship, 
are  this  very  day  making  various  doctrinal,  sac- 
ramental, and  other  tests,  and  thus  trampling 
their  own  consistency  under  foot.  I  know  a 
people  who  solemnly  promised  to  make  only  a 
character-test,  and  to  take  the  Bible  as  their  only 
rule  of  faith  and  practice;  and  yet  it  was  not  long 
before  there  was  a  clamoring  for  denominational 
distinction,  which  led  first  to  the  adoption  of  an 
unscriptural  name,  and  finally  to  the  adoption  of 
a  creed  with  sixteen  articles  of  faith!  And  I 
never  saw  a  more  intense  spirit  of  sectarianism 
than  I  have  seen  and  felt  among  some  of  those 
very  churches. 

I  have  also  been  intimately  associated  with 
those  who  laid  great  stress  upon  plainness  and 
self-denial,  and  made  loud  professions  of  personal 
holiness,  and  yet  were  so  narrow  that  they  could 
not  tolerate  a  minister — however  pious,  intelli- 
gent, and  useful— who  diverged  a  hair's  breadth 
from  their  accepted  "  creed."  He  must  stifle  all 
advanced  convictions,  and  blockade  the  way  to 
any  further  progress  in  religious  thought,  or,  like 
the  poor  Chinaman,  *'  he  most  go."  It  reahy 
seems  too  bad  to  compel  all  good  men  to  leave 
the  churches  of  their  choice  as  a  condition  of 
growing  "  in  the  knowledge  of  the  Lord  Jesus 
Christ."  They  do  not  intend  it,  but  the  churches 
often  act  upon  the  assumption  of  their  own  in- 
fallibility. O  for  a  chance  to  breathe,  without 
the  danger  of  being  hung  for  heresy!  With 
much  brotherly  love,  A.  A.  Phelps. 


H.  W.  Beecher  and  Evolution. 

Washington,  D.  C. 

Dear  Bro.  K: — On  the  evening  of  December 
5th,  Mr.  Beecher  lectured  in  Lincoln  Hall  of 
this  city  on  Evolution  as  related  to  Christianity. 
He  was  introduced  by  Rev.  W.  W.  Hicks,  who 
is  only  a  smaller  specimen  of  the  same  kind  of 
a  man.  Of  course  such  men  draw  a  certain 
class,  and  elicit  a  great  amount  of  applause.  He 
alluded  to  the  present  as  an  era  oi  doubt;  of 
breaking  away  from  the  old  and  reaching  out 
after  the  new.  This  change  is  most  important 
in  character  and  results.  He  regarded  the  doc- 
trine of  evolution  as  being  the  most  momentous 
step  in  science  that  has  been  taken  in  modern 
or  indeed  in  any  day.  "It  touches  institutions — 
laws — religion — everything." 

He  said  that  the  idea  that  God  stood  supreme 
and  sovereign  and  commanded  things  to  spring 
into  existence  came  from  poetic  passages  in  the 
Scriptures,  and  that  we  are  coming  to  learn  that 
this  world  has  been  "a  gradual  unfolding  from 
simple  to  complex,"  etc.  Perhaps  there  is  some 
truth  in  the  doctrine  of  evolution  as  applied  to 
science,  but  it  is  also  true  that  "the  carnal  mind 
is  enmity  against  God,"  and  is  especially  hostile 
to  the  eovere'-gnty  and  supremacy  of  God,  and 
that  Mr.  B.  but  voices  this  enmity  when  he  at- 
tempts to  use  some  truth  and  more  conjectures 
of  science  to  set  aside  the  Word  of  God  by  call- 
ing it  "poetical." 

Again  he  says,  "I  incline  to  the  belief  that 
not  in  the  far  future  it  will  be  understood  that 
man  himself  is  the  last  and  greatest  evolution, 


and  that  his  ancestors  were  the  under  class  of 
OMimals^''  I  will  not  ridicule  this  theory, 
though  it  is  ridiculous,  I  think  Satan  showed 
great  skill  in  its  devising,  for  in  no  way  can  you 
so  effectually  get  rid  of  the  idea  of  moral  re- 
sponsibility to  God  and  all  that  is  involved  in 
it,  as  by  persuading  men  that  they  are  but  a 
derivation  from  the  brutes.  It  is  in  vain  that 
science  has  abundantly  refuted  this  theory  and 
shown  that  between  the  highest  order  of  ani- 
mals, and  the  lowest  order  of  men  there  is  an 
immerse  and  insurmountable  distance.  It  is 
lost  on  the  men  who  want  to  get  rid  of  God  and 
history.  Anciently  "the  fool  said  in  his  heart, 
There  is  no  God,"  The  modern  fool  has  added 
to  this,  '■^■there  is  no  mxinP  What  we  call  man  is 
only  "an  evolution  from  the  under  class  of  ani- 
mals;" of  course  himself  an  animal.  This  is  sim- 
ply advanced  blasphemy. 

Again  he  said,  "The  Bible  was  not  inspired. 
It  was  mankind  who  was  being  inspired  and  the 
Bible  only  records  the  progress  of  it."  Without 
stopping  to  argue  about  the  inspiration  of  the 
Bible  I  must  say  that  I  quite  agree  with  him 
that,  in  a  certain  sense,  men  have  been  inspired 
by  the  wicked  (the,  and  that  the  Bible  records 
the  progress  of  this  inspiration,  as  well  as  that 
which  is  of  God-  Paul  says,  "JS'ow  the  Spirit 
speaketh  expressly,  that  in  the  latter  times, 
some  shall  depart  from  the  faith,  giving  heed 
to  seducing  spirits  and  doctrines  of  devils, 
speaking  lies  in  hypocrisy,  having  their  con- 
science seared  with  a  hot  iron.     1  Tim,  4:12. 

Mr,  B.  says  that  this  doctrine  of  evolution  is 
only  an  hypothesis,  but  he  savs  also  that  God  is 
a  hypothesis.  This  is  the  height  of  blasphemy, 
for,  in  all  ages  all  mankind  have  recognized  God 
as  the  most  absolute  fact  of  which  we  can  have 
any  conception,  "Perhaps,"  says  Mr,  B.,  "There 
is  a  God,  and  if  so,  we  must  take  that  matter 
into  account."  I  am  reminded  of  the  poor 
wretch  who  was  about  to  go  down  into  the  sea, 
who  cried,  "O  God!  (if  there  be  any  God)  save 
my  goul,  (if  I  have  any  soul)." 

Mr.  B,  concluded  his  remarkable  discourse  by 
framing  a  caricature  of  the  doctrines  of  original 
sin,  depravity,  future  punishment,  etc,  and  then 
holding  it  up  to  ridicule.  He  said  that  his  rea- 
son taught  him  to  reject  these  doctrines  and  that 
those  who  taught  them  did  not  believe  them. 
At  the  close  there  was  immense  applause. 
This  lecture,  from  a  professed  Christian  minis- 
ter and  its  reception  by  a  Washington  audience 
shows  how  great  is  the  departure  of  the  people 
from  God,  and  the  immense  need  of  a  general 
reformation.  H.  H.Hinman. 


Our   Mail. 

Mrs.  Margaret  Stubbs,  Vermillion,  IlL,  writes  of  the 
sudden  death  ol  her  husband,  our  friend  and  co-worker, 
Jeese  Stubbs.  He  was  walking  on  the  railroad  track  and 
was  instantly  killed  by  a  passing  train.  The  bereaved 
have  our  sympathy. 

Wm.  Matthews,  Ambrose,  Pa  : 

"I  think  the  move  on  Washington  City  a  good  one." 

Richard  McClelland,  Cannonsburg,  Pa. : 

'I  will  endeavor  to  secure  a  few  subscribers.  I  am  in 
for  the  downfall  of  the  curse  of  Masonry  and  all  other 
secret  combinations-  No  one  in  the  United  States  wishes 
more  ardently  the  success  of  the  Anti-masonic  cause. 
There  are  few  men  who  can  say  as  I  can  that  I  had  two 
brothers-in-law  murdered  by  Masons.  Of  one  you  pub- 
lished a  very  correct  account  in  the  Cynosure  a  few  years 
since,  namely,  David  Brownlee,  of  Warren  county.  III. 
Of  the  other,  I  forbear  lor  the  present  to  give  any  of  the 
details." 

Thos.  R.  Griffin,  Springfield,  HI. : 

"Our  dear  Bro.  Hiuman,  in  my  humble  judgment,  is 
the  right  man  in  the  right  place.  His  well-timed  visits 
to  Hampton  University  and  other  Institutions  of  learning 
are  as  precious  seed  sown  in  good  ground ;  rich  and 
pFenteous  fruitage  is  sure  to  follow.  May  the  miguty  arm 
of  Jehovah  and  the  resistless  energy  ot  the  Holy  Ghost 
give  such  an  impetus  to  the  heart,  brain  and  work  of 
the  Cynosure  as  shall  constitute  it  a  giant  among  its  foes." 

Joseph  B.  Lyon,  Mt.  Qilead,  O.: 

"I  like  the  high  stand  the  Cynosure  takes  and  feel  satis- 
fied that  those  great  principles  will  finally  prevail.  I 
never  had  a  very  favorable  opinion  of  secret  societies  and 
never  joined  them  and  have  wondered  how  so  many  men 
are  fooled  into  them.  After  reading  the  papers  I  save 
them  for  three  months  and  then  stitch  them  togetner  in 
a  volume  with  a  waxed  thread  in  the  clamps  which  makes 
them  very  durable.  Then  I  lend  them  around  with  judg- 
ment." 

This   is  an  excellent  way  tc  use  the    paper,  and  at 


December  21, 1888 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSUHIS. 


least  one  friend  who  read  the  above  adopts  it  with  hia 
papers. 

A.  C.  Mofiatt,  Albion,  Iowa ; 

"Masonic  editors  are  publishing  lies  about  Thurlow 
Weed  before  his  body  is  hardly  cold.  Such  is  Freema- 
sonry." 

God  will  sweep  away  the  "refuge  of  lies." 

Christmas  in  Syria. 

Mifs  Wylie,  one  of  the  missionaries  of  the  Re- 
formed Presbyterian  chnrch  in  Syria  writes  of 
the  regfard  shown  toward  this  day  among  the 
superstitious  and  priest-ridden  people  with  whom 
she  is  laborinj5 : 

"  I  was  talking  with  one  of  the  girls,  who  was 
formerly  a  pupil  here,  about  what  she  thought 
of  Christmas.  She  said  she  did  not  know  that 
it  was  the  birthday  of  Christ,  but  the  world  over 
kept  Christmas,  and  she  thought  that  they,  living 
as  they  do  among  Mohammedans  who  did  not 
believe  in  Christ  at  all,  miarht  recognize  the  day 
to  let  them  see  they  were  not  ashamed  of  their 
prophet,  who  is  greater  than  the  Mahommedan 
prophet.  I  asked  if  ehe  did  not  thint  it  would 
be  better  if  they  would  pay  more  attention  to 
the  day  Christ  had  himself  set  apart  and  com- 
manded us  to  keep.  She  said  she  did;  that  she 
wished  they  could  have  quiet  Sabbaths  as  we 
have.  She  said  for  herself  she  did  not  consider 
Chrietiuas  a  holy-day,  or  that  it  was  wrong  to 
work,  but  she  acknowledged  that  some  of  her 
people  aonsidered  it  more  sacred  than  the  Stb- 
bath.  She  said  neither  did  she  consider  there 
was  any  virtue  in  the  wearing  of  a  cross;  that 
the  ignorant  among  them  did  think  God  would 
be  pleased  with  that  mark  of  respect  to  his  Son, 
and  favor  them ;  that  she  di i  not  believe  that, 
but  she  wore  a  cross  because  she  was  a  Christian, 
and  for  ages  that  had  been  an  ensign  that  the 
wearer  believed  in  Christ;  that  a  Moslem 
would  not  wear  one;  that  he  would  curse  It  if  he 
saw  it.  I  have  had  talks  with  a  great  number 
of  the  ^irls  in  regard  to  the  cross.  Many  of 
them  say  that  they  wear  it  that  they  may  think 
of  the  Saviour  when  they  see  it.  I  tell  them 
that  he  should  be  in  their  hearts  all  the  time,  so 
that  they  would  not  need  to  look  at  anything 
else;  and  that  all  their  words  and  actions  should 
be  of  that  character  that  the  people  would  know 
they  were  Christians.  The  girls  who  have  been 
here  for  some  time  do  not  like  at  all  to  ac- 
knowledge their  superstitions,  and  will  deny  that 
they  exist,  but  the  older  ones  will  unconsciously 
let  drop  remarks  about  the  evil  eye,  &c.  Not 
long  ago  our  teachers  went  to  call  on  a  family 
who  had  lost  a  little  boy.  They  said  they  had 
taken  him  to  an  evening  party  and  the  people 
all  remarked,  how  happy  they  were  to  have  such 
a  beautiful  baby.  That  night  the  mother  was 
taken  sick  and  then  the  child.  There  was  no 
doubt  that  the  envious  one  had  caused  the  sick- 
ness. They  would  never  for  a  moment  reflect 
that  perhaps  the  mother  had  taken  cold  from 
having  exposed  herself." 


— The  growth  of  last  year  in  the  work  of  the 
Americin  Board  of  Foreign  Missions  is  thus 
effectively  summarized: 

'■So  far  as  figures  can  represent  the  progress 
of  the  year,  it  may  be  gathered  from  the  follow- 
ing statements:  net  increase  of  twenty-six  in  the 
number  of  missionaries;  a  gain  of  twenty-three 
churches,  and  an  addition  of  1,700  members  on 
profession  of  faith;  an  increase  of  eighty  in  the 
number  of  native  pastors  and  preachers;  an  ad- 
dition of  seventeen  high  schools  and  seminaries 
of  different  grades,  and  1,000  youths  in  them; 
besides  1,500  more  pupils  in  common  schools. 
Nor  should  we  omit  in  this  summary  the  efforts 
of  the  native  Christians  to  help  themselves,  as 
expressed  by  funds  raised  and  expended  for  their 
own  suhools,  churches,  and  religious  literature  to 
the  amount  the  past  year  of  over  $80,000.  But 
figures  can  give  no  just  conception  of  the  leaven- 
ing processes  effected  by  the  agencies  thus  de- 
tailed, or  by  the  circulation  of  over  thirty 
millions  of  pages  of  educational  and  religious 
literature,by  the  personal  labors  of  over  one  hun- 
dred women  specially  devoted  to  the  welfare 
of  their  sex  in  schools  and  m  the  homes  of  the 
people,  or  by  the  example  of  the  changed  lives 
and  character  in  so  many  lands  of  so  many,  once 
strangers  and  foreigners,  now  fellow-citizens 
with  the  saints  and  of  the  household  of  God." 


— The  New  York  World  very  appropriately 
puts  its  Masonic  department  into  its  Sunday  edi- 
tion, the  kind  of  religion  taught  in  one  fitting 
well  the  practice  shown  by  the  other. 

— The  late  Trumbull  Cary  of  this  village  was 
during  his  lifetime  an  intimate  friend  of  Thur- 
low Weed,  to  whom  he  presented  a  curiously- 
formed  walking  stick.  This  cane  now  comes 
before  the  public  through  Mr.  Weed's  will,  in 
the  eighth  clause  of  which  the  following  appears: 
"  In  affectionate  remembrance  of  a  warm  friend- 
ship which  commenced  over  half  a  century  ago 
with  the  late  William  H.  Seward,  lasting  unin- 
terruptedly to  his  death,  I  give  and  bequeath  to 
his  son,  Frederick  W.  Seward,  to  whom  I  am  as 
affectionately  attached,  the  cane  presented  to  me 
by  our  mutual  and  valued  friend,  the  late  Trum- 
bull Cary." — Batavia,  JV.  Y.,  Advocate. 


Words  of  Life  for  Every  Day. 

SANCTIFY   THEM  THROUGH   THY   TKUTH  ;    THY   WOKD 
IS    TRUTH. 

Thursday,  Dec.  21. — Wherefore  laying  aside 
all  malice,  and  all  guile  and  hypocrisies,  and 
envies,  and  all  evil  speakings,  as  new  born  babes 
desire  the  sincere  milk  of  the  word,  that  ye  may 
grow  thereby.     Ist  Peter  2:1  2. 

Friday,  Dec.  22. — For  there  is  no  difference 
between  the  Jew  and  the  Greek :  for  the  same 
Lord  over  all  is  rich  unto  all  that  call  upon  him. 
Rom.  10:12. 

Saturday,  Dec  23. — Seeing  ye  have  purified 
your  souls  in  obeying  the  truth  through 
the  Spirit  unto  unfeigned  love  of  the  brethren, 
see  that  ye  love  one  another  with  a  pure  heart, 
fervently.     1st  Peter  1:22. 

Sabbath,  Dec.  24. — Every  one  that  keepeth 
the  Sabbath  from  polluting  it,  and  taketh  hold 
of  my  covenant,  even  them  will  I  bring  to  my 
holy  mountain,  and  make  them  Joyful  in  my 
house  of  prayer ;  their  burnt  offerings  and  their 
sacrifices  shall  be  accepted  upon  mine  altar ;  for 
mine  house  shall  be  called  an  house  of  prayer  for 
all  people.    Isa.  6:6-7. 

Monday,  Dec.  25. — For  what  glory  la  it,  if, 
when  ye  be  buffeted  for  your  faults,  ye  shall 
take  it  patiently  ?  but  if,  when  ye  do  well,  and 
suffer  for  it,  ye  take  it  patiently,  this  is  accepta- 
ble with  God.     1st  Peter  2:20. 

Tuesday,  Dec.  26.~And  if  the  righteous 
scarcely  be  saved,  where  shall  the  ungodly  and 
the  sinner  appear?  Wherefore  let  them  that  suf- 
fer according  to  the  will  of  God,  commit  the 
keeping  of  their  eouls  to  him  in  well  doing,  as 
unto  a  faithful  creator.     1st  Peter  4:18-19. 

Wednesday,  Dee.  27. — But  grow  in  grace,  and 
in  the  knowledge  of  our  Lord  and  Saviour  Jesus 
Chr'st.  To  him  be  glory  both  now  and  forever. 
Amen. 


FrvE  Thousand  in  one  Year. — These  are  the 
figures  that  represent  the  net  profit  of  one  sa- 
loon in  Michigan  during  last  year.  The  keeper 
of  the  saloon  had  formerly  been  a  clown  in  some 
of  the  shows  of  the  country.  Abandoning  the 
show  business,  he  betook  himself  to  drunk-mak- 
ing, and  settled  in  Michigan.  The  patrons  of 
this  drunk-maker  were  largely  laboring  men. 
These  men,  without  exception,  were  poor  men 
who  were  entirely  dependent  on  their  daily  labor 
for  a  subsistence  for  themselves  and  their  fami- 
lies. Their  wages  were  not  large  at  the  best,  yet 
from  these  men  this  one  saloon  made  a  profit  of 
$5,000  in  one  season. 

— Faith's  eye  can  see  through  a  frown  of 
God,  and  under  it  read  God's  thoughts  of  love 
and  peace. 

— Faint  not;  the  miles  to  heaven  are  few  and 
short.  There  are  many  heads  lying  in  Christ's 
bosom,  but  there  is  room  for  yours  among  the 
rest. — Rutheford.  

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1  Historical  Sketch  of  the  N.C.  A.,  by  Pres.  J.  Blanchard 4 

2  Voice  of  the  Empire  State  in  Condemnation' of  Masonry 4 

3  Address  to  American  Pastors  on  the  Secret  Lodge 4 

4  Freemasonry  in  the  Family,  by  J.  P.  Stoddard . .    4 

5  Pres.  Finney  on  the  Duty  of  Christians  toward  the  Lodge g 

6  Warning  against  Masonry  (For  Colored  People),  Illustrated 2 

T    To  the  Boys  who  Hope  to  be  Men,  Illustrated  , 2 

8  Frs--   masonry  Modern  Heathenism ,    4 

9  Mliif^rs  at  Rival  Altars 4 

10  A  Pastor's  Confession 4 

11  Knight  Templar  Masonry 4 

12  Alexander  Campbell's  Estimate  of  the  Lodges 4 

13  "Tho  Secret  Empire,"  by  J.  P.  Stoddard 4 

14  True  and  False  Templarism 4 

15  Secrecy  and  Sin,  from  the  "Christian"  47  Cornhlll,  Boston 4 

16  Selling  Dead  Horses,  by  '  'Bostonian" 4 

17  History  of  Masonry,  by  Pres.  J.  Blanchard 4 

18  Despotic  Character  of  Freemasonry 4 

19  Freemasonrj'  a  Christ-excluding  Religion , B 

20  Masonic  Mulder,  byEiderT.  R.  Baird 2 

21  Grand,  Great  Grand,  by  Philo  Carpenter 2 

22  Masonic  Oaths  and  Penalties  sworntobytheGrahdLodgeofB.I..  4 

23  Letters  of  J.  Q.  Adams  and  J.  Madison  on  Freemasonry  4 

24  Satan's  Cable  Tow 4 

25  Character  and  symbols  of  Freemasonry,  Illustrated 2 

26  Address  of  the  Niagara  Association  on  the  Murder  of  Morgan...  4 

27  Judge  Whitney  and  Masonry — Masonry  Defends  a  Murderer 8 

28  Nathaniel  Colver  and  Howard  Crosby  on  Secret  Societies 2 

29  Grand  Lodge  Masonry,  by  Pres.  J.  Blanchard 16 

30  Masonic  Oaths  Null  and  Void,  by  Rev.  I.  A.  Hart 4 

31  Hon.  Seth  M.  Gates  on  Freemasonry * 

32  Origin,  Obligation  and  Expenses  of  the  Grange 4 

33  Hon.  Wm   H.  Seward  on  Secret  Societies 2 

34  What  Great  Men  Say  about  Freemasonry 2 

85  Objections  to  Masonry,  by  a  Seceding  Mason 4 

36  MasoLlc  Chastity,  by  Emma  A.  Wallace 4 

37  Reasoub  "'"xy  a  Christian  should  not  be  a   Freemason  (German)..  4 

38  Masonic  0..->8  and  Penalties,  by  Rev.  A.  M.  Mllligan 4 

39  Should  Freemasons  be  admitted  to  Christian  Fellowship? 4 

40  The  Object  of  the  American  (Anti-masonic)  Party 2 

41  Freemasonry  a  Religion  (shown  by  its  own  authors) 8 

42  Duty  and  Ability  to  Know  the  Character  of  Masonry 4 

43  Afflda^'it  that  Masonry  is  revealed,  by  J.  O.  Doesburg  and  others  4 

44  D.  L.  Moody  on  Secret  Societies 4 

45  Ought  a  Seceding  Mason  to  Keep  his  Lodge  Oath  ? 4 

46  Nos.  17, 18  and  19  combined,  by  Prof.  Cervin  (Swedish) 18 

47  Irish  Murders  and  Secret  Societies 4 


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December  21,  1888 


The  Christian  Cynosure. 

CHICAQO,  THUBSDAY,  DECEMBKR  21, 1882. 


Mb.  Hinman,  in  his  hasty  sketch  of  H.  W. 
Beeoher's  Washington  lecture  on  Evolution, 
has  really,  though  unconsciously,  outdone  him- 
self. Its  simplicity,  directness.  Christian  tem- 
per, and  force  of  logic,  are  admirable.  Bead 
it. 


Transmigration  and  Evolution. 

"Man,  on  the  dubioue  waves  of  error  tossed. 
His  ship  half -foundered  and  hie  compass  lost. 
Sees,  far  as  human  optics  can  command, 
A  sleeping  fog  and  fancies  it  dry  land: 
Spreads  all  his  canvass ;  every  sinew  plies ; 
Pants  for  it;  alms  at  it;  enters  it,  and  dies." 

CowrEB. 

The  Bible  affirms  that  God  made  man  out  of 
dust,  and  said  that  "to  dust  he  should  return." 
The  last  half  of  the  proposition  is  true,  as  we 
daily  see.  Transmigration  and  evolution  flatly 
deny  the  first  half. 

Transmigration,  which  has  made  Egypt  the 
basest  of  the  kingdoms,  and  has  held  the  swarm- 
ing millions  of  Asia  under  it  spell  for  ages,  and 
accounts  for  their  degradation,  is  simply  this: — 
It  holds  the  soul  to  be,  and  to  have  been,  eter- 
nal, and  that  it  has  run,  and  will  run  an  eternal 
round  of  transmigrations,  entering  and  re-enter- 
other  bodies  at  death,  forever;  and  the  change  of 
its  body  will  be  more  or  less  degrading  accord- 
ing to  its  merits  or  demerits  in  the  previous 
.  state.  This  puerile  and  stupid  invention  has 
been  held  by  some  modern  philosophers,  as 
Sootus  and  Leibnitz.  It  answers  the  end  of  all 
fundamental  error;  viz.,  to  relieve  sinnerift|r()m 
being  confronted  with  an  observant  God,  who  is 
Love  and  ready  tofoTgwe\  but  who  wUl  hy  no 
means  clear  the  guilty. 

Evolution  answers  the  same  end;  but  it  is 
adapted  to  deceive  a  higher  order  of  civilization; 
It  holds,  "That  the  universe,  as  ifc  now  exists,  is 
the  result  of  &n  immense  series  of  changes." 
This  is  an  explicit  denial  that  God,  by  Jesus 
Christ,  made  the  world. 

One  may  count  in  a  single  article  on  evolu- 
tion, in  a  modern  cyclopedia,  more  than  ninety 
names  of  different  authors  who  have  written  on 
evolution;  each  with  a  theory  or  modification  of 
his  own?  But  each  theory  and  modification 
exonerates  man  from  responsibility  for  his 
sins  to  a  jufet  and  Holy  God. 

Mr.  flinman  states  Mr.  Beecher  correctly 
from  the  W  ashington  reporter,  who  gives  ver- 
batim paragraphs  like  these:  "It  (evolution)  is 
simply  a  suostitute  for  the  former  idea  of  crea- 
tion ."  "That  man  himself  is  the  last  and  great- 
est evolution,  and  that  his  ancestors  were  the 
under  class  of  animals."  It  follows  that  we 
are  but  a  higher  order  of  brutes. 

"The  Bible,  he  went  on  to  say,  was  not  inspir- 
ed; it  was  man  who  was  inspired,  and  the  Bible 
records  the  progress  of  it.  He  then  went  on  to 
say  that  God  was  an  hypothesis:  that  he  (Beech- 
er) took  that  ground."  He  then  scouted  and 
derided  the  Bible  account  of  the  fall  of  Adam 
and  Eve,  thut:  "He  did  not  believe  that  God 
created  two  inexperienced  persons,  put  them 
into  a  garden  without  any  previous  knowledge 
of  life,  and  then  suffered  them  to  be  tempted 
by  an  alert,  sagacious,  cunning  t?pirit,  whatever 
that  spirit  may  have  been;  and  then,  when  they 
fell,  myriad  posterity  would  be  punished  for 
their  sin."  With  much  more  to  the  same  or 
similar  effect. 

And  yet  this  man,  while  contradicting  the 
Bible  in  terms,  and  saying  that  evolution  is  a 
"substitute"  for  its  account  of  creation,  has  the 
hardihood  and  effrontery  to  say  in  the  same 
speech,  these  words,  "he  believed  in  Christiani- 
ty," and,  "1  believe  in  the  Scriptures  as  given 
by  the  inspiration  of  Godl" 

Wayward,  superficial,  and  shallow  from  his 
youth;  without  scholarship,  and  always  capable 
of  denying  one  moment  and  affirming  the  same 
thing  in  the  next,  he  possesses  a  genius,  which 
like  the  French  infidel  Bousseau,  knowa 

"How  to  nuke  madness  beantif  al,  and  caat 
O'er  erring  deeds  and  iLoughts,  a  heavenly  hue 
Of  word*,  like  eoubeami',  duzi^ling  as  they  past 
Th«  «y«i  tiut  o'er  tbom  tihot  tearx  feoliofly  aad  faat." 


"Sirs,  Ye  are  Brethren."— Acts  7:26. 

My  first  knowledge  of  ex-Bishop  Milton 
"Wright,  was  when  the  General  Conference 
elected  him  elder  of  the  Telescope  at  the  meeting 
in  Lebanon,  Pa.,  now  many  years  ago.  He  was 
the  candidate  of  the  anti-secret  major!ty,and  good 
Bishop  Edwards  announced   his   election   as  a 

freat  triumph  of  truth  and  right.  The  first  time 
saw  him  was  in  1870,  more  than  twelve  years 
ago.  From  my  first  acquaintance  with  him,  to 
the  last  issue  of  his  paper,  the  Richmond  Sta/r, 
he  has  been  a  steady  and  able  toe  of  the  false 
worships  of  the  lodge ;  and  the  naked  tact  that 
he  has  started  and  sustains  a  paper  against  secret 
societies,  is  proof  of  his  bravery  and  sincerity. 
The  further  fact  that  he  was  omitted  from  the 
Board  of  Bishops  by  the  General  Conference  at 
the  Iowa  meeting  was  due,  in  part,  to  certain 
"  false  brethren,"  who  fell  into  sin  while  oppos- 
ing the  lodge;  but  that  opposition  was  local  and 
would  not  have  prevented  his  re-election  if 
Glossbrenner,  Weaver  and  others  had  ardently 
desired  his  aid  in  a  fixed  purpose  to  divorce  the 
lodge  from  their  church. 

Prof.  W.  O.  Tobey  was  eight  years,  we  be- 
lieve, assistant  editor  of  the  Telescope.  He  was 
dropped  by  the  Conference  at  the  ill-starred 
Iowa  meeting;  and  the  Itmerant  lifted  up  its 
head  with  joy  at  the  omission  of  these  two  men 
from  "posts  of  influence  where  the  lodge  dreaded 
to  see  them.     A  multitude  of  preachers,  who — 

*'  Bide  the  current  wheresoever  It  flows ; " 

seeing  that  the  lodge-sympathizers  held  for 
the  time  the  winning  card,  leii  froaa  their  sted- 
fastness.  and  lowered  their  tone  for  reform,  or 
were  silent  altogether.  Meantime  certain  breth- 
ren in  and  around  Chambers  burg.  Pa.,  had  been 
persecuted  by  lodge  influence  acting  through 
their  local  conference,  and  the  Iowa  General 
Conference  snubbed  them;  and  they  are  now 
outside  ol  the  Brethren  church,  yet  praying  for 
its  welfare,  holding  its  principles  and  laboring 
to  save  souls.  Prof.  Tobey  is  their  pastor,  and 
edits  their  paper.  The  United  Brethren  m 
Christy  with  signal  honesty  and  ability. 

These  two  excellent  brethren  are  criticising 
each  other  in  their  respective  papers.  The 
Cynosure  has  not  done  so.  It  praised  Mr.  Lev- 
ington's  paper  and  wished  it  succees  against  the 
lodge,  even  while  it  was  particularly  savage  on 
us;  and  it  has  given  its  hearty  God-speed  to  ev- 
ery print  which  ha,8  stood  firmly  on  the  funda- 
mental question  of  the  age,  against  lodgery-  So 
Paul  rejoiced  that  Christ  was  preached,  "whether 
of  contention  or  otherwise." 

Reformers,  who  take  a  stand  against  a  corrupt 
age,  too  often  take  a  stand  against  each  other. 
The  Reformation  from  Popery  had  not  yet  es- 
caped the  terrors  of  a  thirty  years'  war,  when  its 
leaders,  Luther,  Zwingle,  (Ecolampadius,  and  the 
rest,  met  and  held  a  long  and  bitter  conference, 
with  much  acrimony  and  contention.  And, 
since  the  middle  of  the  16th  century,  the  Refor- 
mation has  not  advanced  one  step  in  Europe. 
Bishop  Wright  hopes  to  reclaim  the  Brethren 
Church  from  the  ]aws  of  the  lodge-dragon.  He 
therefore  keeps  or  strives  to  "  in  harmony  with 
the  constituted  authorities."  The  Chambers- 
burgh  brethren  would  be  glad  to  do  so;  but  they 
will  not  be  in  "concord"  with  Belial.  And  if 
the  Board  of  Bishops  had  stood  squarely  with 
them,  they  would  have  saved  all  of  their  church 
which  is  worth  saving.  They  did  not,  and  "  It 
is  a  day  of  trouble  and  rebuke  a/nd  blasphemy. ^^ 


The  Faiefibld,  Iowa,  local  association,  formed 
during  a  visit  of  Bro.  C.  A,  Bianchard  some 
months  ago,  will  hold  a  meeting  in  the  Free 
Methodist  Hall  in  that  place  on  the  evening  of 
Jan.  8,  1883.  All  friends  in  the  vicinity  should 
take  pains  to  be  present  with  all  their  ideas 
awake  for  the  promotion  of  the  reform. 


The  Kajstbas  State  Meeting  neld  at  Emporia 
on  Tuesday,  Wednesday  and  Thursday  of  this 
week  ought  to  be  the  best  attended  convention 
ever  held  in  the  State.  Bro.  Feemster's  work 
will  sooner  or  later  give  back  an  abundant  har- 
XeBt.  His  plans  for  this  meeting  seem  to  have 
been  well  arawn.  It  is  held  in  the  Congrega- 
tioDAl  ohoroh,  and  will  be  addresaed  by  President 


J.  Bianchard  and  M.  N.  Butler  of  the  American 
Freemam,.  Secretary  Stoddard,  who  hoped  to 
have  been  present  is  yet  in  the  East  attending 
to  important  business  which  seemed  imperative. 
He  may  not  return  before  next  week.  The  con- 
vention will  be  ably  addressed,  though  his  ab- 
sence will  be  felt.  The  programme  to  which  the 
convention  will  work  is  thus  drawn  out  in  the 
neat  handbill  prepared  by  Bro.  Feemster: 

1. — Reports  of  work  done  during  the  year. 

3. — Discussion — Subject:  Should  all  Secret  Societies 
be  Opposed? 

Testimony  of  seceding  members. 

3. — ADDKE88:  The  Secret  of  Power  in  Secret  Organi- 
zations. 

4 — Discussion  :  Secretism  as  Related  to  the  Family ; 
the  State;  the  Church. 

Experience  Meeting. 

5.—  Address— Subject:  Secretism  and  Temperance. 

6 — Business  Meeting. 

How  shall  we  best  oppose  the  Lodge  Power '? 


Bko.  R.  a.  Stewart  of  Mojino,  Lincoln  coun- 
ty, Tenn.,  some  seventy-five  miles  west  of  Chat- 
tanooga, writes  of  severe  trials  and  losses.  Too 
many  of  the  dear  brethren  who  have  testified 
against  the  dark  lodge  cabal  have  suffered  its 
revenge  to  pf^rmit  much  doubt  that  this  burning 
of  his  buildings  was  the  work  of  Freemasons. 
At  this  season  of  the  year,  when  all  are  remem- 
bering their  friends  in  JSTew  Year's  gifts,  and 
when  piercing  winter  keeps  us  in  mind  of  the 
suffering  of  the  poor,  it  will  be  a  good  deed  to 
send  Bro.  Stewart  such  help  as  we  may  be  able. 
He  has  been  for  years  a  supporter  of  the  reform 
in  his  section,  and  deserves  now  our  sympathy 
and  substantial  aid.  The  Gynowwre  will  for- 
ward anything  that  may  be  sent  in  for  thia  pur- 
pose. 

— The  KoMsas  Chief.,  of  Troy,  Kansas,  edited 
by  the  Past  Grand  Master  of  Kansas  Odd-fel- 
lows, published  Thurlow  Weed's  letter  in  full, 
also  the  Messenger  of  Glenn's  Falls,  N.  Y. 

— The  sermon  which  we  have  the  great  pleas- 
ure of  publishing  in  this  number  will  be  read 
and  re-read  in  a  thousand  homes ;  and  none  who 
read  will  doubt  that  the  eloquent  speaker  is  be- 
loved as  a  pastor  and  popular  with  the  sincere 
men  and  women  who  delight  in  spiritual  instruc- 
tion drawn  from  the  Word. 

■^Bro.  L  Bancroft,  the  new  State  agent  in 
Wisconsin,  is  pushing  out  into  the  new  districts 
in  a  way  to  produce  some  effect  and  do  thorough 
work.  Travelling  with  his  own  conveyance  he 
visits  from  house  to  house  and  gets  the  people 
out  to  school-house  meetings  and  to  village 
churches.  During  the  first  week  he  spoke  six 
times  and  travelled  80  miles,  though,  the  ther- 
mometer ranged  to  16  degrees  below  zero. 

— Bro.  Hinman's  indisposition  has  delayed 
his  visiting  Philadelphia,  where  he  is  soon  ex- 
pecting to  present  the  cause  for  which  we  pray 
in  five  of  the  city  churches. 

— The  Chicago  Christian  Association  heldan 
interesting  meeting  in  the  Free  Methodist 
churcli  on  Morgan  St.  last  week  Wednesday  even- 
ing. Addresses  were  made  by  brethren  Joseph 
Travis  of  the  Free  Methodist^  D.  P.  Baker, 
and  H.  L.  Kellogg  of  the  Cynosv/re. 

— The  following  is  a  comment  from  Wxq Advance 
on  a  paper  read  at  the  last  meeting  of  the  Ameri-. 
can  Missionary  Aesociation  by  Dr.  JSoble,  whose 
sermon  appears  in  our  columns  to-day  : 

"The  paper  on  'God's  Way  ot  vindicating  Brother- 
hood,' by  Dr.  F.A.  Noble,  was  a  most  graphic  aud  terrific 
display  of  the  injustice  and  oppression  which  through  all 
the  ages  the  weak  and  helpless  of  mankind  bave  receired 
Irom  the  hands  of  the  strong  and  powerlul.  His  chief 
thought  was  that  God  has  been  wont  to  place  the  haad  of 
the  weak  in  the  hand  of  the  strong  and  say  Hold  him ! 
Hold  him  t  The  great  drifi  of  God's  life  and  thought  has 
been  toward  the  brotherhood  of  men,  and  his  great  wish  is 
that  men  shall  accept  tne  unity  of  tiie  race,  and  fall  into 
line  with  the  privileges  and  responsibility  of  it.  Sweep- 
mg  through  the  historic  past,  he  showed  that  we  had  ever 
until  now  been  far  removed  from  the  Spirit  in  our  inter- 
course with  these  dusky  rates  that  have  homes  and  in- 
terests in  America.  In  all  this  we  have  suffered  under  the 
administration  oi  retributive  justice,  ana  the  end  is  not 
yet.  This  address  was  both  grand  and  powerful,  and  lilted 
the  hearers  to  a  very  high  pilch  of  enthusiasm  trom  which 
it  is  to  be  hoped  that  none  will  ever  fall  to  any  act  of 
wrong  .or  injustice  to  any  of  God's  creatures,  however 
strong  the  promise  of  secrecy  may  be— tor  in  God's  econ- 
omy wrong  will  not  go  long  unrequited." 


December  21,  1882 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYWOSUHIS. 


Washington  Letters. 

FBOM  THE  GENERAL  8E0RETAKT 

Washington,  D.  G.,  Dec.  13,  1883. 
I  reached  this  city  at  2  P.  M.  to-day  about 
five  hours  late,  oeeasioned  by  the  wrecking  of 
one  of  the  baggage  care  on  our  train  four  miles 
west  of  Altooaa,  Fa.,  last  night.  I  have  seen  a 
few  of  the  friends  here  and  from  all  I  can  learn 
the  interest  is  steadily  increasing.  One  good 
"omen"  is,  that,  as  Bro.  Hinman  tells  me,  it  is 
now  impossible  to  hire  or  obtain  by  any  means 
a  hall  in  which  to  discuss  the  lodge  question. 
I  am  going  with  interested  parties  to  look  at 
some  property  tomorrow,  and  see  what  may  be 
done  about  securing  a  place  that  the  Matons 
cannot  control,  as  they  apparently  do  every 
public  building  in  the  city.  Calling  at  the  office 
of  a  legal  gentleman  to  day,  after  alluding  to 
Mr.  Weed's  statements,  he  remarked,  "1  am 
amused  to  see  how  perplexed  the  Masons  are  to 
find  some  way  of  getting  rid  of  that  testimony. 
It  staggers  them  and  they  are  at  their  wit's  end. 
Its  a  bitter  pill  and  they  have  to  swallow  it." 
Another  gentleman  remarked,  "The  papers  are 
afraid  to  touch  this  thing,  and  yet  they  can't 
let  it  alone."  There  is  deep  feeling  on  the  sub- 
ject here,  especially  on  the  part  of  the  Masons. 
jBro.  Hinman  has  done  most  excellent  work  in 
lecturing,  preaching,  visiting  and  tract  distribut- 
ing. He  is  lookmg,  unusually  well,  though  he 
has  for  a  few  days  been  troubled  with  a  lame 
foot.  .  J.  P.  Stoddakd. 

2urtt   on   the  TAght  —  II»w  the  JPtople   of  WasMngion  are 
"Protected." 

Washingto'N,  Dec.  13,  1382. 

The  Evening  Star  of  this  city  of  the  12th 
inst.,  has  a  three  column  article  giving  the  tes- 
timony of  certain  criminals  who  affirm  that  for 
many  months  past  government  detectives  have 
been  in  collusion  with  gamblers,  thieves  and 
robbers;  that  they  have  planned,  invited,  and 
stimulaied  crime,  and  have  received  from  tea 
to  twenty  per  cent  of  the  large  amounts  of  mo- 
ney and  goods  stolen  and  otherwise  fraudulently 
obtained.  These  statements  are  not  legal  evi- 
dence, but  particulars  are  given  which  are  con- 
firmed by  honest  men,  and  so  exactly  accord 
with  well-known  facts  that  the  committee  of  iu- 
vestigatiou  do,  and  the  public  generally  are, 
likely  to  believe  them  to  be  true.  The  convie- 
tion  of  an  ex-policeman  for  receiving  stolen 
goods  tends  to  confirm  this  belief. 

The  question  arises,'  are  the  people  of  this  and 
neighboring  cities  sleeping  over  a  volcano  ? 
Has  the  protection  of  property  been  committed 
to  thieves  who  steal  with  immunity,  because  the 
only  ones  who  can  give  evidence  against  them 
are  also  thieves  and  robbers?    It  would  seem  so. 

Strange  as  it  may  seem  this  is  not  .the  most 
wonderful  thing,  nor  is  it  the  most  deplorable. 
If  men  in  high  official  positiouB  commit  crime 
with  impunity,  surely  we  may  expect  nothing 
better  of  subordinates.  We  need  not  be  sur- 
prised if  the  means  of  proiectioa  for  one  class 
of  criminals  avails  also  for  others. 

A  high  United  States  official  here  m  Wash- 
ington spent  about  150,0u0  dollars  of  the  peo- 
ple's money  in  harlotry  aad  riotous  living.  He 
ia  admitted  to  bail  and  disappears,  and  no  fur- 
ther notice  seems  to  be  taken  of  the  matter.  An 
ex-Senator  is  charged  with  conspiracy  by  which 
the  national  treasury  is  robbed  of  some  millions 
of  dollars.  He  defies  the  government,  and 
fights  all  investigation  with  a  persistence  that 
makes  the  trial  interminable.  Under  pretense 
of  physical  disability  he  refuses  to  come  into 
court,  and  insists  that  a  trial  cannot  take  place 
without  his  presence,  and  yet  he  meanwhile 
manifests  the  most  wonderful  energy  m  his  en- 
deavors to  pervert  public  sentiment  through  the 
press. 

Another  U.  S.  Senator,  whose  testimoay  is 
needed,  disappears  for  months,  and  when  at  last 
he  is  found,  he  carefully  denies  what  he  had  pre- 
viously stated  and  removes  to  Canada  to  be  be- 
yond the  reach  of  a  civil  process.  When  United 
States  Senators  do  this,  it  is  relatively  a  small 
matter  lor  detectives  and  policemen  to  trade  in 
Bilk  and  diamond  stealings  and  bank  robberies. 

What  is  tbe  secret  of  all  this?  Simply  that 
Captain  Howgate  is  a  high  M&eon ;  ex-Senatorb 


Dorsey  and  Spencer  are  doubtless  Mafeons ; 
while  nearly  all  the  policemen  and  detectives 
are  known  to  be  such.  Each  of  these  officials, 
high  and  low,  legislative  and  executive,  swore  to 
obey  the  Constitution  and  laws,  but  each  also 
swore  to  keep  the  secrets  of  a  Mapter  Mason  in 
all  things  except  murder  and  treason,  and  some 
of  them  to  espouse  the  cause  of  a  companion  so 
far  as  to  extricate  him  from  difficulty  whether 
he  be  right  or  wrong. 

Such  is  the  practical  working  of  the  system  of 
Freemasonry.  Such  is  the  malign  influence  that 
is  sapping  tiie  foundations  of  public  morals  and 
public  security.  We^heartily  respond  to  the 
suggestion  of  the  Star — "  Turn  on  the  light  1" 
Let  there  be  a  full  and  fearless  investisjation, 
not  only  of  the  crimes  of  those  men,  but  also  of 
the  covenants  they  have  taken,  and  let  all  men 
who  are  sworn  to  another  government  and  other 
laws,  be  at  least  discharged  trom  the  service  of 
the  United  States.  H.  H.  Hinmaij.    ■ 


Peedxje  University  of  Lafayette,  Ind.,  lately 
passed  through  a  severe  discipline  on  account  of 
some  conceited  and  upstart  college  fraternity 
students.  It  is  a  State  agricultural  institution, 
and  in  spite  of  tho  bitter  war  made  by  the  lodge 
upon  its  rule.  President  E.  E.  White  made  a 
good  report  to  the  trustees  at  their  meeting  on 
the  lith  inst.  The  present  faculty  includes 
thirteen  professors  and  instructors,  and  two  as- 
sifetante  employed  a  portion  of  the  time.  The 
total  current  expenses  of  the  university,  includ- 
ing the  farm,  were  $34,532.06,  and  the  expen- 
ditures for  buildings,  apparatus,  and  other  appli- 
ances were  $11,423.04.  The  new  buildings 
erected  are  Agricultural  Hall  and  an  addition 
to  the  green-house  for  propagating  purposes. 
The  appropriations  required  tor  the  coming  year, 
and  which  will  be  asked  at  the  hands  of  the  Leg- 
islature of  the  State,  are  $25,600  a  year,  and 
$10,000  for  the  erection  of  a  building  for  the 
Department  of  Practical  Mechanics.  The  cost 
value  of  the  property  of  the  university,  including 
lands,  bui'diugs,  apparatus,  fixtures,  etc.,  is  $308,- 
65?. 68.  The  bequests  used  for  these  purposes 
amounted  to  $230,000,  which,  with  the  United 
States  endowment  fund  of  $340,000,  make  a 
total  munificent  bequest  to  the  State  of  $640,000. 
The  total  State  appropriations  to  July  1, 
18S2,  were  $128,500,  with  $20,000  more  received 
iSov.  2,  1882.  The  friction  over  the  fraternity 
rule  has  ail  disappeared,  and  the  utmost  harmony 
exists  between  laculty,  trustees,  and  students, 
and  everything  indicates  increasing  prosperity 
and  success. 


Burned  Out. 


MoLiNo,  Lincoln  Co.,  Tenn. 
Dear  Editor  and  Friends  of  the  Christian 
Cynosure: — 1  have  passed  through  a  flood  of 
trials,  losses  and  tears.  I  feel  that  the  devotion 
that  I  have  to  the  Anti-masonic  reform  has  been 
the  procuring  cause  of  my  calamity.  Since  I 
wrote  to  you  last  I  had  my  dwellimg  house, 
smoke  house  and  crib  all  burned  to  ashes.  We 
did  not  save  anything.  My  loss  is  one  thousand 
dollars.  1  have  a  large  family  of  little  children 
made  homeless  in  a  tew  hours.  I  hope  God  in 
his  wise  providence  will  raise  up  helpers  for  us. 
How  long,  O  Lord,  will  the  enemy  prevail! 
"Arise  for  our  help;  for  we  are  thy  servants." 
This  is  a  time  of  trouble  to  us.  My  prayer  to 
(rod  is  that  Christ's  cause  may  prevail  irom  the 
rising  to  the  setting  sun;  and  Masonry  and  all 
its  sister  evils  may  sink  to  rise  no  more. 
Yours  in  the  reform  in  life  and  death, 

P..  A.  Stewart. 


— At  the  colored  Grand  Lodge  of  Ohio  one 
of  the  prominent  officers  was  particularly 
severe  upon  the  numerous  Masons  who  make  a 
ii?ir,g  out  of  the  order:  "The  most  active  organ- 
izers and  makers  of  organizations  are  our  high 
Maso-ns.  These  high  Masons  know  well  enough 
what  kind  of  bait  will  catch  a  school  of  gudgeons, 
in  some  cases  giJl  nets  are  sent  forward  and  set 
for  them,  after  which  comes  along  worthy  chief 
D.  P.  L.  Z.  and  immediately  wo  have  a  new 
set  of  lodges,  chapters,  courts,  etc.,  Queer  Fel- 
low, Knights  of  the  Ring,  Brethren  of  the 
M.  L'8.,etc." 


NEW  ENGLAND. 


THE  NEW  ENGLAND  BOARD  of  the  National  Chris- 
tian  Association  has  its  headquarters  at  No.  8  Portlanu  St., 
Worcester,  Mass.  A  full  supply  of  books  and  tracts  con- 
stantiy  on  hand.  Orders  promptly  filled.  Correspondence 
solicited.  E.  D.  Bailbt,  N.  E.  Sec, 


— From  Connecticut  comes  this  note:  "  The 
general  preaching  of  to-day  is  not  to  teach  that 
the  Bible  is  one  complete  system  of  reform.  I 
bee  the  great  need  of  difl'erent  preaching  and  am 
considering  how  I  can  help  to  bring  it  about. 
The  people  in  the  churches  eeem  to  feel  secure 
in  their  organizations.  Like  the  Pepublican 
party,  because  they  have  the  power  to  control, 
no  one  has  a  right  to  question  their  fitness.  * 
'"  '^  There  is  great  need  of  a  preparation  to 
receive  the  truth,  I  know  that  God  only  can  do 
it,  but  1  believe  he  will  honor  some  means, 
which  are  according  to  his  will." 

— Elder  Hezekiah  Davis,  who  has  recently 
moved  to  Southington,  sends  a  word  of  cheer. 
"  We  are  now  well  settled  in  our  new  home  and 
fast  becoming  acquainted  with  the  people.  Our 
work  will  ba  quite  large'y  among  drinking  men. 
The  Mission  Chapel  will  be  quite  a  place  for 
that  class  to  gather.  Two  have  requested 
prayers  since  we  came.     Others  are  interested. 

— A  Vermont  correspondent,  commenting  on 
the  defeat  of  Seward  for  the  Presidency  through 
the  Vermont  vote,  says :  All  the  world  has 
known  nothing  of  the  subterianean  work  going 
on  in  Vermont  in  favor  of  the  lodge.  The  world 
has  supposed  that  Vermont  was  free  from  lodge 
rule,  while  the  facts  are  that  her  political  coun- 
sels have  been  wholly  under  lodge  trickery  and 
management.  All  who  have  represented  the 
State  aa  office-holders  during  the  last  twenty 
years  have  done  lodge  work  for  lodge  pay  and 
this  is  the  reason  why  the  State  has  degenerated 
so  rapidly  of  late  years." 

— Many  years  ago  a  seceding  Odd-fellow  in 
Massachusetts  organized  a  company,  which  trav- 
eled over  the  State,  publicly  working  the  de- 
grees. We  have  heard  from  old  residents  of  the 
company  and  the  excitement  it  produced,  but 
lately  Mr.  Spaulding  found  the  man  who  did 
the  work.  -He  is  now  an  old  man,  a  physician, 
and  was  exceedingly  glad  to  hear  of  this  modern 
movement.  He  has  retained  some  of  the  pic- 
tures and  other  articles  made  use  of  then.  He 
was  bitterly  opposed  by  the  secret  orders  and 
suffered  relentless  persecution." 


Grand  Rally  for  Temperance  in  Worcester. 

Worcester,  Mass.,  Dec.  12lh,  1882. 

Four  or  five  weeks  ago  the  mass  tem- 
perance meetings  in  Mechanics  Hall  were 
commenced  by  Pev.  H.  T.  Cheever,  to  prepare 
the  people  for  a  No-license  vote  at  the  annual 
city  election.  From  the  first,  great  interest  was 
manifested  in  the  movement  and  very  goon  a 
political  agitation  and  organization  was  inaugu- 
rated. After  preliminary  meetings  of  friends 
of  prohibition  had  been  held  a  mass  convention 
of  all  temperance  people  was  called  in  Horticul- 
tural Hall  to  take  steps  for  procuring  a  no-li- 
cense vote  at  the  coming  election. 

Wm.  H.  Earl  presided  at  the  meeting,  which 
was  large  and  enthusiastic.  It  was  noticeable 
that  the  leaders  of  this  movement  were  not  men 
who  play  with  secret  societies.  A  committee  of 
100  was  chosen  to  nominate  a  full  ticket.  This 
committee  nominated  Mr.  E.  S.  Hildreth  for 
Mayor.  The  nominee  is  one  of  the  most  succees- 
f  ul  Dusiness  men  in  the  city,  a  man  of  piety  and 
strict  integrity,  of  large  business  experience  and 
without  political  aspirations  to  turn  his  head. 
He  publicly  announced  before  the  committee 
that  he  was  a  member  of  no  secret  society  and 
it  elected  he  would  be  trammelled  by  no  obli- 
gations which  would  necessitate  favoritism  to 
any  class.  The  committee  were  careful  in  their 
selections  and  the  rest  of  the  ticket  is  supposed 
to  be  equally  free. 

The  movement,   although  suffering  from  the 
unfriendliness  of  the  daily  press,    was   popular, 
and   the  Kepublican  convention  met  and  en- 
dorsed the  entire  ticket  with  one  minor  except 
\i><y<%fim,tiedon  lHik  pw*.] 


10 


THK  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE. 


December  21, 188f 


HOME  CIRCLE. 


A  Child's  Dream. 

BY  MRS.  L.  B.  BACON. 

This  exquisite  poem,  which  has  been  widely  pnhlished  and  read, 
is  revised  and  flnifh  d  by  the  lady  authoreBS,  for  the  Cynosure. 
It  is  sent  us  by  her  husband.  Rev.  S.  P.  Bacon,  pastor  of  a  prominent 
orthodox  church  in  Oshkosh.  Wisconsin.  If  any  person,  of  average 
taste,  can  read  the  poena  through  wilbout  tears  coming  in  his  eyes, 
he  Is  made  of  -'sierner  stuff"  than  we  are.— Ed.  Cynosure. 

Two  bright  little  boys  were  sitting  one  day, 
On  a  green  meadow  bank,  just  ovtr  the  way 
Prom  the  o]d  county  poor-house,  as  shabby  andmean 
A  home  for  the  paupers  as  ever  was  seen. 

Some  blue-birds  were  building  a  nest  in  a  tree ; 
The  robins  were  busy  a.9  busy  could  be. 
While  a  brown- coated  pparrow  and  twittering  wren 
Hopped  about  in  the  grass  near  these  two  little  men. 

Bright  shone  the  sun  in  the  blue  summer  sky. 
A  brook  running  near,  sang  a  low  lullaby, 
And  the  wind,  stiir'ng  gently  the  tops  of  the  trees, 
Was  a  quiet  refrain  to  the  hum  ol  the  bees. 

These  two  little  boys  played  atmumble-te.-peg. 
So  glad  that  to-nignt  they'd  no  supper  to  beg; 
For  the  God  of  the  ravens  and  sparrows  had  led 
To  the  poor-house,  these  little  ones  now  to  be  fed. 

Their  mother  was  dead,  and  their  father,  alas  1 
Was  a  poor  wretched  drunkard;  so  came  it  to  page, 
That  these  children  were  paupers.   Though  shabby  and  old 
The  poor-house  was  better  than  hunger  and  cold. 

And  now  they  bad  never  a  thought  or  a  care, 
But  to  play  on  this  bank  in  the  soft  summer  air. 
Or  tired  of  their  play,  to  lie  down  'neath  the  trees. 
And  be  lulled  to  sweet  sleep  by  the  murmuring  breeze. 

So  it  chanced  on  this  day  of  all  days  In  the  year, 
That  these  poor  little  waifs,  without  ever  a  fear, 
Fell  asleep  with  their  faces  turned  up  to  the  sky. 
Watched  over  by  none  but  the  All-seeiDg  eye. 

A  pale  haggard  man  j  ust  out  of  a  prison. 
In  whose  heart  not  a  beam  of  bright  hope  had  arisen 
For  many  long  years,  for  some  cause  passed  \hat  way. 
And  paused  near  the  spot  where  the  little  ones  lay. 

One  glance  at  their  faces  turned  up  to  the  sky. 
And  this  vile,  wretched  man  with  a  bound  and  a  cry, 
Stood  beside  them  one  moment,  and  then  kneeling  down, 
He  kissed  these  poor  children — for  they  were  his  own. 

By  and  by  they  awoke.    With  glad  light  in  his  pyes 
Little  Will  said,  ''Our  mother's  come  back  from  the  skies ; 
She  kissed  me  just  now,  so  I'm  sure  it  is  true, 
Nobody  would  kiss  me  but  mamma,  you  know." 

But  Jamie  the  elder,  more  wise  than  his  brother, 
Said,  "Oh  no,  little  Willie,  it  wasn't  our  mother; 
May  be  'twas  an  angel,  though— 'cause  mam.oda  said 
The  angels  would  caie  for  us  when  she  wag  dead." 

The  father  thou'.-h  hidden  from  sight,  lingered  near, 
So  these  pitifu'  tones  were  disti'  cl  to  his  ear. 
And  re-cailed  what  the  heart-brokeu  mother  had  said. 
For  he  knew  Jamie's  words  were  the  words  of  the  dead. 

"An  angel  1  An  angel !  Oh  merciful  God !" 
The  man  in  his  anguish  is  crying  aloud. 
"An  angel  of  evil— a  devil  am  I, 
Too  wretched  to  live  and  too  sinful  to  die." 

Will  he  stifle  the  voice  that  is  pleading  within. 
To  forsake  the  vile  haunts  of  debauch  and  of  sin? 
Or  give  heed  to  the  lure  of  the  tempter  again 
Who  Is  glad  of  the  chance  to  make  devils  of  men. 

Oh,  this  man,  with  the  heart  of  a  father,  o'er-grown 
With  thorns  and  rank  words  which  his  own  sins  have  sown. 
Had  heard  the  sweet  weeds  of  his  children  in  vain. 
He  returned  like  a  dog  to  his  vomit  again. 

The  bell  of  the  poor-house  rang  out  on  the  air, 
The  children  climed  up  the  old  rickety  stair 
To  their  bed,  where  the  angels  waich  over  them  etUl, 
Though  none  ever  comes  to  kiss  poor  little  Will. 


Dangerous  Reading. 


A  Btory  is  told  of  a  resident  of  Lexington, 
Ky.,  who,  being  importuned  to  subscribe  for  one 
of  the  daily  papers  ot  that  city,  consented  to  take 
it  if  the  publisher  would  send  him  the  sheet 
blank.  They  agreed,  and  it  goes  to  him  regu 
larly  unpriuted.  He  as  regularly  keeps  it  on 
file,  and  pays  tor  it  with  punctilious  exactness. 
This  is  amusing,  and  at  the  same  time  seriously 
suggestive.  It  may  well  bo  questioned  whether 
most  of  the  secular  papers,  which  come  into  our 
homes,  would  not  "  pay"  better  if  they  came  in 
the  unprinted  form  preferred  by  the  eccentric 
Kentuckian. 

We  begin  to  think  that  some  of  the  most  dan- 
gerous reading  is  to  be  lound  in  the  daily  news- 
papers. With  flaming  head-lines  and  detailed 
particulars,  these  rela'e  stories  of  crime  with 
every  accompanying  horror  sensationally  told. 
Itothiog  worse,  or  more  depraving,  than  Bome 


portions  of  our  leading  and  influential  journale 
can  possibly  be  set  before  the  eyes  of  boys  and 
girls.  And,  as  if  there  were  not  enough  of  this 
filth  to  be  dragged  out  of  our  own  gutters,  one 
of  these  papers — which  professes  to  \>q  par  excel- 
hnce  the  champion  of  morality,  and  is  accepted 
as  guch  by  a  very  large  proportion  of  our  re- 
ligious families — is  accustomed  to  regale  ite 
readers  from  time  to  time  with  letters  from 
Paris,  devoted  mainly  to  cynical  and  minute  de- 
tail of  the  worst  social  and  domestic  scandals  of 
that  city. 

The  fastidious  parent,  who  would  not  suffer  a 
questionable  story-paper  or  novel  to  enter  his 
swelling,  is  not  alarmed  when  he  sees  his  young 
people  absorbed  in  the  sheet  which  brings  them 
the  news  of  the  day.  Indeed,  he  probably  feels 
pleased  when  he  observes  them  thus  engaged. 
Yet  there  is  need  of  espionage,  since — conducted 
m  journalism  now  is— those  newspapers  have  the 
largest  sale  which  tell  in  the  most  entertaining 
way  the  etories  of  evil.  Reading  aloud  in  the 
evening  to  the  assembled  group,  a  father  can 
select  those  parts  of  the  newspaper  which  are 
profitable;  and  can  lead  the  conversation  to  the 
great  things  which  are  going  on  in  the  world. 
If  this  be  too  much  trouble,  he  can  at  least  be 
guarded  in  his  choice  of  a  daily,  and  avoid  those 
which  revel  in  the  literature  of  the  police  court. 
— Intelligencer. 


Men's  Rights. 

JVb  man  knows  the  value  of  money  who  has 
never  been  compelled  to  earn  it  by  his  own  hard 
labor. 

JVo  man  is  loyal  to  Christ  who  neglects  duty 
because  he  thinks  he  can  be  saved  without  doing 
it. 

JV^o  man  is  perfect  "who  boasts  of  his  good- 
ness. 

JV^o  man  is  honest  who  buys  what  he  has  no 
assurance  that  he  can  pay  for. 

iVo  man  is  fit  to  preach  who  absents  himself 
from  church  when  his  salary  ceases. 

JVb  man  is  worthy  of  confidence  who  is  pledged 
to  be  partial  to  others. 

JVo  man  has  a  right  to  be  generous  with  other 
people's  property. 

JVo  man  sells  rum  for  the  good  of  the  com- 
munity. 

JVo  man  has  a  right  to  lie,  not  even  a  lawyer. 

JVo  man  has  a  right,  by  smoking  or  drinking, 
to  waste  or  endanger  life  or  property. 

JVo  man  has  a  right  to  change  the  Word  of 
God  to  suit  his  own  purposes. 

JVo  man  can  wilfully  injure  another  and  be 
honest. 

JVo  man  has  a  right  to  spend  his  time  in  idle- 
ness, or  injure  himself  or  others. — JV.  Summer- 
helL 


There  is  not  a  Chrietian  beneath  the  scope  of 
God's  heaven  from  whom  I  am  eeparateJ.  At 
the  Lord's  table  I  always  invite  all  Christians  to 
come  and  sit  down  with  us.  If  any  man  were  to 
tell  me  that  I  am  separated  from  the  Episcopa- 
lian, the  Presbyterian,  or  the  Methodiet,  I  would 
tell  him  that  he  did  not  know  me,  for  I  love 
them  with  a  pure  heart,  fervently,  and  I  am  not 
eeparated  from  them.  The  pulse  of  Christ  is 
communion  ;  and  woe  to  the  church  that  seeks 
to  cure  the  ills  of  Christ's  church  by  stopping  its 
pulse.  I  think  it  is  a  sin  to  refuse  to  commune 
with  any  one  who  is  a  member  of  the  church  of 
our  Lord  Jesus  Christ.  I  should  think  myself 
grossly  in  fault,  if  at  the  foot  of  these  stairs  I 
should  meet  a  truly  converted  child  of  God,  who 
called  himself  a  Primitive  Methodist,  or  a  Wes- 
leyan,  or  a  Churchman,  or  an  Independent,  and 
I  should  say  "  No  sir  ;  you  do  not  agree  with 
me  on  certain  points;  I  believe  you  are  a  child 
of  God,  but  1  will  have  nothing  to  do  with  you." 
I  should  then  think  the  text  would  bear  very 
hard  on  me,  ''  These  are  they  who  separate  them- 
selves, sensual,  not  having  the  Spirit." — Charles 
H.  Spurgeon. 


When  I  look  to  my  guiltiness,  I  see  that  my 
salvation  is  one  of  our  Saviour's  greatest  miracles. 
Either  in  heaven  or  earth,  I  am  sure  I  may  defy 
any  man  to  show  me  a  greater  wonder. — Ruth- 
erford. 


What  Johnny  Found. 

"Mother,"  said  ajittle  lad  of  some  eight  years 
of  age,  as  he  gathered  together  his  school  books, 
"do  you  think  I'll  be  able  to  have  some  new 
boots  and  warm  coat  this  winter?" 

"I  can't  tell,  child,"  his  mother  replied,  with 
a  sigh.  "There  is  no  chance  for  it  as  yet,  any- 
how. It  is  all  1  can  do  to  find  food  and  firing 
this  bitter  weather." 

Little  Johnny  gave  an  inquiring  glance  at 
his  feet,  as  if  asking  the  old  boots  which  cover- 
ed them  how  much  longer  they  would  consent 
to  hold  toge'her.  As  he  wound  his  old  thread- 
bare comforter  round  his  neck,  he  said,  plain- 
tively, "It's  all  waitin'  and  waitin',  ain't  it, 
mother?  and  I  can't  earn  nolhin'  for  ever  so  many 
years.  Now,  if  I  was  only  in  luek  like  Stevey 
Dabbs,  to  find  a  crown  piece!" 

"You  never  forget  Stevey's  find,"  said  his 
mother,  with  a  faint  smile  on  her  care-worn  face. 
"Hut,  Johnny,  if  Steve  had  been  my  boy  I 
should  like  to  have  seen  him  try  to  find  the 
owner  of  that  five  shillings,  instead  of  going 
and  spending  it,  and  askina;  no  questions."  • 

"But,  mother,  he  found  it!"  said  Johnny, 
with  wide  open  eyes,  "and  findin's  keepin'  al- 
ways!" 

"O,  no,  'tisn't,  my  lad,"  his  mother  replied. 
"That's  a  dishonest  saying,  that's  what  that  is. 
If  you  find  anything,  you're  right  to  seek  the 
owner,  and  not  keep  it,  mind  that,  Johnny. 
If  you  ever  kept  anything  you  found  I'd  call 
you  a  little  thief,  and  that's  what  I  hope  my 
boy'll  never  be." 

As  Johnny  trudged  along  to  school  he  kept 
pondering  on  his  mother's  words,  and  thinking 
how  very  strange  it  was  to  be  so  particular. 
But  he  came  to  the  conclusion  that  what  she 
said  must  be  right,  for  the  little  fellow  was  intel- 
ligent enough  to  know  that  his  mother  was  a 
good  woman,  and  that  she  never  told  even  a 
little  story.  Johnny  had  often  noticed  grown- 
up people  tell  little  stories,  and  he  very  quickly 
drew  a  comparison  between  them  and  his  own 
mother. 

"I  never  found  nothin',  and  don't  suppose  I 
ever  shall,  so  it  don't  matter  after  all,"  was  the 
conclusion  Johnny  arrived  ac. 

Weeks  passed  away,  and  the  winter  was  very 
cold;  still  Johnny's  ol,d  boots  were  doing  duty. 
They  had  been  patched  up  by  a  kindly- disposed 
cobbler  once  or  twice,  but  even  then  were  in  a 
deplorable  condition,  and  his  great  coat  was  still 
a  thing  to  be  dreamed  of  on  a  cold  winter's 
night.  Running  home  as  fast  as  he  could  from 
school  one  mid-day,  he  noticed  a  little  folded 
paper  whirling  over  and  over  and  over  along 
the  pavement.  Of  couree  Johnny  chased  it, 
and  clutched  hold  of  it  after  a  pretty  good  run, 
and  then  when  he  unfolded  it  he  saw  written  on 
it  (for  he  could  read  quite  well)  something  about 
"Five  Pounds,"  in  large,  black,  queer  letters. 

Those  two  words  had  a  strange  fascination 
for  him,  and  with  his  eyes  fixed  upon  them  he 
carried  the  paper  into  his  mother. 

"Why,  child!"  she  exclaimed,  in  a  faint,  gap- 
ing way,  "where  on  earth  did  you  get  this?  it's 
a  five-pound  note"! 

"What's  that,  mother?"    asked  Bob,  eyeing  * 
her  in  amazement. 

"Why,  it's  five  pounds,  child,"  she  replied. 

"Five  pounds!"  echoed  J  ohnny.  "Oh,  motherj 
how  much  does  great  coats,  and  frocks  and 
jackets,  and  boots  and  shoes — "  Then  sudden- 
ly he  stopped  short,  for  he  guessed  what  his 
mother  was  thinking  about. 

"It's  a  temptation;  God  forgive  me,  it  is!" 
she  said  to  herself  in  a  low  voice.  Then  sit- 
ting down,  she  questioned  Johnny. 

"We  must  find  the  owner  ot  this  money," 
she  said,  firmly.  "It  isn't  ours,  you  know, 
Johnny,  no  more  than  if  it  was  in  the  person's 
pocket  that  lost  it.  We  might  just  as  well  put 
our  hands  in  and  take  it  out,  as  to  spend  it.  . 
Tisn't  ours  at  all,  d'ye  see,  child?" 

"Yes  mother,"  the  little  fellow  replied,  wist- 
fully. 

Johnny's  mother  folded  it  up  and  locked  it  in 
her  workbox.  Then  she  went  to  one  or  two  of 
the  shop  people  who  knew  her,  and  asked  them 
to  put  in  their  windows  that  a  bank-note  had 
been  found,  and  might  be  had  by  any  one  who 


1 


December  21,  1882 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE. 


11 


could  describe  the  number  written  in  the  corner 
of  it. 

Although  Johnny  told  no  one,  it  somehow 
leaked  oat,  and  he  was  tormented  out  of  his 
life  by  his  school  fellows.  "If  it's  true,  Johnny, 
as  you've  found  five  pounds,  why  don't  you  get 
some  boots,"  some  one  would  say;  and  when 
Johnny  replied  that  it  wasn't  his  to  spend,  and 
his  mother  was  going  to  give  it  back  to  the 
to  the  person  who  had  lost  it,  therei  woald  be  a 
shout  of  derisive  laughter,  and  many  taunting 
remarks,  intimating  that  the  story  was  all  a 
make  up  and  so  on. 

But  somehow  these  unkind  remarks  made 
Johnny  the  more  disposed  to  uphold  his  mother; 
and  whereas  before  he  had  felt  rather  doubtful 
whether  God  expected  poor  folks  like  them  to 
be  so  very  particular,  now  he  felt  that  he  would 
not  spend  that  money  on  any  account  whatever. 

Now,  strange  to  say,  no  one  claimed  the  bank- 
note; the  papers  tumbled  oiit  of  the  windows 
and  were  not  replaced,  for  the  ehop  people  had 
grown  tired  of  seeing  them  there,  but  no  inquir- 
ies were  made,  and  the  magical  piece  of  paper 
with  "Five  Founds"  printed  on  it,  lay  in  Mrs. 
Goodman's  work-box  doing  no  good  to  any- 
body 

Toward  the  winter  Johnny's  m.other  fell  ill, 
and  that  was  a  terrible  to-do,  for  she  was  a 
widow,  poor  thing,  and  had  no  one  but  herself 
to  keep  her  three  little  children.  It  went  to 
Johnny's  young  heart  to  see  her  lying  there  so 
sick  and  ill,  with  no  tempting  food  and  no  one 
to  wait  upon  her  except  himself  when  he  was 
ome  from  school,  for  the  other  two  were 
younger  than  he  was.  It  was  no  wonder  she 
did  not  get  better,  but  it  was  very  sad,  for  the 
rent  was  getting  behind,  and  their  landlord  was 
a  threatening  sort  of  man. 

One  Saturday  evening  when  things  were 
very  bad  indeed,  there  came  into  Johnn'g  mind 
what  he  had  quite  forgotten— the  five-pound 
note.*  That  would  buy  his  mother  all  sorts 
of  nice  things  and  pay  the  rent,  and  clothe  and 
feed  them  all,  Johnny  firmly  believed.  It  was 
stupid  fov  Jus  mother  to  keep  it  all  this  time, 
he  thought,,  for  the  owner  couldn't  want  it, 
he'd  have  come  to  fetch  it.  If  he  spent  it  his 
mother  would  not  know  it  until  it  was  done, 
and   how   thankful  she'd  be  for  the  nice  things. 

He  knew  where  she  kept  her  keys,  and  he 
had  a  vory  great  mind  to  open  the  box  and  take 
out  the  precious  little  piece  of  paper. 

He  went  and  fetched  the  key,  and  even  put 
it  in  the  lock,  but  when  it  came  to  that  Johnny 
could  go  no  further.  His  mother  had  brought 
him  up  so  strictly  never  to  do  a  deceitful  thing, 
that  somehow  Johnny  couldn't  open  that  box. 
He  had  what  he  called  such  a  strong  "Don't 
like"  come  over  him  that  the  key  fell  from  his 
fingers,- and  he  quite  trembled  at  what  he  was 
doing.  So  Johnny's  mother  didn't  have  the 
nice  things  alter  all.  The  landlord  came  and 
made  a  noiee,  and  the  little  boy  cried  himself  to 
sleep,     thinking   what  a    bad   world    it     was. 

Next  morning  he  dressed  Bob  and  Liz  very 
carefully  and  took  them  to  church,  having  first 
done  what  he  could  for  his  mother.  There  was 
no  dinner  but  bread-and-butter,  so  there  was  no 
need  for  anyone  to  stay  at  home  about  that. 

Johnny  was  very  fond  of  church,  and  he  soon 
forgot  his  troubles  with  the  service  and  looking 
after  the  children.  Bob  was  just  learning  to 
read,  and  of  cotirsehe  must  have  all  his  places 
found,  and  little  Liz  must  have  a  book  because 
her  brothers  did. 

Now  just  behind  them  sat  a  lady,  who  watch- 
ed with  miich  interest  the  three  shabby  little 
children.  And  it  chanced  that  outside  the 
church  door  she  came  upon  them  again. 

"There  goes  Five  Pound  Jack!'  cried  out  a 
boy  who  went  to.  school  with  Johnny,  and  had 
come  that  morning  to  church  with  another  boy. 

Johnny  fired  \{p,  and  told  the  boy  to  mind 
his  own  business;  then  the  other  boy  burst  out 
laughing  in  Johnny's  face,  and  scampered  away, 
leaving  Johnny  crimson  with  anger  and  shame, 
for  several  ladies  and  gentlemen  were  looking 
very  hard  and  suepiciously  at  the  children. 

"What  did  he  mean?''  asked  the  lady  who 
had  sat  behind  them. 

"He  means  that  I  pretended  I'd   found  five 


pounds;  and  that  I'd  told  stories  about  it,  and  I 
ain't,  for  I  never  said  nothing  aboat  it;  but  it's 
quite  true,  for  mother's  got  it  now  takin'  care 
of  it,"  stammered  Johnny,  between  his  shyness 
of  the  lady  and  anger  at  Joe  Scott's  rude  be- 
havior. 

"Do  you  mean  to  say  you  found  five  pounds?" 
the  lady  asked  in  astonishment. 

"Yes,  ma'am,"  Johnny  replied,  casting  his 
eyes  up  and  down  her  fur  jacket,  and  wonder- 
ing what  it  must  feel  like  to  be  indde  that. 

"  Well,  how  strange!  When  did  you  find 
it?"  the  lady  asked. 

"Near  the  'ginnin'  of  the  Winter,"  Johnny 
replied. 

"Well,  I  do  believe  that  was  mine,"  said  the 
lady. 

"It  is  all  right  then;  mother's  got  it  safe  at 
home,"  said  Johnny,  delightedly.  "Wont  you 
come  and  see  her,  ma'am?" 

The  lady  readily  accompanied  the  children, 
and  found  Johnny's  mother  very  weak  and  ill. 
Mrs.  Goodman  was  soon  satisfied  that  the  lady 
was  really  the  owner  of  the  money,  for  she  had 
got  written  down  in  a  little  book  some  figures 
which  were  exactly  the  same  as  those  in  the 
corner  of  the  paper  Johnny  had  found.  She 
had  been  going  about  to  a  great  many  different 
parts  of  London  on  the  day  when  she  lost  it,  so 
that  when  she  found  it  was  gone  she  had  not 
any  idea  whereabouts  she  had  dropped  it.  She 
quite  concluded  that  it  mast  have  been  in  one 
of  the  shops  fn  the  city  where  she  had  been  mak- 
ing parchases,  and  had  never  even  thought  ot 
inquiring  eo  near  home. 

All  the  while  his  mother  and  the-  lady  were 
talking  Johnny  looked  solemn  and  miserable, 
and  when  presently  the  lady  praised  him  for 
his  honesty  he  could  staqd  it  no  longer. 

"1  nearly  was  taking  it  last  night,"  he  said,  in 
a  broken,  miserable  voice;  and  then  he  told  them 
all  the  temptation  that  had  come  to  him. 

When  he  saw  his  mother's  delight  that  he 
had  not  touched  it,  how  pleased  he  wa?,  and 
how  8f>rry  to  think  he  should  ever  have  thought 
to  do  snch  a  thing.  His  simple  story  showed 
the  lady  a  great  deal  that  Mrs.  Goodman  would 
never  have  told  her  of  the  sad  condition  of  the 
poor  family,  and  as  she  was  kind  and  good,  slie 
made  up  her  mind  that  they  should  not  suffer 
for  their  honesty. 

"Look  here,  Johnny,  my  boy,"  she  said 
kindly.  "1  am  going  to  take  away  that  fi^e- 
pound  note  because  it  belong.3  to  me,  and  if  I 
were  to  give  it  to  you,  it  would  be  like  paying 
you  for  being  honest.  Bat  I  very  much  want  a 
little  boy  to  come  and  clean  knives  and  boots, 
and  if  your  mother  will  let  you  come  directly 
after  school  you  can  have  some  tea  at  my  house 
and  then  do  your  work,  and  you  shall  have  two 
shillings  a  week  to  begin.  I  know  I  shall  be 
able  to  trust  you  after  this  five-pound  note." 

Johnny's  mother  gladly  consented,  and  the 
next  day  the  litle  fellow  went  to  his  work. 
How  happy  he  felt  at  being  actually  able  to 
earn  something  every  week! 

When  he  sat  down  to  his  comfortable  meal 
he  wished  his  mother  could  have  some  of  the 
plenty  he  saw  round  him,  and  this  thought 
made  him  rather  sad  over  his  work.  But  when 
he  was  going,  the  lady  of  the  house  came  down 
to  him  and  put  a  basket  in  his  hands,  which  he 
guessed  directly  had  something  nice  in  it.  And 
so  it  had;  nor  was  that  the  last  that  Johnny 
carried  home. 

At  first  he  got  on  only  poorly  with  his  work, 
but  by  degrees  he  grew  quick  and  clever,  and 
then  his  kind  mistress  gave  him  more  money. 

She  found  him  a  warm  coat  too,  and  some 
boots,  besides  things  for  the  other  children,  so 
that  altogether,  which  ever  way  he  looked  at  it, 
Johnny  could  never  feel  thanktul  enough  that 
his  mother  had  made  him  a  really  honest  boy. — 
The  Quiver. 


I  wish  that  our  thoughts  were  more  frequent- 
ly upon  our  country.  Ohl  but  heaven  casteth 
a  sweet  smell  afar  off  to  those  who  have  spirit- 
ual smelling!  God  hath  made  many  fair  flowers, 
but  the  fairest  of  them  all  is  heaven,  and  the 
flower  of  all  flowers  is  Christ. — Huiherford. 


TEMPERANCE. 


— The  temperance  people  of  Rutland,  Yt.,  are 
triumphant  over  the  sentence  of  a  liquor-aeller 
to  imprisonment  for  thirty-five  years.  There  were 
two  hundred  counts  for  as  many  different  of- 
fences.    The  liquor-seller  is  a  woman. 

— The  young  ladies  ot  Topeka,  Kan.,  have  or- 
ganized Ked  jRibboQ  Clubs,  the  members  of 
waioh  pledge  themselves  to  reject  all  attention 
from  young  men  who  use  intoxicating  beverages. 
This  is  practical  prohibition. — later  Ocean. 

— The  Rav.  Charles  Spurgeon,  son  ot  the 
famous  London  preacher  told  a  Boston  audience 
the  other  day  thit  nobody  had  eet  wine  before 
him  since  his  arrival  in  this  coantry,  several 
Weeks  ago,  and  that  tie  had  seen  n  >ne  on  private 
tables.     He  expressed  his  gladness  thereat. 

— The  proposed  prohibitory  amendment  was 
passed  by  the  Senate  of  Oregon  by  a  vote  of  18 
CO  10,  and  by  the  House  by  a  vote  of  52  ta  6, 
two  members  being  absent  ^romeach  houcc.  The 
measure  will  come  before  the  next  Legislature, 
two  years  hence,  and  if  a4reed  to  then  will  be 
submitted  to  the  vote  of  the  people. 

— Holland  has  passed  a  new  law  restricting 
the  sale  of  ardent  spirits  by  prohibiting  its  sale 
to  iny  person  holding  a  publij  appointmeut,  aad 
several  other  proscription.  What  would  taese 
advanced  people  gay  to  our  Congressmen? 

— A  circular  and  a  notice  issued  by  Superin- 
tendent Watts,  of  the  Pan-Handle  Road,  declares 
that  any  employe  ot  the  road  who  frequents  a 
salooa  or  gambling-house,  either  while  on  or  off 
duty,  will  be  promptly  dismissed  from  the  ser- 
vice of  the  company.  The  order,  if  carried  out, 
will  prove  a  heavy  blow  to  saloon  men  in  Lo- 
ganeport,  Ind.,  and  as  a  consequence,  they  are 
boiling  over  with  indignation  at  the  blow  thus 
given  to  "personal  liberty." 

— A  Detroit  saloon-keeper  advertises  that  he 
has  paid  three  hundred  dollars  for  a  year's  li- 
cense to  sell  liquors,  but  that  he  means  to  voluQ- 
tarily  restrict  his  business  within  certain  moral 
bounds.  "To  the  wife  who  has  a  drunkard  for 
a  husband,"  he  says  in  an  advertisement,  "or  a 
friend  who  is  dissipated,  I  say  emphatically, 
give  me  notice  of  sujh  cases,  and  all  such  shall 
be  excluded  from  my  place.  Let  fathers,  moth- 
ers, sisters  do  like- wise,  and  their  requests  shall 
be  regarded.  I  pay  a  heavy  tax  for  the  priv- 
ilege of  selling  whiskey  and  other  liquors,  and 
1  want  it  distinctly  understood  that  i  have  no 
desire  to  sell  to  drunkards  or  minors,  or  to  the 
poor  or  destitute.  I  much  prefer  that  they  save 
their  money  and  put  it  where  it  will  do  the 
most  good  to  their  families." 


Decisions  of  the  Illinois  Supreme  Court. 

"The  power  of  the  several  States  to  regulate, 
or  even  to  prohibit  the  retail  of  spirituous  liq- 
uors within  their  limits,  is  expressly  sanctioned 
by  the  Supreme  Court  of  the  United  States  in 
the  license  cases  (5th  How,  504),  and  there  Is 
nothing  in  the  constitution  of  Illinois  to  prevent 
the  exercise  of  that  power.  *  *  A  gov- 
ernment that  did  not  possess  power  to  protect 
itself  against  such  and  similar  evils,  would  scarce- 
ly be  worth  preserving." — Jones  vs.  the  people, 
14th  111,,  19t). 

^'■Qj  virtue  of  its  police  power,  every  State 
must  have  the  right  to  enact  such  laws  as  may 
be  necessary  for  the  restraint  and  punishment 
of  crime,  and  for  the  preservation  of  the  pub- 
lic peace,  health  and  morals  of  its  citizens." — 
[Ibid. 

"Dram-selling  is  not  a  pursuit  which  is  enti- 
tled to  the  same  degree  of  protection  given  to 
avocations  which  advance  human  happine&s  and 
trade  and  commerce,  and  neither  produce  im- 
morality, suffering  or  want.  It  is  a  business 
which  is  on  principle  within  the  police  power 
of  the  State,  and  restrictions  may  rightfully  be 
imposed  upon  it,  which  would  be  obnoxious  as 
an  illegal  restraint  of  trade,  if  applied  to  other 
pursuits.  No  one  can  obtain  such  a  vested  right 
in  it  that  it  may  not  be  rescinded,  when  the  inter- 
ests of  society  require  it." — [Schwachow  vs.  Chi- 
cago, 68th  111.,  443, 


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TKB  CHHISTIAK  CYNOSUHK. 


December  21, 188s 


{Continued  from  9th  page.) 
tion.  The  liquor  men,  Democrats,  disaffected 
Kepublicans  unci  aristocrats  have  renominated 
the  present  Mftyor.  The  whole  issue  is  now 
over  tho  question  of  licensing  the  saloons 
and  the  contest  is  heated  and  will  be  close. 

Prominent  among  the  leaders  ot  the  temper- 
ance movement  are  such  men  as  Mr.  S.  F.  God- 
dard,  Mr.  S.  A.  Pratt,  Mr*C.  B.  Knight,  Mr.  D. 
Manning  and  sons,  and  others,  who  understand 
and  oppose  the  whole  secret  society  system. 
The  "  others"  in  the  above  enumeration  includes 
a  large  number  of  equally  good  men  and  zealous 
reformers  who  oppose  the  secret  Oinpire.  This 
city  is  full  of  men  who  uaderatand  the  working 
of  secret  societies  and  who  are  quietly  encourag- 
ing our  movement  and  by  means  and  influence 
ready  to  aid  more  publicly  when  our  hosts  are  in 
battle  array. 

The  last  Sunday  afternoon  rally  was  enthusi- 
astic. Oq  the  platform  were  representative 
pastors  and  laymen  of  nearly  all  denominations 
and  the  speakmg  was  of  a  high  order  of  extem- 
pore argument  and  appeal.  I  was  most  im- 
pressed by  a  brief,  concise  and  clear  address 
given  by  Kev.  H.  A.  Stimeon,  pastor  of  the 
IJnion  church.  Knowing  as  I  do  the  private 
opinion  of  Mr.  Stimson  concerning  secret  socie- 
ties, there  was  no  doubt  that  he  intended,  though 
in  political  language,  to  lift  the  voice  of  warning 
concerning  the  resort  of  the  liquor  dealers  to 
secret  society  defence  of  their  business.  Figures 
were  given  to  show  that  the  revenue  to  li'quor 
dealers  from  the  sale  of  intoxicants  is  about 
eight  hundred  million  dollars,  while  the  estima- 
ted annual  cost  of  our  entire  governmental  sys- 
tem from  the  district  school  to  the  Executive 
Mansion,  is  seven  hundred  million  dollars, 
leaving  the  revenues  of  the  liquor  traffic  a  round 
hundred  millions  better  than  that  of  the  entire 
governmental  system.  It  will  be  seen  that  we 
have  a  mighty  power  to  contend  against.  Put 
now,  said  Mr.  Stimson,  add  to  these  alarming 
facts  the  other  tiact  that  all  this  capital  is  secretly 
organized  to  resist  adverse  legislation  and  pro- 
tect its  interests,  and  the  power  against  which 
we  are  contending  becomes  simply  appalling. 
We  could  face  an  open  foe,  but  a  secret  power 
entrenched  in  all  our  legislatures  controls  all  our 
laws  and  resists  every  retorm. 

This  line  of  argument  derives  new  i">xce  when 
it  comes  from  a  man  who  is  not  bent  on  making 
an  argument  in  behalf  ot  the  an ti  secrecy  reform, 
but  who  is  simply  compelled  candidly  to  recog- 
nize this  potent  factor  in  the  temperance 
reform. 

The  license  system  has  prevailed  in  Worcester 
during  the  past  season  and  175  saloons  were 
legalized.  Under  this  system  of  "  regulation" 
it  h^  been  reliably  ascertained  that  three  or 
four  times  as  many  saloons  without  license  have 
run  witliout  let  or  hinderance.  Many  have 
therefore  concluded  that  since  "  regulation  does 
not  regulate"  we  may  as  well  have  prohibition, 
even  if  it  does  not  wholly  prohibit. 

Some  most  touching  scones  have  recently  oc- 
curred, appalling  to  our  tendereet  sympathies. 
Recently  a  family  was  ejected  from  their  tene- 
ment for  tho  non-pay  mens  of  rent.  In  the  eve- 
ning the  policemen  found  the  father  and  moth- 
er in  neighboring  saloons  drunk,  the  furniture 
on  the  sidewalk  and  three  little  houseless  chil- 
dren, worse  than  orphaned,  iiad  wrapped  them- 
selves in  an  old  quilt  and  fallen  asleep  on  the 
sidewalk.  We  may  well  exclaim  "  How  long, 
O  Lord,  how  long."  Another  sad  ease  was  dti- 
Bcribed  to  me  by  one  who  saw  it.  A  policeman 
brought  a  young  girl,  only  12  or  14  years  old 
into  the  police  headquarters  dead  drunk  and 
rndely  thrust  her  into  a  cell  to  sleep  off  her  stu- 
por. Still  another  case.  A  drunken  woman 
was  found  in  a  stupor  on  tho  open  stairs  of  a 
block  here,  with  a  bright-eyed  little  boy  pulling 
at  her  clothes  vainly  trying  to  arouse  her  and 
begging  her  to  come  home,  "  Cause  the  children 
are  crying." 

While  i  write  the  issue  here  is  being  settled 
at  the  polls.  It  is  election  day.  I  shall  endeavor 
to  send  word  of  the  result  tomorrow,  in  time  tor 
publication.  E.  D.  Bailey. 

You  CAN   HELP  THE   CtNOSUBE  TO   A  GOOD   HAK- 

VBST — With  contributions  tor  its  columns. 


THE  AMERICAN   PARTY. 


Nominations  for  1884. 

For  PresidmU, 

JONATHAN  BLANCHARD, 

of  Illinois. 

tor  Tice-PresM^nU 

JOHN  A.  CONANT. 

of  Connecticut. 

PLATFORM. 

We  hold:  1.  That  ours  is  a  Christian  and  not  a 
heathen  nation,  and  that  the  God  of  the  Christian 
Scriptures  is  the  author  of  civil  government. 

2.  That  God  requires  and  man  needs  a  8abbath. 

3.  That  the  prohibition  of  tlie  importation,  manu- 
facture and  sale  of  intoxicating  drinks  as  a  beverage 
is  the  true  policy  on  the  temperance  question. 

4.  That  the  charters  of  all  secret  lodges  gi-anted  by 
our  federal  and  State  Legislatures  should  be  with- 
drawn, and  their  oaths  prohibited  by  law. 

5.  That  the  civil  equality  secured  to  all  American 
citizens  by  articles  13th,  14th  and  15th  of  our  amended 
Constitution  should  be  preserved  inviolate. 

6.  That  arbitration  of  differences  with  nations  is 
the  most  direct  and  sure  method  of  securing  and  per- 
petuating a  permanent  peace. 

7.  That  to  cultivate  the  intellect  without  improving 
the  morals  of  men,  is  to  make  mere  adepts  and  experts ; 
therefore,  the  Bible  should  be  associated  with  books  of 
science  and  literature  in  all  our  educational  institu- 
tions. 

8.  That  land  and  other  monopolies  should  he  dis- 
couraged. 

9.  That  the  government  should  furnish  the  people 
with  an  ample  and  sound  currency. 

10.  That  maintenance  of  the  public  credit,  protection 
to  all  loyal  citizens,  and  justice  to  Indians  are  essential 
to  the  honor  and  safety  of  our  nation. 

11.  And,  iinally,  we  demand  for  the  American  peo- 
ple the  abolition  of  electoral  colleges,  and  a  direct  vote 
for  President  and  Vice-president  of  the  United  States. 


— Bro.  Heaton  reports  a  good  vote  from  Fair- 
field, Iowa:  The  American  State  ticket  received 
nineteen  votes,  against  eight  votes  last  year, 
nearly  tsvo  and  one  half  times  as  many.  This 
does  pretty  well.  The  only  way  to  put  down 
secret  orders  is  to  vote  them  down.  Let  us  poll 
at  least  one  hundred  votes  next  year  in  Jeffer- 
son county  for  the  American  ticket. 
i*  a  ^ 

— Wm.  B.  Poplin,  Somohauk,  ill,, reports  one 
American  party  vote. 

I.  Daboll,  North  Hampton,  111.,  reports  one 
American  party  vote  (his  own)  at  Hallocsk. 

Wm.  D.  Lowrey,  Senecaville,  Gurnsey  Co.,  O. 
"  I  wish  that  some  means  might  be  devised  by 
which  the  temperance  elements  in  the  American 
and  prohibition  parties  might  be  consolidated 
without  a  sacritice  of  principle  on  the  part  of 
the  American  party." 

The  Des  Moines  Register  says  that  the  words 
"or  to  be  used,"upon  which  the  adverse  decision 
of  Judge  Hayes  upon  the  prohibitory  amend- 
ment to  the  Iowa  constitution  was  principally 
based,  can  be  proved  to  be  a  forgery.  It  this 
is  80,  the  Supreme  Court  will  maiie  short  work 
reversing  the  Hayes'  decision  and  sustaining 
the  amendment.  The  other  points  made  by 
Judge  Hayes  are  technical  and  will  not  be  allow- 
ed to  contravene  the  evident  intent  of  of  the 
Legislature  and  of  the  large  majority  of  Iowa 
voters. 

Thtjklow  Weed  wrote  a  letter  the  other  day 
in  which  he  said:  "Many  governors  and  several 
Presidents  have  voluntarily  assigned  to  me  the 
selection  of  large  numbers  of  public  officers  of 
every  degree.  I  have  chosen  men  always  for 
their  fitnees  for  the  place."  For  any  other  man 
to  epeak  thus  of  himself  would  be  disgusting 
egotism.  For  Thurlow  Weed,  it  is  literal  truth. 
JNo  other  man  in  our  history  has  been  so  thor 
oughly  the  power  behind  the  throne  as  he. 
Through  a  period  of  twenty  or  thirty  years  he 
wa.8  the  great  political  boss  of  America.  But 
the  second  sentence  quoted  from  him  suggests 
the  difference  between  him  and  modern  bosses, 
and  shows  how  he  retained  his  power. — St. 
LouiH  Glohe-JDemocrat. 


" '  New  Albany,  led.,  Oct.  27th,  1883.— Mr. :    You 

are  hereby  notified  that  a  resolution  was  adopted  at  our 
last  meeting  that  all  saloon-keepers  who  are  active  mem- 
bers of  our  association,  upon  the  honor  of  gentlemen,  will 
not  patronize  any  one  who  is  not  a  member  of  this  or  some 
other  Anti-Prohibition  association  of  the  United  States  of 
America. 

" ' The  above  resolution  was  adopted  at  thelast  regular 
meeting,  Friday,  October  26, 1882.  All  members  are  noti- 
fied accordingly.'  " 


Boycotting  Pkohibitionists. — A  circular  dis- 
tributed in  Indiana  just  before  the  late  election 
is  a  testimony  to  the  desperation  of  the  liquor 
sellers  and  is  one  of  the  items  of  which  wo  must 
count  the  cost  in  reform  politics: 

"  Coal  dealers,  insurance  agents,  printers,  grocerymen, 
dairymen,  merchants  and  all  others  not  members  ot  the 
Auti-Prohibilion  association,  are  invited  to  read  the  fol- 
lowing boycotting  manilesto; 


The  American  Party. 

AN  ADDRESS  DELIVERED  BY  EEV    C.  0.  FOOTE  BEFORE 
THE  MINISTERIAL  UNION  OF  DETROIT. 

The  American  party  aims  at  the  restoration 
and  perpetuation  of  American  ideas  of  civil 
government.  These  ideas  are  that  governments, 
whether  civil,  religious,  or  domestic,  are  ordained 
of  God ;  that  is,  he  requires  men  to  be  under 
government  in  these  relations.  That  this  re- 
quirement has  its  necessity  in  lapsed  human 
nature.  That  government  should  proceed  from 
the  people  and  be  administered  by  the  people, 
lor  the  highest  good  of  all  the  people.  That  it 
is  the  duty  of  the  people  so  to  frame  govern- 
ments as  will  most  effectually  secure  this  end,  to 
place  in  official  position  those  who,  unbiased  by 
sinister  motives,  will  see  to  it  that  these  ends  are 
taithfully  secured. 

The  principles  were  enunciated  by  our  Pil- 
grim Fathers  in  the  cabin  of  the  Mayflower, 
and  they  have  a  home  in  the  Declaration  of  In- 
dependence. The  God  of  the  Bible  was  from 
the  beginning  the  God  of  the  Anglo-Saxon 
American  people,  who  came  to  this  western 
world  that  they  might  enjoy  such  a  government 
as  they  found  revealed  in  the  Bible. 

Now  I  propose  to  prove  to  you  that  there  are 
organic  forces  at  work  in  this  nation  whose  aim 
and  tendency  is  the  overthrow  of  the  principles 
on  which  the  nation  was  originally  established 
by  our  fathers.  In  passing,  let  me  say  here,  that 
the  American  party  is  organized  to  forestall 
these  treasonable  aims  and  tendencies.  What, 
then,  are  these  inimical  forces?  I  do  not  say 
that  a  political  economy  or  party  that 
aims  at  the  control  of  government  for 
spoils  and  partisan  considerations  necessarily 
aims  at  the  overthrow  of  the  government  it 
seeks  to  control ;  but  that  such  is  the  tendency 
all  intelligent  persons  know.  Now  there  is 
the  most  abundant  evidence  that  the  two  great 
national  parties  are  largely  controlled  by  purely 
partisan  considerations.     Here  then  is 

1.  The  need  of  a  radical  reform  party. 

2.  I  do  not  need  to  prove  to  you  that  papal 
Rome  has  tens  of  thousands  of  sacerdotal  func- 
tionaries in  this  country,  sworn  to  secure  papal 
ascendency  over  every  institution  in  this  land. 
And  that  such  an  achievement  would  be  hailed 
as  the  world's  millenium  by  hundreds  of  thous- 
ands. Was  Pome  ever  indifferent  to  her  own 
aggrandisement,  and  did  she  ever  fail  to  impose 
Her  demands  with  the  sword  where  she  had  the 
power? 

3.  The  spirit  and  purpose  of  Mormondom  are 
too  well  known  by  the  American  public  to  de- 
mand a  rehearsal  by  me  ;  they  knew  its  preten- 
sions and  the  wickedness  of  its  ambition.  But 
that  this  conspiracy  should  have  been  allowed  by 
the  powers  that  be  to  attain  its  present  alarming 
proportions,  and  to  flaunt  the  flag  of  treason  in 
the  very  face  of  the  nation,  decade  after  decade, 
is  among  the  wonders  of  the  age. 

4.  The  National  Liquor  Dealers'  Association 
would  fain  convert  the  American  people  into  a 
nation  of  drunkards.  And  this  thoy  will  do  if 
their  infamous  traffic  is  not  arrested  and  put 
down, 

5.  Beneath  the  conflict  between  capital  and 
labor  there  lies  a  hidden  rock  that  must  be  dis- 
covered and  removed,  or  on  it  the  ship  of  state 
will  yet  be  wrecked.  The  American  party  is  the 
only  party  that  has  the  remedy  for  reconciling 
this  conflict. 

6.  The  American  party  recognizes  the  spirit- 
ual nature  that  exalts  men  above  the  brute  crea- 
tion. Hence  it  demands  that  the  great  army  of 
foreigners  coming  to  tJiis  country  without  a  Sab- 
bath or  a  Bible,  shall  not  do  violence  to  the  Sab- 
bath nor  drive  the  Bible  from  the  school.  And 
this  for  the  satety  of  the  nation  and  their  own 
good  as  well.  Blot  out  the  Sabbath  and  the 
laboring  man  will  be  compelled  to  perform  the 
labor  of  seven  days  for  the  wages  of  six.     Expel 


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the  Bible  from  the  schools  and  yon  sap  the  very 
foTincIation  of  national  virtue  and  stability. 

7.  We  come  now  last,  but  not  least,  to  an  or- 
ganization bound  together  by  fetters  of  brass  and 
chains  of  adamant.  An  organization  that  form- 
ulates its  plans  where  no  eye  but  its  own  can 
see,  that  teaches  its  lessons  where  no  ear  but  its 
own  can  hear,  and  works  its  machinery  where  no 
sunlight  ever  shines.  An  organization  into 
whose  penetralia  none  of  woman  kind,  or  of 
penury  or  infirmity,  or  youth  or  age  are  ever 
initiated.  An  organization  composed  only  of 
able-bodied  men,  who  can  pay,  claiming  to  be 
six  hundred  thousand  stroner,  and  bound  with 
oaths  and  penalties  and  maledictions  that  fill  one 
with  amazement  and  horror.  An  organization 
whose  princinles  areas  antagonistic  to  American 
ideas  as  darkness  to  light,  or  bitter  to  sweet; 
that  shuns  the  lisrht  as  men  shun  pestilence ;  that 
denies  to  men  the  right  to  know  its  nature  or 
character  or  doings;  that  teaches  its  votaries 
that  a  SILENT  TONGUE  is  among  its  crowning  vir- 
tues and  brightest  jewels.  An  organization  that 
laughs  at  opnosition  and  defies  its  enemies;  that 
draws  annually  from  the  industry  of  the  country 
scores  of  millions  of  dollars  to  be  consumed  upon 
itself ;  whose  chief  concern  is  to  see  that  its  in- 
famous pecrets  phall  remain  unknown — secret,  he- 
cause  th^y  are  infamous.  An  organiz^tion  that 
boasts  of  its  nrowess  in  the  following  st^rtlina: 
language  :  "It  has  the  force  of  cement  through 
the  civilized  world,  with  the  means  of  cooper- 
ating in  the  nulpit,  in  the  legislative  hall  and  on 
the  bench.  So  powerful  is  it  that  it  fears  noth- 
ing, for  it  has  the  means  to  counteract,  defeat 
and  puni8h:'''f 

An  organization  that  professes  one  thing  and 
practices  another;  that  calls  itself-  light  but  is 
gross  darkness ;  that  "  wages  war  with  opposi- 
tion with  the  cunning  and  stealth  of  the  serpent 
and  the  savage ;"  that  having  once  secured  its 
victim  allows  no  escape  save  through  the  gates 
of  death.  An  organization  that  throws  the 
shield  of  protection  over  the  chastity  of  the 
mothers  and  wives  of  its  own  sort,  but  leaves  all 
the  rest  of  womankind  to  unguarded  plunder ; 
that  cares  onlv  for  the  needy  of  its  own  craft, 
but  not  until  thev  have  well  paid  for  it,  leaving 
the  care  of  the  rest  of  the  world's  sick  and  suf- 
fering, insane  and  idiotic,  blind  and  desi.  orphans 
and  widows,  to  oi^tsiders.  An  organization  that 
swears  to  conceal  each  others  crimes;  that 
drinks  wine  in  the  fifth  libation  from  a  human 
sknll,  invoking  double  damnation  u^^on  the  re- 
vealer  of  its  SRcrets ;  that  uses  the  Bible  as  an 
article  of  furniture,  but  blots  the  name  of  its 
author  from  its  ritual  as  too  sectarian ;  that 
promises  to  make  heaven  sure  to  all  within  its 
fold,  whether  they  be  priest  or  traitor,  deacons 
or  debauchees,  class-leaders  or  gamblers,  drunk- 
ords  or  sober  men,  the  only  condition  being  to 
"  belong,"  obey  orders  and  pay  dues ;  that  has 
no  law  against  rebellion  and  treason,  but  cher- 
ishes both  in  equal  fellowship  with  loyalty  and 
patriotism.  An  organization  that  promises  to 
interfere  with  neither  the  religion  nor  the  poli- 
tics of  its  dupes,  but  crushes  both  under  its 
cloven  foot  in  the  incipient  rights  of  its  initia- 
tion; that  calls  itself  the  "handmaid"  of  religion, 
but  by  its  deeds  proves  itself  the  head  mistress 
of  Satan's  harem. 

It  is  of  such  an  orginization  that  the  Ameri- 
can people  voluntarily  remain  in  "  blissful  ig- 
norance," and  glory  in  knowing  nothing  about 
it,  forgetting  that  "  eternal  vigilance  is  the  price 
of  liberty."*  Now,  therefore,  as  one  stationed 
by  Providence  upon  the  watch-tower  to  give 
timely  warning  of  coming  danger,  it  becomes 
my  duty  to  make  known  the  name  and  character 
of  the  organization  thus  faintly  outlined. 

Does  theinstitxitinn  of  Freemasonry  answer  to 
this  description  ?  We  shall  see,  I  pummon  to 
the  stand  as  witnesses,  recognized  and  accredited 
standard  Masonic  authors  of  highest  author- 
ity, whose  vocation  is  to  teach  Masonry  and 
whose  words  are  law.  With  these  I  summon 
men  of  national  renown  and  of  highest  wisdom 
and  probity  who  have  made  the  study  of  Mason- 


ry a  specialty,  and  also  men  who  by  initiation 
have  mastered  its  character  and  revealed  the  same 
to  the  world.  If  this  testimony  of  these  wit- 
nesses establish  these  charges  or  their  equivalent 
for  unrighteousness,  you  will  render  your  ver- 
dict accordingly. 

[Note. — As  most  of  the  readers  of  the  Cvno- 
Kii/re  are  familiar  with  the  evidence  on  which 
Masonry  stands  convicted  of  the  charges  in  the 
indictment.  I  will  not  burden  its  cohimns  with 
the  flood  of  testim'^ny  read  at  the  dpliverv  of 
this  address  from  President  Finney,  Elder  Ber- 
nard, Dr.  CoVer,  President  Blanchard,  ^ov. 
Sewar'^,  John  Qnincy  Adams.  Chief  Judge  Mar- 
shall. Daniel  We^^tei*,  Hon.  J.  C.  Snence'",  Free- 
mason's Guide,  Webb's  Monitor,  Grand  Lodge 
Report,  Dr.  Oliver,  Mackey,  Voice  of  Masonry, 
Miflsonri  Grand  Lodge,  Rob.  Morris  and  others. 
From  these  I  will  give  a  few  statements  to  indi- 
cate the  character  and  drift  of  the  evidence 
given.] 

"  The  candidate  entering  the  lodge  is  on  the 
point  of  binding  himself  voluntarily,  absolutely 
and  without  reservation  forever."  "  It  is  irre- 
vocable, no  law  of  the  land  can  affect  it,  no 
anathema  of  the  church  can  weaken  it."  "Right 
or  wrong  the  one  unpardonable  crime  in  a  Ma- 
son is  disobedience."  "  Freemasonry  is  an  in- 
stitution subject  to  no  other  law  than  that  which 
it  makes  itself."  ''  The  government  is  completely 
despotic,  its  edicts  must  be  obeyed  without  ex- 
amination." "  The  Master's  authority  is  as  des- 
potic as  the  sun  in  the  firmament."  "  The  ma- 
jority does  not  govern."  "  To  every  government 
save  that  of  Masonry  and  to  all  the  world  beside, 
we  are  foreigners."  "Masonry  is  a  religious 
institution."  "  Initiation  is,  as  it  were,  a  death  to 
the  world  and  a  resurrection  to  a  new  life."  The 
candidate  "having  been  wandering  amid  the 
errors  and  covered  with  the  pollutions  of  the 
outer  and  profane  worl'^,  comes  to  our  doors 
seeking  the  new  birth.  The  shock  of  enlighten- 
ment is  the  symbol  of  the  agonies  of  the  first 
df'ath,  and  of  the  throes  of  the  new  bijrth."  In 
the  third  degree,  "  We  now  find  man  complete 
in  morality  and  intelligence,  with  the  stay  of  re- 
ligion added,  to  icieure  him  of  the  protection  of 
the  Deity,  and.  to  guard  him  against  ever  going 
astray.  Nor  can  we  conceive  that  anything  can 
be  suggested  more  which  the  eoul  of  man  re- 
quires." 

Utterances  as  treasonable  and  as  blasphemoas 
as  the  above  can  be  gathered  from  Masonic 
authors  by  the  volume,  but  these  are  enough  to 
convict  Masonry  of  running  an  independent  and 
therefore  a  treasonable  government,  and  of  prop- 
ogating  "another  gospel"  and  therefore  in  rank 
rebellion  against  the  author  of  the  Gospel  of  the 
Son  of  God. 

Note. — A  single  sentence  from  several  of  the 
many  responses  ot  those  who  heard  the  address  : 

1.  "  I  know  the  institution  is  evil  and  only 
evil." 

2.  "  I  would  have  all  secret  societies  abol- 
ished." •• 

3.  "  I  hold  the  whole  thing  in  contempt." 
4    "  1  advise  all  to  keep  out." 

5.  "  I  go  against  all  eeeretism  as  wholly  anti- 
Christ,  and  only  dangerous." 

6.  "  I  never  had  the  least  sympathy  with  the 
institution." 

7.  "  I  am  opposed  from  experience." 

8.  "  I  am  opposed  in  toto^ 

9.  "  It  weakens  the  power  of  the  Christian 
ministry." 

10  "  Ministers  that  are  silent  stultify  them- 
selves; most  ministers  do." 

The  sentence  of  condemnation  was  unanim- 
ous. 


RELIGIOUS  INTELLIGENCE. 


•  "'Von  rRtatu  ?Tio  form  of  freeilom.  bnt  as  far  as  T  can  gather  there 
has  been  aconsiderihloloss  ot  the  substance.'' — Herbert  Spencer's 
speech  tn  New  York. 

:.iti)ea  Freemasonry  QlaatrAted  by  Pres.  S.  Bl«noh«rd.    Fag*  47.       \ 


Obituary. 

Fathkk  a.  S.  Wells,  an  earnest  friend  of 
our  reform  and  a  seceding  Mason  of  seven  de- 
grees, died  last  month.  For  fifty  years  he  was 
a  minister  of  the  Congregational  church.  He 
was  secretary  of  our  Association  here  in  Fair- 
field, Iowa,  and  his  last  active  work  was  given  in 
its  behalf.  Geo.  H baton. 

HELP  TflE'c'yNOSURE  ! 
By  giving  to  the  Extension  Fund. 
By  giving  to  the  fund  for  colored  ministeirs  in 
the  Bouth. 


— On  the  4th  of  Senterabe'*  the  Baptist  church 
WAS  organized  at  Esraen,  Livingston  countv, 
Til.,  with  pight  mprabers.  The  number  is  now 
doubled.  The  little  compflny  began  right  with 
respect  to  the  lodge  worships — keeping  clear  of 
any  fellowship  with  them. 

—Rev.  D  IC.  Flickinger,  D.  D.,  CTnited 
B'^ethren  missionary  pecretsry,  is  again  on  his 
wq,v  to  Afric*  \fter  spending  a  dav  or  two  at 
Willonghby.  N.  Y.  with  his  family,  he  went  to 
New  York,  from  which  place  he  sailed  on  the  9th 
for  GIppcow.  a  ^f er  a  few  weeks  there,  he  goes  to 
west  Africa.  H**  will  remain  in  Africa  several 
months,  and  retu'"n  bv  way  of  Germany  next 
ppring,  reaching  America  in  May. 

—At  the  late  meeting  of  the  United  Brethren 
Book  Committee,  Dr.  L  "Dav's  presented  the 
manuscript  of  the  biograohy  of  bishop  Edwards, 
except  the  two  closing  chapters,  which  are  in  an 
advanced  state  of  preparation.  After  careful 
examination  the  book  was  unanimously  approv- 
ed and  ordered  published.  Dr.  Davis  has  done 
a  work,  says  the  Te^escnpo,  of  neatness,  beauty, 
simplicity,  and  truthfulness. 

— There  are  indications  of  a  renewed  anti- 
missionary  onslaught.  The  opium  interest  of 
Great  Britain  is  lifting  its  venemou^  fangs,  like 
some  Indian  cobra,  to  strike  +he  heel  of  what  it 
feels  is  yet  to  crush  its  head.  The  London  Times 
allows  a  correspondent  from  India  to  charge  the 
missionaries  with  trying  to  cover  their  own  fail- 
ure by  an  attsck  nnon  th*^  opium  trade,  and  this 
is  echoed  by  th'^!  AT  Y.  Herald  and  a  largep  art 
of  the  Xires?,.— Intelligencer. 

— The  various  Bible  Societies  now  represent- 
ed in  Japan,  make  it  a  rule  never  to  give  awav 
the  Scriptures.  They  have  sold  together  11.5.000 
copies  during  the  papt  vear.  It  is  stated  that 
at  Kioto  a  «ingle  copy  of  St.  John's  Gospel  led 
pixtv  families  to  renounce  idolatry:  and  that 
mass-meetings  for  prayer  have  been  held  in  Ja- 
pan, when  in  one  case  more  th^n  3,500  and  in 
another  7,000  persons  were  present. 

— Church  order^  according  to  the  usages  of 
American  Baptists,  does  not  «pom  to  trouble 
Mr.  Spurgeon.  He  is  now  at  Mentone,  and  a 
correspondent  of  the  Freeman  writes  of  a  Lord's 
day  there:  "In  the  afternoon,  in  accordance  with 
Mr.  Spnrgeon's  regular  practice  when  away 
from  home,  we  observed  the  ordinance  of  the 
Lord's  supper  in  his  sitting-room.  Five  minis- 
ters and  six  other  believers  completed  the  assem- 
bly; but,  as  of  old  the  risen  Redeemer  came  to 
the  disciples  who  had  met  in  Jerusalem  on  the 
first  day  of  ^he  week,  so  did  he  appear  in  our 
m'dst,  and  we  enjoyed  sweet  fellowship  with 
the  father,  and  with  one  another,  through  him." 
— Babtist  WeeMy. 

— The  deadly  mountain  fever  is  said  by  physi- 
cians in  the  Rocky  Mountain  mining  regions  to 
be  caused  by  extreme  nervous  exhaust'on. 
The  Sunday  work  in  the  mines  is  the  chief 
cause  of  it.  Did  auv  secular  work  on  Sunday 
ever  pay? — Exchange. 

— The  New  York  Presbytery  has  undertaken 
to  establish  an  Italian  Presbyterian  church  in 
that  city,  and  Drs.  Hastings  and  Crosby  and 
Warren  Carpenter  are  appointed  a  committee 
to  conduct  the  enterprise. 

— The  striking  feature  of  the  Romish  Church 
Congress  in  England  was  the  appcRrance  on  the 
platform  of  the  Ritualist,  Father  Ignatius,  in  a 
monastic  garb,  with  phaven  head  and  wearing  a 
crucifix.  Ele  Baid  that  not  more  than  one  in 
twenty  of  the  clergv  had  really  received  the 
Holy  Spirit,  and  said  he  would  rather  listen  to 
a  Methodist  minister  who  had  been  in  the 
Holy  Gho.'^t's  school  and  possessed  the  Holy 
Ghost  in  his  heart  than  to  all  the  college  dons 
who  had  ever  yet  sought  religion  and  Christiani- 
ty. The  Church  which  brushed  away  the  rub- 
bish from  the  rock  and  exposed  the  rock  to  the 
miner  was  the  Church  which  would  bo  upper- 
most in  the  D^y  of  the  Lo^-d.  If  tho  Church  of 
Rome  did  it  up  with  tho  Church  ofRome;  if  the 
Church  of  England  did  it,  up  with  the  Church 
of  England;  if  the  Salvation  Army  did  it,  up 
with  the  Salvation  Army. 


14 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE. 


December  21,  1882 


HOUh  AND  FARM. 


Diphtfieria. 

RuUh  StufgfstKft  by  th«  Phila'l*lpMa  Boa/rd  of 
Health  for  Dealing  wltU  the  Disease. 

In  order  to  prevent  the  spread  of 
diphtheria  and  to  inform  the  pub- 
lic of  the  bept  means  of  checking 
the  spread  of  the  d'sease  and  to 
provide  the  people  with  rules  for 
trpstincr  the  distemppr,  the  Phila- 
delphia board  of  health  last  week 
appointed  a  special  committee  to 
nrepare  a  report  on  the  snbfect. 
The  committee  Tuesday,  through 
Dr.  Richardson,  the  chairman,  laid 
beforp  the  board  its  report : 

"  Refent  investigations  having 
proved  that  the  poison  of  diphthe- 
ria is  portable,  communieab'e  by 
infection,  and  capable  of  reproduc- 
ing itpelf  outside  of  the  humau 
body,"  says  the  committee  ;  "Diph- 
theria muFt  now  be  ranked  as  both 
a  contagions  and  infeftious  disease. 
The  following  rules  are  therefore 
more  imperative  than  ever  before. 
"When  a  child  or  youne  person 
has  a  sore  throat,  a  bad  odor  to  its 
breath,  and  especially  if  it  has 
fever,  it  should  immediately  be 
separated  and  kept  secluded  from 
all  other  persons  except  necessary 
attendants  until  it  be  ascertained 
or  not  whether  it  hao  diphtheria  or 
some  other  communicable  dieease. 
"  Every  person  known  to  be  sick 
with  diphtheria  should  be  prompt- 
ly and  effectually  isolated  from  the 
publ'c.  Only  those  persons  who 
are  actually  necessary  should  have 
.  charge  of  or  visit  the  patient,  and 
these  persons  should  be  restricted 
in  their  intercourpo  with  other  in- 
dividuals. Children  residing  in  a 
house  where  there  is  a  casw  of  diph- 
theria should  not  be  permitted  to 
attend  Pchool. 

"  When  a  case  of  diphtheria  is 
fully  developed  the  same  precau- 
tions in  regard  to  free  ventilation, 
disposal  and  disinfection  of  dis- 
charges, bed  or  body  linen  and  so 
forth,  isolation  during  convales- 
cence (or  management  of  the 
corpse  should  death  unfortunately 
occur)  ought  to  be  enforced  as  fol- 
lows: Have  the  patient  placed  in 
one  of  the  upper  rooms  of  the 
house,  the  farthest  removed  from 
the  rest  of  the  family  where  is  to 
be  had  the  best  ventilation  and  iso- 
lation. The  room  should  be  in- 
stantly cleared  of  all  curtains,  car- 
pets, woolen  goods,  and  all  un- 
necessary furniture.  Keep  the 
room  constantly  well  ventilated  by 
means  of  open  windows  and  fires  if 
necessary.  Maintain  the  utmost 
cleanlineps  both  with  regard  to  the 
patient  and  in  the  room.  A  basin 
charged  with  chloride  or  carbolate 
of  lime  or  some  other  convenient 
disinfectant,  should  be  kept  con- 
stantly on  the  bed  for  the  patient 
to  spit  in.  Change  the  clothing  of 
the  patient  as  often  as  n^edfu!,  but 
do  not  carry  it  while  dry  through 
the  house.  A  large  vepsel  (a  tub) 
containing  water  impregnated  with 
a  solution  of  carbolic  acid  in  tbe 
proportion  of  four  fluid  ounces 
(Calvert's  No.  4  or  No.  5)  to  the 
gallon  of  water  should  always  stand 
in  the  room  for  the  reception  of  all 
bed  and  body  linen  immediately  on 
removal  from  the  person  or  contact 
with  the  patient.  Pocket  handker- 
chiefs should  not  be  used,  but  email 
pieces  of  rag  should  be  employed 
ir  stead  for  wiping  the  mouth  and 
noee,  and  each  piece  after  being 
ouce  ueed  ehoald  b&  immediately 


burned.     Two  basins,  one  contain- 
ing water  impregnated  with  a  solu- 
tion of  carbolic  acid  or  permanga- 
nate of   potassa  and  the  other  con- 
taining plain    water  and  a   good 
sappjy   of  towels,  must  always  be 
ready   and  convenient,  so  that  the 
hands  of  the  nnrse  may  be  at  once 
washed  after  they  have  been  soiled 
by  contact  with  the  patient.     All 
glasses,    cups,  and    other    vessels 
used  by  or  about  the  patient  should 
be  scrnpulouely  cleansed  before  be- 
ing used  by  others.    The  discharges 
from  the  bowels  and  kidneys  are  to 
be  received,  on   their   very  issue 
from  the  body,  into  vessels  contain- 
•ng  some  disinfectant,  as  a  eolution 
of  two  pounds  of   snlphate  of  iron 
in  a  gallon  of  water,  or  four  fluid 
ounces  of  carbolic  acid  (Calvert's 
No.   5)  to  a  gallon   of  water,  and 
immpdiateiy  removed.     No  person 
should    be    allowed  to  enter  the 
room  except  those  who  are  attend- 
ing upon  the  sick.     Boiling  is  one 
of  the  surest  ways  of  disinfecting 
all  contaminated  clothing.    A  solu- 
tion  of  carbolic  acid   should  first 
be  added  to  the  water.    Any  mate- 
rial which  cannot  be  washed  with- 
out injury  should  be  exposed  to  a 
dry  heat  of  about  240  degrees  Fah- 
renheit,   or  fumigated  in  a  closed 
chamber  as  directed  below.  A  hot- 
a'r  disinfecting  chamber  has  been 
provided  on  the  hospital  grounds, 
where  beds,  woolen  goods,  etc.,  may 
be  disinfected  under  the  direction 
of  officers  appointed  by  the  br  ard. 
All  articles  which  can   be  spared 
should  be  destroyed  by  fii-e.   When 
persons  have  had  the  diphtheria, 
whether  they  get  well  or  die,  the 
room   which   they  have   occupied 
should  be  thoroughly  cleaned  and 
disinfected.     The  furniture  should 
be  washed  with  a  strong  solution  of 
chloralum,  three  or  four  ounces  to 
the  gallon  of  water,  or  preferably, 
with  carbolic  acid    soap.     After- 
ward   the    floor    and    woodwork 
should  be  washed  with  carbolic  acid 
soap  or  with  chloride  of  lime  and 
water,  and    the  paper  should   be 
removed      by    moistening     with 
chloralum   or  carbonate  acid  solu- 
tion.   Then,  after  closing  the  doors, 
windows,   and  all  other  openings, 
the  room  should  be  fumigated  by 
burning   sulphur   in  an   iron   dish 
and  kept  closed  for  several  hours. 
Chlorine  gas  may  be  used  instead, 
and  may  be  generated  by  pouring 
strong   sulphuric  acid  upon  equal 
parts  of  common  salt  and  binoxide 
of  manganese,  to  which  some  water 
has  been  added.      After  this  the 
room  should  be  well  aired  for  seve- 
ral days  by  throwing  open  the  doors 
and  windows,  and  then  the  ceiling 
should   bo  whitewashed   and    the 
walls  repapered  or  whitewaehed. 

"  It  is  particularly  important 
that  persons  whose  throats  are  ten- 
der or  sore  from  any  cause  should 
avoid  possible  exposure  to  the  con- 
tagion of  diphtheria.  Children  un- 
der 10  years  of  age  are  in  much 
greater  danger  of  takint?  the  dis- 
ease, and  after  they  do  take  it  of 
dying  from  it  than  are  grown  per- 
sons. But^adults  are  not  exempt, 
and  mild  cases  in  them  may  cause 
whole  series  of  fatal  attacks  amo:ig 
children. 

"  Numerous  instances  are  record- 
ed where  the  contagion  of  diphthe- 
ria has  retained  its  virulenci  for 
weeks  or  months  in  cesspools,  heaps 
of  decaying  vegetable  matter,  damp 
walls,  etc.,  and  Letu  carried  for 
long  distuoces  in  clothing,  in  sew- 


ers, in  waste  pipes,  from  stationary 
wash-stands,  and  in  other  conduits. 
Hence  all  sewer  connections  and 
other  carriers  of  filth  should  bo 
well-ventilated  and  disinfected,  and 
children  particularly  should  not  be 
allowed  to  breathe  the  air  of  any 
water-closet,  cesspool,  ,'cr  sewer  in!o 
which  discharges  from  patients  sick 
with  diphtheria  have  entered,  nor 
drink  water  or  m'*lk  which  has  been 
exposed  to  such  air. 

"  Beware  of  any  person  who  has 
a  sore  throat ;  do  not  kiss  such  a 
person  or  take  his  or  her  breath ; 
do  not  drink  from  the  same  cup, 
blow  the  same  whistle,  nor  put  his 
pencil  or  pen  into  your  mouth. 

"  Do  not  wear  or  handle  clothiner 
which  has  been  worn  by  a  person 
during  sickness  or  convalescence 
from  diphtheria." 


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Laird,  0.  R.  Hagerty,  John  Gardner,  L.  N' 
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?0XK  OF  BsQuxDT.— I  glvs  sod  bequeath  to  the 
National  Christian  Association,  incorporated  aai 
ailBting  nnder  the  laws  of  the  State  of  Illincii, 

ilie  «Tim  of doU&re,  for  the  parooseB  of  said 

AsBoclation,  and  for  which  the  receipt  of  It* 
Treasnrer  for  the  time  be!n«r  nhall  he  a  infflalant 
disobarpp 

STATE  AUXILIARY  ASSOCIATIONS. 

Alabama.— Pres.,  W.  A.  McAlpine 
Sec,  G.  M.  Elliott;  Treas.,  E.  ishel,  all 
of  Selma. 

California.— Pres.,  L.  B.  Lathrop, 
Hollister;  Cor.  Sec,  Mrs.  U.  P.  Merrill, 
Woodland;  Treas.,  C.  Ruddock,  Wood- 
land. 

Connecticut.— Pres.,  J.  A.  Conant, 
Willimantic;  Sec,  Geo.  Smith,  Willi- 
mantic;  Treas.,  C.  T.  Collins,  Windsor. 

Illinois. — Pres.,N.E.Gardner,Haldane. 
Sec,  C.  W.  Hiatt,  Tonica;  Treas.,  J.  C. 
Schoenberger,  Chicago. 

Indiana. — Pres.,  I.  W.  Lowman,  Au. 
burn ;  Sec,  S-  Y.  Miller.  College  Corners ; 
Treas.,  Benj.  Ulsh,  Silver  Lake. 

Iowa. — Pres.,  C.  D.  Trumbull,  Morning 
Sun ;  Rec.  Sec.  A.  W.  Hall,  College  Spring ; 
Cor.  tiec,  W.  T.  Moffitt,  Morning  Sun ; 
Treas.,  Joseph  Laird,  Wayne. 

Kansas.— Pres.,  J.  S.T.  Milligan,  North 
Cedar;  Sec,  J.  Alter,  Valley  Falls;  Treas. 
J.  A.  Torreuce,  Winchester. 

Massachusetts. — Pres.,  S.  A.  Pratt; 
Sec,  Mrs.  E.  D.  Bailey;  Treas.,  David 
Manning,  Sr.;  all  of  Worcester. 

Michigan. — Pres.,  Wm.  Wing,  Grand 
Rapids;  Rec-Sec'y,  A.  H.  Springstein, 
Pontiac ;  Cor.  Sec,  W.  H.  Ro?s,  Allegan ; 
Treas.,  C.  C.  Foote,  88  Columbia  Street, 
Detroit. 

Minnesota. — Pres.  E.  G.  Paine,  Wasi- 
oja;  Cor.  Sec,  W.  H.  McChesney,  Fair- 
mont :  Rec.  Sec'y  Thos.  Hartley,  Richland ; 
Treas.,  Wm.  H.  Morrill,  St.  Charles. 

Missouri. — Pres.  C.  J.  Kephart,  Avalon ; 
Treas.,  William  Beauchamp,  Avalon;  Cor. 
Sec,  M.  N.  Butler,  Albany. 

Nebraska. — Pres.  S.  Austin,  Fair- 
mount;  Cor.  Sec,  W.  S.  Spoouer,  Kearney ; 
Treas.,  R.  A.  Bishop,  Seeley's  Mills. 

New  Hampshire. — Pres.  Elder  J.  G. 
Smith,  New  Hampton;  Sec,  8.C  Kimball 
New  Market;  Treas.,  E.  Smith,  Center 
Straflord. 

New  York.— Pres.  F.  W.  Capwell, 
Dale;  Sec'y,  Isaac  Hyatt,  Dale;  Treas., 
M.  Merrick,  Syracuse. 

Ohio.— Pres.,  Wm.  Dillon,  Dayton; 
Cor.  Sec,  J.  P.  Lytle,  Sago;  Treas.,  J.  M. 
Scott,  Alexandria, 


Pennsylvania.— Pres.  A.  L.  Post,  Mon- 
trose; Cor.  Sec  ,  N  Callender, Thompson; 
Treas.,  W.  B.  Bertels,  Wilkesbarre. 

Wisconsin.- Pres.,  Enos  Collins,  Colo 
ma;  Cor.  Sec  W.  W.  Warner,  Baraboo; 
Treas.,  M.  R.  Britten,  Vienna. 

West  Virginia.— Pres.,  D.  B.  Turney, 
Sec,  John  Bosley,  Grafton;  Treas.,  H.  B. 
Higgins,  Petroleum. 


Anii-masonio  Lecturers. 

General  Agent  and  Lecturer,  J.  P. 
Stoddard,  221  West  Madison  street,  Chi- 
cago. 

Agents  for  the  South:  H.  H.  Hinman, 
Wheaton,  111.,  and  Paul  S.  Feemster, 
Larned,  Kans. 

E.  D.  Bailey,  Worcester,  Mass.,  Agent 
for  New  England. 

Degree  Workers. — (Seceders.) 

D.  P.  Rathbun,  Clarence,  Iowa, 
S.  E.  Starni',  Clarence,  Iowa. 
Jas.  Furguson,    "  " 

J.  K.  Glassford,  Carthage,  Mo. 

State  Lecturers. 

California,  D.  A.  Richards,  Woodland. 
Conn.,  J.    L.    Barlow  of  Willmantlc. 
Indiana,  S.  L.  Cook  ot  A.lbion. 
Iowa,  D.  P.  Rathbun.  Clarence. 
Missouri,  M.  N.  Butler  of  Albany. 
Wisconsin,  Thos.  Lowe,  Coloma  Sta, 


The  Churches  against   Lodger/. 

The  follovsdng  denominations  are  com 
mitted  by  vote  of  their  legislative  assem- 
blies or  by  constitution  to  a  separation 
from  secret  lodge  worship : 

Adventists  (Seventh-day). 

Baptists — Primitive,  Seventh-day  and 
Scandinavian. 

Brethren  (Dunkers  or  German  Baptists). 

Christian  Reformed  Church. 

Church  of  God  (Northern  Indiana  El- 
dership.) 

Congregational — The  State  Associations 
of  Illinois  and  Iowa  have  adopted  resolu- 
tions against  the  lodge. 

Disciples  (in  part). 

Friends. 

Lutherans — Norwegian,  Daijish,  Swed- 
ish and  Synodical  Conferences. 

Mennonites. 

Methodists — Free  and  Wesleyan. 

Methodist  Protestant  (Minnesota  Con- 
ference). 

Moravians. 

Plymouth  Brethren. 

Presbyterian — Associate,  Reformed  and 
United. 

Reformed  Church  (Holland  Branch). 

United  Brethren  in  Christ. 

Individual  churches  in  some  of  thesp 
denominations  should  be  excepted,  in 
part  of  them  even  a  considerable  portion. 

The  following  local  churches  have,  as  a 
pledge  to  disfellowship  and  oppose  lodge 
worship,  given  their  names  to  the  follow- 
ing  list  as 

,     THE   associated  CHURCHES  OP  CHRIST. 

New  Ruhamah  Congregational,  Hamil- 
ton,  Miss. 

Pleasant  Ridge  Congregational,  Sand- 
ford  county,  Ala. 

New  Hope  Methodist.Lowndes  co.,  Miss. 

Congregational,  College  Springs,  Iowa. 

College  Church  of  Christ,  Wheaton,  111. 

First  Congregational,  Leland,  Mich. 

Sugar  Grove  church.  Green  county,  Pa. 

Military  Chapel,  M.  E.,  Lowndes  Co., 
Miss. 

Hopewell  Missionary  Baptist,  Lowndes 
Co.,  Miss. 

Cedar  Grove  Missionary  Baptist,  Lown- 
des Co.,  Miss. 

Simon's  Chapel.M.  E.,Lowndes  co..  Miss. 

Pleasant  Ridge  MissionSxy  Baptist, 
Lowndes  Co.,  Miss. 

Brownlee  church,  Caledonia,  Miss. 

Salem  church,  Lowndes  Co.,  Miss. 

West  Preston  Baptist  church,  Wayne 
Co.  Pa.  ^ 

Other  local  churches  which  have  adopt- 
ed the  same  principles  are — 

Baptist  churches ;  N.  Abington,  Pa. ; 
MenOm<'nie,  Mondovi,  Waubeck  and 
Spring  Prairie,  Wis. ;  WTieaton,  111. ;  Per- 
ry, N.  Y. ;  Spring  Creek,  near  Burlington, 
Iowa;  Lima,  Ind.;  Constableville,  N.  Y. 
The  "Good  Will  Association"  of  Mobile, 
Ala.,  comprising  some  twenty-five  colored 
Baptist  churches;  Bridgewater  Baptist 
Association,  Pa. ;  Old  Tebo  Baptist,  near 
Leesville,  Henry  Co.,  Mo. ;  Hoopeston,  111. 

Congregationahchurches:  Ist  of  Ober- 
lin,  O. ;  Tonica,  Crystal  Lahe,  Union  and 
Big  Woods,  111. ;  Solsbury,  Ind. ;  Congre- 
gational Methodist,  Maplewood,  Mass. 

Presbyterian  church,  Hoopeston,  111. 

Independent  churches  in  Lowell,  Coun- 

2 man  school  house  near  Lindenwood, 
irengo  and  Streator,  111.;  Berea  and 
Camp  Nelson,  Ky. ;  Ustick,  111. ;  Clarks- 
burg, Kans.  State  Association  of  Minis- 
ten  sod  dhorolMs  in  ChxisX  of  Kentucky 


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December  21,  1888 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURB. 


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less  than  one-half  dozen  sent  at  dozen  rates.  Books 
by  mail  are  at  risk  of  person  ordering,  unless  10 
cents  extra  is  sent  to  pay  for  registering  them, 
when  their  safe  delivery  is  guaranteed.  Books 
at  retail  ordered  by  e.xpress,  are  sold  at  10  per  cent, 
discount  and  delivery  guaranteed,  but  not  e-vpreas 
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liberal  discount  to  dealers  and  regular  canvassers. 


ON  FREEMASONRY, 

Freemasonry  Illustrated.  A  complete 
exposition  of  the  seven  degrees  of  the  Blue  Lodge 
and  Chapter.  Profusely  illustrated.  A  historical 
sketch  of  the  institution  and  a  critical  analysis  of 
the  character  of  each  degree,  by  Prest.  J.  Blanch- 
ard,  of  Wheaton  College.  Monitorial  quotations 
and  nearly  four  hundred  notes  from  standard  Ma- 
sonic authorities  confirm  the  truthfulness  of  this 
exposition  and  show  the  characterof  Masonic  te  ich- 
ing  and  doctrine.  The  accuracy  of  this  exposition 
legally  attested  by  J.  O.  Doesburg,  Past  Master  Un- 
ity ZZ  No.  191,  Holland,  Mich  ,  and  oth  rs.  This 
18  the  latest,  most  accurate  and  complete  exposi- 
tion of  Blue  Lodge  and  Chapter  Masonry.  Over 
one  hundred  illustrations — several  of  them  full 
page — give  a. pictorial  representation  of  the  lodge- 
room,  chapter  and  principal  ceremonies  of  the  de- 
grees, with  the  dress  of  candidates,  signs,  grips, 
■8tc.  Complete  work  of  640  pages.  In  cloth,  $1.00; 
per  dozen,  $9.00.  Paper  covers,  60  cents;  per  doz- 
en, $5.50.  First  three  degrees  (376  pages),  in  cloth, 
75  cents;  per  dozen,  $7.00.  Paper  cover,  40  cents; 
per  dozen,  $4.00.  ^^"The  Masonic  quotations  are 
worth  the  price  of  this  book. 

Knig'ht  Templarism.  Illustrated.  A  full 
Illustrated  ritual  of  the  six  degrees  of  the  Council 
and  Commandery,  comprising  the  degrees  of  Royal 
Master,  Select  Master,  Super-Excellent  Master, 
Knight  of  the  Red  Cross,  Knight  Templar  and  Knight 
of  Malta.  A  book  of  341  pages.  In  cloth,  $1.00: 
$8.50  per  dozen.  Paper  covers,  SOcts;  $4.00  per 
dozen . 

Preemasonry  Exposed,  By  Capt.  "Wiuiam 
Morgan.  The  genuine  old  Morgan  hook  republished, 
wtth  engravings  showing  the  lodge  ruom,  dress  of 
candldivtes,  signs,  due  guards,  grips,  etc.  This  rev- 
elation was  so  accurate  that  Freemasons  murdered 
the  author  for  writing  It.  25  cents  each ;  per  dozen, 
88  00. 

Adoptive  Masonry  Illustrated,  A  full 
and  complete  Illustrated  ritual  of  the  five  degrews  of 
Female  Freemasonry,  by  Thomas  Lowe;  compr'sing 
the  degrees  of  Jephthah's  Daughter,  Kuth,  E£,  .her, 
Martha  and  Electa,  and  known  as  the  Daughter's 
Degree,  Widow's  Degree,  Wife's  Degree,  Sister's  De- 
gree and  the  Benevolent  Degree.  20  cents  each; 
per  dozen,  $1.75. 

Valance's  Confession  of  the  Murder  Df 

C.iPT.  Wm.  Mokqan.  This  confession  of  Henry  L. 
Valance,  one  of  the  three  Freemasons  who  drowned 
Morgan  In  the  Niagara  River,  was  taken  from  the 
lips  of  the  dying  man  .by  Dr.  John  G.  Emerj ,  of  Ra- 
cine County,  Wisconsin,  In  1848.  10  cents  eachs 
oer  dozen.  $1 .  00. 

History  of  the  Abduction  and  Murder 

OT  Capt.  Wm.  Mokoan.  As  prepared  by  seven  com- 
mittees of  citizens,  appointed  to  ascertain  the  fate 
of  Morgan.  This  book  contains  Indisputable,  legal 
evidence  that  Freemasons  abducted  and  murdered 
Wm.  Morgan,  for  no  other  offense  than  the  revela- 
tion of  Masonry.  It  contains  the  sworn  testimony 
<3^  over  twenty  persons,  including  Morgan's  wife? 
and  no  candid  person,  after  reading  this  book,  can 
fioubt  that  many  of  the  most  respectable  Freema» 
eons  In  the  Empire  State  were  concerned  In  tills 
crime.    25  cents  each;  per  dozen,  $3.00. 

'£b.&  Broken  Seal ;  or  Personal  Reminiscences 
of  the  Abduction  and  Murder  of  Capt.  Wm.  Morgan. 
Bt  Samuel  D.  Greene.  One  of  the  most  interesting 
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P7.B0.     Paper  covers.  40  cents;  per  dozen,  $3.50. 

Reminiscences  of  Morg-an  Times.  By 
Elder  David  Bernard,  author  of  Bernard's  Light  i,n 
M9eonry.  This  Is  a  thrilling  narrative  of  the  Inci" 
dents  connected  with  Bernard's  Revelation  of  Free- 
masonry.    10  cents  each;  per  dozen,  $1.00o 

Oaths   and    Penalties   of   the   33   De- 

sniBEs  OF  Freemasonry.  To  get  these  thirty-three 
degrees  of  Masonic  bondage,  the  candidate  takes 
half-a-mllllon  horrible  oaths.  15  cents  each;  per 
dozen,  $1.00. 

Oaths  and  Penalties  of  Freemasonry, 

as  proved  In  court  in  the  New  Berlin  Trial.  Also 
the  letter  of  Hon.  Richard  Rush  to  the  anti-Mfl.«on- 
Ic  committee  of  York  County,  Pa..  May  4th,  1831. 
The  New  Berlin  trials  began  In  the  attempt  of 
Freemasons  to  prevent  public  initiations  by  seceding 
Masons.  These  trials  were  held  at  New  Berlin, 
Chenango  Co.,  N.  Y.,  April  13  and  14th,  iS'Jl,  and 
General  Augustus  C.  Welsh,  sheriff  of  the  county, 
and  other  adhering  Freemasons,  swore  to  the  truth- 
ful revelation  of  the  oaths  and  penalties.  10  cents 
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Pismey  on  Masonry,  The  character,  clal  ns 
and  practical  workings  of  Freemasonry.  By  Prest. 
Obarles  G.  Finney,  of  Oberlin  College,  President 
Finney  was  a  "bright  Mason,"  but  left  the  lodge 
When  he  became  a  Christian.  This  book  has  opened 
the  eyee  of  multitudes  In  cloth,  75  cents:  per 
dozen,    $7.60.     Paper  cover,  35  cents;   per  dozen- 

Ex-President    John    Qtiincy   Adams' 

Letters  on  the  Nature  of  Masonic  Oaths,  Obliga- 
tions and  Penalties.  Thirty  most  Interesting,  able 
and  convincing  letters  on  the  above  general  subject, 
written  by  this  renowned  statesman  to  different  pub- 
Mo  men  of  ths  United  States  during  the  years  1831 
to  1833.  With  Mr.  Adams'  address  to  the  pec  Je  of 
Massachusetts  upon  political  aspects  of  lodgery;  an 
Appendix  giving  obligations  of  Masonry,  and  an  able 
Introduction.  This  is  one  of  the  most  telling  anti- 
secrecy  works  extant,  aside  from  the  Expositions. 
Price,  cloth,  $1.00;  per  dozen,  $9.00.  Paper,  35 
cents;  per  dozen,  $3.50. 

The   Mystic    Tie,   or  Freemasonry    a 

Leasttk  -with  the  Devji,.  This  Is  an  account  of 
the  church  trial  of  Peter  Cook  and  wife,  of  Elkhart, 
Indiana,  for  refusing  to  support  a  reverend  Free- 
mason; and  their  very  able  defense  presented  by 
Mrs.  Lucia  C.  Cook,  In  which  she  clearly  shows 
that  Freemasonry  la  antagonistic  to  the  Christian 
religion.     15  cents  each;  per  dozen,  $1.25. 

Masonry  a  Work  of  Darkness,  adverse 
to  Christianity,  and  inimical  to  republican  govern- 
ment. By  Rev.  Lebbeus  Armstrong  (Presbyterian), 
a  seceding  Mason  of  21  degrees.  This  Is  a  very 
telling  work  and  no  honest  man  who  reads  It  will 
tblnk   of  Joining  tbe  lodge.     IS  cents  each;  per 


Judge  Whitney's  Defense  before  the 
Grand  Lodgk  of  Illinois.  .ludge  Daniel  11.  Whit- 
ney was  Master  of  the  lodge  when  S  L.  Keith,  a 
member  of  his  lodge,  murdered  Ellen  Slade.  Judge 
Whitney,  by  attempting  to  bring  Keith  to  justice, 
brought  on  himself  the  vengeance  ^f  the  lodge,  but 
he  boldly  replied  to  the  charges  against  him,  and 
aftpvwui-.is  iruuuiioeii  Masonrv.  15  cunts  each:  per 
do/cr;.  vl  !ij 

ON  ODDFELLOWSHIR 

Revised    Odd-fellowship   Illustrated. 

The  complete  revised  ritual  of  the  Lodge,  Encamp- 
ment and  Rebekah  (ladies')  degrees,  profusely  illus- 
trated, and  guaranteed  to  be  strictly  accurate;  with 
a  sketch  of  the  origin,  history  and  character  of  the 
order,  over  one  hundred  foot-note  quotations  from 
standard  authorities,  showing  the  character  and 
teachings  of  the  order,  and  an  analysis  of  each  de- 
gree by  President  J.  Blanchard.  This  ritual  cor- 
responds exactly  with  the  "Charge  Books"  fur- 
nished by  the  Sovereign  Grand  Lodge.  In  cloth, 
$1.00;  per  dozen,  $8.00.  Paper  cover,  50  cents;  per 
do;:en,  .$4.00. 

Odd-fellowship  Judged  by  Its  Own  Utter- 
ances ;  Its  Doctrine  and  Practice  Examined  In  ths 
Light  of  God's  Word.  By  Rev.  J.  H.  Brockman. 
This  is  an  exceedingly  Interesting,  clear  discussion 
of  the  character  of  Odd-fellowship,  in  theform  of  a 
dialogue.  In  cloth,  50  cents;  per  dozen,  $4.00. 
Paper  covers,  25  cents;  per  dozen,  $2  00.  German 
edition,  entitled  "Christian  and  Ernst,"  paper  covers, 
bO  cents  each.  The  German  edition  is  published  by 
the  author. 

Other  Secret  Society  Rituals. 

Knights   of   Pythias  Illustrated.    By 

Past  Chancellor.  A  full  Illustrated  exposition  of  the 
three  ranks  of  the  order,  with  the  addition  of  the 
"Amended,  Perfected  and  Amplified  Third  Bank." 
The  lodge-room,  signs,  countersigns,  grips,  etc., 
are  shown  by  engravings.  25  cents  each ;  per  dozen, 
$2.00. 

TTnited  Sons  of  Industry  Illustrated. 

A  full  and  complete  Illustrated  ritual  of  the  secret 
trades-union  of  the  above  name,  giving  the  signs, 
grips,  passwords,  etc.  15  cents  each;  per  dozen, 
$1.25. 

Good  Tem.plarisni  Illustrated.  A  full 
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Templ^nd  Council,  with  engravings  showing  the 
signs,  grips,  etc.    25  cents  each;  per  dozen,  $2.00. 

Exposition  of  the  Grange.  Edited  by 
Rev.  A.  W.  Geeslin.  Illustrated  with  engravings, 
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each ;  per  dozen,  $2.00. 

Ritual  of  the  Grand  Army  of  the  Re- 
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and  the  ritual  of  the  Machinists'  and  Blacksmiths' 
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Temple  of  Honor  Illustrated.  A  full 
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of  Honor  and  Temperance,"  commonly  called  the 
Temple  of  Honor,  a  historical  sketch  of  the  order 
and  an  analysis  of  Its  character.  A  complete  ex- 
position of  the  Subordinate  Temple,  and  the  degrees 
of  Love,  Purity  and  Fidelity,  by  a  Templar  of  Fi- 
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each;  per  dozen,  $2,00. 

Secret  Societies  Illustrated.  Containing 
the  signs,  grips,  passwords,  emblems,  etc.,  of  Free- 
masonry (Blue  Lodge  and  to  the  fourteenth  degree 
of  the  York  rite).  Adoptive  Masonry,  Revised  Odd- 
fellowship,  Good  Templarism,  the  Teriiple  of  Honor, 
the  United  Sons  of  Industry,  Knights  of  Pythias  and 
the  Grange,  with  afldavits,  etc.  Over  250  cuts,  99 
pages,  paper  cover.    Price,  25  cents;  $2. 00  per  dozen 

MISCELLANEOUS. 

Secret  Societies,  Ancient  and  Modern. 

A  book  of  great  Interest  to  officers  of  the  array  and 
navy,  the  bench  and  the  clergy.  Table  of  Con- 
ibnts;  The  Antiquity  of  Secret  Societies,  The  Life 
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Webster's  Deference  to  Masonry,  A  Brief  Outline  of 
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H.  L.  Xellogg  Containing  the  opinion  of  many 
prominent  college  presidents,  and  others,  and  a  full 
account  of  the  murder  of  Mortimer  Leggett.  26 
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THK  CHRISTIAM  CYHOtSORlft 


December  21,  1883 


HEWS  OF  THE  WEEK. 


— In  the  Hous  e  the  question  of  erecting 
a  new  building  fr>r  the  accommodation  of 
the  Congressional  Library  was  discussed 
atlenptb.  The  maximum  amount  to  be 
expended  was  fixed  by  vote  at  $2,000,000 
and  it  was  provided  that  the  building 
phould  be  erected  on  one  of  the  vacant 
Government  reservations. 

— Tf  the  stories  told  to  the  Citizens' 
CommitteP!  of  Washington  are  true,  the 
detect've  force  of  that  city  should  be  be- 
hind the  bars.  It  is  said  that  detectives 
"sV-nd  in"  with  tbe  thieves  who  robbed 
the  Governm'^nt  Printing  Office  and  who 
carri-^d  oflF  Minister  Christiancy's  dia- 
monds, and  shared  in  the  results  of  these 
and  other  thefts. 

— The  steel-rail  mHls  at  South  Chica- 
go have  shut  down.  It  is  alleged  that  this 
course  was  lorced  upon  the  company  by 
low  prices. 

— It  is  stated  on  good  authority  that 
♦he  West  Side  Street  Railway  Companjr  of 
Chicago  Intends  within  a  very  short  time 
to  run  its  cars  by  electricity,  and  that  it 
is  now  considering  an  invention  for  that 
purpose. 

— A  destrnctive  fire  took  wlace  in  a  dis- 
tillery at  Gib=>ontown,  Fayette  county,  Pa. 
Over  two  million  j^allons  of  whisky  were 
stored  on  the  premises,  a  large  proportion 
of  which  was  destroyed.  Loss  estimated  at 
$500,000. 

— Friday's  fires  included  a  river-front 
blaze  at  New  Orleans  with  a  loss  of  $400- 
000  and  the  deptruction  of  the  flrest  bus- 
iness block  in  Toledo,  O.,  which  is  valued 
at  $700,000. 

«■ 

— A  new  oil  well  yielding  1,000  barrels 
per  day  having  been  struck  in  Forest 
county,  Pennsylvania, the  bottom  dropped 
out  of  the  market  at  Bradford  and  Pitts- 
burg again. 

— A  horrible  fatality  occurred  at  Shaw- 
neetown,  111.,  on  the  11th,  where  a  boiler 
explosion  in  a  sawmill  caused  the  death 
of  eight  men. 

— An  Opelika,  La. .  special  says  the  two 
factionF,the  old  and  the  new  City  Councils 
which  have  been  quarreling  for  several 
davs,  raised  a  riot  in  which  the  mayor 
and  police  were  involved.  Nine  white 
men  and  one  negro  were  shot  down,  seven 
of  whom  will  die.  The  legislature  has 
passed  an  act  vacating  the  town  charter 
and  authorizing  the  Governor  to  appoint 
8  local  government  until  a  new  one  can  be 
elected. 

— Mr.  Gladstone  on  Wednesday  cele- 
brated the  fiftieth  anniversary  of  his  entry 
upon  public  life.  The  English  papers 
generally  reviewed  his  life  and  services  at 
length  and  in  complimentary  terms,  and 
he  was  the  recipient  of  numerous  address- 
es from  political  associations  and  other 
bodies. 

— The  Lord-Lieutenant  of  Ireland  has 
commuted  the  sentence  of  death  imposed 
on  the  five  murderers  of  the  Joyce  family 
to  imprisonment  for  life. 

— Patrick  Joyce,  Myles  Joyce  and  Pat- 
rick Casey,  the  three  men  convicted  of 
participation  in  the  murder  of  the  Joyce 
family  at  Maamtrasna,  were  hanged  on 
the  15th. 

— The  entire  business  section  of  Kings- 
ton, Jamaica,  has  been  destroyed  by  fire, 
the  loss  of  property  being  estimated  at 
thirty  million  dollars.  Warehouses, 
■wharves,  banks  and  stores  were  all  swept 
away,  nearly  all  the  food  supply  was  lost, 
and  hundreds  of  persons  were  rendered 
homeless  and  destitute. 

— A  large  volume  of  water  suddenly 
burst  into  the  Australian  mine  at  Dres- 
wick,  Talbot  county,  Victoria,  while  a 
large  number  of  miners  were  at  work. 
Twenty-two  bodies  had  already  been 
brought  to  the  surface,  and  the  search  was 
still  being  actively  prosecuted,  as  it  is 
known  that  a  large  number  of  others  are 
still  in  the  mine. 

— The  Sultan  of  Turkey  has  had  built 
for  his  use  an  armored  carriage,  bullet  and 
grenade  proof.  His  palace  is  practically 
In  a  state  of  siege.  Nobody  is  allowed  to 
enter  unless  summoned  The  Sultan's 
alarm  is  owing  to  sedition  among  the 
troops,  who  are  angry  at  the  way  the 
palace  guards  are  paid,  while  they  are  in 
rags. 

— What  is  balieved  to  be  a  case  of  gen- 
uine leprosy  has  been  developed  in  the 
almshfiuse  at  Salem,  Mays.  The  victim, 
Charles  Derby,  arrived  in  Salem  from  San 
Francisco  a  week  ago,  and  was  for  some 
years  um  ployed  as  a  botanist  in  the  royal 
^ardenii  at  Honolula. 


PUBLISHER'S  DEPARTMENT. 


John  Dorcas  (includina:  hie  re- 
newal for  two  years)  eends  eleven 
subset  iptions  for  a  year  each.  He 
writes:  '*  I  have  begun  to  look 
for  a  Cynosure  club  for  1883." 

Mary  A.  Fowler  sends  six  sub- 
scriptions for  a  year  each,  and  one 
for  six  months. 

Eld.  D.  N.  Workman  sends  four 
for  a  year  each,  accompanied  with 
his  blessing  for  us  in  our  good  and 
great  work. 

John  R.  Cooper: — Three  for  a 
year  each. 

Thos.  Qinn: — Sends  six  for  a 
year  each  and  hopes  to  make  it 
ten  before  !New  Years. 

Geo.  F.  Danforth,  sends  three 
for  a  year  each.  "  My  heart  is  in 
the  work." 

Geo.  Clfirlc  and  J.  N.  Norris  also 
eends  three  ior  a  year  each. 

Six  persons  send  two  for  a  year 
each,  and  the  usual  number  of 
single  subscriptions  received. 
Some  are  gettinj?  ready  for  work. 

John  A.  Ronsir:  "  When  I  ar- 
rive at  home  T  will  look  around 
a  little  after  other  names." 

P.  Bacon,  "  I  shall  do  all  I  can 
to  increase  [the  Cynosure]  its  cir- 
culation." 

A.  Holt: — "  I  want  to  get  a  few 
subscribers  for  the  Cynosure  if  I 
can." 

G.  W.  Keller: — *'  I  am  circulat- 
ing my  paper  and  trying  to  do 
what  I  can  for  the  cause." 

W.  F.  Humbert:—"  I  will  send 
you  a  club  as  soon  as  possible.  Club 
of  ten  if  I  can." 

John  Swickard: — "  I  will  try  to 
get  more  more  subecriberg," 

Individual,  successful,  continu- 
ous effort  will  in  time  bring  the 
list  up  to  a  higher  average.  Grand 
conquests  for  Christ  and  his  king- 
dom lie  in  the  realm  of  near  possi- 
bilities— 

' '  Up  it  ie  Jehovah's  rally, 
God's  own  arm  hath  need  of  thine." 


Books  and  Tracts  sent  during 
the  week  ending  Dec.  16,  1882. 

By  Express. 

Rev  V  E  Taylor,  Wesleyan 
Methodist  Pub  House. 

By  Mail. 

J  R  Cooper,  J  A  Stern,  S  0  Tay- 
lor, D  Hull,  T  A  Goulding,  E  A 
Brown,  G  13  Owen,  J  F  Williams, 
W  C  Billing,  H  S  Searaans,  G  W 
McCarthy,  F  M  Jones,  J  F  Ogier,  J 
8ciminger,  G  Longstreet,  C  Cozier, 
J  W  Greene,  J  H  Wilson,  T  R 
Sidwell,  W  H  Wiley,  T  Ginn,  N 
Daniels,  H  A  More,  W  A  Cochran, 
J  Lay  ton,  WO  Hoover,  R  A  Ditt- 
mar,  Mrs  A  Bruce,  C  L  Morley, 
B  S  Barnard,  J  H  Chaperon,  C  P 
Walrond,  P  Newcan,  J  T  Gardner; 
G  W  Worster,  A  Holt,  A  T  Chase, 
J  Buckham,  W  Fagg,  J  M 
Bell,  0  S  Byrkit,  A  H 
Wageneri',  L  H  Hand,  F  W 
Grant,  P  Rodgers,  E  Brighthill,  N 
BSisson,  Mrs  Leffingwell,  G  Seev- 
ers,  D  Wood,  A  C  Cajnpbell,  H  L 
Haftitij^s,  D  Country msn,  J  Mot- 
ter,  J  W  Lftughlan,  M  V  Tripp,  T 
Ford,  C  W  Kilbourne,  Mrs  C  E 
Owen,  L  D  Raynolds,  J  Harvey, 
L  Landon,  E  N  Cummings,  T  W 
Cooper,  J  S  Hickman,  Rev  G  W 
Day,  J  G  Brush;  C  A  Dirkor,  W 
Mason,  G  H  Danforth,  E  D  Dan- 
iels, W  P  Martin,  B  Franklin,  W 
HThoinaa.    ,. 


Subscriptions  received  during 
the  week  ending  Dec.  16, 1882. 

H  Austin,Rev.J  Brockman,Prof. 
E  D  Batlev,  E  S  Bnnce,  W  D 
Bishop,  J  G  Brush,  P  Bacon,  J  R 
Cooper,  A  Carlton,  1  C  Cole,  Mrp. 
B  N  Cravath.  J  Catterlin,  Eld.  T 
Carlton,  F  M  Cude,  G  Clark,  N 
Daniels,  J  Dorcas.  Sr.,  G  H  Dan- 
forth, G  W  Day,  Mary  'A  Fowler, 
J  A  Gordon,  T  Ginn,' I  J  Gray,  E 
B  Graham,  R  Hembrough,  G  S 
Hiekraan,  Sarah  Heller,  A  Holt, 
Rev.  H  Hakonsen.  W  F  Humbert, 
G  Harvey,  G  F  Helin,  A  C  Hig- 
ginsi  J  Hoobler,  D  Joups,  C  E 
Jaslin,  T  Johnson,  R*>v.  O  Johnson, 
J  R  Judeon,  K  A  Krnm,  Rev.  S 
Knapp,  G  W  Keller,  C  S  Kleppiech, 
E  S  Livingston,  M  Lowe,L  Landon, 
A  Mantle,  J  Morrow,  SB  Miller,  A 
J  Munger,  A  K  Martin,  Rev.  J  C 
Maxwell,  M  B  l^ichols,  P  Minton, 
G  "N  Norris,  S  Y  Orr,  A  Putnam, 
L  Perry,  Mrs.  J  Parish,  G.  W  Rob- 
inson. R  Reagin,  D  Reynolds,  Mrs. 
E  A  Rowley,  J  A  Rir;hards,  G  D 
Riegel,  J  A  Rouser,  C  Stegner,  H 
Spafford,  W  Shaw,  E  D  Tillson,  A 
D  Sheldon,  J  Swickard,  T  R  Shel- 
don, J  W  Thomson,  F  D  Tenney, 
M  Van  Al8tine,Eld.  D  N  Workman, 
H  D  Whitcotnb,  J  H  Wilson,  D 
West,  J  W  Woodworth,  T  S  Wal- 
ler, G  H  Williams,  J  C  Young. 


Cynosure  Extension  Fund. 

Statement  for  the  week  ending  Dec.  16, 
1882: 

Elder  D.  "N".  Workman,  $1.00 ; 
J .  Hoobler,  $2.00. 

Total  cash  received,     - 
Total  cash  used, 


$533  12 

397  47 


Cash  available,  -         -         $185  65 

This  Fund  is  designed  to  aid  in 
getting  subscribers  from  among 
those  who  do  not  take  the 
Gynosu/re,  and  who  may  be  induced 
to  read  it  by  paying  themselves 
$1.00  per  year.  The  Fund  pays 
50  cents,  making  up  the  club  rate. 
It  will  now  aid  270  new  subscribers 
to  get  the  paper  for  $1.00. 

J*  PLACE  FOR  YOUR  DSCTiOMARV, 
A  PLACE  FOR  YOUR  NEWSPAPERS, 
A  PLACE  FOR  YOUR  PER!ODlCAi.S, 

And  an  ornament  for  your  house,  all  in  one, 

THE  NOYES  DICTIONARY  HOLDEF 


PHOTOGRAPHS. 

Wc  now  have  at  tlie  Cynosure  office  a  supply  of 
well-executed  card  pliotograplis  of  Captain  Wm. 
Morgan,  President  J.  Blanchard,  President  Charles 
G.  Finney  and  Bldcr  David  Bernard,  at  15 
cents  each,  or  the  four  for  50  cents,  post-paid. 
^<M>aa^  «an>p»  ->»etTfld  #of  ixdo'bs.v  -vi^e'  $1 .00 

Handsome  Marriage  Certificates. 

Lithographed  In  hlack  and  gold,  with  a  place  on 
each  for  two  photographs. 

Price,  pot-paid,  ^'2.25  per  dozen;  by  express, 
charges  not  paid,  $14.00  per  100.  Sample  sent  post* 
paid  on  receipt  of  86  cents.    Size,  12  by  18  j  nches. 

PB&tWMatr  xieBA  a.  cook. 


Christian    Workers 

Who  depend  on  voluntary  con- 
tributions of  Christian  people  in 
whole  or  in  part  for  their  support: 

J.  F.  Browne,  Cabin  Creek,  Ky. 

Eli  Tapley,  Columbus,  Miss. 

J.  F.  Galloway,  Okahumka 
Florida. 

Wm.  Hazenbukg,  Cape  Town,  S. 
Africa. 

A.  D.  ZARAPHONrrHKS,  Andros, 
via  Syra,  Grreece. 

G.  H.  FiLiAN,  Armenia. 

Contributions  for  either  of  these 
brethren  may  be  forwarded  either 
through  the  editors  of  the  Gyno- 
sv/re  or  the  Treasurer  of  the  N^. 
C.  A.     Please  designate  to  which 


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Tin;  SHORTEST,  QUICKEST  and 
And  all  ^'^^i^^^^j.^EST  line  to  St.  Joseph, 
points  in  Iowv**^i^^a\>.^'^Wson,  Topeka,  Deni- 
Nebraska,Missouri,Kan!"Vi^^fcf.,^on,  Dallas,  Gal- 
Bas,  New  Mexico,  Arizona,  Moj&^aTfep*.^  veston, 
tana  and  Texas. 

,This  Koute  has  no  superior  for  Albert 
._^  ^SRfei*!'^*,  Minneapolis  and  St.  Paul. 
iJmversal-^^<5;^Sj^_^^  Nationally  reputed  as 
!y  conceded  to  ?i^jfe^s^belng  the  Great 
be  the  best  equipped  ^'•'^MC^^iwrhroughCar 
Kailroad  in  the  World  for  ^"'""'^^^  f*j*>^  Line 
all  classes  of  travel.  " 

KANSAS   CiTY 

All  connections  made 

In  Union 

Depots. 

Through     'V^'7^'\>^<{i(A/^  ^^ "' 

Tickets  via  thi^^Tr  ^^  \i^r  *"'*  y°"  ^'" 
Celebrated  Line  *^^S/jf5vbc^  """^  traveling  a 
sale  at  all  offices  i°/\^>H^'^^V    luxury.  Instead 

the  u. s.  ^°5/\  v'/\!%<'y^    °^  "  '^''" 

Canada.    >iCC^/^  All>w<A<!^v     comfort. 

Informatio^w   " 

about  Rates  of 

Fare,  Sleeping  Cars, ' 

etc  .  cheerfully  given  by 


T.  J    POTTER.  PERCEVAL  LOWELL, 

3d  Vice  Pres'l  ct  GerCl  Manager^       Gen.  J^ss.  Agt., 
ChicagOalU.-  C!bicas«- '?!■ 


MAJtKJSl  REPORIS. 


Chioaso,  Dec.  18,  1882. 


GKAIN— Wheat— No .    2 

No.  3 

Eejected 

Winter,  No,  2. . . 

Corn— No.  2 

Rejected 

Oats— No.  2 

Rye— No.  2 

Bran  per  ton 11  00 

Flour— Winter 4  50 

Spring 3  00 

Hay— Timothy 10  50 

Prairie 7  00 

Lard  per  cwt 

Mess  pork  per  bbl 

Butter,  medium  to  best ." 24 

Cheese 05 

Beans 3  35 

Eggs 

Potatoes,  per  bu 65 

Seeds— Timothy 1  55 

Clover 

Flax 

Broom  com 02 

Hides— Green  to  dry  flint 8^ 

Lumber— Clear 48  00 

Common 15  00 

Shingles 3  20 

WOOL-Washed 27 

Unwashed 18 

LIVE  STOCK— Cattle,  eitra 5  75 

Good 6  00 

Medium 4  25 

Common.  ..;i.v;. 2  25 

flogs •>;• 4  00 

Sheep 2  50 

Note  Xorh  MarheU. 

Flour 8  25 

Wheat— Spring 

Winter 8S 


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12  00 
ti  75 

4  80 
12  00 
10  50 
10  40 
17  00 

40 
14 

3  90 
27 
70 

1  60 

6  25 

1  16 

07 

15 

53  00 

22  00 

41 

.30 
6  40 

5  50 

4  75 
4  00 

6  50 
4  75 


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Oats 

Lard 

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The  CHRISTIMCYNOSmE. 


VOL.  XV.,No.  14. 


"In  Secret  Have  I  Said  Nothing.''— ^«iu«  Oh/rUt. 


WHOLE  No.  661 


EZRA  A.  COOK,  Poblishek. 
No.  13  Wabash  Avkntjb. 


CHICAGO,  TH.TIESD AY,  DECEMBEK  28,  1882. 


WEEKLY, 
a.OO  Feb  Yhab 


ASSOCIATB  EdITOKB. 


J.  BLANCHARD,  Editor, 
.    H.L.  KELLOGG,  ) 

Mrs.  EZRA  A.  COOK,  f 
E.  D  BAILEY,  Cokresponding  Editor. 

Address  all  business  letters  to  Ezra  A  Cook,  Publisher 
Christian  Cynosure.  All  letters  for  publication  to  "Ed- 
itor Christian  Cynosure,  No.  13  Wabasli  Ave ,  Chicago." 
Writers'  names  must  always  be  given.  No  manuscript 
returned  unless  requested  and  postage  enclosed. 

Terms. — $2.00  per  year.  Currency  by  unregistered 
letter  at  sender's  risk.  When  writing  to  change  address, 
ALWAYS  give  the  former  address. 

[Entered  at  the  Post  Office,  at  Chicago,  HI.,  as  2d  Clasi  Matter.] 


lAJBLJBl  OJF  CONTENTS. 


Editorial  : 

Topics  of  the  Time 1 

Letters :  Who  defeated 
St  John;  The  Kan- 
sas Convention  ....     8 

College  Outbreaks 9 

Satan's  Substitute  for 

Religion 1 

Contributions  : 

A  Bugle  Call 1 

Nihilism  2 

Reform  Story : 

Holden    with     Cords 

Chap  XXXIII 4 

The  Sermon  : 
The     Discerning     o  f 

Spirits 3 

New  England. 
Lodge  and    Dram-bar 

Hard  Pushed 5 

Reform  News  : 
Fr'^m  California;  Bro. 
Hinman  visits  Phil- 
adelphia       5 


Weed  Against  the  Lodge    9 
Correspondence  : 
Withdraw  ;    A    Good 
Local    Meeting    and 
Grand  Tax  Suit  ;Our 

Mail 6 

American  Politics: 
Votes    Thrown    <  >ut ; 
Sunday  School  Pol- 
itics    12 

Religious  News  : 
Undenomina  t  i  o  n  a  1 
Churches ;  The  Asso- 
ciated  Churches  of 

Christ 13 

Home  Circle 10 

Children's  Corner.  . .  10 

Sabbath  School 6 

Temperance 11 

Home  and  Farm 14 

News  of  the  Week.  . .  16 

Churches  vs.  Lodgery 14 

Then.  C.  a      14 

Publisher's  Dbp't 16 


TOPICS  OF  THE  TIME. 


A  measure  is  before  the  Senate  to  make 
Btock  gambling  odious.  It  provides  that  the  fact 
that  any  person  is  engaged  in  dealing  in  futures 
in  stocks,  provisions,  or  grain,  or  in  corners,  shall 
of  itselt  be  sufficient  ground  for  filing  a  petition 
in  bankruptcy  against  such  person.  The  proposi- 
tion came  up  in  the  form  of  an  amendment  to 
the  Bankruptcy  bill,  and  was  adopted  dy  a  con- 
siderable majority.  Jiist  now  the  New  York 
legislature  is  investigating  the  same  business, 
and  its  committee  has  been  taking  evidence  in 
New  York  city.  The  purpose  of  the  committee 
may  be  all  well  and  good,  but  when  it  calls  in 
Dr.  Crosby  and  H.  W.  Beecher  a  sinister  pur- 
pose is  detected,  either  to  make  these  gentlemen 
ridiculous  before  the  public  by  getting  from  them 
opinions  on  a  subject  of  which  they  know  little, 
or  to  make  the  investigation  itself  a  sham.  Jay 
Gould  told  the  committee  that  legal  restriction 
would'  not  cure  the  evil  The  only  check  ueces- 
sary  in  his  view  is  the  fact  that  nine-tenths  of 
those  who  gamble  in  stocks  lose  by  it.  A  legal 
restriction  has  this  merit,  however,  if  no  other; 
it  fastens  upon  the  business  the  fact  of  its  im- 
morality, and  backs  up  a  score  of  court  decieiona 
which  make  this  no  better  than  any  other  gam- 
bling. 


General  Curtis  an  ofiicer  of  the  government 
in  New  York  was  indicted  some  time  since  for 
assisting  Congressman  Hubbell  in  collecting 
"voluntary  assessments"  from  government  em- 
ployes for  the  support  of  the  Republican  party. 
The  case  passed  through  the  State  courts  against 
Curtis  and  tbe  Supreme  Court  has  just  given  its 
decision.  The  Court  not  only  affirms  the  con- 
stitutionalitv  of  the  law  which  prohibits  certain 
classes  of  officers  and  employes  from  receiving 
or  soliciting  money  from  one  another  for  politi- 
cal purposes,  but  says  further:  "  If  persona  in 
public  employ  m«y  be  called  on  by  those  in  au- 
thority to  contribute  from  their  peraonal  income 


to  the  expenses  of  political  campaigns,  and  a  rel 
fusal  may  lead  to  putting  good  men  out  of  the 
service,  liberal  payments  may  be  made  the 
ground  for  keeping  poor  ones  in."  And  if  the 
evil  is  allowed  it  will  result  in  demanding  in- 
crease of  salary  from  the  government,  which 
may  thus  be  made  an  instrument  indirectly  of 
keeping  a  corrupt  party  in  power.  This  clear 
and  forcible  decision  is  a  vindication  of  the  peo- 
ple's protest  on  the  7th  of  November  which  the 
political  leaders  will  not  forgot. 


From  Oregon  papers  of  the  last  week  in  No- 
vember, it-  is  learned'  that  Mrs.  Captain  John 
Smith,  the  only  daughter  of  "William  Morgan, 
died  at  her  home  on  the  Santiam  river,  near 
Mehama,  Marion  county,  Oregon,  on  the  20th 
November.  She  had  reached  the  age  of  60  years, 
and  had  long  lived  at  this  place.  It  is  said  that 
she  never  threw  any  light  on  the  great  tragedy 
that  befell  her  family,  though  it  is  believed  she 
must  have  heard  much  about  it  from  her  mother 
and  other  relations.  She  had  been  frequently 
interrogated,  but  spoke  of  the  matter  with  the 
greatest  reluctance.  Being  but  a  child  of  some 
three  years  when  her  home  was  invaded  by 
the  fearful  power  of  Freemasonry,  her  testimony 
as  to  the  transaction  could  not,  of  course,  be 
very  complete.  She  may  yet  have  been  able  to 
give  some  additional  facts  which  would  have 
been  of  deep  interest 


The  Woman's  Christian  Temperance  Union 
has  approved,  through  its  national  officers,  of 
the  proposition  of  the  United  Presbyterian 
brethren,  that  Tuesday  of  the  Week  of  Prayer 
be  devoted  "  as  a  day  of  prayer  to  the  God  of 
Nations,  that  his  Militant  Army  may  be  so  en- 
dued with  power  from  on  high,  that  it  shall  be 
indeed  mighty  for  the  pulling  down  of  strong- 
holds, and  thst  a  Pentecostal  power,  like  that  of 
the  Woman's  Crusade  of  1874,  may  rest  upon  us 
all,  to  the  end  that, in  the  customs  of  society  and 
by  the  laws  of  the  land,  there  shall  be  a  turning 
from  the  use  and  sale  of  alcoholic  liquors  as  a 
drink."  They  also  recommend  that  all-day 
meetings  be  held  and  suggest  a  programme, 
which  will  be  furnished  on  application  to  the 
office,  53  Biblp  TT'^upe,  New  York, 


The  "Brotherhood  of  Locomotive  Engi- 
neers" met  this  fall  in  Loui8ville,Ky.  The  pro- 
ceedings of  their  three-days'  meeting  were  so 
secret  that  even  the  ubiquitous  reporters  were 
foiled.  But  this  conclave,  so  secret  in  the  midst 
of  a  peaceful  Christian  community,  and  there- 
fore so  contrary  in  its  practice  to  Christianity 
and  good  government, — this  secret  lodge  cabal 
was  entertained  one  evening  by  the  Young 
Men's  Christian  Association  of  Louisville! 
Would  this  Y.  M.  C.  A.  have  noticed  a  meeting 
of  the  disciples  of  Jesus  gathered  to  pray  for  the 
outpouring  of  the  Holy  Spirit  or  that  the  great 
idolatry  of  the  lodge  be  broken  up? 


— Joseph  Cook  is  to  begin  January  8,  a  course 
of  twelve  Monday  noon  lectures  in  Tremont 
Temple,  Boston.  The  Gongregationalist  says: 
"We  have  been  impressed  with  the  solemn 
earnestness  of  his  manner  since  he  returned  to 
Boston.  He  has  the  bearing  of  one  who  feels 
the  burden  of  a  great  responsibility.  Having 
looked  widely  upon  the  world's  needs  and  oppor- 
tunities, he  seems  to  feel,  and  to  wish  all  others 
to  feel,  the  supreme  duty  and  privilege  of  mak- 
ing the  most  of  lite.  A  little  of  that  sort  of 
seriousness  is  not  unwelcome  just  now.  We 
hope  it  wiU  spread." 


Satan's  Subsiitutes  for  Religion. 

Men  know  the  existence  of  God  as  they  know 
space,  or  time,  not  by  our  senses'  but  by  our 
reason;  and  with  equal  certainty.  The  man 
who  doubts  or  denies  either,  has  a  rerverted 
understanding,  as  he  has  ptsrverted  or  lefective 
senses,  who  is  color  blind,  unable  to  dltjtinguish 
red  from  green. 

Satan,  the  foe  of  God,  che  enemy  of  man, 
and  the  rival  of  Christ,  insinuates  hitueelf  into 
the  false  philosophies,  as  into  the  fake  religions 
of  men.  Indeed,  false  philoaophy  is  tbu  theolo- 
gy of  false  religion.  "The  world,  by  wisdom, 
knew  not  God."     And  again, 

"Faults  m  the  life  breed  errors  in  the  bt»ln.'» 

The  use  Satan  has  for  vices  and  sins  is  to 
blind  '*the  mind  of  them  that  believe  not;"  and 
so  divorce  and  keep  men  from  being  reconciled 
to  God  in   Christ. 

Transmigration,  souls  passing  into  different 
bodies  at  death  in  an  eternal  round:  evolution, 
all  things  growing  better  by  an  eternal  law  of 
progress ;  — these  keep  the  mind  from  ever  get- 
ting to  God.  And  ceremonies,  false  worships, 
cheat  the  hearts  of  men,  as  false  philosophies 
cheat  their  minds.  Bath  keep  men  busy  till 
"  the  harvest  is  past,  the  summer  is  ended,  and 
we  are  not  saved;"  and  both  realize  the  fable 
of  Sisyphus,  who  spant  his  eternity  rolling  a 
stone  up  a  hill  to  let  it  roll  down  again.  But 
the  place  where  Ulysses  saw  Sisyphus  was  in 
heUI 


A  Bugle  Call. 


Civilization  at  times  eeems  to  turn  backward  ; 
yet  a  reaction  follows  and  the  tide  sweeps  beyond 
all  previous  landmarks.  In  all  great  reforms 
God  raises  up  to  warn  the  masses  a  few  stern, 
earnest  men,  who  will  declare  their  convictions 
of  truth  though  the  whole  world  scorn  and 
revile  them,  and  thongh  it  cost  them  their  lives. 
If  the  people  iiett-n  to  the  voice  of  warning  all 
is  well;  if  they  will  not  listen  God  will  in  some 
way  force  the  iseue  upon  them.  Some  whose 
heads  the  hand  of  time  has  crowned  with  silver, 
well  remember  when  the  Abolitionist  movement 
was  in  its  infancy;  you  remember  what  earnest, 
aggressive  men  God  sent  forth;  what  burning 
glowing  words  fell  from  their  lips,  which  seemed 
almost,  to  be  touched  with  fire  from  on  high; 
how  they  were  ridiculed,  called  fanatics,  and 
mobbed,  yet  they  would  not  stop  until  the  lips 
of  some  were  sealed  forever  by  the  assasin's  bul- 
let. Even  that  did  not  seem  to  stop  them  ;  but 
their  words  came  to  us  in  clearer  accents  through 
the  portals  of  the  tomb.  Men  who  would  not 
listen  to  the  living  did  listen  to  the  dead.  Yet 
the  masses  would  not  make  any  aggressive 
movement;  they  said  "  Slavery  may  be  wrong, 
but  we  can  do  nothing  about  it,  slaveholders  are 
in  our  Congress  and  help  enact  our  laws.  The 
institution  is  protected  by  our  laws;  it  has  co- 
existed   with  oui'  nation   and    cannot  be  put 

down. 

Some  of  you  remember  how  bloody  years  fol- 
lowed each  other  with  fierce  red  feet;  how  our 
fathers  and  brothers  went  forth  in  the  pride  and 
strength  of  manhood;  how  the  mothers  and  sis- 
ters waited  and  watched  at  h'~me,  watched  with 
sad,  weary  eyes  for  forms  which  would  never 
come  again ;  waited  with  burdened  hear'?  to  kiss 
lips  which  would  nover  be  kissed  sav.  by  the 
dark  soil  of  a  6outl?em  grave. 

Dear  reader,  would  you  have  those  y.  ..*3  come 
to  you  aaain?  You  answer,  "  No."  vVhy  do 
you  ask  such  a  question'? 

^  •  »  — 

— Faith's  eyes  can  see  through  afrow.  ^f  God, 
and  under  it  is  read  God's  thoughts  of      'e. 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE. 


December  28,  1888 


The  slave  power  is  gone  forever,  it  is  true, 
yet  there  is  an  institution  in  our  midst  that  is 
as  much  worse  than  slavery  was  as  idolatry  is 
worse  than  oppression.  The  slave  power  was 
confined  to  one  section  of  the  country;  the  lodge 
power  has  its  strongholds  in  every  State,  in 
every  county,  and  in  every  town  of  any  size. 
The  slave  power  did  not  control  over  two  thirds 
of  the  offices;  a  Masonic  lecturer  declared  in 
public  a  short  time  ago  that  nine-tenths  of  all 
government  offices  were  filled  by  Masons:  Yet 
the  proportion  of  Masons  to  those  who  are  not 
is  very  small.  A  short  time  before  be  said  that 
the  eeerets  of  Freemasonry  had  not  been,  fould 
not  be,  and  never  would  be  revealed.  While 
this  is  mere  bravado,  yet  to  all  practical  purposes, 
it  is  true.  A  majority  of  the  people  in  the 
United  States  know  nothing  about  the  power  of 
the  lodge  or  its  true  aim.  If  I  had  not  the  proof 
before  my  eyes  I  should  say  that  it  were  impos- 
sible that  an  intelligent  people  would  allow  nine- 
tenths  of  the  public  offices  to  be  held  by  mem- 
bers of  a  secret  order  of  which  they  know  noth- 
ing. Yet  it  is  so.  If  two-thirds  of  our  offices 
were  filled  by  members  of  the  Methodist  church, 
one  long,  loud  cry  would  resound  from  east  to 
west,  from  north  to  south:  Danger  1  Danger! 
The  church  and  state  must  not  be  united.  Yet 
men  shut  their  eyes,  fold  their  hands  and  say 
there  is  no  danger  when  the  secret  empire  and 
the  stale  are  united. 

This  institution,  which  is  so  harmless  and  in- 
nocent, has  a  power  so  great  that  to-day  no  man, 
whatever  his  abilities  may  be,  can  rise  to  any 
high  office  unlets  he  has  first  bowed  his  knee  to 
the  secret  empire.  Such  is  its  power  that  of  all 
the  papers  published  in  the  United  States,  you 
can  count  on  your  fingers  those  that  will  pub- 
lish an  article  opposed  to  secret  societies.  Such 
is  its  power  that  in  the  fi^e  leading  denomina- 
tions you  can  not  find  more  than  a  score  of  pul- 
pits from  which  the  pastor  would  dare  to  say 
one  word  against  the  lodge  power.  Such  is  its 
power  that  men  who  go  forth  to  lecture  against 
it  are  mobbed  and  their  meetings  broken  up; 
yet  they  can  have  no  redress,  for  the  men  who 
have  sworn  to  enforce  the  law  take  part  in  the 
disturbance  themselves,  or  have  sworn  to  protect 
their  brothers  who  have  taken  part. 

It  is  this  secret  power  which  reaches  forth  its 
dark,  slimy  hand  and  says  to  the  man  who  has 
professed  to  devote  his  whole  life  to  the  cause  of 
Christ,  "  If  you  will  come  to  me  I  will  help  pay 
your  salary.  It  will  cost  you  nothing.  Qome." 
He  goes  and  is  taught  the  one  universal  religion. 
He  kneels  at  the  altar  of  the  unknown  god  and 
prays,  not  to  Christ,  but  to  the  Grand  Architect 
of  the  Universe."  On  the  Sabbath  day  he 
stands  behind  the  sacred  desk  and  points  out  to 
others  "  the  steep  and  thorny  way  to  heaven." 
It  is  this  power  which  from  its  dark  midnight 
home  sends  forth  its  baneful,  incestious  breath, 
to  extinguish  the  holy  flame  which  burns  on  the 
altar  of  the  irue  God. 

The  secret  empire  is  to-day  striking  at  the  three 
fundamental  safeguards  of  civil  aud  religious 
liberty,  namely,  free  speech,  free  press  and  free 
mails.  To  some  who  have  not  investigated  this 
subject  it  may  seem  as  though  this  were  not  the 
voice  of  reason  but  the  mysterious,  moody 
mutterings  of  a  madman.  To  such  I  would  say, 
"  I  do  not  ask  you  to  take  my  word,  you  can 
easily  prove  whether  my  words  are  true  or  not. 
Ask  your  paper  to  publish  an  article  opposed  to 
secret  societies,  or  your  pastor  to  preach  a  ser- 
mon on  the  lodge  power.  Ascertain  how  many 
offices  in  your  county  are  filled  by  men  who  are 
members  of  secret  orders. 

I  know  of  no  way  of  judging  of  the  future 
but  by  the  past.  In  all  the  annals  of  the  past, 
point  out  to  me  if  you  can,  one  man  or  combi- 
nation of  men  that  having  usurped  great  power 
ever  yielded  it  willingly,  or  were  satisfied  with 
the  power :  which  they  had  already  acquired. 
"  It  is  natural  for  man  to  indulge  in  the  illusions 
of  hope."  . "  We  are  apt  to  .shut  our  eyes  against 
a  painful  truth,  and:,>,listen  to  the  song  of  the 
«iren  till  it  is  to  late." 

Do  you  see  yonder  beautiful  ship,  with  every 
white  sail  unfurled,  sailing  with  wind  and  tide? 
How  proudly,  grandly  she  passes  from  wave  to 
wave  I  There  are  brave  men,  beautiful  women 
and  innocnt  ehildren  on  board;  laughter  and 


mirth  are  there.  But  look  !  they  are  sailing  to- 
ward a  rock-bound  coast.  A  voice  of  warning 
says,  **  there  is  danger  ahead !  there  are  rocks 
beneath  the  waves  1  "  They  look  forth,  and 
laugh  him  to  scorn.  WhatI  rocks  beneath  those 
soft  fleecy  waves?  The  ship  sails  on,  they  are 
among  them  now,  and  the  children  clap  their 
hands  in  glee  to  see  the  white-capped  waves 
rise  up  by  the  ship's  side.    There  is  a  crash. 

"  She  struck  where  the  white  and  fleecy  waves 
Looked  soft  as  carded  wool." 

They  see  the  danger  now  and  pierce  the  sky 
with  one  last,  despairing  wail,  "  O  save  us! 
Must  we  perish?  "  The  rock-bound  coast  echoes 
back  above  ^'heir  last   resting  place — ^^  perish.^^ 

To  you  who  believe  that  my  words  are  true  I 
would ^ay,  To  the  work!  Never  were  the  times 
more  auspicious.  Men  who  have  never  heard 
of  our  party  say  that  a  new  party  must  arise. 

"  They  tell  us,  sir,  that  we  are  weak;  unable 
to  cope  with  so  formidable  an  adversary.  But 
when  shall  we  be  stronger?  Will  it  be  the  next 
week,  or  the  next  year?  Will  we  gather 
strength  by  inaction?"  "If  we  were  base 
enough  to  desire  it,  it  is  now  too  late  to  retire 
from  the  contest.  There  is  no  retreat  but  in 
submission  and  slavery.  Our  chains  are  forged." 
Two  years  ago  you  heard  their  brazen  clamor, 
within  the  halls  of  Boston,  declaring  that  there 
was  one  subject  on  which  you  should  not  be 
free. 

To  the  work  now,  or  the  time  will  come 
when  you  will  look  back  to  this  day,  to  this 
hour. 

"  As  the  dammed  haply  think  of  the  heaven 
They  had  once  in  their  reach— that  they  might  have  been  free.'' 

The  shadow  is  on  the  dial;  the  hand  writing  is 
on  the  wall ;  he  who  runs  may  read. 

Hklmbt. 


"  Nihihsm." 

Karl  Slimd  in  the  Contmnporvary  Review. 

This  word,  first  introduced  in  the  Russian 
language  by  Turguenieff  for  a  character  of  one 
of  his  novels,  was  before  him  used  by  the  Ger- 
man writer  Getzkow  in  his  "  Hitter  von  Geist." 
Its  present  application  to  the  state  of  parties  in 
Russia  is  rather  misleading.  As  elsewhere, 
there  are  in  Russia  men  of  very  various  oppo- 
sition shades — from  the  moderate  Liberal,  who 
would  be  satisfied  with  some  kind  of  parliamen- 
tary representation,  to  the  Republican  and  So- 
cialist of  different  sectional  views,  and  down  to 
the  impracticable  anarchist,  whose  brain  has  been 
turned  and  set  fire  to  by  incessantly  brooding 
over  wrongs  without  the  possibility  of  redress. 
It  is  not  fair  to  lump  all  these  groups  together 
and  to  brand  them  as  Nihilists.  It  should  be 
remembered  that  the  very  terrorists  of  the  JVar- 
odnaia  Volia  ("  Will  of  the  People  ")  who  were 
driven  to  their  present  tactics  by  sheer  despair 
of  making  an  impression  by  any  other  procedure, 
have  even  quite  recently  declared  in  a  remark- 
able manifesto  that  if  the  Czar  were  to  consent 
to  the  convocation  of  a  National  Constituent 
Assembly,  they  would  at  once  cease  using  violent 
means. 

When  Gen.  Garfield  was  stricken  down  by  the 
hand  of  a  crack-brained  assasin,  the  Secret  Rus- 
sian Committee  issued  a  protest  containing  ex- 
pressions of  deep  sympathy  with  the  people  of 
the  United  States,  and  an  energetic  denunciation 
of  the  vile  murderer.  "  In  a  country,"^  they 
eaid,  "  where  the  personal  libprty  of  the  citizens 
allows  of  the  pacific  agitation  for  an  idea,  and 
where  the  free  will  of  the  people  not  only  frames 
the  laws,  but  chooses  the  government,  afsasina- 
tion  as  a  means  of  political  struggle  is  tanta- 
mount to  that  very  despotism,  the  overthrow  of 
which  is  the  object  of  the  revolutionary  party  in 
Russia." 

Surely  these  views  are  not  what  most  people 
would  call"  Nihilism."  Only  step  by  step,  and 
very  unwillingly  at  first,  were  even  the  extreme 
Russian  Socialists  induced  to  give  up  their  or- 
iginally peaceful  agitation  among  the  peasantry 
and  the  people  of  the  workshops.  They  began 
as  thorough  idealists,  imbued  with  an  apostolic 
spirit.  Mostly  young  men  and  girls  of  the  well- 
to-do,  cultured,  even  aristocratic  class,  they  gave 
up  all  their  worldly  prospects;  dressed  like  work- 


ing people  and  peasants;  changed  their  names; 
mixed  and  labored  with  the  crowd,  trying  to 
gain  it  over  to  the  new  gospel  of  political  and 
social  progress — often  with  very  indifferent 
success;  for  the  more  brutish  among  the  ignorant 
multitude  often  handed  over  their  would-be 
friends  and  deliverers  to  the  police.  Of  these 
enthusiasts,  a  book  ("  Subterranean  Russia") 
publ'shed  by  a  pseudonym  author,  M.  Stephjak, 
but  the  contents  of  which  are  in  no  small  meas- 
ure authenticated  by  a  well-known  Russian  exile, 
says : 

"Their  creed  .was  Socialism;  their  god,  the 
people.  They  were  ready  for  every  sacrifice ; 
but  they  possessed  neither  the  impetuosity  nor 
the  deep  passions  necessary  for  the  combat. 
After  the  first  disappointments  they  no  longer 
hoped  for  victory,  but  aimed  more  at  the  crown 
of  thorns  than  at  the  laurel- wreath.  They  were 
overflowing  with  love,  and  unable  to  hate  any- 
body— not  even  their  executioners." 

Not  a  few  of  these,  however,  whose  career  had 
thus  commenced,  afterward  changed  into  support- 
ers of  a  system  of  revolutionary  terror,  owing  to 
the  wholesale  arrest  and  deportation  of  the  most 
peaceful  propagandists.  The  trial  of  193  pris- 
oners at  Moscow,  in  1878,  destroyed  the  last  il- 
lusions as  to  the  possibility  of  a  legal  agitation 
for  social  and  political  reform.  Then,  in  Schil- 
ler's words,  "  The  milk  of  pious  thought  turned 
into  dragon's  bane."  Conspiratory  circles  were 
formed,  in  which  "  a  covenant  with  death"  was 
the  parole. 

There  is  not  space  enough  here  to  give  a  de- 
scription, highly  instructive  as  it  would  be  of  the 
many  martyrs  of  revolutionary  conviction  who 
have  suffered  the  penalty  of  their  deeds  during 
the  last  few  years.  Among  the  various  typical 
figures  of  these  conspiracies,  two  at  least  may  be 
mentioned :  Danitri  Lissogub,  who  was  hanged 
on  the  denunciation  of  his  own  steward,  for  hav- 
ing devoted  his  whole  property  to  propagandism 
and  revolutionary  action.  It  came  out  in  the 
trial  of  the  sixteen,  in  1880,  that  Lissogub  sold 
landed  estates  of  the  value  of  200,000  rubles  for 
that  purpose.  Pale,  haggard,  long  bearded,  of 
apostolic  aspect  and  demeanor,  this  enthusiast 
always  appeared  in  most  shabby  garb,  thinly 
clad,  in  the  bitterest  cold.  The  author  of  "Sub- 
terranean Russia"  calls  him  "  the  Saint  of  Nihil- 
ism." His  counterpart  was  Valerian  Ossinsky. 
He  is  depicted  as  of  great  manly  beauty,  tall, 
slim,  of  elegant  attitude,  with  blue  eyes  of  en- 
thusiastic expression,  fair-haired  and  well-beard- 
ed, of  charming  manners — a  favorite  of  women. 
He  was  the  best  collector  of  pecuniary  means  for 
the  party.  When  he  asked  for  contributions, 
even  old  misers  did  not  resist  his  persuasive 
voice.  He  is  called  the  "  Apollo  of  Nihilism." 
He,  too,  ended  at  the  gallows. 


The  Gam  of  Sabbath  Rest 

Of  course  I  do  not  say  that  a  man  will  not 
produce  more  in  a  week  by  working  seven  days 
than  by  working  six  days.  But  I  very  much 
doubt  whether,  at  the  end  of  the  year,  he  will 
generally  have  produced  more  by  working  seven 
days  a  week,  than  by  working  six  days  a  week ; 
and  I  firmly  believe  that  at  the  end  of  twenty 
years  he  will  have  produced  less  by  working 
seven  days  a  week  than  by  working  six  days  a 
week.  The  natural  difference  between  Campa- 
nia and  Spitzbergen  is  trifling  when  compared 
with  the  difference  between  a  country  inhabited 
by  men  of  full  bodily  and  mental  vigor,  and  a 
country  inhabited  by  men  sunk  in  bodily  and 
mental  decrepitude.  Therefore  it  is  that  we  are 
not  poorer,  but  richer,  because  we  have  through 
many  ages  rested  from  our  labor  one  day  in 
seven.  That  day  is  not  lost.  While  industry  is 
suspended,  while  the  plough  lies  in  the  furrow, 
while  the  exchange  is  silent,  while  no  smoke  as- 
cends from  the  factory,  a  process  is  going  on 
quite  as  important  to  the  wealth  of  the  nation  as 
any  process  which  ia  performed  on  more  busy 
days.  Man,  the  machine  of  machines — the  ma- 
chine compared  with  which  all  the  contrivances 
of  the  Watts  and  Arkwrights  are  worthless — is 
repairing  and  winding  up,  so  that  he  returns  to 
his  labor  on  the  Monday  with  clearer  intellect, 
with  livelier  spirits,  with  renewed  corporeal 
vigor.  — Maoofula/y. 


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December  28,  1882 


THE  CHHiSTiAH  CTHOSURSL 


3 


The  Sermon. 

PREACHT?T>    IN    THE  COLLKGE    CHAPEL,  WHEATON,  BY 
PRKS.  C.  A.  BLANCHAK0. 

Beloved,  believe  not  every  spirit,  but  try  the  eplrits  whether  they  be 
of  God;becaaee  many  false  prophets  are  gone  oat  into  the 
World.— IJohn  4:1. 

In  this  verse  we  have  two  commands  and  the 
reason  for  their  utterance;  v^e  are  not  to  believe 
every  spirit,  we  are  to  try  all  spirits  under 
whose  influence  we  may  be  thrown,  and  the  rea- 
son for  this  unbelief  and  testing  is  that  many 
false  prophets  are  gone  out  into  the  world.  A 
prophet,  strictly  speaking,  is  one  who  foretells 
future  events;  generally  used,  it  signifies  any  re- 
ligious teacher.  A  false  prophet,  therefore,  is 
an  erroneous  teacher,  and  the  injunction  of  the 
text  is,  not  to  believe  every  spirit  but  to  try  all 
epirits  because  there  are  many  teachers  of  error 
gone  out  into  the  world.  These  facts  lead  to  the 
conclusion  that  the  spirits  which  we  are  not  to 
believe  without  examination  are  in  men ;  i.  e., 
are  in  persons  who  profess  to  be  prophets.  In 
terpreting  the  text  in  this  manner  it  will  read: 
Do  not  believe  every  religious  teacher,  but  test 
all  those  who  profess  to  declare  the  word  of  God, 
lor  many  false  teachers  are  abroad  among  men. 
Our  subject  naturally  divides  itself  as  follows: 

I.  All  men,  and  especially  all  religious  teach- 
ers, are  led  and  influenced  by  some  spirit,  eo 
that  testing  their  teachings  is  testing  the  spirits 
which  animate  them. 

II.  Spirits  are  of  two  sorts,  good  and  bad; 
good  spirits  make  true  prophets,  bad  spirits  make 
false  prophets  or  teachers. 

III.  Evil- spirits  do  not  appear  in  their  own 
guise  and  openly  profess  their  own  work.  They 
mingle  with  the  sons  of  God,  profess  to  declare 
his  Word,  and  seek  to  be  credited  as  his  repre- 
sentatives. 

lY.  It  is  hence  a  duty  to  test  these  teachers 
to  ascertain  by  what  spirit  they  are  moved  and 
if  this  is  duty  of  course  God  has  furnished  the 
means  of  doing  it:  i.  e.,  we  can  know  whether 
prophets  are  true  or  false. 

Y.  Having  tested  spirits  we  should  resist  the 
devil  and  be  filled  with  faith  and  with  the  Holy 
Ghost. 

MEN  ABE  CONTKOLLED  BY  SPIBFrS. 

Idealism  and  materialism  have  been  contend- 
ing schools  in  Philosophy,  the  one  claiming  that 
there  is  nothing  but  spirit  and  its  manifestations; 
the  other  that  there  is  nothing  but  matter  and 
its  qualities.  Both  these  opinions  are  contra- 
dicted by  the  universal  judgment  of  the  masses 
of  men.  Here,  as  frequently  in  the  development 
of  mind,  error  is  in  each  extreme  while  truth  lies 
in  the  valley  between.  There  is  little  doubt 
however,  that  the  idealist  is  much  nearer  to 
the  truth  than  his  materialistic  neighbor.  It  is 
much  more  nearly  the  truth  that  spirit  is  all, 
than  that  matter  is  all.  AH  that  we  see  in  nature 
is  the  expression  of  that  which  first  existed  in 
the  mind  of  God,  and  all  that  we  see  in  art  is 
simply  the  embodied  thought  of  man.  It  is  ob- 
vious that  all  the  works  of  men  may  be  divided 
into  two  great  classes,  viz.,  those  which  are  hon- 
orable to  God,  as  man's  creator,  and  useful  to 
men,  and  those  which  are  dishonoring  to  God 
and  damaging  to  men.  It  has  been  said  that 
one  who  makes  two  blades  of  grass  grow  where 
only  one  was  before  is  a  benefactor  of  the  race, 
60  is  every  one  who  increases  the  sum  total  of 
human  happiness  by  exertion  of  muscle  or  mind. 
The  sewing  machine  clicks  in  every  household 
and  the  farmer  of  to-day  may  ride  almost  all 
the  season  excepting  at  meal  times.  The  print- 
ing press  gives  us  the  life  work  of  Milton  for 
twenty-five  cents,  or  the  New  Testament  for  a 
nickel.  Take  on  the  other  hand  the  inventiolr 
of  the  Btill  or  the  passion  for  war.  The  one  set 
of  inventions  tend  to  widen  the  horizon  and 
lengthen  the  life  and  increase  the  powers  and 
opportunities  of  men,  the  other  to  multiply  mis- 
eries and  deaden  the  hopes,  and  brutalize  the 
soul.  Just  so  in  regard  to  the  teachings  of  men, 
in  one  case  we  find  humility,  purity,  and  usetul- 
ness  as  the  result  of  instructions,  in  other  cases 
conceit  and  folly  attended  by  no  tangible  result 
of  good.  The  fact  that  all  man's  thoughts,  plans 
and  labors  tend  certainly  in  one  of  these  two  di- 
rections leads  to  the  second  proposition,  viz., 
that, 


THEBB  ABB  TWO  S0BT8  OF  SPrfinS, 

the  good  and  the  evil,  the  one  leading  men  ever 
upward,  the  other  leading  them  ever  downward. 
The  Bible  calls  evil  spirits  "unclean"  more  fre- 
quently than  anything  else,  and  good  spirits  are 
ministering,  i.  e.,  serving.  The  names  express 
the  tendency  and  results  of  the  action  and  teach 
ing  of  the  two  classes  of  spirits.  In  the  one 
case  we  ha?e  material  and  spiritual  defilement, 
idleness,  vagabondage,  vice,  envies,  hatreds, 
murders.  In  the  other  case  we  have  service, 
the  weak  strengthened,  the  ignorant  instructed, 
the  vicious  reclaimed,  the  idle  and  worthless 
made  industrious  and  useful.  Over  every  man's 
head  and  heart  these  two  armies  of  light  and 
darkness  contend,  each  struggling  for  mastery. 
They  do  not  always  reveal  themselves  to  those 
for  whom  they  battle.  Men  simply  find  them- 
eelves  moved  by  two  opposing  winds,  one  blow- 
ing in  one  direction,  and  anofier  in  a  contrary 
one.  The  lie  and  the  truth  each  stand  begging 
for  reception;  honesty  and  dishonesty  claim  the 
man's  mind  and  soul.  All  conceivable  teachings, 
examples  and  impulses  run  in  one  of  these  two 
directions.  There  is  no  third  somewhat  that 
divides  with  these  two  the  empire  of  the  world. 
All  actions  are  good  or  evil.  All  actions  are 
the  fruit  and  result  of  spirit,  the  embodiment  of 
thought.  Nor  are  men's  acts  in  general  the  sole 
product  of  their  own  thought.  One  man's  mind 
operates  upon  the  mind  of  another  and  often- 
times we  find  ourselves  in  the  hands  of  spirit  in- 
fluences which  do  not  have  bo'diiy  form  and 
which  work  upon  the  mind  without  intervention 
of  the  senses.  The  one  makes  the  man  a  true 
prophet,  whom  it  will  be  safe  to  follow;  the  oth- 
er makes  him  a  false  prophet  of  whom  there  are 
many  in  the  world.  But  the  point  to  be  espec- 
ially noted  here  is  that  the  false  spirit  never  sails 
under  his  true  colors.  A  true  pirate,  he  displays 
all  flags  except  his  own.  The  black  flag  with 
its  skull  and  bones  is  never  run  up  until  he 
deems  it  impossible  for  his  victim  to  escape. 

SATAN  IMITATES  THE  ANGEL  OF  LIGHT. 

(2  Cor.  11:14;)  and  in  this  garb  he  deceives  many. 
When  he  came  to  Eve,  it  was  with  a  proposition 
to  bestow  upon  her  a  good  gift;  when  he  came 
to  God  as  the  accuser  of  Job,  he  was  only  inter- 
ested in  unmasking  a  hypocrite;  when  he  came 
to  the  Lord  Jesus,  his  month  was  full  of  texts 
of  Scripture.  If  he  thus  boldly  confronted  our 
parents  in  Eden,  and  God  himself,  it  is  small 
wonder  if  he  in  like  manner  assails  us.  He 
makes  the  worldly,  careless,  self-righteous  pro- 
fessor of  religion  at  ease;  he  refrains  from  him 
and.  lets  him  alone.  He  finds  some  humble,  use- 
ful, self-distrustful  soul  and  harrasses  and  pur- 
sues it  with  doubts  and  fears.  Thus,  liar  and 
hypocrite  that  he  is,  he  preaches  peace  to  the 
one  who  serves  self  and  terror  to  the  one  who 
serves  God,  and  all  the  while  it  is  as  a  teacher 
of  divine  truths  that  he  appears.  With  lies  he 
makes  the  heart  of  the  righteons  sad  whom  God 
has  not  made  sad.  Ez.  13:22.  And  at  the  same 
time  he  strengthens  the  hands  of  the  wicked 
that  he  should  not  return  from  his  evil  way  by 
promising  him  life.  But  our  text  requires  us  to 
try  the  spirits  whether  they  be  of  God.  Of  course 
if  it  is  a  duty  to 

TKY  SPIKITS;  IT  CAN  BE  DONE. 

Every  command  supposes  power  to  fulfill  it, 
and  this  one  in  the  text  is  no  exception.  Let  us 
then  for  a  little  while  examine  the  Scriptures  to 
see  how  to  test  them.  And  first, we  have  one  chief 
and  comprehensive  test  in  the  immediate  con- 
text. Every  spirit  that  confesses  that  Jesus 
Christ  is  come  in  the  flesh  is  of  God.  There  are 
two  ways  of  confessing  or  denying  this,  viz.,  by 
word  and  by  deed.  Some  openly  deny  that 
Christ,  the  anointed  one,  has  come  in  the  flesh, 
lived,  suffered  and  died  for  the  sins  of  men. 
Masonic  and  Odd-fellow  lodges  and  ministers 
who  deny  the  atonement  are  of  this  number. 
Other  systems  and  teachers  are  animated  by  a 
spirit  that  does  not  explicitly  deny  this,  but  ren- 
ders its  lip-confession  worthless  by  repudiating 
the  teachings  and  refusing  the  authority  of  J%sus. 
Examples  are  lound  in  Mormcnism,  Spiritualism 
and  in  those  who  profess  to  believe  and  do  not 
obey.  Every  one  who  deniefi  that  Jesus  Christ 
came  in  the  flesh  to  bear  thft  load  of  sin  away 


from  the  sons  of  men  is  not  animated  by  the 
Spirit  of  God. 

ANOTETES  TEST  18  FOUND 

further  along,  to-wit  in  the  sixth  verse.  *'Weare 
of  God,"  says  the  apostle.  He  that  kuoweth  God 
heareth  us,  he  that  is  not  of  God  heareth  us  not. 
This  is  an  assertion  of  his  inspiration  and  a  dec- 
laration that  those  who  reject  the  inspired  Word 
of  God,  do  not  know  him.  To  the  same  effect 
is  the  word  of  the  Saviour:  "My  feheep  know  my 
voice;  *  *  they  know  not  ihe  voice  of  strang- 
ers. (Substance  of  John  10:4.)  We  have  here  a 
simple  method  by  which  we  can  determine  our 
state,  and  the  character  of  religious  teachers. 
How  do  we  do  with  the  Wordof  Godi  Do  we 
hear  and  heed  it?  Every  one  who  is  of  God 
knows  his  voice,  recognizes  his  word  and  gives 
attention  to  it.  He  who  slights  the  word,  or  re- 
fuses it  or  in  any  way  casts  reproach  and  dis- 
credit upon  it,  is  not  of  God:  does  not  know 
him,  whatever  he  may  profess.  There  have 
been  in  all  ages  of  religious  advance  worthy 
persons  who  have  imagined  themselves  to  have 
passed  beyond  the  need  of  God's  Word  inasmuch 
as  they  receive  direct  communications  from 
above.  They  consider  themselves  as  much  in- 
spired as  John  why  then  should  they  listen  to 
him.  Themselves  have  visions,  dream  dreams, 
and  hear  voices  direct  from  God's  throne,  what 
profit  is  it  to  them  to  study  a  book  written  by 
one  just  like  themselves.  Against  all  such  er- 
rorists  the  Holy  Spirit  sets  himself.  He  that  is 
of  God  heareth  us.  To  hear  implies  obedience, 
and  trust,  not  merely  an  impression  made  upon 
the  mind  through  the  eye  or  ear.  Supposing 
now  a  person  to  affirm  that  he  speaks  or  acts  un- 
der compulsion  of  the  Holy  Spirit.  That  he  does 
as  he  does,  it  beinsr  impossible  to  do  otherwise. 
Whereas  Paul  affirms  (1  Cor.  14:32)  that  the 
spirit  of  the  prophets  is  subject  to  the  prophets, 
God  not  being  the  author  of  confusion,  but  of 
peace  as  in  all  assemblies  of  the  holy  ones.  He 
that  is  of  God  heareth  the  inspired  word  of  God. 
Does  not  slight  or  set  it  aside  on  one  pretence  or 
another  but  hears  it. 

Still  a  third  test  we  find  in  the  latter  part  of 
the  chapter.     It  is  the  test  of 

LOVB  TOWABD  OTJB   FELLOWS. 

This  is  the  evidence  and  proof  of  our  love  to 
God.  If  I  say  without  ceasing  that  I  love  God 
and  am  at  peace  with  him,  no  man  can  perhaps 
tell  whether  I  lie  or  tell  the  truth  ;  i.  e..  if  he 
knows  nothing  except  that  I  say  so.  But  if  I 
say  that  I  love  and  am  at  peace  with  my  fellow 
men,  this  is  a  matter  that  is  much  more  easilv 
determined,  and  the  Holy  Spirit  makes  a  clear 
statement  that  the  one  who  says  he  loves  God 
and  at  the  same  time  hates  his  fellow,  is  a  liar. 
Here  is  another  plain,  obvious  measure  by  which 
we  can  try  ourselves  and  all  religious  teachers. 
Do  words  and  works  of  love  for  man  flow  out 
from  our  hearts  and  appear  «s  the  result  of  the 
teaching  which  we  examine  ?  If  not,  the  spirit 
that  is  at  work  is  not  a  good  one  but  a  bad  one. 
If  men  are  constantly  seeking  to  get  blessed  but 
never  seeking  to  impart  blessing  to  others  they 
are  not  in  the  Bible  way.  If  persons  are  con- 
stantly blessing  others  they  will  find  the  peace 
of  God  to  be  flowing  through  their  hearts  like  a 
river.  If  we  find  however,  that  ourselves  or  our 
teachers  bless  God  and  curse  man  with  the  same 
mouth,  we  should  be  sure  that  here  is  a  manifest 
footprint  of  Satan. 

But  what  is  the  use  of  testing  or  trying  spirits 
and  refusing  to  believe  some  that  profess  to  de- 
clare the  mind  of  God?  It  is  evidently  because 
we  may  reject  the  evil  and  choose  the  good.  Here 
comes  in  again  the  wonderful 

POWER  OF  CHOICE. 

The  devil  assaults  all.  From  the  first  Adam 
to  the  second  and  in  all  the  weary  years  since, 
Satan  has  laid  siege  to  the  human  soul.  Never 
in  his  native  blackness  and  hideous  deformity, 
but  always  disguised  as  an  angel  of  light.  Or  if 
there  be  exception  to  tliis  general  rule,  it  is  when 
he  clutches  with  fierce  talons  his  shuddering 
prey  after  his  siege  is  successful  and  his  triumph 
assured.  But  men  may  resist  the  devil,  and  if 
they  resist  him  he  will  flee  from  them.^  Jas.  4:7. 
And  men  may  draw  nigh  to  God,  and  if  they  do 
be  will  draw  nigh  to  thrao.    Men  may  be  filled 


THK  CHRISTIAN  cynosure: 


December  28,  188S 


with  all  the  fnhieBB  of  God.  Eph.  3:19.  Here 
J8  R  blessed  truth  upon  which  we  may  well  rest. 
It  is  not  an  idle  task  to  try  the  spirits  for  if  we 
find  them  evil,  no  matter  how  plausible  or  pow- 
erful they  may  be,  we  may  successfully  resist 
them,  and  if  we  find  them  to  be  holy  and  good 
we  may  receive  them  and  crown  them  and  obey 
them  forever. 

BELIJBVE  NOT  EVERY  SPIRIT. 

Stick  by  what  you  know  to  be  good  until  vou 
find  somethinji:  that  you  know  to  be  better.  Try 
spirits,  all  of  them,  even  when  they  come  quoting 
Scripture.  There  are  m»ny  false  prophets  ffone 
out  into  the  world,  who  in  the  end  reject 
Christ,  cast  away  his  words  and  instill  hatred 
into  hearts  where  love  should  reign.  Reject 
the  evil  and  cleave  to  the  gfood  so  shall  you  be- 
come partakers  of  the  divine  nature  having  es- 
caped the  corruption  that  is  in  the  world  through 
lust. 


REFORM  STORY. 


Holden  with  Cords. 


BY  THE  AUTHOR  OF  "LITTLE  PEOPLE 


'>  « 


A   SUNNY 


LIFE,"  ETC. 
Chavter  XXXIH—Angeatk  SttMea. 

Fidelity  lodge  met  in  the  upper  story  of  a 
briok  building  near  the  center  of  the  village, 
agreeably  to  the  practice  of  their  ancient  breth- 
ren who  assembled  on  high  places  to  worship 
Baal,  as  standard  Masonic  authorities  confirmed 
byall  the  Bible  commentaries  and  encyclopedias, 
unite  to  inform  us.  It  numbered  sixty  or  seventy 
members  and  to  outward  appearances  was  in  a 
prosperous  condition.  But  an  examination  of 
the  Secretary's  books  would  have  revealed  a  tale 
of  disordered  finances  only  equalled  by  the  petty 
bickerings  and  out-and-out  quarrels  that  at  every 
meeting  of  the  lodge  vexed  the  soul  of  the  "Wor- 
shipful Master,  who  strove  heroically  to  infuse 
his  own  high  Masonic  ideal  into  the  worthy 
brethren,  but  never  succeeded  in  quite  satisfying 
himself  or  anybody  else. 

It  is  a  melancholy  fact  that  "the  good  men  in 
the  lodge"  of  whom  we  hear  so  much  are  a 
practical  nonentity  beside  a  few  unscrupulous 
members.  Goodness  is  modest  and  apt  to  shrink 
into  the  back-ground;  but  wickedness  ie  aggres- 
sive and  out-spoken.  Anson  Lovejoy,  though 
he  held  the  highest  office  in  the  lodge,  did  not 
wield  in  reality  a  tenth  part  of  the  inflaerice 
exercised  by  another  member  who  held  no  office 
at  all. 

This  was  Mr.  Jervish,  to  whom  the  reader 
will  remember  that  I  made  a  rather  disparaging 
allusion  in  my  talk  with  Rachel  recorded  in  the 
last  chapter.  I  disliked  the  man  without  know- 
ing anythinsr  very  positive  about  him  beyond 
what  the  tongue  of  rumor  asserted — that  he  was 
a  free-thinker  in  religion  and  a  libertine  in  mor- 
als. But  it  must  not  be  supposed  that  these 
two  triflinjr  circumstances  affected  in  the 
least  his  good  and  regular  standing  in  the 
lodge,  or  moved  any  one  of  the  reverend  gen- 
tlemen belonging  thereto  to  protest  for  the 
honor  of  their  sacred  office  against  such  compan- 
ionship. 

It  was  commanded -of  old  that  even  the  burden 
bearers  of  the  temple  should  be  clean  from  all 
defilement.  Shall  they  who  are  separated  to  a 
far  higher  service,  fraternize  in  unholy  union 
with  men  who  habitually  violate  God's  code  of 
moral  purity,  and  think  to  stand  with  unspotted 
garments  in  the  pulpit?  Can  their  prayers,  their 
sermons-  their  breaking  of  bread  in  the  Holy 
Supper  be  anything  but  an  abomination  and  a 
loathing  in  his  sight?  O,  Church  of  the  living 
God,  how  long  will  you  allow  such  foolish  pas- 
tors to  lay  waste  your  fair  heritage?  O,  Bride 
of  Christ,  how  long  shall  your  honor  be  turned 
to  shame  by  their  praises  of  your  harlot  rival? 

Mark— or  to  speak  more  correctly,  Elder 
Stedman,  had  lost  none  of  his  old  hatred  to  the 
lodge.  He  had  only  relaxed  his  warfare  on  the 
system  when  he  believed  that  it  was  down  never 
to  rise  again  from  its  mortal  hurt.  And  now 
the  fall  of  slavery  had  made  a  silence  in  which 
t!ao  approaching  footsteps  of  the  next  great  issue 
was  plainly  perceptiblf  to   "the  hearing  ear," 


which  Elder  Stedman  believed  ought  to  be  more 
characteristic  of  the  ministry  than  any  other 
ftlass  of  men — an  opinion  largely  based  on  the 
Bible  account  of  the  old  prophets,  who  certainly 
took  a  lively  interest  in  the  great  moral  ques- 
tions of  their  day-  But  a  good  many  people  did 
not  share  this  idea,  and  when  Mark  began  to 
level  his  arrows  at  Masonry  there  was  the  'usual 
number  of  undiscerninp'  good  men  outside  of 
the  lodge,  "who  thought  ministers  ought  to 
meaeh  the  gospel  and  let  other  subjects  alone. 
But  the  Elder  had  never  been  in  the  habit  of 
reading  his  marching  orders  backward.  He 
hadn't  the  slightest"  notion  that  the  command, 
"Cry  aloud  and  spare  not,"  really  meant,  "Be 
silent  on  all  popular  sins,  and  spare  the  feelings 
of  sinners  as  much  as  possible."  And  so  he 
preached  on,  as  serenely  careless  of  any  dis- 
turbance produced  by  his  words  as  the  sun  is  of 
all  the  agitated  runnings  to  and  fro  in  some  col- 
ony of  discomforted  beetles  suddenly  exposed  to 
the  light. 

Masonry  was  strong  in  Granby,  and  under  its 
shadow  flourished  Odd-fellowship,  and  all  the 
kindred  secret  orders  that  like  nifishroons  sprang 
up  in  the  night  of  the  war  to  cover  the  land 
with  their  rank,  foul  growth.  It  was  strong 
enough  to  make  men  who  hated  the  system  from 
the  bottom  of  their  hearts  shrink  from  discus- 
sing it  with  that  strange  fear  that  only  the  lodge 
is  capable  of  inspiring; — to  strike  the  whole  com- 
munity with  a  kind  of  moral  paralysis,  an  unac- 
countable apathy,  that  is  like  a  death  chill  at  the 
heart  of  all  f reethought. 

"What  can  the  church  be  thinking  of  not  to 
wake  up  to  her  duty  in  this  matter  of  Masonry?" 
said  Mark  to  me  one  day  when  he  and  Hannah 
had  rode  over  for  an  hour's  cozy  chat  and  a  cup 
of  tea  together.  "Above  all,  what  is  the  minis- 
try thinking  of  not  to  see  that  fellowship  with 
the  lodge  is  spiritual  adultery? — the  very  same 
sin  for  which  God  visited  the  Jewieh  church 
with  such  terrible  judgments.  There  is  a  blind- 
ness on  this  subject  that  is  perfectly  inscrutable. 
In  many  places  the  churches  are  so  completely 
dominated  and  controlled  by  this  foul  spirit  of 
secrecy  that  they  are  like  a  hive  of  bees  riddled 
through  and  through  with  moths.  There  is  no 
spiritual  life  left  in  them." 

"Well  the  fact  is  we  reformers  made  a  terri 
ble  blunder  in  the  old  Morgan  days,  and  now  our 
children  and  children's  children  must  pay  for  it 
by  fighting  the  battle  all  over  again.  We  took 
it  for  granted  that  the  lodge  was  dead  and 
dropped  all  talking  and  writing  on  the  Subiect 
Meanwhile  Masonry  was  striking  hands  with  the 
slave  power  south  of  Mason  and  Dixon's  line, 
and  hatching  up  Odd-fellowship  and  Good 
Templarism  and  a  host  of  other  secret  orders  to 
keep  the  way  open  for  its  ultimate  return  to 
power.  Now  it  is  back  in  its  old  place  with  at 
least  a  hundred  avenues  for  mischief  where  it 
had  one  before." 

"But  we've  got  the  old  weapoos  to  fight  it 
with,"  returned  Mark.     "Thank  God  for  that." 

Rachel  and  Hannah  had  been  indulging  m 
some  low-toned  domestic  confidences.  Their  at- 
tention was  how  attracted  to  the  conversation 
and  the  latter  remarked, 

"I  wonder  that  so  many  women,  and  some  of 
them  sisters  in  the  church  too,  can  stand  in  an 
apologetic  attitude  towards  the  lodge,  when  they 
know  it  excludes  and  treats  with  contempt  the 
whole  female  sex." 

"Well  I  had  an  experience  on  that  point," 
answered  Rachel,  "at  our  last  sewing  meeting, 
Colonel  Montfort's  wife,  Maria  Perkins  that 
was — you  remember  her  Hannah — was  telling 
about  a  Masonic  grand  ball  that  she  attended 
somewhere,  given  in  honor  of  the  members' 
wives;  and  she  stirred  me  up  after  a  while  to 
ask  her  how  much  of  their  charity  fund  she  sup- 
posed went  toward  the  supper  and  the  music, 
and  all  the  other  fol-de-rols.  I  might  as  well 
have  talked  to  a  butterfly.  There  are  always 
enough  foolish  women  with  about  as  much  brain 
as  you  could  get  into  a  thimble,  that  don't  care 
two'straws  for  the  moral  aide  of  the  question. 
All  they  want  is  flattery,  and  admiration  and  a 
good  time;  and  the  lodge  has  found  out  that  a 
little  judicious  expenditure  of  money  in  that 
direction  pays  even  if  Masonic  widows  and  or- 
phans don't  get  one  per  cent,  dividend." 


"And  yet," .answered  the  Elder's  wife  thought- 
fully; "1  believe  that  one  Christian  woman  who 
through  ignorance,  or  timidity,  or  the  feeling 
that  it  is  a  subject  in  which  she  is  not  personally 
concerned  gives  the  lodge  as  much  as  her  silent 
support  strengthens  it  more  than  a  dozen  of  the 
frivolous,  pleasure-seeking  class.  How  many 
times  I  have  heard  the  remark  from  good, 
praying  sisters,  'O  I  don't  know  anything  about 
Masonry,  and  I  don't  care  to  know  anything 
about  it.'  They  owe  all  their  social  elevation  to 
Christ,  but  when  a  system  of  rites  and  ceremo-  - 
nies  that  sets  him  and  his  atoning  work  at  nought 
is  set  up  in  our  land  they  talk  as  though  they 
actually  prided  themselves  on  their  indifference 
to  the  whole  thing." 

"I  can  truly  say  that  the  sorest  wounds  I  ever 
received  in  this  warfare  has  been  in  the  house  of 
my  friends,"  said  Mark.  Many  a  time  I  have 
had  to  meet  coldness  and  scorn  from  professing 
Christians  for  breaking  my  lodge  oaths.  They 
pretend  to  think  it  wicked  to  take  such  obliga- 
tions, yet  with  admirable  consistency  would  keep 
a  man  bound  in  Satan's  cable-tow  forever, 
rather  than  praise  the  power  of  God  in  setting 
him  free." 

"I  suppose  Colonel  Montfort  is  a  member  of 
the  lodge  here,"  inquired  Hannah.  "I  think  i 
remember  hearing  that  his  war  record  wasn't 
very  good — tarnished  by  charges  of  dishonest 
use  of  government  money  or  something  of  the 
kind." 

"That  is  not  a  Masonic  sin,"  I  answered.  "He 
only  cheated  poor  soldiers.  Colonel  Montfort 
has  plenty  of  'worthy  brothers'  in  the  lodge 
guilty  of  equal  or  greater  transgressions  that 
ought  to  send  them  to  State's  prison,  and  would 
if  the  laws  were  enforced  as  they  ought  to  be. 
But  these  men  understand  the  requirements  of 
Masonry  better  than  the  Master  of  the  lodge, 
Anson  Lovejoy,  who  is  the  most  honest  Mason 
1  ever  knew  next  to  my  grandfather.  In  spite 
of  the  fact  that  I  am  a  renegade  and  perjured 
and  altogether  a  reprobate,  Masonically  consid- 
ered, he  baa  unbosomed  his  perplexities  to  me 
pretty  freely  at  one  time  and  another.  And  I 
really  pity  the  man.  JSe  don't  rule;  he  fills  the 
chair,  but  these  men,  especially  Montfort  and 
Jervish  are  the  real  Masters  of  the  lodge.  I'll 
tell  you  one  thing  just  for  illustration.  He  was 
initiating  a  candidate  who  hesitated  at  a  certain 
part  of  the  oath,  and  so  ho  proceeded  to  satisfy 
his  perplexed  conscience  by  explaining  that  it 
only  obliged  him  to  help  a  brother  in  misfortune 
but  not  by  any  means  to  shield  him  in  crime. 
Montfort  and  Jervish  took  exceptions  to  what 
he  said  in  open  lodge — a  thing  that  Masonically 
speaking,  they  had  no  business  to  do;  for  ac- 
cording to  all  the  statutes  of  Masonry  the  Mas- 
ter's word  shall  be  law  in  the  lodge.  And  ever 
since  that  affair  happened  his  position  has  been 
anything  but  agreeable.  He  considers  them  as 
dangerous  men,  and  they  dispute  and  defy  his 
authority  at  every  turn." 

"I  wonder  he  don't  resign,"  said  Mark. 

"He  has  wanted  to,  but  the  difficulty  of  unit- 
ing under  anybody  else  makes  them  unwillin»<  to 
accept  his  resignation;  and  the  perplexity  of 
choosing  a  new  Master  of  the  lodge  might  tend 
under  present  circumstances  to  divide  or  break 
it  up  altogether.  You  see  he  has  a  splendid 
theory  of  Masonry,  and  like  most  theorists  he  is 
willing  to  sacrifice  considerable  for  it.  He  is 
naturally  high  spirited,  but  he  pockets  all  these 
affronts  and  indignities  in  the  hope  that  he  may 
finally  work  such  a  moral  revolution  in  the  lodge 
that  unworthy  members  will  be  no  longer  ad- 
mitted, and  the  institution  become  what  he 
claims  it  should  be — simply  a  moral  and  benev- 
olent one." 

"I  understand,"  said  Mark,  with  a  slight  smile. 
"Hercules  and  the  Augean  stables  over  again. 
But  Hercules  had  to  stand  outside  when  he  let 
on  the  purifying  stream,  otherwise  he  would 
have  stood  an  excellent  chance  to  get  smoth- 
ered." 


— The  Grand  Lodge  of  Odd-fellows  for  the 
U.  S.,  meeting  in  Baltimore  last  September,  re- 
jected a  proposition  to  admit  to  the  order  the 
civilized  ludians  in  Jndiau  Territory.  The 
tribes  had  a  narrow  escape;  let  them  be  thinks 
ful. 


December  28, 1882 


THK  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSUHK. 


NEW'^  ENGLAND. 


THE  NEW  ENGLAND  BOARD  of  the  National  CSirls- 
tian  Association  has  its  headquarters  at  No.  8  Portland  St., 
Worcester,  Mass.  A  full  supply  of  books  and  tracts  con- 
stantly on  hand.  Orders  promptly  filled.  Correspondence 
solicited.  E.  D.  Bailet,  N.  E.  Sec. 


Lodge  and  Dram-bar  Hard  Pushed. 

WoKOHSTEE,  Mass.,  Dee.,  18,  1882. 
The  city  election,  partially  reported  last  week, 
has  been  a  general  topic  of  conversation  since 
the  returns  were  received.  In  Massachusetts 
the  law  provides  for  Bubmitting  to  the  people  at 
the  elections  the  question,  "Shall  licenses  be 
granted  for  the  the  sale  of  intoxicating  drinks," 
towhi^h  the  answer  "yes"  or  "no"  may  be  de- 
posited. The  vote /or  license  does  not  compel 
the  aldermen  to  comply,  but  is  an  expression  of 
the  will  of  the  people. 

This  last  election  is  said  to  have  been  the 
most  closely  contested  of  any  in  the  history  of 
the  city,  and  the  vote  polled  was  the  largest  ever 
polled  at  a  municipal  election.  The  returns 
gave  S.  E.  Hildreth,  the  temperance  candidate, 
a  majority  of  44,  but  the  same  returns  showed  a 
maiority  of  201  in  favor  of  licensing  saloons. 
Last  year  the  majority  for  license  was  367.  A 
trick  was  discovered  late  in  the  day  by  which 
many  were  deceived.  True  to  their  nefarious 
methods,  the  saloon  element,  or  individuals  of 
the  party,  scattered  tickets  in  the  usual  form 
but  varied  in  the  phraseology  as  follows:  "Shall 
license  be  refused,^''  etc.  Persons  would  vote  a 
ballot  with  "no"  printed  on  it  in  the  usual  form 
supposing  they  were  voting  against  licenses.  A 
large  number  of  such  ballots  were  cast  in  all  the 
wards,  every  one  of  which  unquestionably  was 
intended  for  a  temperance  ballot,  but  they  were 
cast  out  by  the  counters.  A  petition  according 
to  law  was  presented  asking  for  a  recount,  but 
it  was  refused  on  a  technicality.  Petitions,  how- 
ever, were  granted  for  a  recount  in  several  wards, 
of  the  vote  for  mayor,  but  the  result  was  favor- 
able to  Mr.  Hildreth,  increasing  his  majority  to 
187.  The  temperance  people  Delieve  a  recount 
would  also  have  given  them  the  majority  on  the 
no-license  vote. 

This  result  is  certainly  a  great  achievement  in 
view  of  all  the  circumstaaees.  Both  daily  papers 
of  the  city  were  in  favor  of  licenses  and  by  their 
reports  of  the  temperance  agitation  they  did 
what  they  could  by  misrepresentation  to  break 
up  the  movement.  The  opposition  was  well  or- 
ganized and  marshalled  all  its  strength,  yet  tem- 
perance gained  a  notable  victory.  Only  a 
portion  of  the  aldermen  were  voted  on  at  this 
election,  so  that  a  majority  will  still  favor  grant- 
ing licenses,  but  the  numoer  of  licenses  will  un- 
questionably be  greatly  diminished,  while  there 
is  reason  to  hope  that  all  unlicensed  saloons  will 
be  summarily  dealt  with  and  the  traffic  restrict- 
ed to  the  narrowest  limits  possible  under  the 
circumstances. 

The  first  of  our  Sunday  evening  meetings  at 
Washburn  Hall,  under  the  renaissance,  was 
held  last  evening.  This  is  the  beginning  of  a 
work  which  matiy  confidently  believe  will  work 
a  revolution  in  the  religious  work  of  the  city. 
The  audience  was  quite  large  and  the  new  order 
of  things  made  a  stiong  impression.  There  were 
ten  or  a  dozen  churches  represented  in  the  au- 
dience, among  those  who  are  interested  in  the 
movement  for  a  reformatioa.  The  subject  for 
remarks  was  the  Scripture  passage  in  Acts  17: 
16-17:  "Now  while  Paul  waited,  for  them  at 
Athens,  his  spirit  was  stirred  in  him,  when  he 
saw  the  city  wholly  given  to  idolatry.  There- 
fore disputed  he  in  the  synagogue  with  the  Jews 
and  with  the  devout  persons,  and  in  the  market 
daily  with  them  that  met  him."  Brief  remarks 
were  made  by  eight  different  gentlemen,  ex- 
pounding the  passage  and  making  a  practical 
and  forcible  application  of  it  to  our  present  cir- 
cumstances. The  speaking  was  excellent  and 
produced  a  strong  impression.  The  gentlemen 
speaking  were:  L.  Q.  Spauldiug,  Mr.  Flint, 
Eufus  Tait,  S.  A.  Pratt,  Mr.  Davie,  Mr.  Bond, 
F.  J.  Dunham  and  Rev.  H.  T.  Cheever.  The 
expression  of  all  the  speakers  was  that  some- 
thing extraordinary  must  be  done  to  meet  the 
present  exigency  in  religious  work  in  the  'city. 
Meetings  are  to  be  held  in  the  hall  every  Sun- 


day evening  arid  are  to  be  free  to  all  who  are 
"like-minded."  Arrangements  have  been  made 
to  visit  the  saloons,  hotels  and  boarding  house; 
every  Sunday  to  invite  non-church-goers  to  thip 
meeting.  Some  of  the  best  lay-workers  in  the 
city  are  being  interested  in  this  work  and  it 
gives  exceeding  good  promise  of  being  a  great 
movement. 

Since  1  have  been  preaching  in  Washburn 
Hall  I  was  called  to  attend  the  funeral  of  a  little 
boy.  On  going  to  the  house  I  saw  a  three-link 
pin,  the  badge  of  an  Odd-fellow,  on  the  coat  of 
the  bereaved  father.  During  the  week  I  called 
on  the  family,  by  special  request,  to  pray  with 
them.  A  lady  had  showed  the  father  one  of  my 
addresses  on  secret  societies  and  he  frankly  al- 
luded to  it  and  to  his  connection  with  Odd-fel- 
lowehip.  The  evening  was  spent  in  explaining 
to  him  the  evils  of  ths  order,  and  after  prayer 
with  the  family  I  left.  The  young  man  has  at- 
tended our  services  at  the  Hall  every  Sabbath 
since  then  and  last  night  he  made  known  his 
new-found  joy.  His  conversion  seems  clear  and 
genuine,  and  he  says  his  wife  also  joina  him  in 
this  new  life.  His  is  a  case  of  one  who  supposed 
that  "living  up  to  Odd-fellowship"  was  being 
a  Christian.  This  he  told  me  at  his  home.  No 
doubt  there  are  scores  of  young  men  enamored 
of  these  secret  orders  in  this  city  who  need  to  be 
warned  that  the  lodge  is  not  the  church,  nor  its 
ritual   Christian  worship. 

We  expect  to  dedicate  the  new  chapel  in  South 
Worcester  the  Sunday  before  New  YearV  day. 
It  is  my  intention  then  to  give  a  full  account  of 
this  work  for  the  informat'on  of  those  who  watch 
in  the  distance. 

All  the  indications  which  reach  us  of  the  work 
in  New  England  are  hopeful.  We  have  sent  out 
more  reform  literature  from  here  during  the 
past  month  than  during  any  preceding  month. 
This  certainly  is  a  favorable  token. 

E.  D.  Bailey. 


REFORM  NEWS. 


Headquarter  Notes. 


— A  lady  writes  as    follows:    "A  roan  in who 

was  both  a  Baptist  and  a  Mason,  died.  The  minister 
preached.  I  heard  that  he  appeared  ashamed.  How 
noble  it  would  have  been  if  he  had  said,  'If  you  want  a 
Masonic  parade  you  must  excuse  me.'  One  man  who 
did  not  wear  his  apron,  being  asked  the  reason  answered, 
'I  was  ashamed  to  wear  it.'  " 

— Jonathan  S.  Perham  of  Vermont  shows  an  apprecia- 
tion of  the  necessity  of  State  organizations  and  an  under- 
standing of  what  is  necessary  to  have  one.  He  says :  "I 
will  give  $5  to  help  on  a  State  meeting."  If  all  the  friends 
were  as  ready  to  respond  before  asked  we  should  soon  see 
Vermont  fully  equipped. 

— "I  pray  for  you  and  all  the  anti-secret  lecturers.  May 
great  grace  be  upon  you  all.  May  all  declare  the  whole 
truth  in  the  love  of  it.  The  cause  js  a  good  one.  I  feel 
that  it  is  owned  ot  God.  I  am  blessed  in  my  feeble  eSorts 
to  help  it  on."  Such  words  from  one  who  both  prays  and 
pays  signify  something. 

— Writes  one  brother :  "It  is  diflBicult  to  contend  against 
the  strong  tide  of  popular  opinion.  I  can  praise  the  Lord 
for  the  encouragement  he  is  giving  his  people.  I  rejoice 
in  the  success  you  are  having  in  Worcester.  I  do  believe 
that  we  are  to  see  the  success  of  Mt.  Carmel  in  New 
England  and  throughout  the  whole  world.  May  God 
hasten  the  time  and  give  his  servants  strong  faith.  I  do 
wish  you  could  be  spared  to  visit  our  State  but  I  cannot 
urge  it  as  I  believe  your  whole  time  is  needed  at  Wor- 
cester." 


— The  Boston  Congregationalistf  while  the 
secular  press  is  giving  the  public  column  after 
column  of  Weed  and  Whittlesey  on  the  infamies 
of  Freemasonry,  after  mountainous  labor,  raises 
its  hands  to  heaven  and  brings  forth  this,  which 
might  be  ridiculous  if  it  was  not  wicked: 

"It  is  hardly  worth  while  to  discuss,  after  so  long  an  in- 
terval, wheiher  the  Masons  killed  Morgan  or  not.  The 
late  Mr,  Weed  Ihougnt  they  did,  but  Major  Ben  Perley 
Poore  thinks  the  Anti-masons  supported  Morgan  in 
Smyrna  until  he  died.    Better  drop  the  subject." 

Better  drop  the  subject!  That's  what  the  lodge 
votes  every  time.  The  New  York  Sun,  whos? 
morals  would  taint  the  sanctity  of  the  Congrega- 
tionalist,  says  Mr.  Weed's  testimony  ia  strong 
enough  to  hang  Morgan's  murderers  1  Yerily 
as  Ci^ist  said  "the  publicang  and  harlots  enter 
th«  kingdom  of  Goa  before  you." 


From  California. 

Hopeful  Work  by  the  State  T/eeturtr. 

Coj      ^w,^AD,8ha8ta  Co.,  Cal.,  Dec.  13,  1882. 

EdH'  .rNosiTKB::— It  has  been  a  longtime 
since  your  readers  have  heard  anvthing  from  me 
or  from  the  work  in  this  far  off  land.  PerhapB 
the  best  reason  that  can  be  given  for  this  ia  that 
there  is  so  little  of  interest  to  report.  A  general 
apathy  seems  to  pervade  the  minds  of  the  people 
on  the  subject  of  the  anti-secret  reform.  Among 
the  masses  of  worldlings  we  look  for  no  encour- 
agement, and  the  sad  experience  of  the  past  has 
taught  us  the  folly  of  looking  to  any  of  the 
popular  churches  of  the  land  for  aid,  and  when 
the  few  who  claim  to  be  reformers  go  back  on 
their  principles  or  at  least  fail  to  co-operate  in 
efforts  to  advance  the  reform,  the  influence  ia 
rather  depressing  on  the  energies  of  one  who 
has  a  mind  to  work. 

I  had  planned  an  active  campaign,  but  failing 
to  secure  co-operation  where  it  was  expected,  I 
have  done  but  little  more  than  to  try  and  meet 
my  responsibilities  as  pastor  of  the  little  church 
at  Woodland.  Recently,  following  some  of  the 
members  of  the  little  band  there  to  their  new 
home  in  this  section  of  the  State,  I  have  been 
doing  some  aggressive  work  with  encouraging 
results.  In  connection  with  Rev.  W.  W.  Stovall, 
a  brother  in  the  ministry  and  an  earnest  reformer, 
we  have  held  a  series  of  meetings  that  have  re- 
sulted in  great  good  to  the  community. 

I  have  also  been  doing  something  in  the  way 
of  lecturing  at  Anderson,  a  little  village  of  a 
few  hundred  inhabitants.  I  had  engaged  the 
school-house  for  a  couple  of  lectures,  but  secret- 
ism  interposed  and  word  was  sent  me  that  I 
could  not  have  it.  There  was  quite  an  interest, 
however,  awakened  in  the  community  by  the 
circulation  of  tracts  and  handbills  and  the  citi- 
zens finally  agreed  to  furnish  a  hall  for  two 
evenings  with  the  understanding  that  1  should 
occupy  it  the  first  evening  and  that  one-half  ot 
the  time  of  the  second  evening  should  be  occu- 
pied by  a  speaker  appointed  by  the  citiiens  in 
giving  a  reply.  A  fair  audience  greeted  us  the 
first  evening  and  a  lawyer  of  the  town  was  there 
very  busily  taking  notes,  it  was  supposed  pre- 
paratory to  a  reply. 

The  second  evening  came  and  with  it  an  aud- 
ience much  larger  than  on  the  first ;  but  when 
the  defender  of  Masonry  was  called  for  he 
failed  to  respond,  and  I  had  it  all  my  own  way, 
while  for  nearly  two  hours  I  gave  them  sobd 
Anti-masonic  facts  and  arguments.  It  was  a 
decided  victory  for  the  truth.  Quite  a  number 
of  books  were  sold  and"  tracts  and  pamphlets 
given  away.  Excellent  attention  was  given  and 
the  best  of  order  maintained  though  some  of 
our  friends  feared  a  Masonic  trap. 

I  have  also  given  two  lectures  on  Kimball 
Plain  to  good  audiences.  At  the  close  of  the 
second  lecture  an  intelligent  young  man  said  to 
me,  "  I  need  money  badly,  but  I  would  not  have 
misaed  hearing  these  lectures  for  twenty  dollars." 
Quite  an  amount  of  reading  matter  in  the  form 
of  books  and  tracts  has  also  been  put  in  oircula- 
tioa  here  and  the  light  is  spreading.  I  hope  to 
be  able  to  send  you  some  subscribers  for  the 
Cynosure  soon.  Am  ready  to  respond  to  calls 
for  lectures  wherever  expenses  can  be  paid,  but 
cannot  go  at  my  own  charges. 

D.     A.  RiOHAKDS. 


Dro.  Hinman  Visits  Philadelphia. 

PaiLA-DKLPHiA.  Pa.,  Dec.  20, 1882. 
Deab  Bbo.  K. — ^What  Rome,  Ephesus  and 
Corinth  were  to  the  ancient  world,  these  great 
cities  of  our  land  are  to  our  vast  domain.  Here 
are  the  centers  of  population  and  power.  In 
this  great  city  Freemasonry,  the  modern  Pagan- 
ism, has  erected  its  grandest  of  temples,  and 
its  overshadowing  power  reaches  to  every  depart- 
ment of  society. 

It  was  in  just  such  centers  that  Paul  achieved 
his  greatest  victories.  It  was  in  Corinth,  where 
Christ  was  most  despised,  that  he  was  determined 
to  "Ejiow  nothing  but  Christ  and  him  cruci- 
fied."    We  do  well  to  foUow  the  wise  example, 

{Gontinned  cyn  Dih  pag^.) 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE. 


Beeember  28, 1882 


CORRESPOKDEMCE. 


Withdraw? 

Akoade,  N.  Y. 
Si  Through  the  Cynosv/re  of  December  14th, 
1882,  "A  Separatist"  asks  seven  questions  refer- 
ing  to  the  eubjeot  indicated  by  this  assumed 
name.  We  shall  assume,  possibly  not  to  the  satis- 
faction of  the  interrogator,  that  for  all  practical 
purposes,  an  answer  to  the  following  question 
will  cover  the  ground; 

If  Christians  find  themselves  connected  with 
an  association,  under  whatever  name,  formed  by 
human  contrivance,  ostensibly  for  general  Chris- 
tian work,  but  which  nevertheless  by  its  silence 
or  otherwise,  permits,  by  its  members,  the  open 
and  known  violation  of  God's  law,  is  it  their  duty 
to  withdraw  from  such  body  ? 

To  the  writer  of  this  article  it  seems  that  a 
very  ready,  proper  and  convincing  affirmative 
reply  may  be  given  in  few  words  as  quoted  from 
the  Christian's  infallible  guide  book. 

The  same  number  of  the  paper  that  presents 
these  questions  by  "Separatist,"  presents  an  arti- 
cle on  Christmas  which  truthfully  declares  that 
"in  religion  all  things  are  to  be  arranged  by  di- 
vine command."  Such  commands  settling  an 
afiirmative  answer  to  the  question  under  consid- 
eration, lie  conspicuously  upon  the  pages  of  the 
Scriptures,  2  Cor,  6:14-17:  "Be  ye  not  unequally 
yoked  together  with  unbelievers;"  "Wherefore 
come  out  from  among  them  and  be  ye  separate." 

Kev,  18:4:  "Come  out  of  her  (Babylon),  my 
people,"  2  Thes.  3:6:  "Now  we  command  you 
brethren,  in  the  name  of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ, 
that  ;je  withdraw  yourselves  trom  every  brother 
that  waiketh  disorderly,  and  not  after  the  tradi- 
tion which  he  received  of  us."  Thus  the  Scrip- 
.  tures  show  what  is  the  thus  saith  the  Lord,  as 
a  reply  to  the  interrogation  under  consideration. 

Another  question  closely  allied  with  this,  de- 
manding earnest  scrutiny,  is  that,  whether  or 
not  iniquity  inheres  in  the  organizations  them- 
selve.  ?  The  organizations  which  are  formed  by 
leading  Christians,  and  to  which,  Christians  of 
the  rank  and  file  unite  themselves,  are  they 
"arranged  by  divine  command?"  If  they  are 
not,  but,  on  the  contrary,  are  germinated  by 
an  adverse  power  to  the  divine,  they  are  exotics 
in  the  garden  of  the  Lord.  The  Saviour  says  of 
Buoh,  "Every  plant,  which  my  heavenly  Father 
hath  not  planied  shall  be  rooted  up." 

K.  W.  Lyman. 


A  Good  Local  Meeting,  and  a  Grand  Tax  Suit. 

Clinton  Hollow,  N.  Y.  Dec.  12,  1882. 

EorroR  Chbistlajj  Cynosure  : — Last  week  I 
called  a  meetmg  and  read  E.  D.  Bailey's  address 
at  the  Batavia  Convention,  also  the  unveiling 
ceremonies  at  the  monument,  likewise  the  oaths 
and  penalties  of  Freemasonry,  with  all  we  could 
to  show  the  truth  of  Masonry  and  what  the 
system  is  doing  to  blight  this  fair  land.  Every 
thing  went  smoothly  between  myself  and  the 
fraternity  up  to  this  time.  Now  1  am  called 
no  better  than  a  thief  by  one.  Another  told  I 
had  tried  three  times  to  get  into  a  Mason  lodge. 
Another  said  if  1  wanted  favors  I  would  get 
them  somewhere  else  than  from  Masons.  But  so 
terrible  are  the  oaths  people  are  slow  to  be- 
lieve; but  some  say  they  would  never  hear  a  Ma- 
sonic pastor  preach  again,  if  this  is  true.  We  are 
intending  to  have  another  meeting  soon,  and  I 
want  C.  A.  Blanchard's  address  at  Batavia  for 
that  occasion  if  it  is  in  print.  So  you  see,  Mr. 
Editor,  1  have  not  been"  sleeping  since  I  came 
here  from  Russell  Co.,  Kansas,  last  spring. 

I  wish  to  mention  one  incident  that  transpired 
before  leaving  there.  In  the  spring  of  1880,  I 
asked  the  trustee  if  he  had  assessed  the  property 
of  the  three  secret  societies.  He  said,  no,  he 
had  not  thought  of  it ;  but  eaid  he  r  would  do 
so.  He  called  on  the  olficiala  and  they  would 
not  give  in  the  list  for  a  long  time,  but  after  a 
letter  came  from  the  Attorney  General  of  the 
State  saying  they  were  no  better  than  others  to 
pay  taxes,  they  finally  gave  in  the  list;  and  then  to 
find  out  whether  or  no  they  were  benevolent 
societies  or  not  they  carried  the  matter  to  the 
i>istrict  Court  and  the  court  decided  they  were 


no  benevolent  society  as  coming  within  the  law. 
So  the  poor  fellows  have  found  out  they  have  to 
pay  their  ?.tax  as  others  do.  There  is  a  great 
shaking  among  the  dry  bones  of  Freemasonry 
pince  Mr.  Weed's  dying  testimony  and  my 
prayer  is  that  secretism  may  soon  hide  its  de- 
formed head.  L.  Landon. 


SABBATH  SCHOOL 


Our   Mail. 

Geo.  Clark,  Oberlin,  O. : 

"The  hardest  blow  struck  against  the  Baal-worship — 
organized  fraud — immorality — blasphemy  and  murder  of 
the  Masonic  lodge  has  fallen  this  year.  God  is  against  it 
and  it  must  fall.  Every  family  and  reading  room  ought 
to  have  the  Cynosure  and  Weed's  pamphlet," 

C.  P.  Walround,  Ritchey,  Mo. : 

"We  have  an  anti-secret  meeting  Saturday  night ,  De- 
cember 23d,  1883,  and  have  engaged  a  preacher  to  lecture 
for  us,  and  written  to  Bro.  Glassford  to  come  and  work 
the  degrees  tor  us.  Our  anti-secret  society  is  doing  a  good 
business." 

A.  Holt,  Carthage,  N.  Y. : 

"I  am  as  anxious  to  have  this  reform  extend  all  over 
our  land  as  I  ever  was,  Hope  the  time  is  not  far  distant 
when  men  of  principle  will  fall  into  line." 

J.  W.  Thompson,  Peoria,  111.: 

"I  have  been  opposed  to  secret  societies  from  my  youth." 

Geo.  H.  Danforth,  W.  Monroe,  N.  Y.: 
"I  sympathize  deeply  with  those  dear  men  who  are  sac- 
rificing all  for  Christ." 

O.  Johnson,  Cedar  Rapids,  Iowa : 

"I  am  a  member  of  the  Free  Methodist  church  engaged 
in  the  work  as  an  evangelist.  I  meet  with  a  good  deal  of 
opposition  from  the  lodge.  I  have  belonged  to  two  secret 
orders  but  the  Son  has  set  me  free.  I  have  been  threat- 
ened in'diflerent  ways;  even  to  the  taking  of  my  life.  The 
lodge  has  a  strong  hold  in  this  city.  Satan's  seat  is 
here  in  the  form  of  secret  societies.  May  the  good  Lord 
tear  down  the  altars  of  Baal.  I  am  in  this  war  for  right 
and  truth." 

Daniel  Countryman,  Rochelle,  111. : 

"I  received  from  President  C.  A.  Blanchard  of  Wheaton 
College,  the  Thurlow  Weed  pamphlet  containing  his 
letter  to  the  Batavia  Anti-masonic  Convention  at  the  time 
of  the  unveiling  of  the  Morgan  monument.  Murder  will 
out.  It  was  out  at  the  time  of  the  abduction  and  murder 
of  Captain  William  Morgan  when  all  honest  Masons  such 
as  President  Finney  and  thousands  of  other  Masons 
rushed  forward  like  doves  to  the  windows  to  renounce 
Masonry.  Well  the  late  Thurlow  Weed  of  New  York  has 
only  more  fully  confirmed  among  his  last  words  of  the 
truthfulness  of  the  abduction  and  murder  of  Morgan  by 
the  Masons.  If  they  will  not  hear  such  men  as  President 
Finney  and  Weed  they  would  not  hear  though  one  rose 
from  the  dead." 

0.  Reynolds.who  is  travelling,  writes  from  Lundy's  Lane 
Erie  Co.  Pa. : 

"Had  the  privilege  of  preaching  once  in  my  travels 
where  the  pastor  was  a  Mason  and  at  another  place  an 
Odd-fellow  at  another  a  U.  B.  church  where  I  know  an 
interest  was  awakened  to  take  higher  ground  in  coming 
out  and  being  more  separate  from  Baal  worship.  *  * 
Shall  probably  journey  some  hundreds  of  miles  yet  and 
shall  do  all  I  can  to'advance  the  interest  of  the  National 
Christian  Association  for  I  believe  it  to  be  the  cause  of 
Christ." 

We  are  always  glad  to  hear  from  Bro.  Reynolds. 

Thos.  W.  Cooper,  Winfield,  Iowa ; 

"I  have  made  up  my  mind  to  renounce  and  denounce 
the  infamous  institution,  while  I  have  a  voice  to  proclaim 
the  truth  or  a  hand  to  guide  the  pen." 

Jamesport,  Mo. : 

"The  exposition  you  publish  (I.  O.  O.  F.)  is  correct  and 
no  mistake.  I  have  filled  every  station  in  the  Lodge  and 
use  your  exposition  in  giving  your  work  to  the  lodge 
and  I  know  it  to  be  correct.  But  I  am  an  Odd-fellow  no 
more  only  as  nature  may  make  me.  It  is  wicked,  silly  and 
extremely  foolish  for  any  one  to  practice." 

E.  S.  Livingston,  Reynoldsburg,  O.,  eighty  years  old 
will  try  to  get  some  subscribers.    He  writes : 

"I  lived  in  New  York  at  the  time  Morgan  was  taken 
away.    Have  been  Anti-masonic  ever  since." 

T.  R.  Sheldon,  Richmond,  111. : 

"Will  die  without  a  friend  before  I  will  give  up  the 
cause  of  truth.  The  principles  set  forth  in  your  paper  are 
good  and  will  prevail." 


The  House  that  Rum  Built. 

The  almshouse  :  This  is  the  house  that  rum 
built. 

The  drunkard:  This  is  the  beast  that  lives  in 
the  house  that  rum  built. 

Appetite:  This  the  chain  that  binds  the  beast 
that  lives  in  the  house  tbat  rum  built. 

Intoxicating  drink:  This  is  the  serpent  in  flow- 
ery guise,  with  the  artful  tongue  and  dazzling 
eyee,  that  welds  the  chain  that  binds  the  beast 
that  lives  in  the  house  that  rum  built. 

The  rumseller:  This  is  the  monster  who  holds 
the  rein  over  the  serpent  who  welds  the  chain 
that  binds  the  beast  in  cruel  pain  that  lives 
in  the  house  that  rum  built. — Happy  Pilgrim. 


LESSON  I  January  7,  188S.— The  Abcbnding  Lobd. 
—Acts  1  ;1-14. 

(1)  The  former  treatise  have  I  made,  O  Theophilus,  of 
all  that  Jesus  began  both  to  do  and  teach.  (2)  Until  the 
day  in  which  he  was  taken  up,  after  that  he  through  the 
Holy  Ghost  had  given  commandments  unto  the  apostles 
whom  he  had  chosen :  (3)  To  whom  also  he  showed  him- 
self alive  after  his  passion  by  many  infallible  proofs.being 
seen  of  them  forty  days,  and  speaking  of  the  things  per- 
taining to  the  kingdom  of  God :  (4)  And  being  assembled 
together  with  them,  commanded  them  that  they  should 
not  depart  from  Jerusalem,  but  wait  for  the  promise  of 
the  Father,  which,  saith  he,  ye  have  heard  of  me.  (5)  For 
John  truly  baptized  with  water:  bat  ye  shall  be  baptized 
with  the  Holy  Ghost  not  many  days  hence.  (6)  When 
they  therefore  were  come  together  they  asked  of  him 
saying,  Lord  wilt  thou  at  this  time  restore  again  the 
kingdom  to  Israel  ?  (7)  And  he  said  unto  them,  It  is  not 
lor  you  to  know  the  times  or  the  seasons,  which  the  Fath- 
er hath  put  in  his  own  power.  (8)  But  ye  shall  receive 
power,  after  that  the  Holy  Ghost  is  come  upon  you :  and 
ye  shall  be  witnesses  unto  me  both  in  Jerusalem,  and  in  all 
Judea  and  in  Samaria,  and  unto  the  uttermost  part  of  the 
earth.  (9)  And  when  he  had  spoken  these  things  while 
they  beheld,  he  was  taken  up ;  and  a  cloud  received  him 
out  of  their  'sight.  (10)  And  while  they  looked  stead- 
fastly toward  heaven  as  he  went  up,  behold,  two  men 
stood  by  them  in  white  apparel :  (11)  Which  also  said. 
Ye  men  of  Galilee,  why  stand  ye  gazing  up  into  heaven  ? 
this  same  Jesus,  which  is  taken  up  from  you  into  heaven 
shall  so  come  in  like  manner  as  ye  have  seen  him  go  into 
heaven.  (12)  Then  returned  they  unto  Jerusalem  from 
the  mount  called  Olivet,  which  is  from  Jerusalem  a  Sab- 
bath day's  journey.  (13)  And  when  they  were  come  in 
they  went  up  into  an  upper  room,  where  abode  both 
Peter,  and  James,  and  John,  and  Andrew,  Philip,  and 
Thomas,  Bartholomew,  and  Matthew,  James  the  son  of 
Alpheus,  and  Simon  Zelotes,  and  Judas  the  brother  of 
James.  (14)  These  all  continued  with  one  accord  in  pray- 
er and  supplication,  with  the  women  and  Mary  the  moth- 
er of  Jesus,  and  with  his  brethren. 

Gk>ij)EN  Text. — And  when  he  had  spoken  these  things 
while  they  beheld,  he  was  taken  up. — Acts  1 :9. 

Contemporary  Events.  The  Eoman  Empire 
held  sway  over  most  of  the  known  world,  thus 
opening  the  way  by  her  conquests  for  the  greater 
conquests  of  the  Gospel.  The  Jews  were  scat- 
tered everywhere,  taking  with  them  the  Bible 
with  its  prophecies  and  religions  ritual,  which 
Christ  came  to  fulfill,  thus  preparing  the  way 
for  the  Gospel.  According  to  Labberton,  in  his 
Outlines  of  History,  this  was  an  age  of  remark- 
able intellectual  activity ;  and  according  to 
Lecky  {Hist,  of  Eurcjpeom,  Morals),  there  was 
a  general  disintegration  of  the  old  religione,  a 
decline  in  morals,  and  yet  a  thirst  for  some  be- 
lief, all  of  which  caused  men  to  appreciate  the 
great  remedy  Christianity  was  bringing  them. 

Statistics  of  the  Roman,  Empire.  In  order  to 
understand  the  material  on  which  Christianity 
had  to  work,  we  give  the  best  statistics  available, 
after  consulting  the  beet  authorities  and  the  per- 
sons most  acquainted  with  the  facts.  Lyman's 
Tables  give  the  population  of  the  Roman  Empire 
at  the. time  of  Curist  as  120,000,000,  of  which 
60,000,000  were  slaves,  40,000,000  were  tributa- 
ries and  f reedmen,  and  only  20,000,000  were  full 
citizens,  or  one-sixth  of  the  population.  The 
army  numbered  400,000,  and  the  navy  50,000 
men.  Milman  gives  the  population  of  Jerusalem 
at  2,550,000,  and  of  Bome,  by  the  census  of 
A.  D.  48,  at  5,984,000.  Merrill  in  Galilee  in 
the  tims  of  Christ,  thinks  thst  the  population  of 
Palestine  was  about  6,000,000,  and  of  Galilee 
2<b00,000.—Feloubet. 

NOTES. 

Of  all  that  Jesus  hegan  both  to  do  and  to 
teach.  From  the  arrangement  of  these  words  in 
the  original  Greek,  two  things  are  plain  which 
escape  the  English  reader :  First,  there  is  an  em- 
phasis on  the  verb  "Je^ony"  secondly,  there  is 
none  on  the  word  '■^Jesxis.^^  The  contrast  is  not 
that  the  former  treatise  related  what  Jesus  be- 
gan, and  this  relates  what  some  other  person  or 
person  continued ;  but  it  is  that  the  former 
treatise  related  what  Jesus  began  to  do  and  to 
teach  ;  and  this  relates  what  he,  the  same  Jesus, 
continued  to  do  and  to  teach. — Al/ord. 

By  many  infallible  proof s.  The  Greek  word, 
translated  by  "infallible  proofs,"  occurs  here 
only  in  the  New  Testament.  It  is  used  fre- 
quently by  Plato  and  Aristotle,  and  denotes  "the 
strongest  proofs  of  which  a  subject  is  capable," 
"an  irresistible  proof."  Bela  renders  it  well, 
certissimis  signis.  The  irresistible,  incontro- 
vertible proofs  which  Jesus  gave  to  his  disciples 
of  his  reaurrection,  such  as  talking  with  them, 
eating  with  them,  walking  with  them,  inviting 
them  to  look  at  and  to  touch  his  hands,  his  feetj 
his   side,  with  the  still  visible  print  of  the  nails 


December  2B,  1884 


THK  CHHISTXAW  CYlf OSUHK 


and  the  scar  of  the  spear,  are  described  in  Luke 
24:36-48;  Mark  16:14;  John  20:19,  29;  21. 
Comp.  also  John,  First  Epistle,  1:1,  2. — /Schaf. 
Commanded  them  {the  apostles)  not  to  depart 
from  JerusaUvn,.  The  reasons  appear  to  be  : 
(1)  Because  of  the  prophecy  (Is.  2:3).  (2)  Be- 
cause there  would  be  the  greatest  assembly  of 
persons  to  witness  this  great  miracle  and  to  be 
worked  upon  by  it.  (3)  Because  it  was  most  fit 
that  this  great  work  of  Christ's  power  should  be 
there  displayed  where  had  been  his  greatest 
humiliation  :  that  those  who  were  not  convinced 
by  the  resurrection  might  be  convinced  by  this 
miraculous  gift  ot  the  Holy  Ghost. — Lightfoot. 
(4)  It  would  be  at  the  next  great  festival  attei 
the  crucifixion,  when  strangers  from  all  parte 
of  the  world  would  be  gathered  at  Jerusalem, 
who  would  carry  back  the  tidings  of  that  man- 
ifestation into  all  lands  ;  and  (5)  that  the  Chris- 
tia/n  law  might  go  forth  from  Mount  Zion  (Isa. 
2:3 ;  Mic.  4:2),  and  to  show  its  harmony  with 
theZevitical  dispensation. — Bible  Header'' s  Com. 
It  is  not  for  you  to  hnow  the  tim,es  or  the 
seasons.  It  would  be  impossible  for  them  to 
know,  even  if  he  should  tell  them.  They  were 
not  yet  in  a  position  to  see  the  truth.  The  fall 
of  Jerusalem  and  the  Mosaic  ritual  would  have 
Btaggered  their  faith.  They  had  too  many  pre- 
judices, they  had  too  narrow  a  view,  to  yet  un- 
derstand the  progress  and  growth  of  the  kingdom 
of  God,  and  the  method  in  which  it  could  be  re- 
stored. It  would  be  but  pictures  to  the  blind, 
and  music  to  the  deaf. — P.  Observe  that  this 
ie  fatal  to  all  attempts  to  foretell  the  time  of 
Christ's  second  coming,  or  even  the  definite 
signs  of  that  second  coming.  But  Christ  does 
not  merely  declare  their  ignorance  of  the  time 
of  his  own  second  comingl  The  times  are  the 
succession  of  ages,  greater  or  less  in  length,  over 
which  the  history  of  the  church  should  extend, 
before  the  end  comes ;  the  seasons  are  the  suc- 
cessive phases  of  development,  through  and  by 
means  of  which  it  would  grow  to  its  develop- 
ment. It  is  not  in  man  either  to  know  the 
length  of  time,  or  to  understand  beforehand  the 
necessa/ry  jprocesses  of  growth',  it  is  his  simply  to 
perform  tbe  duty  allotted  to  him,  leaving  the 
great  movement  of  which  he  is  a  part,  and 
to  which  he  contributes,  to  be  unfolded  by  God. 
He  cannot  read  the  book  till  God  has  unrolled  it. 

But  ye  shall  receive  power.  Comp.  Luke  24: 
49;  Rom.  15:13,  19;  1  Cor.  2:4;  2  Cor.  12:9; 
Phil.  3:10;  1  Thes.  1:5.  These -references  will 
give  the  student  an  idea  of  the  meaning  ot 
Christ's  promise.  It  includes  (1)  the  power  of 
working  miracles  ;  (2)  personal,  moral,  and  spir- 
itual power  in  the  conflicts  and  temptations  of 
life,  and  especially  in  bearing  suffering  and  per- 
secution for  Christ's  sake ;  (3)  power  in  the  min- 
istry of  the  word  beyond  that  which  belongs  to 
human  eloquence  and  wisdom,  or  even  to  the 
mere  natural  adaptation  of  the  truth  to  human 
wants. — Abbott. 

(1)  The  ascension  is  intimated  by  the  Old 
Testament  writers  (Psalms  24:7-10;  110:1;  68; 
18  ;  with  Ephes.  4:7,  8;  Lev.  16:16,  with  Heb. 
9:7-12;)  (2)  and  by  Christ  (John  6:62  ;  7:33  ;  20: 
17;)  (3)  it  is  referred  to  by  the  apostles  as  a  fact 
well  recognized  in  the  Christian  church  (Ephes. 
1:20  ;  Heb.  10:12 ;  1  Pet.  3:22 ;)  (4)  it  is  an  al- 
most necessary  sequel  of  the  resurrection,  since 
after  the  resurrection  Christ  must  either  have 
ascended  into  heaven,  or  led  a  hidden  life,  and 
subsequently  died  a  natural  death.  In  respect 
to  the  body  with  which  he  ascended,  it  is  easy  to 
conjecture  and  impossible  to  know  with  assur- 
ance ;  but  it  is  reasonable  to  suppose  that  the 
change  which  Paul  declared  will  be  wrought  in 
the  bodies  of  his  saints  at  the  last  day  before 
their  ascension  (1  Cor.  15:61-54),  was  wrought 
in  Christ's  earthly  body,  which  I  believe  to  have 
been,  prior  to  the  ascension,  unchanged  (Lake 
24:39 ;  John  ^0•.'i^.)—AUott. 

Shall  80  come  in  like  manner  as  ye  have  seen 
him,  go.  Not  merely,  As  surely  as  he  has  de- 
parted, so  surely  will  he  return,  but.  In  the  man- 
ner in  which  he  has  departed  he  will  return. 
The  second  coming  of  Christ,  then,  will  not  be 
like  his  first  coming,  obscure,  and,  as  it  were,  in 
concealment.  He  will  come  in  power  and  glory, 
on  the  clouds,  and  with  hia  holy  angels  with  him 
(Matt.  24:30,  31 ;  26:64 ;  Kev.  Q'.IZ-V: .)—A1>bott 


Go  io  Work. 

One  of  the  best  remedies  for  three-fourths  of 
the  ills  which  flesh  is  heir  to,  is  good,  honest, 
hard  work.  Many  a  sick  man  is  cured  by  hard 
work,  under  the  more  palateable  name  of  "exer- 
cise;" and  many  others  never  would  have  been 
sick,  had  they  kept  about  their  daily  toils  as 
they  should.  Hard,  steady  work  is  the  path  to 
recovery  from  vices  and  their  results.  There  is 
little  hope  of  reformation  for  any  man  who  will 
not  work;  there  is  great  encouragement  to  ex- 
pect the  reformation  of  any  man  who  may  have 
gone  astray,  if  he  is  only  ready  to  and  willing  to 
work  !  Hard  work  tames  hot  blood,  subdues 
passion,  brings  appetite  under  control,  steadies 
the  nerves,  and  calms  the  temper,  and  in  a  word, 
helps  man  to  be  what  God  intended  that  he 
should  be. 

The  remedy  for  a  large  proportion  of  the 
financial  troubles  that  surround  us,  lies  in  the 
same  direction.  A  great  many  live  at  their 
ease,  and  hire  other  people  to  perform  their 
work  for  them,  until  servants  have  grown  rich 
and  their  masters  have  become  poor.  Now  let 
the  idlers  go  to  work  themselves,  exercise  their 
flabby  muscles,  put  their  dyspeptic  stomachs  in 
working  order,  and  prove  the  truth  of  that  Scrip- 
ture which  informs  them  that  "  the  sleep  of  a 
laboring  man  is  sweet,  whether  he  eat  little  or 
much." 

Steady,  industrious,  hard  work,  joined  with 
thrift,economy  ^nd  wise  management,  liquidates 
debt,  removes  mortgages,  restores  credit,  in- 
creases self-respect,  improves  health,  and  makes 
a  man  feel  as  if  he  had  a  right  and  a  place  in  the 
Lord's  world. 

Go  to  work!  If  not  for  yourself,  for  some  one 
else.  If  you  cannot  get  piy,  work  for  nothing. 
Help  some  one  who  is  in  distress.  Relieve  the 
sick.  Do  what  your  hand  findeth  to  do.  You 
may  find  that  the  poorest  paying  jobs  in  the  end 
bring  the  greatest  rewards.  And  remember, 
when  yon  work,  there  is  one  Master  who  is  over 
all,  and  he  rewards  the  services  for  which  men 
^aeglect  to  pay,  and  gives  his  inheritance  at  last 
to  those  who  patiently  fulfill  his  will. — The  Safe- 
guard. 


Tea  Drinking. 

The  London  Lancet  quotes  Dr.  Arlinge,  one 
of  the  Pottery  Inspectors,  as  saying  "that  a  por- 
tion of  the  reforming  zeal  which  keeps  up  such 
a  fierce  and  bitter  agitation  against  intoxicating 
drinks,  might  advantageously  be  diverted  to  the 
repression  of  the  very  serious  evil  of  tea-tippling 
among  the  poorer  classes.  Tea,  in  anything  be- 
yond moderate  quantities,  is  as  distinctly  a  nar- 
cotic poison  as  is  opium  or  alcohol.  It  is  capa- 
ble of  ruining  the  digestion,  of  enfeebling  and 
disordering  the  heart's  action,  and  of  generally 
shattering  the  nerves.  And  it  must  be  remem- 
bered that  not  merely  is  it  a  question  of  narcotic 
excess,  but  the  enormous  quantity  of  hot  water 
which  tea-bibbers  necessarily  take  is  exceedingly 
prejudicial  both  to  digestion  and  nutrition.  Our 
teetotal  reformers  have  overlooked,  and  even  to 
no  small  extent  encouraged,  a  form  of  animal 
indulgence  which  is  as  distinctly  sensual,  extrav- 
agant, and  pernicious,  as  any  beer-swilling,  or 
gin-drinking  in  the  world." 


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3  Address  to  American  Pastors  on  the  Secret  Lodge 4 

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12  Alexander  Campbell's  Estimate  of  the  Lodges 4 

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14  True  and  False  Templarism 4 

15  Secrecy  and  Sin,  from  the  "Christian"  47  Cornhill,  Boston 4 

Iti    Selling  Dead  Horses,  by  "Bostonian" 4 

17  History  of  Masonry,  by  Pres.  J.  Blancbard 4 

18  Despotic  Character  of  Freemasonry 4 

19  Freemasonry  a  Christ-excluding  Religion 5 

20  Masonic  Murder,  by  Eider  T.  R.  Balrd 2 

21  Grand,  Great  Grand,  by  Philo  Carpenter 2 

2'2    Masonic  Oaths  and  Penalties  sworntobytheGrandLodgeofE.L.    4 

23  Letters  of  J.  Q.  Adams  and  J,  Madisou  on  Freemasonry  4 

24  Satan's  Cable  Tow ; 4 

'25    Character  and  symbols  of  Freemasonry.  Illustrated 2 

'26    Address  of  the  Niagara  Association  on  the  Murder  of  Morgan. . .     4 

27  Judge  "Whitney  and  Masonry — Masonry  Defends  a  Murderer 8 

28  Nathaniel  Colver  and  Howard  Crosby  on  Secret  Societies 2 

29  Grand  Lodge  Masonry,  by  Pres.  J.  i^lanchard 16 

30  Masonic  Oaths  Null  and  Void,  by  Rev.  I.  A.  Hart 4 

31  Hon.  Seth  M.  G.ates  on  Freemasonry 4 

32  Origin.  Obligation  and  Expenses  of  the  Grange 4 

33  Hon.  Wm   H.  Seward  on  Secret  Societies S 

34  What  Great  Men  Saj' about  Freemasonry 2 

35  Objections  to  Masonry,  by  a  Seceding  Mason 4 

'36    Masonic  Chastity,  by  Emma  A.  AVallace 4 

37  Reasonb  ""hy  a  Christian  should  not  be  a   Freemason  (German) . .    4 

38  Masonic  0...~'9  and  Penalties,  by  Rev.  A.  M.  MlUlgan ■  4 

39  Should  Freemasons  be  admitted  to  Christian  Fellowship? 4 

40  The  Object  of  the  American  (Anti-masonic)  Party 2 

41  Freemasonry  a  Religion  (shown  by  its  own  authors) 8 

43    Duty  and  Ability  to  Know  the  Character  of  Masonry 4 

43  Affida\-lt  that  Masonry  is  revealed,  by  J.  O.  Doesburg  and  others    4 

44  D.  L.  Moody  on  Secret  Societies 4 

45  Ought  a  Seceding  Mason  to  Keep  his  Lodge  Oath  ? 4 

46  Nos.  17, 18  and  19  combined,  by  Prof.  Cervin  (Swedish) 16 

47  IHsh  Murders  and  Secret  Societies 4 


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1    Freemasonry  Illastrated.  Exposition  of  7  Degrees d40       11.90 

8    Rituals  of  Odd -fellowship,  Knights  of  Pythias  GoodTem- 
plarlam.  The  Grange,  'irand  Army  and  Maotalnlata 

and  Blacksmltha  Unloa *8     .   1.0C 

8    The  Broken  Seal;  or  Fre6ni>»aonry  Developed 804        l.JJ 

4  Finney  on  Masonry ,,..87t 

5  Eminent  men  on  Secret  Socletf  rg  ;Compo8edof*  'Waahlng- 

toc  Opposed  to  Secret  Societies,  "-Tudge  WhltBey^ 
Defence, " '  "^^e  Uystlc  Tie. " '  'Nartatlves  and  Aign- 
ments,  '"•  "The  .d  ntl  •  masonic  Scrap  Boo" ',  "  aad^H)Mtia 
and  Pena,''le9  of  Freemasonry  S8  proved  In  the  Wew 
Berlin  Trials." SB        l* 

6  Morgans  Masonic  Exposltloii,  Abdact  on  and  M order. 

Oaths  of  33  Degrees;  con  poaejLof  * 'Freemaflonry  Bz- 
poscd„  * 'History  of  the  Abdii(!flon  and  MoTder  ot  Mor- 
gan, "Valance's  Confession  "  "Bernard'a  Bemenls- 
cences  of  Morgan  Times, "  and  *  *Om'.i8  sod  Penalties 
of  33  Degrees" :     Sll         IM 

7  Secret  Societies  Ancient  ani  Modem,  aadCo<lege9e(a«(  | 

Societies ■»        iM 

8  Sermons  and  Addresses  on  Secret  Societies ;  compo«ed  ot 

"Masonry  a  Work  of  Darkness,"  and  the  Sermoas 
of  Messrs.  Cr-'ss.  'Wi'Ilams,  McKary,  Dow,  Sarver; 
ihe  two  addresses  ot  lYest.  Blanchard,  the  addr^&aes 
of  Prest,  H.  H.  George, Prof.  J.  G.  Carson.  Eev.  H. 
S.  Dmry,  "Thirteen  Beasonsivtay  uChrlMls  i  canoot 
he  a  Freemason,"  "Fr^masonry  contrary  to  th« 
Christian  Religion. "  Anu "Are  Masonic  Oaths  Blad- 
ing on  the  Initiate?" Wl        i.Ov 

9  History  ot  the  l^atlonal  Christian  Assoclaf.on,  and  Min- 

utes of  the  Syr  ici'se  and  Pittsburgh  Conventions . .  .889  V 

10    Hon.  J.  Q.  Adams  Lett  jrs  and  Addresses  on  FreemaaonsySBi         i.^ 

U    Odd-fellowship  Judged  by  Its  owB  Utterances IW  #0 

12    Secret  Societies  by  Bevs-MoDfi',  Blanchard  and  Beeoher   tt  m 

M.  Bright  Templarism  Illustrated SO         M.(|t 

14.  Bevlsed  Odd-fellowship  Illustrated 881        9Mi 

Mk  Kituals  and  Secrets  Illustrated;  Composed  of  "Tempto 
of   Honor    Hlustrated,"    "Adoptive    Masonry 
niastrated,"   "United  Sons  ot  Industry  Illns- 
treted"  and  "Secret  Soclef.SF  Il'net-ii'.ed"....    356         ia.OP 
^8ten(Bi'Ia^->(r>  aiturraaojauosuty Sab  * 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE. 


December  28,  1888 


The  Christian  Cynosure. 

CHICAGO,  THURSDAY,  DECEMBBR  28,  1882. 


EDITORIAL    LETTERS. 


Who  Defeated  St  John  ? 

Olathk,  Kan.,  JL>ec.  18, 1882. 

Dkab  Ctnosurb  : — 1  started  for  Kansas,  de- 
termined to  get  the  correct  answer  to  this  ques- 
tion, not  from  curiosity,  but  for  the  instruction 
of  our  American  party,  that  we  may  know,  ac- 
curately, what  causes  are  producing  political 
effects  in  this  country ;  and  1  was  resolved  not 
to  be  deceived  or  to  deceive  others  as  to  who 
mkd  what  defeated  SL  John.  I  began  to  ask  this 
question  as  soon  as  the  November  elections  were 
over,  and  have  asked  it  from  every  one  whose 
opinion  was  worth  asking,  from  my  own  table 
to  this  town,  where  the  Governor  lives  ;  and  I 
amprepared  to  report. 

The  first  answer  I  have  uniformly  received  is, 
"Well,  I  don't  know!"  Even  his  law  partner. 
Mayor  Pickering,  of  Olathe,  could  give  me  no 
light,  except  that  "  the  liquor  party  worked  with 
fearful  energy  and  means,  and  there  was  no  end 
to  the  falsehoods  circulated  agaiust  him." 

But  the  liquor  party,  as  suehj  did  not,  could 
not  defeat  him.  Prohibition  was  carried  in  the 
State  by  a  round  number  of  92,000  votes  (1  will 
get  and  send  the  ofticial  votee),  and  St.  John  re- 
ceived some  8,000  or  9  000  votes  less  than  pko- 
HiBmoN.  Now  I  have  seen  on  the  cars  several 
who  voted  for  ?^t,  John  twice  when  he  was 
elected,  but  who  voted  against  him  this  time. 
And  not  one  of  all  1  have  seen  has  changed  his 
mind  on  prohibition!  He  was  defeated,  then,  by 
the  vote  of  prohibitionists  who  were  infl/ueneed 
hy  some  other  them  the  liquor  power. 

WHAT  IS   THAT   POWER? 

The  an  ewers  given  are  various.  A  small- 
eonled  man,  back  in  the  country,  said ; 

"  I  voted  agin  'im.''' 

«  Why?"  1  asked. 

"  I  believe  St.  John  g6t  a  haul  of  the  whisky 
money  that  was  raised."  And  so  this  rhan  thought 
St.  John  was  bribed  to  defeat  himself,  and' that 
by  brewers'  money  !  Some  shrewd  man  had  put 
this  idea  into  this  ignorant,  avaricious  man's 
head. 

Two  gentlemanly  and  fair  men  voted  against 
him,  because  they  said  they  did  not  like  St. 
John's  eeit-conceit,  or  the  third  term.  They 
said  he  was  too  confident  of  being  re-elected, 
and  they  did  not  believe  in  one  man  ruling  the 
State.  But  what  if  he  had  not  been  self-confi- 
dent? Would  he  have  been  elected  if  he  had 
doubted  or  despaired  for  himself  ? 

Several  have  said,  "  St.  John  defeated  himself, 
by  not  executing  the  liquor  law."  "He  had 
power  to  turn  out  the  prosecuting  attorneys. 
Why  didn't  he  turn  out  thoee  in  Topeka,  the 
State  capital,  and  imprison  the  saloon-keepers?" 
This  answer,  like  all  the  rest,  betrays  by  its  cun- 
ning its  lodge  origin.  "  St.  John  defeated  him- 
Belf,"  forsooth,  because  he  was  not  a  sincere  pro- 
hibitionist !  This  is  folly !  When,  amidst  war 
and  rebellion}  Lincoln  suspended  the  habeas  cor- 
pus, the  Democrats  howled,  "He's  a  dictator. 
He'll  make  us  all  slaves."  If  St.  John  had  gone 
to  jailing  the  liquor  men,  ten  thousand  Ameri- 
cans, jealous  for  human  rights  as  we  all  are, 
would  have  cursed  hin,  for  a  cruel  tyrant,  and  a 
hundred  thousand  women  would  have  shrieked 
"Amen."  Wby,  two  sensible  men, prohibition- 
lets,  on  the  care,  said  to  me,  *'  1  voted  for  him 
twice,  but  1  voted  against  him  this  time  beoause 
1  do  not  believe  in  the  State  being  governed  by 
one  man."  What  would  multitudes  have  said, 
had  the  Governor  gone  to  packing  temperance 
juries,  and  turning  out  attorneys  in  Topeka? 

Now,  then,  Who  defeated  St.  John  ?  1  an- 
swer, 1  am  thoroughly  satisfied  that  Freemaeons 
defeated  him,  and  give  here  not  the  reasons,  but 
chief  aketches  of  reasons  for  my  belief. 

1.  A  Magon  here  in  Olathe  said  to  Mr:  Curtis, 
"  St.  John  ain't  much  of  a  Mason."  iA.T.  Curtis 
replied,  "Isn't  he  as  much  of  a  Mat  on  as  you 
are  ?"  "  No,  indeed,"  was  the  Mason's  answer. 
This  proves  the  main  point.  The  lodge  dis- 
trusts St.  John.  Masons  had,  no  doubt,  expect- 
ed appointments  for  grips  and  did  not  get  them, 
and  worked,  as  Masons  only  can,  by  lies  and 


specious  arguments  to  defeat  him  all  over  the 
State. 

2.  Carefully  consider  the  reasons  given  above 
for  voting  against  him,  and  they  all  bear  the 
Masonic  ear-mark.  They  are  cunning  reasons 
given  by  cunning  men  to  prejudice  honest 
voters. 

3.  St.  John  is  defeated,  and  no  one  knows 
who  did  it ;  not  even  Mayor  Pickering,  his  law 
partner.  Now  there  is  an  old  maxim — "  If  the 
heifer  be  dead,  and  the  butcher  stands  by  with 
his  knife  bloody,  is  there  any  doubt  who  killed 
the  heifer  ?"  Now  the  lodge  here  (which  runs 
through  the  State)  stands  by  St.  John's  defeat 
with  its  "  kn'te  bloody." 

4.  "  Then  why  should  not  bo  wide  a  fact  leak 
out?"  I  answer :  Masons  keep  secrets  from 
Masons,  even  when  they  drive  them  to  the  polls 
like  flocks  of  sheep.  If  Albert  Pike  and  the 
Sovereign  Inspector  General  had  come  to  dis- 
trust St.  John,  they  would,  of  course,  like  all 
assassins,  "strike,  but  conceal  the  hand."  This 
is  exactly  what  is  done  here.  The  hand  is  con- 
cealed, and  the  author  and  leader  of  prohibition 
has  been  defeated  by  prohibitionists  ! 

5.  it  is  not  seen  by  American  voters  to-day, 
who  defeated  John  Quincy  Adams  in  1828. 
They  bnly  know  that  Jackson,  his  Secretary 
Livingston,  and  his  Mexican  Minister  Poinsett, 
were  Masons ;  and  Adams  was  dropped  at  the 
end  of  one  term,  though  all  the  former  Presi- 
dents but  one  had  two,  and  Adams  was  defeated 
by  the  North,  not  because  of  his  Anti-masonry, 
(the  North  was  Anti-masonic),  but  because,  like 
St.  John,  he  was  too  "self-reliant,"  and  what 
not,  though  the  administration  o^  both  these 
men  was  and  is  popular. 

6.  Every  lodge  triumph  is  just  like  this. 
Nicholas  Longworth  said  to  me  of  the  Know- 

Nothings  (who  were  Masons  under  an  alias) : 
"  We  have  a  power  here  which  carries  all  our 
elections,  and  no  one  knows  who  does  it  till  the 
election  is  over."     So  precisely  is  it  now. 

7.  We  saw  that  Ben.  Butler's  election  in  Mas- 
sachusetts, like  this  in  Kansas  vs.  St.  John,  was 
a  "still  hunt."  Butler  made  no  speeches,  and 
lodge  liquor  and  money  elected  him.  Thous- 
ands of  good  honest  men,  too,  voted  for  him. 
Now  then 

WHAT  IS  TO  BK  DONE  ? 

I  answer:  Just  what  Thurlow  Weed  di'i  when 
he  saw  that  the  lodge  defeated  the  Koehester 
treasTsrer  and  put  in  its  own  creature,  viz.,  accept 
their  lead.  Take  this  question  INTO  POLE- 
TICS  !  and  it  will  put  St.  John  into  the  Presi- 
dential chair  in  1888,  as  it  would  have  put  in 
Seward  in  1860,  had  the  people  known  that  the 
lodge  was  defeating  him.  On  a  straight  itsue 
the  lodge  is  to-day  unpopular,  and  will  be  found 
so  in  i888. 

I  last  night,  herein  Olathe, addressed  an  audi- 
ence which  packed  the  Wesleyan  church  like 
sheep  wedged  in  a  stable.  The  church  is  of  good 
size.  I  speak  on  politics  to-night.  The  lodge 
defeated  Pomeroy  and  put  Ingalls  (a  Mason)  in 
his  place.  Pomeroy  is  with  us  and  St.  John 
must  be.     Take  the  question  to  the  polls. 


The  Staie  Convention. 

Emporia,  Kan.,   Dec.  20, 1882. 

Dear  Cynosure: — Our  Convention  opened 
finely, Iflst  evening  in  the  Congregational  Church, 
(Dr.  Cordley's),  a  magnificent  and  beautiful 
audience  room,  the  largest  in  the  city.  Dr.  Mc- 
Millan, United  Presbyterian,  of  Olathe,  tempo- 
rarily took  the  chair.  Rev.  Mr.  Hibbard,  Free 
Methodist,  made  a  neat  and  sweet  speech  of 
welcome,  to  which  Dr.  McMillan  replied  in  a 
calm,  clear,  Scotch  style. 

But  "The  best  of  all  is  God  is  with  us;"  as 
the  dying  Wesley  said.  Rev.  Mr.  Loggan, 
United  Brethren,  opened  the  season  of  prayer. 
He  was  at  Aurora,  all  the  way  from  Piatts- 
mouth.  Mr.  Carpenter  said  to  me,  when  Log- 
gan closed  his  speech,  "Brother  Blanchard, 
these  men  are  giants."  But  we  were  not.  It 
was  the  Spirit  of  God  gave  us  utterance,  and 
we  spake   with  other  tongues  than  our  own. 

Two  men  last  night  made  fools  of  themselves, 
or  rather  Satan  made  fools  of  them.  An  Epis- 
copal minister,  who  is  ^ot  a  successor  of  the 


Apostles,  and  a  lawyer  named  Buck,  who  is  call- 
ed -'Judge,"  wanted  to  ask  questions,  and  the 
question,   "Are  you  a  Mason?" 

I  said,  "The  question  is  irrelevant." 

"I  will  show  that  it  is  relevant,"  he  vociferated. 

As  he  had  no  right  to  speak  there  without 
our  leave,  I  instantly  moved  that  he  have  leave 
to  speak.     "I  don't  want  to  speak,"  said  he. 

"Then  sit  down,"   I  replied. 

At  the  close  of  our  meeting,  two  fine  young 
men,  students  of  the  Normal  school  here,  came 
and  invited  me  to  visit  and  address  the  students, 
as  visitors  are  welcome  there.  It  is  raining  or 
1  would  go  up  this  morning. 

Our  good  brother  Collins,  who  so  ably  presid- 
ed at  the  Monument  Convention,  Batavia,  came 
to  greet  us  at  the  close  of  our  meeting.  As  I 
expected  as  much  to  meet  his  ghost,  I  fairly  did 
not  know  him.  His .  excellent  wife  is  with  him 
touching  with  skillful  fingers  the  reporters  and 
other  heart-strings  of  the  Convention. 

The  bell  has  just  rung  and  I  must  go  to  the 
meeting.  I  have  kept  up  asking,  "Who 
and  what  defeated  St.  John?"  There  is  but 
one  true  answer:  Many  hated  to  have  him 
allow  himself  to  be  persuaded  to  run  a  third 
time.  But  those  men  generally  if  not  universal- 
ly voted  for  him.  Ttiey  are  the  men  of  princi- 
ple. He  was  defeated  by  weak  prohibitionists 
who  were  gulled  and  deceived  by  the  cunning 
minions  of  the  lodge.  His  defeat,  I  predict,  will 
prove  the  Bull  Run  of  prohibition. 

If  St.  John  had  not  feared  no  other  governor 
would  carry  out  the  Liquor  law,  he  would  not 
have  run.  It  was  a  mistake,  but  he  is  a  noble 
man. 

FOREFATHFBS  DaY, 

Deo.  22d,  1882. 

The  Convention  closed  last  night.  I  hare 
never  seen  a  happier  set  of  people  in  a  revival 
of  religion.  "  They  were  all  filled  with  joy  and 
the  Holy  Ghost.^'  The  preponderance  of  the 
working  force  of  the  convention  was  Scotch 
Presbyterians,  but  the  Free  Methodist  pastor. 
Rev.  Mr  Hibbard,  and  his  people,  aided  much, 
and  the  good  brother  Loggan,  whorn  1  had  not 
met  since  the  first  Aurora  meeting  in  October, 
1807,  with  his  good  wife,  were  here,  all  the  same, 
only  with  their  heads  a  little  whitened,  as  they 
drew  nearer  heaven,  by  the  light  which  beams 
from  the  opening  gates  as  "  Friend  alter  friend 
depart." 

Our  good  brother  Worrell  astonished  us  by 
one  of  the  cleanest,  ablest  and  best  speeches  of 
the  occasion.  He  compared  those  who  are  chirp- 
ing about  St.  John's  defeat,  "  Third  Term^'' 
^^Third  TerrrkP''  etc.,  etc.,  to  birds  limping  off, 
and  uttering  cries  to  hide  the  really  important 
thing,  their  nest.  His  theory  of  the  Governor's 
defeat,  is  that  St.  John,being  only  a  Mason  of  low 
degree,  has  been  distrusted  and  set  aside  by  the 
"  Sovereign  Inspeotori''  in  favor  of  one  who  will 
serve  their  purposes  better.  I  have  not  a  re- 
maining doubt  but  Mr.  Worrell's  theory  is  the 
true  one.  He  said  the  lodge  may  shout  "  hur- 
rah for  prohibition"  again  when  they  can  make 
by  it,  and  thus  keep  the  temperance  cause  waver- 
ing, as  indeed  it  has  done  throughout  the  coun- 
try ;  as  the  devil  in  the  Phillipian  damsel 
shouted  for  Paul  and  Silas  to  mix  with  and  spoil 
the  movement.     We  shall  see  what  we  shall  see. 

This  morning  I  am  invited  to  speak  to  the 
normal  students  here.  I  then  go  to  Lyndon, 
Osage  county,  and  after  Sabbath,  proceed  to 
speak  at  North  Cedar  with  our  excellent  Bro. 
Milligan.  Rev.  Mr.  McMillan,  of  Olathe,  will 
send  a  full  oflicial  synopsis  of  proceeding  soon. 
Yours  in  Christ,  J.  Blanchard. 


— It  is  worthy  ot  remarlv  that  the  command 
eries  of  Knight  Templar  Freemasons  of  Chicago 
in  electing  their  ofiicere  lately,  have  so  far  as  we 
have  observed,  discsrded  the  Reverend  figure- 
heads, Thomas,  Fallows,  Perry,  Locke,  Lorimer, 
etc.,  and  put  in  ordmary  sinners  from  the  rank 
and  file. 

— Of  the  ten  Baptist  "divinity  colleges"  or 
theological  institutes  in  Great  Britain  only  four 
are  of  the  regular  or ,  strict  communion  type, 
namely — the  three  in  Wales  and  that  in  Man- 
chester, England. 


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December  98, 1882 


THK  CHRISTIAN  CYWOSURK. 


College   Outbreaks. 

There  seems  to  be  an  epidemic  of  insubordi- 
nation among  our  colleges.  At  Hobart  College, 
Geneva,  N.  Y".,  a  base  ball  game  ended  in  the 
expiilsion  of  two  Juniors,  when  the  two  upper 
classes  threatened  to  leave  unleps  the  young  men 
were  reinstated,  and  finally  the  whole  college 
took  sides  in  the  attempt  to  coerce  the  faculty. 
j..'o  settlement  is  reported. 

Adelbert  College,  Cleveland,  (the  old  Western 
B^g^rve  College  so  long  located  at  Hixdson,  O.) 
is  dieted  in  much  the  same  way.  Ti-e  faculty 
dec.  'ng  against  one  or  two  in  subordinates  the 
etudeots  in  a  body  went  into  rebellion.  A 
peacb  has  been  patched  up  after  some  days  of 
disorder. 

In  Illinois  the  "State  Oratorical  Association," 
got  up  by  several  institutions  for  competition  in 
elocutionary  skill,  is  at  the  bottom  of  jealousy 
and  revolt  without  end.  A  few  weeks  ago  a 
Monmouth  student  having  been  successful,  the 
desire  oi  liis  comrades  to  give  him  an  ovation 
led  them  into  excesses  of  temper  which  they 
will  always  repret.  At  one  time  the  plague  of 
sedition  Bcemed  to  have  fastened  upon  the  whole 
body  of  students,  but  the  firmness  of  President 
McMichael  prevailed  in  restoring  order.  The 
Chicago  University  students  belong  to  the  same 
"Oratorical  Association."  A  few  days  ago  sev- 
eral of  them  returned  from  a  meeting  of  ihe 
body,  one  threatening  to  shoot  another.  Sev- 
eral rows  resulted,  and  President  Anderson  was 
insulted  in  chapel  by  one  of  his  Seniors,  and 
the  young  blood  actually  drew  a  revolver  iipon 
his  teacher  when  called  aside  for  an  interview. 
The  ruffian  was  pinned  to  the  wall  and  disarmed 
and  is  now  settling  his  little  by-play  in  the 
courts. 

The  Hgency  of  the  college  fraternities  in  fo- 
menting these  troubles  does  not  of  course  openly 
appear.  That  it  is  largely  responsible  we  do 
not  doubt.  Match  games  ot  ball  as  well  as 
match  games  of  oratory  between  colleges  are 
entirely  aaide  from  the  legitimate  work  of  a  stu- 
dent. This  "Oratorical  Association"  is  already 
a  stench  in  the  nostrils  of  the  Illinois  faculties; 
controlled  by  seditious  minds,  it  is  made  the 
occasion  of  drunken  sprees  and  produces  general 
demoralization  among  a  large  class  of  students. 
These  outbreaks  should  suggest  to  the  churches 
and  to  praying  parents  that  our  institutions  of 
learning  shoula  be  continually  remembered  be- 
fore God.  One  day  of  prayer  for  them  in  a 
year  is  well,  but  it  must  be  supplemented  by 
many  closet  hours  and  a  wise  use  of  every  means 
that  shall  make  our  colleges  centers  of  spiritual 
as  well  as  intellectual  power. 


— Our  thanks  to  Bro.  E.  B.  Palmer  of  Batavia, 
N.  Y.,  for  a  copy  of  the  Progressvve  Batavian 
with  a  fine  picture  of  the  immense  works  of  the 
Johnston  Harvester  Company  just  erected  in 
that  city  just  west  of  the  cemetery  where  the 
Morgan  monument  atande.  The  fine  ofiices  of 
the  company  are  in  the  middle  of  the  block  on 
the  opposite  side  of  the  street  from  the  monu- 
ment. The  Morgan  memorial  thus  occupies  a 
thionged  corner — the  K.  Y.  Central  tracks  on 
the  soTith,  the  Harvester  works  on  the  weft. 

— It  is  reported  that  early  last  Mav  Ephraim 
Sherman  Uurfee,  aged  97,  died  in  Oshkosb,  Wis. 
Hie  death  is  noted  tor  no  remarkable  fact  except 
as  he  was  once  associated  with  Captain  Wm. 
Morgan.  He  was,  it  is  alleged,  master  of  the 
lodge  in  Rochester,  N.  Y.,  in  1828  (?)  and  con- 
ferred the  degrees  upon  Morgan.  He  was  com- 
pelled to  leave  the  country  during  the  excite- 
ment that  followed  Morgan's  death.  How  much 
of  the  story  is  true  is  left  to  conjecture,  but  as 
Morgan  was  murdered  two  years  before  the  date 
above  given,  there  is  a  discrepancy  that  "  clouds 
its  title"  to  truth. 

— When  jEob.  Morris  was  lecturing  in  Iowa 
on  the  beauties  of  the  Hiramite  religion,  as  he 
saw  them,  be  admitted  only  Master  Masons  to 
some  ot  his  meetings,  and  some  of  them  not  be- 
ing very  strongly  bound  by  the  speaker's  obliga- 
tion of  secrecy,  revealed  that  Morris  advised 
these  Master  Masons  to  join  the  churches  in  as 
large  numbers  as  possible,  so  astoJ)e  able  to 
control  them.  Will  the  United  *  Brethren 
churches  take  note  of  this  ?    This  is  the  same 


Rob.  Morris  who  could  whine  aa  piously  as  a 
mendicant  friar  when  Father  Taylor  put  the  lash 
of  trixth  upon  his  back,  and  yet  call  Finney  and 
Bernard  renegades  and  liars  in  the  same  breath! 
— One  G.W.  Hughey,  "D.D.,"  who  signs  him- 
self "Past-Grand  Worthy  Patriarch,  Sons  of 
Temperance,"  wants  to  start'a  temperance  paper 
in  St.  Louis.  He  expects  his  secret- worship  breth- 
ren will  a'l  help,  and  one  endorsement  is  from 
John  D.  Yincil,  pastor  of  Marvin  Chapel,  M.  E. 
church.  South,  who  is  Grand  Secretary  of  the 
Missouri  Grand  Lodge  of  Freemasons,  who  lately 
told  a  reporter  that  Mr.  Weed's  letter  was  "  a 
slander,"  the  Morgan  expose  "  silly,"  other  ex- 
positions "written  by  men  wholly  ignorant"  of 
wh>it  they  were  doing,  and  the  Morgan  excite- 
ment got  up  for  political  purposes  only. 

Weed  against  the  Lodge. 

The  interest  in  the  lodge  murder  of  Morgan 
aroused  by  Mr.  Weed's  letter  ia  not^et  lost, 
though  the  all-abaorbing  holiday  season  is  upon 
us.  Perhaps  the  moat  wonderful  corroborating 
testimony  comes  from  California.  On  the  7ih 
of  December  the  Record-  Union  of  Sacramento, 
published  the  following  letter  from  the  sons  of 
the  Dr.  Strong  who  attended  the  second  inquest 
held  upon  the  body  washed  up  at  Oak  Orchard 
Creek,  and  whose  testimony,  with  that  of  Mrs. 
Morgan,  S.  .D.  Greene  and  others,  identified  it 
beyond  doubt  as  that  of  Morgan.  Tne  comment 
of  the  editor  follows: 

The  Morgan  Mystery. 

Eds.  Recced- Union: — In  your  paper  some 
days  since  a  floating  paragraph  appeared  stating 
that  William  Morgan  was  seen  years  after  his 
abduction  and  the  noted  Anti-masonic  excite- 
ment of  1826,  in  Asia  Minor,  and  that  he  died 
there.  This  is  all  pure  fiction.  The  facts  in 
this  celebrated  case  are  as  stated  in  the  article 
written  by  Hon.  Frederick  Whittlesey,  of  Roch- 
ester, who  died  in  1851,  and  which  is  just  pub- 
lished (December  2d)by  the  Rochester  Union 
and  Ad/»ertiser.  A  telegraphic  synopsis  you 
have  in  your  paper  of  the  4th.  As  a  matter  of 
history  the  full  article  is  well  worthy  of  publi- 
cation. William  Morgan  was  an  inmate  of  our 
father's  family  in  Rochester  lor  some  time  dur- 
ing the  winter  season  preceding  his  abduction. 
He  believed  himself  to  be  under  surveillance  at 
this  time  by  the  Masonic  fraternity,  in  conse- 
quence of  his  reputed  writings  in  the  exposure 
of  Masonry.  His  eyes  became  seriously  inflam- 
ed from  his  close  application  in  writing  this  ex- 
pose and  he  was  kept  closely  housed  as  a  patient 
of  our  father's  who  was  a  practicing  physician, 
and  was  employed  in  the  treatment  of  his  eyes. 
We  recollect  him  well,  with  his  large,  green 
blinds,  and  his  not  be'ng  permitted  to  come  to 
the  light.  During  his  residence  with  us  he  had 
a  tooth  extracted,  which  was  preserved  by  his 
wife.'  His  teeth  were  very  peculiar,  being  all 
well  formed  and  all  double  in  both  the  upper 
and  lower  j'iws.  His  abdu.jtion  occured  in  Sep- 
tember, 1826.  In  the  following  summer  or 
iall  a  body  was  discovered  near  the  mouth  of 
Oak  Orchard  Creek,  very  much  decayed,  and 
evidently  having  been  in  the  water  of  Lake  On- 
tario for  many  months.  It  was  generally 
thought  at  the  time  that  this  was  the  body  of 
Wm.  Morgan,  and  great  efforts  were  being 
made  at  the  investigation  to  prove  it  to  be  the 
body  ot  some  other  person.  Our  father  and 
Mrs.  Morgan  were  summoned  to  thp  inquest. 
The  tooth  was  produced  in  evidence,  and  the 
peculiar  lormation  of  the  teeth  of  Morgan  stat- 
ed by  Mrs.  Morgan  and  our  father.  The  jaw 
of  the  corpse  fully  answered  to  the  description, 
and  the  tooth  suited  the  vacancy  as  described. 
And  to  the  mind  ot  Mrs.  Morgan  and  our  father, 
as  well  as  to  disinterested  parties,  it  was  lully 
established  that  this  was  the  identical  body  of 
Wm.  Morgan.  As  this  is  a  link  in  the  chain  of 
evidence  ot  the  Morgan  mystery,  we  present  it 
to  you    forpublication. 

Albert  and  W.  R.  Steong. 

COMMENTS  of  THE  UNION. 

These  gentlemen,  who  were  in  a  position  to 
know  all  that  ever  was  known  abouc  the  Mor- 
gan abduction  show  that  the  ■  identification  of 
the  body  which  was  at  the  time  alleged  to  have 
been  that  of  Morgan,  was  far  more  complete 
than  has  generally  been  euppoBed.    Morgan  Imd 


double  teeth  all  through  both  jaws;  a  peculiarity 
which  perhaps  does  not  occur  once  in  a  million 
times.  He  had  had  one  of  his  teeth  drawn 
shortly  before  his  disappearance,  and  his  wife 
had  kopt  this  tooth.  When  the  body  was  found, 
eight  or  nine  months  afterwards,  it  was  in  so 
advanced  a  stage  of  decomposition  that  the  fea- 
tures were  not  recognizable;  ,but  the  corpse  was 
found  to  have  double  teeth  all  through  both 
jaws,  and  moreover  there  was  a  gap  in  them  both 
^vhich  Morgan's  extracted  tooth  neatly  tilled. 
It  seems  to  us  that  this  was  as  complete  an 
identiticatiou  as  was  possible,  not  only  under 
these,  but  under  any  circumstances.  For  where- 
as the  features  of  a  face  may  be  altered  by 
death  and  immersion  so  that  even  the  nearest 
relations  have  sometimes  been  mis'ed,  it  is 
scarcely  conceivable  that  such  a  circumstance  as 
the  tiudiua:  of  the  body  ot  another  man  with 
the  same  peculiar  teeth,  and  the  same  gap  in 
them,  should  have  occurred.  In  short  after  that 
piece  of  evidence  we  should  say  that  reasonable 
doubt  as  to  the  identity  of  the  body  found, 
with  Morgan,  was  out  of  the  question. 

m  •  ^ ■ — 

Reform  News. 
{Continued  from  5t^  page. 
and  here,  as  it  were  from  the  heart  of  the  nation, 
send  out  the  living  waters  of  truth  which  are 
for  its  healing.  It  is  not  impracticable.  Noth- 
ing is  impracticable  that  ifo  essential  to  tho  ac- 
complishment ot  God's  great  work  on  earth. 
Difficulties  there  doubtless  are,  but  there  are 
also  wonderful  facilities, 

I  came  to  this  city  on  Saturday  last  and  was 
meet  kindly  received  by  Rov.  T.  P,  Stevenson, 
editor  of  the  Christian  Statesman,  with  whose 
family  1  had  a  most  pleasant  stay  till  Tuesday 
mornmg.  On  Sabbath  evening  1  spoke  in  the 
17th  Street  Reformed  Presbyterian  church  to 
quite  a  full  congregation.  JS^otice  had  been  sent 
to  several  other  enuiches  and  there  was  most 
excellent  attention  to  a  discourse  on  the  rela- 
tion of  the  secret  orders  to  the  Christian  re- 
ligion. The  congregation  attested  their  sincerity 
by  a  liberal  collection. 

On  Monday  morning  I  visited  the  meeting  of 
the  United  Presbyterian  ministers  at  the  office 
of  the  Christian  Instructor.  I  was  invited  to 
make  statements  of  the  object  and  work  of  the 
N.  C.  A.,  and  a  committee  was  appointed  to 
consider  what  action  should  be  taken  and  report 
in  a  week.  Since  then  I  have  visited  quite  a 
number  of  ministers  (mostly  Reformed  Presby- 
terians, N.  S.)  who  listened  kindly  to  what  I 
said  and  expressed  much  interest  in  our  reform. 
Some  of  them  have  promised  to  bring  the  sub- 
ject before  their  sessions  and  if  practicable  have 
a  public  discussion. 

Last  night  I  attended  a  meeting  of  the  Free 
Methodists  at  their  house  of  worehip  on  Master 
St.,  and  found  warm  sympathy  with  my  work. 
It  is  proposed  to  have  as  many  meetings  as 
practicable  in  different  parts  of  the  city  and 
to  then  have  a  general  meeting. 

It  is  a  great  work  to  canvass  this  great  city.  I 
can  work  but  slowly,  but  in  view  of  our  work 
in  Washington,  both  present  and  prospective, 
it  seems  important  thac  these  neighboT-ing  cities 
should  also^oe  visited  in  the  interest  of  our  re- 
form. I  expect  to  go  to  Chambersburg,  Pa.,  on 
the  30th,  God  willing.  May  the  Lord  direct 
my  steps.     Yours  for  Christ,     H.  H.  Hihman. 

From  the  Michigan  Secretary. 

Brethren  in  Michigan,  i  expect  to  spend  the 
winter  preaching  and  lecturing.  We  intend 
immediately  to  organize  a  county  Anti-masonic 
Association  in  this  (Oakland)  county.  I  think 
th&t  local  aBSociationa  should  be  formed  through- 
out the  State.  I  hope  that  all  who  are  wiUing 
to  assist  in  organizing  in  this  county  will  at  once 
report  by  mail  to  me  or  to  Dr.  L.  1.  Wicker, 
Holly,  Mich.  Persons  in  adjacent  counties  are 
requested  to  co-operate  with  ns. 

if  we  have  but  little  interest  in  this  very  im- 
portant work,  let  us  pray  ourselves  alive.  Let 
us  feel  tor  lost  men  aa  Christ  felt  tor  us, 
then  act  with  the  glory  of  God  and  eternity  in 
view. 

As  soon  as  possible,  a  practicable  meeting 
will  be  called.  A.  H.  Speingsteibt, 

Sec.  State  Association. 

Box  606,  Pontiac,  Michigan. 


10 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURB 


l>eo«mber  28, 188i4 


HOME  CIRCLE. 


Waiching.-Mark  13:33. 

BY  MRS.  HELEN  B.  BROVITN. 

I'm  watchiiig  for  my  Lord; 
I  Know  not  when  he'll  come 
To  take  me  to  hie  glorious  rest, 
His  own  delightful  home. 

I  lift  my  eyes  at  dawn, 
And  Ihluk,  Before  the  night 
Perhaps  he  will  translate  my  soul 
Where  it  is  ever  light. 

Or  as  I  lay  me  down 
To  sleep,  when  day  is  done, 
I  eay,  Before  the  morning  break. 
May  rise  my  toul's  sweet  Sun, 

I  try  to  do  my  work 
Each  (lay  as  'twere  my  last; 
To  have  my  house  in  order  when 
He  sounds  the  tiumpet  blast. 

I  do  not  dread  the  way; 
I  know  he  loves  his  own. 
And  he  himself  will  come  for  me^ — 
I  shall  not  go  alone. 

If  sudden  accident. 
Or  sickness  sharp  and  brief. 
Shall  be  his  messengers,  he'll  haste 
And  bring  me  quick  relief. 

For,  precious  in  his  sight. 
He  tells  us,  is  the  death 
Of  every  saint;  how  easy,  then. 
To  yield  to  him  our  breath  1 

So  come,  my  Lord  1  I  cry ; 
Dear  JeBu.s,  quickly  come ! 
I'm  longing  to  behold  thy  face  1 
Longing  to  be  at  home  1 

— American  Messenger. 


A  Model  Princess. 

Souiething  new  under  the  sun  comes  to  us 
from  across  the  water.  It  is  not  from  the  busy 
capital  and  haunts  of  the  central  European 
counirieB,  but  from  far-ofi:  Lapland.  The  fam- 
ily of  Bernadotte,  of  Sweden — the  only  one  of 
all  Napoleon's  generals  whom  he  placed  upon  a 
throne,  who  stayed  there  after  the  Vienna  Con- 
gress— has  always  taken  a  profound  interest  in 
the  Scandinavia  to  which  they  were  transplanted 
from  their  homes  in  the  southern  border-land 
between  Franco  and  Spain,  This  has  been  the 
ground  of  their  hold  on  the  people.  The  late 
King  Carl,  of  Sweden,  ransacked  the  old  Korsa 
legends,  and  haa  done  as  much  as  Tegner  him- 
self to  bring  to  life  the  early  mythical  history 
of  the  Scandinavians.  But  now  we  have  a  new 
factor  in  this  interest  of  the  Bernadotte  family 
in  their  adopted  country.  The  Princess  Eugenie, 
sister  of  the  reigning  King  Oscar,  has  exhibited 
a  singular  zeal  a&d  interest  in  the  evangelization 
and  material  development  of  the  Laplanders. 
She  has  recently  organized  a  society  of  ladies  in 
Stockholm,  whose  sole  object  is  to  promote  mis- 
sionary labor  among  the  Lapps.  She  has  spent 
much  of  her  time  in  writing  letters  and  person- 
ally visiting  ladies,  whom  she  invokes  to  come 
to  the  aid  of  her  noble  undertaking.  One  of  the 
points  of  her  appeal  covers  the  whole  case,  and 
is  simply  irreaistiDle.  It  is  a  reference  to  the 
fraitless  plea  of  a  Lapp  woman,  live  centuries 
ago,  to  secure  the  gospel  for  her  native  country. 
These  are  the  words  ot  Friacess  Eugenie:  "Five 
hundred  years  ago  Margaretba,  a  woman  from 
Lapland,  impelled  by  a  burning  desire  to  see  the 
glorious  sun  of  the  gospel  rise  over  the  snow- 
covered  fields  of  Lapland,  traveled  the  whole 
distance  to  the  south  on  foot,  to  lay  her  peiiiioa 
before  her  Queen,  and  beg  for  help.  But  not- 
withstanding the  Queen's  wish  to  aid  her,  the 
missionaries  never  reached  Lapland,  and  Mar- 
garetba failed  to  see  wiiat  she  prayed  for." 

But  much  more  Buccesaful  was  another  Lapp 
woman,  who,  sixteen  years  Kgo,  also  came  all 
the  way  to  Stockholm  on  foot  to  seek  spiritual 
help  for  her  forgotten  aud  unevangelized  people 
— for,  notwithstanding  what  King  Adolph  II. 
did  for  evangelizing  the  Lapps,  they  are  still 
about  as  mucU  pagan  as  in  the  old  days  of  Odin 
and  Thor.  This  latest  woman  from  Lapland, 
who  walked  all  the  way  to  Stockholm  for  mis- 
sionary help,  was  Mary  Mattsdotter,  and  her 
plea  has  taken  fruit  in  the  noble  efforts  of  the 
Princess  Eugenie.  This  lady  is  now  giving  her 
entire  time  to  the  great  work  of  sending  the  gos- 


pel to  the  Lapps.  Neither  the  royal  family  nor 
the  nobility  generally,  in  any  of  the  three  Scan- 
dinavian countries,  are  wealthy.  The  civil  list 
is  small,  and  the  taxes  for  the  support  of  the 
crown  are  meager,  for  the  people  themselves  are 
poor.  Hence,  the  Princess  has  to  resort  to  just 
such  means  as  our  Americaa  ladies  employ,  in 
order  to  provide  missionary  help  for  the  Lapps, 
in  whom  she  has  taken  such  interest,  and  to 
whose  improvement  she  is  dedicating  her  life. 
In  her  own  castle  she  has  organized  a  "  sewing 
society,"  the  profits  from  which  are  given  to 
Lapp  evangelization.  She  has  little  bazars  here 
and  there  in  btockholm,  and  in  each  of  them  are 
objects  for  sale  which  are  the  fruit  of  her  own 
hands,  such  as  embroidery  and  paintings.  She 
spends  her  sunrimers  on  the  Island  of  Gothland, 
in  the  Baltic  Sea.  and  gives  all  her  time  to  mis- 
sionary work  for  the  poor  of  the  Island,  and  is 
reirarded  by  them  almost  in  the  light  of  a  patron 
saint.  When  she  reiurns  in  the  autumn  to 
Stockholm,  she  again  goes  to  work  for  the  Lapps, 
and  spends  her  long  winter  in  providing  means 
to  send  missionaries.  She  has  been  at  this  work 
ot  love  for  a  year  or  two,  but  we  shall  in  due 
time  hear  of  the  work  done  in  Lapland  by  her 
missionaries. 

This  is  a  new  way  for  a  lady  of  the  nobility 
to  spend  her  time.  Instead  of  going  to  races, 
and  lounging  away  her  years  at  the  watering- 
place,  she  prefers  to  make  something  of  her 
life.  Her  example  is  worthy  of  imitation  in 
this  country.  There  is  many  a  lady,  and  many 
a  man,  too,  for  that  matter  who  need  not  wait 
long  to  find  some  class  of  people,  somewhere 
on  the  world's  map,  who  are  in  the  darkness 
and  the  sorrow  of  no  gospel,  or  of  a  very  limited 
one.  They  have  means  and  minds,  and  all  they 
need  is  the  conscience  and  energy  to  find  a  field. 
There  is  some  harvest  which  they  can  gather  and 
why  do  they  stand  all  the  day  idle?  But  it  is 
the  old,  old  trouble — there  are  enough  white 
fields;  the  dearth  is  in  willing  reapers. — Chris- 
tian Advocate. 


The  Praying  Widow  ef  Nuremberg. 

In  the  year  1820,  there  lived  at  Nuremberg 
the  widow  of  a  laborer,  whose  two  sons  were 
about  completing  their  studies.  But  she  was  so 
poor  that,  when  the  youngest  was  about  to  pass 
ins  examination,  she  knew  not  how  to  procure 
the  fitty  francs  demanded  for  his  diploma.  She 
made  known  her  trouble  to  her  pastor,  who  ad- 
vised her  to  borrow  that  sum.  The  widow  re- 
plied, "  I  dare  not  do  it,  for  I  do  not  know  how 
I  can  ever  repay  it."  "  Well,"  said  the  pastor, 
"  let  us  ask  the  Lord  to  send  you  that  amount, 
relying  on  this  promise,  '  If  two  of  you  shall 
agree  on  earth  as  touching  anything  that  they 
shall  ask,  it  shall  be  done  for  them  of  my  Father 
which  is  in  heaven.'  Go  home  and  pray,  and  I 
will  do  the  same  in  my  study." 

Kneeling  down  the  pastor  presented  his  request 
in  earnest  prayer  to  God.  Tlien  he  tried  to  think 
of  some  way  by  which  he  could  help  the  poor 
mother,  for  his  own  resources  were  exhausted. 
He  left  his  study  hoping  that  his  walk  in  the 
city  would  bring  some  good  result.  Passing  the 
houee  of  a  pariehoner  some  one  seemed  to  say  to 
him,  "  Go  in  and  salute  them."  He  knocked, 
and  the  woman  who  opened  the  door  exclaimed, 
"  You  have  come  at  the  right  moment."  The 
father  then  said  to  his  pastor,  '.'  We  desire  your 
counsel.  Yesterday  we  celebrated  our  silver 
wedding.  We  did  not  wish  to  spend  money  for 
a  feast,  but  have  put  aside  twenty-five  florins  as 
a  small  token  of  gratitude  for  all  the  blessings 
God  has  granted  us  during  these  twenty-five 
years  of  marriage.  We  do  not  know  how  to  em- 
ploy this  money,  and  I  just  now  said  to  my  wife 
tnat  you  could  indicate  to  us  the  best  use  to 
which  it  could  be  applied."  The  pastor  then  re- 
counted with  much  emotion  the  story  of  the 
poor  widow.  They  both  exclaimed,  ''  It  is  the 
finger  of  God,  Take  the  money  and  carry  it 
to  her." 

It  was  now  night,  and  the  next  day  at  nine 
o'clock  the  money  must  be  paid.  The  pastor 
hastened  to  the  home  of  the  poor  widow,  and 
at  her  door  heard  her  groans  and  half-uttered 
words  of  earnest  prayer.    He  entered  the  room 


and  said  to  her :  "  Before  they  call  1  will  answer; 
and  while  they  are  yet  speaking  I  will  hear." 
He  then  explained  to  the  astonished  mother  how 
their  prayers  had  been  answered,  and  her  anxiety 
gave  place  to  praise.  They  both  kneeled  down 
and  gave  thanks  to  God,  who  had  so  faithfully 
fulfilled  his  promise. — Selected. 

m  ■  ■ 

"Man  has  but  One  Chance." 

*'  Gentlemen,  this  universe,  up  to  the  edge  of 
the  tomb,  is  not  a  joke.  There  are  in  this.^Ci,'^ 
serious  differences  between  the  right  hand'.'*^-a 
the  left.  Nevertheless,  in  our  present  car'"  ^,  a 
man  has  but  one  chance.  Even  if  yon  >oome 
weighted  into  the  world,  as  Sinbad  was  wi-^h  the 
Old  Man  of  the  Sea,  you  have  but  one  chance. 
Time  does  not  fly  in  a  circle,  but  forth,  and  right 
on.  The  wandering,  squandering,  desiccated 
moral  leper  is  gifted  vrith  no  second  set  of  early 
years.  There  is  no  fountain  in  Florida  that 
gives  perpetual  youth  ;  and  the  universe  might 
be  searched,  probably  in  vain,  for  such  a  spring. 
Waste  your  youth ;  in  it  you  shall  have  but  one 
chance.  Waste  your  middle  life  ;  in  it  you  shall 
haae  but  one  chance.  Waste  your  old  age;  in 
it  you  shall  have  but  one  chance.  It  is  an  irre- 
versible natural  law  that  character  attains  final 
permanence,  and  in  the  nature  of  things  final 
permanence  can  come  but  once.  This  world  is 
fearfully  and  wonderfully  made,  and  so  are  we, 
and  we  shall  escape  neither  ourselves  nor  these 
stupendous  laws.  It  is  not  to  me  a  pleasant 
thing  to  exhibit  these  truths  from  the  side  oi  ter- 
ror ;  but,  on  the  other  side,  these  are  the  truths 
of  bliss ;  for,  by  this  very  law  through  which  all 
character  tends  to  become  unchanging,  a  soul 
that  attains  final  permanence  of  good  character 
runs  but  one  risk  and  is  delivered  once  for  all 
from  its  torture  and  unrest.  It  has  passed  the 
bourne,  from  behind  which  no  man  is  caught  out 
of  the  fold.  He  who  is  the  force  behind  all 
natural  law  is  the  Keeper  of  his  sheep,  and  no 
one  is  able  to  plnck  them  out  of  his  hand.  Him- 
self without  variableness  or  the  shadow  of  turn- 
ing, he  maintains  the  irreversibleness  of  all  natu- 
ral forces,  one  of  which  is  the  insufferably 
majestic  law  by  which  character  tends  to  assume 
final  permanence,  good,  as  well  as  bad." — Joseph 
Cooh 

A  Wife's  Faith. — in  ouij  oi  the  towns  of 
England  there  is  a  beautiful  little  chapel,  and  a 
very  touching  story  is  told  in  connection  with  it. 
It  was  built  by  an  infidel.  He  had  a  praying 
wife,  but  he  would  not  listen  to  her,  would  not 
allow  her  pastor  even  to  take  dinner  with  them, 
would  not  look  at  the  Bible,  would  not  allow 
religion  even  to  be  talked  of.  She  made  up  her 
mind,  seeing  she  could  not  influence  him  by  her 
voice,  that  every  day  she  would  pray  to  God  at 
twelve  o'clock  for  bis  salvation.  She  said  noth- 
ing to  him,  but  every  day  at  that  hour  she  told 
the  Lord  about  her  husband.  At  the  end  of 
twelve  months  there  was  no  change  in  him. 
But  she  did  not  give  it  up.  Six  months  more 
went  past.  Her  faith  began  to  waver,  and  she 
said,  "Will  I  have  to  give  him  up  at  last?  Per- 
haps when  I  am  dead  he  will  answer  my  prayers." 
When  she  had  got  to  that  point  it  seemed  just 
as  if  God  had  got  her  where  he  wanted  her. 
The  man  came  home  to  dinner  one  day.  ELis 
wife  was  in  the  dining-room  waiting  for  him, 
but  he  did  not  come  in.  She  waited  for  some 
time,  and  finally  looked  for  him  all  through  the 
house.  At  last  she  thought  of  looking  into  the 
little  room  where  she  had  prayed  so  often. 
There  he  was  praying  at  the  same  bed  with  ago- 
ny, where  she  had  prayed  for  so  many  montns, 
asking  forgiveness  lor  his  sins.  And  this  is  a 
lesson  for  you,  wives,  who  have  infidel  husbands. 
The  Lord  saw  that  woman's  faith  and  answered 
her  prayers. — Pure  Testimony. 

"Preach,"  says  Austin  Phelps;  "let  other  men 
organize.  Preach;  let  other  men  raise  funds  and 
look  after  denominational  affairs.  Preach;  let 
other  men  ferret  out  scandals  and  try  clerical  de- 
linquents. Preach;  let  other  men  solve  the  prob- 
lem of  perpetual  motion,  of  which  church  history 
is  full.  Then  make  a  straight  path  between  your 
pulpit  and  your  study,  on  which  the  grass  shall 
never  grow.  Build  your  clerical  influence  up  be- 
tween those  two  abnteraents. 


l>ecember  28,  1882 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYKOSUHE, 


11 


CHILDREN'S  CORNER. 


The  New-Year. 

stay  yet,  my  friends,  a  moment  stay; 

Stay  till  the  good  old  year. 
So  long  companion  of  our  way, 

Shakes  hands  and  leaves  us  here. 
Oh  stay,  oh  stay. 
One  little  hour  and  then  away. 

Days  brightly  came  and  calmly  went. 
While  yet  he  was  our  guest; 

How  cheerfully  the  week  was  spent! 
How  Bweet  the  seventh  day's  restl 
Oh  stay,  oh  stay. 

One  golden  hour  and  then  away. 

Even  while  we  sing  he  snnlos  his  last, 
And  leaves  onr  sphere  behind. 

The  good  old  year  is  with  the  past ; 
Oh  be  the  new  as  kind  I 
Oh  stay,  oh  stay. 

One  parting  strain  and  then  away. 


our  own  greetings  and  really  have  a  happy  new 
year." 

"Agreed,"  said  all  the  girls;  and  one  of  them 
said,  "Let,8  be  a  society,  and  call  ourselves  the 
'Lend  a  hands,'  like  some  ^irls  I  read  about  in 
Boston.  They  lent  a  hand  to  help  poor  mothers 
clothe  their  babies,  but  we'll  try  to  help  every- 
body." 


—Bryant. 


The  Way  to  have  a  Happy  New  Yean 

BY  MAKGAKET  E.  WTN&LOW. 

"Happy  New  Year!"  said  Lulu,  as  she  took 
her  accustomed  seat  tho  first  Sabbath  of  18 — , 
*'Happy  JMew  Year,  girls!  Happy  New  Year, 
Miss  Amy!  How  many  times  have  I  said  it 
toyou?"^ 

"This  is  the  sixth  New  Year  since  you  and 
Carte  came  from  the  infant  class  into  mine;  the 
others  have  not  been  together  quite  so  long  bat 
to  each  and  all.  I  wish  a  very  Happy  New  Year, 
and  that  it  were  in  my  power  to  make  it  such  to 
every  one  of  you." 

"In  whose  power  is  it,  Mias  Amy?" 

"The  Lord's,  first  and  chiefeet,  of  course,  but 
then  he  is  so  ready  to  do  his  part,  and  cares  so 
much  for  the  happiness  of  his  children,  that  I 
might  almost  say  it  is  in  your  power  to  make 
18 —  the  very  happiest  year  of  your  life." 

"I  wonder  how  it  is,"  said  Lulu,  tvho  was  giv- 
en to  wondering,  "that  every  year  everybody 
wishes  everybody  else  Happy  New  Years,  and  yel 
they  and  everybody  are  as  unhappy  as  possible. 
1  don't  think  1  ever  heard  anybody  say,  'A  Hap- 
py Old  Year.'  " 

"I  never  did  either,  and  yet  I  think  the  fault 
is  our  own  in  two  ways:  First,  sorrow  makes 
more  impression  on  ua  than  happiness,  and  so, 
in  looking  back,  the  year  seems  fuller  of  the  one 
than  the  other;  and,  secondly,  we  forget  that  the 
way  to  make  happy  years  is  to  try  to  make  each 
day  happy  as  it  passes  by.  I  knew  an  old  gen- 
tleman, eighty  years  old,  who  told  me  last  sum- 
mer that  he  tried  never  to  let  a  day  go  by  with- 
out doing  some  little  kindness,  or  making  some 
one  feel  happier.  That  man  was  helping  to 
make  a  great  many  happy  new  years,  for  himself 
and  for  others." 

"For  others,  of  course,"  said  Carrte,  "but  I 
don't  see  how  taking  trouble  and  putting  your- 
self out  for  other  people  is  going  to  make  you 
any  happier  yourself." 

Carrie  wasn't  fond  of  taking  trouble  at  all 
and  if  she  could  have  given  her  definition  of  a 
"Happy  New  Year,"  it  would  have  been  one  in 
which  she  kept  perfectly  stili  and  had  everybody 
to  wait  upon  her. 

"I  never  thought  about  New  Years  in  that 
way,"  said  Meta,  "its  a  time  to  get  presents,  and 
have  parties  and  good  times,  not  to  do  things 
in." 

"What  do  you  think  makes  the  happy  New 
Years  of  the  Lord?"  said  her  teacher  softly. 
"Isn't  it  just  making  all  of  us  as  happy  as  he 
can — as  happy  as  we  will  let  hicn,  I  mean?  Sup- 
pose we  try  his  plan  this  year,  and  each  do  all 
that  we  caa  to  make  others  happy  instead  of 
thinking  what  they  do,  or  do  not  do,  for  us." 

"But  tiiat'd  like  making  a  resolution,"  said 
Lulu.  "Every  New  Year's  since  I  can  remember 
I've  made  resolutions,  and  I've  always  broken 
them.  I  don't  think  I'll  ever  make  any  more; 
it's  of  no  nse." 

"There  is  a  way  of  keeping  resolutions,"  said 
Miss  Amy,  thisikmg,  however,  that  her  pupil's 
beat  road  towards  learning  that  way  practically 
was  through  the  failure  of  self-eii'ort;  "but  sup- 
pose we  don't  resolve — that  is  for  the  year — bat 
just  each  day  do  something  to  make  some  one 
happy,  and  eee  if  in  this  way  we  cannot  fulfill 


We  cannot  follow  all  Miss  Amy's  class  through 
every  one  of  the  three  hundred  and  sixty-five 
days  of  18 — ,  but  we  can  look  at  the  first  week 
in  January,  and  see  how  two  or  three  of  them 
"lent  a  hand" 

"I  thought  ^ou  were  going  sleigh-riding, 
Meta,"  said  this  little  girl's  mother,  as  she  sat 
down  to  her  lessons  on  Monday  afternoon;  "it's 
your  turn  to-day.     Make  haste  and  get  ready." 

"Would  you  just  as  soon  take  Mary  Thome, 
mother?  She  hasn't  had  a  sleigh  ride  this  win- 
ter ,  and  the  bells  make  her  so  long  to  go." 

"Certainly,  it  you  prefer  it;  but  remember 
your  turn  won't  come  very  soon,  and  the  sleigh- 
ing may  not  last." 

"Never  mind,  1  shall  like  it  better,"  and  she 
really  had  never  enjoyed  a  ride  half  so  mueh  as 
she  did  the  pleasure  of  seeing  Mary's  bright 
eyes  and  glowing  cheeks  as  she  set  out  on  her 
unwonted,  but  greatly  longed-for,  pleasure- 
tiip. 

Tuesday  had  been  long  anticipated  by  Meta  as 
the  occasion  of  the  annual  party  given  by  her 
dearest  girl  friend,  but  on  this  day  little  Georgie 
was  quite  sick,  and  mother  was  obliged  to  leave 
him  all  the  afternoon  and  evening;  so  she  wrote 
a  little  note  of  regret,  and  stayed  at  home,  tell- 
ing her  brother  stories  and  playing  games  with 
tho  other  children,  and  became  so  Interested  that 
ihe  evening  seemed  to  her  pleasanter  than  any 
party  she  had  ever  attended.  So  the  week 
went  on.  Of  course  there  were  not  great  sacri- 
fices to  make  every  day,  but  there  was  always 
some  little  thing,  at  least,  that  she  could  give 
up  to  make  somebody  else  happy.  Oxie  day  it 
was  her  own  pleasant,  warm  seat  by  the  fire,  in 
which  she  had  installed  disagreeable  Miss  Peabo- 
dy  who  had  chanced  to  come  in  to  dinner.  On 
Thursday  it  was  the  best  "corner  piece"  of  pie, 
which  she  quietly  passed  to.  one  of  her  brothers, 
helping  herself  to  the  less  desirable  one  destined 
for  him.  On  Friday  she  lent  her  new  skates  to 
a  cousin  visiting  her,  losing  thereby  the  first 
trial  of  the  lightful  new  possession  as  well  as  the 
best  skating  party  of  the  season ;  and  on  Satur- 
day fehe  took  care  not  to  let  the  same  cousin 
know  that  the  story  book  to  which  she  devoted 
the  day  was  the  very  one  which  she  had  com- 
menced the  previous  Saturday  and  intended  to 
finish  this.  Each  day  had  brought  the  volunta- 
ry giving  up  some  very  great  pleasure,  and  yet 
when  Saturday  night  came  Meta  felt  that  so 
far,  at  least,  hers  had  been  a    happy  N  ew  Year. 

"Can't  you  get  up  and  set  the  breakfast  table, 
dear?"  said  Carrie's  mother  on  Monday  morn- 
ing. "I'm  sorry  to  have  to  ask  you,  daughter, 
bat  Norah  has  so  much  to  do  on  washing  day, 
and  the  baby  has  been  so  sick  all  night,  that  1 
dare  not  lay  him  down  now  that  he  has  just  fal- 
len asleep." 

Any  day  in  the  old  year  Carrie  would  have 
said  "I  can't,"  and  fallen  immediately  asleep 
again;  and  her  mother,  who  was  one  of  those 
foolish  people  who  seem  to  think  children  have 
come  into  the  world  just  to  be  waited  upon, 
would  not  have  again  roused  her  till  her  break- 
fast was  waiting  for  her  on  the  table;  but  the 
memory  of  the  "society"  was  fresh  in  Carrie's 
mind,  and  she  sprang  out  of  bed,  dreeeed  in  an 
incredibly  short  space  of  time,  set  the  table  as 
well  as  any  one,  dusted  the  sitting  room,  and  did 
many  other  little  things  that  iisually  fell  to  her 
mother's  share  of  the  morning  work,  while  the 
baby  slept  peacefully,  and  woke  up  quite  re- 
freshed, to  his  mother's  great  delight. 

Tuesday  afternoon  Mrs.  Dana  said  that  she 
very  mucii  wished  she  could  send  some  gruel  and 
fruit  to  a  poor,  sick  woman,  but  it  was  a  long 
walk  and  there  was  nobody  to  send,  when,  great- 
ly to  her  surprise,  Carrie  volunteered  to  go. 

"1  am  afraid  you  will  be  tired,"  said  her 
mother. 

"Never  mind  if  I  am;  it  won't  hurt  me  to  be 


tired."  And  it  did  not,  for  the  long  walk  in 
the  crisp  afternoon  air  was  as  good  as  a  sleigh- 
ride  for  bringing  color  into  her  cheeks,  and  the 
thankij  of  the  poor  old  woman  made  her  so  hap- 
py that  she  determined  to  go  and  see  her  just  as 
oiten  as  she  could. 

On  Wednesday  Carrie  took  her  little  brother 
out  to  ride  on  his  new  bright  sled,  instead  of 
sitting  all  the  afternoon  in  the  big  arm  chair  by 
the  fire  as  she  generally  did.  On  Thursday, 
she  hunted  up  some  pieces  of  silk,  and  made 
little  Ella  supremely  happy  by  constructing  a 
magnificent  new  dress  tor  her  doll.  On  Friday, 
as  slie  had  found  cothing  else  to  do  all  day,  she 
wuiit  up  and  got  her  father's  slippers  and  had 
them  all  ready  for  him  by  the  fire  when  he  came 
home  at  night;  and  on  Saturday,  as  there  was 
a  dreas-maker  in  the  house,  kind  it  was  baking 
day  besides,  she  ran  on  so  many  errands,  butter- 
ed so  many  tins,  covered  so  many  jars,  carried 
so  many  irons,  and  picked  out  so  many  basting 
threads,  that  her  mother  was  afraid  she  would 
be  quite  worn  out. 

"i'am  a  little  tired,  mamma,  but  I  don't  mind 
that;  I  am  as  happy  as  I  can  be.  This  is  the 
happiest  New  Year's  I  ever  saw." 

"One  kind  thing  a  day,"  thought  Lulu,  "that's 
nothing.  I  mean  to  do  something  to  make  peo- 
ple happy  every  hour — no,  every  minute — to- 
day;" and  so  thinking,  ehe  got  out  of  bed  direct- 
ly, dressed  very  nicely,  and  was  in  time  for 
breakfast,  whicti  was  a  great  pleasure  to  her 
father,  who  was  particular  on  this  point,  and  did 
not  often  have  his   wishes  gratified.    This  was  a 

food  beginning,  but  Lulu  had  such  great  things 
oating  through  her  imagination,  that  this  one 
seemed  only  a  matter  of  course.  She  was  an 
only  child,  there  were  many  servants  and  an 
abundance  oi  money  in  her  home,  and  she  did 
not  know  any  of  "the  poor"  whom  the  "minig- 
tering  children"  of  books  always  work  for.  To 
be  sure,  she  might  have  walked  lightly  as  her 
heavy  shoes  creaked  past  the  door  of  her  sick 
grandmother,  and  she  might  have  opened  the 
door  and  spoken  a  pleasant  word  or  so  on  her 
way  to  school.  Also  when  she  reached  school, 
she  might  have  helped  Martha  Mivert  with  that 
"dreadful  hard  sum,"  instead  of  saying,  "How 
stupid  you  are !  It's  just  as  easy  as  anything;" 
and  in  the  afternoon  she  might  have  gone  acroos 
the  street  and  taught  that  pretty  fancy  stitch  in 
knitting  to  old  Miss  Molly,  who,  rich  as  she  was, 
had  to  Btay  in  her  room  all  the  time,  and  had 
so  few  pleasures.  But  she  did  not  do  any  of 
these  things;  and,  instead,  went  up  to  her  room 
and  had"  a  good  cry"  over  her  failing.  The  next 
day  it  was  worse,  for  she  not  only  let  every  iittLe 
opportunity  slip  past,  but  became  so  nervous 
and  cross  from  lier  disappointment  with  herself 
that  she  gave  positive  pain  to  a  good  many  peo- 
ple by  her  short,  abrupt  answers  and  sharp 
words.  So  far  it  was  not  a  happy  New  Year  with 
Lulu,  and  very  often  "crossness"  is  the  direct 
result  of  unhappinees.  Wednesday,  she  did  not 
try  at  all,  and  at  night  she  was  so  thoroughly 
disgusted  with  herself  that  a  more  wretched  lit- 
tle girl  could  not  be  found. 

"1  told  Miss  Amy  it  was  of  no  use  to  resolve. 
1  never  can  keep  a  resolution,  and  I  never  shall. 
I  won't  try  to  do  good  or  to  be  good  any 
more." 

Now,  this  was  a  very  sad  thing  to  say,  for 
Lulu  had  really  been  trying  to  be  a  Christian 
for  some  time,  and  it  meant  that  she  would  not 
try  to  love  and  please  her  Saviour  any  more. 
But  by  and  by  a  better  thought  came.  Miss 
Amy  haa  said  there  was  a  way  to  keep  resolu- 
tions. It  must  be  by  asking  J  esus  to  help  us; 
Why  had  she  not  thought  of  that  before?  It 
was  not  too  late  now,  and  she  would  try.  It  v/as 
a  very  simple  prayer  that  the  little  girl  offered 
then,  that  tho  blessed  Lord  would  come  and  help 
her  to  watch  and  remember  not  to  be  heedless, 
or  selfish,  or  cross,  and  to  go  on  and  on  and  not 
be  weary  in  well-doing — a  very  simple  prayer, 
but  just  such  aa  he  loves  to  answer,  and  she 
went  to  sleep  much  comforted. 

The  next  day  things  were  difEerent.  There 
were  "those  boys,"  the  cousins  in  the  other 
street,  who  had  been  so  long  asking  her  to  help 
them  wiih  their  scrap-book;  the  books  that  pa- 
pa wanted  returned  to  the  library;  the  yam  that 


I 


THE  CHHISTIAN  CYNOSUHK. 


December  28,  I885 


graodma  wanted  to  liavo  -wound;  and  eucli  a 
quantity  of  little  things,  besides  the  great  one 
of  the  claes  in  the  Savin jjf  School  on  Saturday, 
which  had  durino;  the  old  year  bieen  very  much 
neglected,  that  Lulu  could  scaTcely  believe  the 
week  was  over,  so  busily  and  happily  had  its 
latter  days  eped  sway. 


"I  see  it  is  still  a  Har>py  New  Tear,"  said 
Miss  Amy,  looking  round  on  the  bright  faces  on 
Sabbath  afternoon. 

"Yes  indeed,"  answered  a  chorus  of  voices, 
and  in  a  eomewhat  confused  manner  the  story 
of  the  vreek  was  poured  out.  Lulu  addini?, 

*'And,  MiPB  Amy,  I  have  i'ouiid  out  what  you 
meant  by  'There  is  a  way  of  keeping  resolu- 
tions;' it's  juet  asking  Jesus  to  help  you  and  lot- 
ting him  do  it.  I  think  this  is  going  to  be  thp 
very  happiest  year  of  my  life." 

"1  trust  it  is,  ani  1  hope  the  same  for  all  of 
you.  It  will  be  go,  if  you  hav«  all  learned  Lulu's 
secret." 

"But  a  whole  year  1  Do  you  think  wo  can 
keep  on  a  whole  year,  Miss  Amy— so  many 
days?  "  said  one. 

"We  are  not  going  to  look  at  a  whole  year, 
only  to  begin  a  Happy  New  Year  every  day, 
you  know  ;  and  1  thmk  some  of  you  have  learn- 
ed the  way.  Meta  has  learned  that  'it  is  more 
blessed  to  give  than  to  receive;'  Carrie,  that 
painstaking  for  others  is  happier  than  idle  self- 
indukence;  and  Lulu,  that  while  'without  me 
vecando  nothing,'  'all  things  are  poBslble  to 
him  that  believeth.'  " 

"Besides,"  said  the  girl  who  proposed  the 
society,  "we  have  all  learned  how  nice  it  is  to 
'lend  a  hand.'  " — Selected. 


THE  AMERICAN  PARTY. 


Nominations  for  1884. 

For  President, 

JONATHAN  BLANCHARD, 

of  Illinois. 

lor  Vtce-PresMent, 

JOHN  A.  CONANT. 
of  Connecticut. 

PLATFORM. 

We  hold:  1.  That  ours  is  a  Christian  and  not  a 
heathen  nation,  and  that  the  God  of  the  Christian 
Scriptures  is  the  author  of  civil  government. 

2.  That  God  requires  and  man  needs  a  Sabbath. 

3.  That  the  prohibition  of  the  importation,  manu- 
facture and  sale  of  intoxicating  drinks  as  a  beverage 
is  the  true  iiolicy  on  the  temperajice  question. 

4.  That  the  charters  of  all  secret  lodges  gi-anted  by 
our  Federal  and  State  Legislatures  should  be  with- 
drawn, and  their  oaths  prohibited  by  law. 

5.  That  the  civil  equality  secured  to  all  American 
citizens  hy  articles  13th,  14th  and  15th  of  our  amended 
Constitution  should  be  preserved  inviolate. 

6.  That  arbitration  of  differences  with  nations  is 
the  most  direct  and  sure  method  of  securing  and  per- 
petuating a  permanent  peace. 

7.  That  to  cultivate  the  intellect  without  improving 
the  morals  of  men,  is  to  make  mere  adepts  and  experts ; 
therefore,  the  Bible  should  be  associated  with  books  of 
science  and  literature  in  all  our  educational  institu- 
tions. 

8.  That  land  and  other  monopolies  should  be  dis- 
eoTiu-aged. 

0.  That  the  government  should  furnish  the  people 
with  an  ample  and  sound  currency. 

10.  That  maintenance  of  the  public  credit,  protection 
to  all  loyal  citizens,  and  justice  to  Indians  are  essential 
to  the  honor  and  safety  of  our  nation. 

11.  And,  finally,  we  demand  for  the  American  peo- 
^e  the  abolition  of  electoral  colleges,  and  a  direct  vote 
for  President  and  Vice-president  of  the  United  States. 


— About  five  years  ago  tlie  Grand  Orator  of 
the  Masonic  Grand  Lodge  of  this  State  pro- 
nounced a  grand  oration  before  the  grand  body. 
This  is  part  of  what  he  said.  Mark  it,  thinking 
men  of  America! — 

i*-l.  "That  Masonry  numbers,  to-day,  more 
than  a  million  votaries,  representing  the  beet 
classes  of  all  the  civilized  nations  of  the  world. 
2.  That  with  these  are  already  embraced  many 
of  those  occupying  the  highest  official  positions 
of  all  governments.  3.  That  this  number  is 
being  rapidly  augmented,  and  will  continue  to 
increase    until    every    crowned  head,   every 

PKINOK,  EVERY  MINISTER,  EVERY  PRESIDENT  AND 
CABINET     SHALL     FEEL    AND    ACKNOWLEDGE      HER 

SEtUKT,  SILENT  INFLUENCE  AND 
POWER." 


Votes  Thrown  Out. 

Putnam,  Conn. 

At  the  election  on  Nov.  7,  188a,  the  under- 
signed cast  a  ballot,  headed  "  American  Reform 
State  Ticket."  He  has  seen  five  other  voters 
who  then  cast  like  ballots.  One  of  the  com- 
mittee of  the  State  ticket,  told  me  that  five  of 
these  ballots  were  in  the  box  (one  short).  Two 
names  on  these  ballots  are  not  mentioned  in  the 
official  report;  i.  e..  12  votes  in  all.  I  do  not 
think  that  the  omission  is  the  result  of  mere 
error  on  tbe  part  of  all  concerned.  Having 
gone  to  the  place  just  before  the  closing  of  the 
polls,  1  saw  the  ballot  boxes  emptied,  and  no- 
ticed on  the  pile  from  the  Stata  box,  a  parcel  of 
ballots  apparently  as  smooth  and  nearly  in  as 
regular  order  one  upon  the  other  as  when  they 
left  the  printer's  hands,  lying  on  one  side  of  the 
top  of  the  heap,  having  been  at  the  bottom  of 
the  box.  There  seemed  to  be  as  many  as  per- 
haps six.  Mentioning  this  afterwards  to  one 
of  the  counters,  he  said  that  there  were  more 
than  that,  and  that  they  had  not  a  wrinkle  in 
them.  The  other  counter  told  me  that  he  saw 
the  boxes  opened  before  the  voting  began,  and 
that  they  were  empty. 

Neither  of  the  two  great  parties  will  trust  the 
other  to  do  all  the  receiving,  keeping,  counting 
and  reporting  of  its  votes.  Each  demands  and 
receives  the  privilege  of  having  a  representative 
to  handle  every  ballot.  I  think  neither  can 
safely  trust  the  other  to  do  this  work  alone.  I 
think  that  much  more  a  small  party  opposed  to 
secret  societies  cannot  safely  trust  the  handling 
ot  their  ballota  to  Freemasons,  whether  these 
Masons  be  labeled  Republicans,  Democrats, 
Prohibitionists,  or  for  license.  A  knowledge 
of  their  oaths,  and  of  some  of  their  practices 
under  these  oaths,  utterly  forbids  this  trust. 
Their  oaths  require  action,  and  a  course  of  action 
wholly  contrary  to  the  Constitution  and  laws  of 
the  individual  States,  and  of  the  United  States, 
and  above  all,  contrary  to  the  laws  of  Jehovah. 
They  say,  "  Masonry  is  not  a  political  organiza- 
tion." it  is  true  they  do  not  openly  work  as  a 
political  organization— as  one  political  party. 
Better  were  it  for  the  nation  if  they  did  this; 
but  it  would  destroy  Masonry.  When  I  look  at 
the  evidence  their  political  action  gives,  I  see 
clear  indications  that"  their  Masonic  affinities  are 
much  stronger  than  their  merely  nominal  Re- 
publican, or  Demodratic,  or  temperance  affin- 
ities. 

Mere  in  Putnam  several  past  elections,  both 
for  town  and  State  officers,  have  shown  this  ;  and 
elections  in  other  towns  and  States,  have  shown 
the  same.  In  our  last  town  election,  the  regu- 
lar Republican  caucus  ticket  had  on  it  out  of  its 
thirty  names  (and  nine  or  more  Masons  in  all,) 
two  Democrats,  both  Masons,  and  both  favoring 
license;  as  also  two  Republicans,  one  Mason,  who 
peddled  license  tickets  all  day,  one  of  them  in 
two  places  on  the  ticket.  The  Republicans  had 
also  an  amicable  bolter's  Republican  ticket,  with 
two  more  Democratic  Masons'  names  on  it, 
(one  of  them  favoring  license)  instead  of  two 
Republican  non-Masons  who  were  on  the  regu- 
lar caucus  ticket.  Ihe  last  regular  Republican 
caucus  State  ticket,  for  Nov.  7th,  had  on  it  for 
Representatives,  one  non-Mason,  (who  having 
been  on  once, was,  according  to  cn8tom,put  on  for 
a  second  term,)  and  one  Mason.  The  Masonic 
Republican  had  again  an  amicable  bolter's  ticket 
with  the  name  of  the  caucus  Masonic  candidate 
and  the  name  of  the  only  Democratic  caucus 
nominee — a  Mason.  So  the  two  Masons  were 
elected  and  the  non-Mason  left  out.  "  The  in- 
dications are"  (as  the  weather  reports  phrase  is) 
that  the  Masonic  leaders  in  tiie  two  parties 
agreed  that  the  Democrats  should  nominate  only 
one  candidate,  and  that  the  Republicans  should 
elect  only  one  ot  their  two  candidates, — of  course 
the  Mason. 

The  real  parties  are,  the  secret  society  men 
(Masons  the ,  chief)  and  the  non-secret  society 
men;  (brieliy  S.  S.  m^n  and  nan  S.  /S.  men). 
Many  non  S.  S.  men  do  not  see  this,  and  only 
look  at  men  as  they  are  labeled  by  the  great 
party  leaders — as  other  Republicans  or  Demo- 
crats; or  as  either  Prohibitionists  or  license  men. 
But  let  the  S.  S.  men  be  labeled  as  such,  as  ihey 
ought  to  be,  and  not  go  many  would  be  duped 


by  them  and  so  led  as  to  secure  the  election 
of  men  to  whose  most  prominent  principles 
they  are  wholly  opposed.  Under  the  old  party 
cabals  we  have  here  in  Putnam  two  registrars 
of  voters — one  Republican,  one  Democrat,  under 
proper  labels  two  S.  S.  men,  no  non  S.  S.  men, 
two  candidates  for  Sheriff  of  county,  one  Re- 
publican, one  Democrat,  under  proper  labels 
two  S.  S.  men,no  non  S.  S.  men  and  so  on  injlefi- 
nitely. 

Let  non  S.  S.  men  be  anti  S.  S.  men,  and  the 
face  of  affairs  would  be  changed.  Let  men 
as  well  as  things  be  called  by  their  right  names. 

Note  the  power  of  registrars  of  voters.  Among 
others  is  that  of  appointing  the  presiding  officer 
of  eleetion  meetings.  They — or  their  appoin- 
tee, the  presiding  officer — appoint  the  box- 
tenders  and  the  counters  of  votes.  All  being 
thus  under  Masonic  control,  what  guarantee 
have  anti-secret  or  non-secret  voters,  that  their 
votes  will  be  duly  counted  and  reported. 

George  fl.  Williams. 


Sunday  School  Politics. 

The  following,  from  an  editorial  in  Ha/rper't 
WeeMy,  not  a  Sunday-school  paper,  is  notable. 
It  should  be  carefully  read: 

The  elections  of  1882  are  a  complete  popular 
vindication  of  Sunady-school  politics.  They 
are  a  declaration  that  the  supporters  of  the  par- 
ty whose  record  is  the  most  illustrious  for  its 
country  and  for  constitutional  liberty  of  any 
party  in  any  country  at  any  time  will  not  tolerate 
Executive  dictation,  or  a  mean  and  corrupt  con- 
trol. Practical  politics  do  not  conaiat  in  cheat- 
ing and  stealing  and  a  profound  contempt  for 
generous  and  honorable  motives,  but  in  a  wise 
calculation  of  moral  forces  in  the  individual  and 
the  community.  The  Democratic  party  in  the 
last  generation  allied  itself  with  slavery  and 
with  the  moral  timidity  of  trade,  and,  intrenched 
in  the  national  patronage,  sneered  at  opposition. 
But  in  five  years  it  was  totally  overthrown  by 
the  organized  moral  sentiment  of  the  country, 
and  for  a  quarter  of  a  century  it  will  have  been 
kept  out  of  national  power.  The  Democratic 
party  was  overwhelmed  by  Sunday-school  poli- 
ties. These  politics  were  discarded  in  the  sec- 
cond  administration  of  Grafit.  The  result  was 
the  narrow  escape  of  the  Republican 
party  from  disaster  in  1876.  At  that  elec- 
tion. President  Hayes  and  Sunday-school  politics 
came  into  power.  In  "regular"  Republican 
circles  it  was  the  fashion  to  sneer  at  milk  toast 
and  Sunday-schools  in  politics,  as  the  Democrats 
had  sneered  at  Woolly  Heads  and  Brudder 
Bones,  twenty  years  before.  But  the  32,000 
majority  against  Hayes  in  New  York,  in  1876, 
was  reduced  by  Sunday-school  politics  in  1877 
to  11,000,  and  in  1880  the  Sunday-school  major- 
ity for  Garfield  was  21,000.  Garfield  was  eluct- 
ed  because  his  career  and  the  deieat  of  the  third 
term  plot  at  Chicago  showed  that  the  Sunday- 
school  was  still  the  controlling  power  of  the 
party.  In  other  words,  it  showed  that  the  par- 
ty was  not  yet  subdued  by  the  politics  of  bosses 
and  ringp,  and  the  patronage  which  makes  them. 
From  a  doubtful  and  disputed  electoral  issue 
and  a  Democratic  popular  majority  of  a  quarter 
of  a  million  in  1876,  Sanday-school  politics 
in  the  teeth  of  sneering  bosses,  gave  the  Re- 
pubhcan  party  in  1880  an  electoral  majority  of 
fifty-nine,  and  a  popular^majority  also. 


An  AGRicuLTniiA.L  AND  Indcstbial  Institute  for  the 
colored  refugees  in  Kansas  has  been  established  at  Colum- 
bus in  Chero&ee  county.  Tne  inrtitution  has  a  larm  of 
over  four  hundred  acres,  well  improved  and  stocELed,  out- 
buildings, shops,  tools,  etc.,  enougb  lor  a  scliool  01  one 
hundred  pupils,  and  the  pupils  arc  anxious  to  come,  but 
there  is  no  building  for  them  to  live  in-  8tone  haa  oeea 
purchased  and  means  to  build  are  solicited  to  go  on  with 
the  work.  If  any  wish  to  aid  by  a  New  Year's  gilt,  they 
may  send  through  the  well-known  Qiaker  lady,  Elizabeth 
L.  Oomstock,  KuUin,  Midi.,  or  to  u.  M..  PicKering,  Oo- 
lumbus,  Kansas. 


Mr.  Editor^  there  is  a  grand  field  for  some  of 
the  lecturers  and  workers  in  the  reform  ogainst 
lodgery  here  in  the  vicinity  of  Moulton,  Appa- 
noose county,  Iowa.  Who  will  come  and  occupy 
it?    Now  is  the  time  to  strike. 

"J.  T.  Allaman. 


December  28,  1882 


THii  CHHiSTiAN  CYiNOSUHii 


18 


RELIGIOUS  INTELLIGENCE. 


— Biphop  Wright  prints  a  powerful  editorial 
in  the  Richmond  Star  in  favor  of  disciplining 
church  members  who  refuse  to  abandon  the  se- 
cret lodge.     It  will   be  published  in  tract  from. 

— jyt.  Nathan  Brown  reports  the  completion 
of  the  scholar's  edition  of  the  Gospel  of  John 
in  Japanese.  The  total  amount  of  Scriptures 
printed  during  the    year   is   2,290,000  pages. 

— At  a  Union  service  on  Thanksgiving  day  in 
the  Galena  street  M.  E.  church,  Aurora,  111., 
Bev.  C.  N.  Hobart  preached.  He  abtounded 
some  of  his  hearers  and  rejoiced  others  by  de- 
claring with .  Christian  boldness  that  infidelity, 
monopoly  and  secretism  are  the  three  great  evils 
that  threaten  the" nation.  The  Gynom/re  will  se- 
cure that  discourse  and  publish  it,  if  possible. 

— The  United  Presbyterian  church  is  con- 
tributing promptly  for  the  relief  ot  the  native 
Christians  of  her  missione,  who  lost  their  prop- 
erty by  the  war  in  E{?ypt  The  Treasurer  of 
the  Board  of  Foreign  Missions,  Mr.  Jos.  D.  Mc- 
Kee,  of  Philadelphia,  says  the  Board  could  use 
$10,000  for  this  purpose. 

— The  Presbyterians  org-anized  a  mission 
church  in  E.io  Janeiro  in  1862,  and  now  have  32 
churches  in  the  empire,  with  a  total  of  1,729 
members,  most  of  them  converts  from  Romanifim. 
-  — The  Evangelica  Christian,  of  Paris,  esti- 
mates at  nine  thousand  the  number  of  those 
who,  beyond  the  Vaudois  Yalleye,  regularly  at- 
tend worship  in  Italian  churches,  and  that;  in  as 
as  many  as  two  hundred  places;  with  five  thous- 
and children  in  day  schools,  three  thousand  in 
Sunday-schools,  the  churches  among  whom  all 
these  are  distributed  being  three — the  Walden- 
sian,  the   Free  Church,  and  the  Wesleyans. 

— "In  India,"  says  a  missionary  writer,  "mis- 
sionaries get  but  little  sympathy  and  encourage- 
ment from  Europeans.  The  large  majority  of 
Government  ofhcers,  military  and  civil,  take  no 
Interest  in  missions.  They  know  nothing  about 
them,  and  seldom  ask  anything  concerning  them. 
They  are,  in  fact  opposed  to  them. 
They  declare  they  have  no  faith  in  their  suc- 
cess, are  set  against  the  poor  native  Christians, 
and  look  with  pity  upon  the  unfortunate  mis- 
sionary as  engaged  m  a  hopeless  task.  This  at- 
titude, together  with  their  example,  has  a  most 
demoralizing  tendency  upon  the  missionary 
himself  and  upon  the  work."  The  testimony  of 
this  missionary  is  hardly  corroborated  by  others, 
who  have  been  most  heartily  assisted,  both  by 
money  and  personal  effort,  by  the  English 
residents. 

— When  Luther  began  his  reformation,  eighty 
out  of  the  one  hundred  millions  who  owed  al- 
legiance to  Christian  rulers  were  under  Papal 
rule,  the  remainder,  chiefly  under  the  Patriarch 
of  the  GreeR  Church.  In  a.  d.  1700,  the  Roman 
Catholic  peoples  had  increased  to  90,000,000, 
the  Eastern  Christians  to  33,000,000;  while 
those  of  Protestant  faith  were  numbered 
32,000,000,  or  about  one-tifth  of  nominal  Chris- 
tian people.  In  1800  there  were  under  Protes- 
tant governmenis,  194,000,000;  under  Papal, 
134,000,000;  and  under  governments  owning 
the  Greek  Church,  60,000,o00,  In  1876  the  re- 
cord stands  as  follows:  Under  governments  pro- 
fessedly Roman  Catholic,  181,000,000;  Greek 
Church,  96,000,000;  and  under  rule  professedly 
Protestant,  408,000,000. 

— An  exchange  has  an  interesting  note  on 
John  Rankin,  a  pioneer  in  Ohio  for  temperance, 
abolition  and  every  Christian  reform.  He  has 
contributed  to  the  columns  ot  the  Cynosure,  and 
earnestly  prays  for  the  downfall  of  secret  con- 
spiracies agair-st  truth  and  goodness.  The  note 
says:  "  The  Rev.  John  Rankin,  the  oldest  Pres- 
byterian minister  in  Ohio,  preached  at  Ripley, 
Ohio,  October  29th',  in  the  pulpit  of  the  church 
built  for  him  nearly  forty  years  ago.  He  is  now 
in  his  ninetieth  year,  and  commenced  preaching 
in  Ripley  nearly  sixty  years  ago,  having  pre- 
viously'  preached  in  Kentucky  and  Tennessee. 
His  sermon  is  said  to  have  been  one  of  hia  char- 
acteristic discourses,  marked  by  its  ability  and 
logic.  Father  Rmkin  was  one  of  the  first  advo- 
cates of  the  abolition  of  slavery,  and  it  was  a 
tract  from  hiapaa  that  converted  Wiiiiaia  Lloyd 


Garrison  to  the  an ti -slavery  cause.  He  has  been 
a  fearless  preacher  of  the  truth,  and  has  exerted 
an  influence  for  good  that  can  never  be  told  till 
the  day  of  final  reckoning.  Many  in  his  part  of 
the  State  will  remember  him  as  the  early  apostle 
of  the  abolition  cause." 

— Two  thousand  young  men,  studeutg  of 
theology,  are  being  trained  in  fifty-two  semina- 
ries in  the  United  States,  by  two  hundred  in- 
structors. As  every  ten  students  have,  therefore, 
an  instructor  it  suggests  that  they  ought  to  be 
well  taught.  It  is  doubtful  if  there  is  such 
care  being  taken  of  any  other  set  of  youth  in 
the  country. 

— The  oM  bath  at  Trichinopoly,  Madras,  India, 
in  t^hich  Bishop  Heber  lost  his  life,  suffers  from 
neglect,  and  steps  have  been  taken  by  the  Eng 
lish  government  to  secure  its  preservation.  It 
has  been  directed  that  the  bath  shall  be  protect- 
ed by  an  ornamental  iron  railing  placed  at  a  suf- 
ficient distance  to  prevent  interferencewith  the 
water.  The  bath  will  retain  its  original  charac- 
ter, and  is  to  be  kept  filled  with  water.  On  a 
side  wall  is  to  be  set  up  a  slab  bearing  the  fol- 
lowing inscription:  "In  memory  of  the  devoted, 
accomplished,  beloved,  and  universally  honored 
servant  of  God,  Reginald  Heber,  D.  D,,  third 
bishop  of  Calcutta  and  one  of  India's  truest  and 
most  loviner  benefactors,  this  stone  was  erected  in 
the  year  1882,  at  the  expense  of  government  on 
the  margin  of  the  batb  in  which  he  was  drown- 
ed while  bathing  on  the  3d  of  April,  1826.  His 
body  wag  laid  under  the  chancel  of  the  church 
of  St.  John,  Trichinopoly,  in  the  hope  of  the 
resurrection  of  the  just  to  eternal  life  through 
Jesus  Christ." 


Undenominational  Churches. 

Dbab  Editor: — In  the  year  1867,  a  little 
band,  six  in  number,  decided  to  separate  from 
those  with  whom  we  were  then  ecclesiastically 
associated,  New  School  Presbyterians,  because 
of  their  persistent  -connection  with  the  sin  of 
slavehold'ng.  We  believed  that  a  people  per- 
sisting in  such  a  sin,  and  declaring,  as  they  did, 
that  there  was  "no  hope  of  repentence  on  their 
part,"  were  apostate  Irom  the  faith  ;  and  that  we 
ought  not,  by  tellowship,  "bid  them  Godspeed" 
— that  the  true  church,  in  her  Lord,  could  not  be 
"  the  ministers  of  sin." 

At  the  same  time  we  saw  what  we  believed 
was  true,  that  the  true  children  of  God — the 
Christians  of  the  locality — ought  to  constitute 
the  one  church  of  that  locality. 

We  also  saw  that  if  there  should  be  no 
divisions  in  the  body,  then  there  ought  to  be  no 
names  to  make  divisions — that  as  in  our  baptism 
we  had  taken  on  us  the  name  of  our  Lord,  as  the 
wife  that  of  the  bridegroom — that  as  he  is  the 
"  head  of  the  church,"  the  one  "  of  whom  the 
whole  family  of  heaven  and  earth  are  named  ; 
so  we  should  stand  as  the  "  church  of  Christ"  in 
that  locality. 

This,  which  was  right,  was  now  found  practi- 
cable. A  revival  ensued.  Twenty-one  souls 
were  added.  Those  who  had  been  Methodists, 
Baptists,  and  Disciples  united  with  the  church. 
The  name  was  objectionable  to  none — dear  to  all 
— "  church,"  "  Church  of  God,"  "  Churches  of 
Christ,"  are  biblical  terms  and  make  the  one 
body. 

Persecutions  arose — violent  mobs  on  the  bor- 
der, and  afterwards  in  the  interior — still  the 
leaven  worked — another  church  was  formed  in 
Bracken  county.  The  former  was  in  Lewis 
county. 

About  this  time,  1850,  my  attention  was  called 
to  the  subject  of  Christian  baptism ;  a  Presby- 
terian minister  having  put  into  my  hands  Stew- 
art's work  on  baptism.  I  saw  Stewart's  conces- 
sion, "  that  in  the  classics  the  word  haptizo 
means  to  dip,  to  plunge,  to  immerse ;  that  on  this 
all  lexicographers  and  critics  of  any  note  are 
agreed!"  I  said,  if  this  be  true,  then  how  must 
those  to  whom  the  epistles  were,  addressed  have 
understood  the  word.  They  must  have  under- 
stood the  Greek  word  just  as  used  in  classics — 
the  language  the  people  spoke.  The  more  I 
studied,  the  more  I  became  convinced  that  what 
our  Lord  commanded  in  his  great  commission 
was,  that  I  too,  should  be  baptised — receive  what 
tho  word  imports  when  used  to  denote  aotion — 


not  result  of  the  action  nor  mere  import  of  the 
rite,  but  what  the  word  means  when  used  to  in- 
dicate action  ;  for  the  commission  requires  an 
action.  Accordin?ly  T  was  immersed — "  buried 
by  baptism  into  death" — into  the  relation  of  on© 
dead  to  sin  and  alive  to  God — ei*,  the  Greek 
word,  here  used  as  "  in  the  name  of  the  Father" 
— not  to  denote  "  into  position"  but  into  rela- 
tion. 

Now,  whilst  I  thus  believe  and  thus  act,  and 
in  baptising  never  do  somethine'  else,  yet  I  real- 
ize that  baptism  is  not  a  church  ordinance,  but 
one  of  our  Lord's,  and  what  each  true  believer 
must  do,  is  to  do  just  exactly  what  he  under- 
stands his  Lord  to  enjoin,  and  not  what  an  as- 
sociBtion  of  men  may  enjoin. 

Also,  this  command  to  be  baptieed  comes  to 
nine  hundred  and  ninety-T^ine  out  of  every  thous- 
and, not  in  the  inspired  Word,  but  in  a  transla- 
tion, or  rather  in  a  transference  of  the  Word 
with  an  Enpriish  termination.  These  nine  hun- 
dred and  ninety-nine  have  to  interpret — they 
cannot  translate.  All  are  agreed  that  quest'ons 
of  mierpretation  must  not  be  conditions  of  fel- 
lowship. I  must,  therefore,  give  to  penitent  be- 
lievers the  Bible,  with  the  right  of  private  inter- 
pretation ;  with  the  belief  that  honest  enquirers, 
delivered  from  partisan  strife  and  partisan  teach- 
ing will,  in  the  light  of  God's  Word  and  God's 
<;jpirit,  come  to  sea  what  is  the  proper  action  by 
which  to  express  their  consecration  to  their 
Lord. 

After  some  years  I  came  to  the  interior  of 
the  State,  and  here,  at  what  is  now  known  as 
Berea,  in  Madison  county,  Ky.,  was  organized 
another  similar  church. 

In  process  of  time  Bros.  Waters,  Lincoln, 
Candee,  Rogers  and  others  came.  Other 
churches  were  gathered  in  Jackson,  Rook  Castle 
and  Jessamine  counties. 

In  those  days,  before  the  war,  the  idea  of  a 
college  in  which  to  educate  the  youth  of  the 
land,  not  merely  in  the  claesies,  but  especially 
in  correct  apnrehension  of  the  design  of  govern- 
ment protection,  and  the  nature  of  the  religion 
of  Jesus  Christ,  love  to  God  and  love  to  man, 
was  conceived ;  and  a  board  of  trustees  organ- 
ized and  a  constitution  adopted.  A  by-law  in 
this  constitution  declares  "  this  college  shall  be 
under  an  influence  strictly  Christian,  and  as 
such,  opposed  to  sectarianism,  slaveholding,  caste 
and  every  other  wrong  institution  or  practice. 

Berea,  Ky.  John  G.  Fee. 

^  a  ^ 

Meeting  of  the  Associated  Churches. 

The  convention  of  the  Associated  Churches  of 
Christ  met  at  Cedar  Grove  church,  Lowndes 
county.  Miss.,  Dec.  6th,  1882.  In  the  discussion 
of  the  best  means  of  opposing  secret  orders  the 
prominent  truth  held  forth  was  that  the  church 
should  take  the  lead  in  reform. 

A  vote  of  thanks  was  passed  to  those  who  had 
sent  words  of  Christian  greeting 

The  following  preambles,  resolution  and  ad- 
dress were  unanimously  adopted  and  ordered  to 
be  forwarded  for  publication  in  the   Cynosure: 

Whereas,  Freemasonry  claims  to  be  a  religion  which 
is  pure  theism  and  will  save  the  soul,  which  claim  is 
contrary  to  the  Word  of  God,  which  declares  that  there  is 
one  faith,  and  says  of  our  Saviour  Jesus  Christ,  "Neither 
is  there  salvation  in  any  other  for  there  is  none  other 
name  ucder  heaven  given  among  men  whereby  we  must 
be  saved ;"  and 

Whereas,  It  is  impossible  that  there  should  be  two 
ways  of  salvation  in  Chriof.s  church ;  therefore 

Resolved,  That  we  the  convention  of  the  Associated 
Churches  ot  Christ  do  afl'ectionately  and  earnestly  rec- 
ommend to  all  the  conferences,  associations  and  churches 
of  every  denomination,  to  pass  resolutions  making  rules 
against  secret  orders,  that  will  prohibit  those  who  be- 
long to  these  secret  orders  from  being  members  of  the 
church  of  Christ. 

ADDRESS. 
To  all  the  members  '>f  God's  church  everywhere : 

Beloved  in  the  Lord  : — The  church  is  being  corrupt- 
ed by  Satan  through  the  power  of  secret  organizations. 
Let  us  do  our  whole  duty  to  preserve  its  purity.  The 
church  is  an  organization  built  on  the  rock  of  ages  by 
Christ  himself  He  claims  it  as  his  own  He  says,  "On 
this  rock  will  I  build  my  church  and  the  gates  of  hell 
shall  not  prevail  ayainst  it."  He  is  the  head  of  the  body, 
the  church  Christ  loved  the  church  and  crave  hims^'U  for 
it,  that  he  miijht  present  it  to  himself  a  glorious  church, 
not  having  spot  or  wrinkle  or  any  such  tliinr.  but  that 't 
should  be  holy  and  without  blemish.  With  Cbrist  for  our 
lender,  let  us  be  of  good  courage.  Let  us  obey  the  injunc- 
tion of  God's  Wora,  "H.ve  no  fellew^ship  with  the  un- 
fruitful works  of  darkTiess  but  rather  reprove  them. " 

Sent  by  order  of  coaventiou. 

M.  TAFUir,  AMt  Sec'y. 


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CYHOS0HR 


December  28, 1881 


HOMB  AND  FARM. 


Provide  a  Snow  Plow.-  -Shov- 
eling  soon  becomes  hard  work  ;  a 
snow  plow,  with  a  horse  to  draw  it, 
is  a  great  improvement  over  the 
shovel.  Indeed  the  difference  is 
quite  as  great  as  in  working  land 
by  the  plow  and  with  the  spade.  If 
one  has  a  snow  plow,  he  is  quite 
8u»'e  of  the  help  of  all  the  boys  (if 
not  the  girls  too)  of  the  neighbor- 
hood, who  make  a  great  frolic,  and 
are  always  useful  in  adding  needed 
weight  to  the  plow.  A  snow  plow 
may  often  be  a  matter  of  eo-opera- 
tion  among  neighbors,  if  not  in 
owning,  at  least  in  working  it.  In 
every  well-managed  village  one 
should  be  owned  and  operated  for 
the  general  good.  Even  where  the 
paths  are  not  long  enough  to  allow 
of  the  use  of  the  horse,  a  hand- 
plow  save  in  very  deep  enows  is 
preferable  io  the  shovel. 

Winter  Rations  for  Poultry. 

As  slaple  food,  nothing  is  better 
and  nothing  is  so  ctieap  aa  good  In- 
dian corn,  and  one  meal  a  day  may 
safely  be  of  this  grain,  either 
ground  or  whole.  Grinding  is  of 
iees  consequence  for  poultry  than 
for  larger  animals,  as  every  bird 
carries  a  complete  mill  for  the  pur- 
pose, and  puts  in  a  new  run  of 
stones  as  often  as  it  can  get  to  the 
ground.  A  variety  of  grain  is  al- 
ways acceptable;  wheat  screenings, 
buckwheat,  oats  and  rye,  the  last 
rather  sparingly.  Cooked  food  is 
highly  relished— potatoes  or  tur- 
nips, boiled  and  maehed  with  In- 
dian meal,  scalded  and  fed  warm, 
especially  on  frosty  mornings. 
Fowls  are  very  fond  of  vegetables, 
even  raw,  and  if  sugar  beets  or 
mangels  or  turnips  are  put  within 
reach,  they  will  help  themselves. 
Por  an  appetizer,  nothing  is  better 
than  cabbage  or  the  tops  of  tarnips. 
Hens  never  tire  of  cabbage,  and  a 
good  supply  for  winter  should  al- 
ways be  laid  in.  Animal  food  in 
some  shape  must  be  furnished,  if 
you'  want  plenty  of  eggs.  Shore 
farmers  can  get  fish  ofial  from  the 
markets,  clams  from  the  banks,  or 
minnows  from  the  ditches.  Skim- 
med milk  is  always  in  order,  and 
meat  scraps  from  fat-trying  estab- 
lishments, sold  in  large  cakes,  and 
placed  where  the  hens  have  tree 
access  to  them,  are  excellent  food  to 
laying  poultry."— ^meWcaw  Agri- 
Gulturist 


Winter  Care  of  Live-Stock. 

There  are  a  few  general  rules  for 
the  care  of  live  stock  in  winter, 
which  are  of  universal  application  : 

J^'^irst — They  should  lie  dry, 
whether  bedded  or  not.  A  dry 
floor  is  far  better  than  wet  bedding. 
Spar  or  slat  floors,  through  which 
urine  will  quickly  pass,  and  which 
give  the  animals  a  level  standing 
place,  are  especially  to  be  advised. 
A  good  degree  of  comfort  may  be 
had  on  such  floors,  but  a  good  sup- 
ply of  dry  litter — straw,  leaves, 
swamp  hay,  etc. — certainly  makes 
all  kinds  of  stock  more  comforta- 
ble. 

Second — Shelter  eaves  fodder, 
wherever  lumber  can  reasonably  be 
obtained,  to  a  degree  which  few 
practical  men  are  aware  of.  The 
warmer  the  stables  are  the  better, 
exce})t  perhaps  for  sheep.  But  with 
ciose^  warm  Btables,  it  le  eesentiai 


that  the  manure  heap  will  be  where 
it  will  not  contaminate  the  air,  and 
that  there  should  be  perfect  venti- 
lation, BO  arranged  as  not  to  cause 
drafts  of  air. 

Third — As  to  feed.  This  should 
be  given  with  the  utmost  regularity 
and  uniformity — never  more  than 
will  be  eaten  up  long  before  the- 
next  feeding  time.  Then  the  ani- 
mals have  an  appetite  for  their 
food,  so  that  coarse  fodder  may  be 
first  given,  to  be  followed  with  bet- 
ter, and  by  grain  in  some  form,  if 
this  be  a  part  of  the  daily  ration. 
This  is  no  doubt  the  most  economi- 
cal system,  of  all  kinds  of  fodder 
uaed  in  the  ordinary  way. 

Fourth — Grooming  and  the  care 
of  the  animals  are  a  most  valuable 
means  ot  keeping  them  in  health 
as  well  as  of  saving  food.  The  skin 
of  the  animal  existing  in  a  state  of 
nature  is  washed  by  every  shower, 
brushed  and  carded  by  every  bush, 
licked  by  its  mates,  rubbed  by  the 
ground  in  rolling,  and  in  various 
ways  kept  free  from  accumulations 
of  its  own  exfoliations,  from  the 
stoppage  of  the  pores  by  sweat,  and 
from  its  own  inherent  dirt.  A 
healthy  skin  means  warmth,  health, 
life,  vigor,  other  things  being  about 
right,  and  we  can  secure  this  only 
by  grooTPing-  — Am,  Anr',cultuT%st. 


Shall  we  Prune  in  Winter  ? 

There  has  been  a  vast  amount  of 
discussion  as  to  the  proper  time  for 
pruning,  some  insisting  that  it 
should  not  be  done  in  winter,  while 
others  hold  that  the  proper  time  is 
"whenever  your  knife  is  sharp." 
One  season  especially  in  which 
pruning  should  not  be  done,  viz.: 
during  the  period  of  active  growth, 
from  the  time  the  buds  start  in 
spring,  until  buds  for  the  next  year 
are  formed.  "Winter  is  preferred 
by  many,  as  more  time  can  be  de- 
voted to  the  work;  and  with  the  ap- 
ple and  pear,  it  probably  does  not 
make  any  difference  at  what  period 
it  is  done  between  the  falling  of 
the  leaf  and  swelling  of  the  buds  in 
spring.  It  is  not  well  to  prune 
when  the  wood  is  irozen,  as  bad 
wounds  and  crasks  may  result.  If 
young  trees  are  taken  in  hand  at 
the  start  and  proper  attention  given 
to  forming  the  heads,  there  would 
be  little  need  of  severe  pruning  in 
the  orchard.  The  too  common 
method  is,  to  plant  an  orchard  and 
let  it  grow  un  eared  for.  The  trees, 
after  they  begin  to  bear,  yield  fair 
crops  for  a  few  years,  and  then 
when,  they  decline  and  fail, 
pruning  is  suggested  as  a  remedy. 
Too  often  the  pruning  is  done  by 
ignorant  persons,  and  as  a  result, 
nearly  as  much  wood  is  cut  out  as 
there  is  left.  The  great  waste 
should  be  avoided.  The  labor  of 
the  tree,  so  to  speak,  expended  to 
produce  these  numerous  branches, 
fihould  have  been  directed  to  the 
production  of  fruit,  as  it  might  have 
been  had  proper  care  been  given  to 
the  orchard  when  young.  The 
principles  ot  pruning  are  readily 
uuderttood,  and  one  should  never 
remove  a  branch,  large  or  small, 
without  having  some  definite  ob- 
ject in  view. — Am.  AgriGulturiat. 


Pkof.  Reclam,  a  great  authori- 
ty on  matters  of  hygiene,  lately 
published  an  article  explaining 
why  dyspeptics  usually  find  that 
stale  bread  agrees  with  them  bet- 


ter than  fresh  bread.  Fresh  bread  is 
in  itself  just  as  digestible  as  stale 
bread:  but  the  latter  cannot  be  so 
quickly  swallowed,  so  that  it  be- 
comes more  thoroughly  mixed 
with  saliva.  Bread,  and  all  food 
consisting  principally  of  starchy 
matter,  is  digested  in  the  mouth 
rather  than  the  stomach;  which  ex- 
plains why  the  habit  of  swallowing 
it  hastily  leads  to  indigestion  as 
frequently  as  the  habit  of  swallow- 
ing meat  that  has  been  imperfectly 
masticated.  Dyspeptics  are,  there- 
fore, frequently  as  much  to  blame 
for  their  condition,  or  more,  than 
their  cooks  or  the  quslity  of  their 
food.  Eels,  sauerkraut,  and  other 
things  avoided  by  dyspeptics,  are 
only  injurious  to  them  because 
they  can  be,  and  are,  so  easily 
swallowed. 


NATIONAL  CHRISTIAN ASSOClATIOh 


331  W.  Madison  St.,  Chicago. 

President.  —  J.  Blanchard,  Wheaton, 
111. 

Vice  -  President.  —  Thos.  H.  Gault, 
Chjcago. 

EC.  Sec. — John  D.  Nutting,  Chicago. 

CoR.  Sec.  and  Gen.  Agent. — J.  P.  Stod- 
dard, 331  W.  Madison  Street,  Chicago. 

TREAStTRER.— W.  I.  Phillips,  231  W. 
Madison  Street,  Chicago. 

Directors. — Philo  Carpenter,  J.  Blanch- 
ard, M.  R.  Britten,  E.  A.  Cook,  H  L.  Kel- 
logg, D.  P.  Baker,  T.  H.  Gault,  A.  G. 
Laird,  0.  R.  Hagerty,  John  Gardner,  L.  Nj 
Stratton. 

THE  NATIONAL  CONVENTION. 

President.— Rev.  8.  Collins,  Wash 
ington.  D.  C. 

Secretaries. — H.  L.  Kellogg,  W.  H. 
Ross  and  M.  N.  Butler. 

The  object  ot  this  Association  is: 

"To  expoie,  wlthstuid  and  femsve  secret  aocl- 
eti«t,  Freenusoiu?  in  particular,  and  other  anti- 
Christian  movements,  in  order  to  sa^e  the  chorch- 
«s  of  Christ  from  being  deprayed,  to  redeem  th« 
administration  of  justice  from  peryereion,  aad 
sQrrepnbUc&a  goTemment  from  eorrnptioB." 

To  carrjr  on  this  work  contributions  we 
solicited  Erom  every  friend  of  the  reform. 

Form  ot  BsQTncs?.— I  give  and  bequeath  ta  the 

^S&tloiial  Cliristian  Association,  incori>orated  sad 
existing  ander  the  laws  of  the  State  of  nilnols, 

the  sum  of dollars,  for  ths  purposes  of  said 

Association,  and   for  which  the  receipt  of   its 

STATE  AUXILIARY  ASSOCIATIONS. 

Alabama. — Pres.,  W.  A.  McAlpine 
Sec,  G.  M.  Elliott;  Treas.,  B.  ishel,  all 
of  Sekna. 

California. — Pres.,  L.  B.  Lathrop, 
HolHster;  Cor.  Sec,  Mrs.  TJ.  P.  Merrill, 
Woodland;  Treas.,  C.  Ruddock,  Wood- 
land. 

Connecticut. — Pres.,  J.  A.  Conant, 
Willimantic;  Sec,  Geo.  Smith,  Willi- 
mantic;  Treas.,  C.  T.  Collins,  Windsor. 

Illinois. — Pres.,N.E.Gardner,Haldane. 
Sec,  C.  W.  Hiatt,  Tonica;  Treas.,  J.  C. 
Schoenberger,  Chicago. 

Indiana. — Pres.,  1.  W.  Lowman,  Au- 
burn ;  Sec,  S-  Y.  Miller,  College  Corners ; 
Treas.,  Benj.  Ulsh,  Silver  Lake. 

Iowa. — Pres.,  C.  D.  Trumbull,  Morning 
Sun ;  Rec.  Sec.  A.W.  Hall,  College  Spring ; 
Cor.  Sec,  W.  T.  Moffltt,  Morning  Sun ; 
Treas.,  Joseph  Laird,  Wayne. 

Kansas.— Pres.,  J.  S.T.  Milligan,  North 
Cedar;  Sec,  J.  Alter,  Valley  Falls;  Treas. 
J.  A.  Torreuce,  Winchester. 

Massachusetts. — Pres.,  8.  A.  Pratt; 
Sec,  Mrs.  E.  D.  Bailey;  Treas.,  David 
Manning,  Sr.;  all  of  Worcester. 

Michigan. — £^es.,  Wm.  Wing,  Grand 
Rapids;  Rec-Sec'y,  A.  H.  Spriugstein, 
Pontiac;  Cor.  Sec,  W.  H.  Ross,  Allegan; 
Treas.,  C.  C.  Poote,  88  Columbia  Street, 
Detroit. 

Minnesota. — Pres.  E.  G.  Paine,  Wasi- 
oja;  Cor.  Sec,  W.  H.  McChesney,  Fair- 
mont ;  Rec.  Sec'y  Thos .  Hartley,  Richland ; 
Treas.,  Wm.  H.  Morrill,  St.  Charles. 

Missouri. — Pres.  C.J.  Kephart,  Avalon ; 
Treas.,  William  Beauchamp,  Avalon;  Cor. 
Sec,  M.  N.  Butler,  Albany. 

Nebraska. — Pres.  S.'  Austin,  Fair- 
mount  ;  Cor.  Sec,  W.  S.  Spooner,  Kearney ; 
Treas.,  R.  A.  Bishop,  Seeley's  Mills. 

New  Hampshire. — Pres,  Elder  J.  G. 
Smith,  New  Hampton  ;;Sec,  S.C  Kimball 
New  Market;  Treas.,  E.  Smith,  Center 
Straflord. 

New  York. — Pres.  F.  W.  Capwell, 
Dale;  Sec'y,  Isaac  Hyatt,  Dale;  Treas., 
M.  Merrick,  Syracuse. 

Ohio. — Pres.,  Wm.  Dillon,  Dayton; 
Cor.  Sec,  J.  P.  Lytle,  Sago;  Treas.,  J.  M. 


Pennsylvania. — Pres.  A.  L.  Post,  Mon- 
trose ;  Cor.  Sec. ,  N.  Callender,  Thompson ; 
Treas.,  W.  B.  Bertels,  Wilkesbarre. 

Wisconsin. — Pres.,  Enos  Collins,  Colo 
ma ;  Cor.  Sec.  W.  W.  Warner,  Baraboo ; 
Treas.,  M.  R.  Britten,  Vieona. 

West  Virginia. — Pres.,  D.  B.  Turnev, 
Sec,  John  Bosley,  Grafton ;  Treas.,  H.  B. 
Higglns,  Petroleum. 


Anti-masonic  Lecturers. 

General  Agent  and  Lecturer,  J.  P. 
Stoddard,  331  West  Madison  street,  Chi- 
cago. 

Agents  for  the  South:  H.  H.  Hinman, 
Wheaton,  111.,  and  Paul  S.  Feemster, 
Lamed,  Kans. 

E.  D.  Bailey,  Worcester,  Mass.,  Agent 
for  New  England. 

Degree  Workers. — (Seceders.) 

D.  P.  Rathbun,  Clarence,  Iowa, 
S.  E.  Starry,  Clarence,  Iowa. 
Jas.  Furgiison,    "  " 

J.  K.  Glassford,  Carthage,  Mo. 

State  Lecturers. 

California,  D.  A,  Richards,  Woodland. 
Conn.,  J.    h.    Barlow  of  Willman'lc. 
Indiana,  8.  L.  Cook  ot  Albion. 
Iowa,  D.  P.  Rathbun,  Clarence. 
Missouri,  M.  N.  Butler  of  Albany. 
Wisconsin,  Thos.  Lowe,  Coloma  Sta 


The  Churches  against  Lodger/. 

The  following  denominations  are  com 
mitted  by  vote  of  their  legislative  assem-, 
blies  or  by  constitution  to  a  separation 
from  secret  lodge  worship : 

Adventists  (Seventh-day). 

Baptists — Primitive,  Seventh-day  and 
Scandinavian. 

Brethren  (Dunkers  or  German  Baptists). 

Christian  Reformed  Church. 

Church  of  God  (Northern  Indiana  El- 
dership.) 

Congregational — ^The  State  Associations 
of  Illinois  and  Iowa  have  adopted  resolu- 
tions against  the  lodge. 

Disciples  (in  part). 

Friends. 

Lutherans — Norwegian,  Danish,  Swed- 
ish  and  Synodical  Conferences. 

Mennonites. 

Methodists — Free  and  Wesleyan. 

Methodist  Protestant  (Minnesota  Con- 
ference). 

Moravians. 

Plymouth  Brethren. 

Presbyterian — Associate,  Reformed  and 
United. 

Reformed  Church  (Holland  Branch). 

United  Brethren  in  Christ. 

Individual  churches  in  some  of  these 
denominations  should  be  excepted,  in 
part  of  them  even  a  considerable  portion. 

The  follovring  local  churches  have,  as  a 
pledge  to  disfellowship  and  oppose  lodge 
worship,  given  their  names  to  the  follow- 
ing list  as 

THE   ASSOCIATED  CHURCHES  OF  CHRIST. 

New  Ruhamah  Congi'egational,  Hamil- 
ton, Miss. 

Pleasant  Ridge  Congregational,  Sand- 
ford  county,  Ala. 

New  Hope  Methodist,LowTides  co.,  Miss. 

Congregational,  College  Springs,  Iowa. 

College  Church  of  phrist,  Wheaton,  111. 

First  Congregational,  Leland,  Mich. 

Sugar  Grove  church,  Green  county.  Pa. 

Military  Chapel,  M.  E.,  Lowndes  Co., 
Miss. 

Hopewell  Missionary  Baptist,  Lowndes 
Co.,  Miss. 

Cedar  Grove  Missionary  Baptist,  Lown- 
des Co.,  Miss. 

Simon's  Chapel.M.  E.jLovmdes  co..  Miss. 

Pleasant  Ridge  Missionary  Baptist, 
Lowndes  Co.,  Miss. 

Brownlee  church,  Caledonia,  Miss. 

Salem  church,  Lowndes  Co.,  Miss. 

West  Preston  Baptist  church,  Wayne 
Co.  Pa. 

Other  local  churches  which  have  adopt- 
ed the  same  principles  are — 

Baptist  churches ;  N.  Abington,  Pa. ; 
Menomcnie,  Mondovi,  Waubecli  and 
Spring  Prairie,  Wis. ;  Wheaton,  111. ;  Per- 
ry, N.  Y. ;  Spring  Creek,  near  Burlington, 
Iowa;  Lima,  Ind. ;  Constableville,  N.  Y. 
The  "Good  Will  Association"  of  Mobile, 
Ala.,  comprising  some  twenty-five  colored 
Baptist  churches;  Bridge  water  Baptist 
Association,  Pa. ;  Old  Tebo  Baptist,  near 
Leesville,  Henry  Co.,  Mo. ;  Hoopeston,  111. 

Congregational  churches :  1st  of  Ober- 
lin,  O.;  Tonica,  Crystal  Labe,  Union  and 
Big  Woods,  111. ;  Solsbury,  Ind. ;  Congre- 
gational Methodist,  Maplewood,  Mass. 

Presbyterian  church,  Hoopeston,  111. 

Independent  churches  in  Lowell,  Coun- 

S^man  school  house  near  Lindenwood, 
arengo  and  Streator,  III.;  Berea  and 
Camp  Nelson,  Ky. ;  Ustick.  lU. ;  Clarks- 
burg, Kans.  State  Association  of  Minis- 
ten  and  (Siarobes  ia  CbriaH  ot  KaafaAy 


December  28,  1883 


THE  CHHISTIAN  CYNOSUHK 


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ON  FREEMASONRY. 

Freemasonry  Illustrated.  A  complete 
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of  the  trial  of  Rev.  J,  T.  Michael,  showing  how  he 
was  driven  out  of  the  M.  E.  church  for  opposing 
Masonry  and  loving  Methodism.  10  cents  each: 
perdozen,  Jl.OO. 

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Elder  M.  S.  Newcomer  and  Elder  G.  w;  Wilson. 
This  discussion  was  first  published  in  a  series  of  ar- 
ticles in  the  Church  Advocite,  and  afterward  In 
pamphlet  form,  'i:\ie  Evangelicoj.  Repository,  re- 
viewing  it.  .says:  "This  pamphlet  consists  of  a  se- 
ries of  articles  originally  published  In  the  Ohnrch 
Advocate,  Lancaster,  Pa.  Elder  M.  S.  Newcomer 
opposes  secret  societies,  and  especially  Freemasonry 
and  Elder  G,  W.  Wilson  defends  the  system.  We 
are  fret  to  say  that  Mr.  NewcotEer  has  thoroughly 
routed  his  opponent,  at  every  point.  Mr.  Wilson 
speaks  by  the  book,  as  he  is  a  Royal  Arch  Mason." 
25  cents  each ;  per  dozen,  ffri.QQ. 

A  Masonic  Conspiracy.  Besnltlng  In  a 
fraudulent  divorce,  and  various  other  outrages 
upon  the  rights  of  a  defenseless'woman.  Also  the 
account  of  a  Masonic  muider.  by  two  eye-witnesses 
By  Mrs.  Louisa  Walters.  This  Is  a  thrllUngly  inter 
esting,  true  narrative.    B9  ceatieaobi  perd^uqi,  . 


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THK  CHHISTIAH  CYNOSOFlJe 


Deodmber  2S,  188S 


NEIVS  Of  THE  WEEK. 


— The  House  of  Representatives  on  the 
25t>i  passed  a  resolution  inflicting  a  fine 
of  $50  per  day  upon  any  Congressman 
who  should  dare  to  absent  himself  from 
the  House  during  the  holiday  season  af- 
terward voted  to  adjourn  from  December 
22  to  January  2.  The  Senate  does  not 
agree. 

— The  Postoffice  A.ppropriation  Bill 
passed  by  a  vote  of  163  to  21,  and  goes  to 
the  Senate  with  the  provision  for  two-cent 
postage  incorporated  in  it. 

— The  army  appropriation  bill  makes  a 
redu'"tinn  as  compared  with  last  year  of 
$1,600,000. 

— The  Supreme  Court  of  the  United 
States  has  made  an  emphatic  and  gratify- 
ing decision  on  the  subject  of  political 
assessments.  It  upheld  the  recent  'prose- 
cution of  General  Curtis  m  New  York, 
afiirming  in  unmistakable  terms  the  con- 
stitutionality of  the  statute  under  which 
he  was  convicted.  Justice  Bradley  gave  a 
dissenting  opinion. 

—The  City  Bank  of  Rochester.  N.  Y., 
has  closed  its  doors.  Its  President,  Chas. 
E.  Upton,  got  on  the  wroip-  side  of  the 
oil  market  and  sank  $350,000  of  the  bank's 
money  in  trying  to  get  even.  Several 
small  savings  institutions  in  Rochester 
deposited  with  the  City  Bank,  and  many 
poor  people  will  probably  suffer  by  its 
failure. 

— Mr.  Gladstone  having  strengthened 
his  position  with  the  Whigs  by  the  ad- 
mission of  Earl  Derby  to  the  Cabinet,  now 
seeks  to  conciliate  the  Radicals.  It  has 
been  finally  determined  to  create  a 
Bureau  of  Agriculture,  and  Mr.*  Cham- 
berlain, the  thorough-going  member 
tor  Birmingham,  is  to  be  its  first  chief, 
of  course  with  a  seat  m  the  Cabinet. 

— Great  distress  appears  to  exist  in  Ire- 
land, starving  laborers  parading  the  streets 
of  the  towns  in  the  West  and  demanding 
work  or  bread. 

— Mr.  Parnell  expressed  the  opinion  in 
Parliament  that  there  had  been  already 
saved  upwards  of  three  million  pounds  in 
arrears  of  rent,  and  announced  his  inten- 
tion of  opposing  any  proposition  to  en- 
courage the  Irish  to  emigrate  to  America 
unless  they  were  given  a  bonus  which 
would  enable  them  to  land  on  this  side  of 
the  water  with  enough  funds  to  keep  them 
from  becoming  a  burden  upon  the  com- 
munity. 

— At  Loughrea,  Ireland,  a  number  of 
laborers  paraded  the  street  demanding 
work  or  food,  and  declaring  that  they 
were  starving.  They  surrounded  the  resi- 
dence of  Bishop  Duggan  who  distributed 
money  to  them  Great  distress  prevails  in 
the  town. 

— It  is  lately  alleged  that  the  Junta 
of  Guatemala,  the  committee  which  at 
preeent  admini8ter3  the  afiairs  of  that 
country,  much  desire  the  admission  of 
their  land  as  a  State  of  the  American  Un- 
ion. 

—  While  a  cage  was  descending  in  the 
Hardenburg  mine  in  Prussia,  the  chain 
broke  and  the  cage  fell,  killing  twenty  per- 
sons. 

— A  terrible  storm  took  place  at  St. 
John.  Newfoundland,  on  the  19th.  The 
hurricane  lasted  for  twenty-four  hours, 
during  which  some  fifteen  vessels  were 
wrecked  and  totally  lost.  Wharves,  stages, 
and  fish-flakes  were  washed  away  like 
gossamer  into  the  sea.  Seven  men  were 
lost. 

— Bnntoux  the  President,  and  Peder 
the  Manager  of  the  Union  Generale  of 
Paris,  the  magnificent  swindle  which 
colla^/Sed  in  February  of  last  year,  have 
each  been  sentenced  to  five  years  of  im- 
prisonment, both  on  the  charge  of  swind- 
ling. 

— The  Chinese  in  the  Province  of  Hi, 
tortured  and  murdered  in  October  two 
Cossacks  and  two  Russian  clerks.  The 
Russian  Consul  at  Kuldja  is  making  an 
investigation.  The  Russians  on  the  fron- 
tier are  exasperated  and  threaten  repri- 
sals. 


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Those  who  wish  to  know  the  character  of  Free- 
masonry, as  shown  by  its  own  publications,  will 
find  many  standard  works  in  the  following  list. 

No  sensible  Mason  dares  deny  that  such, men  as 
Albert  G.  Mackey,  the  gi'eat  Masonic  Lexicographer, 
and  Daniel  Slckels,  the  Masonic  author  and  publish- 
er, are  the  highest  Masonic  authority  in  the  United 
St.  tcs. 

All  the  books  advertised  here  are  used  by  Masons, 
but  Duncan's  Ritual,  AUyn'a  Ritual  and  Richard- 
son's Monitor  are  not  publicly  acknowledged  as  Ma- 
sonic aufhoi'ltv  because  tb'-y  tell  too  much. 

Q-eneral  Ahiman  Bezon  and  Freema- 
SONS'  Guide.  By  Daniel  Slckels,  33d  degree.  The 
most  perfect  Masonic  monitor  published  In  the 
United  States.  Embellished  with  many  engravings 
and  containing  moijltorial  Instructions  in  the  de- 
grees of  Entered  Apprentice,  Fellow-Craft  and  Mas- 
ter Masons,  with  explanatory  lectures,  the  cere- 
monies of  consecration  and  dedication  of  new 
lodges,  installation  of  officers,  laying  foundation 
Stones,  dedication  of  Masonic  halls,  burial  serv- 
ices. Masonic  calendar,  ritual  for  a  Lodge  of  Sor- 
row, Jlasonic  ti'ials,  etc.  Bound  in  fine  cloth,  extra 
large  13mo,  $2.00. 

l>uncau's  ISIasomc  !Bitual  and  IVToni- 

TOE.  Profusely  illustrated  with  explanatory  en- 
gravings, and  containing  the  entire  ritual  and  work 
of  the  order  for  the  seven  degrees.  Including  the 
Royal  Arch.  Scores  of  Masons  have  privately  ad- 
mitted that  this  is  a  standai'd  text-book  In  the  lodge 
and  Is  strictly  correct:  but  publicly  it  is  not  ac- 
knowledged as  authority,  though  many  otaeers  of 
the  lodge  make  use  of  it.    Price,  in  cloth,  $2.50. 

Sickels'  Freemasons'  Monitor.  Contain- 
ing the  degrees  of  Freemasonry  embraced  in  the 
Lodge,  Chapter,  Council  and  Commandery,  embel- 
lished with  nearly  300  symbolic  illustrations,  to- 
gether with  tactics  and  drill  of  Masonic  Knighthood. 
Also  forms  of  Masonic  documents,  notes,  songs. 
Masonic  dates,  installations,  etc.  By  D.  Slckels; 
32mo.     In  tuck,  $1.50;  cloth,  $1.00. 

Richardson's  Monitor  of  Freemasonry, 
Apractical  guide  to  the  ceremonies  in  the  degrees  con- 
ferred in  Masonic  Lodges,  Chapters,  Encampments, 
etc.  Illustrated  edition.  In  cloth,  $1.35;  in  paper, 
75  cents. 

Although  this  Monitor  is  extensively  used  by  the 
lodge,  especially  In  conferring  the  higher  degrees, 
it  is  publicly  called  an  exposition,  and  not  allowed 
as  authority. 

Maokey's  Manual  of  the  Lodge,  orMoni- 

torial  Instructions  in  the  Degrees  of  Entered  Ap- 
prencice,  Fellow-Craft  and  Master  Mason,  with  Cer- 
emonies relating  to  installations,  dedications,  con- 
secrations, laying  of  corner-stones,  etc.  Price,  $2.00i; 

Mackey' s  lexicon  of  Freemasonry. 
Containing  a  Definition  of  Terms,  Notes  on  its 
History,  Traditions  and  Antiquities,  and  an  Account 
of  all  the  Rites  and  Mysteries  of  the  Aucient  World. 
12  mo.,  526  pages,  $3,00. 

Female  Masonry,  Manual  of  the  Order  of 
the  Eastern  Star.  Containing  the  ritual,  symb.-^'s, 
lectures,  etc.,  of  the  five  degrees  of  "Adoptive  Ma- 
sonry," Jephthah's  Daughter,  Ruth,  Esther,  Martha 
and  Electa,  profusely  illustrated  and  handsomely 
bound.    Price.  £1.50. 

Maokey's  Masonic  Ritualist,  or  Moni- 
torial Instruction  Book.  By  Albert  G.  Mackey, 
Past  General  High  Priest  of  the  General  Grand  Chap- 
ter of  the  United  States,  Knight  of  the  Eagle  and 
Pelican,  Prince  of  Mercy,  etc=  Price,  cloth,  $1,35; 
tuck,  $1.75. 

Mackey's  Text-Book  of  Masonic  Ju- 
BispRUDENOE.  lUustrat'ng  the  laws  of  Freemason- 
ry, both  written  and  unvritten.  This  Is  the  great 
law  book  of  Freemasonry.     570  pages.    Price,  $2.50l 

Allyn's  Ritual  of  Masonry.  Illustrated 
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Key  to  the  Phi  Beta  Kappa,  Orange  and  Odd-fellows' 
Societies      Price,  $5.00. 


MASKJEl  REPORIS. 

Chioaoo,  Dec,  35,  1882. 

GRAIN— Wheat— No.    2 19 

No.  3 50 

Rejected 7896 

Winter,  No,  2. . .  71 

Com— No.  8 7.? 

Rejected ao>4 

Oats— No.  2 54H 

Rye— No.  2 479^1 

Bran  per  ton 11  00  12  08H 

Flour— Winter 4  50  6  75 

Spring 3  00  4  80 

Hay— Timothy 10  50  12  00 

Prairie 7  00  10  50 

Lard  per  cvyt 10  40 

Mess  pork  per  bbl 17  00 

Butter,  medinin  to  best 24  40 

Cheese 06  14 

Beans 335  390 

Eggs 27 

Potatoes,  per  bu 66  70 

Seeds— Timothy 1  55  1  60 

Clover 6  85 

Flax 1  16 

Broom  com 02  07 

Hides— Green  to  dry  flint 8H  15 

Lumber— Clear 43  00  52  00 

Common 15  00  22  00 

Shingles 3  20 

WOOL-Washed 87  41 

Unwashed 18  80 

LIVE  STOCK— Cattle,  extra ."  6  75  6  50 

Good 5  00  5  60 

Medium 4  25  4  85 

Common 2  25  4  00 

Hogs 4  00  6  50 

Sheep 8  50  4  75 

New  Xork  Markets. 

Flour 3  25  7  BO 

Wheat— Spring 

Winter 88  1  14 

Cora 58  70 

Outs 48  53 

Lard 11  00 

Mess  Port; ". 18  75 

Butter IB  41 

Ohe«»« 06  14 

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CHICAGO,  THUKSD AY,  JANUARY  4,  1883. 


T-Vf  O  DoiiLAKS  PER 

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lAJtZE  OF  CONTENTS. 


Editorial  : 

Topics  of  the  Time 1 

The  Transfer  8 

What  Lies  Before  us    8 

Letters:    Kansas    and 

St.Jobn ;  at  the  Home 

of  FatherChittfciiden ; 

Pomeroy     aod     his 

Hyena 8 

The  iifcgion  of  Honor    9 
Contributions  : 
Civil  Service    Reform    1 
U.  8.  Coast  Survey — 

Ti  uth   Survey 2 

An  Anciejit  Poem 3 

Reform  Story : 
Holden    with     Cords 

Chap  XXXIV 4 

New  England; 
South  Worcester  Chap- 
el ;  i'he  Washburn 
Hall  Services ;  Food 
for  Thought ;  Stellar 
Theology  and  Ma- 
sonic Astronomy...    5 

Sabbath  School 6 

Books  and  Magazines. . .     7 


Reform  News  : 
Report  the   Lectures; 
Is  there  any  help  for 
the    Widow's    Son ; 
The  Outlnok  for  Illi- 
nois;    Letters    from 
the  General  Sec'y. .  .6,12 
Correspondence  : 
Sister  Reforms ;  Whis- 
kyand  Freemasonry ; 
Relief    for    Honest 
Members    of     the 

Craft;  Our  Mail 6 

American  Politics: 
The  Governor  Elect  of 
Kansas;     Wiles     of 

Politicians 12 

Religious  News: 
The  Churches  vs.  Lodg- 

ery 13 

Home  Circle 10 

Children's  Corner.  . .  10 

Home  and  Farm 14 

News  of  the  Week.  . .  16 

Churches  vs.  Lodgery 14 

Then.  C.  a... 14 

i  Publisher's  Dbp't 16 


A    HA.PPY    NEW    YEAR 

To  all  our  naders  and  Jriends.  God  grant 
that  A.  D.  1883  may  he  to  them  and  to  the 
Ctnosurk  one  of  the  ^^yea/r8  of  the  right  hcmd 
of  tJie  Most  Eigh^^ 


TOPICS  OF  THE  TIME. 


The  Civil  Service  Reform  bill  passed  the  Sen- 
ate on  Wednesday  last,  with  an  opposition  of 
only  five  Democratic  votes  at  last.  The  clearness 
and  ability  with  which  the  salient  points  of  this  po- 
litical reform  are  placed  before  our  readers  makes 
needless  any  statement  of  the  arguments  which 
prevailed  at  the  final  vote.  After  a  four  week's 
struggle  the  measure  was  passed  by  a  vote  of  39 
to  5.  Senator  Pendleton,  a  Democrat,  introduced 
the  measure,  but  Republicans  took  most  inter- 
est in  its  passage  and  in  fighting  down  the 
amendments  of  enemies  brought  in  to  kill  it. 
The  prohibition  of  the  political  assessment  busi- 
ness is  part  of  the  measure,  and  Senator  Blair,  of 
-New  Hampshire,  who  is  a  prohibition  champion, 
was  successful  in  attaching  an  additional  section, 
providing  :  "  No  person  habitually  using  intoxi- 
cating beverages  in  excess  shall  be  appointed  or 
retained  in  any  olfice,  business  or  employment 
to  which  the  provisions  of  this  act  are  applica- 
ble." 


In  his  brief  speech  advocating  this  amendment 
Mr.  Blair,  with  much  skill,  referred  to  the  tact 
tha!;  Thomas  Jefiergon  had  be?n  several  times 
quoted  during  the  debate  as  aiifhority  for  the 
doctrine  that  integrity  and  capacity  should  be 
teats  for  admission  to  the  publio  service.  He 
would  emote  JefFereon  still  further  when  he 
aid:  *'The  habit  of  indulging  in  ardent  spiritB 


by  men  in  office  has  occasioned  more  injury  to 
the  public  than  any  other, use, /and  »|Were  I  to 
commence  my  administration,  with  the  experi- 
ence 1  now  have,  the  first  question  I  would  ask 
respecting  a  candidate  would  be,  '  Does  he  use 
ardent  spirits?'"  It  is  a  great  step  for  the  Senate 
to  adopt  this  prohibitory  section.  It  is  not  many 
years  ago  when  the  idea  would  have  been  scouted, 
and  with  as  much  reason  as  a  proposition  to  ex- 
clude adherents  of  secret  lodges  would  to-day. 
We  can  wait.  The  time  will  as  surely  come 
when  the  lodge  will  be  cast  out  with  the  dram- 
bar  as  the  reasons  underlying  the  prohibition  of 
the  latter  are  matched  in  every  respect  by  those 
of  the  other. 


The  ordinary  observance  oi  Dec.  25th  as  the 
birthday  of  Jesus  has  its  counterpart  in  the 
'•  Passion  play"  of  the  Bavarian  peasants,  which 
a  very  persistent  gentleman  named  Morse  is  try- 
ing to  reproduce  and  popularize  in  this  country. 
This  performance,  which  is  no  less  than  a  theatri- 
cal Tepresentation  of  the  Last  Supper,  arrest, 
trial,  and  crucifixion  of  Christ,  is  prolonged 
through  several  days,  and  annually  reproduced  by 
the^  villagers  of  Oberammeriorau  with  much 
preparation  and  a  grave  zeal.  But  the  efforts  of 
Mr.  Morse  are  not  appreciated  here,  and  after 
long  and  expensive  preparation  for  the  repro 
duction  of  this  *'  miracle-play"  in  New  York,  be 
has  been  forbidden  the  privelege  by  the  Mayor 
at  the  petition  of  innumerous  and  influential 
citizens.  It  is  a  curious  study  in  human  nature 
to  read  the  severe  criticisms  of  some  of  the 
religious  journals,  so-called,  which  in  years  past 
have  published  long  and  glowing  accounts  frcm 
travelers,  approving  the  semi-religious  play  of 
the  peasants.  What  is  good  for  the  humble 
dwellers  in  Bavarian  valleys  ought  to  be  for  poor 
lodgers  in  New  York.  But  the  logic  of  objection 
may  be  in  that  Mr.  Morse,  brings  in  the  play  for 
patrons  who  have  money  and  not  for  the  poor 
who  have  none.  He  is  at  least  forbidden  to  an- 
noy the  "conscientious"  people  who  can  make 
an  outrageous  farce  with  "Christmas"  day  fes- 
tivals, and  stoutly  maintain  the  authority  of  the 
day  wherein  the  "world"  makes  a  grand  holiday 
in  honor  of  the  birth  of  a  Saviour  whom  it  hates, 
and  whom  it  would  persecute  and  crucify  should 
he  come  again  among  men.  "  The  old  Puritan 
antipathy  to  the  religioua  festival  has  completely 
passed  away,"  say  the  religious  editors  who  abhor 
the  Passion-play.  But  it  has  not  passed  away, 
and  objection  to  one  is  good  against  the  other. 


Rufus  Hatch,  the  old  broker  and  banker  of 
New  York,  is  pitted  against  General; Sheridan 
for  the  possession  of  Yellowstone  Park.  Mr. 
Hatch  keenly  observes  that  the  Northern  Pacafic 
railway  will  soon  open  the  way  jfor  the  multi- 
tudes to  visit  that  valley  of  grotesque  and  won- 
derful exhibitions  of  nature,  and  is  at  the  head 
of  a  company  who  have  secured  a  lease  of  the 
Park,  with  the  exclusive  privilege  of  building 
hotels  and  conducting  stage  and  telegraph  lines. 
Gen.  Sheridan  denounces  this  as  a  grand  monop- 
oly which  will  end  in  the  ruin  of  the  Park.  He 
wants  the  reservation  enlarged  and  the  whole 
guarded  by  U.  S.  troops  to  prevent  visitors  from 
further  despoiling  some  of  the  race  curiosities  of 
the  region.  Hatch  says  the  soldiers  have  done 
more  damage  than  all  others  together,  burning 
over  large  sections  and  marauding  wildly  every- 
where. The  banker  is  the  best  general.  He 
went  to  Washington  last  week,  and  got  up  a  fine 
banquet  for  the  representatives  of  the  press.  No 
one  would  have  mistrusted  a  bribe  had  not  a  few 
correspondents  been  left  out,  and  took  the  gen- 
tle  revenge  of   exposing  the  generoua  fraud. 


They  say  that  Hatch  wants  to  leaee  the  Park 
with  its  6,000  square  miles  for  a  nominal  sum 
annually.  He  approachfs  Congreps  through  the 
press  ot  the  whole  country  whose  good  will  he 
hoped  to  buy  with  a  good  breakfast. 


Among  the  most  thrilling  episodes  of  the 
anti-slavery  struggle  was  the  collision  between 
John  F.  Potter  of  Wisconsin  and  Roger  A. 
Pryor  of  Virginia,  friend  and  counterpart  of 
the  "Bully"  Brooks  who  nearly  beat  the  life 
out  of  the  brave  Sumner.  A  recent  report  that 
Mr.  Potter  was  reduced  to  extreme  poverty  and 
was  compelled  to  resort  to  a  "poor-farm"  has 
revived  the  interest  in  those  dajs  of  struggle 
with  the  slave  power.  It  is  likely  that  the  dis- 
patches are  misleading  us,  and  that  Mr.  Potter 
simply  owns  a  poor  farm  in  Wisconsin  which 
affords  him  a  scant  existence.  A  correspondent, 
reviving  the  recollections  of  twenty-three  years 
ago,  gives  Mr.  Potters  version  of  his  combat 
with  Pryor  and  the  challenge  that  followed: 
"I  detested  duelling,"  eaid  Mr.  Potter,  "and  the 
idea  of  taking  a  human  life  was  abhorent  to  me. 
But  we  could  not  svrallow  insults  forever.  I 
had  nothing  againet  Pryor.  But  he  assumed 
plantation  manners  and  told  us  in  an  arrogant 
speech  that  our  freedom  of  debate  would  no 
longer  be  allowed.  I  rpplied  defiantly.  Pryor 
challenged  me  as  I  rather  expected  he  would. 
I  saw  how  absnrd  duelling  was  as  a  means  of 
adjusting  differences,  but  I  saw  no  way  but  to 
accept.  I  talked  with  my  wife  about  it.  She 
acted  a  good  deal  as  wives  will  under  such  cir- 
cumstances, but  she  agreed  with  me,  as  I  thought 
ahe  would,  and  said  I  haa  better  fight.  We 
both  felt  that  it  was  a  National  matter — not  any 
private  quarrel — and  we  were  willing  to  make 
sacrifices.  I  selected  bowie-knives  in  a  locked 
room  for  several  reasons.  First,  I  thought  he 
might  not  fight,  and  that  would  have  a  good  re- 
sult by  throwing  derision  upon  duelling  and  the 
Southern  bravos.  Second,  1  thought  I  was 
stronger  and  quicker  than  he,  and  that  I  should 
prove  superior  if  the  fight  really  came  off.  I 
felt  that  the  quarrel  was  forced  on  me  and  I  was 
entitled  to  any  advantage  the  'code'  woald  give 
me.  We  all  felt  that  the  time  had  come  for 
some  Northern  man  to  lay  aside  his  scruples 
and  stiike  one  blow  that  would  convince  the 
South  that  we  were  not  to  be  bullied  any  longer. 
Mr.  Pryor  declined  to  fight.  I  have  nothing 
to  Bay  about  his  decision.  But  it  certainly  had 
its  effect  at  the  time  on  the  relations  of  the  two 
parties  in  Washington  and  I  have  never  regret- 
ted my  course." 


Civil  Service  Reform. 

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BY  H.  H.  HINMAN. 

The  question  now  pressing  upon  the  public 
mind  and  more  than  any  o*her  absorbing  the  at- 
tention of  Congress,  is  that  of  Civil  Service 
reform.  Stripped  of  all  false  coverings  the 
question  is  this:  Do  the  officers  who  are  called 
to  administer  the  government  hoM  their  offices 
as  public  servants  for  the  good  of  the  people,  or 
do  they  constitute  a  privileged  class,  and  has 
office  been  bestowed  upon  them  for  their  ben- 
efit. 

No  one  is  in  any  doubt  as  to  what  is  republi- 
can doctrine.  All  our  political  orators  tell  us 
on  all  occasions  that  the  government  is  of  the 
people,  by  the  people,  and  for  the  people,  but 
they  forget  to  say  that  by  "the  people,"  they 
mean  only  the  party  in  power,  and  only  such 
members  of  that  party  as  have  the  desire  and 
capacity  to  hold  offi(   . 

Who  shall  adminiater  thii  gOTemment,  and 


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THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE. 


January  4.  1 888 


who  profit  most  by  such  administration^  has 
been  the  almost  only  question  at  issue  during 
the  last  few  years.  Such  a  question  ought  nev- 
er to  arise,  and  it  is  no  wonder  that  the  people 
should  in  the  late  election  have  revolted  against 
the  politicians,  and  hnrled  from  power  the  men 
who  sought  to  hold  office  for  their  own  selfish 
advantage. 

That  there  may  be  a  true  reform  we  need  to 
recognize  certain  fixed  principles. 

1.  Divine  law  is  the  basis  of  all  human  law 
and  is  paramount  to  all  human  enactments.  It 
is  only  when  the  voi«e  of  the  people  hjust  that 
it  is  the  voice  ot  God. 

2.  Public  office  is  a  sacred  trust,  accepted  and 
executed  lor  the  public  good. 

3.  The  qualifications  for  office  are:  Oharaeter 
and  capacity.  By  character  is  meant  fearing 
God  and  keeping  his  commandments. 

4.  The  right  to  continue  in  the  civil  service 
grows  out  of  the  capacity  to  discharge  that  ser- 
vice honestly  and  well.  The  right  to  hold  office 
is  not  an  inherent  right,  nor  is  it  reward  lor 
political  service.  Promotiona  in  civil  service 
should  follow  the  same  rule  as  promotions  in 
business,  and  depend  on  experience,  capacity  and 
fidelity.  'That  these  principles  ought  to  be  rec- 
ognized  and  carried  out  is  obvious  to  all. 

But  the  further  inquiry  arises,  what  are  the 
obstacles  to  their  adoption?     They  are: 

1.  lAe  rule  of  parpy.  "To  the  victors  belong 
the  spoils"  hap  been  the  motto  of  all  great  polit 
ical  parties.  It  is  a  principle  utterly  unrepubli- 
can  and  immoral,  and  has  tended  greatly  to  the 
injury  of  public  morality.  It  is  only  another 
name  for  the  doctrine  that  "might  makee  right." 
It  is  the  robber  rule  and  can  only  be  maintained 
at  the  peril  ot  republican  government.  To  the 
victors  in  every  moral  conflict  there  belong  great 
responsibilities,  but  no  rights  that  they  did  not 
previously  possess.  Republican  government  is 
not  a  government  of  a  party,  but  a  government 
of  the  people.  Men  elected  to  office  do  not  rep- 
resent their  party,  but  the  whole  people.  To 
dismiss  men  from  office  merely  to  make  place 
for  others  is  both  unjust  and  impolitic,  and 
ought  to  be  prohibited  by  law. 

2.  The  assessment  of  civil  ojjioes  for  political 
purposes.  It  matters  not  that  such  assessments 
are  called  voluntary  contributions  and  that  offi- 
cers are  fiiirnly  invited  to  give.  So  long  as  the 
tenure  of  office  depends  on  the  good  will  of  those 
having  the  appointing  power,  such  invitation 
becomes  practically  mandatory.  It  is  of  the  na- 
ture of  a  bribe.  It  appeals  to  the  worst  ele- 
ments in  humanity  and  ought  to  be  suppressed 
by  law.  ^ot  only  the  collection  but  the  use  of 
money  to  influence  elections  is  clearly  criminal. 
It  is  well  known  that  during  the  late  canvaps 
that  combinations  of  brewers  and  distillers  both 
open  and  secret  raised  large  sums  of  money 
which  were  used  to  influence  the  vote  ot  certain 
States,  and  protect  a  most  lucrative,  but  most 
injurious  business.  If  the  offering  of  a  bribe  to 
a  juryman  is  a  crime,  and  its  acceptance  inval- 
idates the  verdict,  how  much  more  should  an 
appeal  to  the  averice  and  appetite  of  the  morally 
weak,  be  regarded  aa  practically  making  void  all 
appeals  to  the  verdict  of  public  opinion  as  ex- 
pressed at  the  polls. 

3.  Secret  oath-hownd  fraternities.  It  is  true 
that  we  are  told  that  these  fraternities  reprement 
all  political  parties  and  have  nothing  to  do  with 
party  politics.  Grrant  it,  but  we  are  not  told 
that,  other  things  being  equal,  the  members  of 
such  fraternities  will  not  favor  the  nomination, 
election  or  appointment  of  a  "brother"  rather 
than  one  who  is  not  a  member.  It  is  not  in  hu- 
man nature  to  do  otherwise.  The  history  of  all 
Buch  associations  in  all  ages  shows  this  to'be  true. 
If  it  be  said  that  open  associations  are  liable  to 
the  same  objections,  the  answer  is  that  open  as- 
sociations are  responsible  to  public  opinion. 
They  do  not  seek  to  evade  that  responsibility, 
but  stand  or  fall  as  their  acts  are  sustained  or 
dispproved  Secret  societies  deny  such  respon- 
sibility. The  public  are  presumed  not  to  know 
what  they  do  and  have  no  rights  of  review  and 
remonstrance.  Such  associations  have  manitost- 
ly  a  great  advantage  over  those  whose  works 
are  open  and  manifest;  and  they  are  in  great 
danger  of  abusing  that  advantage.    Xt  idapliea 


no  disrespect  to  the  private  character  of  the 
members  of  those  orders  that  partiality  and  fa- 
voritism should  be  shown  to  each  other.  It  is 
inherent  in  the  nature  of  these-  orders.  There 
were  many  slaveholders  who  never  consciously 
wronged  a  slave,  but  the  evil  of  that  system  was 
the  irresponsible  power  which  could  be  and  some 
times  was  used  in  cruelty. 

Precisely  the  same  obiection  holds  to  all  se- 
cret associations.  They  are  not  responsible  to 
public  opinion,  are  liable  to  be  used  for  evil  pur- 
poses and  dangerous  to  the  well-being  of  so- 
ciety. 

The  practical  effect  of  these  orders  is  seen  in 
the  fact  that  the  Freemasons,  who  number  but  a 
little  over  half  a  million  in  this  country,  and  are 
but  as  one  to  twenty  of  the  voters,  hold  about 
five-s'xths  of  all  the  offices  of  profit  and  trust. 
The  wonderful  growth  of  Masonry  during  the 
last  thirty  years  is  believed  to  be  largely  due  to 
the  fact  that  it  afforded  aspiring  young  men  the 
opportunity  for  election,  appointment,  and  pro- 
motion into  which  they  .could  not  aspire  on  the 
ground  of  personal  merit.  These  fraternities 
claim  to  be,  and  doubtless  are,  a  privileged  class, 
and  men  join  then!  for  the  advantages  and  im- 
munities that  they  could  not  otherwise  obtain. 
That  members  of  the  Maaocio  fraternity  are 
sworn  to  another  government  and  other  laws 
than  those  of  the  State,  and  that  therefore  they 
cannot  bear  true  allegiance  to  both  governments 
is  a  sufficient,  .but  not  the  main  objection  against 
this  order.  Do  its  members  constitute  a  priv- 
ileged class?  Do  they  seek  and  hold  office  be- 
cause they  are  members  of  that  class?  Do  they 
obtain  by  favor  what  others  only  secure  by  mer- 
it? This  is  what  they  claim,  and  is  at  least  one 
of  the  reasons  why  they  expect  persons  to  unite 
with  them.  Here  then  is  the  greatest  obstacle 
to  a  reform  in  the  Civil  Service.  These  orders 
have  spread  like  a  net  all  over  the  land.  They 
have  honey-combed  every  department  of  society. 
Their  suppression  becomes  one  of  the  most  im- 
portant and  difficult  problems  of  the  Christian 
and  the  statesman.  Our  greatest  statearaen  have 
been  deeply  impressed  with  this  fact,  William 
Wirt,  himself  a  seceded  Maeon,  thought  Free- 
mason^v  a  conspiracy  against  God  and  humanity. 
John  Quiney  Adams  was  prepared  to  demon- 
strate its  incompatibility  with  both  human  and 
divine  law.  Daniel  Webster  thought  that  its 
obligations  and  ceremoniee  ousrht  to  be  sup- 
pressed by  law.  William  H.  Seward,  Millard 
Fiimore,  J.  C.  Spencer  and  others  declared  that 
in  their  opinion  it  trampled  on  every  govern- 
ment it  could  not  control;  while  Thaddeus  Stev- 
ens held  that  by  it  trial  by  jury  was  transforined 
into  an  engine  of  despotism  and  Masonic  fraud. 
To  these  names  may  be  added  those  of  Chie<^ 
Justice  John  Marshall,  Richard  Rush,  Edward 
Everett,  Charles  Sumner,  and  a  host  of  others; 
and  it  will  be  seen  that  any  plan  for  reform  of 
the  Civil  Service  must  of  necessity  include  some 
plan  for  the  suppression  of  all  privileged  classes 
and  all  combinations  of  men  who  do  not  ac- 
knowledge their  responsibility  to  and  challenge 
public  investigation. 
Washington,  I).  C. 

U.  S.  Coast  Survey—Truth  Survoy. 

BY   GEOBGK   H.  WILLIAMS. 

The  United  States  Coast  Survey,  that  great 
and  useful  work,  has  added  largely  to  the  safety 
of  navigation  on  onr  coasts,  and  so  has  been  the 
means  of  great  saving  of  life  and  property,  be- 
sides all  its  other  valuable  uses.  The  first  thing 
in  order  and  in  importance  in  this  work  was  and 
is  a  reliable 

BASE  LIKE, 

For  this  the  greatest  care  must  be  taken,  and 
no  expense  that  is  necessary  to  secure  it  must  be 
spared.  It  must  be  accurately  directed  towards 
accurately  known  points  of  the  compass.  It 
must  be  exactly  level.  The  curvature  of  the 
earth  must  be  accurately  taken  into  account. 
Without  these  it  could  not  be  reliable,  and  every 
triangulation  based  on  it  would  be  unreliable, 
and  would  be  likely  to  result  in  great  losp  of 
life  and  property  on  water  by  shipwreck,  and  in 
other  losses  on  land.  After  all,  the  most  nearly 
perfect  base  line  man  ever  made  falls  short  of 
perfection.     But  the  base  line  which  God  has 


given  for  the  Subvey  of  Tkuth — of  all  that  man 
on  earth  can  survey— physical,  mental,  moral, 
spiritual — is  absolutely  perfect.  It  required 
knowledge  and  wisdom  infinitely  beyond  that  of 
man,  to  know  all  the  things  that  must  be  known 
and  done  in  order  to  prepare  such  a  base  line. 
We  have  it!  It  is  God's  Holy  Word— the 
Bible — Jehovah's  revelation  to  man.  No  survey 
of  truth  that  is  not  wholly  based  on  this  is  reli- 
able. Suppose  in  the  Coast  Survey  reliance 
were  placed  on  a  base  line  whose  length,  direc- 
tion and  straightnesa  were  only  such  as  a  man, 
without  compass  or  any  instrument  to  aid  him, 
had  determined  by  his  walking  several  miles 
over  hill,  across  valley  and  river  and  through 
forest,  judging  of  the  distance,  direction  and 
straightness  by  his  unaided  senses ;  would  that 
be  a  reliable  base  line?  Could  triangulation 
based  on  it  be  reasonably  expected  to  add  to  the 
safety  of  coast  navigation  ?    Of  course  not. 

Well,  there  •  are  men  who  say  "  There  is  no 
God  ;"  no  intelligent  being  who  has  created  the 
infinite  universe  and  who  carries  on  its  wonder- 
ful works — wonderful  in  their  every  detail — 
wonderful  in  their  greatness,  so  great ;  and  in 
their  littleness  so  srnall,  that  man's  finite  powers 
cannot  reach  them.  Can  man  comprehend  in- 
fmite  space  f  On  the  other  hand,  can  he  imag- 
ine a  bound  to  space  f  He  will  inevitably  think 
of  space  beyond  any  bound  he  can  imagine.  Can 
man  comprehend  an  existence  that  had  no  be- 
ginning ?  That  always  was  ?  On  the  other 
hand,  can  he  imagine  a  beginning  of  all  that 
ever  existed  ?  JSToI  Then  let  man  be  humble ; 
'oery  humble. 

Some  of  these  men  who  say  "  There  is  no 
God,"  are  noted  students  of  mind  (shall  I  say) 
and  matte.  They  study  intently  the  wonderful 
works  of  God  in  nature,  and  yet  say  these  had 
no  intelligent  creator.  They  are  called  men  of 
science.  But  they  have  rejected  Jehovah,  the 
infinite  Creator,  IJphoMer  and  Ruler  of  all,  and 
his  true  and  Holy  Word — the  revelation  of 
himselt,  of  his  works,  and  of  man,  man's  origin, 
course  and  destiny.  They  have  rejected  the  only 
and  the  true  and  Peefect  Base  Line  for  the 
survey  of  all  these  things.  Is  it  any  wonder, 
therefore,  that  as  God's  Word  expresses  it 
(Rom.  1:22),  "Professing  themselves  to  be 
v)ise  they  became  foohV^  "  The  fool  hath  said 
in  his  heart,  there  is  no  God "  (Ps.  14:1  and 
53:1),  The  great  truth  that  there  is  a  God  who 
has  made  all  things  and  upholds  all ;  who  is  in- 
finitely great,  good,  wise  and  merciful,  gracious, 
condescending  and  who  has  revealed  these 
things  to  us  in  his  Word,  these  men  deny.  They 
"hold,  hinder,  hold  down  the  truth  in  unright- 
eousness," (Rom.  1:18).  They  study  "  the  crea- 
tion of  the  world,"  "  the  things  that  are  made," 
by  which  "  His  eterupl  power  and  godhead  are 
clearly  seen,  so  that  they  are  without  excuse," 
(Rom.  A:20).  "  Therefore  the  wrath  of  God  is 
revealed  from  heaven  against  them,"  (Rom. 
1:18).  "  The  Gospel  of  Christ"  which  "  is  the 
power  of  God  unto  salvation  to  every  one  that 
believeth"  (Rom.  1:16),  being  rejected  by  them, 
leads  to  them  every  other  folly,  (read  Rora.  1:16- 
22,  etc.,  and  1  Cor.  1:17-31  carefully).  Can  you 
make  a  child  believe  that  a  watch  had  no  maker? 
He  is  not  such  a  fool  as  to  do  that.  But  these 
"  men  of  science"  can  study  all  creation  and  S8y 
"  It  has  no  creator."  They  say  it  contrary  to 
the  reason  God  has  given  them,  (Rom.  1:18  22), 
when  they  reject  God's  Word  as  their  Base  Line 
for  the  Survey  of  Truth,  is  it  any  wonder  that 
they  arrive  at  such  follies  as  this :  "  Man  is  de- 
scended from  a  hairy  quadrnped,  furniehed  with 
a  tail,  and  pointed  ears." — Darwi7i.  (See  App. 
Cyc.  vol.  5,  p.  697).  Or  as  this :  "  That  which  per- 
sists unchanging  m  quantity  but  ever  changing 
in  form,  under  these  seufeible  appearances  whioh 
the  universe  presents  to  us,  transcends  human 
knc  wledge  and  conception — is  an  unknown  a/nd 
unknowable  power,  which  we  are  obliged  to  re- 
cognize as  witliout  limit  in  ppace  or  end  in  time." 
This  is  the  sixteenth  and  last  proposition  of 
Herbert  Spencer's  theory,  as  sumrued  un  by 
himself.  (See  App.  Cyc.  *'  Evolution,"  vol  7, 
p.  17).  According  to  Spencer  the  created  is  in- 
fiuitP  and  eternal.  There  is  no  .Creator.  A 
child  will  not  accept  such  doctrine.  It  requires 
a  man  o/aoienoe  to  do  that. 


Jannary  4,  1883 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYN08U1»«, 


Alt  Ancient  Poem. 

The  world  is  Tory  evil  1 

The  times  are  waxiog  late : 

Be  sober,  and  keep  virgll ; 

The  Judge  is  at  the  gate : 

The  Jadge  that  comeH  in  mercy, 

The  Judge  that  comeij  with  might. 

To  termintte  the  evil, 

To  diadem  Ihe^right. 

Ariae,  arise,  good  Christian, 
Let  right  to  wrong  succeed ; 
Let  penitential  sorrow 
To  heavenly  gladness  lead ; 
To  the  light  that  hath  no  evening, 
Thai  knows  nor  moon  nor  euu, 
The  light  so  new  and  golden, 
The  light  that  is  bat  one. 

And  now  we  fight  the  battle. 
But  there  shill  wear  the  crown 
Of  full  and  everlasting 
And  passionless  renown ; 
And  now  we  watch  and  struggle, 
And  now  we  live  iu  hope. 
And  Sion  in  her  anguish 
With  Babylon  must  cope . 

Bat  He  whom  now  we  trust  in 
Shall  then  be  seen  and  known. 
And  they  that  know  and  see  him 
Shall  have  him  for  their  own. 
Yes !  God  my  King,  my  Portion, 
In  fulness  of  his  grace ; 
We  then  shall  see  forever 
And  worship  face  to  face. 


The  Sermon. 

PaKAOHKD  Al  'J HE  UNI'  N  SERVICES,    SOUIH  WORCES- 
TER, NOV.  26th,  ur  e.  d.  bailed. 

"Veri'y,  verily,  I  say  unto  you,  He  that  entereth  not  by  the  door 
into  the  sheepfold,  bat  climbeth  up  some  other  way,  the  same  is  a 
thief  and  a  robber."   John  10: L 

The  text  introduces  one  of  our  Lord's  parables. 
The  object  of  this  discourse  is  to  explain  and 
apply  the  parable.  To  understand  it  let  us  draw 
a  mental  picture  of  the 

\  BHEEPFOLD. 

We  will  suppose  a  large  area  of  ground  in- 
closed with  a  high,  circular  stone  wall — say  fif- 
teen feet  high.  The  wall  is  solid  and  we  will 
suppose  in  the  first  place  that  there  is  no  door 
for  ingrets  or  egress.  Inside  of  this  high  in- 
closure  is  the  kingdom  of  heaven,  outside  are 
those  who  do  not  belong  to  the  kingdom.  Inside 
is  the  throne  of  God,  encircled  by  the  rainbow, 
surrounded  by  the  twenty-four  elders  with 
crowns  on  their  heads  and  before  the  throne  a 
large  company  of  the  heavenly  host. 

The  wall  of  the  sheepfold  represents  the  law 
of  God.  Formerly  there  were  no  persons  out- 
side of  the  wall,  but  at  some  time  in  past  ages 
our  progenitors  tranegressed  God's  law  and  thus 
took  their  places  outside  of  the  kingdom.  It  is 
the  race  to  which  we  belong  that  rebelled  against 
God  and  we  are  therefore  outside  of  his  king- 
dom. 

Infinite  love  however  has  yearned  after  us  and 
desired  to  open  a  door  in  the  solid  wall  by  which 
we  might  return  again  to  the  blessed  privileges 
of  the  kingdom.    The  Lord  Jesus  Christ  is  the 

D0(  K. 

When,  at  his  crucifixion,  the  vail  of  the  tem- 
wag  rent,  it  signified  that  a  door  had  been  opened 
for  us  to  return  to  the  kingdom.  It  would  not 
answer  to  break  down  the  whole  wall  and  per- 
mit a  promiscuous  return  of  the  corrupt,  degra- 
ded, rebellious  people  of  earth,  but  the  Lord 
himself  stands  in  the  door  to  see  that  all  are 
properly  cleansed  and  submiseive  in  spirit,  in 
order  that  heaven  may  not  be  unheavened,  a 
receptacle  for  the  filth  of  earth.  When  men 
come  to  the  door  they  are  clothed  in  filthy  gar- 
ments. The  first  thing  noticeable  about  those 
who  seek  to  enter  in  is  that  they  all  despise  God 
and  wholesome  law.  There  eeems  to  be  an 
innate  hatred  for  whatever  God  commands.  Of 
course  persons  with  such  feelings  are  m  no  con- 
dition to  be  taken  into  the  kingdom.  Some 
corne  to  the  door  clothed  in  adultery,  some 
stained  with  murder,  some  are  drunkards,  some 
thieves,  some  forgers;  but  some  come  tolerably 
free  from  these  things,  but  very  proud  and  enter- 
taining no  love  for  God. 

Of  course  a  radical  change  must  be  wrought 
in  all  these.  The  Lord  tells  them  all  to  ca^t  off 
their  filthy  garments.  That  is  what  we  mean 
by 


BBPKNTANOE. 

Men  must  cease  from  sin,  from  rebellion,  be- 
fore they  can  be  clothed  in  the  proper  habiliments 
of  saints  The  Lord  Jesus  stands  at  the  door 
and  insists  on  the  first  and  important  step.  We 
cannot  follow  all  the  details,  but  after  repentance, 
they  must  all  exercise  faith  which  implies  al- 
legiance to  God  and  his  law,  after  which  they 
are  regenerated,  sanctified  and  admitted  into  the 
kingdom,  cleansed  from  all  the  corruption  of 
their  long  night  of  rebellion. 

You  will  readily  see,  dear  friends,  the  absolute 
necessity  that  all  men  should  pass  through  this 
one  door.  The  work  of  preparing  men  for 
heaven  was  committed  to  Christ  and  nobody  can 
be  prepared  who  does  not  stand  meekly  before 
him  and  do  his  commandments.  All  who  try  to 
attain  heaven  by  some  other  means  are 

THIEVES  AND  E0BBEE8. 

They  are  robbing  the  Lord  Jesu6  Christ  of  the 
honor  due  him  for  opening  the  door,  they  are 
robbing  God  of  the  expression  of  sorrow  due  to 
him,  after  so  long  insulting  him;  they  are 
robbing  the  law  of  the  homage  which  alone 
which  would  be  a  guarantee  of  future  good  in- 
tentions; in  short  they  are  showing  the  same 
contempt  for  the  kingdom  of  heaven  which  their 
progenitors  showed  when  they  were  cast  out. 
With  such  a  spirit,  with  such  feelings,  justice 
and  reason  demand  that  they  should  still  be  ex- 
cluded. 

If  you  look  along  the  wall  of  the  sheepfold 
you  will  «ee  a  lot  of 

LADDEBS 

on  which  these  thieves  and  robbers  are  attempt- 
ing to  elude  the  door  and  the  door-keeper  and 
climb  into  the  kingdom.  These  ladders  are 
labeled,  "  Unitarianism,"  "  Universalism,"  "Con- 
cord School  of  Philosophy,"  "Culture," 
"  Wealth,"  "  Freemasonry,"  "  Odd-fellowship" 
and  such  like, — all  human  devices  for  ignoring 
Christ,  cheating  God,  and  entering  heaven  with 
waving  banners. 

If  an  angel  were  to  stand  at  the  top  of  each 
ladder,  he  would  see  strange  sights  and  hear 
curious  ^doctrines.  Here  comes  up  one  man 
whose  coat  is  made  of  philosophy,  whose  hat  is 
rhetoric,  whose  pants  are  logic  and  whose  boots 
are  made  of  science  (falsely  so-called.)  When 
asked  what  he  thinks  of  Christ,  his  lip  cutIs  con- 
temptuously and  he  haughtily  replies  that  he 
was  probably  a  very  good  man  but  Socrates  and 
Emerson  were  greater  philosophers.  These  men 
are  not  submissive  to  God's  law;  there  is  in  them 
a  proud  spirit  of  rebellion,  couched  under  subtle 
philosophy.  They  have  never  repented,  they 
have  never  paid  allegiance  to  God  in  the  person 
of  Jesus  Christ,  their  hearts  have  never  been 
cleansed. 

Jesus  Christ  is  the  way,  the  door,  yet  these 
men  utterly  refuse  their  homage  and  build  lad- 
ders by  which  they  hope  to  enter  the  kingdom. 
Every  human  organization,  every  Satanic  wor- 
ship, every  false  system  of  philosophy,  has  had 
this  one  characteristic,  of  robbing  Christ  of  the 
position  to  which,  for  necessary  reasons,  he  has 
been  exalted.  Were  it  not  for  these  false  wor- 
ships, ttie  work  of  converting  men  would  pro- 
gress rapidly,  but  these  satanic  devices  deceive 
men  and  beget  in  them  false  hopes,  never  to  be 
realized. 

This  fact  explains  the  real  purpose  of  all  these 
ladders.  Those  who  are  climbing  up  some  other 
way  are  said  in  the  parable  to  have  come 
only 

TO  STEAL,  KILL   AJsTD  DESTEOY. 

This  shows  that  the  persons  meant  in  this 
description  are  considered  by  the  Lord  unsafe  to 
have  in  the  kingdom.  When  men  talk  about 
universal  salvation  they  do  not  consider  the 
greatness  of  the  conspiracy  against  God  and  hu- 
man happiness.  The  problem  of  saving  a  sinful 
people  without  endangering  the  kingdom  is  a 
problem  worthy  of  divine  ;wi8dom,  surpassing 
human  skill.  We  may  well  consider  that  when 
God  opens  one  door  and  only  one,  there  is  wis- 
dom in  the  statement  and  lus  plan  is  not  to  be 
trifled  with.  In  the  plan  of  salvation  Jesus  has 
a  two-fold  office  and  in  the  parable  he  develops 
this  fa"t.  He  is  not  only  the  door  by  which  we 
must  enter  the  uheepfold,  but  he  is  also    ^^-v  j 


THE  SHEPHEBD, 

who  tenderly  guards  those  who  enter.  He  ad- 
mits us,  but  he  also  leads  us  "into  green  pastures 
and  beside  the  st'll  waters."  Of  course  those 
who  climb  up  some  other  way  would  never  be 
willing  to  be  held  by  him  and  this  constitutes  a 
valid  reason  why  they  cannot  be  admitted  to  the 
fold  over  which  he  presides.  "  The  willing  and 
obedient"  will  be  teachable,  submissive,  affection- 
ate followers;  all  others  would  be  interlopers. 
The  Lord  conveys  to  our  minds  the  tender  love 
exercised  for  us  when  he  says:  "  The  a;ood 
shepherd  giveth  his  life  for  the  sheep."  Surely 
the  love  of  Christ  ought  to  constrain  us.  No 
other  being  has  ever  manifested  an  equal  interest 
our  welfare,  no  other  being  ever  gave  his  life  for 
us,  no  other  being  ever  offered  pardon  so  freely, 
no  other  being  ever  gave  such  "  great  and 
precious  promises"  to  his  rebellious  subjects. 

This  parable  seems  to  me  to  renoer  very 
clear  the  whole  plan  of  salvation.  We  see  the 
inside  of  heaven,  we  see  ourselves  outside,  wo 
see  Christ  opening  the  door  and  standing  therein 
to  receive  our  words  of  penitence  and  submission, 
we  see  him  insisting  upon  repentance  and  obe- 
diance,  offering  robes  of  righteousnes*  for  our 
filthy  garments:  we  see  him  adopting  us  into 
the  kingdom  and  feeding  us  ever  after;  we  see 
also  his  enemies,  unsubmissive,  dishonest,  in- 
sulting, proud,  deceptive,  elimbing  up  soiia 
other  way.  All  this  the  parable  brings  vividiv 
to  our  minds  and  thus  pictorially  lays  before  \i3 
the  important  features  of  Christ's  kingdom,  i 
cannot  conclude  without  calling  your  attenti<  u 
to  the  two  most  prominent 

FAOTS  OF  THE  BIBLE. 

The  great  curse  of  human  society  is  false  wor- 
ship: The  chief  characteristics  of  all  false  phil- 
osophies, or  worships,  are  a  set  of  spurious  cere- 
monies, coupled  with  a  promise  of  heaven  in 
consideration  of  fidelity  to  these  mummeries, with 
no  repentance  and  without  obedience  to  God. 
God  appeared  in  the  person  of  Christ  to  be  ack- 
nowledged as  the  Great  Head  of  the  universe. 
The  true  worship  acknowledges  Christ,  but  all 
false  systems  ignore  him  and  teach  the  people  to 
depend  upon  human  ceremonies  for  salvation. 
The  contrast  between  true  and  false  worship  is 
the  leading  feature  of  the  parable.  "  There  is 
no  other  name,  under  heaven,  given  among  men 
whereby  we  must  be  saved." 


REFORM  STORY. 


Holden  wiih  Cords. 

BV    THE    AUTHOR    OF  "LITTLE   PEOPLE,"  "a   SUNNY 
LIFE,"  ETC. 

ClM»pt«r  XXXir—Ot%«  More  Vnfortunat*. 

Mr.  Simon  Peck's  establishment  consisted  oT  a 
small  grocery  store  with  two  or  three  untidy 
rooms  in  the  rear,  where  every  article  in  the 
canon  of  a  good  housewife  was  persistently  set 
at  nought.  Mrs,  Simon  Pock  was  a  womao 
with  thin  yellow  hair  done  up  in  perpetual 
curl  papers  and  a  general  appearance  sugeroe  - 
tive  of  washed  out  calico  Of  the  younge.' 
Pecks  the  less  said  the  better.  They  were  all  thau 
might  be  expected  however,  considering  theix^ 
parentage  and  training. 

This  man  belonged  to  Fidelity  lodgfe,  and  low 
as  was  his  social  standing  compared  with  Coloi^el 
Montfort  and  others  of  its  leading  membars,  he 
held  a  very  important  office  therein  which  was 
that  of  general  toady  as  well  as  a  most  conven- 
ient catspaw  for.  any  species  of  dirty  work  with 
which  the  Colonel  did  not  care  to  soil  his  aristo- 
cratic fingers.  This  satellitie  intimacy  with  the 
great  men  of  the  lodge  had  caused  Mr.  Peck  to 
advance  considerably  in  his  own  good  opinion, 
for  with  the  usual  obtuseness  of  toadies  he  aever 
seemed  to  suspect  the  real  grounds  on  which  it 
was  based;  and  set  on  by  the  powerful  clique  be- 
fore mentioned  he  contrived  in  a  variety  ot"  ways 
— none  of  which  were  very  agreeable  to  a  tiensi- 
tive  and  finely  strung  spirit — to  throw  contempt 
on  the  authority  of  the  Master  of  the  lodge  by 
sly,  underhand  methods  of  attack,  much  more 
annoying  than  open  warfare. 

"But  were  there  no  good  men  in  Fidelity 
lodge?"  iaquirea  the  reader.    AMuredly  tJ.er& 


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THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE. 


January  4,  188* 


were,  but  of  thcBC  many  had  fallen  into  that 
habit  of  non-attendance  which  certainly  has 
illustrious  prestige  in  George  Washington's  ex- 
ample, not  to  mention  later  worthies  to  whom 
the  lodge  proudly  points  as  "distinguished  Ma- 
sons;" while  those  who  remained  wielded  no 
influence  worth  speaking  of.  Thuait  will  be  seen 
that  Anson  Love  joy  in  his  attempts  to  mold  the 
lodge  after  his  own  high  Masonic  standard  was 
not  a  whit  better  off  than  if  he  had  stood  entire- 
ly alone. 

It  was  not  often  that  I  patronized  Mr.  Peek's 
counter,  but  one  morning  I  was  in  a  hurry  and 
stepped  in  there  for  some  article  indispensable 
to  the  kitchen  economy  which  had  been  over- 
looked in  making  out  the  usual  household  list  of 
necessaries. 

Mary,  who  sometimeB  waited  on  customers, 
went  behind  the  counter  and  weighed  out  the 
pound  of  bread  soda  for  which  I  called.  I  could 
not  help  noting  as  she  did  so  her  expression  of 
silent  misery  and  dejection.  My  heart  ached  for 
her.  Is  it  possible,  1  thought,  that  in  the  loving 
providence  of  the  AU-wise  Father  some  lives 
must  ever  remain  like  the  unsunned  tiger  lilies 
to  which  Kachel  in  one  of  those  gleams  of  poetic 
sentiment,  that  we  so  often  see  flash  across  the 
most  common  sense  and  practical  nature,  had 
likened  her?  But  all  I  could  do  was  to  drop  a 
pleasant  word  as  she  handed  me  the  brown  pa- 
per parcel,  little  thinking  that  when  I  sa^  that 
face  again  the  great  Eternal  Mystery  would  have 
set  on  every  feature  its  awful  seal  of  silence  and 
separation  never  to  be  broken  by  human  blame 
or  pity. 

I  laid  the  package  down  on  the  kitchen  table 
where  Rachel  stood  rolling  out.  pies  and  super- 
intending the  oven  from  which  several  comely 
brown  loaves  had  just  emerged. 

"I  wonder  if  that  Mary  Lyman  isn't  in  some 
kind  of  trouble,"  I  said.  "Her  face  really  haunts 
me,  she  looked  so  wretched.  Of  course  I  couldn't 
say  anything  to  her,  but  a  real  good  motherly 
woman  like  you  might  find  out  what  the  matter 
is  and  perhaps  help  her." 

Rachel  filled  a  pie  thoughtfully  and  orna- 
mented the  edges  with  elaborate  care.  I  felt 
that  there  was  something  behind  her  silence 
and  waited  patiently  till  the  revelation  should 
come.  She  put  her  pie  in  the  oven  and  proceed- 
ed to  roll  out  another  before  she  spoke,  and  then 
it  was  to  make  an  inquiry  not  apparently  connect- 
ed with  the  subject. 

"I  have  heard  you  speak  once  or  twice 
of  a  certain  Mr.  Jervish,  a  friend  of  Colonel 
Montfort's.  What  do  you  know  about  him  in 
particular?" 

"Well  nothing  in  particular,  but  in  general  I 
should  call  him  an  unmitigated  son  of  Belial. 
However,  he  has  got  policy  enough  to  keep 
his  vices  pretty  well  under  the  surface,  and  so 
he  gets  admitted  freely  into  good  society,  as 
such  men  usually  do,  and  no  questions  asked. 
Why?" 

"It  may  not  be  true  what  I  have  heard,  what 
I  suspect,  but  if  it  is" — and  Rachel  stood  erect 
with  firm  set  lips  and  flashing  eyes — "if  it  is, 
I  do  not  want  any  further  proof  that  the  Bi- 
ble doctrine  of  everlasting  punishment  is  the 
right  one." 

For  a  moment  I  felt  stunned.  Pity,  shame, 
abhorrence  of  the  wretch  who  had  wrought  8u«h 
sacreiigious  ruin  of  one  of  God's  fairesc  human 
temples  struggled  together  in  contending  tides 
of  feeling.  They  who  think  it  strange  that  in 
the  Apocalypse  the  Hall  el  uias  of  God's 'saints 
are  represented  as  rising  joyoas  and  triumphant 
in  sight  of  the  smoke  of  eternal  burnings  have 
surely  never  felt  as  I  did  at  that  moment — 
glad  from  my  very  soul  that  there  is  such  an  aw- 
ful place  of  retribution  where  the  punish- 
ment which  society  fails  to  mete  out  for  crimes 
like  this  shall  at  last  be  visited  upon  the  evil 
doer. 

"As  she  doesn't  happen  to  be  a  Mason's  wife 
or  daughter,"  said  Racliel  bitterly,  "her  destroy- 
er will  go  scot  tree  as  far  as  the  lodge  is  con- 
cerned. Ministers  of  the  gospel  will  call  him 
'brother'  all  the  same;  sind  when  he  dies  they'll 
drop  their  sprig  of  evergreen  into  the  grave  and 
make  a  prayer  to  the  Sujoreme  Architect  of  the 
dniverse,  and  he'll  be  ail  right  for  the  Grand 


Lodge  above.    I  tell  you  I'm  sick  at  heart  when 
i  think  of  it." 

And  Rachel  scraped  up  her  dough  and  put  it 
bauk  in  the  pan  for  a  Saturday  pie,  and  the  clock 
ticked  away  in  the  corner,  and  the  sunshine 
stole  in  with  a  fresh  breeze  to  bear  it  company; 
and  everything  went  on  precisely  the  same 
as  if  the  world  had  no  such  awful  abyss  of 
sin  and  sorrow  as  that  which  had  now  opened 
before  us. 

"But  this  poor  fatherless,  motherless  girl,"  I 
said  at  lasi.  Can't  we  do  anything  to  help  her. 
We  believe  in  Christ's  way  of  treating  the  fallen 
and  not  in  society's  way.  Let  us  show  our  faith 
by  our  deeds." 

"Well,  lather,"  said  Rachel  with  a  softened 
voice.  "I'm  sure  I'm  willing  to  try,  I've  been 
thinking  it  over.  I  don't  just  see  my  way  clear 
yet;  but  I  shall  of  course,  I  always  do." 

Which  was  no  unfounded  Doast.  Rachel's 
"thmking,"  as  with  most  persons  of  her  positive 
temperament  usually  resultod  in  very  energetic 
action.  For  just  aa  soon  as  the  pies  and  cakes 
were  out  of  the  oven  and  cool  ng  on  the  pantry 
table  she  put  on  her  bonnet  and  stepped  across 
to  the  Peck's  back  yard  where  a  kitchen  garden 
flourished  as  well  as  it  could  under  adverse  cir- 
cumstances. Here  among  trailing  vines  of  cu- 
cumbers and  tomato  and  summer  squash,  Mary 
was  picking  vegetables  for  dinner;  and  shi  Ided 
from  sight  of  the  house  by  a  long  row  of  bean 
polee,  Rachel  vv  ent  aod  knelt  down  by  the  side 
of  the  surprised  girl,  and  without  tbe  slightest 
circumvolution  inquired  gently  but  fi.  mly — 

"  Mary,  I  want  to  know  if  this  story  I 
have  heard  about  you  ig  true.  If  you  say  'N^o,' 
I  shall  believe  you  and  rejoice.  But  tell  me  the 
truth." 

Now  if  Rachel  had  not  been  kind  in  days  be- 
fore—if she  had  not  manifesteil  by  word  and 
look  that  she  felt  a  true  womanly  interest  in  the 
bound  girl  who  lived  at  the  Peck's  she  never 
could  have  taken  this  poor  erring  human  heart 
by  storm  as  she  did. 

Mary  looked  up  quickly,  colored  and  buret 
into  tears, 

"Mrs.  Severns,"  she  said  vrildly,  "I  am  going 
to  drown  myself.  I  thought  it  all  over  last 
night,  but  I  couldn't  make  up  roy  mind.  There 
is  no  place  in  the  world  for  me,  there  never  was 
and  it  is  the  best  thing  I  can  do." 

Rachel  quietly  took  the  two  hands  down  from 
the  averted  face,  and  held  them  fast  in  her  own 
cool  grasp. 

"Don't  talk  that  way,  Mary,  God  has  raised 
you  up  two  friends  in  Mr.  Severns  and  1.  We 
are  going  to  do  all  we  can  for  you.  Don't  add 
sin  to  sin  by  destroying  yourself,  and  remember, 
another  life  with  your's." 

"What  is  the  use  of  your  talking  to  me?"  said 
the  girl  turning  in  a  kind  of  fierce  despair.  "Why 
don't  you  let  me  alone?" 

"Because  I  have  no  right  to  let  you  alone,  and 
because  there  is  hope  for  you  yet.  Satan  may 
tell  you  there  is  none,  but  don't  barken  to  his 
lie.  There  is  a  place  for  repentaiice — at  the 
feet  of  him  who  said  to  a  sinner  of  old  time 
who  had  fallen  lower  than  you,  *Go,  and  sin  no 
more.'  " 

So  Rachel  talked,  strong,  brave,  Christ-^ke 
words,  till  Mary  ceased  weeping,  and  it  seemed 
as  though  a  faint,  pale  rainbow  of  real  hope  had 
begun  to  span  the  gulf  of  her  shame  and  despair. 
And  then  Rachel,  rising  up  from  her  lowly  posi- 
tion behind  the  bean  poles  went  home  feeling  as 
I  think  one  of  God's  angels  mustreturninar  from 
some  errand  of  celestial  pity  to  a  sinning  soul  of 
this  lower  world. 

"Father,"  she  said  after  dinner,  "I  have  been 
thinking  of  Aunt  Faith.  Thai  would  be  just 
the  place  for  Mary  if  I  can  get  her  taken  in 
there;  and  I  feel  sure  I  can;  so  if  you  will  just 
lave  the  wagon  harnessed  up  I'll  go  right  over 
and  see  her  this  very  afternoon." 

Now  Aunt  Faith  was  an  elderly  Quakeress,  a 
kind  of  uncommissioned  Sister  of  Mercy  who 
knew  nothing  of  training  schools  or  any  of  the 
organized  systems  of  charity,  but  worked  inde- 
pendently of  all  these  on  a  system  of  her  own, 
which  upon  critical  examination,  might  be  found 
to  be  quite  as  near  the  New  Testament  pattern; 
and  here,  aa  Rachel  said,  was  exactly  the  refuge 


the  poor  girl  needed;  rest  from  the  strife  of 
tongues,  shelter  for  the  present,  and  counsel  for 
the  future;  and  more  than  all  else,  a  living  daily 
manifestation  of  the  great  pitiful  Christ  Heart, 
i  breathing  in  every  movement  of  Aunt  Faith's 
motherly  person,  every  fold  of  her  Quaker  gray 
dress  that  partook  as  little  of  this  world's  fash- 
ions as  if  it  had  been  a  kind  of  spiritual  emana- 
tion, like  the  mantle  of  meakness  and  charity 
made  visible  to  mortal  eyes  in  tangible  form 
and  material. 

"Don't  thee  worry,  friend  Rachel;"  she  said. 
"The  poor  soul  shall  have  all  needed  care.  Nor 
do  I  want  thy  thanks.  It  is  for  the  dear  Lord's 
sake  I  do  it,  as  thee  very  well  knows." 

Rachel  had  one  more  task  before  her,  and 
j  that  was  to  acquaint  Mary  with  what  had  been 
done,  and  arrange  for  her  speedy  departure 
from  the  Peek  household.  Though  not  remiss 
in  neighborly  offices  she  had  never  cared  to  be 
on  visiting  terms  with  Mrs.  Peck,  and  shrank 
from  what  she  foresaw  would  be  likely  to  prove 
a  disagreeable  interview.  It  was  late  when  we 
reached  home,  but  early  next  morning  Rachel 
went  over  feeling  that  the  sooner  the  business 
was  accomplished  the  better. 

She  saw  nothing  of  Mary.  Mrs.  Peck  with 
profuse  welcomes  and  many  apologies — neither 
of  which  Rachel  heeded — took  her  into  the  dirty, 
disordered  sitting  room.  She  looked  disturbed, 
but  perhaps  it  was  only  the  perturbation  caused 
by  Rachel's  unexpected  visit. 

"I  came  to  have  some  talk  with  you  about  your 
girl  Mary,"  said  the  latter.  "I  don't  see  her 
about,  where  is  she?" 

"She's  gone  off.  I  hai'nt  seen  her  myself  since 
last  night." 

"Gone  off!  Where  to?"  asked  Rachel,  startled 
with  a  horrible  fear  as  she  remembered  Mary's 
wild  words  the  day  before. 

"That's  more  than  I  know,  where  to.  But 
she'll  never  come  back  here,  the  baggage," 
answered  Mrs.  Peck,  flashing  with  virtuous  in- 
dignation, 'after  disgracing  herself  and  all  the 
rest  of  us  as  she  has,  1  don't  want  her  in  my 
family  again." 

Now  if  Rachel  had  not  been  so  strongly  pos- 
sessed with  the  idea  that  Mary  had  dtstroyed 
herself  she  might  have  suspected  that  Mrs.  Peck 
lied  in  thus  denying  all  knowledge  of  her  where 
abouts.  As  it  was,  the  shock  with  which  she 
first  heard  the  news  gave  place  to  a  sudden  re- 
vulsion of  feeling.  She  felt  a  real  antipathy 
to  the  woman,  and  before  leaving  the  house  she 
emptied  several  vials  of  very  righteous  wrath  on 
the  head  of  Mrs.  Peck  who  she  rightfully 
averred  had  taken  Mary  to  be  a  mere  household 
drudge,  had  taught  her  nothing,  and  was  there- 
fore respansible  in  no  small  degree  for  her  lapse 
from  virtue. 

Mrs.  Peck  was  angry  at  first,  then  took  the 
other  tack  so  common  with  women  of  her  shal- 
low temperament,  and  cried  ;  but  Rachel,  sub- 
limely indifferent  to  both  tears  and  anger,  rose 
up  and  went  her  way  sick  of  soul  as  she  saw 
all  her  well-laid  plans  thus  suddenly  brought  to 
nought. 

Why,  O  why  must  it  be  that  the  good  angels 
are  so  often  thwarted  in  this  blessed  ministry 
by  the  satanic  wiles  of  some  opposing  spirit  of 
evil?  Why  must  the  craft  and  guile  of  the  old 
Serpent  be  alio  kved  to  drag  back  to  destraction 
a  soul  that  was  almost  saved? 

Several  days  passed  during  which  we  heard 
nothing  of  the  unfortunate  girl,  but  the  fact  that 
a  closely  covered  carriage  had  been  seen  to  stop 
at  the  Peck's  the  night  she  was  missing,  and 
then  drive  rapidly  off  in  the  dusk  was  a  coinci- 
dence remembered  by  one  or  two  people  when 
the  subject  began  to  be  inquired  into.  And  it 
was  believed  that  she  had  gone  off  of  her  own 
voluntary  will.  But  whe:  e?  and  with  whom? 
Questions  which  it  is  reserved  for  the  next  chap- 
tor  to  answer. 


— When  you  ask  your  neighbor  to  become  a 
reader  of  the  Christian  Gynoav^e,  tell  him 
that  it  is  owned  and  published  by  the  National 
Christian  Association  at  No.  221  West  Madison 
St.,  Chicago. 


JaTmary  4.  ^^'^3 


-fj^yf;:  CH  R'*?T!  i*»  1^  l7Yi(iar*'i>««Tt w^ 


MEI¥  ENGLAND. 


THE  NEW  ENGLAND  BOARD  of  the  National  Chris- 
tian  Association  has  its  headquarters  at  No.  8  Portland  St., 
Worcester,  Mass.  A  full  supply  of  books  and  tracts  con- 
Btantiy  on  hand.  Orders  promptly  filled.  Correspondence 
solicited.  E.  D.  Bailbt,  N  .E.  Sec, 


Stellar  Theology  and  Masonic  Astronomy. 

This  is  the  title  of  a  new  book  lately  iesued  by 
ft  high  Mason,  published  by  D.  Appleton  &  Co., 
in  defence  of  Freemsisonry.  The  author  dem- 
onstrates conclusively  that  nearly  all  ot  the  rit- 
ual and  symbolism  of  Freemasonry  is  derived 
from  the  aticient  system  of  sun-worship.  We 
hope  hereafter  to  present  some  of  the  new  and 

^striking  proofs  adduced  by   the   author.     He 
maintains  his  position  clearly  and  ably. 

This  is  the  position  now  taken  by  the  best 
.Ma"onie  writers.  It  would  be  humiliating  to 
the  nominally  Christian  portion  of  the  lodge  to 
learn  that  the  ceremonies  they  have  passed 
through  were  all  borrowed  from  ancient  idol 
worship  if   their  consciences  had   not  become 

"jfuUy  hardened  to  all  sense  of  shame. 

ONCE  A  MASON  ALWAYS  A  MASON. 

The  doctrine  of  the  perseverimee  of  the  saints 
18  a  fundameBtal  doctrine  in  the  creed  of  the 
Mason.  There  la  no  such  thing  as  ''falling  from 
grace"  when  once  a  member  bound  his  soul  with 
the  oaths  of  Masonry  and  had  his  name  written 
-«on  a  lodge  roll.  He  may  hold  ever  so  contrary 
'opinions,  but  when  he  is  once  in  he  can  never 
get  out.  So  says  the  "  law  and  the  prophets  " 
<of  the  secret  lodge. 

It  is  unlike  anything  upon  the  face  of  the 
earth.  A  man  may  join  any  manner  of  open 
club  or  foeiety  and  yet  be  tired  or  disgnsted  and 
leave.     He  may  forsake  his  native  country  and 

Eromiee  allegiance  to  another,  and  the  land  of 
is  birth  can  have  no  control  over  him.  He 
may  belong  firnt  to  one  political  party  and  then 
to  another— a  Democrat  to-day  a  Kepublican  to- 
morrow— and  hold  himself  bound  to  neither.  He 
may  eever  the  most  sacred  of  human  relations 
and  break  every  promise  and  vow  he  ever  made, 
and  the  divorce  court  will  sanction  it. 

He  may  go  further.  He  may  join  a  church, 
-profess  and  really  possess  a  living  faith  and  then 
".turn  away  from  hia  brethren,  break  his  solemn 
■covenant,  cast  off  the  obligations  of  his  vows,  re- 
ject the  name  he  once  protessed  to  love,  and  the 
Word  of  God  declares  that  he  will  be  ''  as  a 
heathen  man  and  a  publican"  to  his  former 
brethren. 

But  to  a  man  who,  with  conscience  purified 
and  vision  elsarf.d  to  see  the  evils  that  are  done 
under  the  cover  of  secrecy,  is  seeking  to  free 
himself  from  their  power,  the  lodge  says  these 
words :  "  The  covenant  is  irrevocable.  Even 
though  a  Mason  may  he  suspended  or  expelled, 
though  he  may  withdraw  from  the  lodge,  jour- 
ney into  countries  where  Masons  can  not  be 
found,  or  become  a  subject  of  despotic  govern- 
ments that  persecute,  or  a  communicant  of  big- 
oted churches  that  denounce  Masonry,  he  cannot 
east  off  or  nullify  hie  Masonic  covenant.  No 
law  of  the  land  can  affe6t  it — no  anathema  of 
the  church  weaken  it.     It  is  irrevocable." 

Such  is  the  declaration  of  a  human  organiza- 
tion that  exalts  its  assumed  authority  above  all 
obligations  a  man  may  have  to  his  family,  hia 
fellow  beings,  hia  country  or  his  God.  By  what 
right  or  authority  do  they  do  this,  and  who  gave 
them  this  authority? 


The  South  Worcester  Chapel. 

Last  Spring  the  friends  of  the  union  mission 
in  South  Worcester  purchased  a  lot,  on  the  cor- 
ner ot  Soathbridge  and  Princeton  Sts.,  for  a 
new  chapel,  the  lot  costing  $625,  The  prospect 
of  raising  money  for  a  chapel  was  not  very  flat- 
tering, but  with  persistent  effort  it  was  done  and 
a  neat  chapel  tias  been  erected  at  a  total  cost  of 
nearly  $1,800,  making  a  total*  expiiuditnre  of 
nearly  $:j,400.  At  this  writing  there  i»  a  deficit 
of  about  $200,  and  an  effort  is  being  mad'^*  to 
raise  that  amount  and  dedicate  it,  free  of  debt 
Dec.  31st. 

The  building  is  30  by  60,  built  and  finished 
in  ^modern   B^yle,  the  roof  being  very  steef. 


There  is  an  entry  projection  in  front  6  by  13. 
On  the  back  end  there  are  two  small  rooms  for 
prayermeeting  and  Sunday  School  purposes, 
with  an  outside  entry  on  the  south  side.  The 
seating  capacity  of  the  audience  room  is  250. 
The  S.  S.  at  present  numbers  over  100  scholars. 
Mr.  Henry  Branon  has  been  the  chairman  of 
the  building  committee  and  de.-erves  much  credit 
for  the  diligence  with  which  he  has  prosecuted 
the  work.  The  congregations  are  composed  of 
persons  from  different  denominations  who  work 
together  with  delightful  harmony. 

It  is  believed  that  a  strong  reform  society  will 
grow  up  here,  prosecuting  the  work  of  the  Mas- 
ter faithfully  and  reflecting  the  light  ot  the  pure 
Gospel. 


The  Washburn  Hall  Services. 

A  new  departure  has  been  made  in  the  Sun- 
day evening  meetings  at  Washburn  Hall.  A 
number  of  earnest  Christian  workers  have  un- 
dertaken to  make  the  meeting  a  strong  Evan- 
gelistic reform  meeting  in  which  special  effort 
should  be  constantly  made  to  gather  in  the  non- 
church-going  portion  of  our  citizens.  The  new 
movement  meets  with  general  favor  and  has 
had  an  auspicious  opening.  There  are  many 
men  and  women  in  the  city  who  desire  to  see  a 
reformation  but  the  obstacles  have  seemed  in- 
surmountable. This  meeting  will  furnish  all 
such  persona  an  opportunity  to  join  with  others 
in  a  struggle  against  popular  sins,  in  favor  of 
godliness. 

The  speaking  will  be  largely  done  by  capable 
laymen  and  women  upon  whom  the  Lord  has 
put  his  Spirit.  The  singing  will  be  in  the  hands 
of  a  capable  leader  and  the  one  object  always 
uppermost  will  be  the  conversion  of  the  uncon- 
verted. The  location  is  the  most  favorable  in 
the  city  for  reaching  the  people  and  there  is 
little  doubt  that  much  good  will  result  from 
these  efforts.  People  from  different  denomina- 
tions are  interested  in  the  work. 


Food  for  Thought. 

The  followini?  figures  are  clipped  from  the 
Odd-fellows'  Register: 

"During  the  sixty  years  of  its  existence,  the 
records  of  Odd-tellowship  show  the  number  of 
persons  admitted  to  the  order  to  be  l,a00,000; 
that  of  this  great  army  460,000  are  now  in  the 
ranks,  while  90,000  have  been  severed  from 
connection  ty  death.  The  balance,  some  650,000 
or  about  64  percent,  of  all  initiated  have  dropped 
out,  after  holding  an  average  membership  of 
seven  years." 

It  will  be  noticed  first  that  the  army  of  in- 
itiates (1,200,000)  is  immense.  It  will  also  be 
noticed  that  more  than  half  drop  out  after  a 
short,  trial  of  the  order.  This  is  inconceivable 
if  the  advantages  of  the  order  were  so  great  as 
they  are  popularly  supposed  to  be.  The  same 
paper  states  that  "the  withdrawals,  suspensions, 
and  initiations  practically  change  the  composi- 
tion of  the  fraternity  every  twelve  years."  That 
is,  every  seven  years  more  than  half  of  the  entire 
membership  withdraw  in  disgust,  and  in  five 
years  more  the  remaining  portion  do  likewise, 
60  that  on  an  average  the  order  falls  into  new 
hands  every  twelve  years. 

This  would  be  a  very  hopeful  announcement 
if  all  who  withdraw  were  thereby  freed  from 
the  chains  of  the  order,  but  this  is  not  the  fact. 
Unless  the  withdrawers  are  willing  to  breast  un- 
relenting pereeeution  they  are  compelled  to  con- 
tinue a  quasi  endorsement  of  the  order.  Their 
obligation  is  still  binding  and  under  this  vow 
of  secrecy  the  order  continues  to  prey  upon 
human  credulity  and  dupe  the  uninformed. 
There  is  no  way  to  destroy  it  but  to  publish  the 
facts. 


— There  is  a  poor  man  is  this  city  who  is  a 
benevolent  society  in  himself.  Having  a  fami- 
ly of  his  own  and  only  his  daily  wages  for  sup- 
port he  neverthelpss  finds  ways  to  help  the  poor 
and  suffering.  He  carries  a  pail  of  coal  or  a 
loaf  of  bread  from  his  own  stores,  collects  little 
sunas  of  money  to  pay  doctors'  bills,  or  reports 
cases  that  he  cannot  help.  He  has  been  a  friend 
in  need  to  many  of  the  suffering  poor  who  had 
no  one  to  help  them. 


REFORM  N£»S. 


The  Fairfield,  Iowa,  Meeting. 

The  Fairfield  local  association  called  a  meeting  January 
8th.  But  on  account  of  the  week  of  prayer  a  postpone- 
ment has  been  made  until  Monday  evening,  January  22d, 
when  an  effort  will  be  made  to  have  Elder  Rathbun 
present  and  secure  a  large  attendance.  Friends  througli- 
out  Jeflerson  county  are  all  requested  to  be  present  at  this 
meeting. 


Report  the  Lectures. 

Editob  Cynobubk  : — I  wish  to  repeat  in  your 
paper  the  request  I  have  made  in  the  Iowa 
American.  The  editors  of  that  small  but  am- 
bitious sheet  do  not  feel  themselves  capable  of 
making  even  two  columns  profitable  for  the 
cause,  unless  they  have  the  co-operation  of 
friends  in  other  parts  of  the  State.  Our  lec- 
turer is  hard  at  work,  but  we  refieive  no  tidings 
except  through  your  paper.  Now  we  wish  to 
have  some  friend  in  every  pla^e  where  he  lec- 
tures, send  us  a  short  account  of  the  impression 
made,  and  any 'circumstances  which  may  interest 
the  general  reader.  At  least  send  a  postal,  stating 
the  fact  that  he  did  lecture  at  such  a  time,  in 
such  a  place,  ^^end  us  the  reports.  Direct,  "Edi- 
tor Iowa  American,  College  Springs,  Page 
county,  Iowa."g  H.  Aveky. 

—  ^  ■  ^    ■ 

Is  There  any  Help  for  the  Widow's  Son. 

Yes  we  are  coming!  Never  did  he  need  help 
moro.  Foul  deeds  of  fifty  six  years  are  resur- 
rected and  hover  of  like  accusing  ghosts  around 
the  Masonic  culprit.  Hundreds  of  thousands  ot 
ears  have  been  forced  open  and  millions  of 
"silent  tongues'  started  into  motion  by  the 
sworn  testimony  of  a  great  man  on  his  bed  of 
death.  Something  7nust  be  done  to  fill  the 
wasting  ranks  ot  the  Masonic  fraternity.  Hear 
them,  ye  sons  ot  Hiram! 

Oa  the  26th  day  of  January,  A.  D.  5883,  or 
A.  D.  1883,  in  Clifford,  Susquehanna  Co.,  Pa..,  7 
o'clock  in  the  evening,  a  degree  meeting  will  be 
opened  in  due  form  and  order  by  S.  E.  Starry  of 
Iowa.  Brother  Starry  is  a  young,  "  bright  Ma- 
son,'  and  will  knock  light  into  Hiram  in  the 
most  ancient  and  seientifis  form.  He  is  cool, 
brave  and  generous  and  can  play  the  W.  M. 
well.  This  movement  is  designed  to  inaugurate 
a  campaign  for  N.  E.  Pennsylvania  of  some 
length.  Let  all  true  Masons,  that  is,  those  with 
the  prefix  Anti,  "  take  heed  and  govern  them- 
selves accordingly."  N.  Callendbk,  Cok.  Seo. 


The   Outlook  for  Illinois. 


The  Executive  Committee  of  the  Illinois 
Christian  Association  has  held  two  meetings 
lately,  and  have  put  in  order  plans  for  a  good 
work  in  the  State  daring  the  ye?r 

Eev.  Joseph  Travis,  of  the  Free  Methodist, 
is  chairman  of  the  committee,  and  W.  I.  Phil- 
lips, secretary.  The  secretary  with  Mrs.  E.  A. 
Cook  and  Mre.  D.  P  Baker  are  a  committee  on 
districting  the  State;  H.  L.  KeUogg,  committee 
on  raising  funds  for  State  work,  and  the  two 
committees  are  entrusted  with  the  matter  of 
securing  a  State  lecturer. 

The  plan  proposed  is,  in  brief,  this:  A  lec- 
turer is  to  be  secured  for  so  long  a  time  as  pos- 
sible. To  co-operate  with  and  aid  him  a  chair 
man  is  to  be  appointed  in  each  of  the  *wenty 
Congressional  districts  of  the  State.  He  will 
assist  the  lecturer  so  far  as  in  his  power  in  ar- 
ranging meetings,  and  will  secure  all  the  auxsila- 
ry  aid  possible  from  friends  in  the  district,  es- 
pecially in  getting  speakers  from  among  the 
ministers,  lawyers,  teachers,  farmers  or  others 
who  will  deliver  addresses  in  connection  with  the 
State  lecturer  at  different  points  in  the  Congres- 
sional district.  It  is  hoped  that  by  this  plan  of 
co-operation  a  large  number  of  addresses  may 
be  given  and  the  interest  of  both  speakers  and 
hearers  in  the  reform  be  greatly  augmented. 

Correspondence  has  been  already  begun  with 
Bro.  S.  E.  Starry  in  regard  to  taking  up  of  the 
State  work.  As  he  will  be  pasdinar  through  Illi- 
nois soon  on  his  way  East,  we  expect  soon  to 
learn  what  arrangement  will  be  fully  agreed 
upon. 

[^Continued  oii,  I'^tk  jjuye.) 


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I 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE. 


January  4,  1888 


COflHESPONBEMCE. 


Sister  Reforms. 

I«tnper<ine«,  2he  Religious  Ajmendmeut  and  A.nti-Iiedgevy, 

MoRNiKG  Sun,  Iowa,  Dec.  21,  1882. 
Editok  Ctnosube  : — As  you  publish  a  reform 
jonraal,  and  Javor  the  cause  of  temperance  and 
iiational  refo^-m  as  well  as  anti-secrecy,  I  propose 
to  furnish  you  an  item  under  each  of  these 
Jieads. 

We  are  rejoicing  in  what  we  hope  is  a  com- 
plete victory  over  the  saloon  business  in  Morn- 
ing Son,  During  the  summer  and  fall  ihere 
were  two  saloons  here.  Both  were  doing  a  thriv- 
ing business,  and  drunkenness  had  become  com- 
mon. We  have  had  a  prohibitory  town  ordi- 
nance for  years,  but  it  was  not  enforced.  Last 
month  some  of  the  citizens  took  the  matter  in 
liaQd ;  the  proprietors  of  both  saloons  were  ar- 
rested under  the  law  which  declares  as  a  nui- 
sance *'  houses  where  drunkenness,  fighting, 
»j|uarreling  and  other  breaches  of  the  peace  are 
carried  on."  The  proof  was  abundant ;  the  pro- 
prietors were  found  guilty,  assessed  fines  and 
costs  and  the  nuisances  abated.  So  far  as  I  can 
learn  there  has  been  no  liquor  sold  here  for 
about  one  month.',  Whether  the  Supreme  Court 
declares  the  amendmeut  constitutional  or  not  we 
iiope  to  have  prohibition  in  Morning  Sun. 

A  convention  in  the  iaterest  of  national  re- 
form was  held  here  this  week.  There  were  four 
sessions  beginning  Monday  evening.  The  Rev. 
James  Duncan  of  Cedar  Eapids  presided.  There 
were  three  formal  addresses ;  the  first  by  the 
liev.  R."  C.  Wylie,  district  secretary,  on  "  The 
rhiloBophy  of  the  National  Reform  Movement," 


in  their  resolution  to  keep  out  of  the  G.  A.  R. 
and  all  other  secret  societies.  So  far  as  publicly 
known  the  G.  A.  R.  has  failed  to  get  enough 
members  to  organize  a  post  here.  At  all  events 
they  are  keeping  very  quiet.  And  now  comes  a 
man  from  Washington  (Iowa)  to  organize  "  a 
lodge  of  the  Iowa  Legion  of  Honor,"  whatever 
that  may  be.  What  is  it?  All  I  know  of  it  is 
that  is  a  secret  society  with  a  mutual  insurance 
attachment.  It  is  evident  the  devil  has  not 
given  up  Morning  Sun  yet.  May  God  give  all 
his  people  grace  to  resist  him,  and  then  we  know 
he  will  flee  from  us.  C.  D.  Teumbull. 

P.  S. — Deo.  22.  The  Herald,  received  to-day, 
announces  that  ohas.  W.  Fish,  of  Newton,  the 
mustering  ofiicer  of  the  G.  A.  R.,  will  be 
here  to-day  to  muster  in  the  Morning  Sun  Post. 
They  will  start  with  twenty-eight  members.  All 
I  have  to  say  is  may  their  days  be  few. 

C.  D.  T. 


the  second  by  the  Rev.  T.  P.  Robb  on  "  The 
Aims  of  the  Movement,"  and  the  third  by  the 
Itev.  James  Duncan  on  "  The  Sabbath  Ques- 
tion." These  addresses  were  attentively  listened 
to  by  good  audiences.  Besides  these  there  were 
devotional  exercises,  resolutions  and  brief  talks 
on  the  matter  ia  hand,  all  of  which  were  inter- 
esting and  profitable.  We  had  expected  others 
to  make  eet  addresses,  but  failed  to  secure  them, 
nevertheless  the  conventien  was  a  success. 

One  thing  was  developed  in  working  up  the 
convention,  namely,  that  the  members  and 
friends  of  secret  societies  are  very  shy  of  national 
reform.  One  minister,  a  member  ot  a  secret  so- 
ciety, declined  to  sign  the  call ;  another  in  a  neigh- 
boring town  said :  "  If  national  reform  in- 
cludes opposition  to  secret  aocieties,  the  M.  E. 
chureh  will  have  nothing  to  do  with  it."  The 
National  Reform  Association  has  not  yet  put  an 
anti-secrecy  pla-^k  in  its  platform,  although 
every  active  worker  in  the  cause,  is,  eo  far  as  I 
•  know  anything  about  th^m,  opposed  to  secret 
fiooieties.  The  omission  is,  I  suppose,  for  poKoy, 
but  the  "  policy"  does  not  much  profit  the  cause. 
True,  some  secret  society  men  have  been  per- 
suaded to  address  national  reform  conventions, 
but  the  fact  has  grieved  at  least  as  many  as  it 
i.L«B  gained.  Discerning  men,  even  in  the  lodge, 
pee  that  the  principles  of  national  reform  are 
in.  direct  opposition  to  secrecy.  Let  these  prin- 
ciples prevail  and  secrecy  will  be  proscribed  by 
law.  Members  of  secret  societies  may  give  a 
.'>?/a*»-endorsem8nt  ot  national  reform,  but  it  is 
.die  to  expect  that  those  who  deny  Christ  Jesus 
in  the  lodge  will  be  earnest  in  seeking  to  honor 
him  in  the  nation. 

You  noticed,  not  long  since,  that  I  had  ad- 
dressed an  "open  letter"  to  a  certain  paator  here, 
asking  him  to  justify  his  connection  with  the 
G.  A.  R.  The  stress  of  the  letter  was  laid  on 
the  fact  that  secrecy  is  condemned  by  the  words 
of  Christ.  I  also  referred  to  the  ritual,  makinj^ 
some  quotations  from  a  copy  published  by  E.  A. 
Cook,  as  to  the  manner  of  initiation  and  the 
oath,  and  asking  him  to  justify  himself  in  taking 
part  in  such  things.  The  person  addressed  h»is 
maintained  "a  dignified  silence."  A  citizen, 
who  is  a  member  of  the  order,  has  come  out  and 
denied  the  authenticity  of  the  riiual.  Another 
member  has  admitted  to  me  that  it  may  have 
been  the  ritual  once,  but  says  it  is  not  now.  If 
there  has  been  a  change,  can  any  one  furnish  me 
a  copy  of  the  present  ritual?  The  subject  of 
Fecrecy  is  still  being  agitated  through  our  local 
I  taper,  and  we  have  this  evidence  that  good  is 
cojaing  oat  ot  it,  tome  ex-soldiers  are  coniirmed 


Whisky  and  Freemasonry. 

LOSTANT,  111. 

Next  day  after  the  late  fall  election  a  Tonica 
Mason  staggered  into  Lostant  and  expatiated 
to  some  of  our  citizens  at  considerable  length 
upon  the  past  and  present  prospects  of  Anti-ma- 
sonry. "Anti-masonry  is  not  as  strong  as  it  was" 
when  Morgan  was  killed,  said  he,  addressing  a 
prominent  Anti-mason. 

"  Then  you  killed  Morgan,  did  you?"  replied 
his  opponent. 

"No!  Noll  Noll!  I  did  not  say  the  Masons 
killed  Morgan,"  shouted  the  Tonica  man  in  great 
confusion,  blushing  deeply  from  the  combined 
influences  of  bad  whisky  and  telling  the  truth. 
That  is  a  thing  that  is  sure  to  bring  great  re- 
morse to  a  Masonic  conscience —telling  the  truth 
we  mean. 

"  Yea  but  the  Masons  did  kill  Morgan,"  firmly 
remarked  an  influential,  gray-headed  citizen  who 
has  a  distinct  recollection  of  the  Morgan  excite- 
ment. How  quick  these  stripling  Masons  col- 
lapse before  such  a  witness! 

"  Just  think  of  it,"  continued  the  son  of  Hiram 
completely  losing  his  jewel,  "  yoa  have  thrown 
away  $2,500  building  a  monument  to  that  per- 
jured villian.  Immortalized  a  man  for  breaking 
his  oath."  Even  bad  whisky  is  sometimes  good 
for  medical  purposes.  It  made  this  Mason  tell 
the  truth  twice — that  Morgan  told  the  truth 
about  Masonry,  and  that  the  Masons  killed  him 
for  it.  The  peace  of  the  "  brethren"  around 
Lostant  was  greatly  disturbed  for  the  balance  of 
that  day.  A  Mason  had  told  the  truth.  What 
could  be  done  lo  counteract  it  ?  Well  of  course 
that  was  easily  done  to  the  satisfaction  of  Masons. 
They  would  all  just  tell  a  lie. 

Dear  reader,  did  you  ever  see  and  hear  a  Ma- 
son laugh  a  lie?  Did  you  ever  notice  that  dis 
tressing,  hideous,  hypocritical,  idiotic  grin,  ac- 
companied with  a  hollow,  deathlike  guffaw,  that 
a  Mason  gives  when  the  truth  is  told  about  Ma- 
sonry, or  some  bad  thing  which  a  Mason  has 
done?  That  is  an  accomplishment  which  every 
well  regulated  Mason  must  possess.  Byjthe  use 
of  it  he  expects  to  make  great  impressions.  He 
expects  people  will  not  believe  the  truth  about 
Masonry  when  told  in  his  presence,  simply  be- 
cause he  laughs  like  an  idiot.  All  the  laughing 
that  Masons  can  do  to  the  end  of  time  will  not 
"  conceal  "  the  damning  deed  of  Morgan's  mur- 
der. 

The  Masons  made  a  feeble  effort  to  counteract 
the  work  of  the  American  party  last  fall  in  this 
section.  They  employed  a  "  Jack"  to  act  as 
scribe  and  recklessly  turned  him  loose  in  the 
columns  of  a  local  paper.  They  will  never  do 
that  again  here.  "  Pills"  met  with  a  sad  fate. 
Like  all  hirelings  of  the  lodge,  he  found  an  early 
grave.  "  Quartette,"  his  opponent,  asked  him  a 
great  many  pointed  questions  which  "Pills" 
owners  would  not  allow  him  to  answer.  The 
editor  had  great  compassion  and  let  "  Pills" 
down  gently  by  telHng  us  it  is  no  place  to  discuss 
the  subject  of  secret  societies  in  a  local  paper. 
Considering  that  "  Pills,"  as  a  spokesman  for 
the  lodge,  made  an  open  attack  against  anti- 
secretism  and  then  backed  down  from  a  discus- 
sion, we  claimed  that  a  victory  was  gained. 
"  Pills"  attack  on  anti-secretism  was  caused  by 
the  advocates  of  the  American  platform  inviting 


the  Prohibitory  party  to  co-operate  with  them 
in  the  election  of  public  officers.  He  claimed 
that  nine-tenths  of  the  prohibitionists  are  se- 
cretists  and  that  it  therefore  would  be  imprac- 
ticable to  unite  the  two  parties.  Since  secret 
societies  are  about  as  great  an  evil  as  drinking 
saloons  it  is  evident  that  secretists,  as  such,  can- 
not do  any  efficient  work  in  suppressing  saioons. 
"  If  Satan  cast  out  Satan,  his  kingdom  cannot 
stand."  The  Masonic  lodge  in  Lostant  has 
"  played  the  dog  in  the  manger"  until  the  cause 
of  temperance  is  seemingly  dead.  "  Rule  or 
ruin"  is  the  motto  of  Freemasons.  Everything 
that  cannot  be  made  to  serve  the  lodge  must  die. 

OCOASIOSAL. 


Relief  for  Honest  Members  of  the  Craft 

It  is  said  that  it  is  the  oath  or  obligation 
which  makes  the  Mason.  This  being  true, 
when  that  obligation  ceases  to  be  of  binding 
force,  then  the  party  obligated  becomes  free. 
In  a  contract,  according  to  law,  the  party  of  the 
first  part  cannot  hold  the  party  of  the  second 
part  to  the  agreement  when  he,  the  party  of  the 
first  part,  fails  to  fulfill  his  part  in  said  con- 
tract. The  veriest  school-boy  knows  this  prin- 
ciple of  law.  The  obligation  is  taken  condition- 
ally. The  Worshipful  Master,  acting  for  the 
lodge,  says  in  substance  as  every  well-informed 
Mason  is  aware,  these  words,  or  nearly  these, 
to  the  candidate:  ''You  are  now  about  to  take 
upon  you  a  solemn  oath  or  obligation,  which 
I  assure  you  upon  the  honor  of  a  man  and  a 
Mason  shall  in  no  way  conflict  with  any  of  the 
exalted  duties  you  owe  to  yourself,  your  family,  - 
your  country,  or  your  God." 

Now  my  honest  brother  look  at  that  again 
and  tell  me  if,  after  taking  the  oath  which  fol- 
lows this  agreement  by  the  party  of  the  first 
part,  you  can  be  held  when  you  find  that  to 
fulfill  on  your  part,  will  conflict  with  your  own 
private  interests,  your  family  interests,  your 
duty  to  your  country  or  your  God.  I  tell  you, 
you  are  free  after  such  finding.  The  highest 
court  of  the  land  would  declare  you  free.  It  is 
as  though  the  candidate  kneeling  upon  his  bare 
knees  had  actually  said  in  every  separate  clause 
of  his  obligation,  "Furthermore  do  I  promise 
and  swear  that,  if  its  performance  does  not  con- 
flict as  per  agreement  of  the  Worshipful  Master, 
I  will  do  thus  and  so,"  according  to  the  wording 
of  the  oath,  "and  if  it  does  conflict  I  will  not; 
but  from  that  moment  sbail  consider  this  prom- 
ise no  longer  of  binding  force  upon  me."  The 
matter  is  as  clear  as  day-light,  and  there  are 
hundreds*  of  honest  men  who  would  gladly 
shake  off  the  galling  oppression  of  the  lodge 
and  be  free  as  they  were  when  first  they  en- 
tered upon  life's  duties.  Like  Catholicism, 
Masonry  aims  to  keep  its  members  in  the  dark- 
ness of  ignorance.  But  light  is  coming  and 
with  it  relief  to  honest  Masons  in  distress. 
Come  out  and  teach  your  sons  and  daughters 
too,  to  beware  of  the  trap.  Say,  in  the  language 
of  David,  "The  snare  is  broken  and  we  are  es- 
caped." Datlioht. 


Our   Mail. 

8.  G.  Thomas,  Olathe,  Kan. : 

"Your  senior  editor  gave  us  some  graad  lectures  to 
crowdied  houses  in  Olathe.  I  am  working  for  the  Cyno- 
sure and  hope  to  add  more  names  to  this  club  by  and  by. ' 

He  sends  a  club  of  ten  for  a  year  each.  — 

8.  A.  Reynolds,  Waverl-y,  Pa.: 

"I  am  in  hearty  sympathy  with  the  tone  of  your  paper 
on  all  the  issues  of  the  day." 

W.  B.  Loomis,  Howell,  Mich. : 

"I  remember  the  Morgan  excitement  and  have  been  op- 
posed to  secret  orders  ever  since." 

Stephen  Wright,  Glens  Falls,  N.  Y.  ; 
''Our  village  paper  the  Messenger,  published  ThurlOMf 
Weed's  letter  in  full." 

F.  L.  Garrison,  Fountain,  Dakota: 
"The  secret  orders  are  gaining  strength  very  fast  at  our 
county  seat. 

Davis  H.  Seamafls,  Factory ville  Pa. : 

"I  am  not  discouiaged.  Feel  that  I  am  in  a  righteous 
cause  and  ere  long  the  blessing  will  come  if  we  only  hold 
out  faithful." 

W.  J.  Knappen,  Jennlngsville  Pa. : 
"I  think  people  do  not  wish  to  know  much  about  the 
secret  orders." 


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jannftry  4,  1883 


THK  CHRISTIAN  CYflOSURK. 


Elbert  Marcy ;  Emporia ;  Kansas : 

"We  have  just  closed  a  very  profitable  convention  here 
and  have  great  reasL>n  to  believe  it  has  done  much  good. 
The  Cynosure  like  my  religion ,  grows  better  and  better ; 
and  my  prayer  is  that  it  may  continue  ao  until  all  secret 
societies  may  be  destroyed  root  and  branch  from  the  face 
of  the  earth." 

L.  B.  Lathrop,  Hollister,  California: 

"I  would  like  a  cut  of  Morgan's  monument  large 
enough  for  a  parlor  ornament,  say  rwu  by  three  feet; 
containing  the  inscription  either  on  the  monument  or 
under  it." 

Mrs.  8.  B.  Hart,  Olathe,  Kansas: 

"Freemasonry  is  gaining  ground  in  Eneland  and  but 
few  know  anything  of  its  real  character. 


SABBATH  SCHOOL 


LESSON"  3,  January  14, 1883— The  Dbscendiho  Spir- 
it.— Acts  ii.  1-16. 

(1)  And  when  the  day  of  Pentecost  was  fully  come,  they 
they  were  all  with  one  accord  in  one  place.  (3;  And  sud- 
denly there  came  a  sound  from  heaven  as  ot  a  rushing 
mighty  wind,  and  it  fll'ed  the  house  where  they  were  sit- 
ting. (8)  And  there  appeared  unto  them  cloven  tongues 
like  as  of  fire,  and  it  sat  upon  each  of  them.  (4)  And  ihey 
were  all  filled  with  the  Holy  Ghost,  and  began  to  speak 
with  other  tongues,  as  ihe  Spirit  gave  them  utterance. 
(5)  And  there  were  dwelling  at  Jerusalem  Jews,  devout 
men,  out  of  every  nation  under  heaven,  (6)  Now  when 
this  was  noised  abroad,  the  multitude  came  together,  and 
were  confounded,  because  that  every  man  heard  them 
spesk  in  his  own  language.  (7)  And  they  were  ail  amazed 
and  marveled,  saying  one  to  another.  Behold  are  not  all 
the.^e  which  speak  Galileans.  (8)  And  now  hear  we  every 
man  in  our  own  tongue,  wherem  we  were  born  1  (9)  Par- 
thians,  and  Medes,  a-..d  Eiamites,  and  the  dwellera  m  Mt^s- 
opoiamia,  and  in  Judea.  and  Cappadocia,  Pontus,  and 
Asia.  (10)  Plirygia,  and  Pamphylia,  in  Egypt,  and  in 
the  parts  of  Libya  about  Gyrene ,  and  strangers  of  Rome , 
Jews  and  proselytes:  (11)  Crelea  and  Aiabians,  we  do 
hear  them  speak  in  our  tongue  the  wonderful,  works  of 
God.  (12)  And  they  were  all  amazed  .  and  wtre  in  doubt, 
saying  one  to  another,  What  meaueth  this?  (i3)  Others 
mooting  said,  These  men  are  lull  of  new  wine.  (14)  But 
Peter,  standing  up  wiih  the  eleven,  lifted  up  his  voice,  and 
said  unto  them.  Ye  men  ot  Judea  and  all  ye  that  dwell  at 
Jerusalem ,  be  this  known  unto  vou ,  and  hearken  to  my 
word:  (15)  For  these  are  not  drunken,  as  ye  suppose,  see- 
ing it  is  but  the  third  hour  of  the  day.  (16)  But  this  is 
tnat  which  was  spoken  by  the  prophet  Joel. 

Golden  Text  — •  'They  were  all  filled  with  the  Holy 
Ghost."— Acts  2:4. 

DAILY  EEADINGS. 

The  Pentecost .Lev.  33 :15-31. 

The  Wind  as  an  emblem  otthe  Spirit.  loha  8:1-13. 
The  Fire  as  an  emblem  of  the  Spirit. . .  Mai.  3  :l-6. 

The  Gift  of  Tongues ICor.  11:1-31. 

The  Conversion  of  all  NaUons Ps.  72:1-20. 

The  Sin  oi  Drunkenness Prov.  33:29-36. 

The  Outpouring  of  the  Spirit Joel  28 :32 

SUGGESIIONS  TO  TKAUHfiKB. 

Childrea  are  usually  fond  of  gifts.  Many  of 
them  have  .^^ew  Year's  gifte,  which  they 
pnze  very  highly,  from  this  teachers  may 
lead  them  up  to  the  great  theme  of  this  lee- 
son,  viz.,  Chrisfs  best  gift  to  the  church — the 
Holy  Spirit.  The  lesson  teaches,  1.  What 
me.«is  we  must  use  to  obtain  the  girt ;  2.  It  re- 
venls  fhe  gift  itself ;  3.  The  effects  which|flow 
Irom  it.  The  means,  united,  fervent,  persevering 
prayer.  The  gift,  the  Holy  Spirit.  The  effects, 
disciples  furnished  as  witnesses  for  Christ, 
worldly  men  filled  with  wonder,  and  the  light  of 
the  gospel  shed  abroad.  The  miraculous  elo- 
men!8  of  the  day  of  Pentecost  are  now  withheld, 
but  the  gracious  influences  are  yet  to  be  obtained 
by  the  same  means  and  will  be  followed  with  the 
same  t-flects  substantially. 

Y.  1.  When  the  day  of  Pentecost  waafnlly 
come — this  was  the  anniversary  ot  the  giving  of 
the  law  on  Mt.  Smai.  Then  God's  law  was  writ- 
ten on  tables  ot  stone :  now,  by  the  gift  ot  the 
Holy  Spirit,  it  is  written  on  the  fleshy  tables  of 
living  hearts.  They  were  all  with  one  accord  in 
one  place.  It  is  not  enough  for  disciples  to  meet 
togeiher.  They  should  settle  all  their  disagree- 
ments, or  cast  them  to  the  winds  and  be  ot  one 
mind.  The  very  act  of  meeting  together  for 
prayer  tends  to  draw  souls  closer  together.  It 
also  increases  faith,  love  and^zeal.  if  we  want 
to  kindle  a  fire  we  rake  the  coals  together. 
"  See  that  ye  forsake  not  the  assembling  oi  your- 
selves together." 

Vs.  2,  3,  Tliere  came  a  so^ind  from  Jieaven. 
The  baptism  of  the  HoiyGhoet  was  thus  proven 
by  two  sensible  signs — sound  and  sight.  This 
was  needed  to  confirm  the  faith  of  disciples  and 
to  revive  their  hearts.  Joseph  sent  wagons  from 
Egypt  for  his  father,  the  very  sight  of  which  re- 
vived his  drooping  apiriti.   Theoe  two  witneeses, 


eight  and  pound,  gave  the  disciples  the  full  assur- 
ance of  faith  and  sense. 

V.  4  And  they  were  all  filled  with  the  Holy 
Ghott^  wnd  began  to  speak  .  .  .  as  the  Spirit 
game  them,  utterance.  Itiis  much  ot  theee  words 
we  may  apply  to  ourselves.  He  does  not  now 
apply  the  miraculous  gift  of  tongue?.  There  is 
no  need  for  this.  Men  and  women  can  master 
the  language  of  the  people  to  whom  they  are 
sent  as  missionaries.  Indeed,  those  who  have 
been  in  foieign  fields  say  that  it  is  a  good  thing 
that  they  cannot  talk  to  the  natives  when  they 
first  go  out.  The  customs  of  nations  are  so  very 
different  that  they  would  make  many  mistakes 
at  first  that  would  prejudice  hearts  against  them. 
But  while  learning  a  vocabulary  they  learn  also 
much  about  the  people  to  whom  they  are  sent, 
and  can  therefore  address  them  with  better  judg- 
ment. There  is  no  need  for  the  gift  of  tongues, 
for  the  printed  Bible  can  be  placed  in  the  hands 
of  the  people.  It  is  now  translated,  in  whole  or 
part,  into  226  languages  and  dialects. 

It  is  still  true,  however,  that  we  can  speak 
efficiently  for  Christ  only  "  as  the  Spirit  gives  us 
utterance:" 

"  We  mnit  be  trne  onreelves  if  we  tbe  truth  would  teach ; 
ij  [  Our  own  souIb  must  overflow.  If  we  another  .s  gonl .would  reach ; 
It  needs  the  overflow  of  soul  to  give  the  heart  full  speech." 

V.  5.  And  there  were  dviellim^g  at  Jerusalem, 
Jews,  devoid  men,  ont  of  every  nation.  JN  ow  we 
see  that  the  very  restrictions  whtcn  were  placed 
about  the  word  and  worship  of  God  in  olden 
times  serve  to  scatter  the  seed  when  the  "  ful- 
ness of  time  is  come."  These  restrictions  re- 
quired that  all  male  Jews  go  up  to  Jerusalem  to 
worship  three  times  a  year.  We  would  say  that 
it  would  have  been  better  to  establish  a  temple 
in  every  city  or  center  where  they  went.  But 
now,  in  accordance  with  this  law,  Jews  are  as- 
eembled  at  Jerusalem  out  of  every  nation.  Tuere 
they  hear  the  gospel.  When  they  go  to  their 
homes  they  carry  the  seed  of  the  gospel  with 
them.  God  never  makes  mistakes.  It  is  always 
better  by  far  to  walk  according  to  his  Word. 

V.  12.  They  said  one  to  another.  What 
meaneth  this  ?  And  so  men  ask  in  wonder  now 
when  they  see  the  effects  of  grace  in  the  heart 
and  life,  Wiiea  they  see  men  and  women  turn- 
ing their  backs  upon  home  comforts  and  joys, 
trampling  under  their  feet  the  garlands  of  honor 
which  an  approving  world  offers  them,  risking 
comfort  and  life  iieelf  that  they  may  bear  the 
gospel  to  the  destitute,  they  are  amazod  and  cry 
out,  What  meaneth  this  ?  The  answer  to  it  all 
is,  that  the  word  of  Christ  is  so  burned  into  the 
heart  that  they  cannot  refuse  to  go  upon  his 
bidding ;  they  have  no  other  wish  but  to  glorify 
his  name. 

Y.  13,  Others,  mockvng.  Let  us  not  think  it 
strange  if  wicked  men  make  light  of  revivals  as 
they  did  onrPentecost.  But  let  all  so  live  that 
they  can  successfuily  refute  false  charges  of  the 
adversary. 

Y.  14.  Peter  .  .  .  lifted  up  his  voice.  See 
here  another  marvel  gra^e  has  wronght.  How 
different  is  Peter  on  the  day  of  Pentecost  from 
Peter  in  the  judgmeni-hall,  on  the  night  ol 
Lord's  trial.  The  Holy  Spirit  has  given  him  lib- 
erty, has  made  him  free  from  the  fear  of  man. 
Nor  do  we  see  him  the  same  impulsive,  over- 
confident Peter  as  before  his  fall.  He  is  bold 
now  for  Jesus,  but  not  rash.  He  is  free  indeed 
whom  the  truth  makes  free.  Let  those  who  say 
they  are  so  limid  naturally  that  they  cannot  tes- 
tify tor  Jesus,  learn  that  he  is  able  to  make  ail 
grace  abound  in  them, — The  Bible  Teaoher. 


— All  women,  cripples,  young  men  under  21 
years,  all  Mongolians,  Indians,  negroes  and  ola 
men  are  excluded  from  the  benevolent  institu- 
tion of  Odd-fellowship.  Perhaps  four-fifths  ot 
the  whole  world  is  by  law  excluded,  and  yet  we 
are  asked  to  believe  the  monstrous  assertion  that 
it  is  a  benevolent  institution.  More  than  this 
the  Lord  Jesus  Christ  is  quietly  excluded,  and 
still  we  are  asked  to  beheve  it  to  be  a  religious 
institution. 

— T'imes  of  Pefreshingy  one  of  our  best  ex- 
changes, a  special  advocate  of  holiness  and  faith 
healinj^  comes  out  in  a  new  dress  with  four  add- 
ed pageB. 


Books  and  Magazines. 

The  Century  for  January  confirms  the  words 
of  Christ  that  "  the  children  of  this  world  are 
wiser  in  their  generation  than  the  children  of 
light."  Scores  of  our  religious  exchanges,  who 
would  treat  with  Pharisaic  scorn  any  qneBtioning 
of  their  piety,  plunge  into  the  festivities  oi 
"  Christmas"  with  a  zeal  that  forbids  the  en- 
trance of  ^a  reason  into  their  thoughts.  If  these 
editors  have  not  time  to  read  a  few  words  from 
Christ  and  Paul  which  directly  bear  against  this 
superstition  and  evil,  they  may  be  willing:  to 
open  this  magazine  and  read  an  article  which' 
begins : 

"The  almost  universal  observance  of  Christmas  can  hardly 
be  accepted  as  nn  indication  of  a  growing  interest  in  the 
Christian  fact  which  it  celebrates,  when  we  remember  that 
it  is  the  one  religious  testival  which  not  only  combines 
the  pagan  and  Christian  sentiments,  but  in  which  the 
pagan  sentiment  speaks  with  a  more  obvious  appeal  than 
does  the  spiritual  to  the  purely  secular  side  of  our  nature." 

The  is  Cynosure  blamed  by  a  few  good 
brethren  for  saying  so  much  about  sects.  But  we 
may,  at  least,  commend  to  them  and  ail  another 
Century  article  which  is  one  ot  the  most  severely 
anti-peccarian  we  have  seen  in  print.  Will  the 
stones  cry  out  if  Christian  papers  professf  d  hold 
their  peace?  "  Hydraulic  Mining  in  California" 
is  a  very  interesting  and  finely  illustrated  descrip- 
tion of  this  industry,  and  Edwsrd  Eggleston  con- 
tinues his  sketch  of  the  "Planting  of  JSew  Eng- 
land." 

"  The  Jewish  Nature  Worship"  is  the  title  of 
a  small  pamphlet  by  «i.  P.  MacLean,  a  writer  on 
prehistoric  science,  and  especially  upon  the 
archaeology  of  our  own  country.  Many  inter- 
esting facts  are  presented  showing  the  unity  of 
the  ancient  heathen  systems  of  worship  ;  but  the 
author  aims  especially  to  prove  that  by  contami- 
nation with  the  nations  about  them  the  worship 
of  the  reciprocal  principles  of  nature  existed 
among  the  ancient  Hebrews  before  the  time  of 
Moses,  and  in  to  their  abominable  rites  they  often 
fell  in  the  centuries  after.  The  document  has 
some  interest  also  in  its  indirect  testimony  re- 
specting the  Masonic  theology  which  follows  so 
closely  that  of  the  ancient  mysteries.  Kobert 
Clark  &  Co.,  publishers,  Cincinnati. 

The  Missionary  Review,  Princeton,  N.  J.,  in 
its  last  number  lor  1882,  has  a  review  of  foreign 
missions  in  1880-81,  continuing  previous  articles 
on  the  subject  until  100  societies  have  been 
brought  before  its  readers.  These  societies  re- 
present a  home  strength  of  117,699  ministers  and 
26,704,853  communicants,  and  a  yearly  contribu- 
tion to  foreign  missions  of  $8,447,991,  with  a 
cost  for  administration  of  $703,587.  The  native 
communicants  number  574,721,  and  23,199  were 
added  to  their  numoer  daring  the  year  under  re- 
view. On  "  The  Property  of  Mission  Boards  in 
Foreign  Missions,"  the  Review  calls  attention  to 
the  fact  that  if  missionaries  are  left  to  provide 
their  own  buildings,  the  results  are  excellent  in 
,every  way,  whereas  large  and  costly  buildings 
often  have  a  reac'^ionary  effect  upon  the  natives 
and  hinder  their  conversion.  "  Government 
Education  in  India,"  "  Woman's  Mission  Boardg 
and  Works,"  "How  the  Money  Reaches  the 
Foreign  Field,"  are  articles  that  should  be  wide- 
ly read  in  churches  of  whatever  name. 

Mr.  Longfellow  received  $4,000  for  his  poem, 
"  The  Hanging'  of  the  Crane,"  which  was  a  pay- 
ment at  the  rate  of  $20  a  line.  Mr.  Bonner  of 
tbe  New  TcrTc  Ledger  was  the  purchaser.  The 
GovnhtU  Magazine  paid  Mr.  Tennyson  $15  a 
line  for  his  "  Pythomus,"  and  when  Thomas 
Moore  was  living  in  Paris  with  Washington 
Irving  he  used  to  walk  up  and  down  the  garden 
two  houra  a  day  composing  verses.  He  made 
ten  lines  at  $5  a  line  his  daily  task.  But  litera- 
ture is  not  always  so  remunerative. 


In  Grand  Lodge  reports  of  Indiana  for  1864, 
we  are  told  that  "Odd-fellowism  may  punish  its 
members  even  after  death."  Do  ministers  of 
the  gospel  believe  that  blasphemous  lie  ?  What 
does  the  Bible  say  ?  "  Yengeanee  is  mine ;  I  will 
repay  saith  the  Lord." 

— Faith's  eyes  can  see  through  a  frown  of  God, 
and  under  it  is  read  God's  thoughta  ^f  ipvc 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE. 


January  4,  1883 


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Our  GontributorSo 


The  Cynosure  is  happy  to  a.  nounce  herewith 
a  grand  Ust  of  contributors  ind  correspondents 
for  1883.  To  read  their  letle^ti,  study  their  ar- 
gumenfeB,  compare  their  exp«>rieneG8,  and  drink 
with  them  at  the  fountain  of  truth,  even  Jesus 
Christ,  will  be  the  noble  privilege  of  the  readers 
of  the  Gyno»ure:  The  following  is  only  a  partial 
list.  ArrangmentB  are  beit)g  made  for  the  en- 
largement of  the  circle  until  it  Bhall  include 
every  section  of  oar  country  : 

John  G,  Fee. 

Kev.  A.  M.  Milligan,  D.  D. 

Kev.  P.  A.  Seguin,  French  Protestant  Mission, 
K  Y. 

Pres.  S.  B.  Allen,  Westfield  College. 

Pres,  C,  B.  Kephart,  Avalon  College. 
g  Eey.  Warren  Taylor,  Presbyterian,  Ohio. 

Prof.  L.  N.  Stratton,  President  Wheaton  Tho- 
logical  Seminary. 

Prof.  W.  O.  Tobey,  editor  United  Brethren 
■m  Christ. 

Prof.  J.  E.  W.  Sloane,  D,  D.,  of  Eeformed 
Presbyterian  Theological  Seminary. 

Kev.  Wm.  Johnston,  United  Presbyterian 
church,  Iowa. 

Rev.  H.H.  Hinman  and  P.S.  i'eemster,  N.C. 
A.  agents  in  tho  South. 

Rev.  J.  C.  K.  Milligan,  editor  of  Ou^  Bom- 
ntr. 

Thos.  E.  Kennedy,  San  Jose,  California. 

S.  M.  Good,  who  has  taisen  some  fifty  degrees 
in  various  Masonic  rites. 

Rev.  X.  A.  Welton,  Episcopal. 

Mrs.  E.  D.  Bailey,  Worcester. 

John  Tanner,  Jr.,  Kingston,  Tenn. 
:    Alexander  Thomson. 

John  D.  Nutting,  Obe^lin  Theo.  Seminary. 

Rev.  Woodruff  Post,  Methodist  Episcopal, 
New  York. 

Rev.  Henry  T.  Cheever,  Worcester. 

Rev.  David  McFall,  Chambers  street  R.  P. 
ohuroh,  Boston. 

-^  ,Rev.  A.  F.  Chittenden,  Congregational,  111. 
I  iRev.  B.  F.  Worrell,  Ho.,  Olathe.  Kans. 
af ^  Prof.  O.  F.  Lumry,  Wheaton  College. 
j^  Rev.  M.  A.  Gault,  Ref.  Pres.,  Iowa. 
SijRev.  Isaac  Bancroft,  Monroe,  Wis. 
gj  Mrs.  J.  F.  Hardie,  of  Minnesota. 
^jMrs.  S.  C.  Kennedy, of  CHl)f;irnia. 

Rev.  u.  D.  TrambuU,  Rdi.  Pres.,  Iowa. 
^jElder  J.  L.  Barlow,  Baptist,  Conn. 

Elder  A.  L.  Post,  do.,  Peunsyivania. 

Rev.  0.  C.  Foote. 

Gen.  J.  W.  Phelps,  American  candidate  in 
1880. 

Rev.P.B.  Chamberlain,  Congregational,  Wash- 
iagton  leiritury. 


Elder  Nathan  Callender,  Pennsylvania. 

George  W.  Clark,  the  "  Liberty  Singer." 

Miss  E.  E.  Fiagg,  Massachusetts. 

Rev.  W.  W.  Ames,  Wisconsin. 

Prof.  S.  C.  Kimball,  editor  Christicm  Wit- 


nets. 


FBOM  FOBEIGK  LANDS. 


Rev.  John  Boyes,  Louth,  England. 
Rav.  Wm.Hazenberg,  Cape  Town,  S.  Africa. 
Rev.  A.  D.  Zaraphonithes,  Syra,  Greece. 
Rev.  G.  F.  Filian,  of  Armenia,  (now,  in  this 
country.) 

Henry  M.  Biesell,  missionary  in  Mexico. 


The  Christian  Cynosure. 

CHICAGO,  THURSDAY,  JANUARY  4.  1863.. 


The  Transfer. 

We  hail  our  subscribers  with  the  greetings  ot 
the  New  Yeak  with  new  and  cheerful  prospects. 

Mr.  Cook  took  the  Cynosure  when  no  one 
printer  in  Chicago  would  have  it ;  and  he  and 
his  wife,' agent  and  actuary,  Mrs.'- Cook,  have 
deserved  well  of  the  country  and  the  cause. 
The  N.  C.  A.  had  no  houie  in  1871  when  he 
took  the  paper,  >^  It  now  has  one  and  the  means 
to  run  it.  And  though  the  names  of  Mr.  and 
and  Mrs.  Cook  will  be  sorely  missed  by  many 
from  the  old  places,  they  will  still  co-operate 
with  the  friends  of  the  cause,  and  Mr.  Cook  re- 
tains the  book-publishing  department,  which 
grows  larger  every  hour.  Messrs.  Stoddard  and 
Kellogg,  as  business  manager  and  offiue  editor 
of  the  paper,  will  have  their  hands  "o'erfulj," 
as  the  Scotch  say,  with  the  work  of  putting  the 
Cynosure,  now  transferred  to  the  Carpenter 
building,  into  the  zenith  of  the  firmament  of  our 
cause. 

It  is  a  grand  token  of  God's  approbation  that 
these  important  changes  can  be  •  made  by  the 
National  Board  of  Directors  without  disturbing 
the  harmony  or  jarring  the  co-operatien  of  our 
great  work,  which,  with  increased  expenditures 
and  the  increase  of  papers  devoted  to  the  reform, 
will  need  more  than  ever  the  prayers  and  labors 
of  every  reader  on  its  list  to  keep  the  Cynosure 
in  its  place  as  the  Pole  Stak  .of  the  Reform 
constellation. 


What  Lies  Before  us. 


The  next  issue  of  the  Cyiwsure  will  contain 
some  changes  wh^ch  we  trust  will  meet  the  ap- 
proval of  our  friends  and  add  to  its  usefulness. 
Our  offia©  is  now  fitted  up  at  the  Publishing 
House  of  the  N.  0.  A.,  where  all  communica- 
tions should  be  addressed  and  where  friends 
visiting  the  city  will  find  a  cordial  welcome  and 
meet  familiar  faces,  and  we  trust  ^eel  at  home 
in  the  building  that  has  been  secured  for  the 
cause  by  the  generous  donations  and  united 
prayers  ana  enorts  of  many  pious  friends. 

While  no  radical  changes  will  be  made 
in  the  editorial  character  ot  our  organ,  its  read- 
ers will  be  pleased  to  know  that  arrangements 
for  a  Washington  department  of  the  N.  C.  A, 
are  well  under  way,  and  that  movements  at  our 
nation's  capital  will  be  noted  and  reported  by  a 
live  man  already  on  tbe  ground.  The  able  com- 
munications of  our  New  England  Secretary  at 
Worcester  will  be  re-inforced  by  special  contri- 
butions from  New  York,  Brooklyn,  Boston, 
Oberlin  and  other  canters  of  influence.  Wa  are 
profoundly  grateful  to  long- tried  and  ever  faith- 
ful helpers,  who,  as  God's  chosen  instruments, 
have  aided  in  making  the  pages  of  our  organ 
shine  as  a  light  in  the  midst  of  darkness,  and 
we  hope  to  merit,  at  least  in;  some  measure,  and 
receive  their  hearty  co-operation  in  future. 

When  the  next  issue  of  our  paper  reaches  you, 
with  such  changes  as  means  in  hand  will  permit 
us  to  make  with  safety,  you  can  judge  of  their 
appropriateness  for  yourselves,  and  determme 
whether  you  will  make  special  efforts  to  render 
yet  other  improvements  possible  by  adding  new 
names  to  the  subscription  list. 

We  accept  the  situation  as  evidently  ordered 
in  the  providence  of  our  only  hope,  and  all-suf- 
ficient Saviour  who  is  causing  "all  things  to 
work  together  for  good  to  them  that  love  him," 


and  whose  kingdom  shall  come  and  whose  will 
shall  be  done  in  earth  as  in  heaven,  when  all 
principalities  and  powers  pay  grateful  homage 
and  render  willing  obedience  to  Christ,  and 
honor  the  Son  even  as  the  Father,  claiming  his 
promise,  "Lo  I  am  with  you  always;"  and  ask- 
ing your  co-operation  and  prayers  in  meeting 
the  increased  and  responsible  duties  of  the  lot 
that  has  fallen  to  me,  I  am  in  the  love  and 
fellowship  of  all  who  are  disciples  of  the  "One 
Master."  J.  P.  Stoddard. 


EDITORIAL    LETTERS. 


Kansas  and  St.  John. 
Lyndon,  Kans.  Dec.  24,  1882. 

DjeA£  Cynosube: — On  the  morning  in  which 
I  left  Emporia  for  this  place  I  went  up  to  the 
Normal  Institution  by  invitation  of  its  Presi- 
dent Taylor,  and  addressed  its  310  pupils,  with 
their  large  and  able  Faculty,  I  enjoyed  my 
visit  very  much,  and  from  the  reception  of  my 
remarks  I  think  the  satisfaction   was   mutual. 

I  took  tea  the  evening  before  at  Dr.  Barnett's, 
along  with  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Collins,  late  of  Wash- 
ington, D.  C,  and  who  think  of  returning  there 
again.  Mrs.  Collins  read  an  exceedingly  able 
paper  before  our  Convention,  whicb  was  pub- 
lished in  the  Emporia  Daily  RepuUioj/n,  1 
read  the  paper  at  the  hotel,  but  cannot  get  one 
here  or  I  would  send  it  for  publication  m  the 
Cynosure.  Our  host.  Dr.  Barnett,  has  a  beauti- 
ful home,  a  large  and  welt  arranged  library, 
with  a  collection  of  curiosities;  and  better  than 
all,  an  agreeable  wife  and  sweet  children.  They 
are  relatives  of  Mr.   and  Mrs.  Collins. 

Literally,  a  nation  has  been  born  in  a  day 
here.  Its  agriculture  is  a  prolific,  continuous 
garden;  its  towns  and  cities  have  all  the  modern 
improvements,  and  learning  and  schools  which 
in  Europe  would  have  required  ages  to  bring 
them  to  present  culture  and  perfection.  An 
English  or  German  university,  all' things  con- 
sidered, would  pale  before  a  Kansas  Normal 
School  in  the  power  and  impression  made  on 
visitors  by  its  buildings,  its  advantages  and  oc- 
cupants. Of  course,  the  historic  splendors  of 
university  are  wanting  here.  Bat  the  Bible  is 
here,  and  Victoria,  as  truthfully  as  graoefuily, 
said  to  her  oriental  Prince  visitor,  pointing  to 
the  Bible,  "That  book  has  made  the  greatness 
of  England." 

The  lodge  (Masonic)  members  here  in  Lyn- 
donare  almost  entirely  Rt-publicans,  and  are  in 
deadly  feud  about  St.  John  and  prohibition. 
The  lodges  are  made  up  of  two  classes  of  Ma- 
sons, viz.,  those  who  have  joined  to  get  secret 
advantages  from  their  fellow  men,  and  those 
who  have  joined  in  self-defense,  to  keep  the 
first  class  from  getting  secret  advantages  of 
them.  The  first  class  is  made  up  of  that  class 
of  preachers  who  are  the  natural  born  descend- 
ants of  Simon  Magus  and  Elymas  the  Sorcerer, 
and  the  black-leg  gentry  generally,  who  make 
Masonry  their  trade.  This  class  are  death  on 
St.  John.  They  are  not  the  majority,  but  they 
control  the  lodge,  and,  though  I  cannot  testify 
to  or  prove  it,  I  have  no  doubt  they  have  receiv- 
ed, in  cipher,  the  mandate  of  Albert  Pike  and 
his  Sovereign  Grand  Inspector  General,  to  de- 
feat St.  John  and  prohibition,  simply  because, 
though  a  Mason,  he  will  not  (and  they  know  it) 
answer  their  purpose.  I  have  not  yet  seen  the 
Governor.  He  was  out  of  the  State  when  I 
came  through  Topeka.  I  hope  to  see  him. 
He  is  defeated  for  two  years,  and  if  he  has  the 
penetration  and  courage  which  he  has  credit 
for,  he,  by  this  time,  knows  he  has  nothing  to 
expect  from  the  lodge,  henceforth  and  lorever. 
The  lodge,  like  the  anaconda,  desperate  and 
savage  from  our  sustained  attacks,  will  drive 
such  men  as  Pomeroy  and  St,  John  into  the 
Ameri'^an  party,  as  the  border  ruffians  forced 
every  Democratic  governor  sent  here  by  Buch- 
anan, into  the  Republican  ranks. 

Still  we  must  not  be  too  easily  or  hastily  satis- 
fied with  friends  who  will  come  to  us.  If  St. 
John  is  an  adherent  Mason  after  this  defeat, 
1  would  as  soon  vote  tor  Snakespeare's  "Eter- 
nal devil,"  as  vote  for  him.  Ex-Senator  Pomeroy 
has  been  long  under  tire,  and  can  be  trusted. 

"WeD,  but  what  hope  is  there?    The  Ameri.- 


January  4,  1 


THB  CHHISrrAN  CYNOSUitte 


§ 


can  people  are  mad  upon  their  secret  idols,  and 
we  cannot  hope  to  elect  a  President  till  the  year 
nineteen  hundred,  if  we  can  then."  The  answer 
is:  The  minorities  have  done  the  good  in  this 
world:   majorities  only  register  it. 

But  selfishness  completes  '^hat  the  fear  of 
God  begins.  Abraham  and  Zacharias  had  no 
children  until  all  hope  of  children  was  past. 
Bat  they  had  children;  and  Isaac  was  the  ances- 
tor of  Christ,-  and  John  the  Baptist  was  great- 
est of  woman  born  1  God  is  neither  limited  or 
reitricted.  And  the  overwhelming  slavery 
majority  of  a  few  years  since,  is  vanished  and 
disappeared. 

AT  THE  HOME  OF  FATHEB  OHITTENDElV. 

,  LiNDON,  Osage  Co.,  Kansas,  Dec.  27. 

I  preached  h.;re  all  day  Sabbath  i  i  Rev.  Mr. 
Alexander's  United  Presbyterian  church,  and 
last  night,  (Tuesday)  I  addressed  a  large  and 
excellent  congregation  in  the  Lyndon  court- 
house. I  see  joy  giving  tokens  all  around  here. 
Of  course,  the  people  about  tha  county  seat 
have  been  bewitched  with  lodge  sorcery.  The 
M.  E.  preacher,  as  too  often,  is  a  Freemasons, 
and  the  General  Assembly  Presbyterians  havo  a 
large  stone  chuwh  crawling  with  Maons,  but 
both  those  churches  have  members  who  ara  en- 
lightened as  to  the  abominition  that  make^h  deso- 
iate,  standing  in  the  holy  place! 

Mr.  Linus  Ohittendon  presided  at  tha  ciurt- 
houfle  last  eve;  ing,  and  followed  me  with  an  ex- 
cellent and  efitjctive  speech.  Ha  is  above 
eijLjhty,  and  tiis  good  wife  ig  partially  pa-alyzed, 
and  nearly  as  old  as  her  husband;  but  she  walked 
with  him  to  hear  me  preach  on  Sabbath;  "  lean- 
ing on  her  Btalf."  Mr.  Chittenden  h<is3  uciiiaved 
wonders,  and  there  is  a  crowd  of  tine  young 
men  here  whom  he  is  enl  ghteniog,  and  who 
will  reverently  take  up  and  put  on  his  maatiip 
when  it  falls.. 

Rev.  Mr.  Alexander  was  at  our  meeting  in 
Syracuse,  N.  Y.,  in  Shakespesre  Llall,  w'Uiro  tho 
American  party  was  named.  He  is  a  |>reaioi.8 
and  excellent  man,  born  in  Tennessee,  sn<l 
tnoagh  his  early  adviintages  were  iaiperfeci, 
ho  gained  a  college  education,  and  ihe  pr- -found 
and  God-exaiting  teachings  of  Scotch  Presby- 
terianism,  have  made  him  at  once  fearless  and 
logical,  and  he  is  surrounded  with  excellent 
f  milies  here,  whose  members  will  oh'iraeterizc 
and  contfol  religious  sentiment  wherever  thoy 
are;  while  the  children  of  the  time-servers  about 
here,  whose  religion  is  taught  as  a  mere  expedi- 
ent to  get  to  heaven  by,  ixistead  of  a  code  of 
God,  as  the  Bible  actually  is,  will  float  like  sen 
weed  on  the  ocean  of  life. 

I  am  still  studying  Kansas  politics,  and  will 
report  from  time  to  time.  I  go  to-day  to  Topeka, 
and  thence  tomorrow  morning  to  North  Cedar, 
where  I  expect  to  spend  the  Sabbath  with  Rev. 
J.  S.  T.  Milligan.  Thence  I  have  contingently 
promised  to  go  up  and  speak  at  Sabetha  in  a 
county  on  the  north  line  of  the  State,  and  if  my 
health  and  heart  hold  out,  I  will  thence  go  back 
to  Topeka,  and  attend  the  great  Prohibition 
convention  Jan.  9ih  and  10th,  and  aee,  and,  if 
possible,  understand  St.  John,  whom  I  still  re- 
gard as  a  wonderful  man,  aiter  looking  at  him 
through  the  eyes  of  friends  and  foes,  and  he  has 
both.  The  conflict  is  to  be  terrific  before  we  are 
done. 

'■  And  the  a'rongest  and  the  bravest  will  be  often  heard  to  say, 
My  heart  my  heart  \»  weary  for  the  greatness  of  the  way.' ' 

But  ctorms  are  nothing  while  Christ  is  on 
board  of  the  ship.  In  much  love  to  our  readers 
I  am  etc. 

POMEROY   AND   HIS   HYENA. 

Topeka,  Deo.  28,  1882. 
The  colonel,  lawyer  and  State  senator,  who 
iiavited  Senator  Pomeroy  to  bribe  him,  said  that 
Pomeroy  did  bribe  so,  and  thf-n  pretended  to  be- 
tray him,  has  quit  the  practice  of  If  w  and  politics 
and  gone  to  selling  fruit-trees.  Of  course  peo- 
ple would  not  trust  their  buainess  with  a  lawyer 
>^  who  said,  puljlicly,  that  he  sold  his  surplus  ras- 
cality for  $8,000,  took  $7,000  ot  it,  and  then 
failed  to  deliver  over  the  r^Beality  for  which  be 
had  received  the  pay.  1  huve  conversed  with 
honest,  capable  and  God-fearing  noen  here.  They 
flay  that,  it  dealing  with  Senator  Pomeroy,  they 
should  unhesitatingly  trust  his  integrity.    They 


think  ho  dijGEered  from  other  Kansas  politicians 
only  in  being  more  irank  and  unsuspecting  than 
they,  in  using  money  to  promote  the  Republican 
party  and  return  himself  to  the  U.  S.  Senate. 
His  real  crime  was  making  an  Anti-maeonic 
ppeech  in  Farwell  Hall  before  our  association  in 
1869.  And  though  he  mav  have  erred  in  his 
Republican  zual  to  go  back  to  the  Senate,  and 
done  some  acts  which  he  would  not  repeat,  the 
vir'ue  of  Kansas  Masons  against  him  is  like  the 
outrageous  virtue  of  unreiormed  prostitutes  who 
condemn  the  errors  of  innocent  women. 
Yours  in  Chriot.  J.  Blanchabd, 


i 


.4/14/^     "^The  Legion  ot  Honor. 


Inquiry  is  made  after  the  objects  and  charac- 
ter of  ^his  branch  of  the  lodge  family.  "By 
their  fruits  ye  shall  know  them;"  the  one  sin- 
gle peep  behind  the  curtain  given  below  it 
worth  more 'ban  a  thousand  volumes  of  lodye- 
written  istuff  about  charity,  faith,  purity,  etc.. 
from  lips  that  next  moment  may  pour  out  ob- 
scenity and  oaths.  A  lodge  oci-thi^-^^Mler  in  St. 
Louis  was  initiating  a  clergyman  and  one  or 
iwo  others,  when  the  former  got  a  new  view  of 
the  a^remony  not  down  in  the  ritual.  The  dis- 
patches to  the  daily  press  tell  the  story   thus: 

Two  or  three  prominent  citizens  were  to  be  initiated, 
among  tbem  a  clergyman.  The  latter  had  been  bliad- 
foldei,  but  the  eye  closets  v-era  not  tight  enough  and  he 
could  see  what  waa  going  <!n,  The  members  were  in 
roars  of  laughter.  A.  candidate  who  was  clad  only  in  his 
underclothes  v^as  furnisting  all  the  fun.  The  clergyman 
protested  vigorously.  He  made  a  very  violent  speech, 
the  substance  of  which  was  that  he  was  a  gentleman ;  that 
he  had  been  led  to  believe  that  the  organization  he  was 
joiuing  wiis  one  composted  of  gentlemea.  ''Keep  quiet  " 
said  one  ot  the  members,  who  tried  to  readjust  the 
blinders. 

"I  will-not,'' ssid  the  candidate.  "I  cannot  take  part 
in  any  ceremony  where  such  practices  are  allowed.  I 
demand  to  be  taken  ou*  of  this  room.  I  will  not  stay 
another  minute.  I  have  been  misled  as  to  the  char- 
acter of  this  ori^anizition.  As  a  gentleman  I  must  with- 
diaw." 

A.  rumpus  began  at  this  point;  s^me  of  the  members  in- 
sisted on  detainitjg  the  candidate  Others  agreed  with  him 
that  the  vulfjarity  was  all  wrong.  Among  these  latter 
wis  M.  R.  CuUen,  wh">  made  a  vigorous  fight  against  the 
vulgar  horse-play.  Ttie  discussion  became  very  lively. 
The  meeting  was  disorganized  as  the  members  on  oppo- 
site sides  d  sputed  the  question.  Finally  a  resort  to  flsti- 
cufls  vas  had.  Almost  a  rough-and-tumble  fight  occurred 
during  which  the  candidates  escaped,  the  gas  went  out  and 
the  meet'Tig  adjourned  without  the  usual  formalities.  The 
gentleman  who  objected  to  horse-play  is  still  angry  and  is 
on  the  war  path. 


— The-  Cynosure  is  promised  a  copy  of  the 
Thanksgiving  day  sermon  of  Rev.  C.  H.  Hobar*'; 
of  Aurora.     It  will  appear  soon. 

— Our  thanks  are  due  to  Elder  A.  L.  Post  oi 
Montrose,  Pa.  for  a  copy  of  the  Thanksgiving 
diecourse  by  Rov.  A.  L.  Benton,  preached  at  a 
union  service  in  that  village.  It  very  ably  and 
boldly  disauEses  m^iny  of  the  evils  that  beset  us 
as  a  nation  and  proposes  radical  remedies. 

— On  Sibbath  evening  Dec.  24,  Pres.  C.  A. 
Blanchard  preached  one  of  his  forcible  sermons 
against  the  observance  of  the  25th  of  Decem- 
ber as  the  birth  day  of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ. 

— Bro.  E.  Tapley  of  Columbus,  Miss.,  ack- 
nowledges the  receipt  of  $2.00  sent  by  Mrs. 
Sholes. 

— The  Cynosure  is  happy  to  report  the  fol- 
lowing oontributiouB  f or  Bro.  Stewart  of  Molino, 
Tenn.,  who  was  lately  burned  out:  H.  Wykhuy- 
een  and  J  amea  Smith  $5  00  each,  1.  Daboll 
igl.OO. 

—  Some  good  brethren  misapprehend  the 
Washington  movement  altogother.  The  head- 
quarters of  our  reform  are  in  Chicago.  Here 
are  they  rooted,  God  helping  us  not  to  bo  trans- 
planted. The  object  in  going  to  "WasJiington 
was  only  to  open  an  auxiliary  office,  like  that  so 
well  managed  by  Bro.  Bailey  in  Worcester,  from 
wher«oe  should  issue  a  stream  of  influ'^nce  that 
should  be  for  the  healing  of  the  nation  at  its 
head  and  center  of  political  life  and  power. 

— The  Odd-lellow  General  Grand  Lodge  at  its 
meeting  in  1882,  ordered  that  live  per  cent  of 
the  receipts  ot  all  local  lodges  should  be  paid 
into  its  treasury.  Will  some  member  of  the 
clan  venture  to  foot  up  the  amount  'i 


— In  a  recent  lecturing  and  preaching  tour 
through  New  En  gland,  Bro.  H.  L.  Hastings, 
editor  of  the  Christian,  Boston,  stopped  at 
Providence,  Rhode  Island,  and  found  Mr,  T.  "N". 
Doutney  engaged  in  the  Goppel  temperance 
work  with  zeal  and  saocess.  Mr.  Hastings  and 
Anthony  Comstock  of  New  York  addressed 
large  audiences  in  Music  Hall  with  marked 
efiect.  Several  years  ago  Mr.  Doutney  visited 
the  West,  speaking  for  temperance.  The 
friends  whom  he  made  here  will  be  glad  to 
learn  that  he  is  yet  ecgaged  in  the  good  work. 

— Hon.  Godlove  S.  Orth,  member  of  Congress 
from  Indiana,  died  lately  at  his  home  in  La- 
fayette with  Christian  resignation  and  hope  It 
was  reported  during  his  life  that  he  was  a  Free- 
mason, but  it  is  very  signifieant  that  the  no*^icei 
of  his  death  make  no  mention  of  the  eubjeot, 
and  at  his  funeral  Chriatiam  ceremonies  only 
were  allowed. 

— Dea.  John  Christie,  a  trustee  of  Wheaton 
College,  and  an  officer  in  the  College  church, 
died  alter  a  short  sickness  on  Saturday  last  at 
noon.  He  lived  some  three  miles  south  of  the 
village  upon  a  large  farm  which  his  native  Scotch 
industry  and  thrift  had  improved  into  a  prop- 
erty of  great  value.  His  death  ia  lamented  by  a 
large  circle  of  friends  to  whose  loving  esteem 
h's  death  will  be  a  sore  lose.  He  was  buried  on 
Tuesday  in  the  adjacent  village  of  Naperville, 
Pres.  C.  A.  Blanch&rd  conducting  the  luueral 
services. 

— Onr  eeteeraed  co-worker  in  Christian  re- 
form, the  Signal,  celebr  ites,  with  the  Cynosure, 
iti3  New  Year  by  becoming  the  property  a^  well 
as  the  ors-an  of  a  national  organization.  The 
National  Woman's  Chriutian  Tempe'^ance  Union 
has  for  yenrs  publisheu  a  monthly,  Our  Union, 
in  New  York.  The  need  of  a  week'y  organ  be- 
coming great,  and  the  Sig?ial  being  alr»^ady  es- 
tabiished  and  ably  maintaifdng  its  right  to  be, 
the  two  pspers  have  come  together  as  the  Union 
Signal,  like  the  chemical  eom.iination  of  oxygen 
and  hydrogen,  and  all  /or  the  sake  of  pure  water. 
The  new  temperance  journal  retains  Mrs. 
WiUard  as  editor,  and  will  henceforth  be  the 
national  representative  of  the  most  hop-eful  and 
successful  movement  ajrainst  the  dram-bar. 


Beginning  with  iiext  CrNosuRE  we  shall  pub- 
lish a  series  of  entertaining  sketches  for  our  boys 
from  Mrs.  Hardie  of  Minnesota,  who  wrote  fof 
us  Ifist  year  the  instructive  "  Talks  with  my 
Boys."  During  the  year  we  hope  to  give  to 
our  younger  readers  also  a  series  of  biographical 
sketches  of  men  and  women  who  have  been 
celebrated  for  noble  lives  and  great  accomplish- 
ment in  philanthropic,  religious  and  reform 
work.  The  new  type  which  has  been  procured 
will  permit  the  printing  of  a  sermon  every  fort- 
night, and  an  endeavor  will  be  made  to  continue 
the  high  standard  of  these  discourses  as  in  the 
past,  which  have  been,  we  are  happy  to  know, 
a'moBt  universally  appreciated.  We  hope  to 
secure  also^trom  a  talented  and  experienced  lady 
a  number  of  articles  on  home  training,  in  which 
the  perplexing  question  of  what  to  do  Sabbath 
afternoons  will  be  among  the  practical  themes 
discussed.  Materials  for  a  sketch  of  force  inter- 
esting periods  in  the  life  of  Samuel  D.  Greene, 
not  before  published,  are  at  hand  and  will  be 
used  durinsr  the  year;  and  we  also  hope  that  a 
plan  for  some  time  cherished  of  a  historical 
sketch  of  each  of  the  testifying  churches  will  be 
carried  out.  Every  effort  to  enlarge  the  circle 
our  correspondents,  at  home  and  abroad,  will  be 
made,  and  in  all  our  endeavors  lor  the  enlarge- 
ment of  the  Cynosure  in  Ihe^e  particulars  we 
confidently  expect  the  hearty  co-operation  of  all 
our  frier) ds. 

A  Book  fok  Ouk  Fkihinds. — The  subscription 
book  Christ/Ian  Cynosure  is  now;  open  for  old 
and  new  subscriijers  at  No.  221  Wesc  Madison 
Sireet,  Chicago,  awaiting  their  ordert. 

— Now  is  the  high  tide  of  church  fairs,  Christ- 
mas sales,  musical  entertainments  and  devices 
of  all  sorts  to  attract  and  unchain  the  attention 
of  old  and  young.  What  time  is  there  left  for 
Christian  living  ? 


10 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE. 


Jannary  4,  1883 


HOME  CIRCLE. 


A  Dedication  for  1883. 


I  take  God  the  Father  to  be  my  God.    1  Thess.  1 :9. 

I  tako  God  the  Son  to  be  my  Saviour.     Acts  5:31. 

I  take  God  the  Uo'y  GUosi  to  bo  my  Sanctifter,    1  Peter  1 :2. 

1  take  the  Word  of  iJod  to  be  my  rule.    2  Timothy  3:16-17. 

I  take  the  people  of  God  to  be  my  people.    Rulh  1 :16-1?. 

I  likewise  dedicate  luy  wholo  self  to  the  Lord.    Rom.  14:7-8. 

And  I  do  this  delihtrately.    Joshua  24:15. 

Sincerely.    2  Cor.  1:12. 

Freely,    Psalma  110:3. 

And  forever.    Rom.  8:35-39. 


New  Year's  Hymn. 

Beneath  the  moonlight  and  the  snow 

Lies  dead  my  latest  year; 
The  winter  wiudu  are  walling  low 

Its  dirges  in  my  ear. 

I  grieve  not  with  the  raoaning  wind, 

As  if  a  loss  belell; 
Befoie  me,  even  as  behind, 

God  is,  and  all  is  weill 

His  Light  shines  on  me  from  above, 

Hie  low  voice  speaks  within — 
The  patience  of  immortal  love 

Outwearylng  mortal  sin. 

Not  mindless  of  the  growing  yews. 

Of  care  and  loss  and  pain. 
My  eyes  are  wet  with  thankful  tears 

For  blessings  which  remain. 

Be  near  me  In  my  hours  of  need. 

To  sooth,  to  cheer,  or  warn, 
And  down  these  slopes  oC  sunset  lead. 

As  np  the  hills  of  morn ! 

—J.  G.  Whittler. 


Week  Day.  Sermon. 


BY  E.  E.  FLAGG. 


."To  everythin»  there  ia  a  seafcoo,  and  a  time 
to  every  purpose  under  the  heaven."  This  text 
trom  the  wise  Preacher  has  a  peculiar  force  and 
meaning  which  lew  people  stop,  to  consider  in 
these  days  of  hurry  when  the  words  so  often 
made  an  excuse  for  the  neglect  of  duty,  "I  have 
no  time  for  it,"  are  heard  on  every  side. 

Many  a  echool-girl  finds  "uo  time"  to  lighten 
domestic  burdens  with  even  the  tips  of  her  fin- 
gers, yet  does  contrive  to  find  or  take  the  time 
lor  devouring  an  incredible  quantity  ot  foolish 
fiction.  Many  a  business  man,  lull  of  the  shop 
and  the  counter,  "^cannot  tiud  time"  to  read  a 
portion  of  God's  Word  daily  with  his  family, 
yet  strangely  enough,  always  has  plenty  of  leis- 
ure to  con  the  morning  newspaper.  Many  a 
care-laden  mother  has  no  time  to  devote  to  tlie 
special  training  and  instructi-.n  of  her  children, 
yet  perhaps  spends  in  the  embroidery  of  a  sack, 
or  iu  gome  otiier  equally  fashionable  and  useless 
labor,  precious  hours  that,  turned  to  better  ac- 
count, might  have  blessed  the  world  and  glad- 
dened eternity. 

1  remember  hearing  a  gentle,  sweet-faced  wo- 
man, one  of  the  most  prominent  temperance 
workers  in  this  country,  say  with  reference  to 
the  great  problem  that  is  agitating  the  land  from 
center  to  cireumlerence— How  to  destroy  that 
devouring  dragon,  the  rum  traftic™ "Home  ed- 
ucation must  do  it." 

Now  what  means  this  rising  tide  of  intemper- 
ance. Sabbath  breaking,  contempt  of  law,  and 
general  laxity  of  principles,  except  that  a  good 
many  motheis  fifteen  or  twenty  years  ago  did 
not  find  time  to  train  their  children  in  the  love 
and  practice  of  those  simple  Puritan  virtues 
which  are  the  foundation  of  our  national  life, 
and  the  best,  the  only  safeguard  against  nation- 
al decay? 

"Whac  means  this  wail  that  goes  up  from  every 
religious  newspaper  that  the  church  is  losing 
ground;  that  contormity  to  the  world  is  taking 
the  place  of  living  piety;  that  only  a  small  per- 
centage of  college  graduates  enter  the  ministe- 
rial, a  still  smaller  ratio,  the  missionary  work? 
1*.  seems  that  many  a  Christian  mother  has  not 
found  time  to  emulate  the  example  of  Susannah 
Wesley,  the  wife  of  a  poor  non-conformist  min- 
ister and  the  mother  of  twenty  children,  who  let 
no  day  pass  without  its  hour  of  regular  instruc- 
tion. It  means  not  only  that  she  has  failed  to 
hold  constantly  before  them  the  grand  Christ 
ide«i  of  seli-saorifice,  but  it  means  that  in  very 


many  cases  she  has  found  no  time  to  gather  her 
brood  about  her  in  quiet  twilight  hours,  and  by 
stories  of  prophets,  apostles  and  martyrs,  impress 
on  their  tender  minds  the  grandeur  of  his  ser- 
vice, and  the  glory  of  the  reward. 

My  beloved  sister,  ought  these  things  so  to 
be? 

"If  a  thing  is  necessary,  life  is  long  enough  to 
do  it  in,"  says  Mrs.  Stowe's  New  England  ma- 
tron of  the  old  times,  Mrs.  Katy  Scudder.  But 
I  do  not  quote  this  simply  as  a  wise  observation, 
but  because  it  breathes  so  entirely  the  very 
spirit  of  our  text  that  there  could  be  no  better 
commentary. 

W  hen  the  Infinite  Father  saw  fit  to  call  ns 
into  bemg  he  portioned  to  each  his  life-work; 
to  one  manifold  duties  and  distracting  carea,  to 
another  comparative  ease  and  leisure.  But  is  it 
possible  that  Omnipotent  Wisdom  could  give  us 
one  single  duty  and  forget  to  provide  its  appro- 
priate niche  in  our  lives?  The  real  question 
should  be  not,  "Have  1  the  time,"  but,  "Is  it 
something  God  has  given  me  to  do?"  Answer 
that  question  in  the  affirmative,  and  then  be 
sure  tbat  he  has  also  provided  room  for  this 
particular  duty  somewhere  in  your  lite.  But  if 
you  choose  to  fritter  away  even  a  small  portion 
in  needless  cares,  frivolous  occupations,  or  in 
heeding  the  exactmg  demands  of  fashion,  what 
reason  have  you  to  expect  that  Providence  can 
or  will  make  your  life  large  enough  to  hold 
both? 

Give  up  this  useless  needle-work,  O  over- 
tasked wives  and  mothers,  this  fine  tucking  and 
rufiling  and  trimming.  Dress  your  children  in 
plain,  subBtantial  garments,  and  be  yourself  con- 
tented with  a  more  simple  style  than  fashion  at 
the  present  day  demands.  Let  no  so-called 
"  claims  of  Boeicty"  interfere  for  one  moment 
between  you  and  the  duty  you  owe  your  chil- 
dren.  Be  willing  to  be  called  singular  now,  that 
hereafter  they  may  rise  up  and  call  you  blessed. 

It  is  astonishing  how  easily  we  can  clear  a 
space  for  every  daily  duty,  if  we  only  see  to  it 
that  something  else  which  is  not  duty  but  mere 
servile  obedience  to  foolish  customs  does  not 
usurp  its  place;  how  soon  we  can  realize  in  the 
new  freedom  for  mind  and  soul  and  body  that 
Solomon's  words  are  true.  There  is  "a  season 
to  everything,  a  time  to  every  purpose  under  the 
heaven." 


wrought,  not  by  directly  assailing  their  preju- 
dices and  their  institutions,  but  indirectly  by  in- 
troducing the  gospel  of  the  Son  of  God  among 
them.  In  China,  for  example,  the.  missionaries . 
could  not  at  first  set  themselves  to  abolish  the 
practice  of  binding  and  crushing  the  feet  of  the 
little  girls,  and  it  they  had  excluded  from  the 
church  persons  who  bound  the  feet  they  would 
never  have  had  a  church  established.  But  since 
the  gospel  has  reached  the  women  of  China  they 
have  taken  hold  of  the  matter,  and"  hundreds  of 
them  have  entered  into  a  league,  pledging 
themselves  that  they  would  not  bind  their  daught- 
ers' teet,  and  that,  in  spite  of  all  the  sneers  and 
obloqny  and  reproach,  they  will  marry  their  sons 
to  women  whose  feet  have  never  been  bound  and 
distorted. 

The  zenana  missionaries,  who  are  working 
their  way  as  teachers  of  reading,  embroidery, 
and  gospel  truth,  among  t\ie  women  of  the  East 
in  the  seclusion  of  their  zenomas^  or  homes,  are 
sowmg  seeds  which  spring  up  and  bear  fruit  in 
the  amelioration  of  woman's  condition,  and  in 
her  elevation  from  the  bitter  bondage  that  she 
has  borne  for  so  many  ages.  Wherever  the 
gospel  goes  it  lightens  woman's  lot,  and  removes 
from  her  tha^  shadow  of  death  which  has  rested 
upon  her  heart  and  her  life.  Jesus  of  Nazareth 
was  woman's  truest  and  most  faithful  friend; 
and  his  gospel  has  been  and  still  is,  her  light  ana 
joy  and  hope.  Well  may  she  trust  and  follow 
that  Saviour  who  has  done  so  much  for  her. 
Well  may  she  distrust  those  skeptics  and  scoffers 
who  seek  to  lead  her  astray  from  God,  and  rob 
her  of  her  best  friend,  her  greatest  com'^ort,  and 
her  only  hope  of  life  and  joy  immortal. — The 
Christian. 


Christianify  and  Womanhood. 

The  curse  of  sin  lies  heavily  upon  "her  who 
was  first  in  the  transgression;  and  it  is  not  nec- 
essary to  consider  this  as  a  mere  arbitrary  inflic- 
tion. It  springs  from  the  very  nature  of  things; 
for  when  woman  has  succeeded  in  seducmg  man 
from  hib  allegiance  to  God,  she  has  undermined 
the  foundation  of  her  own  peace  and  happiness, 
and  the  temple  which  should  have  betn  her 
shelter  and  her  home  comes  ttimbling  down 
over  her  head.  So  long  as  man  continues  in 
rebellion  against  God,  so  long  woman  is  the  de- 
graded victim  of  his  depravity,  ungodliness  and 
brutality.  She  not  only  partakes  with  him  the 
degradation  which  sin  entails,  but  she  is  degraded 
by  him  ;  her  helplessness  and  dependence  bring- 
ing her  under  his  absolute  control. 

The  only  way  to  elevate  woman  is  to  elevate 
man,  and  bring  him  back  to  his  allegiance  to 
God.  When  this  is  done,  and  when  woman 
takes  the  place  of  obedience  which  God  has  ap- 
pointed her,  then  her  elevation  is  secure.  It  is 
only  where  the  influence  of  the  gospel  is  felt 
that  woman  is  in  any  measure  redeemed  from 
the  curse  which  sin  has  brought  upon  her;  and 
womanhood  only  begins  to  attain  its  proper  po- 
sition in  lands  where  the  gospel  is  preached  and 
obeyed. 

Throughout  the  heathen  world  women  are 
crushed  and  down-trodden;  but  when  the  gospel 
oomes  an  iiriprovement  immediately  commouces. 
In  China  and  India  the  murdering  of  daughters 
the  burning  of  widows,  and  the  perpetual  degra- 
dation of  those  that  survive  their  husbands;  the 
mdescribablo  tortures  caused  by  the  bandaging 
of  the  feet  of  the  Chinese  girls,  and  all  the  dis- 
abilities connected  therewith,  show  the  woe 
which  sin  has  imposed  upon  wonaanhood.  And 
the  beneficial  changes  which  are  wrought  in  the 
manners,  cnBtomf  and,habit»  of  the  people  are 


— The  interior  beauty  of  a  soul  through  hab- 
itual kindliness  of  thought  is  greater  than  words 
can  tell.  To  such  a  man  life  is  a  perpetual 
bright  evening,  with  all  things  calm,  fragrant, 
and  restful.  The  dust  of  life  is  laid,  and  it  is 
ever  cool.  All  sounds  are  softer,  as  is  the  way 
of  evening,  and  all  sights  are  fairer,  and  the 
golden  light  makes  our  enjoyment  of  earth 
a  happy  preparation  for  heaven. — F.   W.  Fdh&r. 

^  »  »i 

Bible  Thoughts  for  the  New  Year. 

Henceforth  live. 

Not  as  those  dead  in  sin Eph.  2 :1.  5 

Not  as  in  times  past 1  Peter  4;3,  3. 

Not  as  chose  without  God,  without  Clirisi, 

without  hope Eph.  2 :12. 

Not  unto  ourselves 2  Cor.  5 :15. 

But  in  newness  of  lite Kom.  6:4. 

Remembering 
1.  Jesus  came  that  we  might  have  life. . .  .1  John  10:10. 

3.  That  true  life  is  only  in  Him 1  John  5:11. 

8.  That  believing  in  Him  we  may  know  we 

have  life 1  John  5 :13. 

4.  That  His  life  ia  to  be  manifested  iuus. .  3  Cor.  4:11. 

5.  And  like  Paul,  we  may  be  aWe  to  say, 
"  The  lit^  1  now  live  I  live  by  the  faitti  of 

Jesus,"  etc Gal-2:30. 

Shall  we  not  ask  ourselves  this  solemn  ques- 
tion :  "What  is  my  life  ?" James  4 :14. 

And  shall  we  not  pray  that  we  may  be  able  to 

answer,  "  Christ  is  my  life  ?" Col.  3 :4 

Henceforth  serve. 
For  there  can  be  no  true  life  without  service. 

1.  Not  sin Rom.  0:6. 

3.  Not  divers  pleasures Titus  8:3. 

8.  Not  the  two  masters Matt,  6 :24. 

But 

1.  The  Lord Josh.  22:24;  Matt.4-10. 

2.  This  service  is  to  be  without  fear Luke  1 :74. 

3.  Acceptable , Heb.  12 :28 ;  Rom.  13 :2. 

4.  Spiritual Rom.  1  ;9, 

5.  With  a  sincere  heart 1  Chron.  28 :9. 

6.  Will  produce  love  to  one  another Gal.  5 :13. 

The  choice  is  to  be  made  now Josh.  24  :i5. 

This  service  will  be  rewarded Col.  3 :24. 

It  will  be  continual Rev.  7:14;23:3 

Yet  there  will  be  perfeci  rest Ree.  14:13. 

"  Who  then  is  willing  to  consecrate  his  ser- 
vice this  day  unto  tne  Lord? ' 1  Chron.  29:5. 

Can  we  say,  with  Paul,  "Uod,  whom  I  serve?"  Acts  27:23. 
May  each  one  be  able  to  say,  this  coming  year,  that  ho 

is  a — 

1.  New  creature  in  Christ 2  Cor.  5 :17. 

2.  That  he  has  a  new  heart Ezek.  36 :26. 

3.  Thai  he  can  sing  the  new  song  of  deliv. 

f ranee  from  sin Psalm  40:3. 

4.  That  he  is  obeying  Christ's  new  com-  - 
mandment John  13  ;34.  ^ 

5.  That  he  is  looking  forward  to  dwelling 

in  the  now  heaven Rev.  21:1. 

The  time  is  short.  Be  in  earnest.  The  Lord  is  at  hand. 
Be  ready  now,  and  work  as  one  who  believes  his  Master  is 
coming. 

— NoUsfor  Bible  St/udy. 


LftH  \V» 


Jannarv  4,  188S 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE. 


11 


CHILDREN'S  CORNER. 


The  Book  of  the  New  Year. 

The  Book  of  the  New  'Sear  Is  opened, 

Its  pages  are  spotless  and  new; 
And  80,  as  each  leaflet  is  turnin;», 

Dear  children,  beware  what  you  do! 

Let  never  an  111  thought  be  cherished,  • 
Keep  the  tongue  fiom  a  whisper  of  gnile. 

And  see  that  your  faces  are  windows 
Through  which  a  sweet  spirit  shall  smile. 

And  weave  for  your  souls  the  fair  garment 
Of  honor,  aud  beauty,  and  truth; 

Which  will  stili.  with  a  glory  enfold  you. 
When  faded  the  upell  of  your  youth. 

And  now,  with  the  new  book,  endeavor 
To  write  its  white  pages  with  care ; 

Bach  day  is  a  leaflet,  remember. 
To  be  written  with  watching  and  prayer. 

And  If  on  a  page  yon  discover 

At  evening  a  blot  or  a  scrawl. 
Kneel  qnick.y  and  ask  the  dear  Saviour 

in  m».rcy  to  cover  it  all. 

So,  when  the  strange  book  shall  be  finished, 
And  clasped  by  the  angel  in  ligLit, 

You  may  feel,  though  the  work  be  imperfect, 
Tou  have  tried  to  please  God  in  the  right. 

And  think  how  the  years  are  a  stairway, 
On  which  yon  must  climb  to  the  skies ; 

And  strive  that  your  standing  be  higher 
As  each  one  «way  from  yon  flies. 


—Selected. 


Minnie's  New  Year's  Gift. 

"Mother  gave  me  a  Bible  laet  New  Year's," 
said  a  little  girl,  complacently,  "and  Aunt  JLou 
gave  cousin  Harry  one  at  the  same  time.  Jnsi 
look  at  them  now,  and  see  the  difierence!" 

Harry's  was  worn.  Its  gi't  edges  were  tar- 
nished, and  the  newness  was  gone  irom  the 
cover,  but  it  looked  as  il  it  had  been  read  very 
often.  Here  and  there  i  saw  pencil  marks 
near  favorite  verses,  and  in  one  or  two  places 
it  eeemed  as  if  tears  might  have  fallen.  Little 
Harry  Gorden  had  become  a  Christian  lately, 
and  his  Bible  had  evidently  been  very  precious 
to  him. 

Minnie  said  triumphantly,  after  I  had  finish- 
ed my  look  at  Harry's,  "Now  see  mine!" 
She  UL folded  the  tissue-paper  from  it,  and  there 
it  was,  just  as  fresh  and  fair  and  uninjured  as 
when  it  came  out  of  the  shop. 

"I've  never  had  it  out  of  the  .drawer  but 
once,"  said  Miss  Minnie,  "and  that  was  to  show 
to  somebody." 

"Minnie,"  said  I,  "if  your  father  were  away 
from  home,  and  should  send  you  a  letter,  tell- 
ing you  just  what  he  wanted  you  to  do  and  be, 
would  it  be  good  treatment  never  to  break  the 
seal,  and  to  lay  it  away  in  a  drawer  unread? 
Would  it  not  be  better  to  take  it  out  every  day 
and  read  it  over  and  over,  trying  each  time  to 
obey  its  injunctions?" 

"Yes,"  aaid  Mmnie,  blushing,  as  she  began 
to  see  my  meaning. 

"This  is  Q-od's  letter  to  you,  my  love.  Like 
the  man  who  folded  away  his  talent  in  a  nap- 
kin, you  have  folded  up  your  precious  Bible. 
Hereafter,  my  child,  use  it  as  G-od  wants  you 
to.  It  was  given  to  us  to  be  read  and  studied." — 
Exchange. 


The  New  Year. 


"  A  place  where  two  ways  met." — Mark.  xi.  4. 

Have  the  children  come  to  such  a  place  at 
this  New  Year?  Are  some  little  ones  standing 
wondering  which  way  to  take — whether  to  go 
on  the  old  way  and  the  broad  way,  or  to  turn 
into  the  new  way  and  the  narrow  way?  Very 
quietly  biit  surely  the  days  aud  the  weeks  have 
brought  them  to  this  spot  were  the  two  _  ways 
fleem  to  meet,  and  brigiit  eyes  search  in  vain  lor 
any  sign-post  plainly  marking  the  road  to  heaven 
or  the  road  to  hell;  aud  perhaps  even  to-day  the 
prayer  is  trembling  on  some  youthful  lips, 
"Show  me  the  way  in  which  I  should 
go." 

One  day  last  pummer  a  father,  mother,  broth- 
ers and  sisters,  started  for  a  long  country  ramble, 
but  Fanny,  the  eldest  girl,  was  not  ready  to 
Btart  off  with  them,  and  was  to  follow.  Direc- 
tions were  left  with  her  which  road  to  take. 


At  last  she  started,  and  for  a  time  there  was  no 
difficuity  in  following  the  others;  but  after  a 
little  she  came  to  a  p!:^ce  where  two  roads  met. 
Sbe  had  now  to  stand  and  think;  but  the  more 
she  thought  the  more  difficult  it  seemed  to  de- 
cide. Both  roads  stretched  out  into  the  gun- 
shine;  both  led  into  the  country;  but  which 
was  the  right  way  ? — which  would  lead  to  the 
lather's  side? 

As  she  stood  puzzled  and  wondering,  her 
eye  rested  on  the  siudy  path,  and  there,  written 
.n  round,  childiph  hand,  were  the  words,  "Fan- 
nv,  this  is  the  way."  All  doubt  was  at  an  end; 
she  simply  believed  the  written  message,  obeyed 
and  foliowed,  and  soon  had  the  joy  of  reaching 
those  "gone  before,"  and  learned  that  hor  little 
sister  had  lingered  behind  to  write  those  words 
on  the  dusty  road. 

Oh!  chddren,  does  not  the  story  remind  you, 
as,  it  did  me,  of  the  pierced  hand  that  long  ago 
traced  on  the  narrqw  path  to  heaven  the  words, 
"i  am  the  way,  the  truth,  and  the  life;  no  man 
Cometh  unto  the  father,  but  by  me?"  And 
reading  the  message  to-day,  will  you  not  start 
at  once  for  heaven? 

Fanny  never  thought  of  doubting  the  truth  of 
her  little  sister's  writing,  and  shall  we  doubt  the 
writing  of  Jesns?  He  is  the  Life  also;  and 
not  only  our  life  eternal,  but  the  very  life  we 
should  live  in  this  world. 

You,  girls,  know  what  it  is  to  match  the  beau- 
tiful shades  of  wools  and  silks,  so  as  to  copy  a 
piece  of  work  exactly,  and  just  in  the  same  way 
we  should  try  to  copy  every  ehade  in  Christ's 
life  and  character.  There  is  a  text  in  the  Bible 
that  seems  just  a  help  for  boys  and  giris  in 
matching  the  colors;  it  is  this:  "Whatsoever 
things  are  true,  whatsoever  things  are  honest, 
whatsoever  thmgs  are  piat,  whatsoever  things 
me  pure,  whatsoever  th  ngs  are  lovely,  whatso- 
ever things  are  of  ffood  report,  it  there  be  any 
virtue,  and  it  there  be  any  praise,  think  on 
the^e  things."  Had  you  not  better  learn  the 
text,  so  that  you  may  know  just  the  right  colors 
to  ask  for?     It  is  in  Philippians  iv.  8. 

Has  not  the  little  ptory  a  beautiful  lesson  in  it 
for  any  who  'sre  walking  on  the  safe  way  to 
heaven?  Pef'haps  a  brother,  or  sister,  or  friend 
is  tollo'B'irjg  you,  and  they  have  come  to  the 
place  where  you  turned  into  the  narrow  way, 
but  they  do  not  kuow  which  road  to  take. 
Won't  you  try  to  make  the  writing  clear  for 
them,  and  won't  you  so  live  that  they  may  read 
in  your  lives  the  words,  "This  is  the  way,"  and, 
following  you,  may  soon  rejoice  in  tne  loving 
embrace  of  the  heavenly  Father?— 77ie  Chris- 
tian. 


The  Power  of  the  Gospel. 

BY  KDNAH  SHAW. 

The  Fiji  Islands  number  more  than  two  hun- 
dred, aud  much  of  the  scenery  is  described  as 
\&cy  beautitul,  but  the  people  were  vilest  of  the 
vile.  They  were  cannibals  of  the  worst  sort, 
and  every  kind  of  iniquity  flourished  throughout 
the  group.  A  few  incidents  in  the  life  ot  one 
man  will  show  what  the  Fijians  were  as  heathen, 
and  what  they  have  beconae  through  the  gospel 
of  Christ.  Thakomban  was  born  in  1817,  being 
the  son  of  Tanoa,  the  savage  ruler  of  Ban. 
When  he  was  six  years  old  he  was  taken  on  a 
warlike  expedition,  and,  his  party  being  victori- 
ous, a  young  lad  was  captured  and  held  down 
before  him  while  he  beat  him  to  death  with  a 
club.  This  leseon  was  not  forgotten  by  the 
young  chief,  and  his  cruelty  increased  with  his 
years.  The  facts  concerning  this  heathen  king 
are  too  revolting  to  relate,  exeept,  as  contrasted 
with  his  present  gentle,  Christian  character, 
they  show  thai  "  The  gospel  is  the  power  of  God 
unto  salvation."  A  rebel  having  been  captured, 
the  young  chief  had  the  tongue  of  the  offender 
cut  out  which  he  devoured  raw,  and  laughed  in 
great  glee  as  the  sufferer  begged  for  speedy 
death.  When  his  brother  offered  him  a  canoe 
for  the  lives  of  the  two  captives,  he  replied, 
"  Keep  your  canoe;  I  want  to  eat  men."  Ho 
made  the  poor  men  dig  a  hole  in  the  earth  for 
an  oven  and  cut  the  fire  wood.  He  then  had 
their  arms  and  legs  cut  off,  which  were  cooked 
and  eaten  in  the  presence  of  the  men  who 


were  yet  living.  After  this,  even,  he  tortured 
them  in  many  horrible  ways,  it  seemed  for 
many  years  as  if  this  chief  would  succeed  in 
keoping  the  Christian  faith  onto!  his  dominions. 
When  the  miesionaries  would  plead  faithfully  wi?h 
him,  he  would  reply  "  I  hate  your  Christianity." 
Once  he  exclaimed,  "  Wonderful  is  your  new 
religion;  but  will  it  prevent  our  having  men  to 
eat  ?  JSot  it."  The  ovens  of  Ban,  used  only  for 
cooking  human  bodies,  were  seldom  cool,  and 
this  hardhearted  king  still  delighted  in  the 
greatest  atrocities.  A^  last  in  1853  he  allowed 
the  missionaries  to  begin  their  laoors  among  nls 
people.  He  now  heard  much  or  the  roligion  ot 
love  and  peace,  and  was  urged  by  the  Curistian 
chiefs  of  other  islands  to  renounce  the  false  gous 
aud  accept  the  religion  of  Jesus.  On  Sundiy, 
April  the  80th,  1854,  he  aiipointed  a  grea  service 
in  which  heathenism  was  renounced  ana  Christi- 
anity embraced.  Hundreds  of  the  people  at 
once  commenced  family  prayer.  The  king 
yielded  more  and  more  to~  the  Gosnel  and  his 
cruel  practices  were  entirely  forsaken.  Three 
years  after  the  missionaries  were  received  he  put 
awa?  his  many  wives,  was  publicly  t)Hptized, 
taking  the  name  of  Ebenezer.  In  the  presence 
of  hoEe  whom  he  had  injured  most,  he  made 
most  humble  confession,  saying,  "  I  have  been 
a  bad  man,  I  disturbed  tt.e  country.  God  has 
singularly  preserved  my  life.  1  aeeire  to  ac- 
knowledge him  as  the  only  and  true  God.  ' 
Twenty-tive  years  have  passed  and  Thakombar 
still  honors  the  Christian  name.  He  and  hie 
people  have  become  loving  and  gentle  and  hav 
altogether  ceased  from  cruelty.  There  ar 
churches  with  crowded  e^ngregrations  on  ever} 
island,  and  morning  and  evening  prayer  may  be' 
near  5  in  almost  every  houte.  There  are  l,40t 
schools  and  900  native  preachers  in  Fiji,  aac 
Thakomban,  the  once  blood-thirsty  cannibal,  is 
now  an  intelligent  Christian,  loved  and  respected 
by  all  who  know  him.  Herein  is  this  Scripture 
fulfilled,  "  Ii  any  man  be  in  Christ,  he  is  a  new 
ereaiure;  old  things  are  paesed  away;  behold  all 
ihingg  are  become  new." 


The  Box. 

A  Letter  to  the  Chicago  Christian  Asuoclation  Band  of  Hope, 
/mm  Mrs  M.  A.  Taptty. 

One  evening  after  dark  a  youthful  voice 
shouted  "The  box!"  at  my  door  and  soon  it 
was  set  down  beside  me  and  the  lid  off.  Just 
while  the  books,  pictures,  papers  and  other 
articles  were  coming  out  aud  there  was  a  high 
glee,  in  stepped  two  gentlemen  from  Alabama. 
They  supposed  my  husband  had  just  returned 
from  an  auction  house.  "  Ten  N  ights  in  a  Bi*v 
Room"  was  handt  d  them  and  they  soon  became 
deeply  absorbed  in  reading.  One  seemed  as  if 
he  cared  for  nothing  else  for  a  time.  After- 
ward they  began  to  calk  of  the  prohibition  move- 
ment. They  said  that  in  the  country  they  lived 
in  there  was  a  great  deal  of  drinking  and  there 
were  in  it  about  a  hundred  men  wuo  drank,  who 
are  about  as  wild  as  any  Comanche  Indians. 
They  were  not  sure  that  this  county  would  go 
for  prohibition,  but  quite  a  number  of  the  coun- 
ties m  Alabama  had  voted  for  it  and  they  hoped 
that  the  State  would  be  all  right  yet  on  the 
temperance  question.  Do  you  ever  think,  dear 
children,  that  your  prayers  may  have  helpert 
those  counties  away  down  in  Alabama,  to  take 
the  stand  they  have  in  favor  of  temperance? 
I  hope  those  books  will  do  good  also. 

1  ihank  you  for  all  that  you  sent.  I  liked  tbo 
pictures  very  much.  They  are  much  admired, . 
especially  the  "  Forget  me  not."  The  coloreG 
people  were  very  glad  to  get  the  clothing  sent 
them.  1  wisn  you  could  have  seen  them  going 
to  church  with  them  on.  They  sent  thankw  and 
"  more  than  obliged  to  you."  The  picture  books 
afford  great  delight,  also  the  papers.  You  would 
be  suprieed  to  know  how  much  pleasure  yon 
have  given  in  many  places. 


— A  Christian's  heart  should  be  practically 
more  at-home  in  heaven  than  on  earth. 

— You  cannot  do  to-morrow  the  work  of  to- 
day. He  whom  you  would  save  will  be  else- 
where, you  will  be  elsewhere,  or  other  things 
will  engage  yon. 


12 


THB  CHH!BT!AH  CYKOSUHB 


Jannarv  4,  1883 


{Continued  f  I  om  6 til  page. 
The  report  of  the  Treasurer  of  the  State  Abbo- 
ciation   was  reierred  to  the  committee   by  the 
Tonica  Cunvention,   and  was  approved  as  fol- 
lows : 

TBEA.8URKK'8     BBPOBT    OF    THE    ILLINriS    STATE     CHRIS- 
TIAN   ASSOCIATION    FOR    THE    YEAH     ENDING 
DECEMBER  FIRST,  1882. 
Ktceipta, 

Prom  J.  B.  Blank,  ex-Treas $41  78 

Moses  Pettingill 20  00 

Collections  by  B  Mathews 14  55 

Collectiona  at  Tonica  State  Convention 6  81 

Peter  Howe 10  00 

|92  64 
DiabursemtnU. 

Hand  bills ...$  7  75 

Postage 38 

Salary  and  expenses  of  E.  Mathews 55  40 

Bervicea  and  expenses   of  J.    Blanchard  at 

Tonica 10  00 

Expenses  of   L.  N.  Stratton  at  Tonica 4  00 

Expenses  of  N.  E.  Gardner  at  Tonica 3  50 

$81  03 

Balance  in  Treasury  Dec.  let  1882 %\\  61 

W.  I.  Fhilmps, 

Treasurer. 

This  mav  certify  that  the  Executive  Committee  of  the 
Illinois  Stat-  Christian  Aes'^ciation  have  exsmined  the 
Treasurer's  book  and  vouchers,  and  find  tbe  above  state- 
ment correct.  Joseph  Travis, 

Ohairmac  Executive  Committee. 
BeGember  W,  1882. 

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Letters   from  the  General  Secretary. 

WASHINGTON. 

Washiagton,  I  suppose,  is  not  unlike  to  other 
large  cities  in  havin;j;  an  inside  and  outside  view. 
It  has  been  my  fortune  during  my  five  days  stay 
in  the  city,  to  get  an  occasionai  giimptie  of  that 
aide  not  visible  to  transient  visitirs.  If  you  eon- 
template  visiting  Washington  to  see  the  sights, 
a  few  suggestions  of  how  to  "  to  take  it  in"  may 
not  oome  amiss. 

You  will  of  course  begin  with  the  Capitol 
building  and  grounds,  and  in  making  a  tour  oi 
inspection  you  will  find  it  greatly  to  your  ad- 
vantage to  give  the  young  man  in  livery  a  quar- 
ter to  show  you  around  and  explain  the  various 
obiectfe  of  interest.  From  the  Capitol  you  will 
find  it  convenient  to  p^iss  southwest  to  the  B  tau- 
ical  Garden,  containing  plants  and  flowers  of 
every  variety  and  from  all  parts  of  the  'I'orld. 
Crossing  the  Park  you  come  litet  to  the  Bureau 
of  Agriculture  and  a  little  further  on  is 
the  Smithsonian  iiistitute  with  its  annex  ;  arsd 
a  little  to  the  east  is  ihe  Bureau  of  Printing  and 
Engraving,  where  she  U.  S.  bonds  and  green- 
backs are  manufactured.  Turning  to  your  right 
and  going  north  you  will  pass  near  the  Washing- 
ton monument,  which,  when  completed,  is  to  be 
the  highest  structure  of  the  kind  in  the  world. 
The  next  public  building  of  interest  is  the 
White  House,  which  is  near  a  mammoth  build- 
ing containing  the  Treasury^  State  and  N^vy 
depflrtments.  Turning  to  the  east  you  will  pass 
on  F  street  to  the  Patent  Office  and  U.  S.  Post- 
ofliae.  Between  Seventb  and  Ninth  streets, 
northwest,  beyond  and  two  squared  to  the  right 
is  the  City  Hall  and  court  rooms,  and  still  be- 
yond and  a  few  squares  to  the  left  is  the  Gov- 
ernment Printing  Office,  which  is  an  immense 
building  filled  with  busy  presse?,  tons  of  docu- 
ments and  hundreds  of  men,  women  and  chil- 
dren, stamping,  stitching,  folding  and  packing 
the  wisdom  ol  the  present  and  future  genera- 
tions. )iy  the  time  you  have  spent  days,  or 
rather  weeks,  in  these  places  aceeseabie  to  the 
public,  and  driven  along  the  principal  avenues  of 
the  city,  you  will  have  a  fair  idea  of  the  ouiside 
cf  Washington.  But  your  knowledge  will  be 
incomplete  until  you  catch  at  least  some  glimpses 
of  the  inside.  To  do  this  I  would  recommtnd 
that  before  leaving  the  city,  you  take  the  morn- 
ic-g  paper  and  mark  a  few  of  the  advertisements 
ol  desirable  properties  ofiered  for  sale.  Then  go 
to  the  agent  who  has  them  in  charge  and  ask  him 
to  fiend  one  of  the  clerks  to  show  you  the  prop- 
erty ;  visit  the  most  pretentious  ones  you  find 
and  call  wherever  you  see  "  For  Sale"  posted  in 
the  window  or  tacked  on  the  doorpost.  Insist  on 
making  a  thorough  examinaHon  from  cellar  to 
atti^,  and  you  will  find  ihnX  Washington  has  an 


inside  and  outside  view  which  are  very  unlike, 
unless  your  exrerienfie  is  quite  different  from 
mine.  While  looking  for  suitable  headquarters 
for  our  reform  work  I  may  have  been  unfortu- 
nate in  my  selections,  but  from  what  I  have  seen 
I  must  conclude  that  any  man  who  buys  property 
in  Washington  relying  on  outside  appearances 
runs  a  fearful  aisk  of  getting  a  "whited  sepul- 
chre," full  of  all  manner  of  serious  defects.  It 
is  not  unlike  to  joining  the  Fieemasons,  Odd- 
lellows,  or  other  secret  societies,  whose  active 
members,  like  some  unscrupulous  real  estate 
agents,  show  up  only  the  advantageous,  the  at- 
tractive and  the  exterior,  to  insure  sales  and 
secure  commissions,  while  the  dilapidated  apart- 
ments and  skeleton  closets  are  only  accessible  to 
the  man  who  pays  his  money  and  takes  his 
chances. 

rtf  NEW  KNGIiAND. 

Boston,  Dec.  23d. 

I  camo  to  this  city  yesterday,  and  have  been 
making  numerous  calls.  I  find  everywhere  evi 
dences  of  growth  in  reform  ideas,  and  believe 
the  time  is  approaching  when  the  conservatives 
as  well  as  the  radicals  will  speak  their  senti- 
ments. I  have  arranged  for  v:orreepondence  in 
Washington  and  New  York,  and  have  a  fair 
prospect  of  adding  occasional  articles  from  the 
''Hub"  that  will  give  variety  and  increased 
usefulness  to  our  paper  during  the  eoming  year. 

I  am  disappointed  in  not  meeting  Joseph 
Cook  or  his  wife,  who  are  both  absent  and  not 
expected  to  return  until  after  January  let. 
Wendell  Phillips  ie  in  the  city  and  I  hope  to 
obtain  an  interview  with  h'jn  before  leaving  for 
WorceFter,  where  I  expect  to  spend  Sabbath  with 
Bro.  Bailey.  Unless  unexpectedly  detained  I 
shall  call  at  Oberlin  on  Tuesday  and  reach 
Chicago  on  Wednefday. 

Of  my  visit  to  Washington,  I  can  only  say 
at  present  that  the  waters  are  troubled  and  there 
is  much  to  encourage.  I  will  give  our 
readers  a  full  report  at  the  right 
tiuie;  for  the  p'-esent.we  have  only  to  watch  and 
pray,  and  wait  the  Lord's  time.  When  that 
tiore  comes  we  mu^^t  "  go  up  and  posess  the  land" 
in  the  name  of  Immsnuel.  Meantime  the  effort 
of  every  Iriend  should  be  to  introduce  our  re- 
form and  its  pfiiiciples  in  as  mjny  homes  and 
churches  as  possible,  and  wherever  practicable 
secure  the  weekly  visit  of  our  paper,  through 
which  we  hope  to  keep  every  reader  posted  on 
the  general  topics  of  interest  to  the  church  of 
Christ  and  free  government,  and  especially  to 
record  the  movements  of  the  "  Secret  Empire." 

J.  P.  Stoddakd. 


THE  AMERICAN  PARTY. 


Nominations  for  1884. 

Por  Preaidtnt, 

JONATHAN  BLANCHARD, 

of  Illinois. 

tor  Vice-Prestdstit. 

JOHN  A.  CONANT. 

of  Connecticut. 

PLATFOKM. 

We  hold:  1.  That  ours  is  a  Christian  and  not  a 
heathen  nation,  and  that  the  God  of  the  Christian 
Scriptures  is  the  author  of  civil  government. 

2.  That  God  requires  and  man  needs  a  Sabbath. 

3.  That  the  prohibition  of  the  Importation,  manu- 
facture and  sale  of  intoxipating  drinks  -as  a  beverage 
is  the  true  policy  on  the  temperance  question. 

4.  That  the  charters  of  all  secret  lodges  granted  by 
our  Federal  and  State  Legislatures  should  be  with- 
drawn, and  their  oaths  prohibited  by  law. 

5.  That  the  civil  equality  secured  to  all  American 
citizens  by  articles  13th,  14th  and  15th  of  our  amended 
Constitution  should  be  preserved  inviolate. 

6.  That  arbitration  of  differences  with  nations  is 
the  most  direct  and  sure  method  of  securing  and  per- 
petuating a  permanent  peace. 

7.  That  to  cultivate  the  intellect  without  Improving 
the  morals  of  men,  is  to  make  mere  adepts  and  experts ; 
therefore,  the  Bible  should  be  associated  with  books  or 
science  and  literatm-e  in  all  our  educational  institu- 
tions. 

8.  That  land  and  other  monopolies  should  be  dis- 
couraged. 

9.  That  the  government  should  furnish  the  people 
with  an  ample  and  sound  currency. 

10.  That  maintenance  of  the  public  credit,  protection 
to  all  loyal  citizens,  and  justice  to  Indians  are  essential 
to  the  honor  and  safety  of  our  nation. 

11.  And,  Anally,  we  demand  for  the  American  peo- 
ple the  abolition  of  electoral  colleges,  and  a  direct  vote 
fox  President  and  Vice-president  of  the  United  States. 


The  Vara  in  Illinois'. — On  application  toHon. 
Henry  D.  Dement,  S  ;cretary  of  State  for  Illinois 
we  are  in  formed  that  from  the  olfiiial  returns 
Peter  Howe  received  139  votes  for  S  ate  Treas- 
urer ana  H.  A.  Fischer  129  for  Super  ntendent 
of  Publics  Instruction.  T.  W.  Baird  received 
41  votes  in  the  8  th  district  and  4  in  the  5  th  for 
Congressman. 


S.    Ransom,   Lawrence,  Mi'^h.,  There  "  were 
se  ven  votes  cast  in  this  town  for  State  officers." 

M.  L.  Worcester's  American  vote  was  throwit 
out  at  Sycamore,  111.  this  fall. 


— One  section  of  the  resolutions  adopted  by 
the  late  Republican  convention  of  Missouri  is  in 
favor  of  local  option  and  reads  thus: — "  We 
affirm  that  the  undivided  liberty  of  the  citizens 
should  be  subject  to  Governmental  control  only 
so  far  as  demanded  by  the  general  welfare;  that 
it  is  the  duty  of  the  State  to  so  legislate  as  to 
do  the  greatest  grood  to  the  greatest  number  of 
its  inhabitants.  Recognizing  these  prineiple8,and 
recognizing  that  the  intemperate  use  of  intoxica- 
ting liquors  jeoparizesd  the  safety,  health,  and 
morality  of  any  people  among  whom  they  are  tol- 
erated, we  believe  and  declare  that  it  is  the  duty  of 
the  State  to  restrain  the  irse  of  intoxicating  li  jUor 
and  reduce  its  harmful  efEect  to'a  minimum.  To 
this  end  we  demand  a  vigorous  enforcement  of 
*he  existing  license  laws,  and  the  immediate  en- 
actnnent  and  faithful  execution  of  such  further 
statutes  as  shall  enable  the  people  of  the  several 
localities  and  subdivisions  of  the  State  to  de- 
termine for  themselves  wtiether  dram-shops  shaU 
exist  among  them  or  not:  also,  a  large  increase 
of  the  cost  of  licenses,  so  that  the  liquor  traffic 
shall  bear  ita  just  proportion  of  taxation  and  be 
conducted  by  responsible  persons:  also  that  per- 
sons engaged  in  said  traffic  shall  be  made  civility 
liable  at  law  in  damages  for  injuries  to  persona 
resulting  therefrom,  and  for  the  effective  pun- 
ishment by  imprisonment  of  all  persons  violating 
said  laws,  so  that  a  strict  and  adequate  control 
of  said  traffio  may  be  maintained  wherever  it  is 
permitted,  and  we  further  believe  that  a  rigid 
and  impartial  enforcement  of  laws  such  as  are 
above  proposed  would  furnish  a  more  com- 
plete and  practical  remedy  for  the  evil  of  in- 
temperance than  auy  attempt  to  enforce  gen- 
eral prohibitory  laws  against  adver/se  local  eenti-. 
ment." 


Governor  Elect  of  Kansas. 

Rev.  M.  A.  Gault,  in  writing  from  Atchi- 
son: Kansas,  to  the  ChHstian  Statesman 
says:  "  The  city,  which  is  strongly  anti-prohib- 
ition, was  jubilant  over  the  election  G.  W.  Glick, 
who  wa  •  a  resident  of  the  city,  for  Governor 
and  the  defeat  of  St.  John.  The  principal 
streets  were  Illuminated  with  bonfires.  An  ex- 
curfcion  train  came  up  from  Leavenworth  bring- 
ing a  large  delegation.  A  procession  was  formed 
headed  by  Mr.  Glick  and  three  prominent  citi- 
zens in  a  carriage  led  by  a  military  band. "  They 
went  to  the  German  Turner  Hall,  where  it  wa» 
announced  that  eeveral  hundred  kegs  of  beer 
had  been  oontribu'ed  to  the  occasion.  The  new 
elected  Governor  and  several  others  addressed 
the  half  drunken  crowd,  in  the  beer  garden  be- 
hind Turner  Hall.  Mr.  Glick  in  his  address 
emphasised  the  statement  that  he  considered  his 
election  not  merely  a  personal  honor  to  himself, 
but  an  expression  on  the  part  of  the  people  of 
Kansas  of  the  triumph  of  individual  liberty 
over  fanatical  tyranny.  The  air  was  suffocating 
with  the  fumes  of  whisky  and  tobacco,  and  the 
enthusiastic  yells  of  the  crowd,  apparently  com- 
posed of  the  worst  elements  of  the  city,  made  a 
6ci  ne  of  bacchanalian  revelry  seldom  witnessed. 
"  The  Saint  Scooped,"  was  the  heading  of  the 
election  n^ws  in  the  daily  papers,  and  on  the 
lips  of  many,  referring  to  the  defeat  of  St.  John. 
Mr.  Glick  i^  not  a  member  of  any  church.  He 
is  an  anti-Prohibitionist  and  Bourbon  Democrat. 
But  the  fact  that  he  will  be  obliged  to  take  an 
oath  to  support  the  Prohibition  amendment  of 
the  State  Constitution,  before  taking  hit)  seat  at 
the  Capitol,  is  one  of  the  strange  things  in 
American  politics. 


•T-^r»  i-  f»  iTmi— - 


January  4,  1883 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE. 


1^ 


Wiles  of  Politicians. 

t 

BT   GKO.  H.  WILLIAMS, 

It  would  in  many  places  be  very  interestinr 
to  know  how  many  men,  and  who  have  been 
approached  directly  or  indirectly,  some  time 
before  election  by  political  leaders,  intimating 
to  these  men  that  possibly,  or  probably,  they 
m»y  be  nominated  at  their  party  caucus  to  some 
office,  larger  or  smaller  when  there  is  not  the 
least  intention  of  so  nominating  them,  but  only 
by  this  bait  to  hold  them  to  the  party,  and 
especially  to  prevent  them  from  joining  others 
to  form  a  new  party.  Men  reputed  sensible,  are 
doubtless  often  by  this  devil's  bait  hindered  from 
speaking  and  acting  their  convictions,  which  are, 
perhaps,  that  their  party  is  doing,  or  upholding 
Freemasonry,  or  both,  and  that  a  small  and 
perhaps  very  unpopular  party  is  right;  and  per- 
haps its  members  are  suffering  because  they  do 
and  maintain  that  which  is  right. 

What  office  or  honor,  or  pecuniary  gain  can 
pay  a  man  ^or  failing  to  epeak  and  act  his  con- 
victions?   Lowell's  lines  are  true, — 

' '  They  are  slaves  who  will  not  choose 

Hatred,  scoffing,  and  abuse, 
Bather  than  In  silence  shrink 

From  the  truth  they  needs  must  think. 

They  are  slaves  who  fear  to  speak 

For  the  fallen  and  the  weak; 
They  are  slaves  who  dare  not  be 

In  the  right  with  two  or  three." 

Jehovah  is  always  with  the  right.  It  is  wicked 
to  say  that  "  One,  (man)  with  God  is  a  majority." 
Jehovah  is  an  infinite  majority.  His  word  is 
(Isaiah  40:15-17.):  "  Behold  the  nations  are  as  a 
drop  of  a  bucket,  and  are  counted  as  the  small 
dust  of  the  balance." 

"  AU  nations  before  him  are  as  nothmg;  and 
they  are  counted  to  him  less  than  nothing  and 
vanity." 

Talk  of  majorities  of  a  nation!  How  he  over- 
turns the  choice  of  a  so  called  "  mighty  nation!  " 
What  such  has  accomplished  at  great  expense 
and  effort,  he  brings  to  nanght  in  a  moment. 
His  plans  will  be  carried  out  fully.  "  The  Lord 
reigneth;  let  the  earth  rejoice."  Clouds  and 
darkness  are  round  about  him:  Yet  righteous- 
ness and  judgment  are  the  habitation  of  his 
throne."    (Ps.  97:1-2.) 


Wants. — If  you  want  your  orders  promptly 
attended  to  send  them  direct  to  No,  221  Weet 
Madison  Street,  Chicago,  the  home  nud  head- 
quarters of  anti-secrecy  reform  and  henceforth 
the  publication  olflce  of  the  Christian  Cynosure- 

Faith's  eves  can  see  through  a  frown  of  God, 
and  under  it  read  God's  thoughts  of  love  and 
peace. 

Set  your  heart  on  the  inheritance.  Go  up  be- 
forehand and  see  your  lodging.  Look  through 
all  your  Father's  rooms  in  heaven.  In  your 
Father's  house  are  many  dwelling  places.  Men 
take  a  view  of  lands  before  they  buy  them.  I 
know  that  Christ  hath  made  the  bargain  already, 
but  be  kind  to  the  houae  you  are  going  to,  and 
see  it  of^^en.  Set  your  heart  on  things  above, 
where  Christ  is,  at  the  right  hand  of  God. — 
Rutherford. 

Knight  Templarism  is  having  a  rush  of  busi- 
ness. The  Pacific  railways  and  the  Pullman 
car  line  have  been  subjected  and  draw  its  char- 
iot. Next  August  the  Triennial  conclave  meets 
in  San  FrancibcO;  and  all  Masons  of  this  rank 
may  visit  California  for  less  than  half  fare.  It 
costs  a  hundred  or  a  hundred  and  fifty  dollars 
to  get  into  this  eelect  ring  of  lodge  aristocrasy, 
but  a  young  man  who  is  anxious  to  visit  Cali- 
fornia finds  that  he  can  both  get  his  Templar 
toggery  and  his  round  trip  ticket  for  the  price 
of  the  latter  alone ;  hence  he  will  take  the  de- 
gree, unbiassed  by  any  pecuniary  mo'-ive  ;  and 
the  number  of  Greek  crosses  which  are  coming 
out,  like  buds  in  spring,  upon  the  persons  of 
flashy  young  men  shows  that  the  bait  is  taking. 

— Let  amusements  fill  up  the  chinks  of  your 
existence,  and  not  the  great  spaces  thereof. 
Let  your  pleasures  be  taken  as  Daniel  took  his 
prayers — with  his  windows  open;  pleasures 
which  need  not  cause  a  single  blush  on  an  in- 
genious cheek. — Parker. 


RELIGIOUS   INTELLIGENCE. 


The  new  brick  seminary  building  at  Spring 
Arbor,  Mich.,  is  to  be  dedicated  Jan.  7.  Rev. 
B.  E.  Roberts,  of  North  Chi'i,  N.  Y.,  one  of  the 
superintendents  of  the  Free  Methodist  chnrchee, 
officiating  on  the  occasion. 

— The  Rev.  John  Griffin  sailed  from  Philadel- 
phia on  ♦he  20th  of  December  for  the  United 
Presbyterian  mission  in  Egypt.  He  was  accom- 
panied by  Mies  Ella  O.  Kyle,  of  X^tnia,  Ohio, 
who  goes  to  the  same  miesion.  Mr.  Griffin  left 
Egypt  on  the  breaking  out  of  the  rebellion,  and 
came  to  this  country  with  his  three  children.  He 
has  Bucceeded  in  securing  for  them  a  good  home, 
and  now  returns, 

— Prof.  Stratton's  class  at  Wheaton  Theologi- 
cal Seminary  numbers  ten,  two  of  them  being 
temporarily  absent  engaged  in  preaching.  This 
gives  proportionally  a  larger  number  of  students 
than  any  of  the  great  eeminaries  of  Chica»?o  and 
vicinity,  except  possibly  the  Methodist  Episco- 
pal at  Evanston. 

—Prof.  Monhanna  Barakat,  of  the  United 
Presbyterian  College  of  Oeiou',  Egypt,  is  in  this 
country.  He  will  epend  a  few  weeks  in  address- 
ing the  churches  on  the  evangelization  of  Egypt. 

— The  United  Presbyterian  church  has  as  yet 
only  three  institutions  among  the  freedmen, 
located  at  Knoxvi.ile,  Tenn.,  Chase  City,-  Ya,, 
and  Abbeyville,  Ya,,  with  a  total  enroilment  of 
aboTit  700.  It  is  estimated  by  the  secretary  of 
of  the  'Freedmen's  Board,  Rev.  J.  W.  Wither- 
spoon,  that  2,500  ecbolars  have  been  taught  in 
these  schools  and  by  teachers  who  received  edu 
cation  in  them, 

— In  Utah  territory  the  "  Gentiles"  are  re- 
markably active  in  their  endeavors  to  Christian- 
ize the  "saints."  The Epiecopaliane,  Methodists, 
Presbyterians,  Congregationalists,  and  even  the 
Romanists  work  hand  in  hand  to  fight  polygamy 
and  its  attendant  evils.  The  Lutherans  are  now 
in  the  field.  The  Swedish  Augustana  Synod 
pent  a  missionary  (.here  to  work  among  the  Scan- 
dinavians. A  site  for  a  school  house  and  church, 
centrally  located,  has  been  secured  at  the  cost  ot 
^2,500.  A  congregation  when  first  organized 
niimbered  but  five  perjons.  Like  all  the  other 
missions,  this  too  is  a  union  of  school  and 
church.  Thi'ra  are  supposed  to  be  40,000  Scan- 
dinavian Mormons  in  Utah  and  surrounding  eet- 
tiements,  and  ot  these  about  one-fourth  are 
Swedes. 

— Major  D.  W.  Whittle,  who  began  a'serie?  of 
evangelistic  services  in  Dayton  abont  two  weeks 
sii'Ce,  has  been  compelled,  pays  the  Telescope,  t-. 
abamiou  his  labors  on  account  of  throat  affliciiou. 
At  this  time  he  is  unable  to  leave  his  room;  and 
the  meetings  which  were  contmued  for  a  time 
by  the  city  pastors  have  now  been  discontinued. 
Mr.  McGranahan,  the  leader  of  song  in  Mr. 
Whittle's  meetings,  has  also  been  in  poor  health 
since  he  came  to  Dayton. 

— In  addition  to  the  meetinars  condacted  by 
Dr.  E^rle  in  conjunction  with  Dr.  Fulton, 
Brooklyn,  will  be  the  field  of  several  distinctive- 
ly evangelistic  efforts  this  winter.  Rev.  E. 
Hammond  is  to  work  with  Mr.  Talmajje.  The 
Sunday  afternoon  meetings  of  Mr,  Pentecost 
are  large  and  earnest,  and  a  wide-spread  reli 
gious  effect  on  the  masses  outside  of  the  church- 
es will  be  diligently  labored  for. 
^  •  »■ 

The  Charches  vs.  Lodgery. 

The  following  statements  were  made  in  the 
late  Kansas  State  Convention  as  to  the  position 
of  the  different  denominations  represented  to 
ward  secret  soci'  ties.  They  were  collated  anci 
kindly  forwarded  by  the  secretary. 

S.  Collins,  D.  D.,  of  the  United  Presbyterian 
church: 

We  declare  that  all  associations,  whether 
formed  for  political,  or  benevo-ent  purposee, 
which  impose  upon  their  members  au  oath  ol 
secrecy,  or  an  obligation  to  obey  a  code  of  un- 
known laws,  are  inconsistent  with  the  geniue 
and  spirit  of  Christ,  and  church  members  oughi 
not  to  have  fellowship   w'th   such  associations." 

Rev.  W.  Hibbard  of  the  Free  Methodist 
ehoroh: 


"  Evil  works  instinctively  incline  to  darkness. 
Good  works  grow  up  in  light.  A  bad  institu- 
tion nfed  not  be  secret-.  Therefore  all  f?ecret 
societies  are  to  be  eschewed.  Any  society  re- 
quiring an  oath,  affirmation,  or  promise  of  se- 
crecy aa  a  condition  of  membership  is  held  to 
be  a  fecret  society;  and  any  member  joining  or 
continuing  in  su'^h,  violates  his  covenant  obiiga- 
tion«  and  shall  in  due  form  be  excluded  from  the 
church." 

Rev.  R.  Loggau  of  the  United  Brethren 
church: 

There  shall  be  no  connevtion  with  secret  com- 
binations, nor  shall  involuntary  serWtude  be 
tolerated  in  any  way.  Any  member  or  preacher 
who  shall  connect  himnelf  with  a  secret  society 
shall  be  regarded  as  having  thereby  declared 
that  he  prefers  such  society  to  the  fellowship  of 
onr  chiKxh,  and  shall  be  considered  as  having 
withdrawn  from  the  church.  No  person  shall  he 
permitted  to  join  our  church  while  holding 
membership  in  a  secret  society." 

Rev.  J.  S.  T.  Millipan, Reformed  Presbyterian: 
Christians  should  walk  in  the  Htjht.  The  r 
doctrines,  their  purposes,  and  manner  of  life, 
their  rules  of  action  and  conduct,  should  not  be 
concealed.  The  formation  of  secret  aspc^iations 
for  the  prosecution  of  ends,  however  good 
])rofe6sedly,  is  inconsiEitent  with  the  require- 
ments of  Christian  principles. 
.  We  therefore  condemn  the  following  errors, 
and  testify  against  all  who  maintain  them:  * 
*  *  7th.  That  members  of  associations,  either 
sworn  or  pledged  to  eecresy  in  regard  to  the 
nature  and  doings  of  such  associations,  may  be 
admitted  to  ecclesiastical  teliowship." 


— In  a  recent  sermon  Spurgeon  used  the  fol- 
lowing significant  language.  If  some  peop'e  on 
our  side  of  the  Atlantic  did  not  shut  their  eyes 
to  the  truth  th^y  would  take  warning  frum  he 
weighty  wor^s  :  "  It  needs  but  iittle  to  degrade 
the  Christian  into  a  Ritualist,  and  stiil  less  to 
turn  the  Rituali»>t  into  a  Romaniet,  We  shall 
go  far  if  we  once  start  on  the  downhill  road.  1 
would  to  God,  in  these  degenerate  times,  we  had 
back  again  somewhat  of  the  stern  spirit  of  the 
Cameronians  and  the  Covenanters;  for  now  men 
play  fast  and  loose  with  God,  and  think  that 
anything  they  ple^Pe  to  do  will  satisfy  the  MoFt 
Hijjh.  Mifcchiet  will  surely  come  of  this  lax  state 
of  things  to  the  churches  of  this  day,  as  surely 
fl?  f=fflicti''in  came  to  Israel  of  old." 


ANTI-SECRECY     TRACTS 

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In  this  series  of  Tracts  will  be  found  the  opinions  of  such  men  as  Hon. 
J.  Q.  Adams,  Wm.  H.  Seward,  James  Madison,  Daniel  Webster,  Rich- 
ard Rush,  Jolin  Hancock,  Millard  Fillmore,  Chief  .Justice  Marshall. 
Seth  M.  Gates,  Nathaniel  Colver,  President  Finney,  President  Blanch- 
ard,  Pliilo  Carpenter,  Hon.  J.  B.  Walker,  Chancellor  Howard  Crosby, 
D.  L.  Moody,  and  others. 
KO  KG. PAGES. 

1  Historical  Sketch  of  theX.C.A.,  by  Pres.  J.  Blanchard 4 

2  Voice  of  the  Empire  State  in  Condemnation  of  Masonry 4 

3  Address  to  American  Pastors  on  the  Secret  Lodge 4 

4  Freemasonry  in  the  Family,  by  J.  P.  StodJard 4 

5  Pres.  Finney  on  the  Duty  of  Christians  toward  the  Lodge 2 

6  AVarning  against  JIasonry  (For  Colored  People),  Illustrated f 

7  To  the  Boys  who  Hope  to  be  >Icn,  Illustrated   , i 

8  Freemasonry  Modern  Heathenism 4 

H    Ministers  at  Rival  Altars ^ 

10  A  Pastor's  Confession '- 

11  Knight  Templar  Masonry * 

12  Alexander  Campbell's  Estimate  of  the  Lodges 4 

13  "Tb    Secret  Empiie,'    by  J.  P.  Stoddard 4 

14  True  and  Fal.se  Templarism 4 

15  Secrecy  and  Sin,  from  the  "Christian"  47  Cornhlll,  Boston 4 

j6    Selling  Dead  Horses,  by  •■Bostonlau" 4 

17  History  of  Masonry,  by  Pres.  J.  Blancbard 4 

18  Despotic  Cliaracter  of  Freemasonry 4 

lit    Freemasonry  a  Christ -excluding  Religion 5 

20    Masonic  Murder,  by  Eider  T.  R.  Balrd 2 

■2\     Grand,  Great  Grand,  by  Philo  Carpenter 2 

ii    Masonic  Oatbs  and  Penalties  sworn  to  liy  the  GrandLodgeofR.L.    4 

■~'?    Letters  of  J.  Q.  Adams  and  J    Madison  on  Freemasonry     4 

24     Satan's  Cable  Tow 4 

~r>    Cliaracter  and  symbols  of  Freemasonry,  Illustrated 2 

'X    Address  of  the  Niagara  Association  on  the  Murder  of  Morgan,   ,     4 

'27    .Tiulge  Whitney  and  Jiasonry — Masonry  Defends  a  Murderer 8 

■28    Nathaniel  Colver  and  Howard  Crosby  on  Secret  Societies 2 

29  Grand  Lodge  Masonry,  by  Pres.  .1.  Blanchard 16 

30  Masonic  Oaths  Null  and  Void,  by  Rev.  I.  A.  Hart 4 

31  Hon.  Seth  M.  Gates  on  Freemasonry * 

32  Origin,  Obligation  and  Expenses  of  the  Grange 4 

33  Hon.  Wm    H.  Seward  on  Secret  Societies 8 

M    What  Great  Men  Say  about  Freemasonry 2 

35  Objections  to  Masonry,  by  a  Seceding  Mason 4 

36  Masonic  Chastity,  by  Emma  A.  Wallace 4 

37  Reasoub  ""vy  a  Clirisrian  shjuld  not  he  a  Freemason  (German) .      4 

38  Masonic  C. ''8  and  Penalties,  by  Rev.  A.  M.  Milllgan     4 

39  Should  Freemasons  he  admitted  to  Christian  Fellowship? 4 

40  The  Object  of  the  American  (Anti-masonic)  Party 8 

41  Freemasonry  a  Religion  (shown  by  Its  own  authors) 8 

42  Duty  and  Ability  to  Know  the  Character  of  Masonry S 

43  Affidavit  that  Masonry  Is  revealed,  by  J.  O.  Doesburg  and  others    4 

44  D.  L.  Moody  on  Secret  Societies 4 

45  Ought  a  Seceding  Mason  to  Keep  his  Lodge  Oath  ? 4 

46  Nos.  17, 18  and  19  combined,  by  Prof.  Cervln  (Swedish) M 

47  Irish  Miirders  ana  Secret  Soolettes 4 


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JaTiuarv  4,  1888 


NOMt  AMD  FARM. 


Shut  out  the  Cold. 

The  temperature  of  the  livins? 
unitnal  bofly  cannot  vary  grreatlv, 
and  therefore  when  the  weather 
grows  fiolder  there  is  an  iuereaEed 
demand  for  food  to  be  consumed 
in  keppioff  up  the  natural  heat.  A 
low  temperature  is  an  expensive 
condition,  'is  every  farmer  who  has 
wintered  his  stock  well  knowe. 
There  are  two  general  methods  of 
'"iverer'Tning  the  wearing-  or  exhaus- 
tive effects  of  severe  cold  weather: 
givino'  the  animalp  an  abundance 
of  rich  and  pal  stable,  heat-forraing 
fond,  and  securing  them  from  ex- 
poPiTre  in  warm  and  comfortable 
stables.  A  happy  combination  of 
thete  two  methods  is  the  one  to  be 
provided  by  every  etock  raiser 
who  looks  both  to  comfort  of  his 
animals  and  their  profitableness. 

If  stables  generally  couh^  be 
warmed  with  safety  by  stove8,there 
is  no  doubt  that  a  savin j^  in  the 
nmount  of  fodder  would  result. 
Mufh  can  be  done  in  this  direction 
by  keeping  the  animals  in  well- 
built  stables,  and  free  from  all  cur- 
rents of  frost-laden  air.  The  writ- 
er has  in  mind  a  stable,  where  a 
long  row  of  milk  cows  suffered,  al- 
most to  the  point  of  freezing,  on 
many  winter  nights,  because  tho 
st^le  was  full  of  large  cracks,  and 
the  doors  only  partly  phut  out  the 
drifting  snows.  A  fow  hours  of 
patching  the  walls,  flooring,  end 
doors,  with  very  little  expense  for 
lumber,  would  have  made  its  good 
effects  eviflent  within  a  single  week 
at  <ho  dairy-room.  A  cow  is  not 
nfciierbest  when  she  must  shiver 
wi'h  the  cold  and  have  her  rough 
coa'^  covered  with  frost  and  snow 
of  a  severe  winter  night.  Looked 
"t  ill  simply  a  pecuniary  liyht, 
t!/!  method  of  keeping  farm 
elcKk  dops  not  bring  the  best  re- 
turns. There  is  no  farmer  who, 
being  able  to  own  a  herd  of  cittle 
or  a  flock  of  sherp,  fian  afford 
not  to  house  them  well.  He  may 
let  them  eat  at  will  from  the  stack 
of  the  best  hay  that  is  made,  but 
if  they  have  no  naore  shelter  than 
the  stack  affbrdp,  he  may  come  to 
the  conclusion  common  to  all  bad 
agricultural  practice,  that  farming 
does  not  pay.  Let  this  be  a  word 
in  Feason  for  all  those  who  may 
profit  by  it.  Stop  the  cracks  in 
the  stables,  and  save  pain  for  your 
animals  and  money  for  yourself. 
Take  special  care  not  to  have  the 
farm  stock  exposed  to  the  chill- 
ing winter  blasts;  vn  short,  shut 
ou^tho  cold. — American  Agricul- 
turist. 


Emperor's  service,  no'v  confesses 
that  he,  by  cruelly  flogging  the 
horse  on  showing  him  white 
plumes  such  as  the  king  wo'-e,  had 
been   the  author  of  the  difficulty. 


They  have  at  one  of  the  leading 
restaurants  in  Paris  a  Chinef?e 
cook  whose  sole  and  exclusive 
duty  is  to  cook  rice.  It  is  claim- 
ed that  he  can  prepare  and  serve 
it  in  two  or  three  dozen  different 
styles.  When  Lord  Lyms  gives  din- 
ner parties  he  hires  this  culinary 
Chinaman  for  the  special  purpose 
of  cooking  a  dish  of  curry  and 
rice  that  is  described  as  delicious. 


When  Humbert  of  Italy — famed 
for  his  ac'mirable  horpemanship — 
visited  Vienna,  his  horse,  one  of 
the  finest  in  the  imperial  stables, 
was  eo  utterly  unmarageaWe  that 
hehsd,  tohis  great  morlificatior, 
to  t'ako  hi?  seat  in  a  ca*r"»(>e.  A 
groom,,  since  dlBchwged  from  th_ 


Oil  of  Peppeemint  in  Neukal- 
GiA. — Dr.  Meredith,  in  the  Bir- 
mingham Medical  Review,  recom- 
mends oil  of  peppermint  as  an 
external  application  for  allaying 
npuralgic  pain,  so  often  complain- 
ed ot  in  cases  of  herpes  zoster.  He 
has  used  it  with  great  relief  to  the 
patient  even  when  the  eruption 
was  out  in  a  fresh  florid  condition. 
He  thinks  that  the  value  of  this 
remedy  in  relieving  neuralgic  pain 
deserves  to  be  better  known. — 
Exchange. 


It  is  on  r-  thing  to  raise  a  goodly 
number  of,  promising  pullets  and 
to  carry  them  suceessfully  through 
the  summer  and  fall,  but  if  we 
neglect  them  now  and  do  not  pro- 
vide good  house  quarters,  grain, 
animal  and  vegetable  food  for 
their  use  in  winter,  the  summer 
labor  will  much  of  it  be  thrown 
away. 

Oallas  should  not  be  forced  im- 
mediately after  planting,  but  should 
be  kept  in  a  cool  room  until  well 
rooted,  before  moving  to  a  warm- 
er place.  The  pots  must  be  well 
drained,  for,  although  the  Caila 
requ'res  much  moisture,  it  does 
not  flower  well  with  stagnant  wat- 
er at  its  roots- 

The  London  Gardner''8  Chron- 
icle closes  a  lengthy  notice  ot  sev- 
eral fruit  tree  maladies,  with  the 
caution  never  to  use  artificial 
manure,  with  the  composition  of 
which  the  cultivator  is  not  thor- 
oughly   acquainted. 

Hens  properly  handled  will  lay 
as  many  eggs  from  November  to 
May,  as  from  May  to  November. 
But  few  hens  do  it,  to  judge  by 
the  rate  at  which  'eggs  are  now 
selling  per  dozen. 


NATIONAL  CHRISTIAN  ASSOCIATION 


Wo  have  recently  exchanged  a 
lot  of  Anti-masonic  publications 
for  Bibles  which  we  offer  at  low 
rates  post  paid. 

We  have  well  bound  pocket  Bi- 
bles at  ^1.00,  $1.35,  $1.50,  $2.00, 
$2.25,  $2.50  and  $3.00.  Also  some 
fine  Oxford  and  Tract  Society 
Teachers  Bibles  at  $3.00,  $3.25, 
$3.50  and  $4.25. 

Of  the  family  Bibles  all  but  two 
have  already  been  disposed  of, 
leaving  one  at  $3.00  and  the  other 
at  $6.75. 

Among  the  pocket  Bibles  are 
some  Oxford  edition  with  leather 
protecting  edges  at  $2.00  and 
$3.00  each.     Address, 

EzKA  A.  Cook, 
7  Wabash  Ave.,  Chicago. 


PHOTOGRAPHS. 

Vfa  now  li.avo  at  Hie  Gijuosure  ollice  a  supply  of 
Y.-olI-uxeciUod  card  photographs  of  Captain  Wm. 
Morgan,  President  J.  Blanchard,  Tresident  Charles 
G.  Finney  and  Eider  David  Bernard,  at  15 
cenla   eacli,  or  the  four  for  50  cents,   post-paid. 


Handsome  Marriage  Certificates. 

Lithographed  In  blacic  and  gold,  with  a  place  on 
each  for  two  photographs. 

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charges  not  paid,  l|il4.0O  per  100.  Sample  sent  post* 
paid  ou  ret  H^i  at  85  cents.    Size,  12  by  18  i  nches. 

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221  W.  Madison  St.,  Chicago. 

Pkesidknt.  —  J.  Blanchard,  Wheaton, 
111. 

TicE  -  Pkesidknt.  —  Thos.  H.  Gault, 
Chjcago. 

EC.  Sec. — John  D.  Nutting,  Chicago. 

CoK.  Sec.  and  Gen.  Agent. — J.  P.  Stod- 
dard, 221  W.  Madison  Street,  Chicago. 

TREASiniEa.— W.  I.  Phillips,  221  W. 
Madison  Street,  Chicago. 

DiRECTOKS. — Philo  Carpenter,  J.  Blanch- 
ard, M.  R.  Britten,  E.  A.  Cook,  H  L.  Kel- 
logg, D.  P.  Baker,  T.  H.  Gault,  A.  G. 
Laird,  C.  R.  Hagerty,  John  Gardner,  L.  N^ 
Strattoii. 

THE  NATIONAL  CONVENTION. 

President.— Rev.  8.  Collins,  Wash 
ington,  D.  C. 

Secbbtabiks.— H.  L.  Kellogg,  W.  H. 
Rosa  and  M.  N.  Butler. 

The  object  of  this  Association  la : 

"To  «ipo»e,  wlthstMid  aad  rameye  iecret  gocl- 
etien,  ■fteemasoniy  In  pRrticular,  and  other  antt- 
ChrktiAn  movementa,  m  order  to  lav*  the  ehnrch- 
as  of  Christ  from  being  depraved,  t»  redeem  the 
stdmlnlstratlon  of  justice  from  perversion,  and 
our  republican  govarsment  from  corruption. " 

To  carry  on  this  work  contributions  uo 
Bolicited  from  every  friend  of  the  reform, 

FoBM  or  BsquiOT.— I  .dve  and  bequeath  %»  the 

National  Christian  Aseociation,  incorporated  and 
«i»ting  under  the  law*  of  the  Stste  of  nilnoli, 

tho  sum  «f dollars,  for  the  purposei  of  ■ai« 

ABsociation,   afid   for   which  the  receipt  of   It* 
Treagurer  for  the  tfime  betCRr  ehall  be  a  sufflBlaut 

STATE  AUXILIARY  ASSOCIATIONS. 

Alabama. — Pres.,    W.    A.   McAlpine 
•  Sec,  G.  M.  Elliott;  Treas.,  E.  ishel,   all 
of  Selma. 

California. — Pres.,  L.  B.  Lathrop, 
HoUister;  Cor.  Sec,  Mrs.  U.  P.  Merrill, 
Woodland;  Treas.,  C.  Ruddock,  Wood- 
land. 

Connecticut.— Pres.,  J.  A.  Conant, 
Willimantic ;  Sec,  Geo.  Smith,  Willi- 
mantic;  Treas.,  C.  T.  Collins,  Windsor. 

Illinois. — Pres  .,N.E.Gardner,Haldane. 
Sec,  C.  W.  Hiatt,  Tonica;  Treas.,  J.  C. 
Scboenberger,  Chicago. 

Indiana. — Pees.,  I.  W.  Lowman,  Au. 
burn;  Sec,  S-  Y.  Miller,  College  Corners; 
Treas.,  Benj.  Ulsh,  Silver  Lake. 

Iowa. — Pres.,  C.  D.  Trumbull,  Morning 
Sun ;  Rec.  Sec.  A.  W.  Hall,  College  Spring ; 
Cor.  Sec,  W.  T.  Moffltt,  Morning  Sun; 
Treas.,  Joseph  Laird,  Wayne. 

Kansas.— Pres.,  J.  S.  T.  Milligan,  North 
Cedar ;  Sec,  J.  Alter,  Valley  Falls ;  Treas. 
J.  A.  Torreiice,  Winchester. 

Mabsachtjsbtts. — Pres.,  S.  A.  Pratt; 
Sec,  Mrs.  E.  D.  Bailey;  Treas.,  David 
Manning,  Sr. ;  all  of  Worcester. 

Michigan. — E^es.,  Wm.  Wing,  Grand 
Rapids;  Rec.-Sec'y,  A.  H.  Springstein, 
Pontiac ;  Cor.  Sec,  W.  H.  Rops,  Allegan ; 
Treas.,  C.  C.  Poote,  88  Columbia  Street, 
Detroit. 

Minnesota. — Pres.  E.  G.  Paine,  Wasi- 
oja;  Cor.  Sec,  W.  H.  McChesney,  Fair- 
mont:  Rec  Sec'y  Thos .  Hartley,  Richland ; 
Treas.,  Wm.  H.  Morrill,  St.  Charles. 

MissOTJBi. — Pres.  C.  J.  Kephart  Avalon ; 
Treas.,  William  Beauchamp,  Avalon;  Cor. 
Sec,  M.  N.  Butler,  Albany. 

Nebraska. — Pres.  S.  Austin,  Fair- 
mount  ;  Cor,  Sec,  W.  S.  Spooner,  Kearney ; 
Treas  ,  R.  A.  Bishop,  Seeley's  Mills. 

New  Hampshire. — Pres.  Elder  J.  G. 
Smith,  New  Hampton ;;  Sec,  S.C  Kimball 
New  Market;  Treas.,  E.  Smith,  Center 
Straflord. 

New  York. — Pres.  F.  W.  Capwell, 
Dale ;  Sec'y,  Isaac  Hyatt,  Dale ;  Treas., 
M.  Merrick,  Syracuse. 

Ohio. — Pres.,  Wm.  Dillon,  Dayton; 
Cor.  Bee,  J.  P.  Lytle,  Sago;  Treas.,  J.  M. 
Scott,  iilexandrla. 

PE.NN8TLVANIA. — Pres.  A.  L.  Post,  Mou- 
trose;Cor.  Sec,  N.Callender, Thompson; 
Treas.,  W.  B.  Bertels,  Wilkesbarre. 

Wisconsin. — Pres.,  Enos  Collins,  Colo 
ma ;  Cor.  Sec.  W.  W.  Warner,  Baraboo ; 
Treas.,  M.  R.  Britten,  Vienna. 

West  Virginia. — Pres.,  D.  B.  Turney, 
Sec,  John  Bosley,  Grafton;  Treas.,  H.  B. 
Higglns,  Petroleum. 

* «» 

Anti-masonic  Lecturers. 

General  Agent  and  Lecturer,  J.  P. 
Stoddard,  231  West  Madison  street,  Chi- 
cago. 

Agents  for  the  South :  H.  H.  Hinman, 
Wheaton,  111.,  and  Paul  S.  Feemster, 
Larned,  Kans. 

E.  D.  Bailey,  Worcester,  Mass.,  Agent 
for  New  England. 

Degree  Workers. — (Seceders.) 

D.  P.  Rathbun,  Clarence,  Iowa, 
S.  E.  StaiTv,  Clarence,  Iowa. 
Jas.  Furguson,    "  " 

J.  K.  Glassford,  Carthage,  Mo. 

State  Lkotubees. 

California,  D.  A.  Richards,  Woodland. 
Conn.,  J.   L.   Barlow  of  Willmautio. 


Indiana,  B.  L.  Cook  ot  Albion. 
Iowa,  D.  P.  Rathbun,  Clarence. 
Missouri,  M  N.  Butler  of  Albany. 
Wisconsm.  Isaac  Bancroft .  Monroe.  , 

Other  LBcrnRBRS. 

C.  A.  Blanchard,  Wheaton,  111 
N.  Call  ender,  Thompson,  Pa. 
J.  H.  Timmons,  Tarentum,  Pa. 
J.  H.  Baird,  Templeton,  Pa. 
T.  B.  McCormick,  Princeton,  Ind 
E.  Johnson,  Dayton,  Ind. 
J.  M.  Bishop,  Chambersburg,  Pa 
A.  Mayn,  Promise  City,  Mich. 
J.  B.  Cressinger.  Sullivan,  O. 
W.  M.  Love,  Baker,  Mo. 
A.  D.  Freeman,  Downers  Grove,  111. 
J.  P.  Richards,  Belmont,  Wis. 
E.  Mathews,  Spring  Arhor,  Mich. 
Wm.  Penton,  St.  Paul,  Minn. 
E.  T.  Grinnell,  Blairsburg,  iowa. 
Warren  Taylor,  South  Salem,  O. 
J.  S.  Perry,  Thompson,  Conn. 

C.  F.  Hawley,  Wheaton,  111. 

J.  T.  Michael,  New  Wilmington,  Pa. 
Prof.  S.  C.  Kimball,  New  Market,  N.  fl. 
Elder  L.  H.  Buf kins,  Scranton,  Iowa. 
S.  G.  Barton,  Breckinridge,  Mo. 
Joel  H.  Austin,  Goshen,  Ind. 

D.  B.  Turney,  Bird  Station,  111. 
J.  F.  Browne,  Cabin  Creek,  Ky. 

E.  Barnetson,  Jackson  Valley,  Pa. 


The  Churches  against  Lodgery. 

The  following  denominations  are  com 
mitted  by  vote  of  their  legislative  assem- 
blies or  by  constitution  to  a  separation 
from  secret  lodge  worship : 

Adventists  (Seventh-day). 

Baptists — Primitive,  Seventh-day  and 
Scandinavian. 

Brethren  (Dunkers  or  German  Baptists). 

Christian  Reformed  Church. 

Church  of  God  (Northern  Indiana  El- 
dership.) 

Congregational — The  State  Associations 
of  Illinois  and  Iowa  have  adopted  resolu- 
tions against  the  lodge. 

Disciples  (in  part). 

Friends. 

Lutherans — Norwegian,  Danish,  Swed- 
ish and  Synodical  Conferences. 

Mennonites. 

Methodists — Free  and  Wesleyan. 

Methodist  Protestant  (Minnesota  Con 
ference). 

Moravians. 

Plymouth  Brethren. 

Presbyterian — ^Associate,  Reformed  and 
United. 

Reformed  Church  (Holland  Branch). 

United  Brethren  in  Christ. 

Individual  churches  in  some  of  these 
denominations  should  be  excepted,  in 
part  of  them  even  a  considerable  portion. 

The  following  local  churches  have,  as  a 
pledge  to  disfellowship  and  oppose  lodge 
worship,  given  their  names  to  the  follow- 
ing list  as 

THE   ASSOCIATED  CHCRCHBS  OF  CHRIST. 

New  Ruhamah  Congregational,  Hamil- 
ton, Miss. 

Pleasant  Ridge  Congregational,  Sand- 
ford  county,  Ala. 

New  Hope  Methodist,Lowndes  co..  Miss. 

Congregational,  College  Springs,  Iowa. 

College  Church  of  Christ,  Wheaton,  III. 

First  Congregational,  Leland,  Mich. 

Sugar  Grove  church,  Green  county.  Pa. 

Military  Chapel,  M.  E.,  Lowndes  Co., 
Miss. 

Hopewell  Missionary  Baptist,  Lowndes 
Co.,  Miss. 

Cedar  Grove  Missionary  Baptist,  Lown- 
des Co.,  Miss. 

Simon's  Chapel,M.  E.,Lownde8  co..  Miss. 

Pleasant  Ridge  Missionary  Baptist, 
Lowndes  Co.,  Miss. 

Brownlee  church,  Caledonia,  Miss. 

Salem  church,  Lowndes  Co.,  Miss. 

West  Preston  Baptist  church,  Wayne 
Co.  Pa. 

Other  local  churches  which  have  adopt- 
ed the  same  principles  are — 

Baptist  churches ;  N.  Abington,  Pa.; 
Menom(nie,  Mondovi,  Waubeck  and 
Spring  Prairie,  Wis. ;  Wheaton,  111. ;  Per- 
ry, N.  Y.;  Spring  Greek,  near  Burlington, 
Iowa;  Lima,  Ind.;  Constableville,  N.  Y. 
The  "Good  Will  Association"  of  Mobile, 
Ala.,  comprising  some  twenty-five  colored 
Baptist  churches;  Bridgewater  Baptist 
Association,  Pa. ;  Old  Tebo  Baptist,  n«ar 
Leesville,  Hemy  Co.,  Mo.;  Hoopeston,  111. 

Congregational  churches :  let  of  Ober- 
lin,  O. ;  Tonica,  Crystal  Lake,  Union  and 
Big  Woods,  111.;  Solsbury,  Ind.;  Congre- 
gational Methodist,  Maplewood,  Mass. 

Presbyterian  church,  Hoopeston,  111. 

Independent  churches  in  Lowell,  Coun- 
tryman school  house  near  Lindenwood, 
Marengo  and  Streator,  111.;  Berea  and 
Camp  Nelson,  Ky.;  Ustick.  111.;  Clprks- 
burg,  Kans.  State  At  sociation  of  Minis- 
ten  «nd  GhnrcLes  In  QWM  ot  KmtudKf 


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ON  FREEMASONRY, 

Freemasonry  Illustrated.  A  complete 
exposition  of  tlie  seven  degrees  of  the  Blue  Lodge 
and  Chapter.  Profusely  Illustrated.  A  historical 
sketch  of  the  Institution  and  a  critical  analysis  of  , 
the  character  of  each  degree,  by  Frest.  .J.  Bhmch- 
ard,  of  "Wheaton  College.  Monitorial  quotations 
and  nearly  four  hundred  notes  from  standard  Ma- 
sonic authorities  confirm  the  truthfulness  of  this 
exposition  and  show  the  characterof  Masonic  teach- 
ing and  doctrine.  The  accuracy  of  this  exposition 
legally  attested  by  J.  O.  Doesburg,  Past  Master  Un- 
ity □  No.  191,  Holland,  Mich  ,  and  oth' rs.  This 
Is  the  latest,  most  accurate  and  compleie  exposi- 
tion of  Blue  Lodge  and  Chapter  Masonry.  Over 
one  hundred  illustrations — several  of  them  full 
page — give  a  pictorial  representation  of  the  lodge- 
I'oom,  chapter  and  principal  ceremonies  of  the  de- 
grees, with  the  dress  of  candidates,  signs,  grips. 
He.  Complete  work  of  640  pages,  in  cloth,  $1.00; 
yier  dozen,  $9.00.  Paper  covers,  60  cents;  per  doz- 
en, $5.50.  First  three  degrees  (376  pages),  in  cloth, 
75  cents;  per  dozen,  $T.00.  Paper  cover,  40  cents; 
per  dozen,  $4.00.  J^^The  Masonic  quotations  are 
worth  the  price  of  this  book. 

Knig'h.t  Templarism  Illustrated.  A  full 
Illustrated  ritual  of  the  six  degrees  of  the  Council 
and  Coinmaudery,  comprising  the  degrees  of  Royal 
Master,  Select  Master,  Super-Excellent  Master, 
Knight  of  the  Ked  Cross.  Knight  Templar  and  Knight 
of  Malta.  A  book  of  341  pages.  In  cloth,  $1.00; 
$8.50  per  dozen.  Paper  covers,  50cts;  $4.00  per 
dozen. 

Freemasonry  Exposed.  By  Capt.  "William 
Morgan.  The  genuine  old  Morgan  book  republished, 
with  engravings  showing  the  lodge-ruoui,  dress  of 
candidates,  signs,  due  guards,  grips,  etc.  This  rev- 
elation was  so  accurate  that  Freemasons  murdered 
-he  author  for  writing  It,    85  cents  each;  per  dozen, 

Adoptive  Masonry  Illustrated^    A  fun 

and  complete  Illustrated  ritual  of  the  five  degrees  of 
Female  Freemasonry,  by  Thomas  Lowes  comprising 
the  degrees  of  Jephthah's  Daughter,  Ruth,  Esther, 
Martha  and  Electa,  and  known  as  the  Daughter's 
Degree,  Widow's  Degree,  Wife's  Degi'ee,  Sister's  De- 
gree and  the  Benevolent  Degree.  30  cents  each; 
per  dozen,  $1.75. 

Valance's  Confession  of  the  Murder  of 

Capt.  Wm.  Morgan.  This  confession  of  Henry  L. 
Valance,  one  of  the  three  Freemasons  who  drowned 
Morgan  In  the  Niagara  River,  was  taken  from  the 
Sips  of  the  dying  man  by  Dr.  John  C.  Emerj  ,  of  Ra- 
cine County,  Wisconsin,  In  1848.  10  cetts  eachi 
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History  of  the  Abduction  and  Murder 

or  Capt.  Wm.  Mokgak  As  prepared  by  seven  com- 
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of  Morgan.  This  book  contains  Indisputable,  legal 
.?vldence  that  Freemasons  abducted  and  murdered 
Wm.  Morgan,  for  no  other  offense  than  the  revela- 
tion of  Masonry.  It  contains  the  sworn  testimony 
of  over  twenty  persons.  Including  Morgan's  wife? 
end  no  candid  person,  after  reading  this  book,  can 
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sons  In  the  Empire  State  were  concerned  In  tlile 
crime.    25  cents  each;  per  dozen,  $8.00. 

The  Broken  Seal;  or  Personal  Reminiscences, 
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Rezninisconces  of  Morgan  Times,    By 

Elder  David  Bernard,  author  of  Bernard's  Light  on 
M^eonry  This  is  a  thrilling  narrative  of  the  lncl» 
dents  connected  with  Bernard's  Revelation  of  Free- 
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Oaths    and    Penalties   of   the   33   Ce- 

BBKBs  OF  Freemasonry.  To  get  these  thirty-three 
ilegrees  of  Masonic  bondage,  the  candidate  takes 
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Oaths  and  Penalties  of  Freemasonry, 

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The  New  Berlin  trials  began  in  the  attempt  of 
Freemasons  to  prevent  public  Initiations  by  seceding 
Masons.  These  trials  were  held  at  New  Berlin, 
Chenango  Co.,  N.  Y.,  April  13  and  14th,  18?1,  and 
General  Augustus  C.  Welsh,  sherifC  of  the  county, 
and  other  adhering  Freemasons,  swore  to  the  truth- 
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Finney  on  Masonry.  The  character,  clal  as 
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Cfaarlea  G.  Finney,  of  Oberlln  College.  President 
Plnney  was  a  "bright  Mason,"  but  left  the  lodge 
when  he  became  a  Christian.  This  book  has  opened 
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Ex-President    John    Quincy    Adams' 

Lettbrs  on  the  Nature  of  Masonic  Oaths,  Obliga- 
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tian religion.  Paper  cover,  30  cents  each;  per  doz- 
en, ¥2.50. 

Freemasoni-y  Self-Condemned.  By  Kev. 
J.  W.  Bain.  A  careful  and  logical  sta(  5ment  ot 
reasons  why  secret  orders  should  not  be  feilowishlpea 
oy  the  Christian  Church,  and  by  the  United  Presby- 
terian church  in  particular.  Paper  covers:  price. 
80  cents  each;  perdozen,  $a.00. 

Xiight  on  Freemasonry.  By  Elder  D.  Ber- 
nard. To  which  is  appended  "  A  Revelation  of  the 
Mysteries  of  Odd-fellowship  (oM  work),  by  a  Mem- 
ber of  the  Craft."  The  whole  containing  over  five 
himdred  pages,  lately  revised  and  republished. 
In  cloth,  .$1.50  each;  per  dozen,  J14.50.  The  first 
part  of  the  above  work.  Light  on  Freemasonry,  41b 
paies.  75  cent?  each:    rir  dozen.  $7.50 

Freemasonry  and  the  M.  E.  Church. 
Let  every  lover  of  truth  and  justice  read  this  report 
of  the  trial  of  Rev.  J.  T.  Michael,  showing  how  he 
was  driven  out  of  the  M.  E.  church  for  opposing 
Masonry  and  loving  Methodism.  10  cents  each; 
perdozen.  .*1.00. 

Bernard's  Appendix  to  Light  on  Ma- 
60NRY.  Showing  the  character  of  the  institution 
by  its  terrible  oaths  and  penalties.  Paper  covers: 
'25  cents  each;  per  dozen,  f.J.00. 

Discussion  on  Secret  Societies.  By 
Elder  M.  S.  Newcomer  and  Elder  G.  W.  Wilson. 
This  discussion  was  first  published  in  a  series  of  ar- 
ticles In  the  Chill  ch  Advocnte.  and  afterward  in 
pamphlet  form.  The  Evannelical  Repository,  re- 
viewing  it,  says:  "This  pamphlet  consists  of  a  se- 
ries of  articles  originally  published  in  the  Church 
Advocate,  Lancaster,  Pa.  Elder  M.  S.  Newcomer 
opposes  secret  societies,  and  especially  Freemasonry 
and  Elder  G.  W.  Wilson  defends  the  system.  We 
are  fret  to  say  that  Mr.  Newcoa^er  has  thoroughly 
routed  his  opponent  at  every  point.  Mr.  WUson 
speaks  by  the  book,  as  he  Is  a  Royal  Arch  Mason,** 
85  cents  eaeb;  per  dozen,  fi.OO. 

A  Masonic  Conspiracy,  Reemong  in  s 
fraudulent  divorce,  and  various  other  ontrages 
upon  the  rights  of  a  defenseless  woman.  Also  ths 
account  of  a  Alasonic  murder,  by  two  eye- witnesses. 
By  Mrs.  Louisa  Walters.  This  5s  a  thrlUlngly  Inter- 
esting, trae  luurntUve.   iiO  oestistMit^  vetdogen, 


16 


THIS.  CHHISTIAH  CTHOSUHB, 


January  4,  1883 


IVEm  OF  THE  WEEK. 


— The  Senate  on  Wednesday  passed  the 
Civil  Service  Reform  bill  with  important 
amendments  which  require  the  action  of 
the  House. 

—The  report  that  General  W.  T.  Sher- 
man had  joined  the  Roman  Catholic 
church  Is  denied. 

— Chicago  stands  fifth  on  the  list  of  oar 
cities  as  a  port  of  entry.  New  York,  Bos- 
ton ,  Philadelphia  and  San  Francisco  are 
the  first  four. 

—Alexander  H.  Stephens,  the  new  gov- 
ernor of  Georgia,  since  be  took  c  fllce,  less 
than  eight  weeks  ago,  has  pardoned  and 
turned  loose  upon  the  community  forty- 
eight  convicts,  twelve  of  whom  were  mur- 
derers and  five  were  convicted  of  rape. 

— As  a  consequence  of  the  failure  of  the 
City  Bank  of  Rochester,  N.  Y.,  whose 
President  speculated  in  oil  with  the  de- 
positors money,  a  run  has  begun  upon 
some  of  the  local  savings  banks. 

— While  Mrs.  Barker  of  Brookings, 
Dakota ,  was  absent  from  her  house,  en- 
gaged in  doing  some  work  at  the  barn, 
her  three  little  children  were  left  alone. 
It  is  presumed  they  were  playing  with  the 
fire,  for  upon  the  mother's  return  two  of 
them  were  found  burned  to  death,  and  the 
clothing  of  a  third,  an  infant  six  months 
old,  was  on  fire.  The  heroic  mother's 
eflEbrts  to  save  the  little  one  nearly  cost 
her  life,  as  the  babv  died  of  its  injuries, 
and  the  mother  was  so  badly  burned  that 
her  life  is  despaired  of. 

— The  bark  Qembok  reports  in  New 
York  that  during  a  southwest  gale  and  a 
thick  snow  squall,  a  ball  ot  fire  passed 
across  the  ship,  injuring  three  seamen 
and  breaking  both  gunwales  and  ripping 
the  planks  from  the  stern  of  the  starboard 
boat  and  exploded  about  twenty  yards 
from  the  ship  with  a  loud  report,  sparks 
flying  from  it  like  a  i;ocket. 

— It  is  reported  that  the  water  famine 
in  W  estern  Pennsylvania  is  becoming  a 
very  serious  matter.  In  McKean,  Warren, 
Venango,  Butler  and  Clarion  counties 
over  1,800  oil  wells  are  shut  down  from 
want  of  water.  The  mills  operated  by 
water  power  power  stand  idle.  Live  stock 
in  many  places  has  to  be  driven  several 
miles  to  water. 

— Census  statistics  of  1880  show  that  the 
average  wages  earned  and  paid  to  opera- 
tives in  American  cotton  factories  that 
year  was  $245  93  for  each  employe.  This 
was  the  compensation  for  a  year's  work. 
In  Great  Britain  the  avera(?e  wages  paid 
employes  in  1881  was  $250.38,  or  nearly 
$5  a  year  more  than  was  paid  in  this 
country ! 

— The  entire  population  of  Vienna  cel- 
ebrated the  600th  anniversary  of  the 
founding  of  the  House  of  Hapsburg,  on 
the  27th  ult.  Reports  from  aU  parte  of 
the  Empire  show  that  the  anniversary  is 
being  celebrated  with  the  greatest  enthu- 
siasm. 

— On  an  average  over  one  hundred  per- 
sons are  searched  nightly  in  the  city  of 
Dublin  under  the  curlew  clause  of  the  Re- 
pression act. 

— Egyptian  revolutionists,  Arabi,  Toul- 
ba,  AbdeJal,  Mahmoud  Fehmy,  Ali  Feh- 
my,  Yakoub  Bami,  and  Mahmoud  Bami 
condemned  to  exile  in  Ceyloa ,  have  gone 
to  that  island.  A  number  of  their  com- 
rades have  been  condemned  also  to  ban- 
ishment. 


Donations 

Received  by  the  National  Christian 
Association  during  December. — For 
Morgan  Monument  Fund :  A  Hmckley,  $5 
J.  C.  Young,  E.Do.ph,  $1  each:  Mrs.  A. 
Coe,  $2.50.    Total  $9  50. 

For  General  Work: 

Collected  by  P.  8.  Feemster,  $15.10; 
H.  Harrison,  G.  B.  Hopkins,  $10  each; 
Total  $85. 10. 

For  Elder  D.  P.  Rath  bun : 
G.  Brokaw  $1  65 

For  Tract  Fund  and  the  Weed  Pam- 
phlet: 

J.  C.  Cole  $3.50;  D.  West  $2;  Mrs.  J. 
Kai«er  50cts;  A  lady  friend   $5.    Total 

$12.65. 

For  Southern  Work: 
J.  C.Cole  $5.;  G.Clark  50  cts;  Total 
$5.50. 

For  Elder  J.  F.  Browne: 
L.  R.  Livingston,  50  cts. 

W.  I.  Phillips,  Treas. 
931  .W.  Madifon  St,  CUcago. 


PUBLISHER'S  DEPARTMENT. 


The  last  week  of  the  old  year 
makes  a  good  record  in  the  publieh- 
tr's  department  and  if  workers  for 
subscribers  keep  at  work  the  ten 
thousand  eubscribers  will  in  time 
be  made  up,  which  with  a  home 
at  Washington  is  a  "consummation 
devoutly  to  be  wished." 

Iowa  is  now  the  leading  State  as 
regards  the  number  of  Bubacribers, 
and  J.  W.  Modlin  sends  a  bugle 
note  as  he  mails  to  us  a  club  of 
fifteen  eubscribers  for  a  year  each: 


*'l  AM  STILL  ON  THE  WAE  PATH. 

This  is  the  first  installment  of 
my  club  which  I  hope  to  make 
larger  than  eyer  this  year,"  I. 
Leadbetter  sends  $15.00  for  a  club 
of  ten  and  seven  of  the  names. 

James  Miller,  and  A.  M,  PauU 
each  send  ten  for  a  year  each, 

Mrs.  M.  B,  Nichols,  nine,  com- 
pleting her  club  of  ten, 

Moses  Ferrin,  sends  eight  for  a 
year  eaeh.  He  is  persevering  and 
sueceBsful. 

David  Horning,  sends  in  six  for 
a  year  each.  Many  send  in  encour- 
aging words  and  are  at  work. 


Subscriptions  received  during 
the  week  ending  Dec.  25,  1883. 
W  Arms,  A  Banks,  J  G  Baldwin, 
H  T  Bnflam,  G  Brokaw,  O  C 
Blanchard,  A  C  Bundy,  J  Bade- 
noeh,  H  Clark,  J  Craig,  T  S  Couch 
J  B  Crall,  J  M  Clark,  G  T  Den- 
man,  Mrs.  J  A  C  DeLong,  W  T 
Elliot,  W  A  Ellsworth,  M  Fitch, 
J  M  Forrest,  F  F  French,  Mrs.  M 
A  Gamble,  Kev.  J  J  Hale,  W  S 
Garrison,  E  Grinnell,  E  S  Grattan, 
G  Goodell,  G  Heaton,  Bev.  C  C 
Harrah,  A  Hamilton,  D  Horning, 
E  Marcy,  W  Modlin,  J  Miller,  W 
Machemer,  J  N  Norris,  Mrs.  M  B 
Nichols,  K  A  Or^is,  J  Osgood,  L 
Powers,  P  C  Page,  J  Perkins,  W 
Perkins,  N  Perkins,  E  T  Preston, 
J  S  Perry,  M  Perris,  C  Quick,  A  M 
Pauil,  J  S  Rice,  S  Ranson,  J  Rutty, 
J  P  Rogers,  J  A  Richards,  W  H 
Ross,  Ruth  Rogers,  W  Johnson,  D 
C  Jordan,  A  A  Johnson,  R  Jack- 
son, W  P  King,  C  Landis,  F  Leyde, 
W  H  Lay  ton,  A  Lake,  A  L  Lamph; 
ear,  1  Leadbetter,  H  Loker,  A 
Sanford,  J  Steel,  C  B  Sherk,  T  A 
Switzer,  C  B  Smith,  Rev.  S  D  Stone, 
J  W"  Snively,  A  Taylor,  J  Tanner, 
J  Thomson,  A  N  Waldron,  J  N 
Wetmora,  J  H  William,  J  C  Young. 

Books  and   Tracts   sent   during 
the  week  ending  Dec.  30,  1882. 

By  Express. 

B  P  Waggener,    B  Davenport. 

By  Mail. 

S  L  Cook,  F  A  Metcalf,  T  T 
StTiiih,  W  A  Lutz,  M  Farmin,  M 
S  Del  linger,  G  Wack,  W  P  Eckle?, 
\  II  Hoover,  O  C  Blanchard,  J  N 
AwuM,  B  S  Hone,  A  Hamilton,  E 
A  Madd^ck,  T  P  Berry,  A  A 
Johnston,  E  D  Sea  burg,  G  MRead, 
W  Wnrren,  J  Hunter,  J  B  C  Phil 
Hps,  KAOrviP,  M  Ferrin,  LF 
VVSiitney,  LC  Knight,  W  Jenk,  F 
Emmet.  .V  Keys,  S  Reilly,  F  Rug- 
gles,  J  M  Roe,  J  W  Harrah,  J 
Jolmson,  D  N  Davie,  E  PEdeon, 
W  E  Putney,  R  T  Barnes,  S  A 
Harper,  G  J'^Minzler,  J  S  Watkins, 
J  Walter,  G  Avery,  W  Coryine,  J 
M  Ryder,  C  W  Breder,  S  Kins- 
man, 0  A  Williams. 


Cynosure  Ertension  Fund. 

Statement  for  the  week  ending  Dec.  30, 
1882: 

Mrs.  Mary  Gould  and  W.    B.  Loomis 
$1.00  each;  'W. Machemer,  50  cts. 
Total  cash  received,     -  -         $535  62 

Total  cash  used,  -         -  410  97 


Cash  available,  -  -  $124  65 
This  Fund  is  designed  to  aid  in 
getting  subscribers  from  among 
those  who  do  not  take  the 
Cynosiire,  and  who  may  be  induced 
to  read  it  by  paying  themselves 
$1.00  per  year.  The  Fund  pays 
50  cents,  making  up  the  club  rate. 
It  will  now  aid  24:9  newsubBcribers 
to  get  the  paper  for  $1,00. 


Christian   Workers 

Who  depend  on  voluntary  con- 
tributions of  Christian  people  in 
whole  or  in  part  for  their  support: 

J,  F,  Beowne,  Cabin  Creek,  Ky. 

Eli  Tapley,  Columbus,  Miss. 

J.  F.  Galloway,  Okahumka 
Florida. 

Wm.  Hazenbueo,  Cape  Town,  S. 
Africa. 

A.  D.  ZARAPHONrrmEs,  Andros, 
via  Syra,  Greece. 

G.  H.  FiLiAK,  Armenia. 

Contributions  for  either  of  these 
brethren  may  be  forwarded  either 
through  the  editors  of  the  Cyno- 
sure or  the  Treasurer  of  the  N. 
C.  A.  Please  dbsignate  to  which 
one  such  funds  shall  be  <mr\t. 

PHOTOGRAPHS. 

We  now  have  at  the  Gunosure  o&ce  a  supply  of 
well-executed  card  photographs  of  Captaiu  Wm. 
Morgan,  President  J.  Blanchard,  President  Charles 
G.  Finney  and  Elder  David  Bernard,  at  15 
cents  each,  or  the  four  for  BO  cents,  post-pal'V. 
iP»8ta«f  Jtsums*  '^iMjS^ftfi  *7r  ajrainf'  -aider  Jl.W 

Handsome  Marriage  Certificates. 

Lithographed  In  black  and  gold,  with  a  place  on 
each  for  two  photographs. 

Price,  po  t-paid,  $2.25  per  dozen;  hy  express, 
charges  not  paid,  $14. 00  per  100.  Sample  sent  post' 
paid  on  receipt  of  3B  cente.     Size,  13  by  18  Inches. 

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but  books  by  mail  are  at  risk  of  person  ordering., 
unless  10  cents  extra  is  sent  to  pay  for  registering 
them,  when  their  safe  delivery  is  guaranteed. 
Books  at  retail  ordered  by  express  are  sold  at  10  per 
cent,  discount  and  delivery  guaranteed,  hut  not 
express  paid.    Postage  stamps  taken  for  small  sums. 

Those  who  wish  to  know  the  character  of  Free- 
masonry, as  shown  by-  its  own  publications,  will 
find  many  standard  works  in  the  following  list.- 

No  sensible  Mason  dares  deny  that  such  men  aa 
Albert  G.  Mackcy,  the  great  Masonic  Lexicographer, 
and  Daniel  SIckels,  the  Masonic  author  and  publish- 
er, are  the  highest  Masonic  authority  in  the  United 
St...tes. 

All  the  books  advertised  here  are  used  by  Masons, 
but  Duncan's  Ritual,  Allyn's  Ritual  and  R. chard- 
son's  Monitor  are  not  publicly  acknowledged  as  Ma- 
sonic authority  because  they  tell  too  much. 

G-eneral  Ahiman  Kezon  and  Freema- 
eoKs'  Guide.  By  Daniel  SIckels,  33d  degree.  The 
most  perfect  Masonic  monitor  published  in  the 
United  States.  Embellished  with  many  engravings 
and  containing  monitorial  instructions  In  the  de- 
grees of  Entered  Apprentice,  Fellow-Craft  and  Mas- 
ter Masons,  with  explanatory  lectures,  the  cere- 
monies of  consecration  and  dedication  of  new 
lodges,  installation  of  officers,  laying  foundation 
Stones,  dedication  of  Masonic  halls,  burial  serv- 
fces,  Ma.sonlc  calendar,  ritual  for  a  Lodge  of  Sor- 
row, Masonic  trials,  etc.  Bound  in  fine  cloth,  extra 
Virgel3mo,  §3.00. 

duncan's  Masonic  Kitual  and  Moni- 
TOK.  Profusely  illustrated  with  explanatory  en- 
gi'avings,  and  containing  the  entire  ritual  and  work 
of  the  order  for  the  seven  degrees,  including  the 
Royal  Arch.  Scores  of  Masons  have  privately  ad- 
mitted that  this  is  a  standard  text-book  In  the  lodge 
and  is  strictly  correct;  but  publicly  it  is  not  ac- 
knowledged as  authority,  though  many  officers  of 
the  lodge  make  use  of  it.    Price,  in  cloth,  82.50. 

Sickels'  Freemasons'  Monitor.  Contain- 
ing the  degrees  of  Freemasonry  embraced  In  the 
Lodge,  Chapter,  Council  and  Commandery,  embel- 
lished with  nearly  300  symbolic  illustrations,  to- 
gether with  tactics  and  drill  of  Masonic  Knighthood. 
Also  forms  of  Masonic  documents,  notes,  songs. 
Masonic  dates,  installations,  etc.  By  D,  Slcke'^; 
32mo.     In  tuck,  $1.50;  cloth,  $1.00. 

Richardson's  Monitor  oi  Freemasonry, 
Apracoical  guide  to  the  ceremonies  in  the  degrees  con- 
ferred in  Masonic  Lodges,  Chapters,  Encampments, 
etc.  Illustrated  edition.  In  cloth,  $1.25;  in  paper, 
T5  cents. 

Although  this  Monitor  is  extensively  used  by  the 
lodge,  especially  in  conferring  the  higher  degrees. 
it  is  publicly  called  an  exposition,  and  not  allowed 
as  auihority. 

Maokey's  Manual  of  the  Xiodge,  or  Moni- 
torial Xustructious  iu  the  Degrees  of  Entered  Ap- 
prentice, Fellow-Craft  and  Master  Mason,  with  Cer- 
emonies relating  to  installations,  dedications,  con- 
secrations, layingof  corner-stones,  etc.  Price,  $3.00.( 

Mackey'3  Xiexicon  of  Freemasonry. 
Containing  a  Definition  of  Terms,  Notes  on  its 
History,  Traditions  and  Antiquities,  and  an  Account 
of  all  the  Kites  and  Mysteries  of  the  Ancient  World. 
12  mo.,  .526  pages,  $3.00. 

Female  Masonry.  Maiual  of  the  Order  of 
the  Eastern  Star.  Containing  the  ritual,  syrabo's, 
lectures,  etc.,  of  the  five  degrees  of  "Adoptive  Ma- 
sonry," Jephthah's  Daughter,  Ruth,  Esther,  Martha 
and  Electa,  profusely  Illustrated  and  handsomely 
bound.     Price,  $1.50. 

■  Mackey's  Masonic  Ritualist,  or  Moni- 
torial Instruction  Book.  By  Albert  G.  Mackey, 
Past  General  High  Priest  of  the  General  Grand  Chap- 
ter of  the  United  States,  Knight  of  the  Eagle  and 
Pelican.  Prince  of  Mercy,  etc.  Price,  cloth,  $1.26; 
tuck,  $1.T5. 

Mackey's  Text-Book  of  Masonic  Ju- 
Kisi'RUDRNuE.  lllustrat'Dg  the  laws  of  Frccma-sou- 
ry,  both  written  and  unvritten.  This  is  the  great 
law  book  of  Freemasonry.    570  pages.    Price,  $2.50. 

Allyn's  Ritual  of  Masonry.  Illustrated 
by  a  large  number'  of  engravings,  and  containing  a 
Key  to  the  Phi  Beta  Kappa,  Orange  and  Odd-fellows' 
Societies      Price.  $5.00. 


MAJSKEl  REPOR28. 

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Chioaoo,  Jan.  1,  1883. 


GKAIN— Whea1>-No.    3 

No.  3 

Rejected 

Winter,  No,  8. . . 

Com— No.  2 

Rejected 

Oats— No.  2 

Bye— No .  2 

Bran  per  ton 10 

Flour— Winter j 4 

Spring 3 

Hay— Timothy 10 

Prairie 7 

Lard  per  cwt 

Mess  pork  per  bbl 

Butter,  medium  to  best 

Cheese 

Beans 3 

Eggs 

Potatoes,  per  bn 

Seeds— Timothy 1 

Clover 

Flax 

Broom  corn 

Hides— Ctoeen  to  dry  fliut 

Lumber— Clear 43 

Common 15 

Shingles 3 

WOOL    Washed 

Unwashed 

LIVE  STOCK— Cattle,  extra.......  5 

Good 6 

Medium 4 

Common 2 

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-IN  SECRET  HA  VE I  SAID  NOTHING."— Jesus    Christ. 


Vol.  XV.  No,   17. 


CHICAGO.  THUESDAY,  JANUARY  11,  1883. 


Whole  No.  663. 


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The   Cynosure,  Past    and 

Editorial  Letters  '. ....    8  ! 

Contributions  :  ! 

The  One  Organization  that 
cannot  be    Investigated    1  ! 

Comforting  Sodom 3 

Light   on   Masonry    from 

Aurora  Borealis ■ 2 

Texas    Wears     a     Lodge 

Brand 3 

Reform  News  : 
Work  in  Michigan ;  A  Call 
at  Worcester  ;  To  the 
Front,  Kansas;  Bro.Hln- 
man's  Letters;  Minneso- 
ta State  Meeting;  Kan- 
sas State  Meeting ;  Elder 
Bancroft;  From  the  Iowa 
Agent;    S  chool-house 

Meetiug  in  Missouri 5,12 

Tlie  Situation  at  Washing- 
ton       9 


Reform  Story  : 
Holden  with  Cords,   Chaij- 

terXXXV 8 

New  England : 
The  South  Worcester  Chap- 
el     4 

Correspondence : 
No  Dispute  about  the 
Body;  Plundering  Cow- 
ans no  Sin ;  Who  Killed 
him ;  Lodge  Masters  not 
Needed ;  A  Friendly  Talk 

Together 6 

American  Politics: 
An  Instructive  Parallel. . .  13 

The  Churches 18 

The  Home 10 

Bible  Lessons 14 

Out  Door  Work 7 

Bits  of  Things 14 

Children's  Corner 10 

News  of  the  Week 16 

Churches  vs.  Lodger y...    7  I 

The  N.  C.  a 14  i 

Publisher's  Department..  16 ' 


TOPICS  OF  THE  WEEK. 


The  customary  New  Year's  reception  at  the  White 
House  was  abruptly  terminated  by  the  sudden  and 
alarming  summons  of  death.  Judge  Elisha  Allen, 
the  minister  of  the  Hawaiian  government  and  Dean 
(since  he  was  the  oldest  member)  of  the  diplomatic 
corps,  became  suddenl^^  ill  during  the  brilliant  cere- 
monies and  died  in  a  few  minutes  after  being  removed 
to  a  cloak  room.  The  present  administration  has  had 
such  warning  of  the  mortality  of  man  as  it  may  well 
heed. 


A  WOED  TO  PATEOl^rS. 


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will  relieve  your  employees  of  much  inconvenience 
and  save  time  and  expense  that  otherwise  must  be 
paid  for  with  your  money. 


Some  chakges  in  this  week's  issue  of  the  Cynosure  will 
be  seen,  we  hope,  with  pleasure  by  all  its  readers.  The 
new  and  handsome  type,  while  it  is  easily  read,  permits 
the  insertion  of  fully  one-fonrth  more  matter.  Other 
improvements  are  contemplated,  and  the  increased  use- 
fulness and  value  of  the  paper  will  more  than  make  up 
for  the  extra  labor  and  expense.  In  all  these  efforts  we 
expect  of  all  the  friends  and  owners  of  the  paper  a  hearty 
co-operatiou  in  its  circulation  to  make  receipts  correspond 
with  added   expenses. 


The  House  of  Representatives  seemed  pushed  by 
some  o^'erpowering•  providence  upon  the  horns  of  the 
per^Dlexing  Civil  Service  Reform  bill  on  Thursday, 
and  almost  before  the  members  realized  the  fact  the 
measure  was  adopted  intact  by  a  vote  of  1 55  to  47. 
Like  almost  all  reform  measures  which  have  passed 
Congress  of  late  years  the  bill  is  full  of  compromising 
features.  It  is,  however,  a  turning  point  and  such  a 
point  must  be  found  somewhere  if  the  abuses  of  the 
appointing  sj'stem  are  to  be  abated.  The  work  is  not 
yet  complete  nor  will  this  measure  effect  anything  if 
the  President  is  not  disposed  to  let  it.  ■  He  can,  if  he 
so  pleases,  make  it  more  of  a  dead  letter  than  even 
the  Edmund's  Anti-Mormon  law,  by  simply  letting  it 
alone.  Or  he  may  appoint  the  commission  for  which 
it  provides,  and  then  by  giving  them  nothing  to  do 
make  them  a  public  laughing  stock.  The  bill  does 
not  correct  the  evil  of  arbitrary  removal,  nor  does  it 
entirel}'  prohibit  the  vicious  political  assessment  busi- 
ness, but  only  so  far  as  the  tax  is  demanded  b}^  an 
officer  or  employee  of  government.  It  makes,  how- 
ever, a  competitive  examination  instead  of  the  recom- 
mendation of  Congressman  the  method  of  entry  upon 
public  service,  and  opens  a  door  through  which  some 
useful  amendments  may  enter  when  the  people  are 
heard  on  the  question. 


On  the  same  day  the  Senate  by  a  bare  minority 
passed  what  is  known  as  the  Bonded  Spirits  bill, 
which  has  for  weeks  been  the  special  care  of  John 
Sherman  of  Ohio.  It  would  be  named  more  truly  an 
act  for  the  relief  and  encouragement  of  the  makers  of 
whiskey  poison.  The  case  is  this;  Distillers  are  al- 
lowed a  certain  time  during  which  their  whiskey  may 
remain  in  a  bonded  warehouse  without  the  payment 
if  the  revenue  tax.  This  period  has  now  elapsed  as 
to  some  100,000,000  gallons  on  which  about  $80,  000,- 
000  tax  is  due.  If  the  tax  is  to  be  collected  the  sale 
of  the  stuff  will  be  necessary,  but  the  market  would 
break  if  so  much  was  at  once  forced  upon  it  and  the 
whiskey  makers  would  break  down  with  it  in  one 
grand  financial  smash.  What  is  more,  many  banks 
and  capitalists  have  loaned  money  to  these  distillers, 
so  their  vile  business  could  go  on  while  their  barrels 
of  liquid  poison  were  accummulating  under  bond.  If 
the  tax  is  collected  they  will  fail  also  and  a  general 
panic  is  sweeping  upon  us  with  this  tidal  wave  of 
whiskey,  and  only  the  trembling  breakwatej  of  a 
Congressional  vote  protects  us.  'That  is  the  reason 
John  Sherman  is  on  the  anxious' seat.  He  is  by  no 
means  sure  that  the  House  will  pass  a  measure  so 
closely  contested  in  the  Senate,  and  many  discerning 
men  claim  that  the  bill  is  only  a  scheme  of  the  dis- 
tillers by  which  they  will  largely  evade  the  tax  and 
walk  off  in  the  end  with  $60,000,000  of  money  due 
the  government.  The  repeal  of  the  whiskey  tax  en- 
tirely is  widely  urged,  and  in  a  year  or  two  they  ex- 
pect this  to  be  accomplished.  O  for  a  man  of  conr- 
age  in  Congress  to  baulk  this  scheme,  panic  or  no 
panic. 


Work  has  been  begun  on  a  new  building  for  the 
accommodation  of  the  secret  labor  lodges  of  Chica- 
go. The  city  council  has  given  a  site,  and  through 
the  structure  is  to  be  temporary,  it  will  stand  long 
enough  to  fix  a  broad  mark  of  condemnation  upon 
the  act.  Suppose  Mr.  Jacobs  or  Col.  Clark,  whose  la- 
bors are  abundant  for  the  physical  and  spiritual  re- 
lief of  the  city's  poor,  should  ask  the  council  for  a  lot 
to  build  a  Sabbath  school  room.  The  proposition 
would  be  heard  with  a  howl  of  indignation  from  t^'O- 
thu-ds  of  the  aldennen.  Much  louder  would  be  the  con- 
demnation if  a  Methodist  or  Presbyterian  church 
should  ask  for  space  to  build  a  meeting  house.     Yet 


why  are  not  their  claims  as  good  as  the  trade  unions, 
which  are  private  organizations  managed  bj'  ambiti- 
ous, and  frequently  ignorant  and  reckless  men,  and 
continually  threatening  the  peace  of  the  city  by  organ- 
izing strikes  and  maltreating  laborers  who  will  not  go 
all  lengths  with  the  unscrupulous  leaders.  This  act 
of  the  council  is  a  menace  to  the  business  interests  of 
Chicago  and  could  only  have  been  passed  l)y  a  bodj'' 
under  the  influence  of  the  lodge. 


Leon  Gambetta,  the  leader  of  French  Republican- 
ism, died  as  the  old  year  went  out.  His  countrymen 
mourn  his  loss  as  of  a  man  upon  whom  great  inter- 
ests of  state  depend.  True,  Gaml^etta  has  for  ten 
years  been  the  best  known  man  in  France,  and  next 
to  Thiers,  his  opposition  to  the  remnants  of  monarchy 
in  1871  and  1877,  and  to  the  clique  which  hoped  to 
establish  a  military  despotism  under  cover  of  Mc- 
Mahon  after  the  death  of  Thiers,  were  most  useful  in 
continuing  the  struggling  life  of  the  Republic.  But 
he  failed  as  a  minister,  and  saw  also  the  desire  for 
military  glory,  with  which  he  hoped  to  scourge  the 
Germans,  expiring  in  the  breasts  of  his  countrj-men. 
Revenge  for  the  Rhine  provinces  was  so  great  a  part 
of  his  puVjlic  policy,  that  his  death  is  taken  as  a  guar- 
antee of  peace  in  Berlin. 


—It  has  often  been  quoted  that  loUO  lodges  collapsed 
under  the  Morgan  pressure,  but  the  authority  for  the 
statement  has  either  been  forgotten,  or  there  is  a  dim 
recollection  that  the  most  conscienceless  of  Freemasons  in 
respect  to  truth,  Rob  Morris,  is  responsible  for  it.  It  ap- 
pears that  the  figures  have  more  reliable  backing — no  less 
than  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Iowa,  in  whose  annual  report 
for  1858  appears  the  following: 

"Fifteen  hundred  lodges  went  down  in  the  strife!  The 
ranks  of  the  craftsmen  were  reduced  in  numbers  from  ris- 
ing fifty  thousand  to  less  than  five  thousand.  The  songs 
of  the  temple  builders  ceased.  Grass  grew  in  the  quar- 
ries." 


THE  ONE  OBQANIZATIOX  THAT  CANNOT 
BE    INVESTIGATED. 


Freemasonry  is  the  one  institution  of  this  country' 
that  will  not  bear  investigation.  Schools  are  inspect- 
ed, churches  throw  their  doors  open  and  invite  the 
strictest  scrutiny;  political  parties  are  examined, 
searched  and  riddled,  if  anything  like  corruptness  is 
seen  or  suspected  in  connection  with  them;  all  these 
institutions  simply  ask  a  fair  field  and  no  fiivor.  The 
infidel  may  criticise  Moses,  the  Protestant  may  criti- 
cise the  pope,  temperance  men  may  criticise  the  rum- 
seller,  the  Republican  may  denounce  the  Democrat 
and  the  Democrat  may  denounce  the  Republican; 
every  man  is  privileged  to  say  his  own  say  on  his  ovra 
premises,  and  the  people  listen  aud  judge  whether  the 
man  is  too  severe  in  his  denunciations  or  not;  but  free- 
dom of  speech  is  not  abridged. 

This  is  a  characteristic  of  a  republican  fonn  of 
government.  A  despotism,  knowing  that  the  right 
of  free  speech  fraught  with  dangers  to  tyrants,  denies 
free  speech  and  criticism,  and  in  consequence  thereof 
secret  combinations  are  formed  to  effect  in  the  tlark- 
ness  what  they  have  no  o])p(>rtunity  to  accomplish  in 
the  light.  But  in  such  a  country  as  this,  with  free 
speech  and  a  free  press,  and  equal  rights  before  the 
laws,  what  under  heaven  have  we  to  do  Avith  secret 
combinations  and  oath-bound  associations? 

And  what  is  this  institution  which  is  above  all 
criticism,  which  cannot  be  talked  about,  revealed 
or  exhibited?  Is  it  something  which  hides  itself  in 
the  dai-kness  as  the  private  property  of  individuals 
with  which  outsiders  have  no  concern?  By  no  means.! 
It  pitches  its  tents  like  an  army  in  our  midst,  it  pa- 
rades our  streets  with  drums,  with  trumpets  and  ban- 
ners, and  weapons  of  war.  We  look  out  upon  these 
armed  hosts  in  battle  array  and  inquire  what  power 
is  this  which  marshalls  armies  and  prepares  to  levy 
war?  Are  these  armed  men  the  defenders  of  the  na- 
tion, the  upholders  of  free  institutions,  the  soldiers  to 
whom  the  people  turn  for  defence  in  the  hour  of  dan- 
o-er  and  invasion?  By  no  means.  W^hat  then  is  the 
meaning  of  all  this  military  parade?     Is  it  a  sham  a 


THE  CHRISTIAlsr  CYNOSURE. 


January  11,  1883 


cheat,  a  delusion  and  a  snare?  or  is  it  another  govern- 
ment sustained  by  force  which  rules  upon  the  same 
soil  and  in  defiance  of  the  authoritj'  of  "  the  powers 
that  be,  which  are  "ordained  of  Grod?" 

We  look  again  at  this  procession  and  we  see  priests 
and  ecclesiastical  dignitaries,  with  sj^mbolic  emblems, 
with  robes,  keys,  crosses  and  mitres,  and  with  the 
holy  Scriptures  borne  in  pompous  procession  before 
them,  and  we  ask,  "  What  means  all  this?"  Is  this  a 
religious  institution,  which  parades  itself  before  the 
public,  and  if  it  is,  what  is  this  religion  which  is  thus 
represented  by  medieval  symbolism  and  barbaric 
pomp?  It  is  not  Christianity,  for  Christ's  name  must 
never  be  mentioned  in  connection  with  its  ceremonies. 
It  is  not  the  Mosaic  religion  for  infidels  participate  in 
its  rights  and  observances.  It  is  not  a  religion  which 
makes  men  truthful,  or  temperate,  or  chaste,  or  hon- 
est; as  the  conduct  of  many  of  its  votaries  plainly 
proves;  and  yet  to  all  intents  and  purposes  this  is  un- 
deniably a  system  of  religion. 

Now  when  an  army  of  men  are  marching  through 
our  streets,  have  we  not  a  right  to  know  whence  they 
come  and  whither  they  go?  When  a  new  religion 
erects  its  gorgeous  temples  in  our  midst,  and  seeks 
to  win  us  to  worship  at  its  shrines  and  swear  allegi- 
ance at  its  altars,  is  it  not  our  right  and  our  duty  to 
know  what  its  true  character  is? 

But  how  can  we  know?  We  are  told  when  men 
secede  from  this  institution  and  reveal  its  secrets  that 
they  have  broken  their  oaths,  and  they  are  perjured 
scoundrels.  Then  it  appears  that  they  have  taken 
oaths.  What  kind  of  an  institution  is  this  tlaatthus  binds 
men  with  oaths?  Christ  has  said,  swear  not  at  all; 
Init  here  is  an  institution  which  from  beginning  to 
end  is  beset  by  the  most  terrible  oaths.  And  this 
'  institution  beguiles  our  boj^s  within  its  lodges,  leads 
our  young  men'  away  from  their  homes,  takes  the 
husband  and  father  from  his  family,  and  convenes 
them  in  a  secret  lodge  with  doors  barred,  bolted  and 
guarded  by  a  tyler  with  his  gleaming  sword,  and  we 
as  men  of  common  sense  and  public  spirit,  want  to 
know  what  is  going  on  inside.  It  is  not  a  matter  of 
mere  curiositj^,  it  is  a  matter  of  duty  and  of  right.  If 
these  men  are  swearing  terrible  oaths,  what  are  they 
'  binding  themselves  to  do  or  not  to  do?  What  are 
they  binding  themselves  to  conceal  and  never  reveal? 
We  meet  these  men  day  by  day;  we  trade  with  them, 
do  business  with  them,  vote  for  them  and  worships 
with  tliem.  They  act  as  judges  to  decide  our  cases, 
they  enter  into  our  politics  and  into  the  destinies  of 
our  government;  they  so  control  matters  that  while 
they  num])er  perhaps  a  tenth  of  the  -legal  voters  eligi- 
ble to  office,  they  manage  •  to  control  fcom  three- 
fourths  to  nine-tenths  of  the  public  offices,  and  to 
consume  almost  all  of  the  salaries  which  we,  in  com- 
mon with  other  outsiders,  are  taxed  to  pay.  And  now 
we  inquire,  wliat  is  this  secret  combination  which 
flaunts  its  l)anners  through  our  streets,  lays  the  cor- 
ner stones  of  our  court  houses  and  post  offices,  and 
then  slams  its  doors  in  honest  men's  faces  and  then 
conspires  and  raises  mobs  to  prevent  all  investigation 
of  its  affairs.  They  charge  men  with  breaking  their 
oaths.  We  want  to  know  just  what  those  oaths  are; 
perhaps  it  will  appear  that  they  are  oaths  which  ought 
to  be  In'oken. 

The  Freemasons  charge  that  the  expositions  of 
Freemasonry  are  catch-penny  affairs.  When,  as  in 
Boston,  a  Masonic  mob  filled  the  Chambers  street 
churcli  with  riot  and  uproar,  throwing  missiles,  and  it 
is  said  drawing  pistols  and  aiming  them  at  the  speak- 
er; and  when  the  proprietors  of  Music  Hall  required 
that  an  admission  fee  be  charged  at  an  exposition  of 
Freemasonry,  in  order  to  keep  out  the  mob  and  pre- 
serve order,  and  the  city  authorities  required  the  Na- 
tional Christian  Association  to  ])ay  sixty  dollars  for 
the  services  of  twenty  policemen  to  keep  order  and 
prevent  high  toned  Masons  from  mobbing  and  mur- 
dering the  speakers,  then  the  fraternity  after  having 
filled  tiie  hall  with  organized  uproar  for  two  hours, 
set  up  their  howl  about  its  being  a  catch-penny 
affair. 

This  accusation  comes  with  much  grace  from  the 
votaries  of  an  institution  which  charges  from  ten  to 
one  hundred  dollars  for  initiating  men  into  its  mem- 
bership, causing  them  to  swear  in  advance  to  conceal 
they  know  not  what,  and  obej^  the  commands  of  a 
fraternity  of  the  nature  of  which  they  have  not  the 
slightest  idea;  and  when  honest  men  wish  to  know 
the  actual  truth  about  this  arrogant  and  impudent  in- 
stitution, they  are  told  there  is  only  one  way  to  find 
out  and  that  is  to  join  the  lodge  ancl  bind  themselves 
by  the  same  obligati(;ns.  And  when  we  say  we  wish 
to  look  before  we  leap,  and  know  in  advance  precisely 
what  this  institution  is,  they  tell  us  that  there  are 
many  good  men  belonging  to  the  lodge.  But  what 
of  that?  Not  one  of  these  good  men  knew  what 
Freemasonry  was  until  they  had  joined  the  lodge;  and 
every  one  of  them  has  bound  himself  by  oath  never 
to  tell  friend  or  foe  about  it  since  joining.  And  be- 
sides if  the  presence   of  good   men  prove  that  Free- 


masonry is  a  good  institution,  then  the  presence  of 
bad  men  proves  that  it  is  a  bad  institution  and  the 
presence  of  drunken  men  proves  that  it  is  a  drunken 
institution;  for  there  are  a  plenty  of  all  these  classes 
connected  with  it. 

We  are  told  that  many  ministers  are  members  of 
Masonic  lodges.  This  is  true,  but  none  of  them 
knew  what  Freemasonry  was  before  they  joined,  and 
none  of  them  can  tell  what  it  is  now,  without,  being 
branded  as  perjurers  by  all  the  Masonic  fraternity. 

"But  there  are  ministers  who  say  that  Masonry  is 
a  good  institution." 

Yes,  and  so  ministers  have  said  the  same  of  war, 
and  slavery  and  whisky-drinking.  If  the  institution 
is  a  good  one  whjr  swear  a  man  to  keep  it  secret?  If 
it  is  a  philauthroiDic  institution  why  not  open  the 
gates  and  let  the  public  in?  If  it  embodies  great 
truths  and  glorious  principles,  why  not  publish  them 
upon  the  house-top?  But  instead  of  that,  when  men, 
having  seen  the  pompous  parades  and  listened  to  the 
eulogies  of  Freemasonry,  decide  that  it  would  be  well 
for  them  to  know  for  themselves  just  what  this  insti- 
tution is  that  would  lead  their  sons,  hood-winked  and 
haltered,  to  bind  themselves  with  horrid  oaths  and 
barbarous  obligations,  and  when  they  say.  We  propose 
to  ascertain  the  true  character  of  this  concern  by  ask- 
ing those  who  have  joined  it  and  left  it,  behold  "hell 
from  beneath  is  moved,"  and  all  the  powers  of  dark- 
ness are  let  loose  and  organized  mobs  and  Masonic 
menageries  turn  out  to  deprive  men  of  their  constitu- 
tional rights  of  free  speech  and  free  discussion,  and 
to  i^revent  men  trom  knowing  the  truth  in  the  case. 

Freemasonry  shuts  the  public  out  of  its  secrets, 
but  it  advertises  itself  by  laying  corner-stones,  beat- 
ing drums,  waving  banners  and  marching  in  proces- 
sions, and  no  one  interferes  with  it.  '  No  one  storms 
their  temples  or  trespasses  on  their  rights;  but  when 
a  few  Christian  men,  who  believe  that  the  Masonic  in- 
stitution is  fraught  with  untold  evil,  hire  a  hall,  and 
honest  men  and  women  pay  for  their  tickets  and  come 
to  hear  lectures  on  Masonry,  lo,  a  band  of  trained 
.Freemasons  take  possession  of  the  hall  and  fill  it  with 
uproar,  defeating  the  order  of  the  meeting  and  then 
seek  to  mob  and  beat  and  maltreat  persons  who  are 
simply  doing  what  they  have  abundant  right  to  do. 
Such  is  the  character  of  this  institution,  and  of  per- 
sons making  such  professions  joined  with  such  prac- 
tice it  maj^  be  said:  "Let  them  alone,  they  be  blind 
leaders  of  the  blind.  And  if  the  blind  lead  the  blind 
both  shall  fall  into  the  ditch."  Mat.  15:  14. 
•  To  this  brotherhood  may  be  applied  with  special 
emphasis  the  solemn  words  of  the  dying  patriarch 
Jacob  to  his  rebellious  sons: 

"Simeon  and  Levi  are  brethren;  instruments  of  cruelty 
are  iu  their  habitations. 

O  my  soul,  come  not  thou  into  their  secret;  unto  their 
assembly,  my  honor,  be  not  thou  united;  for  in  their  an- 
ger they  slew  a  man,  and  in  their  selfwill  they  digged 
down  a  wall. 

Cursed  be  their  anger,  for  it  was  fierce ;  and  their  wrath, 
for  it  was  cruel:  I  will  divide  them  in  Jacob,  and  scatter 
them  in  Israel."     Gen.  49:  5-7. 

BOSTONIAN. 


COMFORTING  80D0M—EZEKIEL    16:54. 


BY  REV.  WM.  MOERDYK. 


The  prophet  Ezekiel  had  been  commissioned  to 
"cause  Jerusalem  to  know  her  abominations,"  16:  1. 
Of  all  sin  God  saith,  "That  abominable  thing  which 
the  Lord  liateth."  But  especially  is  the  sin  of  Jeru- 
salem, the  people  of  God,  abominable  in  the  sight  of 
the  Lord.  A  sinful  act  committed  in  the  temple  was 
a  greater  evil  than  the  same  act  done  in  a  ijrivate 
dwelling,  because  the  temple  was  a  sanctified  place. 
Christians  are  a  consecrated  people,  and  by  their  sins 
the  temple  of  God  is  profaned.  Weeds  in  a  garden 
are  more  odious  and  unsightly  than  weeds  in  waste 
places  or  by  the  roadside. 

The  abominations  of  Jerusalem  were  exceedingly 
great.  She  was  corrupted  even  more  than  her  sisters 
or  neighbors,  Sodom  and  Samaria.  Her  guilt  was 
greatly  aggravated  by  the  fact  that  b}'  her  abomina- 
tions she  had  justified  Sodom  and  Samaria — "In  that 
thou  art  a  comfort  to  Sodom." 

Jerusalem  had  by  her  abominations  encouraged 
Sodom  to  continue  in  her  sinful  course,  instead  of 
shaming  her  out  of  it.  She  had  quieted  the  con- 
science of  the  men  of  Sodom,  had  made  them  feel 
quite  comfortable  and  respectable  because  they  could 
say,  "Jerusalem  is  no  better  than  we,  who  make  no 
pretension  to  piety." 

Are  not  many  Christians  of  the  present  day  guilty 
of  the  charge  against  Jerusalem,  uamelj^,  of  com- 
forting Sodom? 

The  professing  Christian  who  visits  the  saloon  or 
the  theatre,  or  who  takes  part  in  the  dance,  makes 
people  of  the  world  feel  perfectly  comfortable,  who 
reason  that  if  the  Christian  may  do  these  things,  there 


is  certainly  no  wrong  in  their  doing  them.  Christians 
comfort  Sodom  when  they  make  sin  respectable  and 
fashionable. 

How  it  must  please  the  devil  and  comfort  his  ser- 
vants when  some  professing  Christian,  some  honora- 
ble member  of  the  chui'ch,  or  especially  when  some 
minister  of  the  Gospel  applies  to  the  lodge  to  become 
a  member  of  the  fraternity!  Any  famity  would  feel 
honored  and  think  itself  quite  respectable  if  such 
good  men  join  it.  If  there  is  any  member  of  that 
lodge  whose  conscience  smote  him  or  was  ill  at  ease 
for  taking  that  awful  oath  and  for  joining  in  those 
sacrilegious  ceremonies,  he  is  comforted  at  once  when 
a  minister  of  Christ  (?)  becomes  a  member  of  the 
lodge.  Christian  ministers  and  members  make  Free- 
masonry respectable  hy  becoming  members  thereof. 
They  help  the  wicked.  When  a  Christian  minister 
writes,  as  one  did  not  long  ago,  "that  our  best  Chi-is- 
tians  and  foremost  preachers  are  members  of  the  Ma- 
sonic order,"  he  certainlj^  "speaks  comfortably  to"  Sod- 
om, and  grieves  many  dear  children  of  God.  Certainly 
"there  is  joy"  in  hell  and  in  the  lodge. 

No  wonder  that  ministers  are  not  required  to  paj^ 
initiation  fees  and  annual  dues  and  are  gratuitously 
given  a  large  life  insurance  besides;  the  lodge  can  af- 
ford to  pay  them  well  for  the  advertisement  they  give 
to  the  order  by  their  membership. 

Without  hesitation  I  affirm  that  every  professing 
Christian  and  every  Christian  minister  who  joins  the 
Masonic  fraternity,  thereby  aids  and  abets  and  com- 
forts the  enemies  of  Christ. 

Milwaukee. 


LIGHT      ON 


MASONRY     FROM    AURORA 
BORE  A  LIS. 


Having  moved  my  great  telescope  from  "Pike's 
Peak"  to  Morris  Heights  and  set  up.  with  vision  di- 
rected for  Aurora's  sublime  theatre,  with  enthusiastic 
hopes,  I  find  tay  most  sanguine  anticipations  supreme- 
ly outdone  in  her  celestial  readings. 

In  the  multitudinous  scenes  pressing  upon  my  be- 
wildered eyes,  all  Masonic,  I  am  forced  to  select,  if 
possible,  what  will  best  conserve  our  "sublime  order." 
In  case  of  any  lack  of  Masonic  symbols  fn  Aurora's 
scenes,  I  can  (Morris  like)  supply  them  by  putting 
them  there.  As  the  question  of  Morgan's  absence 
has  greatly  perplexed  our  divine  institution  for  many 
years,  and  one  of  our  All  Puisant  Grand  Inspectors 
General  is  now  on  the  anxious  seat  in  search  of  light 
on  the  question,  "Who  was  Wm.  Morgan  ai^d'what 
became  of  him?"  we  turned  our  \ision  in  this  direc- 
tion. The  question  is  at  last  solved.  The  Bata^aa 
monument  is  founded  on  a  myth. 

As  one  Thurlow,  Weed  just  gone  away  from  earth, 
— if  he  had  gone  sooner,  we  as  Masons  would  have 
been  reconciled  to  the  sad  dispensation,  but  he  must 
live  long  enough  to  just  nail  the  Morgan  mm-der  to 
our  sublime  and  honorable  institution.  Masonic 
peace  to  all  such  cowans. — we  are  rendered  shout- 
ing happy  in  the  timely  and  unmistakable  evolution 
of  the  truth  on  this  perplexing  question  by  the  light 
of  our  Aurora  Borealis.     Amen,  "So  mote  it  be." 

To  add  to  our  embarrassment  the  papers  had 
joined  in  tacking  this  crime  to'  om-  benign  order. 
Even  the  New  York  WeeMy  Witness,  whose  reticenc 
on  the  question  of  Masonry  for  a  year  or  two  we  had 
begun  to  admire,  is  now  out  befoi^  a  hundi'ed  thou- 
sand subscribers  with  the  following  alarming  caption 
— "  Morgan's  Death  —  The  Anti-masonic  Mystery 
Cleared  up — Thurlow  Weed's  dying  Revelation — 
The  Secret  that  he  kept  for  half  a  Century." 

Shades  of  Knighthood,  save  us! 

The  prayer  is  answered.  The  question  must  be 
carefully  analysed.  First  then,  we  demonstrate  in 
Aurora's  light,  the  alisolute  fact  that  no  such  man  as 
Wm.  Morgan  ever  was.  The  whole  tragic  story  of 
the  Morgan  murder  is  an  Anti-mason  lie,  and  the 
records  made  and  gone  into  histor}-  and  put  on  the  Mor- 
gan monument,  are  a  base  fabrication,  as  our  Sub- 
lime Prince,  Rob,  will  show  in  his  forth-coming 
book. 

Second,  be  it  known  b}^  our  holy  order,  that  Wm. 
Morgan  was  a  "wife-beater,  a  drunkard,  a  thief,  and 
a  perjured  wretch."  The  first  three  counts  were  true 
while  a  Mason,  and  the  last  became  true  when  he  re- 
vealed the  character  of  our  sublime  institution  by 
telling  the  truth.  The  last  named  crime  is  trulj^  un- 
Masonic.     We  could  tolerate  the  others. 

Tliird,  Morgan's  absence  from  1826  to  the  present, 
being  a  fixed  "fact,  it  devolves  on  some  true  Mason  to 
account  for,  and  so  take  away  our  reproach.  How 
Bro.  Rob  will  solve  the  question  remains  to  be  seen, 
but  we  have  the  needed  information  with  which  he 
will  substantially^  concm'. 

Suffer  a  little  delay  while  we  adjust  our  Masonic 
telescope.  (The  universe  is  all  Masonic.) 

There!  How  plain!  The  Morgan  absence  is  solved. 
Aurora  Borealis  (he  is  a  33  ^  Mason,  as  our  sublime 
brethren  of  that  grade  know)  runs  the  sublime,  grand, 


January  11,  1883 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE. 


universal,  electrical  gasometer  of  the  universe,  in 
company  with  our  G-.  A.  0.  T.  U.  This  establish- 
ment engages  an  immense  army  of  departed  Masonic 
omnifics,  many  of  whom  were  charitably  and  bene- 
ficiently  translated  by  Masonic  law  to  the  Grand 
Lodoe  on  high.  One  of  the  fcirtunate  ones  of  this 
happy  band  was  Wm.  Morgan.  A  few  times  in  each 
year,  a  grand  di'ess  parade  is  in  order,  and  once  in 
many  years  is  a  pan-concla^'e  in  which  all  departed 
Masons  are  permitted  to  join — even  such  as  fell  vic- 
tims by  un-Masonic  conduct,  to  our  benign  laws.  By 
our  sublime  Masonic  labratory,  Wm.  Morgan's  bones 
were  made  into  Masonic  jewels,  his  skull  is  used  in 
initiating  Knight  Templars,  while  the  intangil)le  part 
is  made  into  gas  to  illuminate  our  halls.  Thus  we 
utilize  everjiihing  tliat  nothing  1)0  lost. 

Behold  a  mysteiy  to  understandings  un-Masonic, 
to  "All  liuisants  "  of  the  sublime  33  °  ,  a  common 
fact.  By  the  fiat  of  the  order,  l)_y  one  rap  of  the  gavel 
on  the  rings  of  Saturn,  Aurora's  gong,  all  the  scat- 
tered parts  of  the  legions  of  the  Gr.  L.  aljove  are  in- 
stantly brought  together  in  "due  form  and  order." 

The  profane  cowan  sees  the  grand  exhibitions  in 
the  midnight  skies  at  low  twelve,  and  ignorantly  calls 
them  "  Northern  lights."  With  my  instrument  fully 
adjusted  here  on  Morris'  Heights  I  saw  Miller  of  Bel- 
fast, Ireland,  Morgan  of  Batavia,  N.  Y.,  and  scores 
more  whom  Masonry  in  different  ways  translated  to 
the  G.  L.  A.  I  saw  and  recognized  Morgan  and  by 
him  was  introduced  to  many  others  of  similar  history 
from  among  the  great  army  which  our  sublime  order 
has  demitted  to  our  celestial  abode. 

Pike's  Peak. 


rj:]form  story. 


'A  SUNNY 


TEXAS  WEARS  A  LODOE    BRAND. 

A  correspondent  of  the  New  York  Herald  writes  of  a 
disgraceful  affair  at  Belton,  Texas,  wherein  eleven  ladies 
invited  to  the  house  of  a  Christian  sister,  Mrs.  Henry,  to 
hold  a  religious  meeting  were  arrested  at  the  instance  of 
Henry  himself  and  a  jury  fined  them  each  twenty  dol- 
lars. The  B\e6  Methodist  comments  forcibly  upon  the 
case  thus: 

"It  is  a  matter  of  history  well  known,  we  suppose,  to 
our  readers,  that  Texas  was  settled  under  grant  from 
Mexico.  While  it  was  a  part,  of  tlie  territory  of  that 
countrj^  its  foundations  were  laid  in  Masonry.  In  1836 
she  gained  her  independence,  and  from  that  time  until  the 
fii'st  day  of  March,  1845,  she  existed  a  separate  republic, 
at  which  latter  date,  by  vote  of  Congress  and  signature  of 
President  Tyler,  Texas  became  one  of  the  States  of  this 
Union.  During  the  war  of  her  indei:)endence  the  five- 
pointed  star,  a  Masonic  emblem,  was  adopted  as  her  in- 
signia. It  was  understandingly  adopted,  because  its  lead- 
ing spirits  were  Masons,  and  it  became  the  sign  to  adven- 
turous 'craftsmen,'  and  men  who  ought  to  have  been 
hung,  and  others  who  should  have  served  their  country 
in  a  State's  prison;  but  Masonic  influence  got  between 
them  and  their  deserts.  They  knew'  where  to  go  to, 
and  they  went  by  the  hundreds,  thus  replenishing  the 
Christ-hating,  woman-degrading  element  of  the  new  re- 
public. 

"That  this  is  no  fancy  sketch  is  proven  on  good  Masonic 
authority.  'At  a  celebration  of  the  Festival  of  John  the 
Baptist  in  1844,  [while  Texas  was  an  independent  rei^ub- 
lic,  but  knocking  at  the  door  of  the  Union  for  admission,] 
at  Portland,  Maine,  Right  Worthy  Bro.  Teulo'n,  a  member 
of  the  Grand  Lodge  (>f  Texas,  in  reply  to  a  toast  compli- 
mentary to  tlie  Masons  of  that  republic  observed:  'Texas 
is  emphatically  a  Masonic  country;  ajl  our  Presidents  and 
Yice  Presidents,  and  four-fifths  of  our  State  officers,  were 
and  are  Masons;  om-  national  emblem,  the  Lone  Star,  was 
chosen  from  among  the  emblems  selected  by  Freemasonry 
to  illustrate  the  moral  virtues — it  is  a  five-pointed  star 
and  alludes  to  the  five  points  of  fellowship.'  (See  Moore's 
Freemason's  Magazine,  Vol.  iii.,  page  309.)  We  sui)pose 
this  seed  has  been  scattered  not  far  from  the  immediate 
vicinity  of  Belton.  As  the  tide  of  emigration  has  been 
pouring  into  that  State,  its  Masonic  quality  has  likely 
been  toned  down  as  a  whole,  and  there  are  localities 
where  such  an  outrage  would  not  be  tolerated;  but  it  is 
where  the  old  leaven  has  been  pushed  out  by  the  new, 
or  in  some  region  where  the  new  lands  were  not  pre- 
occupied by  Masons  rather  than  Americans. 

"  It  was  here  in  the  town  of  Belton,  Bell  County,  that 
two  good  men,  the  Dow  brothers,  a  year  ago  or  so,  met 
with  similar  persecution  for  preaching  and  holding  holi- 
ness meetings.  First  they  were  take'n  from  a  house  at 
night  by  a  mob  and  whipped  and  warned  to  leave  the 
country.  Failing  to  do  this,  they  were  arrested  under 
State's  warrant  and  tried  before  a  justice's  court  on  the 
charge  of  insanity,  convicted  and  sent  to  the  lunatic  asy- 
lum, notwithstanding  the  proof  was  made  that  they  were 
men  of  sound  minds.  On  being  conveyed  to  tlie  lunatic 
asylum_  the  authorities  refused  to  adiiiif  them,  knowing,  as 
they  did,  that  the  prosecution  was  simply  persecution 
for  their  preaching,  when  they  went  about  their  bus- 
iness.' 

"Let  us  pray  God  that  this  abomination  may  be  swept 
away,  so  that  men  may  be  free  to  obey  the  dictates  of 
their  consciences,  and  the  messengers  of  Christ  may  not 
be  prevented  by  this  thing  from  doing  their  whole  duty." 


— John  B.  Goughj  began  lecturinij'  in  1843.  Between 
that  time  and  May,  1882,  he  delivered  8,480  addresses  to 
8,500,000  people. 


HOLDEN  WITH  CORDS. 
I  BY  THE  AUTHOR]  OF  "LITTLE    PEOPLE," 
I  LIFE,"  FTC. 

I  CHAPTER  XXXV.— vox  POPULI,  VOX  DEI. 

One  night  about  a  week  after  these  events  there  was  a 
meeting  of  two  men  at  a  cross  road  a  little  way  out  of  the 
village;  which  meeting  was  evidently  not  accidental,  for 
one  of  the  two  had  been  pacing  restlessly  back  and  forth 
for  some  time  in  a  state  of  mingled  agitation  and  expec- 
tancy, and  now  greeted  the  other  with  only  these  three 
abruptly  spoken  words : 
"She  is  dead!" 

His  companion  started  and  a  quick  change  passed  over 
his  face.  To  a  man  accustomed  to  taking  a  good  position 
in  society  and  being  flattered  and  smiled  on  accordingly, 
the  vision  of  possible  arrest  at  the  hands  of  the  law  could 
hardly  be  an  agreeable  subject  of  contemplation;  but 
there  is  an  old  saying  which  tells  us  to  give  even  the 
prince  of  darkness  his  due,  and  I  am  willing  to  believe 
that  Maurice  Jervish  felt  for  one  instant  a  real  pang  of 
remorse — though  only  a  passing  sentiment,  quickly  over- 
powered by  selfish  considerations  for  his  own  safety. 

"This  is  horrible  business,"  he  finally  answered.  "There 
will  be  a  tremendous  fuss  made  I  supjiose  when  the  affair 
comes  to  be  looked  into." 

"I  shall  have  to  lay  low  till  it  blows  over,"  returned  the 
other.  "So  now  Jervish,  you  must  let  me  have  a  hundred 
dollars,  I  can't  go  without  it,  my  affairs  are  in  a  devil  of 
a  fix." 

"Haven't  got  more  than  fifty  by  me." 
"Then  borrow  the  other  fifty,  can't  you?"  said  his  com- 
panion impatiently,  "I  must  clear  out  of  here  to-night,  or 
it  is  a  jail  matter." 

"You  forget  that  this  confounded  ugly  business  is  likely 
to  get  me  into  a  tight  box  as  well  as  you,"  said  Jervish, 
uneasily.  "But  I'm  willing  to  do  the  best  I  can.  There's 
a  private  room  in  my  office.  Come  down  there  with  me, 
and  we'll  talk  the  matter  over." 

"I  know  you  are  thinking  of  your  own  skin,  but  I've 
got  some  regard  for  mine,"  answered  the  other  with  cool 
contempt.  "And  I  want  you  to  understand  that  the 
sooner  I'm  off  and  out  of  Jihe  reach  of  pursuit  the  better 
for  you.  I  might  prove  a  very  inconvenient  witness  be- 
fore the  coroner's  jury." 

"Oh,  come,"  said  Jervish,  alarmed  at  the  threat.  "What 
is  the  u.se  of  talking  like  that.  I'll  get  the  money  of 
Montfort  or  some  other  member  of  the  lodge.  They 
won't  get  wind  of  the  affair  before  to-morrow  morning, 
and  that  will  give  you  plenty  of  time  for  a  fair  start." 

"I've  got  the  night  before  me,  and,  luckily,  a  good  fast 
horse,"  returned  the  other,  after  a  moment's  reflection. 
"Perha2)s  I  had  better  go  down  to  the  office,  and  you  can 
bring  me  the  money  there.     Only  be  quick  about  it." 

Jervish  handed  him  the  Imy  of  his  office  in  silence,  and 
the  two  separated. 

While  this  conversation  was  going  on,  in  a  house  that 
stood  a  little  way  back  from  the  road  and  not  far  from 
their  place  of  meeting  lay  all  that  was  mortal  of  Mary 
Lyman.  The  seal  of  the  death  angel  was  on  those  fast 
closed  lids,  and  the  lines  of  weariness  and  pain  left  by  the 
last  struggle  made  the  beautiful  face  look  even  sadder 
than  in  life,  as,  framed  in  its  rippling  abundance  of  tawny 
gold  hair,  it  looked  up  white  and  silent,  bearing  mute  but 
awful  witness  that  a  deed  of  murder  had  been  done. 

Let  Infinite  Pity  judge  her,  for  though  she  had  listened 
anew  to  the  voice  of  the  tempter  who,  whispered  of  a  way 
by  which  their  mutual  sin  might  be  covered  up — a  need 
rendered  more  urgent  on  his  part  by  the  fact  that  he  was 
a  married  man  with  wife  and  children — who  shall  dare  say 
that  the  betrayed,  deceived  soul  may  not  have  found  even 
at  tlie  eleventh  hour  jiardon  and  peace'?  But  what  shall 
I  say  of  him  who  wrought  this  ruin,  to  whom  aU  the  sa- 
cred mystery  pf  awakening  womanhood  was  only  a  means 
for  the  attainment  of  his  own  base  ends?  Charity  herself 
turns  away.  Better  for  that  man  if  he  had  never  been 
born. 

Meanwhile  Maurice  Jervish  in  no  enviable  frame  of 
mind  was  directing  his  steps  toward  the  house  of  Colonel 
Montfort.  It  was  decidedly  the  largest  and  most  preten- 
tious in  the  village,  for  the  Colonel  was  a  man  of  consid- 
erable property,  gained  not  so  much  in  lawful  business,  as 
bj'  certain  shady  transactions  already  referred  to.  Ring- 
ing the  bell  he  was  soon  admitted  into  a  room  styled  the 
library,  though  the  Colonel  was  not  a  man  of  scholarly 
tastes,  and  spent  more  time  smoking  than  in  reading  any- 
thing older  than  the  morning  newspaper — and  jiroceeded 
at  once  to  state  his  business,  with  which  the  reader  is  al 
ready  familiar. 

"The  deuce!  This  is  going  a  little  too  far,  Jervish.  Of 
course  the  lodge  will  do  its  best  to  bring  you  off  all  right,  ! 


but  the  truth  is  we  have  got  about  enough  to  shoulder  al- 
ready. A  good  many  here  in  Granby  are  all  ripe  for  an 
Anti-masonic  excitement,  and  a  less  affair  than  this  would 
be  quite  suflicient  to  kindle  one.  That  infernal  seceder, 
Severns,  is  capable  of  turning  the  whole  neighborhood 
ujjside  down,  to  say  nothing  of  the  Methodist  parson,  his 
brother-in-law.  And  with  an  amiable  wish  that  he  might 
see  us  both  consigned  to  regions  unmentionable  ^-f  or  I 
must  stop  to  remark  that  the  Colonel  was  a  man  of  decid- 
edly profane  habits  of  speech,  which  is  nothing  very  sur- 
prising considering  the  fact  that  at  one  time  and  another 
he  had  taken  a  matter  of  several  hundred  oaths,  each  one 
far  surpassing  in  studied  insult  to  Jehovah's  name  the 
profanity  of  an  ignorant  Irish  drayman — he  took  out  his 
pocket-book  with  a  rather  distmbed  air  and  proceeded  to 
count  out  some  bills  which  he  handed  to  Jervish. 

The  latter  clutched  the  money  eagerly.  He  had  in 
truth  been  rather  impatient  of  the  preceding  lectm-e,  and 
cared  little  for  the  possible  "Anti-masonic  excitement,"  so 
vividly  present  to  the  Colonel's  imagination,  in  the  nar- 
rower and  more  personal  subject  of  alarm  which  now  ab- 
sorbed his  thoughts. 

The  Colonel  left  alone,  lit  a  cigar  and  puffed  away  un- 
easily. What  was  it  to  him — this  foul  mmxler  of  an  un- 
protected orjihan  girl?  He  was  sorry  the  affair  had  hap- 
pened. It  was  really  unfortunate.  But  with  all  his  Ma- 
sonic degrees  of  knighthood  did  a  single  thrill  of  indig- 
nation at  this  double  outrage  on  the  weak  and  defence- 
less, attest  to  one  faint  spark  lingering  within  him  of  the 
true  knightly  sph'it  of  old?  Did  this  "Prince  of  Mercy" 
who  had  dared  to  take  at  the  same  profane  shrine  one  of 
the  divinest  titles  of  the  crucified  Redeemer — a  title  the 
most  precious  to  the  heart  of  his  church  on  earth,  and  his 
brightest  crown  of  glory  among  the  shining  ranks  of 
heaven — feel  even  a  throb  of  pure  human  regret  or  sor- 
row for  the  young  life  whose  lamp  had  gone  out  forever 
in  such  starless  gloom? 

I  trow  not.  He  finished  his  cigar,  sat  down  and  wrote 
a  few  hurried  lines,  adchessed  to  the  village  sheriff,  also  a 
member  of  Fidelity  Lodge,  and  having  sealed  the  note, 
transmitted  it  by  a  trusty  messenger.  He  had  learned  by 
certain  former  experiences  that  it  is  not  impossible  to 
make  an  affair  even  more  "unfortunate"  than  this  re- 
dound to  the  glory  of  the  lodge  by  a  skillful  use  of  those 
secret  tactics  which  such  men  know  so  thoroughly. 

Among  the  many  profane  boasts  by  which  Masonry  and 
its  kindred  order.  Odd-fellowship,  seeks  to  "exalt  itself 
above  all  that  is  called  God  or  that  is  worshipped,"  we 
hear  it  sometimes  said,  "the  members  of  secret  lodges 
hang  together  better  than  the  church."  Now  this  matter 
in  the  light  of  the  above  scene  is  certainly  worth  inquiring 
into.  It  is  a  dejjlorable  fact  that  a  band  of  thieves  and 
mm-derers  will  sometimes  "hang  together"  when  a  party 
of  philanthropists  will  split  asunder  over  some  miserable 
shibboleth;  but  the  reason  for  this  is  not  hard  to  seek. 
Selfishness  is  a  strong  cement  of  union,  and  is  it  strange 
that  with  our  imperfect  human  race  it  is  often  stronger 
than  the  bond  of  the  most  disinterested  love?  Besides,  it 
must  be  remembered  that  a  band  of  philanthropists  do 
not  need  to  "hang  together"  for  the  purjiose  of  shielding 
each  other's  crimes — for  this  is  really  all  the  argument 
amounts  to,  though  like  other  pieces  of  lodge  sophistry 
it  palms  itself  off  on  many  an  honest  but  unreflecting- 
mind  for  the  truth.  But  how  long,  oh  ye  Christian  pas- 
tors, will  you  let  "the  simple  perish  for  lack  of  under- 
standing'?" How  long  shall  these  false  teachers  "bring  in 
damnable  heresies,"  and  you,  Gallio-like,  "care  for  none  of 
these  things?" 

The  night  wore  away.  Like  a  queen  in  gold  of  Ophir, 
all  her  garments  smelling  of  myrrh  and  aloes  and  cassia, 
rose  the  fan  regal  morning  without  a  cloud  on  its  glory; 
and  the  light  of  day  fell  at  last  on  the  white,  upturned 
face,  and  slowly  the  village  of  Granby  woke  to  the  fact 
that  murder  had  been  done. 

A  coroner's  jm-y  was  speedily  imjianncled  and  a  post 
mortem  examination  left  no  doubt  of  the  cause  of  Mary 
Lyman's  death.  The  sudden  flight  of  the  iihysician  at 
whose  house  she  died  pointed  him  out  conclusively  as  the 
guilty  tool,  and  a  warrant  was  at  once  issued  for  his  ap- 
prehension. 

A  number  of  men  started  in  pursuit,  the  majority  being 
good  and  honest  citizens  who  owned  allegiance  to  no  power 
but  their  hiwful  government,  and  to  this  circumstance,  quite 
as  much  as  the  delay  caused  by  an  accident  to  "the  good 
fast  horse"  on  which  he  had  relied  for  safety,  was  due  the 
fact  that  the  doctor  was  overtaken  and  brought  back  to 
Granby. 

His  witness  before  the  jury  cleared  up  all  remaining 
mystery  about  the  case.  Perhaps  he  thought  it  would  be 
better  for  himself  if  he  made  a  clean  breast  of  the  whole 
affair  seeing  that  the  evidence  of  his  guilt  was  too  over- 
whelming to  be  denied;  and  the   result  of  his  testimony 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYKOSURE. 


JanuaHV  11;  188c 


was  most  damaging  proof  against  Jervish  who  stilt  stayed 
about  town  knowing  that  his  flight  at  this  particular  junc- 
ture would  only  point  suspicion  towards  him  as  the  real 
author  of  Mary  Lyman's  death. 

The  proceedings  were  ex-parte, — the  jury's  business  be- 
ing simply  to  obtain  evidence  against  the  guilty  parties. 
While  we  were  in  session — for,  reader,  I  was  on  that  jury, 
and  know  whereof  I  affirm — at  precisely  the  point  when 
this  new  witness,  whose  name  was  Dr.  Forsj'th,  though 
the  name  is  immaterial  as  he  has  no  after  connection  with 
my  story,  was  about  to  give  his  testimony,  we  were  joined 
by  lawyer  Burroughs,  a  practicing  attorney  of  the  village 
and  a  member  of  Fidelity  lodge,  who  ajjparently  drojjped 
in  for  no  other  purpose  than  to  kindly  aid  with  his  legal 
knowledge  the  examinations  of  the  jury.  He  was  a  man 
whose  words  were  softer  than  oil  and  smoother  than  but- 
ter, though  at  need  they  could  be  sharper  than  drawn 
swords.  A  thrill  of  suspicion  shot  through  me  when  he 
entered,  but  it  seemed  like  a  breech  of  charity  to  think 
him  actuated  by  any  other  motive  than  the  simple  desire 
to  serve  justice,  so  intently  did  he  listen  to  the  testimony, 
so  earnest  did  he  apj)ear  to  have  all  the  facts  elicited 
which  had  a  bearing  on  the  case.  But  when  the  closing  of 
the  prisoner's  testimony  left  us  nothing  to  do  but  to 
draw  up  a  formal  warrant  for  the  arrest  of  Matu'ice  Jer- 
vish, the  before-mentioned  attorney  looked  at  his  watch, 
and  quietly  remarked, 

"I  need  not  stay  longer  now  the  witness  is  all  in.  1  see 
it  goes  hopelessly  against  my  client  but  as  1  am  counsel 
for  Mr.  Jervish  I  felt  bound  to  stop  and  see  it  through." 
And  so  saying  he  left  the  room  unmindful  of  the  indig- 
nant -surprise  which  was  visible  on  every  face,  unless  1  ex- 
cept the  only  Masonic  member  of  the  jury  who  sal  in  a 
corner  busily  trimming  his  nails  from  which  engrossing 
occupation  he  did  not  take  the  trouble  to  lift  his  head  as 
the  door  closed  behind  the  retreating  attorney. 

But  another  surprise  awaited  us.  The  coroner  had  just 
penned  the  warrant,  and  it  only  waited  om-  signatures 
when  information  was  brought  to  the  jury  room  that  Jer- 
vish had  fled;  having  learned,  no  doubt  through  the  Mason- 
ic lawyer  of  Forsyth's  arrest  and  his  own  danger.  Then 
and  not  till  then  did  we  realize  in  what  an  impudent  and 
shameless  fashion  the  jury  had  been  sold. 

' '  Just  like  Burroughs  to  serve  us  such  a  trick,  the  mean, 
sneaking  rascal!"  broke  out  one  of  the  jurors,  ordinarily  a 
quiet  man,  but  just  now  roused  to  a  perfect  white  heat  of 
indignant  wrath  over  this  example  of  Masonic  double- 
dealing. 

"Well,  the  mischief  is  done,"  said  another;  "the  best 
thing  we  can  do  is  to  sign  the  warrant  light  off  and  get  it 
into  the  hands  of  the  sheriff  as  soon  as  we  can." 

Quickly  each  man  wrote  his  name — all  but  the  Masonic 
juror.  Oh,  that  precious  hour  and  a  half  wasted  in  trying 
to  argue  with  one  whose  stupidity  if  it  had  been  real  in- 
stead of  pretended,  ought  to  have  consigned  him  to  an 
asylum  of  imbeciles!  But  1  have  understood  better  ever 
since  how  one  Mason  can  so  obstruct  the  wheels  of  law  as 
to  cause  "truth  to  fall  in  the  streets  and  turn  justice  back- 
ward." For  that  hour  and  a  half  was  improved  to  the 
utmost  by  Jervish  in  making  his  escape. 

The  next  thing  was  to  put  the  writ  in  the  hands  of  the 
sheriff;  but  in  vain  we  waited  to  hear  news  of  Jervish' 
arrest.  Sheriff  Simonds  had  his  own  notions  of  Masonic 
duty  which  agi-eed  very  well  with  those  entertained  by 
Colonel  Montfort.  The  latter's  note  the  previous  evening 
had  done  its  work,  though  my  knowledge  that  he  influ- 
enced the  sherili  to  betray  his  official  trust  by  a  reference 
to  his  Masonic  obligations,  and  a  promise  that  the  lodge 
would  shield  him  from  consequences,  as  well  as  other  in- 
cidents here  related,  has  been  pieced  out  from  the  various 
disclosures  that  leaked  out  at  different  times  either  through 
legal  investigation,  or  the  less  formal  process  Of  hearsay. 

Hour  after  hour  passed.  Men  gathered  in  knots,  excited, 
indignant,  and  talked  the  matter  over  indulging  in  free  com- 
ments on  the  shameful  inactivity  of  the  sheriff,  as  well  as 
the  conduct  af  Burroughs  in  contriving  to  possess  himself 
of  all  the  testimony  against  Jervish,  and  then  going 
straight  from  the  jury  room  to  warn  his  client.  And  as 
the  talk  went  on  it  was  easy  to  see  that  the  smouldering 
fii'es  of  popular  indignation  needed  but  slight  fanning  to 
bm-st  into  a  fierce  flame.  There  is  something  awful  in  such 
a  rising  of  outraged  justice  when  the  people  unite  as 
one  man  to  execute  vengeance.  I  know  of  but  one  thing 
more  terrible  to  meet — the  face  of  the  Judge  in  the  Great 
Day  of  his  wrath. 

Before  the  sun  set  Colonel  Montfort  and  his  clique  were 
likely  to  get  such  a  dose  of  Anti-masonic  excitement  as 
they  little  calculated  on. 

"  The  sheriff  is  a  Mason  and  an  Odd-fellow.  He  don't 
want  to  arrest  Jervish,  that's  plain  to  be  seen,"  I  heard 
remarked  in   one  of  these  excited  groups.     Masons  and 


Odd-fellows  are  bound  to  stand  by  each  other.  That's  what 
they  all  say." 

' '  Well  I  don't  know  much  about  the  Odd-fellows,  only 
they  and  the  Masons  seem  to  be  hand  and  glove  together," 
observed  another.  "  I've  heard  it  said  that  Masonry  was 
a  good  thing  for  some  of  our  men  when  they  fell  into 
the  hands  of  the  rebels  in  the  war,  but  when  it  comes  to 
secreting  and  running  off  criminals  there's  two  sides  to  the 
question." 

"I've  got  a  story  to  tell  on  that  point,"  spoke  up  a  man 
who  wore  a  soldier's  coat.  "When  I  was  in  the  army  I 
used  to  see  a  good  deal  of  Masonry — from  the  outside,  I 
never  was  one  myself.  I  know  one  of  our  colonels  that 
in  the  battle  of  South  Mountain  would  have  been  cash- 
iered for  cowardice  if  he  hadn't  been  a  Mason.  Somehow 
the  court  martial  didn't  convict,  and  not  a  great  while 
after  he  was  promoted.  But  that  ain't  the  story  I  was  go- 
ing to  tell.  I  was  in  Custer's  command  aud  a  batch  of  us 
were  taken  prisoners  by  guerilla  General  Mosby.  He  or- 
dered that  seven  drawn  by  lot  be  hung  in  retaliation 
for  the  hanging  of  seven  of  his  men  by  the  Unionists. 
Among  those  that  drew  the  marked  ball  was  a  lieutenant 
that  I  knew  very  well.  I  never  saw  these  men  again. 
They  were  carried  off  to  a  place  near  Sheridan's  head- 
quarters and  hung.  I  and  some  others  got  exchanged  after 
awhile,  and  about  a  year  afterward  I  met  this  same  lieu- 
tenant alive  and  well.  "  I  thought  you  wan't  in  the  land 
of  the  living,'  says  I  when  we  came  to  speak.  T  shouldn't 
have  been,'  says  he,  'if  I  hadn't  been  a  Mason;  that  saved 
my  life.'  I  tell  you  I  thought  Masonry  was  a  mighty  good 
thing  after  hearing  that,  and  I  had  a  great  idea  of  joining 
them  myself,  but  there's  a  sequel  to  it  as  they  say.  "VVlien 
the  war  was  over  I  fell  in  with  a  man  that  had  been  a 
Confederate  soldier,  and  knew  all  about  the  hanging  of 
these  men — saw  it  done.  Well,  I  asked  'about  the  lieu- 
tenant. '  He  was  a  Freemason,'  says  he,  'I  saw  him  give 
the  sign  to  my  colonel,  and  saw  him  return  it.  The  col- 
onel went  off  and  a  little  while  after  he  come  back  with 
two  prisoners  of  his  own  that  he  hauded  to  the  officer  who 
had  charge  of  the  affair.  They  were  placed  on  tl^ie  fatal 
line  instead  of  the  lieutenant  who  was  set  free,  and  their 
two  lives  went  for  his." 

A  thrill  of  horror  ran  through  the  group  which  was  now 
considerably  enlarged.  The  soldier's  story  had  only  added 
fuel  to  the  tire.  Every  minute  the  excitement  deepened 
as  fresh  cause  in  the  continued  inactivity  of  the  sheriff 
or  sonte  rumor  of  a  new  attemj^t  on  the  part  of  the  lodge 
to  thwart  justice,  fanned  the  flame. 

Suddenly  the  cry  rose  up,  at  th'st  from  a  single  throat, 
then  caught  up  and  repeated  by  others,  "Tear  down  Bur- 
roughs' office!     Lynch  the  Masonic  scoundrel!" 

The  mob  spirit  was  fast  taking  possession  of  the  crowd 
which  now  swelled  to  hundreds  had  gathered  about  the 
court  house,  when  a  clear,  commanding  voice  address- 
ing  them  from  the  steps  of  the  building  made  a  temporary 
silence. 

{To  he  continued.) 


New  ENGLAlfD. 


THE  NEW  ENGLAND  BOARD  of  the  National  Christian  As- 
sociation has  its  headquarters  at  No.  8  Portland  St.,  Worcester, 
Mass.  A  full  supply  of  books  and  tracts  constantly  on  hand. 
Orders  promptly  filled.    Correspondence  soUeited. 

E.  D.  Bajlet,  N.  E.  Sec'y. 

MOTES. 

— Mr.  Spaulding  visited  during  the  past  week  Milford, 
South  Farmingham,  Holliston  and  Saxonville,  meeting 
with  good  success  in  finding  friends  and  selling  books. 

— D.  C.  Durgin  of  New  Hampshire,  has  been  active 
since  the  State  meeting,  which  he  attended.  He  writes : 
"I  have  been  at  work  in  the  cause  of  the  American  party, 
with  what  success  time  alone  will  tell.  I  find  many  that 
believe  in  the  truth  of  the  doctrine  that  we  advocate,  but 
it  takes  a  good  deal  of  moral  courage  to  go  against  the 
tide  of  popular  sentiment.  We  need  to  be  steadfast  for 
the  right,  looking  forward  to  the  recompense  of  the  re- 
ward, for  He  is  faithful  who  hath  promised." 

—Rev.  J.  P.  Stoddard  spent  the  Sabbath,  Dec.  24th, 
with  us,  preaching  a  grand  sermon  in  the  morning  at 
Washburn  Hall,  at  South  Worcester  in  the  afternoon,  and 
speaking,  with  others,  again  in  the  evening  at  our 
"People's  Service."  He  came  unannounced  Saturday 
evening  and  some  failed  to  hear  him,  who  would  have  been 
present  had  they  known  of  his  coming.  His  visit  did  us 
good,  as  might  be  expected. 

— The  new  temperance  mayor,  Mr.  S.  E.  Hildreth,  was 
inaugurated  at  Horticultural  Hall  Jan.  1st.  The  haU  was 
densely  packed  with  citizens. 

— ^Rob.  Morris  has  been  lecturing  in  Maine,  telling  the 
people  of  his  wonderful  Masonic  record  and  endeavoring 
to  break  the  force  of  Mr.  Weed's  testimony  by  oracular 
utterances  to  the  effect  that  the  Masons  did  not  kill  Mor- 
gan but  only  hired  him  to  leave  the  country.  His  state- 
ments are  unsupported  by  anything  but  his  own  word 
which  has  too  often  proved  false  to  be  trusted  now,  \ 


THE  SOUTH  WORCESTER  CHAPEL. 


A  REFORM  CHURCH  IN  THE  HEART  OP 

MASSACHUSETTS. 


Worcester,  Mass.,  Jan.  1st,  1883. 

Another  piece  of  work  has  been  successfully 
consummated.  The  new  chapel  was  yesterday  dedi- 
cated fi-ee  from  debt  and  forty  dollars  in  the  treasury! 
Such  an  announcement,  it  is  said,  was  never  made  of 
any  church  or  chapel  previously  erected  in  tlie'  city. 
Friday  evening  the  committee  met  to  dispose  of  a 
deficit  of  $78.  This  was  quickly  provided  for  and 
the  following  day  two  partial  pledges  were  redeemed 
which  left  us  a  balance  in  the  treasury. 

At  the  dedication  services  the  house  was  literally 
packed  with  people.  Every  available  spot  in  the' 
audience  room,  entry  and  piayer  room  was  occupied 
by  an  intercstel  audience  and  some  were  turned 
awa}'  without  gaining  admittance.  Three  pastors, 
Eev.  Dr.  Gould,  Rev.  C.  M.  Samson  and  Rev.  W.  G. 
Sleeper  participated  in  the  ser^aces.  Rev.  J)r. 
Marshall,  pastor  of  the  first  Baptist  church,  who  was 
also  invited,  sent  a  cougTatulatorj'  message  but  could 
not  be  present   by  reason  of  a  previous  engagement. 

Four  of  the  five  superintendents  of  the  Union 
School  in  former  years  were  on  the  platform  and 
spoke  briefly — Mr.  Anson  Bangs,  Mr.  Henry  Brannon, 
Mr.  Charles"  Hai-wood,  Mr.  S.  A.  Pratt  and  ]*Ir.  F.  B. 
Hayward.  The  services  were  exceedingly  interest- 
ing throughout  and  we  were  all  devoutly  thankful  to 
God  for  the  achievement  of  such  a  success. 

I  entered  upon  this  work  in  So.  Worcester  with 
man}'  misgivings,  fearing  it  would  interfere  with  my 
work  outside  of  the  city  aud  not  especially  inure  to 
the  advantage  of  the  reform,  but.  like  the  Morgan 
monument  in  our  national  movement,  this  has  proved 
in  the  providence  of  God  one  of  the  best  things  to' 
be  done.  For  a  few  weeks  it  has  required  an  extra 
exertion  which  temporaril}-  interfered  with  my  lecture 
work,  but  I  could  in  no  other  way  have  gained  an 
equally  important  acquaintance  in  the  city  and  pre- 
sented our  cause  to  more  men  of  pietj-  and  means 
than  by  this  agency.  Doors  that  formerly  were 
locked  easily  opened,  and  once  opened  our  reform 
had  made  a  gain  which  is  destined  to  have  an  im- 
portant bearing  in  the  future.  Conservative  New 
Englanders  look  with  suspicion  on  any  movement 
which  does  not  reach  them  through  ordinary  chan- 
nels. Things  cannot  be  done  here  by  a  "hop,  skip 
and  a  jump"  method,  and  he  is  wisestwho  learns  this 
soonest.  Providence  in  this  case  has  planned  for  us 
better  than  we  could  have  asked. 

I  shall  now  be  free  to  make  such  excursions  abroad 
as  give  promise  of  usefulness.  I  am  first  to  go  to 
Connecticut  and  repeat  the  tour  of  the  State  which 
last  year  proved  so  helpful.  It  is  not  certain  that  I 
shall  do  a  great  amount  of  lecturing  for  I  find  it  vei% 
profitable  to  visit  candid  men  and  personally  intro- 
gttce  to  them  the  reform,  putting  them  into  an  in- 
quiring attitude.  If  we  can  move  the  springs  that 
move  the  people  we  shall  not  be  long  in  raising  a 
popular  activity  that  will  prove  certain  destruction 
to  the  lodge. 

I  am  most  troubled  at  the  fact  that  the  foundation 
principles  of  Christianity  are  so  far  lost  sight  of  by 
the  people.  Our  reform  movement  will  never  com- 
pletely succeed  till  it  becomes  aggressive  in  teaching 
the  fundamental  doctrines  of  the  Gospel.  Brother 
Bacon  of  Connecticut  insists  that  there  must  be  a 
reformation  of  the  preaching,  and  he  is  right.  There 
is  a  popular  ignorance  of  the  Word  of  God  which  is 
appalling.  The  people  are  receiving  the  Gospel  by 
tradition  and  like  all  tradition  it  is  losing  some  of  its 
most  essential  features. 

We  had  a  large  meeting  at  Washburn  Hall  Sunday 
evening.  I  wish  I  could  impress  upon  our  readers 
in  Worcester  the  importance  of  sustaining  by  their 
presence  this  meeting.  Deacon  David  Whitcomb 
told  me,  when  he  heard  about  the  meeting,  that 
without  doubt  it  was  one  of  the  best  opportu- 
nities in  the  city.  Men  can  be  reached  there  who 
could  not  be  reached  in  any  other  way.  The  pur- 
poses of  the  meeting  are  wholly  reformatory  as  to 
method  and  aim.  All  with  whom  I  have  conversed 
believe  in  the  movement  and  express  a  belief  in  its 
success.  Brethren,  let  us  lay  hold  of  it  in  earnest 
and  take  a  personal  responsibility  for  its  success. 

E.  D.  Bailey. 


office. 


-Will  Rev.  8  Collins  please  send  his   address  to   this 


— The  friends  in  Chambersburg,  Pa.,  are  contem 
plating  a  general  convention  for  the  south-eastern  section 
of  Pennsylvania,  and  the  plan  may  yet  develop  into  a 
State  meeting.  Bro.  Hinman,  who  has  been  visiting  the 
city,  will  have  probably  a  month's  work  in  the  State  if 
the  plan  is  carried  out. 


MMki 


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January  11.  1888 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE. 


Reform  News.  • 

WORE  IN  MICHIGAN. 

PoxTiAC,  Mich. 

I  expect  soon  to  speak  in  Ingham  and  Eaton  counties. 
I  hope  the  friends  along  that  line  will  write  me  at  once  so 
that  I  can  speak  at  as  many  points  as  possible  on  the  way. 
Let  me  hear  from  friends  in  otlier  parts  of  the  State,  as  I 
intend  by  the  Lord's  help  to  drive  this  battle  on. 

Those  who  are  willing  to  assist  in  establishing  an  Oak- 
land Co.  Association  will  plea.se  write  to  Dr.  L.  L  Wicker, 
Holly,  Mich.  When  you  write  him,  make  such  .sugges- 
tions as  are  likely  to  help  on  the  good  work.  Let  us 
work  with  all  our  might  and  dn  all  .things  to  the  glory  of 
God.  A.  H.  Springstein. 


A   CALL  AT    WORCESTER. 

December  24th  I  spent  with  Bro.  Bailey  at  his  home  in 
Worcester,  Mass.  The  kindness  of  himself  and  wife  will 
be  fondly  cherished  for  days  to  come.  I  was  on  a  busi- 
ness trip  via  Washington,  New  York  and  Boston  and 
found  it  convenient  at  7  p.  m.  on  Saturday  to  halt  for  a 
Sabbath  of  refreshment  and  worship  in  this  center  of 
manufactures,  commerce,  culture  and  religion.  Christmas 
was  near  and  loyal  Catholics  were  of  course  jubilant  in 
anticipation  of  "high  mass"  and  absolution,  but  it  was  a 
little  surprising  to  find  Protestants  and  clergymen  of  Pil- 
grim ancestry  entering  into  the  spirit  of  this  religious  fes- 
tival with  all  the  zest  of  the  most  devout  Papist.  I  did 
not  visit  any  of  the  churches  where  special  attractions 
were  advertised  in  the  daily  papers,  but  was  told  by 
some  who  were  present  that  the  simple  services  of  the 
Gospel  were  pushed  aside  by  performances  rivaling  the 
elaborate  displays  of  Rome  itself.  I  was  glad  to  know 
that  such  an  appropriation  of  God's  Sabbath  was  quite 
distasteful  to  some,  who  seek  out  the  old  paths,  and  much 
prefer  the  simplicity  of  their  fathers,  the  early  Christians 
and  of  the  Divine  Master. 

At  half  past  ten  on  Sabbath  morning  I  accompanied 
Bro.  Bailey  to  Washburn  Hall  where  we  met  a'band  of 
pilgrims,  and  at  his  request  preached  to  them.  They  re- 
ceived the  Wo]xl  attentively,  and  greeted  me  heartily  at 
the  close  of  our  services,  indicating  that  it  was  no  new 
thing  to  hear  the  truth  spoken  in  the  plainest  teims.  At 
three  o'clock  we  repaired  to  the  school  house  in  South 
Worcester  where  Bro.  Bailey  has  gathered  another  band 
of  worshipers  to  whom  he  preaches  when  in  the  city. 
The  evening  gathering  was  in  Washburn  Hall,  and  more 
spiritual  andlDrofitable,  as  it  seemed 'to  me,  than  either  of 
the  others.  The  subject  was  the  enduement  of  power. 
Quite  a  number  took  part  and  all  seemed  to  realize  the 
presence  and  power  of  the  Holy  Spirit  upon  the  people. 
The  day  was  to  me  bles.sed  and  I  was  specially  rejoiced  to 
find  that  God  was  honoring  the  work  of  our  brother  and 
giving  him  favor  among  the  people. 

I  In  considering  the  needs  of  our  work  at  Washington 
'  and  the  importance  of  having  a  discreet  and  experienced 
general  at  the  center  of  political  power,  I  had  thought  it 
possible  that  a  field  for  wider  influence  might  be  calling 
for  Bro.  Bailey's  skillful  hand;  but  I  am  convinced  after 
looking  over  both  fields  that  New  England  needs  Bro. 
Bailey  and  that  Washington  must  be  provided  for  in  some 
other  v.^ay.  The  work  already  done  has  given  him  an  in- 
fluence which  can  not  be  transplanted,  and  which,  rightly 
directed,  will  secui'e  for  him  access  to  many  places  not 
open  to  strangei-s  or  readily  reached  by  transient  lecturers. 
He  is  recognized  as  an  able  and  devout  minister,  a  suc- 
cessful advocate  of  temperance,  an  effective  speaker,  an 
uncompromisifig  opponent  of  the  whole  lodge  system  and 
a  thoroughly  Christian  gentleman;  and  is  accorded  an 
honorable  place  among  the  ministers  of  the  city  and  the 
Christian  society  of  the  place.  He  has  gathered  about 
him  a  band  of  workers  who  are  not  ashamed  of  the  Gos- 
pel of  Christ  and  predict  for  f)ur  cause  a  healthy  and 
steady  growth  under  his  management  in  New  England. 
Let  us  rejoice  and  talce  courage  as  we  sec  what  has  been 
gained  tor  Christ  in  the  face  of  terrible  opposition  by  the 
enemies  of  his  bride  the  church,  and  pray  in  faith  that  a 
m.an  qualified  for  the  difficult  work  at  Washington  may  be 
raised  up  and  firmly  established  where  he  may  speak  from 
the  nation's  head  to  the  nation's  heart  and  conscience. 

J.  P.  Stoddard. 


TO  THE  FRONT,  KANSAS.' 

Dodge  City,  Kans.,  Dec.  23,  '82. 

The  Emporia  convention  has  come  and  gone.  I  am 
glad  for  the  acquaintances  formed.  I  feel  encouraged  by 
the  counsels  taken  and  strengthened  by  the  sweet'hours 
of  social  prayer.  There  was  an  air  of  business  in  the 
meetings  which  could  not  well  be  mistaken  and  if  there 
iu-e  not  lai-ge  re.9ults,  my  expectations  will  not  be  realized. 

I  have  consented  to  "act  as  State  agent  until  the  new 
hoaid  would  have   time  to  canvass  the  subject  and   see 


what  could  be  done,  or  until  my  duties  might  require  me 
to  go  elsewhere.     And  now 

WHAT  NEXT? 

1  propose  that  the  friends  throughout  the  State  who 
wish  the  degrees  worked  in  their  several  neighborhoods 
would  write  to  me  at  once.  Write  whether  you  have 
written  before  or  not.  A  postal  don't  cost  much.  Let 
us  see  just  what  amount  of  degree  work  is  needed  and 
then  we  will  better  know  how  to  lay  our  plans.  If  we 
could  have  the  degrees  worked  in  all  the  leading  cities  of 
the  State  and  at  such  other  points  as  might  be  desired,  it 
would  prepare  the  way  grandly  for  the  political  discus- 
sion which  would  immediately  follow.  The  difFicnlty  in 
the  way  is  that  it  costs  money,  and  money  is  scarce.  It 
would  go  far  to  lighten  the  expenses  if  we  could  have  the 
stopping  places  arranged  in  oi"der  so  that  there  will  be  no 
extra  traveling. 

Write  to  me  at  my  home,  Pearlette,  Meade  county, 
Kansas.  P.  S.  Feemster. 


of  the  Franklin  Repository,  the  oldest  paper  in  this  part 
of  the  State,  and  now  entering  on  its  ninety-third  volume, 
is  a  seceded  Mason,  and  publishes  a  notice  f)f  our  meeting. 
The  outlook  is  full  of  hope. 

Yours  for  Christ,    ■ 

H.    H.    HiNMAN. 


BRO.  HINMAN- S  LETTERS. 


A  BENEFACTOR  OF  LIBERIA. 

Among  the  good  men  I  have  found  in  Philadelphia 
no  one  seemed  to  me  to  be  a  more  earnest  and  faithful 
laborer  for  Christ  than  Edward  S.  Morris,  who  is  consul 
for  Liberia.  His  great  work  is  the  education  of  Africans 
in  Africa,  and  the  development  of  agriculture  and  legiti- 
mate commerce.  He  is  his  own  missionary  society,  and 
sustains  a  school  for  native  boys  in  Liberia,  which  he  tells 
me  has  now  sixty-five  pupils^nd  is  conducted  by  educated 
Liberians.  He  is  also  sending  to  Africa  the  seeds  of  the 
Cinchonia  tree  (from  the  bark  of  which  quinine  is  made) 
and  also  other  valuable  plants.  He  imports  pure  palm 
oil  and  African  coffee  which  is  of  a  superior  quality. 
He  has  spent  several  thousands  of  dollars  in  perfecting  a 
machine  for  hulling  the  dried  coffee  berry.  It  is  usually 
separated  when  it  is  in  the  pulp,  and  that  which  becomes 
dried  is  discarded. 

This  machine,  which  I  saw  in  operation,  gives  promise 
of  adding  much  to  the  value  of  the  coffee  production.  I 
regard  the  work  of  Mr.  Monis  as  one  of  great  practical 
importance  and  which  .should  have  the  support  of  all  w-ho 
desire  to  see  the  evangelization  of  Africa.  His  address  is 
No.  6,  S.  Merrick  St., 'Philadelphia. 


CHAMBERSBURG  AND  ITS  CHURCHES. 

Chajibersburg,  Pa.,  Jan.  2,  "83. 

It  was  wise  generalship  when  Lee  chose  this  Cumber- 
land Valley  for  his  Northern  invasion  and  made  Cham- 
bersburg  an  objective  point.  It  was  a  gi-eat  mistake  to 
have  burned  the  town.  It  was  soon  rebuilt  and  better 
than  before,  and  the  burning  but  added  to  the  prosperity, 
intensified  the  loyalty  of  the  people,  and  made  his  disas- 
ter at  Gettysburg  more  inevitable. 

Here  is  a  valley  of  singular  beauty  and  fertility.  Ten 
miles  either  way  is  a  low  range  of  mountains  and  through 
the  interval  run  two  important  railroads,  connecting  the 
cities  of  the  North  and  of  the  South. 

This  city,  which  has  about  1U,U()0  inhabitants,  is  quite 
old.  The  market  house  was  built  in  1780,  but  most  of 
the  old  buildings  were  burned.  Nearly  all  the  people 
who  live  here  are  natives  of  this  valley,  but  originally 
they  were  Germans.  Now  they  all  speak  English,  and 
generally  with  much  correctness,  yet  many  speak  German 
and  they  often  have  religious  services  in  that  language. 


In  a  wonderful  meeting   held  on  New  Year's  morning  in 

the  King   street   church   one    brother   spoke   in  German.    vicinityVwhohXve'oirened  their 'd^^ 


MINNESOTA  STATE  MEETING. 

The  fifth  annual  convention  of  \hc  ^Minnesota  Christian 
Association  opposed  to  secret  societies  met  at  Blue  Earth 
City,  Dec.  fith,  but  it  seemed  as  though  the  winds  had 
gathered  up  their  power,  and  Avere  blowing  what  is  famil- 
iarly known  here  in  the  West  as  a  "blizzard."  Owing  to 
this  fact,  trains  were  behind,  so  that  no  delegates  from 
abroad  reached  the  place  of  meeting  until  nearly  midnight 
of  the  6th.  The  morning  of  the  7th  dawned  cold,  but 
clear.  We  gathered  together  in  the  court-house  and  called 
upon  the  name  of  the  Lord.  The  weather  was  exceed 
ingly  cold  and  few  dared  to  venture  far  from  home;  but 
the  evening  brought  together  a  good  congregation  to  hear 
Pres.  C.  A.  Blanchard  lecture.  The  8th  was  spent  in 
prayer  and  conference,  addresses  from  different  ones,  busi 
ness,  and  in  the  evening  a  second  lecture  by  Pres.  Blan- 
chard. Although  the  weather  was  so  cold,  and  but  few 
out,  still  the  Lord  was  with  us,  and  we  had  really  a  re- 
freshing time.  We  were  somewhat  disappointed  at  not 
seeing  General  Agent  Stoddard,  but  nevertheless  it  has 
been  a  profitable  convention.  The  businesij  of  the  con- 
vention was  transacted  in  a  way  creditable  to  the  A.sso 
elation.  The  expenses  of  the  convention  were  all  met  on 
the  spot.  A  State  Lecturer  were  provided  for  at  a  salary 
of  $500  per  year.  Rev.  Robt.  .J.  Williams  of  Winnebago 
City  was  engaged,  a  man  full  of  the  Holy  Gliost  and  zeal. 
May  God  bless  his  labors.  Local  lecturers  were  appointed 
to  operate  in  different  parts  of  the  State,  inasmuch  that 
we  are  looking  for  great  results  from  this  year's  labor. 
We  were  also  cheered  on  in  our  work  by  the  presence  of 
Chnrles  Hoover  and  wife  from  Iowa. 

The  convention  adopted  the  follo-^ving  resolutions: 

Beaolved,  That  the  work  .'(gainst  the  secret  empire  is  of  God. 
.and  is  ot  the  utmost  importance,  inasmuch  as  the  influence  of 
secrecy  is  against  the  spread  of  Divine  truth. 

Whereas,  To  successfully  carry  on  the  work  of  destroying  the 
lodge  and  its  influence,  we  need  the  undivided  effort  of  "one  per- 
son; therefore, 

Be.'iolved,  That  we  as  a  committee  recommend  that  a  lecturer 
be  put  in  tbe  field  who  shall  be  full  of  the  Holy  Ghost,  and  other- 
wise qualified  for  the  work. 

Whereas,  We  deem  that  Freemasonry  and  its  kindred  insti- 
tutions are  not  only  detrimental  to  good  society,  but  are  among 
the  greatest  evils  of  our  land;  sapping  the  foundation  of  the 
Christian  religion,  and  sealing  the  lips  of  many  who  profess  to  be 
embassadors  for  Christ,  and  tending  to  drift" our  churches  into 
formalism  and  spiritual  death ; 

Therefore  we,  as  Christiaii  men  and  women,  do  resolve  that  wc 
will  use  every  means  in  our  power  to  oppose  and  expose  these 
sinful  and  wicked  institutions,  in  all  places  we  may  have  oppor- 
tunity being  directed  by  the  Word  and  Spirit  of  God. 

Eemlved,  That  as  members  of  this  Association  we  wiU  put  our 
pledges  Into  practice  by  being  active  workers  in  this  reform,  by 
the  use  of  our  temporalmeans'and  the  circulation  of  such  books 
and  tracts  as  we  may  obtain  that  bear  on  this  subject;  that  we 
may  by  this  means  be  able  to  enlighten  the  people  on  this  great 
evil    And,  furthermore, 

Eesolved.  That  we  not  only  talk  and  pray  against  this  great  sin. 
but  that  we  vote  as  we  talk  and  pray,  that  all  our  acts  may  be  in 
accordance  with  our  theory,  tliat  God's  blessing  may  rest  upon  us 
as  a  society. 

Jiesolved',  That  inasmuch  as  we  have  chosen  Bro.  R.  J.  Williams, 
one  of  our  members,  as  our  State  Agent  for  this  Association, 
whose  duties  wiU  be  to  travel  among  the  people  of  the  State  to 
lecture,  and  otherwise  enlighten  the  people  in  regard  to  Freema- 
sonry and  other  Idndred  societies,  and  also  to  .solicit  aid  in  carry- 
ing on  this  work  of  reform  ;  and  furthermore,  we  will  do  all  in 
our  power  to  su.stain  our  agent  by  soliciting  and  raising  sufficient 
sums  to  sustain  him  in  his  worli.         ■■ 

Besolved^  That  we  tender  our  thanks  to  all  the  people  of  this 


The  congTcgation  was  much  moved,  and  commenced  sing 
ing  a  German  hymn  in  which  nearly  all  joined.  It  was 
wonderful.  It  seemed  to  me  that  the  Pentecostal  gift  of 
tongues  had  been  restored.  Surely  the  Divine  Spirit  was 
there  in  power. 

This  people  have  a  substantial  pro.sperity  and  a  good 
degTee  of  wealth.  They  have,'  more  than  people  else- 
where, preserved  their  simplicity  of  life,  but  are  subject 
to  the  same  evil  influences  that  prevail  elsewhere.  There 
is  here  a  tine  Masonic  temple.  It  stands  beside  the  M.  E. 
church,  and  overshadows  that,  and  nearly  all  the  rest. 
There  is  an  exception.  The  King  Street  U.  B.  church  has 
a  good  house  of  worship  and  a  membership  of  about  200 
and  they  s,re  about  building  a  parsonage.  They  are  a 
people  of  great  simplicity  and  Christian  earnestness,  and 
are  enjoying  at  present  gi'eat  spiritual  prosperity.  They 
steadfastly  adhere  to  the  old  landmarks  of  doctrine  and 
discipline,  and  have  suifered  much  for  righteousness'  sake. 
It  v.'ill  be  an  evil  day  for  the  authorities  of  the  United 
Brethren  church  when  they  count  them  out;  but  to  me  it 
seems  highly  probable  that  they  will  find  themselves  cast 
out  from  their  chosen  denominational  conuections,  and  be 
enabled  by  Divine  gi-ace  to  rejoice  greatly  in  the  liberty 
of  a  free  people  of  God.  They  are  much  interested  in 
the  missionary  work  and  the  ladies  have  already  organized 
a  missionary  society  and  are  planning  a  mission  school 
in  West  Africa.  Several  adjoining  congregations  sympa- 
thize with,  and  are  aided  by  them,  and  their  work  enlarges 
on  all  sides.  The  United.  Brethren  in  Christ  is  an  able 
paper  now  published  fortnightly,  and  edited  by  Rev.  W. 
0.  Tobey,  formerly  of  the  Telescope.  It  represents  those 
who  insist  on  the  enforcement  of  the  anti-secrecy  law  as 
a  condition  of  co-operp.tion.  It  does  not  shim  to  declare 
the  whole  counsel  of  God  and  though  proscrilied  by  those 
who  love  peace  more  than  purity  it  is  true  to  Christ  and 
will  prevail.  It  is  proposed  to  have  an  anti-secrecy  meet- 
ing to-morrow  night  nor  do  they  feel  afraid  of  gi-ieving 
the  Holy  Spirit  by  any  honest  effort  to  oppose  sin  and 
maintain  Gospel  purity.  Many  leading  men  in  the  city 
are  in  svmpathy  with  our  reform,  including  Hon.  John 
Stewart,  candidate  for  Governor      J.  M.  Pomeroy,  editcff 


tained  the  members  of  this  Association. 

Thomas  Hartley,  Rec.  Sec. 


THE  KANSAS  STATE  CONVENTION. 


OFFICIAL  REPORT. 

The  Kansas  State  Christian  Association  met  in  the 
Congregational  church,  Emporia,  on  the  evening  of  Dec. 
19th"  1882. 

In  the  absence  of  the  president,  J.  S.  T.  Milligan,  the 
convention  was  called  to  order  by  the  secretary,  and  Rev. 
W.  W.  McMillan,  of  Olathc,  was  called  to  the  chair  pro 
tcm. 

After  a  brief  invocation.  President  J.  Blanchard.  of 
Wheaton,  111.,  was  called  upon  to  give  a  brief  statement 
of  the  objects  of  the  association  and  of  this  meeting. 

An  address  of  welcmnc  Avas  given  by  Rev.  W.  N.  Hib- 
bard,  and  was  responded  to  by  the  chairman. 

Bro.  Feemster  made  a  statement  corroborating  the  re- 
marks of  President  Blanchard  that  secession  in  the  South 
was  plotted  in  the  Masonic  lodge. 

President  Milligan  was  present  on  the  next  day  and 
presided.  During  the  season  of  devotional  exercises 
Father  Chittenden,  of  Lyndon,  spoke  of  his  first  public 
effort  in  exposing  Masonry. 

The  committee  on  nominations  presented  the  following 
report,  which  was  accepted,   amended   and    adopted,    as 
follows: 
Presidext,  Rev.  J.  A.  CoUins.  United  Presbyterian. 
"V'ice-Presidexts  :  Rev  B.  F.  Worrell.  Congregational. 
"  H.  Curtis,  Wesleyan  Methodist. 

'■  ■■  Rev.  R.  Loggan,  United  Brethren. 

"  John  Motter. 

Treasurer,  H.  Curtis,  Olathe,  Kas. 
SECRETAiiY.W.W.McMillan,  "      " 
Place  of  next  meeting.  Topeka.     Time,  October,  15S3. 
The  officers  of  the    association  were  constituted  an  ex- 
ecutive committee. 

The    association  in  the    afternoon  listened    ::.    reports 

\ Cn-^tivTiprl  Of   7^fJi  j.iqe'\ 


6 


THE  CHRISTIAN"  CYNOSURE. 


January  11,  1883 


Correspondence. 


NO  DISPUTE  ABOUT  THE  BODY. 

Des  MotNES,  Iowa. 

Editor  Ctnosuke: — Some  things  have  appeared  in  the 
Cynosure  of  late,  which  are  also  referred  to  in  the  pub- 
lished reminiscences  of  Thmiow  Weed,  which  I  greatly 
desire  to  see  explained.  It  is  in  regard  to  the  body  of  the 
miirdered  Wm.  Morgan. 

It  was  my  fortune  to  enter  upon  the  work  of  the  minis- 
try in  western  New  York,  while  all  the  exciting  scenes 
connected  with  the  atrocious  murder,  the  abortive  trials, 
the  discovered  corpse,  etc.,  etc.,  were  facts  of  which  every 
one  talked  and  none  denied.  That  Wm.  Morgan  was 
kidnapped,  and  sunk  in  the  Niagara  river  by  Freemasons 
was  as  fxilly  and  generally  believed  by  the  people  of  that 
region,  as  the  existence  of  that  river! 

Not  only  the  scores  and  hundi-eds  who  left  the  lodge 
forever,  professedly  on  account  of  the  murder,  but  even 
Masons  who  continued  to  adhere  to  the  order,  admitted 
that  Morgan  was  foully  murdered. 

Not  very  many  years  ago,  I  remember  calling  on  one 
of  this  class  of  men  in  company  with  Pres.  Blanchard, 
and  he  was  asked  why,  if  he  admitted  the  murder — "the 
deep  damnation  of  his  taking  off,"  he  did  not  come  out 
and  renounce  the  order,  as  so  many  others  did?  His 
reply  was  that  there  was  no  order  to  renounce! — the 
lodges  all  went  down  and  there  was  no  more  Masonry 
there.  The  Anti-masonic  party  rose  on  its  ruins,  and  for 
years  gave  notoriety  to  all  the  facts '  of  the  murder  and^ 
especially  to  the  humiliating  and  abortive  efforts  of  the 
Attorney  General  and  the  courts  to  bring  the  murderers 
to  justice.  Who  could  imagine  that  a  generation  would 
arise  before  the  end  of  the  century,  to  deny  and  quibble 
about  matters  so  widely  and  universally  known!  It  only 
confirms  the  Scripture  assertion,  that  anti-Christ  in  every 
form  and  guise  is  a  "mystery  of  iniquity,"  for  of  all  the 
mm-ders  ever  perpetrated  in  our  country,  this  stands  out 
unique  and  unrivalled  in  its  prodigious  wickedness. 

The  victim  was  a  good  man,  kind  and  benevolent,  who 
had  committed  no  crime,  either  against  the  laws  of  God 
or  of  man.  The  conspirators  against  his  life  were  many 
— were  men  of  intelligence  and  influence,  husbands  and 
fathers  like  their  victim,  and  for  days  and  nights  they 
kept  him  in  their  prison  near  Lewiston  and  heard  his  pit- 
eous entreaties  to  spare  his  life,  for  the  sake  of  wife  and 
children  dependent  on  him,  and  then  with  a  heartless  cru- 
elty, which  always  seemed  to  me  no  less  than  infernal, — 
deliberately  sunk  him  at  night  in  the  mighty  river ! 

But  I  did  not  take  my  pen  to  call  back  these  terrible 
reminisences  so  indelibly  stereotyped  upon  my  memory, 
but  to  inquire  about  the  finding  of  the  corpse.  Accord- 
ing to  the  best  of  my  recollection,  the  body  of  Wm.  Mor- 
gan was  found  at  Oak  Orchard  Creek  and  was  fully  iden- 
tified by  his  widow,  by  infallible  signs,  and  by  many  oth- 
ers besides  herself.  , 

But  this  paper  purporting  to  contain  Mr.  Weed's  under- 
standing of  the  matter,  involves  the  subject  in  doubt  and 
speaks  of  another  body  found  on  the  lake  shore  which 
was  so  manipulated  by  Masons  as  to  throw  doubt  over 
the  whole  affair.  In  the  article  I  refer  to,  Mr.  Weed 
seems  to  be  misled,  or  has  the  subject,  somehow,  confused 
in  his  own  mind.  M.  N.  Miles. 


PLUNVEBINO    GOWANS  NO   SIN. 


GoODWiNE,  III.,  Dec.  35th,  1882. 

Dear  Cynosure: — Lately  quite  a  prominent  business 
man  and  Mason  who  resided  near  here  failed,—  liabilities 
re])orted  at  about  twelve  thousand  dollars. 

It  is  a  common  remark  that  "wine  and  women"  will 
get  away  financially  with  the  best  of  men.  But  in  this 
case  from  what  I  can  learn,  another  factor  (beside  wine 
and  women)  started  this  man  on  a  downward  career. 
He  ran  off  leaving  near  twelve  thousand  dollars  of  a  loss 
to  those  who  had  placed  too  much  confidence  in  him. 
Some  of  these  losses  fell  upon  non-lodge  men.  One  man, 
a  Mason,  just  before  he  ran  off,  went  to  him,  not  know- 
ing he  was  arranging  to  leave,  and  offered  him  $200.  It 
was  taken;  he  held  it  in  his  hand  for  a  minute  or  two, 
seemingly  in  deep  study,  then  handed  it  back,  saying, 
"I'll  not  take  it,  though  I  need  it."  But  he  went  directly 
across  the  street  and  borrowed  $400  of  a  man  not  a 
Mason  and  kept  it,  and  immediately  absconded.  ' 

This  was  told  me  by  a  Mason  who  is  young  in  the 
trickery  of  the  lodge,  having  just  joined.  He  thought  it 
a  good  argument  for  the  "square  "  boys,  that  they  would 
not  rob,  defraud  or  steal  from  each  other  but  only  from- 
outsiders/  Here  is  an  institution,  yes,  a  clan,  a  cabal, 
chartered  and  their  charter  printed  in  our  statute  books, 
whose  legitimate  business  is  to   make  raids  upon  society, 


and  this  order  is  ready  and  does  defend  its  members  in 
the  courts. 

Let  the  people  arise  in  their  might  and  wipe  out 
such  charters  from  our  statute  books. 

The  Masons  are  to  have  a  public  installation  soon  in 
the  M.  E.  church  at  Hoopeston,  and  now  the  non-Masons 
ought  to  have  lectures  in  this  church  or  some  hall  to  off- 
set this  bid  for  popular  favor.  I  think  arrangements 
can  be  matm-ed  for  such  lectures. 

J.  S.  Hickman. 


WHO  KILLED  HIM? 


Mr.  E.  E.  Wheeler,  of  Plainwell,  Allegan  county,  Mich., 
says  that  his  father.  Colonel  Edward  Wheeler  of  Norwark, 
Ohio,  (now  deceased)  was  a  Freemason  for  forty  years  or 
more,  and  that  he  heard  him  say  repeatedly  that  the  Ma- 
sons took  Captain  Wm.  Morgan  to  Fort  Niagara,  where 
they  kept  him  some  days,  and  from  there  they  took  him 
in  a  boat  to  the  middle  of  Niagara  river  and  threw  him 
overboard;  and  his  father  would  add,  "and  they  served 
him  right,  for  he  had  violated  his   oath." 

Mr.  Wheeler  also  says  that  a  Mason  of  high  rank  vol- 
untarily said  to  his  mother  at  the  time  of  his  father's 
death,  "You  need  have  no  anxiety  about  the  funeral  ex- 
penses; the  Masons  will  pay  them." 

Some  time  after  this  an  older  brother  of  Mr.  Wheeler 
saw  the  same  man  who  made  the  above  statem.ent  re- 
specting the  funeral  expenses,  and  asked  him  if  the  Ma- 
sons were  going  to  do  as  he  said.  His  reply  was,  "No, 
the  Masons  will  do  nothing  about  it;  you  will  have  to 
pay  them  yourselves,"    And  they  did  not  pay  one  cent. 

M.  p.  N. 


LODGE  MASTERS  NOT  NEEDED. 


Strawberry,   Kans.,    Dec.  22d.  1882. 

Maple  Grove,  for  eight  months  or  so,  has  been  the  prin- 
ciple scene  of  conflict  in  this  county. 

Last  spring,  when  Bro.  J.  C.  Johnson  renounced  Free- 
masonry, the  contest  fairly  opened,  and  although  he 
seemed  to  be  highly  esteemed  by  both  elements  for  years 
previous,  the  lodge  element  with  little  exception  denounc- 
ed him  and  his  wife  as  being  and  having  been  very  ques- 
tionable characters,  and  would  have  doubtless  inaugurated 
a  system  of  severe  persecution  against  them  had  not  the 
Anti-masons  rallied  to  their  protection. 

The  Spirit  of  God  got  hold  of  him  finally  (although  he 
had  been  a  nominal  Masonic  professors  for  years  in  the 
M.  E.  church)  and  led  him  out  of  darkness  into  light. 
Naturally  enough  he  gave  his  testimony  in  class  meeting 
which  created  a  great  sensation  immediately.  The  leader 
tried  to  close  the  meeting,  but  it  would  not  close;  one 
after  another  rising  and  giving  their  opinion  of  Masonry. 
Finally  the  class  leader  got  the  floor  and  said  he  was  not 
a  Mason,  but  declared  that  he  was  in  favor  of  Masonry, 
and  that  he  would  take  the  Masons,  and  those  who  were 
in  favor  of  Masonry  could  come  with  him,  etc.  Soon  he 
and  a  corporal's  guard  met  at  another  school  house  and 
had  class  meeting;  except  on  preaching  days,  when  the 
whole  lodge  force  within  reach  seemed  to  pour  in  to  hear 
the  Masonic  minister.  Thus  the  lodge  element  almost 
entirely  deserted  Maple  Grove  plass,  soon  appointing  their 
meeting  on  the  same  hour;  which,  however,  did  not  result 
in  quashing  the  class  proper.  On  the  contrary  all  the 
means  of  grace  were  kept  intact,  principally  by  the  Anti- 
masons,  and  seemed  to  be  blessed;  while  the  other  class 
dwindled  to  nothing.  Even  the  minister  seemed  to  play 
into  the  hands  of  the  lodge  by  publicly  announcing  their 
meetings  and  taking  the  class  book  away  from  our  leader 
turning  him  out  of  office  and  giving  the  class  book  to 
the  leader  of  the  other  class  and  leaving  us  without  a 
leader. 

At  this  time  a  lecture  was  pending  on  the  subject  of 
secret  societies  by  Rev.  R.  Loggan  of  the  United  Brethren 
church,  who  was  also  invited  to  establish  an  appointment 
here  which  was  placed  at  the  hour  (3:30  p.  M.)  that  had 
been,  deserted  by  the  lodge.  At  this  the  lodge  suddenly 
discovered  that  it  was  just  spoiling  for  class  meeting  and 
must  have  one.  The  United  Brethren  not  being  scared 
by  the  misrepresentations  set  afloat,  the  lodge  by  the  aid 
of  their  minister  appointed  class  at  11  A.  m.  This  man- 
euver was  also  a  failure,  and  the  time  having  arrived  for 
the  lecture,  it  now  came  off  with  a  reasonable  degree  of 
success. 

At  the  close  of  the  lecture  proper  a  Mason  undertook, 
instantly,  to  spring  a  Chi'istmas  tree  project,  but  was  in- 
vited to  wait  till  we  were  through.  Among  other  ques- 
tions, an.swers,  suggestions,  etc.,  the  obligation  of  the  first 
degree  was  called  for  and  read.  At  the  close  of  the  obli- 
gation the  Masons  were  asked  if  it  was  correct. — Silence. 
Bro.  Johnson  defied  any  one  to  deny  it. — No  denial. 
Although  the  lodge  had  been  invited  to  furnish  any  one 


to  defend  their  side,  they  made  no  defense. 

The  following  Sabbath  the  lodge  was  evidently  not 
happy.  The  Masonic  Sunday-school  superintendent  sug- 
gested a  change  of  Sabbath-school  to  the  forenoon.  He 
was  aided,  by  the  leader  and  encouraged  by  the  Masonic 
minister  and  the  lodge  party  voted  it  through.  This  also 
miscari'ied,  for  they  failed  to  draw  all  the  congregation 
from  the  U.  B.  preaching  in  the  afternoon,  and  the  Lord's 
work  goes  on. 

"A  silver-tongued  orator"  met  objections  to  the  Ancient 
Order  of  United  Workmen  a  short  time  ago  at  Clifton. 
Very  plausable,  and  many  are  carried  away;  but  thinking, 
conscientious  men  can  see  many  thin  places.  "Ancient!" 
Is  not  that  a  lie  at  the  very  start?  And  if  it  starts  with  a 
lie,  then  what?  .  •  s. 


A  FRIENDLY  TALK  TOGETHER. 

We  shall  have,  as  heretofore,  a  department  where 
all  the  friends  of  the  reform  may  have  a  free  confer- 
ence and  became  better  acquainted  with  one  another. 
As  the  best  meetings  of  a  church  are  generally  where 
the  hearts  of  all  are  too  full  to  speak  long,  and  every 
one  has  a  word,  such  a  meeting  we  must  have  in  the 
Cynosure.  The  chairman  will  ask  Bro.  Greo.  Heaton, 
a  seceded  Mason  of  Fairfield,  Iowa,  to  begin: 

In  the  address  of  Gen.  A.  C.  Dodge  to  the  old  settlers 
in  this  place,  he  told  this  incident:  "Many  years  ago  my 
father  was  engaged  in  flat-boating  down  the  river  to  New 
Orleans.  He  was  once  captured  by  a  band  of  land  pi- 
rates, like  the  John  A.  Murrel  band,  and  was  about  to  be 
put  to  death,  when  he  gave  a  Masonic  sign  which  saved 
his  life,  the  leader  of  this  band  of  cut-throats  being  a  Ma- 
son." This  rule  of  saving  a  Mason  in  extremity  is  prac- 
ticed everywhere  and  for  all  Masons  for  they  are  obligated 
to  do  so. 

M.-  B.  Nichols  pf  Hillsdale  count}-,  Mich.,  agrees 
with  the  Cynosure  in  a  recent  note: 

The  short  article  you  copied  in  Cynosure  of  Dec.  28 
from  the  Boston  Congregationalist  concerning  the  killing 
of  Morgan  and  closing  with  these  words,  '  'Better  drop  the 
subject,"  reminded  me  strongly  of  the  plea  of  a  certain 
class  in  the  time  of  om-  Saviour:  "Let  us  alone,  what  have 
we  to  do  with  thee?" 

I  had  ever  thought  that  all  that  was  good  and  true 
sought  investigation ;  the  more  the  better,  and  that  it  was 
only  the  evil  that  sought  the  darkness,  and  do  not  the 
words  of  om-  Saviour  confirm  this?  "For  every  one. that 
doeth  evil  hateth  the  light,  neither  cometh  to  the  light, 
lest  his  deeds  should  be  reproved.  But  he  that  doeth 
truth,  cometh  to  the  light  that  his  deeds  may  be  made 
manifest  that  they  are  wrought  of  God." 

A  student  in  the  Ohio  Wesleyan  University,  Dela- 
ware, 0.,  whose  acquaintance  we  are|all  happy  to  make, 
has  the  floor: 

Now  I  write  you  concei-ning  another  "fraternity"  which 
has  been  a  pest,  and  still  is  a  pest,  in  colleges,  and  espec- 
ially at  the  Ohio  Wesleyan  University  at  Delaware,  O. 
Their  schemes  are  seen  boiling  and  bubbling  for  little 
petty  college  honors,  seeking  a  }3lace  on  every  committee, 
desiring  the  oflices  of  every  class  organization  and  push- 
ing theiQselves  wherever  they  are  least  desired  by  students 
not  "Frats."  In  short,  they  seek  and  endeavor  to  control 
everything  of  any  importance  in  the  college.  Just  now 
there  is  a  considerable  strife  between  fraternity  members 
and  anti-fraternity  men.  I  think  a  judicious  use  of  some 
of  your  books  on  anti-secrecy  might  be  the  means  of  keep- 
ing out  a  few  whom  they  are  trying  to  seduce,  by  their 
schemes,  into  their  good-destroying  society. 

The  pamphlet  on  College  Secret  Societies  is  just  the 
thing  for  this  work.  We  hope  to  hear  again  from  this 
institution.  Our  good  friend  Dr.  Clark  of  Carthage, 
Ind.: 

I  think  there  is  an  effort  being  made  by  some  of  the 
ladies  appointed  at  State  meeting  to  canvass  for  subscrip- 
tions.    Hope  they  will  report  before  long. 

They  shall  have  all  the  help  possible  from  the  Cy 
nosure  to  make  that  report  a  good  one.    Frcftn  Pleasant 
Grove,  Sutter  county,  Cal.,  Morgan  Banta  sends  word: 

Secret  societies  are  doing  a  great  vsTong  to  this  country. 
Religion  can't  live  where  Masonry  and  Odd-fellowship 
predominate.  Therefore,  I  will  do  all  I  can  for  the  rising 
generation.  Anything  that  you  send  me  will  be  distrib- 
uted. 

Bro.  G.  W.  Donaldson  of  Washington  city,  who  has 
been  co-operating  with  Bro.  Hinman,  says: 

Praise  the  Lord  for  the  article  in  the  Cynosure  about 
Chri.stmas.  I  received  light  on  it;  it  is  a  holiday  made -by 
man  and  not  by  our  Lord.  I  don't  keep  any  holiday  but 
God's  holy  Sabbath.  Bro.  Hinman  is  here  and  I  am  out 
every  day  with  ti'acts  exposing  these  secret  orders;  by  the 
helj)  of  the  Lord,  going  from  house  to  house.  I  don't 
want  to  be  at  ease  in  Zion.  Oh  how  the  secret  order  gen- 
tlemen would  put  me  out  of  the  way  if  they  could!  But 
my  Father  takes  care  of  his  children.  Glory  to  his 
name.  I  am  glad  to  see  there  is  another  brother  in  this 
work  for  God,  of  the  same  name  as  myself.  I  pray  God, 
to  make  him  an  iron  pillar,  and  give  him  great  boldness 
to  stand  up  for  Jesus.  Washington  is  a  con'upt  place. 
There  is  a  great  work  to-do,  but  so  few  to  do  it,  yet  God 
has  a  few  faithful  ones  who  are  out  doing  his  work  and 
think  it  a  great  piivilege. 


January  11,  1883 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE. 


OUT  DOOR  WORK. 


LA  W  FOB  FARMERS. 

Some  time  since  we  gave  an  article  on 
immbugs.  Tlie  coimtry  is  full  of  ad- 
ventm'crs  who  prey  upon  two  classes  dis- 
tinctively, First,  those  who  believe  that 
all  newspapers  are  liars, and  second,  that 
class  who  subscribe  for  the  paper  that  is 
sold  for  the  least  money,  without  refer- 
ence to  the  reading  matter  it  contains. 
Among  the  most  successful  swindlers  are 
those  who  take  a  promisary  note  for  some 
.swindle  they  have  to  sell, either  drawn  in 
such  a  manner  that  it  may  be  altered  or 
separated,  or  else  under  the  pretense  that 
it  will  not  be  presented  until  the  article  is 
tested.     A  goqd  authority  says: 

A  promisary  note  is  a  written  agree- 
ment to  pay  a  certain  sum  of  money  at  a 
certain  time.  It  must  be  definite  and  un- 
conditional. It  is  therefore  in  the  nature 
of  money;  being  negotiable,  and  when 
payable  to  bearer,  the  pro^jerty  in  it  passes 
by  mere  delivery  of  the  paper  on  which 
it  is  written.  It  is  not  subject  to  all  the 
defences  that  are  good  as  against  other 
contracts.  For  example:  It  is  generally 
good  in  the  hands  of  an  innocent  liolder, 
no  matter  though  the  maker  of  it  had  lost 
it,  or  it  had  been  stolen,  or  obtained  from 
him  by  fraud.  This  may  be'  the  case, 
even  though  it  had  been  altered  or 
"raised,"  as  where  I  gave  my  note  signed 
in  blank  to  a  person,  authorizing  him  to 
flU  in  a  certain  amount,  as  $10,  and  he 
fills  in  a  larger  amount,  as  $100,  and  sells  it 
to  an  innocent  piu'chaser.  I  must  pay 
the  larger  amount,  for  it  was  I  who 
enabled  the  fraud  to  be  committed;  and 
an  old  maxim  of  the  law  holds'  that 
where  one  of  two  innocent  persons  must 
suffer  from  the  wrongful  acts  of  a  third, 
the  lo.ss  must  be  borne  by  the  one  who 
'enabled  such  third  person  to  occasion  it. 
The  justice  of  this  is  obvioas,  and  any 
sensible  man  will  apjireciate  the  necessity 
of  protecting,  in  the  largest  degree,  the 
rights  of  bonaflde  holders  of  negotiable 
instruments,  which  form  a  jjart  of  the 
currency  of  the  country,  and  if  subject  to 
all  the  defences  of  other  written  contracts, 
would   be  deprived  of    their  main  value. 

Our  advice  is  never  to  give  a  note  un- 
less written  in  ordinary  form,  and  you 
should  know  perfectly  the  contents 
thereof.  The  great  number  of  frauds 
that  have  been  per2)etrated  on  farmers  of 
western  States  and  Territories  by  patent 
right  men  and  worthless  agTicultural 
machinery  agents, should  be  sufficient  ex- 
cuse for  you  to  have  nothing  to  do  with 
men,  especially  in  important  transactions, 
who  cannot  satisfy  yom-  banker,  lawyer 
or  merchant  that  they  are  all  right. 

Another  fraud  is  that  of  conveyance. 
The  following  decision  is  a  case  in  point: 
Where  a  party  conveys  his  property  to  a 
third  party  when  judgments  are  outstand- 
ing against  him,  and  such  conveyance  is 
with  the  intent  to  defraud  his  creditors, 
and  the  fraud  is  participated  in  by  the 
purchaser, his  title  will  not  be  protected, 
even  though  he  paid  sufficient  consider- 
ation. William  vs.  Nachenheim,  Sup. 
Coiu-t  of  Iowa. 

So,  again,  whenever  a  note  is  executed 
by  two  or  more  parties,  any  alteration  in  it 
without  the  consent  of  all,  notwithstand- 
ing the  alteration  was  entirely  honest,  and 
with  no  fraudulent  intent, will  be  deemed 
a  material  one.  Craighead  vs.  LeLonep, 
Sup.  Court  of  Pa.  Leg.  Intel.  380. 

In  relation  to  mortgages,  there  always 
has,  and  always  will  be  difficulties.  A 
careful  man  will  never  mortgage  his  home 
except  as  a  last  resort  to  raise  money  for 
legitimate  purposes.  In  this  connection, 
a  system  of  mortgaging  farms  in  Switzer- 
land will  be  interesting: 

A  farmer  m.ay  borrow  money  of  a 
dozen  men  successively, the  official  book 
showing  their  orders.  If  he  fails  to  pay, 
a  successor  is  found  for  him  by  begin- 
ning at  the  bottom  of  the  list  of"  debtors, 
and  calling  on  each  in  his  order  to  assume 
all  the  debts  and  manage  the  farm,  or  step 
aside  and  lose  his  claim. — Prairie  Farmer. 

WHAT   GOES   WITH    THE   FARM. 

Mr.  H.  A.  Haigh,  of  the  Detroit  Bar, 
gives  the  following  valuable  information 
in  the  December  American  Agriculturist: 

When  a  farm  is  bought  or  sold,  ques- 
tions often  arise  as  to  what  goes  with  it, 
and  disputes  may  often  be  avoided  if 
farmers  know  just  what  their  farm  deeds 
include.  In  brief,  •:vhere  no  reservations 
axe  made  in  the  deed, the  conveyance  in- 
cludes the  land,  the  buildings  upon  it,  and 
all  such  "chattels  or  articles  as  have   be- 


come so  attached  or  fixed  to  the  soil  or  to 
the  buildings, as  to  become  what  is  known 
in  the  law  as  "Fixtures." 

What  constitutes  a  "fixture"  depends 
largely  on  the  intention  of  the  owner  in 
putting  it  there,  and  also  upon  the  man- 
ner in  which  it  is  affixed.  Anything  so 
fixed  to  the  soil  or  buildings  that  it  can- 
not be  removed  without  injury, nearly  al- 
waj's  goes  with  the  farm;  and  anything 
of  a  permanent  nature,  fitted  for  perma- 
nent use,  and  annexed  thereto  by  the 
owner  with  that  intention,  generally  goes 
with  the  land,  though  it  might  be  severed 
without  injiu-y,  as  the  following  examijles 
will  illustrate:  All  fences  upon  the  farm 
go  with  it,  but  not  fencing  materials,  as 
rails,  etc.,  if  bought  elsewhere  and  piled 
upon  the  farm,  and  not  yet  built  into  a 
fence;  they  have  never  yet  been  "an- 
nexed." But  rails  cut  from  timber  on  the 
farm  and  piled  up  for  futin-e  use,  go  with 
it;  their  original  annexation  is  not  severed 
by  being  changed  from  the  standing  trees 
to  rails.  If,  however,  they  were  cut  with 
the  intention  of  using  elsewhere  than  on 
the  farm,  they  would  then  be  personal 
property,  and  would  not  pass.  The  bare 
intention  in  the  mind  of  the  owner  in 
this  instance  makes  the  difference  in  the 
real  estate  and  personal  property.  Hop 
poles,  if  they  have  been  once  used  upon 
the  farm,  are  regarded  as  a  part  of  it, 
though  at  the  time  of  sale  they  are  stored 
away  for  future  use.  Loose  scaffold  poles, 
however,  laid  across  the  beams  of  a  barn, 
havff  been  held  not  to  be  a  part  of  the 
realty.  Standing  trees,  of  course,  are 
part  of  the  farm;  so  are  trees  cut  or 
blown  down,  if  left  where  they  fall,  but 
not  if  corded  up  for  sale;  the  wood  has 
then  become  personal  property. 

FOB  FARM  BOYS  TO  LEABN. 

How  many  of  the  boys  who  read  this 
paper  could  "lay  off"  an  acre  of  groimd 
exactly,  providing  one  of  the  dimensions 
was  given  them?  Now  I  have  taken  some 
pains  to  make  out  a  table,  and  I  would 
like  to  have  every  one  of  the  farm  boys 
to  learn  it.  There  are  160  square  rods  in 
an  acre,  and  there  are  SO]-  square  yards  in 
one  rod.  This  gives  4,840  square  yards 
in  one  acre: 

.5  yds  wide  by  968  yds  long  is  1  acre. 
10  yds  wide  by  484  yds  lonji-  is  1  acre. 
20  .yds  wide  by  34'3  yds  loiii;-  is  1  acre. 
40  yds  wide  l)y  Vi\  yds  long  is  1  acre. 
80  yds  wide  iiy  (iO'.j  yds  lung  is  1  acre. 
711  yds  i\ide  by  OS) ' ^  yds  l(jug  is  1  acre. 
60  yds  wide  by  &Q%  yds  long  is  1  acre. 
Again,  allowing  nine  square  feet  to  the 
yard,  173]  square  feet  to  the  rod,  43,560 
square    feet    to  the.    acre,    and   we  have 
another  table: 

110  feet  by  369  f eat— 1  acre. 
120  feet  by  363  feefr-1  acre. 
220  feet  bv  198  feet— 1  acre. 
240  feet  by  1813^feet— 1  acre. 
440  feet  by   90    f est— 1  acre. 

—  We!ster7i  Paper. 

ANTI-MASONIC  LEGTUBEBS. 

General  Agent  and  Lecturer,  J.  P. 
Stoddard,  331  West  Madison  street,  Chi- 
cago. 

Agents  for  the  South:  H.  H.  Hinman, 
Wheaton,  111.,  and  Paul  S.  Feemster, 
Larned,  Kans. 

E.  D.  Bailey,  Worcester,  Mass.,  Agent 
for  New  England. 

DECiREE  Workers. —  [Seceders.] 

D.  P.  Rathbun,  Clarence,  Iowa. 
S.  E.  Starry,  Clarence,  Iowa. 
Jas.  Furguson,     "  " 

J.  K..  Glassford,  Carthage,  Mo. 

State  Lecturers.^ 
California,  D.  A.  Richards,  Woodlanct. 
Conn.,  J.  L.  Barlow  of  Willimantic. 
Indiana,  S.  L.  Cook  of  Albion. 
Iowa,  D.  P.  Rathbun,  Clarence. 
Missouri,  M.  N.  Butler  of  Albany. 
Wisconsin,  Isaac  Bancroft,  Monroe. 

Other  Lecturers. 
C.  A.  Blanchard,  Wheaton,  111. 
N.  Callcnder,  Thompson,  Pa. 
J.  H.'Tiinmous,  Tarentum,  Pa. 
J.  H.  Baird,  Templeton,  Pa. 
T.  B.  McCormiek,  Princeton,  Ind. 

E.  Jolmson,  Dayton,  Ind. 

J.  M.  Bishop,  Cliamiaersburg,  Pa. 
A.  Mayn,  Promise  City,  Mich. 
J.  B.  Cressinger,  Sullivan,  O. 
W.  M.  Love,  "Baker,  Mo. 
A.  D.  Freeinan,  Downers  Grove,  lU. 
J.  P.  Richards,  Belmont,  Wis. 
E.  Mathews,  Spring  Arbor,  Mich. 
Wm.  Fenton,  St  Paul,  Minu. 
E.  I.  Grinnell,  Blairsburg,  Iowa. 
Warren  Taylor,  South  Salem,  O. 
J.  S.  Perry,  Thompson,''Conn. 

C.  F.  Hawley,  TSHieatou,  111. 

J.  T.  Michael,  New  Wilmington,  Pa. 
Prof.fS.iC.KKimball,  New  j\IaTket,  N.  H. 
Elder  L.  H".  Buf  kins,  Scrantou,  Iowa. 
S.  G.  Barton,  Breckinridge,  Mo. 
Joel  H..Austin.  Goshen,  Ind. 

D.  B.  Turney,  Bird  Station,  111. 
J.  F-  Browne,  Cabin  Creek,  Ky. 

E.  Barnetson,  Jackson  Valley,  Pa. 


N.  C.  A.  BUILDING  AND  OFFICE  OF 
_  THE  CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE, 
221  WEST~M'ADISON~STREETrCHICXffO: 


NATIONAL     CHBISTIAN 
ASSOCIATION. 


President. — J.  Blanchard,  Wheaton, 
111. 

Vice  -  President. — Thos.  H.  Gault, 
Chicago. 

Rec.  Sec. — John  D.  Nutting,  Oberlin, 
Ohio. 

Cor.  Sec  and  Gen.  Agent. — J.  P. 
Stoddard, 331  W.  Madison  Street, Chicago. 

Treasurer.— W.  I.  Phillips,  331  W. 
Madison  Street,  Chicago. 

Directors.— Philo  Carpenter, J. Blanch- 
ard, M.  R.  Britten,  E.  A.  Cook,  H.  L. 
Kellogg,  D.  P.  Baker,  T.  H.  Gault,  A.  G. 
Laird,  C.  R.  Hagerty,  John  Gardner,  L.  N. 
Stratton. 

The  object  of  this  Association  is: 

"To  expose,  withstand  and  remove  secret 
societies.  Freemasonry  in  particular,  and  other 
aiiti-Christian  movements,  in  order  to  save  the 
churches  of  Christ,  I'rom  being  depraved,  to  re- 
deem the  administration  of  justice  from  per- 
version, and  our  ^republican  government  from 
corruption." 

To  carry  on  this  work  contributions  are 
solicited  from  every  friend  of  the  reform. 

Form  of  Bequest. — I  give  and  bequeath  to 
the  National  Christian  Association,  incorpo- 
rated and  existing  under  the  laws  of  the  State 

of   Illinois,   the  sum  of  dollars  for  the 

purposes  of  said  Association,  and  for  which 
the  receipt  of  its  Treasurer  for  the  time  being 
shall  be  sufficient  discharge. 

THE  NATIONAL  CONVENTION. 

President. — Rev.  S.  Collins,  D.  D., 
Washington,  D.  C. 

Secretaries. — H.  L.  Kellogg,  W.  H. 
Ross  and  M.  N.  Butler. 

state  auxiliary. associations. 

Alabama. — Pres.,  W.  A.  McAlpine;  Sec,  G. 
M.  Elliott;  Treas.,  E.  Fishel,  all  of^Selma. 

California. — Pres.,  L.  B.  Lathrop,  HolHs- 
ter;  Cor.  Sec,  Mrs.  U.  P.  Merrill,  Woodland; 
Treas.,  C.  Ruddock,  Woodland. 

Connecticut. — Pres.,  J.  A.  Conant,  Willi- 
mantic; Sec,  Geo.  Smith,  Willimantic ;  Treas., 
C.  T.  Collins,  Windsor. 

Illinois. — Pres.,  N.  E.  Gardner,  Haldane; 
Sec,  C.  W.  Hiatt;  Treas.,  J.  C.  Schoenberger, 
Chicago. 

Indiana. — Pres.,  I.  W.  Lowman,  Auburn; 
Sec,  S.  Y.  Miller,  College  Corners;  Treas., 
Benj.  Ulsh,  Silver  Lake. 

Iowa. — Pres.,  C.  D.  Trumbull,  Morning  Sun ; 
Rec.  Sec,  A.  W.  Hall,  College  Springs;  Cor. 
Sec,  W.  T.  Moifitt,  Morning  Sun;  Treas., 
Joseph  Laird,  Wayne. 

KLa-Nsas. — Pres.,  J.  A.  Collins,  Americus; 
Sec,  W.  W.  McMiUen,  Olathe;  Treas.,  H. 
Curtis,  Olathe. 

Massachusetts. — Pres.,  S.  A.  Pratt;  Sec, 
Mrs.  E.  D.  Bailey ;  Treas.,  David  Manning,Sr. ; 
all  of  Worcester. 

Michigan. — Pres.,  Wm.  Wing,  Grand  Rap- 
ids; Rec.  Sec'y,  A.  H.  Springstein,  Pontiac; 
Cor.  Secy.,  W.'H.  Ross,  Allegan;  Treas.,  C.  C. 
Foote,  88  Columbia  Street,  Detroit. 

Minnesota. — Pres.,  E.  G.;Paiue,  Wasioja; 
Cor.  Sec,  W.  H.  McChesney,  Fairmont;  Rec 
Sec'y,  Thos.  Hartley,  Richland;  Treas.,  Wm. 
H.  Morrill,  St.  Charles. 

Missouri. — Pres.,  C.  J.  Kephart,  Avalon; 
Treas.,  WilUamBeauchamp,  Avalon ;  Cor.  Sec, 
M.  N:  Butler,  Albany. 

Nebraska. — Pres.,  S.g  Austin,.  Fairmount; 
Cor.  Sec,  W.  S.  Spooner,  Kearney;  Treas., 
R.  A.  Bishop,  Seeley's  Mills.  i^>  . 

New  Hampshire. — Pres.,  Elder  J.  G.  Smith, 
New;  Hampton;  Sec,  S.  C.  Kimball,  New 
Market;  Treas.,  E.  Smith,  Center  Stafford. 

New  York.- Pres.,  F.  W.  Capwell,  Dale; 
Sec'y,  Isaac  Hyatt,  Dale  ;lTreas.,  M.  Merrick, 
Svra"cuse. 

'Ohio.— Pres.,'^.Wm.  Dillon, ;  Dayton ;  Cor. 
Sec,  J.  P.  Lytle,  Sago;  Treas";,  J..:M.  Scott, 
Alexandria. 

Pennsylvania.— -Pres.,  A.  L.r-..Post,  Mon- 
trose; Cor.  Sec,  N.  Cnllender,  Thompson; 
Treas.,  W.  B.  Bertels,  Wilkesbarre. 

Wisconsin. — Pres.,  Enos   Collins,  Coloma; 


Cor.   Sec,  W.   W.  Warner,  Baraboo;    Treas., 
M.  R.  Britten,  Vienna. 

West  Virglnia.- Pres.,  D.  B.  Turney;  Sec, 
Johii  Bosley,  Grafton;  Treas.,  H.  B.  Higgins, 
Petroleum. 

THE  CHUBVHES  AGAINST  L.  VG- 
EBY. 


The  following  denominations  are  com- 
mitted by  vote  of  their  legislative  assem- 
blies or  by  constitution  to  a  separation 
from  secret  worship: 

Adventists  [Seventh-day.] 

Baptists — Primitive,  Seventh-day  and 
Scandinavian. 

Brethren  [Dunkers  or  German  Bap- 
tists.] .    . 

Christian  Reformed  Chiu-ch. 

Church  of  God  [Northern  Indiana  El- 
dership.] 

Congregational — The  State  Associations 
of  Illinois  and  Iowa  have  adopted  resolu- 
tions against  the  lodge. 

Disciples  [in  part.] 

Friends. 

Lutherans — Norwegian,  Danish,  Swed- 
ish and  Synodical  Conferences. 

Mennonites. 

Methodists — Free  and  Wesleyan. 

Methodist  Protestant  [Minnesota  Con- 
ference.] 

Moravians. 

Plymouth  Brethren. 

Presbyterian — Associate,  Reformed  and 
United. 

Reformed  Chiuch  [Holland  Branch.] 

United  Brethren  in  Christ. 

Individual  churches  in  some  of  these 
denominations  should  be  excepted,  in  part 
of  them  even  a  considerable  portion. 

The  following  local  churches  have,  as  a 
pledge  to  disfcllowship  and  opf)ose  lodge 
worship,  given  their  names  to  the  follow- 
ing list  as 

the  associated  CHUCHES  of  CHRIST. 

New  Ruhamah  Congregational,  Hamilton, 
Miss. 

Pleasant  Ridge  Congregational  Sandford  Co. 
Ala. 

New  Hope  Methodist,  Lowndes  Co.,  Miss. 

Congregational,  College  Springs,  Iowa. 

College  Church  of  Christ,  Wlieaton,  111. 

First  Congregational,  Leland,  Mich. 

Sugar  Grove  Church,  Green  county.  Pa. 

Military  Chapel,  M.  E.,  Lowndes  county, 
Miss. 

Hopewell  Missionary  Baptist,  Lowndes  Co., 
Miss. 

Cedar  Grove  Missionary  Baptist,  Lowndes 
Co.,  Miss. 

Simon's  Chapel,  M.  E.,  Lowndes  county, 
Miss. 

Pleasant  Ridge  Missionary  Baptist,  Lowndes 
Co.,  Miss. 

Brownlee  Church,  Caledonia,  Miss. 

Salem  Church,  Lowndes  Co.,  Miss. 

West  Preston  Baptist  Church,  AVayne  county. 
Pa. 

Other  local  churches  which  have  adopted  the 
same  principles  are — 

Baptist  churches :  N.  Abington,  Pa. ;  Meno- 
monie,  Mondovi,  Waubeck  and  Spring  Prairie, 
Wis.;  Wheaton,  lU. ;  Perry,  N.  Y. ;  Spring 
Creek,  near  Burlington,  Iowa ;  Lima,  Ind. ; 
Constablevllle,  N.  Y.  The  "Good  WiU  Associ 
ation"  of  Mobile,  Ala.,  comprising  some  twenty- 
five  colored  Baptist  churches;  Bridgewater 
Baptist  Association,  Pa. ;  Old  Tebo  Baptist, 
near  LeesviUe,  Henry  Co.,  Mo. ;  Hoopeston,  111 ; 
Esmen,  HI. 

Congregational  churches:  1st  of  Oberlin,  O. ; 
Tonica,  Crvstal  Lake,  Union  and  Big  Woods, 
111. ;  Solsbiiry,  Ind. ;  Congregational  Methodist 
Maplewood,  "Mass. 

Presbyterian  church,  Hoopeston,  111. 

Independent  churches  in  Lowell,  Country- 
man school  house  near  Lindenwood,  Marengo 
and  Streator,  lU. ;  Bereaand  Camp  Nelson,  Ky ; 
Ustick,  lU. ;  Clarksburg,  Kansas ;  State  Associ- 
ation of  Miuisters  and  Churches  in  Christ  of 
Kentucky 

CHRISTIAN  WOBKEBS 

Who  depend  onVoluntary  contributions 
of  Christian  jjeople  in  whole  or  in  part 
for  their  support:  • 

J.  F.  Browne,  Cabin  Creek,  Ky. 

Eli  Tapley,  Columbus,  Miss. 

J.  F.  Galloway,    Okahumka,   Florida. 

Wm.  Hazenburg,  Cape  Town,  S. 
Africa. 

A.  D.  Zaraphonithbs,  Andi'os,  via 
Syra,  Greece. 

G.  H.  FiLT.VN,  Armenia. 

Contributions  for  either  of  these  breth 
ren  may  be  forwarded  through  the  Treas- 
urer of  the  N.  C.  A.  Please  designate 
to  which  one  such  funds  shall  be  sent. 


8 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSITEE. 


January  11,  1883 


The  Christian  Cynosure, 

CHICAGO,     THURSDAY,     JANUAKY    11,    1883. 


TO  OUR  EXCHANGES. 

A  great  favor  will  be  conferred  if  our  exchanges  which 
are  now  mailed  to  13  Wahash  Ave.,  will  change  to  221 
W.  Madison  St.  Chicago. 


Since  the  National  Christian  Association  met  at 
Oberlin  in  1872  its  organ  has  been  owned  as  individ- 
ual property.  Agreeable  to  a  resolution  offered  by 
Elder  A.  A.  Phelps  and  adopted  by  the  first  National 
Convention,  Pittsburgh,  1868,  Pres.  J.  Blanchard, 
Philo  Carpenter  and  others  undertook  the  publica- 
tion of  a  paper  that  should  set  forth  and  maintain 
the  principles  of  the  Association.  An-angements 
were  made  for  the  editorial  department,  and  Ezra  A. 
Cook  secured  as  printer.  The  first  number  issued  is 
dated  July  25,  1868,  a  fortnightly  at  $1.00  per  year. 
It  was  found  that  expenses  were  in  excess  of  receipts 
and  individual  donations  were  often  needed  to  meet 
current  bUls.  This  deficit  was  promptly  met  by  Mr. 
Carpenter  and  other  friends  for  a  time  in  the  hope 
that  a  liberal  patronage  would  be  secured  and  a  self- 
sustaining  basis  reached. 

At  the  Worcester  Convention,  June  7, 1871,  a  week- 
ly edition  of  the  paper  was  approved,  to  begin  so 
soon  as  the  Executive  Committee  could  meet  the  ad- 
ditional expense.  But  the  Committee,  deeming  a 
personal  ownership  would  better  establish  the  busi- 
ness interests  of  the  paper,  at  their  meeting  June  30, 
1871,  gave  it  into  the  hands  of  Mr.  Cook,  who  hence- 
forth became  proprietor,  subject  to  the  action  of  the 
succeeding  National  Convention  at  Oberlin.  The 
paper,  clear  of  all  indebtedness,  was  thus  passed  over 
to  Mr.  Cook,  the  Executive  Committee  relinquishing 
all  legal  control  and  ISh:  Cook  assuming  all  financial 
responsibility  in  its  future  publication.  It  was,  how- 
ever, agreed  that  the  paper  should  continue  as  the 
organ  of  the  Association,  and  maintain  the  princi- 
ples of  our  reform,  and  that  the  Association  should 
co-operate  with  'Mr.  Cook  in  extending  its  circulation. 
No  one  who  has  read  the  paper  will  question  the  pub- 
lisher's fidelity  in  maintaining  our  principles.  For 
eleven  years  and  more  this  pole  star  of  re- 
form has  shone  steadily  on,  amid  the  numerous 
changes  that  have  swept  over  our  city  and  country, 
until  the  mists  are  giving  way  and  the  day-dawn  ap- 
pears. It  was  a  hazardous  undertaking  for  a  young 
man  with  little  experience  or  capital.  Older  men  and 
well  established  firms  declined  to  make  the  venture 
for  any  consideration  within  the  power  of  the  Asso- 
ciation to  bestow.  It  was  an  act  such  as  men  per- 
form only  from  a  sense  of  duty,  leaving  results  with 
Gofl. 

With  facilities  at  his  command,  Mr.  Cook  has  not 
been  able  to  cover  expenses  with  receipts  from  sub- 
.scriptions,  and  an  indebtedness  has  been  accumulat- 
ing from  year  to  year  until  his  books  show  a  deficit  of 
$6,142.81,  which  all  must  concede  to  be  more  than 
one  man's  shaa-e  of  the  burden,  and  he  was  seriously 
contemplating  a  reduction  in  the  size  of  the  paper. 
Having  announced  this  purpose  to  the  N.  C.  A.  Board 
we  were  compelled  to  consider  whether  or  not  the 
cause  in  its  advanced  stage  in  other  departments 
could  aflTord  to  allow  the  contemplated  reduction  in 
its  organ.  Some  felt  that  it  would  be  a  backward 
movement  and  a  great  mistake. 

Aided  by  the  Ci/nosnre,  with  its  columns  alwaj^s 
open  for  appeals,  and  the  generosity  of  friends,  manj' 
of  whom  had  been  won  to  our  interests  by  the  weekly 
visits  of  our  organ  to  their  homes,  the  National  Chris- 
tian Association,  has  by  economj'  accumulated  a 
small  amount  of  funds;  and  by  the  liberality  of  Mr. 
Carpenter  owns  a  building  suitable  for  the  publishing 
business;  and  besides,  it  has  from  the  first  been  the 
understanding  and  wish  of  friends  that  221  West 
Madison  street,  Chicago,  should  be  the  publishing 
house  of  this  movement.  After  much  individual 
conference  the  Board  of  Directors  met  Nov.  29  for 
consultation.  Mr.  Cook  stated  the  case  at  length 
and  the  whole  matter  was  canvassed  without  finding 
a  satisfactory  solution  of  the  diflSculties.  It  was 
deemed  advisable  to  appoint  a  committee  to  investi- 
gate, report  results,  and  recommend  what  action  they 
deemed  necessary.  Messrs.  D.  P.  Baker,  E.  A.  Cook 
and  J.  P.  Stoddard  were  appointed  such  a  committee 
and  instructed  to  report  Dec.  2nd  at  an  adjourned 
meeting  of  the  Board. 

Pursuant  to  insti'uction  the  committee  looked  over 
accounts  of  expenses  and  receipts  for  publication  of 
the  Cynosure  as  far  as  they  were  able,  and  having  ta- 
ken into  account  the  whole  case,  submitted  with  their 
report  the  recommendation  that  Mr.  Cook  be  paid 
three  thousand  dollars  iu  cash  and  allowed  the  use  of 


one  page  in  the  Cynosure  for  advertising  purposes  for 
four  years.  This  recommendation,  after  careful  de- 
liberation, was  approved  by  the  Board  as  in  their 
judgment  the  most  equitable  adjustment  of  the  whole 
case.  Rev.  L.  N.  Stratton,  for  some  ten  years  editor 
of  the  American  We^leycm,  and  Rev.  D.  P.  Baker, 
eight  years  on  the  staff  of  the  Free  Methodist,  were 
present  and  spoke  freely,  greatly  aiding  the  less  in- 
formed members  of  the  Board  by  their  clear  and 
comprehensive  views  derived  from  long  experience  in 
newspaper  publication.  Mr.  Cook  accepted  the  offer, 
and  at  the  time  specified  turned  over  the  paper  with 
its  list  of  over  4,000  subscribers  along  with  the  good 
will  of  its  publisher,  and  the  Board  by  its  proper 
finance  commi  J'"..,  ;arried  out  the  agreement  so  far 
as  the  nature  of  the  contract  would  permit. 

A  change  so  radical  and  in  which  so  many  inde- 
pendent, positive  minds  were  directly  interested, 
could  hardly  be  made  without  some  slight  abrasion, 
but  with  the  blessing  of  the  Master  and  an  effort  on 
the  part  of  each  to  put  aside  all  personal  consider- 
ations and  do  the  will  of  Him  who  calls  and  com- 
missions His  workers,  harmony  and  good  feeling 
have  been  maintained,  so  that  our  entrance  upon  the 
new  year  and  new  era  of  publication  is  in  the  unity 
of  the  Spirit  and  bonds  of  brotherly  love.  AVe  be- 
lieve that  the  change  has  been  ordered  by  One  wiser 
than  mortal  and  that  it  will  increase  the  usefulness 
of  your  paper,  meet  the  approval  of  friends,  relieve 
an  over-taxed  brother  from  unequal  burdens  and 
inspire  friends  with  new  zeal  to  work,  and  more  faith 
to  pray  for  its  greatlj?  increased  circulation.  On 
hearing  of  the  change  a  brother  beloved  writes  as 
foUows:  "I  suppose  we  (I  will  not  say  you)  are  in 
our  own  publishing  house,  which  with  yourself  I  be- 
lieve will  be  more  satisfactory  to  the  friends.  Not 
perhaps  that  the  way  the  paper  has  been  published 
was  not  the  best  financially  for  the  N.  C  A.  for  time 
past,  and  might  have  been  for  some  time  future,  but 
I  am  content  that  the  change  has  taken  place  and 
especiallj',  so  that  it  has  been  effected  without  in- 
volving the  Association  in  debt,  and  also  for  the 
intention  to  keep  out  of  debt.  We  now  occupy  the 
position  I  have  always  advocated  and  I  think  by  this 
time  somebody  in  whom  we  can  confide  has  been 
found  to  conduct  this  particular  branch  of  the  reform 
work  so  as  to  make  it  financially  successful,  as  failure 
should  be  stricken  from  our  vocabulary. " 

The  above  views  of  a  brother  who  has  stood  firmly 
by  our  reform  with  his  labors,  his  prayers  and  his 
purse  from  the  very  first,  and  who  has  been  present, 
I  believe,  at  each  annual  meeting  of  the  Association, 
are  so  sensible  and  just  tliat  they  will  repay  a  second 
reading.  While  East  on  my  last  trip,  substantially 
the  same  views  were  expressed  to  me  by  experienced 
practical  friends,  and  I  have  yet  to  find  or  hear  from 
the  man  who  seriously  objects.  We  are  all  agreed 
that  the  paper  ought  to  pay.  The  way  to  make  it  pay 
its  own  bills  is  to  send  in  subscribers,  and  the  way  to 
get  subscribers  is  to  pray  and  work  for  them.  It 
pays  financially,  in  spreading  the  light,  and  is  a  bles- 
sing on  your  own  soul  when  hy  dint  of  perseverance 
you  add  another  name  to  the  list. 

J.  P.  8toddari>. 


EDITORIAL  LETTERS. 

TEMPERANCE  POLITICS. 

ToPEKA,  Dec.  27th,  1882. 

Dear  Cynosure: — I  called  on  Gov.  St.  John  in  compa- 
ny with  Rev.  Mr.  Cordley,  of  Emporia,  Kansas,  to  learn 
from  headquarters  the  intent  and  meaning  of  the  conven- 
tion which  is  called  to  meet  in  this  city  Jan.  9th  and  10th 
prox.  Gov.  St.  John  opens  with  a  set  speech  on  Tuesday 
evening,  followed  by  other  distinguished  speakers.  John 
B.  Finch  makes  a  speech  on  Wednesday  evening,  Jan.  10, 
followed  by  a  list  of  honorables  from  Leavenworth  and 
elsewhere.  Each  church.  Sabbath-school  and  tem])erance 
society  in  the  State  is  entitled  to  three  delegates.  The 
Topeka  Capital  thinks  it  will  be  the  largest  meeting  of  the 
kind  ever  held  in  the  State. 

Gov.  St.  John  says  that  the  convention  is  not,  at  least 
professedly,  political,  but  is  simply  a  prohibition  conven 
tion  to  take  measures  to  organize  every  family  in  the 
State  in  the  interest  of  temperance.  Rev.  Mr.  Cordloy 
thinks  the  defeat  of  the  Governor  in  the  fall  election  will 
inure  greatly  to  his  advantage  with  the  public.  He  says 
that  the  people  favored  and  the  politicians  disfavored  his 
nomination;  that  the  speakers  in  the  canvass  killed  him 
with  "faint  praise,"  and  there  is  already  a  decided  reac- 
tion in  his  favor.  And  Mr.  Cordley  thinks  that  if  he 
should  run  for  Governor  in  two  years  he  would  be  elected 
by  an  overwhelming  majority.  As  Mr.  Cordley's  large  so- 
ciety at  Emporia  are  strong  St.  John  men,  his  and  their 
judgment  is  important,  representing  the  opinion  of  the 
more  intelligent  part  of  the  Kansas  population. 


I  do  not  think  St.  John  will  ever  be  chosen  by  the  Re- 
publican party  to  any  office.  The  temperance  discussion 
is  not  going  back;  and  when  that  cause  has  shaken  off  the 
incubus  of  the  secret  temperance  orders,  as  the  anti-sla- 
vei-y  cause  threw  off  the  secret  Kjiow  Nothings,  once  rid 
of  the  element  of  weakness,  it  will  carry  the  country  by 
its  facts  and  arguments.  Nine-tenths  of  the  crime  and 
pauperism  of  the  country  is  too  heavy  a  load  for  a  polit- 
ical party  to  carry;  and  the  lodge  and  liquor  coalition  will 
break  down  under  it.  At  the  end  of  two  years  from  last 
November  the  whiskeyites  and  the  temperance  wing  of 
the  Republicans  will  rend  the  Republican  party  into  two 
hostile  fragTuents,  as  the  Whig  and  Democratic  parties 
were  split  in  two  on  the  slavery  rock;  and  the  Republican 
party,  formed  from  the  Barn-burner  and  Wilmot-Proviso 
Democrats  and  anti-slavery  Whigs,  has  ruled  the  country 
now  twenty-two  years. 

The  new  party  which  thousands  of  discerning  men  are 
predicting  will  not  be  Greenback  or  Prohibition.  This 
government  cannot  stand  on  legs  part  iron  and  part  clay, 
secret  lodges  and  open,  fair-dealing  citizens.  Both  of 
those  parties  are  composed  of  such  iron  and  clay.  Nearly 
everj'  governor  sent  to  Kansas  as  Democrat  was  driven 
into  the  Republican  ranks;  and  the  lodge  and  liquor 
power  will  drive  every  sound  prohibitionist  into  the 
American  party,  so  surely  as  the  Washington  movement 
now  on  foot,  succeeds  in  placing  the  American  platform 
before  the  American"  people. 

The  offices  are  now  generally  in  the  hands  of  oOO,000 
Masons.  JThe  subsidiary  recruiting  lodges  will  find  that 
they  are  mere  hewers  of  wood  and  drawers  of  water  for 
the  Masons.  Schuyler  Colfax's  Rebecca  degree  and  Rob 
Morris's  Eastern  Star  lodge  have  utterly  failed  of  their 
intended  object,  which -was  to  yoke  the  women  of  Amer- 
ica to  the  Juggernaut  car  of  the  Masonic  lodge.  There 
are  only  about  one  in  fifteen  of  the  voters  of  this  countiT 
Freemasons,  and  when  once  they  are  forced  to  "bolt 
out  of  their  holes  "  they  will  sink  under  poptilar  con- 
tempt. 


KANSAS  VOTE  SECRETLY  CONTROLLED. 

Jan.  1st,  1883. 

I  spoke  at  Lyndon,  Osage  county,  twice  on  Sabbath 
the  24th  ult.,  and  once  in  the  court  house.  I  then  stopped 
over  night  at  Topeka,  and  called  <jn  Governor  St.  John. 
I  liked  him  before,  but  much  better  after  seeing  him.  I 
have  this  morning  written  him,  and  sent  him  "Freema- 
sonry Illustrated,"  by  the  hand  of  Rev.  Mr.  Milligan  who 
attends  the  Topeka  Prohibition  Convention  on  the  9th  and 
10th  inst.  Our  good  Mr.  John  Thompson  is  here  from 
Sabetha,  Nemaha  county,  forty  miles  north,  to  take  me 
there  to  speak  on  Tuesday  and  Wednesday,  the  2nd  and 
3d.  We  stop  on  the  road  to-night  to  hold  a  meeting  at 
Banner.  I  have  spoken  to  fair  congregations,  considering 
the  cold  and  rough  weather,  here  at  North  Cedar,  on  Fri- 
Saturday,  and  twice  on  Sabbath,  yesterday.  My  personal 
friends  will  be  interested  to  know  what  I  am  doing,  and 
the  rest  of  our  readers  must  bear  with  this  writing. 

As  I  go  from  place  to  place  facts  and  proofs  accumulate 
that  "The  Supreme  Council  of  Sovereign  Inspectors 
General,"  headed  by  Albert  Pike,  the  scalper-general,  has 
defeated  St.  John  and  prohibition.  When  I  was  at  Capt. 
Wilson's,  Menomonee,  Wisconsin,  I  learned  through  those 
who  drank  of  it,  that  Pike  carried  a  hamper  of  proof 
brandy,  in  his  travels  in  that  State.  Hi.'^  daughter  was 
travelling  with  him.  The  presidents  of  the  liquorassocia- 
tions  in  Milwaukee  and  elsewhere  are  high  low  Masons. 
We  know  iff  ten  thousand  ways  that  lodge  and  rum  are 
like  Siamese  twins.  And  as  we  know  by  reductio  ad  ah- 
surdnm,  that  the  straight  line  between  two  points  is  the 
shortest  line,  simply  by  showing  that  no  other  line  is  the 
shortest,  so  we  know  by  moral  demonstration  that  the 
lodge  defeated  St.  John.  It  is  able  to  do  it.  It  runs 
through  the  State  and  plots  nightly  in  every  village  and 
hamlet.  His  defeat  took  every  one  but  the  Pike  Masons 
by  surprise.  They  say,  sotto  voce,  "St.  John  is  not  much 
of  a  Mason."  A  secret  anti-prohibition  society,  with 
branches,  had  its  seat  in  Topeka.  Such  secret  societies 
could  meet  nowhere  but  in  the  Masonic  lodge-room.  The 
anti-third  term  Republicans  generally  voted  for  St.  John. 
•Nothing  else  defeated  him.  and  the  reductio  is  complete. 
The  lodge  did  it  with  liquor  money.  J.  e. 


— The  Chri.ifian  Inf/trur(or,  lately  removed  from  this 
city  to  Philadelphia  to  be  nearer  its  United  Presbyterian 
constituency  opens  the  New  Year  with  a  dress  of  hand- 
some new  type  and  sixteen-page  form.  The  Christian 
Statesman  is  now  issued  from  the  same  office.  A  happy 
and  prosperous  New  Year  to  them  both. 


Jaxdary  11,    1883 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYlSrOSUREr^ 


^ 


—Geo.  W.  Clark,  the  "  Liberty  Singer,"  has  lately 
removed  from  Detroit  to  Rochester,  N.  Y. 

— It  is  expected  that  the  editor  of  the  Cynosure  will 
return  this  week  from  his  prolonged  visit  in  Kansas. 

— The  saddest  news  with  which  we  begin  the  New 
Year  is  word  of  the  death  of  the  aged  and  beloved 
Isaac  Preston  of  Loekport,  111.,  who  passed  away  to 
God  on  Thursday,  Januarj'  4th,  at  an  extreme  age, 
having  but  lately  celebrated  his  DOth  birthday.  The 
virtue,  the  moral  courage,  the  love  of  ti-nth,  the  piety 
of  this  humble  but  noble  man  is  too  well  known  by 
all  our  readers  to  need  an}^  encomium.  The  ■sigor  of 
his  constitution  was  wonderfully  preserved  by  his  tem- 
perate habit  of  life,  so  that  up  to  extreme  old  age  he 
has  been  able  to  render  valuable  counsel  and  assist- 
ance in  the  deliberations  of  our  conventions  and  in 
the  business  management  of  the  National  Association. 
We  regret  that  he  must  leave  us,  but  to  him  our  loss  is 
blessed  and  eternal  gain. 

— In  our  correspondence  Bro.  Miles  concieves  a  dis- 
crepancy in  Mr.  Weed's  letter  to  the  Batavia,  Conven- 
tion respecting  the  body  of  Morgan.  Mr.  Weed  ex- 
presses no  doubt  about  the  body.  The  evidence  was 
clear  that  it  was  that  of  Wm.  I^Iorgan;  but 
the  clothing  was  of  some  other  man.  The  abductors 
haxl  evidently  anticipated  an  exposure  of  some  kind 
and  planned  to  make  themselves  as  secure  as  possible. 
This  question  about  the  clothes  is  all  the  ground  the 
Freemasons  have  for  theii'  vicious  denials  of  Jlr. 
"Weed's  letter.  As  if  they  grew  with  the  body  and 
were  an  indispensable  part  of  it.  Rob  Morris, 
McMurdy,  Vincil,  Carson,  et  id  omne  ffenus,Tn&y  agon- 
ize through  columns  of  denial  and  vituperation  of  a 
dead  man  to  whose  honor  and  probity  themselves  are 
strangers,  all  the  ground  for  their  dispute  is  the  man- 
ipulation of  the  Masonic  murderers  to  prevent  Mor- 
gan's recognition  if  ever  his  body  should  be  found. 


THB  SITUATION  AT  WASHINGTON. 

"Give  me  a  fulcrum  for  my  lever  and  I  will  overturn 
the  world,"  expressed  the  faith  of  Archimedes  in  the  pow- 
er of  mechanical  forces  which  by  searching  he  had  found 
out.  Give  us  a  foot-hold  in  Washington  and  with  Christ 
for  oar  helper  we  will  overthrow  the  Secret  Empire  and 
bring  to  an  end  its  bloody  reign,  just  so  sure  as  the  Masons 
made  Mrs.  Morgan  a  widow  in  1826,  as  the  National  Era 
and  the  old  line  Abolitionists  abolished  slavery,  and  as 
the  "promises"  are  "yea  and  amen  in  Christ  Jesus." 

THE  WAT  OPES'. 

God  has  opened  an  effectual  door  and  thereby  indicated 
his  will.  A  house  and  lot,  less  than  three  blocks  from  the 
Capitol  and  only  five  doors  from  Pennsylvania  Avenue, 
near  Dr.  Sunderland's  church,  just  opposite  the  ofHces  of 
the  city  government  and  under  the  shadow  of  the  Metro- 
politan M.  E.  church,  is  within  our  reach.  The  frontage 
on  4-J  street  is  twenty-five  feet  with  a  depth  of  164  feet  to 
an  alley.  The  building  is  a  substantial  four-story  brick 
with  a  basement,  and  contains  sixteen  rooms  besides  bath 
trunk  rooms,  closets,  etc.  It  is  the  property  of  Vice  Ad- 
miral Eowan  and  he  stated  to  me  that  it  cost  him  $12,000.1 
It  is  assessed  for  $11,973.  *  The  title  is  said  to  be  perfect, 
and  it  can  be  bought  for  $7,000  cash.  *" 

CONDITION  OP  THE  PKEMISES. 

The  foundation  and  walls  are  sound  so  far  as  I  could 
discover.  The  slate  roof  showed  no  signs  of  leaking,  but 
the  inside  is  badly  out  of  repair.  It  will  probably  require 
a  thousand  dollars  at  the  very  least  to  arrange  an  audience 
room,  book  room  and  office,  and  thoroughly  renovate  the 
whole  structure  and  put  it  in  prime  order.  Buildings  of 
similar  size  and  in  the  same  locality  rent  readily  to  respon- 
sible parties  at  from  eight  to  nine  hundred  dollars  per 
year.  A  fiu-ther  sum  of  from  one  to  two  thousand  dollars 
would  be  needed  for  the  purchase  of  furniture  and  a  full 
stock  of  the  books,  tracts,  and  publications  required  so 
that  the  final  footing  cannot  safely  be  put  much  below 
$10,000.  ■ 

V/HEEE  IS  THIS  MONET  TO  COME  FROM? 

I  answer:  Five  thousand  dollars  have  already  been 
provided  for,  on  condition  the  whole  sum  is  raised;  and 
if  God  wants  you  to  give  the  -whole  or  a  part  of  what  re- 
mains you  are  going  to  give  it  cheei'fully  ov  lose  your  peace 
of  mind.  If  it  is  your  duty  to  give  a  hundred,  a  thousand, 
or  five  thousand  dollars  to  this  enterprise,  God  will  show 
it  to  you,  and  you  will  be  thankful  for  the  privilege.  I 
want,  becaiise  I  believe  God  wants,  some  of  our  wealthy 
friends  to  take  hold  of  this  business  with  a  will  that  scorns 
seeming  impossibilities,  and  send  to  W.  I.  Phillips,  Treas- 
urer of  the  I<[ational  Christian  Association,  within  the  next 
thirty  days  (before  Feb.  10th)  either  in  cash  or  negotiable 
interest-bearing  notes,  the  second  $5,000  of  the  -R-hole 
$10,000,  as  estimated  above.  Every  dollar  will  be  credited 


to  this  account,  and  where  requested  wiU  be  reported  in 
the  next  issue  of  our  paper  after  its  receipt. 
In  case  the  property  is  secured 

WHAT  SHAI/L  IT  BE  CALLED. 

Unless  some  one  friend  will  pay  the  remaining  $5,000 
and  give  it  such  a  name  as  he  prefers,  I  am  in  favor  of 
calling  it  "Leuty  Hall."  Next  to Philo  Carpenter,  Esq., 
Rev.  Wm.  Leuty  has  aided  financially  in  the  Association's 
work  more  than  any  other  one  man.  Oberlin  has  its  Tap- 
pan  Hall,  which  recalls  the  memory  of  that  noble  but  de- 
spised reformer,  and  is  of  itself  an  inspiration  to  every 
student  who  visits  that  institution  to  emulate  his  excellen- 
cies. In  Chicago  we  have  "Carpenter  Hall"  which  will 
perpetuate  the  name  of  the  generous  donor  when  the  lodge 
shall  have  succumbed  to  public  censure,  and  given  place 
to  Christ's  kingdom  on  earth,  and  why  should  not  Father 
Leuty  have  a  monumental  building  in  Washington  to  per- 
petuate his  name  when  anti-secrecy  and  its  advocates  shall 
become  as  popular  as  the  once  despised  and  hated  Ober- 
lin and  Tappan  are  to-day. 

^  WHO  WILL  OWN  THE  PROPERTY?  ~^ 

You  ask  this  question  as  businessmen,  and  wish  to  know 
who  is  to  look  after  this  property  if  purchased.  I  answer: 
It  will  be  deeded  to  the  National  Christian  Association,  to 
be  used  for  a  branch  office  and  quarters  for  the  Washing- 
ton department  of  its  work,  and  will  of  course  he  con- 
trolled as  other  property  of  the  Association  is.  Hon.  S. 
C.  Pomeroy,  Milton  Ford,  Joseph  Bowes  and  Isaac  T. 
Gibson  will  act  with  the  General  Agent  as  an  auxiliary 
Board  if  requested  to  do  so.  These  gentlemen  all  reside  in 
the  city  and  they  are  men  of  experience,  with  religious 
convictions,  and  are  widely  known  as  active  Christian 
workers,  and  willing  to  give  their  services  for  the  love  of 
the  cause.  These  men  (if  appointed)  will  be  aided  by  others 
deserving  our  confidence.  ~ 

FROM  THE  FIRST. 

From  my  first  practical  knowledge  of  the  anti-secrecy 
work  I  have  felt  and  often  said  the  great  mistake  of  1826 
to  1832  was  in  not  anchoring  their  work  and  making  it 
permanent.  An  evil  so  deeply  seated  and  strongly  in- 
trenched in  state  and  church  as  Masonry  cannot  be  con- 
quered without  a  struggle.  An  election  may  be  carried 
by  an  outburst  of  enthusiasm;  a  small  boy  may  create  a 
panic  and  move  a  large  audience  by  crying  fire,  but  sur 
face  ebullitions  quickly  subside,  and  the  enthusiastic  or 
panic-stricken  crowds  settle  down  into  convictions  or  as 
certained  facts.  If  the  workers  in  the  Morgan  era  of 
Anti-masonry  had  done  as  the  Young  Men's  Christian  As 
sociations  and  others  are  now  doing,  by  securing  head 
quarters  with  branch  societies  and  publishing  houses  in 
fee  simple,  the  whole  land  would  not  have  been  bur- 
rowed by  the  blind-moles  of  secrecy  as  it  is  to-day.  They 
did  some  things  well;  aided  by  their  example  and  admon- 
ished bj'  their  mistakes  we  must  do  better.  Without  an 
anchorage  in  the  "bed  rock  "  of  a  warrantee  deed,  Ishould 
have  little  heart  to  work,  or  little  hope  of  success  in 
Washington,  but  with  a  sure  footing  I  believe  it  is  the 
most  promising  point  at  which  to  plant  a  battery  in  the 
whole  arena  of  conflict.  In  my  experience  of  over  four- 
teen years  and  with  facilities  for  knowing  and  judging 
equal  perhaps  to  those  of  any  other  one  man,  I  consider 
this  opportimity  one  without  a  comparison.  The  time, 
when  the  whole  land  is  stirred  by  the  testimony  of  the 
late  Thurlow  Weed;  the  place,  a  center  of  all  eyes  in 
this  country  and  in  foreign  courts;  the  friends  providen- 
tially stationed  on  the  ground,  with  a  hundred  other  indi- 
cations all  point  to  its  importance  as  a  means  of  speedy 
recognition  among  Christian  societies,  and  an  agency  in 
the  ultimate  success  of  the  anti-secrecy,  anti-rum-shop, 
Gonstitutional  refoi-m  and  Christian  Sabbath  movements, 
which,  though  differing  in  name  are  one  and  identical  in 
principle,  and  are  all  embodied  in  our  reform  platform. 

TO  THE  lord's  STEWARDS. 

To  you  brethren, who  are  the  Lord's  stewards,  and  soon 
to  give  account  to  our  "  One  Master,"  do  I  as  your  agent 
and  Christ's  servant  submit  this  question  for  decision.  I 
have  given  you  tile  leading  facts  that  you  need  to  act 
wisely.  I  have  expressed  my  opinion  freely  upon  which 
you  will  place  your  own  estimate.  It  may  be  your  duty 
to  give  or  it  may  not,  God  knows;  but  if  your  thoughts 
are  established  allow  me  to  ask  if  it  M'ould  not  be  much 
better  for  you  to  do  yourself  whatever  your  can  afford 
rather  than  leave  to  others  the  disposition  of  your  means 
after  you  are  gone?  Beloved,  I  feel  earnestly  but  peace- 
fully about  this  matter.  It  has  been  with  me  a  subject  of 
thoug'nt,  planning  and  prayer  for  months,  and  having 
done  what  I  could  I  am  resting  in  the  "Precious  Prom- 
ises, "  and  shall  rest  however  you  may  decide;  and  my 
prayer  ia  that  your  Father  and  mine  may  give  each  of  you 
like  assurance  in  knowing  and  doing  his  will  on  earth. 

J.fP.  Stoddard, 
Oen'l  Agent  N.  C.  A, 


OUR  CONTRIBUTORS. 

The  Cynosure  is  happy  to  announce  herewith  a  grand 
list  of  contributors  and  correspondents  for  1883. 
To  read  their  letters,  study  their  arguments, 
compare  their  experiences,  and  drink  with  ihem  at  the 
fountain  of  truth,  even  Jesus  Christ,  will  be  the  noble 
privilege  of  the  readers  of  the  Cynosure.  The  follow- 
ing is  only  a  partial  lisl.  Arrangements  are  being  made 
for  the  enlargement  of  the  cir<  Ir  \iDlil  it  shall  include 
every  section  of  otir  coimtry: 

John  G.  Fee. 

Rev.  A.  M.  Milligan,  D.  D. 

Rev.  p.  A.  Seguin,  French  Protestant  Mission.  N.  Y. 

Pres.  S.  B.  Allen,  Westfield  CoUege. 

Pres.  C.  B.  Kephart,  Avalon  College. 

Rev.  Warren  Taylor,  Presbyterian,  Ohio. 

Prof.  L.  N.  Stratton,  President  Wheaton  Theological 
Seminary. 

Prof.  W.  O.  Tobev,    editor  United   Brethren  in  Christ. 

Prof.  J.  R.  W.  Sloane,  D.  D.,  of  Reformed  Presbyterian 
Theological  Seminary. 

Rev.  Wm  Johnston,  United  Presbyterian  church,  Iowa. 

Revs.  H.  H.  Hinman  and  P.  S.  Feemster,  N.  C.  A. 
agents  in  the  South. 

Rev.  J.  C.  K.  Milligan,  editor  of   Our  Banner. 

Thos.  E.  Kennedy,   San  Jose,  California. 

S.  M.  Good,  who  has  taken  some  fifty  degrees  in  vari- 
ous Masonic  rites. 

Rev.  X.  A.  Welton,  Episcopal. 

Mrs.  E.  D.  Bailey,  Worcester. 

John  Tanner,  Jr.,  Kingston,  Tenn. 

xilexander  Thomson. 

John  D.  Nutting,    Oberlin    Theological   Seminary. 

Rev.  Woodruff  Post,   Methodist  Episcopal,    New  York. 

Rev  Henry  T.  Cheever,  Worcester. 

Rev.  David  ?ucFall.  Chambers  Street  R.  P.  church. 
Boston. 

Rev.  A.  F.  Chittenden,  Congregational,  111. 
/    Rev.  B.  F.  Worrell,  do.,  Olathe,  Kans. 

Prof.  0.  F.  Lumry,  Wheaton  College. 

Rev.  M  A.  Gault,  Ref.  Pres.,  Iowa. 

Rev.  Issac  Bancroft,  Monroe,  Wis. 

Mrs.  J.  F.  Hardie,  of  Minnesota. 

Mrs.  S.  C.  Kennedv,  of   California. 

Rev.  C.  D.  Trumbtrll,   Ref.  Pres.,  lowa. 

Elder  J.  L.  Barlow,  Baptist,  Conn. 

Elder  A.  L.  Post,  do.,  Pennsylvania. 

Rev.  C.  C.  Foote. 

Gen.  J.  W.  Phelps,  American  candidate  in  1  SSf'. 

Rev.  P.  B.  Chamberlain,  Congregational,  Washington 
Tei^-itory. 

Elder  Nathan  Callender,  Pennsylvania. 

George  W.  Clark,  the  "Liberty  Singer.'' 

Miss  E.  E.  Flagg,  Massachusetts. 

Rev.  W.  W.  Ames,  Wisconsin. 

Prof.  S.  C.  Kimball,  editor  Christian    Witness.         * 

FROM  FOREIGN  LANDS. 

Rev.  John  Boyes,  Louth,  England. 

Rev.  Wm.  Hazenberg,  Cape^'own,  South  Africa. 

Rev.  A.  D.  Zaraphonithes,  SjTa,  Greece. 

Rev  G.  H.  Filian,  of  Armenia  [now  in  this  cotmtry.] 

Henry  M.  Bisseil,  missionary  in  Mexicri. 


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J.  Q.  Adi^s,  Wm.  H.  Seward,  .Tames  Madlsou,  Daniel  Webster,  Rich- 
ard Rush,  .John  Hancoci<.  Millard  Fillmore,  Chief  Justice  Marshall. 
Seth  M.  Gates,  Nathaniel  Colver,  President  Finney,  President  Blanch- 
ard,  Phllo  Carpenter,  Hon,  J.  B.  Walker,  Clianceiior  Hov.-ard  Crosby. 
D.  L.  Moody,  arid  others. 

NO  NO.  PAGES 

1  Historical  .Sketch  of  the  N.C.  A.,  by  Pros.  .T.  Blanchard i 

2  Voice  of  the  Empire  State  In  Condemnation  (if  Masonry 4 

3  Address  to  American  Pastors  on  the  Sec'-et  Lodge 4 

4  Freemasonry  in  the  Family,  by  . I.  P.  Stoddard 1 

5  Pres.  Finney  on  the  Duty  of  Chrlsil-ins  tow.ird  the  Ledge i 

6  M'arn'us  apralnst  ?.Iasonry  (For  Colored  People),  Illustrated f 

7  To  the  Boys  who  Hope  to  be  Aten,  Illustrated .  : 

8  Freemasonry  Modern  Heathenism ^ 

0  itinlsters  at  Klval  Altars * 

10  A  Pastor's  Confession ..-   ■    ' 

11  Kniglit  T.-mplar  Masonry « 

13    Alexander  Campbell's  Estimate  of  the  Lodges 4 

13  "Th  ■  Secret  Empire. '    by  ,1.  P.  Stoddard < 

14  True  and  Fal^e  Tcmplarism 4 

15  Secrecy  and  8ln.  from  the  "Christian"  47  Cornhill.  Boston <t 

.H  Selling  Dead  Horses,  by  ■ 'Host oni.in" 4 

17  History  of  Masonry,  by  Pres.  , I.  Blanchard ,.  4 

IS  Despotic  Cliaracter  of  Freemasonry i 

in  Freemasonry  a  Chr;."t-exehiding  Religion S 

M  Masonic  Jluider,  by  Sider  T.  R.  Baird 'i 

i\  Grand,  Great  Grand,  by  Philo  Carpenter 2 

■Ji  Masonic  Oaths  and  Per>altii'S  sworn  toby  the  GraadLodgeof  R  !.  4 

■i5  Letters  of  J.  Q.  Adams  and  .T.  .Madison  on  Freemasonry          ...  4 

~4  Satan's  Cable  Tow 4 

35  Character  and  symbols  of  Freemasonry,  Illustrated i 

IB  Address  of  the  Niagara  Association  on  the  Mnrder  of  Moreao  4 

27  .Judge  Wl.lrney  and  Masonry — Masonry  Defends  a  Murderer  ..,..  >> 

2S  X.-.tlianfel  Colver  and  Howard  Crosby  on  Secret  Societies 2 

29  Grand  Lodge  Masonrv,  by  Pres.  .1.  iilsnchard Iti 

30  Masonic  Oaths  Xuil  and  Void,  by  Rev.  I.  A.  Hsri 4 

il  Hon.  Seth  M.  Gates  on  Freemasonry ' 

ii  Origin.  Obligation  and  Expenses  of  the  Grange < 

33  Ron.  Wm    H.  Sew.ird  on  Secret  Societies ,,-■ 8 

34  What  Great  Men  Say  about  Freemasonry , .■  "2 

35  Obj,'>ctions  to  .Masonrj'.  by  a  Seceding  .Mason 1 

'38  Masoiilc  Chastity,  by  Emma  .\.  Wallace i 

37  Reasont,  -bra  Christian  should  not  be  a  Freemason  (Grnnan  4 

38  Masonic  Oc.^'-s  and  PeuuHles,  by  Rev.  A.  M.  Milllgiin     4 

30    Should  Freemasons  be  admitted  to  Christian  Fellowship? i 

40  The  Object  of  the  American  (Anti-masonic)  Party i 

41  Freemasonry  a  Religion  (shown  by  Its  own  author.')  ....         .-..  " 

42  Duty  and  Ability  to  Know  the  Character  of  Masonry I 

13  Affidavit  that  Masonry  Is  revealed,  by  J.  0.  Doesburg  find  others  -4 

i4  D.  L..  Moody  on  Secret  Societies -..  •* 

45  Ought  a  Secedin-.;  Mason  to  Keep  his  Lodge  Oath  ?  ...    ,-       -1 

46  Nos.  17,  IS  and  r.!  coniMned.  hv  Prof   Cervln  (Swedish) 18 

47  Irish  Murders  and  Sccre*.  Sc'deilsB  .. * 


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THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSUIIE. 


January  11,  1883 


THE  Home. 


THE  LAND   WE  LOVE. 


The  land  we  love  is  under  blight, 
The  watchmen  cry  "Wliat  of  the  night!" 
How  long  before  the  morning  ray 
That  heralds  in  the  coming  day. 

The  vilest  tyrant  of  the  race 
Has  here  a  throne,  a  dwelling  place ; 
Again  our  frightened  eagle  flies, 
Distressed  with  loud  and  warning  cries. 

My  countrymen  the  hour  is  near. 
The  battle  ground  of  time  is  here ; 
And  this  the  hour  when  hero  hearts 
Shall  arm  with  truth's  unerring  darts. 

Let  not  the  wily  oligarch 
Becloud  our  future :  freemen  hark ! 
The  tocsin  sounds,  the  drum  beat  hear. 
And  muster  for  tlie  battle  near. 

No  skirmish  is  this  fray  of  ours; 
It  is  a  battle  of  the  powers ; 

No  British  lion's  stare. 

No  grip  of  Russian  bear, 
No  French  battalions  wheeling  quick. 
No  fortress  walls  of  limestone  thick. 

Yet  in  the  field  whereon  we  fight 
The  victory  must  crown  the  right ; 

With  loyal  hearts  and  true. 

Gird  ye  with  strength,  anew 
To  vow  again  for  earnest  strife 
For  heart  and  home,  and  nation's  life. 

Angel  of  light,  speed  now  thy  wing ! 
The  day  of  truth  and  beauty  bring; 

And  with  thy  light  disperse 

The  darkness  of  the  curse 
That  folds  us  in  the  clouds  of  ill. 
The  victims  of  oppression  still. 

— Adapted  from  DwigM  Williams. 


are  willing. 


THE  BENEVOLENCE  OF    THE  PRIMITIVE 
CHRISTIANS. 

They  were  men  of  enlarged  philanthropy.  Their 
hearts  not  only  bnrned  with  fervent  charity  one  to- 
ward another,  but  swelled  with  the  wish  of  benevo- 
lence toward  all  men.  The  apostle  of  the  Gentiles 
earnestly  enjoined  his  converts  to  remember  the  poor; 
he  taught  them  to  provide  a  common  fund  for  this 
purpose  by  weekly  contributions  of  all,  as  God  had 
prospered  them,  (1  Cor.  16:2;)  but  himself  in  the 
wide  range  of  his  missionary  tours,  became  the  almo- 
ner of  the  charitj'  of  the  churches  to  afflicted  saints  in 
foreign  countries.  The  custom,  in  these  primitive 
times,  seems  to  have  been  for  every  one  on  the  Lord's 
day,  at  the  close  of  public  worship,  to  bring  to  the 
notice  of  the  assembly  the  case  of  the  poor,  the  aged, 
the  widow,  or  the  orphan,  of  whose  necessities  he  had 
asiy  knowledge;  and  forthwith  provision  was  made  for 
such  from  the  public  fund  created  by  then*  weekly 
contributions.  This  custom  is  distinctly  specified  by 
Justin  Martyn  in  the  middle  of  the  second  centurj', 
and  by  TertuUian  at  the  close  of  it  as  is  indicated  in 
the  following  paragi'aphs: 

"  Of  those  who  have  abundance  and 
each  at  his  pleasure  gives  what  he  thinks  fit.  What 
is  collected  is  deposited  with  the  presideji^  who 
succours  the  fatherless  and  the  widows,  and  those 
who  are  in  bonds,  and  the  strangers  who  are  sojourn- 
ing among  us.  In  a  word,  he  provides  for  all  who  are 
in  need. 

"  What  is  collected  in  the  public  chest  is  no  dis- 
honorable sum,  as  if  it  belonged  to  a  purchased  re- 
ligion. Every  one  makes  a  small  contribution  on  a 
cei'tain  day,  or  when  he  chooses;  provided  only  he  is 
willing  and  able;  for  no  one  is  compelled;  all  is  vol- 
untary'. The  amount  is,  as  it  were,  a  common  fund 
of  piety,  since  it  is  expended,  not  in  feasting  or  di'ink- 
ing  or  indecent  excess,  but  in  feeding  and  burying 
the  poor,  and  in  supporting  children  ol^  either  sex  who 
have  neither  parents  nor  means  of  subsistence,  and 
old  men  now  confined  to  their  houses  and  incapable 
of  work;  in  relieving  those  who  have  been  shipwreck- 
ed; and,  if  there  are  any  in  the  mines,  or  in  the  islands 
or  in  prison,  provided  they  suffer  for  the  cause  of 
God's  religion,  they  are  the  recipients  of  the  bounty 
to  which  their  confession  entitles  them.  But  even 
the  working  of  a  charity  like  this  is  made  by  some  a 
cause  of  censure  against  us." — Ancient  Christianity 
Exemplified. 

DEATH  OR  DEEP  WATER. 

A  vessel  was  once  approaching  Liverpool.  Night 
was  drawing  near,  the  sky  was  cloudy  and  there  were 
tokens  of  a  gathering  storm.  The  captain  did  not 
seem  to  understand  his  business  and  managed  to  get 
his  vessel  away  down  on  the  flats,  where  it  was  in  im- 
minent danger  of  being  wrecked.  A  pilot  started  out 
to  board  the  ship.  He  would  have  been  glad  to  have 
avoided  the  job,  but  it  was  his  turn  and  he  must  go 


where  duty  called.  The  pilot  boat  came  alongside, 
and  the  pilot  jumped  into  the  chains,  sprang  on  deck 
and  said  to  the  captain: 

"What  have  you  brought  your  ship  down  here  for? 
Call  all  hands  aft." 

They  came,  and  he  said: 

Now,  boys,  it  is  death  or  deep  water!  Hoist  the 
mainsail!" 

The  men  saw  at  once  that  there  was  work  to  be 
done,  and  a  pilot  on  board  who  knew  his  business. 
They  sprang  to  their  places  with  a  will  and  by  put- 
ting forth  their  best  exertions,  they  saved  the  ship. 

Are  there  not  too  many  Christians  who  are  out  of 
the  channel,  and  drifting  on  to  the  shoals  of  worldli- 
ness,  and  pride,  and  indiflference;  who  need  to  hear 
the  faithful  pilot's  voice,  crying  out,  "Now,  boys,  it  is 
death  or  deep  water!"  A  mere  theoretical  knowledge 
of  divine  things  will  never  avail  us  when  the  night  of 
wrath  and  the  storm  of  judgment  gather  on  the  world. 
A  dead  faith  will  not  save  us  from  shipwreck.  If  we 
are  to  make  the  heavenly  port  we  must  find  safer 
sailing  than  can  be  found  among  the  shoals  and 
quicksands  of  empty  profession  and  religious  formal- 
ism. Let  us  heed  the  pilot's  voice  and  endeavor  hj 
God's  grace  assisting  us,  to  launch  forth  into  deep 
water  and  make  sure  work,  both  for  time  and  for 
eternity.  "Wherefore  the  rather,  brethren,  give  dili- 
gence to  make  your  calling  and  election  sure." — Do- 
mestic Journal. 


KEEP  AWAY  FROM  TEMPTATION. 


The  only  safe  course  for  a  young  man  who  would  re- 
tain his  virtue  and  his  correct  principles,  is  to  keep 
away  from  temptation.  How  many  have  fallen  who 
merely  ventured  to  look  at  vice  in  her  gaudy  colors ! 
Her  temptation  was  too  strong  for  them  to  resist.  They 
partook  of  the  fatal  glass — snatched  the  gilded  treas- 
ure, or  gave  themselves  up  to  uncleanness.  None  are 
secure  who  run  in  the  way  of  sin — who  see  how  near 
they  can  venture  on  the  threshold  of  vice  without  en- 
tangling their  feet  in  the  net  of  the  advei'sary. 

Have  you  ever  heard  the  story  of  the  gentleman 
who  advertised  for  a  coachman?  If  not,  we  will  re- 
peat it:  Three  applicants  were  admitted  to  the  room. 
He  pointed  out  to  them  a  precipice,  remarking: 

"How  near  the  edge  of  this  can  you  drive  me  with- 
out any  danger  of  an  upset? 

The  first  applicant  replied: 

"Within  a  hair's  breadth." 

"How  near  can  you  drive  me?"  aksed  the 'gentleman 
of  the  second  applicant: 

"Within  a  hair's  breadth,"  he  replied. 

As  the  third  was  about  leaving  the  room,  supposing 
he  had  no  chance  of  competing  with  the  other  two,  the 
gentleman  stopped  him. 

"Let  us  hear  what  you  have  to  say,"  said  he. 

"Why,  sir,  I  can  not  compete  with  either  of  these;  if 
I  were  to  drive  you,  I  would  keep  as  far  off  as  I  possi- 
bly could." 

"You  are  the  man  for  me,''  said  the  gentleman,  and 
he  engaged  him  immediately. 

In  regard  to  vice,  he  is  only  safe  who  keeps  away 
from  temptation.  '  Those  who  venture  near  are  often 
upset  and  destroj^ed.  We  can  all  point  to  individuals 
who  are  lost  to  virtue,  who  when  they  took  the  first 
wrong  step,  resolved  never  to  take  another.  It  was 
the  voice  of  a  pretended  friend,  it  may  be,  that  urged 
them  on,  only  for  once,  but  it  proved  their  destruction. 
Ye  who  are  now  safe,  whose  hearts  are  not  contaminat- 
ed, listen  to  the  voice  of  wisdom  and  go  not  near  the 
strong  allurements  to  vice.  Keep  awaj;-  from  the  gam- 
ing table,  the  grog  shop  and  the  midnight  party.  Keep 
away  as  far  as  possible,  and  a  life  of  integTity  and  vir- 
tue will  assuredly  be  yours. — Ex. 


WHAT  IS  ELECTRICITY? 


Electricity  is  the  most  stupendous  force  in  nature, 
apparently  active  throughout' the  universe  the  cause 
of  the  phenomena  described  as  attraction,  gTaAntation 
and  magnetism,  and  most  probably  of  heat  and  light. 
It  is  incessantly  active,  and  maintains,  it  would  seem, 
the  physical  life  of  the  world.  Science  can  only  ap- 
preciate some  of  its  results,  and  apply  it  on  a  very 
limited  scale  to  practical  purposes;  but  knowledge  of 
its  adaptability  is  growing  every  Aay,  and  what  a  few 
3'ears  since  was  little  more  than  material  for  brilliant 
laboratory  experiments  or  the  production  of  scien- 
tific toys,  is  now  becoming  a  gigantic  motive  power 
available  for  the  service  of  practical  science  and  the 
progress  of  civilization.  Already  it  provides  a  means 
of  instantaneous  communication  between  portions 
of  the  earth's  surface  most  remote  from  each  other. 
It  is  gradually,  superseding  all  other  methods  of  arti- 
ficial illumination,  and  it  promises  to  make  steam  ob- 
solete as  a  rnotive  power.  What  other  aid  it  may 
give,  we  know  not,  and  we  scarcely  dare  conjecture, 
although  it  would  seem  that  the  most  vivid  imagina- 
tion must  fail  to  apprehend  its  possibilities.     It  is  in 


the  earth  beneath  us,  known  as  terrestrial  magnetism; 
it  is  in  the  atmosphere  around  us,  and  its  energy  is 
seen  in  the  lightning  flashes  which  mark  the  discharge 
of  force  between  clouds,  each  of  which  is  a  storage 
of  force;  and  in  the  vast,  indeed  inconceivable,  kos- 
mos,  electricity  maintains  the  relations  of  suns  and 
systems  moving  with  enormous  velocity  and  unva- 
rying regularity  through  space.  It  is  a  force  which, 
so  far  as  human  intellect  can  appreciate  it,  knows  no 
cessation  or  diminution  or  deterioration.  It  can  be 
summoned  but  not  created  by  any  skill  of  man — 
made  apparent  in  the  results  of  friction  or  chemical 
action,  but  made  apparent  only,  not  produced.  A 
spark  the  eighth  of  an  inch  long  produced  by  con- 
tact with  the  small  electric  machine  in  the  lecture 
room  is  precisely  similar  in  character  to  the  terrible 
flash  which  splits  a  ti'ee  to  fragments,  striking  it  with 
sudden  death,  or  topples  down  the  most  massive 
tower  reared  by  the  skill  of  man.  In  Oriental  fable 
we  read  of  lamps,  the  rubbing  of  which  produced  an 
obedient  genius  ready  to  minister  to  every  wrath. 
We  can  excite  the  electric  force,  and  the  most  stu- 
pendous of  all  the  genii  natiire — if  not,  indeed,  the 
one  master-spirit,  of  which  all  known  natural  forces 
are  but  variations — is  at  our  service;  our  servant,  if 
we  will — our  most  terrible  master  if  we  have  no  skill 
to  conciliate  him. — Beetons  Dictionary  of  /Science. 

*-a-«*- 

Shake  hands  with  somebody  as  you  go  out  of 
church.  The  more  of  it  the  better,  if  it  is  expressive 
of  real  interest  and  feeling.  There  may  be  a  great 
deal  of  the  spirit  of  the  Gospel  put  into  a  hearty 
shake  of  the  hand.  Think  of  St.  Paul's  four  times 
repeated  request.  "Greet  one  another,"  after  the 
custom  then  in  common  use  and  one  which  is  ex- 
pressive of  even  warmer  feeling  than  our  common 
one  of  handshaking.  Why  not  give  your  neighbors 
the  benefit  of  the  warm  Christian  feeling  that  fills  you 
to  the  finger-tips,  and  receive  the  like  from  them  in 
return?  You  will  both  be  benefited  by  it;  and  the 
stranger  will  go  awaj'  feeling  that  the  church  is  not, 
after  all,  as  cold  as  he  had  thought  it  to  be. — Presby- 
terian. 

i*  •  » 

Mr.  Gobat,  afterward  Bishop  of  Jerusalem,  when 
engaged  as  a  missionary  to  Abyssinia.,  retired  on  one 
occasion,  in  a  season  of  deep  spiritual  depression  and 
gloom,  into  a  cavern,  and  there  poured  out  his  heart  in 
earnest  supplication,  beseeching  that  God  would  not 
desert  him,  but  encourage  him  in  his  trials.  He  re- 
mained in  the  cavern  some  time.  When  he  rose  from 
his  knees,  his  eyes  had  become  accustomed  to  the  dark- 
ness, and  he  saw  that  he  had  been  there  with  a  hyena 
and  her  cubs,  which  yet  had  not  been  suffered  to  attack 
him.  At  the  very  time  when  he  d(?emed  himself  for- 
gotten, he  received  this  striking  manifestation  that  the 
God  of^  providence  was  nigh  to  shield  and  protect  him 

*  ■  » 

ANOTHER   WORD  FOR   THE  NEW  YEAR. 

HITHERTO — HENCEFORTH — EVERMORE. 

Hitherto. 
Joshua  17: 14 "Blessed.' 

1  Sam.  7: 13 "Helped.' 

2  Sam.  7: 18 "Brought.' 

Numbers  14: 19 "Forgiven.' 

Henceforth. 

Deut.   17:16 Separated  to  God. 

Rom.  6:6 

2  Cor.  5:15,  16 

Eph.  4:14 

Eph.  4:17 • : 

Gal.   6:17 

Luke  5:10 Appointed  to  Service. 

Ps.  125:2;  Ps.  121:  8.  .  Guarded  toy  God's  own  presence. 
Ps.  131 :  3     Encouraged  continually  to  confidence  in  Him. 

Rev.  14: 13;   2  Tim.  4:8 •     The  sure  reward  at  last. 

Evermore. 

1.  In  Regard  to  the  Saviour. 

2  Cor.  11:  31     He  is  "Jesus  Christ,  blessed  for  evermore." 
Heb.  7:  28     He  is  the  Son,  consecrated  for  evermore." 
Heb.  7:  25     He   is    "able  to  save  evermore  all  that  come 

unto  God  by  him.'" 

Rev.  1:18    He   is    "alive  for  evermore,    having  the  keys 

of  hell  and  of  death.'' 

2.  ,In  Regard  to  His  People. 

Ps.  18:  50     God  sheweth  mercy  to  them  for  evermore. 
Ezek.  87:  26,  28     He  will  dwell  with  them  for   evermore. 
(Comp.  2  Cor.  6:16.) 
Ps.  133:  3    He  has  commanded  the  blessing  on  them,  even 

life  for  evermore. 
Ps.  121:  8     He  will  preserve  then-  going  out  and  coming 

in,  even  for  evermore. 
Ps.  16: 11     At  His  right  band  are  pleasures  for  evermore. 

3.     His  People's  Privilege. 
Ps.  105:4     "Seek  His  face  evermore." 
Ps.  86:12     "I  will  glorify  Thy  name^for  evermore." 
Ps.  115: 18     "We  will  bless  the  Lord  from  this  time  forth 
and  for  evermore." 

1  Thess.  5:  16     "Rejoice  evermore." 

2  Kings  17:  37     "Observe  to  do  for  evermore." 
Therefore,  let'^  the  end  of  our   conversation  he  ;■  "Jesus 

Christ  the  same  yesterday,  and  to-day  and  forever." 

— Notes  for  Bible  Study. 


January  II,  1883 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE. 


11 


CHILDREN'S  CORNER. 


WHO  PRAYED  LAST  NIGHT? 

Day  after  day  the  sun  shone  out, 
Till  the  earth  was  choking  with  dust  and  drought. 
And  millions  of  blossoms  on  hill  and  plain 
Were  almost  dead  for  want  of  rain. 

All  through  the  meadows  the  heads  of  wheat  s 

Bent  low  with  the  long-continued  heat. 
And  the  farmer  murmured,  "  No  crop  of  grain 
Shall  I  harvest  this  year  if  it  doesn't  rain !  " 

The  clouds  hung  heavy  in  hearts  that  knew 
How  much  depended  on  rain  and  dew. 
And  tears  were  plenty  as  days  went  by ; 
But  clouds  and  tears  were  not  in  the  sky. 

Our  Willie  noticed  the  frown  that  lay 
On  his  father's  forehead  from  day  to  day ; 
And  longed  to  banish,  with  loving  art. 
The  fears  that  troubled  the  farmer's  heart. 

"  Mamma,  do  you  think  that  God  would  hear 
If  I  prayed  for  rain?  "     "  Wliy,  of  course,  my  dear," 
Was  the  mother's  earnest  and  prompt  reply. 

"  Well  then,"  said  Willie,  "I  mean  to  try." 

At  bed-time,  Willie,  o'ercome  with  play, 
Forgot  the  prayer  that  he  meant  to  say ; 
But  the  angels  watching  his  slumbers  guessed 
The  thought  that  quivered  within  his  breast. 

,    Next  morn,  all  over  the  thirsty  plain 
Was  heard  the  steady  drip  of  rain. 
And  Willie,  o'erjoyed  at  the  welcome  sight. 
Exclaimed,  "  Why,  mamma,  who  prayed  last  night?" 

— Selected. 


S TOBIES  OF  MY  BOYS. 


BY  .JENNIE  L.  HAKDIE. 

The  residence  of  a  rich  uptown  merchant  was  the  home 
of  Harvey  Honie.  I  say  "home"  because  I  can  think  of 
no  other  term  to  use,  but  home  means  love  and  kindly 
acts  and  sympathizing  words,  and  to  all  of  these  Harvey 
was  a  stranger.  A  sort  of  chore-boy  he  was,  about  the 
house  and  stables  and  office  ui)town.  He  had  been  foimd 
this  place  by  a  kind  Christian  lady  after  having — from  a 
most  wretched  garret — seen  the  body  of  his  mother  borne 
out  to  be  laid  in  the  pauper's  field  beside  that  of  her  hus- 
band, who  had  died  a  victim  of  alcohol. 

Let  us  take  a  peep  inside  this  home  on  a  Sabbath  after- 
noon. The  lady  of  the  house  had  desired  the  services  of 
Harvey  during  the  afternoon,  and  just  as  her  impatience 
at  his  non-appearance  had  reached  its  height  he  shuffled 
into  the  drawing-room,  hat  in  hand,  saying,  in  his  awk- 
ward manner, 

"Cook  said,  ma'am,  as  how  you  wanted  me." 

"Yes.  I've  been  wanting  you  for  the  last  hour.  Where 
do  you  spend  your  Sunday  afternoons  that  you're  never 
here  when  you're  wanted?" 

"Over  at  the  school  in  the  brick  church,  ma'am." 

"But  Sabbath  school  doesn't  hold  till  this  hour,"  said 
the  lady  sharply. 

"No,  ma'am,  but  the  preacher's  wife  she  has  a  meetin' 
for  her  class  after  it,  in  the  room  where  he  studies.  This 
here  is  the  last  one,  though." 

"I  hope  so,  indeed,"  replied  the  lady.  "What  do  you 
do  at  those  meetings?" 

A  frightened  look  came  over  the  boy's  face,  and  half 
aloud  his  lips  uttered  the  thought  of  his  heart  in  prayer, 
"O  Lord,  do  help  me  now,  for  it's  a  comin',  an'  unless  Thy 
great  hand'll  catch  holt  o'  me,  I  shall  surely  topple !" 

"What  are  you  saying?"  demanded  the  lady  sternly — 
she  had  only  caught  the  word  "Lord."  We  never  allow 
swearing  in  our  house!" 

"I  wa'nt  a  swearin',  ma'am;  leastwise  I  didn't  mean  it 
so;"  and  young  Joe,  the  only  son  of  this  house,  added  in 
a  tone  which  he  meant  should  savor  of  wit,  "Maybe  he 
was  praying!" 

"Yes,  I'se  a  prayin',"  returned  the  boy,  while  the  color 
deepened  in  his  cheek. 

Joe  burst  into  a  loud  laugh,  while  the  lady  impatiently 
exclaimed,  "What  a  fool!  Don't  you  know  it's  more 
wi'ong  to  lie  about  such  a  thing  than  it  is  to  swear?  But 
you  havn't  answered  my  question  yet,  as  to  what  they 
have  been  doing  at  those  meetings?" 

"Oh,  I  know,"  cried  Joe.  "I  heard  Will  Slater  and 
Tom  Jones  talk  about  it  at  school.  They  show  up  the 
evil  of  secret  societies,  and  the  teacher  has  been  lecturing 
to  them  about  what  an  awful  thing  Freemasonry  is!" 

"  About  what?"  came  in  a  deep  voice  from  a  portly  in- 
dividual in  the  corner,  while  a  newspaper  behind  which 
his  face  had  been  hidden  went  down  on  his  knees. 
"About  what?" — and  he  looked  sharply  from  one  to  the 
other  of  the  boys. 

"Well,  I  never!"  exclaimed  the  lady  with  an  unpleas- 
ant laugh,  while  the  remaining  occupant  of  the  room,  the 


"  old  maid "  sister  of  the  master  of  the  house,  adjusted 
her  spectacles  and  looked  keenly  at  Harvey. 

In  reply  to  his  father's  question  Joe  only  laughed  as 
though  he  had  said  something  too  good  to  bear  rejietition, 
and  the  gentleman  said  to  Harvey  very  sternly  and  decid- 
edly, "Don't  let  me  ever  hear  of  anything  of  the  kind 
again,  sir!  You  will  stop  going  to  that  Sunday-school. 
We  can  find  occupation  for  you  at  home.  That  woman, 
whoever  she  is,  has  no  right  to  be  talking  about  any  such 
thing.  It  is  something  she  knows  nothing  about  what- 
ever. Pretty  business  for  a  woman!  Can't  she  find 
enough  out  of  the  Bible  to  teach  to  such  a  numbskull  as 
you?" 

"She  found  it  all  in  the  Book,  sir,  and  made  it  all 
plain  how  wicked  it  is  for  the  Lord  to  look  at;  and — " 

"Stop  sir,  immediately!  I  tell  you  such  folks  don't 
know  anything  about  it,  and  that's  enough.  I  know,  and 
I  don't  want  to  hear  you  say  anything  like  that  again.  Do 
you  hear  me  ?" 

"I  hear  yo' sir,  an' I  won't  say  anything  so  yo' can 
hear  it,  but  I  thinks  it's  wicked!" 

The  master  of  the  house  was  angry,  very  angry.  His 
will  was  law  in  small  things  and  in  great,  and  that  this 
street  boy,  this  almost  idiot,  should  set  up  an  opinion 
against  his,  was  something  quite  unlooked  for.  Striding 
across  the  room  he  dealt  him  a  stinging  blow,  and  then 
opening  the  door  pushed  him  out  with  the  remark, 

"You  won't  be  apt  to  think  y^ur  think  much  longer. 
Will  you?" 


A  LAMPBEY'S  NEST. 

One  day  late  in  spring  as  I  was  passing  over  a  bridge 
I  chanced  to  see  two  lamhreys,  or  "lamper-eels,"  as  they 
are  usually  called,  engaged  in  building  their  nest  in  the 
creek  below  me.  It  was  one  of  the  most  curious  sjoecta- 
cles  I  ever  saw  in  our  stream.  They  were  a  few  yaids 
below  the  bridge,  just  where  the  water  breaks  from  the 
still  pool  beneath  it,  and  flows  with  a  rapid  current  over 
the  roughly  paved  bottom.  They  were  distinguishable 
from  the  yellowish  brown  and  black  stones  and  pebbles 
amid  which  they  were  working  only  by  their  motions. 
They  were  tugging  away  at  the  small  movable  stones 
with  great  persistence.  I  went  down  to  the  water's  edge 
where  they  were  within  reach  of  my  staff,  the  better  to 
observe  them.  They  would  run  up  to  the  edge  of  the 
still  water  and  seize  upon  the  stones  with  their  suction 
mouth  and  drag  them  back  with  the  current  and  drop 
them  ujjon  their  nest.  I  understood  at  once  why  their 
nests,  which  I  had  often  observed  b(?fore,  were  always 
placed  at  the  beginning  of  a  rift;  it  is  that  the  fish  may 
avail  themselves  of  the  current  in  building  them.  The 
water  sweeps  them  back  with  the  pebble  in  their  mouth, 
their  only  effort  being  in  stemming  the  current  to  seize  it. 
They  are  thus  enabled  to  move  stones  which  they  could 
not  stir  in  still  water. 

The  stones  varied  in  size  from  a  walnut  to  a  goose  egg. 
When  one  of  them  was  tugging  away  at  a  stone  too 
heavy  for  it,  I  would  lend  a  helping  hand  with  my  staff; 
I  would  move  the  stone  along  gently,  and  the  lamprey 
seemed  entirely  unconscious  of  the  fact  that  it  was  being 
helped;  it  would  drop  the  burden  at  the  proper  point,  and 
run  up  for  another.  Indeed  my  aid  and  presence  did  not 
disturb  them  at  all.  From  time  to  time  the  larger  of  the 
two,  which  was  the  female,  would  thrust  her  tail  with 
gTcat  violence  down  among  the  pebbles  at  the  bottom 
of  the  creek  and  loosen  them  up,  and  set  free  the  mud 
which  the  current  quicldy  carried  away.  The  new  ma- 
terial thus  plowed  up  was  carried  to  the  nest.  Twice  in 
the  course  of  the  half-hour  that  I  observed  them,  the  act 
of  spawning  took  place. 

Besides  helping  move  the  larger  stones  with  my  staff, 
I  several  times  plowed  up  the  bottom  with  its  point,  thus 
relieving  the  female  of  that  duty.  The  fish  took  it  all  as 
a  matter  of  course,  and  seized  upon  the  pebbles  I  had 
loosened  with  great  alacrity.  When  I  thrust  my  cane 
beneath  them  and  tried  to  lift  them  out  of  the  water,  they 
would  suck  fast  to  the  stones  and  prevent  me;  but  they 
did  not  manifest  any  alarm.  The  lampreys  become  much 
exhausted  with  the  spawning  and  nest  building,  and  large 
numbers  of  them  die  when  it  is  over.  In  June  it  is  not 
imusual  to  find  their  dead  bodies  in  the  streams  they  in- 
habit.—  The   Century. 


THEBE  IS  A  BOY  I  CAN    TBUST. 

I  once  visited  a  public  school.  At  recess  a  little  fellow 
came  up  and  spoke  to  the  teacher.  As  he  turned  to  go 
down  the  platform  the  master  said,  "This  is  a  boy  I  can 
trust;  he  never  failed  me."  I  followed  him  with  my  eye, 
and  looked  at  him  when  he  took  his  seat  at  recess.  He 
had  a  fine,  open,  manly  face.  I  thought  a  good  deal 
about  the  master's  remark.  What  a  character  had  that 
boy  earned!  He  had  already  gotten  what  would  be  worth 
more  to  him  than  a  fortune.  It  would  be  a  passport  into 
the  best  firm  in  the  city,  and,  what  is  better,  into  the  con- 
fidence and  respect  of  the  whole  community.  I  wonder 
if  the  boys  know  how  soon  they  are  rated  by  other  people? 
Every  boy  in  the  neighborhood  is  known,  and  opinions 
are  formed  of  him;  he  has  a  character  either  favorable  or 
unfavorable.  A  boy  of  whom  the  master  can  say,  "  I  can 
trust  him;  he  never  failed  me,"  will  never  want  employ- 
ment. The  fidelit}\  promptness  and  industry  which  he 
shows  at  school  are  in  demand  everywhere  and  prized 
everywhere.  He  who  is  faithful  in  little  will  be  faithful 
in  much. — Band  of  Hope  Beview. 


TEMPERANCE. 


Judges  of  the  Supreme  Court  in  Arkansas  prohibit  by 
formal  orders  the  sale  of  liquoi-s  within  a  distance  of  three 
miles  from  a  public  or  private  school. 

In  Finland  there  is  one  Christian  denomination,  there 
called  the  Loestadian,  which  Ijinds  over  all  its  members  to 
temperance.  Its  membership  is  mainly  com2:)Osed  of  the 
peasant  class. 

Prohibition  of  planting  the  po])])y  for  the  purpose  of 
raising  opium  under  a  laenalty  of  $100,  is  the  law  in  Mad- 
agascar. 

Since  the  conversion,  in  1874,  of  Commodore  Davidson, 
of  the  packet  line  which  runs  between  St.  Louis  and  St. 
Paul  on  the  Mississi])pi  river,  he  has  refused  a  contract 
which  would  allow  the  sale  of  liquors  on  the  boats  though, 
offered  $14,000  for  the  privilege. 

General  Woodford,  at  Lake  Bluff,  said  that  a  "manu- 
facturer in  the  West"  marked  seven  hundred  dollars  in 
new  bills  which  he  paid  his  workmen  on  Saturday,  and 
the  next  Monday  afternoon  four  hundred  and  fifty  dollars 
of  those  identical  bills  were  deposited  in  the  bank  by  the 
saloon  men.     This  shows  where  the  money  goes. 

A  Philadelphia  street  railway  has  put  a  ban  on  smoking 
on  its  cars.  It  has  found  out  that  there  are  thirty  passen- 
gers who  do  not  smoke  to  one  who  does,  and  beside, 
that  to  nearly  all  the  thirty  the  smoke  is  disagreeable.  It 
has,  therefore,  wisely  decided  that  there  is  no  good  reason 
why  thirty  jieople  should  be  compelled  to  take  into  their 
lungs  the  smoke  out  of  the  filthy  mouth  of  the  one  smok- 
er, and  has  therefore  prohibited  it,  even  on  the  rear  plat- 
forms of  its  cars. 

The  Cincinnati  G'aze^te  says:  "There 'is  a  saloon  in 
this  city  for  every  eighty-fom-  men,  women,  and  children. 
Counting  five  persons  toafamil}f,there  is  a  saloon  to  every 
seventeen  families.  This  great  army  of  saloon-keepers 
are  engaged  in  filling  the  prisons,  hospitals,  and  asylums. 
Wouldn't  half  the  number  be  sufficient  for  that  kind  of 
work,  or  say  one  for  every  thirty-four  families?  And 
would  it  be  unreasonable  to  tax  those  toward  lightening 
the  burdens  they  impose  upon  society?  The  brewers,  it 
is  true,  might  not  sell  so  many  barrels  of  beer,  but  they 
are  alreadj^  rich  enough  to  stand  it." 

The  official  report  of  the  United  States  commisisioners 
of  internal  revenue  for  the  fiscal  year  ending  June  30th, 
1882,  shows  an  aggregate  liquor  revenue  the  past  year, 
from  distilled  spirits,  of  $69,873,408.18,  an  increase  over 
1881  of  $2,719,433.30;  from  fermented  liquors  of  $16,- 
1.58,920.42,  an  increase  over  1881  of  $2,453,679.21.  The 
number  of  gallons  of  spirits  taxed,  distilled  from  grain, 
was  70,759,540,  an  increase  over  1881  of  3.333,548;  num- 
ber of  gallons  distilled  from  fiuit,  1,218,850,  a  decrease 
for  the  year  of  484,356  gallons.  The  number  of  barrels 
fennented  liquors  taxed  for  the  fiscal  year  ending  June 
30th,  1882,  was  15,952,085,  an  increase  over  1881  of  2,- 
641,057  barrels. 

— These  are  sentences  from  some  of  the  accounts  which 
reach  us  of  the  way  in  which  Christmas  day  was  observed: 
"This  has  been  the  most  disorderly  and  disgraceful  Christ- 
mas holiday  ever  observed  in  the  city."  "Drunkenness 
is  general,  and  disorder  is  more  prevalent  in  the  streets 
than  for  years."  "The  only  noticeable  feature  of  the 
celebration  of  the  day  was  the  extraordinary'  number  of 
drunken  ])eoplc  on  the  streets."  "Much  drunkenness 
has  been  seen  and  many  disturbances  have  occurred,  some 
resulting  seriously,"  and  so  on  to    the  end  of  the  chapter. 

Prof.  Adolph  Schmitz,  Professor  in  Lake  Forest  Uni- 
versity, and  Secretary  of  the  German  Total  Abstinence 
Society,  spoke  to  the  ladies  of  the  National  Convention 
in  most  sjjirited  style  of  the  work  to  which  his  heart  is 
given.  Said  he,  "'To  talk  of  the  German  vote  in  America 
is  treason — and  I  consider  every  German  who  comes  to 
this  country,  takes  the  oath  of  allegiance  to  the  govern- 
ment of  the  United  States,  and  then  goes  to  work  to  force 
upon  the  country  the  customs  and  unwritten  laws  of  the 
nationality  he  has  been  so  glad  to  escape  from,  is  a 
traitor.  No  German  who  has  agreed  as  solemely  as  all 
do  who  take  out  naturalization  papers  in  this  country  to 
support  its  government,  can  loyally  say  'For  God  and 
Home  and  Native  Land.'  He  must  if  he  be  a  true  and 
loyal  citizen  be  forever  willing  to  shout,  'For  God  and 
Home  and  Adopted  Land.'  " — Signal. 

— The  proposition  to  repeal  all  Internal  revenue  taxes 
and  thus  give  to  the  whisky ^and  tobacco  manufacturers 
something  like  $100,000,000  annually,  is  meeting  with  op- 
position from  rather  an  unexpected  source.  The  follow- 
ing from  Washington  explains  the  movement:  "A  New 
York  Association  has  been  and  is  sending  out  circulars  to 
soldiers  all  over  the  countrj-  a.sking  them  to  write  to  their 
Congressmen  and  jirotcst  against  the  passage  of  any  law 
to  either  abolish  or  reduce  the  tax  on  tobacco  and  whisky, 
or  in  any  way  materially  reducing  the  revenue  of  the  Gov- 
ernment. The  groimd  set  fourth  in  this  circular  as  an  in- 
ducement to  soldiers  to  thus  write  to  their  members  of 
Congi-ess  is  that  such  a  material  reduction  of  the  internal 
revenue  as  is  proposed  would  in  time  prevent  the  allow- 
ance and  payment  of  their  claims  for  pensions,  bounties 
and  back-pay.  Congi'cssmen  are  already  receiving  letters 
from  soldiers  asking  them  on  the  groiuid  stated  to  with- 
hold their  votes  on  all  questions  providing  for  the  repeal 
or  reduction  of  the  tobacco  tax,  or  the  tax  on  whisky.  If 
soldiers  generallj^  respond  to  this  circular,  as  they  are 
likely  to  do.  it  will  form  a  most  potent  element  of  opposi- 
tion, as  Congressmen  are  still  inclined  to  regard  the  soldier 
as  a  power  in  the  land." 


12 


THE  CHHISTIAIT  CYTTOSURE. 


•Tanuart  11,  1SS3 


[^Continued  from,  5th pa.ge.l^ 

Rev.  J.  S.  T.  Milligan,  of  the  Reformed  Presbyterian 
church;  Rev.  R.  Loggan,  of  the  United  Brethren  church; 
H.  Curtis,  of  the  Weslej^an  Methodist  church;  Rev.  P.  S. 
Feemster,  State  agent;  Rev.  Alter,  of  the  United  Presby- 
terian church;  Rev.  S.  Collins,  of  the  United  Presbyterian 
church,  reported  as  to  the  position  of  their  several 
churches  and  the  work  done  in  their  respective  bounds. 

It  was  resolved.  "That  the  persons  who  reported  the 
above  and  also  that  other  churches  which  take  ground 
against  secret  orders  be  requested  to  furnish  the  secretary 
with  a  synopsis  of  the  organic  law  of  the  several  church- 
es they  rejjresent  on  this  matter." 

The  A.ssociation,  after  listening  to  an  able  and  interest- 
ing addre.ss  by  Rev.  R.  Loggan,  on  "The  Secret  of  Power 
in  Secret  Organizations,"  agreed  to  spend  half  an  horn-  in 
hearing  voluntary  addresses.  President  Blanchard  and 
Rev.  J.  S.  T.  Milligan  led  in  spirited  speeches. 

The  convention  listened  in  the  evening  to  a  well  pre- 
pared address  by  M.  N.  Butler,  editor  of  the  American 
Fresman,  on  "The  Secret  Lodge;  Its  Power  as  Related  to 
the  Church  and  State.  All  in  sympathy  with  the  objects 
of  this  association  were  requested  to  rise;  and  32  arose. 
A  vote  of  thanks  was  extended  to  the  large  number  pres- 
ent not  in  sympathy,  for  their  attendance,  patience  and 
courtesy  during  the  evening's  exercises. 

At  the  close  of  devotional  exercises  on  Wednesday 
morning,  a  motion  was  passed  allowing  Rev.  Mackay 
one-half  an  hour  in  asking  questions  for  information  or  in 
communicating  information  on  this  subject  of  Masonry  to 
the  convention. 

The  convention  spent  an  hour  in  five  minute  speeches 
on  the  best  manner  of  opposing  secret  societies. 
Brothers  Loggan,  Alexander,  Curtis,  Worrell,  Thomp- 
son. Butler  and  Blanchard  took  part  in  the  discussion. 

Rev.  B.  F.  Worrell,  on  motion,  proceeded  to  the  con- 
sideration of  the  question,  "Does  secretisra  help  or  hinder 
the  temperance  cause?" 

The  report  of  the  committee  on  coirespondence  was  pre- 
sented in  the  afternoon.  Various  interesting  letters  were 
read,  and  the  chairman  was  requested  to  prepare  a 
synopsis  of  them  for  publication  in  the  Christian  Cyno- 
mi/re. 

The  finance  committee  reported  |38.S5  raised,  and 
were  directed  to  pay  for  the  use  of  the  house  and  for 
advertising,  and  divide  the  remainder  among  the  other 
claims. 

The  committee  on  resolutions  made  the  following  report, 
which  was  adopted: 

Hesdved,  That  we  still  entertain  and  hereby  reiterate  our  con- 
viction, strengthened  by  observation  and  experience,  that  secret^ 
ism  as  a  system  in  all  its  forms  is  unchristian,  anti-republican, 
and  immoral  in  its  character;  that  it  is  enslaving-  and  degrading 
in  its  intinence  on  the  individual,  the  family,  the  state  and  the 
church,  and  that  it  corrupts  our  tiusiness,  our  politics,  our  legis- 
lation and  our  .iudiciary,  and  should  therefore  receive  unrjua lifted 
condemnation  in  every  department  of  life. 

9,.  That  moral  obligations  and  special  providences  of  God  call 
and  the  signs  of  the  times  encourage  us  to  increased  and  perse- 
vering efforts  in  this  struggle. 

3.  That  we  implore  all  the  Christian  churches  of  this  and  other 
lands,  by  all  proper  means,  to  rid  themselves  of  this  evil,  as  that 
which  as  much  or  more  than  anything  else  is  destroying  their 
spirituality  by  turning  their  members  away  from  Christ  and  his 
truth  and  worship,  to  the  lodge  and  its  fables  and  childish  and 
often  wicked  mummeries. 

4.  That  we  thankfully  recognize  the  efforts  of  those  churches, 
whether  local  or  general,  that  testify  in  their  profession  and  dis- 
cipline against  secretism,  and  though,  as  in  the  .i.nti-slavcry  con- 
test, thev  are  in  a  small  minority,  we  exhort  them  to  stiind  firm 
now,  as  Ihey  did  then,  assured  tliat  God  will,  in  this  struggle  as 
in  that,  in  his  ovm  good  time,  which  we  feel  is  near  at  hand,  will 
give  them  success  beyond  their  most  sanguine  expectations. 

5.  As  a  State  association  we  wiU  endeavor  to  increase  the  inter- 
est in  our  work  during  the  coming  year,  by  preaching,  lecturing, 
holding  conventions,  organizing  local  societies,  circulating  tracts 
and  papers,  and  by  voting  where  we  consistently  can  in  lavor  of 
our  cause.  "       .     " 

6.  Tiiat  the  thanks  of  this  association  are  due  and  are  hereby 
extended, 

First,  To  the  First  Congregational  church  of  Emporia,  for  the 
use  of  their  comfortable  and  beautiful  house. 

Second,  To  the  local  reporters  of  the  city  papers  for  their  notices 
of  our  convention  and  its  proceedings. 

Third,  To  President  Blanchard,  M.  N.  Butler,  and  others,  for 
their  attendance  mid  able  speeches,  to  Rev.  P.  S.  Feemster  for 
his  diligence  and  effioieney,  and  to  the  citizens  of  Emporia  who 
have  entertained  delegates  in  attendance. 

7.  That  we  recoaimend  the  more  extensive  circulation  of  our 
organ,  the  Chrintlrui  Cyjwsure,  also  of  that  able  and  fearless 
ch3jni)ion  of  our  cause,  the  Ammcan  Freeman,  and  of  any 
and  all  other  papers,  openly  and  distinctly  committed  to  anti- 
secretism. 

In  the  evening  a  committee  of  four,  consisting  of  Rev. 
J.  A.  Collins,  Rev.  J.  S.  T.  Milligan,  H.  Curtis  and  Rev. 
R.  Loggan  were  appointed  to  attend  the  next  annual  con- 
vention of  the  National  Christian  Association,  to  meet  at 
Washington  city. 

Linus  Chittenden,  over  eighty  years  of  age,  being  called 
to  the  stage,  proceeded  to  show  the  manner  in  which  a 
man  is  made  a  Mason,  as  far  as  he  could  recollect  the 
same,  assisted  by  M.  N.  Butler.  A  vote  of  thanks  was  icn- 
dered  Mr.  Chittenden. 

Mrs.  J.  S.  Collins,  on  invitation,  read  an  essay  on  "Wo- 
man and  secretism." 

Dr.  Blanchard  being  called  upon,  discoursed  eloquently 
for  a  time  on  the  follies  of  Masoiuw. 

Rev.  S.  Collins  being  called,  g-ave  a  statement  of  there- 
form  work  done  in  Washington  city. 

The  following  was  adopted:  i.; 

Whekras,  This  convention  extended  to  '^fr.  Mack.ay,  a  Ma- 
sonic clergyman  of  this  city,  half  an  liour  to^dress  this  conveo- 
tion ;  and 

WiiRRKAS,  The  said  Kcv.  Mackay  left  this  convention  willi  evi- 
dent passion  and  violent  denunciation  when  called  to  order  for  his 
language;  therefore 

licmlvca,  Tiiat  Rev.  Mackay  violated  in  our  Judgment  tiic  court- 
esy of  this  convention  I)y  deuoiuicing  our  methodn  and  utteruiices, 
etigraatizing  them  as  niillclous.  ufigentlcnunUy  and  unehrl.-.Uaii. 
and  by  insinuating  that  our  speakers  were  boastiugof  their  perju- 
ry, and  while  he  could  talk  to  us,  he  could  not  give  us  ears  and 
brains.  W,  W.  McMillan,  Sec'y. 


ELDER  I.  BANCROFT  IN  WISCONSIN. 

A  very  encouraging  report  of  Bro.  Bancroft's  labors  in 
Greene  county,  Wisconsin,  has  been  received.  This  con- 
.secrated  brother  accepted  the  position  of  State  agent  by 
request  of  the  convention  at  Oshkosh  and  I  guaranteed  his 
cx])enses  and  salary  at  the  rate  of  .$600  per  year  for  the 
first  month,  December,  1882.  His  report  shows  nineteen 
nuH'tings  held,  $36.19  received  in  collections,  donations, 
etc.,  leaving  an  unpaid  balance  over  expenses,  in  his  favor 
of  $13.01.  This  is  a  good  showing  for  a  new  man  in  this 
particular  work,  and  as  Bro.  Bancroft  is  willing  to  go  on 
the  friends  will  do  well  to  give  him  their  most  hearty  co- 
operation and  liberal  support.  Write  him  at  Monroe, 
Green  county,  and  arrange  for  meetings  so  as  to  secure 
the  most  work  possible  at  minimum  expense  and  send 
yom-  contributions  for  State  work,  where  it  is  more  con- 
venient than  to  hand  it  to  the  agent  himself  to  Deacon  M. 
R.  Britten,  Treasurer,  Vienna,  Walworth  county,  Wiscon- 
sin. The  N.  C.  A.  has  assumed  additional  responsibilities 
in  purchasing  the  outfit  and  in  the  publication  of  the 
Cynosure,  but  what  is  possible  we  v^ill  do  to  aid  the 
brethren  in  Wisconsin  and  other  States. 

J.  P.  Stoddard. 


FROM  THE  IOWA  STATE  LECTURER. 

•  Dec.  29,  1882. 

Editor  Cynosure:— October  2Sth  I  left  Clarence  to 
meet  appointments  announced  two  weeks  before  hand. 
The  first  work  was  at  Walker,  Linn  county;  here  I 
preached  three  times  to  large  congregations.  My  next 
appointment  being  at  Albion,  on  passing  through  Mar- 
shalltown,  I  enjoyed  a  pleasant  visit  with  Bro.  Miller  and 
family.  At  Albion  I  learned  that  a  political  meeting  was 
to  take  the  place  of  my  intended  lecture.  Stayed  over 
night  with  Bro.  Shoemaker  and  arranged  to  speak  the 
next  evening  in  the  Presbyterian  church.  Bro.  S.  and 
the  mayor'of  the  ■  town,  and  also  friend  Moffatt  did  all 
they  could  to  help  mc  publish  the  meeting.  We  had  a 
fair  congTegation  and  an  excellent  time.  The  mayor 
acted  as  agent  for  the  Iowa  American,  and  a  goodly  num- 
ber responded.  The  next  eveuing  I  lectured  in  the  Friends 
church.  We  had  a  fair  congregation  and  excellent  atten- 
tion ;  and  both  evenings  the  congregations  responded  v;ith 
fair  collections. 

From  Albion  I  went  to  Linnville,  Jasper  county,  left 
my  satchel  at  the  post  office  and  stai-ted  for  the  house  of 
Bro.  T.  H.  Bufkin,  some  four  or  five  miles  away.  Bro. 
Bufkin  started  to  meet  me  at  Lynnviile,  but  I  missed  him 
by  taking  another  road;  however,  in  good  time  I  reached 
his  house,  which  is  ahvays  open  for  reformers.  My  first 
appointment  was  to  preach  at  Granville  in  the  United 
Brethren  church.  Sabbath  morning.  The  people  seemed 
to  receive  the  truth  gladly,  and  an  appointment  was  left 
for  me  to  lecture  in  the  same  place, the  next  evening.  The 
lecture  was  quite  well  attended  and  many  rejoiced  in  the 
truth.  The  next  lectiu'e  was  thi-ee  miles  from  Granville  in 
a  school  house.  The  house  was  well  filled,  and  the  people 
listened  to  the  truth  eagerly.  At  the  close,  a  number 
of  young  men  said  to  mc,  "The  Masons  will  never  get  me 
into  their  lodge." 

From  here  I  went  to  the  Friends  church  at  Chester; 
preached  once,  also  lectured  once.  In  this  church  Bro. 
Bufkin  watches  over  their  interest  in  opposing  every 
thing  that  would  give  influence  or  tolerance  to  the  secret 
empire.  At  Granville  I  found  Masonrj'^  had  expelled 
several  of  the  best  members  from  the  M.  E.  church  be- 
cause they  refused  to  hold  their  peace  and  humbly  bow 
to  the  powers  set  above  Christ  and  his  kingdom.  They 
were  expelled  shortly  after  I  was  with  them,  a  year  ago 
last  June.  I  found  a  pleasant  home  a  part  of  the  time 
with  Bro.  George  Ryan,  one  of  the  expelled  ones.  I  was 
much  encouraged  to  meet  this  dear  brother  and  find  him 
so  well  posted  as  to  the  true  character  of  Masonry  and 
kindred  societies.  May  he  and  Bro.  Bufkin  and  the  many 
friends  of  truth  in  that  place  succeed  in  their  glorious 
work. 

The  Cynosure  is  read  by  many  in  that  place,  and  its 
influence  is  wonderful.  Dear  friends  if  you  want  to  be 
benefitted  by  taking  the  Cynosure,  read  it;  and  one  year's 
thorough  reading  will  enable  you  to  meet  any  Masonic 
advocate  of  the  order  and  put  him  to  flight.  I  get  some- 
thing new  every  week  to  add  to  my  lectures  from  the 
Cynosure  and  Freeman. 

My  next  work  was  noi-th  of  Lynnviile  in  a  school  house. 
Bro.  Henry  Johnston  of  the  Friends  church,  had  announc- 
ed the  appointment.  Bro.  Bufkin  and  wife  accompanied 
mc.  The  house  was  well  filled;  the  people  were  not  ac- 
quainted with  the  principles  of  Masonry,  and  were  won- 
derfully stirred.  Many  took  mc  by  the  hand  and  said, 
"Please  come  back  and  give  us  more  light;"  "I  never 
thought  Masonry  was  so  bad.  The  friends  responded  to 
the  call  of  Bro.  Bufkin  and  put  the  money  in  his  hands  to 
buy  me  a  ten  dollar  overcoat,  and  also  nearly  eleven  dol- 
lars in  money  during  my  stay  with  them  for  which  may 
God  richly  bless  them. 

From  here  I  went  to  ]Marengo  and  stayed  over  Sabbath. 
Preached  three  iimes.  and  in  the  evening  several  arose  for 
prayers.  The  people  ])nl  six  dollars  in  my  hands  to  help 
mc  on  my  v.-ay.  At  one  o'clock  in  the  morning,  I  took 
the  train  for  West  Liberty,  and  v.'bilc  waiting  saw  a  Meth- 
odist minister  at  the  depot,  M'ho  was  acquainted  with  Bro. 
Gc^i.  W.  Clark,  our  reform  singer,  when  he  lived  in  Cana- 
da. The  poor  fellow  was  a  Mason  but  declared  to  me 
that  he  was  not  mean  enough  to  defend  the  order,  was 
led  into  it    by  his    preaidinff    elder.     After   being   up  all 


I  night  I  reached  Morning  Sun  late  ^n  the  afternoon,  and 
i  went  to  the  home  of  our  president,  C.  D.  Trumbull;  found 
him  and  the  Rev.  Mi-.  MofEatt  comfortably  seated  in  his 
study.  They  gave  me  their  hands  with  a  grip  far  superior 
to  a  grip  of  a  Mason,  making  me  feel  very  much  at  home. 
In  the  evening  Lander  Hall  was  filled  with  the  best  people 
of  the  town.  I  spoke  for  one  hour  and  a  half  under  gi-eat 
embarrassment,  feeling  much  affected  from  loss  of  rest 
'  the  previous  night,  yet  I  think  good  was  done.  After 
;  the  lectm-e,  Bro.  Trumbull  announced  that  I  would  speak 
I  in  the  Rev.  T.  P.  Robbs  church  at  Sharon  the  next  even- 
j  ing,  some  four  miles  south  of  Morning  Sun.  A  brother 
i  then  stepped  forward  and  put  thirty  dollars  in  my  hand. 
I  Bro.  Trumbull  remarked,  "This  is  not  merely  for  your 
lecture  this  evening  but  to  enable  you  to  keep  In  the  field 
and  work  where  they  cannot  pay  you  much."  May  God 
bless  the  dear  people  of  Morning  Sun  for  the  deep  interest 
they  show  in  giving  of  their  means  to  carry  on  the  work 
against  the  power  of  darkness,  but  it  is  just  what  you  can 
expect  of  all  genuine  United  Presbyterians  and  Covenan- 
ters. The  next  day  Bro.  Ti-umbull  took  me  in  his  car- 
riage to  the  house  of  Bro.  Robb  at  Linton.  All  wasready 
for  the  lectures.  In  the  early  evening  Bro.  R's.  pair  of 
little  bays  carried  us  to  Sharon  church  full  as  quick  as  I 
had  any  desire  to  ride  after  dark.  Sharon  church  is  the 
largest  coimtry  church  I  have  ever  spoken  in.  I  do  not 
know  what  its  seating  capacity  is,  but  it  was  quite  well 
filled.  No  ordinary  church  would  have  held  the  congre- 
gation I  think.  Bro.  Robb  took  charge  of  the  devotional 
exercises,  then  stated  the  object  of  the  meeting,  after 
which  he  introduced  me  to  his  people.  I  had  but  one  real 
embarrassment,  the  greater  part  of  my  congregation  were 
Covenanters,  and  therefore  I  had  but  very  little  material 
out  of  which  to  make  converts  to  Anti-masonry.  After 
the  congregation  was  dismissed  I  was  introduced  to  a 
goodly  number  of  young  men  whom.  Bro.  R.  can  feel  are 
ornaments  to  his  church.  He  gave  out  that  the  next  day 
at  two  o'clock  we  would  hold  a  meeting  for  the  heads  of 
families  and  those  aged  ones  who  could  not  get  out  in  the 
evening.  A  goodly  number  were  present  and  I  gave  them 
a  brief  history  of  my  experience  and  persecution  by  the 
Masons  for  the  past  years,  being  requested  to  do  so.  The 
Rev.  Mr.  Moffatt  and  wife  were  present  from  Morning 
Sun.  Thirty-three  dollars  and  fifty  cents  was  given  me 
to  help  mc  in  my  work;  not  merely  to  pay  for  my  work 
in  Sharon,  but  to  enable  rae  to  go  to  the  regions  beyorfS- 
Any  lecturer  on  reforms  who  has  the  work  at  heart  and 
knows  whereof  he  affirms  can  always  look  for  Bro.  R.  to 
meet  them  more  than  half  way,  but  it  will  be  useless  to 
try  and  drive  him  or  his  people  to  that  which  will  not  be 
to  the  glory  of  God,  as  some  have  proven  to  their  satisfac- 
tion, who  have  tried  to  force  lectures  into  liis  church.  I 
enjoyed  myself  very  much  with  brother  and  sister  Robb 
in  their  beautiful  and  happy  home.  May  its  walls  ever 
shine  with  the  glory  of  Him  who  has  promised  us  all  a 
home  not  made  with  hands  eternal  in  the  heavens. 

From  here  I  went  to  Rev.  Dill's  at  Mediapolis;  arrang- 
ed for  work  and  took  the  cars  next  morning  for  Wayne, 
Henry  county.  Met  J.  A.  Laird  on  the  train  returning 
from  Chicago  and  spent  two  days  with  him.  Preached 
Sabbath  morning  in  the  Congregational  church  at  Wayne. 
In  the  afternoon  I  lectured  on  Masonry  in  the  Lutheran 
church  at  Swedeburgh.  In  the  evening  I  preached  in  the 
M.  E.  church  of  Wajme;  Monday  and  Tuesday  evenings  I 
lectured  in  the  sam.e  church;  had  good  attendance  and  an 
excellent  time.  On  Wednesday  and  Thui'sday  evenings  I 
lectured  in  the  CenterM.  E.  church,  five  miles  from  Wayne. 
The  house  was  filled  both  evenings.  Some  anticipated 
that  a  young  lawyer  by  the  name  of  Riley  would  answer 
me;  but  instead  of  opposing  me,  after  the  lecture  he  rather 
leaned  to  my  side  of  the  question.  God  bless  and  keep 
the  light  shining  on  his  mind.  On  Friday  evening  ITec- 
tured  in  the  Quaker  settlement,  five  miles  south  of  Wayne. 
Young  people  came  for  five  miles  to  the  lecture.  The 
house  was  filled,  many  remained  standing.  We  had  quite 
a  lively  time  at  the  close  of  the  lecture,  but  all  soon  passed 
off.  On  Sabbath  morning  I  again  preached  at  Wayne  in 
the  CongTCgational  church,  and  in  the  evening  in  the 
Center  M.  E.  chm-ch.  Thus  ended  my  work  for  the  time 
in  Wayne.  Little  was  said  about  money,  but  it  seemed  as 
if  all  wanted  to  give  something  to  help  on  the  work.  Bro. 
Laird  closed  up  by  giving  me  twenty-five  dollars  to  get 
me  a  suit  of  clothes.  In  all  iik70.40  was  paid  me  by  the 
jieoplc  of  Wayne.  May  the  good  Lord  bless  the  donors! 
I  am  ex]iecting  to  take  whatever  comes.  If  it  is  adversity. 
I  will  pray  God  to  give  me  grace;  if  prosperity,  I  will 
pray  him  to  keep  me  humble. 

My  next  v.'ork  was  in  Mediapolis,  fifteen  miles  north  of 
Burlington.  Rev.  Mr.  Dill,  the  Covenanter  minister,  had 
made  my  appointment.  The  first  night  I  spoke  in  the 
High  School  Hall.  The  hall  was  well  filled  and  the  lecture 
I  trust,  gave  perfect  satisfaction.  Rev.  T.  P.  Robb  and 
Rev.  Wiley  were  present.  Bro.  Wiley  put  two  dollars  in 
My  hand.  God  bless  him  in  his  good  work  of  National 
Reform.  The  next  evening  I  lectured  at  Kossuth  in  the 
Presbyterian  church.  Rev.  Mr.  Lombard,  the  pastor,  and 
many  others  seemed  to  be  much  interested  in  the  lecture. 
The  deacon  requested  me  to  come  again  and  give  a  full 
course,  some  time  in  the  future,  which  I  expect  to  do.  At 
ten  o'clock  I  took  the  train  for  Cedar  Rapids.  Having  re- 
ceived $6.28  for  my  labors  at  Mediapolis  and  Kossuth. 

The  next  work  was  in  Marion,  Linn  county,  where  I 
preached  twice  on  Sabbath,  and  on  Jtlonday  night  lectured 
near  Marion  in  a  large  school-house,  spending  the  Sab- 
bath with  J.  Bartholomew  our  veteran  friend  against 
secret  societies,  Received  ^4.ti0  in  this  place.  Bro.  J. 
McKec  invited  mc  to  give  two  lectures  in  thell.  B.  church 
in  Cedar  Rapids,  which  I  did  on  Wednesday  and  Thursday 
evenings.  At  the  close  of  the  lectures  Bro.  J.  Bartholo- 
mew gave  his  experience  with  Masons.  The  lectures  at 
Cedar  Rapids  were  well  attended.  Bro.  N.  Bourne  in  his 
quiet  and  uncompromising  way  is  exerting  an  influence  in 
the  city  that  is   felt  even   by  the    strongest  advocate  of 


Jantjast  11,  188B 


THE  CHKISTLAJ>T  CYKOSUEE. 


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Masonry.  He  took  me  from  place  to  place  and  introduc- 
ed me  as  the  State  lecturer  against  secret  societies.  He 
had  bills  printed  and  helj^ed  me  to  circulate  them  all 
through  the  city,  and  yet  he  is  one  of  the  first  business 
men  of  the  place.  Here  is  indisputable  evidence  that  Bro. 
Bourne  has  Christ  and  his  cause  first|at  heart.  His  home 
is  always  open  to  the  workers  of  the  cause  of  truth.  Here 
I  received  ;§9.28  for  services,  of  which  Bro.  Bourne  paid 
over  half.  Remember,  brethren,  that  he  is  the  publisher 
of  the  Iowa  American  and  will  be  glad  to  take  your  sub- 
scription at  twenty-live  cents  a  year. 

The  work  is  opening  up  well  in  the  State.  I  am  receiv- 
ing calls  to  which  I  shall  respond  at  once.  1  am  prepar- 
ing to  lecture  on  National  Reform  and  would  be  glad  to 
preach  or  lecture  once  in  every  locality  where  I  go  on  this 
subject. 

When  will  our'churches  be  cleansed,  if  they  continue  to 
vote  for  Freemasons,  and  pay  Masonic  preachers,  and 
commune  with  them  at  the  altar  of  Christ?  H  we  vote  at 
all,  let  us  vote  as  we  pray;  and  can  we  expect  God's 
blessing  at  the  ballot  box  and  not  contend  for  Christ  as 
the  one  high  over  all.  My  reports  will  come  every  two 
weeks  after  this.  D.  P.  Rathbun. 


SCHOOL-HOUSE  MEETING  IN  MISSOURI. 

Editor  Chkistian  Cynosure: — Allow  a  few  thoughts 
in  regai-d  to  our  anti-secret  meeting  held  December  23d 
and  25th,  1882,  at  Freedom  School-house  in  Newton 
county,  Missouri. 

We  had  Bro.  Glassford  with  us  to  work  the  degTee.s 
and  lecture  and  when  he  killed  Hiram,  and  stretched  him 
out  full  length  on  the  floor  I  could  not  help  thinking  what 
would  the  people  say  if  they  could  see  some  would-be 
preacher  of  the  gospel  playing  this  farce.  We  think  that 
Bro.  Glassford's  lecture  and  working  the  degrees  at  our 
school-house  will  result  in  great  good  to  the  anti-secret 
cause  in  our  neighborhood.  None  of  those  opposed  to 
the  lodge  had  ever  been  Masons,  and  they  could  deny 
nearly  all  we  would  say.  We  do  not  think  it  strange  that 
Masons  are  so  good  at  denying  when  we  take  into  con- 
sideration that  Slasons  are  sworn  always  to  conceal  and 
never  reveal.  If  the  American  party  will  pray  and  work 
as  they  should  do,  success  is  ours;  for  the  god  of  secrecy 
is  not  like  our  God.  So  let  us  close  up  and  stand  firmly 
and  in  1884  we  will  ere  long  elect  a  President  who  will 
stand  right  on  the  laws  and  Constitution  of  his  country, 
for  he  will  not  have  a  secret  organization  to  lean  upon. 
Secret  order  men  tell  us  they  do  not  propose  to  protect 
men  in  doing  wi-ong.  We  are  not  going  to  say  they  do, 
but  we  say  they  are  of  Ada7n,  and  if  I  belonged  to  a 
secret  organization  and  was  to  get  in  trouble  and  the  fra- 
ternity did  not  help  me,  I  would  say  they  were  meaner 
than  I  had  ever  thought  them  to  be.  If  they  are  not  for 
the  purpose  of  taking  advantage  of  the  uniniated,  they 
are  not  worth  much  to  any  man.  The  best  thing  to  be 
done  is  to  organize  in  honorable  way.  We  organized 
an  anti-secret  society  some  two  months  ago,  and  I  am 
confident  that  we  ai'e  two  hundred  per  cent,  stronger  now 
than  before.  C.  V.  Walrond. 


AMERICAN  Politics. 


NOMINATIONS  FOR  188 k. 

For  President, 
JONATHAN    BLANCHAED 

OF  ILLINOIS. 

For   Vice  President, 
JOHN    A.    CONANT, 

OP    COXSBOTICOT. 


PLATFORM. 

We  hold:  1.  That  ours  is  a  Christian  and  not  a 
heathen  nation,  and  that  the  God  of  the  Christian 
Scriptures  is  the  author  of  civil  government. 

2.  That  God  requires  and  man  needs  a  Sabbath. 

3.  That  the  prohibition  of  the  importation,  manu- 
facture and  sale  of  intoxicating  drinks  as  a  beverage 
IS  the  true  policy  on  the  temperance  question. 

4.  That  tlie  charters  of  all  secret  lodges  granted  bv 
our  Federal  and  State  Legisl;itiu-es  should  be  witli- 
drawn,  and  their  oaths  prohibited  by  law. 

5.  That  tiie  civil  equality  secured  to  all  American 
citizens  by  articles  ISrli,  I4lli  and  15th  of  our  amended 
Constitution  sliould  be  preserved  inviolate. 

0.  That  arbitration  of  differences  with  nations  is 
the  most  direct  and  sure  method  of  securing  and  per- 
petuating a  perniiinent  peftce. 

7.  That  to  cultivate  the  intellect  without  improving 
the  morals  of  men,  is  to  nnike  mereade])tsandexi)erts; 
therefore, the  Bible  should  be  associated  with  book',  of 
science  and  literature  in  all  our  educational  institu- 
tions. 

8.  That  land  and  other  monopolies  should  be  dis- 
couraged. 

0.  Tliat  the  government  should  furnish  the  people 
with  ■^x\  ample  and  sound  currency. 

10.  That  maintenance  of  the  ])ublic  credit,  protection 
to  all  loyal  citizens,  and  justice  to  Indians  are  essentiiil 
to  the  honor  and  safety  of  our  nation. 

11.  And,  linally,  we  dema,tid  for  the  American  people 
the  abolition  of  "electoral  colleges,  and  a  direct  vote  for 
President  and  Vice-president  of  the  United  States. 


— Hon.  Greorge  Kipp  of  Ortonville,  Mich.,  sends 
word  ot  the  vote  for  the  American  ticket  in  G-enesee 
county,  that  State,  wiiich  numbered  23  ballots.  He 
promises  a  more  favorable  report  if  spared  to  see  an- 
other election. 


AN  INSTRUCTIVE  PARALLEL. 

The  rapidity  with  which  the  civil-service  reform 
doctrine  has  been  spreading  within  the  last  year  is  a  very 
remarkable  and,  in  some  ways,  a  very  instructi\e  phe- 
nomenon. The  agitation  about  it  has  been  going  on  for 
over  fifteen  years,  bat  it  was,  to  all  outward  appearance, 
making  but  little  impression  on  the  classes  who  actively 
occupied  themselves  with  politics.  General  Grant  look 
it  uj)  with  a  certain  show  of  earnestness  when  he  became 
President,  but  met  with  so  little  encouragement  that  he 
was,  when  he  left  the  Presidential  chair,  a  very  active 
perpetrator  of  most  of  the  civil-service  abuses.  Presi- 
dent Hayes,  too,  made  but  a  very  limited  modification  in 
the  old  system,  and  when  he  left  otfice  even  those  who 
were  most  friendly  to  the  reform  were  free  with  their  pre- 
dictions that  it  would  not  be  heard  of  again  for  many 
years.  " 

About  the  same  time  many  of  the  young  men  who  had 
what  are  called  political  aspirations  began  to  fight  shy  of 
the  movement,  as  something  connection  with  which  would 
ruin  their  prospects,  by  bringing  suspicions  on  their  prac- 
tical good  sense.  In  fact,  sneering  at  civil-service  reform 
began  with  this  class  to  be  an  easy  way  of  showing  free- 
dom from  illusions,  and  contempt  for  humbug.  General 
Garfield,  when  elected,  too,  had  apparently  so  far  lost 
faith  in  the  future  of  the  idea  that  in  his  letter  of  accept- 
ance he  promptly  avowed  his  willingness  to  maintain  in 
his  administration  the  leading  feature  of  the  sjjoils  system, 
by  continuing  to  divide  the  apj^ointing  power  with  Sen- 
ators and  Representatives.  In  political  circles  the  fun  of 
civil-service  reform  grew  better  and  better:  Coukling,  and 
Smyth,  and  Piatt,  and  all  their  kind  were  probably  never 
so  much  amused  by  it  as  about  the  beginning  of  1881. 

All  this  is  now  changed.  Not  only  do  all  the  party 
platforms  commend  the  reform  in  the  very  terms  v.'ith 
which  the  reformers  define  it — this  they  have  done  for 
some  time — but  all  candidates  for  office  are  now  civil- 
service  reformers,  not  only  in  the  old  sense  of  wishing  to 
put  "none  but  good  men  in  otfice,"  but  in  the  sense  of 
wishing  to  select  civil  servants  by  competitive  examin- 
ation. We  doubt  if  there  is  any  candidate  for  high  office 
in  either  party  in  any  Northern  State  to-day  who  ventures 
to  avow  his  belief  in,  or  partiifiity  tor,  the  spoils  system. 
All  candidates  for  re-election  who  have  in  time  past 
sneered  at  or  opposed  the  reform,  are  now  trying  to  ex- 
plain their  aeiiuu  or  buiy  it  in  oblivion,  and  trying  to 
persuade  voters  by  some  form  of  words  that  the  charge 
that  they  were  ever  friendly  to  spoils  is  a  cruel  .slander. 
Civil-service  reform  associations  are  being  formed  in  every 
direction,  and  especially  in  this  State,  with  extraordinary 
rapidity.  They  spring  up  in  the  night,  and  on  the  most 
unjjromising  soil;  and,  more  wonderful  still,  they  some- 
times contain  some  of  the  most  hardened  sinners  of  the 
spoils  system,  men  whom  no  arguments  could  have 
brought  over,  or  any  thing  but  a  sudden  perception  that 
the  day  of  judgment  was  at  hand. 

Now,  what  has  been  the  cause  of  this  rajjid  growth  of 
reform  sentiment?  Not  certainly  any  new  or  extraordi- 
ry  exertions  on  the  part  of  its  apostles.  The  agitation 
during  the  past  two  years  has  been  somewhat,  but  not 
very  much,  more  energetic  than  before.  But  its  machin- 
ery has  been  almost  insignificant  in  its  operations.  A  few 
— very  few — lectures,  a  few  magazine  articles,  a  few 
weekly  fly  sheets,  an  occasional  article  in  a  few — very  few 
— friendly  newspapers,  an  occasional  word  of  encourage- 
ment in  a  sermon,  include  almost  the  whole  activity  of  its 
friends  in  the  field  of  persuasion.  There  has  been  no 
change  in  their  methods  sufficient,  or  nearly  sufficient,  to 
account  for  the — as  we  believe — swift  and  scathing  con- 
demnation which  the  vote  this  month  will  pass  upon  the 
spoils  system  in  all  its  branches.  The  work  has  been  done 
in  the  main  by  the  spoilsmen  themselves.  It  is  their  ex- 
cesses in  defending  and  pushing  their  system  which  have 
at  last  made  reform  inevitable  and,  as  every  one  now  ac- 
knowledges, brought  it  very  near. 

Now,  what  is  most  remarkable  about  all  this  is  that  it  is 
the  second  time  in  the  national  history  that  a  great  cause 
has  unexpectedly  trium^ihed  through  the  excesses  of  its 
opponents.  It  is  throwing  no  discredit  on  the  Abolition- 
ists to  say  that  nothing  they  did  or  could  do  in  the  way  of 
exposing  the  evils  of  slavery,  or  of  appeals  to  the  human- 
ity or  sense  of  justice  of  either  the  North  or  the  South, 
would  have  brought  about  emancipation,  or  even  prepar- 
ation for  emancipation,  within  our  time.  It  was  the  ex- 
hibitions of  contempt  and  hatred  for  them  on  the  part  of 
the  slaveholders  which  roused  the  conscience  of  the  North, 
and  opened  its  ears  to  Abolitionist  doctrine.  The  oppo- 
sition to  the  reception  or  debate  of  anti-slavery  petitions 
in  Congress;  the  sanction  given  by  the  Postmaster-General 
to  the  Southern  interference  with  the  transmission  of  anti- 
slavery  documents  through  the  mails;  the  demand  made 
on  Northern  legislatures,  and  the  sympathetic  hearing  it 
received,  for  restrictive  legislation  toward  anti-slavery 
publications;  the  demand  by  Southern  Governors  for  the 
surrender  to  them  for  trial  of  Northern  anti-slavery  men; 
the  passage  and  enforcement  of  the  Fugitive  Slave  Law 
— these  were  the  things  which  prepared  the  North  for  the 
last  extremity. 

Passive  and  silent  resistance  on  the  part  of  the  slave 
power,  abstinence  from  all  displays  of  its  strength,  or  a 
seeming  deference  to  anti-slavery  opinion,  while  pleading 
practical  difficulties  in  the  way  of  emancipation,  would 
probably  have  left  the  institution  of  slavery  in  existence 
to  this  day.  But  it  actually  precijiitated  its  downfall  by 
exhibiting  in  an  extreme  form  its  theory  of  its  rights  and 
duties.  Day  by  day  it  ai-med  the  anti-slavery  orators  with 
arguments  and  illustrations  of  tremendous  force.  Its 
written  defenses  became,  like  Hubbell's  assessment  circu- 
lars and  "Campaign  Text-Book,"  the  most  eft'ective  weap- 
ons its  adversaries  could  use,  and  it  finally  rushed  head- 
long on  its  ruin;  so  that  at  the  last,  within  two  short  years, 
millions  of  pro-slavery  men  at  the  North  disappeared  from 


the  scene  as  rapidly  as  the  friends  of  the  spoils  system  are 
now  disappearing,  leaving  not  a  track  behind.  The  polit- 
ical transformation  effected  by  the  war  was,  in  fact,  not 
half  so  wonderful  as  the  moral  transformation. —  The  Na- 
tion, Noc.  3. 


Tee  Churches. 

— We  .spend  annually  for  saving  700,000,000  blood 
l)ought  heathen  souls,  the  sum  of  not  more  than  .$2,500,- 
OUO,  while  the  total  contributions  of  all  the  churches  in 
America  for  all  causes  does  aot  exceed  $77,000,000.  For 
intoxicating  drinks  on  the  other  hand,  we  spend  $1)00,- 
(.H)U,UOO  every  year.  For  tobacco,  $80,000,000!  For 
ladies'  foreign  chess  goods,  about  $123,000,0001  New 
York  City  alone  spends  for  theatre  going  and  other 
amusements  three  times  as  much  as  our  whole  counti^ 
gives  for  foreign  missions.  The  kid  gloves  it  imports 
alone  cost  ten  times  as  much.  The  ladies  of  America 
actually  spend  more  for  artificial  flowers  every  year  than 
do  all  the  churches  for  the  spread  of  the  gospel!  How 
does  this  seem  to  the  conscience? 

For  Christ §         77,000,000. 

For  vanity,  liquor,  and  tobacco 1,105,000,000. 

— Moramaii. 

— There  are  in  China  GuO  Protestant  churches,  20  self- 
supporting.  Ng^rly  two-thirds  of  the  rest  are  jjartially 
so.  Thirty-seven  years  ago  there  were  only  six  converts 
in  all  China.  Now  there  are  18,000.  The  oldest  of  the 
Protestant  missions  dates  from  1842.  To-day  there  are 
29  missionarj'  societies  at  work  at  91  central  .stations  and 
511  out-stations,  250  ordained  missionaries  and  73  or- 
dained native  clergy,  63  unmarried  women  teachers,  511 
licensed  preachers,  71  colporteurs,  90  "Bible  women,"  400 
ohui'ches,  1,800  enrolled  communicants,  about  72,000  ad- 
herents, 20  theological  schools  with  231  students,  30  higher 
boarding-schools  for  boys,  with  811  .scholars;  38  for  girls, 
with  777  scholars;  177  day.  schools  for  boys,  4,500  stu- 
dents; 82  for  girls,  with  1,300  students;  16  mi-ssionary  hos- 
pitals and  24  dispensaries.  At  the  Mildmay  Conference, 
in  Loudon,  Dr.  Legge  stated  that  at  the  present  rate  of 
jjrogress  in  forty  years  more  Protestant  missions  ought  to 
report  26,000,Ol)U  communicants  and  100,000,000  adher- 
ents in  the  middle  kingdom.  The  American  Presbyterian 
Publishing  House  at  Shanghai,  in  1880,  primed  314,000 
Bibles  and  Testaments,  4,672,500  pages  of  tarcts,  and  22C,- 
763  volumes  of  miscellaneous  books. 

— Dr.  Jones,  a  physician  of  Jacksonville,  III.,  and  one 
of  the  Concord  School  of  Philosophy,  says:  "The  Hindu 
of  several  thousand  yeors  ago  was  finely  cultivated,  not 
at  all  idolatrous,  and  worshiped  one  God.  One  of  the 
Hindu  cities  was  almost  incredibly  opulent  and  splendid. 
It  had  675  towers.  The  wealth  of  the  world  poured  it- 
self into  the  lap- of  India,  exceeding  comj^utation  and  be- 
lief. She  possessed  a  standing  army  which  made  use  of 
6,000  elephants  of  war.  These  reports  are  not  at  all  in- 
credible, when  we  consider  the  absorption  of  the  wealth 
of  China,  Japan  and  other  countries  which  was  going  on. 
The  amount  of  her  commerce,  for  which  Carthage,  Greece 
and  Egypt  entertained  great  projects,  was  simply  stupen- 
dous. The  arts  were  also  in  a  very  advanced  state.  In 
the  polishing  of  the  diamond,  an  art  which  is  supposed 
to  be  of  modern  growth,  ifhey  were  proficient.  They 
were  an  agricultural,  commercial  and  manufacturing  peo- 
ple. However  low  and  debased  the  Hindu  may  now  ap- 
pear, there  can  be  no  doubt  that  he  then  surpassed  in 
civil  government  and  glory."  Mr.  Alcoit  also  held  the 
same  view.  He  declared  that  the  manifestations  of  the 
human  mind  in  the  past  filled  him  with  wonder.  He  did 
not  know  but  there  were  people  in  the  pre-historic  ag-es 
who  were  gods  compared  with  us.  And  the  progress  of 
civilization  seems  to  have  been  downward  instead  of  up- 
ward. Alfred  Rus.sell  Wallace,  it  is  said,  holds  the  same 
view. — Advance. 


.  NOT  UP  TO  THEIR  OWN  STANDARD. 

The  Free  Methodist  says  with  great  force  and  seriotts- 
ness  that  the  teachings  of  the  holiness  movement  as  held 
by  some  of  its  leaders,  are  not  antagonistic  with  certain 
great  and  popular  evils,  among  which  are  war,  the  follies 
of  fashionable  dress  and  the  secret  orders.  Of  the  latter 
our  cotemjjorary  says: 

"A  few  years  ago  there  was  an  effort  to  secure  the 
influence  of  certain  holiness  journals  against  secret  soci- 
eties, but  the  efl'ort  was  a  failure,  so  far  as  we  arc  in- 
formed; and  to  this  day  we  have  seen  nothing  in  those 
jjapers  adverse  to  those  orders.  Yet  one  of  the  editors 
wrote  us  at  that  time  as  follows:  'Your  advance  ground 
upon  the  subject  of  Masonry  is  about  the  only  point  at 
which  we  diverge.  In  that,  I  feel  that  we  shall  be  with 
you  ere  long.' 

"Are  they  with  us?  Ai'e  the  leading  holiness  journals 
at  war  with  Masonry?  Does  the  holiness  army,  as  repre- 
sented in  the  National  Holiness  Association,  make  war  on 
Masonry?  When  was  there  a  battle  fought?  The  news 
from  the  front  is  always  welcomed  to  om'  columns.  We 
remember  a  time  when  certain  preachers  declared  them- 
selves opposed  to  slavery,  but  they  never  preached, prayed, 
or  labored  against  the  system.  When  did  any  of  the 
various  journals  that  are  in  hearty  sympathy  with  the 
National  Holiness  movement  urge  its  readers  to  break  the 
blasphemous  obligations  that  bind  them  to  their  lodges, 
and  testify  against  these  unholy  orders?  To  war  against 
evils  is  not  their  method,  but  to  preach  holiness  and  leave 
the  people  to  adjust  their  various  relations  according  to 
their  notions.  From  their  silence  on  the  subject,  it  might 
be  concluded  there  v\-as  nothing  in  the  Bible  against  se- 
crecy. Men-who  have  worn  the  cable-tow  ought  to  sovmd 
the  alarm  of  dagger." 


14 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE. 


January  11,  1883 


BIBLE  LESSOlfS. 


LESSON  III.,  Jan.  21, 1883.— The  Believing  People. 
Acts  3:37-47. 

37.  Now  when  they  heard  this,  they  were  pricked  in 
their  heart,  and  said  unto  Peter  and  the  rest  of  the  apos- 
tles, Men  and  brethren,  what  shall  we  do? 

38.  Then  Peter  said  unto  them,  Repent  and  be  baptized 
every  one  of  you  in  the  name  of  Jesus  Christ  for  the  re- 
mission of  sins,  and  ye  shall  receive  the  gift  of  the  Holy 
Ghost.     . 

39.  For  the  promise  is  unto  you,  and  to  your  children 
and  to  all  that  are  afar  off,  even  as  many  as  the  Lord  om- 
God  shall  call. 

40.  And  with  many  other  words  did  he  testify  and  ex- 
hort, saying,  save  yourselves  from  this  untoward  genera- 
tion. 

41.  Then  they  that  gladly  received  his  word  were  bap- 
tized; and  the  same  day  there  were  added  unto  them  about 
three  thousand  souls. 

42.  And  they  continued  steadfastly  in  the  apostles' 
doctrine  and  fellowship,  and  in  breaking  of  bread,  and  in 
prayers. 

43.  And  fear  came  ujion  every  soul:  and  many  wonders 
and  signs  were  done  by  the  apostles. 

44.  And  all  that  believed  were  together,  and  had  all 
things  common, 

45.  And  sold  their  possessions  and  goods,  and  parted 
them  to  all  men,  as  every  man  had  need. 

46.  And  they,  continuing  daily,  with  one  accord  in  the 
temjjle,  and  breaking  bread  from  house  to  house,  did  eat 
their  meat  with  gladness  and  singleness  of  heart, 

47.  Praising  God,  and  having  favor  with  all  the  2>eo- 
ple.  And  the  lord  added  to  the  church  daily  such  as 
should  be  saved. 

Golden  Text. — "Then  they  that  gladly  received  his  word 
were  baptized." — Acts  3:41. 


DAILY   EEADINGS. 


Sorrow  for  Sin 
Instruction  In  Duty 
Faith  In  Christ    - 
Profession  of  Faith 
Holy  Living 
Christiifn  Liberality 
Growth  of  the  Church 


Dan.  9 :3-19 

Ps.  78:1-11 

Acts  16:25-34 

Rom.  10:1-10 

Ps.    15  : 1-5 

3  Cor.  8:1-15 

Isa.  9 :  1-33 


NOTES. 


In  their  hea/rt.  In  religion,  it  is  of  the  utmost  impor- 
tance that  the  heart  be  affected.  Sin  has  its  seat  there; 
there  the  change  must  begin.  A  mere  change  of  senti- 
ments, opinions,  profession,  will  avail  nothing  unless  the 
heart  be  pricked. — Lesson  Vompend. 

What  shall  we  do?  This  question  is  not  exactly  equiva- 
lent to  the  jailor's  question,  What  must  I  do  to  be  saved? 
(16:3U).  Convinced  that  the  nation  liad  put  its  Messiah 
to  death,  the  people  were  overwhelmed  with  both  sorrow 
and  perplexity.  They  could  not  undo  the  deed;  what 
could  they  do? — Abbott.  True  conviction  of  sin  leads  to 
anxious  inquiry  for  the  right  course  to  be  pursued  in  such 
extremity.  It  implies  (1)  A  sense  of  ignorance  and  de- 
pendence. (2)  An  earnest,  anxious  desire  to  know  the 
right  way.  (3)  A  willingness  to  do  whatever  is  necessary 
in  the  case.  (4)  It  implies  also  a  readiness  to  acknowl- 
edge now  this  Jesus  as  "raised  u\),"  "exalted,"  and  em- 
powered to  dispense  the  Holy  Gliost  (vers.  32,  3g.) — Ja- 
cobus. 

Every  one  of  you.  There  are  no  exceptions.  It  is 
Christ's  command,  that  whosoever  believes  in  him  should 
publicly  profess  their  faith  by  baptism.  A  faith  that  is 
not  willing  to  confess  the  Lord,  is  not  strong  enough  or 
true  enough  to  save  the  soul.  Baptism  is  (1)  A  confession 
of  Christ.  (2)  A  symbol  of  the  washing  away  of  sin.  (3) 
A  symbol  of  the  purified,  risen  life.  (4)  A  symbol  of  the 
baptism  of  the  Holy  Spirit. — Peloubet. 

Jesus  (Saviour),  Christ  (the  Messiah).  The  combina- 
tion "Jesus  Christ"  does  not  apj^ear  till  after  the  resur- 
rection, when  Christ  had  become  a  proper  name.  It  has 
been  noted  that,  in  the  Apostolic  Ej^istles,  Christ  is  spo- 
ken .of  only  twenty-two  times  by  his  human  name  Jesus, 
and  701  times  by  some  form  of  expression  that  acknowl- 
edges his  divinity. — Cook. 

Unto  you  and  your  children.  He  specifies  those  for 
whom  the  promise  was  intended:  It  concerns  "you," 
that  is  Israelites;  also  "your  chikken,"  that  is,  not  re- 
stricted to  the  present  moment;  but  extends  to  the  genera- 
tions in  Israel  yet  unborn;  fui'ther,  all  nations.  Gentiles 
whom  God  shall  summon. — T^echler.  Unto  you.  Lest 
they  should  doubt  of  pardon  and  grace,  their  sin  being  so 
-great. — Pool.  Unto  your  children.  Because  every  one's 
first  care  is  and  should  be  for  their  families  and  descend- 
ants.— Abbott 

There  were  added  about  3000  souls.  Unto  them  is  an 
addition  by  the  translators.  The  language  here  is  abso- 
lute, as  though  these  souls  first  found  their  true  life  when 
they  found  it  in  Jesus  Christ.  Comp.  ch.  5:14;  11:24. 
Observe  that  these  converts  were  received  into  the  church 
at  once,  on  their  profession  of  repentance  and  their  con- 
sent to  receive  baptism;  that  they  were  received  on  the 
basis  of  personal  repentance  and  acceptance  of  the  word, 
as  converts  to  the  religion  of  Jesus  Christ;  it  is  not  impos- 
sible that  the  apostles  may  have  received  some  who  were 
not  savingly  converted — it  is  very  probable  that  some  of 
these  new  converts  brought  into  the  primitive  church  the 
seeds  of  that  Judaizing  doctrine  which  afterward  proved 
so  hostile  to  the  purity  and  power  of  the  early  Church; 
it  is,  however,  clear  from  the  next  verse  that  the  majority 
of  these  converts  were  humble  and  docile  recipients  of  the 
new  faith,  as  taught  by  the  a[)ostles,  and  were  steadfast 
in  it  {Abbott);  the  sequel  shows  that  many  converts  were 
made  from  the  Hellenistic  Jews  who  were  jjresent  at  the 


feast,  ch.  6:1;  and  that  few,  if  any,  of  the  converts  were 
of  the  ruling  class,  ch.  4:1;  it  is  obvious  that  some  of 
these  converts  may  have  gone  back  to  the  cities  whence 
they  came,  and  may  have  been  the  unknown  founders  of 
the  Chui'ch  at  Damascus,  or  Alexandria,  or  Rome  itself. — 
Plumptre. 

And  in  fellowship.  The  original  signifies  literally  a 
sharing  in  common.  Here  it  probably  implies  both  fel- 
lowship in  spiritual  things,  a  participation  with  each  other 
in  Christian  sympathy  and  experience,  and  also  practical 
charity. — Abbott.  They  were  like  one  loving  family.  One 
of  the  greatest  means  of  growth  in  spiritual  life  is  fellow- 
shij)  and  familiar  intercom-se  with  the  saints.  No  one  can 
well  be  as  good  a  Christian  alone,  as  they  can  in  fellow- 
shijj  with  other  Christians. — Peloubet. 

And  in  breaking  of  bread.  Daily  in  the  temple,  ob- 
serving carefully  the  old  Jewish  ritual,  and  then  meeting 
together  in  the  eventide,  they  would  eat  in  common  the 
evening  meal,  and  would  at  its  close  repeat  the  solemn 
act  of  breaking  bread  he  had  instituted  in  memory  of  his 
death. — Schaff.  The  holy  communion  was  at  fh'St,  and 
for  some  time,  inseparably  connected  with  the  love  feasts 
of  the  Christians,  and  unknown  as  a  separate  ordinance. 
It  was  called  breaking  of  bread  from  the  custom  of  the 
master  of  the  feast  breaking  bread  in  asking  a  blessing. — 
Alford. 

Fear  came  upon  every  souL,  as  well  those  who  received 
the  word  as  those  who  rejected  it.  A  solemn  reverential 
fear  on  all  those  who  believed,  and  were  baptized  and 
joined  with  obedience  to  the  teaching  of  the  apostles. 
Terror  and  dread  on  those  who  turned  from  the  truth 
preached  by  them.  The  same  signs  and  teaching,  which 
prCjjare  some  men's  hearts  to  receive  Christ,  terrify  sin- 
ners, on  account  of  their  evil  lives,  though  often  they  have 
no  other  effect  than  to  make  them  fear. — Benton. 

And  had  all  things  common.  What  were  the  facts  as  to 
this  having  property  in  common  ?  There  was  in  some 
sense  an  actual  community  of  goods  but  we  must  not  sup- 
pose that  all  property  cease^  among  the  Christians;  that 
they  sold  all  their  possessions  and  goods,  and  placed  them 
in  a  common  fund  out  of  which  all  were  supported.  But 
the  disciples  were  actuated  by  the  sjjirit  of  love  toward 
each  other,  which  impelled  them  to  regard  the  necessities 
of  their  brethi-en  as  their 'own.  Not  only  did  they  give 
largely  of  their  wealth,  but  many,  not  all,  jjlaced  the 
whole  of  it  at  the  disjjosal  of  the  apostles. — Gloag.  The 
story  of  Ananias  and  Sapphira  shows  clearly  that  this 
giving  up  of  possessions  into  a  common  stock  was  no  nec- 
essary condition  of  Christian  membership.  Some  fourteen 
years  later,  Acts  12:12,  we  find  Mary,  the  mother  of  John 
and  Mark, — evidently  a  person  of  consideration  and  au- 
thority in  the  Church, — possessing  a  house  of  her  own  in 
the  city.  The  inspired  teachings  of  the  Epistles  of  the 
New  Testament  clearly  shows  us  what  was  the  view  taken 
by  men  like  St.  James  and  St.  Paul  of  this  question  of 
property.  They  evidently  had  no  idea  of  a  general  shar- 
ing of  possessions  among  Christians,  and  never  jjublicly 
urged  on  their  converts  a  renunciation  of  their  rank  or 
property.  Even  the  austere  and  ascetic  James,  who  cer- 
tainly witnessed  and  most  probably  shared  in  the  primi- 
tive community  of  goods  in  the  Jerusalem  Church,  re- 
l)eatedly  rebukes  the  rich  and  powerful,  not  for  possessing 
but  for  misusing,  wealth  and  position,' James  2:1-9;  4:13- 
17;  5:1-5. — Schaff.  It  would  ajipear  that  this  community 
of  goods  was  entirely  confined  to  Jerusalem.  There  is  no 
trace  of  it  anywhere  except  as  regards  the  Church  in  Je- 
rusalem.—  Gloag.  It  was  instituted  to  meet  existing  emer- 
gencies when  the  church  was  largely  composed  of  pilgrims, 
temporarily  sojourning  at  Jerusalem,  and  dependent,  ac- 
cording to  the  custom  then,  and  even  now  to  some  extent 
prevailing  in  the  East,  on  thehospitalityof  residents  there. 
— Abbott.  It  does  not  seem  to  have  continued  long  even 
in  Jerusalem.  —  Gloag.  The  sale  and  gift  were  purely  vol- 
untary. No  disciple  was  required,  as  a  condition  of  join- 
ing the  Church,  to  surrender  his  projierty  to  the  communi- 
ty; even  after  sale,  he  was  free  to  give  little  or  much  as 
he  chose,  chap.  5:4.  There  is  therefore,  in  the  apostolic 
example  no  warrant  for  the  modern  American  socialistic 
communities,  in  which  every  member  is  required  to  sm-- 
render,  not  only  his  property,  but  his  earnings,  to  the 
common  stock. — Abbott.  Origin.  It  is  probable  that  it 
arose  from  a  continuation,  and  application  to  the  now 
increased  number  of  disciples,  of  the  cormnunity  in  which 
our  Lord  and  his  apostles  had  lived  before. — Alford.  From 
this  practice  at  Jerusalem  we  may  iierhaps  exi)lain  the 
great  and  constant  poverty  of  that  Church,  Rom.  15:25, 
26;  1  Cor.  16:1-3. — Alford.  Every  attempt  to  revive  a 
com.munity,  where  all  things  should  be  literally  in  common 
has  been  a  failure. — Schaff.  There  is  not  in  the  New  Tes- 
tament any  warrant  for  the  belief  that  such  communism 
as  was  practiced  temporarily  in  the  Chm'ch  at  Jerusalem, 
was  directed  by  God,  or  is  recorded  as  an  example  for  us. 
It  is  not  said  to  have  been  counselled  by  the  ajJOistles; 
their  writings  nowhere  commend  it;  and  while  the  inspired 
teachings  of  the  New  Testament  writers  are  authoritative, 
there  is  no  warrant  in  Scripture  for  the  doctrine  that  the 
example  of  the  early  Church  is  an  authority  for  later  ages. 
— Abbott.  The  princijile  underlying  Christian  commu- 
nism, viz.,  that  all  possessing  goods  and  industries  are  to 
l)e  consecrated  to  God  in  the  service  of  humanity,  is  a 
fundamental  Christian  principle.  Matt.  25:14-30;  Luke 
13:6-9,  bat  neither  experience  nor  Scripture  indicates 
that  selling  all  and  dividing  to  the  poor  is  the  best 
method  calculated  to  serve  humanity,  or  even  the  poor. — 
Abbott. 

From  house  to  house;  or  at  home,  as  in  the  Revised  Ver- 
sion. The  original  is  capable  of  either  interpretation. 
The  essetial  fact  is,  that  while  they  continued  at  this  time 
in  the  observance  of  the  Jewish  forms  of  worship,  they 
added  gatlierings  for  Christian  worship  in  private  houses. 
— Abbott.  The  congregations  meeting  now  at  one  house, 
now  at  another.  The  connection  of  the  Lord's  Supper 
with  the  Passover  meal  at  its  institution,  made  the   Chris- 


tian Sacrament  essentially  a  service  which  could  be  cele- 
brated, as  at  the  first  institution  it  was,  in  such  a  room 
as  that  where  the  Passover  meal  was  eaten.  —  Prof. 
Lumby. 

Singleness  of  heart.  This  means  with  a  sincere  and 
pure  heart.  They  were  satisfied  and  thankful.  They  were 
not  perplexed  or  anxious,  nor  were  they  solicitous  for  the 
luxui'ious  living,  or  aspu-ing  after  the  vain  objects  of  the 
men  of  the  world. — Barnes.  Having  but  one  end  in  view, 
that  the  faith  of  Christ  should  be  spread  abroad  as  widely 
as  possible. —  Cambridge  Bible.  In  very  many  cases,  the 
symjjlicity  is  destroyed  and  the  true  gladness  consequently 
lost,  by  a  huge,  burdensome,  irrational  luxury;  simplicity 
may  be  marred,  too,  bjr  the  cost  of  the  entertainment  in 
relation  to  the  resources  of  the  entertainer;  immoderately 
late  hours  do  much  to  mar  both  the  simj)licity  and  the 
heart-gladness  of  social  meals;  the  use  of  intoxicating 
liquors. — Arnot's  Church  in  the  House. 


BITS  OF  THINGS. 


It  was  announced  last  summer  that  for  the  first  time  for 
twenty  years  Dartmouth  College  is  living  within  its 
means. 

—Rev.  E.  D.  Ban-  of  St.  Louis,  having  left  $200,000  to 
the  churches  of  that  city,  his  daughter  contests  the  will  on 
the  ground  that  his  mind  was  ruined  by  drunkenness. 

When  the  late  Mr.  Horace  Maynard  placed  a  letter  "V" 
on  the  door  of  his  room  at  Amherst  College,  he  was  ques- 
tioned and  ridiculed  for  four  years  on  the  subject;  but  af- 
ter he  delivered  the  Valedictory  his  fellow-graduates  solved 
the  riddle. 

The  London  Builder  attributes  the  marvelous  dmabili- 
ty  of  mortar  in  Italy  to  the  fact  that  the  lime  remains  in  a 
pit  covered  with  water  for  two  years  before  it  is  used, 
whereas  in  England  lime  is  slaked  and  used  the  same  day. 
Most  building-specifications  even  require'  newly-slaked 
lime. 

— The  directors  of  the  Cunard  steamers'  have  adopted  a 
new  rule  which  will  further  commend  their  line  to  the 
confidence  of  the  travelling  public.  A  resolution  was 
passed  on  the  7th  of  November,  declaring  that  after  the 
"first  of  December  the  allowance  of  rum  to  seamen  and 
firemen  on  board  the  company's  ships  will  be  abolislied, 
and  coffee  substituted."  Railroad  companies  and  steam- 
boat companies  are  thus,  one  after  another,  recognizing 
the  danger  to  their  property  and  the  lives  and  limbs  of 
those  whom  they  transport,  of  employing  drinking  men. 

Much  interest  is  attached  to  the  i>reparations  being 
made  in  England  for  a  public  celebration  of  Mr.  Glad- 
stone's completion  of  half  a  century  of  Parliamentary 
life.  Mr.  Gladstone  was  returned  for  Newark  immedi- 
ately after  the  passage  of  the  Reform  bill.  His  first  elec- 
tion address  was  dated  from  Newark,  Oct.  9,  1832.  The 
nomination  took  place  Dec.  11,  and  the  polling  Dec.  12 
and  13.  Jan.  29,  1833,  the  Parliament  assembled,  and 
from  that  time  to  this  Mr.  Gladstone  has  been  a  member 
of  every    British  Parliament. 

The  extent  to  which  this  country  has  become  "alien- 
ized"  may  be  inferred  from  the  figures  of  the  census;  there 
are  about  eight  millions  of  people  who  were  born  in  other 
countries,  and  nearly  as  many  more  un-Americanized 
children  born  in  this  country  of  foreign  parents.  Add  to 
these  the  colored  population,  and  we  have  about  twenty 
million  who  do  not  belong  to  what  may  be  termed  the  na- 
tive race.  And  there  is  being  added  to  these  three-quar- 
ters of  a  million  a  year  of  aliens,  besides  tliose  born  here 
of  alien  people.  Two-fifths  of  our  population  are  what 
may  be  termed  exotics. 

It  is  on  record  in  Germany  that  in  the  past  272  years 
no  fewer  than  523  theatres  have  been  burned  down  in 
various  parts  of  the  world.  This  is  an  average  of  nearly 
two  per  year.  During  the  past  century  there  was  a  large 
increase  in  the  percentage  over  the  preceding  time  For 
the  hundred  years  the  total  number  was  460,  more  than 
four-fifths  of  the  total  for  the  272  years.  For  the  period 
included  between  1871  and  1828  the  average  was  thirteen 
per  annum.  Some  of  the  minor  features  of  these  statistics 
are  as  follows:  Of  cities,  London,  with  thirty-one  fii-es, 
leads  the  list;  Paris,  with  twenty-nine,  follows  her;  then 
comes  New  York  with  twenty-six ;  then  San  Francisco 
with  twenty-one.  While  Barnum's  place  of  amusement  in 
New  York  has  been  so  often  burned  down,  Astley'L-.  in 
London  and  the  Grand  Opera  in  Paris  have  each  been  de- 
stroyed fom-  times.  Her  Majesty's,  Drury  Lane,  and 
Covent  Garden  have  been  tlu-ee  times  bm-ned.  Numerous 
other  London  theatres  could  boast  of  two  serious  fii-es. 
On  the  London  list  the  oldest  theatre  conflagration  is  the 
Globe's,  on  Bankside,  which  was  destroyed  in  1613. 

According  to  La  France  Medicale,  Dr.  Gorini  relates 
that  one  night,  having  fallen  asleep  while  reading  a  book 
he  presently  awakened,  when,  looking  at  the  wall  oppo- 
site his  bed,  which  was  illuminated  by  a  lamp  near  him, 
he  observed  it  covered  with  printed  characters  of  large 
size,  forming  words  regularly  disposed,  and  separated  by 
lines  like  those  in  the  book  which  he  had  been  reading. 
Not  only  could  he  see  the  text,  but  he  could  distinguish 
the  annotations  in  sipaller  characters;  and,  though  the 
whole  appearance  was'  vague  and  indistinct,  there  could 
be  no  doubt  that  the  image  seen  on  the  wall  was  that  of 
the  pages  which  he  had  been  reading  when  he  fell  asleep. 
This  strange  apparation  continued  some  twenty  seconds, 
and  in  this  period  was  reproduced  each  time  at  which, 
after  closing,  he  again  opened  his  eyes.  The  incident  is 
regarded  as  an  interesting  illustration  of  persistent  image 
in  the  retina,  of  which  so  much  has  been  said  of  late. 


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ON  FREEMASONRY. 

rreemasonry  Illustrated.  A  complete 
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Knig'ht  Templarism  Illustrated.    A  full 

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16 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE. 


JaotaR"?  11,     1883 


NEWS  OF  THE  WEEK. 


— Senator  Morrill  lias  presented  the 
House  bill  to  reduce  internal  revenue  tax- 
ation with  the  amendment  thereto  embrac- 
ing a  revision  of  the  tariff. 

—Secretary  Lincoln,  in  rejjly  to  an  in- 
quiry from  the  House  of  Representatives, 
says  that  in  many  instances  the  substan- 
tial benefits  to  commerce  arising  from  the 
expenditure  of  public  money  on  river  and 
harbor  improvements  have  been  so  ob- 
scure and  insignificant  as  to  justify  a 
doubt  of  the  v/isdom  of  making  the  ap- 
propriation. The  estimates  of  the  Engi- 
neer Department  for  the  imjirovemeut 
of  rivers  and  harbors  during  the  next 
fiscal  year  aggregate  $33,889,000,  and  to 
many  of  the  items  Mr.  Lincoln  records  his 
objections. 

— The  United  States  Commissioner  of 
Education  and  Bisho^i  Simpson  made  ad- 
di'esses  before  the  Philadelphia  Union 
League  in  favor  of  government  appropri 
atious  in  behalf  of  education.  It  was  pro- 
posed that  $10,000,000  yearly  be  appro- 
priated among  the  States  according  to  illit- 
eracy. Resolutions  were  adopted  in  favor 
of  the  movement. 

— A  new  Chicago  venture  is  the  "  Com- 
mercial Exchange  of  Chicago"  to  promote 
uniformity  in  the  customs  and  usages  of 
merchants;  to  inculcate  principles  of  jus- 
tice and  equity  in  trade;  to  facilitate  the 
speedy  adjustment  of  business  disputes; 
to  acquire  and  disseminate  valuable  com- 
mercial and  economic  information,  and 
generally,  to  secure  to  the  members  the 
benefits  of  co-operation  in  the  furtherance 
of  their  legitimate  pursuits. 

— The  Chicago  Evening  Juurncd  has 
changed  hands.  Messrs.  Andrew  Shuman 
and  John  R.  Wilson  have  pm-chased  a 
controlling  interest  in  the  paper.  For 
some  time  back  they  have  been  leasing  it 
for  a  rental  of  $10,000  a  year. 

— Four  cars  of  'crude  silver,  in  bars  of 
ninety-seven  jjounds  each,  have  arrived 
from  the  Montana  mines  to  the  First 
jSTational  Bank  of  Chicago.  Their  vame  is 
estimated  at  $1,000,000.  The  treasure  was 
taken  from  Helena  to  Muir  City,  183  miles 
by  bull-trains. 

— The  Commissioners  having  in  charge 
the  organization  and  conduct  of  the  Na- 
tional Exposition  of  Railway  Appliances 
are  prejjaring  for  an  exhibition  in  the  Ex- 
position Building,  Chicago.  An  extensive 
premium  list  is  prepared  which  involves 
the  awarding  of  several  hundred  gold,  sil- 
ver and  bronzu  medals,  and  about  every 
detail  pertaining  to  the  preparations  for 
and  conduct  of  the  exposition  is  fixed. 

—It  was  rejjorted  Thiu'sday  that  the 
bark  Star  of  the  West  was  lost  in  the 
Atlantic,  and  all  on  boai'd,  fifteen  men, 
peri.shed. 

— A  terrible  storm  of  wind  and  snow 
raged  on  the  s\immit  of  Mt.  Washington 
on  Thm'sday.  The  wind  blew  at  the  rate 
of  144  miles  an  hour,  and  the  temperatm'e 
at  zero. 

— The  Auierican  expedition  sent  to  the 
Cape  of  Good  Hope  to  take  observations 
of  the  transit  of  Venus  has  arrived  in  En- 
gland with  236  photographs. 

— A  delegate  convention  is  to  beheld  at 
Pitt.sburgh  in  May  to  organize  a  federation 
of  the  coal-miners  of  the  United  States, 
who  number  152,000. 

— Wayland  village,  twenty  miles  south 
of  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.,  was  visited  by  a 
conflagration  Sunday  morning  which 
nearly  consumed  its  entire  business  sec- 
tion. "The  loss  is  $20,000. 

— St.  Mary's  Episcopal  Seminary  at 
Knoxville,  III.,  was  destroyed  by  fire  early 
Thursday  morning.  Many  of  the  young 
lady  students  made  their  escape  from  the 
burning  structure  by  means  of  ladders, 
and  but  two  received  injmies.  All  the 
property  of  the  inmates  was  destroyed. 
The  total  loss  is  jjlaced  at  $100,000. 

— Archbishop  Purcell  has  written  a  letter 
to  the  proprietor  of  the  Catholic  Telegraph 
at  Cincinnati,  inclosina'  $60,  which  he 
compares  to  the  widow's  mite,  to  be  ap- 
plied to  the  fund  for  paying  his  (the  Arch- 
bishop's) debts. 

— A  lazy  letter-carrier  left  in  the  back 
room  of  a  saloon  in  New  York,  Saturday 
night,  600  letters  and  postal  cards,  which 
he  intended  to  distribute  Monday. 


— The  steamship  City  of  Brussels,  from 
New  York  for  Liverpool,  was  run  down 
by  a  Glasgow  steamer  during  a  fog,  and 
ten  persons  were  drowned,  two  of  whom 
were  passengers. 

— Most  disastrous  floods  have  occurred 
on  the  Danube  and  the  Rhijie,  and  it  is 
feared  that  many  lives  will  be^lost.  Direct 
railway  service  between  France,  Switzer- 
land, and  Italy  is  interrupted.  Hundi'eds 
of  jieoi^le  have  been  rendered  homeless  at 
Mannheim  and  other  points,  and  great  dis- 
tress prevails. 

— A  Berlin  dispatch  of  the  4th  says  that 
the  inundations  are  taking  the  form  of  a 
great  public  catastrophe.  The  distress  is 
increasing  hourly.  The  military  and  civil 
authorities  are  making  the  greatest  exer- 
tions to  mitigate  the  misery  of  disa.ster. 
At  Ludwigshafen,  opposite  Mannheim, 
the  great  Rhine  dam  gave  way  and  the 
lives  of  hundreds  of  people  were  imperiled. 
A  steamed  rescued  many  hundreds.  The 
deepest  distress  prevails.  Thirteen  per- 
sons were  di-owned  at  Freisenheim.  In 
all  sixty  or  seventy  lives  have  been  lost  by 
the  floods.  The  water  is  penetrating 
the  foundations  of  the  fortifications  at 
Mayence. 


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Christian  Cynosure. 


Vol.  XV.,  No.    17. 


"IN  SECRET   HAVE  I  SAID  NOTHING.  "—Jesus  Christ. 

CHICAGO,  THURSDAY,  JANUARY  18,  1883. 


Whole  No.  664. 


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CONTENTS. 


EniTORiAL: 

Weeldy  Comment 1 

Open  Letter  on  the  Kansas 

Prohibition  Convention  8 
Editorial  Correspondence . .  8 
Contributions  : 
Draw  the  Bow  (Poetry)...  1 
The  Sabbath  Q,ue.stioi». . .  1 
Secrecy  and  Temperance..     3 

Women  and  Secretism 2 

Reform  Story  : 
Holdeu  with  Cords,   Chap- 
ter XXXV  Continued...     3 
The  SERisroN : 
Dangers   which    Threaten 

our  Nation 4 

New  England: 

Better   Drop  the    Subject    5 
Reform  News  : 
Chicago  Association;  No- 
bly Done ;   Letters  from 
Kansas ;  Tract  Work  at 
Washington ;   Michigan, 

Awake T...  12 

Bible  Lessons 14 


Correspondence : 
Undenominational ;    The 

Wrangling  Twins 6 

Obituary : 

Isaac  Preston 5 

The  Conference 14 

Literary  Notes 14 

The  Home 10 

Temperance 11 

American  Politics  : 
The  Vote  by  States ;  Iowa 
Especially;  Kansas   Po- 
litical Meeting 12 

The  Churches 

Wm.     Taylor  ;     Christian 

Liberia 13 

Out  Door  Work 7 

Lecture  List 7 

Churches  vs.  Lodgery...    7 

Notice 9 

The  N.  C.  a 14 

Our  Contributors 13 

News  OF  the  Week 16 

Business 16 

Advertisements 15 


WEEKLY  COMMENT. 


The  trades-union  building  which  is  proposed  on 
the  Lake  front  in  Chicago  promises  to  be  more  than 
a  menace  to  the  business  interests  of  tlie  city — a 
school  of  immorality  and  crime.  The  assembly 
room  will  be  fitted  up  for  theatrical  performances  and 
a  portion  of  the  building  will  be  occupied  by  a  sa- 
loon. To  protesting  citizens  who  object  to  a  drunk- 
factory  on  a  prominent  avenue  and  near  the  Exposi- 
tion building — a  quarter  frequented  by  ladies  and 
children — the  answer  of  the  labor-lodges  is  that  no 
whiskey  will  be  sold  or  given  away  to  chikken.  But 
ordinary  citizens  do  not  fear  the  assaults  of  drunken 
children  so  much  as  of  drunken  men.  Besides  this 
place  will  be  a  forum  for  every  so-called  "agitator.',' 
Everj^  Dennis  Kearney  and*  Justus  Schwab  and 
Johann  Most  would  enter  Chicago  with  satisfaction, 
knowing  that  one  hall  would  be  open  to  him. 
Kearney,  when  here,  had  to  speak  on  the  street;  and 
other  ranters  of  the  same  sort  have  been  elbowed 
into  small  or  remote  halls.  The  outrageous  theories 
advanced  by  Kearney  are  innocent  compared  with 
Most,  who  when  speaking  here  lately,  urged  a  general 
demolition  ol  affairs  and  the  setting  up  of  new  prin- 
ciples in  business  and  social  life.  Banks  must  be 
gutted.  From  them,  he  said,  "Take  everything  you 
can  get;  all  you  can  lay  your  hands  on,  and  even  if 
private  persons  suffer,  let  that  not  deter  j^ou;  it  makes 
no  difference."  Rulers  in  this  country  as  well  as 
Europe  must  be  killed  off,  and  there  must  be  no 
qualms  about  the  business,  no  faltering.  The  people 
must  kill.  There  must  be  no  forgiveness,  "but  cold, 
implacable,  inexorable,  certain  death."  The  agents  of 
this  reform  must  be  guns,  bombs,  explosives,  chemi- 
cals, petroleum,  dynamite.  This  Satanic  advice  is 
as  much  a  school  of  murder  as  the  throat-cutting 
oaths  of  Freemasonry.  Familiarity  with  such  senti- 
ments transforms  innocence  and  industry  to  demoniac 


cruelty  and  hate.  Chicago,  nor  anj'  other  large  city 
can  afford  to  furnish  a  resort  where  such  ideas  are 
propagated. 


Next  Thursday,  January  25th,  is  the  "day  of  pray- 
er for  Colleges."  It  used  to  be  a  daj'  oi  fasting  and 
prayer;  but  the  idea  of  rigor  and  self-abnegation  is 
too  repulsive  for  churches  which  meet  once  a  week  to 
worship,  over  kitchens  and  parlors  which  are  warmed 
up  almost  nightly.  So  it  is  dropped  as  an  unpleasant 
feature  of  a  religion  which  might  have  fitted  the 
stern  temper  of  our  fathers,  but  we,  their  children, 
would  willingly  forget.  But  the  day  approaches 
when,  b}'  common  consent,  the  young  men  and  women 
upon  whom  is  to  fall  the  mantle  of  Christian  reform 
are  to  be  remembered  before  God.  Let  those  who 
read  these  lines  make  it  a  day  of  Jmmiliation,  fasting 
and  jyraT/er — a  day  of  earnest  and  steadfast  supplica- 
tion, that  Grod  for  Christ's  sake  will  send  abroad  into 
oiu-  colleges  and  seminaries  his  Holy  Spirit,  to  bap- 
tize with  the  tongue  of  fire  these  who  are  soon  to  take 
up  the  work  of  Christ  among  men. 


The  people  of  Tennessee  will  not  soon  forget  that 
dishonesty  is  follj^.  The  fact  that  no  State  can  be 
sued  opened  the  way  for  a  repudiation  of  the  State 
debt  a  while  since,  creditors  being  offered  sixt}^  cents 
on  the  dollar  with  interest  at  three  per  cent.  Even 
this  vigorous  scaling  down  did  not  suit  the  Demo- 
cratic part}',  whoseState  Convention  repudiated  the 
agreement  in  faA^or  of  a  greater  reduction.  The  ma- 
jority of  the  A'oters  in  November  endorsed  this  plat- 
form; and,  while  no  new  laws  on  the  case  had  been 
passed,  the  State  Treasurer  Polk  refused  paj'ment 
under  the  old  arrangement  on  the  ground  that  the 
people  were  opposed  to  that  use  of  the  funds.  It 
seems  he  had  decided  on  another  way  to  use  it;  since 
it  appears  that  he  is  a  defaulter  and  has  put  $400,000 
of  these  funds  into  his  own  pocket.  It  has  a  sharp 
look  of  poetic  justice  that  the  people  who  refused  to 
pay  a  debt  because  they  could  not  be  sued  should 
see  the  money  saved  by  the  transaction  lugged  off  by 
the  man  they  had  set  to  watch  it. 


The  awful  calamity  in  Milwaukee  at  the  burning  of 
the  Newhall  House  on  Wednesday,  and  the  nari-ow 
escape  from  a  similar  catastrophe  at  the  Planter's 
Hotel,  St.  Louis,  on  Sundaj^  morning,  have  called 
public  attention  to  the  insecurity  of  life  in  these  great 
places  of  public  resort  as  never  before.  It  is  a  seri- 
ous comment  upon  human  nature  that,  in  the  face  of 
immense  and  obvious  risks  like  these,  architects  and 
proprietors  do  not  take  every  possible  precaurion  to 
prevent  cutastrophes  of  this  kind,  since  the  means  are 
evidentlj'  in  their  power.  As  it  is,  the  slow  process  of 
the  laws  must  enlbrce  the  remedy.  Governors  make 
proclamation,  legislatui-es  enact,  local  authorities  en- 
force the  statutes.  By  the  time  this  tedious  process 
is  completed  builders  are  read}-  with  expedients  to 
avoid  the  laws;  and  so  the  slaughtering  goes  on.  The 
laws  protecting  hotel  guests  from  the  calamity  of  fire 
are  much  less  rigorous  generall}-  than  those  respect- 
ing chnrches,  halls  and  theaters.  Why  this  should  be 
so  no  good  reason  appears.  The  remedy  will  not  be 
found  until  such  buildings,  especially  in  cities,  are 
constructed  throughout  of  fire  proof  material. 


The  excellent  article  in  this  number  upon  the  Sab- 
bath question  in  New  York  citj'  indicates  how  deep 
has  been  the  feeling  on  both  sides.  The  agitation  of 
such  a  question  in  the  meti-opolis  has  started  the  dis- 
cussion in  other  cities.  In  Chicago,  ministers,  meet- 
ings have  taken  it  up  with  a  short-lived  zeal,  putting 


forth  radical  arguments,  but  without  the  force  of  en- 
forcement of  their  ideas  even  in  their  own  churches. 
The  "Chicago  Sabbath  Association  '  of  which  late  pre- 
siding elder  Willing  is  president,  has  issued  through 
the  daily  press  an  able  document,  set- 
ting forth  that  "this  is  a  Christian  na- 
tion" from  its  organic  documents  beginning  with  the 
Mayflower  compact  down  to  the  city  ordinances  all 
which  recognize  the  Christian  Sal^bath  and  provide  for 
the  cessation  of  l^bor  on  that  day.  They  quote  a 
decision  of  our  Illinois  Supreme  Court  which  is 
worth  repeating;  "The  experience  of  the  world  has 
taught  the  necessity  of  setting  apart  one-seventh  of 
our  time  for  religious  worship  and  meditation,  and 
for  complete  repose  from  the  harassing  and  absorb- 
ing pursuits  of  gain,  ambition  and  pleasure.  Even 
those  who  are  not  guided  by  the  teachings  of  Chris- 
tianity acknowledge  the  necessity  of  a  rational  ob- 
servance of  the  Sabbath,  as  conducive  in  the  highest 
degree  to  the  temporal  interests  of  society.'"  So 
Judge  Noah  Davis,  the  Chief  Justice  of  the  New  York 
Supreme  Court  says:  "lam  not  in  [sympathy  with 
any  sentiment  that  strikes  God  out  of  the  Sabbath. 
I  believe  the  Sabbath  is  ordained  by  God."  How 
noble  are  these  sentiments,  and  how  do  they  rebuke 
the  temporizing  policy  of  some  who  have  been  man- 
ordained  to  preach  the  Gospel  and  editors  of  the 
religious  press  who  aim  to  secularize  the  day,  strip 
it  of  its  divine  authority,  push  it  from  its  foundation 
upon  the  Rock  onto  the  treacherous  sands  of  human 
laws  or  philanthropic  principles,  where  it  must 
soon  be  lost  to  man.  These  "blind  guides"  are  ever 
pointing  to  the  practice  of  European  nations.  It 
may  help  undecieve  them  to  learn  that  a  petition, 
signed  by  over  6000  persons  has  just  been  present- 
ed to  the  German  Parliament  asking  for  the  en- 
actment of  a  law  closing  all  commercial  and  in- 
dustrial establishments  on  the  Sabbath  day. 


DRAW  THY  BOW. 

Draw  thy  bow,  but  ere  the  arrow 

Feels  the  string's  impulsive  force. 
Up  to  Him  who  guides  the  sparrow 

On  her  viewless,  airy  course. 
Lilt  in  sOence  a  petition 

That  the  shaft  at  venture  sent. 
May  not  on  its  random  mission 

Be  a  fruitless  effort  spent. 

Draw  thy  bow  in  comprehension 

Of  the  issues  that  may  hinge ; 
Draw  it  to  its  utmost  tension. 

Till  the  bow  and  barb  impinge ; 
For  the  arrow's  fateful  sending 

May  the  tide  of  battle  turn. 
And  a  kingdom's  fate  be  pending 

On  the  glory  it  may  earn. 

— Oliver  Crane. 


THE  SABBATH  QUESTION. 


BY  KEV.  J.   C.   K.  MILLIGAN. 

In  a  Christian  land  there  should  be  no  difficulty  in 
maintaining  the  Sabbath;  but  in  our  country  it  has 
been  losing  its  hold,  and  a  conflict  seems  now  immi- 
nent which  may  result  unfavorably.  The  Sabbath 
question  has  been  raised  in  New  York  b}'  a  new  penal 
code  which  went  into  effect  Dec.  1,  1882.  The  Sab- 
bath clauses  are  the  old  law  codified,  except  that  vio- 
lations are  now  punishable  as  misdemeanors  by  im- 
prisonment as  well  as  b}'  fines.  The  law  forbids  al 
servile  labors  on  the  Sabbath,  except  works  of  neces- 
sitj-  and  mere}-,  and  all  traffic  except  the  sale  of  flesh, 
fish  and  milk,  before  9  a.  m.  At  first  the  police,  with 
the  avowed  purpose  of  making  the  law  odious,  en- 
forced it  with  rigor  and  gave  us  a  taste  of  Sabbath 
quiet  which  had  not  been  enjoj'ed  for  3'ears.  Now 
after  one  month  the  law  is  so  liberally    interpreted, 


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THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE. 


January  18,  1883 


that  the  desecrations,  though  less  open  and  nois}-,  are 
nearly  as  great  as  before;  and  the  outlook  for  a  quiet 
Sabl3ath  is  not  encouraging. 

There  is  great  want  of  harmony  among  the  friends 
of  the  Sabbath.  Some  dislike  the  law  because  of  its 
exceptions,  and  others  because  there  are  not  more; 
some  are  in  favor  of  the  law  as  it  is,  others  wish  to 
make  the  l^est  of  it  as  a  means  to  arouse  public  sen- 
timent and  secure  a  better  one,  and  still  others  would 
wait  till  the  law  is  made  what  they  want  it;  some  are 
opposed  to  all  Sabbath  laws  as  a  union  of  church  and 
state,  or  an  interference  with  the  rights  of  conscience, 
and  others  are  afraid  of  their  own  interests  and  liber- 
ties. Thus  Christ  is  divided,  and  the  power  of  his 
friends  is  weakened. 

The  opposition  to  the  law  is  strong  and  united,  xa,- 
rious  as  are  the  motives.  Criminals  hate  it  because  it 
is  law;  infidels  because  it  is  Christian,  oppose  it;  the 
worshipers  of  Mammon  resist  it  because  by  its  viola- 
tion thej'  get  wealth;  pleasure-seekers  fear  its  re- 
straints upon  holiday  recreations;  Romanists  are 
alarmed  at  the  power  it  gi-\^es  to  the  Protestant  Gos- 
pel; the  irreligious  dread  its  holy  influences  that  awak- 
en their  guilty  consciences  '  and  check  their  sensual 
enjoyments.  The  brewers  and  s*ne  manufacturers 
claim  that  they  cannot  carry  on  business  if  the  Sab- 
bath law  is  enforced,  and  are  spending  large  sums  for 
its  repeal.  The  liquor  dealers  defy  the  law,  cany  on 
their  nefarious  traffic  through  side  doors,  and  are  a 
unit  against  the  Sabbatli.  The  grocers,  butchers,  ba- 
kers, barbers,  milkmen,  confectioners,  apothecaries, 
tobacconists,  etc.,  are,  as  a  rule,  opposed  to  the  law; 
yet  many  would  gladly  have  the  day  as  a  holidaj'  if 
the  law  were  enforced  impartialh'  upon  all.  The  Jews 
of  course  are  against  the  law,  and  the  Christian  Sab- 
bath breakers  are  legion:  they  are  lovers  of  ease  in  Zion 
wlio  must  have  fresh  bread  and  meat  and  ice  cream  as 
on  other  days,  and  to  whom  the  Sunday  barber  and 
bootblack,  the  morning  paper  and  mail,  and  the  ride 
to  tiie  park  or  the  seashore,  are  essential;  they  are 
business  men  who  gain  wealth  by  Sabbath  breaking; 
they  are  preachers  whose  congregations  claim  this 
salve  for  their  consciences. 

But  our  national  government  is  the  great  obstacle 
to  a  quiet  oliservance  of  the  Sabbatli.  Its  Constitu- 
tion is  supreme  law,  potent' in  every  State.  Its  only 
recognition  of  the  Sabbath  is  the  permission  gi^'en  to 
the  President  to  retain  a  bill  "  ten  days,  Sundays  ex- 
cepted;" this  makes  it  a  legal  non-entity,  but  gives  no 
basis  for  a  Sabbath  law.  To  say  the  least  such  a  law 
is  extra-constitutional,  and  the  violators  always  plead 
that  it  is  contrarj'  to  the  Constitution  and  therefore 
void.  The  Congress  treats  the  Sabbath  as  a  nuUitj^ 
by  frequently  extending  Saturday's  (?)  session  through 
the  Sabbatli.  The  Postal  Department  by  oath  requires 
postmasters  and  their  clerks  to  open  the  offices  and 
distribute  mails  on  the  Sabbath,  and  it  persuades  and 
enables  the  great  railroad  corporations  by  mail  eon- 
tracts  and  sulisidies  to  desecrate  the  Sabbath,  and 
ever3-where  to  disturb  its  peace  and  destroy  its  sanc- 
tity. The  State  laws  are  powerless  against  the  num- 
berless mail,  express  and  baggage  wagons,  and  the 
shop,  depot,  road  and  train  labors  thus  made  neces- 
sary. 

It  is  time  we  were  aroused  to  the  momentous  inter- 
ests associated  with  this  question.  The  Sabbath  is  a 
human  need,  the  law  of  our  being;  it  is  a  human  right 
conferred  by  the  Creator,  which  cannot  be  taken  away 
with  impunity;  it  is  a  relief  from  the  curse  of  labor,  a 
precious  boon  to  man  from  the  Divine  Redeemer.  To 
the  Christian  it  is  the  day  of  days  in  its  hallowed 
memories,  its  spiritual  privileges,  and  its  means  for 
promoting  his  present  and  eternal  welfare;  whoever 
thhiks,  or  says,  or  does  otherwise,  to  him  it  is  a  de- 
light, the  holy  of  the  Lord,  honorable,  and  he  will 
have  it  at  any  sacrifice  to  use  for  his  own  soul,  for  the 
salvation  of  others,  and  for  the  giorj-  of  his  Saviour. 
The  Sabbath  is  obligatory  upon  and  a  blessing  to  na- 
tions no  less  than  to  individuals.  Jer.  17:  19,  etc.;  it 
is  the  condition  of  their  prosperitj'  or  adversity,  of 
tlieir  perpetuitj'  or  destruction.  Grod  alone  is  Lord 
of  the  conscience,  and  the  state  maj'  not  enforce  the 
I'cligious  observance  of  the  Sabbath;  but  itself  must 
Iseep  it  and  restrain  all  outward  violations  at  the  peril 
of  the  divine  penalty:  "will  kindle  a  fire  in  your 
gates  which  shall  devour  your  palaces,  and  shall  not  be 
(juenched."  But  the  Sabbath  is  the  Lord's  own  daj': 
the  day'  of  his  resurrection,  the  day  of  his  ascension 
to  the  throne,  the  day  of  his  Spirit's  descent,  the  day 
of  his  communion  with  those  who  seek  him,  the  day 
which  he  specially  employs  with  its  (jiospel  agencies 
to  destroy  the  works  of  the  devil,  and  to  build  up  his 
kingdom  of  righteousness  that  sliall  soon  fill  the  earth. 
Men,  and  Christians  and  nations  ma}-  keep  it  or  fail 
to  keep  it;  but  Jesus  will  not  sufiJ'er  his  day  to  perish 
from  the  earth.  Soon  the  redeemed  earth  will  join 
with  heaven  in  singing:  "This  is  the  day  which  the 
Lord  hath  made;  we  will  rejoice  and  be  glad  in  it." 

2^'ew  York. 


SECRECY  AND   TEMPERANCE. 

BY    REV.  B.  V.  WORRELL. 

It  will  be  worse  than  useless  to  deny  the  fact  that 
humanly  speaking,  the  prohibitf)ry  shadow  has  gone 
back  more  than  ten  degrees  on  the  dial  of  Kansas. 
Poor  Kansas!  how  thou  art  fallen  and  dragged  down 
from  thy  jiroud  eminence  among  the  sisterhood  of 
the  States.  We,  as  citizens  of  this  (commonwealth, 
had  gotten  unto  ourselves  a  reflexive  glory,  through 
our  illustrious  governor,  whose  pleadings  in  behalf  of 
a  much  needed  reform  were  echoed  from  far  and  near, 
with  the  endorsement  of  the  good  and  great  in  other 
lands  than  oui'  own.  But  now  the  model  prohibitory 
State  is  shorn  of  her  gioiy,  as  she  sits  by  the  cold 
streams  of  Babylon,  weeping  over  the  desolation  and 
ruin  that  are  awaiting  the  incoming  of  their  hour. 
The  harp,  wliich  once  responded  to  the  touch  of  joy 
and  gladness,  now  hangs  unused  on  the  willow  trees. 
Some  of  the  strings  are  broken,  whilst  those  which  re- 
main, tremble  in  tlie  passing  breeze  and  give  utter- 
ance to  a  plaintive  dirge  in  the  minor  kej'. 

[t  is  none  the  less  a,  fact  that  truth  crushed  to  the 
earth,  will  rise  again  and  assert  its  power.  Though 
it  lie  trampled  in  the  mire  by  unhallowed  feet  as  hell 
holds  jubilee  over  the  seeming  victory  won,  it  will,  at 
the  appointed  hour,  come  forth  with  new  energy,  and 
put  to  route  the  hosts  of  darkness,  and  place  the  dia- 
dem on  the  brow  of  Him  who  alone  iias  the  right  to 
wear  it.  Courage  then,  brethren,  and  more  especially 
3^ou  wiio  have  been  made  to  suffer  for  the  truth's  sake 
and  who  have  passed  through  the  flint-mill  of  perse- 
cution for-  daring  to  rebuke  popular  sins.  Courage,.  I 
sa}',  for  our  final  victorj-  in  this  direction  is  only  a 
question  of  time.  Even  now  the  roseate  hues  are 
illumining  the  East,  proclaiming  the  hour  as  near  at 
hand  when  the  Sun  of  Righteousness  will  arise  with 
healing  in  his  beams.  ■• 

It  is  still  further  true  that  ever}'  effect  is  produced 
hy  an  adequate  cause.  It  matters  not  that  the  cause 
may  be  at  a  great  remove  from  the  effect,  both  as 
regards  time  and  place;  or  the  two  maj'  lie  side  by 
side.  Nor  does  it  signity  that  the  cause  is  unknown, 
or  is  deemed  to  be  of  doubtful  efficienc}'.  However 
these  things  may  be,  it  still  remains  a  fact  that  eveiy 
effect  is  the  result  of  an  antecedent,  known  f)r  un- 
known. The  blow  is  none  the  less  painful  or  real 
from  the  fact  that  the  liand  which  administered  it 
was  carefully  concealed,  and  it  not  unfrequently  hap- 
pens that  we  are  led  by  a  force  of  circumstances 
to  look  far,  far  away  for  the  cause  of  an  effect,  when 
the  agency  tlieret(j  is  at  our  elbow,  staring  us  in  the 
face. 

And  now  the  question  arises.  Why  did  the  pro- 
hibitory shadow  go  back  on  the  dial  of  Kansas,  or  in 
other  words,  Wh}-  was  GrOA'criior  St.  John  defeated? 
\^^e  have  all  heard  of  the  bird  which,  when  a  man 
comes  too  near  its  nest,  (which  is  hidden  away  in  the 
grass)  will  pretend  to  l)e  lame  in  wing  or  leg,  and 
thereby  suggest  to  the  intruder  that  it  can  be  easily 
caught,  without  the  aid  of  fresh  salt.  The  man  makes 
the  attempt,  and  every  now  and  then  almost  succeeds 
in  capturing  the  object  of  his  pursuit,  when  lo!  the 
bird  in  the  full  exercise  of  its  powers,  gives  a  tanta- 
lizing chirp,  and  flies  away,  away,  and  is  seen  no 
more.  Thus  is  it  when  we  start  out  to  find  the  hidden 
cause  to  a  lamented  effect.  Some  lame  bird  leads  us 
a  bootless  chase,  and  then  mockingly  cries,  "  Third 
term,  third  term,"  and  then  leaves  us  to  solve  the 
problem  at  our  leisure  in  which  "monopoly"  may  or 
may  not  ha^e  been  an  important  factor.  Nay  verily, 
we  will  not  run  on  a  fool's  errand,  but  on  the  contrary- 
will  stand  still,  and  look  carefully  around  us,  even  at 
our  feet,  if  peradventure  we  may  find  the  hidden  nest 
in  which  was  hatche* the  eggs  from  whence  come  the 
swarin  of  ills  with  wliich  we  are  menaced. 

Masonry  as  an  irresponsible  despotism,  knows  no 
geographical  boundaries,  no  political  issues,  no 
moral  questions  outside  of  and  beyond  its  own  in- 
terests. It  will  support  that  measure,  be  it  what  it 
may,  which  will  return  the  largest  support  to  itself, 
and  will  sustsiin  at  the  ballot  box  and  elsewhere  those 
men  on  wlioiu  it  may  lean  the  heaviest  for  support 
in  the  time  of  its  need.  Thus  a  necessity  is  imposed 
on  a  man  to  become  a  Mason  before  he  offers  himself 
as  a  candidate  for  any  office  in  the  State  which  may 
be  worth  having.  Nor  is  that  all.  A  Mason  of  alow 
degi'ee  must  step  down  and  out,  if  the  position  to 
which  he  aspires  is  coveted  by  a  brother  Mason  wlio 
has  climbed  to  a  higher  round  of  the  mystical  ladder. 

The  exception  to  this  rule  is  where  a  man's  social 
position  or  peculiar  tenets  makes  huu  more  available 
to  the  lodge  than  would  be  the  brother  wiio  outranks 
him  in  the  number  of  degrees  taken.  And  then,  in 
all  cases,  a  man's  claim  on  the  lodge  for  political 
support  ceases  when  he  fails  to  give  to  the  lodge 
more  honor  and  power  than  will  be  given  by  some 
other  person.  We  are  not  prepared  to  say  how  far 
any  of  these  principles   may    apply  to  Governor   St. 


John;  but  if  he  was  di'opped  because  he  could  serve 
the  lodge  no  further,  he  will  have  no  occasion  to  be- 
moan his  fate  as  though  he  w^as  the  first  and  only 
man  who  had  been  so  treated.  Nor  can  he  console 
himself  with  the  thought  of  being  the  last. 

Whether  secret  institutions  did  or  did  not  have 
anything  to  do  with  turning  back  the  wheels  of  reform 
in  this  State,  it  is  certainly  a  matter  of  surprise  that 
3'oung  men  who  ha^'e  not  formed  the  appetite  foi' 
strong  drink,  would  touch  the  accursed  stuff,  after 
their  attention  had  been  called  to  'the  terrible  eAils 
of  intemperance.  Men  have  listened  to  our  worthy 
governor,  as  in  words  that  burned,  lie  spoke  of  the 
ruin  to  soul  and  body  which  was  sure  to  result  as  a 
legitimate  outgrowth  of  the  use  of  intoxicating  liq- 
ors  as  a  beverage,  and  then  have  done  all  they  could 
to  defeat  his  re-election,  and  thereby  open  .the  sluice- 
gates of  that  stueam  which  would  bear  on  its  turbu- 
lent bosom  tens  of  thousands  of  precious  souls  down 
to  the  yawning  abyss.  Gough  has  spoken  on  this 
subject  as  but  few  men  can  speak,  thrilling  the  soul 
and  liathing  the  cheeks  of  his  auditors  with  tears  as 
he  only  too  faithfull}'  portrayed  scenes  of  wretched, 
suffering  and  premature  death,  as  a  result  of  looking 
on  the  wine  when  it  was  red.  And  yet  with  all  this 
warning  ringing  in  their  ears,  young  men  have  lett 
the  lecture  hall  and  gone  in  quest  of  the  liquid  tires 
of  perdition,  that  they  might  experience  in  themselves 
all  the  horrors  of  an  inebriate  like  unto  those  to  which 
they  had  been  listening.  How  can  we  account  for 
this  strange  infatuation  other  than  by  saying  that 
the  devil,  the  old  serpent,  throws  a  spell  around  our 
young  men  and  allures  them  from  the  paths  of  virtue 
to  certain  destruction. 

The  same  thing  is  true  in  regard  to  the  hidden 
power  of  the  lodge  to  bewitch  men  and  to  draw  them 
unresistingly  under  the  dominion  of  the  God  of  this 
world,  e^'en  as  a  fool  goeth  to  the  correction  of  the 
stocks  or  an  ox  to  the  slaughter.*  So  that  we  are  not 
astonished  when  told  that  some  persons  after  listen- 
ing to  our  expositions  of  the  masterpiece  of  fraud 
and  deception,  join  the  lodge  in  order  that  they  maj' 
learn  for  themselves  what  are  the  hidden  depths  of 
iniquity  as  deA'eloped  in  the  lodge. 

The  social  element  of  the  lodge  is  unquestionably 
a  fruitful  source  of  supplying  the  wasting  ranks  of 
the  drunkard's  aniiy.  When  the  brethren  of  the 
mystic  tie  have  wearied  themselves  in  working  on  the 
spiritual  temple  which  each  for  himself  is  building  up 
in  his  heart,  it  is  such  a  privilege  to  be  called  from 
labor  to  refreshment  where  the  cup  from  which  they 
drank  contains  something  stronger  than  pure,  cold 
water,  and  where  the  foolish  word  spoken  and  the 
silly  act  performed  is  understood  to  be  suh  roaa.  Ah! 
how  manj'  a  mother  has  sat  lonely  and  sad  keeping 
virgil  as  the  hours  of  the  night  slowly  wear  away, 
ever  and  anon  singing,  "  W'here  is  luy  bo}-  to-night?" 
little  di'eaming  that  he  is  in  the  banqueting  hall  of 
the  lodge,  where  wit  and  wine  freely  flow — where 
utterances  of  doubtful  propriet}'  fall  from  unsanctified 
lips,  and  where  no  wife,  mother  or  sister  is  present  to 
shame  into  silence  the  unseemly  jest  or  word  of 
double  meaning.  Sing,  patient  mother,  the  gong  has 
tolled  out  the  hour  of  low  twelve,  and  answers  your 
heart  breaking  question,  as  to  the  whereabouts  of  your 
boy.  He  is  dead — yes,  henceforth  dead  to  you.as  he 
personates  Hiram  Abiff  lying  in  his  festering  grave, 
as  you-  weep  you  kiK)w  not  why. 

Ola  the,  Ka7isas. 


WOMEN  AND  SECRETISM. 


PAPER  READ  AT  THE    KANSAS    STATE  CONVENTION    BY 
MRS.  J.   S.  COLLINS. 


Sisters,  we  are  or  should  be  interested  in  tliis  great 
moral  question.  On  its  solution  depends  the  destiny 
of  untold  numbers  of  the  human  family.  Much  de- 
pends on  how  we  act  our  part  in  this  great  drama  of 
life.  In  the  struggle  for  libertj'  in  this  country,  wo- 
man as  well  as  man  gave  her  money  and  influence  in 
freeing  the  land  from  British  rule.  Histoiy  points  to 
woman  as  doing  her  part  in  securing  republican  insti- 
tutions in  the  new  world.  And  so  on  down  to  the 
present,  women  have  labored  side  by  side  with  men 
in  advocacy  of  those  questions  which  affect  the  well 
being  of  society.  Especially  was  this  true  in  the 
anti-slavery  struggle,  women  braved  the  perils  ol"  war 
to  care  for  the  sick  and  dying.  They  inked  their 
pens  in  advancing  the  cause  of  liberty,  and  gave 
character  to  those  brave  men  whose  li\'es  were  sacri- 
ficed on  freedom's  altars.  None  suff'ered  more  than 
the}'  in  securing  the  precious  boon  which  ^wsterity 
to-day  enjoys. 

In  the  midst  of  all  they  have  to  lament  evils  oi 
which  they  little  dreamed  coming  in  Hke  a  mighty 
flood;  we  mean  intemperance  and  secretism.  These 
things  are  thi-eateniug  the  home,  the  church  and  the 
state.     A  few  3'ears  since  women  felt  constrained  to 


A,!^ 


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January  18,   1883 


THE  CHHISTIAlSr  CYNOSURE. 


make  a  public  protest  against  intemperance,  Tvhieh 
was  bringing  sorrow  and  miser}-  to  so  many  homes. 
This  crusade  so  mysterious  at  first,  has  opened  blind 
eyes,  and  women  all  over  the  land  are  coming  to  the 
light,  and  will  soon  be  free  as  God  makes  his  people 
free.  In  trying  to  save  the  youth  of  tiie  land  from 
intemperance,  they  found  an  enemy  of  whose  insidi- 
ous workings  we  have  heard  so  much  to-day.  They 
have  seen  with  some,  the  Christless  lodge  more  ven- 
erated than  the  church,  and  wcmien  carefully  exclud- 
ed from  its  proceedings.  They  see  sons  whom  they 
have  reared  taught  the  great  secrets  which  mothers 
are  not  permitted  to  know.  And  wherever  they  go, 
to  the  uttermost  bounds  of  civilization,  this  moloch  is 
set  up  which  they  worship.  Laws  which  are  to  l)e  a 
terror  to  evil  doers,  are  set  aside  to  screen  those  who 
l)elong  to  the  lodge.  «. 

Every  interest,  political  and  social,  is  in  jeopardy 
Ihrough  the  influence  of  this  anti-republican  institu- 
tion. Women  have  been  watching  with  fear  and 
trembling,  hardly  daring  to  lift  their  ^'oices,  however 
feebly,  against  its  approach.  This  monster  in^-ades 
the  sanctity  of  the  home,  gradually  alienating  those 
whom  (}<>d  has  joined  togethei-.  Fortunes  are  squan- 
dered I)}'  husbands  and  sons  in  the  lodge,  and  wives 
and  mothers  suffer  that  money  may  be  put  into  the 
coffers  to  keep  up  some  grand  worth}-  patriarch's 
family,  and  all  in  the  name  of  charity.  Women  are 
compelled  to  care  for  their  own  sick  and  dying  chil- 
dren, that  husbands  may  attend  lodge  and  have  a  good 
time.  Husbands  and  sons  have  learned  to  love  the 
cup  that  inebriates  through  the  banquets  given  by  the 
lodge,  while  to  outsiders  they  profess  to  be  the  friends 
.  of  sobriety. 

We  rejoice  in  the  advanced  public  sentiment  on 
this  subject. ,  Throughout  the  land  are  thousands  of 
women  watchiug  with  prayerful  interest  every  step 
we  take  in  exposing  this  evil  which  is  sapping  the 
very  foundation  of  society  and  threatening  the  body 
politic.  AA'omen  in  the  temperance  work  are  baffled 
on  every  hand  through  men  sworn  to  one  another  and 
thus  evading  the  laws.  Is  it  surprising  that  women 
have  grown  suspicious  of  that  of  which  every  woman 
is  kept  in  ignorance?  Shall  women  not  be  permitted 
to  lift  a  warning  voice. in  this  matter?  Shall  not  those 
belonging  to  the  secret  temperance  organization,  be 
enabled  to  break  off'  from  these  things,  believing  they 
give  encouragement  to  the  enemy  that  we  are  trying 
to  put  down. 

Let  all  branches  of  workers  for  humanity  come  to 
the  light  and  go  forth  as  openly  to  the  world  as  the 
crusade.  Then  (!od  will  smile  more  and  more  on  our 
efforts  and  w^e  will  have  victory.  Let  women  enter 
their  protests  against  the  lodge: 

1.  Because  it  imposes  a  sinful  oath  to  maintain — 
they  know  not  what. 

2.  Because  the  lodge,  by  interfering  with  the  near- 
est relations  of  life,  separates  those  whom  God  hath 
joined  together. 

3.  Because  the  lodge  is  more  venerated  than  the 
church. 

4.  Because  the  lodge  prevents  the  settlement  of  the 
question  of  temperance. 

5.  The  difficulty  of  enforcing  law  when  men  are 
sworn  to  protect  one  another. 


Here  is  a  new  idea.  It  was  given  to  us,  and  as 
freely  as  we  have  received,  so  we  give.  Mrs.  Hannah 
Whitall  Smith  g■i^'es  a  "hobby  party"  at  iiitervals,  in 
licr  elegant  Germantown  house.  She  gathers  in  a 
parlor  full  of  intelligent  people,  and  invites  represent- 
ative "Hobbyists"  to  l.)e  present  and  show  cause  why 
their  favorite  equine  should  take  the  first  prize.  Re- 
cently, Genera!  Armstrong  of  Hampton,  A^a.,  Joshua 
L.  Bailey  of  Philadelphia,  the  coffee-house  founder, 
1)]-.  Rhodes  the  Indian's  friend.  Prof  Cope  the  geolo- 
gist, and  Frances  E.  Willard  the  Home  Protectionist, 
were  among  the  equestrians  of  this  unique  exhibition. 
The  idea  is  commended,  wherever  practicable,  as  a 
more  rational  and  satisfactory  social  feature  than  the 
'•  regulation  "   stand   up   "  party  "    of  the   season. — 


All  that  can  possibly  be  expected  from  the  work- 
ing of  anj'  law  is  an  improvement  in  the  condition  of 
human  societj-.  The  man  who  expects  perfection 
from  any  piece  of  legislation  is  usually  a  lunatic.  The 
man  who  alleges  as  a  serious  objection  to  a  law  that 
it  will  not  produce  perfection,  ought  also  to  be  regard- 
ed as  meutalh'  unsound,  and  some  day  will  be.  One 
of  the  express  objects  of  the  United  States  Constitu- 
tion was  "  to  establish  justice."  That  it  has  not  es- 
tablished justice  is,  how-ever,  no  argument  against  its 
value.^ —  7  he  Nation . 


Many  a  true  heart  that  would  liave  come  back  like  a 
dove  to  the  ark,  after  its  first  transgTession,  lias  been 
frightened  beyond  recall  by  the  angTy  look  and  menace, 
the  taunt,  the  savage  charity,  of  an  unforgiving  spirit. 


REFORM  STORY. 


IIOLDEM  WITH  conns. 


A     SUNNY 


BY     THE     AUTHOR    OF    "  LITTLE    PEOPLE, 
LIKE,''    ETC. 
CHAPTER  XXXV.  (Continued.) — vox  poptjli,  vox  del 

"These  men  are  acting  on  their  own  responsibility  and 
not  in  accordance  with  their  obligations  as  Masons. 
While  I  utterlj-  denounce  the  conduct  of  the  sheriff  as  a 
most  base  betrayal  of  his  official  duty,  I  appeal  to  you, 
fellow  townsmen  and  citizens,  to  come  to  the  aid  of  tlie 
law,  and  allow  no  deed  of  violence  to  be  committed 
wliieh  will  only  obstruct  its  course.  Justice  shall  be  done. 
I  ask  your  help  in  ferreting  out  the  murderer,  and  when 
he  is  found  rest  assured  that  no  lodge  obligation,  real  or 
fancied,  shall  screen  hiin  from  the  punishment  he  de- 
serves." 

The  clear  ringing  voice  penetrated  to  the  fartliest  edge 
of  the  crowd.  The  speaker  himself  stood  in  fair  view, 
fiis  dark  eyes  glowing  like  coals  of  fire  under  the  full 
massive  brow,  his  pale  face  paler  by  contrast.  Everybody 
knew  him — Anson  Lovejoy,  Master  of  the  lodge. 

■  There  is  a  mighty  force  in  simple  sincerity.  Not  a  man 
in  that  excited  throng  abhorred  more  intensely  the  crime 
which  had  been  committed  than  did  he,  or  felt  a  more 
burning  desire  to  see  insulted  law  avenged  in  the  speedj' 
arrest  of  the  criminal.  And  when  he  threw  the  odium  of 
all  this  obstructing  of  justice  on  the  shoulders  of  individ- 
ual Masons  instead  of  the  lodge  itself,  there  w-ere  enough 
who  believed  him  in  the  face  of  their  ow^n  previous  con- 
victions, not  to  say  the  evidence  of  their  own  senses,  to 
make  a  perceptible  difference  in  the  attitude  of  the  crowd. 
A  more  calm  and  reasonable  spirit  was  succeeding  the  tu- 
multuous excitement  which  had  threatened  at  one  time  to 
end  in  mob  violence.  The  advocates  of  lynch  law  were 
silent,  and  under  the  reaction  thus  made  the  throng  slow-- 
ly  and  by  degrees  dispersed.- 

A  few  hours  later  I  was  at  home  attending  to  some  duty 
about  the  farm  when  Anson  Lovejoy  came  hurriedly  up, 
his  face  still  pale  but  settled  into  those  grave,  determined 
lines  which  sj^eak  the  man  whose  whole  soul  is  roused  to 
meet  a  crisis. 

"Mr.  Severns,  I  want  the  loan  of  your  fastest  horse.  I 
have  just  received  news  that  Jervish  has  left  his  hiding 
place  where  he  has  been  secreted  all  this  time,  and  hired  a 
man  by  the  name  of  Leach  to  take  him  across  the  river. 
This  Leach  is  a  poor  Avorthless  fellow  who  never  has  any 
money  and  is  therefore  easily  bribed." 

"What  will  Masons  tliink  of  your  action  in  this  matter?" 
I  said  as  I  threw  the  halter  over  the  neck  of  the  beautiful 
roan,  acknowledged  one  of  the  fastest  steeds  in  the  neigh- 
borhood, and  led  him  out.  Depend  upon  it,  your  part  in 
to-day's  affair  will  never  be  overlooked  or  forgiven  by  the 
lodge." 

"I  cai-e  not,"  he  answered,  "I  am  acting  up  to  my  Ma- 
sonic obligations  as  I  understand  them.  God  do  so  to  me 
and  more  also  if  I  knowingly  leave  a  single  stone  unturned 
that  is  hindering  the  way  of  justice." 

He  spoke  with  solemn,  almost  fierce  earnestness — then 
after  an  instant's  silence  added  in  his  usual  tone,  "While 
you  are  getting  the  horse  ready  I  will  speak  with  Mrs. 
Severns  a  moment,"  and  so  saying  he  stepped  quickly 
across  to  the  open  side  door  where  he  had  always  until 
now  met  with  the  ready  admittance  accorded  to  a  friend 
and  neighbor. 

What  he  was  going  to  say  to  Rachel  I  know  not,  for  he 
was  given  no  chance  to  say  it;  but  I  think  a  desire  to  have 
her  Grod  speed  in  the  task  to  which  he  had  set  himself 
prompted  the  action. 

Rachel  met  him  just  as  he  was  entering,  with  stern  face 
and  forbidding  gesture.  She  had  not  heard  his  conversa- 
tion with  me  or  very  likely  would  not  have  addressed  him 
exactly  as  she  did. 

"Not  a  step  farther.  No  murderer  or  companion  of 
murderers  crosses  my  threshold." 

"Mrs.  Severns!"  he  iexclaimed,  startled,  astonished. 

"I  mean,  what  I  say,"  she  answered  firmly.  "You  up- 
hold this  dark,  unclean  sy.stem  of  the  lodge  and  thus 
make  yourself  a  partaker  in  the  iimocent  blood  it  luis  slied. 
Go!" 

The  reader  must  excuse  Rachel,  unjust  as  she  was;  for 
her  very  soul  was  boiling  within  her,  and  this  passionate 
outburst  was  due  to  a  deeper  cause  than  the  common  feel- 
ing of  indignation  which  possessed  the  community  at 
large.  In  divine  faith  that  she  might  yet  redeem  to  vntue 
and  happiness  the  erring  soul  which  had  mistaken  a  cold, 
deceiving  mirage  for  the  waters  of  affection,  and  for 
whom  henceforth  society  would  have  no  use  but  to  cast 
out  and  trample  under  foot,  she  had  planned  and  labored 
as  only  a  Christian  woman  can.  And  this  was  the  terri- 
ble ending!     The    prey  for  which    she  had  wrestled  with 


Satan  had  been  basely,  cruelly  torn  out  of  her  hand,  and 
she  felt  something  of  the  fury  of  the  bereaved  lioness 
when  she  confronted  Anson  Lovejoy. 

"I  assure  yo\i,  Mrs.  Severns;"  he  began  again,  and 
again  she  interrupted  him,  though  this  time  her  voice  was 
a  trifle  softer,  her  manner  a  shade  gentler, 

"I  accuse  you  of  nothing  but  of  being  allied  to  such  a 
system.  And  that  is  enough.  Shall  a  man  take  fire  in 
his  bosom  and  not  be  burned?  No,  Mr.  Lovejoy,  no  ad- 
hering Mason  from  henceforth  receives  a  welcome  under 
my  roof."  ♦ 

And  she  turned  from  him  and  walked  away,  leaving  the 
victim  of  this  severe  castigation  to  recover  from  it  as  well 
as  he  could.  And  certainly  for  a  moment  Anson  Lovejoy 
looked  rather  dejected.  He  was  without  domestic  ties, 
his  wife  having  died  in  the  first  year  of  their  marriage; 
and  I  well  understood,  or  thought  I  did,  how  this  sudden 
closing  against  him  of  a  home  where  he  had  ahvays  ijeen 
a  M-elcome  guest,  dropping  in  at  any  time  when  bis  busi- 
ness permitted,  thus  seeming  to  find  some  faint,  shadowy 
compensation  for  his  owm  buried  joys,  would  natinally 
affc^'t  him. 

But  he  qiuckly  recovered  himself,  and  going  to  where 
the  horse  now  stood  in  readiness  leaped  into  the  saddle. 
As  he  did  so  I  took  occasion  to  say — 

"Raqhel  has  a  sharp  tongue,  but  her  heart  is  all  right. 
Some  time  she  will  see  that  she  has  done  you  injustice." 

"I  hope  so,  Mr.  Severns,"  he  answered.  "But" — and  he 
spoke  with  the  gi'ave,  slow  emphasis  of  one  recording  a 
vow — "if  MasonrjT  is  what  from  this  day's  work  I  have 
reason  to  fear  it  is,  and  I  remain  connected  with  it  an 
hour  longer  than  I  can  help,  I  shall  merit  the  severest  de- 
nunciations she  has  heaped  upon  me." 

And  he  rode  swiftly  away  to  join  the  pursuing  party 
which  had  halted  at  an  appointed  place  of  meeting,  and 
were  now  discussing  which  of  two  different  roads  the  fu- 
gitive had  probably  taken.  A  few  outsiders  had  gathered 
about,  among  them  the  sheriff,  who  seemed  to  take  an  ex- 
traordinary interest  in  the  settling  of  this  question  con- 
sidering his  previous  inactivity. 

"I  tell  you,  LoTejoy,  if  you  take  the  direction  of  Qui- 
paw  creek,  you'll  miss  it,"  he  said  excitedly.  "Jervish 
has  gone  more  south." 

"My  men  are  on  the  right  track;"  returned  Lovejoy 
composedly,  in  whose  mind  the  last  lingering  doubt  wheth- 
er he  was  really  taking  the  route  Jervish  had  gone  was 
now  dispelled,  by  the  sheriff's  evident  anxiety  to  have  him 
go  the  opposite  way. 

"But  I  tell  you,"  repeated  the  sheriff  in  still  more  ex- 
cited tones;  "a  man  told  me  not  more  than  an  horn-  ago 
that  he  had  met  him  and  Leach  on  the  road." 

This  piece  of  information  made  some  of  the  party  wa- 
ver but  had  no  effect  on  their  staunch  leader  who  issued 
his  command  to  set  off  at  once  in  the  direction  of  Quipaw 
creek,  at  which  the  sheriff  called  to  his  aid  considerable 
profanitjf,  not  necessary  to  repeat,  in  confirmation  of  what 
he  had  said,  jn'ovoking  from  one  of  the  number  as  the}- 
rode  away,  this  satirical  speech: 

"Set  the  fox  to  guard  the  hen  coop,  will  ye?  When  I 
do  that  I'll  take  advice  frbm  a  Mason.  If  you  knew  all 
this  about  JervLsh  an  hour  ago.  why  wau't  you  off  after 
him  instead  of  loafing  about  with  the  coroner's  warrant 
Ijdng  idle  in  j^our  pocket?" 

And  the  discomforted  sheriff,  who  had  certainly  striven 
heroically  to  fulfil  his  Masonic  obligations,  retired  amid 
more  hooting  and  jeering  than  was  quite  pleasant. 

Swiftly,  steadily  the  pursuers  pressed  on  and  before 
long  came  in  sight  of  a  common  farm  wagon  apparently 
loaded  with  meal  bags.  The  di'iver  of  the  wagon  was 
quickly  recognized  by  several  of  the  ]iarty  to  whom  he 
was  well  known,  as  the  man  who  had  undertaken  to  aid 
Jervish  in  his  flight.  But  Leach  sat  alone  on  .the  seat, 
driving.     Where  was  his  companion? 

An  order  from  Lovejoj-  to  search  the  wagon  soon  set- 
tled this  question.  The  vehicle  was  found  to  be  so  ar- 
ranged by  sticks  laid  across — the  seeming  meal  bags  which 
w-ere  in  reality  stirfifed  w-ith  hay  placed  on  these  and  high 
enough  from  the  floor  of  the  wagon  to  make  a  hiding 
place  for  the  miserable  Jervish,  who  was  now  ignomini- 
ously  dragged  therefrom,  and  Colonel  Montfort's  friend, 
the  elegant  man  of  society  spent  that  night  in  the  county 
jail  to  the  great  satisfaction  of  all  worthy  citizens  of 
Granby,  with  whom  now  that  the  chief  criminal  was 
caught  the  Anti-masonic  excitement  subsided  as  rapidly 
as  it  rose. 


The  mystery  of  the  Gospel,  as  distinguished  from  the 
Law,  consists  in  changing  the  order  of  two  words.  One 
saj-s,  "Do  and  live;"  the  other  says,  "Live  and  do." — 
Thos.  Adam. 

Pride  is  the  consciousness  of  what  one  is  without  con 
tempt  for  others. — Senac  de  Meilhan. 


THE  CHRISTIAlSr  CYNOSURE. 


Jantjakt  18,  1883 


THE  SERMON. 


DANGERS  WHICH  THREATEN  OUR  NATION. 

THANKSGIVING  SERMON,  PREACHED  BY  REV.    C.    N.  HOBART 

AT  THE    UNION  SERVICE  IN  GALENA  ST.  M.   E. 

CHURCH,  AURORA,  ILL. 

Se  Tiath  not  dealt  so  with,  any  nation. — Ps..  147 :  20. 

These  words  seem  hardly  more  appropriate  to  Israel  than 
to  our  own  nation.  Israel  enjoyed  God's  peculiar  favor — 
yet  Israel  fell.  We  have  esteemed  oui'selves  especially 
favored  of  God — shall  we  stand?  A  government  of  the 
people,  by  tlie  people  and  for  the  people  is  still  an  exijer- 
iment. 

As  upon  no  other  nation  of  earth  are  the  eyes  of  the 
world  resting  upon  this  United  States.  Eagerly  are  the 
millions  of  the  Old  World  scanning  us,  the  majority  with 
hope  and  jirayer  for  the  successful  issue  of  our  exjjcri- 
ment,  but  not  a  few  with  outspoken  prophecy  of  the  com- 
ing failure  of  our  governmental  life.  These  prophets  of 
ruin  say,  and  truly  we  admit,  that  a  single  century's  exist- 
ence is  not  sufficient  to  demonstrate  the  stability  of  a  na- 
tion, especially  if  during  that  time  she  has  well  nigh  per- 
ished from  a  civil  war  paralleled  by  few  in  the  hi.story  of 
civilization.  But  even  that  struggle  holds  augury  of  good, 
for  the  successful  issue  of  that  war  would  indicate  a 
strength  that  bears  at  least  large  promise  of  abiding  'per- 
manence. And  yet  in  spite  of  our  hope  and  faith  in  the 
stability  of  our  nation  there  are  dangers  that  threaten  us 
which  cannot  but  be  apparent  to  every  thoughtful  and 
observant  man.  To  know  these  dangers  and  to  guard 
against  them  is  the  part  of  wisdom.  A  sound  statesman- 
.ship  is  ever  on  the  alert  against  those  forces  which  threat- 
en injury  to  public  prosperity,  and  especially  is  it  called 
for  in  a  country  governed  as  is  ours.  Never  was  truer 
sentence  uttered  than  this:  "Eternal  vigilance  is  the  price 
of  liberty." 

While  I  would  not  be  thought  an  alarmist,  holding- 
faith  as  I  do  in  the  permanence  and  increasing  grandeur 
of  our  nation,  yet  it  cannot  be  inopportune  at  this  time  to 
point  out,  what  in  some  cases  may  be  but  germs  of  dan- 
ger, but  which  in  other  cases  even  now  seriously  threaten 
the  stability  and  prosperity  of  our  land.  Were  all  I  name 
only  incipient  germs  of  danger,  it  were  wiser  and  safer  to 
destroy  them  before  they  at  all  develop  or  bear  their  bitter 
fruit.  But  they  are  not  all  thus  inci^Jient.  Some  of  them 
even  now  have  develojDed  dangerous  strength,  and  already 
are  they  ruling  iron-handed  in  the  public  mart;  seriously 
tampering  with  State  and  National  legislation;  throttling 
Justice  in  her  sacred  halls;  turning  the  streams  of  public 
prosperity  from  their  legitimate  channels  to  float  the 
liarges  and  drive  the  mills  of  personal  avarice  and  greed. 
And  yet  though  these  things  be  true  we  will  not  lose  hope. 
I  have  faith  in  our  people,  that  seeing  these  evils  they  will 
rise  for  their  destruction;  moreover,  I  have  faith  in  God, 
that  he  has  purposes  of  good  toward  us,  and  that  he 
means  to  use  this  nation  for  the  uplifting  of  the  world. 

It  will  be  possible  in  the  brief  time  we  spend  together 
this  morning  to  examine  but  few  of  the  dangers  which 
threaten  us,  and  these  with  little  of  that  thoroughness 
which  their  importance  demands.  We  shall  confine  our- 
selves to  those  evils  which  of  late  have  by  no  means  oc- 
cupied the  public  attention  as  has  been  deserved,  passing 
by  not  a  few  against  which  it  were  well  that  we  be  on  our 
guard. 

This  Christian  assembly  will  not  be  surprised  that  I  call 
attention  first  of  all  to  an  evil  the  danger  of  which  is  too 
little  felt  and  especially  in  its  relation  to  our  national  per- 
manence.    It  is — 

INFIDELITY.  * 

He  has  read  to  little  jjurjiose  who  has  failed  to  learn 
that  infidelity  has  been  the  precursor  of  most  serious  dis- 
aster if  not  ultimate  ruin  in  eveiry  land  where  the  Scrip- 
tures have  been  known.  Loyalty  to  God  is  the  funda- 
mental pre-requisite  to  the  permanence  of  a  true  national 
life.  It  is  righteousness,  and  that  only,  which  really  ex- 
alteth  a  nation.  The  Jews  were  a  prosperous  people  so 
long  as  they  believed  and  obeyed  God,  but  infidelity 
wrought  their  ruin  and  scattered  them  like  chaff  among 
the  nations  of  the  earth.  It  is  true  this  danger  from  in- 
fidelity we  share  in  common  with  other  lands,  but  with 
our  form  of  government  the  danger  becomes  peculiarly 
threatening. 

With  us  the  people  is  sovereign,  and  none  will  govern 
well  who  has  no  sense  of  responsibility  to  a  higher  power. 
We  need  but  look  at  the  history  of  Prance  in  the  days 
when  the  people  ruled  to  see  to  what  complete  anarchy  an 
infidel  nation  can  come  in  its  attempts  at  self-govern- 
ment. 

Voltaire  is  a  name  that  has  come  to  be  almost  synony- 
mous with  infidelity,  and  "Voltaire,"  says  the  historian, 
"more  than  any  other  man,  was  the  father  of  the  French 
Revolution."  How  the  2)ages  of  the  j^ast  are  blotted  with 
many  a  fearful  record,  but  search  as  you  will  you  can 
find  no  page  stained  with  so  many  deeds  both  dark  and 
horrible  as  that  of  infidel  France  from  1787  to  1795.  The 
scene  during  a  portion  of  this  time  is  well  described  as  a 
"Reign  of  Terror."  Violence  was  triumphant  and  Death 
was  busy  at  his  awful  work.  The  great,  the  mean;  the 
king,  the  slave;  hoary  age  and  bright-eyed  youth;  crime- 
stained  manhood  and  children  innocent  of  thought  of 
wi'ong;  all  mingled  their  blood  in  one  common  stream 
whose  perjjetual  fountain  was  the  murderous  guillotine. 
The  jjcople  were  on  fire  with  a  frenzy.  Marat,  dwarf  of 
body  and  devil  of  soul,  was  demanding  the  blood  of  270,- 
OUO  citizens  of  France.  Carlyle  describes  one  scene  as 
follows:  "Carrier  has  got  to  Nantes;  his  guillotine  goes 
always.  Little  children  are  guillotined  and  aged  men. 
Swift  as  the  machine  is  it  will  not  serve;  the  headsman  and 
all  his  valets  sink,  worn  down  with  work."  Bring  on  the 
soldiers  then  and  fire  by  platoons,  the  work  is  speedier 
done  so,  and  easier — for  the  executioners! 


And  what  is  the  rallying  cry  of  this  "Reign  of  Terror?" 
"Republic,  one  and  indivisible;  Liberty,  Equality,  Frater- 
nity, or  death."  On  all  the  house-walls  you  will  find  the 
motto,  for  no  patriot  will  be  behind  another.  "O Liberty! 
Liberty!  how  many  crimes  are  committed  in  thy.  name! 
In  their  madness  against  everything  Christian  they  change 
the  calendar,  making  the  22nd  of  Sejjt.,  1792,  the  first  day 
of  year  1  of  the  Republic.  Over  the  entrance  of  their 
cemeteries  they  place  the  inscription,  "Here  is  Eternal 
Sleep."  The  Goddess  of  Eeason  is  set  uj)  in  their  tem- 
ples and  atheism  is  professed. 

O,  infidel  Voltaire!  "father  of  the  Revolution"  with  its 
"Reign  of  Terror"  and  its  deluge  of  death,  look  back 
upon  the  fair  fields  of  France  strined  with  the  blood  of 
thousands  of  her  children,  shed  in  the  name  of  Liberty, 
and  know  that  this  is  the  legitimate  fruitage  of  the  les- 
sons which  you  taught  her  while  you  lived! 

Have  we  reason  to  hope  that  infidelity  will  bear  better 
fruitage  today  and  in'the  land  we  love?  "Do  men  gath- 
er gTapes  of  thorns  or  figs  of  thistles?"  Pittsburg  and 
Chicago  in  1877  gave  hint  of  what  might  be  should  the 
atheistic  principles  of  the  mass  af  foreigners  obtain  a 
solid  foothold  here.  A  mob  of  infidel  communists  cry- 
ing "Bread  or  Blood,"  in  the  streets  of  Chicago  will  not 
be  so  easily  quelled  twenty  years  hence  as  it  was  that  day. 
It  is  an  admitted  fact  that  the  great  mass  of  the  Pittsbm-g 
and  Chicago  rioters  who  filled  those  cities  with  terror  on 
those  days  was  made  up  of  foreigners  and  Freethinkers. 
They  are  pom-ing  into  our  country  by  the  tens  of  thous- 
ands every  year;  their  principles  are  revolutionary  and 
subversive  of  all  good  government;  we  must  Clu'istianize 
them  or  they  will  ruin  us.* 

I  do  not  overrate  the  danger,  and  Christians  who  have 
the  interests  of  our  land  at  heart  may  well  use  their  ut- 
most effort  to  counteract  this  growing  evil.  If  it  is 
asked  if  this  be  the  necessary  result  of  infidelity?  We  re- 
l^ly,  the  facts  seem  unmistakably  to  indicate  it.  The  al- 
most universal  result  of  a  disbelief  in  the  authority  of 
the  Bible  is  to  greatly  weaken  if  not  destroy  the  sense  of 
personal  responsibility.  By  far  the  great  majority  of  the 
capital  crimes  and  suicides  of  our  country,  aside  perhaps 
from  those  committed  under  the  influence  of  liquor,  will 
be  found  to  have  been  perpeti'ated  by  rejecters  of  the 
authority  of  God's  word;  while  in  a  multitude  of  cases 
in  which  alcohol  has  been  nominally  the  cause  of  crime, 
careful  investigation  would  disclose  tliat  liquor  has  been 
used  to  nerve  to  an  act  already  decided  upon  and  as 
ground  of  defense  therefor.  Crime  is  the  legitimate  off- 
spring of  infidelity,  and  the  career  of  Frank  Rande,  the 
notorious  outlaw  and  murderer  who  made  his  boast  that 
he  \Vas  a  disciple  of  Ingersoll,  is  by  no  means  illegitimate 
fruitage  of  his  master's  teaching. 

I  name  another  source  of  danger, 

MONOPOLY. 

No  nation  can  be  truly  prosperous  Avith  its  wealth  in 
the  hands  of  the  few.  The  end  of  government  is  the 
welfare  of  the  people,  not  of  the  few  at  the  expense  of 
the  many,  but  of  all  just  so  far  as  j^ossible.  Many  things 
tend  to  the  unequal  distribution  of  j^rojierty,  as  lack  of 
thrift,  indolence,  misfortune,  and  we  need  perhaps  never 
l0(jk  for  its  perfectly  equal  distribution,  but  nothing  more 
certainly  tends  to  centralize  wealth  than  monopoly.  The 
factors,  "however,  which  tend  to  make  the  rich  richer  and 
the  poor  poorer  are  enough  without  the  aid  of  this. 
Time  was  when  the  world  believed  that  the  many  were 
made  to  serve  the  few,  but  that  day  has  passed  and  to- 
day's thought  is  that  "all  men  are  created  equal;  and  that 
life,  liberty  and  the  pursuit  of  happiness  are  inalienable 
rights  of  mankind.  Socialism  is  but  an  improper  ])rotest 
against  the  evil  of  which  we  now  speak.  It  will  always 
be  found  where  monopolies  are  strong.  One  of  the  great 
problems  with  which  the  world  is  wrestling  to  day  is  the 
proper  relation  of  capital  and  labor,  but  never  will  it  find 
practical  solution  till  the  rich  give  u])  the  idea  that  it  is 
their  privilege  to  amass  still  greater  fortune  at  the  expense 
of  the  poor.  The  Carpenter  of  Nazareth  enunciated  a 
principle  which  shall  ultimately  prove  the  death  blow  of 
this  evil  when  he  said,  "Thou  shalt  love  thy  neighbor  as 
thyself."  That  sentence  has  in  it  the  promise  of  large 
good  to  the  peoijle  of  the  earth. 

Notice  a  few  facts  with  regard  to  monopolies.  The 
American  Screw  Company  was  such  a  monopoly  as  ena- 
bled it  to  pay  its  secretary  a  salary  of  $30,000.00  per  year. 
Recently  a  trunk  railway  line  inaugurated  a  fierce  railroad 
war  on  the  alleged  ground  that  a  neighboring  road  had 
invaded  its  territory,  thus  indicating  a  desire  at  least  on 
the  part  of  three  railway  monopolies  to  parcel  out  the 
public  domain  for  private  ends,  as  was  Europe  in  the  old 
feudal  days.  The  receipts  of  competing  lines  are  pooled 
that  the  public  may  the  more  effectually  be  bled.  A  non- 
partizan  journal  of  PhiladeljAia  in  speaking  of  the  Penn- 
sylvania railway  says:  "A  powerful  corporation,  con- 
trolled by  such  a  policy  as  this,  naturally  seeks  to  control 
legislative  bodies  of    the  State  that  might  get  in  its  way. 

So  it  has  become   a  part   of  the  current  duty  of 

this  railway  management  to  manage  legislation  also,  and 
while  it  is  only  at  intervals  that  a  purchased  legislator 
names  his  price  and  deposits  his  purchase  money  in  the 
public  treasury,  this  open  step  has  just  now  been  taken  at 
Trenton,  and  in  such  a  manner   as  almost  to  establish  a 

regular  market-rate a    price   for  legislators  which 

might  be  quoted  on  the  stock  exchange."  I  may  say 
right  here  for  the  benefit  of  the  curious  that  the  price  per 
head  whicli  the  Pennsylvania  Co.  saw  fit  to  pay  for  New 
Jersey  legislators  was'  $500.  O  friends,  is  it  possible 
that  wi'  fall  lower,  when  our  representatives  not  only  sell 
themselves  to  monopolies,  but  allow  their  purchasers  to 
name  the  i)rice! 

The  completest  monopoly  in  the  United  States  is  the 
Standard   Oil  Co.,  which  was  organized  in  1868,  with  a 


*Read  the  revolutionary  words  of  Herr  Johann  Most  uttered 
boldly  in  Chicago  since  this  sermon  was  delivered. 


capital  of  $1,000,000.  "In  1880  in  twelve  years  only," 
— I  quote  from  Judge  Doolittle,  "it  divided,  in  profits, 
over  $10,000,000,  and  increased  its  capital  from  one  to 
twenty-five  millions.  It  now  holds  an  absolute  monopoly 
of  one  of  the  four  great  staples  of  export.  To  enable  it 
to  grasp  such  vast  sums,  and  to  break  down  all  its  com- 
petitors the  four  trunk-line  railways  from  West  to  East 
paid  back  to  it  in  rebates  on  transportation  $10,151,218.00. 
What  those  fom-  railway  kings  did  for  this  corporation 
they  can  do  for  another,  and  give  to  it  a  monopoly  of 
some  other  great  stajjle These  confederated  rail- 
roads not  only  tax  the  commerce  of  the  people  (all  it 
will  bear)  to  enrich  themselves  but  (as  has  already  been 
mentioned)  spend  large  sums  to  control  elections  and  to 
influence  legislation.  In  1868,  one  railway  alone  spent 
more  than  $1,000,000  for  that  purpose.  . '.  .  They  not 
only  seek  to  control  elections  and  judicial  appointments 
but  to  control  improperly  judicial  decisions.  A  pian  of 
standing  before  the  Committee  of  Commerce  at  Washing- 
ton, in  January,  1880,  said:  "He  heard  the  counsel  of 
one  great  railway  in  the  Supreme  Court  of  one  of  the  old 
thirteen  States  threaten  that  Court  with  the  displeasm-e  of 
his  clients  if  it  decided  against  them." 

Said  a  late  Secretary  of  the  Treasury:  "There  are  in 
this  country  four  men  who,  in  the  matter  of  taxation, 
possess  and  frequently  exercise  power  which  neither  Con- 
gress nor  any  State  Legislatui-e  would  dare  (?xpect — pow- 
ers which  if  exercised  in  Great  Britain,  would  shake  the 
throne  to  its  very  foundation:  These  men  may  at  any 
time,  and  for  any  reason  satisfactory  to  themselves,  by  a 
stroke  of  the  pen,  reduce  the  value  of  property  in  the 
United  States  by  hundj-eds  of  millions.  They  may,  at 
their  own  will  and  jileasure,  disarrange  and  embarrass 
business,  depress  one  city,  or  locality,  and  build  up  anoth- 
er; enrich  one  individual  and  ruin  his  competitors." 

Friends,  one  great  danger  that  threatens  us  today  is 
monopoly;  we  must  break  the  chains  with  which  it  is 
binding  us,  or  see  om'  country  ere  long  in  tlie  throes  of 
revolution. 

I  name  one  other  danger: 

SECRETISM. 

In  its  possibilities  for  evil  no  danger  could  be  named 
that  would  equal  this.  By  its  very  nature  and  foundation 
principles  it  does  its  work  in  the  dark.  This  one  fact  is 
presumptive  evidence  against  it.  It  was  the  world's  one 
'perfect  Man,  whose  testimony  respecting  himself  was,  "in 
secret  have  I  said  nothing,"  who  declared  that  "men 
loved  darkness  rather  than  light  because  their  deeds  were 
evil." 

Better  than  in  any  other  way  can  the  evils  and  dan- 
gers of  secretism  be  set  forth  by  bringing  before  you  a 
few  facts  which  bear  upon  the  subject. 

1.  Ku-kluxisni.  None  of  us  have  forgotten  the  terror- 
ism which  reigned  in  the  South  a  few  years  ago  through 
the  raiding  of  the  Ku  klux-klan.  Judge  Toiu'gee  has 
given  us  a  vivid  picture  of  the  workings  of  the  "secret 
em2-)ire"  in  his  very  readable  book,  "A  Fooi's  Errand." 
Banks  of  masked  men  raiding  the  country  at  midnight 
committing  deeds  of  cruelty  and  atrocity  worthy  of  fiends; 
cold-blooded  murders  of  negi'oes  and  whites  at  the  hands 
of  masked  midnight  assassins — the  picture  lit  up  hy  the 
lurid  glare  of  the  blazing  dwellings  of  the  unhappy  vic- 
tims— all  this  makes  a  page  of  history  the  full  horror  of 
which  only  the  judgment  day  can  reveal.  If  you  want 
sickening  detail  and  unquestioned  fact  read  Mrs.  Chis- 
holm's  statement,  or  "The  Invisible  Empire,"  a  reprint  of 
"A  Fool's  Errand"  with  justificatory  documents.  The  im- 
possibility to  secure  justice  and  the  conviction  of  criminals 
in  a  community  where  secretism  was  thus  regnant  is  onlj^ 
too  apparent.  We  had  thought  that  bands  cajiable  of 
such  atrocities  must  be  made  up  of  the  offscouring  of  the 
earth.  What  then  is  our  surprise  to  find  these  bands 
comprising  the  very  best  citizens  of  the  South;  members 
of  legislatures,  judges,  officers  of  the  law,  justices, sheriffs, 
and  private  citizens,  bound  together  by  oaths  of  secrecy 
to  defeat  the  ends  of  government  and  secure  their  personal 
ends  at  any  cost. 

I  need  but  name  Jesuitism  and  Nihilism  to  call  to  your 
minds  other  phases  of  secretism  which  have  seriously 
threatened  national  life.  But  I  should  be  doing  injustice 
both  to  my  audience  and  my  theme  did  I  neglect  to  speak 
of  an  institution  of  power  and  influence  in  our  land  and 
hence  of   peculiar  danger  to  our  national  life.^I  allude  to 

2.  Masonry.  I  am  aware  that  I  now  touch  upon  a 
theme  proscribed;  for  not  more  earnestly  in  the  old  anti- 
slavery  days  did  the  "Peculiar  Institution"  demand  "to  be 
let  alone"  than  does  Masonry  to-day.  Yet  if  it  be  what  is 
claimed  by  its  adherents  and  defenders,  talk  will  not 
harrass  it,  while  if  it  be  what  we  have  too  much 
reason  to  believe,  no  Clu-istian  pulpit  nor  true  citizen 
should  be  silent. 

Time  will  not  permit  me  to-day  to  say  all  that  I  wish 
upon  this  subject.  I  will  mention,  however,  a  few  rea- 
sons why  I  believe  Masonry  an  especially  dangerous  pow- 
er in  our. land. 

(a)  Its  past  history, — darkened  with  crime. 
In  1762  there  was  published  in  England  a  book  called 
"Jachin  andBoaz."  It  was  an  expose  of  Masonry.  Soon 
after  its  publication  its  author  was  found  murdered  on  the 
streets  of  London,  his  throat  cut  from  ear  to  ear.  The 
penalty  in  the  Entered  Ajjprentic's  oath  reads  as  follows: 
"Binding  myself  under  no  less  penalty  than  to  have  my 
throat  cut  across,  my  tongue  torn  out  by  the  roots,  my 
body  buried  in  the  rough  sand  of  the  sea  at  low-water 
mark,  where  the  tide  ebbs  and  flows  twice  in  twenty-four 
i  hours." 

I  In  the  year  1826  William  Morgan,  a  citizen  of  Batavia, 
i  N.  Y.,  was  kidnapjjed  from  his  home  by  Masons,  con- 
:  cealed  for  a  time  in  the  magazine  of  Fort  Niagara  and 
!  at  last  drowned  in  the  Niagara  River  by  Masons  de- 
I  tailed  for  the  purpose.  Masons  denied  these  facts  at  the 
'  time  and  denj'  them  now;  but  any  one  who  will  take  the 
;  trouble    to   examine  the    evidence,   which    is   easilv   ^b- 


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January  18,    1883 


THE  CHRISTIAN"  CYNOSURE. 


tained,  need  not  be  deceived.  The  details  of  Morgan's 
abduction  and  murder  are  tragic  and  heart-sickening  in 
the  extreme. 

Such  was  the  popular  excitement  created  bj'  the  mur- 
der that  many  thought  that  Masonry  had  received  its  death 
blow.  Thousands  of  Masons  renounced  the  institution  and 
many  lodges  fell  into  decay. 

In  1833  a  petition,  signed  by  about  fourteen  hundred 
citizens  of  the  State  of  Connecticut,  containing  charges 
against  Masonry  such  as  are  made  by  Anti-masons 
to-day,  was  presented  to  their  Legistature.  An  in- 
vestigation was  ordered  and  no  evidence  received 
except  such  as  would  be  admissible  in  a  court  of  law. 

The  charges  made  in  the  petition  were  sustained  and  by 
the  investigating  committee  jironounced  true. 

(b)  Masonry  has  a  tendency  to  defeat  the  ends  of  jus- 
tice. 

When  Morgan  was  murdered,  so  thoroughly  did  Ma- 
sonry hold  sway  that  it  was  impossible  to  secure  the  con- 
viction of  those  imi^licated  in  the  crime.  In  1851  Samuel 
L.  Keith,  a  Mason,  was  charged  with  the  murder  of  Ellen 
Slade.  He  was  guilty.  Masons  sought  to  help  him  to  es- 
cape. This  their  oaths,  if  they  were  Royal  Arch  Masons, 
required  them  to  do.  Judge  Daniel  H.  Whitney  was  at 
the  time  Worshipful  Master  of  the  Belvidere  lodge,  No. 
60,  and  did  what  he  could  to  Ijring  Keith  to  justice.  For 
so  doing  he  was  charged  with  unMasouic  conduct  and 
summoned  before  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Illinois.  His 
defence  was  made  in  Avriting  and  is  an  interesting  and  in- 
structive document.  His  experience  in  this  case  led  him 
to  renounce  Masonry,  In  his  letter  to  the  Grand  Lodge 
he  writes  as  follows: 

"  I  fhul  myself  associated,  as  a  Mason,  with  drunkards,  black- 
guards,   loafc.-s,    gamblers,    whoremasters,    and    murderers 

Disgusted  and  ashamed  of  such  associations,  two  years  ago  I  ap- 
plied for  a  demit,  which  was  granted." 

And  again, 

"  Brother  Hurlbert  then  and  there  lield  and  presented  to  the 
lodge,  views  of  the  duties  and  obhgations  of  Masons  to  each  other 
inculcating  principles  at  variance  with  individual  rights,  deroga- 
tory to  the  principles  of  morahty,  in  violation  of  the  laws  of  the 
land,  and  in  derogation  of  the  order  and  well  being  of  society ;  and 
calculated  to  jeopardize  the  rights,  property,  liberty,  character 
and  lives  of  those  who  are  not  of  the  fraternity  of  Free  and  Ac- 
cepted Masons— views  that  compelled  me  at  the  time  to  make 
Stephen  A.  Hurlbut  and  Simon  Bassett,  the  two  most  dangerous 
men  to  society  that  it  had  ever  been  my  misfortune  to  meet  with; 
and  their  subsequent  conduct  has  fully  jiislilicd  tliosc  fears;  and, 
what  is  worse  I  assure  3'ou,  M.  W.,  and  lirctliren,  1  have  since 
met  with  many  others  holding  the  same  dangerous  views." 

(c)  Masons  are  sworn  to  perseciite. 

The  oath  of  the  Thrice  Illustrious  Order  of  the  Cross 
reads  as  follows: 

"You  further  swear,  that,  should  you  know  another  to  violate 
any  essential  points  of  this  obligation,  you  will  use  your  most  de- 
cided endeavors,  tiy  Mie  blessing  of  God,  to  bring  such  person  to 
ttie  strictest  ;ni<I  most  eondi^cn  punishment  agreeable  to  the  rules 
and  usages  of  our  ancient  fraternity ;  and  this  by  pointing  him 
out  to  the  world  as  an  unworthy  vagabond ;  by  opposing  his  in- 
terest, by  deranging  his  business, during  his  whole  natural 

life.     (Bernard's  '■^Lighton  Maaonry^''''  p.  199,  Seventh  Ed.) 

Is  this  according  to  Christ's  teachings  ?  Yet  Masonry 
claims  to  have  nothing  contrary  to  the  spirit  of  Christian- 
ity! 

{d)  Masonry  has  a  tendency  to  dull  the  moral  sense. 

This  is  the  natural  effect  of  the  oaths  that  are  taken. 
Listen  to  an  extract  from  the  Royal  Arch  oath:  "Further- 
more do  I  promise  and  swear,  that  a  companion  Royal 
Arch  Mason's  secrets.  .  .  .shall  remain  as  secure  and  in- 
violable in  my  breast  as  his  own,  murder  and  treason 
not  excepted."  In  some  chapters  this  is  administered: 
"All  the  secrets  of  a  companion  without  exception.  "Does 
not  the  taking  of  such  an  oath  indicate  a  conscience 
terribly  blunted! 

I  find  the  following  in  the  Newark  correspondence  of 
the  Piano  News: 

"Rev.  J.  G.  Campbell  told  me  about  two  weeks  ago  that  it  was 
the  right  and  privilege  of  a  Freemason  to  evade,  equivocate,  or  in 
some  way  mislead  when  questioned  by  outsiders  as  to  his  Masonic 
members^hip,  because  it  may  not  be  pleasant  for  him,  among  ene- 
mies,to  acknowledge  his  real  position.  If  \\e  deny  to  an  outsider 
the  fact  of  our  being  a  Mason  we  simply  mean  we  are  not  a  Mason 
to  him." 

Now  when  a  Masonic  minister  of  the  Gospel  can  boldly 
avow  such  principles  am  I  not  right  in  affirming  that  Ma- 
sonry has  a  tendency  to  dull  the  moral  sense? 

*"*  *"*  *  #  *  * 

But  it  may  be  asked  if  Masonry  is  so  powerful  for  evil 
why  do  we  not  see  more  of  its  evil  effects'?  We  reply: 
For  the  very  reason  that  its  ends  are  accomplished  silent- 
ly. A  Mason  is  charged  with  crime — the  Masonic  sheriff 
simply  fails  to  secure  his  arrest  or  allows  him  to  escape; 
the  Masonic  judge  aids  him  covertly;  the  Masonic  jury 
finds  him  not  guilty,  or  the  Masonic  juror  fails  to  agTee. 
It  is  all  done  quietly;  no  stir,  no  bustle;  we  deplore  the 
failure  of  justice  and  go  our  way  helpless.  But  I  must 
close.  All  will  admit  that  Masonry  holds  large  possibili- 
ties of  evil.  Does  any  one  doubt  that  the  unscrupulous 
will  use  these  possibilities  for  their  selfish  ends? 

Infidelity,  monopoly,  secretism, — ^^  three  great  dan- 
gers to  our  nation.  We  must  destroy  them  or  they  will 
ruin  us. 

May  God  help  the  right!     Amen. 


" — The  whole  Lutheran  Church  in  America  has  reason 
to  mourn,  for  her  leading  theologian  has  been  taken  from 
her.  Dr.  Charles  Parteriield  Krauth,  Vice  President  of 
the  University  of  Pennsylvania  and  Professor  in  the 
Lutheran  Theological' Seminary  in  Philadelphia,  is  no 
more.  He  died  on  the  afternoon  of  Tuesday,  January, 
3nd,  at  the  age  of  fifty-nine.  His  health  had  been  im- 
paired for  years,  but  only  in  the  last  weeks  did  his 
friends  become  seriously  alarmed.  In  him  was  a  combi- 
nation of  real  genius,  and  indefatigable  industry  seldom 
found.  The  loss  is  doubly  hard  at  present,  as  the  Luth- 
eran Church  was  anxiously  waiting  from  his  pen  a  new 
life  of  Luther. 


New  England. 


THE  NEW  ENGLAND  BOARD  of  the  National  Christian  As- 
sociation has  its  headquarters  at  No.  8  Portland  St.,  Worcester, 
Mass.  A  full  supply  of  books  and  tracts  constantly  on  hand. 
Orders  promptly  filled.     Correspondence  solicited. 

E.  D.  Bailey,  N.  E.  Sec'y. 


BETTER  DROP  THE  SUBJECT. 

Worcester,  Mass.,  Jan.  Dth,  1883. 
I  cannot  do  better  service  than   to  copy  an  extract 
from  a   letter  just   received    from  Deacon  Increase 
Leadbetter.     He  says: 

I  have  read  the  fable  that  when  the  mountain  was  going 
to  briug  forth  and  as  the  multitude  were  gathered  to  see  some- 
thing magnificent,  a  mouse  came  creeping  forth.  The  Coiigrexja- 
limiatist  ut  Dec.  6th,  1883.  brings  forth  the  following:  "It  is 
hardly  worth  while  to  discuss,  after  so  long  an  interval,  whether 
the  Masons  killed  Morgan  or  not.  The  late  Mr.  Thurlow  Weed 
th(.niglit  they  did,  but  Major  Ben  Perley  Poore  thinks  the  Anti- 
masons  supported  Morgan  in  Smyrna  until  he  died.  Bet- 
ter   drop   the   subject." 

There  seems  to  be  something  out  of  joint  somewhere  that  Mr. 
Thurlow  Weed  and  Major  Ben  Perley  Poore  should  disagree,  but 
if  we  can't  understand  it  we  had  l)et'ter  drop  the  subject.  ^Vhen 
earth  shall  disclose  her  lilood  and  no  more  cover  her  slain,  these 
vilUflers  of  the  martyr  Morgan  will  wish  they  had  dropped  the 
subject  before  the  blood-stains  had  fastened  on  their  souls,  unless 
they  apply  the  blood  of  Jesus  Christ  to  wash  away  their  guilt. 

It  is  one  of  the  strange  things  that  such  a  p^er  as 
the  Congregational ist  should  dismiss  a  matter  of  such 
general  interest  with  a  fling  when  secitlar  and  rehgious 
papers  everj^where  are  giving  their  readers  the  bene- 
fit of  a  fair  discussion.  Has  the  close  proximity  of 
the  great  Masonic  temple  of  Boston  anything  to  do 
with  this  deliverance? 

The  Odd-fellows  who  was  recently  converted  in  one 
of  our  meetings  has  been  enabled  to  see  in  a  measure 
the  contrast  between  a  lodge  and  a  jDrayer-meeting. 
He  tells  me  the  lodge  of  which  he  was  a  member 
was  for  the  most  part  orderly  in  deportment,  but  the 
"boys"~came  together  "to  have  fun,  and  they  general- 
I3'  have  it."  He  says  he  has  attended  some  lodges 
where  the  members  would  spend  the  evening  in  the 
ante-room,' smoliing,  telling  vulgar  stories,  and  other- 
wise displaying  their  coarse  manners. 

Another  Odd-fellow,  who  has  his  eyes  partially 
opened  to  the  eials  of  the  order  and  who  is  a  regular 
attendant  at  one  of  our  services,  expresses  great  sur- 
prise at  the  selection  made  by  our  new  mayor  for 
city  marshall.  He  claims  that  the  man  is  an  Odd-fel- 
low and  perhaps  also  a  Mason.  He  says  the  mayor 
must  know  that  those  who  put  him  up  for  office  are 
opposed  to  secret  societies  and  this  movement  looks 
strange.  In  answer  to  my  inquiiy  tliis  man  said  that 
of  course  an  officer  would  favor  saloon-keepers  who 
were  members  of  the  same  order  with  himself. 

I  was  much  impressed  by  this  testimonj'.  K  it  be 
true  that  the  new  marshall  is  an  adhering  secretist, 
Mr.  Hildreth  has  made  a  mistake.  It  is  a  mistake 
wliieli  unsuspecting  men  are  easily  led  into,  for  they 
do  not  suspect  the  real  animus  of  the  lodges,  nor  do 
they  realize  the  snare  which  a  secret  oath  is  to  a  man 
[Xi  the  execution  of  civil  duties.  This  Odd-fellow  is 
clear-headed  enough  to  see  the  blunder.  I  hope  he  is 
mistaken  and  that  the  results  will  be  better  than  he 
predicts. 

A  gentleman  who  is  chiefly  instrumental  in  open- 
ing the  way  for  me  to  preach  in  Washburn  Hall  said 
to  me  to-day,  "you  cannot  realize  the  pressure  that  is 
brought  to  bear  upon  us  against  you.  Secret  society 
men  go  directly  to  the  members  of  our  church  and  en- 
deavor to  frighten  them,  and  set  them  against  you. ' 

The  same  fact  was  brought  to  my  notice  in  another 
way  by  a  young  man  who  detailed  to  me  a  conversa- 
tion with  a  secret  society  man.  It  is  plainly  the  pur- 
pose of  the  lodge  to  hedge  mj-  waj-  if  possible.  The 
tactics  employed  have  been  disclosed  to  me  recently 
and  the}^  wotild  be  amusing  if  they  were  not  too  se- 
rious. 

In  a  certain  place  there  are  six  or  eight  women 
whose  husbands  are  3Iasons  or  Odd-fellows.  The}' 
have  not  been  accustomed  to  go  to  church  or  take  anj- 
interest  in  religious  matters,  but  just  now  they  are 
seized  with  a  wonderfully  pious  spasm.  They  are 
poor  persecuted  creatures,  hungering  and  thirsting  for 
the  gospel,  but  unable  to  attend  church  because  an 
Anti -mason  iweaclies.  If  anybod}-  else  preached  they 
would  attend  church  and  j)ai/  liberally.  Of  course 
thej'  don't  wish  to  dictate  to  the  church  but  they/ecZ 
had  about;  it! 


While  this  mournful  talk  is  being  poured  into  the 
ears  of  confiding  wives,  another  set  of  Masons  are 
busy  making  up  stories  about  the  awful  things  I  have 
said  about  the  Masons — language  that  I  should  be 
shocked  to  use,  however  just  it  might  be. 

There  is  one  great  consolation  about  the  matter. 
There  are  sensible  people  who  can  see  through  tlie 
game.  I  was  j-esterday  drawn  into  conversation  with 
a  group  among  whom  was  one  Odd-feHow  and  an 
Odd-fellow's  wife.  The  Odd-fellow  confirmed  the 
information  I  g&\e  them  about  the  order,  while  the 
ladj'  whose  husband  was  an  Odd-fellow,  after  making 
many  inquiries,  confessed  that  she  did  not  want  her 
husband  to  have  an}'  more  to  do  with  them. 

E.  D.  Bailev. 


A  card  from  Elder  Barlow  with  the  characteristic  ring 
informs  us  that  he  still  speaks  for  the  truth. 

One  lodge  of  Odd-fellows  in  Worcester  has  accumulated 
$30,000  in  its  treasury,  and  another  $16,000. 

A  correspondent  inquires  if  Senator  Hoar  is  a  Mason. 
According  to  the  best  information  we  can  get  he  is  not. 
The  present  indications  point  to  his  defeat  in  his  candida- 
cy for  re  election,  although  some  predict  his  return  to  the 
Senate. 

Gov.  Benj.  F.  Butler's  inaugural  message  was  a  most 
racy  document,  full  of  new  projects,  some  good,  some 
bad.  His  arraignment  of  State  affairs  is  certainly  forcible 
if  not  altogether  accurate. 

Zephemiah  Graves  writes  for  a  new  supjjly  of  reform 
material,  enclosing  the  money.  He  has  traveled  a  con- 
siderable distance  with  his  old  horse,  "Mah -hah  bone." 
His  cable  tow  is,  he  says,  twenty  miles  long.  In  one 
church  where  tracts  were  placed  in  the  pews  an  old  dea- 
con stood  up  till  he  had  read  a  four-page  tract. 


OBITUARY. 


Mr.  Isaac  Preston  was  born  December  17,  1792,  and 
at  the  time  of  his  death  was  90  j'cars  and  18  days'  old. 
His  life  has  been  a  long  one,  far  beyond  the  ordinary.  He 
has  far  outlived  his  generation;  probably  no  one  living 
remembers  him  as  a  boy,  and  very  few  as  a  young  man; 
a  large  majority  of  his  living  acquaintances  knew  him 
only  as  an  old  man.  He  was  a  man  of  uncommon  physi- 
cal energy  and  endurance,  and  though  small  of  stature 
and  spare  of  flesh,  he  was  a  man  of  giant  constitution, 
indomitable  will,  and  an  energy  that  surmounted  all  ob- 
stacles and  overcome  all  barriers.  In  his  long  life  he  has 
safely  passed  through  dangers  and  accidents  that  would 
have  killed  any  ordinary  man.  Even  during  the  last  year 
of  his  life  when  he  was  feeble  and  his  health  far  from 
good,  his  friends  hearing  that  he  was  sick  in  bed  have 
gone  to  see  him  and  have  met  him  on  his  way  to  the  post- 
office;  and  such  was  his  energy  that  it  was  a  common  say- 
ing among  his  friends  that  Father  Preston  would  probably 
die  upon  the  street. 

He  was  also  a  man  of  far  more  than  ordinary  intellect; 
indeed  his  phj-sical  activity  was  due  not  to  a  strong  body, 
but  to  a  strong  mind.  His  judgment  was  sound,  his  con- 
scientiousness large  and  his  courage  invincible;  his  devo- 
tion to  what  he  considered  hisdutj'  and  the  right  was  such 
that  no  influence  could  turn  him  to  the  right  hand  nor  to 
the  left.  He  had  in  him  the  stuff  that  martyrs  are  made 
of,  and  would  have  laid  down  his  life  for  the  truth,  ^e 
was  a  man  of  positive  convictions,  and  upon  all  ques- 
tions had  a  mind  of  his  own.  His  conscientionsness 
prompted  him  to  take  an  extreme  view  upon  all  questions 
of  reform,  and  his  courage  and  devotion  to  what  he  felt 
to  be  the  truth  led  him  to  maintain  his  opinions  even  at 
times  with  a  show  of  severity  in  the  face  of  the  most  seri- 
ous opposition.  He  had  a  righteous  hatred  of  oppression 
and  was  an  honest  foe  to  every  form  of  vice.  He  was 
what  is  called  an  original  Abolitionist,  and  was  one  of 
the  first  to  enroll  himself  among  the  advocates  of  temper- 
ance. He  lived  in  Western  New  York  at  the  time  of  the 
Morgan  abduction,  and  from  that  hour  was  a  strong  Anti- 
mason,  and  during  the  best  part  of  his  life  he  battled 
against  all  forms  of  secret  societies.  Even  his  opponents 
will  bear  witness,  to  their  belief  in  his  honesty,  and  that 
his  views  were  the  result  of  his  conscientious  convictions 
of  dutj'. 

Father  Preston  was  married  at  the  age  of  23  to  a  young 
lady  of  rare  attainments  of  heart  and  of  mind.  They 
lived  together  as  husband  and  wife  for  67  years;  she  by 
her  gentle  firmness  exerting  an  influence  over  him  that 
was  beautiful  to  see.  Never  was  there  a  more  devoted 
husband,  never  was  there  a  truer  or  more  lovely  wife. 
He  almost  idolized  her,  and  when  a  year  ago  the  Lord 
called  her  home,  it  seemed  to  break  all  the  ties  that  bound 
him  to  the  citrth,  and  from  that  hour  his  decline  was  rapid. 

At  the  age  of  35  he  identified  himself  with  the  church 
of  Christ,  iind  was  an  active,  earnest  and  consistent  mem- 
ber of  the  church  until  his  death.  On  his  removing  from 
New  York  to  Illinois  he  presented  his  letter  with  his  wife's 
and  (laughter's  to  the  church  in  Lockport,  Nov.  28,  1839. 
In  the  spring  of  tlic  following  j'ear  he  removed,  taking 
his  letter  with  him,  and  returning  again  united  with  us  in 
I86.5,  since  which  time  he  has  resided  in  our  midst.  His 
love  for  God  and  the  church  was  sincere;  his  trust  iu 
Christ  as  his  Saviour  was  firm  and  undoubted;  and  he 
rests  now  in  jjeace.  What  a  comfort  to  his  dear  ones; 
what  a  joy  to  those  who  sorrow,  sorrow  not  as  those  who 
have  no  hope  but  because  they  will  miss  the  dear  one. 


6 


THE  CHRISTIAIY  CYNOSURE. 


January  18,  1883 


Correspondence. 


UNDENOMINA  TIONAL. 

This  word  is  not  my  own,  but  taken  from  the  heading 
of  an  article  in  the  Cynosure  of  Dec.  28th,  by  John  G. 
Fee.  The  word  is  not  found  in  Webster's  "Unabridged," 
nor  Worcester's  "Universal  and  Critical  Dictionary,"  nor 
do  I  know  of  any  dictionary  that  contains  it.  Certain  it 
is  that  no  place  should  be  found  for  it  in  English  litera- 
ture, for  whatever  a  church  believes,  and  no  matter  what, 
that  is  its  creed,  and  makes  it  denominational.  Every 
church  must  believe  something.  A  church  without  a 
creed  of  some  sort,  either  expressed  or  implied,  could  not 
exist,  and  thus  every  church  must  of  necessity  be  denom- 
inational until  the  time  comes  when  all  creeds  are  alike. 
However,  the  word  is  used  by  Bro.  Fee  in  reference  to  a 
certain  chxirch,  supposed  not  to  be  sectarian,  and  we  will 
use  it  in  the  sense-  indicated. 

The  drift  of  the  article  referred  to  above  seems  to  rest 
upon  this  premise:  that  all  churches  of  Christ  should  be 
called  simply,  "churches  of  Christ,"  in  order  to  be  "one 
body,"  and  the  writer  implies  that  he  and  five  followers 
formed  a  church  under  that  name,  and  he  adds,  as  if  the 
favor  of  Grod  was  thereby  shown,  "a  revival  ensued." 
Now,  if  revivals  were  common  only  among  churches  of 
this  description  then  that  f*t  would  have  its  due  weight, 
but  that  is  not  the  case.  Revivals  are  common  in  all 
working  churches.  Therefore  there  is  no  logical  force 
whatever  in  the  statement  that  a  revival  ensued. 

But,  they  called  themselves  a  church  of  Christ,  Very 
well,  if  they  were  truly  Christians  nobody  will  object  to 
their  taking  that  name  for  their  church.  It  is  nothing 
new  for  a  body  of  Christians  to  call  themselves  a  church 
of  Christ.  I  never  heard  of  a  church  that  did  not  claim 
to  be  a  church  of  Christ.  All  Christians,  the  world  over, 
call  their  church  organization  a  church  of  Christ,  and  have 
ever  done  so  since  the  time  of  Christ,  but  it  has  never 
made  the  church  one  body,  and  never  will.  Mind,  I  do 
not  fiay  the  church  of  God  is  not  now  in  some  sense  one 
body,  but  I  say  that  particular  name,  "Chuj'ch  of  Christ," 
did  not  make  it  so.  It  might  as  well  be  said  that  calling 
black,  white,  will  make  it  white.  Anti-christ  bears  that 
name  to-day,  but  he  is  none  the  less  Antichrist.  Knights 
Templar  adopt  it,  but  they  are  no  less  the  enemies  of 
Christ.  A  branch  of  the  Legislature  of  Rhode  Island 
is  called  the  "General  Assembly,"  a  biblical  name  as  truly 
as  church  of  Christ,  but  it  does  not  make  them  any  part 
of  the  body  of  Christ.  What  will  Christ  himself  say  to 
those  who  at  the  last  day  will  claim  to  have  prophesied  in 
his  name?  Will  he  tell  them  that  that  act  made  them  one 
with  him  and  his  people?  No,  he  will  say,  "I  never 
knew  you!"  Jesus  did  not  pray  for  his  people  to  be  sanc- 
tified through  his  name  but  through  the  iruth. 

Another  fallacy  of  Bro.  Fee's,  accidental  to  the  above, 
is  that  names  make  divisions.  Names  never  made  a  di- 
vision in  the  church  of  Christ  from  the  day  it  was  institu- 
ted till  the  present  time.  Principles,  true  or  false,  make 
divisions  in  the  church,  and  divisions  make  names.  I  call 
upon  Bro.  Fee  for  instances  to  the  contrary.  If  anything 
is  clear,  it  is  that  names  affect  nothing  either  for  or  against 
the  union  of  God's  people.  It  is  absurd  to  suppose  other- 
wise. 

But  while  Bro.  Fee's  church  ostensibly  ignored  a  party 
or  sect  name,  they  virtually  had  one  nevertheless.  If  any 
one  asks  a  Baptist  to  what  church  he  belongs,  he  will  an- 
swer in  full:  To  a  Baptist  church  of  Christ.  If  the 
same  question  is  asked  Bro.  Fee,  he  answers:  To  a  church 
of  Christ  which  believes  immersion  is  the  only  baptism 
commanded  by  Christ.  Now,  I  ask  any  one,  if  there  is 
any  difference  in  the  answers  except  that  the  Baptist's  is 
shorter  and  uses  the  name  of  the  doctrine,  while  Bro. 
Fee's  gives  a  concise  statement  of  the  doctrine  instead. 
In  this  he  and  the  Baptist  stand  on  precisely  the  same 
plane  in  regard  to  a  sect  name.  If  the  Baptist  has  a  sect 
name,  then  Bro.  F.  has  also.  If  one  church  is  sectarian, 
the  other  is  also.  So  that,  after  all,  Bro.  F's  undenomi- 
national church  is  no  more  undenominational  than  any 
other.  But  let  us  see  if  it  is  not  even  less  so  than  the 
great  majority. 

Having  disposed  of  Bro.  Fee's  premise,  I  will  push  his 
undenominationalism  a  little,  yet  with  all  fairness  and 
candor.  Bro.  Fee's  church  of  six  members  started  with  a 
creed  opposed  to  slavci-y.  That  was  right,  but  that  creed 
made  a  sectarian  church  of  it,  just  as  nmch  as  any  other 
creed  makes  a  sectarian  church.  Again,  Bro.  Fee  became 
convinced  that  bapiizo  meant  immerse,  and  nothing  else, 
and  agreeable  tbercio  he  was  ba])ti/,e(l  and  he  baptizoil 
others.  Right  again,  but  that  act  made  his  church  still 
more  sectarian,  for  thereby  it  was  arrayed  against  the  Ro- 
man Catholic  ordinin\ce  of  sprinkling.  Still  again,  be- 
lieving that  this  baptism  was  "what  the  Lord  commanded 


in  the  great  commission,"  he  yet  allows  honest  inquirers 
to  grope  in  the  dark  about  a  word  which  is  "a  tran.sfer- 
ance  with  an  English  termination"  which  they  must  blind- 
ly interpret  without  help  from  "partizan  teaching,"  and  if 
they  go  wrong,  he  receives  them  into  the  chiu-ch  just  the 
same,  whether  they  follow  "what  our  Lord  commands"  or 
the  commandments  of  men,  for,  says  he,  "questions  of 
interpretation  must  not  be  conditions  of  fellowship!" 
Without  exposing  the  gross  inconsistency  of  such  a  course, 
we  will  here  simply  remark  that  it  makes  the  church  in 
question  still  more  sectarian  for  it  brings  it  in  opposition 
to  the  Baptists  as  well  as  psedo-baptists. 

Now  it  is  evident  upon  its  face  that  Bro.  Fee  would  not 
unite  with  the  Baptists  because  of  their  rules  regarding 
communion,  and  as  a  test  for  his  action  on  this  point  I 
will  lay  down  this  principle  which  I  think  all  will  admit  to 
be  a  correct  one:  He  who  splits  from,  or  refuses  to  unite 
with,  a  body  of  Chirstians  far  a  Urn  cause  than  what  sep- 
arates that  body  of  Christians  from  others,  is  more  secta- 
rian than  they.  Now  baptism  is  the  initiatory  rite  to 
church  fellowship  and  is  the  prime  cause  of  separation  of 
the  Baptists  from  other  sects.  The  terms  of  communion 
depend  upon  and  are  subordinate  to  the  rile  of  baptism, 
and  is  altogether  an  inferior  question.  Bro.  Fee  refuses 
to  unite  with  the  Baptists  upon  this  inferior  question,  and 
therefore  he  is  more  sectarian  than  they  are. 

Once  mori'.  This  church  of  six  meniliers  believed  "that 
the  true  children  of  God,  the  Christians  of  the  locality, 
ought  to  constitute  the  one  church  of  that  locality,"  and 
forthwith  they  separate  from  one  church  and  forfn  another! 
This  is  amazing.  What  does  Bro.  F.  mean  to  say?  Will 
he  say  that  the  six  members  of  his  church  were  all  the 
Christians  in  the  locality,  and  that  the  church  of  New 
School  Presbyterians,  out  of  which  these  six  came,  we* 
not  Christians?  Yes,  this  is  just  what  he  says,  "apostate 
from  the  faith."  This  is  sectarianism  intensified.  "Who 
art  thou  that  judgest  the  servant  of  another?  To  his  own 
lord  he  standeth  or  falleth."     Rom.  14:  4. 

Finally.  We  have  had,  from  time  to  time,  many  theo- 
ries regarding  undenominationalism,  whatever  is  meant 
by  it,  but  one  good  example  would  be  worth  more  than  a 
thousand  theories.  Bro.  Fee  has  made  a  move  in  the 
right  direction  in  submitting  his  undenominational  church 
for  our  insjjection,  but  unfortunately,  that  church,  when 
put  to  the  test,  fails  at  every  point,  I  have  shown  it  to 
be  most  intensely  sectarian,  and  now  I  call  upon  Bro.  Fee 
to  point  out  any  flaw  in  my  showing. 

Albert  M.  Paull. 

Note. — The  publication  of  an  historical  sketch  of  a 
nobly-conceived  movement  in  Kentucky,  from  the  pen  of 
John  G.  Fee,  would  not  seem  to  need  refutation;  but  Bro. 
Paull,  who  "is  a  l)rother  beloved  for  his  work's  sake"  is 
otherwise  minded,  and  his  letter  ai)pears.  He  is  a  man  of 
convictions  and  maintains  them  so  earnestly  that  he  does 
not  always  see  whither  his  argument  takes  him.  Thus, 
to  follow  the  reasoning,  would  result  in  making 
every  individual  a  denomination  by  himself,  or  there 
would  be  no  denominations;  which  is  a  logical  absurd- 
ity.— Ed. 


THE  WRANGLING  TWINS. 

Bloomington,  111.,  Jan.  8th,  1883. 

Editor  Cynosure. — The  Rev.  J.  G.White,  the  Apostle 
of  Protestantism  vs  Popery,  has  created  a  sensation  here 
by  promulgating  a  book,  entitled  "The  Secrets  of  Auricu- 
lar Confession  exposed;  by  Homo."  To  say  that  these 
secrets  arc  obscene  is  altogether  too  mild.  They  are  filthy 
to  the  last  degree.  A  Hottentot  or  Digger  Indian  would 
blush  at.  such  a  discourse,  and  a  wooden  Indian  tobacco 
sign  should  be  too  modest  to  give  ear  to  such  stuff.  The 
book  seems  to  be  well  authenticated,  giving  book,  chap- 
ter and  page  of  accredited  Catholic  authorities.  Quoting 
the  Latin  and  giving  the  translation  from  the  standard 
theological  works  of  the  Romish  church.  In  his  preface 
the  author  says  the  people  are  asking,  "Is  it  possible  that 
such  books  are  now  secretly  circulated  in  our  midst  as  a 
guide  to  the  Romish  Clergy."  Then  follows  a  long  list 
of  authorities  which  seem  to  make  the  thing  incontrovert- 
ible. He  maintains  that  these  are  a  prolific  source  of 
gross  licentiousness,  and  claims  that  something  should  l)e 
done  to  arrest  the  flood  tide  of  sin.  He  says  that  after 
mcuh  thought  he  has  come  to  the  conclusion  that  the 
only  effectual  method  of  suppressing  the  system  is  to 
expose  it. 

The  book  l)egins  with  the  Pope's  bull  or  curse.  This 
sounds  like  the  ravings  of  a  maniac;  sending  its  spite 
like  a  charge  of  duck  shot  to  every  part  and  parcel  of 
his  victim,  wliethei-  the  parts  are  comely  or  uncomely. 
Next  follows  the  bishop's  and  priest's  oaths  taken  at  con- 
secration. These  oaths  in  addition  to  swearing  away  all 
their  future  right  of  ojiiniou  or  action,  bind  them  to  per 
secutG   and  destroy   all  opposed  to   the^Roman '[church. 


They  are  also  bound  not  to  be  in  any  council  which  shall 
plot  against  her,  but  to  hinder  it  all  they  can.  They  af- 
firm that  she  is  the  head  and  matron  above  all  the  pre- 
tended churches  throughout  the  whole  earth.  The  Jes- 
uit's oath  expressly  renounces  and  disowns  all  allegiance 
as  due  to  any  heretical  governments  or  to  any  of  their 
inferior  magistrates  or  officers.  They  swear  to  keep 
secret  or  private  all  the  agent's  counsels  of  the  church 
and  will  not  divulge  them  directly  or  indirectly.  Bom- 
bastic titles  abound  and  unquestioning  obedience  and 
severity  promised  to  all  commands  and  wishes  of  all  the 
grandiloquent  superiors.  In  the  directions  about  Auricu- 
lar confession,  provision  is  made  for  committing  perjury 
with  impunity,  and  a  convenient  mental  reservation  re- 
moves all  the  guilt  of  lying  in  all  cases  where  the  interests 
of  the  church  are  at  stake.  In  the  specific  directions  for 
conducting  confessions  in  regard  to  sexual  matters  are 
given  things  too  indecent  to  be  put  in  prmt  anywhere. 

He  charges  that  Romanism  is  a  chronic  rebellion  in  our 
midst,  and  loudly, calls  for  the  suppression  of  the  secret 
confessional  by  Law.  That  the  ascendency  of  Popery  to 
power  would  be  the  death  knell  of  religious  liberty  in 
our  land,  and  that  political  freedom  must  soon  follow  in 
its  wake. 

Mr.  White  has  just  answered  to  one  indictment  in  our 
covu't  for  circulating  obscene  literature,  and  I  believe  he 
is  now  under  another  indictment  for  the  same  offence. 
No  denial  of  the  truth  of  the  charge,  but  he  is  prosecuted 
simply  for  circulating  the  obscene  literature.  He  is  full 
of  indignation  at  this,  and  claims  (with  justice  we  think) 
that  he  is  contending  in  the  interests  of  religious  liberty 
and  public  morals,  for  political  liberty  and  all  that  is 
good  and  desirable  in  om-  beloved  land.  He  is  enlisted 
for  the  war  and  I  understand,  if  need  be,  he  is  prepared 
to  appeal  to  what  he  calls  the  Beecher  Bible,  viz..  Pistol. 
On  his  trial  under  the  late  indictment  he  put  the  Catholic 
priest  of  this  place  on  the  stand,  and  put  in  his  hand  a 
copy  of  Peter  Dens'  Moral  Theology.  He  was  asked  if 
that  was  a  Catholic  book.  He  replied  that  he  did  not 
know.  Since  this  author  is  so  high  authority  in  the  Cath 
olic  colleges,  it  looks  as  though  this  "holy  father"  had 
learned  to  "keep  his  jewel"  in  Masonic  style.  We  under- 
stand that  he  acknowledges  the  l)ook  in  private  and  says 
that  he  has  it  in  his  library.  This  author  furnishes  most 
of  the  disgusting  material  under  consideration. — So  much 
for  twin  number  one. 

Now  it  is  not  necessary  to  remind  the  readers  of  the 
Cynosure  that  there  are  no  charges  made  against  popery 
which  are  not  equally  good  against  its  quarrelsome  twin. 
Masonry. 

Is  the  one  a  secret  empire  in  our  midst?  a  chiouic  re- 
bellion? so  is  the  other.  Has  the  one  extra-judicial  oaths 
enforced  by  hiu'rid  im))recations?  so  has  the  other.  Is  the 
one  indecent  in  its  ceremonies?  so  is  the  other.  Is  the  one 
a  false  religion?  so  is  the  other.  Each  claims  to  be  able 
lo  carry  its  votaries  to  heaven.  Does  one  claim  great  an- 
tiquity? so  does  the  other.  Does  one  claim  suf>renie  au- 
thority and  to  absolve  its  subjects  from  all  other  allegi- 
ance? so  does  the  other.  Does  the  one  deal  in  great, 
high-sounding  titles  and  seek  to  impress  hy  tawdy  tinsel 
and  glitter,  with  bombastic  pretensions?  so  does  the 
other.  Does  the  one  raise  the  criminal  cry  of  "let  me 
alone"  as  did  the  devil  in  Christ's  time?  so  does  the  other. 
In  fact;  the  personal  likeness  is  greater  than  that  of  broth- 
ers, they  are  indeed  as  we  have  already  characterized 
them  TWINS. 

We  fear  it  will  detract  somewhat  from  the  glory  of  Mr. 
White's  crusade  when  we  say  that  we  are  informed  lu^  is 
a  Mason  in  high  authority;  that  in  opposing  one  of  the 
twins  he  has  espoused  the  other;  that  the  lively  tilt  he 
is  giving  priestcraft  is  but  a  family  quarrel — twin  Ma- 
sonry vs.  twin  popery.  Both  claim  higiiest  authority  on 
earth.  jSIutual  jealousy  is  a  fruitful  source  of  discord.  In 
all  such  family  quarrels  third  parties  are  apt  to  hear 
much  about  both  sides  which  they  would  not  tell  under 
ordinary  circumstances.  Thus  our  priest  said  in  a  iiublic 
discourse  that  Masonry  obstructed  pul)lic  justice  aiid  tiu' 
reason  so  many  more  Catholics  are  executed  than  others 
is  that  they  do  not  enjoy  the  imnumities  of  Masons. 

All  the  evils  predicted  by  Mr.  White  on  the  acces- 
sion of  popery  to  power  in  this  country  are  equally  sure 
to  come  in  the  wake  of  universal  Jlasoury.  Public  opin- 
ion is  svu'c  to  reap  a  benefit  from  this  crimination  and 
recrimination.  We  say,  go  on  gentlemen;  unburden  your 
minds  fully.  The  })ublic  has  sus])ccted  your  inwardness 
long  ago.  We  congratulate  Mr.  White  on  his  discovery 
that  "exposing"  their  nasty  inwardness  to  the  light  will 
kill  it.  Our  Anti-masonic  speakers  have  discovered  this 
long  ago  and  are  proceeding  to  use  it  ^ra  the  other  twin 
while  he  has  the  first  one  in  hand.  But  those  outside  of 
this  contest  remembering  the  fable  of  the  Hawk  the  Kite 
and  the  Dove-cot,  will  be  slow  to  call  in  the  Masonic 
hawk  to  defend  them  from  the  Catholic  kite.  They  arc 
both  birds  for  which  the  dove-cot  has  no  use.  The  com- 
munity stands  by  with  great  complacency  while  the 
hawk  and  kite  destroy  one  another. 

Yours  rcspectfidly. 

Looker  On^ 


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January  18,  1883 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSUBE. 


OUT  BOOR  WORK. 
NO  TES. 

Cruelty  to  animals  is  th(^  crime  of  cow 
arris. 

Twenty-nine  per  cent  of  the  entire 
acreage  in  clover  in  Michigan  is  reported 
winter  killed. 

Hollan<l  dairymen  are  shipping  their 
hiitter  to  New  York,  and  selling  it  as  high 
as  the  Ijcst  Elgin  or  Iowa  creamery. 
'  The  dairy  interests  of  Illinois,  Iowa  and 
Wisconsin  have  increased  (i(j  per  cent, 
during  the  past  ten  years,  while  the 
■increase  in  New  York  has  been  but  (j  per 
cent. 

During    the    past    twelve    years     i.'9. 
859  head  of  Short  Horn  cattle    have  been 
sold  in  the  United  States  and  Canada.  The 
aggi-egate  of  the  sales  was  $8,268,576,  an 
average  of  nearly  $277  per  head. 

It  is  said  that  clover  seed  weighing 
sixty  pounds  to  the  bushel,  and  selling 
for  $5,  is  largely  adulterated  this  spring 
with  seed  of  Hungarian  grass  weighing 
forty-six  pounds  and  worth  one  dollar  per 
bushel.   ■ 

A  New  Jersey  farmer  set  an  old  straw 
stack  on  fire  to  siare  out  a  fox,  and  three 
tramps  crawled  out  of  the  .smoke  and 
upbraidi^d  him  for  his  carele.ssness  in  not 
first  jabbing  around  wilh  a  pitchfork 
to  see  if  any  one  was  there.  The  fox  got 
away. 

Boyer  &  Chi]:)man,  at  liincoln.  Neb., 
recently  slaughtered  the  largest  cow  on 
the  record  of  Nebraska  bovine  history. 
She  was  a  native  of  Colorado,  about  7 
years  old,  pure  white  in  color,  and  stood 
six  feet  four  inches  high,  being  well  pro 
portioned.  She  weighed  2,450  pounds 
alive,  and  netted  1,400  pounds  of  tine 
beef.  Her  hide  weighed  160  pounds  and 
was  the  largest  bought  in  Nebraska  by  the 
firm  to  which  it  was  sold. 

Medical  men  have  always  differed  as  to 
whether  the  best  medical  treatment  of  "fro- 
zen persons  was  by  a  gradual  or  by  a 
rapid  application  of  heat.  "To  settle  the 
matter,"  says  Knmdedge,  "Laptchinski 
has  made  a  series  of  very  careful  experi- 
ments upon  dogs  with  the  following  re- 
sults: Of  twenty  animals  treated  by  the 
method  of  gradual  resuscitation  in  a  cold 
room,  fourteen  perished:  of  twenty  placed 
at  once  in  a  warm  apartment,  eight,  died; 
while  of  twenty  immediately  put  into  a 
hot  bath,  all  recovered."  These  experi- 
ments will  probaWv  influence  the  practice 
of  medical  men  in  Russia  and  Northern 
Europe,  where  the  question  of  the  best 
means  of  restoring  animation  in  persons 
suffering  from  excessive  cold  is  of  fre- 
quent occurrence  every  winter. 


HA  VE  A  PLAN  IN  FARMING. 

The  great  fault  with  American  farmers 
is  a  constant  desire  for  a  change.  The 
farm  is  rarely  thought  of  as  the  home 
which  the  children  are  to  occupy  durfng 
a  life-time,  and  then  leave  to  their  heirs. 
There  is  too  much  changing  with  the 
crops — first  one  thing  and  then  another, 
the  result  of  which  is  a  shifting  that  is 
profitless.  For  a  few  years  it  may  be  that 
sheep-raising  is  the  leading  feature  of  the 
farm,  soon  to  be  followed  by  rearing  a 
breed  of  cattle,  or  cidtivating  hops,  to- 
bacco, or  even  rhubarb.  The  general 
management  of  a  farm  should  be  ])lanned 
once  for  all,  it  only  being  subject  to  those 
changes  that  an  improvement  in  agricul- 
tural methods  suggest.  The  work  of  a 
farm  should  go  on  regularly  from  year  to 
year,  so  that  even  in  mid-winter  the  farm- 
er may  make  his  arrangements,  and  com- 
plete his  scheme  of  work  for  the  whole 
season.  The  man  who  is  trying  to  sell  his 
farm,  has  his  heart  in  some  other  locality 
or  business,  and  who  is  ready  to  devote 
his  energies  to  some  new  crop  or  method, 
is  seldom  on  the  highway  to  success.  It 
is  well  to  try  that  which  is  new,  but  not 
by  giving  up  the  old  and  well-tried  meth- 
ods.— American  Agriculturist  for  Jan. 


TRAINING   VICIOUS  HORSES. 

A  new  and  very  simple  method  of 
training  vicious  horses  was  exhibited  in 
West  Philadelphia  recently,  and  the  man- 
ner in  which  some  of  the  wildest  horses 
were  subdued  was  astonishing.  The  first 
trial  was  that  of  a  kicking  or  "bucking" 
mare,  which  her  owner  said  had  allowed 
no  rider  on  hei'  back  for  a  period  of  at 
least  five  yeiirS;  She  became  tame  in 
ftbottt  as  many  rainutes,  atid  allowed  her- 


self to  be  ridden  about  without  a  sign  of 
her  former  wildne.ss.  The  means  by 
which  the  result  was  accom|)lished  was  by 
a  piece  of  light  ro|ie  which  w»s  passed 
around  the  front  jaw  of  the  mare  just 
above  the  u|)])er  teeth,  crossed  in  her 
mtnith  and  thence  secured  back  of  her 
neck.  It  was  claimed  that  no  hi)rse  will 
kick  or  jump  when  thus  secured,  and  that 
a  horse  after  receiving  the  treatment  a 
few  times,  will  abandon  his  vicious  ways 
forever.  A  very  simjjle  method  was  also 
shown  by  which  a  kicking  horse  coidd  l)e 
shod.  [I  consisted  in  connecting  the  an- 
imal's head  and  tail  by  means  of  a  rope 
fastened  to  the  tail  and  then  to  the  bit, 
and  then  drawn  tightly  enough  to  incline 
the  animal's  head  to  one  side.  This,  it  is 
claimed  makes  it  atisolutcly  impossible  for 
the  horse  to  kick  on  the  side  of  the  ro})e. 
At  the  same  exhibition  a  horse  which  for 
many  years  had  to  be  hound  on  the 
ground  to  be  shod  suffered  the  Idacksmith 
to  operate  on  him  without  attempting  to 
kick  while  seciu-ed  in  the  manner  de- 
scribed.—  Ohio  Former. 


WHY   SOME    FARMERS 
SUCCEED. 


DO    NOT 


The  Southern  Farmers'  Alonthhj  gives 
the  following  reasons  why  some  farmers 
do  not  succeed: 

They  are  not  active  and  industrious. 

They  are  slothful  in  everything. 

They    do   not  keep   up  with    improve 
ments 

They  are  wedded  to  old  methods. 

They  give  no  attention  to  details. 

They  think  .small  things  not  imjiortant. 

They  take  no  pleasure  in  their  work. 

They  regard  labor  as  a  misfortune. 

They  weigh  and  measure  .stingily. 

They  are  wasteful  and  improvident. 

They  let  their  gates  sag  and  fall  down. 

They  let  their  fowls  roost  in  the  trees. 

They  have  no  shelter  for  stock. 

They  do  not  curry  their  horses. 

They  leave  their  plows  in  the  field. 

They  hang  the  harness  in  the  chist. 

They  put  off  greasing  the  wagon. 

They  starve  the  calf  and  milk  the  cow . 

They  don't  know  the  best  is  the  cheap- 
est. 

They  have  no  method  or  system. 

They  see  no  good  in  a  new  thing. 

They  never  use  paint  on  the  farm. 

They  prop  the  barn  door  with  a  rail. 

They  milk  the  cows  late  in  the  day. 

They  have  no  time  to  do  things  well. 

They  do  not  read  the  newspapers  and 
books. 


"Whether  a  man  is  well  supplied  with 
sugar  is  a  matter  which  concerns  himself 
alone.  But  whether  he  is  well  supjilicd 
with  instruction  is  a  matter  which  con- 
cerns his  neighbors  and  the  State.  If  he 
cannot  afford  to  pay  for  sugar,  he  must 
go  without  sugar.  But  it  is  by  no  means 
fit  that,  because  he  cannot  aitord  to  pay 
for  education,  he  should  go  without  edu- 
cation."— Macaulay. 


ANTI-MA  SONIC  LECTURERS. 

General  Agent  and  Lecturer,  J.  P. 
Stoddard,  221  West  Madison  street,  Chi- 
cago. 

Agents  for  the  South;  H.  H.  Hinman, 
Wheaton,  111.,  and  Paul  S.  Fecnister, 
Pearlette  Kans. 

E.  D.  Bailey,  Worcester,  Mass.,  Agent 
for  New  England. 

DECiREE  Workers. — [Seceders.] 

D.  P.  Rathbun,  Clarence,  Iowa. 
S.  E.  Starry,  Clarence,  Iowa. 
Jas.  Furguson, 

J.  K.  Glassford,  Carthage,  Mo. 

State  Lecturers. 
California,' D.  A.  Richards,   Woodland. 
Conn.,  J.  L.  Barlow  of  Willimantic. 
Indiana,  S.  L.  Cook  of  Albion. 
Iowa,  D.  P.  Rathbmi,  Clarence. 
Robert  J.  Williams,  Winnebago  City. 
Missouri,  M.  N.  Butler  of  Albany. 
Wisconsin,  Isaac  Bancroft,  Monroe. 

Other  Lecturers. 
C.  A.  Blauchard,  Wheaton.  111. 
N.  Callender,  Thompson,  Pa. 
J.  H.  Tinimons,  Tarentum,  Pa. 
J.  H.  Baird,  Templeton,  Pa. 
T.  B.  McCormick,  Princeton,  Ind. 

E.  Johnson,  Dayton,  Ind. 

J.  M.  Bishop,  Chambersburg,  Pa. 
A.  Mayn,  Promise  City,  Mich. 
J.  B.  Cressinger,  SulliVan,  O. 
W.  M.  Love,  Baker,  Mo. 
A.  D.  Freeman,  Downers  Grove,  HI. 
.1.  P.  Richards,  Belmont.  Wis. 
E.  Mathews,' Spring  Arbor,  Midi. 
Wm.  Fentoii,  St  Paul,  Minn. 
E.  I.  Griunell,  Blairsburg,  Iowa. 
Warren  Taylor,  South  Salem,  O. 
J-  S,  Perrv,\Tbotnpson,  Conn. 
C.  F;  Hawley,  Wheaton,  lib 


.1.  T.  Michael,  New  Wilmington,  Pa. 
Prof.  S.  C.  Kimball,  NewJMarket.  N.  H. 
Elder  L.  H.  Buf  kins,  Seranton,  b)wa. 
S.  G. 'Barton.  Breckinridge,  Mo. 
Joel  H.  Austin,  Goshen.  Ind. 

D.  B.  Turney,  Bird  Station,  111. 
.1.  F.  Browne,  Cabin  Creek,  Ky. 

E.  Sarnetsoii,  .larkeon  Valley,  Pa. 


THE  CHURCHES  AGAINST  LODG- 
ERY. 

The  following  denominations  are  com- 
mitted by  vote  of  their  legislative  assem- 
blies or  by  constitut^ion  to  a  separation 
from  seci'et  worshi)): 

yVdvenlists  (Sevc^nllida}  . ) 

Baptists — Primitive,  Seventh-day  and 
Scandinavian. 

Brethren  (Dunkers  or  German  Bap- 
tists.) 

Christian  Reformed  Church. 

Churcji  of  God  (Northern  Indiana  El- 
dership. ) 

Congregational  -The  State  Associations 
of  Illinois  and  Iowa  have  adopted  resolu- 
tions against  the  lodge. 

Discijiles  (in  part.) 

Friends. 

Lutherans — Norwegian,  Danish,  Swed 
ish  and  Synodical  Conferences. 

Mennonites. 

Methodists-— Free  and  Wesleyan. 

Methodist  Protestant  (Minnesota  Con 
ference.) 

Moravians. 

Plymouth  Brethren. 

Presbyterian — Associate,  Reformed  and 
United. 

Reformed  Church  (Holland  Branch.) 

United  Brethren  in  Christ. 

Individual  churches  in  some  of  these 
denominations  should  be  excepted,  in  part 
of  them  even  a  considerable  portion. 

The  following  local  churches  have,  as  a 
pledge  to  disfellowship  and  oppose  lodge 
w'orship.  given  their  names  to  the  follow- 
ing list  as 

THE    ASSOCIATED  CHURCHES    OF  CHRIST. 

New    Ruhamah  Cong.  Hamilton,  Miss. 

Pleasant  Ridge  Cong.    Sandford  Co.  Ala. 

New  Hope  Methodist,   Lowndes  Co.,  Miss. 

Congregational,  College  Springs,  Iowa. 

College  "Church  of  Christ,  Wheaton.  111. 

First  ('(iiigrcgational,  Leland,  Mich. 

Sugar  Grove  Church,  Green  county,  Pa. 

Military  Chapel,  M.  E.,  Lowndes  county. 
Miss. 

Hopewell  Missionary  Baptist,  Lowndes  Co., 
Miss. 

Cedar  Grove  Miss.  Baptist,  Lowndes  Co., 
Miss. 

Simon's  Chapel,   M.   E.,  Lowndes  Co.,  Miss. 

Pleasant  Ridge  Miss.  Baptist,  Lowndes  Co., 
Miss. 

Brownlee  Church,  Caledonia,  Miss. 

Salem  Church,  Lowndes  Co.,  Miss. 

West  Preston  Baptist  Church,  Wayne  county, 
Pa. 

Other  local  churches  wliich  have  adopted  the 
same  principles  are — 

Baptist  churches :  N.  Abington,  Pa. ;  Meno- 
monie,  Mondovi,  Waubeck  and  Spring  Prairie, 
Wis.;  ^Vtleatou,  111.;  Perry,  N.  Y. ;  Spring 
Greek,  near  Burlington,  Iowa;  Lima,  Ind.; 
Constableville,  N.  Y.  The  "Good  Will  Associ- 
ation" of  Mobile,  Ala.,  comprising  some  twenty- 
live  colored  Baptist  churches;  Bridgewater 
Baptist  Association,  Pa. ;  Old  Tebo  Baptist, 
near  Leesville,  Henry  Co.,  Mo. ;  Hoopeston,  111; 
Esmen,  111. 

Congregation .al  churches  :  1st  of  Oberlin,  O. ; 
Tonica,  Crystal  Lake,  Union  and  Big  Woods, 
111. ;  Solsbury,  Ind. ;  Congregational  Methodist 
Maplewood,  Mass. 

Presbyterian  church,  Hoopeston,  111. 

Independent  churches  in  Lowell,  Country- 
man school  house  near  Lindenwood,  Marengo 
and  Streator.  111. ;  Berea  and  Camp  Nelson.  Ky ; 
L'stick,  111. ;  Clarksburg.  Kansas;  State  Associ- 
ation of  Ministers  and  Churches  of  Christ  in 
Kentuckv 


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of  Christian  people  in  whole  or  in  part 
for  their  support : 

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J.  F.  Galloway,    Okahumka.   Florida. 

Wm.  Hazenburg,  Cape  Town,  S. 
Africa. 

A.  D.  Zaraphonithes,  Smvrna,  Tur- 
key. 

(t.  H.  Pi  I, IAN.  Armenia. 

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NA  TIONA L     CHRISTIAN 
ASSOCIATION. 

President.— J.  Rlanchard,  Wheaton,  111 
Vice-President.— T.  H.  Gault,  Chicago 
Rbc.  Sec. — John   D.  Nutting,  Oberlin, 

Ohio. 
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Treasurer.— W.  I.   Phillips,   221    W. 

Madison  Street,  Chicago. 

Directors.— Philo  Carpenter, J. Blanch- 

ard.  M.   R.    Britten,   E.    A.    Cook.    H.    L. 

Kellogg,  D.  P.  Baker,  T.  H.  Gault,  A..G. 

Laird.  C.  R.  Hagerty.  John  Gardner, L.  N. 

Stratton. 

The  object  of  this  Association  is: 

"To  expose,  withstand  and  remove  secret 
societies.  Freemasonry  in  particular,  and  other 
anti-Christian  movements,  in  order  to  save  the 
churches  of  Christ  from  being  depraved,  to  re- 
deem the  administpation  of  justice  from  per- 
version, and  our  republican  government  from 
corruption." 

To  carry  on  this  work  contributions  are 
solicited  from  every  friend  of  the  refoiTii. 

Form  of  Bequest. — I  give  and  bequeath  to 
the  National  Christian  Association,  incorpo- 
rated and  existing  under  the  laws  of  the  State 

of    Illinois,   the  sum  of  dollars  for  the 

purposes  of  said  Association,  and  for  which 
the  receipt  of  its  Treasurer  for  the  time  being 
shall  he  sufficient  discharge. 

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President. — Rev.  S.  Collins,  D.  D., 
Washington,  D.  C. 

Secretaries. — H.  L.  Kellogg,  W.  H. 
Ross  and  M.  N.  Butler. 

STATE    auxiliary    ASSOCIATIONS. 

Alabam.v. — Pres.,  W.  A.  McAlpine;  Sec,  G. 
>L  Elliott;  Treas.,  E.  Fishel,  all  of  Selma. 

California. — Pres.,  L.  B.  Lathrop,  Hollis- 
ter;  Cor.  Sec,  Mrs.  U.  P.  Merrill,  Woodland; 
Treas.,  C.  Ruddock,  Woodland. 

Connecticut. — Pres.,  J.  A.  Conaut,  Willi- 
mantic; Sec,  Geo.  Smith,  Willimantic;  Treas., 
C.  T.  Collins,  Windsor. 

Illinois. — Pres.,  N.  E.  Gardner,  Haldanc; 
Sec,  C.  W.  Hiatt;  Treas.,  J.  C.  Schoenberger, 
Chicago. 

Indiana. — Pres.,  I.  W.  Lownian,  Auburn; 
Sec,  S.  Y.  Miller,  College  Corners;  Treas., 
Bcnj.  Ulsh,  Silver  Lake. 

Iowa. — Pres^  C.  D.  Trumbull,  Morning  Sun ; 
Rec  Sec,  A.  W.  Hall,  College  Springs;  Cor. 
Sec,  W.  T.  Moffitt,  Morning  Sun;  Treas., 
Joseph  Laird,  Wayne. 

Kansas. — Pres.,  J.  A.  Collins,  Americus; 
Sec,  W.  W.  McMilleu,  Olathe;  Treas.,  H. 
Curtis,  Olathe. 

MASS.4CHUSETTS. — Pres.,  S.  A.  Pratt;  Sec, 
Mrs.  E.  D.  Bailey;  Treas.,  David  Manning,Sr. ; 
all  of  Worcester. 

Michigan. — Pres.,  Wm.  Wing,  Grand  Rap- 
ids; Rec  Sec'v,  A.  H.  Spriugstein,  Pontiac; 
Cor.  Sccv.,  W."H.  Ross,  Allegan ;  Treas.,  C.  C. 
Foote,  SS  Cohwibia  Street,  Detroit. 

Minnesota. — Pres.,  E.  G.  Paine,  Wasioja; 
Cor.  Sec,  W.  H.  IMcChesucv,  Fairmont;  Rec 
Sec'v,  Thos.  Hartlev,  Richl'and;  Treas.,  Wm. 
H.  Morrill,  St.  Charles. 

Missouri. — Pres.,  C.  J.  Kepliart,  Avalou; 
Treas.,  William  Beauchamp,  Avalon ;  Cor.  Sec, 
M.  N.  Butler,  Albany. 

Nebraska. — Pres.,  S.  Austin,  Fairmouiit; 
Cor.  Sec,  W.  S.  Spooner,  Kearney;  Treas., 
R.  A.  Bishop.  Seeley's  Mills. 

New  Hampshire. — Pres.,  Elder  J.  G.  Smith, 
New  Hampton;  Sec,  S.  C.  Kimball,  New 
Market;  Treas..  E.  Smith,  Center  Stafford. 

New  York.— Pres.,  F.  W.  Capwell.  Dale; 
Sec'y,  Isaac  Hyatt,  Dale;  Treas.,  M.  Merrick, 
Syracuse. 

"Ohio.— Pres..  Wm.  Dillon,  Dayton;  Cor. 
Sec.  J.  P.  Lytle,  Sago;  Trees.,  J.  M.  Scott, 
Alexandria. 

Penxsvi.vasia.— Pres.,  A.  L.  Post,  Mou- 
tro.se;  Cor.  Sec,  N.  Callender.  Thompson; 
Treas..  W.  B.  Berfels,  Wilkesbarre. 

Wisconsin. — Pres.,  Enos  ColUus,  Coloma; 
Cor.  Sec,  W.  W.  Warner,  Baraboo;  Treas. 
M.  R.  Britten,  Vienna. 

West  Virginia. — Pres.,  D.  B.  Turue\- ;  Sec 
John  Bosley,  Grafton;  Treas.,  H.  B.  Htggms 
Petroleum. 


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THE  CHRISTIAN  GYNOSURE. 


January  18,  1883 


The  Christian  Cynosure, 

CHICAGO,     THURSDAY,     JANUAKY    18,    1883. 


THIS    WEEK. 

Our  readers  will  find  this  number  of  their  paper 
rich  in  the  discussion  of  the  prohibition  question  at 
the  battle-front  in  Kansas,  as  the  last  indicated  a  re- 
vival in  convention  and  lecture  work.  Friends  in 
Kansas  will  find  this  #  grand  number,  deserving  an 
addition  of  several  hundred  to  the  list  of  permanent 
readers  from  their  State.  A  judicious  canvass  will 
secure  them,  wherever  Mrs.  Collins'  address.  Rev.  B. 
F.  Worrell's  article  and  the  editorial  letters  are  read. 

NEXT  WEEK 
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number  with  portrait  and  articles,  original  and  se- 
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as  we  can  learn,  is  heartily  given  to  the  efforts  to  im- 
prove the  Cynosure  in  every  way.  The  appearance 
of  the  paper  should  be  equal  in  everj^  respect  to  the 
excellence  of  the  contents.  With  the  help  of  all  its 
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butions, both  will  improve  as  the  weeks  go  by. 


AN  OPEN  LETTER  ON  THE  GREAT  PROHI- 
BITION CONVENTION. 


New  Gordon  Hotel, 
TopEKA,  3  a.  m.,  Jan.  10,  1883. 

To  Hon.  John  P.  St.  John,  late  Gtovernor  of 
Kansas: — Permit  a  citizen  of  another  State  to  con- 
gratulate you  on  the  triumphant  vindication  of  j^our 
four  year's  administration  by  the  people's  mammoth 
convention  last  night;  and  not  your  administration 
only,  but  the  cause  of  temperance  and  prohibition. 
It  was  a  proud  hour  to  meet  nearly  twelve  hundred 
delegates,  bearing  written  credentials,  from  all  parts  of 
the  State;  to  receive  their  honest  and  enthusiastic  greet- 
ings and  endorsement;  while  your  political  enemies 
utter  no  word  or  inuendo,  even,  against  your  morals, 
integrity,  or  honor.  As  some  of  the  oldest  speakers 
last  night,  had  opposed  prohibition  and  advocated 
license  at  the  first,  and  all  conceded  that  the  ad- 
vanced standing  of  the  State  is  the  result  of  your 
own  individual  conviction  and  determination,  the 
triumph  last  night,  and  the  refutation  of  the  cry  that 
"The  people  have  gone  back  on  prohibition",  is  full 
of  cheer  for  the  past  and  of  hope  for  the  future  for 
your  friends  and  yourself 

There  was,  however,  in  the  ovation  last  night  one 
fearful  and  ominous  omission,  which  I  beg  respect- 
fully to  point  out. 

In  the  City  Directory  of  Topeka,  I  find  the  follow- 
ing entries  of  organizations  representing  thousands 
of  people,  and  fabulous  amounts  of  monej-,  and 
working  outside,  and,  of  course,  inside  of  every 
school,  church,  court-house  and  legislature  of  Kan- 
sas and  the  United  States.  Under  the  general  head, 
"Masonic"   the  Topeka  Directory   gives: 

1.  "Supreme  Council,  Southern  Jurisdiction;  Al- 
bert Pike,  G-rand  Commander;  E.  T.  Carr,  Leaven- 
worth, Inspector  G-eneral;  and  Wm.  M.  Ireland, 
acting  Secretary  General." 

2.  "Unity  Chapter,  E.  X.  No.l." 

3.  "Oriental  Lodge  of  Perfection,  No.  3."    ■ 

4.  "Ancient  Free  and  Accepted  Masons,  Knights 
Templar,  of  the   United  States. 

5.  "Grand  Commandery  of  Knights  Templar  of 
Kansas,  annual  Conclave  in  Topeka." 

6.  "Topeka  Commandery,  No.  5, Knights  Templar." 

7.  "General  Grand  Chapter  of  Royal  Arch  Masons 
in  the  United  States.  Triennial  Convention  in  Den- 
ver next  August." 

8.  "Grand  Royal  Arch  Chapter  of  Kansas.  Con- 
vention in  Topeka."  , 

9.  "Topeka  Chapter,  Royal  Arch  Masons." 

10.  "Grand  Council  R.  S.  and  S.  B.  M.  of  Kansas." 

11.  Zabud  Council  No.  4,  R.  S.  and  S.  E.  M." 

12.  "Grand  Lodge  A.  F.  and  A.  M.  of  Kansas." 

13.  "The  Kansas  Masonic  Temple  Company." 

14.  "Topeka  Lodge,  No.  17,  A.  F.  and  A.  M." 

15.  "Orient  Lodge,  No.  51,  A.  F.  and  A.  M." 

16.  "Golden  Rule  Lodge,  No.  90,  A.  F.  and  A.  M." 

17.  "FideUty  Chapter  Eastern  Star." 

18.  "Masonic  Mutual  Benefit   Society  of  Kansas." 

19.  "Masonic  Board  of  Relief" 

"COLORED   ORGANIZATIONS." 

20.  "Lincoln  Chapter,  No.  2,  Holy  Royal  Arch 
Masons." 

21.  "Euclid  Lodge,  A.  F.  and  A.  M." 


22.  "Mount  Maria  {MoriaJif)  Lodge,  No.  5,  A.  F. 
and  A.  M." 

23.  "Faith  Western  Lodge,  No.  3." 

24.  "Rebecca  Chapter,  Order  of  Eastern  Star." 
To  avoid  tediousness  I  lump  together  from  the  Di- 
rectory, following  the  above:  seven  lodges  of  Odd- 
fellows, five  of  Knights  of  Pythias,  two  lodges 
Knights  of  Honor,  "one  Independent  Order  of  For- 
resters, Ancient  Order  of  United  Workmen,  and 
the  list  is  closed  by  four  secret  temperance  lodges. 

Now,  my  dear  and  respected  Sir,  the  convention 
last  night,  in  order  to  represent  fairly  the  whole  peo- 
ple of  Kansas,  called  delegates  from  churches,  of  all 
denominations;  temperance  societies,  and  even  Sab- 
bath schools.  Why  were  the  above  forty-six  secret 
organizations,  found  in  the  Topeka  Directory,  omit- 
ted, left  out,  and  passed  by  in  silence?     I  answer: 

Not  because  they  were  inactive.  They  are  work- 
ing nightly  in  almost  perpetual  session!  Nor  be- 
cause the  destiny  of  Kansas  is  uninfluenced  by  them. 
The  States  of  Europe  have  been  often  and  again, 
nearly  throttled  by  such  secret  orders.  The  reign  of 
terror  in  France  was  inaugurated  in  a  secret  lodge; 
and,  though  that  lodge  was  in  part  composed  of  pro- 
fessed ministers  of  the  Christian  religion,  its  cry  be- 
came, "ToutV Eveque  a  la  Lanterne'  (every  Bishop  to 
the  lamp  post),  and  it  wrote  ovei"  the  gateway  of 
Pere  La  Chaise  Cemetery,  "  There  is  no  God.  Death  is 
an  Eternal  Sleep." 

Why  were  these  citizens'  organizations  omitted  in* 
the  call  and  making  up  of  last  night's  convention? 
You  have  read  from  a  late  Prime  Minister  of  Great 
Britain,  in  a  speech  to  his  constituents  at  Aylesbury; 
that  in  the  administration  of  governments,  "Not  only 
are  sovereigns  and  ministers  to  be  considered,  but 
/Secret  Societies,  whose  leaders  can  produ.'e  insur- 
rection and  massacre";  and  Lord  Cavendish  and  sec- 
retary Burke;  by  their  still  unavenged  assassination 
in  broad  day  light,  prove  the  truth  of  D'Israeli's  as- 
sertion! But  perhaps,  confident  of  the  patriotism 
and  innocence  of  these  secret  orders,  you  think  it 
impossible  they  should  produce  infidelity,  mischief 
and  bloodshed;  and  that  to  fear  them  is  childish.  So, 
at  first,  thought  the  priests  and  people  of  France, 
but  they  were  hung  and  guillotined  by  them,  and 
that  bj'  thousands.  Why,  Sir,  a  respectable  Method- 
ist minister  here  in  Kansas,  not  three  days  ago,  told 
me  that  when  he  asked  permission  to  withdraw  from 
his  lodge  (Masonic),  his  request  was  refused,  and  he 
was  told:  "We  have  men  among  us  who  will  travel 
three  thousand  miles  to  inflict  his  penalties  on  a  man 
who  will  go  back  on  our  lodge!"  My  dear  Sir,  there 
wants  no  more  proof  of  the  dread  which  these  ac- 
cursed, un-American,  un-Christian  secret  orders  in- 
spire than  their  ominous  omission  by  jour  last  night's 
convention! 

Their  "Grand  Commander,"placed  at  their  head  in 
your  Topeka  Directory,  carries  a  hamper  of  proof 
brandy  with  him  in  his  rounds  of  inspection.  The 
head  and  actuary  of  the  Milwaukee  brewers'  league, 
who  raised  and  forwarded  money  to  bribe  ignorant 
colored  voters  in  Kansas  to  defeat  you,  their  bene- 
factor, is  or  was  a  high  Mason!  Grand  Commander 
Albert  Pike  commanded  Indians  at  Pea  Ridge  to 
scalp  our  wounded  soldiers;  and  Gov.  Glick  was  on 
his  side,  against  the  Union,  and  for  the  Confederacy! 
Gov.  Glick  is  now  your  successor,  not  because  he  is 
a  Democrat  (there  were  not  Democratic  votes. to 
elect  him);  hut  because  he  is  a  Mason!  Masons,  lika 
your  Republican  State  Senator  Collins  of  Sabetha, 
lobbied  for  Glick  and  against  you,  not  because  j^ou 
are  not  a  lodge  member,  for  you  are;  but  because  you 
will  not  answer  the  2Jurposes  of  the  lodge,  of  which 
purposes  prohibition  is  not  one. 

Now,  my  dear  and  honored  sir,  I  should  not  have 
written  a  word  of  this  letter,  did  I  not  see,  with  sun- 
light clearness,  that,  either  the  secret  lodge  system 
in  Kansas,  or  temperance  and  prohibition  must  go 
down.  Does  this  need  proof?  Can  prohibition  suc- 
ceed in  the  hands  of  men  sworn  to  obey  the  brandy- 
drinking  Albert  Pike  and  his  Masonic  "Supreme 
Council"?  Such  were  some  of  your  speakers  last 
night.  Can  you  gather  figs  of  such  thistles?  No! 
Ten  thousand  times  no!!! 

Your  organ  The  Capital,  day  before  yesterday,  in 
an  eloquent  and  merited  tribute  to  you  and  your  ad- 
ministration, tells  us:  "That  even  at  the  hour  when 
the  polls  closed  in  November,  not  a  soul  in  Kansas 
really  believed  him  (Glick)  elected."  Then  the  secret 
lodge  system  elected  him,  for  if  any  open  body  had 
elected  him, '  it  would  have  been  known  who  they 
were.  Are  there  any  other  secret  caucuses  and  coun- 
cil rooms  but  theirs  here? 


The  eyes  of  the  American  people  are  turned  to  you 
as  one  who  has  followed,  and  dares  to  follow  his  con- 
victions of  truth  and  plain  knowledge  of  what  is  right. 
We  trust  they  are  not  to  be  disappointed. 

I   am  honored  sir,     Yours  in  Christ, 

J.  Blanchabd, 


EDITORIAL  LETTERS. 

A  COUNCIL  OF  CHURCHES. 

North  Cedar,  Kansas,  Dec.  30th,  1882. 

Dear  Cynosure: — Rev.  J.  S.  T.  Milligan,  whose  guest 
I  am,  at  North  Cedar,  suggests  a  Council  of  Churches 
against  the  secret  worships  of  this  country  and  world; 
after  the  manner  and  model  of  the  one  held  at  Jerusalem, 
composed  of  "Apostles,  Elders,  and  Brethren."  (Acts 
15:  1 — 29.,  which  see  and  read.) 

Mr.  Milligan  is  by  conviction  and  connection  an  Old 
Side  Covenanter;  of  course  the  strictest  of  the  strict. 
But  he  is  strict  after  the  example  of  Christ,  who  was  the 
most  intolerant,  and  at  the  same  time,  the  most  tolerant 
of  religious  teachers.  He  would  be  nailed  to  a  cross 
sooner  than  give  up  "one  jot  or  tittle  of  fundamental 
truth:  yet  he  could  meet  and  mingle  religiously,  with  Sa- 
maritans, centurions  (who  were  pagans),  Pharisees, 
Publicans,  and  sinners  even,  if  their  faces  were  honestly 
set  toward  the  "Lamb  of  God  that  taketh  aiouy  the  sin  of 
the  loorld."  John  1:  29. 

Mr.  Milligan  suggests  three  doctrines  on  facts  as  a 
basis  of    the    j^roposed    council    or   convention,  to   wit: 

1.  God  the  Judge  of  all.      Heb.  12:  23. 

2.  Jesus  Christ  the  Mediator.     Heb.  12:  24. 

8.  I' he  "Scripture  given  bg  inspiration  of  God.  2  Tim. 
3:  16. 

On  this  platform  of  three  planks,  he  is  willing  to  meet 
and  mingle  with  United  Presbj'terians,  Wcsleyans,  Free 
Methodists,  United  Brethren,  and  all  the  professed  chil- 
dren of  God  who  are  obedient  to  the  injimction  of  that 
Jerusalem  convention:  "Abstaining  from  the  pollutions 
of  idols,  and  fornication,  and  things  strangled,  and 
blood";  (See  Acts  15: 19);  which  things  are  manifestly, 
in  principle,  included  in  the  secret  lodge  system  of  this 
country  and  world.  This  secret  system  is  "strange"  or 
"idolatrous  worship;"  exposes  all  women  but  its  own  to 
the  crime  of  "fornication."  Its  "cable  tow"  is  an  imple- 
ment of  "strangling;"  and  its  oaths  arc  oaths  of  "blood", 
and  its  record  a  record  of  blood. 

Brother  Milligan  thinks  a  council  of  churches  called  on 
such  a  basis,  would  be  sanctioned,  jierhaps  attended,  by 
his  brothers  in  Alleghany  and  New  York  city;  by  Rev. 
Mr.  McFall  of  Boston  and,  Drs.  Sloane,  George, and  others 
of  like  faith  and  order.  Will  those  brethren  consult,  and 
answer  whether  they  concur  in  the  suggestion;  also,  all 
United  Brethren,  Wesleyans,  Free  Methodists,  United 
Presbyterians,  and  other  Christian  people  of  whatever 
name,  who  are  in  favor  of  such  a  convention  are  request- 
ed to  announce  the  same  through  the  Christian  Cynosure. 

CHRISTIAN  UNION. 

Mr.  Milligan's  conception  is,  that  Christians  are  "One 
body  in  Christ,  and  every  one  members  one  of  another." 
And  that  those  members  may  have  members;  as  the  hand 
has  fingers;  and  the  head,  eyes,  etc.,  and  that  these  mem- 
bers, and  members  of  members,  may  keep  their  respective 
forms  and  shapes  without  prejudicing  the  unity  of  the 
body,  of  which  Christ  is  the  head.  AU  who  favor  Mr. 
Milligan's  suggestion,  of  a  great  Council  of  Churches, 
please  write. 

ST.  JOHN  again. 

S.vbetha,  Kans.,  Jan.  4,  '83. 

In  the  little  town  of  Wetmore,  some  twenty  miles  south 
of  this,  the  Masonic  lodge  has  only  twenty-five  members, 
mostly  strong  Prohibitionists:  and  all,  or  nearly  all  voted 
for  St.  John.  Here  in  Sabetha,  the  lodge  has  double  that 
number,  including  a  State  Senator  who  was  a  Prohibi- 
tionist— "BUT,"  and  a  bitter  opponent  of  St.  John.  He 
and  a  liquor-seller  were  delegates  to  the  Republican  con- 
vention at  Topeka  and  voted  with  the  little  minority  against 
the  nomination  of  St.  John.  The  liquor  seher's  father 
died  a  drunkard  and  Masonry  has  made  all  there  is  of  the 
Senator.  Both  of  these  men  belong  to  the  lodge  here, 
and  the  thirty-six  lodge-and-hquor  Republicans  who  bolted 
the  Republican  ticket  can  be  trusted  by  the  "Sovereign 
Grand  Inspector  General  of  the  33d  degree,'  Southern  Ju- 
risdiction," who  now  rules  the  lodges  of  this  country. 

In  Wetmore,  I  talked  with  a  sensible  business  man  who 
is  a  Mason,  and  an  honest  Prohibitionist.  He  could  give 
no  idea  of  what  defeated  St.  John,  and  was  as  much  as- 
tonished at  his  defeat  as  the  rest.  Here,  before  the  elec- 
tion, while  all  honest  men  expected  his  election,  these 
Masons  were  cool  and  confident,  and  boasted  that  St. 
John  would  surely  be  defeated.  Precisely  the  same  thing 
occurred  in  Chicago  the  night  before  Lincoln  was  nomi- 
nated. Even  Thm-low  Weed  was  so  confident  of  Seward^s 
nomination  that  he  wrote  him  which  ballot  would  nomi- 
nate him  next  day.  Every  body  out  of  lodge  secrets,  ex- 
pected Seward's  nomination  as  much  as  they  expected 
the  next  sunrise.  But  that  evening  Mr.  Carpenter  heard 
one  Mason  quiet  the  apprehensions  of  another  by  assuring 
him  that  "The  lodge  has  seen  to  that.     Seward  never  will  be 

Now  when  Masons,  like  those  at  Wetmore,  come  to  find 
that  they  are  not  trusted  by  the  lodge-rulers  at  Washing- 
ton, and  they  are  mere  hewers  of  wood  and  drawers  of 
water  to  "unknown  superiors,"  they  will  wheel  off  from 
the  order  by  platoons.  Of  course,  these  Masonic  tools  of 
the  invisible  "Sovereign  Inspector  General"  were  great 
against  the  "third-term"  and  "railroad  monopolies."  and 
they  deceive,  where  possible,  "the  very  elect."  I  have 
seen  good,  honest  and  capable  men  who  were  humbugged 
by  them. 

Sahetha,  Jan.,  8th. 

Here  in  Kansas  yet!  And  I  have  about  reversed  my 
determination  to  start  for  home,  and  may  be  back  in  To- 
peka to-morrow  at  the  prohibition  convention. 

My  experience  here  in  Sabetha  is  exceptional.  Tlie  M. 
E.  presiding  elder,  Richard  Dake,  and  the  station  preach- 
er Rev  C.  W.  Shaw,  caUed  and  asked  me  to  preach  Sat- 
ui'day  evening,  (night  before  last)   during  their  quarterly 


January  18,  1883 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE. 


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meeting  service.  I  did  so  and  a  precious  meeting  we  had. 
I  told  the  congTegation  of  the  two  remarkable  renuncia- 
tions of  Freemasonry  and  Odd-fellowship  at  a  National 
Holiness  campmeeting  at  Cedar  Rapids,  Iowa,  and  the 
intelligence  was  well  received.  You  will  recollect  that 
a  presiding  elder  and  circuit  preacher  there  renounced  both 
lodges  in  open  Camp. 

A  local  preacher  here  thi.s  week  in  class  meeting  re- 
nounced three  lodges— Good  Temi^lars,  Odd-fellows  and 
Masons.  He  said  joining  the  Masons  was  the  sin  of  his 
life.  He  has  a  fair  education,  is  only  thirty-six  years  old, 
carries  a  well-worn  Bibo  in  his  side  breast  pocket,  and  has 
preached  for  ten  years.  We  had  a  consultation  on  Sab- 
bath (yesterday)  and  it  was  arranged  that  he  should  give 
his  exjierience  in  the  secret  lodge  system  in  a  large  haJl 
here  soon ;  and,  though  he  has  never  yet  seen  an  expose 
of  lodgeism,  the  scales  are  fallen  from  his  eyes.  Like 
him  of  Tarsus,  he  will  immediately  preach  that  Christ, 
and  not  lodge  ceremonies,  saves  the  sox\\.  I  have  advised 
to  get  Starry  here  to  put  on  the  yoke  of  the  lodge  before 
the  people,  as  the  Hebrew  prophet  did;  and  when  this 
young  brother  has  experience  and  information,  as  he  is 
an  ex]iert  in  lodgeism,  he  will  do  work  for  Christ  against 
the  Satan  worships  in  Kansas.  Revs.  Alexander  of  Lyn- 
don, and  Milligan  of  North  Cedar,  please  notice. 

This  young  preacher  was  made  a  Mason  in  Maquon, 
Knox  county,  Illinois.  Eleven  years  ago  next  May,  he 
Avrote  and  sent  the  following  to  the  Maquon  lodge: 

"M.VQUON,  May  20,  1872. 
Worshipful  MaMer,  Fellowa  and  Brethren: 

I  would  respectfully  ask  leave  to  withdraw  from  the  order,  as  I 
can  no  longer  conscientiously  remain  a  Mason. 

Yours  fraternally, 

G.  T.  DiSSETTK. 

"  Vera  pro  gratii." 

The  above  is  a  true  copy  of  the  paper  in  my  possession. 
The  Maquon  Worshipful  Muster  told  him  that  the  pa])er 
was  "])ut  under  the  table,"  reminded  him  of  his  oath,  and 
couunanded  him  to  attend  the  next  meeting  of  the  lodge. 
Dissette  did  so;  and  nothing  was  said  in  ojieu  lodge  about 
his  case.  As  he  was  about  to  go  to  college  the  Worship- 
ful Master  asked  him  if  he  was  going  to  "that  concern  at 
Wheaton?"  On  being  told  "no;"  he  was  going  to  Hedding 
College  at  Abingdon,  the  Master  rejjlied,  "All  right."  He 
did  go  to  Abingdon,  and  Miss  Lora  Wheaton,  a  graduate 
of  Wheaton  College,  was  one  of  the  teachers!  She  taught 
him  faithfully.     More  anon. 

I  yesterday  aided  in  the  comnumiou  service  at  the 
Congregational  church  here,  and  preached  at  length  at 
night  against  the  lodge  as  opposed  to  the  kingdom  of 
Christ.  The  Congregational  pastor,  though  not  an  Anti- 
mason,  and  naturally  verj-  conservative,  is  a  j^urc-minded 
man,  a  much  more  than  ordinary  preacher;  has  a  very 
superior  wife,  and  a  large  and  intelligent  congregation. 
As  he  is  still  young,  a  rare  future  is  before  him  if  he  fol- 
lows close  after  Christ. 

As  St.  John's  Topeka  prohibition  convention  opens 
to-morrow,  I  now  think  of  stopping  over  to-night  at 
Hiawatha  and  running  down  to  Topeka  to-morrow. 

Since  beginning  this  letter  I  have  had  a  long  conversa- 
tion with  Rev.  Mr.  Di.s,sette  and  will  go  on  whh  his 
case. 

A  few  days  before  leaving  Maquon  he  was  going  out  in 
a  buggJ^  and  the  Mason  who  endorsed  his  application 
came  up  and  asked  him,  "  How  about  your  leaving  the 
lodge?" 

"Don't  bother  me,"  said  Dissette. 

"Remember,"  said  the  Mason,  "there  are  men  mnong  us 
who  icill  travel  three  thousand  miles  to  inflict  his  penalties 
on  any  one  it}ho  goes  back  on  the  lodge." 

This  young  man  is  near  me  while  I  write,  with  several 
brethren.  He  is  looking  over  Doesburg's  Expose,  the  first 
he  has  ever  seen.  He  was  a  young,  single  man,  at  Ma- 
quon, desiring  an  education,  and  was  made  to  believe  that 
the  lodge  really  had  knowledge  back  of.  and  beyond  all 
other  men  and  institutions  on  earth.  This  drew  him  into 
Masonry. 

The  Maquon  lodge  is  in  the  region  where  familiar 
spirits  were  worshipped,  and  ardent  spirits  were  distilled, 
till  the  distillery  burnt  down. 

Off  for  Hiawatha!  I  have  found  here  another  young 
man,  an  able  writer  for  the   Cynosure.     Of  him,  by    and 

by- 


Atchison,  Kas.,  Jan.  9,  1883. 

I  came  in  last  night  from  Sabefha,  and  after  a  good 
night's  sleep,  where  "guests  are  not  charged  for  heating 
rooms,"  I  am  writing  a  word  to  our  readers  before  starting 
for  the  prohibition  convention  which  opens  at  (Topeka 
to-night. 

I  came  down  here  with  an  M.  E.  presiding  elder  for 
whom  I  preached  in  Sabetha.  He  is  very  much  of  a 
Christian  gentleman,  though  I  take  it  not  an  open  reform- 
er. He  tells  me  that  the  M.  E.  preachers  hereabout  "are 
all  coming  out  of  the  secret  orders."  He  says  the  sta- 
tioned preacher  here  in  Atchison,  during  the  })rohibition 
campaign,  was  a  Freemason,  yet  returned  no  grips  and 
visited  no  lodges.  He  told  him  (his  elder)  that  he  lost 
much  influence,  or  was  assured  that  he  had  done  so,  by 
his  total  abstinence  from  the  lodge.  Would  that  our 
preachers  the  east  side  of  the  Mississipjii  would  "mark, 
note,  and  act  accordingly!'! 

Meantime  the  poor  blind  souls  who  have  been  led  into 
the  lodge  to  gain  small  promotions,  have  the  "veil  yet 
untaken  away."  I  learned  by  some  godly  women  in  Sa- 
betha that  an  ambitious  little  spare  man,  and  Methodist, 
had   become  that  anomaly  in  religion. 

A  TOTALLY  S.\NCTIFIED  FREEMASON. 

Well,  as  I  sat  waiting  by  the  stove,  last  Saturday  night, 
for  the  congregation  to  come  in  to  hear  me  preach, 
this  sanctified  deceiver  and  swindler  (of  course  a  leading 
man  in  the  church  yet)  who  helps  his  lodge  sell  secrets 
which  he  knows  are  not  secrets,  came  up  and  entered  into 


conversation.  I  told  him  of  a  holiness  convention  held 
in  Wheaton  by  brethren  Kent  and  Brooks,  who  were  and 
I  believe  are  still  M.  E.  jjreachers  in  conference  connec- 
tion. I  said,  the  first  question  I  asked  Bro.  Fleeharty 
was,  "Are  any  of  you  Masons?"  And  being  assured  they 
were  not,  I  supported  the  convention  and  was  blessed  by 
it.  The  poor  brother  was  puzzled,  and  choked  out; 
"Well,  I  think  it  best  to  have  nave  no  holiness  meetings 
not  approved  by  the  conference."  And  so  turned  and 
went  away,  with  all  his  conference-authorized  holiness 
about  him.  I  did  not  see  him  in  the  audience,  but  the 
congregation  responded  well  and  heartily  to  my  story  of 
the  Cedar  Rapids,  Iowa,  renunciation  of  Masonry  and 
Odd-fellowship. 

Last  night  I  stopped  at  a  junction  to  change  roads  on 
my  way  here.  A  lady,  and  her  tall,  good-looking  son 
were  in  the  depot.  They  lived  at  Doniphan,  of  Atchison 
and  Stringfellow  memory.  She  said,  though  her  son  was 
not,  his  father  was  a  Mason,  and  "she  was   glad  of  it!" 

"What!"  said  I,  "Glad  that  your  husband  has  sworn 
life-long  concealment  from  you?" 

"Yes,  indeed;  I  have  that  confidence  in  him  that 
he  will  do  nothing  wrong.  It  was  a  nice  and  good  or- 
ganization." 

"But,  madam,"  I  returned,  "You  just  now  said  out- 
siders knew  nothing  about  it,  and  could  know  nothing; 
and  you  are  an  outsider.  Why  do  you  pronounce  it 
good?" 

"I  am  a  rebel,"  said  she.  And  I  think  that  was  true.  I 
find  proofs  multiply  all  along  this  border  that  the  savage 
and  bloody  raid  on  Kansas  was  run  by  Masons.  Senator 
Pomeroy  was  told  that  he  could  not  come  up  the  river 
into  Kansas  unless  he  joined  the  lodge.  That  is,  the 
United  States  had  not  government  and  laws  enough  to 
save  him;  but  a  lodge  full  of  murderers  had. 


AT  HOME  AGAIN. 

Throughout  my  visit  to  Kansas  I  was  imjiressed,  every- 
where, with  the  fact  that, 

"Coming  events  cast  their  shadows  before," 
and  I  will  furnish  our  readers  some  of  those    "shadows." 
And— 

1.  St.  John  has  more  and  warmer  friends  now  than  be- 
fore his  late  defeat. 

This  is  the  decided  opinion  of  Dr.  Cordley  of  Emporia, 
Rev.  Mr.  Hogbin,  Congregational  pastor  at  Sabeiha,  and 
other  men  of  penetration  and  intelligence.  Besides,  the 
great  convention  shows  the  same.  One  gentleman  said  to 
me  in  conversation,  as  the  Capital  newspaper  said  in  its 
leader,  that  his  defeat  astonished  everybody;  and  the  gen 
tleman  explained  it  by  saying  that  the  Republican  leaders 
whose  hearts  were  not  with  prohibitidn,  and  who  wanted 
St.  John  out  of  their  way,  did  not  expect  or  desire  his  de- 
feat, but  a  diminution  of  his  vote,  so  as  to  make  him  an 
unavailable  candidate  for  the  U.  S.  Senate.  Thus  there 
was  literally  a 

"Vaunting  ambition 
Which  overleaped  itself." 

They  did  more  than  they  wished;  and  are  now  l)lamed 
for  giving  the  State,  for  the  first  time,  an  original  rebel 
and  Democrat  for  governor! 

2.    THE  PERSONALE  OF  THE  CONVENTION. 

And  first,  St.  John  himself  made  a  small,  short  speech, 
to  give  scope  for  others.  This  refutes  those  who  said  he 
is  self-sufficient  and  vain.  No  vain  man,  who  could 
make  '  a  speech,  ever  let  slip  such  an  occasion  as  that. 
Besides,  he  is  too  much  in  earnest  to  be  vain;  too  fond  of 
the  substance  of  power  to  care  about  its  semblance. 

The  speaker  who  both  preceded  and  followed  the  ex- 
Governor  was  Rev.  A.  D.  Campbell,  chaplain  of  the 
Leavenworth  State's  Prison.  Stout,  rotund,  good-natured, 
witty,  with  candor  and  honesty  in  his  face,  and  twenty 
years  bitter  experience  of  drink,  the  devil,  as  is  said  of 
Gough,  surely  made  a  mistake  when  he  made  him  a 
drunkard.  He  is  altogether  too  good  a  man  to  be  holden 
of  the  lodge  when  once  he  is  enlightened  concerning  its 
Christless  nature. 

The  next  speaker  was  Hon.  Mr.  Legate,  also  of  Leaven- 
worth. He  opposed  prohibition  till  it  was  sure  to  con- 
quer, and  has  since  supported  it.  He  said,  "I  am  here 
simply  to  insist  on  supporting  the  Constitution  and  the 
laws.  There  is  no  moral  question  involved  in  prohibition. 
Intemperance  is  a  disease,  and  society  surely  has  the  right 
to  protect  itself  from  disease,  whether  yellow  fever,  .small 
pox  or  delirium  tremens."  He  then,  in  an  exceedingly 
able  speech,  replete  with  facts,  showed  that  prohibition 
had  achieved  gTand  results,  against  the  misstatements  of 
liquor  men. 

Jetmore  of  Topeka  was  then  called  forward.  It  is  as 
good  as  a  speech  to  look  at  him;  a  tall,  finely-proportioned 
man  and  lawyer,  he  was  saluted  by  the  crowd  as  "next 
Governor  of  Kansas."  These  were  the  speakers  on  the 
platform.  To  see  St.  John  amongst  them  suggested  a 
propeller  engine  among  the  sail  masts  of  a  ship.  "  But  the 
crowd  itself  seemed  a  Macedonian  phalanx  of  orators, 
each  one  fit  to  lead  the  whole  brigade. 

I  will  further  mention  only  Albert  Griflin,  editor  and 
proprietor  of  the  Nationali.st  at  ^lanhattan,  a  Georgian  bv 
birth,  who  grew  up  an  Abolitionist  whose  life,  like  that  of 
the  children  in  the  fiu-nace,  illustrated  the  right  to  diso- 
bey laws  requiring  sin.  His  speech  was  called'out  by  and 
suggests 

THE  RELIGION  OF  THE  CONVENTION. 

A  resolution  pledged  "unconditional  homage"  to  the 
temperance  laws.  Rev.  J.  S.  T.  jMilligan  of  North  Cedar, 
protested  against  "unconditional  homage"  to  human  laws 
unless  they  coincided  with  God's  law,  and  he  asked  that 
the  preamble  might  recognize  Christ.  The  wording  was 
modified.  But  the  discussion  brought  out  the  IheoloijT,- 
of  the  lodge,  which  asks  Christians  to  ignore  Christ ^o 
win  the  co-operation  of  the  Clu-istless.  During  this  dis 
cussion  the  vast  crowd   boiled  like   a  seething  cauldron 


and  St.  .John  in  conducting  the  ship  through,  where  not 
two,  but  twenty  seas  met,  in  motions  and  counter-motions, 
amendments  and  re-amendments,  questions  and  j^revious 
questions,  exhibited  to  admiration,  two  qualities  not  al- 
ways found  combined,  adroitness  and  honesty.  ^The  re- 
sult was  harmony  in  the  convention. 

I  went  to  my  hotel  and  began  a  letter  to  Governor  St. 
John  which  I  finally  concluded  to  make  an  open  letter  and 
give  it  to  him  through  the  Cynosure. 

I  feel  ])erfectly  certain  that  when  the  minds  which 
made  up  that  wonderful  convention,  shall  be  fairly  reached 
and  the  lodge  uncovered,  and  the  pulpit  and  press  un- 
muzzled, there  will  be  but  one  opinion  concerning  the  se- 
cret lodge  system.  The  forty-six  lodges  of  Topeka,  sell- 
ing secrets  which  are  not  secrets,  and  practicing  religions 
which  arc  not  religion,  will,  with  those  clear-thinking  men 
and  women,  sink  to  thi'  moral  level  of  mock -auctions  and 
faro  banks,  with  the  difference  in  favor  of  the  latter,  that 
they  are  not  religious  shams.  If  the  lodges  are  not  such, 
then  they  were  entitled  to  representation  in  St.  John's 
convention  and  should  have  had  it.  .r.  b. 


— President  Blanchard  returned  from  Kansas  ou  Thurs- 
day afternoon,  rather  improved  in  health  than  otherwise 
from  so  taxing  a  journey  in  mid-winter. 

— The  Lutheran  Standard,  of  Columbus,  Ohio,  publishad 
the  letter  of  the  Hon.  Thurlow  Weed  to  the  Batavia  Con 
vention  in  full,  in  its  lasst  issue. 

— Elder  Callender  requests  that  notice  be  given  that  the 
degree  meeting  announced  at  Clifford,  Pa.,  for  .Ian.  2o-6, 
will  be  postponed  until  Feb.  1st  and  2nd,  by  request  of 
Bro.   S.  E.  Starry. 

— Bro.  E.  M.  Mathews,  who  has  done  some  good  work 
in  Illinois,  writes  that  he  intends  to  visit  the  State  again 
about  the  first  of  February,  and  can  speak  during  the 
first  two  weeks  of  the  month.  Friends  who  wish  him  to 
visit  them,  please  write  Secretary  Stoddard,  at  this  oflice 
as  soon  as  i)0ssible,  so  that  arrangements  can  be  made. 

— Bro.  Hinman  sends  the  call  for  the  Chambersburg 
convention  to  be  held  February  13th.  •  He  expects  to  la- 
bor in  the  vicinity  until  the  meeting,  and  has  already 
visited Fayetteville  and  other  points,  speaking  every  night, 
and  sometimes  during  the  day.  From  the  character  of 
the  people  among  whom  this  meeting  is  to  be  held,  there 
are  good  hopes  for  its  success  and  usefulness. 

— We  learn  that  Elder  Browne  may  yet  be  under  the 
necessity  of  giving  up  his  work  in  Kentucky  through 
want  of  support.  There  is  abundance  of  work,  but  the 
people  are  poor  and  can  pay  little  for  teaching  and 
preaching.  Bro.  Browne  is  one  of  our  most  faithful  and 
self-denying  workers.  He  should  not  be  deserted  in  an 
extremity  by  friends  in  the  North  who  can  well  spare 
small  sums  for  the  continuation  of  the  work  at  Cabin 
Creek  and  Camp  Nelson.  Funds  sent  for  this  pm-pose  to 
the  N.  C.  A  treasurer  will  be  duly  foi-warded. 


NOTICE. 


Tothe  Primdsof  Beformin  Southeast  Pennsylvania  and  Adjoin- 
ing Localities. 

We,  the  undersigued,  were  appointed  a  connnittee  bv  the  ofti- 
cial  meeting  of  King  Street  Church,  Chambersburg,  "to  call  a 
general  convention  of  the  anti-secrecv  reform  advocates  to  meet 
in  Chamberslnirg,  Pa.,  Feb.  13th,  at"  7  v.  m.,  and  to  continue 
through  the  two  following  days.  Speakers  of  ability  are  ex- 
pected to  be  present  and  to  address  the  meeting. 

"H.  H.  HiNJLix, 

W.  O.  TOBEY, 

J.  S.  Yaukey. 


A  WOED  TO  PATEOI^S. 


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of  new  subscribers  very  p?aui?y. 

3.  "Write  all  matter  intended  for  publication  on 
separate  sheets  of  paper,  and  only  on  one  side  of  the 
sheet. 

4.  Address  all  letters  relating  to  mone3-  niattors 
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THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE. 


January  18,  1883 


THE  Home. 


■/  WILL   COME  again: 


'  Thou  art  coming,  oh,  my  Saviour, 
Thou  art  coming,  oh,  ray  King ! 
Every  tongue  thy  name  confessing, 
Well  may  we  rejoice  and  sing. 

Thou  art  coming  I     Kays  of  glory 
Througli  the  veil  thy  deatli  has  rent 

Gladden  now  our  pilgrim  pathway, 
Glory  from  thy  presence  sent. 

Thou  art  coming — not  a  shadow, 

Not  a  mist,  and  not  a  tear; 
Not  a  sin  and  not  a  sorrow 
_  On  that  sunrise  grand  and  clear. 

Thou  art  coming !    Jesus,  Saviour, 
Nothing  else  seems  worth  a  thought; 

Oh,  how  marvelous  the  glory 
And  the  bliss  thy  pain  hath  brought! 

Thou  art  coming !     We  are  waiting 

With  a  hope  1,hat  can  not  fail, 
Asking  not  the  day  or  hour, 

Anchored  safe  within  the  veil. 
Thou  art  coming !     Thou  art  coming ! 

Jesus,  our  beloved  Lord ; 
Oh,  the  joy  to  see  these  reigning. 

Worshipped,  glorified,  adored ! 
Thou  art  coming !     Thou  art  coming ! 

We  shall  meet  thee  on  the  way, 
Thon  art  coming !     We  shall  see  thee. 

And  be  like  thee  on  that  day. 


-F.  H.  Hiwrrijiil. 


THE  SILENCE  OP  THE  SVlUPTifRE. 

« 

In  an  address  before  the  Bible  Society,  in  Exeter 
Hall,  London,  May  5,  1875,  Dr.  Wm."  31.  Piinshon 
said: 

"The  silence  of  .Scripture  may  be  quoted  as  an  evi- 
dence of  its  inspiration.  It  is  silent  by  design.  The 
subjects  upon  which  Scripture  is  silent  are  precisely 
those  which  irreverent  curiosity  would  fain  prol)e  to 
the  uttermost.  We  ask  about  the  dead;  what  are  the 
conditions  of  their  existence  in  the  world  to  which 
they  are  gone,  and  in  that  Paradise  which  is  but  a 
suburl)  of  hea\'en?  We  do  not  know;  the  Word  is 
silent  .  .  .  There  is  a  tendency  to  leave  old  beliefs 
behind,  and  press  to  some  imagined  beyond  of  truth 
that  nobody  has  e\-er  yet  tracked.  And  it  is  c(msid- 
ered  a  proof  of  manliness  to  ha\'o  outgrown  the  faith 
of  our  childh(jod.  Hut  men  are  dying,  and  if  the  old 
faith  be  true — and  in  no  battle-tield  has  it  ever  been 
worsted  yet — they  go  somewhere.  Yes,  and  we  are 
dying  too;  and  are  we  to  have  no  fringe  upcjn  the 
cloud  of  the  sepulclu'e?  Are  we  to  pass  away,  as  we 
must  do.  if  you  take  from  us  our  Bible,  with  the 
cheerless  conviction  that  life  is  a  balance  of  chances, 
and  that  death  is  a  leap  in  the  dark,  and  all  this 
when  we  may  be  at  any  moment  summoned  into  a 
glory  that  is  richer  than  golden?  There  is  a  great 
deal  of  impermanence  attaching  to  all  human  systems 
of  teaching:  but  the  truth  that  Clod  has  written  re- 
mains upon  the  face  of  the  rock  undefaced  and  per- 
manent forever.  'The  grass  withereth,  the  flower 
fadeth,  but  the  word  of  the  Lord  endureth   forever.' " 

If  the  silence  of  Scrij)ture  in  these  matters  is  good 
evidence  of  divine  inspiration,  then  the  vain  talk  of 
many  teachers  aflfords  .-onvincing  e\'idence  of  their 
lack  of  that  gift.  For  there  are  those  who  will  tell 
us  more  about  the  condition  of  the  dead  in  one  ser- 
mon, than  we  can  find  in  the  whole  Bible  from  Gen- 
esis to  Revelation.  If  any  one  desires  to  know  the 
full  particulars  concerning  the  condition  of  those  who 
have  died,  we  would  refer  them  to  the  pages  of  al- 
most any  modern  hymn-book,  where  they  will  find  all 
the  details.  But  if  they  only  seek  to  know  what  God 
has  revealed,  they  will  have  to  content  themselves 
with  statements  far  less  elaborate,  but  vastly  more 
trustworthy. 

It  would  seem  most  desirable  that  C^hristian  min- 
isters shouhl  confine  themselves,  in  preaching,  within 
the  limits  Iiomided  by  inspired  revelation.  Where 
Gods  word  is  silent,  they  should  be  silent;  where  the 
Lord  speaks,  they  sliould  speak  also.  But  if  they 
conlbrin  \a)  this  rule,  they  will  say  little  about  death, 
and  much  about  the  resiuTection;  nothing  at  all 
about  preparing  for  death,  but  much  about  the  com- 
ing of  the  Lord  to  judge  the  world  in  righteousness, 
as  the  great  motive  which  should  influence  human 
action. 

•Unfortunately,  this  is  not  the  line  of  thought 
which  many  preachers  pursue.'  They  talk  much  of 
those  things  concerning  which  Scripture  is  silent,  and 
little  of  those  things  where  the  testimony  of  Scrip- 
ture is  full  and  explicit  One  familiar  with  the  writ- 
ings of  Plato  would  almost  think,  while  listening  to 
some  modern  sermons,  that  the  old  philosopher  had 
appeared  again;  while  he  would  llnd  but  faint  inti- 
mations ol"  the  docti'int;  of  <Jesus  and  the  vesuiTec- 
tiou,  us  taught  by  Christ  and  i.bc  apostlea. 


Says  Dr.  Adam  Clarke  in  his  notes  on  1  Cor.  15: 
'■  One  remark  I  cannot  help  making;  the  doctrine  of 
the  resurrection  appears  to  have  been  thought  of 
much  more  consequence  among  the  jjrimitive  Chris- 
tians than  it  is  now!  How  is  this?  The  apostles 
were  continually  insisting  on  it,  and  exciting  the  fol- 
lowers of  God  to  diligence,  obedience  and  cheerful 
ness,  through  it.  And  their  successors  in  the  present 
day  seldom  mention  it!  So  apostles  preached,  and 
so  primitive  Christians  believed;  so  we  preach,  and 
so  our  hearers  believe.  There  is  not  a  doctrine  in 
(he  Gospel  on  which  more  .stress  is  laid;  and  there  is 
not  a  doctrine  in  the  present  system  of  i^reaching 
which  is  treated  with  more  neglect." 

In  proportion  as  men  preach  that  which  the  Lord 
has  not  revealed,  they  will  neglect  that  which  he  has 
taught  in  his  Word'.  If  they  will  be  content  with  the 
Lord's  silence  they  will  then  be  in  a  position  to  pro- 
claim the  Lord's  Word.  But  if  they  undertake  to  lie 
wiser  than  he  is,  they  will  doubtless  find  in  the  end 
that  'the  foolishnessof  God  is  wiser  than  men,  and 
the  weakness  of  God  is  stronger  than  men." 

PARADE  AND  WORK. 

Parade  and  pomp  have  a  great  deal  of  influence  in 
this  world,  but  permanent  results  are  accomplished 
bj'  hard  work.  A  thousand  men  eciuipped  in  all  the 
glory  of  fuss  and  feathers,  may  strut  around  the 
streets,  and  march  up  the  hill  and  then  march  down 
again,  while  the  newspapers  may  rejjort  what  a  great 
time  they  had,  and  what  great  things  they  have  done; 
l)ut  one  little,  barefooted,  sunburnt  boy,  hoeing  all 
day  in  the  cornfield,  may,  when  the  harvest  comes, 
have  more  to  show  as  the  result  of  his  day's  labor, 
than  all  the  plumed  paraders  who  so  attracted  the 
public  gaze. 

It  will  be  found  that  a  very  large  proportion  of  the 
real  work  done  for  God  and  humanity  in  this  world, 
is  accomplished  by  these  quiet  and  presistent  work- 
ers, who  make  no  reports,  who  are  never  seen  on  dress 
parade,  but  who  still  keep  toiling  on,  seeking  to  finish 
the  work  that  God  has  given  them  to  do. 

Great  discoveries  are  not  made  by  men  in  crowds; 
useful  inventions  are  not  produced  in  mass-meetings; 
the  world  is  not  run  by  resolutions,  nor  are  souls 
saved  l)y  great  societies  and  associations.  The  Lord 
has  given  to  "-everij  man  his  workj'  and  in  the  day  of 
judgment,  the  question  will  be.  not  how  many  organ- 
izations you  have  j<jined,  or  how  much  money  you 
ha\'e  subscribed  and  contributed,  but  what  you  have 
persDitnUi/  done  in  the  cause  of  the  Master  Annual 
reports  will  c<junt  but  very  little  when  the  great  God 
of  heaven  shall  summon  man  to  render  up  the  last 
account.  In  that  day,  it  will  be  found  that  e^'e^y 
man  shall  bear  his  own  burden;  that  no  crowds  will 
hide  from  the  gaze  of  the  all-seeing  eye,  and  that 
each  nnist  meet  his  own  individual  responsibility,  in 
the  presence  of  the  Judge  of  quick  and  dead.  Bles- 
sed are  they  who  in  that  hour  shall  hear  the  blaster 
.say,  -'Well  done!" — The  Christian. 


NOT  A  SOUL  SAVED. 


It  is  not  enough  that  a  man  Ije  serene  in  his  life, 
that  he  has  not  injured  his  neighb<.)r.  that  he  has  been 
devoted  to  mental  and  literary  pursuits,  that  he  has 
made  a  name  in  literature.  All  this  may  consist  with 
real  and  entire  selfishness.  Take  the  case  of  Thoreau 
going  off  from  his  fellow  men,  retiring  to  a  board 
shanty  on  the  edge  of  Walden  Pond,  to  see  how 
cheaply  and  simply  he  could  live.  Was  there  any 
nobility  in  this?  any  love?  any  self-sacrifice  for  the 
g(jod  of  others?  Shall  we  venture  to  apply  a  similar 
test  to  Mr.  Emerson?  Cultivated,  learned,  acute, 
suggestive,  serene,  personally  pure-minded,  yet  whose 
burdens  did  he  lift?  whom  did  he  reclaim  from  sin? 
how  much  of  the  divine  fire  of  self-sacrifice  burned 
in  his  soul  and  flamed  in  his  life  ? — Nat.  Baptist. 


TnK  Christian  life  is  the  life  of  a  saved  man,  not 
the  eflbrt  of  an  unsaved  man  to  get  saved.  We  do 
not  try  to  do  good  in  order  to  get  a  new  nature,  but 
we  try  to  do  good  because  we  ha\'e  received  a  new 
nature.  We  profess  to  be  followers  of  Him  "who 
went  about  doing  good,"  (Acts  x.  88);  and  he  says  to 
us,  "As  3Iy  Father  hath  sent  Me,  even  so  send  I  you," 
(John  XX.  21).  Jesus  was  sent  to  make  known  the 
unseen  God ;  we  are  sent  to  make  known  the  other- 
wise hidden,  adorable,  and  loving  Jesus;  not  by  word 
only,  but  also  by  our  conduct;  and  He  is  with  His 
people  to  make  Himself  known  through  them. — ^^>SV- 
lected. 

Tu.VNKi'ui,. — One  woman  for  twenty-six  years — 
we  knoM'  the  fact — with  crtimps  of  rhemiidtisw,  had 
lain  upon  a  bed,  suti'erlng  continually.  She  had  lost 
the  use  of  every  limb.  She  had  not  seen  the  sunlight, 
except  the  little  that  streamed  into  the  window,  for 
all  these  years.      8he  hadn't  seeu_  for  yeai's  a  greeu 


blade  of  grass  or  a  green  leaf,  and  as  you  climbed  up 
the  rickety  stairs  and  got  into  a  garret  you  would  hear 
a  cheerful  voice,  and  what  would  she  tell  you?  Ask 
her  "about  her  state,  and  she  would  say,  "Oh,  I  am  so 
thankful'  Thankful  for  what?  For  the  use  of  one 
ihumh.  because,  with  a  little  hook  fastened  upon  the 
thumb,  she  could  turn  (ner  the  leaves  of  a  Bible  that 
would  be  placed  within  her  reach,  and  helpless,  and 
snfl^ering,  and  ixjor  as  site  was,  she  was  thankful. — 
John,  B.  (iouejh. 

The  female  meml)ers  of  om-  churches  have  other 
duties  besides  going  to  the  ladies'  prayerrmeetings; 
one  of  which  may  possibly  be  to  av«nd  display  in  dress 
at  church.  One  of  the  finest  things  we  have  for  a  long 
time  heard  was  the  remark  that  a  certain  lady  saves 
the  congregation  where  she  worships  ten  thousand  dol- 
lars a-  year  !  A  woman  of  wealth  and  of  high  social 
culture  and  position,  she  yet  makes  it  a  rule  to  dress 
for  church  in  a  manner  so  plain  and  inexpensive  as  to 
throw  her  whole  influence  against  any  undue  expendi- 
ture in  that  direction,  thus  helping  to  make  everybody 
feel  satisfied  to  attend  Sabbath  worship  with  such,  and 
only  such  outlay  as  can  be  afforded.  Such  women  are 
greatly  needed  in  many  congregations,  and  the  good 
which  they  may  thus  accomplish  is  beyond  estimate, 
especially  in  these  times,  when  so  many  in  every  com- 
munity are  obliged  to  exercise  the  closest  economy. — 
Congregationalist. 

HE  A  L  TH  HINTS. 


HEADACHES. 

Thi.s  affection  is  more  or  less  usual  to  all  classe.s,  but, 
with  the  almost  necessary  appendage  of  cold  feet,  it  is 
especially  a  female  disease.  The  head  may  ache  like 
the  arm,  the  eyes  or  the  stomach,  when  deranged  or  over 
tasked.  There  can  be  no  such  difficulty  without  a  definite 
and  adequate  cause.  Among  these  causes,  and  perhaps 
the  most  prominent,  is  a  derangement  of  the  stomac'h,  a 
foul  stomach,  with  an  almost  necessary  derangement  of 
the  bowels.  The  stomach  is  so  in  sympathy  with  the 
brain  as  well  as  with  the  liver  and  bowels,  that  it  is  im- 
possible for  one  to  be  made  out  of  order  without  some 
corresponding  derangement  in  one  or  both  of  the  others. 
And  here  it  is  but  just  to  say  that  such  a  foul  stomach  is 
not  purified  by  medicines  alone,  though  they  may  aid,  es- 
pecially for  the  time,  as  when  emetics  or  cathartics  are 
given.  But  they  will  become  foul  again  and  produce  the 
same  results,  if  they  are  treated  as  before.  If  they  are 
fold  from  being  overtaxed,  either  by  too  much  food,  more 
than  they  can  properly  dispose  of,  or  if  such  derangement 
is  the  residt  of  taking  improper  food,  so  difficult  of  diges- 
tion that  a  part  necessarily  remains  tuidigested  and  niust 
rot,  that  is  the  right  word,  and  in  tlie  right  jilace.  The 
use  of  medicines,  the  proper  ones,  will  afford  only  a 
temporary  relief,  not  a  cure.  If  the  cause  remains,  the  re- 
sidt remaining  also.  -  Remove  the  cause  and 
the  resulting  disease  is  removed.  Care  in  this  matter  in 
time  of  meals,  securing  regularity,  quantity,  quality,  sini- 
])le,  with  no  lunches,  especially  at  bed  time  will  do  much 
to  improve  the  stomacli  even  if  no  medicine  is  taken.  An 
occasional  fast  pa.ssiug  over  the  last  meal  also,  when 
there  is  no  special  api)etite,  will  aid  in  the    imj)rovemeut. 

The  headache  may  also  he  caused  by  too  much  labor, 
both  physical  and  mental,  too  much  care,  an.xiety,  too 
mucli  sitting  uj)  late,  both  for  reading  flashly  literature 
and  "mending  stockings,"  all  fatiguing  the  brain  and  of 
course  producing  an  unpleasant  sensation.  It  may  also 
be  the  result  of  certain  other  diseases  peculiar  to  females, 
which  must  first  be  removed  before  a  iiermanent  cure  of 
the  headache  is  effected. 

The  cure  by  medicines  is  not  as  sure,  or  so  certain,  or 
so  permanent  as  when  done  by  the  adoption  of  proper 
habits  by  the  removal  of  the  causes,  .since  prevention  is 
always  easier  and  cheaper  than  cure.  If  for  example, 
pliysic  is  taken  to  remove  one  of  the  causes,  constipation 
of  the  bowels,  a  relief  is  secured  for  a  few  days  it  may  be, 
but  the  constipation  always  is  aggravated  by  i>ach  dose  of 
a  cathartic,  if  necessary  aggravating  the  headache.  If  the 
constipation  is  a  cause  of  the  headache,  and  Ihal  is  in- 
creased by  each  and  fevery  dose  both  proving  worse  and 
worse,  it  is  difficult  to  conjecture  wlicn  the  headache  may 
disappear  by  that  treatment.  On  the  contrary  the  ado]i- 
tion  of  a  coarser  diet,  so  well  calculated  to  remove  tlie 
cause  will  be  far  more  hopeful  in  the  cuiv  of  the  effect, 
indeed,  in  all  cases,  the  important  consideration  is  in  lef- 
erence  to  the  cause  or  causes,  the  removal  of  which  will 
generally  remove  the  effect. 

There  are  many  efforts  made  to  remove  or  cure  the 
lieadache,  not  dictated  by  common  sense  or  by  common 
prudence.  Among  tiiese  is  the  cruel  custom  of  harsh  aji- 
plications  of  very  cold  walerorof  ice  ;  showering  the  head 
by  allowing  cold  water  to  fall  from  a  distance,  striking 
tlie  head  violently.  In  general  terms,  it  is  safe  to  treat 
the  human  body  tenderly,  and  this  is  especially  true  of  the 
head  and  brain.  But  it  is  ])erfcctly  safe  and  judicious  to 
use  water  of  a  comfortable  temperature  for  a  bath,  but 
still  better  to  wet  a  cloth  and  wrap  the  whole  head  in  sev- 
eral tliicknesses  with  only  a  slight  covering  of  dry  flannels, 
cooling  the  head  slowly  and  gradually  till  the  head  is 
pernanently  cooled,  thus  avoiding  the  reaction  and  con- 
se(pient  increase  of  tlie  heat  almost  certain  in  (he  otlicr 
treatment. 

Again,  others  use  anionia,  camphor,  etc..  the  tirst  of 
which  is  especially  harsh  and  can  do  no  jjermaneut  gooif, 
since  it  removes  no  cause,  only  so  far  irritates  certain  sur- 
faces as  to  divert  or  confuse  the  duecl  attack.  All  such 
harshues8  must  do  hurui  in  some  way  present  or  iu  the 
future. 


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.January  1-8.  1883 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE. 


11 


It  is  proper  also  to  say  that  cold  feet  attend  this  affection 
trom  a  want  of  a  good  circulation  of  the  blood  in  the  ex- 
fremities,  with  an  over  supply  at  the  brain.  To  warm  the 
feet,  therefore,  and  cool  the  head  must  mitigate  the  suft'er 
ings,  while  the  real  cure  should  be  effected  by  the  removal 
of  all  causes  by  regulating  the  stomach  and  bowels,  using 
a  plain,  cour.se  diet,  avoiding  overwork  of  all  kinds,  and 
exercising  in  the  ojien  air. — Dr.  J.  H.    Haaaford. 


CHILDREN'S  CORNER. 


STORIES  OF  MY  BOYS.—ll. 

BY  JKNNIE  L.  HARDtE. 

Down  into  the  coal  cellar  Harvey  made  his  way  after 
receiving  that  cruel  blow — where  no  one  could  see  him 
or  hear  him  or  think  he  was  swearing,  and  clasping  both 
his  hands  tightly  while  tears  rained  over  his  face  he  cried 
out: 

"Oh.  Lord,  I'm  so  dreadful  thankful  to  thee  that  I 
didn't  topple  over  bein'  as  I  was  afraid  o'  the  master" — 
then  finding  a  space  somewhat  free  from  coal  dust  knelt 
down  and  went  on.  —  "O  God,  be  my  father.  I  can't  help 
it  if- dad  was  a  drunkard,  nor  I  can't  hel}^  it  if  my  mother 
— she  was  a  thousand  times  more  like  a  white  rose,  nor 
my  mistress  here — I  can't  help  it  now  though  I  tried  to 
then,  if  she  did  grow  thitmer  every  day  "cause  she  hadn't 
enough  to  eat,  and  died  at  last.  I  can't  help  it  if  I  was 
jest  a  vagabond — but  please,  Lord  in  heaven,  be  my 
father — 1  hope  it  says  somewhere  in  the  Book  that  he'll 
look  after  chaps  like  me;  for  oh,  'pears  to  me  I'd  give  all 
the  world  gin  I  had  it  if  I  could  be  certain  sure  that 
thou,  O  Lord,  would  alius  stan'  by  me  like  you  did  then. 
I'll  mind  what  the  Book  tells  me  fur's  I'm  able,  an'  I'll 
do  all  I  can  to  make  others  mind  it — though  if  I  want 
such  a  fool  as  Joe  and  the  mistress  alius  says,  it  stands  to 
sense  I  could  do  more!  But  please,  O  Lord,  be  my 
father;"  and  then  into  the  boy's  heart  came  such  a  feeling 
of  gladness  that  for  a  moment  he  stood  so  still  you  might 
have  heard  his  heart  beat.  Reader,  you  and  I  know  what' 
that  gladness  meant;  and  he  knew  afterward. 

Going  up  into  the  kitchen  he  found,  sitting  by  the  fire, 
not  the  cook,  but  Joe's  spinster  aunt.  She  looked  at  him 
sharply  as  he  came  in  and  drawing  a  chair  near  her  own 
bade  him  be  seated. 

"I  want  to  talk  with  you  my  boy,"  she  said  kindly;  and 
then  after  a  moment's  pause  asked  abruptly,  "What  do 
you  intend  to  be  when  you  become  a  man'?" 

The  question  startled  him  and  he  looked  about  with  a 
frightened  air,  then  like  (Mie  who  has  an  unwelcome  or 
unpleasant  statement  to  make,  he  said:  "I  dunno  ma'am; 
how  should  I  know'/  If  so  he's  I  want  a  fool,  as  they 
says,  an'  lied  the  larnin'  — an'  oh  how  I  want  the  hirnin', 
ma'am.  I'd  like  to  stan'  up  straight  like  the  preacher  to 
my  church  does,  and  beg  o'  people  to  mind  what  the 
Book  says.  But  I'll  never  be  that  o'  course,  ma'am" — and 
the  boy  looked  up  with  a  tiushed  face. 

"You're  not  a  fool,"  said  the  lady  kindly.  "You  know 
(piite  as  much  as  other  boys,  but  you  should  go  to  school 
that  that  knowledge  might  be  di'awn  on],  and  you'd  know 
how  to  use  it.     You'd  like  to  go  to  school?.' 

"0  ma'am,  if  I  only  could!"  and  the  dull  gray  eyes  grew 
bright  for  a  moment.  "But  I  can't,  o'  course,  so  there's 
no  use  wishin'.'' 

"Well,"  said  the  lady  as  she  aro.se  from  her  seat,  "are 
you  trying  to  obey  the  teachings  given  you  in  the  Sabbath 
school '!" 

"As  much  as  I  kn"ow.  I  l)e,  ma'am." 

"  That  is  well.  And  do  you  know  it  says  in  the  Biltle, 
'When  my  father  and  my  mother  forsake  me,  then  the 
Lord  will  take  me  up?  " 

"  No,  ma'am.     Does  it  say  that,  sure'?" 

"  It  does." 

"I  thought  it  nuist  say  suthin'  like  that,"  said  Harvey 
to  himself  as  the  lady  left  the  room.  "  Now  ain't  that 
ipieer!" 


OLD  BOOKS. 


"There  is  nothing  to  read,"  said  a  young  girl,  in  a 
house  which  was  overflowing  with  books.  Her  quiet 
Aunt  Lottie,  looking  up  from  her  sewing,  gave  a  signifi- 
cant glance  at  the  well-filled  shelves  where  rows  of 
vohmies  stood  in  friendly  company,  at  the  table  were 
several  magazines  and  two  or  three  prettily-bound  stories 
lay  together,  and  then  at  her  niece  with  the  despairing- 
face  as  she  uttered  lier  exciamation. 

"Well,  Aunt  Lottie,  I  have  read  all  the  interesting  parts 
of  the  magazines;  and  as  for  the  books  in  the  Horary, 
they  are  all  so  old.     I  like  new  books," 

"Even  if  the  old  are  better"/"  said  Aunt  Lottie. 
"Kathie,  dear,  if  you  could  go  back  with  me  to  my  girl- 
hood, and  get  so  Iningry  for  reading  as  I  used  to.  you 
would  never  disdain  your  father's  library," 

"Tell  mc  about  it,"  said  Katliie,  taking  the  strip  of  can- 


vas oil  which  she  was  working. a  lambrequin  for  the  man- 
tle, and  seating  herself  on  a  low  chair  near  her  aunt. 

"We  had  the  Bible,  dear.  Indeed,  we  each  had  our 
own  special  Bible,  and  father  had  Scott's  and  Henry's 
Commentaries.  Then  we  had  the  "Dairyman's  Daughter'" 
and  "The  Shephei'd  of  Salisbui'y  Plain."  "The  Pilgrim's 
Progress,"  Doddridge's  "Kise  and  Progress,"  Baxter's 
"Call  and  Saint's  Rest,"  and  Owen  on  "Spiritual  Mindcd- 
ness;"  also  Hervey's  "Meditations,  "  and  PoUok's  "Course 
of  time,"  and  two  or  three  volumes  of  Walter  Scott,  who 
was  then  a  quite  recent  writer,  with  Milton's  "Paradise 
Lost,"  and  Shakespeare.  There.  I  believe  I  have  men- 
tioned all  our  list.  There  was  not  one  of  them.  dear,  in 
which  at  ycuii-  age  ]    had    not    read   often    and      deeiily." 

"C!ommentaries.  Baxter  and  all'.'"  said  Kathie,  a  look  of 
incredulity  .stealing  over  her  face. 

"Even  so  my  little  child.  And  sometimes  when  I  hear 
you  comjjlaining  that  you  have  nothing  to  read,  I  tremble 
for  the  intellectual  poverty  which  cannot  en.joy  Scott,  Mil- 
ton, and  Shakespeare." 

"Four  of  us  girls, — Amy  Benson,  Maggie  Elmore, 
Alice  Cuthill,  and  I,  are  thinking  of  meeting  every  week 
to  read  together,"  said  Kathie.  "We  expect  to  read  and 
work,-*one  reading  aloud.  It  might  be  a  good  idea  to 
take  up  some  of  these  old  books,  instead  of  what  we  had 
proposed — stories  from  the  circulating  library." 

"[  would  advise  your  making  the  trial,"  said  Aunt 
Lottie,  "though  I  have  not  a  great  oj)inion  of  these  read 
ing  circles  myself.  I  like  a  quiet  room  and  a  book's  com- 
pany wjlh  nobody  to  disturb  me.  But,  Kathie,  before 
you  again  declare  there  is  nothing  here  for  entertainment 
or  instruction,  take  down  and  read  some  of  the  old 
books." — IjiteUigencer. 


ANFAJDOTE  OF  A  Sl'/DEE. 

A  fine  old  English  gentleman,  [Mr.  Moggridge,]  with 
abundant  leisure  for  studies  in  natural  history,  has  writ- 
ten a  very  entertaining  book  on  insects,  in  one  chapter  of 
which,  as  a  critic  asserts,  he  "elevates  the  character  of  the 
.spider.  "  It  is  pleasant,  at  any  rate,  to  know  that  he  has 
found  out  enough  about  the  creature's  feelings  to  elevate 
science  in  the  direction  of  mercy.  The  story  is  briefly  as 
follows;  Moggridge  had  been  in  the  habit  of  immersing 
for  preservation  his  different  specimens  of  spiders  and 
ants  in 'bottles  of  alcohol.  He  saw  that  they  struggled 
for  a  few  minutes;  but  he  thought  that  the  sensation  was 
soon  extinguished,  and  they  were  soon  free  from  suffer- 
ing. On  one  occasion  he  wished  to  ^ireserve  a  large  fe- 
male spider  and  twenty-four  of  her  young  ones  that  he 
had  captured.  He  put  the  motlier  into  a  bottle  of  alco- 
hol, and  saw  that  after  a  few  moments  she  folded  hei' 
legs  abfiut  her  body  and  was  at  rest.  He  then  put  into 
the  bottle  the  young  ones,  who  of  course  manifested 
acute  pain.  What  was  his  surprise  to  see  the  mother 
arouse  herself  from  her  lethargy,  dart  around  to  and 
gather  her  young  ones  to  her  bosom,  fold  her  arms  around 
them,  and  again  relapse  into  insensibility,  xmtil  at  length 
death  came  to  her  relief,  and  the  limbs,  no  longer  con- 
trolled by  this  maternal  instinct,  relaxed  their  grasp  and 
liecamc  dead.  The  effects  of  the  exhibition  upon  him  is 
a  lesson  to  otu-  common  humanity.  He  has  applied  chlo- 
roform before  immersion.  Judging  from  the  above,  the 
spider  is  certainly  superior  to  the  human  animal,  in  the 
fact  that  alcohol  does  not  destroy  her  natural  affecticm. 


STRUGGLES  AGAINST  BAD  PARENTAGE. 

It  is  no  great  thing  if  a  man  who  has  been  carefully 
nurtured  by  intelligent  parents  and  then  passed  through 
school,  college,  and  those  additional  years  of  professional 
study,  go  directly  to  the  front.  But  start  a  man  amid 
every  po.ssible  disadvantage,  and  pile  in  his  way  all  pos- 
sible obstacles,  and  then  if  he  take  his  position  among 
those  whose  path  was  smooth,  he  nmst  have  the  elements 
of  po-wer.  Henry  AVilson  was  great  in  the  mastering  and 
overcoming  all  disadvantageous  circumstances.  He  be- 
gan at  the  bottom,  and  without  any  help  fought  his  own 
way  to  the  top.  If  there  ever  was  a  man  who  had  a  right 
at  the  start  to  give  up  his  earthly  existence  as  a  failure 
that  man  was  Henry  Wilson.  Born  of  a  di.ssolute  father, 
so  that  the  son  took  another  name  in  order  to  escape  the 
disgrace;  never  having  a  dollar  of  his  own  before  he  was 
31  years  of  iige;  toiling  industriously  in  a  shoemaker's 
■shop  that  he  might  get  themeansof  schooling  and  culture; 
then  loaning  his  money  to  a  man  who  swamped  it  all  and 
returned  none  of  it;  but  still  toiling  on  and  up  until  he 
came  to  the  State  Legislature,  aiul  on  and  uii  till  he  reach- 
ed the  American  Senate;  and  on  u]i  until  he  became  Vice 
President.  In  all  this  there  ought  to  be  great  encourage- 
ment to  those  who  wake  up  late  in  life  to  find  themselves 
unequij)|ied.  Henry  Wilson  did  not  begin  his  education 
until  most  of  our  young  men  think  they  have  finished 
theirs.  If  you  are  25  or  ;iO,  or  40  or  50,  it  is  not  too  late 
to  begin.  Isaac  Walton,  at  90  years  of  age  wrote  his  val- 
uable book;  Benjanun  Franklin,  almost  an  octogenarian, 
went  into  ]ihilosophic  discoveries;  Fontenelle's  mind 
blossomed  even  in  the  winter  of  old  age;  Arnauld  made 
valuable  translations  as  80  years  of  age;  Christopher 
Wren  added  to  the  astronomical  and  religious  knowledge 
at  86  years  of  age. — Suiid<iy  Magazine. 


The  coldest  place  on  earth  is  Verkoyansk.  in  Silieria, 
lying  in  sixty-seven  and  one-half  degrees  north  latitude, 
on  the  river  Yana.  Its  lowest  mean  winter  tempei'ature 
is  forty-eight  and  six-lenlhs  degrees  below  zero.  Centi- 
grade. 

A  New  York  man  has  $100,000  invested  in  the  .aather- 
ing  of  stale  bread  from  the  hotels  of  that  city,  griudiug  it 
into  food  for  pigs  and  poultry.  He  employs  nine  teams 
i  n|thc  business.     He  i)ays    the  Astor  House,  for  instance 

'a  year  for  its  stale  bread. 


TEMPERANCE. 

One  of  the  signs  of  the  grf)wth  of  a  general  deniimd  for 
non  intoxicating  beverages  is  the  re]iorted  acquisition  of 
a  herd  of  cows  by  one  of  the  great  English  railway 
companies,  in  order  to  supply  fiesli  milk  to  travellers  on 
their  line. 

A  son  of  the  late  President  Tyler  was  lately  arrested  in 
Washington  for  drunkenness.  "Although  a  jioor,  l)e- 
sotted  creature,"  says  a  Syracuse  .lovrnal  coiTespondent, 
"  he  is  one  of  the  most  c(jurtly  and  polished  men,  in  de- 
meanor and  conversation,  to  be  found  in  Washington. 
One  who  has  not  seen  him  accei)tan  invitation  to  take  a 
drink,  and  the  air  with  which  he  will  take  it,  has  never 
seen  a  true  Virginia  gentleman  of  the  real  old  style." 

Being  a  liljcral  rewarder  of  capital  it  is  natural  to  in- 
quire what  it  does  for  labor"?  Being  boastful  of  its  ben- 
efactitjns  bestowed  upon  the  persons  it  employs,  one  nat- 
urally Uioks  for  large  returns  to  his  em|)loyes.  But  what 
do  we  find?  For  every  dollar  paid  by  the  cajiital  invested 
in  li()uors  tr)  the  laboring  cla.sses,  each  of  all  the  other 
branches  of  industry  ^ay  on  an  average  ,f7.41.  For  exam- 
ple out  of  every  $100  spent  for  boots  and  shoes.  $32. S5 
goes  into  the  pockets  of  labor.  The  same  amount  spent 
for  clothing,  furniture  or  hardware,  or  for  cotton,  woolen 
or  worsted  goods,  remunerates  labor  in  amounts  ranging 
from  $22.75  to  $12.98.  the  average  being  $14.38.  One 
hundred  dollars  spent  for  intoxicating  liquors  benefits 
labor  only  to  the  extei\t  of  ,$1.94. — Judge  Irwin. 

The  city  of  Millville,  N.  J.,  supported  twenty  grogshops 
some  years  ago.  and  drunkenness  abounded  on  every 
hand.  Eleven  years  ago  the  voters  elected  officers  who 
refused  license,  and  after  a  hard  struggle  banished  the 
dram-.shops.  A  pojiulatifin  of  8,000  are  now  solier,  pros- 
perous and  ha]i))y.  The  glass  factories  of  "Whitall, 
Tatum  &  Co.,  emjiloying  1,500  hands,  are  located  here, 
and  a  member  of  the  firm  recently  said:  "Prohibition  is 
worth  to  us  as  a  firm  at  least  ten  thousand  dollars  a  year 
in  the  general  regularity  of  the  nun  at  their  work.  An- 
other man  said:  "I  have  been  connected  .with  these 
works  for  more  than  twenty  years.  I  know  the  employes; 
their  condition  is  vastly  improved  since  prf)hibition  went 
into  effect.  Nobody  learns  to  drink  in  our  town  now.'  — 
Nat.  Temp.  Advocate. 

A  sensil)le  and  Ijeneficent  temperance  reform  is  giadu- 
ally  but  surely  making  its  way  in  a  direction  in  which  it 
was  greatly  needed.  Formerly,  in  all  the  great  ste;imshi]is 
upon  the  Atlantic  rations  of  grog  were  issued  to  crews.  Now 
the  leading  companies  are  one  after  the  other  changing 
the  ration  of  grog  to  a  ration  of  coffee.  The  Cunard 
company  has  just  made  this  wholesome  substitution,  and' 
it  is  a  jileasure  to  find  that  captains  of  the  steamers  of  this 
old  established  line  have  nearly  all  a  good  word  to  say 
for  the  sensible  as  well  as  salutary  de])arture.  Captain 
McMickan,  of  the  Bothnia,  says  that  "undoubtedly  the 
men  will  be  better  off  without  the  grop."  But,  besides 
the  steamers  of  the  Cunard,  those  of  the  Guion  line  no 
longer  furnish  grog,  while  the  Inman  company  al)andone(l 
the  ])ractice  six  months  ago.  It  is  stated  that  the  earnes*. 
and  well  directed  efforts  of  the  Church  of  England  Tem- 
perance society  have  been  exerted  to  efliect  this  change. 
If  so  it  is  an  encouragement  to  all  similar  (u-gan- 
izations  clerical  or  lay,  to  persevere  in  the  direction  of  so 
desirable  and  so  necessary  a  reform. — Chicmjo  Daily 
News. 

Drunkards  are  sufliering  in  the  rural  counties  of  ^Vis- 
consin,  where  the  Local  Option  law  of  the  State  enables 
the  total  abstinence  i)eople  to  vote  down  the  sale  of  in- 
toxicants. Heretofore  the  traftic  has  been  continued  out 
of  sight,  but  now  the  railroad  companies  have  prohibited 
their  employes  from  taking  liquor  as  fieighl.  and  the  deal- 
ers can  therefore  obtain  only  very  limited  supjdies. 

xV  letter  from  India  reports  that  one  of  I  he  serious  ob 
stacles  to  the  work  of  teaching  the  children  of  the  poor 
is  the  increasing  intemperance  of  the  lower  classes  in 
Bengal.  Within  a  few  years  the  price  of  intoxicating  liq- 
uor has  become  so  low,  and  the  manufacture  of  it  so  gen- 
eral, that  even  the  women  and  the  children  arc  forming 
intemperate  habits.  Ten  years  ago,  the  writer  says,  an 
intoxicated  woman  or  child  was  never  seen,  but  now  the 
sight  is  common.  Not  unfrequently  the  schools  are  bro- 
ken up  by  a  drunken  row,  and  the  t  hildren  are  sometimes 
foimd  too  drunk  to  read.  The  schools  have  to  be  moved 
in  some  instances,  in  order  to  get  the  pupils  away  from 
the  sight  and  stench  of  the  public  stills. 

Ireland's  drink  bill  for  one  year  is  $50,000,000.  Al)sen- 
lee  landlords,  accoiuited  one  of  her  greatest  ciu'ses,  draws 
annually  from  the  peo])le  but  $25,000,000.  Mr.  Villars 
Stuart,  M.  P.  for  AV'aterford,  made  the  statement  lately  in 
Dublin:  "One-half  the  amount  of  what  is  annually  si)ent 
for  di'ink  in  Ireland  would,  if  annually  ajiplied  for  the 
purjjosc,  buy  in  fifteen  years  the  fee  sim]>le  of  all  the 
farms  in  Ireland." 

Froni  Carlsbad,  a  fashiimable  watering  jilace  in  Ger- 
many, one  writes:  "  Nothing  could  be  stricter  than  the 
ruh's  here  in  regard  to  eating  and  drinking.  This  one 
may  eat  no  fruit,  that  one  no  meat.  One  mav  drink,  no 
beer,  another  no  wine.  Most  of  them,  indeed,  drink 
neither.  I  know  of  one  young  man  who  walked  five  miles 
up  the  Vallev  of  the  Tepel  in  search  of  a  glass  of  beer 
one  warm  afternoon,  because  at  all  the  different  roadside 
inns  at  which  he  stopped  he  saw  people  drinking  only 
cort'ee  or  mineral  water,  and  being  a  stranger  to  the  ))lace, 
fancied  there  must  be  some  German  variety  of  the  "local 
oi)tion"  law,  and  that  he  had  gotten  into  a  tem])erance 
neighborhood.  And  so  he  had.  And  it  is  this  temper- 
ance, eufcu'ced  by  precept  and  example,  which  makes  of 
Carlsbad  the  iidmirable  heidlh-rcsort  which  It  is.  quite  as 
tnuch  as  it.s  hot  sjn-ings.  One  could  not  be  dissipated  here 
even  if  he  wished  it." 


12 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE. 


January  18,  1883 


Reform  News. 


THE   CHICAGO  ASSOCIATION. 


A  well  attended  and  spirited  business  meeting  of  the 
Chicago  Christian  Association  was  held  in  the  office  of 
the  N-  C.  A.  Tuesday  evening,  January  9th.  W.  I.  Phil- 
lips ])resided.  Rev.  Mr.  Fenton  at  present  engaged  in 
Christian  work  in  the  city,  rej)orted  a  large  number  of  the 
Weed  pamphlet  and  reform  tracts  left  at  private  residences 
and  given  to  passengers  on  some  of  the  outgoing  trains, 
The  report  included  a  visit  to  Union  and  Morgan  Park 
Theological  Seminaries  and  the  Chicago  University,  where 
a  supply  of  anti-secrecy  literature  was  eagerly  sought 
after  and  absorbed  by  the  students.  The  Band  of  Hope 
in  charge  of  Mrs.  E.  A.  Cook,  and  meeting  at  her  home 
for  the  past  year,  was  reported  to  be  in  a  flourishing  con 
dition  and  likely,  ere  long,  to  outgrow  its  present  quar- 
ters. 

An  event  calculated  to  give  impetus  to  the  anti-secrecy 
reform  in  this  city  and  State  is  under  advisement,  viz., 
the  holding  of  a  mass  meeting  either  in  Farwell  or  Central 
Music  Hall  during  the  day  and  evening  of  the  anniversary 
of  Washington's  birthday.  General  Agent  and  Lecturer 
Stoddard  being  present,  volunteered  some  very  interesting 
statements  relative  to  the  "move  on  Washington." 

Secretary. 

TRACT  WORK  IN  WASHINGTON. 

1  met  Bro.  Donaldson  several  times  while  in  Washing- 
ton, and  saw  and  heard  uothing  but  good  of  him.  In  my 
judgement,  he  does  not  overstate  his  case.  We  shall  for- 
ward a  supply  or  tracts  for  his  use ;  and  will  add  that  the 
way  to  keep  this  work  going  in  Washington  and  other 
places,  is  to  send  in  funds  for  the  free  tract  work.  His 
letter  appears  herewith.  J.  S.  P. 

National  Deaf  Mute  College, 

Washington,  Jan.  9th,  1883.  I  am  out  every^  day  go- 
ing from  house  to  house,  taking  street  after  street,  with 
tracts  exposing  these  secret  orders.  I  am  at  this  work 
month  after  month,  and  need  to  be  supplied  with  tracts 
continually.  Pleas'e  give  this  a  corner  in  the  Cynosure, 
and  oblige  your  brother  in  Christ  Jesus,  dead  to  the  things 
in  this  world,  Geo.  W.  Donaldson. 


NOBLY  DONE. 


Troy,  Madison  Co.,  111.,  Jan.  1,  1883. 
Although  I  have  been  a  traveling  preacher  in  the  M.  E, 
church  for  twenty-seven  years,  yesterday  I  preached  my 
first  sermon  directly  in  ojiposition  to  Freemasonry.  We 
had  a  good  congregation,  Masons,  Anti-masons,  and  neu- 
trals. We  had  also  a  quiet  respectful  hearing — could  not 
ask  for  better.  True,  I  saw  the  color  come  and  go  often 
in  many  faces:  but  never  saw  a  better  behaved  audience. 
I  did  not  handle  the  question  tenderly  either.  Two 
weeks  in  advance  notice  was  given  that  I  would  preach 
on  Masonry  at  that  time,  and  the  next  day  after  a  missile 
was  thrown  through  the  parsonage  window,  not  two  feet 
from  my  head  as  I  sat  reading,  which  sent  the  broken 
glass  all  over  me,  and  nearly  all  over  the  house.  An  old 
brother  laughingly  says,  "That's  Masonic  argument."  But 
really,  I  don't  think  the  Masons  had  anything  to  do  with 
it.  I  have  a  better  opinion  of  my  neighbors  than  that, 
but  it  will  do  for  a  joke.  Of  course  we  do  not  know  who 
did  it,  perhaps  never  will,  but  think  it  must  have  been 
some  thoughtless  boy  who  did  it  by  accident.  If  anything 
farther  comes  of  it  I  will  post  you.      R.  W.  Laughlin. 


LETTERS  FROM  KANSAS. 


PRES.  BLANCHARD  AT  SABETHA. 


Tuesday  evening,  January  2nd,  at  an  early  hour  Slos- 
son's  Hall  was  filled  with  a  large  and  respectable  audience. 
Rev.  John  Thomson  was  elected  chairman  and  J.  W. 
Margrave  of  Hiawatha,  secretary.  After  singing  and 
prayer  offered  by  Rev.  Mr.  Shaw,  the  chairman  introduced 
Pres.  Blanchard  to  the  audience,  who  proceeded  to  address 
them  on  some  of  the  evils  of  seci'et  societies. 

The  next  evening,  January  3rd,  the  meeting  opened 
with  a  short  season  of  social  prayer;  after  which  P*i-es. 
Blanchard  began  his  address,  the  subject  being  a  continu- 
ation of  the  former  evening. 

On  Friday  evening  January  5th,  the  same  speaker  deliv 
ercd  an  address  on  the  present  relation  of  the  political 
j)arlies.  After  a  short  prayer  meeting,  he  took  the  stand 
and  spent  about  half  an  hour  in  answering  some  objec- 
tions to  his  former  lectures.  He  then  proceeded  to  the 
subject  of  the  evening.  The  audience  was  not  as  large 
as  on  the  former  evenings,  probably  on  account  of  the 
extremely  cold  weather.  He  preached  Saturday  evening 
in  the  M.  E.  church  by   the   invitation   of  the    presiding 


elder;  and  in  the  Congregational  church  on  Sabbath  even- 
ing- 

His  visit  has  done  much  good  here.  Intelligent  people 
outside  of  the  lodge  are  beginning  to  think  and  examine 
for  themselves.  Honest  Masons  are  learning  that  we  are 
not  opposing  them,  but  the  institution.  As  for  the  pro- 
fessional Hiramites,  they  find  it  hard  work  to  bring  up 
a  sepulchral  laugh  when  they  are  not  tickled. 

John  Thomson. 


AT  olathe. 


President  Blanchard  when  here  gave  us  two  sermons  on 
Sabbath,  both  relating  to  Masonry,  and  lectured  on  Mon- 
day night  to  a  large  congregation,  bringing  the  secrecy 
question  forcibly  and  clearly  before  the  jjublic. 

Ever  since  the  Masons  are  mad  and  threaten  men  whom 
they  think  are  leaders  in  the  reform  in  this  jjlace.  So  it 
seems  they  love  to  pelt  my  poor  self.  These  sermons  and 
the  lecture  were  plain  and  severe,  and  given  in  tjje  midst 
of  a  revival  meeting  in  the  Wesleyan  church;  nevertheless 
the  revival  went  on  and  still  is  in  progress  with  much 
good  accomplished. 

The  religion  of  Masonry  and  the  religion  of  Christ  are 
so  different  that  you  may  preach  and  pray  against  the  re- 
ligion of  Masonry  and  it  will  advance  the  religion  of  Christ. 
As  bringing  a  light  into  a  dark  room,  as  the  light  enters 
the  darkness  vanishes. 

The  reform  work  goes  on  here  beyond  our  most  san- 
guine hopes.  Our  dear  brother  Feemster  is  faithfully 
working  in  the  State;  and  we  soon  expect  brother  Starry 
of  Iowa  to  join  him  in  the  degree  work,  thus  our  State 
will  soon  be  organized  to  do  effective  work.  Truth  is 
mighty  and  will  prevail,  but  must  be  supported  with 
energy  and  effort.  H.  Curtis. 


MICHIGAN,    AWAKE/ 


Friends  of  the  American  Party: — Do  you  know 
that  Michigan  is  doing  almost  nothing  for  our  great  and 
righteous  reform"?  The  fields  are  all  "rijje  for  the  har- 
vest" and  waiting  for  the  reapers.  Thurlow  Weed's  reve- 
lation of  the  Masonic  murder  of  Morgan  has  been  read 
and  pondered  by  scores  of  thousands.  They  are  ready  to 
hear  as  never  before;  but  there  is  no  one  abroad  to  tell 
them  what  they  would  glad'y  hear  of  the  evils  of  Masonry. 
We  have  with  us  a  Masonic  seceder,  a  first-class  lecturer, 
who  has  been  compelled  to  leave  the  field  for  lack  of  sup- 
port, and  turn  to  other  avocations  for  the  supjiort  of  his 
family.  I  refer  to  one  brother,  Elder  A.  H.  Springstein 
of  Pontiac,  who  is  a  true  and  tried  veteran  in  our  re- 
form. 

It  is  well  nigh  a  crime  to  compel  one  so  well  qualified 
to  leave  the  field  at  a  time  when  the  demand  for  labor 
is  so  urgent.  Brother  Springstein  has  done  much  unpaid 
work  for  the  cause.  But  for  his  family's  sake  he  can  do 
it  no  more.  He  is  ready  to  enter  the  field  at  once  if  the 
friends  will  give  him  aid.  He  needs  a  hundred  dollars  to 
give  him  a  start,  but  will  commence  at  once  if  he  can  be 
assured  of  support.  One  friend  has  given  a  tenth  of  the 
hundred  and  will  give  another  if  necessary.  Who 
will  give  other  tens  or  fives,  or  less,  if  unable  to  give 
more. 

Please  respond  at  once.  Direct  to  Elder  A.  H.  Spring- 
steed,  box  605,  Pontiac,  Michigan,  or  to  me  at  88  Colum- 
bia street,  West  Detroit,  Mich.  C.  C.  Foote, 

Treasu7'er. 


AMERICAN  Politics. 


Rev.  a,  H.  Springstein  writes  from  Pontiac,  Mich., 
under  date  of  Jan.  10th: — "Next  week  I  am  to  start  out 
for  a  strong  pull  for  unpopular  truth.  On  the  21st  I  aip 
to  be  in  Ingham  County,  and  on  the  24th  at  Grand  Ledge; 
the  intermediate  time  to  be  filled  up  with  evening  meet- 
ings. Ever  since  the  Holly  convention  I  have  prayed, 
and  groaned,  and  cried  to  God  not  to  let  the  enemy  hedge 
up  the  way  forever.  The  way  seems  to  be  opening. 
Woe  to  those  who  are  false  to  the  trust  God  has  given 
them,  "to  those  who  shun  responsibility!"  These  earnest 
words  backed  by  active  efforts  will  be  an  inspiration  to 
to  others;  and  the  shout  of  onward  from  Kansas,  Iowa, 
and  from  all  along  the  the  line  of  a  general  onward  move- 
ment, will  be  echoed  in  hearty  amens  from  many  hearts 
loyal  to  Christ,  and  satisfied  with  the  old  paths  of  Bible 
holiness  and  equal  rights  before  the  law. 


Many  Odd-fellows  do  not  know  what  benefits  they  are 
entitled  to  by  the  rules  of  the  lodge,  and  when  questioned 
confess  their  ignorance.  Some  of  them  talk  vaguely 
about  their  widows  and  orphans  being  cared  for,  but  on 
reflection  they  can  recall  no  cases  where  anything  more 
than  temporary  relief  was  i-cndered  and  that  only  in  ex- 
ceptional cases. 


NOMINATIONS  FOR  188 J^. 

For  President, 
JONATHAN    BLANCHARD 

OF   ILLINOIS. 

For  Vice  President, 
JOHN    A.     CONANT, 

OF    CONNECTICUT. 


PLATFOIIM. 

We  hold:  1.  Tluit  ouis  i.s  a  Christian  ami  not  a 
heathen  ji-iition,  and  thai  the  God  of  the  Cl.ii.sUcin 
Script  res  i.s  the  auihor  of  civil  governnieiit. 

2.  That  (iud  requires  and  man  needs  a.  Sabbath. 

3.  That  the  prohibitiuu  of  the  inii>nrtatic>n,  luaiiu- 
I'uctiire  and  sale  of  intoxicating  drinks  as  a,  beverage 
IS  the  true  policy  ou  tlie  teniperance  qui-stiou. 

4.  That  Liie  charters  of  all  secret  lodges  granted  bv 
our  Federal  and  .State  Legislatures  should  be  with- 
drawn, aiul  their  oaths  prohibited  by  law. 

.■>.  Tliat  tlie  civil  equality  secured  to  all  American 
citizens  by  articles  ]:]ili,  ui'li  and  Lith  of  our  amended 
Constitution  should  be  preserved  inviolate. 

(').  Tliat  arbitration  of  differences  with  nations  is 
the  most  direct -and  sure  method  of  securing  and  per- 
petuating a  i)ermanent  ])eace. 

7.  Tliat  to  cultivate  tlie  intellect  without  improving 
the  morals  of  men.  is  to  make  mere  adejits  and  ex])erts ; 
therefore,  the  Bible  should  be  associated  with  book  of 
science  and  literature  in  all  our  educational  institu- 
tions. 

8.  That  land  and  ether  monopolies  should  be  dis- 
couraged. 

9.  That  the  government  should  furnish  the  peoi)Ie 
with  an  ample  and  sound  currency. 

10.  That  maintenance  of  the  imlilic  credit,  protection 
to  all  loyal  citizens,  and  justice  to  Indians  are  essential 
to  the  honor  and  safety  of  our  riation. 

IL  And,  finally,  we  dema.nd  for  tlie  American  people 
the  abolition  of  electoral  colleges,  and  a  direct  vote  for 
President  and  Vice-president  of  the  United  States. 


THE  VOTE  BY  STATES. 

We  have  given  the  report  of  the  American  vote  in 
Illinois  at  the  last  election,  139  ballots  being  east  for 
State  Treasurer.  The  Secretary  of  State  for  Iowa  re- 
ports the  following  vote  for  the  Iowa  State  ticket: 

A.  W.  Hall,  for  Secretary  of  State,     305. 

Wm.  Elliott,  for  Auditor,    30. 

M.  Springsteed,  for  Treasurer,     293. 

Jacob  W  Rogers,  for  Attorney  General,  290. 

Joseph  P.  Ferguson,  for  Judge    Sup.  Court,  299. 

W.  P.  NoiTis,    Clerk  Sup.  Court,  286. 

The  official  report  from  Michigan  is  as  follows: 

Chas.  C.  ^^'oote,  Governor.   343. 

Lewis  I.  Wicker,  Lieu't.  Governor,   285. 

Jacob  0.  Doesburg,  Secretary  of  State,  325. 

Geo.  Swanson,  Treasurer,  342. 

Wm.  Wing,   Auditor  General,  314. 

Geo.  W.  Clark,    Com.  Land  office,  333. 

Henry  C.  Piatt,  Attorney  General,  327. 

Wm.  H.  Ross,  Supt.  Public  Instruction,  336. 
Hardy  A.  Day,  Slate  Board  of  Education,    314. 

Henry  D.  Inman  received  90  votes  in  the  Fifth  dis- 
trict for  Congressman. 


In  Connecticut  the  vote  is  recorded  thus:  . 

George  P.  Rogers,  for  Governor,  1034. 

William  S.  Williams,  Lieut.  Governor,   1026. 

Isaac  J.  Gilbert,  Secretary  of  State,  14. 

Edmund  Tuttle,  Treasurer,    5. 

Joseph  S.  Perry,  Comptroller,   13. 

Probably  the  large  vote  for  Governor  and  Lieuten- 
ant Governor  is  due  to  their  nomination  bj'  some  other 
party  also.  While  this  record  is  not  so  large  by  far 
as  could  be  desired,  it  yet  proves  that  a  sentiment  is 
forming  that  will  in  due  time  be  felt  at  everj^  polling 
place  in  the  land. 


10  WA  IN  PAR  TIC  ULAR. 

Clarence,  Iowa,  Dec.  39,  '83. 

Editor  Cynosure: — As  I  have  seen  but  very  little  in 
the  Cynosure  in  regard  to  the  number  of  American  tickets 
polled  in  Iowa  at  the  late  election,  I  have  taken  upon  my- 
self the  responsibility  of  ascertaining  the  exact  number 
polled  in  the  State.  There  are  ninety-nine  counties  in 
Iowa.  American  tickets  were  voted  in  twenty  counties, 
leaving  seventy-nine  where  there  was  not  a  single  Ameri- 
can ticket  voted.  I  will  give  the  names  of  the  twenty 
counties  in  alphabetical  order  and  the  number  of  Ameri- 
can votes  polled  in  each:  Adams,  4;  Bremer,  1;  Carroll, 
1;  Cedar,  26;  Chickasaw,  3;  Delaware,  18;  Fayette,  18; 
Fremont,  2;  Iowa,  7;  Jasper,  12;  Jefferson,  19;  Jones,  8; 
Kossuth,  1;  Louisa,  18;  Marshall,  25;  Page,  18;  Ringgold, 
8;  Van  Buren,  the  banner  county  of  the  State,  106;  Wa- 
pello, 4;  Washington,  16.  Total  for  the  whole  State  of 
Iowa  305. 

I  would  say  a  few  words  in  regard  to  this  vote  but  I 
cannot  do  the  subject  justice,  I  will  just  call  the  atten- 
tion of  tlie  Iowa  voters,  who  claim  to  he  Anti-masons, 
to  the  above  list,  and  as  they  read  the  number  of  Ameri- 


January  18,  1883 


THE  CHRISTLAJSr  CYNOSURE. 


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can  votes  polled  in  their  respective  counties  that  they  V7ill 
humbly  pray  that  a  year  hence  the  number  will  be  many 
times  multiplied;  and,  when  election  day  comes  again, 
walk  uj)  to  the  polls  and  practice  what  they  preach.  I 
should  like  to  see  reports  from  all  the  States  in  the  Union 
and  know  the  whole  number  of  American  votes  cast  in 
the  country.  Perhaps  there  were  some  American  votes 
cast  in  other  counties  and  the  coimty  canvassers  gave  no 
account  of  them.  If  there  were  any  in  counties  not 
named  I  wish  they  would  make  it  known  through  the  Cy- 
nosure. ■  S.  E.  Starry. 


KANSAS  POLITICAL  MEETING. 


Thursday,  Dec,  21,  1883,  at  3  o'clock  r.  m.,  the  Kan- 
sas friends  met  in  political  convention  at  Emporia.  A.  M. 
Thompson,  Esq.,  of  Kansas  City,  was  chosen  chairman, 
and  M.  N.  Butler,  secretary.  ■  Motion  for  political  action 
called  out  considerable  discussion.  R.  Loggan  advised 
action.  P.  S.  Feemster  thought  it  time  to  begin  to  act  as 
well  as  pray.  J.  A.  Collins  did  not  altogether  apjirove  of 
present  action.  W.  W.  McMillan  belonged  to  a  church 
peculiar  on  political  action;  did  he  believe  in  voting,  he 
should  consider  himself  criminal  did  he  not  act.  Believed 
there  were  only  two  or  three  others  holding  as  he  did. 
Dr.  J.  Blauchard  made  appropriate  and  jn-actical  remarks 
favoring  immediate  action.  H.  Curtis,  Esq.,  of  Olathe, 
J.  Alexander,  A.  M.  Thompson  and  others  spoke  encour- 
agingly. 

The  following  resolutions  were  adopted: 

Jiesolved,  That  in  the  judgment  of  this  conveutiou  it  is  expe- 
dient to  take  the  question  of  Anti-masonry  to  the  polls  in  the 
State  of  Kansas. 

Eesolved.,  That  a  State  Central  Committee  of  three  be  appointed 
with  a  general  oversight  of  this  political  movement  and  instruct- 
ed to  attend  the  Prohibition  Convention  soon  to  convene  at  Tope- 
ka,  to  present  our  cause  and  to  propose  to  them  that  we  will  sup- 
port their  candidates  if  such  candidates  are  unobjectionable. 

Jiesolved,  That  we  endorse  the  American  platform  and  recom- 
mend its  circulation. 

liesuh'i'fL  That  we  lieartily  endorse  the  nominations  of  the 
Galesburg  Ci>n\ention,  and  proceed  at  once  to  work  for  their  suc- 
cess in  1884. 

The  committee  appointed  to  visit  the  Topeka  conven- 
tion were  A.  M.  Thompson  of  Kansas  City;  H.  Curtis, 
Olathe;  and  R.  Loggan,  Clifton. 

A.  M.  Thompson,  Ch'n. 

M.  N.  Butler,  Sec. 


THE  Churches. 


— President  Blanchard  preached  to  the  College  church, 
Wheaton,  on  Sabbath.  His  evening  discourse  was  on  the 
progress  of  the  temperance  reform  in  Kansas. 

— Eleven  colleges  are  represented  in  the  United  Presby- 
terian Theological  Seminary,  Allegheny  City,  Pa. 

— Secretary  Stoddard  visited  the  Tonica  church,  and  as- 
sisted there  in  a  communion  service  on  the  7th  inst. 

— Bro.  C.  F.  Hawley,  Wesleyan  Evangelist,  was  lately 
for  a  few  days,  at  his  home,  in  Wheaton.  While  there  he 
assisted  in  the  funeral  services  of  Dea.  John  Christie  of 
the  College  church.  He  is  now  assisting  Bro.  W.  W. 
Warner,  at  Oakfield,  Wis.,  whe"re  he  was  in  December. 
A  hopeful  revival  is  in  progress  there. 

— A  glorious  work  of  grace  is  progressing  at  Riverton, 
Freemont  county,  Iowa,  near  College  Springs,  under  the 
care  of  Bro.  A.  'W.  Hall,  of  the  latter  place.  Twenty-sev- 
en have  already  united  with  God's  people,  and  some 
eighty  profess  conversion. 

— A  good  work  also  began  about  the  first  of  this  month 
at  Wayne,  Iowa,  in  connection  with  a  visit  to  that  place 
of  Elder  Rathbun  and  his  wife.  The  Congregational 
church  in  which  this  revival  began  is  without  a  pastor, 
and  Bro.  Henry  Avery,  of  College  Springs,  is  regarded 
with  favor  as  suited  to  the  place. 

— At  the  annual  meeting  of  the  society  of  the  Centre 
Church,  Hartfofd,  Conn.,  on  Friday  last,  attention  was 
called  to  the  fact  that  the  250th  anniversary  of  the  church 
will  occur  this  year.  It  was  founded  in  Newton,  now 
Cambridge,  Ma.ss.,  in  1033.  The  society  emigrated  in  a 
body  to  Hartford  in  1G36,  with  the  pastor,  teacher  and 
ruling  elder,  so  that  the  church  is  three  years  older  than 
the  Towu  of  Hartford. 

— A  remarkable  affiliation  in  religious  worship  was  that 
on  Thanksgiving  Day  in  Philadelphia.  The  Rev.  Dr. 
Magoun  preached  in  the  Roder-Shalom  Synagogue  to  a 
mixed  congregation,  composed  partly  of  his  own  Broad 
street  congi'egation  and  partly  of  the  regular  attendants 
on  the  synagogue.  Rabbi  Jastrow  offered  prayers  in  He- 
brew and  read  from  the  Old  Testament  Scriptures.  Dr. 
Magoun  preached  on  David,  and  held  up  Judaism  as  the 
fountain  of  revelation,  containing  the  germs  of  all  that 
has  been  developed  into  Christian  religion. 


IS  WILLIAM  TAYLOR   A  FREEMASON? 

As  this  question  is  before  the  public  I  will  settle  it. 

About  one  year  ago  I  asked  Mr.  Taylor  if 
he  was  a  Freemason.  He  said  that  he  was 
not  a  member  of  any  secret  society  and  never  was; 
and  further,  that  his  mission  was  to  preach  the  gospel  and 
he  never  said  anything  about  secret  societies. 

A.  H.  Springstein. 


CHRISTIAN  LIBERIA. 

The  Westminster  Review  says:  "The  Americans  are 
successfully  planting  fiee  negroes  on  the  coast  of  Africa; 
a  greater  event  probably  in  its  consequences  than  any 
that  has  occurred  since  Columbus  set  sail  for  the  New 
Workl." 

Of  the  truth  of  this  strong  statement  we  were  impress- 
ed on  the  evening  of  the  37th  ult.,  while  listening  to  a 
lecture  by  Edward  S.  Morris.  He  is  not  a  minister  of 
the  gospel,  nor  an  African  missionary,  but  a  business 
man  of  Philadelphia,  connected  with  the  late  firm  of 
Edward  S.  Morris  &  Co.,  who  recognizes  fully  his  al- 
legiance to  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ,  and  the  Society  of 
Friends  as  his  ecclesiastical  home. 

He  came  to  Pittston,  introduced  by  the  following  let- 
ter from  President  McCosh,  of  Princeton  College : 

"Princeton,  April  8th,  1880.— Learning  that  Mr.  Ed- 
ward S.  Morris,  of  Philadelphia,  a  truly  earnest,  liberal 
and  devoted  friend  of  the  colored  race,  is  engaged  in  an 
effort  to  establish  one  or  more  schools  for  the  education 
of  the  sons  of  chiefs  in  Western  Africa,  with  the  intention 
of  having  them  well  instructed  ih  the  English  language 
and  in  the  doctrines  of  the  gospel,  and  also  in  useful 
and  varied  knowledge  of  a  practical  kiad, 
the  undersigned  take  pleasure  in  commend- 
ing his  .scheme  to  the  candid  consideration  of  all 
their  friends  who  may  feel  an  interest  in  this  important 
work;  and  they  do  so,  trusting  that  such  schools  will 
prove  to  be  valuable  auxiliaries  to  such  Christian  missions 
as  may  be  established  near  them  by  the  different  evangeli- 
cal churches  in  this  country  and  in  Europe." 

This  letter  is  signed  by  the  Professors  of  both  the 
college  and  the  seminary.  Letters  breathing  the  same 
spirit  of  confidence  have  been  given  him  by  Dr.  Ston's, 
of  Brooklyn,  Bishop  Simpson  of  the  Methodist  Episco- 
pal   Church,     and  others. 

Arrangements  were  made  to  hear  Mr.  Morris  in  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  of  Pittston,  and  he  was 
greeted  by  a  full  house  of  earnest  listeners.  While  not 
a  pojDular  lectvu'er  he  gave  us  one  of  the  most  instruc- 
tive lectures  we  have  heard  on  Africa.  While  not  a 
missionary,  he  added  very  largely  to  our  stock  of  mission- 
ary intelligence;  and  although  not  ordained  to  preach  the 
gospel  by  the  laying  on  of  hands,  he  is 
doing  a  work  for  Africa  _  that  is  already 
yielding  precious  fruit.  The  same  spirit  that  impelled 
Livingstone,  who  died  on  his  knees  pleading  for  Africa, 
apparently  impels  this    Quaker  brother. 

Liberia,  as  is  well  known,  is  a  Republic  on  the  west- 
ern coast  of  Africa,  north  of  the  mouth  of  the  Niger 
River — modeled  in  all  respects  after  the  government  of 
the  United  States.  It  extends  along  the  coast  about  six 
hundred  miles,  and  back  into  the  country  from  the  coast 
about  two  hundred  miles,  and  has  a  population  of  one 
million  aboriginal  inhabiti3nts-  and  twenty  thousand 
Americo-Liberians.  As  early  as  1861,  Mr.  Morris  had 
his  attention  directed  to  this  country  from  the  reijorts  of 
the  Colonization  Society,  and  it  was  impressed  on  his 
heart  that  he  should  visit  the  country  and  learn  for  him- 
self something  of  the  wants  of  Africa  and  its  resoiu-ces. 
He  went,  and  after  ascending  the  rivers  and  visiting  all 
the  settlements  of  Liberia,  he  came  back,  but  not  as  the 
spies  sent  out  to  view  the  Promised  Land.  He  brought  a 
good  report  and  an  earnest  petition  for  help  to  go  up 
and  possess  the  land,  not  with  swords  and  spears,  but  with 
the  Bible,  the  school-book,  and  the  hoe. 

It  would  not  be  possible  for  me  to  give  even  an  outline 
of  his  lecture,  which  was  given  with  maps  and  specimens 
of  the  ju-oductions  of  the  country,  but  if  possible,  the  way 
may  open  for  him  to  speak  in  Scranton  within  a  few 
months,  and  on  that  account  I  call  attention  to  the  sub- 
ject. 

He  first  spoke  of  the  vast  extent  of  Africa.  It  contains 
more  square  miles  of  territory  than  North  and  South 
America  combined. 

3.  The  Niger  Valley,  which  lies  east  of  Siberia,  has  a 
population  of  fifty  millions,  and  these  people  who  are 
Mohammedans,  are  so  far  as  appears,  prepared  to  receive 
Christian  teachings.  The  seeds  of  civilization  and  Chris- 
tianity have  been  carried  to  them  from  Liberia  on  the 
coast.  At  the  present  time  there  is  an  application  from 
500,0(10  of  the  aboriginal  inhabitants  to  come  under  the 
government  of  Liberia,  which  application  is  favorably  re- 
gai'ded  and  will  be  acted  upon  this  year. 

3.  Into  the  town  of  Timbuctoo,  situated  on  the  Niger 
River,  back  from  the  coast  near  iwo  thousand  miles,  there 
come  every  day  as  many  as  five  thousand  camels  loaded 
with  the  products  of  the  country.  The  soil  of  this  whole 
Niger  Valley  is  fertile.  It  produces  coffee,  sugar,  cotton, 
the  palm  tree,  from  which  palm  oil  is  made,  the  lime  and 
indigo  plant.  The  coffee  plant  is  indigenous  to  the  soil. 
Ml-.  Morris  has  given  special  attention  to  the  cultivation 
of  coffee  with  happy  results.  Abraham  Hansom,  late 
United  States  Commercial  Agent,  at  Monrovia,  writes  to 


him  thus:  "Be  assured  that  by  your  public  addresses,  by 
your  intercourse,  and  by  agitation  on  the  .subject  of  the 
growth  of  coffee,  etc.,  you  have  inspired  a  confidence, 
zeal  and  energy  in  the  minds  of  Liberian  citizens  which 
will  j)ut  new  vigor  into  their  arms  and  fresh  courage  into 
their  hearts."  In  the  course  of  his  lecture  he  held  up  a 
piece  of  steel,  six  inches  long,  made  from  a  lump  of  steel 
ore  which  he  picked  up  in  the  streets  of  Monrovia.  A 
blacksmith  in  Norri.stown  hammered  out  this  steel  directly 
from  the  ore.  We  have  no  such  ore  in  our  country.  The 
mountains  of  the  Niger  Valley  abound  in  it. 

4.  The  aim  of  Mr.  Morris  is  to  provide  the  means  for 
the  education  of  these  people  in  the  industrial  arts,  and 
to  teach  them  to  make  for  themselves  happy  Christian 
homes.  He  has  aheadj'  sent  out  two  teachers  partly  at 
his  own  exi^ense,  who  have  commenced  their  work.  This 
is  but  the  beginning.  He  is  endeavoring  to  raise  money 
to  establish  a  large  school,  in  which  to  educate  the  sons 
of  native  chiefs.  But  I,  will  let  him  speak  for  himself: 
"My  object  in  desiring  to  educate  the  sons  of  chiefs,  es- 
pecially those  of  the  Niger  Valley  and  Soudan,  is  three- 
fold: First — to  answer  favorably  the  request  of  the  chiefs 
as  made  to  me,  i.  e.,  'You  Christ-man  teach  my  boy,  he 
take  my  place.'  Second — the  educated  sons  upon  taking 
authority  will  not  only  welcome  missionaries  to 
their  respective  tribes,  b\it  will  impart  the  industrial 
learning  also.  Third — When  the  freedmen  of  Am.erica 
reach  their  fatherland,  they  will  be  received,  not  by 
heathen  but  by  Christian  kings  and  chiefs  and  invited 
into  the  interior.  It  this  way  methiuks  Ethiopia  can  be 
made  suddenly  to  stretch  out  her  hands  unto  God." 

While  not  connected  with  any  missionary  societj^  Mr. 
Morris  is  doing  a  work  that  will  help  all  who  are  labor- 
ing and  praying  for  the  spread  of  the  gospel  in  Africa 
There  is  an  earnestness  in  this  brother's  effort  that  is 
suggestive  of  the  work  of  Dr.  Duff  from  India. — Scranton, 
Pa.,  Utter. 


OUR  CONTRIBUTORS. 

The  Cynosure  is  hapjiy  to  announce  herewith  a  grand 
list  of  contributors  and  correspondents  for  1883. 
To  read  their  letters,  study  their  arguments, 
compare  their  experiences,  and  drink  with  them  at  the 
fountain  of  truth,  even  Jesus  Christ,  will  be  the  noble 
privilege  of  the  readers  of  the  Cynosure.  The  follow- 
ing is  only  a  partial  list.  Arrangements  are  being  made 
for  the  enlargement  of  the  circle  until  it  shall  include 
every  section  of  our  country: 

John  G.  Fee. 

Rev.  A.  M.  Milligan,  D.  D. 

Rev.  P.  A.  Seguin,  French  Protestant  Mission,  N.  Y. 

Pres.  S.  B.  Allen,  Westfield  College. 

Pres.  C.  B.  Kephart,  Avalon  College. 

Rev.  Warren  Taylor,  Presbyterian,  Ohio. 

Pi-of.  L.  N.  Stratton,  President  Wheaton  Theological 
Seminary. 

Prof.  W.  0.  Tobey,    editor  United   Brethren  in  Christ. 

Prof.  J.  R.  W.  Sloane,  D.  D.,  of  Refomied  Presbyterian 
Theological  Seminary. 

Rev.  Wm  Johnston,  L^nited  Presbyterian  chiuxh,  Iowa. 

Revs.  H.  H.  Hinman  and  P.  S.  Feemster,  N.  C.  A. 
agents  in  the  South. 

Rev.  J.  C.  K.  Milligan,  editor  of   Our  Banner. 

Thos.  E.  Kennedy,   San  Jose,  California. 

S.  M.  Good,  who  has  taken  some  fifty  degrees  in  vari- 
ous Masonic  rites. 

Rev.  X.  A.  Welton,  Episcopal. 

Mrs.  E.  D.  Bailey,  Worcester. 

John  Tanner,  Jr.,  Kingston,  Tenn. 

Alexander  Thomson. 

John  D.  Nutting,    Oberlin    Theological    Seminary. 

Rev.  Woodruff  Post,   Methodist  Episcojjal,    New  York. 

Rev  Henry  T.  Cheever,  Worcester. 

Rev.  David  McFall,  Chambers  Street  R.  P.  cliunli, 
Boston. 

Rev.  A.  F.  Chittenden,  Congregational,  111. 

Rev.  B.  F.  Worrell,  do.,  Olathe'.  Kans. 

Prof.  O.  F.  Lumry,  Wheaton  College. 

Rev.  M  A.  Gault,'Ref.  Pres.,  Iowa. 

Rev.  Issac  Bancroft,  Monroe,  Wis. 

Mrs.  J.  F.  Hardie,  of  Minnesota. 

Mrs.  S.  C.  Kennedy,  of   California. 

Rev.  C.  D.  Trumbull,   Ref.  Pres.,  Iowa. 

Elder  J.  L.  Barlow,  Baptist,  Conn. 

Elder  A.  L.  Post,  do.,  Pennsylvania. 

Rev.  C.  C.  Foote. 

Gen.  J.  W.  Phelps,  American  candidate  in  1880. 

Rev.  P.  B.  Chamberlain,  Congregational,  Wasliinglon 
Territory. 

Elder  Nathan  Callender,  Pennsylvania. 

George  W.  Clark,  the  "Liberty  Singer." 

Miss  E.  E.  Flagg,  MassachuseUs. 

Rev.  W.  W.  Ames,  Wisconsin. 

Prof.  S.  C.  Kimball,  editor  Christian     Witness. 

FROM  FOREIGN  L.\.XDS. 

Rev.  John  Boyes,  Louth,  England. 

Rev.  Wm.  Hazenberg,  Cape  Town,  South  Africa. 

Rev.  A.  D.  Zaraphonithes,  Syra,  Greece. 

Rev  G.  H.  Filian,  of  Armenia  [now  in  this  counlry.] 

Henry  M.  Bissell.  missionary  in  Mexico. 


14 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE. 


January  18,  1883 


BIBLE  Lessons. 


Jan.  28,  U 


-The  Healing  Power. - 


D 


Ps.  84:  1-13 
Ps.  88:  1-1 S 
Jer.  8:18-22 
Mark  3:  1-5 
Vs.  103:  1-22 
Matt.  6 :  1-4 
2  Cor.  8  :  1-24 

lilv    Rciidiiu 


LESSON  IV. 
Acts  3: 1-11. 

GOLDEN  TEXT.— "Then  shall  the  lame  man  leap  as  an   hart, 
and  the  tongue  of  the  dumb  sing." — Isa.  3.5:  6. 
DAILY  Ladings. 
Attendance  on  Public  Worship 
Disease  an  Enililem  of  Sin         - .      - 
Our  Divine  ll(>aler      ----- 
Our  Inaliility  and  Duty      -        -        -        - 
Om-  (iratitude  for  our  Healing' 
(Jur  Diitv  to  Ihe   l^xir         _         -         -         _ 
Christ  tlie  (ireaf  Example  of  Benevolence 

[6^^  Take  your  Bible  and    stiuly   Hie 
before  going  further.] 

Introduction. — Tims  far  the  infant  church  had  enjoy- 
ed the  favor  both  of  God  and  man.  But  this  state  of 
things  was  not  designed  to  la.st.  (;)|)po.siti()n  and  even 
persecution  were  essential,  not  only  as  a  means  of  moral 
discipline,  Init  also  as  a  means  of  outward  gi'owth.  The 
new  religion  was  not  to  l)e  a  national  or  local  one,  hut 
catholic  and  ecumenical.  In  order  to  attain  to  this  end  it 
must  be  spi'ead;  and  in  order  to  be  spread,  it  must  be  scat- 
tered; and  in  order  to  he  scattered,  it  must  undergo  strong 
pressure  from  within  and  from  without.  The  history  now 
presents  to  us  the  series  of  providential  causes  by  which 
these  effects  were  brought  ahoul. — Alexander. 

NOTES. 

Al  the  hour  of  prayer,  the  ninth  hour.  That  is,  three 
p.  M.  There  were  two  fixed  hours  for  sacrifice  and  prayer 
—  the  morning  hour  irine  a.  m.,  and  the  evening  hour  three 
p.  M.  (Exod.  29:41).  These,  with  one  at  noon,  were  ob- 
served as  hours  of  prayer  by  the  devout  Jews,  even  when 
absent  from  Jerusalem  and  the  temple  (Ps.  55: 17:  Dan. 
6: 10).  The  apostles  went  up,  not  to  teach  {Calvin),  nor 
as  a  matter  of  expediency  {(Jhrysostom),  nor  to  com- 
memorate Christ's  perfect  sacrifice  by  observing  the  typi- 
cal sacrifice  of  the  temple  {Huckett),  but  because  they 
were  still  Jews  as  well  as  Christians,  and  had  not  yet 
learned  the  full  meaning  of  C'hrist's  declaration  that  he 
had  fulfilled  the  \ii^N.~  Abbott, 

Wn.H  airried.  That  is,  as  Peter  and  Jolin  entered  the 
temple,  the  cripple  was  being  carried  by  friends  to  his  ac. 
customed  place. — Abbott.  This  lame  man  is  an  image  of 
our  natural  inability — we  mu.st  be  carried,  as  long  as  our 
feet  are  without  strength.  But  he  who  lays  us  at  the 
most  beautiful  gate  of  the  temple,  which  is  called  Jesus 
Christ,  has  in  truth  carried  us  to  the  gate  of  life  and  of 
the  power  of  God;  we  shall  there  be  assuredly  healed. — 
Oossner. 

Laid  daily  at  the  gate  of  tlie  temple.  The  ancients  had 
no  almshouses  or  hospitals.  The  poor,  the  maimed  <ind 
the  sick,  who  had  no  means  of  support,  would  seek  some 
conspicuous  public  resort,  where  they  might  attract  the 
notice,  and  obtain  the  assistance,  of  the  rich.  Sometimes, 
like  blind  Bartimeus,  they  sat  by  the  side  of  a  public 
highway;  sometimes  they  were  laid  by  their  friends,  as 
Lazarus  in  the  parable,  at  the  gate  f)f  a  wealthy  man. — 
Pierce.  Martial  (i.  112)  tells  us  of  beggars  who  were  in 
the  hftbit  of  sitting  at  the  gate  of  heathen  temples.  Chry- 
so.stom  reconuneiids  this  practice  as  regards  Christian 
charities.  In  the  Roman  (Catholic  churches  on  the  Conti- 
nent of  Europe,  one  or  more  beggars,  usually  cripples, 
constantly  sit  in  the  church  porch  asking  charity  from  all 
who  enter. — 8c.haff. 

And.  Peter.  Coidd  the  apostles  work  miracles  when 
they  pleased?  Calvin  replies,  they  were  so  exclusively 
ministers  of  the  Divine  jjower  that  they  attempted  noth- 
ing of  their  own  will,  and  the  Lord  worked  through  them 
whenever  it  was  expedient.  Hence  it  happened  they 
healed  one  sufferer — not  all  sufferers  jjromiscuously,  for 
the  Holy  Spirit  guided  them  here  just  as  in  other  matters. 

Expecting  to  receive  something.  This  expectation  is 
generally  a  condition  of  receiving  (Matt.  7:7,  8),  but  the 
gift  exceeds  the  expectation  (Ephes.  8:  20),  as  it  did  here. 
Observe  the  illustration  of  two  phases  of  faith;  in  the 
apostle,  a  clear  knowledge  of  the  benefit  to  be  conferred, 
and  of  the  divine  power  of  him  by  whom  it  would  be 
conferred;  in  the  lame  man,  only  a  confidence  in  the 
charity  of  the  two  unknown,  and  a  vague  hope  of  some- 
thing, he  knew  not  what.  Bui  there  was  faith  in  both, 
in  each  according  to  the  measure  of  knowledge. — Abbott. 

Silver  and  gold  have  I  none. — The  apostles  were  after- 
wards (Acts  4:84,  85),  and  probably  at  this  time,  stew- 
ards of  the  money  sold  for  poor  ('hristians  (Acts  2:  44, 
45),  hut  this  was  not  theirs,  and  it  had  been  entrusted  to 
them  for  another  object.  To  have  given  it  away  would 
have  been  a  criminal  misuse. — Peloubet.  When  God  ap- 
pears to  refuse  the  objects  which  we  desire,  he  gives  us 
others  that  are  better.  If  God  were  inclined  to  bestow 
no  better  gifts  than  those  which  we  usually  desire,  we 
would  never  obtain  his  richest  gifts. — Starks. 

Every  Christian  can  offer  his  unconverted  friends  and 
neighbors  something  of  infinitely  more  service  to  them 
than  silver  or  gold.  He  can  offer  them  his  Saviour,  and 
point  them  out  the  means  of  obtaining  true  and  enduring 
riches. — Pie/rce.  Only  such  as  a,  person  has  can  he  give 
to  others.  If  he  has  courage,  hojic,  love,  goodness,  he 
can  infuse  them  into  other  soids.  If  he  himself  is  full  of 
doubts,  hate,  ill-temper,  bad  passions,  it  is  these  he  will 
impart  to  tliose  aroinid  liini,  and,  by  no  means,  can  such 
an  one  impart  to  others  the  good  he  has  not  him.self. 
What  a  double  motive  is  here  foi'  being  good,  and  acquir- 
ing all  spirituality  and  virtue,  and,  above  all,  for  possess- 
ing the  living  Christ,  that  we  may  help  others  to  knoM' 
and  love  him.  —  Peloubet. 

With  them.  The  most  honoralrle  escort  which  a  servant 
of  Christ  can  obtain,  both  here  below  and  on  high,  con- 
sists of  those  souls  whom  he  has  been  enabled,  by  the 
grace  of  God,  to  rescue  from  destruction.  O  God,  how 
great  will  be  the  blessedness  of  him,  who  has  guided  even 
one  soul  to  thee! — Lange. 


Saw  hint.  Thei'e  was  ahundance  of  testimony  to  the 
reality  of  the  cure,  and  that  by  many  persons  who  had 
seen  the  cripple  for  3rears.  This  the  Jewish  authorities 
(chap.  4:  16)  admit. —  Cambridge  Bible. 

And,  tJtey  knew.  The  material  ])oint  here  is  the  unques- 
tioned identity  of  him  who  had  experienced  the  cui-e. 
Had  the  miracle  heen  wrought  upon  a  stranger,  its  moral 
effect  upon  others  would  have  heen  far  less  than  it  was 
when  the  people  imiversally  recognized  him  as  the  crip- 
pled beggar  whom  they  were  accustomed  to  see  lying 
helpless  in  a  certain  s]jot,  and  that  one  of  Ihe  mo.st  public 
and  frequented  in  the  city. — Ale.cander. 

As  the  lame  man.  .  .  .held  Peter  (\nd  John.  He  held  them, 
not  for  supjiort,  because  he  was  ignorant  how  to  walk, 
nor  for  fear,  lest  the  cvu'c  was  not  permanent,  and  he 
should  suffer  relapse  if  he  lost  them,  but  from  joj"  and 
gratitude; — Abbott.  Perhaps,  as  Alford  suggests,  in  the 
ardor  of  his  gratitude,  that  he  might  lestify  to  all  who  his 
benefactors  were. — Schaff 

ILLUSTRATIVE. 

The  philanthropy  of  Christianity.  The  Philanthropies 
sums  i\]>  the  results  of  Christian  care  for  the  poor,  the 
orphans,  little  wanderers,  insane,  sick,  foundlings,  cripples, 
drunken  outcasts,  children,  in  the  United  States  as 
amounting  to  at  least  $120,000,000  a  year.  Besides  the 
average  length  of  life  has  greatly  increased.  So  Christ  is 
doing  greater  works  through  his  disciples  than  he  did  him- 
self on  earth. — Peloubet. 


THE  CONFERENCE. 


Elder  Joel  H.  Austin  of  Goshen,  Ind.,  in  speaking  first 
this  week  makes  a  good  point  on  the  fencing  in  of 
lodge  members: 

If  Fi-eemasonry  is  so  good  as  Masons  say  it  is,  will  they 
please  tell  us  of  what  need  there  is  that  it  should  be 
hedged  around  with  such  terrible  penalities  to  keep  its 
members  in  the  fold.  We  might  as  well  argue  that  it  was 
necessary  to  put  a  good  strong  fence  around  a  good  pas- 
ture to  keep  the  stock  in  M'heu  the  pasture  outside  was 
very  poor.  Thus  its  very  oaths  and  penalties  give  the  lie 
to  its  pro.session  of  goodness.  What !  Freemasonry  so  good 
and  men  have  to  be  threatened  with  death  if  they  break 
out?  Thus  are  they  kept  in  this  professedly  good  institu- 
tion by  a  great  fear. 

I  ask,  is  it  not  a  just  cause  for  challenging  the  vote  of 
a  Mason  as  he  has  taken  the  oath  of  allegiance  to  the 
Masonic  government.  He  is  declared  by  Masonic  author- 
ity to  be  a  foreigner  to  all  governments  but  that  of  Mason 
ry,  and  he  regards  his  obligation  binding,  of  his  own  free 
will  and  accord,  now  give  him  the  benefit,  recognise  his 
disfranchisement,  atid  if  he  attempts  to  vote  challenge  his 
right. 

Walter  M.  Beden  of  Hadley,  Lapeer  county,  Mich., 
who  informs  us  that  he  was  well  acquainted  ■with  the 
Masonic  "widow  Monroe,"  the  same  who  was  at  home 
commonly  known  as  Dr.  Jack  Lewis,  contributes  a  valua- 
ble and  interesting  reminiscence  of  his  younger  days: 

"I  was  not  acquainted  with  Thurlow  Weed,  yet  I  was 
well  ac((Uaiuted  with  his  mother  and  step-father,  Solomon 
Merrick,  a  seceding  Royal  Arch  Mason,  who  moved  into 
the  neighborhood  in  the  time  of  the  Morgan  excitement. 
As  my  father  was  one  of  the  leading  Anti-masons  of  the 
town  his  carriage  shop  was  a  place  of  general  resort  for 
Anti-masonic  discussion.  Solomon  Merrick  one  day,  sit- 
ting by  the  side  of  the  bench  where  I  was  at  work,  said 
one  of  Morgan's  books  was  sent  to  the  lodge  of  which  he 
was  a  member  with  a  request  that  it  be  examined  by  the 
lodge  and  reported  to  the  Gi-and  Lodge;  also  that  said 
lodge  recommend  a  course  to  pursue  with  Morgan.  A 
committee  oS  three  was  appointed  (of  whom  IVEr.  Merrick 
was  one)  who  rejjorted  the  bof)k  every  word  correct  and 
recommended  that  it  be  made  a  laugh  ;ind  ridicule,  in 
which  case  no  one  would  believe  it;  but  if  Morgan  was 
put  to  death  the  world  would  hold  it  to  be  true.  But 
before  the  next  lodge  night  word  came  that  Morgan  was 
sunk  in  the  Niagara  river. 

Bro.  R.  A.  Stewart  of  Molino,  Tenn.,  whom  some 
of  the  dear  friends  have  been  aiding  in  the  severe 
emergency  of  a  fire  which  destroyed  his  all,  sends  warm 
thanks: 

"Maj^  the  blessing  of  Israel's  God  rest  on  those  who 
forget  me  not.  Bro.  K.  I  want  every  person's  name 
who  sends  to  my  necessity  and  assm-e  them  of  my  thank- 
fulness. I  have  lost  my  j)roperty  by  fire,  hut  it  makes 
me  stronger  in  the  faith  of  the  Anti-masonic  reform." 

Elder  Nathan  Callender  has  a  pleasant  1  bought,  ins])ired 
by  meeting  the  editor  of  the  Cynosure: 

"Incognito  greetings  sometimes  occur,  when  the  i)lcas- 
ure  of  greeting  is  one-sided  and  possibly  less  to  the  one 
who  knows  his  friend,  than  it  would  he  were  the  recog- 
nition full  and  mutual.  Such  seems  to  have  been  the 
case  at  Batavia  when  I,  with  thrilling  interest  grasped  the 
hand  of  my  revered  friend,  Pres.  J.  Blancliai'd,  knowing 
whose  hand  I  held,  while  he,  less  fortunate  in  this  |)ar- 
ticular,  failed  to  recognize  me.  This  is  no  wonder  cen- 
sitlering  tluit  some  seven  years  have  pa.ssed  since  we  met 
till  then,  and  the  weight  of  years  begin  to  tell  somewhat 
on  inc.  T  only  wish  that  I  were  worthy  oj'  such  a  com- 
ineiulation  from  such  a  source.  M;iy  l)e  it  will  tend  to 
inspire  me  to  strive  the  harder  to  do  and  to  be  more  for 
the  glory  of  God  and  the  good  of  his  dear  family — 'The 
church  of  the  first  horn  whose  names  are  written  in 
heaven.'  " 

Josiah  Shaw  of  Eau  Claire,  Wis.,  is  an  aged  brother 
who  sighs  and  cries  for  the  desolations  of  Zion : 

"  I  wish  I  had  means  and  was  more'  able  to  labor  in 


this  reform.  It  is  greatly  needed  here.  Masonry  rules 
and  is  the  driving  wheel  of  all  under  orders.  Billiard 
tables  and  saloons  abound — three  saloons  in  one  building 
and  report  says  there  are  two  more  in  the  cellar.  Hardly  a 
young  man  but  uses  tobacco.  A  boy  came  into  a  store 
and  teased  for  tobacco  who  could  not  have  been  over  ten 
years  old.  It  is  evident  these  temperance  orders  do  no 
good.  We  have  had  them  for  twenty  years  and  yet  in- 
temperance increases:  tem])erance  men  do  not  vote  their 
principles." 

LITERAEY  NOTP^S. 


A  book  entitled  "Infidelity  Unmasked,"  jiublished  by 
Rev.  Dyer  Burgess  of  West  Union,  Ohio,  in  the  year  1831, 
contains  some  of  the  strongest  testimony  again.st  Masonry. 

Charles  A.  Dana  and  Ro.ssiter  Johnson  have  compiled 
a  work  entitled  "Fifty  Perfect  Poems"  that  has  illustra- 
tions so  singular  as  to  deserve  mention.  They  are  vig- 
nettes cut  on  wood,  printed  on  Japanese  paper,  and  deli- 
cately pasted  upon  the  printed  page,  the  effect  being  nearly 
that  of  the  j)eculiarly  French  fashion  of  mixing  etchings 
and  letter-press. 

The  February  number  of  the  North  American  Review 
is  to  contain  an  article  on  "The  experiment  of  Universal 
Suffrage,"  by  Prof.  Alexander  Winchell;  a  discussion  of 
"The  Revision  of  Creeds,"  by  clergymen  representing  six 
evangelical  denominations;  a  paper  entitled  "The  Decay 
of  Protestantism,"  by  Bishop  McQuaid;  and  a  defense  of 
the  Standard  Oil  monopoly,  by  Senator  Camden. 

Vick's  Floral  Ouide  for  1 883  is  the  same  rich  treasure 
for  florist  and  gardener  as  in  past  years,  only  larger  and 
more  artistic  appointments.  Every  jjlant  of  which  a  Sol- 
omon might  speak  is  pictured  with  cai-e  and  accuracy  and 
several  colored  plates  add  to  the  attraction  of  the  pages. 
But  not  all  the  latter  are  devoted  as  usual  to  flowers. 
Gardening  has  become  such  a  fine  art  that  a  big  potatoe, 
carefully  washed  and  delicately  painted  forms  the  subject 
for  a  page  by  itself.     Rochester,  N.  T. 

In  the  North  American  Review  for  January  three  of 
the  most  prominent  advocates  in  this  country  of  the  "Re- 
vision of  Church  Creeds,"  namely,  Newman  Smyth,  Henry 
Ward  Beecher  and  Lyman  ABbott,  set  forth  the  grounds 
upon  which  such  revision  is  deemed  necessary  by  its  ad- 
vocates. "University  Education  for  Women,"  a  question 
that  just  now  is  being  warmly  agitated  both  here  and  in 
England,  is  discussed  by  Prof .  W.  Le  Gonte  Stevens,  who, 
though  he  zealously  advocates  the  measure,  commands  the 
attention  and  respect  of  its  opponents  by  the  eminent 
fairness  with  which  he  states  the  adverse  arguments.  Prof. 
Isaac  L.  Rice  gives  a  "Definition  of  Liberty,"  deduced 
from  a  philosophical  study  of  the  phases  of  political 
evolution,  from  the  earliest  Anglo-Saxon  times  to  the 
present  day.  "Bigotry  in  the  Medical  Profession,"  by  Dr. 
David  Hunt,  is  a  protest,  fiom  the  })en  of  a  respected 
member  of  the  medical  profession,  against  the  First  Com- 
mandment of  medical  ethics,  which  forbids  association 
with  any  but  regidar  practitioners.  Finally,  Charles  T. 
Congdon,  under  the  singularly  apt  title  of  "Adulteration 
of  Intelligence,"  exposes  some  of  the  grave  evils  to  be 
apprehended  from  the  monopolization  of  telegraph  lines, 
press  a,ssociations  and  influential  public  journals.  Pub- 
lished at  30  Lafayette  Place,  New  York. 


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ard Rush,  John  Hancock,  Millard  Fillmoie,  Cliief  Justice  Marshall, 
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1  Historical  Sketch  of  the  N.  C.  A. ,  by  Pres.  J.  Blanchard 4 

2  Voice  of  the  Empire  State  in  Condemnation  of  Masonry 4 

3  Address  to  American  Pastors  on  the  Secret  Lodge .     4 

4  Freemasonry  in  the  Family,  by  J.  P.  Stoddard 4 

6    Pres.  Finney  on  the  Duty  of  Christians  toward  the  Lodge 3 

6  Warning  against  Masonry  (For  Colored  People),  Illustrated i 

7  To  the  Boys  who  Hope  to  be  Men,  Illustrated    ., ; 

8  Freemasonry  Modern  Heathenism 4 

9  Ministers  at  Rival  Altars 4 

10  A  Pastor's  Confession ■ 

11  Knight  Templar  Masonry ». 

12  Ale.xander  Campbell's  Estimate  of  the  Lodges 4 

\i     "The  Secret  Empire,"  by  J.  P.  Stoddard ..-    4 

14  True  and  False  Templarism 4 

15  Secrecy  and  Sin,  from  the  "Christian" 47  CornhlU,  Boston....  ■ .     4 

16  Selling  Dead  Horses,  by  •'Bostoniau" 4 

17  History  of  Masonry,  by  Pres.  J.  Blanchard 4 

18  Despotic  Character  of  Freemasonry 4 

IS)    Freemasonry  a  Christ-excluding  Religion 5 

20  Masonic  Murder,  by  Elder  T.  R.  Baird 2 

21  Grand,  Great  Grand,  by  Philo  Carpenter 2 

22  Masonic  Oaths  and  Penalties  sworntoby  the  Grand Lodgeof  B.I. .     4 

■23    Letters  ot  J.  Q.  Adams  and  J.  Madison  on  Freemasonry   4 

24    Satan's  Cable  Tow 4 

is    Character  and  symbols  of  Freemasonry.  Illustrated 2 

26  Address  of  the  Niagara  Association  on  the  Murder  of  Morgan. .      4 

27  Judge  Whitney  and  Masonry — Masonry  Defends  a  Murderer 8 

28  Nathaniel  Colver  and  Howard  Crosby  on  Secret  Societies 2 

29  Grand  Lodge  Masonry,  by  Pres.  J.  Blanchard 16 

iO    Masonic  Oaths  Null  and  Void,  by  Rev.  1.  A.  Hart -4 

Jl     Hon.  Seth  M.  Gates  on  Freemasonry ' 

32  Origin,  Obligation  and  Expenses  of  the  Grange .        '5 

33  Hon.  Wm   H.  Seward  on  Secret  Societies 8 

M    What  Great  Men  Say  about  Freemasonry 2 

35  Obj;»otions  to  Masonry,  by  a  Seceding  Mason.. ,  4 

36  Masonic  Chastity,  by  Emma  A.  Wallace. ... 4 

37  Reasoub  "^ixy  a  Christian  should  not  be  a  Freemason  (German)        4 

38  Masonic  O... "^8  and  Penalties,  by  Rev.  A.  M.  Milligan 4 

39  Should  Freemasons  be  admitted  to  Christian  Fellowship? 4 

40  The  Object  of  the  Ainerican  (Anti-uiasonlc)  Party 2 

11     Freemasonry  a  Religion  (shown  by  its  own  authors) 8 

42  Duty  and  Ability  to  Know  the  Character  of  Masonry 4 

43  Affidavit  that  Masonry  is  revealed,  by  J.  O.  Doesburg  and  others    4 

44  D.  L.  Moody  on  Secret  Societies 4 

45  Ought  a  Seceding  Mason  to  Keep  his  Lodge  Oath  ? 4 

46  Nos.  17, 18  and  19  combined,  by  Prof,  Oervln  (Swedish) 16 

41  Irish  Murders  and  Secret SoclaUds. -..<... ..  .,..,.,..< .       4 


January  18,  1883 


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16 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE. 


Jantjaet    18,  1883 


NEWS  OF  THE  WEEK. 


— Pension  Commissioner  Dudley  is  now 
busy  preparing  a  list  of  all  pensioners 
and  the  nari;ure  of  their  disabilities.  It 
will  be  sent  to  Congress  before  adjourn- 
ment, and  doubtless  ordered  jJrinted.  It 
will  make  three  large  octavo  volumes. 

— The  Senate  by  a  vote  of  40  yeas  to  15 
nays  passed  the  Hoar  Presidential-Succes- 
sion bill,  providing  that  in  the  case  of  the 
death  of  the  President  and  Vice  President 
a  member  of  the  Cabinet  shall  perform 
the  duties  of  President  temporarily.  One 
amendment  provides  that  the  Cabinet 
officer  who  shall  succeed  to  the  Presiden- 
cy shall  jjerform  the  duties  of  the  duties 
of  the  office  only  until  the  vacancy  shall 
be  legally  filled. 

—The  bill  for  the  relief  of  Fitz  John 
Porter  passed  the  Senate  by  a  nearly 
party  vote.  The  bill  authorizes  the  Pres- 
ident, by  and  with  the  advice  and  consent 
of  the  Senate,  to  appoint  Porter  to  a  col- 
onelcy in  the  regular  army,  with  authority 
to  place  him  on  the  retired  list,  provided 
that  Porter  shall  receive  no  pay  or  com- 
pensation for  services  prior  to  the  passage 
of  the  act. 

— On  Wednesday  morning  the  Newhall 
House,  one  of  the  largest  hotels  in  Mil- 
waukee, was  destroyed  by  fire.  Scores  of 
the  inmates  either  perished  in  the  flames 
or  bj"  jumping  from  the  windows.  Of 
110  guests  and  sixty  -seven  emijloyes 
known  to  be  in  the  burned  hotel,  twenty  ■ 
have  been  identified  among  the  dead  and 
forty-eight  are  missing.  Sixty-.seven  are 
known  to  have  been  saved,  and  forty-two 
are  unaccounted  for.  The  bodies  of  the 
latter  are  supposed  to  be  in  the  ruins, 
which  are  being  .searched  by  the  city  au- 
thorities. 

— On  Sunday  morning  early  fire  was 
discovered  in  the  Planters  Hotel  of  St. 
Louis,  but  a  quick  j'esponse  of  the  fire 
dej^artment  quenched  it.  Not  until  three 
lives  were  lost  and  much  damage  done 
however. 

— It  is  reported  that  the  new  railway 
from  Buffalo  to  Chicago  is  really  owned 
by  Wm.  H.  Vanderbilt  and  he  has  decid- 
ed that  it  shall  be  accommodated  in  this 
city  at  the  freight  and  passenger  depots 
of  the  Lake  Shore  and  Michigan  Southern 
road. 

— According  to  a  statement  issued  by 
the  United  Pipe  Lines  of  Pennsylvania 
there  were  32,859,088  barrels  of  oil  stored 
in  their  tanks  on  Jan.  1,  1883. 

— A  bill  was  introduced  in  the  Florida 
Assembly  incorporating  the  Florida  Ship 
Canal  Company,  contemplating  the  con- 
struction of  a  ship  canal  from  the  Atlantic 
to  the  Gulf  of  Mexico  across  the  peninsula. 
The  capital  stock  of  the  company  is  fixed 
at  not  less  than  $40,000,000  nor  more  than 
$60,000,000. 

— The  brig  Goldfinder,  Capt.  gtuart, 
from  St.  Domingo  for  Boston,  was  towed 
in  the  Delaware  breakwater,  having  four 
men  frozen  to  death.  The  Captain  was 
frostbitten,  and  only  one  man  was  fit  for 
duty. 

— The  Cape  Ann  Advocate  figures  that 
the  275  barrels  of  mackerel  taken  in  the 
Bay  of  St.  Lawrence  last  year  by  the 
schooner  Yankee  Lass  cost  the  United 
States  by  remission  duties  and  interest  on 
the  Halifax  award  not  less  the  $1,400  per 
barrel. 

— A  frightful  boiler  explosion  occurred 
at  the  No.  1  blast  furnace  of  the  Bethle- 
hem, Pa.,  Iron  Company,  resulting  iu  the 
death  of  four  men  and  a  woman  and  the 
serious  injury  of  several  others.  Ten 
l)oilers  were  located  over  the  engine  house 
at  an  elevation  of  thirty-five  feet.  Two 
of  the  largest  boilers  exploded  with  t(!rriflc 
force,  wrecking  the  interior  of  the  engine 
house  and  demolishing  nearly  half  the 
pattern  shop  adjoining  the  engine  house. 
The  boiler  thrown  through  the  roof  of  the 
old  mill  was  hurled  300  feet,  and  fell 
among  about  100  workmen. 

— An  explosion  occurred  in  the  coal 
mine  of  Jones  &  Nesbitt,  Coulterville,  111. 
Of  twelve  persons  in  the  mine  at  the  time 
but  two  escaped. 

FOREIGN. 

— Gladstone  has  gone  to  Cannes,  France, 
for  his  health.  He  is  advised  to  take 
complete  rest  until  the  meeting  of  Parlia- 
ment. 

— The  British  ship  British  Empire  from 
Shields  for  Bombay,  burned  at  sea.  Ten 
persons  were   saved,  but  two   boats,  con- 


taining  the  Captain,  mate,  and  fourteen 
hands,  are  missing. 

— The  London  courts  have  given  judg- 
ment against  Charles  Bradlaugh  in  his 
action  against  Erskine,  Deputy  Sergeant- 
at-arms  of  the  House  of  Commons,  for 
assault  on  the  occasion  of .  Bradlaugh's  at- 
tempting to  enter  the  Commons  and  take 
a  seat  as  a  member  after  a  resolution 
had  been  passed  prohibiting  him  from  so 
doing. 

— The  Government  of  India  did  a  cap- 
ital stroke  of  business  when  it  established 
cinchona  plantations.  The  cash  profit  on 
the  Bengal  plantations  alone  last  year  was 
130,000  rupees,  besides  350,000  rupees 
saved  on  the  quinine  furnished  to  the 
troo])s. 

— Lord  Dufferin  has  informed  the  Egyj:)- 
tian  Ministry  that  in  reply  to  their  request 
Great  Britain  withdraws  from  the  control, 
and  suggests  the  appointment  of  a  Em-o- 
pean  financial  adviser,  who  will  not  inter- 
fere with  the  public  administration. 

— A  boat  has  been  found  off  the  harbor 
of  Gelte  containing  the  dead  bodies  of 
four  persons  belonging  to  a  French  coast- 
ing steamzr,  which,  it  is  believed,  foun- 
dered in  a  storm.  There  were  twenty-two 
persons  on  board. 

— Bismarck's  apiiearance  last  week  in 
the  Reichstag  evoked  general  sympathy. 
He  seemed  to  be  very  weak  and  in  much 
pain.  It  is  doubted  whether  he  will  be 
able  to  attend  the  sitting  of  the  Reichstag 
very  frequently. 

— The  extent  of  the  flooded  country  in 
the  middle  of  the  Rhine  districts,  exclu- 
sive of  the  tributaries  of  that  river,  is  com- 
puted at  700  square  kilometers,  or  nearly 
half  as  large  again  as  the  Lake  of  Con- 
stance. The  King  of  Bavaria  has  given 
a  second  10,000  marks  for  the  relief  of  his 
distressed  subjects.  Throughout  the  flood- 
ed districts  of  Hungary  there  will  certainly 
be  a  famine  unless  assistance  is  prompt. 
The  waters  are  receding  in  Upj^er  Hun- 
gary They  leave  fearful  devastation.  At 
Raab  and  Grau  large  volumes  of  water 
are  held  back  in  the  narrow  rockj'  chan- 
nels above  the  iron  gates,  constituting 
great  danger  to  the  lowlands  in  South 
Hungary.  Thousands  of  soldiers  and 
workmen  are  employed  on  dams.  At 
Grau  200  houses  were  submerged  to  the 
roof  and  several  hundred  families  are  des- 
titute. The  distress  is  fearful.  The  situ- 
ation defies  description.  Twenty-three 
bodies  were  found  in  garrets  of  houses  at 
Asvany. 

BUSINESS. 

INTEREST,  DUTY  AND  BESPON- 
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DUTY. 

It  is  your  duty  to  get  others  to  take 
and  read  it,  because  they  need  the  paper 
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RESPONSIBIL ITIES . 

The  responsibility  of  making  it  pay  its 
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knowing  what  the  secret  orders  are  and 
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if  convenient. 

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bath. Mention  it  qiiietly  yourself  in 
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and  with  a  little  grit,  grace  and  persever- 
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When  you  go  to  your  work  remember  you 
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"Lo!    I   am   witn   you,"  there    are    other 

tigaged  in  the  same 

"ON   CHANGE." 

In  all  the  principal  cities  of  our  land 
the  lodge  has  many  opponents.  These  men 
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if  their  attention  was  called  to  it.  They 
deal  "on  change"  and  acquire  the  habit  of 
watching  the  markets  for  investments. 
If  a  man  has  anything  to  dispose  of  they 
look  for  it  either  in  the  market  or  expect 
him  to  call  on  them  personally.  Probably 
some  of  you,  dear  readers,  know  of  just 
such  fields,  that  with  a  little  direct  per- 
sonal efforts  would  yield  large  returns. 
They  ought  not  to  languish  for  want  of 
culture,  and  now  since  the  paper  has  be- 
come yours,  and  you  have  become  a  bus- 
iness agent  in  the  firm,  will  you  not  look 
after  the  interests  of  your  publishing  firm 
and  organ  by  hunting  up  these  men  "on 
change"  who  are  waiting  for  a  call,  and 
send  in  their  names  to  be  enrolled  with 
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subscribers.  This  oversight  was  due  in 
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CONTENT  t^. 


Editokial  : 
The  Outlook 1 

St.  John's  Case  Summedup    8 

Thurlow  Weed 8 

Thuklow  Weed  : 
Sketch  of  his  Early  Life.    4 
His  Anti-masonic  Career. .    4 

His  Later  Life 4 

Letter  on  Infidelity 10 

Personal  Kecolleetions 14 

Contributions  : 
Governor  Butler's  Message    3 
The  Temperance   Outlook 

in  Worcester 2 

Faith  in  Prayer 2 

Reform  Story  : 
Holden  mth  Cords,   Chap- 
ter XXXVI 3 

Reform  News  : 
The  Minnesota    Lectui'er; 
Pennsylvania;  Bro.  Hiu- 
man's  Letters;  V\^esteru 

Kansas ;  Michigan 5 

New  England  : 
Notes;  A  Cheer 9 


[  Washington    Department, 

N.  C.  A 9 

A  Beautiful  Life  and  Death . .     9 
Correspondence : 
Let    us    have   the    ^^Tiole 
Truth;  A  Couple  of  ^tfur- 
derers ;  Experience  Meet- 
ing       6 

•The  Home 10 

Temperance ; .  11 

Bible  Lessons 14 

Home  Hints 7 

American  Politics  : 

American  Cluhs 12 

The  Churches 

Revival ;  Undenomination- 
al Churches  in  Kentuckv  13 

The  N.  C.  a '.     7 

Lecture  List 7 

Churches  vs.  Lodgekt...    7 

Our  Contributors 13 

News  of  the  Week 16 

Business 16 

Advertisements 15 


THE  OUTLOOK. 


The  Independent  part}'  in  the  Senate  is  extin- 
guished. Judge  David  Davis  will  be  replaced  in  the 
next  session  by  Governor  Cullom,  whom  the  legisla- 
ture of  Illinois  liave  just  elected.  Had  the  people 
voted,  instead  of  their  assumed  representatives,  Sena- 
tor Davis  would  doubtless  have  remained  another 
term,  but  his  course  has  not  pleased  the  politicians  so 
well.  Congress  has  rarelj^  if  ever  seen  position  inde- 
pendent of  party  so  openly  accepted  and  so  ablj^ 
maintained.  The  Supreme  Court  have  no  reason  to 
be  ashamed  of  the  representative  sent  from  their  calm 
deliberations  to  the  arena  of  the  Senate.  His  singu- 
lar position  has  made  him  the  mark  for  hostile  re- 
porters, who  exaggerated  his  failures,  but  could  not 
disturb  his  composure  or  turn  him  from  his  course; 
and  we  shall  hope  that,  in  the  breaking  up  of  the  old 
parties,  men  of  the  same  independent  spirit  may  more 
often  appear  in  the  houses  of  Congress. 


Another  valuable  Senator  is  about  to  be  retired. 
The  Minnesota  legislature  has  been  voting  a  week 
and  Windom's  supporters  are  losing  hope.  The  coun- 
try has  marked  with  pride  his  ability  and  integrity 
and  his  departure  from  the  Senate  will  be  a  loss.  One 
of  the  tricks  used  by  his  political  opponents  forcibly 
reminds  us  of  the  practice  of  Freemasons  over  a  dead 
brother.  They  produced  photographs  of  Windom's 
hou^e  at  Washington  and  circulated  the  pictures 
among  the  cabins  of  Minnesota,  to  show  how  extrava- 
gantly he,  a  servant  of  the  people,  was  living.  This 
had  a  funuj'  sequel  the  other  day,  when  the  Senator 
received  from  the  photogTapher  who  made  the  pic- 
tures a  heavy  bill  for  doing  the  work.  Several  Ma- 
sonic widows  can  appreciate  this  stor}-. 


The  House  has  refused  to  act  promptly  upon  the 
Whisky  Relief  bill,  sent  from  the  Senate  and  the  anx- 
ious patronage  of  John  Sherman  the  other  d&y.  This 
postponement  means  a  possible  rejection  of  the  meas- 
ure, so  that  the  distillers  are  not  so  certain  that  the}- 
must  not  after  all  pay  the  $80,000,000  now  due  as 
government  tax.  The  countiy  will  not  regret  if  the 
failure  of  this  bill  banlirupts  some  of  these  manufac- 
tui-ers  of  ruin  and  death.  Peoria,  in  this  State,  is  the 
greatest  point  in  their  line  of  operation.  .   A  published 


THURLOW  WEED. 


letter  of  January  1st  gives  some  particulars  of  the 
vast  proportions  of  this  business,  which  all  who  love 
and  pray  for  the  triumph  of  prohibition  will  study 
with  some  interest:  "Peoria  tliis  year  has  led  the 
world  in  the  production  of  spirits.  This  has  been 
done  in  the  face  of  the  fact  that  all  the  distilleries 
here  are  running  at  a  reduced  capacit}-.  Northern  dis- 
tilleries having  been  forced  to  contend  with  the  large 
overproduction  in  Pennsjdvania,  Kentucky,  and 
Maiyland  goods  in  bond.  Doubt  as  to  the  course  of 
Congress  on  the  extension  of  the  bonded  period  has 
cut  a  large  figure  in  reducing  the  sale  of  goods.  There 
are  now  eleven  large  distilleries  here.  Two  distil- 
leries which  were  burned  have  been  rebuilt  the  last 
year,  and  one  has  increased  its  capacity  almost  double. 
The  capacity  of  the  distilleries  here  the  last  j-ear  has 
been  increased  5,633  bushels  of  grain  per  day.  Over 
$10,000,000  are  invested  in  the  manufacture  of  spirits 
at  this  point,  jdelding  an  annual  revenue  to  the  gov- 
ernment considerabl}'  in  excess  of  that  sum.  In  the 
cattle  pens  connected  with  the  distilleries  19,104  cat- 
tle were  fed  the  lastj^ear,  against  17,500  head  in  1881. 
The  internal  revenue  receipts  in  Peoria  districts  were 
$13,267,988  65.  Tlie  amount  of  business  done  the 
last  year  by  distillers  and  brewers  combined  was 
$20,435,000,  against  $19,400,000  in  1881— a  gain  of 
near  a  million  and  a  half  dollars  over  the  preceding- 
year.  Tlie  entire  volume  of  business  in  all  depart- 
ments is  $145,740,910,  against  $94,652,597  in  1881." 


The  Iowa  Supreme  Court  has  approved  the 
decision  of  the  Davenport  judge  against  the  prohi- 
bition amendment.  The  points  on  which  the  decision 
rests  are  technical  onl^-.  The  journal  of  the  lower 
house  of  the  State  Assembly  does  not  show  that  the 
amendment  was  passed,  and  as  entered  the  measure 
varies  from  the  form  that  was  adopted  in  the  Senate. 
The  next  legislature  could  not,  so  holds  the  court, 
correct  these  mistakes  and  the  amendment  fails. 
Judge  Beck  dissents  from  this  opinion  at  length.  He 
holds,  moreover,  that  the  legislature  is  the  creation 
of  the  people,  who  themselves  cured  the  irregulari- 
ties of  the  body  by  their  vote  in  electing  the  suc- 
ceeding Assembly.  This  decision  gives  joy  to  the 
whole  pandemonium  of  whiskejites,  but  their  joj-  is 
short-lived.  No  one  believes  that  the  people  of  Iowa 
will  go  back  on  their  former  vote,  nor  that  they  will 
long  delaj'  putting  the  question  on  issue  again.  It 
will  be  noted  that  the  decision  of  the  Supreme  coiu't 
does  not  touch  at  all  the  amendment  itself  but  onty 
the  irregularities  of  its  passage. 


Three  hundred  thousand  persons  followed  the  body 
of  Gambetta  to  its  tomb.  But  this  exhibition  of  pop- 
ular regard  for  the  dead  leader  of  French  Republican- 
ism could  avail  him  nothing  who.  in  one  of  the  lucid 


intervals  of  his  suffering  just  before  his  death,  ex- 
claimed: "Je  suis  2)erdu;  il  est  inutile  de  dissimuler; 
maisfai  tmit  souffert  que.  ce  sera  une  deliverance," — "I 
am  lost;  it  is  useless  to  attempt  to  conceal  it:  but  my 
suffering  has  been  so  great  that  it  will  be  a  deliver- 
ance." Sad  words  for  the  bold  and  brilliant  spirit 
whom  the  multitudes  of  France  hailed  as  their  deliv- 
erer; yet  a  faithful  and  final  comment  on  a  life  star- 
less with  atheism  and  tottering  from  excess.  Tal- 
magein  his  Brooklyn  pulpit  draws  this  striking  lesson: 
"We  applaud  his  eloquence,  his  courage,  his  patriot- 
ism, his  friendship  for  America,  his  sympathy  with 
free  principles  all  the  world  over;  l3ut  G-ambetla  was 
an  atheist.  "When  Prime  Minister  of  France  he  ap- 
pointed as  Minister  of  Worship  another  atheist,  to 
look  after  the  affairs  of  the  Church  of  Christ — one 
who  believed  in  neither  Church  nor  Christ  nor  Bible, 
nor  anj'thing  else  we  call  sacred.  Gambetta,  more- 
over, was  an  open  and  prolonged  defier  of  the  mar- 
riage relation,  and  his  life  an  insult  to  common  de- 
cency. Whether  the  suspicion  of  a  disgraceful  death 
at  the  hands  of  one  whom  he  had  wronged  be  true  or 
false  is  of  no  importance  in  the  history  of  a  man 
whose  public  indignities  of  womanhood  were  demon- 
strated from  Paris  to  Berlin.  Such  a  man  must  not 
be  brought  up  for  canonization  or  sainthood,  and 
while  we  honor  his  eloquence  we  execrate  his  unclean- 
ness.  It  is  high  time  that  ic  be  demonstrated  in 
America,  as  well  as  in  France,  that  no  man  can  be  so 
great  in  intellect  and  political  influence  as  to  have 
free  license  for  iniquities  that  in  humbler  men  come 
to  police  courts  and  penitentiaries.  Gambetta's  pa- 
riotism  towards  France  cannot  atone  for  his  atheism 
toward  God  and  his  infamj-  toward  women.  He  ue\'er 
uttered  a  more  thrilling  word  on  the  crowded  boule- 
vard or  in  the  coui't  rooms  or  in  the  French  legisla- 
ture than  in  his  last  moments;  but  while  those  other 
words  on  great  occasions  stirred  the  patriotism  of  his 
countrymen  and  roused  their  best  enthusiasm,  his  d}  - 
ing  words  roll  like  a  wintiy  sea  over  all  nations,  'I 
am  lost.''  So  atheism  goes  into  midnight.  It  helps 
no  one  in  self-government  while  he  lives,  and  it  kin- 
dles no  light  when  he  dies." 


The  death  of  Gambetta  is  seized  upon  bj-  the  lead- 
ers of  the  Bourbon  and  Bonapartist  factions  for  an- 
other demonstration  against  the  Republic.  "Prince" 
Jerome  Napoleon  last  week  issued  a  manifesto  which 
was  published  in  the  Figaro  and  placarded  on  the 
walls  of  Paris  announcing  that  the  Republic  was  a 
failure  and  the  remedy  was  Bonapartism.  His  mani- 
festo was  torn  down,  the  Figaro  was  seized,  and  the 
Prince  was  arrested.  As  he  is  of  importance  in  no 
one's  estimation  but  his  own,  the  tranquillity  of  Pres- 
ident Grevj'  is  undisturbed  hy  the  demonstration.  A 
more  alarming  movement  is  an  uprising  in  La  ^" en- 
dee  in  favor  of  Count  Chambord,  the  representati\'e  of 
the  Bourbon  family  which  perished  under  the  guillo- 
tine of  the  Revolution.  Thirtj'-two  thousand  men 
hnye  been  organized  and  are  arming,  and  it  is  stated 
that  the  conspirators  have  15,000,000  fi-ancs  in  safe 
keeping  in  London.  La  Vendee  is  one  of  the  western 
provinces  and  its  peasantry  have  shown  the  utmost 
devotion  to  the  waning  cause  and  fortunes  of  the 
descendants  of  the  luckless  Louis  XVI.  Victor  Hugo 
has  graphically  pictured  their  struggles  against  the 
republic  of  Robespierre  in  1795.  But  the  Vendeans, 
if  they  do  not  now  meet  so  fierce  a  foe,  will  find  the 
Republic  more  firmly  established  in  the  hearts  of  the 
people  of  France,  and  tiieir  demonsti'ation  will  effect 
little  but  to  impress  this  fact  upon  their  own  minds. 
A  wasting  and  prolonged  border  warfare  they  have 
not  the  inspiration  of  1795  to  keep  up,  nor  does  the 
French  nation  at  large  thirst  for  war.  There  are  no 
reasons  whj'  the  ambitious  conspirators  at  the  bottom 
of  this  movement  should  not  be  brushed  aside  and 
the  peace  and  unity  of  the  Republic  remain  unharmed. 


— A  Knight  Templar  recently  died  in  Syracuse,  N.  Y., 
of  delirium  tremens,  and  tlie  sir  Knights,  plumed  and 
spangled,  turned  out  to  do  honor  to  "a  worthy  compan- 
ion," on  his  auspicious  escape  through  Masonic  salvation 
from  the  encampment  below  to  the  grand  encampment 
above.  No  sin  or  crime  can  serve  as  a  bar  to  admission 
to  the  Masonic  heaven,  and  no  Christ  is  consulted  at  that. 
God  save  us  from  such  blasphemy  against  all  truth,  purity, 
and  salvation. 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE. 


Jantjary  25,  1883 


GOVERNOR  BUTLER'S  MESSAGE. 


BY  GEN.  J.  W.  PHELPS. 


K  words  could  effect  a  reform,  Grovernor  Butler 
would  be  the  greatest  reformer  of  the  age.  No  other 
Governor,  probably,  ever  delivered  so  long  a  message. 
Its  length  seems  to  have  been  dulj-  proportioned  to 
the  number  of  degrees  which  the  G  overnor  has  taken 
in  Freemasonry. 

A  great  "refreshment"  took  place  after  the  labors 
of  the  Governor's  election  and  inauguration,  whereat 
some  three  hundred  of  the  bretliren  were  present.  It 
was  held  on  the  memorable  8th  of  January,  and 
speakers  duly  impressed  upon  the  minds  of  the  guests 
that  of  the  two  heroes  of  New  Orleans,  the  Governor 
was  the  greater,  ^'^ery  likely,  for  Jackson,  the  past 
hero,  was  only  a  Royal  Arch,  while  the  Governor  is 
a  32°. 

Thei'e  is  something  \ery  illogical  in  the  condition 
of  our  affairs  as  brought  about  by  tlie  ruling  Masonic 
element  of  the  Republican  party.  Governor  Butler 
is  extolled  for  his  ser\ice  in  New  Orleans.  Why, 
therefore,  did  the  administration  take  him  away  from 
there?  Whj'  not  keep  the  hero  in  command  where 
his  services  were  so  valuable?  Either  the  adminis- 
tration was  wrong  in  superceding  him  in  c-ommand 
in  that  quarter,  or  the  Governor's  services  thei-e  were 
not  so  highly  important  as  his  followers  would  make 
the  countrj'  belie\'e.  It  is  a  pity  that  a  small  part  of 
the  Governor's  message  was  not  dcA'oted  to  explain- 
ing this  discrepancy'.  Either  President  Lincoln,  who 
recalled  General  Butler  from  New  Orleans,  or  Gen- 
eral Butler,  who  was  i-ecalled  from  there,  must  have 
been  in  the  wrong.  Both  cannot  he  safely  extolled 
for  their  action  in  a  quarter  of  the  theater  of  war 
that  was  of  the  very  first  importance  to  the  cause  at 
issue.  All  the  political  capital  that  Governor  Butler 
makes  out  of  his  New  Orleans  service  is  at  the  ex- 
pense of  Lincoln's  administration.  Which  will  the 
people  sustain?  The  ending  of  the  GoveiMior's  mili- 
tary service  at  Foi-t  Fisher  shows  what  the  true  char- 
acter of  his  New  Orleans  service  Avas. 

But  apparently  the  great  merit  of  Governor  Butler 
consists  rather  in  his  exalted  services  to  the  Masonic 
lodge  than  in  any  thing  which  he  has  done  for  the 
country.  This  is  a  matter  which  the  country-  will 
have  to  decide  at  last,  in  some  way.  The  lodge  may 
take  both  sides  of  a  question  of  moi'al  significance, 
but  a  Christian  government  cannot  do  so  with  safety. 
It  is  a  matter  ol  grave  moment  to  the  intei-ests  of 
the  country  to  liaAC  it  clearly  understood  which  was 
in  the  right  in  the  military  operations  of  the  South- 
west, President  Lincoln  or  General  Butler.  It  is  also 
matter  of  the  very  first  importance  to  have  it  known 
to  the  country  by  what  agencj*  General  Butler  has 
been  elevated  to  the  governorship  of  Massachusetts, 
whether  it  is  by  the  free,  uncontrolled  votes  of  the 
people  of  the  State,  or  hy  the  machinery  of  the  Ma- 
sonic lodge. 

The  same  Masonic  machinery  that  has  hitherto, 
during  the  last  thirty  years,  made  generals,  and  gov- 
ernors, and  other  oflficers,  and  has  promoted  them  at 
will  to  the  Presidency,  is  still  operating  in  that  direc- 
tion; and  it  remains  with  the  people  to  decide  wheth- 
er they  will  allow  the  Masonic  lodge  to  control  their 
affairs  any  longer,  or  whether  they  will  take  the  man- 
agement from  the  lodge,  and  turn  it  over  to  the  con- 
stitutional government  of  the  country.  In  the  elec- 
tion of  Freemason  Butler  to  the  go\'ernorship,  the 
lodge  has  shown  that  it  feels  the  need  of  his  services. 
Will  the  people  at  large  show  a  similar  degree  of 
shi-ewdness  at  the  next  Presidential  election,  and 
show  that  the  Republic  stands  greatly  in  need  of  the 
services  of  some  Anti-mason — some  one  whose  first 
allegiance  is  not  due  to  the  Masonic  lodge? 


THE  TEMPERANCE  OUTLOOK  IN  WORCESTER. 


liY    REV.    UENRY    T.    ClIEEVKR. 

The  course  and  issue  of  the  late  vigorous  temper- 
ance campaign  at  Worcester,  resulting  in  the  election 
of  a  no-license  mayor,  Hon.  Samuel  E.  Ilildreth,  have 
a  special  interest  for  the  friends  of  temperance  at 
large,  as  well  as  in  Massachusetts.  At  a  meeting  of 
citizens  since  the  election,  called  for  the  purpose  of 
consulting  as  to  the  duty  of  the  hour,  it  has  been  re- 
solved, 

"That,  whereas,  the  iiicoiiiiiig  city  government,  chosen  the  first 
time  for  years  on  tlie  great  moral  issue  of  temperance,  will  need 
the '(pecial  moral  support  and  eo-operation  of  citizens  at  large: 
therefore  it  is  wise  and  expedient  to  form  a  Worcester  Law  and 
Order  League,  to  aid  the  authorities  in  the  enforcement  of  tlie 
laws  relating  to  the  liquor  traffic." 

A  proposed  address  to  citizens   is  in   these  terms: 

As  the  organized  supporters  of  no-lictense,  who  have 

succeeded  in  the  election  of  a  Worcester  mayor  upon 

that  issue,  by  a  majority  vote  of  187,  but  have  failed 

through  fraud  in  the  popular  vote  for  license  by  117, 


we  take  occasion  to  declare  that  we  find  the  day  to 
have  been  technically  lost  for  no  license  (although 
really  gained),  not  through  neglect  or  indifl"er6nce  of 
friends,  but  through  fraudulent  and  illegal  ballots  cir- 
culated at  the  polls  by  the  agents  of  license.  These 
made  tlieir  way  into  the  ballot-box  unbeknown  and 
undetected  on  the  part  of  the  honest  voters  who 
threw  them.  The  false  ballot  was  cuimingly  prepared 
with  the  purpose  and  the  eftect  of  deception,  and  the 
pro-license  Board  of  Aldermen,  on  the  flimsy  ground 
of  technicality,  refused  the  petition  of  thirty-se\'en 
qualified  voters  for  a  recount,  \)y  which  recount  the 
exact  number  of  such  spurious  ballots  rjiight  have 
been  ascertained  and  a  true  report  of  the  voting  had. 

Another  reason  for  the  apparently  lamentable  re- 
sult as  to  no-license  we  find  to  be  the  attitude  of  a 
ninnber  of  respectable  well-to-do  citizens  who,  using 
alcoholic  beverages  moderately  themselves  and  in 
their  families,  are  not  willing  to  lie  put  to  any  incon- 
venience in  obtaining  their  supplies  through  licensed 
grocers.  Thej^  consent  to  fraternize  and  consent  to 
vote  at  the  poUs  with  the  "roughs,  rowdies  and  ras- 
cals '  that  make  up  the  majority  of  the  pro-license 
party  rather  than  to  suffer  au}'  diminution  of  their  fa- 
cilities for  being  supplied  with  domestic  liquors 
through  licensed  sellers. 

We  put  it  to  the  intelligence  and  conscience  of  such 
men  wliether  they  will  not  now  be  willing  to  unite 
with  the  great  number  of  law-abiding  citizens  (3768) 
who  have  voted  no  license,  in  a  moral  pressure  upon 
the  incoming  Board  of  Aldermen  to  procure  their  ab- 
solute refusal  of  any  licenses  for  the  sale  of  liquors 
to  lie  drank  upon  the  premises,  and  the  lowest  mini- 
mum of  licenses  for  &ny  purpose  whatever. 

To  our  Democratic  fellow-citizens,  not  a  few  of 
whom,  without  regard  to  party,  independently  voted 
no  license,  we  tender  heartj-  congratulations,  and  in 
the  temperance  reform  we  hail  the  help  of  the  Demo- 
cratic journal  of  this  citj',  which  is  making  \agorous 
war  upon  the  liquor  organization  that  has  so  long  had 
its  grip  upon  the  throat  of  each  of  the  two  political 
parties  by  which  our  city  has  hitherto  been  governed. 

"Tliere  was  a  way,"  says  the  Denidcratic  7>((7y/  7Vm<«,  "to 
acctimplish  the  defeat  of  the  liquor  organization,  and  to  remove 
tlioir  grip  f mm  the  throat  of  the  two  political  jjitrties,  and  that 
was  to  refuse  them  license.  Owing  to  the  skill  of  tliesc  men 
[meaning  their  fraudulent  and  siiurious  ballots  procui'ed  to  be 
cast]  they  liave  been  able  to  strengthen  tlieir  hold  ujioii  llie  city 
government,  an<l  to  make  more  difficult  the  task  of  restricting 
their  sphei-e  of  destruction.  Their  success  lias  made  tliem  inordi- 
nately proud  of  their  powers  and  arrogant  in  their  treatment  of 
those  who  dare  0])pose  tliem,  while  it  has  given  over  to  tlieir  dic- 
tation tlic  ciifirc  Democratic  party.  Tlie  tactics  of  these  men  on 
election  day  and  since  will  be  the  cause  of  the  application  of  a 
salutary  dose  of  law  to  them  next  May  and  a  probable  defeat  at 
the  next  municipal  election." 

To  such  of  our  citizens  as  are  represented  I)}'  the 
Daily  'liiinm.  the  determined  friends  of  no  license,  it 
is  clear  that  we  \\vx\  look  in  future  for  the  effiactive 
co-operation  in  the  work  of  freeing  our  city  from  the 
debasing  tyranny  of  the  liquor  league  and  the  liquor 
traffic.  In  the  holj'  alliance  of  all  good  citizens  of 
ever}'  part}*  for  temperance,  law  and  order,  there  is 
hope;  and  the  people  of  "^A'orcester  of  all  parties 
friendl}'  to  the  organization  of  a  league  to  secure  the 
enforcement  of  the  restrictive  features  of  the  existing 
laws  for  the  regulation  of  the  liquor  traffic,  are  in^'ited 
to  co-operate  and  to  choose  delegates  to  represent 
them  at  a  convention  to  be  holden  at  Tremont  Tem- 
ple, Boston,  on  the  22d  of  February,  1883. 

Your  New  England  correspondent,  Rev.  E.  I).  Bai- 
lej-,  has  had  a  useful  part  in  the  moral  and  political 
revolution  now  begim  in  Worcester,  and  from  his 
present  established  position  as  a  reform  preacher  here 
he  will  be  able  to  render  yet  more  efficient  help  toward 
the  good  time  coming.  I  need  not  say  how  that  help 
will  be  timel}'  and  well  appreciated  \)y  those  who  '.aA'c 
hitherto  borne  the  burden  and  heat  of  the  daj',  and 
who  are  now  almost  readj^  to  lay  down  their  armor 
and  give  precedence  to  their  betters. 

Wofreitie.r. 

FAITH  IN  PR  A  TER. 


BY  WM.  HAZENBEKO,   MISSIONARY  IN  SOI'TII  AFRICA. 


It  is  often  said  that  we  must  pray  in  faith,  but  not 
have  faith  in  prayer,  which  saying  is  true  in  a  very 
important  sense,  3-et  fiiith  in  prayer  ought  also  to  ex- 
ist in  order  to  make  prayer  available.  By  faith*  in 
praj^er-^I  do  not  mean  the  prayers  of  Pharisees 
trusting  in  the  worth  of  praj'er,  without  considera- 
tion of  its  nature,  but  the  assurance,  founded  on  the 
Word  of  God,  that  our  praj-ers  avail  much,  if  all  the 
conditions  in  the  case  are  met,  namely,  if  we  pray  in 
the  name  of  Christ,  in  faith,  according  to  (iod's  will, 
we  ourselves  doing  God's  will,  with  the  object  of 
glorifying  God  and  promoting  the  welfare  of  men. 

Praying  in  faith  is  the  belief  that  God  hears  our 
pra^'cr  according  to  his  promise,  and  if  tiny  one  prays 
thus,  he  will  have  faith  in  his  prayer  also,  inasmuch  as 
he  is  conscious  to  bestow  a  great  favor  upon  such  as 
are,  in  the  proAadence  of  God.  the  objects  of  his 
prayers. 


He  knows  that  he  can  make  many  rich  hy  means 
of  his  intercession,  though  in  worldlj'  things  he  maj- 
be  poor.  If  we  do  not  have  faith  in  our  praj-ers,  be- 
lieving that  veiy  little  or  nothing  is  accomplished  liy 
them,  then  the  result  will  be  according  to  our  faith; 
nothing  will  be  eft'ected  by  them,  and  under  such  cir- 
cumstances the  form  of  prayer  is  liable  to  cease, 
though  conscience  will  not  be  satisfied  in  this  way. 
If  all  Christians  understood  the  nature  of  praying  in 
faith  to  the  full  extent  of  (clod's  promises,  the  whole 
world  would  soon  be  holj'  tuid  happy,  but  now  the 
dominion  of  Satan,  spiritiral  and  physical  suffering, 
are  quite  common  in  this  world  of  oiu's.  A  proper 
faith  in  the  prayer  of  faith  ifiduces  us  to  pray  al- 
ways. 

Since  the  Lord  has  taught  me   the   power  of  [)ray- . 
ing  in  faith,  and  in  connection  with  this  given  me 
faith  in  my  prayers,  I  am  praying  always,  consider- 
ing   prayer    as    primary  and   work  secondary;  this, 
howcA'cr,  was  formerl}'  not  the  case. 

Some  time  ago  I  met  with  a  deist  in  Cape  Town, 
who  spoke  very  erroneously  about  God,  Christ,  the 
Scriptures,  and  the  way  of  salvation.  This  man  "'I 
made  an  object  of  prayer.  Now  he  is  somewhat  un- 
der conviction  of  his  errors,  but  he  is  still  quite  ob- 
stinate as  to  the  main  points.  He  often  makes  use 
of  awful  latiguage.  It  appears  to  me  that  the  devils 
within  him  know  that  they  will  be  cast  out,  therefore 
using  the  more  violence.  It  is  not  improbable  that 
the  evil  spirits  liy  which  such  a  man  is  possessed 
might  be  sufficient  to  cast  a  herd  of  swine  into 
the  sea,  if  permitted  by  the  Loi'd.  I  trust  the  poor 
fellow  will  soon  be  delivered  of  them,  and  come  to 
his  senses.  Might  it  not  lie  generally  understood 
that  the  conflict  is  not  so  much  with  an  intrinsic  evil 
nature  within,  as,  with  the  power  of  darkness,  filling 
both  the  air  and  human  souls. 

The  minister  of  this  miserable  man  is  of  the  same' 
faith,  and  has  served  tlie  de\'il  faithfully  for  many 
years  in  Cape  Town,  by  preaching  these  false  doc- 
trines and  liy  occupying  a  high  position  in  the  Ma- 
sonic lodge.  This  man  I  have  also  visited  several 
times,  warning  him,  and  also  praying  for  him  in  faith. 
While  speaking  with  him  in  the  power  of  the  Spirit, 
he  seems  to  l»e  iiniiressed;  anyway  lie  I'espectsnie 
for  my  faithfulness,  being  convinced  that  1  do  it  from 
a  right,  jjrinciplc.  he  (;veii  visiting  me  in  town.  I  do 
not  talk  with  liini  about  MasoniT,  since  this  is  good 
enough  ibr  a  man  who  is  fully  in  the  power  of  Satan, 
))nt  after  he  has  become  acquainted  with  its  natural 
condition,  I  intend  to  liring  up  the  subject  of  M;i- 
sonry  also. 

I  have  prayed  in  faith  for  two  paralyzed  ladies  in 
Cape  Town  with  glorious  result,  one  being  almost 
cured  a  few  weeks  after  my  first  prayer  for  hei-.  .The 
other  I  prayed  for  a  couple  of  days  ago,  and  she  could 
sit  up  immediately  after  that.  To  God  l)e  all  the 
gloiy,  but  Satan  is  angry. 

The  small-pox.  which  has  caused  main-  deaths  in 
Cape  Town  and  throughout  South  Africa,  is  gradually 
diminishing.  Many  Mohammedans  liaAe  died  of  it. 
One  told  me  the  other  dtiy  he  had  praye<l  Jesus  to 
give  him  spiritual  light,  that  this  disease  might  make 
them  better.  This  is  especially  my  continual  prayer 
for  them.  I  go  daily  around  among  them,  often 
preaching  the  Gospel  to  hundreds  of  them  in  one 
day,  speaking  a  few  words  to  each  household  I  met 
with-,  r  also  administer  medicine  to  the  sick,  by 
means  of  which  1  get  much  influence  with  them. 
They  almost  always  derive  benefit  from  1113-  medical 
treatment,  often  being  entirelj'  cured  in  a  ^-ery  short 
time,  which  fact  is  rather  to  be  attributed  to  my 
prayers  than  to  my  medical  skill.  Howevei-  this  may 
be,  the  result  is  that  they  respect  me  for  it,  especially 
because  I  charge  nothing.  From  a  principle  of  just- 
ice or  gratitude  they  sometimes  feci  inclined  to  give 
me  a  little  for  it,  which  ]  do  not  refuse,  considering- 
such  as  coming  from  the  Lord,  though  by  means  of 
the  servants  of  the  de\'il.  From  Cluistituis  we  often 
receive  not  that  measure  of  sympathy  we  might 
reasonably  expect,  they  (jften  only  with  their  mouths 
approving  our  difficult  work,  hut  the  Lord  is  abU'  to 
sustain  us  in  unexpected  ways.  The  Lord's  dealilig 
with  us  is  such  that  we  are  entirely  losing  our  trust 
in  man,  in  order  that  we  shoidd  trust  in  him  only. 
Such  lessons,  however,  are  often  very  hard  for  hum.-ui 
nature.  A  priest  had  hnig  been  afflicted  with  the 
gout,  being  thereby  unable  to  walk;  but  after  having 
used  for  a  couple  of  days  mj-  medicines,  he  walked 
jigain,  praising  me  for  the  kindness  (lone  to  him  and 
his  family,  which  he  e\'idently  did  not  enjoy  as  he 
should,  still  he  patiently  bore  with  it.  for  the  sake  of 
the  kind  physician.  This  gives  me  an  entrance  to 
their  homes,  and  T  pray  and  believe  to  many  hearts. 
Pray  much  for  us  aiu1  our  work. 

Ccpa  ToH-'ii. 

JI^MaiN  was  made  king  of  his  facultie.s,  and  he  should  be 
as  able  to  coniraand  his  brain  to  work  as  his  hands. — 
Christian  Register. 


January  25,  1883 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSUKE. 


REFORM  STORY. 


HOLDEN  WITH  CORDS. 

BV     THE     AUTHOR    OF    "  LITTLE    PEOPLE,"     •'  A     SUNNY 
LIFE,"    ETC. 
CHAl'TEK  XXXVI.       SOME  EXAMPLES  OP  MASONIC    BKNKV- 
OLENt'E  AND  MORALITY. 

Half  a  (lozcu  summers  previous  to  the  one  in  whicli  oc- 
curred the  scenes  related  in  the  last  chapter,  there  hap- 
pened one  of  those  common  and  yet  most  sad  events,  a 
serious  accident  to  a  laboring  man  witli  a  wife  and  chil- 
dren dependent  ujjou  him  for  their  daily  bread.  He  was 
a  carpenter  and  fell  from  an  imperfectly  built  staging,  re- 
ceiving severe  internal  injuries  that  resvdted  in  his  death 
after  a  year  of  lingering  illness. 

"The  lodge  will  see  to  you  and  tiie  children,"  whis- 
pered the  dying  man  to  liis  weeping  wife,  whose  always 
delicate  health  had  been  shattered  by  incessant  watching 
at  the  bedside  of  her  sick  husband,  and,  knowing  that  his 
death  would  leave  her  without  a  penny,  could  not  see  in 
the  dark  night  of  api>roachitig  widowhood  the  glinuner  of 
a  single  .star  of  earthly  hope.  "I've  always  paid  my  dues 
regular  till  that  accident  happened.  The  lodge  owes  it  to 
me  to  see  that  you  and  the  children  are  well  provided 
for." 

"They  have  given  us  in  all  but  twenty  dollars  since  you 
have  been  sick,"  answered  his  wife,  who  was  only  a  wo- 
man and  reasoned  as  women  are  a})t  to  in  such  matters. 
"That  is  but  a  fraction  of  what  you  have  jjaid  them  at 
one  time  and  another.  And  I  am  sure  we  have  needed 
the  money." 

"I  know  twenty  dollars  don't  go  a  gi'eat  ways,  but 
we've  rubbed  along.  And  now  I've  got 'pretty  nigh  the 
end.  So  there'll  be  all  the  more  for  you  and  the  chil- 
dren." 

His  wife  was  silent,  yiie  had  her  misgivings,  but  not 
for  worlds  would  she  breathe  the  shadow  of  .a  doubt  into 
the  ear  of  that  soul  that  was  pas.sing  into  eternity,  hai)j)y 
in  the  thought  that  he  belonged  to  a  brotherhood  which 
made  the  widow  and  the  oi-phan  the  objects  of  its  especial 
jriare. 

That  night  he  died.  The  lodge  buried  him  with  Christ- 
less  prayers  and  dirges,  and  to  do  it  justice  spared  none 
of  the  honors  to  which  a  defunct  "worthy  brother  is  Ma- 
sonically  entitled.  The  widow's  hopes  revived.  Surely 
they  who  would  do  so  much  for  the  dead  would  have  a 
care  for  the  living.  But  the  lodge  when  applied  to  for 
a.ssistauce  viewed  the  matter  in  a  slightly  different  light. 
For  to  state  the  simple  ti-uth,  a  number  of  grand  suppers 
given  by  tlie  fraternity,  sundi-y  liills  of  cost  for  regalia, 
gloves,  ajji-ons,  etc.,  to  say  nothing  of  a  great  many  extras 
for  wine,  beer  and  cigars,  had  swallowed  up  so  much  of 
the  charity  fund  as  to  leave  the  lodge  in  no  condition  to 
heed  her  appeal.  But  it  must  not  be  supposed  that  any 
such  explanation  of  the  case  was  given  to  the  indigent 
widow  when  she  asked  for  further  aid.  Oh,  no.  She 
was  coolly  told  that  her  husband  had  not  paid  his  dues  for 
a  year,  and  they  had  done  all  that  could  reasonalily  be 
expected  of  them  in  giving  him  Masonic  bijrial. 

She  could  not  prove  that  the  lodge  had  taken  her  hus- 
band's money,  and  paid  him  back  not  counting  interest, 
scarce  a  fifth  ])art  of  what  was  his  actual  due.  The  wid- 
ow struggled  along  for  awhile;  a  few  indiviilual  Masons 
contributed  to  her  relief  from  their  own  pockets;  but  as 
benevolently  inclined  persons  are  to  be  found  everywhere, 
and  the  lodge  collectively  had  nothing'  to  do  with  these 
contributions,  it  may  be  fair  to  infer  that  they  might  pos- 
sibly have  done  the  .same  thing  whether  Masons  or  not. 
It  was  a  hopeless  struggle  even  with  occasional  aid  from 
private  charity.  Her  health  completely  broke  down  at 
last.  Her  two  children  were  bound  out,  while  she  went 
to  the  almshouse  as  her  only  refuge,  dying  there  soon  af- 
ter in  a  quick  consumption. 

Death,  in  separating  her  from  her  children,  however, 
spared  her,  as  death  so  often  does,  the  pang  of  a  deeper 
anguish — for  she  was  Mary  Lyman's  mother. 

It  doesn't  matter  where  I  gathered  these  facts.  They 
arc  tr>ie.  This  is  not  a  statistical  book,  or  else  1  should 
l)e  tempted  to  give  a  few  figures  that  would  demonstrate 
tf)  the  most  sceptical  that  the  benevolence  of  the  lodge  is 
on  a  par  with  its  morality — a  hollow  sham,  a  whited  sep- 
ulchre. 

Mary  Lyman's  father  was  a  Mason,  but.  this  fact  did  not 
save  her  from  ruin  and  death  at  the  hands  of  a  brother 
Mason  who  had  solenmly  sworn  to  preserve  inviolate  the 
chastity  of  all  M'omen  with  near  Masonic  kindred;  though 
with  this  very  convenient  little  proviso  attached,  "know- 
ing them  to  be  such." 

Women  of  America,  do  you  hold  your  purity  so  lightly 
that  you  can  afford  to  countenance  such  a  system  as  this'/ 
Will  you,  knowing  these  things,  still  co  ntinue  to  smile  on 


the  lodge,  and  accept  its  slimy  favors?  Sisters  of  the 
church  of  Christ,  does  it  matter  nothing  to  you  that  Ma- 
sonry rejects  his  name  from  her  ritual  as  "too  sectarian," 
and  tramples  his  atoning  blood  underfoot  by  teaching  an- 
other way  of  salvation'/  that  by  the  testimony  of  her  own 
writers  she  tra(;es  back  her  origin  to  the  ancient  heathen 
mysteries  with  their  abominable  rites  of  darkness;  and  as- 
pires, as  we  learn  from  the  same  unquestionable  source, 
to  become  finally  "the  universal  religion  of  manhood?" 
Can  you  pray  for  the  speedy  coming  of  Christ's  millennial 
reign,  and  Ije  indifferent  to  the  fact  that  another  kingdom 
is  being  set  up  in  which  he  has  neither  part  nor  lot'/  Will 
you  apologize  for  such  a  system,  defend  it  by  your  silence 
or  worse  still  "care  nothing  about  it?"  As  it  rejects 
Christ,  so  it  has  no  place  for  woman,  and  should  the  day 
ever  dawn  when  Masonry  becomes  the  universal  religion, 
God  help  her! 

Rachel  herself  gathered  the  flowers  from  her  own  gar- 
den to  lay  about  the  dead  girl's  white,  still  form.  She 
placed  a  half  opened  rosebud  between  the  closed  fingers, 
kissed  the  cold  forehead;  and  with  solemn  words  of  praj'er 
that  .seemed  in  their  tender,  impassioned  earnestness  like  a 
personal  appeal  to  that  infinite,  unchanging  Pity  which  is 
at  the  heart  of  God  in  Christ,  visibly  manifested  before 
his  eyes — it  was  Elder  Stedman  who  performed  the  last 
services — Mary  Lyman  was  laid  away  in  a  corner  of  the 
potter's  field  outside  the  cemetery  to  slumber  till  the  res- 
urrection morning. 

But  before  the  grave  had  set  its  seal  of  corruption  on  the 
statuesque  beauty  of  a  single  lineament,  her  murderer  was 
released  on  a  writ  of  habeas  corpus  and  admitted  to  bail! 

Elder  Stedman  when  the  funeral  was  over  came  back  to 
our  house;  but,  unheeding  the  cu])  of  tea  that  Rachel 
]>oured  out  for  him,  he  paced  uj)  and  down  the  room  in 
stern  and  solemn  silence,  broken  at  last  by  these  abrupt 
words, 

"I  have  been  like  one  of  the  foolish  jirophets.  I  have 
healed  the  hurt  of  the  daughter  of  my  people  slightly. 
God  forgive  me.  Henceforth  every  faculty  of  mind  and 
body  shall  be  devoted  to  an  unceasing  warfare  against  this 
dragon  of  Masonry  that  stands  like  his  prototyjje  in  Rev- 
elation ready  to  engulf  and  swallow  the  church  with  the 
devouring  flood  he  casts  out  of  his  mouth." 

"Why  Mark;"  said  I,  "you  do  yourself  injustice.  When 
hardly  a  preacher  in  these  parts  dares  to  mention  Masonry 
you  have  scourged  it  unsparingly  from  the  pulpit.  ^\^hat 
can  you  do  more?" 

"I  tell  you,  Leander,"  said  Mark,  pausing  a  moment  in 
his  agitated  walk,  "I  feel  as  if  I  had  only  tickled  the 
monster  by  throwing  wooden  darts  at  him.  Henceforth 
it  must  be  a  hand  to  hand  combat.  Only  the  iron  of 
truth  can  penetrate  between  the  scales  of  his  armor,  for 
like  Apollyon  his  scales  are  his  pride.  I  must  lecture  as 
well  as  preach  on  this  subject." 

"But  Mark,"  I  answered,  a  little  startled,  "you  -will 
only  rouse  ])ersec>ition.  A  good  many  people  seem  to 
think  Masonry  is  like  the  Giant  Pope,  Christian  saw  sitting 
in  the  mouth  of  his  cave — too  old  and  decreiiit  to  hurt. 
But  I  know  better.  The  lodge  don't  care  much  for  a  few 
side  thrusts;  but  attack  it  at  close  quarters  and  you  will 
find  that  it  can  turn  with  as  deadly  vengeance  as  it  did 
in  Morgan's  day." 

"Well,"  answered  4he  elder  quietly,  "I  am  old  and 
gray-headed  now,  and  a  few  years  of  life  less  or  more 
matters  little  to  me.  There  is  a  conflict  coming,  and 
woe  unto  me  if  I  gird  not  on  my  armor  to  meet  it.  My 
old  belief  comes  back  to  me.  This  is  going  to  be  no  ordi- 
nary contest.  It  is  the  battle  of  Armageddon,  the  last 
great  conflict  before  the  flnal  end." 

Mark  spoke  with  the  same  kindling  eyes  and  solemn 
fervor  with  which  he  had  dilated  on  this  very  same  subject 
forty  years  before. 

"  I  have  had  some  such  thoughts  myself,"  I  answered 
after  a  moment's  silence.  "  Organized  secrecy  seems  to 
be  Satan's  last  and  most  cunning  move.  In  the  old  pagan 
and  popery  times  he  tried  to  conquer  the  church  by  sheer 
open  force.  Now  he  is  trying  to  undermine  the  citadel, 
and  the  worst  of  it  is  the  church  won't  be  roused  to  see 
her  danger.  However,  I  suppose  I  can  no  more  keep  you 
out  of  the  battle  than  I  could  Job's  war-horse.  Only  have 
a  care  of  yourself,  Mark,  for  Hannah's  sake." 

The  elder  started  as  if  I  had  touched  a  tender  chord, 
for  he  and  Haimah  were  a  lonely  couple  now.  Of  their 
two  sons,  one  had  died  in  the  service  of  his  country,  the 
other  was  a  toiling  missionary  on  the  far-oft'  soil  of  South- 
ern Africa.  But  it  was  only  for  an  instant,  then  the  pole 
star  of  his  life  shone  out  clear  and  steady. 

"I  told  Hannah  the  day  she  married  me  that  she  must 
take  me  as  the  Covenanter  John  Brown  took  his  wife, 
Isabel,  with  the  assurance  thut  when  she  least  expected 
it  the  hand  of  violence  might  part  him  from  her.  We  have 
learned  to  hold  nothing  back — not  even  each  other." 


But  while  the  elder  was  thus  absorbed  in  thoughts  of 
that  great  pre-millennial  contest  which  he  believed  was 
approaching.  Colonel  Montfort  was  likewise  thinking — 
thotigh  on  a  different  subject  and  with  a  good  cigar  to 
aid  the  process.  Two  dilficult  tasks  lay  before  him;  one 
was  the  triumphant  delivery  of  Maurice  Jervish  from  the 
hands  of  justice,  the  other  was  the  sacrifice  of  Anson 
Lovejoy  to  violated  Masonic  law. 

The  colonel  was  not  a  man  of  generous  impulses,  and 
had  there  been  no  other  tie  between  him  and  Mary  Ly- 
man's murderer  than  mere  friendship,  he  would  in  all 
probability  have  washed  his  hands  of  him.  He  desired 
to  shield  Jervish,  firstly  and  primarily,  because  the  honor 
and  glory  of  Masonry  demanded  it.  What  was  to  be- 
come of  the  fraternity  if  its  members  could  claim  no 
special  ))rivileges  over  honest  men?  A  vital  question  to 
the  colonel,  who  knew  very  well  that  there  had  been  times 
in  his  own  political  and  military  career  when  he  might 
have  fared  badly  if  the  shielding  of  each  other's  crimes 
had  formed  no  part  of  lodge  obligations.  However  hope- 
less the  situation  might  appear  to  unMasonic  eyes,  in  the 
light  of  these  encouraging  items  of  his  past  experience, 
the  colonel  did  not  despair  of  bringing  off  his  friend  with 
flying  colors.  It  was  over  another  subject  that  he 
spent  the  most  anxious  thought,  and  consumed  the  great- 
est number  of  cigars. 

He  hated  Anson  Lovejoy  as  wickedness  will  always 
hate  rectitude.  He  was  furious  that  he  had  dared  to 
pursue  Jervish,  and  deliver  him  over  to  the  grasp  of  the 
law^;  and  as  the  controlling  spirit  of  the  lodge  he  was  well 
aware  how^  very  easily  the  wrath  of  the  fraternity  against 
him  could  be  made  to  bring  forth  its  legitimate  fruit — 
murder.  Nor  is  it  too  much  to  say  of  the  colonel  that 
he  knew  he  could  at  any  moment  put  his  finger  on  the 
men  who  would  not  scruple  to  dispose  of  Anson  Lovejoy 
after  the  most  approved  Masonic  fashion.  The  possibility 
however  of  another  Anti-masonic  excitement  was  a  factor 
which  continually  came  in  and  disturbed  the  colonel's 
reckoning,  for  he  wa^  a  man  accustomed  to  weigh  duly 
all  the  pros  and  cons  before  committing  himself  to  a 
course  of  action  which  might  entail  disagreeable  conse- 
quences. But  his  hatred  of  Lovejoy  burned  with  so  in- 
tense a  flame  that  for  once  passion  overpowered  the  cool 
and  calculating  selfishness  wUich  with  him  as  with  most 
men  of  that  ])eculiar  caliber  was  the  governing  principle 
of  his  life. 

The  sound  of  his  name  spoken  in  low  and  cautious 
tones  by  some  one  standing  outside  broke  in  upon  the 
colonel's  meditations.  He  rose  and  opening  the  long 
window  stepped  out  upon  the  piazza.  A  man  stood 
there  in  the  moonlight,  a  prominent  member  of  Fidelity 
Lodge. 

"Oh,  it  is  you,  Mugford.  I  suppose  all  the  arrange- 
ments are  made  then ;  but  don't  let  too  many  into  the 
secret.  Half  a  dozen  would  be  enough  if  the  affair  wa^s 
managed  properly." 

"  I've  talked  with  Golding  and  Peck  and  the  others. 
They  will  be  all  ready  to  do  their  part  when  the  time 
comes.  But  Whitby  we  can't  de])end  on  1  am  afraid.  He 
hangs  back." 

The  colonel  muttered  an  oath. 

"  Well,  shut  his  mouth  up  some  way.  If  he  is  dis- 
posed to  blab  give  him  a  hint  that  we  know  how  to 
manage  traitors.  We  can  deal  with  one  as  well  as  anotli- 
er."  And  after  a  little  more  conversation  of  like  tenor  tlie 
two  conspirators  separated. 

Masonic  murders  would  be  much  more  common  than  is 
happily  the  case  if  the  brethren  everywhere  lived  up  to 
their  obligations;  but  just  as  the  majority  of  slave-holders 
were  far  more  humane  than  the  system  which  gave  them 
irresponsible  jjower.  so  Masons  as  a  rule  are  better  than 
the  institution  which  swears  its  devotees. 

Among  the  hardened  and  desperate  men,  the  rowdies, 
gamblers  and  thunkards  who  surrounded  Colonel  Mont- 
fort and  moved  obsequiously  to  do  his  bidding,  there  was 
one  wiio  shrank  from  the  crime  of  secret  assassination. 
The  result  was  that  Anson  Lovejoy  the  next  day  received 
from  an  unknown  source  a  much  crumpled  note  with  a 
rude  imitation  of  the  square  and  compass  in  the  corner, 
which  after  correcting  some  peculiarities  of  orthography 
ran  as  follows: 

"  Don't  go  to  the  lodge  to-night.  They  mean  to  ask 
you  to  resign,  then  drag  you  from  the  chair  if  you  refuse, 
and  murder  you  in  the  lodge  room.  In  the  scuffle  it  will 
never  be  known  who  struck  the  blow.  If  you  value  your 
life,  stay  aw^ay."  A  Fkiend  and  a  Mason. 

"How  do  I  know  but  this  is  a  mere  foolish  trick  to 
frighten  me?"  said  Lovejoy.  "It  would  look  too  cow- 
ardly to  stay  away.     I  can't  do  it." 

"No,"  I  said  earnestly.  "This  is  no  trick  but  a  friendly 
warning.     You  must  heed  it." 

Lovejoy  stood  irresolute.  I  knew  he  felt  as  a  brave 
man  always  does  at  the  thought  of  saving  his  life  by  what 
seems  like  cowardly  flight  from  a  post  of  duty. 

"I  have  thought  of  a  plan,"  I  said  after  a  moment's  si- 
lence. "Go  to  the  lodge  to-night  as  usual,  and  your  life 
shall  be  jjrotected." 

{To  be  Continued.) 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSUKE. 


Januabt  25,  1883 


THUELOW  WEED. 


SKETCH  OF  HIS  EABLT  LIFE. 


[New  York  Tribune.] 

Thurlow  Weed,  journalist,  and  called  by  some  men  the 
"American  Warwick,"  was  born  in  this  State  at  Cairo, 
Greene  county,  November  15th,  1797.  Of  parents  in 
humble  circumstances,  he  early  learned  the  necessity  of 
work,  and  engaged  as  a  cabin  boy  on  one  of  the  river 
boats  in  the  tenth  year  of  his  age.  But  finding  the  work 
unsuited  to  his  liking,  he  engaged  two  years  later  as  an 
apprentice  in  the  office  of  the  Catskill  Review,  a  newspa- 
per owned  and  edited  by  Mackey  Croswell,  father  of 
Edwin  Croswell,  who,  as  editor  of  the  Albany  Argus, 
became  one  of  the  famous  Albany  Regency,  in  opposition 
to  which  a  large  share  of  Mr.  Weed's  early  political  work 
was  directed.  Soon  after  this  he  removed  with  his  father's 
family  to  Cincinnatus,  in  Cortland  county,  where  he  was 
engaged  for  a  time  in  backwoods  labor.  At  the  age  of 
fourteen  he  returned  to  the  printing  business  in  the  office 
of  the  Herkimer  American,  a  Federal  newspaper,  where 
he  met  William  L.  Stone,  also  an  apprentice,  and  who 
afterward  enjoyed  distinction  as  the  editor  of  the  New 
York  Commercial  Advertiser.  The  war  of  1812  found  Mr. 
Weed  only  fifteen  years  of  age.  He  enlisted  as  a  drum- 
nier-boy,  but  soon  appeared  on  the  frontier  as  a  private 
soldier  and  later  as  a  quartermaster's  sergeant.  Returning 
home,  in  1817  he  became  editor  of  the  Norwich  Journal, 
which  had  been  started  one  year  before  by  the  Hon.  John 
F.  Hubbard,  who  died  in  October,  1876.  Mr.  Weed  in  the 
following  year  started  the  Chenango  Agriculturalist  in 
his  own  name  and  edited  it  in  the  interests  of  DeWitt 
Clinton,  whose  fallen  political  fortunes  were  then  being 
restored  by  his  advocacy  of  the  completion  of  the  Erie 
Canal.  From  that  time  Mr.  Weed  continued  an  active 
supporter  of  Clinton,  and  finally  took  up  his  residence  at 
Rochester,  where  he  became  the  editor  of  the  Anti-ma- 
sonic E nquirer, •continmng  it  until  1830  as  an  organ  of 
the  opposition  which  grew  out  of  the  disappearance  of 
William  Morgan. 


HIS  ANTI-MASONIC  CAREER. 

[New  York  Times.] 

Thus  far  Mr.  Weed  had  not  been  remarkably  conspicu- 
ous before  the  public.  He  was  known  as  an  opponent  of 
the  elements  that  afterwards  consolidated  into  the  Jack- 
son Democracy,  as  a  pungent  writer,  and  as  an  excellent 
■  worker  in  committees  and  in  the  general  management  of 
party  affairs.  The  time  had  come  when  the  quiet  and  re. 
served  blue-eyed  man  of  destiny  was  to  expand  into  a 
political  Warwick — a  very  king-maker  in  a  land  where  all 
were  kings.  The  precipitating  events  were  the  disap- 
pearance of  one  William  Morgan,  the  charge  that  he  had 
been  made  away  with  by  members  of  the  fraternity  of 
Freemasons  and  the  unexampled  excitement  that  spread 
over  western  New  York  and  speedily  over  the  whole  State 
in  consequence.  On  September  11,  1826,  William  Morgan 
was  arrested  at  Batavia  on  a  charge  of  theft  and  was  ta- 
ken to  Canandaigua  and  put  in  jail,  released  at  9  p.  m., 
and  carried  off  toward  Rochester  in  a  close  carriage  in 
company  with  two  or  three  other  men.  He  was  never  af- 
terward seen,  and  it  was  believed  that  he  had  been  taken 
to  old  Fort  Niagara,  confined  for  a  time  in  the  magazine, 
and  secretly  murdered.  The  reason  for  the  crime  was 
found  in  the  fact  that  Morgan  was  about  to  publish  a 
book  exposing  the  secrets  of  Freemasonry,  and  such  a 
book  did  afterward  appear  in  spite  of  all  attempts  to  sup- 
press it. 

Public  meetings  were  held,  the  press  took  up  the  mat 
ter  and  the  wildest  excitement  prevailed,  but  at  that  time 
no  one  thought  of  making  it  a  political  affair.  At  the 
November  election  in  that  year,  Clinton  and  Judge  Roch- 
ester (Bucktail)  were  candidates  for  governor,  and  both 
were  leading  Freemasons,  Clinton  holding  a  high  olflce 
among  them,  being  Most  Grand  High  Priest  of  the  State 
Chaptei'.  It  was  evident  to  those  who  were  not  Masons 
that  the  secret  order  not  only  refrained  from  investigating 
the  charges  made  against  them,  but  endeavored  to  pre- 
vent others  from  doing  so  by  inducing  witnesses  to  leave 
and  by  denouncing  the  leaders  of  the  excited  people. 
They,  in  turn,  charged  the  crime  upon  the  order  at  large. 
Tlie  most  startling  stories  were  told  of  the  natm-e  and 
dangerous  character  of  Freemasonry.  The  grotesque 
rites  of  initiation,  and  the  blood-curdling  oaths  that  were 
taken,  were  held  up  in  pictorial  illustration,  and  the  dead 
walls  were  covered  with  handbills  that  might  have  served 
the  Ku-klux  of  1870.  Then  followed  a  denunciation  of 
secret  orders  of  all  kinds,  and  even  to  this  day  the  feeling 
then  originated  exists  among  a  large  class  of  intelligent 
and  prominent  men. 

There  were  trials  of  various  kinds  concerning  the  ab- 
duction of  Morgan,  but  when,  in  one  case,  the  opponents 
of  the  order  thought  to  make  important  disclosures,  the 
defendent  pleaded  guilty  and  shut  out  further  scrutiny. 
About  this  time  delegates  from  several  self-constituted 
committees  met  at  Lewiston  and  formed  the  first  official 
Anti-masonic  body.  This  was  afterward  known  as  the 
Lewiston  Convention.  This  convention  ascertained,  to 
the  satisfaction  of  its  members  at  least,  that  Morgan  had 
been  murdered  at  or  near  Fort  Niagara.  The  book  of 
exposures  was  already  published,  and  added  materially  to 
the  excitement.  But  so  far  no  political  action  had  been 
pi'()i)osed.  At  the  town  meetings  in  the  spring  of  1827, 
li  )  A'ever,  it  was  not  uncommon  to  hear  of  resolutions  de- 
cl  .ring  that  no  member  of  the  Masonic  order  ought  to  be 
voted  for.  Such  action  began  in  Genesee  and  Monroe 
counties,  but  where  the  very  first  resolution  was  adopted 
is  not  known. 


Party  leaders  did  not  hasten  to  take  sides  on  the  new 
question.  They  were  busy  with  the  approaching  Pres- 
idential election,  and  were  more  interested  in  knowing 
whether  Crawford  or  some  one  else  would  have  the  vote 
of  New  York.  Jackson  was  in  the  field,  and  Clinton  and 
Van  Buren  were  supposed  to  lean  in  his  favor.  As  both 
Jackson  and  Clinton  were  high  Freemasons,  it  is  probable 
that  the  Crawford  party  gained  some  strength  from  the 
opponents  of  the  secret  order. 

For  the  election  in  the  autumn  of  1827,  the  Anti-masons 
ran  local  tickets  in  some  places,  especially  for  members  of 
the  Legislature,  and — quite  as  much  to  their  own  aston- 
ishment as  that  of  the  old  parties — earned  Genesee,  Mon- 
roe, Livingston,  Orleans,  and  Niagara  counties.  Parties 
now  essentially  changed  their-  composition.  The  Jackson 
Democracy  were  forming  and  took  in  a  portion  of  the 
Bucktails,  some  of  the  leading  Clintonians,  and  most  of 
the  Freemasons,  who  felt  aggrieved  by  the  sudden  and 
successful  proscription  begun  in  the  western  part  of  the 
State.  The  Adams  party  was  small,  composed  mainly  of 
Clintonians,  who,  though  many  of  them  Freemasons, 
were  unwilling  to  join  the  Jackson  party,  and  could  not 
act  with  the  Anti-masons.  The  Anti-masonic  party — for 
a  iDarty  it  must  now  be  considered — took  in  nearly  all  of 
Clinton's  followers  and  a  considerable  portion  of  the 
Bucktails,  but  not  a  large  array  of  leaders  from  either 
faction.  In  March,  1828,  the  first  regular  Anti-masonic 
convention  was  held  at  Le  Roy,  and  embraced  delegates 
from  twelve  counties.  No  political  resolutions  were 
passed,  the  work  being  solely  that  of  opposition  to  Free- 
masonry and  the  declaration  that  Freemasonry  was  un- 
worthy of  existence  in  a  free  government.  This  body 
recommended  a  State  Convention  to  be  held  in  Utica  in 
August. 

Thurlow  Weed  was  in  the  foreground  of  this  new  move- 
ment. He  took  up  the  Morgan  matter  with  promptness 
and  pursued  it  with  untiring  zeal.  Finding  that  he 
could  not  speak  out  freely  against  Masonry  in  the  Roch- 
ester Telegraph,  he  left  that  paper  and  started  the  Anti- 
masonic  Enquirer,  the  first  journal  in  this  country  that 
gave  expression  to  Anti-masonic  opinion.  By  tacit  con 
sent  he  became  the  leader  of  the  movement,  though  there 
were  on  every  side  older  and  better-known  captains.  The 
first  Anti-masonic  committee,  consisting  of  Thurlow  Weed, 
Frederick  Whittlesey,  Samuel  Works,  Hervey  Ely,  and 
Frederick  F.  Backus,  was  appointed,  and  continued  until 
the  end  of  the  fight,  only  two  names — those  of  Bates 
Cook  and  Timothy  Fitch — being  added.  The  new  party 
immediately  commanded  attention  from  the  older  organ- 
izations. It  being  understood  that  they  would  nominate 
Francis  Granger  for  Governor,  the  Adams  men  bid  for 
theu'  votes  by  nominating  Granger  for  Lieutenant-Gov- 
ernor. The  Anti-masons  made  a  miserable  nomination  in 
the  selection  of  Solomon  Southwick,  and  the  result  was 
an  easy  victory  for  Van  Buren,  the  candidate  of  the 
Jackson  Democrats.  The  Anti-masons  were  not  discour- 
aged, for  while  the  Adams  party  had  been  falling  to 
pieces  they  were  building  up,  and  in  1829  elected  Albert 
Tracy  State  Senator  from  the  Eighth  District,  carried  15 
counties,  and  polled  67,000  votes.  They  sent  Francis 
Granger,  Millard  Fillmore,  Thm'low  Weed  and  others  to 
the  Assembly. 

In  February,  1830,  they  held  a  convention  at  Albany, 
and  provided  for  holding  a  national  convention  in  the 
summer.  The  Albany  Convention  prepared  specific 
charges  against  the  Grand  Chapter  of  Freemasons  of  the 
State— a  chartered  body — accusing  them  of  misapplying 
their  funds  by  contributing  to  pay  the  expenses  of  the 
Morgan  abduction.  Mr.  Fillmore  moved  in  the  Assembly 
for  a  select  committee  to  investigate  the  charges,  but  the 
Freemasons  choked  off  the  danger  by  sending  the  whole 
subject  to  Attorney-General  Greene  C.  Bronson,  simply 
requesting  him  to  look  into  it,  and,  if  he  thought  proper, 
to  file  an  information,  in  the  natm-e  of  a  quo  warranto, 
for  the  forfeiture  of  the  charter.  The  vote  was  75  yeas 
and  30  nays,  the  latter  being  a  little  mone  than  the  Anti- 
masonio  strength.  It  was  clear  that  no  investigation 
would  be  permitted  if  avoidance  was  possible.  Under  an 
act  of  1828,  for  special  counsel  to  inquire  into  the  out- 
rage, John  C.  Spencer  was  appointed.  He  had  worked 
the  case  up  to  a  point  where  he  thought  the  offer  of 
$2,000  reward  would  expose  the  whole  plot,  but  Gov. 
Throop  refused  to  authorize  any  reward,  and  the  Legisla- 
ture, instead  of  aiding  Mr.  Spencer,  reduced  his  salary  to 
$1,000.  This  Mr.  Spencer  took  as  an  insult,  and  imme- 
diately resigned.  It  was  now  justly  charged  that  the 
Jackson  Democracy  upheld  and  protected  Freemasonry, 
and,  of  course,  the  Antimasons  had  nothing  to  expect  in 
the  way  of  favor  from  them. 

In  August,  1830,  the  Antimasons  held  a  State  Conven- 
tion at  Utica,  where  political  affairs  were  freely  discussed. 
Their  indignation  against  Frank  Granger  was  forgotten, 
and  they  nominated  him  for  Governor,  with  Samuel  Stev- 
ens, of  New  York,  for  Lieutenant  Governor.  Had  the 
National  Republicans  supported  Granger  all  over  the 
State  as  they  did  in  the  Eighth  District,  he  would  have 
been  elected;  but  in  the  East,  especially  in  the  river  coun- 
ties, the  Republican  Freemasons  preferred  a  Democrat  to 
an  Antimason,  and  voted  for  Throop.  He  was  elected, 
having  128,242  votes  to  120,361  for  Granger.  They  tried 
Granger  once  more — in  1832 — running  a  full  Electoral 
ticket  for  their  Presidential  candidate,  William  Wirt.  On 
this  occasion  the  National  Republicans  adopted  the  Anti- 
masonic  State  candidates,  and  victory  seemed  almost  cer- 
tain. The  tidal  wave  of  Jacksonism,  however,  was  too 
much  for  them — Marcy  (for  Governor)  had  166,410  votes 
and  Granger  156,672. 

The  history  of  the  Anti-masonic  party  proper  ends  here 
for  not  long  after  this  election  the  various  anti-Jackson 
elements  in  this  State  and  throughout  the  Union  were 
reorganized  into  the  Whig  party.  Of  this  party  in  the 
State  of  New  York  the  Anti-masons  were  the  heart  and 
soul,  and  most  of  the  Anti-masonic  leaders  became  Whig 


standard-bearers.  Foremost  among  the  Whig  managers 
was  Thm-low  Weed,  now  doubly  powerful  from  his  expe- 
rience in  organizing  the  Anti-masons,  while  among  the 
foremost  directly  before  the  people  was  William  H.  Sew- 
ard. He  was  the  first  Whig  candidate  for  Governor,  in 
1834,  and  came  well  up  to  Marcy's  vote.  In  1836  Marcy 
beat  Jesse  Buel,  Whig,  by  30,000.  But  in  1838  there  was 
a  change.  The  Whigs  put  up  Seward  again,  and  the 
Democrats  brought  up  the  old  war-horse,  Marcy.  The 
campaign  was  lively,  and  resulted  in  a  sweeping  Whig 
victory — the  party's  ffi-st — Seward  being  elected  by  10,000 
majority.  In  the  whirlwind  of  1840  Mr.  Seward  was  re- 
elected. X 

When  Anti-masonry  was  at  its  height,  the  leaders  of 
the  party  felt  the  need  of  an  organ  at  the  State  capital 
where  they  had  no  newspaper  voice.  It  was  decided  to 
start  such  a  paper,  and  Mr.  Weed  was  of  course  the  first 
man  thought  of  to  take  charge  of  it.  He  was  then  in 
Albany  as  member  of  the  Assembly.  On  the  22nd  of 
March,  1830,  the  Evening  Journal  appeared,  published 
by  B.  D.  Packard  &  Co.,  and  edited  by  Thurlow  Weed. 
The  paper  was  a  success  from  the  start,  and  rapidly  rose 
in  circulation  and  influence.  In  those  days  there  were 
few  neutral  or  independent  papers.  Nearly  every  one 
was  in  favor  of  some  political  party,  and  there  was  no 
objection  to  a  paper  being  called  an  "organ."  i:\ieArgus 
was  the  Democratic  scripture,  and  continued  to  furnish 
orthodox  pabulum  for  years  afterward.  The  Journal  was 
the  Anti-masonic  and  afterward  the  Whig  bible,  especially 
throughout  the  State  of  New  York.  The  arrival  of  the 
mail  in  country  villages  in  those  days  was  a  notable  event. 
As  soon  as  the  horn  of  the  stage-driver  was  heard  the 
magnates  of  the  place  began  to  gather  at  the  postofflce, 
but  were  unusually  reserved  in  political  discussion  until 
they  had  seen  the  papers  from  which  they  took  their  cue 
— the  Democrats  from  the  Argus,  and  the  Whigs  from 
the  Journal.  No  man  who  pretended  to  political  wisdom 
ventured  to  express  an  opinion  on  any  matter  of  con- 
sequence until  he  had  read  what  Weed  or  Croswell  had  to 
say. 


HIS  LATElR  YEARS. 


[New  York  Herald.] 

In  April,  1867,  Mr.  Weed  became  the  editor  of  the  New 
York  Commercial  Advertiser — a  position  which  he  occu- 
pied for  a  little  more  than  a  year — when  his  failing  health 
forbade  further  labor.  His  physicians  laid  their  prohibi- 
tion upon  him,  and  he  reluctantly  abandoned  the  profes- 
sion in  which  he  had  spent  a  lifetime.  He  went  to  Eu- 
rope during  the  summer  of  1868,  and  remained  there  sev- 
eral months.  He  returned  with  health  somewhat  improved 
but  was  still  incapable  of  accomplishing  steady  or  pro- 
longed labor.  The  winter  of  1868  and  1869  he  spent  at 
Aiken,  S.  C.  Since  that  time,  except  with  some  intervals 
of  travel,  he  remained  in  New  York.  But  Mr.  Weed  was 
unable  to  resist  the  temptation  to  work,  and  out  of  the 
vast  storehouses  of  his  memory  he  summoned  legions  of 
reminiscences,  some  of  which  are  to  form  chapters  of  his 
autobiography.  His  contributions  appeared  mainl^^  in 
the  Oalaxy.  In  May,  1870,  he  published  in  that  magazine 
a  humorous  paper,  entitled,  "Stagecoach  Traveling  Forty- 
six  Years  Ago."  The  next  month  he  contributed  "Early 
Incidents  of  the  Rebellion,"  which  extorted  in  July,  from 
Mr.  Gideon  Welles,  a  vigorous  reply  and  criticism.  In- 
deed, all  of  Mr.  Weed's  papers  attracted  much  public  at- 
tention and  were  widely  copied.  In  many  instances  tbey 
kindled  the  fu-e  of  heated  controversy,  which,  however, 
he  left  unnoticed.  In  August,  1870,  "Diplomatic  Inci- 
dents" appeared  in  the  Oalaxy.  This  paper  was  chiefly 
commemorative  of  the  author's  sojourn  in  Europe  during 
his  diplomatic  mission  with  the  two  bishops.  In  Decem- 
ber of  the  same  year  he  published  "Some  of  My  Experi- 
ences," an  amusing  chapter  of  incidents  in  his  life.  Oth- 
er articles  appeared  as  follows:  July,  1871,  "Mr.  Lincoln 
and  the  Three  Friends  in  Council;"  May,  1872,  "Letters 
of  Junius,"  a  subject  which  he  never  wearied  of  investi- 
gating; March,  1873,  "Recollections  of  Horace  Greeley." 
In  addition  to  these  papers  Mr.  Weed  published  similar 
articles  in  Harper's  Magazine,  and  was  besides  a  frequent 
contributor  to  the  newspaper  jjress.  It  is  understood  that 
Mr.  Weed's  autobiography  is  not  entirely  cornpleted,  but 
enough  is  prepared  to  form  a  large  volume  and  to  throw 
much  light  upon  political  history  and  party  movements 
for  the  last  three  score  of  years.  This  autobiography  is 
not  a  connected  or  continuous  work.  It  is  rather  a  series 
of  independent  monographs  on  important  political  events 
or  crises.  On  the  17th  of  June,  1882,  Mi-.  Weed,  again 
seeking  relaxation  and  freedom  from  care,  made  another 
trip  to  Europe. 

The  last  ten  years  of  Mr.  Weed's  eventful  life  were 
siDcnt  in  comparative  quietude.  It  was  impossible,  how- 
ever, for  his  active  brain  to  remain  altogether  at  rest. 
Whenever  any  question  of  moment  arose,  whether  na- 
tional or  municipal,  a  vigorous  letter  with  the  well  known 
initials  "T.  W."  appeared  in  the  public  press  and  with  no 
uncertain  sound,  proclaimed  the  veteran's  views.  It  is 
safe  to  say  that  during  the  greater  portion  of  this  period 
his  mental  faculties  were  uiidimmed.  .  On  all  the  great 
topics  of  the  day,  and  especially  those  touching  on  Amer- 
ican politics  and  statesmen,  he  was  open  to  the  interview- 
ers. He  always  had  something  good  to  say  and  said  it 
well.  In  his  accounts  of  his  early  years  he  was  especially 
interesting  and  never  gave  way  to  the  garrulity  of  old 
age.     It  was   his  custom  to   celebrate   his  bu-thday  by  a 

Mr.  Weed  returned  at  the  end  of  the  summer  with  an 
invigorated  constitution.  His  intense  mental  activity  and 
his  submissive  listening  to  the  pressing  claims  or  the 
preferred  complaints  of  the  many  who  sought  his  advice 
or  assistance  severely  taxed  his  brain  and  wore  upon  his 
sympathies.  Hence  those  "head  troubles"  with  which 
those  who  knew  him  best  were  so  familiar. 


jAmjAiiT25,  1883 


THE  CHRISTLAJM"  CYNOSURE. 


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dinner  party,  to  which  he  invited  his  old  friends;  but  late- 
ly his  infirmities  prevented  him  from  keeping  up  the  fes- 
tival. In  March,  1880,  he  went  to  Albany  to  be  present 
at  the  fiftieth  anniversary  of  the  Albany  Evening  Journal, 
occupying  the  editorial  chair  and  writing  the  leading  ar- 
ticle. Perhaps  one  of  the  most  effective  of  his  later  let- 
ters was  one  published  in  the  Herald  in  August,  1880.  It 
was  a  sturdy  denunciation  of  Robert  Ingersoll  and  an 
earnest  declaration  of  his  own  belief  and  faith  in  Chris- 
tianity. 


REFORM  News. 


NOTICE. 

To  the  Friends  of  Reform  in  Southeast  Pennsylvania  and  Adjoin- 
ing Localities. 

We,  the  undersigned,  were  appointed  a  committee  by  the  offl- 
cial  meeting  of  King  Street  Church,  Chambereburg,  to  call  a 
general  convention  of  the  anti-secrecy  reform  advocates  to  meet 
m  Chambersburg,  Pa.,  Feb.  13th,  at  7  p.  m.,  and  to  continue 
through  the  two  foUowing  days.  Spealjers  of  ability  are  ex- 
pected to  be  present  and  to  address  the  meeting. 

H.  H.  HiNMAN, 
W.  O.  TOBEY, 

J.  S.  Yaukbt. 


NOTE  FROM  THE  MINNESOTA  LEG  TUBER. 

I  wish  to  say  to  the  members  and  friends  of  the  Minne- 
sota State  Christian  Association  through  the  Cynosure, 
that  I  expect  to  be  able  to  commence  work  as  their  agent 
about  the  20th  of  this  month,  D.  V.  I  was  sick  at  tthe 
time  of  the  convention  at  Blue  Earth,  and  got  no  better 
until  near  the  close  of  the  year.  Since  that  time  I  have 
been  meeting  former  engagements  and  arranging  my  af- 
fairs as  best  I  could  to  leave  home.  I  have  but  little  tal- 
ent and  less  experience  in  the  work,  but  I  have  strong  con 
victions,  and  with  the  Lord  Almighty  for  my  helper,  I  do 
not  hesitate  to  go  and  do  what  I  can.  I  expect  to  begin 
here  at  home,  and  spend  a  little  time  in  the  two  adjacent 
counties,  assist  in  our  next  meeting,  and  then  go  else- 
where as  the  Lord  shall  direct. 

Robert  J.  Wllliams. 

Winnebago  City,  Minn.,  Jan.  16,  188S. 


PENNSYLVANIA. 


OUR  CLIFFORD  MEETING. 

Let  it  be  noted  that  this  meeting  is  now  settled  for  Feb. 
1st  and  2nd,  1883.  It  is  to  be  in  the  old  chm-ch  formerly 
occupied  by  the  Methodist  society,  located  at  Clifford 
Corners,  and  will  commence  at  7  o'clock,  evening  of  Feb. 
1st.  S.  E.  Starry  is  to  be  present  and  conduct  the  degree 
meetings.  We  have  written  to  H.  H.  Hinman,  at  Cham- 
bersburg, Pa.,  with  some  hope  of  having  him  with  us  at 
Clifford. 

The  Chambersburg  brethren  are  anxious  to  get  Starry 
there  and  Bro.  Hinman  proposes  a  grand  convention  at 
Chambersburg  to  represent  southeast  Pennsylvania,  Mary- 
land and  the  District  of  Columbia.  Chambersburg  is 
central  and  easily  accessible  and  would  afford  ample  en- 
tertainment.    Why  not  have  an  Anti  masonic  conclave? 

Let  Bro.  Hinman  come  to  Clifford  if  he  .can,  and  we 
there  inaugurate  a  general  campaign  as  proposed  by  him. 

N.  Callbndbr. 


BRO.  HINMAN S  LETTERS. 


wine-bibber."  Matt.  11:18,19.  Centuries  roll  on,  but 
human  natiu-e  remains  unchanged.  John  and  Christ  were 
rejected  by  the  Jews  for  exactly  opposite  reasons.  The 
professedly  good  men  of  today  treat  their  principles  in 
the  same  manner.  In  the  days  of  slavery  we  were  told 
that  we  need  not  oppose  it  in  the  North,  for  we  had  no 
slaves,  and  that  we  must  not  speak  against  it  in  the  South, 
for  the  slaveholders  would  not  endure  it. 

There  are  in  the  city  of  Philadelphia  more  than  thirty 
churches,  some  of  them  large  and  financially  strong,  that 
by  their  terms  of  communion,  adopted  in  their  purer 
and  better  days,  exclude  from  their  fellowship  all  mem- 
bers of  secret  societies.  To  them  may  be  added  the  large 
and  influencial  Society  of  Friends,  who  have  a  strong 
testimony  against  the  oath  bound  orders,  and  who  boast 
that  none  of  their  members  belong  to  the  secret  lodges. 
And  yet,  in  all  that  great  city,  there  are  only  two  or  three 
congregations  that  will  listen  to  a  word  of  testimony  on 
the  subject. 

I  visited  a  considerable  number  of  the  pastors  and 
ministers  of  the  churches,  (Reformed  Bresbyterian, 
United  Presbyterian,  United  Brethren  and  Free  Method- 
ists.) I  found  them  courteous  and  talented  men.  They 
understood  the  nature  of  the  secrecy  question.  They 
sympathized  with  my  views  and  desired  my  success;  but 
with  one  consent  excused  themselves  from  active  partici- 
pation. Some  honestly  told  me  that  they  had  some  Free- 
masons in  their  churches  and  feared  to  offend  them;  but 
most  said  that  they  had  no  such  members  and  therefore 
the  matter  did  not  concern  them  in  the  least.  This  par 
ticularly  is  what  the  Quakers  told  me.  Of  the  large  num- 
ber of  United  Brethren  churches  in  the  Cumberland  Val- 
ley, I  have  found  only  the  King  St.  chui-ch  of  Chambers- 
burg that  does  not  exclude  all  discussion  of  this  subject, 
and  for  just  the  above  reasons:  either  that  tfeey  have  or 
have  not  some  secretists  in  their  membership.  Of  these 
two  reasons  the  last  is  far  the  worse.  There  may  be  some 
apology  for  a  man  who,  finding  an  iniquity  in  his  church 
hopes  by  personal  faithfulness  and  forbearance  to  remove 
the  evil,  and  does  not  want  to  precii^itate  a  conflict;  but 
what  possible  excuse  can  there  be  for  a  people  who  plead 
their  freedom  from  all  complicity  with  iniquity  as  a  reason 
why  they  should  be  wholly  indifferent  to  its  prevalence? 
"Am  I  my  brother's  keeper?"  is  a  question  just  as  mean 
and  imptcdent  now  as  when  Cain  thrust  it  in  the  face  of 
his  Maker.  Itdeeply  concerns  me,  that  any  man  should 
do  wrong  in  any  degi'ee.  The  moment  I  show  any  in- 
difference, I  disavow  Christ.  The  ministers  and  churches 
who  have  been  educated  in  correct  principles  and  take 
this  gi'ound,  sin  against  great  light,  and  if  the  blood  of 
all  the  prophets  from  Abel  to  Zacharias  was  required  of 
the  Jews,  what  shall  we  say  of  those  who  reject  the 
accumulated  light  of  the  centuries? 

H.  H.  Hinman. 


COUNTRY  WORK  IN  WESTERN  KANSAS. 


WELCOME  AND    FRIENDS. 

Chambersburg,  Pa.,  Jan.  15,  1883. 

Dear  Cynosure: — I  have  just  beheld  thy  fair 
countenance,  and  goodly  apparel.  My  heart  rejoices  as 
did  Solomon's,  as  he  exclaimed,  "Who  is  this  that  cometh 
up  from  the  wilderness  leaning  on  the  arm  of  her 
Beloved."  May  you  indeed  go  forth  "fair  as  the  moon, 
clear  as  the  sun,  and  terrible  as  an  army  with  banners." 

I  have  been  here  a  little  more  than  two  weeks,  and 
have  preached  ten  sermons  and  given  five  lectures,  two  of 
them  at  Fayetteville.  I  have  never  had,  anywhere,  a 
more  cordial  reception  or  kindly  hearing  than  here.  The 
lectures  in  the  King  St.  chm'ch  were  fully  attended  and  so 
far  from  diminishing  the  congregations  attending  the 
usual  services,  they  were   greater  afterwards  than  before. 

At  Fayetteville  I  spoke  twice  in  the  Covenanter  church 
and  was  glad  to  believe  that  the  tmth  was  most  cordially 
received  by  all  who  heard.  The  power  of  the'  lodge  is 
manifestly  waning.  Some  who  ought  to  be  friends  of 
our  reform  are  false  to  their  professed  principles,  but 
other  friends  are  rising  up.  The  outlook  is  full  of 
promise. 


lukewarm  PHILADELPHIA 

"For  John  came  neither  eating  nor  drinking  and  they 
say  he  hath  a  devil.  The  Son  of  Man  came  eating  and 
drinking  and  they  say,    Behold  a  man  gluttonous   and   a 


Hutchinson,  Kans.,  Jan.  17,  1883. 

I  have  just  closed  a  meeting  in  the  western  edge  of 
Stafford  Co.,  and  as  it  is  perhaps  a  fair  sample  of  the 
work  in  Western  Kansas,  I  give  a  more  detailed  account 
than  I  would  otherwise  do. 

THE  HOUSE  ■ 
where  we  meet  is  a  neat  and  comfortable  school-house, 
just  completed.  It  does  the  neighborhood  great  credit. 
But  good  school-houses  are  the  rule  in  Kansas.  The  peo- 
ple may  live  in  sod  houses,  with  floor  and  roof  of  earth, 
but  they  will  have  a  neat  frame  school-house,  painted  and 
plastered,  and  furnished  with  patent  seats. 

The  settlement  is  scattering,  averaging,  perhaps,  two 
families  to  the  square  mile,  or  scarcely  so  much;  and  they 
have  been  there  on  an  average  about  three  years. 

THE    FARMS. 

It  sounds  funny  to  call  them  fai-ms.  True,  the  soil  is 
good;  but  a  fence  is  nowhere  to  be  seen,  and  timber  is 
scarcely  thought  of.  I  tlioughtlessly  spoke  to  one  of  the 
men  about  an  axe,  and  was  quickly  informed  that  he  had 
no  such  article.  Those  who  have  many  cattle  herd  them, 
and  those  who  have  but  few  tie  them  out  to  grass  with 
long  ropes. 

Their  houses  are  many  of  them  sod,  and  often  consist 
of  a  single  room.  This  is  true,  as  yet,  of  a  large  portion 
of  the  extreme  western  part  of  this  State.  Yet  it  is  won- 
derful how  one  good  crop  is  changing  this  state  of  things 
as  with  magic  touch. 

The  fuel  is  cornstalks  and  hay,  and  the  droppings  of 
cattle  and  sheep  dried  and  used  instead  of  coal.  Such 
people  deserve  to  succeed,  and  succeed  they  surely  will. 
Indeed,  they  are  succeeding,  and  one  and  another  are  con- 
stantly stepping  over  the  line  of  pinching  poverty  into 
ease  and  plenty. 

THE    religion 

of  the  people  is  as  various  as  the  localities  whence  they 
came.  The  use  of  their  house  was  granted  me,  but  not 
without  some  hesitation  on  the  part  of  the  school  board. 
The  people  came  out  en  masse  to  hear  what  I  had  to  say. 
There  were  some  to  welcome  me,  in  some  I  encountered  a 
bitter  prejudice,  while  many  seemed  simply  curious  to 
hear  me.     But  the  "Universal^Brotherhood"  was  there. 


and  some  lost  their  jewel.  Speaking  of  the  progress  of 
"Hiram  Abifl,"  I  made  "Jubilum"  assault  him  at  the 
wrong  gate.  One  Mason  quickly  asked  me  which  gate  I 
said,  and,  as  I  repeated  it  as  I  had  said  it,  he  quickly 
shouted,  "That's  all  you  know  about  Masonry."  The 
thing  was  ridiculously  plain  that  I  was  all  right  except  in 
naming  the  wrong  gate.  The  people  were  not  slow  to 
see  it,  and  better  testimony  I  could  scarcely  have  had. 
The  Lord  gave  victory  to  the  truth,  and  the  meetings 
closed  with  many  expressions  of  interest  and  approval. 
They  raised  five  dollars  to  speed  me  on  my  way.  That 
may  not  seem  much  to  Eastern  ears,  but  it  is  more  for 
this  people  than  a  thousand  dollars  from  an  ordinary  con- 
gregation in  an  Eastern  city.  P.  S.  Feemster. 


THE  WORK  IN  MICHIGAN. 


GENESEE   COUNTY. 

Dr.  Wicker  went  with  me  to  Davison  Station,  ten  miles 
east  of  Flint  on  the  Chicago  and  Grand  Trunk  Railroad, 

The  meeting  was  held  in  the  Baptist  meeting-honse. 
Elder  Cuvier,  an  old  Baptist  minister,  was  appointed 
chairman.  He  made  a  few  excellent  remarks,  in  which 
he  pleaded  for  an  impartial  hearing  and  expressed  great 
satisfaction  in  being  permitted  to  aid  in  the  investigation 
of  so  important  a  public  question.  Bro.  Wicker  spoke 
briefly,  but  strongly  and  very  instructively. 

My  Masonic  experience  was  then  detailed  and  the  peo- 
ple got  a  view  of  the  undisguised  home  life  of  the  man  of 
sin,  called  Freemasonry.  In  response  to  a  loud  call  ap- 
pointments were  made  for  Monday  and  Tuesday  of  the 
following  week. 

Monday  p.  m.  I  walked  from  Flint  to  the  place  of  meet- 
ing, there  being  no  train  till  evening.  The  house  was  full. 
Bro.  C,  being  called  to  the  chair  again,  stated  that  lie 
was  well  known  in  all  that  region  and  did  not  know  that 
any  one  could  truthfully  accuse  him  of  any  act  unworthy 
of  a  Christian,  and  so  far  as  he  knew  no  one  had  ever  so 
accused  him;  but  in  consequence  of  his  having  acted  as 
chairman  of  the  first  meeting  he  had  been  treated  very 
abusively  by  Masons — men  of  the  first  respectability  in 
the  community.  He  now  rejoiced  that  he  had  been  the 
chairman,  and  as  a  servant  of  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ  he 
felt  greatly  honored  by  the  reappointment.  He  had  never 
liked  Masonry,  but  the  revelations  of  the  other  meeting 
had  so  astonished  and  impressed  him  that  he  felt  like 
stonding  his  ground  in  the  face  of  all  opposition. 

The  fundamental  principles  of  speculative  Masonry 
were  then  discussed  and  each  proposition  established  by 
the  highest  Masonic  authority,  and  the  same  was  done  on 
the  following  evening.  It  is  not  too  much  to  say  that  the 
sentiment  of  the  community  was  entirely  revolutionized. 

The  Baptist  pastor  was  present  the  first  night,  but  I  did 
not  make  his  acquaintance.  A  Protestant  Methodist  min- 
ister from  another  neighborhood  was  present  one  evening 
and  strongly  approved  what  he  heard,  and  said  he  had 
gone  much  out  of  his  way  to  be  there  and  was  very  sorry 
that  he  could  not  attend  the  other  meetings. 

The  M.  E.  pastor,  after  the  first  meeting  seemed  to  to 
feel  a  deep  interest  in  the  work  we  were  doing.  One  af- 
ternoon he  walked  from  Flint  to  Davison  so  as  to  be  there 
in  time  in  the  evening.  He  did  not  say  anything  pub- 
liclo. 

The  Baptists  were  much  stirred  up  by  the  strange  con- 
duct of  their  pastor.  Some  of  them  thought  he  was 
eithe-  Masonic  or  a  little  timid,  as  he  was  generally  con- 
sidered a  courageous  man. 

John  Flint,  who  had  taken  two  or  three  degrees  of  Baal- 
ism, told  me  that  Masons  in  Flint  City  called  on  him  for 
money  to  helj)  Vanderpool,  who,  they  said,  was  a  Royal 
Arch  Companion. 

I  talked  with  a  Baptist  granger,  and  when  he  saw  what 
grangeism  was  he  exclaimed,  "I  an  no  granger  now.,"  and 
renounced  it  with  abhorrence. 

I  conversed  with  a  leading  business  man  in  the  village 
who  was  in  sentiment  a  strong  Anti-mason,  but  he  was 
afraid  that  it  would  ruin  his  business  to  speak  against  it. 
He  said  that  the  Methodist  minister  who  was  stationed 
there  the  previous  year,  told  him  that  he  undertook  to  op- 
pose Masonry,  but  finding  that  it  was  harming  him  great- 
ly he  decided  to  say  no  more  I  questioned  him  closely, 
and  learned  that  the  preacher  was  harmed  only  in  his^ala- 
ry.  I  have  no  room  for  comments,  and  will  only  ask  the 
reader  to  ponder  what  I  have  said.  The  best  of  all  is, 
God  was  with  us.  We  did  all  with  a  single  eye.  Praise 
God. 


MACOMB    COUNTY. 

I  spoke  twice  in  the  meeting-house  at  Ray  Centre.  A 
prominent  farmer  in  that  vicinity  had  plead  with  me  to 
expose  Masonry  in  that  place.  On  my  way  there  I  called 
at  the  house  of  my  brother-in-law,  who  lives  only  a  few 
miles  from  the  Centre.  He  was  much  alarmed,  and  said 
that  Ray  Centre  was  the  hardest  place  in  all  that  country. 
He  said  it  was  a  Masonic  den,  and  he  would  not  expose 
Masonry  there  for  his  farm. 

I  went  to  the  "Centre"  and  learned  that  my  good 
friend  had  given  out  the  meetings,  but,  out  of  fear,  had 
not  given  the  subject.  His  brother  said  he  knew  all 
about  Masonry,  and  was  very  glad  I  had  come.  But  be 
said  that  I  had  struck  the  worst  place  in  the  country. 
After  hearing  the  first  speech,  he  concluded  that  he  had 
known  but  little  about  the  monster,  and  told  me  that  he 
would  not  be  in  my  place  for  his  farm.  He  was  afraid  to 
have  me  stay  at  his  house,  though  he  wanted  me  to— and 
I  did. 

The  preacher  had  just  delivered  a  lecture  in  favor 
of  Masonry,  and  he  was  present  at  otir  first  meeting.  A 
32  degree  Mason  was  up  in  front.  Bro.  Palister  and 
[  Continiied  on  the  12th  page.  ] 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE. 


January  25,  1883 


COREESPONDENCE. 


LET  US  HAVE  THE   WHOLE  TRUTH. 

Mr.  John  O.  Walsh  writes  a  long  letter  to  the  President 

in  which  he  charges   the   prosecution  of  the   Star-route 

frauds  with  trifling  in  the   interests  of  the   accused,  and 

a  mockery  of  justice.     At  the  conclusion  of  his  letter  he 

says: — 

* 
It  is  the  first  time,  I  believe,  In  the  history  of  the  Republic,  that 
men  unblushingly,  and  m  the  full  glare  of  day,  as  organized 
plunderers,  openly  defy  the  power  of  the  State.  The  laws  of  the 
land  have  been  most  wantonly  and  shamefully  violated  by  these 
men ;  witnesses  for  the  Government  have  been  terrorized  by  them 
and  their  agents ;  juries  corrupted;  officers  of  the  Government 
made  to  violate  their  oaths,  and  justice  itself  made  a  moclcery  of 
in  the  capital  of  the  Republic.  Such  has  been  the  weak,  halting 
character  of  the  prosecution,  as  a  whole,  that  men  knew  not  on 
which  side  the  Government  was  arrayed.  Such  feelings  of  doubt 
and  distrust  have  been  engendered  by  this  vacillation,  that,  in  the 
opinion  of  man)'  law-abiding  citizens,  nothing  less  than  your  ac- 
tive and  positive  direction  in  these  cases,  Mr.  President,  will  in- 
sure a  result  commensurate  with  the  gravity  of  the  occasion. 

Now  this  is  not  the  first  time,  by  any  means,  that  "men 
unblushingly  and  in  the  full  glare  of  day,  as  organized 
plunderers,  have  defied  the  power  of  the  State, "  for  the 
Masonic  lodge  has  been  engaged  in  such  works  ever  since 
the  beginning  of  the  War  of  the  Rebellion.  The  Star- 
route  conspiracy  is  not  worse  than  the  war's  delays  and 
peculations;  the  back-pay  grab;  the  Credit  Mobilier  swin- 
dle; the  fraudulent  pensions;  the  Indian  war  outrage;  the 
land  grabs  and  the  river  and  harbor  appropriations  that 
have  marked  the  course  of  Congress  under  Masonic  man- 
agement. Mr.  Walsh  accuses  the  Star-route  prosecution 
of  trifling,  and  of  leaving  it  in  doubt  which  party  it  is 
aiding,  the  Government  or  the  conspirators.  But  these 
are  the  prominent,  fixed  traits  and  features  of  Freemason- 
ry. One  never  knows  when  the  members  of  the  lodge  are 
not  trifling;  for  when  men  begin  trifling,  as  Masons  do, 
with  the  oath,  with  sacred  things,  with  justice,  with  the 
dignity  of  human  nature, — when  will  they  not  trifle? 
Who  can  say  when  they  are  in  earnest,  and  when  they  are 
in  jest?  How  can  men  who  so  far  trifle  with  their  own 
character  as  to  sustain  the  Masonic  lodge,  ever  be  trusted 
in  any  thing?  If  they  should  happen  to  be  serious  at  one 
moment,  who  can  tell  that  at  the  next  moment  they  will 
not  go  off  into  some  joke? 

Men  who  will  unblushingly  maintain  such  a  consph-acy 
against  truth  and  decency  as  the  Masonic  lodge  might 
easily -find  a  Star-route  fraud  a  mere  pastime.  The  man 
who  will  receive  office  from  the  Masonic  lodge  and  remain 
silent  about  it,  is  morally  as  guilty  as  the  Star-route  con- 
sph'ators. 

In  fact,  this  wicked  resort  of  the  Republican  party  to 
the  Masonic  lodge  for  carrying  on  their  operations,  is  in- 
volving the  country  in  the  necessity  of  something  more 
than  a  mere  change  of  administration.  It  demands  a 
complete  change  of  the  personality  of  office-holders.  It 
involves  the  necessity  of  a  revolution;  and  we,  the  peo- 
ple, must  begin  quickly  to  accomplish  that  revolution,  by 
the  peaceful  means  of  ballots,  or  it  will  be  forced  upon 
us,  together  with  a  change  of  government,  by  the  sword 
and  fire  of  war.  The  God  of  justice  will  not  long  toler- 
ate such  trifling  as  Freemasons  indulge  in  in  his  name. 

American. 


A   COUPLE  OF  MURDERERS. 

Ca.mekon,  W.  Va. 

That  the  lodge  screens  its  criminals  from  justice,  is  a 
proposition  that  needs  for  proof  only  the  every-day  facts 
open  to  the  view  of  every  observant  man;  but  that  in 
semblance  of  a  holy  horror  it  wreaks  particular  vengeance 
on^riminals  who  refuse  to  seek  shelter  within  its  tyled 
portals,  is  a  fact  not  so  generally  known.  In  illustration 
I  wo^ld  offer  a  brief  account  of  ii  couple  of  murderers 
of  my  own  neighborhood. 

Nearly  thirty  years  ago  a  young  man  named  Staggers, 
about  eighteen  years  of  age,  son  of  a  Freemason,  shot 
and  instantly  killed  Wm.  Ashbrook,  a  peaceable  and  re- 
spectable citizen  and  church  member,  living  at  Ryerson's 
Station,  Greene  County,  Pennsylvania.  Staggers  and  a 
number  of  other  young  men  were  out  fishing  in  Wheeling 
Creek.  Ashbrook's  house  stood  on  the  bank.  The  fish- 
ing party  were  opposite  Ashbrook's  house  when  Ashbrook 
was  sent  for  to  come  out  to  speak  to  friends  in  the  party. 
He  didn't  go  out  immediately,  but  went  out  at  length  all 
unsuspicious  of  hann.  No  enmity  was  known  to  exist 
between  any  of  the  parties.  True,  Mr.  A.shbrook  is  said 
to  have  mildly  advised  his  daughter  to  have  nothing  to  do 
with  young  Staggers  as  a  beau,  he  being  a  low,  rough 
character,  Staggers  waited  till  Ashbrook  had  got  within 
eight  or  ten  steps  of  him;  he  then  took  aim  and  fired. 
The  ball  entered  just  below  the  left  nipple,  and  the  victim 
fell  lifeless  on  the  spot.  Staggers  had  just  been  boasting 
tliat   the   pistol  which  he  was  floiirishiug  .should  take;  a 


man's  life-blood  before  he  went  home,  but  this  at  the  time 
was  regarded  as  mere  bravado.  A  more  cold-blooded, 
cruel  and  unprovoked  murder  was  hardlj'  ever  committed. 
Staggers  was  arrested  but  immediately  bailed  out.  He 
showed  no  signs  of  repentance,  but  openly  boasted  that 
he  intended  to  kill  two  more  men  (a  couple  of  witnesses). 
He  got  married  and  declared  he  had  no  intention  of  either 
being  hung  or  going  to  jail. 

Three  or  four  papers  were  jiublished  at  the  county  seat, 
all  under  the  domination  of  the  lodge.  They  all  smoothed 
it  over  for  the  murderer — made  it  out  a  verj'  innocent, 
boyish  freak — but  struck  at  the  victim  venomously.  They 
said  that  he  had  provoked  the  fishing  boys  by  threatening 
to  arrest  them  for  violating  the  fish  laws,  which  was  a 
lie. 

When  the  trial  came  off,  after  much  delay,  only  part  of 
the  witnesses  were  examined,  and  they  only  asked  a  few 
unimportant  questions  and  then  dismissed.  The  rest  were 
not  called  to  the  stand.  The  murderer  was  acquitted  and 
returned  home  in  triumj)h. 

Now  for  the  other  case.  Ira  Jobs,  who  was  not  a  lodge 
man,  some  five  years  ago  was  engaged  in  fight  with  a  man 
named  White,  when  Thomas  Evans,  an  Odd-fellow,  came 
up  and  kicked  Jobs,  who  seized  a  stone,  threw  it  at  his 
new  assailant  and  struck  him  on  the  back  of  his  head, 
causing  death  in  a  few  days.  A  warrant  was  issued  but 
Jobs  avoided  arrest.  Finally  he  went  over  to  the  State  of 
Ohio  and  engaged  in  coal  digging.  He  worked  at  one 
place  something  near  a  year  and  had  settled  with  his  em- 
ployer and  was  about  to  leave.  He  stepped  up  to  a  saloon- 
keeper with  whom  he  was  acquainted  to  shake  hands  be- 
fore leaving,  when  the  saloonist  drew  his  pistol  and  shot 
him,  two  balls  taking  effect,  one  in  the  aim.  the  other  in 
the  abdomen.  The  saloonist,  who  was  undoubtedly  a 
lodgeite,  explained-  that  he  had  been  told  that  Jobs  had 
threatened  him,  and  he  thought  best  to  be  ahead  of  him. 
It  was  evident  Jobs  was  mortally  wounded,  but  instead  of 
an-esting  the  salooniet  it  was  resolved  to  aiTCst  Jobs,  who, 
though  he  had  misbehaved  in  Pennsylvania,  was  now  in 
Ohio,  and  in  that  free  and  happy  country  there  is  no 
statute  authorizing  a  man's  arrest  for  allowing  a  man  to 
shoot  him.  So  the  Ohio  sheriff  telegraphs  to  the  Penn- 
sylvania sheriff'  the  state  of  affairs,  and  forthwith  Jobs 
was  recalled  to  his  native  State;  to  the  cost  of  said  State, 
however,  of  over  five  hundred  dollars.  But  at  every  cost 
it  was  necessary  to  have  Jobs  where  he  .could  not  give 
trouble  to  the  brother  in  distress. 

Jobs  was  put  in  jail,  where  he  languished  a  couple  of 
weeks  and  died.  He  was  not  allowed  to  be  bailed  out  to 
come  to  die  under  his  own  father's  roof.  The  men  who 
had  contentedly  let  him  run  at  large  for  five  years  after 
committing  the  offense  for  which  he  was  arrested,  now 
suddenly  became  afraid  he  might  escape.  But  the  most 
notable  thing  was  the  great  change  in  the  Waynesburgh 
papers.  They  had  been  pressed  to  give  a  more  full  ac- 
count of  the  Staggers  murder,  but  refused,  on  the  plea 
that  they  feared  to  prejudice  the  ]mblic  mind  against  the 
accused,  and  chose  to  leave  the  matter  wholly  with  the 
courts.  Now  they  came  down  on  Jobs  with  unsparing 
venom.  His  past  life,  which  indeed  was  rough  enough, 
was  paraded  before  the  public;  his  features  were  made  to 
tell  tales  of  inborn  villainy;  he  was  another  Guiteau;  he 
was  beset  with  quizzing,  taunting  reporters.  The  papers 
had  no  fears  of  creating  prejudice  against  him,.  While  in 
jail  Jobs  professed  deep  repentance  and  prayed  most  of 
the  time,  and  called  on  a  clergyman  to  pray  with  him  and 
for  him.  This  was  regarded  as  only  "possum  playing." 
True,  a  death-bed  repentance  is  not  always  to  be  relied  on, 
but  the  local  press  which  showed  such  symptithy  for 
Staggers,  now  was  almost  mad  at  Jobs  for  rej)enting.  But 
the  penitent  Jobs  died  and  was  buried,  and  the  unre))cut- 
aut  Staggers  still  lives  and  laughs  to  scorn  the  powers  that 
he,  or  rather  xhould  be.  J.  W.  Moss. 


EXPERIENCE  MEETING. 

Rev.  J.  Renfroe,  an  aged  brother  of  Troy,  Madison 
county,  Illinois,  born  in  1796,  after  hearing  the  sermon  by 
Bro.  R.  W.  Laughlin  (mentioned  in  last  Cynosure),  went 
to  his  home  after  this,  the  first  sermon  he  ever  heai'd 
against  Masonry  with  the  words  of  Simeon  on  his  heart: 
"  Lord,  now  lettcst  thou  thy  servant  depart  in  [icace  *  *  * 
for  mine  eyes  have  seen  thy  salvation."  That  evening  he 
was  taken  sick.  He  writes  by  anolher  that  he  turns  over 
his  books  and  commission  to  Bro.  Laughlin,  whom  he 
commends,  and  adds: 

I  am  as  strong  an  Anti-mason  as  ever.  My  heart  is  with 
the  Cynosure  and  the  reform  work.  For  the  last  eight  or 
ten  years  I  have  spent  money  freely  to  help  it  on  nnd 
wtfuld  love  to  do  still  more,  but"  cannot  now. 


Harold  Hakonsen,  Eau  Claire,  Wis.,  sends  the  follow- 
ing very  agreeable  and  interesting  information  respect- 
ing an  inportant  publication  in  his  native  land. 

I  have  just  got  for  announcement  from  the  author, 
"Lectures  again.st  the  Human  and  so-called  Chidstian 
Freemasonry"  held  in  Kristiana,  the  capital  of  the  king- 
dom of  Norway,  and  now  published  according  to  chal- 
lenge and  on  several  demands  from  authorities  both  in 
the  church  and  state  there.  The  author,  Prof.  H.  G. 
Stub,  at  the  Theological  University  of  Madison,  previous 
pastor  of  "Our  Savior's"  church  in  Minneapolis,  proves 
himself  to  be  thoroughly  posted  on  the  subject,  and  the 
book,  written  in  a  plain,  excellent  and  convincing  man- 
ner, recommends  itself  to  every  reader  and  merits  a  wide 
circulation.  I  would  call  the  attention  of  the  Cynosure 
to  the  book,  and  should  like  to  get  it  translated  to  the 
English  language  and  also  published  here  in  the  Nor- 
wegian, because  of  the  high  price  (now  fifty  cents)  on 
account  of  the  unreasonable  high  dues  and  charges  on 
imported  books.  The  lectures  are  printed  in  Kristiana, 
Norway. 

Thomas  Reid,  of  Superior,  Nebraska,  speaks  hopefully 
as  he  sends  in  a  list  of  subscribers: 

This  is  the  opening  up  of  a  new  field  and  I  will  try  to 
k#ep  it  open  and  widen  it. 

M.  L.  Worcester  of  Kingston,  DeKalb  county.  111.,  is  an 
earnest  brother  whose  purse  backs  up  his  professions.  He 
says: 

I  feel  it  important  that  the  Christian  Cynosure  light  be 
in  every  home  in  the  civilized  vi'orld  in  order  that  this 
gross  darkness,  morally  speaking,  be  expelled.  I  am  anx- 
ious to  have  an  Anti-masonic  lecturer  here  in  Kingston 
who  can  work  the  three  Masenic  degrees  apd  give  a  little 
expose  of  Odd-fellowship.  If  one  can  come  and  hold  an 
open  lodge  or  something  of  the  sort  to  open  the  eyes  of 
the  public  I  would  see  that  there  were  $25  or  $30  given 
for  his  services  and  that  he  was  provided  with  a  home. 


TIME  TO  QUIT. 

Of  Thaddeus  Stevens,  the  eminent  statesman,  it  is  said; 
' '  During  the  whole  time  of  his  residence  in  Lancaster, 
Mr.  Stevens  was  an  uncompromising  "teetotaler.'  The 
folluwing  is  the  history  of  his  resolution  to  abstain. 
While  he  was  in  Gettysburg,  he  was  a  member  of  a  select 
circle  who  were  accustomed  to  meet  around  at  each  other's 
houses  and  spend  the  evening  in  playing  whist  and  drink- 
ing wine  and  choice  liquors.  One  evening  one  of  the 
party,  a  great  favorite,  who  was  cashier  of  the  bank  in 
Gettysburg,  becoming  a  little  inebriated,  was  escorted 
home  by  two  of  his  friends,  who,  finding  his  latch-key, 
let  him  in  and  left  him  in  the  entry,  supposing  that  he 
would  find  his  way  up-stairs.  In  the  morning  when  his 
wife  came  down  she  found  him  lying  upon  the  entry  floor 
dead.  He  had  had  an  attack  of  apoplexy  during  the 
night.  When  Mr.  Stevens  heard  of  it  he  went  into  his 
cellar  with  a  hatchet,  broke  open  the  heads  of  his  wine 
and  whisky  barrels,  and  would  never  taste  anything  of 
the  sort  afterward.  When  he  became  an  old  man  and 
very  delicate.  Dr.  Carpenter  prescribed  some  alcoholic 
stimulants  as  a  medicine.  He  absolutely  refused  to  touch 
it." 

How  many  such  lessons  must  others  have  before  they 
too  will  banish  the  accursed  drink?  How  many  brilliant 
minds  must  be  shadowed,  how  many  happy  homes  must 
be  darkened,  how  many  loving  hearts  broken,  before  peo- 
ple will  learn  that  ancient  lesson  of  wisdom,  and  look  not 
upon  the  wine  when  it  is  red,  and  so  escape  the  sorrow  of 
that  awful  hour  when  it  shall  bite  like  a  serpent  and  sting 
like  an  adder. — Sel. 


Feak  Not. — An  exchange  says:  "A  man  crossed  the 
Mississippi  recently  on  the  ice,  and,  fearing  it  was  too 
thin,  began  to  crawl  over  on  his  hands  and  knees  in  great 
terror;  bvit  just  as  he  gained  the  opposite  shore,  all  tired 
out,  another  msm  drove  past  him  gayly,  sitting  upon  a 
sled  loaded  with  pig  iron.  And  for  all  the  world  that  is 
just  the  way  most  of  Christians  go  u])  to  the  heavenly 
Canaan,  trembling  at  every  step  lest  the  j)romiscs  shall 
break  under  our  feet,  when  really  they  are  secure  enougii 
for  us  to  hold  up  our  heads  and  sing  with  confidence  as 
we  march  to  the  better  land." 

If  I  hit  yoiu-  conscience,  it  was  that  I  meant  to  do. 
Not  to  your  ears  do  I  speak,  but  to  your  hearts.  I  would 
use  the  words  that  would  be  most  rough,  if  I  could  get  al 
your  hearts  better  with  them  than  any  other,  for  I  reckon 
that  the  chief  matter  with  a  minister  is  to  touch  the  con- 
science.—  C.  II.  Spuryeoii. 

"The  church  in  the  \\orld  is  like  a  ship  on  the  water 
The  ship  is  safe  enough  in  the  water  so  long  as  the  water 
is  not  in  the  ship.  The  church  is  safe  enough  in  the 
world,  so  long  as  the  world  is  not  in  the  churcli." 

Of  the  120, 000, 000  wonwn  of  India,  40.000,000  from 
eight  years  old  :\m\  upwards  arc  prisoners  for  life  in  the 
Zenanas,  .iiid  oidy  I  in  every  1,200  receives  any  kind  of 
n.struclion. 

The  Southwest  Holiness  Association  voted  that  "no 
pi-ofessor  of  holiness  ought  to  buy  or  sell  tobacco,  much 
less  use  it." 

jMore  than  half  of  the  members  of  the  Freshman  class 
in  Yale  College  are  professing  Christians,  the  first  class  in 
Miiit  college  of  which  this  was  true. 


January  25,    1883 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE. 


HOME  HINTS. 


('ARE  OP  CARPETS. 

To  iiiakc!  swt'i'ping  ;ni"  easy  tHsk  get 
carjicts  of  a  kind  that  are  easily  swept, 
then  save  tliem  from  unnecessary  litter  by 
care  about  scattering  line  chips  or  crumbs 
of  wooil,  clotli.  j)aper,  or  food.  Eating 
slif)uld  be  done  in  rooms  easily  cleaned, 
with  carpets  of  oil-cloth,  or  similar  ma- 
lerial,  or  with  bare  floois,  or  with  a  linen 
crumb-cloth,  spread  u])on  the  car)iet  un- 
derneath the  table.  Children  should  not 
lie  allowed  to  run  about  the  liovise  Mith 
pieces  of  food  in  their  hands.  If  their 
food  is  not  all  taken  at  the  table,  the  child 
shoidd  be  obliged  to  sit  still  somewhere, 
catching  his  cnuiibs  U})on  a  najikin,  ])ib, 
or  apron,  instead  of  dro)i)iing  them  upon 
tlie  floor.  Children  who  learn  "to  save 
mamma  trouble,"  and  so  get  at  least  a 
smile  of  gratitude  from  her  for  their 
thought  fulness,  are  far  happier  than  those 
who  are  not  trained  to  care,  but  ai'e  al- 
lowed to  make  themselves  a  general  nui- 
sance among  orderly  jieople.  If  they 
wish  to  whittle,  or  to  cut  ]3aj)er  or  dolly 
things,  in  your  best  rooms,  you  need  not 
necessarily  refuse  them.  S])reail  a  large 
cloth  or  newspa])er  down  to  catch  tlie 
chips  or  cli])])ings,  and  see  that  it  is  safely 
em]itied  as  soon  as  the  chid's  work  is 
done.  Grown-uj)  people  are  sometimes 
very  annoying,  because  of  their  lack  of 
this  kind  of  early  training.  They  pidl 
flowers  to  pieces  in  your  parlors,  whittle 
on  your  .smoothly-shaven  lawn,  scatter 
fruit  peelings  and  cigar  stumjis  abo\it  the 
yard,  scribble  on  the  covers  of  your  mag- 
azines and  margins  of  newspapers,  and 
scratch  matches  on  the  walls  of  the  house, 
or  leave  disagreeable  marks  Qf  some  kind 
in  every  possible  ]:)lace. — AffHi'ultiiriiti. 


DEADENING  PAIN. 

The  last  number  of  The  Medical  Record 
contains  a  notice  of  a  new  and  curious 
method  of  tleadenlng  i)ain,  which  is  of 
striking  simjdicity.  It  was  discovered  'by 
Dr.  Bonwill,  a  dentist  of  Philadelphia, 
in  1875.  In  using  the  method  the  opera- 
tor merely  requests  the  jjatient  to  breathe 
rapidly,  making  about  one  luuKlred  res- 
pirations per  minute,  ending"  in  I'apld  e.\- 
|)irations.  At  the  end  of  from  two  to 
five  minutes  an  entire  or  j)artial  absence 
of  pain  results  for  half  a  minute  or  more, 
and  during  that  time  teeth  m<ay  be  draw^i 
or  inscisions  made.  The  |)atient  nuiy  lie 
in  any  jiosition,  but  that  recommended  is 
lying  on  tlie  side,  aud  it  is  generally  best 
to  tin-ow  a  handkerchief  over  the  face  to 
prevent  distraction  of  the  patient's  atten- 
tion. When  the  rapid  breathing  is  first 
licgini  the  patient  may  feel  some  c.xliiler- 
ation;  following  this  comes  a  .sensation 
of  fullness  in  the  head  or  dizziness.  The 
face  is  at  first  flushed,  and  afterward  jjale 
or  even  bhush.  the  heart  beats  rather 
feebly  and  fast,  but  the  sense  of  touch  is 
not  affected,  nor  is  consciousness  lost. 
The  effect  is  produced  in  females  more 
readily  than  in  males,  and  in  the  middle- 
aged  more  easily  than  in  the  old;  children 
can  hardly  be  made  to  breathe  properly. 
It  is  denied  that  there  is  any  po.ssible  dan- 
ger. Several  minor  oi)erations, other  than 
frequent  dental  ones,  have  been  success- 
fully made  by  this  method,  and  it  is  claim- 
ed that  in  dentistry,  minor  surgery  and 
obstetrics  it  m;iy  supplant  the  common 
anesthetics.  Dr.  Hewson's  explanation 
is  that  rapid  breathing  diminishes  the 
oxygenation  of  the  blood,  and  that  the 
resultant  excess  of  carbonic  acid  tempo- 
rarily poisons  the  nerve  centres.  Dr. 
Benwill  gives  several  explanations,  one 
l)eing  the  specific  effect  of  carlionic  acid, 
another  the  diversion  of  will  force  ])ro- 
duced  by  rapid  voluntary  muscular  action, 
and,  third,  the  danmiing  up  of  the  blood 
in  the  brain,  due  to  the  excessive  amount 
of  air  passing  through  tlve  huigs.  The 
Record,  is  not  satisfied  with  the  theories, 
but  considers  it  well  ])roved  that  pain 
may  be  deadened  by  the  method,  which  it 
commends  to  the  profession  for  the  exact 
e\))ei'imental  determination  of  its  precise 
\aiuc. 

II A  LB,  Ti'RNINO  GRAY. 

i  did  not  dare  toiiseanyof  the  fashion- 
alilc  hair  dyes  ;ind  restoratives.  I  had 
^een  too  many  fearful  results  accrue  from 
their  use,  and  would  rather  wear  a  skull 
cap  than  become  an  invalid  for  all  my 
I  lays.  Ai  last  I  learned  what  would  stop 
its  falling  .off,  and  also  preserxe  its  color. 
That  was  eleven  years  agp,  and  my  hair 
is  ass  brighit  iiud  as  brovvp  as  eyer.  It  is 
i.0\&  thii)  OH  tho  top  of  roy  befd,  nud  I 


ought  to  expect  it,  as  it  is  hereditary  in 
my  family  on  my  father's  side,  but  it  has 
not  come  out  since  I  used  this  recipe.  I 
know  it  will  give  neither  a  stiflf  neck  nor 
softening  of  the  brain,  and  it  is  perfectly 
harmless. 

Recipe. — Take  a  teacupful  of  dried 
sage  and  boil  it  in  a  quart  of  water  for 
twenty  ndnutes.  Strain  it  off  and  add  a 
piece  of  borax  the  size  of  an  English 
walnut;  pulverize  the  borax.  Put  the 
sage  tea,  when  cool,  into  a  quart  bottle; 
add  the  borax;  shake  well  together,  and 
put  in  a  coot  ]>lacc.  Brush  the  hair  thor- 
oughly and  Y\i\)  the  wash  well  on  the  head 
witli  the  hand.  Then  after  a  good  hard 
rubbing,  brush  the  hair  well  before  a  fire 
so  that  it  wdll  become  perfectly  dry. 
Never  use  a  fine  tooth  comb,  as  it  irritates 
the  skin,  and  consequently  inflames  the 
roots  of  the  hair.  I  have  given  it  to 
many,  and  they  have  all  had  successful 
results.  It  does  not  color  the  hair,  but 
restores  and  preserves  it.  If  .she  is  satis- 
fied with  the  result  let  her  manifest  it 
after  .she  has  tried  it  two  or  three  weeks 
and  say  what  sage  lea  and  l)orax  has  done 
for  her,  so  that  others  can  be  benefited  by 
her  ex})ericnce,  and  not  be  tempted,  by 
patented  coctions  of  sul])hur  and  sugar 
of  lead,  to  risk  their  health  and  lives. — 
Edviiier'H  'Wife  in  f'oimtrn  Gentleman. 


CURING  CHILBLAINS  AND 
FROST-BITES. 

Having  a  reliable  remedy  for  this 
affliction,  I  gladly  .send  it:  Put  one  ounce 
of  alum  into  a  tin  wa.sh-dish  (or  old 
basin),  add  a  pint  of  water,  and  place  on 
the  .stove  to  dissolve  and  boil.  Throw  in 
a  cloth,  ami  when  wadl  soaked,  lay  it  as 
hot  as  you  can  bear  on  the  frosted  parts 
without  wringing  the  clotli, and  keep  it  on 
till  cool;  then  repeat.  A  frozen  foot  will 
bear  more  heat  than  the  hand.  This  rem- 
edy cured  my  chilblains  twelve  years  ago. 
and  I  have  never  felt  them  since. 

A  friend  of  mine  used  dry  white  chalk 
in  his  stockings  and  found  relief.  Anoth- 
er remedy  is  to  bathe  the  feet  at  evening 
before  retiring,  and  adding  ten  drops  of 
muriatic  acid  to  each  gallon  of  water 
used .  —  Co uv tr\]  Gentleman. 

— To  cure  cold  feet  the  Philadelphia 
Record  says:  People  who  write  or  sew  all 
day  or  rather  those  who  take  but  little  ex- 
ercise, nuiy  warm  their  cold  feet  without 
going  to  the  fire.  All  that  is  necessary  is 
to  stand  erect  and  very  gradually  to  lift, 
one's  self  up  upon  the  tips  of  the  toes,  so 
as  to  put  all  the  tendons  of  th(!  foot  at  full 
strain.  This  is  not  to  hop  or  jump  up 
and  down,  but  simply  to  rise — the  .slower 
the  better — upon  tiptoe,  aud  to  remain 
standing  on  the  ])oints  of  the  toes  as  long 
as  ])ossible,  then  gradually  coming  to  the 
uatural  position.  Repeat  this  several 
times,  and  by  the  amount  of  work  the  tips 
of  the  toes  are  made  to  do  in  sustaining 
the  body's  weight  a  .sufhcieut  aud  lively 
circulation  is  set  up.  Even  the  half  frozen 
car-driver  can  carry  this  plan  out.  It  is 
one  rule  of  the  "Swedish  movement"  sys- 
tem; and,  as  motion-warmth  is  much  bet- 
ter then  tire-warming,  persons  who  snlfer 
with  cold  feet  at  night  can  try  this  plan 
just  before  retiring  to  rest. 


CHRISTIAN  WORKERS 

Who  depend  on  voluntary  contributions 
of  Christian  people  in  whole  or  in  part 
for  their  support: 

J.  F.  Browne,  Cabin  Creek,  Ky. 

EIjI  Tapley,  Columbus.   Miss. 

J.  F.  G.VLLOWAY,    Okahumka,   Florida. 

Wm.  Hazenbuko,  Cape  Town,  S. 
Africa. 

A.  D.  Zakaphonitiies,  Smyrna,  Turkey. 

G.  H.  Fir.rA,N,  Armenia. 

Contributions  for  either  of  these  breth 
ren  may  l)e  forwarded  through  the  Treas- 
urer of  the  IST.  C.  A.  Pi.K.vsE  iiEsroN.VTK 
to  which  one  such  funds  shall  be  sent. 


ANTIMASONIC  LECTURERS. 

General  Agent  and  Lecturer,  J.  P. 
Stoddard,  221  AV^'.st  Madison  street,  Chi- 
cago. 

Agents  for  the  South:  H.  II.  Hiniuan, 
Wheaton,  111.,  and  Paul  S.  Feemster, 
Pcarlette  Kans. 

E.  D.  Bailey,  Worcester,  Mass.,  Agent 
for  New  England. 

DeCtREE  Workers. — [Seceders.] 

D.  P.  Rathbun,  Clarence,  Iowa. 

S.  E.  Starry,  Clarence,  Iowa. 

Jas.  Furguson,     "  " 

J.  K.  Glassford,  Carthage,  Mo. 
State  Lecturers. 

California,  D.  A.  Richards.  Woodland. 


Conn.,  J.  L.  Barlow  of  Willimantic. 

Indiana,  S.  L.  Cook  of  Albion. 

Iowa,  D.  P.  Rathbun,  Clarence. 

Robert  J.  Williams,  AVinnebago  (Jily. 

Missouri,  M.  N.  Butler  of  Albany. 

Wisconsin,  Isaac  Bancroft,  Monroe. 

Other  Lecturers. 
C.  A.  Blaiichard,  Wheaton,  111. 
N.  Calleiider,  Thompson,  Pa. 
J.  H.  Tiniiiioiis,  Tarciituni,  Pa. 
J.  H.  Baird,  Templeton,  Pa. 
T.  B.  MiConnic'k,  Princeton,  lud. 
E.  .Jolm.siin,  Dayton,  Ind. 
J.  M.  Bisliop,  Cnanibersburc,  Pa. 
A.  Afayn,  Promise  City,  Mit'li. 
J.  B.  Cressinger,  Sullivan,  O. 
W.  M.  Love,  Baker,  Mo.    ' 
A.  D.  Freeman,  Downers  Grove,  JII. 
.r.  P.  Rieliards,  Behnout,  Wis. 
E.  Matliews,  Spriiiji  Arlior,  Midi. 
Will.  Feiiton,  St  Paul,  Miun. 
K.  I.  (Triniiell,  Blairsburg,  Iowa. 
Warren  Taylor,  South  Salem,  O. 
J.  S.  Perry,  Thompson,  Conn. 

C.  F.  Ilawley,  Wheaton,  111. 

J.  T.  Mieliael,  New  Wilmiugtoii.  Pa. 
Prof.  S.  C.  Kimball,  New.  Market,  N.  H. 
Elder  L.  IF.  Buf  1<iiiv,  Scraiitoii,  Iowa. 
S.  G.  Barton,  Bn-clsinridge.,  Mo. 
.loci  H.  .Vustiu.  Giislieu,  Iiid. 

D.  P..  Turuey,  Bird  Station,  ID. 
J.  F.  Browne,  Cabin  Creek,  Ky. 

E.  Barnetsou,  Jackson  Valley,  Pa. 


THE  CHURCHES  AGAINST  LODG- 
ER Y. 

The  following  denominations  arc  com- 
mitted by  vote  of  their  legislative  assem- 
blies or  by  constitution  to  a  separation 
from  secret  worship; 

Adventists  (Seventh-day.) 

Baptists — Primitive,  Seventh-day  and 
Scandinavian. 

Brethren  (Dunkers  or  German  Bap- 
tists. ) 

Christian  Reformed  Church. 

Church  of  God  (Northern  Indiana  El- 
dershi}). ) 

Congregational — The  State  Associations 
of  Illinois  and  Iowa  have  adopted  resolu- 
tions against  the  lodge. 

Discijiles  (in  part. ) 

Friends. 

Lutherans — Norwegian,  Danish,  Swed- 
ish and  Syuodical  Conferences. 

Mennonites. 

Methodists — Free  and  Wesleyan. 

Methodist  Protestant  (Minnesota  Con- 
ference. ) 

Moravians. 

Plymouth  Brethren. 

Presbyterian — Associate,  Reformed  and 
United. 

Reformed  Church  (Holland  Branch.) 

United  Brethren  in  Christ. 

Individual  churches  in  some  of  these 
denominations  should  be  excepted,  in  part 
of  them  even  a  considerable  portion. 

The  following  local  churches  have,  as  a 
pledge  to  disfellowship  aud  oppose  lodge 
worship,  given  their  names  to  the  follow- 
ing list  as 

THE    ASSOCIATED  CHURCHES    OF  CHRIST. 

New    Ruhamah  Cong.  HamUtou,  Miss. 

Pleasant  Ridge  Cong.   Sandford  Co.  Ala. 

New  Hope  Methodi-st,   Lowndes  Co.,  Miss. 

Congregational,  College  Spi'iiigs,  Iowa. 

College  Church  of  Christ,  Wlieaton,  111. 

First  Congregational,  Leland,  Mich. 

Sugar  Grove  Church,  Green  county.  Pa. 

Military  Chapel,  M.  E.,  Lowndes  county. 
Miss. 

Hopewell  Missionary  Baptist,  Lowndes  Co.^ 
Miss.  • 

Cedar  Grove  Miss.  Baptist,  Lowndes  Co., 
Miss. 

Simon's  Chapel,   M.   E.,  Lowndes  Co.,  Miss. 

Pleasant  Ridge  Miss.  BaptLst,  Lowndes  Co., 
Miss. 

Browulee  Church,  Caledonia,  Miss. 

Salem  Cliureh,  Lowndes  Co.,  Miss. 

AVest  Preston  Baptist  Church,  Wayne  couiitv, 
Pa. 

Otlier  local  eliurchi-s  wliieli  have  adopted  tlie 
same  principles  are — 

Baptist  churches:  N.  Abiugton,  Pa. ;  Meiio- 
monie,  Mondovi,  Waubeck  and  Spring  Prairie, 
Wis. ;  Wlu-atmi,  111. :  Perry,  N.  Y. :  Spring: 
Creek,  near  Bnriington,  Iriwa ;  Lima,  lud.; 
Coiistahkville.  N.  Y.  The  "Good  Will  A^soci- 
ation"  of  Mobile,  Ala.,  comprisinE;  some  twenty- 
tive  colored  Baptist  cliurelies;'  Bridgewater 
Baptist  A.ssociation,  Pa.;  Old  Tebo  Bapu.st, 
near  Leesville,  Henry  Co.,  Mo. ;  Hoopestou,  111 ; 
Esmen,  III. 

Congregational  eliurehcs:  l.st  of  Oberliii,  O. ; 
Tonica.  Crystal  Lake,  Union  and  Big  Woods, 
111.;  Solsbiirv,  lud.;  Congregational  Methodist 
Maplowood,  Mass. 

Presbyterian  church,  Hoopestou,  111. 

Independent  churches  in  Lowell,  Country- 
man school  house  near  Lindeuwood,  Marengo 
aud  Streator,  111. ;  Berea  aud  Camp  Nelson,  Ky ; 
Ustick,  111. ;  Clarksburg,  Kansas ;  State  Associ- 
ation of  Ministers  aud  Churches  of  Christ  in 
Kentucky 


.   N.  C.  A.  BUILDING   AND  OFFICE  OF 

THE  CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE, 
321   WEST  MADISON  STREET,  CHICAGO. 


NATIONAL     CHRISTIAN 
ASSOCIATION. 

President.— J.  Blanchard,  Wheaton,  111 
Vice-President.— T.  H.  Gault,  Chicago 
Rec.  Sec — John    D.  Nutting,  Oberlin, 

Ohio. 
CoR.  Sec    and    Gen.    Agent. — J.    P. 

Stoddard,221  W.  Madison  Street, Chicago. 
Treasurer.— W.  I.    Phillijis,   221   W. 

Madison  Street,  Chicago. 

Directors.— Philo  Carpenter, J. Blanch- 
ard, M.  R.   Britten,   E.   A.   Cook,   H.   L. 

Kellogg,  D.  P.  Baker,  T.  H.  Gault,  A.  G. 

Laird,  C.  R.  Hagerty,  John  Garduer.L.  N. 

Stratton. 

The  object  of  this  Association  is: 

"To  expose,  withstand  and  remove  secret 
societies.  Freemasonry  in  particular,  and  other 
anti-Christian  movenients,  in  order  to  save  the 
churches  of  Christ  from  being  depraved,  to  re- 
deem the  administration  of  justice  from  per- 
version, aud  our  repubhcan  government  from 
corruption." 

To  carry  on  this  work  contributions  are 
solicited  from  every  friend  of  the  reform. 

Form  or  Bequkst. — I  give  and  bequeath  to 
the  National  Christian  Association,  incorpo- 
rated aud  existing  under  the  laws  of  the  Stat*" 

of    Illinois,   the  sum  of  dollars  for  the 

purposes  of  said  Association,  aud  for  which 
the  receipt  of  its  Treasurer  for  the  time  being 
shall  be  sufficient  discharge. 

the  national  convention. 

President. — Rev.  S.  Collins,  D.  D., 
Washington,  D.  C. 

Secretaries. — H.  L.  Kellogg,  W.  H. 
Ross  and  M.  N.  Butler. 

state  .iuxlliary  associations. 

Ai.ABAM.\. — Pres.,  W.  A.  McAlpme;  Sec,  G. 
M.  Elliott;  Treas.,  E.  Fishel,  all  of  Selma. 

California. —Pres.,  L.  B.  Lathrop,  HoUis- 
ter;  Cor.  Sec.,  Mrs.  U.  P.  Merrill,  'Woodland; 
Treas.,  C.  Ruddock,  Woodland. 

Connecticut. — Pres.,  J.  A.  Conaut,  WUU- 
mantic;  Sec,  Geo.  Smith.  Willimantic;  Treas., 
C.  T.  Collins,  Windsor. 

Illinois.— Pres.,  N.  E.  Gardner,  Haldane; 
Sec,  C.  W.  Hiatt;  Treas.,  J.  C.  Schoenberger, 
Chicago. 

Indiana. — Pres.,  I.  W.  Lowman,  Auburn; 
Sec,  S.  Y.  Miller,  College  Corners;  Treas., 
BenJ.  Ulsh,  Silver  Lake. 

Iowa. — Pres.,  C.  D.  Trumbull,  Morning  Sun; 
Rec.  Sec,  A.  W.  Hall,  College  Springs;  Cor. 
Sec,  W.  T.  Moffltt,  Morning  Sun;  Treas., 
Joseph  Laird,  Wavue. 

PCansas.— Pres.,"  J.  A.  Collins,  Aniericus: 
Sec.  W.  AY.  McMillen,  Olathe;  Treas..  H. 
Curtis,  Olathe. 

M.vssAcnus  TTS. — Pres.,  S.  A.  Pratt;  Sec, 
Mrs.  E.  D.  Bailey;  Treas.,  David  Manuiug,Sr. ; 
all  of  Worcester. 

Michigan.— Pres.,  Wm.  Wing,  Grand  Rap- 
ids; Rec.  Sec'y,  A.  H.  Spriugstein,  Pontiac: 
Cor.  Secv.,  W.  H.  Ross,  Allegan;  Treas.,  C.  C. 
Foote  .  8  Columbia  Street.  Detroit. 

MinnSsota.— Pres..  E.  fJ.  Paine  Wasioja ; 
Cor.  Sec,  W.  II.  MeCliesiiey,  Fairmont;  Rec 
Sec'y.  Thos.  Hartlev,  Richland;  Treas.,  Wm. 
II.  Morrill.  St.  Charfes. 

.MissoiKL— Pres.,  C.  J.  Kephart,  Avalon; 
Treas..  William  Beaucliainp,  Avalou  ;  Cor.  Sec, 
M.  N.  Butler,  Albany. 

N  HK-iSK.v. — Pres.,  S.  .Vustin,  Fairmount; 
Cor.  Sec.  W.  S.  Spoouer,  Kearncv;  Treas., 
R.  A.  Bishop,  Seeley's  Mills. 

Nw  H.VMPSUiKF..— Pres..  Elder  J.  G.  Smith, 
New  Hampton;  Sec,  S.  C.  Kimball,  New 
Market;  Treas.,  E.  Smith.  Center  Stafford. 

New  York.— Pres.,  F.  W.  Capwell,  Dale; 
Sec'y,  Isaac  Hyatt,  Dale;  Treas.,  M.  Merrick, 
Syracuse. 

"Ohio.— Pres.,  Wm.  Dillon,  Dayton;  Cor. 
Sec,  J.  P.  Lytle,  Sago:  Trees.,  J.  M.Scott, 
Alexandria. 

Pennsylvania.- Pre:...  A.  L.  Post,  Mon- 
trose; Cor.  Sec,  N.  Callender,  Thompson; 
Treas.,  W.  B.  Bertels,  Wilkesbarre. 

AViscoNsiN.— Pres.,  Enos  Collins,  Coloma: 
Cor.  Sec,  W.  W.  Warner,  Baraboo;  Treas. 
M.  R.  Britten,  Vienna. 

West  Virginia.— Pres.,  D.  B.  Turuey;  Sec 
John  Bosley,  Grafton;  Treas,,  H,  B.  Higgm* 
Petroleum, 


10 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYITOSURE. 


Janttart  25,  1883 


THE  Home. 


JESUS   WENT  BEFORE. 


BV  MAKGARET  K.  SANG.'!-TKU. 

Their  faces   o  Jenisalciii, 

They  stepped  with  laggiiid  feet, 
Half  timorous,  defiant  half. 

At  what  they  went  to  meet. 
But  as  they  rested,  ov  they  talked 

Their  sad  forel)odings  o'er. 
Still  leading  on  the  little  band 

Their  Master  went  before. 

He  saw  in  vision  maddened  throngs, 

He  saw  the  crowded  liall 
Where  scribe  and  priest  sb(rtild  mock  and  flout. 

Where  cruel  scourge  should  fall. 
He  saw  the  cross ;  its  shadow  lay 

The  toilsome  i)athway  o'er. 
But  pressing  on  with  ardent  soul. 

The  Master  went  before. 

To-day  thy  pledged  disciples,  Jjord, 

Meet  sorrow,  pain  and  shame. 
Their  watchword  in  the  trial  time 

Thine  own  all-eonquering  name. 
Thougli  flesh  be  weak  aud  spirit  faint. 

And  heart  be  sjicjit  aud  sore. 
They  cannot  fail  in  any  strife 

While  thou  shaft  go  before. 

In  presence  of  thy  bitter  foes. 

In  midst  of  dark  defeat, 
They  yet  shall  snatch  a  victory 

And  taste  a  triumph  sweet. 
Nor  death  itself  shall  crush  them,  Lord; 

Its  final  conflict  o'er, 
The  ransomed  hosts  shall  shout  and  sing, 

"Our  Saviour  went  before." 


INFIDELS  AND    THEIR    WORK. 

I  Letter  of  Thurlow  Weed  in  N!  Y.  Herald,  Aug.  4,  IsbO.J 
Colonel  IngersoU,  whom  I  do  not  know,  has  the 
reputation  of  lieing  a  gentleman  of  education,  with  a 
well-stored  mind  and  attractive  personal  manners, 
who  speaks  fluently.  A  man  thus  gifted  can  do  much 
good,  but  much  more  evil,  according  to  the  principles 
esjxjused  and  the  line  of  conduct  marked  out  for  him- 
self Colonel  IngersoU,  it  seems,  upon  his  entrance 
into  active  life,  chose  the  left  instead  of  the  right  path- 
way, and  becomes  a  reviler  of,  instead  of  a  believer  in. 
a  religion  which  has  been  making  the  world  wiser,  bet- 
ter, and  happier,  for  almost  nineteen  centuries.  With- 
out questioning  Colonel  Ingersoll's  sincerity  or  im- 
pugning his  motives,  I  am  persuaded  that  if  half  the 
time  and  labor  expended  in  fortifying  himself  with 
arguments  against  religion  had  been  devoted  to  an  in- 
teUigent  and  impartial  consideration  of  the  evidences 
establishing  its  truths,  the  country  would  ha\'e  had, 
instead  of  tv  re\-iler,  a.  gifted  follower  of  Him  whose 
mission,  lalwjrs,  and  character,  ^'iewed  merely  from  a 
worldly  standpoint.  ins})ire  admiration,  affection,  and 
gratitude.  Is  it  not  therefore  painful  to  see  men  rich- 
ly endowed  preverting  their  gifts,  misusing  their  tal- 
ents in  presumptuous  revilings  and  ril)ald  jestings 
against  a  Creator  and  a  Saviuor  from  whom  every 
earthlj'  boimty  and  blessing  emanate? 

No  act  of  the  Saviour's  life  and  no  word  he  ever 
uttered  has  been  or  can  be  construed  or  tortured  into 
hostility  to  the  welfare  and  happiness  of  every  mem- 
ber of  the  human  family.  Human  laws  are  founded 
upon  the  divine  law.  All  that  concerns  our  happiness 
liere  and  our  hopes  of  happiness  hereafter  is  derived 
from  the  Scriptures.  On  the  other  hand,  what  has  in- 
fidelity done  for  us?  Who  profits  by  its  teachings? 
After  depriving  its  followers  of  their  belief  in  a  future, 
how  does  it  compensate  them?  What  does  it  offer  in 
exchange  for  a  life  of  immorality?  If  for  example, 
Colonel  IngersoU  should  be  summoned  to  the  liedside 
of  a  dying  friend  or  a  relative,  what  words  of  comfort 
or  of  hope  could  he  offer?  Of  what  service  could  he 
be  to  that  stricken  friend?  Would  he  aggra\ate  the 
sufferings  of  one  whose  last  hours  needed  soothing  by 
telling  him  there  was  nothing  but  the  cold,  dark  grave 
awaiting  him?  This  cruel  theory  is  repelled  not  only 
by  revelation,  but  by  the  laws  of  nature.  Nature  is  in- 
stinct with  evidencss  and  confirmations  of  the  truths 
of  revelation.  The  vegetable  and  floral  world  only 
die  to  live  again.  The  products  of  the  earth  live  and 
die  annuall}'.  The  buried  acorn  reproduces  tiie  living 
oak.  And  yet  infidelity  insists  that  man,  the  image 
of  his  Creator,  wondeii'iilly  endowed  and  gifted,  inider 
wlios(^  auspices  tliejworhl  has  lieen  enlightened,  ele- 
vated, and  adorned,  is  after  a  brief  existence  to  lie 
as  though  he  lia<I  never  been.  Contrast  the  labors  of 
Voltaire  and  Paine  with  those  of  John  Wesley.  Can 
it  l)e  said  with  tnitli  tliat  the  two  former  mack^  any 
one  ))etter  or  lia])|)ier?  Ihnidreds  of  thousands  of 
the  followers  of  J(jhn  AVesley  have  lived  and  died,  and 
other  hundreds  of  thousands  survive,  rejoicing  in  their 
conversion  from  a  sinful  to  a  Christian  life,     The 


memor\'  (jf  Wesley  is  everywhere  cherished  by  the 
good  and  the  ])ure,  while  A^oltaire  and  Paine  are  only 
remembered  for  the  evil,  rather  than  for  the  good 
they  did. 

If  it  be  xu'gedtiiat  the  promises  of  the  Savioiu-  liave 
not  all  been  realized,  that  sin  still  abounds,  and  that 
the  world  is  as  bad  as  e^'er,  it  may  l^e  answered  that 
religion  is  working  out  its  mission;  that  its  l)enign 
inrtuences  are  constantly'  extending,  and  tiiat  light  is 
irradiating  the  darkest  recesses  of  heathenism  and 
idolatry.  It  recjuires  no  argument  to  demonstrate  the 
fact  the  fact  that  our  race  is  improved  l»y  civilization, 
or  that  civilization  owes  its  origin  and  progress  to  re- 
ligion. To  religious  influences  we  are  indebted  for 
all  the  reforms  which  benefit  society.  Our  Sunday 
schools  were  instituted  in  obedience  to  a  divine  com- 
mand. In  these  schools  children  are  taught,  "with- 
out price,"  all  that  concerns  their  present  welfare  and 
their  futin'c  happiness.  These  intellectual  nurseries 
have  enriched  and  fertilized,  and  continue  to  enrich 
an<l  fertilize,  e^■ery  city,  village,  hamlet,  and  h(mse- 
hold,  throughout  the  (Jhristian  world.  If  religion  had 
done  nothing  more  than  to  bless  our  race  with  the 
consecrating  influences  of  Sunday-schools,  scoflers 
should  be  shamed  into  silence. 

Our  city  furnishes  many  examples  of  the  beneficence 
of  religion.  Forty  j-ears  ago  a  locality  to  well  known 
as  the  "Five  Points,"  with  a  population  of  several  thou- 
sands, was  the  home  of  the  vilest  of  the  vile,  and  the 
resort  of  others  equally  debased.  Men,  woman,  and 
children,  of  all  nationalities  and  colors,  herded  to- 
gether, differing  only  in  the  degrees  of  crime  and  the 
depths  of  profligacy  habitually  practised.  Their  days 
were  passed  in  either  idleness  or  depredations.  Their 
nights  were  spent  in  dance-house  debaucheries.  All 
healthy  or  wholesome  influences  were  excluded. 
Children  grew  up  to  become  either  street  l)eggars  or 
inmates  of  the  almshouse'  and  their  parents  fllled  pen- 
itentiaries and  prisons.  These  orgies  continued  j-ear 
after  year,  defiant  and  aggi-essive,  until  that  pande- 
monium was  invaded  by  Christian  men  and  woman 
whose  2)atience  would  not  tire,  whose  courage  was  in- 
domitable, and  whose  devotion  has  lieen  i-ewarded  by 
a  moral  and  religious  relbrniation  so  complete  that  no 
part  of  our  city  is  now  more  (juiet  and  orderly  than 
the  once  dreaded  Fi'S'e  Points.  Thousands  of  children, 
then  growing  up  either  ^'agabonds  or  culprits,  are  now 
attending  schools,  in  which  they  are  stimulated  by 
precept  and  example  to  live  industrious  and  virtuous 
lives.  Instead,  therefore,  of  going  forth,  idle,  ignorant, 
and  vicious  children  to  prej'  upon  society,  the  desti- 
tute and  orjjhan  children  of  the  'Five  Points.'  prepared 
for  usefulness  by  moral  and  religious  training,  find 
happy  homes  in  our  rapidlj'-developing  Western  States 
and  Territo  ries. 

Again,  eight  years  ago.  Water  street  and  its  sur- 
roundings northward  from  Peck  slip  had  a  notoriety 
almost  as  unenviable  as  that  of  the  Five  Points. 
That  region  was  rife  with  drunkenness,  burglaries, 
pugilism,  and  their  kindred  vices.  Jerry  McAulej- 
was  conspicuous  in  all  that  was  wicked  and  demoral- 
izing. He  had  the  reputation  of  l)eing  a  terror  to  the 
precinct,  a  reputation  which,  by  his  own  confession, 
was  deserved.  But  this  disturber  of  the  public  peace 
was  converted,  and  then  he  resolved  to  devote  the  re- 
mainder of  his  life  to  the  service  of  his  Master,  and, 
with  a  faithful,  aftectionate  wife  as  a  helper,  he  has 
abundantly  atoned  for  all  his  ofl^ences.  For  a  long- 
time the  hisses  and  howlings  of  his  former  associates 
seriously  disturl)ed  his  meetings,  but  coiu-age,  perse- 
verance, and  patience,  finally  prevailed,  and  his  •  work 
now  progresses  without  interruption.  The  general 
character  of  the  neighborhood  has  been  improved ; 
its  social  and  moral  tone  and  atmosphere  have  been 
purified.  Sailor  l)oarding-liouses  have  been  reformed. 
Sailors  now  carry  their  Bibles  with  them  to  sea. 
Moody  and  Sankey  hymns  are  sung  in  forecastles. 
Hundreds  of  half-naked  and  hungiy-  wives  and  children, 
by  the  conversion  of  drunken  husbands  and  fathers, 
now  j-ejoice  in  comfortable  and  hap})y  homes.  The 
3Iission  cluu'ch  is  crowded  every  day  and  evening, 
and  three  times  on  Sunday',  with  intelligent  (Miristian 
men  and  women,  who,  rescued  trom  garrets  and 
gutters,  are  now  reputable  citizens,  enjoying  tiie 
fruits  of  their  industiy  and  relating  with  greatful 
hearts  the  miseries  of  their  past,  the  joys  of  their 
present,  and  the  ho})es  of  their  future;.  By  all  who 
'•went  to  scoff,  but  remained  to  pray,'  JtuTv  iNIcAulcy 
and  his  exemplary  wife  are  regarded  with  affection 
iind  will  be  remembered  with  gratitude. 

Infidels  of  all  ages  found  their  strongest  arguments 
against  revealed  religion  upon  what  they  regard  as 
improbal)le.  And  yet  we  are  not  called  on  to  be- 
\\\v,  anything  mcne  incomprehensible  than  our  own 
existence.  We  might,  with  about  the  same;  degree  of 
reason,  deny  this  fact,  as  to  refuse  to  believe  in  a 
future  existence.  We  know  that  we  live  in  this  world. 
Is  it  unreasonable  to  believe  that  we  may  li\e  in 
another?    If  we   are  to  belive   uo'thing  but   what  we 


understand,  vve  should  go  through  life  incredulous 
and  aimless.  We  are  ready  enough  to  believe  on  in- 
formation th(!  things  that  relate  to  this  world.  But 
we  are  slow  to  belie\e  in  i)rophecy  and  revelation, 
though  lK)th  are  corroborated  by  observation,  ex- 
perience, and  events.  Infidelity,  claiming  su])eriority 
in  'reason'  and  common  sense,  asks  us  to  believe  that 
all  of  gTandeur  and  sublimity,  all  of  vastncss  and 
power  in  thebeautifid  heavens  and  upon  the  bountiful 
earth. comes  by  chance;  that  everything  is  self-created 
and  self-existing,  and  that  law,  order,  and  harmony 
are  accidents.  Those  who  accept  this  theory  would 
find  its  application  to  their  Imsiness  affairs  anything 
but  advantageous.  Infidelitj'  and  communism  are 
kindred  in  character,  and  aim  by  different  methods 
tf)  undetermine  the  sanction  and  securities  upon 
which  the  world's  welfare  and  happiness  rest.  Infi- 
delity strikes  at  religion,  communism  at  property. 
One  seeks  to  weaken  our  laith,  and  the  other  de- 
mands for  the  idle  and  worthless  an  equal  share  in 
the  savings  of  the  industrious  and  frugal.  Agrarian- 
ism  (communism  of  a  milder  t^qoe)  came  to  us 
some  fjrty  years  ago  from  England,  with  Fanny 
Wright  and  Robert  Dale  Owen  as  its  apostles. 
This  bad  element  has  been  reinforced  by  commimism 
from  France  and  Germany.  All  tlu'ee  are  working 
out  their  destructive  mission  in  a  city  where  un- 
happily Vaey  find  co-operation  and  sj-mpathy.  To 
these  birds  of  ill  omen  comes  infldelit}'  equally  ag- 
gressive, with  Robert  Q.  IngersoU  as  its  teacher,  tf 
it  be  said  that,  unlike  the  communistic  leaders,  iMr. 
IngersoU  is  a  'gentleman  and  a  scholar,'  the  danger  is 
thereby  intensified.  The  wonder  is  why  a  man  of  good 
character  and  associations  should  take  pleasure  in 
teachings  whose  practical  effect  is  to  make  his  hear- 
ers and  readers  worse  instead  of  better  citizens.  The 
strongest  argument  urged  against  Christianity,  from 
the  days  of  Voltaire  and  Paine,  is  that  bad  men  made 
a  profession  of  it;  that  hy}3ocrites  are  found  in  all  our 
churches.  This  is  true.  But  is  it  not  equally  true 
that  everything  intrinsically  valuable  gets  debased? 
Frauds  are  i)ractised  in  business.  The  richest  fabrics 
have  their  imitations.  Gold  and  silver  coins  are  de- 
based or  counterfeited.  The  evils,  however,-  result- 
ing from  impositions  of  this  nature  are  not  serious. 
The  intelligence  of  our  people  and  the  penalties  to 
which  offenders  are  subjected  afford  adequate  protec- 
tion, and  for  one  hypocrite  who  makes  a  false  profes- 
sion there  are  at  least  nine  concientious,  devoted 
Christians.  Another  argument  against  religion  is 
that  our  Savioiu-  was  an  impostor,  and  as  a  corollary- 
that  his  teachings  exert  a  baneful  influence.  And  j'et 
both  of  the  accusations  are  disproved  bj'  the  experience 
of  2,000  3^ears.  If  Jesus  of  Nazareth  had  been  an  im- 
postor, his  name  and  everything  connected  with  it 
would  hardly  have  survi\'ed  a  second  generation. 
There  would  then  have  been  no  occasion  for  the  labors 
of  A'oltaire,  Paine,  or  IngersoU.  Other  and  numerous 
false  teachers  have  appeared  and  disappeared.  But 
time  and  truth  have  been  attesting  the  di\init3'  of  oiu' 
Saviour.  His  apostles  and  their  successors,  obejung 
his  instructions,  have  carried  and  are  carrying  the 
glad  tidings  to  the  uttermost  ends  of  the  earth.  As 
far  and  as  fast  as  this  gospel  travels,  the  world  is  civil- 
ized and  its  inhabitants  benefited. 

Civilization  and  its  beneficent  institutions  abound 
by  the  religion  which  our  Saviour  instructed  his 
apostles  to  preach  to  the  heathen.  Geographical  lines 
are  not  more  distinctlj'  established  than  those  which 
mark  the  progress  of  missionaries;  and  while  religious 
light  l)rightens  the  Christian  world,  its  rays  dawn  up- 
on the  darkest  portions  of  the  earth.  What  have  the 
doctrines  of  Confucius,  Mohammed,  and  othor  false 
teachers,  done  for  their  followers  but  to  hold  them  for 
centuries  in  ignorance  and  barbarism? 

But,  returning  to  our  own  city,  let  us  contrast  the 
labors  of  two  prominent  contemporarj-  teachers;  one. 
Mr.  jMoody,  a  Christian,  aud  the  other,  ]Mr.  IngersoU. 
an  infidel  missionary.  Mr.  Moody  is  self-made  and 
self-educated.  Mr.  IngersoU  is  a  gentleman  of  some 
education  and  culture.  That  Mr.  ^[oody's  labors  hav(! 
been;  in  the  high(>st  degree  lieneficiaH  to  all  classes 
will  not  be  denied.  The^  highest  and  the  humblest 
listened  with  charmed  interest,  and  all  left  the  Taber- 
nacle better  and  happier.  The  general  effect  of  his 
I)reaching,  supplemented  by  the  never-to-be-forgotten 
voice  of  Mr.  Sankey.  cleared,  braced,  and  purified  the 
religious,  moral,  and  social  atmosphere  of  the  city. 
Theliiborsof  IMoodyand  Saitliej'werepra.'tical.  They 
not  only  asked.  What  shall  the  harvest  be?'  but  they 
obtained  in  their  in(iuiry-rooms  gratifying  responses 
to  their  (ptestions.  Ihnidreds  of  drunkards  were  re- 
claimed, gamblers  and  prize  lighters  were  converted. 
Destitute  wives  and  children  and  desolate  homes  have 
been  made  hapjn"  and  bright  by  the  rescue  and  return 
of  reformed  husliands  and  fathers.  Long  and  grate- 
fully will  the  adxent  of  Moody  and  Sanke}-  be  re- 
membered. The  city  is  still  fragrant  with  Tabernacle 
memories.     Mr.  IMood\'  is  turning  the  results  of  his 


January  25,  188S 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE. 


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labor  to  good  account.  The  Moody  and  Sankey 
hymns,  well  known  to  the  Christian  world,  are  now 
sung  by  native  converts  in  the  interior  of  Africa. 
The  sale  of  these  hymn-books  produces  a  handsome 
fund,  which  Mr.  Moody  devotes  to  missionary  pur- 
poses. At  his  home  in  Northtield,  Mass.,  he  has 
erected  a  suitable  building  for  a  mission  school  and 
home  for  Indian  girls,  some  fifty  of  whom  from  the 
far  West  ha^'C  alreadj'  been  recei\-ed.  Mr.  Moody, 
therefore,  has  taken  up  and  will  carry  on  the  good 
work  so  auspiciously  commenced  by  the  late  lamented 
Father  De  Smet.  Aud  now  I  invite  Mr.  Tngersoll  or 
any  of  his  followers  to  inform  the  public  how  and 
to  what  extent  they  have  profited  liy  his  missionary 
labors  in  this  citj',  what  salutaiy  reforms  he  has 
inaugurated  or  even  suggested,  or  in  what  manner 
aud  to  what  extent  he  has  contributed  to  the  general 
welfare  or  happiness  of  his  fellow-citizens." 


CHILDREN'S  CORNER. 


WEEK-DAT  SERM0N8. 


BY    E.    E.    PLAGG. 

A  question  that  seems  to  be  troubling  not  a  few  at 
the  present  day  when  there  is  such  an  extensive  let- 
ting down  of  the  old  Puritan  bars  of  practice  and 
creed,  is  the  question  of  amusements.  I  do  not  refer 
to  innocent  and  wholesome  recreations,  but  to  those 
methods  of  diversion  which  are  either  distinctively 
worldly  or  dangerously  near  the  verge. 

"What  is  the  harm  in  my  going  to  the  theatre  now 
and  then  to  see  a  good  moral  play?"  asks  some  pro- 
fessed believer. 

Not  long  ago  a  Christian  father,  keenly  alive  to  the 
moral  dangers  of  the  stage,  was  expostulating  with 
his  son  for  his  theatre  going  habits.  "But  members 
of  the  church,  right  here  in  this  very  town,  go  to  the 
theatre.  Why  shouldn't  I?"  was  the  answer.  And 
that  perplexed  parent,  battled  and  discouraged  could 
have  told  3'ou  at  least  one  phase  of  the  "harm." 

"Why  shouldn't  I  allow  my  gMs  to  dance?"  says 
the  professedly  Christian  mother.  "Not  in  promiscu- 
ous assemblies,  I  don't  approve  of  that,  but  at  quiet 
home  parties  among  themselves." 

"What  is  the  harm,"  asks  another  "of  letting  my 
children  play  with  cards?  A  game  of  whist  is  no 
worse  than  a  game  of  checquers.  Young  people  need 
diversion,  and  if  thej'  don't  have  it  at  home  they  will 
seek  it  in  some  questionable  resort." 

Satan's  lies  are  very  plausible.  When  he  said  to 
Mother  Eve,  "What  is  the  harm  in  eating  an  apple? 
To  be  as  gods  knowing  good  and  evil  is  surel}'  better 
than  a  state  of  stupid  innocence,  tending  this  garden 
of  Eden,"  it  was  simply  a  masterpiece  of  falsehood 
which  with  suitable  variations  of  time  and  place  he 
has  tried  on  her  descendants  ever  since. 

The  harm  is  this:  You  are  learning  your  children 
tlie  taste  of  forbidden  fruit.  Is  it  less  deadly  eaten 
at  home  and  from  your  hand?  \Vill  you  let  them 
play  with  Satan's  edge  tools  aud  expect  no  harm  will 
follow? 

"But  is  there  any  rule  in  the  Bible  that  covers  the 
question  of  amusements?"  asks  a  voice  at  my  elbow. 
Open  yo\\x  Bible  at  the  twelfth  chapter  of  Romans 
and  read  the  second  verse.  "Be  not  conformed  to  the 
world."  Is  not  this  a  rule,  plain,  simple,  direct?  It 
forbids  a  Clu'istian  from  attending  a  good  moral  play 
though  patronized  by  church  members  or  even  prom- 
inent ministers.  It  "forbids  the  game  of  chance  wheth- 
er played  in  a  gambling  saloon,  in  the  home  circle  or 
at  a  church  fair.  And  so  on  through  the  entire  list 
of  amusements  wliicli  the  world  has  from  time  im- 
memorial claimed  to  herself,  but  which  she  has  always 
been  generously  wilUng  to  shai'e  with  any  professed 
Christian  who  is  willing  on  his  part  to  lower  the 
standard  of  the  cross  and  come  down  to  her  level. 

Onl}'  half  a  dozen  words  in  this  short  Bible  rule, 
but  like  all  the  commands  of  God  it  is  exceeding- 
broad,  and  covers  a  good  many  things  besides  the 
theatre,  the  dance  or  the  card  talile.  It  forbids  that 
Sundaj'  paper  issued  in  flagrant  violation  of  His  day, 
but  bought  and  read  in  manj-  a  so-called  Clu'istian 
household.  It  forlnds  the  Sunday  drive  which  has 
only  pleasure  for  its  object.  It  forljids  all  worldly 
associations  secret  or  open.  It  forljids  the  jewels  anil 
costly  trimming;  the  feathers  and  flowers  and  eight 
button  kids  that  make  so  many  a  professor  of  godli- 
ness nowise  diff'erent  in  outward  appearance  from  her 
worldly,  pleasure  seeking  sister.  It  forbids  not  onl}- 
union  with  the  world,  but  the  shadow  of  unicjii.  It 
tears  away  the  miserable  sophistrj'  that  such  and  such 
diversi<jns  are  not  sinful  in  themsehes,  or  no  wt)rse 
than  something  else  that  could  be  mentioned,  and  all 
the  other  specious  arguments  by  which  unstalile  souls 
are  deceived.  It  sajs  to  every  Chi-istian,  "Come  out 
and  be  separate. "  Let  the  world  go  its  waj-  and  you 
go  yours,  the  straight  and  narrow  way,  the  King's 
Highway  of  Holiness. 


THE  BA  TTLE  OF  LIFE. 

(io  forth  in  tht;  battle  of  life  my  Ijoy, 
Go  while  it  i.s  called  tonlay ; 
For  the  years  go  out,  and  the  years  eome  in. 
Regardless  of  those  who  may  lose  or  win, 
Of  those  who  may  work  or  play. 

Aud  the  troops  march  .steadily  on,  my  hoy. 

To  the  army  gone  t)efore ; 

You  may  hear  the  sound  of  the  falling  feel 

Going  down  to  the  river  where  the  two  worlds  meet. 

They  go  to  return  no  more. 

There  is  room  for  you  in  the  ranks,  my  boy, 
And  duty,  too,  assigned, 
Step  into  the  front  with  elieerful  grace — 
Be  quick,  or  another  may  take  your  place. 
And  you  may  be  left  behind. 

Temptation  will  wait  liy  the  way,  my  boy, 
Temptations  without  and  within; 
And  spirits  of  evil,  iu  robes  as  fair 
As  the  holiest  iingels  in  heaven  wear, 
Will  lure  you  to  deadly  sin. 

Then  put  on  the  armor  of  God,  my  boy. 
In  the  beautiful  days  of  youth; 
Put  on  the  helmet,  brea.stpliite  aud  shield. 
And  the  s^^ord  that  the  feeble  arm  may  wield 
In  the  cause  of  right  and  truth. 

And  go  to  the  battle  of  life,  my  boy, 
With  the  peace  of  the  Gospel  shod. 
And  before  high  heaven  do  the  best  you  can 
For  the  great  reward,  for  the  good  of  man, 
For  the  kingdom  and  crown  of  God. 

— Home  Life  in  Soikj. 


GETTING  A  SITUATION. 

Mr.  Silas  Brown  had  advertised  for  a  clerk.  He  wanted 
one  to  begin  in  tlie  lowest  place  n  the  office;  but  that  if 
found  coinj)eteHt  he  would  )je  advanced.  Mr.  Silas  Brown 
was  a  sharp,  and  some  said  liard,  t)usiness  man.  But  la- 
was  just,  and  had  really  a  kind  heart  under  his  sharp  way. 

Edward  Clayton  had  seen  the  advertisement,  and  as  he 
wished  to  do  something  to  help  Ids  widowed  mother  he 
determined  to  apply  for  the  situation,  though  he  had 
heard  not  a  little  about  Mr  o  wn's  sliarp  ways.  So  he 
presented  himself  iu  that  gentleman's  oflice,  and  told  him 
why  he  had  eome. 

"Your  name?"  said  Mr.  Brown. 

"Edward  Clayton,"  was  the  response. 

"  Age?" 

"Seventeen." 

"  Ever  been  in  business?" 

"No,  sir." 

"  What  do  you  know?" 

"  My  teacher,  Mr.  Grey,  of  the  high  school,  will  tell 
you  that  I  stood  well  in  my  class." 

"Do  you  smoke  or  chew  tobacco?" 

"No,  sir,  my  mother  would  not  allow  that,  even  if  I 
wanted  to." 

"  So  you  are  not  too  old  to  mind  yom-  mother,"  said  the 
merchant. 

"  No,  sir;  and  I  hope  the  time  will  never  come  when  I 
will  be  too  old  to  ooey  her  wishes." 

"  Go  to  church?"  said  Mr.  Brown. 

"  Yes,  sir,  and  Sunday  school." 

"Why?" 

"  Because  it  is  right  and  I  like  it." 

"  If  I  employ  you  will  you  do  exactly  as  I  tell  you?" 

"Certainly,  sir,"  said  Edward,  "  so  long  as  you  do  not 
tell  me  to  do  anything  wrong." 

"Well,  that's  cool,  1  declare,"  said  the  merchant. 
"Who  is  to  be  the  judge,  I  should  like  to  know,  as  to 
what  is  right  aud  wrong?" 

"So  far  as  I  am  concerned,  Mr.  Brown,"  replied  the 
young  man,  "  I  must  decide  by  my  own  conscience.  But 
i  do  not  believe  that  you  would  ask  me  to  do  anything 
that  was  wrong." 

"Have  you  any  recommendations?"  persisted  Mr. 
Brown. 

"  No,  sir;  I  have  never  been  in  business  and  so  liave  no 
one  to  give  me  a  recomendation." 

"Oh'  well,"  said  the  merchant,  something  like  a  smile 
coming  over  his  hard  features,  "  I  think  you  have  some 
very  good  reconuueudations.  A  young  man  in  these  days 
who  does  not  smoke  or  chew,  who  is  willing  to  acknowl- 
edge that  he  is  obedient  to  his  mother,  who  attends  church 
and  Sunday  school,  and  who  says  he  will  be  governed  by 
his  conscience  is,  to  my  thinking,  well  recommended.  I 
will  try  you  in  this  sittiation  and  we  will  see  how  you  will 
do." 

So  Edward  got  the  i)lace,  aud  I  fancy  will  be  able  to 
keep  it,  at  least  until  he  goes  out  of  it  into  a  better  one. 

Good  prineipies,  boys,  are  the  best  foundation  you  can 
have  for  a  true  success  in  life.  You  are  assured  of  good 
principles  when  you  ffive  tlie  keeping  of  your  hearts  in 
lovinii:  trust  to  the  Savior. — Kind  Words. 


with  kind  inquiry  and  testing  the  spirit  of  every  one.  "  Is 
it  well  with  thee?  Is  it  well  with  thee?"  Suddenly  an 
exclamation  was  heard  from  one  of  the  pews,  and  a  boy 
twelve  years  old,  who  had  been  intently  listening,  fell  on 
his  knees  and  began  to  weej)  and  pray.  A  strange  thrill 
ran  through  the  con^egation,  and  many  rose  to  their  feet. 
The  minister  paused  in  his  sermon,  and  all  attention  was 
riveted  on  the  kneeling  boy.  Everybody  knew  little  Tom- 
my, for  he  belonged  to  one  of  the  oldest  Yorksliire  fami- 
lies, and  his  ancestors  of  Barnsley  had  won  tlie  arms  of  a 
baronet.  He  was  a  bright,  gifted  boy,  now  six  years 
motherless,  but  carrying  in  his  heart  tlie  indelible  impres- 
sions of  his  motlier's  religious  teachings.  The  honest 
Yorkshire  peu^ilc  felt  loo  deeply  tjiemselves  the  effect  of 
the  sennou  to  misunderstand  Tommy's  emotion.  They 
did  not  think  he  was  crazy.  The  minister  did  not.  "Lei 
us  praj',"  he  said,  for  he  saw  more  need  of  prayer  than  of 
preaching  at  a  moment  when  before  men  and  angels  a 
young  sotd  irst  spoke  its  want.  The  whole  congregation 
at  once  assumed  the  attitude  of  devotion.  Manj-  strong 
and  loving  petitions  went  up  to  God  for  the  little  boy 
whom,  like  Samuel,  He  had  called  in  his  own  tabernacle. 
The  scene  was  a  strange  one — that  sudden  prayer-meeting 
in  the  middle  of  sermon-time.  The  prayers  were  answered, 
too.  Tommy  rose  from  his  knees  with  a  radient  face. 
Thcmeeforth  the  zeal  of  a  divine  aimointiug  was  on  him. 
For  the  next  eight  years  he  continued  to  give  increasing 
proofs  of  a  Christian  spirit,  and  Christian  zeal,  and  rare 
and  happy  fitness  for  winning  souls.  When  very  young 
he  was  licensed  to  preach.  At  the  age  of  twenty  he  left 
his  nativ(!  land  and  came  to  the  United  States.  Since 
then  he  has  not  neglected  the  gift  that  is  in  him.  The 
voice  that  so  long  ago  said  to  him  on  the  other  side  of  the 
sea.  "  Is  it  well  with  thee?"  has  ever  been  recognized,  aud 
he  has  "followed  Jesus  all  the  way."  It  led  him  to  Long 
Island;  it  led  him  to  Albany;  it  led  him  down  the  Hudson 
again — and  very  many  w^hom  his  words  first  taught  the 
heavenly  lesson,  now  know  "  it  is  well  "  with  them.  To- 
day few  stand  higher  among  the  American  clergy,  or 
more  honored  of  the  Great  Master,  than  Tommy,  the 
Yorkshire  boy — the  Bev.  Dr.  Thomas  Armintage,  of  New 
York. —  The  Open  Door. 


A  SERMON  STOPPED. 

A  i-eniarkable  eiiisode  in  a  public  religious  service  oc- 
curred while  the  clergyman  -was  preaching  from  the  text, 
"  Is  it  well  with  theeV'  It  was  at  a  little  church  in  York- 
shire, England,  in  the  year  1831.  The  minister  was  a 
good  man,  with  no  little  gospel  power  in  his  heart  and 
manner,  and  he  made  it  solemnly  plain  to  the  auditory 
that  the  Savior  was  present,  looking  into  .[their  thoughts 


BE  HONEST. 


A  youth  was  once  employed  in  a  large  woolen  factory. 
One  day  the  proprietor  called  the  boy  into  the  office,  and 
bade  him  take  hold  of  a  long  jiiece  of  cloth  and  pull, 
"What  do  you  mean?"  said  the  boy.  The  proprietor  then 
told  him  he  had  sold  thirty  yards  of  cloth  to  a  lady,  and 
he  was  ready  to  deliver  it,  but  that  there  were  but  twenty- 
nine  and  a  half  yards  in  the  piece  and  he  wanted  to  stretch 
it  a  half  yard.  The  boy  stood  in  deep  thoughtfulness  for 
a  while,  and  then  said,  "There  arc  but  twenty-nine  and  a 
half  yards  iu  that  piece,  and  if  we  .stretch  it  that  won't 
be  honest,  and  I  can't  pull."  That  boy  grew  up  to  be  an 
honest  man,  aud  afterward  wrote  a  liighly  prized  com- 
mentary of  the  Bible.  His  name  was  Adam  Clarke. — 
Morning  Star. 


Tempekance. 


THE  GAINS  OF  PROHIBITION. 

A  review  of  the  State  legislation  of  the  past  year  on 
the  liquor  question,  recently  made  by  Mr.  Henry  Hitch- 
cock, of  St.  Louis,  before  the  Missouri  State  Bar  Associa- 
tion, contains  some  very  suggestive  aud  interesting  facts. 
Dm'ing  the  year  1881,  legislation  intended  to  restrain  or 
prohibit  the  sale  of  liquor  has  taken  place  in  si.v  States, 
differing  very  widely  in  social  conditions — viz.,  Kentucky, 
Mississippi,  South  Carolina,  Massachussetts,  Connecticut 
and  Iowa.  In  Iowa  it  took  the  form  of  a  constitutional 
amendment,  absolutely  prohibiting  the  manufacture  or 
sale  within  the  State  of  any  intoxicating  liquor  whatever. 
One  of  the  courts  has,  however,  ])rououuced  the  amend- 
ment invalid  because  it  was  not  submitted  to  the  popular 
vote  in  projjci'  form,  and  the  question  is  still  imder  appeal. 
In  Kentucky  the  legislation  has  taken  the  curious  form  of 
special  acts  ])rohibiting  or  jiroviding  for  the  regulation  of 
the  sale  of  licpior  in  particular  counties  or  districts,  ap- 
parently in  satisfaction  of  the  ]>revailing  sentiment  on  the 
subject  iu  each  locality.  Some  of  these  acts,  too,  show 
that  in  some  localities  the  state  of  opinion  which  once 
called  for  such  legislation  has  changed,  for  they  reiieal 
the  ])rohibitory  laws  now  in  force  in  tliese  localities.  In 
Mississi|)pi  things  have  taken  a  similar  course.  The  sale 
of  li(juor  is  prohibited  in  fifty  different  towns,  and  within 
five  miles  thereof.  One  act  prohibits  it  in  all  the  towns  of 
a  particular  county  exce])t  one,  and  in  another  ])ermits  the 
sale  of  malt  li(piors  only.  Another  act  relieves  from  the 
operation  of  the  law  which  ])rohibited  the  sale  of  liquor 
within  seveit  miles  of  two  specified  churches,  "  that  por- 
tion of  territory  lying  north  of  Strong  River  and  east  of 
Pearl  River."  In  South  Carolina  we  find  a  similar  series 
of  special  acts  prohibiting  liquor-dealing  in  certain  local- 
ities, and  one  general  one,  providing  for  a  local  vote  in 
any  town,  city  or  village,  on  the  demand  of  one-third  of 
the  legal  voters,  to  decide  by  a  majority  whether  there 
shall  be  "license"  or  no  "no  license."  but  exempting  do- 
mestic wine  sold  by  the  gallon  fi-oin  the  jurisdiction  of  Ihc 
local  majority. 

In  Massachusetts  the  existing  license  law  has  been  made 
more  stringent.  In  (lonnectticul  llie  (picstion  of  "licen.se" 
or  "no  license  "  w;is  remilled  to  a  majority  vole  at  town 
meetings,  and  licjuor-dciders  were  made  punishable  for 
selling  to  habitual  drunkards,  minors  or  intoxicated  per- 
sons, besides  being  made  liable  in  civil  damages  for  in- 
juries committed  by  men  made  drunk  on  their  jiremises. 
In  Texas  the  local-option  law  already  in  force  was  slightly 
amended.  In  Ohio  the  so-called  ' '  Pond  Law  "  endeavored 
to  evade  the  constitutional  prohibition  of  licenses,  by  im 


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THE  OHRISTLAJSr  CYNOSURE. 


January  26,  1883 


posing  a  heavy  special  tax  on  liquoi  <lealers,  but  the  Su- 
preme Court  pronounced  it  unconstitutional.  Another  act 
closed  on  Sundays  all  "places  "  in  which  liquor  was  sold 
or  exposed  for  sale  on  other  days,  but  the  difficulties  of 
enforcing  it  have  been  found  so  great  that  it  remains  a 
dead  letter.  This  increasing  tendency  to  legislate  about 
the  liquor-traffic  in  various  parts  of  the  Union  may  of 
course  have  several  different  interpretations  put  upon  it 
but  there  can  be  no  doubt  as  to  its  indicating  increasing 
public  contempt  and  condemnation  of  excessive  drinking, 
which,  whatever  the  efficacy  or  inefficacy  of  liquor  laws, 
must  result  in  promoting  temperance.  In  England  the 
spread  of  ijopular  education  has  already  exerted  a  marked 
influence  on  the  yield  of  the  liquor  taxes.^which  now  con- 
stitute about  forty  per  cent,  of  the  revenue,  or  about 
$155,000,000.— TAe  Nation. 


REFORM  NEWS. 

( Continued  from  the  fifth  'jpo-ge.) 

one  or  two  other  Free  Methodists  came  a  few  miles  to 
"stand  by"  me,  and  they  acted  as  though  they  had  a  ban- 
ner that  thej'  were  not  ashamed  of.     Praise  God. 

I  did  the  best  I  could  to  put  in  the  breaking-up  plough 
beam  deep,  and  felt  that  none  were  able  to  pluck  me  out 
of  my  Father's  hand.  There  was  no  open  resistance. 
The  devil  had  always  had  his  way  undisputed  and  undis- 
turbed in  the  place  so  far  as  men  are  concerned,  if  I  was 
rightly  informed.  Perhaps  the  craft  were  taken  by  sur- 
prise; perhaps  they  had  never  known  how  bad  then- 
chosen  system  was.  Probably  they  knew  they  had  every 
thing  to  fear  from  investigation,  for  they  were  reported  as 
saying  that  they  did  not  thank  the  resident  minister  for 
advocating  Masonry  publicly. 

The  lesson  to  be  learned  from  these  developments  is 
two-fold: 

1 .  The  craft  have  succeeded  in  making  the  people  of 
Ray  believe  that  it  is  not  safe  to  exercise  the  civil  rights 
guaranteed  them  in  this  land  of  liberty,  and  that  it  is 
equally  unsafe  in  this  so-called  Christian  country  to  obey 
God;  that  an  irresponsible,  anti-republican,  anti-scriptural 
power,  working  in  the  dark,  with  the  power  of  vengeance 
in  its  own  despotic  hand,  and  the  spirit  of  vengeance  in 
its  infernal  make-up,  aspiring  to  inquisitorship  over  con- 
science— and  gTasping  after  suj^reme  dictatorship  in  civil 
and  political  administration  makes  it  thus  unsafe  to  act 
like  a  Christian  or  citizen  of  a  free  republic. 

3.  To  consent  to  be  thus  ruled  or  intimidated  is  ap- 
proaching alarmingly  near  to  taking  the  mark  of  the 
beast. 

A  community  ruled  l)y  the  lodge!  A  community  of 
.slaves!  and  if  religious,  of  hypocrites!  But  the  people 
of  Ray  cannot  sin  as  cheaply  as  they  did,  and  I  hope  they 
will  not  sin  as  much  as  they  did. 

OAKLAND  COUNTY. 

I  lectured  two  evenings  in  the  new  meeting  house  near 
Ortonville,  Oakland  County.  Bro.  Webster  had  adver- 
tised the  meetings  thoroughly  and  the  attendance  was 
good.  Hon.  Geo.  Kipp  was  chairman  both  evenings. 
There  are  a  number  of  them  who  hate  iniquity  and  love 
righteousness,  and  the  Lord  was  with  us.  There  was  no 
disturbance  and  no  open  opposition. 

I  then  spoke  two  evenings  in  the  Highland,  Oakland 
Co.,  in  the  Baptist  house.  Several  persons  had  spoken 
against  secretism  in  their  preaching  and  testimonies. 
There  were  some  real  live  saints  there.  The  large  house 
was  full,  some  coming  ten  miles,  I  think.  The  lodge 
men  were  there  in  force.  One  32  degree  Mason  was  pres- 
ent. It  was  no  time  to  be  weak.  The  saints  prayed  and 
God  answered  gloriously;  praise  his  name.  On  the  sec- 
ond night  I  preached  from  Masonic  publications  and  the 
Bible.  1  challenged  reply,  but  none  was  made.  I  then 
gave  the  steps,  grips,  signs,  etc.,  and  the  storm  of  Ma- 
sonic indignation  burst.  The  spirit  of  Masonry  breathed 
out  its  hate  and  foamed  out  its  own  shame  in  such  a  man- 
ner as  to  show  that  they  had  made  astonishing  and  ruin- 
ous proficiency  in  the  school  of  depravity.  The  lodge 
and  the  speaker  together  succeeded  in  giving  the  people 
a  pretty  thorough  knowledge  of  liberty's  most  deadly  foe. 
and  piety's  greatest  hindrance. 

There  were  some  who  professed  to  be  Christians, — 
young  converts,  who  had  taken  their  demits.  After  my 
first  lecture  much  was  said  about  demitted  Masons,  though 
I  had  not  mentioned  it.  It  was  claimed  that  they  were 
no  longer  Masons.  I  knew  it  to  be  a  Masonic  device  to 
deceive  the  church  people.  In  closing  my  second  lecture 
I  proved  that  a  demitted  Mason  was  actually  a  Mason, 
and  in  every  sense  a  Mason.  The  lodge  managers  are 
very  anxious  to  hav(^some  of  their  agents  in  the  church. 
But  I  struck  their  device  a  death  blow,  and  being  flanked, 
they  made  a  stampede.  All  they  seemed  to  aim  at  was  to 
show  that  they  had  kept  still   just  as  long  as  they  could! 

Two  persons  were  gloriously  saved  by  grace  through 
the  influence  of  those  meetings.  Many  incidents  1  must 
pass  by.  Money,  friends,  life,  etc.,  are  not  troublesome 
questions!  O  for  grace  to  do  the  will  of  God!  How  we 
need  the  Spirit  of  power!    Lord  send  it  upon  us!    Amen! 

A.  H.  Springstein. 

The  last  Maine  Advent  Christian  Conference  emphati- 
cally discountenance  all  oath-bound  secret  societies. 

It  is  no  small  thing  for  a  man  to  have  a  rule  in  his  mind 
by  which  to  judge  every  part  of  his  life — even  though 
every  part  of  his  life  may  not  conform  to  that  rule. 

Past  Grand  Master  Kidder  approves  of  the  color  line  in 
Odd-fellowship. 

Dr.  Wm.  Everett  of  Quindy  refused  to  take  part  in  cel- 
ebrating Forefalliers'  Day  because  33  degree  Ben.  Butler 
headed  the  programme. 


AMERICAN  POLITICS. 


NOMINATIONS  FOR  188 Jf. 

For  President, 
JONATHAN    BLANCHARD 

OF  ILLINOIS. 

For  Vice  President, 
JOHN    A.    CONANT, 

OF    CONNECTICUT. 


PLATFORM. 

We  hold :  1.  That  uui-.s  is  a  Christian  and  not  a 
heathen  nation,  and  that  the  God  of  the  Christian 
Scriptm-es  is  the  author  of  civil  government. 

2.  That  God  requires  and  man  needs  a  Sabbath. 

3.  That  the  prohibition  of  the  importation,  manu- 
facture and  sale  of  intoxicating  drinks  as  a  beverage 
is  the  true  policy  on  the  temperance  question. 

4.  That  the  charters  of  all  secret  lodges  granted  by 
our  Federal  and  State  Legishitures  should  be  with- 
drawn, and  their  oaths  prohibited  by  law. 

5.  That  the  civil  equality  secured  to  all  American 
citizens  by  articles  13th,  14tli  and  15th  of  our  amended 
Constitution  should  be  preserved  inviolate. 

6.  That  arbitration  of  differences  with  nations  is 
the  most  direct  and  sure  method  of  securing  and  per- 
petuating a  permanent  peace. 

7.  That  to  cultivate  the  intellect  without  improving 
the  morals  of  men,  is  to  make  mere  adepts  and  experts ; 
therefore, the  Bible  should  be  associated  with  book'  of 
science  and  literature  in  all  our  educational  institu- 
tions. 

8.  That  land  and  other  monopolies  should  be  dis- 
couraged. 

9.  That  the  government  should  furnish  the  people 
with  an  ample  and  sound  currency. 

10.  That  maintenance  of  the  public  credit,  protection 
to  all  loyal  citizens,  and  justice  to  Indians  are  essential 
to  the  honor  and  safety  of  our  nation. 

11.  And,  finally,  we  demand  for  the  American  people 
the  abolition  of  electoral  colleges,  and  a  direct  vote  for 
President  and  Vice-president  of  the  United  States. 


AMERICAN  PAB.T7  CLUBS. 

The  local  work  of  reform  politics  which,  while  it  may 
require  more  labor  and  self-denial,  is  at  the  same  time 
more  fruitful  of  good  to  the  reform,  is  usually  neglected 
for  want  of  a  leader,  whose  time  and  energies  can  be 
given  tirelessly  and  without  stint.  But  the  first  step,  the 
organization  of  a  society  or  club,  is  often  the  hardest  to 
be  taken;  and  as  a  most  useful  assistance  in  this  direction 
we  are  happy  to  present  the  following  constitution  and 
by-laws  prepared  by  Bro.  M.  N.  Butler  of  the  American 
Freeman,  as  a  model  for  American  clubs,  which  can  be 
adopted  as  a  whole  or  modified  to  suit  the  special  cases. 
This  is  a  good  step  toward  the  organization  of  American 
voters.  We  shall  be  happy  to  note  the  formation  of 
many  local  societies  upon  this  basis. 

CONSTITUTION. 

Name.  Art.  I. — The  name  of  this  organization  shall 
be  "The American  Club,  Num- 
ber    .     .     .     .  " 

Object.  Art.  II. — The  object  of  this  organization 
shall  be  the  dissemination  of  truth  and  light  concerning 
American  party,  as  enunciated  in  its  political  platform  of 
principles,  by  lectm-es,  discussions,  circulating  printed 
platforms,  tracts  and  books;  through  newspaper  corres- 
pondence, and  by  all  lawful  efforts,  in  such  way  and  man- 
ner as  shall  be  deemed  practical  by  its  membership. 

Membership.  Art.  III.-^Any  person  may  become  a 
member  of  this  Club  by  signing  the  Constitution  and  giv- 
ing his  or  her  influence  and  means  for  the  promotion  of 
the  objects  and  aims  of  this  organization  as  declared  in 
Article  second. 

Okficbrs.  Art.  IV. — The  Officers  of  this  Club  shall 
be  a  President,  Vice  President,  Secretary  and  Treasurer, 
and  these  Officers  shall  constitute  an  Executive  Commit- 
tee. 

Duties  ok  Officers.  Art.  V. — Section  1.  It  shall 
be  the  duty  of  the  President  to  preside  over  the  meetings 
and  deliberations  of  the  Club  and  superintend  its  general 
interests. 

Section  2.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Vice  President 
to  render  the  President  such  assistance  as  may  be  desired, 
and  to  preside  and  perform  the  duties  of  that  officer  in 
his  absence. 

Section  3.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Secretary  to  keep 
a  record  of  all  meetings  and  proceedings  of  the  Club, 
and  prepare  brief  monthly  reports  concerning  local  work 
and  forward  the  same  for  publication  in  the  official  organ 
of  the  Club,  and  other  papers. 

Section  4.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Treasurer  to  col- 
lect all  moneys  pledged,  the  membership  fees  and  dues,  if 
any,  and  pay  bills  at  the  order  of  the  Club,  or  its  Finance 
Committee. 

Time  and  place  ok  sieetino.  Art.  VI. — The  time 
and  place  of  meeting  shall  be  designated  at  adjournment, 
subject  to  change  for  sufficient  reason  by  the  Executive 
Committee. 

Art.  VII. — This  Constitution  may  be  altered  or  amend- 
ed by  a  majority  vote  of  members  present,  provided  one 
month's  notice  be  given  at  a  regular  meeting,  of  such  pro- 
posed change. 

BY-LAWS. 

Section  1.  The  President  and  three  members  may  call 
special  meetings  of  the  Club,  due  notice  being  given  to 
the  members. 


Section  2.  There  shall  be  the  following  standing  Com- 
mittees: A  Finance  Committee,  whose  duty  it  shall  be 
to  solicit  funds  to  aid  in  defraying  necessary  expenses, 
holding  special  conventions  and  facilitate  further  organiz- 
ation of  new  clubs  adjacent  thereto.  A  Political  commit- 
tee, whose  duty  it  shall  be  to  attend  such  conventions, 
caucuses,  etc.,  not  connected  with  this  body,  as  may  be 
practical,  and  report  the  action  and  doings  of  the  same  to 
this  Club,  and  otherwise  carry  out  the  pleasure  of  the 
Club  as  its  representatives;  and  the  Chairman  shall  be  a 
committee  to  report  all  political  items  pertaining  to  the 
work,  to  the  National  Committeeman  residing  in  the 
State.  A  Committee  on  Lectures  and  Public  Meetings, 
which  shall  make  such  arrangements  as  may  be  the  will 
of  the  Club.  A  Committee  on  Newspapers,  whose  duty  it 
shall  be  to  solicit  subscriptions  from  all  members,  and 
others,  urging  them  to  become  readers  of  American  party 
papers,  and  especially  of  the  journal  in  which  the  official 
proceedings  of  the  Club  are  published. 

Section  3 members  shall  constitute    a   quorum 

for  the  transaction  of  business. 

Section  4.  These  By-Laws  may  be  altered  or  amended 
by  a  majority  vote  of  all  members  present  at  any  regular 
meeting. 


RELIGION  AND  GOVERNMENT. 


I  must  not  forget  to  mention  religion,  both  in  rulers 
and  people,  as  of  the  highest  importance  to  the  public. 
This  is  the  most  sacred  principle  that  can  dwell  in  the 
human  breast.  It  is  of  the  highest  importance  to  men, 
the  most  perfective  of  the  human  soul.  The  truths  of 
the  gospel  are  the  most  pure,  its  motives  the  most  no- 
ble and  animating,  and  its  comforts  the  most  supporting 
to  the  mind.  The  importance  of  religion  to  civil  society 
and  government  is  great  indeed,  as  it  keeps  alive  the  best 
sense  of  moral  obligation,  a  matter  of  such  extensive 
utility,  especially  in  respect  to  an  oath,  which  is  one  of 
the  principal  instruments  of  government.  The  fear  and 
of  God  and  the  terrors  of  eternity  are  the  most  powerful 
restrainst  upon  the  minds  of  men,  and  hence  it  is  of 
special  importance  in  a  free  government,  the  spirit  of 
which  being  always  friendly  to  the  sacred  rights  of  con- 
science, it  will  hold  up  the  gospel  as  the  great  rule  of 
faith  and  practice.  Established  modes  and  usages  in  re- 
ligion, more  especially  the  stated  public  worship  of  God, 
so  generally  form  the  principle  and  manners  of  a  people, 
that  changes  or  alterations  in  these,  especially  when 
nearly  conformed  to  the  spirit  and  simplicity  of  the 
gospel,  may  well  be  esteemed  very  dangerous  experiments 
in  government.  Human  conduct  and  character  can  never 
be  better  formed  than  upon  the  principles  of  our  holy 
religion;  they  give  the  justest  sense,  the  most  adequate 
views  of  the  duties  between  rulers  and  people,  and  are 
the  best  principles  in  the  world  to  carry  the  ruler  through 
the  duties  of  his  station,  and  in  case  a  series  of  faithful 
services  should  be  followed  with  popular  censure,  as  may 
be  the  case,  yet  the  religious  ruler  will  find  the  approba- 
tion of  his  conscience  a  noble  reward. — Election  Sermon, 
Boston,  Mass.,  1778. 


What  a  new  day  is  dawning  when  men  like  Edward 
Atkinson,  Francis  Parkman,  President  Eliot,  Mark  Hop- 
kins, and  the  faculty  of  Amherst  College,  together  with 
a  thousand  prominent  business  and  professional  men  of 
Massachusetts,  set  their  names  and  seals  to  a  document 
which  says:  "We  have  resolved  to  vote  for  no  one  at  the 
next  election  of  members  of  Congress  whose  character  and 
record  do  not  satisfy  us,  and  who  will  be  found,  in  office, 
to  be  a  consistent,  earnest,  and  aggi'essive  supporter  of 
civil-service  reform.  We  have  no  wish  to  separate  from 
the  political  parties  with  which  we  have  always  acted 
and  in  whose  principles  we  believe;  but  when  any  party 
nominates  a  candidate  from  whom  adherence  to  one  of  its 
leading  principles  cannot  be  expected,  it  forfeits  its 
rights  to  the  support  of  its  of  members.  We  wish  to 
assure  the  triumph  of  our  party  principles  by  the  nom- 
ination and  election  of  men  who  believe  in  them  all  and 
who  will  earnestly  labor  to  carry  them  out.  To  this  end 
if  a  candidate  for  Congress  is  nominated  whose  sympathy 
with  the  cause  of  civil-serviee  reform  is  doubtful,  we 
shall  seek  for  om-selves  some  better  representative  and 
cast  our  votes  for  him.  We  advise  our  fellow-citizens  to 
adopt  the  same  course,  to  organize  in  their  respective 
districts,  that  their  strength  may  be  used  to  the  best  effect 
and  to  so  vote  that  their  influence  may  be  felt  against  the 
dishonest  and  degrading  system  which  corrupts  the  gov- 
ernment of  our  country." 


AN  INCIDENT  OF  SEWARD. 


A  correspondent  of  the  Raleigh  News,  in  the  course  of 
an  account  of  a  visit  of  President  Johnson  and  some  of 
his  Cabinet  to  the  University  of  North  Carolina,  gives  this 
incident:  It  was  the  custom  of  the  two  literary  societies 
to  invite  all   distinguished  visitors  to  become  honorary 


Jantjakt  25,  1883 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE. 


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members.  Governor  Seward  and  Postmaster  General 
Randall  consented  to  join  the  Philanthropic  Society,  of 
which  I  was  a  member.  When  they  were  escorted  into 
the  hall  the  members  all  rose,  and  the  president  of  the 
society  put  to  them  the  usual  question:  "Do  you  promise 
to  keep  the  by-laws  and  transactions  of  this  society  a  se- 
cret?" Mr.  Randall  responded,  "Yes,"  and  we  all  resumed 
our  seats,  thinking  that  Governor  Seward  had  done  like- 
wise. To  our  surprise  he  remained  standing,  and  said  in 
a  distinct  and  emphatic  voice:  "I  do  not,  Mr.  President; 
I  never  joined  a  secret  society  in  my  lite.  I  never  was  a 
Freemason,  Oddfellow,  or  Know  Nothing.  I  do  not 
promise."  We  were  at  om-  wits'  end,  when  one  of  our 
cleverest  members  rose  and  said:  "Mr.  President,  I  move 
the  rules  be  suspended  in  Governor  Seward's  case,  and  he 
be  admitted  without  the  usual  promise."  This  happy  but 
unconstitutional  mode  of  disposing  of  the  question  was 
immediately  adopted,  much  to  our  relief,  and  the  Gov- 
ernor became  one  of  the  Socii. 


THE  CHURCHES. 

— Ex-Congressman  Green  Clay  Smith,  of  Kentucky,  is 
now  pastor  of  the  Baptist  Church  in  Louisville. 

— Rev.  H.  C.  Leland,  well  known  to  many  of  our  read- 
ers in  Wisconsin  and  Iowa,  has  entered  on  pastoral  work 
at  Highland  Park,  Chicago,  111. 

— A  General  Convention  of  the    United  Brethren  is  to 
be  held  in  the  month  of    June  next,  at  (or  near)   Peters- 
burg, Ohio,    for  the   purpose    of    organizing    a   general 
■  United  Brethren  Holiness  Association. 

— Rev.  Dr.  Henry  H.  Jessup  has  been  appointed  as 
United  States  minister  to  Persia.  He  has  long  been  labor 
ing  as  a  missionary  in  Syria,  and  his  familiarity  with  Ori- 
ental people  fits  him  to  be  our  first  representative  before 
the  Shah  of  Persia. 

— Messrs.  Moody  and  Sankey,  as  we  learn  from  the 
London  Gliristian  of  Dec.  14,  have  been  holding  very 
successful  meetings  in  Southhampton  and  Portsmouth. 
The  attendance  has  been  from  3,000  to  4,000  at  each 
meeting,  completely  filling  the  large  halls  in  which  they 
were  held. 

— Rev.  J.  L.  Fonda,  for  nine  years  pastor  at  Morris, 
Minn.,  spent  the  Sabbath  with  old  friends  at  Wheaton, 
where  he  graduated  in  1868. 

— Rev.  Geo.  R.  Milton,  son-in-law  of  Rev.  C.  C.  Foote 
of  Detroit,  has  received  a  call  from  Winnebago.  111.,  Con- 
gregational chm-ch  of  very  favorable  nature.  The  church 
has  been  for  some  time  divided  on  account  of  the  location 
of  the  meeting  house,  but  a  settlement  of  this  question 
and  the  building  of  a  new  church  is  promised  if  Bro. 
Milton  will  accept. 

— The  Wesleyan  church  at  Wheaton  has  for  years 
depended  upon  the  Missionary  Society  at  Syracuse  for 
$100  or  $200  in  order  to  support  a  pastor.  .But  this  year 
under  Prof.  Stratton's  pastorate  they  have  become  self- 
sustaining  and  are  able  to  aid  other  weaker  chm-ches. 

— The  students  under  the  energetic  Augustana  Swed- 
ish Synod,  who  are  studying  at  the  seminary  at  Moline, 
are  early  put  to  work.  About  fifty  of  them  were  lately 
sent  to  different  places  in  twelve  different  States  to  assist 
in  the  work  of  the  church.  Such  energetic  measures  are 
good  for  both  church  and  students. 

—The  First  Church  of  Christ,  Galesburg,  Rev.  A.  R. 
Thain,  pastor,  has  just  closed  its  year.  The  funds  are 
raised  by  voluntary  contributions  made  each  Sunday  morn- 
ing. Last  year  they  received  in  this  way  $2,596,  and 
from  other  sources  about  $300.  They  have  expended 
about  $400  in  improvements  in  the  way  of  heating  and 
fm-nishing.  The  pastor's  salary  has  been  in9reased  from 
$1,800  to  $2,000. 

— The  teachers  in  the  Chinese  Sunday-school  which 
meets  at  Farwell  Hall,  Chicago,  prepared  a  Christmas 
entertainment  for  their  pupils  during  the  season.  A  per- 
former, masked  and  hideously  arrayed  was  introduced 
dm-ing  the  performance,  whose  appearance  on  such  a  sol- 
emn occasion  startled  and  shocked  the  simple  Chinamen, 
who  thought  thej'  beheld  one  of  their  heathen  deities  re- 
appearing in  a  Christian  land. 

— The  death  of  the  wife  of  Rev.  J.  D.  Baker  of  cam- 
bridge,  111.,  on  the  29th  of  December  is  announced.  She 
died  at  the  age  of  67  years.  Mr.  Baker  began  pastoral 
labor  with  the  Congi-egational  church  in  Cambridge  in 
1852  and  remained  in  this  work  for  seventeen  years, 
greatly  esteemed  by  the  churches  throughout  the  county. 
After  laboring  in  other  places  for  several  years,  he  re 
turned  to  the  place  endeared  by  many  associations  last 
April  where  with  his  companion  he  wished  to  spend  the 
remnant  of  their  days. 

— The  fii-m  of  sugar  refiners,  consisting  of  Bros.  R.  L. 
and  A.  Stuart,  was  formed  in  1828,  and  the  co-partner- 
ship was  not  dissolved  until  after  the  death  of  the  junior 
in  1879,  a  period  of  fifty-one  years.  Great  as  was  their 
business  success,  their  names  as  philanthropists  will  be  re- 
membered long  after  that  is  forgotten.  The  Stewarts 
were  Old  School  Presbyterians,  and  devoted  to  the  inter- 
ests of  the  church.  It  was  the  custom  of  the  brothers  to 
distribute  yearly  a  certain  number  of  thousands  of  dollars 
for  benevolent  purposes,  whether  the  profits  of  the  year 
had  been  large  or  small.  Up  to  the  time  of  the  death  of 
Alexander  Stuart,  in  1879,  the  brothers  had  given  away 
for  various  objects  $1,391,000.  Since  the  death  of  his 
brother,  Robert  L.  Stuart  has  given  a  half  million  dollars 
for  charitable  purposes. 

— The  Rev.  Mr.  Seguin,  who  is  now  laboring  in  con- 
nection with  the  Judson  Mission  in  this  city,  says  congi'e- 
gations  fiU  the  church  three  times  a  week.  It  holds  about 
a    thousand.     There    are    three    missionaries,   including 


himself,  assisting  Dr.  Judson.     He    has    charge    of    the 
French  work,  and  the  two  others  have  different  branches. 
Dr.  Judson  commenced  with  forty  members  and  has  now 
400.     The  Sunday-school  has  about  four  hundred  children 
and  the  French  Sunday  school,  which  has  just  commenced, 
has  fifteen  children.     'The  French  services  are  attended  by  , 
about  fifty.     A  French  library  and  reading  room  is  com-  : 
menced,  and  Mr.  Seguin  asks  for  books  and  periodicals,  j 
This  admirably  arranged  and  thoroughly  live  city  mission,  ; 
will  doubtless  ere  long   have   Italian    and   Spanish-speak-  | 
ing  missionaries  in  connection  with  it.     There  is  a  French-  i 
speaking  population  of  27,000  in  its  vicinity. — N.  Y.  Wit- 


REVIVAL. 


A  brief  but  interesting  letter  from  Bro.  Isaac  Hyatt,  of 
Dale,  New  York,  tells  us  of  a  gracious  visitation  of  the 
Spirit  upon  his  people: 

"Last  Monday  (Jan.  8,  '83,)  the  Free  Baptist  Church 
at  Dale,  N.  Y.,  closed  a  week  of  meetings.  Rev.  A.  P. 
Graves,  D.D.,  Mr.  W.  S.  Nickle,  with  their  wives,  assisted 
and  rendered  very  efficient  service. 

"Bro.  Graves  stoutly  rebukes  all  kinds  of  sin,  and 
teaches  his  fellow-inen  to  renounce  everything  wrong  and 
come  to  God  in  the  name  of  Jesus.  Sister  Graves'  talks 
to  parents  and  children  were  excellent.  She  is  an  able 
speaker,  and  lovingly  persuades  her  hearers  to  accept  the 
truths  of  the  Gospel. 

"Mr.  Nickle  and  his  wife  are  sweet  singers.  They  sing 
with  the  spirit  and  u"nderstanding.  The  chm-ch  has  been 
quickened,  and  many  are  inquiring  to  know  what  they 
shall  do  to  be  saved." 


UNDE NOMINA  TIONAL    OHUR  GEES 
IN  KENTUCKY. 


SECOND  PAPER  ON  BEREA  COLLEGE 

Persecutions  multiplied.  Still  the  churches  and  the 
school  continued  to  grow.  The  war  came.  The  school 
was  for  a  time  suspended.  At  the  close  of  the  war  it  was 
again  resumed.  Bro.  Fairchild  and  others  came.  We 
have  now  five  professors  and  six  lady  teachers.  We  have 
spacious  grounds, — good  buildings  and  a  hundred  thous- 
and dollars  as  an  endowment  fund.  About  four  hundred 
pupils — male  and  female,  colored  and  white  in  nearly 
equal  proportions,  attend  each  year — harmonious — very 
orderly. 

The  testimony  of  the  church  and  the  college  is  against 
Sabbath  desecration,  intemperance,  secret  oath-bound 
societies  which  subvert  justice  and,  to  the  extent  of  their 
influence,  the  religion  of  Christ. 

The  students  in  the  college,  the  people  of  the  village 
and  region  round  about,  worship  in  the  one  church  and 
one  church  house  of  the  place.  Thus  we  seek  to  exhibit 
before  the  people  the  idea  of  the  purity  and  unity  of 
God's  church.  Several  of  the  churches  previously  refer- 
red to,  are  twenty,  thu-ty,  and  even  a  hundred  miles  from 
Berea.  These  churches  are  feeble  and  need  pastors  who 
can  be  in  their  midst,  and  nurse  them  into  vigor  in  the 
midst  of  surrounding  opposition.  For  this  undenomi- 
national work  the  sects  are  not  prepared  to  aid.  They 
are  busy  in  what  they  call  "church"  (sect)  "extension." 
The  mission  boards  are  the  propagandas  of  these  sects 
and  denominations.  We  know  these  divisions  are  con- 
trary to  the  spirit  and  letter  of  the  gospel,  a  source  of 
weakness  to  the  church,  a  source  of  stumbling  to  the 
world,  and  the  great  hindi-ance  to  the  reforms. 

With  these  convictions  and  our  observation  and  expe- 
rience of  the  past,  shall  we  abandon  the  work  of  thirty- 
five  years  and  now  set  up  another  denominational  work — 
take  a  name  indicative,  as  we  may  assume,  of  some  one 
feature  of  the  Gospel  plan  and  thus  naming  ourselves  help 
multiply  schisms,  already  the  bane  of  the  South  and  the 
world?  Does  the  benevolent  public  demand  this  at  our 
hands  as  a  condition  of  that  aid  and  cooi^eration  necessa- 
ry to  highest  eSiciency?  Or  will  they  say,  Go  on  as  God 
has  seemed  to  lead  and  defend?  \Vliatever  others  may  do 
or  not  do,  our  mind  is  made  up.  With  God's  help,  we 
shall  go  forward. 

The  American  Missionary  Association  started  unde- 
nominational. Soon  after  the  war  it  committed  its  self 
as  the  organ  of  one  denomination,  and  now,  as  in  the 
November  number  of  its  magazine,  styles  itself  the  "left 
wing  of  the  Congi-egational  corps." 

I  was  made  to  see  that  so  long  as  I  received  aid  from 
that  association — reported  as  a  missionary  with  commis- 
sion from  that  Association,  I  would  be  considered,  by  the 
great  body  of  readers,  as  doing  their  denominational  work. 
I  may  not,  whatever  be  the  sacrifice,  allow  myself  to  l)e 
thus  regarded. 

In  1848  I  declined  the  aid  of  the  Home  Missionary  So- 
ciety. It  was  then  sustaining  quite  a  mmtiber  of  slave - 
holding  churches.  I  remonstrated  again  at  the  policy 
pursued.  The  society  thought  I  ought  to  be  satisfied 
with  their  aid   to   me,    whilst   I   was   bearing   testimony 


against  the  iniquity  of  slavery.  However  small  my  name, 
my  influence,  I  felt  it  ought  not  to  be  where  it  would 
bid  God  s))eed  to  an  association  in  a  wrong  work.  So  I 
now  feel  in  reference  to  denominationalism  and  have 
therefore  declined  the  aid  of  the  Am.    Miss.    Association 

I  cannot  make  this  people  here  feel  that  I  gi-eatly  de- 
plore the  evils  of  denominationalism  so  long  as  I  am 
commissioned  by  and  receive  the  aid  of  denominational 
ism.  If  needs  be,  I  must  suffer  for  their  good;  but  "Je- 
hovah Jireh." 

The  time  is,  and  has  been  for  eighteen  hundred  years, 
when  evangeli.sts,  in  obedience  to  their  Lord,  should  "Go, 
disciple" — convert  men  to  Christ  in  all  the  fullness  of  his 
character — baptising  them  in  the  name  of  the  Father, 
Son  and  Holy  Spirit — exhort  them  to  come  together  as 
the  one  church  of  the  place,  and  take  the  Scriptm-es  of 
the  Old  and  New  Testamsnt  as  their  rule  of  faith  and 
practice.  There  are  ministers  here  in  the  State,  like  Bro. 
J.  F.  Browne,  Bro.  Cone  and  others  who  would  like  to 
do  this  work;  but  they  need  aid  in  the  work.  The  peo- 
ple of  the  South  have  not  been  educated  to  the  work  of 
sustaining  the  gospel  as  they  ought  to  do.  Those  who 
will  receive  the  gospel  referred  to,  are  at  present,  com- 
paratively few,  and  have  not  much  of  this  world's  goods. 
Also  the  people,  colored  and  white,  are  bewildered  by 
denominational  factions,  and  their  time  and  money 
sponged  up  by  numberless  secret  orders  offering  them 
false  religions  and  delusive  hopes.  Men  who  will  labor 
successfully  with  such  a  people,  and  against  prevalent 
vices,  cannot  at  first  expect  an  adequate  support. 

We  need  an  association  that  will  see  that  faithful  niun 
are  wisely  and  faithfully  sustained.  John  G  Fee. 

Berea  Ky.,  Nov.  28,  1882. 


The  Creator,  in  obliging  man  to  eat  to  live,  invited  him 
by  appetite  and  rewarded  him  by  pleasure. — BriUat-Sa- 
varin. 


OUR  CONTRIBUTORS. 

The  Cynosure  is  happy  to  announce  herewith  a  grand 
list  of  contributors  and  correspondents  for  1883. 
To  read  their  letters,  study  their  arguments, 
compare  their  experiences,  and  drink  with  them  at  the 
fountain  of  truth,  even  Jesus  Christ,  will  be  the  noble 
privilege  of  the  readers  of  the  Cynosure.  The  follow- 
ing is  only  a  partial  list.  Arrangements  are  being  made 
for  the  enlargement  of  the  circle  until  it  shall  include 
every  section  of  our  country: 

John  G.  Fee. 

Rev.  A.  M.  Milligan,  D.  D. 

Rev.  P.  A.  Seguin,  French  Protestant  Mission,  N  Y. 

Pres.  S.  B.  Allen,  Westfield  College. 

Pres.  C.  B.  Kephart,  Avalon  College. 

Rev.  Warren  Taylor,  Presbyterian,  Ohio. 

Prof.  L.  N.  Stratton,  President  Wheaton  Theological 
Seminary. 

Prof.  W.  0.  Tobey,    editor  United   Brethren  in  Christ. 

Prof.  J.  R.  W.  Sloane,  D.  D.,  of  Refonned  Presbyterian 
Theological  Seminary. 

Rev.  Wm  Johnston,  United  Presbyterian  church,  Iowa. 

Revs.  H.  H.  Hinman  and  P.  S.  Feemster,  N.  C.  A. 
agents  in  the  South. 

Rev.  J.  C.  K.  Milligan,  editor  of  Our  Banner. 

Thos.  E.  Kennedy,  San  Jose,  California. 

8.  M.  Good,  who  has  taken  some  fifty  degrees  in  vari- 
ous Masonic  rites. 

Rev.  X.  A.  Welton,  Episcopal. 

Mrs.  E.  D.  Bailey,  Worcester. 

John  Tanner,  Jr.,  Kingston,  Tenn. 

Alexander  Thomson. 

John  D.  Nutting,    Oberlin   Theological   Seminary. 

Rev.  Woodruff  Post,   Methodist  Episcopal,    NewYork. 

Rev  Henry  T.  Cheever,  Worcester. 

Rev.  David  McFall,  Chambers  Street  R.  P.  church, 
Boston. 

Rev.  A.  J.  Chittenden,  Congregational,  111. 

Rev.  B.  F.  WoiTell,  do.,  Olathe^  Kans. 

Prof.  O.  F.  Lumry,  Wheaton  College. 

Rev.  M  A.  Gault,  Ref.  Pi-es.,  Iowa. 

Rev.  Issac  Bancroft,  Mom-oe,  Wis. 

Mrs.  J.  F.  Hardie,  of  Minnesota. 

Mrs.  S.  C.  Kennedy,  of   California. 

Rev.  C.  D.  Trumbull,    Ref.  Pres.,  Iowa. 

Elder  J.  L.  Barlow,  Baptist,  Conn. 

Elder  A.  L.  Post,  do.,  Penusvlvania. 

Rev.  C.  C.  Foote. 

Gen.  J.  W.  Phelps,  American  candidate  in  1880. 

Rev.  P.  B.  Chamberlain,  Congregational,  Washington 
Territory. 

Elder  Nathan  Callender,  Pennsylvania. 

George  \V.  Clark,  the  "Liberty  Singer." 

Miss  E.  E.  Flagg,  Massachusetts. 

Rev.  W.  W.  Ames,  Wisconsin. 

Prof.  S.  C.  Kimball,  editor  Christian    Witness. 

FROM  FOREIGN  L.\NDS. 

Rev.  John  Boyes,  Louth,  England. 

Rev.  Wm.  Hazenberg,  Cape  Town,   South  Africa. 

Rev.  A.  D.  Zaraphonithes,  SjTa,  Greece. 

Rev  G.  H.  Filian,  of  Armenia  [now  in  this  country.] 

Henry  M.  Bissell,  missionary  in  Mexico. 


14 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE. 


jANtJABT  25,    1883 


Bible  Lessons. 


LESSON  v.,  Feb.  4,  1883.— The  Prince  of  Life.— 
Acts  3: 12-21. 

Golden  Text. — In  him  was  life;  and  the  life  was  the 
light  of  men. — 1  John  1:  4. 

[5@^  Take  youi-  Bible  and  .study  the  Lesson  before 
reading  the  Notes.] 

notes. 

Wlien  Peter  saw  it,  i.  e.,  the  crowds  nishing  into  Solo- 
mon's porch,  and  their  wonder,  as  may  be  inferred  from 
his  opening  words.  Now  was  Peter's  opportunity;  and  he 
improved  it  with  promptitude  and  skill.  The  Master,  in 
calling  him,  had  promised  to  make  him  a  lisher  of  men; 
and  here  the  tact  and  energy  of  the  fisher  appear. — Ar- 
not. 

Ye  men  of  Isreal,  why  marvel  ye  at  this?  Why  are  you 
at  a  lo.S8,  astonished,  as  if  something  unaccountable  had 
happened?  A  miracle  had  often  occurred  among  them; 
God  had  already,  through  the  apostles,  exhibited  signs  and 
wonders,  especially  on  the  day  of  Pentecost. —  Peirce. 

The  God  of  Abraham,  etc.  Thus  Peter  shows  them  that 
this  was  no  new  religion,  no  new  power,  but  their  own 
proudly  acknowledged  God  who  had  done  this,  as  he  had 
done  wonders  for  them  before. — Peloubet.  No  words 
could  have  riveted  the  attention  of  the  people  like  these. 
"  Tr«  have  not  done  this  great  thing  which  so  astonishes 
you,  but  the  Eternal  of  hosts,  the  Glory  and  Hope  of  Ls- 
rael,  the  covenant  God,  in  wliose  royal  house  we  all  are 
standing — he  has  done  it. — Schaff. 

Pilate ....  determined  to  let  him  go.  Not,  was  deter- 
mined, which  indicates  only  mental  purpose,  but  had  ad- 
judged him  innocent,  and  then  retracted  his  decision  and 
permitted  the  crucifixion,  only  in  obedience  to  the  clamor 
of  the  mob  and  the  threats  of  the  priests  (Luke  23:  14,  16; 
John  19:  4;  Matt.  27:24;  Mark  l^:\n).—AUott. 

Denied  the  Holy  One. .  .  . desired  a  murderer.  The  pic- 
ture St.  Peter  paints  to  the  Jews  of  their  guilt  is  exceed- 
ingly vivid.  He  piles  up  the  terrible  contrasts.  This 
Jesus  God  hath  glorified;  but  ye,  denying  that  he  was 
Messiah,  have  delivered  him  up  to  shame  and  death.  Pi- 
late, the  mocking,  careless  Roman,  could  not  find  in  his 
heart  to  condemn  him:  but  you  urged  him  on,  clamoring 
for  his  blood.  You  were  offered  (ver.  14)  the  choice  be- 
tween a  murderer  and  the  Holy  and  Righteous  One,  and 
you  choose  the  murderer.  The  Prince  of  Life,  whom  God 
raised  from  the  dead,  vou  in  your  shortsightedness  deprived 
of  me.— Schaff. 

The  Prince  of  Life.  The  Author  of  Life,  i.  e.,  of  life 
in  the  fullest  sense  in  which  the  Scrijjtures  ascribe  that 
property  to  the  Saviour,  viz.,  spiritual  or  Christian  life — 
eternal  life  (comp.  John  1:  4;  Heb.  2:  10),  and  also  natu- 
ral or  physical  life  (comp.  John  .5:  26;  11:  25). — Hackett. 
Its  primary  meaning  is  one  who  is  the  originator  of  that 
to  which  the  title  is  attached.  The  "Prince  of  Life,"  is 
accordingly  he  who  is  the  source  from  which  life  and  sal- 
vation flow. — Plumptre.  Christ  is  the  Author  (Prince) 
of  life,  because  he  preached  eternal  life  to  the  world,  pro- 
])0sed  it  to  believers,  purchased  it  for  them  by  his  precious 
blood,  and  shall  at  length  bestow  it  upon  them. —  Qloag. 

Yea,  the  faith  which  is  by  him,  Iiath  given  him  this  per- 
fect soundness.  The  faith  which  Peter  possessed,  and  by 
means  of  which  he  had  healed  the  lame  man,  is  re])resent- 
ed  as  the  work  of  Christ  (i.  e.,  faith  in  Christ  is  the  gift 
of  Christ);  in  other  words,  the  expression  "which  is  by 
him"  may  be  explained  thus:  Faith  in  Jesus  of  Nazareth 
as  Messiah  came  to  Peter,  partly  owing  to  his  having  wit- 
nessed the  life  and  work,  and  especially  the  resun-ection 
of  Christ — partly  through  the  revelations  of  the  Spirit 
sent  by  Christ  from  the  Father  at  Pentecost. — Schaff'. 

I  wot  (know)  that  throughignoranoe  ye  did  it.  The  lan- 
guage of  Peter  concedes  to  them  such  a  palliation  of  the 
deed  as  (consisted,  at  the  time  of  their  committing  it,  in 
absence  of  a  distinct  conviction  that  he  whom  they  cruci- 
fied was  the  Lord  of  Life  and  Glory  (Luke  23:  34;  1  Cor. 
g:8);  but  it  does  not  exonerate  them  from  the  guilt  of 
having  resisted  the  evidence  ttiat  this  was  his  character, 
which  had  been  furnished  by  his  miracles,  life,  doctrine 
and  resurrection. — Hackett.  Sins  of  ignorance  may  be 
forgiven  more  easily  than  wilful  sins,  because  they  do  not 
show  so  hard  a  state  of  the  heart. — Peloubet. 

Shotdd  suffer.  The  doctrine  of  a  suffering  Messiah  was 
totally  at  variances  with  the  current  views  of  the  Jewish 
church,  and  hard  to  digest  even  by  the  Twelve,  up  to  the 
day  of  their  Lord's  resurrection.  Our  preacher  himself 
revolted  at  it,  and  protested  against  it,  when  first  nakedly 
announced,  for  which  he  received  a  terrible  rebuke.  Here 
he  affirms  it  to  be  the  fundamental  truth  of  ancient  proph- 
ecy realized  unwittingly  by  the  Jews  themselves,  yet  by  a 
glorious  divine  ordination.  How  great  a  change  had  the 
Pentecostal  illumination  wrought  upon  his  views  I — J.  F. 
and  B. 

That  your  sins  may  be  blotted  out.  (The  first  effect  of 
repentance.)  Instead  of  remission  we  have  here  the 
stronger  figure  of  obliteration.  The  Greek  verb  is  ap- 
plied by  Xenophon  to  the  erasure  of  a  name  from  -a  cata- 
logue or  roll.  It  may  here  denote  the  cancelling  of  the 
charges  against  any  one,  and  this  amounts  to  the  same 
thing  as  remission  (2:  38). — Alexander.  This  figurative 
expression  was  much  more  forcible  with  the  ancient  mode 
of  obliteration.  Tlie  ancients  wrote  on  tablets  with  wax, 
and  when  they  wished  to  blot  out  what  they  had  written, 
they  used  the  flat  end  of  the  iron  pen,  and  thus  obliter- 
ated every  trace  of  it.  So  tlie  repenting  sinner  who 
turns  to  this  risen  Savior  has  the  promise  of  nn  utter  ex- 
punging of  Ills  sins — rubbing  out  every  trace  of  tlieiri  — 
from  God's  book  of  account. — Jacobus. 

Until  the  times  of  restitution.  Better,  RKSTt)R.\TiON  of 
all  things,  i.  e.,  at  Christ's  second  coming.  But  this 
phrase,  "  the  restoration  of  all  things,"  is  used  in  two 
senses  in  the  New  Testament.  First  it  is  said  (Matt.  17: 
11;  Mark  9:  12)  that  Elias  must  "first  come  and  restore 


all  things."  There  it  signifies  the  beginning  of  Christ's 
kingdom.  As  Christ's  death  was  for  all  men's  redemption, 
the  restoration  of  all  things  may  be  said  to  have  begun 
then.  In  the  present  verse  the  words  have  reference  to 
the  time  when  the  course  of  that  restoration  shall  be  com- 
pleted.—  Cambridge  Bible.  The  full  signification  of  the 
word  is  renewal  or  restoration  of  primeval  purity,  order, 
happiness;  setting  right  the  present  wild  disorder  and 
confusion;  good  will  then  triumph  over  evil,  truth  over 
falsehood. — Schaff". 

God  hath  spoken  by  all  his  holy  prophets.  All  is  omitted 
in  the  best  manuscripts.  (See  Deut.  18:  15,  18,  19;  Joel 
3:  17,  18;  Ezek.  34:  23-27;  Isa.  60:  13;  62:  4;  65:  17-19.) 
This  glorious  restoration  to  holiness  and  happiness  is  the 
theme  of  all  prophecy  in  every  age  in  the  Old  Testament. 
It  was  the  expectation  of  this  "restitution,"  so  deeply 
rooted  in  the  hearts  of  all  Jews,  which  was  the  principal 
cause  of  their  summary  rejection  of  a  suffering  Messiah. 
They  read  their  glorious  sacred  books  in  the  strong,  false 
light  of  their  own  jealous  hopes  and  burning  desires;  and 
so  they  passed  over  the  plain  intimations  of  some  of  their 
noblest  prophecies,  which  told  them  how  the  glory  they 
longed  after  could  only  be  reached  through  a  long,  weary 
training  of  pain  and  sorrow,  and  the  triumph  of  Messiah 
only  through  his  suffering  and  death. — Schaff'. 


THURLOW  WEED'S  RECOLLECTIONS. 


EXTRACTS    FROM    HIS   I,ETTKRS. 


My  first  employment  was  in  attendance  upon  an  ashery. 
Tlie  process  of  extracting  lye  from  ashes  and  of  boiling 
the  Ij'c  into  black  salts  was  common-place  enough;  but 
when  the  melting  down  into  potash  came  all  was  excite- 
mnt  and  bustle.  This  labor  was  succeeded,  when  the 
spring  had  advanced  far  enough,  by  the  duties  of  the 
"sap-J)ush."  This  is  the  season  to  which  the  farmers'  sons 
and  daughters  look  forward  with  agreeable  anticipations. 
In  that  employment  toil  is  more  than  liberally  sweetened. 
The  occupation  and  its  associations  are  healthful  and  ben- 
eficial. When  your  troughs  are  dug  out  (of  basswood, 
for  there  were  no  buckets  in  those  days),  your  trees 
tapjaed,  your  sap  gathered,  your  wood  cut  and  your  fires 
fed,  there  is  leisure  either  for  reading  or  "sparking."  And 
what  youthful  denizens  of  the  sap-bush  will  ever  forget 
the  ".sugaring  off"  their  share,  or  the  transparent  and  de- 
licious streaks  of  candy  congealed  and  cooled  in  snow? 

Many  a  farmer's  son  has  found  his  best  opportunity  for 
mental  improvement  in  his  intervals  of  leisure  while  tend- 
ing "sap-bush."  Such,  at  any  rate,  was  my  own  experi- 
ence. At  night  you  had  only  to  feed  the  kettles  and  keep 
up  your  fires — the  sap  having  been  gathered  and  the  wood 
cut  "before  dark."  During  the  day  we  would  also  lay  in 
a  good  stock  of  "fat  pine,"  by  the  light  of  which,  blazing 
brightly  in  front  of  the  sugar-house,  in  the  posture  the 
serpent  was  condemned  to  assume  as  a  penalty  for  tempt- 
ing our  great  first  grandmother,  I  have  passed  many  and 
many  a  delightful  night  in  reading.  I  remember  in  this 
way  to  have  read  a  historj'^  of  the  French  Revolution, 
and  to  have  obtained  from  it  a  better  and  more  enduring 
knowledge  of  its  events  and  horrors,  and  of  the  actors  of 
that  great  national  tragedy  than  I  have  received  from  all 
subsequent  readings.  I  remember,  also,  how  happy  I  was 
in  being  able  to  borrow  the  book  of  a  Mr.  Keyes,  after  a 
two-mile  tramp  through  the  snow,  shoeless,  my  feet  swad- 
dled in  remnants  of  a  rag  carpet. 

In  the  autumn  following  our  removal  to  Cincinnati  I 
had  "worked  out"  and  earned  leather  (sole  and  upper) 
enough  for  a  pair  of  shoes,  which  were  to  be  made  bj'  a 
son  of  Crispin. (Deacon  Badger,  if  I  remember  rightly), 
who  lived  on  the  river  a  mile  and  a  half  away.  The  Dea- 
con, I  doubt  not,  has  gone  to  his  rest,  and  I  forgive  him 
the  fibs  he  told,  and  the  dozen  journeys  I  made  bare- 
footed over  the  frozen  and  "hubby"  road  in  December  be- 
fore the  shoes  were  done. 

My  mind  retains  most  vividly  incidents  rather  than  in- 
dividuals. In  those  days,  hard  as  it  may  seem  now,  poor 
men,  however  honest,  lived  in  dread  of  imprisonment. 
My  father  was  one  of  a  class  whom  ill-fortune  tracked 
through  life.  He  worked  hard,  but  never  prospered.  His 
horse  was  always  sick,  or  lame,  or  was  backing  off  the 
dock.  The  debtor's  prison,  therefore,  was  ever  staring  us 
in  the  face.  But  there  was  this  blesserl  mitigation  of  the 
horrors  of  the  debtor's  prison:  there  were  goal  liberties 
connected  with  the  prison,  of  which  a  debtor,  with  a  rep- 
utation for  honesty,  and  a  wealthy  friend  who  would  sign 
his  bond,  to  remain  upon  .the  "limits,"  might  avail  him- 
self. The  limits,  accurately  defined,  extended  to  business 
parts  of  the  village,  so  that  a  poor  man  stood  some  chance 
of  kee])ing  the  wolf  from  devouring  his  wife  and  children. 
This,  however,  was  not  the  full  measure  of  the  law's  hu- 
manity. On  Sundays  the  debtor  was  free,  and  on  these 
days  1  used  to  roam  with  my  enfranchised  father  down  to 
the  "Point,"  over  to  the  Shad  Fishery,  or  up  to  Jefferson, 
with  a  deep  sense  of  gratitude  that  he  was  permitted  one 
day  in  the  week  to  walk  God's   earth  and  breathe  his  at- 


mosphere unrestrained.  Creditors  were  on  the  watch 
always  for  truant  debtors,  who'  sometimes  failed  to  return 
to  the  limits  before  12  o'clock  on  Sunday  night. 

In  Everard  Peck  of  Rochester,  for  whom  I  worked 
after  a  wife  and  children  were  upon  my  hands  (that  wife, 
God  bless  her,  always  doing  more  than  her  share  for  ihe 
support  of  all),  and  to  whose  office  I  seemed  to  have 
been  providentially  attracted,  I  found  that  friend  who 
"sticketh  closer  than  a  brother." 

I  rejoice  that  the  memory  of  Franklin  is  cherished  by 
l^rinters.  No  page  of  history  is  adorned  by  a  brighter 
name.  His  precepts  and  examplet — both  eminently  wise 
and  good — have  exerted  a  salutary  and  living  influence 
over  the  civilized  world.  But  to  printers,  especially,  have 
his  teachings  been  profitable.  Stimulated  by  his  virtues, 
and  emulous  of  his  fame,  printers  have  since  risen  to  high 
and  enviable  stations. 

There  is  no  man,  I  venture  to  say,  who  has  the  slight- 
est intellectual  relation  to  our  craft,  who  has  not  been 
rendered  wiser,  better  and  hajjpier  bj^  reading  the  life  of 
Benjamin  Franklin.  And  many  a  printer's  devil,  who, 
but  for  his  familiarity  with  the  history  of  Franklin, 
would  have  groveled  through  life,  has  risen  to  eminence. 
Every  State  in  the  L^^nion  has  furnished  gratifying  illustra- 
trations  of  this  fact. 

Progress  and  mechanism  have  divested  our  ai't  of  much 
of  its  interest.  I  have  never  b%en  able  to  look  with  com- 
placency upon  these  innovations;  and  if  our  great  exem- 
plar, Franklin,  could  visit  earth,  his  spirit  would  gTieve  at 
the  vandalism  which  has  robbed  "press  work"  of  all  its 
intellectuality.  Benjamin  Franklin,  though  a  good  "com- 
positor." was  a  good  "pressman"  also,  and  worked  as  such, 
from  choice,  while  a  journeyman. 

But  now  only  one  branch  of  our  trade  is  taught  to  ap- 
prentices. A  printer  is  now  no  longer  connected  with  the 
"))ress-room."  The  printer  of  the  present  day  is  a  stran- 
ger to  its  healthful  toil,  its  rich  humor,  its  merry  laugh, 
its  habitual  jests,  and,  I  am  constrained  to  remember,  its 
too  frequent  revelries.  The  customs  of  the  press-room, 
along  with  its  labors,  are  all  obsolete.  Who,  of  the  pres- 
ent generation  of  printers,  knows  anything  of  the  mystic 
and  magic  ])ower  of  signature  "O?"  And  how  can  a  boy 
make  a  good  printer  whose  initiatory  steps  were  not  taken 
in  treading  a  pelt?  Who  has  forgotten  the  weariness  of 
of  that  treadmill?  I  remember  with  gratitude  the  inno- 
vation which  gave  us  dressed  deer  skins  instead  of  green 
pelts  for  balls. 

Hailroads,  steamboats,  canal  boats,  etc.,  have  had  their 
share,  too,  in  plucking  flowers  from  our  path.  The  jour- 
neyman printer,  like  the  hatter  and  shoemaker,  used  to  go 
on  his  "tramps."     These  were    delightful   peregrinations. 

I  have  traveled  cm  foot  from  Onondaga  to  Auburn,  from 
Auburn  to  Utica,  from  Utica  to  Herkimer,  thence  to 
Cooperstown,  thence  to  Albany,  thence  again  to  Utica, 
etc.,  working  a  few  months  or  weeks,  as  chanced,  in  each 
place. 

Time  has  wrought  great  changes,  and  nowhere  else  with 
such  a  legible  hand  as  in  your  city  (New  York).  I  ob- 
tained a  "situation"  there  in  June,  1815.  It  seems  as  if 
but  a  night  had  intervened,  and  that  all  I  now  see,  in 
waking,  of  grandeur  and  magnificence,  of  a  wilderness  of 
dwellings  and  forests  of  masts,  is  the  work  of  enchant- 
ment. 

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J.  Q.  Adams,  Wm.  H.  Seward,  .lames  Madison,  Daniel  Webster,  Rich- 
ard Rush,  John  Hancock,  Millard  Fillmore,  Chief  Justice  Marshall, 
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NO  NO.PAOES. 

1  Historical  Sketch  of  the  N.C.  A.,  by  Pres.  J.  Blanchard 4 

2  Voice  of  tlie  Empire  State  In  Condemnation  of  Masonry 4 

3  Address  to  American  Pastors  on  the  Secret  Lodge 4 

4  Freemasonry  in  the  Family,  by  J.  P.  Stoddard 4 

5  Pres.  Finney  on  the  Duty  of  Christians  toward  the  Lodge S 

6  Warning  against  Masonry  (For  Colored  People),  Illustrated ? 

1    To  the  Boys  who  Hope  to  be  Men,  Illustrated « 

8  Freemasonry  Modern  Heathenism 4 

9  Ministers  at  Rival  Altars 4 

10    A  Pastor's  Confession • 

II  Knight  Templar  Masonry 4 

12  Alexander  Campbell's  Estimate  of  the  Lodges 4 

13  "The  Secret  Empire,''  by  J.  P.  Stoddard 4 

14  True  and  False  Templarism. ., 4 

15  Secrecy  and  Sin,  from  the  "Christian" 47  CornhlU,  Boston......    4 

16  Selling  Dead  Horses,  by  "Bostonian" 4 

17  History  of  Masonry,  by  Pres.  J.  Blanchard 4 

18  Despotic  Character  of  Freemasonry 4 

19  Freemasonry  a  Christ-excluding  Religion 6 

20  Masonic  Murder,  by  Eider  T.  R.  Baird 2 

■21     Grand,  Groat  Grand,  by  Phllo  Carpenter 2 

22  Masonic  Oaths  and  Penalties  sworn  to  by  the  Grand  Lodgeof  K.I. .  4 
■23    Letters  of  J.  Q.  Adams  and  J    Madison  on  Freemasonry     4 

24  Satan's  Cable  Tow 4 

25  Character  and  symbols  of  Freemasonry.  Illustrated 2 

26  Address  of  the  Niagara  Association  on  the  Murder  of  Morgan..      4 

27  Judge  Whitney  and  Masonry — Masonry  Defends  a  Murderer 8 

28  Nathaniel  Colver  and  Howard  Crosby  on  Secret  Societies 2 

■29    Grand  Lodge  Masonry,  by  Pres.  J.  Blanchard 16 

10  Masonic  Oaths  Null  and  Void,  by  Rev.  I.  A.  Hart 4 

31     Hon.  Seth  M.  Gates  on  Freemasonry ^ 

J'2    Origin,  Obligation  and  Expenses  of  the  Grange ...    4 

53    Hon.  Wm    H.  Seward  on  Secret  Societies 8 

34  What  Great  Men  Say  about  Freemasonry 2 

35  Obj?ctions  to  Masonry,  by  a  Seceding  Mason 4 

'36    Masouic  Chastity,  by  Emma  A.  Wallace ..-     4 

37  Reasoui>  ~"Hy  a  Christian  should  not  be  a  Freemason  (German)  4 
:J8    Masonic  C, ^8  and  Penalties,  by  Rev.  A.  M.  Milligan     4 

39  Should  Freemasons  be  admitted  to  Christian  Fellowship? 4 

40  The  Object  of  the  American  (Anti-masonic)  Party D 

11  Freemasonry  a  Religion  (shown  by  Its  own  authors). 8 

12  Duty  and  Ability  to  Know  the  Character  of  Masonry ....        4 

43  Affidavit  that  Masonry  Is  revealed,  by  J.  O.  Doesburg  and  others  4 
14    D.  L.  Moody  on  Secret  Societies 4 

45  Ought  a  Seceding  Mason  to  Keep  his  Lodge  Oath  ?  ...   4 

46  Noa.  17, 18  and  19  combined,  by  Prof.  Cervln  (Swedish) 16 

i7    [rlab  Murdersand  SecretSooietieSio...- -•%■. 4 


January  25,  1883 


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16 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE. 


Januabt  25,  1883 


NEWS  OF  THE  WEEK. 


—  The  National  Board  of  Trade,  at  its 
closing  session  in  Wasliington,  adopted  a 
resolution  in  favor  of  tlie  abolition  of  all 
internal  revenue  taxes  except  those  on 
tobacco  and  spirituous  and  fermented 
liquors. 

— Rev.  Arthur  Little,  of  Chicago,  was 
summoned  from  his  pulpit  Sabbath  morn- 
ing on  account  of  the  critical  condition 
of  his  wife,  who  was  dead  when  he 
reached  her  bedside. 

— The  Chicago  Nail  works  and  a  Smelt- 
ing establishment,  both  among  the  largest 
of  their  kind,  were  burned  here  last  week. 

— The  Quincy  House,  one  of  the  largest 
hotels  in  Quincy,  111.,  was  almost  entirely 
destroyed  by  Are  Thursday  morning.  Al- 
though there  were  nearly  a  hundred  peo- 
ple in  the  building  when  the  tire  was  dis- 
covered, there  was  no  loss  of  life,  owing 
to  the  promptness  of  the  clerki^  and  em- 
ployes. 

— A  calcium  light,  in  which  hydrogen 
and  oxygen  gases  had  been  improperly 
mixed,  exploded  on  the  stage  of  the  Grand 
opera  house,  Milwaukee,  Thursday  eve- 
ning, mortally  wounding  two  men,  and 
seriously  injuring  others. 

— Another  important  measure  has  been 
introduced  in  the  Illinois  legislature, 
which  requires  all  keepe'rs  or  persons  con- 
trolling hotels,  seminaries,  colleges,  or 
other  places  where  persons  are  lodged, 
to  provide  and  keep  in  repair  suitable 
lire-escapes. 

— Throughout  the  entire  western  jjart 
of  the  State  of  Kansas  a  storm  of  snow, 
sleet,  and  hail,  the  fiercest  ever  known, 
prevailed  last  week.  The  gi'ouhd  was 
thickly  covered  with  snow,  and  the  cold 
was  intense.  Cattle  and  sheep  suffered 
teiTibly,  and  it  is  thought  the  losses  in 
that  region  will  be  greater  than  at  any 
time  since  the  sentlement  of  the  couj|try. 
The  storm  came  from  the  west,  and  in- 
creased in  violence  as  it  neared  Topeka, 
covering  the  railroad  tracks  to  such  a 
depth  that  men  will  have  to  work  for 
days  before  travel  can  be  resumed.  In 
Nebraska  there  was  a  fall  of  dry  snow, 
which  was  accompanied  by  high  winds. 
The  railroad  tracks  were  covered  to  a 
great  depth,  and  trains  in  the  central  and 
northern  portions  were  delayed  for  several 
hours,  while  many  were  entirely  block- 
aded. The  storm  reached  Chicago  on 
Saturday  night,  the  thermometer  falling 
to  33  degrees  in  the  vicinity  of  the   city 

— The  boilers  of  the  steamer  Josephine 
exploded  Wednesday  in  Port  Susan  bay, 
Oregon,  while  the  passengers  were  at  din- 
ner.    Eight  persons  were  killed. 

— The  heaviest  rainfall  for  many  years 
occurred  Thursday  night  in  New  Orleans. 
All  the  streets  were  flooded.  Canal  street 
was  a  river,  and  no  land  was  visible  in 
the  Fourth  and  Third  Districts.  The  city 
squares  were  lakes,  and  the  streets  per- 
pendicular with  the  river  ran  a  volume  of 
water  one  to  three  feet  deep,  at  a  velocity 
of  ten  miles  an  hour.  Many  passed  the 
night  in  the  horse  cars,  being  unable  to 
get  from  them  to  their  homes. 

— The  loss  of  life  by  an  accident  in 
Southern  California  on  the  Southern  Pa- 
cific road  is  stated  at  twenty-one,  eleven 
of  the  corpses  being  beyond  recognition. 
Among  the  lost  is  Colonel  Larrabee,  for- 
merly a  member  of  congress  from  Wis- 
consin. 

— Fifty  Chinamen  were  killed  Sunday 
by  the  explosion  a  giant-powder  estab- 
lishment four  miles  north  of  Oakland, 
California. 

— A  stock-raiser  in  Wyoming  named 
Swann  leased  a  number  of  alternate  sec- 
tions and  then  fenced  in  an  enormous 
area  of  school  lands  lying  between.  The 
secretary  of  the  interior  has  called  the  at- 
tention of  congress  to  the  outrage,  and 
directed  the  proper  legal  officers  to  prose- 
cute Swann. 

FOREIGN. 

— The  steamship  Cimbria,  from  Ham- 
burg, was  run  down  by  the  Sultan  off  the 
island  of  Borkum,  on  Saturday,  in  a  fog. 
She  had  33  cabin  pa.ssengers,  363  steerage 
passengers,  and  a  crew  of  93.  One  small 
))oat  lauded  at  Cuxhaven  with  39  j^ersons, 
and  17  others  reached  Weser  light-nouse. 
Six  steamers  are  out  in  search  of  the 
missing  boats.  It  is  feared  that  hundreds 
are  lost,  chiefly  emigrants  from  Eastern 
Prussia. 

— A  terrible  explosion  occurred  Friday 
in  a  powder  factory  in  the  suburbs  of 
Amsterdam,  and  forty  lives  were  sacri. 
ficed. 


— The  death  is  announced  of  Pi-ince 
Frederick  Charles  Alexander,  a  brother  of 
the  emperor  of  Germany,  at  the  age  of  83. 
The  silver  wedding  festivities  of  the 
crown  ])ritice  have  in  conseciuenee  ))een 
abandoned. 

— Advices  from  Geneva,  Switzerland, 
report  a  gi-eat  land-slide  in  the  valley  of 
the  Fouery,  but  fortunately  without  loss 
of  life.  An  immense  section  of  a  moun- 
tain became  loosened,  and  began  to  move 
slowly  downward  on  the  village  of  Mara. 
When  the  movement  was  observed  an 
alarm  was  raised,  and  the  pojjulation  fled 
in  haste.  Their  departure  was  none  too 
sson,  for  the  great  mass  of  earth  and 
rocks  kept  on  its  way,  demolishing  the 
entire  village. 

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GRAIN— Wheat— No.  2 $1  03 

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Corn— No.  2 67    @69 

Rejected 49 

Oats— No.  2 38 

Rye— No.  2 66 

Bran  per  ton 12  00 

Flour— Winter 4  50  6  75 

Spring 300  700 

Hay— Timothy 10  00  13  00 

Prairie 550  750 

Lard  per  cwt 10  65 

Mess  pork  per  bbl 18  77 

Butter,  medium  to  best 17  37 

Cheese... 05  14 

Beans 3  35  [3  90 

Eggs 27 

Potatoes  per  bu 55  75 

Seeds— Timothy 1  75  1  97 

Clover 4  40  7  75 

Flax.- 1  38  IS 

Broomcorn 02X  07 

Hides— Green  to  dry  flint 083^  15 

Lumber— Clear 43  00  52  00 

Common 15  00  22  00 

Shingles 3  20 

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Unwashed 14  29 

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Common 3  00  4  65 

Hogs 4  50  6  70 

Sheep 3  a5  5  75 

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Winter 1  «?  1  16 

Corn 61  74 

Oats 46  53 

Mess  Pork 18  85 

Lard 11  00 

Es:e:s 38 


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Vol.  XV.,  No.    19. 


CHICAGO,  THURSDAY,  FEBRUARY  1,  1883. 


Whole  No.  666. 


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CONTENTS. 


Editorial  : 

Current  Notes 

The  Hour  of  Peril 

"Freemasonry  Illustrated" 
Washington  and  Masonry 
^,^The  Labor  Problem  : 

'^       The  Rights  of  Labor 

Capital  and  Labor 

The  Secret  Labor  Lodges 
Strikes — Their  Cause   and 

Cure 

Contributions  : 
A  Temperance  Crusade  of 

Long  Ago 

Masonry  No  Religion 

Our  Task  (Poetry) 

Organization  Under  Cover 
Reform  Story : 
Chapters      XXXVI      and 

XXXVII 

Literary  Notes 


New  England : 

Council  of  Churches ;  Pro- 
tection of  Criminals....     .5 
Reform  News  : 

Southeastern  Penn. ;  Work 

in  New  Hampshire 9 

Correspondence : 

The  Great  World  Relig- 
ions; Points  from  Let- 
ters     6 

Assorted 7 

Obituary 12 

Notes  from  the  Press 14 

The  Home 10 

Temperance 11 

Bible  Lessons 14 

News  of  Week 16 

N.  C.  A 7 

Leetrnv-  List 7 

Churches  vs.  Lodge 7 

Business 16 


CURRENT  NOTES. 


Joseph  Cook  is  as  popular  as  e\ex  upon  the  Bos- 
ton lecture  platform.  His  two  years'  absence  has  by 
no  means  eradicated  the  effect  o1"  his  former  dis- 
courses from  the  minds  of  liis  hearers,  who  again 
crowd  Tremont  Temple  every  Monday  morning.  In 
his  first  lecture  he  grappled  with  the  theological  prob- 
lem which  is  uppermost  in  New  England  cluu'ches — 
the  after-death  condition  of  wicked  spirits.  Quoting 
Dr.  Gulliver,  that  "The  Bible  contains  on  any  fair  in- 
terpretation not  a  suggestion  nor  a  word  extending 
the  offer  of  salvation  bcA'ond  this  world,"  he  says, 
"I  would  not  treat  the  new  departure  harshly;  but  I 
would  not  treat  it.  cordially.  ...  I  think,  indeed, 
that  with  the  possible  exception  of  a  single  professor, 
the  history  of  the  new  departure  in  Andover  Theo- 
logical Seminary,  as  it  now  stands,  might  be  written 
as  the  history  of  the  serpents  in  Ireland  was,  in  the 
famous  chapter,  consisting  of  a  single  sentence: 
There  are  no  serpents  in  Ireland.  There  is  no  new 
departure.  Almighty  God  is  undoubtedly  here;  and 
I  would  have  this  discussion  conducted  as  if  on  onr 
knees  and  vnthout  applause.  I  am  a  student  of  the 
relations  of  the  natural  laws  to  religious  truth,  and  I 
profess  to  j'ou  before  God  that  I  find  the  natural  laws 
as  stern  on  the  topic  of  punishment  after  death  as 
the  Scriptures."  These  words,  following  an  exhaust- 
ive arraj'  of  Scripture  proof,  will  have  great  effect  in 
checking  the  influence  of  these  lax  theories  upon  the 
churches  already  weakened  by  the  infiltrations  of 
worldliness. 


In  Jjis  first  lecture,  on  "Advanced  Thought  in  Eng- 
land and  Scotland,"  Mr.  Cook  said  that  he  was  pro- 
foundly convinced,  after  conversing  with  the  leaders 
in  philosophical  discussion,  that  "really  advanced 
thinking  in  England  is  fundamentally  anti-material- 
istic, anti-agnostic,  and  so,  really  anti-Spencerian." 
One  writer  says,  "What  we  need  most  is  somebody 
to  upset  natural  law,"  by  which  he  meant,  saj^s  Mr. 
Cook,  "some  one  to  show  that  natm-al  law  without 
God's  wiU  behind  it  is  nothing  more  in  itself  than  a 
glove  without  a  hand."  The  reaction  from  the  ma- 
terialistic theories  of  Huxley,  Tyndal,  Darv\in  and 
Spencer,  is  already  begun,  and  their  power  is  shrink- 
ing into  the  mummj'  state  where  history  will  leave  it. 


A  contested  election  is  before  the  Illinois  legisla 
latuxe.  Judge  Bradwell,  a  thuty-two  degree  Mason  of 
this  city,  was  at  first  counted  out   and  McNally,   his 


competitor,  given  the  certificate  of  election.  A  re- 
count changed  the  vote  in  his  favor,  but  McNally  tes- 
tifies under  oath  before  the  committee  on  elections 
that  he  ne^'er  received  notice  of  the  contest;  but  he 
is  contradicted  bj'  several  affidavits  affirming  that  the 
document  was  put  into  his  hands.  The  mail  carrier 
recognizes  him  as  having  received  it  and  signing  a 
registered  receipt,  and  the  signature  confirms  the  tes- 
timony. So  that  the  gentleman  is  in  danger  of  being 
expelled  for  perjurv,  even  if  he  succeeds  in  the  elec- 
tion contest.  But  how  much  worse  is  this  gentleman 
in  respect  to  the  civil  oath  than  Bradwell,  who  has 
sworn  away  his  life  to  the  lodge  some  hundreds  of 
times,  under  horrible  penalties  and  against  all  reason, 
religion  and  right.  What  lietter  is  the  civil  oath  of 
one  than  the  other,  and  what  need  that  the  papers 
should  object  so  much  to  the  perjurer,  when  (if  his 
lodge  oath  is  good  for  anything)  Bradwell  will  com- 
mit the  same  crime  before  God  if  he  swears  into  the 
leo;islature? 


Congress  has  for  a  week  been  absorbed  in  the  tariff 
discussion.  The  recommendations  of  the  Tariff  Com- 
mission which  jaunted  about  the  country  last  summer 
were  too  reformatory  for  the  protectionists  and  were 
overruled  in  the  bill  presented,  but  Senator  Sherman 
has  gained  one  or  two  slight  victories  in  favor  of  the 
Commission's  report.  The  iron  and  manufacturing 
interests  of  the  East  will  doubtless  overbear  the  oppo- 
sition that  comes  feebly  from  the  distant  Western 
prairies,  but  President  Arthur  is  reported  as  openly 
declaring  that  he  will  call  an  extra  session  of  Con- 
gress unless  the  revenue  from  tariff  is  largely  reduced. 
Party  lines  are  nearly  obliterated  in  the  debate,  but 
there  is  little  hope  that  any  new  party  organization 
will  arise  because  of  the  fact.  It  is  worth  noting 
that  a  memorial  has  been  sent  to  Washington  from 
the  Arkwrigiit  club  of  Boston  representing  establish- 
ments in  New  England  producing  cotton,  woolen  and 
sillv  fabrics,  machineiy,  paper  and  drugs,  and  employ- 
ing about  100,000  persons  and  $100,000,000  capital. 
It  asks  for  a  tariff  l)ill  giving  the  lowest  rates  of  duty 
upon  raw  materials  and  articles  used  in  American  in- 
dustries, and  keeping  upon  the  free  list  articles  not 
produced  in  this  country. 

The  death  of  Gambetta  has  accidentally  brought  a 
more  serious  crisis  upon  the  French  government  than 
was  at  first  thought  possible,  and  recalls  much  that 
has  been  said  in  tlie  past  of  the  weakness  of  French 
Republican  ism  to  stand  the  test  of  time.  The  pro- 
clamations of  Prince  Jerome  may  be  no  more  sub- 
stantial than  the  stuff  dreams  are  made  of,  yet  it 
roused  the  Legitimists  to  imagine  that  the  day  when 
for  them  "God's  hour  will  strike"  had  come.  J]ven 
in  the  stories  of  the  legions  mustering  in  La  Vendee, 
there  is  little  to  alarm  if  the  central  government  was 
finii.  But  the  cabinet  difficulties,  which  were  par- 
tially patched  up  last  week,  have  assumed  serious 
proportions.  President  Grevy  has  at  length  accepted 
the  resignations  of  all  the  ministers,  and  is  resolved 
on  a  dissolution  of  the  Chamber  of  Deputies,  with 
whom  he  finds  it  impossible  to  govern  France.  This 
condition  of  affairs  threatens  a  catastrophe  to  the 
political  arrangements  of  the  country  and  the  substi- 
tution of  a  more  powerful  ministry  exceedingly  diflS- 
cult.  Back  of  all  these  manifestations  the  French 
people  lack  that  anchorage  in  religion  which  only  a 
pure  Christianity  offers.  The  undennining  of  the 
priest  on  one  side  and  of  the  infidel  ou  the  other 
has  left  a  narrow  margin  on  which  to  build  the  strong 
walls  of  an  enduring  republicanism. 


The  Milwaukee  hotel  tragedy  is  now  in  the  hands 
of  a  coroner's  jurj-.  Last  Thursday  a  gi'eat  funeral 
was  held  over  the  charred  remains  that  had  been 
found  in  the  smoking  ruins  and  all  classes  of  citi- 
zens, without  respect  of  party  or  sect,  were  gathered 
on  the  solemn  occasion  in  the  Exposition  building. 
Suddenly  a  steam  pipe  burst  and  a  cloud  of  vapor 
poured  into  the  building.  A  cry  of  "Fire"  added  to 
the  panic,  and  the  scene  became  instantly  indescriba- 
ble. The  crowds  within  and  without  the  building 
were  frenzied;  but  by  the  efforts  of  the  speakers  on 
the  platform  quiet  was  secured  after  the  choir  and 
great  organ  began  the  reassuring  strains  of  "Old 
Hundred."     Of  the   cause    of    the    calamity    which 


swept  seventy -five  souls  into  eternity,  the  inquest  is 
bringing  the  e\'idence  to  a  center  about  the  bar-room 
of  the  hotel,  and  fixing  deep  suspicions  of  guilt  upon 
the  keeper  as  the  inhuman  agent  who  started  the  fire. 

Next  moniing  earl}-,  after  the  funeral  panic  in  Mil- 
waukee, the  Female  College  in  the  same  city  was  par- 
tially destroyed  bj'  fire  and  its  sixty  inmates  but  just 
escaped  a  repetition  of  the  Newhall  House  holocaust. 
We  seem  to  be  unusually  beset  this  winter  with  such 
calamities.  A  portion  of  Tabor  College,  in  extreme 
southwestern  Iowa,  was  the  other  day  burned,  and 
the  ruius  of  St.  Mary's  Seminary  at  Knoxville  in  this 
State  are  barely  cool.  These  frequent  warnings  make 
the  least  neglect  on  the  part  of  the  managers  of  such 
institutions  a  crime.  None  too  soon  can  eveiy  build- 
ing used  as  a  dormitory  or  for  public  resort  be  made 
safe  in  its  means  of  escape  from  the  accident  of  fire. 


When  David  Swing  got  himself  out  of  the  Chicago 
Presb3rtery  he  wanted  a  pulpit  and  also  a  newspaper 
organ.  So  the  Alliance  was  started.  Its  managers 
did  not  perhaps  see  what  was  at  the  end  of  the  track 
on  which  they  were  running  their  enterprise,  but 
many  simple-minded.  God-fearing  people  did,  who  re- 
membered the  way  called  "Destruction"  in  Bunyan's 
Pilgrim : 

"Shall  they  who  wrong  begin  yet  rightly  end?" 
The  paper  has  run  a  brilliant,  devious,  and  troubled 
course;  sometimes  through  the  courts,  often  through 
a  sea  of  expedients  for  ali\ing.  George  C.  Miln,  the 
successor  of  the  Unitarian  Robert  CoUyer,  who  was 
compelled  to  leave  that  pulpit  a  year  or  two  since  be- 
cause of  his  infidel  views,  has  been  the  latest  editor, 
and  has  joined  with  that  business  the  study  of  a 
theatrical  actor.  He  has  finalh'  dropped  the  paper 
entirely  for  the  stage,  and  with  his  resignation  the 
sheet  becomes  thoroughly  infidel  in  name,  as  it  lias 
always  been  in  tendency  and  practice. 


It  is  announced  that  the  daughter  of  ex-Secretary 
Blaine  is  to  be  manied  in  a  few  days  to  a  gentleman 
twentj'-five  years  her  senior,  and  a  Romanist  in  relig- 
ion, having  served  in  the  Pope's  army  before  ci)ming 
to  this  countiy.  Miss  Blaine  is  said  to  be  a  devoted  Epis- 
copalian while  her  father  is  a  Congregationalist. 
This  l)it  of  Washington  gossip  is  not  pleasant  reading 
when  we  remember  the  prominence  of  the  Blaine  family 
in  government  circles,  and  the  aspirations  of  its  head 
for  the  Presidency.  If  his  religious  convictions  can- 
not be  maintained  in  his  own  household  he  would  be 
an  ill-chosen  leader  for  the  nation. 


DAILY  WORK. 


In  the  name  of  God  advancing. 

Sow  thy  seed  at  morning  light ; 
Cheerily  the  furrows  turning, 

Labor  on  with  all  thy  might. 
Look  not  to  the  far-ofE  future. 

Do  the  work  which  nearest  lies ; 
Sow  thou  must  before  thou  reapest, 

Rest  at  last  in  labor's  prize. 

Standing  still  is  dangerous  ever. 

Toil  is  meant  for  Christians  now ; 
Let  there  be,  when  evening  cometh, 

Honest  sweat  upon  thy  brow ; 
And  the  Master  shall  come  smiling, 

At  the  setting  of  the  sun, 
Saying,  as  he  pays  thy  wages, 

"Good  and  faithful  one,  well  douel"' 

■ — From  the  Qertnan. 


A   TEMPERANCE  CRUSADE  OF  LONG  A  GO. 


BY  MRS.    E.  M.  BAILEY. 

The  woman's  movement  against  intemperance  in 
its  present  sj-stematized  and  associated  methods  of 
work  is  modern,  but  it  has  had  manv  beginings. 
Many  little  rills  of  influence  and  isolated  effort  have 
helped  to  swell  the  tide  that  is  now  sweeping  -with 
cleansing  power  through  the,  Augean  stables  of  our 
saloon-cursed  land.  But  suffering  and  sorrow  is  old. 
and  hatred  to  one  great  cause  of  it  is  old  too.  and 
woman's  wit  and  woman's  wisdom  has  always  risen 
to  the  occasion  where  the  occasion  demanded  it. 

I  recall  a  little  story  of  my  childhood,  told  bj-  one 


TILE  CHBISTIAN  CYNOSUBE. 


February  1.  1883 


■who  had  heard  it  from  a  child  and  knew  it  to  be  true. 

In  a  sea-coast  town  in  Scotland,  a  hundred  years  ago 
or  more,  lived  a  man  who  had  been  for  years  a  soldier 
in  the  British  army.  On  being  discharged  he  had 
returned  to  his  native  town  where  he  married  a  wife 
and  a  little  family  soon  gathered  about  him.  But 
habits  of  soldier  life  clung  to  him  and  he  not  only 
failed  to  provide  for  his  family,  but  drank  excessive- 
ly, and  when  under  the  influence  of  liquor  was  abus- 
ive to  his  wife  aud  children. 

His  neighbors  remonstrated  time  after  time,  and  he 
always  promised  to  reform.  All  that  moral  persua- 
sion could  do,  was  done,  with  no  eflect.  Finally  some 
of  the  women  could  stand  it  no  longer.  He  must  at 
least  stop  beating  his  wife  or  they  would  interfere  in 
some  more  effectual  way. 

But  his  appetite  for  whiskey  was  stronger  than  his 
sense  of  honor  or  decency  and  his  wife  was  weak, 
and  one  afternoon  he  came  home  unusually  crazed 
with  liquor  and  began  his  usual  treatment.  He  had 
knocked  his  wife  to  the  floor  where  she  lay  helpless 
under  his  blows,  when  the  door  suddenly  opened  and 
half  a  dozen  stout,  strong-armed  women  entered. 
Seizing  the  drunken  fellow  they  marched  with  him  to 
the  shore  where  a  boat  lay  waiting,  into  which  they 
all  betook  themselves  with  their  captive,  who  was 
indeed  unable  to  resist.  They  rowed  out  into  deep 
water  and  then  lifting  him  suddenly  over  the  edge  of 
the  boat  they  plunged  him  in  the  water  and  held  him 
there  while  they  propounded  to  him  some  questions. 

(Said  they):  "Sandy  McNeil,  you  are  perfectly  help- 
less and  in  our  power,  anp  you  must  promise  us  some 
things  or  we'll  drown  you  just  as  sure  as  you're  a 
living  man." 

"I'll  promise,  I'll  promise."  he  gasped,  thoroughly 
sobered  by  his  cold  bath. 

"Do  you  promise  never  to  drink  another  drop  of 
whiskey  or  anything  to  make  you  drunk  as  long  as 
you  live?" 

"Yes,  I  promise,  if  you  will  let  me  go." 

"Do  you  promise  never  to  abuse  your  wife  or 
children  again  and  always  to  treat  them  kindly,  and 
to  go  to  work  and  take  care  of  them  like  a  man?" 

"Yes;  I  will,  I  will,"  he  protested. 

"There,  Sandy,"  they  said,  drawing  him  up,  "we 
will  let  you  go  this  time,  but  remember,  if  ever  you 
break  your  word  and  we  hear  of  your  getting  drunk 
and  abusing  your  family,  the  same  women  who  have 
done  this  can  do  it  again  and  it  wont  go  so  easj'  with 
you  another  time.'' 

The  cold  water  treatment  proved  effectual,  and  with 
the  help  of  these  same  determined  women  who  fol- 
lowed up  their  vigilant  measures  with  timely  aid  and 
advice,  the  man  was  cured  of  his  drunkenness  and 
his  family  made  more  comfortable  and  prosperous. 

Worcester. 


MASONR  Y  NO  RELIGION. 


BY  ELDER  NATHAN  CALLENDER. 

So  says  the  Scottish  Rite  ritual,  page  558 :  Masonry 
is  no  religion,  nor  does  it  assume  to  take  the  place 
of  any  religion,  etc." 

Let  us  suppose,  I  am  the  inventor  of  a  floating 
Somethincj ;  not  a  ship,  nor  anything  that  assumes  the 
place  of  a  ship,  but  is  perfectly  sea-worthy  in  the 
best  sense;  indeed,  the  only  craft  really  Art  for  the 
ocean,  and  best  adapted  for  the  safe  and  universal 
transportation  of  humanity  from  shore  to  shore,  in 
the  world. 

Freemasonry  is  no  religion,  claims  the  place  of  no 
religion;  yet  is  the  most  ancient,  most  honorable, 
"most  moral  institution  that  subsists,"  sure  to  carry 
all  that  embarkj  with  absolutely  no  loss  of  a  single 
soul,  that  obeys  all  its  laws  and  usages.  No  one 
could  possibly  fail  of  "the  Grand  Lodge  above,"  who 
steps  upon  her  holy  and  sacred  plank,  and  stays  on, 
(and  he  cannot  get  off— "Once  a  Mason,  always  a 
Mason").  Yet  Masonry  does  not  even  assume  the 
place  of  any  religion  1  For  rites  strictly  religious, 
Masonry  uses  all  and  everything  that  we  can  think 
of,  not  ommitting  baptism  and  the  eucharist;  and  for 
sanctimoniousness,  it  out  popes  the  Vatican  in  its 
palmiest  days,  and  has  outstripped  Rome  in  profane 
titles,  and  blasphemous  assumptions.  This  we  most 
confidently  assert,  that  if  Masonry  does  not  assume 
to  be  a  religion,  then  Catholocism  does  not,  nor  any 
known  system,  which  assumes  all  the  essential  attri- 
butes, principles  and  offices  of  religion.  That  the 
Masonic  system  is  not  the  religion  we  need,  and  must 
have,  to  land  us  on  the  happy  shore  of  immortal  life 
and  glory,  we  very  well  know.  It  is  just  like  Satan 
to  leave  out  of  every  system  of  which  he  is  the  dis- 
tinguished author,  the  essentials  of  salvation,  the  only 
name  by  which  salvation  can  possibly  come  to  us. 
Satan  never  was  afraid  of  religion.  He  can  out- 
religion  and  out-saint  the  angels,  to  say  nothing  of 
the  godly  in  Christ  Jesus  on  this  earth. 

Masonry  has  all  the  usual  ear-marks  of  its  satanic 


author,  in  every  regard  but  one,  and  in  this  he  out- 
Satans  himself.  This  exception  is  in  denying  that 
Masonry  is  a  religion,  or  assumes  to  take  the  place  of 
any  religion!  Does  Lucifer  assume  to  be  a  fool  that 
he  maj-  more  succssfully  befool  others,  or  does  he 
underrate  the  capacity  and  shrewdness  of  apostate 
humanity,  to  analyze  and  to  detect  his  tricks,  and 
imposture?  How  this  is,  we  may  not  be  able  to  see, 
but  one  thing  is  sure.  Masonic  authorities  calculate 
upon  idiotic  credulity  outside,  as  well  as  inside  the 
order,  if  they  expect  their  statements  to  be  ci-edited. 
Thompson,  Pa. 

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THE  RIGHTS  OF  LABOR. 


BY    H.  H.    HINMAN. 


We  are  a  nation  of  laborers;  a  large  percentage  are 
employes.  No  class  of  persons  contribute  more  to 
the  public  good  and  none  deserve  more  at  the  hands 
of  the  government. 

What  are  the  rights  of  labor  and  how  shall  they  be 
best  protected? 

They  are,  first,  compensation.  Unrequited  toil,  ex- 
cept as  a  punishment  for  crime,  is  no  longer  tolerated. 

2.  It  is  the  right  of  all  laborers  not  onty  to  sail 
their  labor,  but  to  sell  it  in  the  market  that  pays  the 
best.  Free  labor  must  have  a  free  market,  and  any 
restriction  of  this  freedom,  whether  by  legislative  en- 
actmeirt,  by  voluntary  association  with  others,  wheth- 
er with  a  view  of  restricting  or  promoting  the  interests 
of  the  laborer,  if  it  takes  away  this  freedom  it  inter- 
feres with  his  rights  and  must  sooner  or  later  work 
injury  to  his  interests.  Labor  is  a  marketable  com- 
modity. The  law  of  supply  and  demand  applies  just 
as  much  to  labor  as  to  any  of  its  products,  for  all 
wealth  is  the  product  of  labor.  This  law  is  wise, 
wholesome  and  inevitable.  Like  the  laws  of  life  and 
health  it  sometimes  brings  suffering,  but  no  wise 
man  would  ask  that  he  might  be  restored  to  health  by 
a  repeal  of  the  laws  of  his  physical  being,  and  no  one 
could  wisely  desire  any  departure  from  this  gi-eat 
law  of  exchange;  for  no  human  devising  could  sug- 
gest a  better  principle.  Over-production  of  any  com- 
modity cheapens  its  price  and  works  injurj^  to  the 
producer,  but  the  consumer  reaps  a  corresponding  ad- 
vantage. The  remedy  is  not  in  suppressing  labor  or 
in  extorting  impossible  wages,  but  in  diverting  a  por- 
tion of  the  labor  to  other  pursuits.  A  very  meagre 
compensation  is  better  than  idleness.  Nothing  pays 
so  poorly  as  strikes  and  lockouts.  They  diminish  the 
productive  wealth  of  the  country  and  the  ability  of 
to  support  labor.  They  add  to  the  burdens  of  socie- 
ty, they  tend  to  the  general  demoralization  which  al- 
ways comes  from  idleness,  and  they  interfere  with 
the  sacred  right  of  every  laborer  to  sell  his  labor 
where  he  can  sell  it  the  best. 

It  follows  then  that  one  of  the  first  and  highest  duties 
of  the  government  is  to  protect  labor  in  its  rights  by 
the  suppression  of  all  societies,  open  or  secret,  of  em- 
ployers or  employes  that  have  for  their  object  any 
interference  with  the  law  of  supply  and  demand  as  re- 
lated to  labor.  The  right  of  the  individual  to  cease 
from  labor  should  be  respected,  but  the  right  of  an 
organization  to  compel  or  even  instigate  idleness 
should  be  sternly  denied.  Trades  unions  and  manu- 
facturers' unions  have  cost  the  nation  many  millions 
of  money,  many  valuable  lives,  and  a  vast  amount  of 
want,  suffering,  and  crime.  Their  pretensions  have 
been  specious,  their  promises  gTcat,  but  their  practical 
results  most  ruinous  to  labor  and  to  the  general  good. 
They  are  nearly  always  secret,  and  while  they  vastly 
affect  the  public  interests  they  deny  all  rights  of  in- 
vestigation or  responsibility  to  public  opinion.  Such 
institutions  are  not  only  injurious  to  individuals  but 
dangerous  to  public  interests.  They  will  sooner  or 
later  destroy  this  nation  if  it  does  not  suppress  them. 

The  third  right  of  labor  is  that  of  compensation  in 
proportion  to  its  relative  value.  Any  arrangement 
that  gives  to  poor  labor  the  same  wages  as  to  good  is 
an  infringement  of  natural  rights,  and  an  injury  to  all 
classes  of  society.  Like  the  law  that  dilutes  and  de- 
teriorates the  cun-ency  by  adding  to  good  dollars 
others  of  smaller  intrinsic  value,  thereby  diminishing 
the  purchasing  power  of  all  money,  so  this  arrange- 
ment wrongs  all  labor  and  all  laborers  by  rendering 
all  labor  less  remunerative  as  well  as  less  productive. 
A  society  that  compelled  people  to  pay  as  much  for 
the  coarser  grades  of  flour  or  sugar  as  for  the  better 
would  not  be  tolerated  for  a  moment,  and  the  same 
law  applied  to  labor  is  far  worse,  for  the  article 
on  sale  is  far  more  important  and  costly.  The  trades 
unions  that  have  insisted  on  uniform  compensation 
among  the  same  class  of  workmen  have  simply  put  a 
premium  on  incapacity  and  idleness  and  they  have 
suffered  the  results. 

A  fourth  right  of  labor  is  that  of  selling  its  pro- 
ducts in  the  market  where  it  can  sell  them  best,  and 
buying  the  product  of  other  labor  where  it  can  buy 


them  the  cheapest.  Some  kinds  of  labor  are  illegit- 
imate, and  some  products  of  labor  ought  never  to  be 
sold,  but  all  legitimate  labor  has  this  right,  and  any 
interference  of  governments  or  societies  is  unjust. 

Brazil  produces  coffee.  The  United  States  produce 
and  manufacture  iron  and  cotton.  There  mutual  in- 
terchange is  a  blessing  to  both  countries.  All  restric- 
tion of  this  free  interchange  or  diminution  of  the 
prices  of  these  commodities  by  the  collection  of  du- 
ties is  a  wrong  done  to  labor  which  will  react  to  the 
injury  of  everj^  department  of  society  in  both  coun- 
tries. Free  trade  is  the  auxiliary  of  free  labor,  and 
free  laborers  ought  to  demand  it.  I  hope  to  consider 
in  another  article  the  wi'ongs  of  labor  and  the  remedj-. 

OUR  TASK. 

To  rally  all  grand  forces,  and  to  stand 

Armored  and  dauntless  in  the  widening  breach, 

Closing  the  ranks  where  braver  souls  went  down — 

This  is  the  task.    To  lift  the  banner  high 

That  waves  God's  legions  on  to  victory. 

O'er  wrongs  that  trailed  that  banner  in  the  dust; : 

To  wage  unceasing  war  upon  the  sins 

That  wreathe  the  nation's  brow  with  scorn  and  shame  : 

To  halt  not  on  the  march,  sheath  not  the  sword, 

Nor  rest  the  lance,  nor  lay  the  armor  by 

Till  giant  evils  lie  among  our  slain ; 

To  keep  the  ear  ajar  for  voice  of  God, 

The  eye  alert  for  sign  of  messenger 

From  near  or  far  that  brings  His  high  command ; 

To  keep  the  hand  to  toil,  the  foot  to  haste. 

The  voice  to  echo  loyally  His  own, 

The  heart  to  throb  swift  answer  to  His  will : 

All  this  and  more.    To  lift  the  stricken  up. 

On  grievous  wounds  to  pour  the  oil  and  wine : 

To  heal  where  hurt  is  sorest,  to  bow  down 

To  lift  the  fallen  and  to  lead  the  blind ; 

To  answer  every  plaint  of  human  pain, 

And  strengthen  e'en  the  little  ones  of  God. 

Ah,  glorious  work!  worthy  the  knightliest  soul 
That  ever  'neath  the  banner  of  the  Cross 
Set  steadfast  face  toward  far  Jerusalem, 
Or  died  for  right  to  guard  an  empty  tomb. 
Small  need  to  quarrel  o'er  His  sepulchre : 
His  grave  is  wheresoe'er  His  Christhood  dies  • 
He  lies  enshrouded  in  the  hearts  of  men : 
Where  He  should  reign — He  lies  dethroned,  uncrowned. 

To  rise  in  strength  and  cast  the  evils  out 
That  stay  the  Christ-life  in  the  human  soul — 
This  is  the  work.    And  the  reward  is  this : 
To  see  on  human  faces,  stained  and  scarred. 
The  dawning  light  that  says  the  Lord  is  risen 
That  they  have  seen,  like  Mary,  face  to  face, 
The  majesty  of  kingUness  and  power. 
The  tenderness  of  wondrous  love  and  grace 
By  which  all  wrong  shall  measure  its  brief  hour. 
And  one  by  one  before  the  matchless  sight 
Slink,  Judas-like,  each  to  its  own  dark  place. 

American  Refortnetx 


ORGANIZATION  UNDER  COYER. 


BY  WILLIAM  REID,  D.D. 

Never  before  in  the  history  of  the  world  have  the  ad- 
vantages and  forces  of  thorough  organization  been  more 
fully  understood,  or  more  extensively  utilized.  Perhaps 
no  better  definement  of  these  forces  has  been  given  than 
that  by  Napoleon  to  the  art  of  war.  He  said:  "The  art 
of  war  consists  in  overwhelming  the  enemy  by  Aveight  of 
numbers."  It  was,  therefore,  the  work  of  his  genius  to 
create  combinations  and  to  maneuver  his  forces  so  as  to 
precipitate  them  upon  some  point  of  the  enemy's  line  and 
crush  it. 

The  Macedonian  phalanx,  the  Eoman  legions,  and  the 
squadrons  of  Napoleon  were, all  organized  so  as  to  weld 
and  consolidate  into  one  mass  the  energy  of  each  individ- 
ual. The  force  exerted  by  one  individual,  or  by  an  unor- 
ganized and  incoherent  multitude  is  insignificant  and  al- 
ways barren  of  great  results,  either  in  war  or  peace. 
Flakes  of  snow  falling  softly  in  infinite  numbers  exert  no 
power,  but  when  they  are  consolidated  into  the  glacier,  a 
force  is  developed  that  is  irresistible  and  grinds  the  moun- 
tains and  rocks  to  powder. 

The  church  of  God  within  the  last  few  decades  has 
awakened  to  the  importance  and  value  of  organizatien  as 
an  aggressive  force;  although  the  children  of  this  world 
are  wiser  in  their  generation  than  "the  children  of  light." 
The  children  of  the  world  learned  the  value  of  organiza- 
tion and  centralization  many  generations  before  the 
"children  of  light"  emerged  from  the  nomadic  state. 
The  church  of  Christ  is  stih,  as  compared  to  the  efficiency 
of  worldly  organizations,  almost  nomadic. 

The  difficulties  confronting  the  church  in  organizing 
the  moral  and  spiritual  forces  of  Christianity  arise  largely 
from  her  deplorable  discongruity  of  opinions,  principles 
and  methods.  The  extremes  of  these  polarities  are  repre- 
sented by  two  sections  of  the  church.  One  imposes  a 
discipline  and  testimony  so  stringent  as  to  be  impractible 
for  a  membership  of  erring  and  fallible  men,  while  the 
other  section  lowers  the  conditions  of  membership  so  that 
the  vilest  and  most  erratic  can  endorse  and  accept  them. 
The  only  "Shiboleth"  demanded  by  the  last  section  of 
the  church  is  the  declaration,  "I  am  a  Christian,"  al- 
though every  avowed  principle  and  every  act  of  the  can- 
didate may  give  the  lie  to  the  declaration. 


Pkbruary  1,   1883 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE. 


The  children  of  this  world  are  developing  to  the  ut- 
most the  advantages  of  organization,  which  is  seen  in  en- 
terprises legitimate  as  well  as  those  that  are  wicked.  By 
the  power  of  organized  capital  continents  are  severed, 
mountains  are  pierced,  rivers  are  spanned.  Crime,  too, 
seeing  the  advantages  of  organization,  is  everywhere 
availing  itself  of  this  power.  Christianity  and  Patriot- 
ism both  look  with  alarm  upon  the  numbers  and  2:)ower  of 
these  combinations. 

The  rum  seller  organization  is  an  example  of  the  latter. 
Powerful  in  numbers  and  in  ill-gotten  wealth,  it  seeks  to 
overthrow  all  laws  and  barriers  legislation  has  erected  for 
the  protection  of  society  and  the  victims  of  intemperance. 

These  observations  apply  to  all  other  organizations 
erected  for  the  purpose  of  overriding  law  and  order,  and 
adding  to  the  wealth  of  the  few  at  the  expense  of  the 
welfare  of  society  and  morals. 

Crime  is  sometimes  intelligent,  always  enterprising,  and 
quick  to  recognize  the  utility  of  perfect  organization. 
This  makes  crime  more  to  be  dreaded,  as,  on  the  other 
hand,  virtue  and  goodness  are  characteristically  unsus- 
picious, slow  to  act  and  arm,  and  always  accept  the  gauge 
of  battle  with  reluctance. 

There  is  also  another  element  entering  inta  many  of  the 
organizations  of  the  day  greatly  adding  to  their  power 
and  danger,  and  that  is  secretism.  This  element  has  ever 
been  an  important  factor  in  all  enterprises  that  employ  it, 
and  gives  them  a  fearful  power  for  evil.  They  are  en- 
abled to  develop  their  plans  in  secret,  and  their  blows  fall 
when  least  expected. 

That  secretism  is  generally  inimical  in  its  tendencies  to 
the  efficiency,  if  not  to  the  existence,  of  civil  government 
is  a  fact  of  history. 

If  the  countries  that  are  incessantly  torn  by  factions, 
powerless  at  home  and  abroad,  were  stained  black  upon 
the  map  of  the  world,  the  dark  stains  would  indicate  with 
geographical  accuracy  the  countries  where  secretism  flour- 
ishes most  luxuriousl3^  Italy,  Spain,  some  of  the  South- 
American  States  and  Mexico  are  notable  examples  of  na- 
tionalities torn  by  secret,  lawless,  and  revolutionarj^  fac- 
tions. 

In  Mexico,  life,  property,  and  liberty  are  ever  in  jeop- 
ardy. Its  government  has  ever  been  unstable,  irresolute, 
powerless.  Secret  factions,  mining,  and  counter-mining, 
are  continually  sapping  the  foundations  of  law  and  order. 
Every  national  interest  languishes  for  want  of  protection. 
Every  lawful  enterprise  is  paralyzed,  and  capital  dare 
make  no  investment,  although  invited  by  a  country  sur- 
passingly rich  in  material  resources,  and  glorious  in 
everything  except  a  noble,  moral,  and  patriotic  race  of 
men.  Ever  tossed  in  the  whirlpool  of  revolution,  Mexico 
must  arise  and  strangle  these  secret  actions,  or  perish. 

A  few  months  ago  Russia  was  the  focus  of  the  world's 
gaze,  which  has  not  yet  been  withdrawn.  The  ruler  who 
had  made  his  reign  glorious  by  the  abolishment  of  serf- 
dom, was  blown  into  fragments  by  a  percussion  bomb 
thrown  by  the  hand  of  an  agent  of  a  secret  society,  the 
most  godless  and  infernal  the  world  has  ever  seen.  Let 
secret  Nihilism  univei'sally  prevail,  and  our  fair  earth 
would  be  made  a  pandemonium,  and  every  man  might 
say,  with  Milton's  arch  fiend: 

"  Where  I  am  is  hell;  myself  am  hell ! " 

The  world  had  scarcely  recovered  from  amazement  and 
horror  of  the  awful  deed  of  the  assassination  of  the  Czar, 
when  it  was  startled  again  at  the  terrible  news  that  the 
newly  appointed  Chief  Secretary  of  Ireland  and  his  friend 
are  cut  to  pieces  with  knives  in  an  open  park,  and  in 
broad  daylight. 

If  heathen  Rome,  familiar  with  scenes  of  blood,  was 
shocked  at  the  "deep  damnation  of  Caesar's  taking  off," 
cut  to  pieces  with  knives  in  the  Senate  chamber  of  the 
Capital,  with  M'hat  unspeakaole  abhorance  must  the 
Christian  people  of  a  great  nation  look  upo-n  an  assassin- 
ation unparalled  in  its  atrocity  even  among  savages. 

The  shedding  of  such  "costly  blood"  helped  on  no 
cause,  satisfied  no  rational  revenge;  but  it  was  the  wolf's 
thirst  for  blood  that  tears  the  throat  of  the  whole  flock; 
it  was  the  act  of  incarnate  fiends,  and  the  fruit  of  dis- 
obedience. 

Whence  did  it  originate?  Where  was  the  deadly  viper 
hatched?  The  Christian  world,  as  it  were,  assembled  all 
around  the  horizon,  and  looking  with  mournful  and  in- 
quiring interest  upon  Ireland,  the  land  of  the  generous 
and  brave.  Anxiously  the  question  is  asked,  why  this 
awful  deed? 

Sir  William  Harcourt  answers.  In  his  speech  on  the 
floor  of  parliament,  in  advocacy  of  legislation  to  meet 
the  crisis  upon  them  in  maintaining  the  supremacy  of  law 
and  order,  he  said:  "The  preventative  clauses  in  the  new 
law  prepared  are  meant  to  defeat  the  black  conspiracies 
of  the  secret  societies  and  unlawful  combinations."  He 
said,  "The  Government  had  come  to  the  conclusion  that 
resort  to  military  law  was  yet  necessary;  that  the  heart  of 
Ireland  was  sound,  but  she  was  suffering  from  the  bane 
of  secret  societies." 

This  unravels  the  mystery:  "secret  societies  and  unlaw- 
ful combinations."  In  other  words,  organizations  and 
secretism.  In  all  such  societies  the  leaders  are  not  the 
agents  who  use  the  knife.  They,  doubtless,  would  repel 
any  such  insinuation  with  indignation.  Thej'  are,  how 
ever,  responsible;  as  the  cardinal  principle  of  such  or- 
ganizations is  darkness  and  secrecy,  which  shields  the  as- 
sassins from  the  just  vengeance  of  the  law.  Under  these 
circumstances  a  trial  by  jury  is  a  mere  farce,  and  the  or- 
dinary tribunals  of  justice  are  powerless  to  enforce  them. 
The  British  Government  presented  the  extraordinary 
spectacle  of  being  compelled  to  suspend  the  right  of  trial 
t'y  jury,  so  dear  to  the  heart  of  every  freeman,  and  that, 
too,  in  a  time  of  peace.  Truly,  a  society  formidable 
enough  in  its  secrecy  to  hatRe  the  government  of  one 
of  the  most  enlightened  and  powerful  nations  on  earth, 
affords  cause  for  alarm. 

If  the  generalizations  of  histsory  have  taught  anything, 


it  is  that  power  is  invariably  dangerous  in  the  hands  of 
irresponsible  men.  Members  of  secret  societies  are,  to  a 
great  extent,  irresponsible.  The  escape  of  the  Irish  as- 
sassins is  a  practical  and  forcible  illustration  of  this  fact. 
At  the  present  writing,  although  months  have  elapsed 
since  the  foul  murders  were  perpetrated,  no  information 
leading  to  the  arrest  of  the  guiUy  parties  has  been  ob- 
tained. The  untiring  efforts  of  detectives  have  obtained 
information  in  regard  to  the  "existence  of  a  secret  society 
organized  for  the  i^urpose  of  assassination,"  but  here  in- 
quiry is  bafBed,  and  crime  is  hidden  in  impenetrable 
secrecy 

If  any  one  thinks  these  views  fanatical  and  our  fears 
ungrounded,  let'  him  ponder  over  the  following  extract, 
clipped  from  a  metroi^olitan  paper,  the  publication  of 
which  was  contemporaneous  with  the  Irish  murders.  It 
was  issued  by  the  secret  Fenian  brotherhood:  "Brethren, 
awake!  Arise!  And  now  labor  with  us  to  help  on  the 
good  cause.  Thus  shall  we  in  solemn  secret  conclave  con- 
tinue with  augmented  force  to  give  the  emphatic  emphasis 
of  dagger,  fire  and  sword,  and  other  available  resources 
of  civilization  to  our  ancieut  and  merciless  enemy;  to  de- 
stroy whom  we  shall  use,  while  life  endures,  every  means 
within  the  reach  of  human  effort."  No  comments  can 
make  the  "immoral  audacity"  of  the  above  more  palpable; 
and  we  leave  it  to  the  consideration  of  thinking  men, 
merely  remarking  that  the  vipers  emitting  the  deadly  hiss 
could  have  been  hatched  nowhere  but  in  "secret  con- 
clave." 

Another  fact  illustrative  of  the  irresponsibility  of  mem- 
bers of  oath-bound  secret  organizations.  Half  a  century 
ago  William  Morgan  was  forcibly  abducted  from  his 
home  and  family,  and  foully  murdered  by  the  members  of 
an  oath-bound  secret  society.  Some  of  the  attending  cir- 
cum.stances  making  the  case  eminently  illustrative  of  our 
proposition  are  these:  There  is  no  country  that  has  a 
purer  Judiciary  than  ours.  There  is  no  country  where 
there  is  greater  equality  before  law  than  in  ours;  and,  to 
crown  all,  the  courts  were  goaded  to  the  keenest  inquiry 
by  an  indignant  people,  and  by  the  fiercest  political  ani- 
mosity; and  yet,  in  spite  of  all  this,  the  murderers  es- 
caped, and  justice  was  baffled.  The  saying  "that  mur- 
der will  out"  was  not  verified  until  after  the  lapse  of  half 
a  century,  and  the  murderers  were  all  dead. 

While  there  is  no  country  in  the  world  where  equality 
before  the  law  is  better  established  than  in  our  own;  yet, 
even  here,  our  citizens  distrust  our  courts,  and  thousands 
suffer  cruel  injustice  rather  than  enter  the  courts  with  a 
member  of  a  secret  society,  or  an  antagonist,  choosing 
rather  "to  suffer  from  present  ills  than  fly  to  those  he 
knows  not  of." 

Again,  it  is  asserted  that  while  only  one  in  eight  of  our 
voters  is  a  member  of  an  oath-bound  secret  organization, 
seven-eightlis  of  our  civil  officers  are  members  of  these 
societies.  Or,  in  other  words,  while  they  are  numerically 
entitled  to  twelve  and  a  half  per  cent,  of  the  civil  offices, 
they  monopolize  eighty-seven  and  a  half  per  cent,  of  them. 
This  statement,  if  true,  proves  that  the  powers  of  govern- 
ment is  in  the  hands  of  a  single  class,  which  is  contrary 
to  the  genius  of  our  free  institutions,  and  dangerous  to 
our  liberties. 

These  statements  may  be  indignantly  denied,  especially 
by  those  wko  have  only  taken  a  few  degrees  in  such 
societies.  These  degrees  are  comparatively  innocent,  and 
|)urposely  so,  that  those  merely  on  the  threshold  of  such 
societies  may  vouch  for  the  good,  and  deny  the  evil  that 
is  in  them.  Ministers  of  the  Gospel,  taken  into  the  flrst 
degree,  make  excellent  "decoys"  for  the  society,  and  fre- 
quently vouch  for  the  good  in  them,  while  they  know 
just  as  much,  and  no  more,  of  the  nature,  plans,  and 
working  of  the  higher  degrees  than  a  person  outside. 

In  view  of  these  facts,  and  in  the  light  of  history,  we 
think  the  time  is  not  far  distant  when  the  necessity  will 
be  recognized  for  spreading  upon  oin-  statute  books 
penal  laws  prohibitory  of  all  extra  judicial  secret  oaths. 
—  Christian  Instructor. 


CAPITAL  AND  LABOR. 

THE  AGITATORS. 

It  is  unfortunate  for  our  laboring  men  that  this  country 
contains  as  it  does  so  many  professional  agitators.  Men 
of  the  Herr  Most  and  Dennis  Kearney  stripe  are  the  pos' 
itive  enemies  of  labor.  Their  chief  object  is  to  brood 
discontent  in  the  minds  of  the  working  people.  To  do 
this  they  resort  to  gross  distortion  of  facts,  and  to  unmit- 
igated falsehoods.  Their  object  in  teaching  a  false  phil- 
osophy is  purely  a  selflsh  one,  they  hoping,  by  ingratiat- 
ing themselves  into  the  good  graces  of  the  laboring  people 
to  make  a  reputation,  gain  a  fortune,  secure  an  office,  or 
obtain  some  other  advantage.  It  is  a  species  of  refined 
cruelty  to  teach  the  men  who  are  poor  and  compelled  to 
toil  to  earn  their  daily  bread  that  "all  property  is  rob- 
bery." 

This  teaching  begets  hatred  and  jealou.sy,  as  well  as  dis- 
content, in  the  minds  of  the  very  people  whose  other  mis- 
fortunes are  hard  enough  to  bear.  The  man  who  is  forced 
to  toil  from  sunrise  to  sunset,  or,  worse,  the  man  who 
works  through  the  night,  has  a  sad  enough  lot,  without 
adding  to  the  misfortune  by  instilling  into  his  mind  wrong 
thoughts,  and  by  educating  him  to  believe  false  and  per- 
nicious theories.  These  agitators  are  themselves  generally 
too  ignorant  to  know  that  poverty  is  not  the  only  misfor- 
tune in  life.  Some  men  are  born  blind,  deformed  and 
sickly.  Shall  these  men  say  that  those  who  are  well,  per- 
fect in  form  and  in  possession  of  their  sight,  are  robbers 
and  hence  should  be  reduced  to  the  state  of  their  more  un- 
fortunate brethren. — Industrial  World. 


shareholders.  The  pioneer  society  of  Rochdale,  [Eng- 
land] commenced  in  1844,  when  twenty-eight  working 
men  contributed  £l  each  for  the  purchase  of  a  small  stock 
of  provisions  for  their  joint  use.  These  provisions  were 
to  be  sold  not  at  cost  but  at  market  price  to  the  members 
of  the  society.  The  difference  between  wholesale  and  re- 
tail price  was  relied  upon  to  pay  the  expenses  of  the  store 
and  a  fixed  interest  on  the  capital  contributed.  Any  profit 
beyond  this  was  to  be  divided  among  the  purcha.sers  in 
proportion  to  their  purchases.  If,  after  the  declaration  of 
a  dividend,  the  persons  entitled  to  it  preferred  to  leave 
the  amount  belonging  to  them  undrawn,  it  was  counted 
as  additional  capital  and  credited  with  interest  the  same 
as  the  original  capital.  The  Rochdale  store  grew  bj'  the 
addition  of  members  and  the  accumulation  of  capital,  un- 
til in  the  year  1876  it  had  8,892  members  and  $1,250,000 
profits  per  annum. 

The  example  of  the  Rochdale  pioneers  found  a  multi- 
tude of  imitators  in  the  manufacturing  districts  of  Eng- 
land, which  have  yielded  a  vast  amount  of  good  results  to 
the  working  classes,  not  merely  by  saving  to  them  mid- 
dlemen's profits,  but  by  encouraging  habits  of  thrift,  by 
establishing  reading-rooms,  and  bringing  light  and  knowl- 
edge to  the  members  of  their  families  in  a  thousand  ways. 
In  short,  it  was  real  co-operation  apjjlied  to  the  satisfying 
of  human  wants.  The  principle  of  competition  did  not 
enter  into  it  at  all,  or  only  to  a  slight  degree.  The  suc- 
cess of  the  experiment  among  the  working  classes  was  so 
great  that  eventually  the  middle  and  upper  classes  became 
impressed  by  it,  and  soiight  to  turn  it  to  account  for 
their  own  advantage.  The  conditions  of  retail  trade  in 
London,  where  aristocratic  custom  had  brought  about  a 
system  of  long  credits  and  corresjjondiugly  high  prices, 
were  very  favorable  for  an  innovation  based  upon  cash 
payments  and  correspondingly  low  prices.  The  retail 
dealer  in  London  was  in  the  habit  of  collecting  his  dues 
from  regular  customers  once  a  year,  or  once  in  two  years, 
at  the  customer's  convenience.  Interest  and  bad  debts 
were  always  gnawing  at  his  profits,  and  these  required  to 
be  offset  by  higher  prices  for  his  goods.  The  conditions 
of  retail  trade  in  New  York,  where  monthly  payments  are 
expected  from  regular  customers  and  cash  from  all  others, 
are  as  different  as  possible  from  those  existing  in  London 
before  the  advent  of  the  so-called  co-operative  stores. 

Co-operative  storekeeping  in  London  began  with  the 
Civil-Service  Supply  Association,  in  the  year  1864.  The 
Association  was  composed  at  first  of  a  few  post-office 
clerks,  and  was  gradually  enlarged  by  the  admission  of 
other  members  of  the  civil  service.  It  was  based  upon 
different  principles  from  those  of  the  Rochdale  pioneers. 
Its  main  object  was  cheapness,  not  savings.  It  furnished 
goods  to  members  at  wholesale  price,  plus  expenses  and 
a  small  advance  to  cover  contingencies.  In  the  course  of 
ten  years  this  small  advance  had  resulted  in  the  accumu- 
lation of  a  fund  of  $400,000  over  and  above  cm'rent  re- 
quirements. The  question  then  came  up  how  this  fund 
should  be  divided — whether  among  the  purchasers,  ac- 
cordidg  to  the  Rochdale  co-operative  plan,  or  among  the 
shareholders,  according  to  the  joint-stock  competitive 
plan.  As  only  shareholders  were  entitled  to  vote  upon 
the  question,  the  latter  plan  was  adopted.  The  Civil- 
Service  Supply  Association  became  the  model  of  the  other 
London  co-operative  stores;  that  is,  they  all  became  joint- 
stock  business  undertakings,  and  exposed  themselves  to 
the  perils  of  all  business  undertakings  under  the  law  of 
competition. 

The  stores  were  vastly  popular  in  the  beginning.  They 
became  the  fashion.  It  was  no  uncommon  thing,  says  Mr. 
Holyoake,  to  see  a  Marchioness  elbowing  her  way  in  the 
Haymarket — an  unfragrant  localitj^ — to  make  her  pur- 
chases at  "the  store."  The  stores,  buying  and  selling 
only  for  cash,  made  no  bad  debts,  lost  no  interest,  and 
could  always  command  the  lowest  prices  in  the  wholesale 
markets;  consequently  they  could,  and  did,  undersell  the 
ordinary  retailer.  They  really  revolutionized  London 
trade.  They  imposed  upon  the  retailers  the  alternative 
of  either  following  their  example  by  cutting  off  long 
credits  and  selling  at  low  rates  for  cash,  or  perishing.  The 
retailers  flrst  bewailed,  then  threatened,  then  petitioned 
Parliament,  but  finally  adopted  the  business  methods  of 
the  new  stores.  They  are  now  gradually  but  surely  re- 
gaining their  former  hold  upon  the  community  of  buyers, 
by  the  exercise  of  superior  business  qualifications.— TAe 
Nation. 


ANOTHER  OPINION, 

Co-operative  stores  are  liable  to  several  dangers:  Ist. 
Incompetent  management;  2nd.  Dishonest  management; 
3d.  Unnecessarily  heavy  expenses;  4th.  Difl'erences 
among  directors;  5th.  Dissatisfaction  of  co-operative  buy- 
ers. It  is  pretty  much  the  same  also  with  co-operative 
work-shops,  which,  if  unsuccessful,  injure  all  who  engage 
in  them,  and  if  successful  become  the  property,  virtually, 
of  the  heaviest  stockholders,  who  manage  the  business  as 
a  private  enterprise,  hiring  workmen  and  dismissing  them 
like  other  people.  Upon  the  whole,  therefore,  it  appears 
best  to  leave  all  these  matters  to  private  enterprise. 

Will  our  readers  who  know  anything  about  the  success 
or  failure  of  co-operative  stores  or  workshops  in  their 
own  vicinity  have  the  kindness  to  infonn  us  about  them, 
and,  especially,  say  how  long  they  have  existed.  And  in 
the  case  of  any  that  failed  what  was  the  loss  of  the  co- 
operators  whose  capital  was  embarked  in  them? 

So  far  as  our  information  goes  the  success  of  co-opera- 
tive enterprises  in  England  has  been  as  remarkable  as 
their  non-success  here.  What  causes  the  difference?^ 
N.  Y.    Witness. 


CO-OPERATIVE  STORES. 

A  co-operative  store  is  one  in  which  the  profits,  if  any, 
are  divided   among   the    pmxhasers   and  not  among  the 


Kentucky  Prohibitionists  will  nominate  a  State  ticket 
for  the  spring  election,  including  governor.  The  conven- 
tion meets  in  Louisville,  Feb.  J9, 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE. 


Pebritary  1,  1883 


REFORM  STORY. 


JIOLDEN  WITH  CORDS. 


BY     THE    AUTHOR 


OF    "  LITTLE    PEOPLE, 
LIFE,  "    ETC.' 


A     SUNNY 


CHAPTER  XXXVI    (CONTINUED).       SOME    EXAMPLES    OF    MA- 
SONIC   BENEVOLENCE  AND    MORALITY. 

"How?" 

"Station  a  guard  round  the  lodge.  There  are  plenty  of 
Anti-masons  in  Granhy  that  would  rather  enjoy  serving  in 
such  a  capacity.  Take  your  seat  in  the  cliair  precisely  a.s 
at  any  ordinary  meetiii.o',  and  as  soon  as  there  is  the  least 
attempt  at  violence,  give  the  signal  and  we  will  hurst 
open  the  door  and  rush  in." 

"That  will  do,"  he  said,  after  a  moment's  deliberation. 
"No  better  plan  could  be  devised." 

And  with  the  understanding  that  I  should  as  quickly 
and  quietly  as  possible  gather  a  force  sufficient  for  his 
protection,  Anson  Lovejoy  prepared  to  front  the  men 
who  had  secretly  banded  together  to  take  his  life.  For 
what?  For  violating  his  Masonic  obligations.  In  other 
words,  for  daring  to  do  his  duty  as  an  honest,  God-fear- 
ing citizen  of  this  free  Republic,  consecrated  to  liberty  by 
the  blood  and  tears  of  our  forefathers,  yet  fostering  in  its 
bosom  a  dark  and  terrible  despotism  which,  when  its  laws 
are  violated,  knows  neither  mercy  nor  forgiveness,  allows 
of  no  appeal  from  its  sentence,  and  punishes  without  the 
form  of  trial. 

Although  the  tide  of  popular  excitement  in  Granby  had 
subsided  with  the  arrest  of  Jervish,  it  left,  as  such  ex- 
citements usually  do,  a  deposit  behind  it.  Firm  and  set- 
tled conviction  had  taken  in  many  minds  the  place  of 
ignorance  and  doubt.  Pronounced  Anti-masons  were 
scarce  before;  now  they  were  very  common.  Conse- 
quently I  found  no  difficulty  in  gathering  a  force  suffi- 
ciently large  to  surround  the  lodge  and  prevent  the  threat- 
ened attack  on  Anson  Lovejoy. 

We  allowed  the  brethren  time  to  assemble,  and  then 
marching  silently  from  our  place  of  rendezvous  we  took 
our  stations  around  the  building,  scarcely  daring  to 
breathe  lest  some  sound  should  escape  our  ears  from  the 
upper  room  where  the  lodge  was  meeting. 

Meanwhile  Lovejoy  had  seated  himself  in  the  Master's 
chair  and  gone  through  the  preliminary  exercises  with 
outward  calmness.  He  no  longer  doubted  the  truth  of 
the  warning  note.  Even  before  he  caught  sight  of  a 
knife  concealed  under  the  coat  of  one  of  the  members  he 
knew  himself  to  be  surrounded  by  a  band  of  secret  as- 
sassins, and  felt  that  on  his  courage  and  tact  in  co-operat- 
ing with  those  outside  his  life  depended. 

Colonel  Montfort,  as  before  hinted,  was  a  man  that  pro- 
fessed to  do  his  dirty  work  by  means  of  tools.  He  meant 
to  keep  his  hand  concealed  throughout  this  whole  affair. 
It  was  therefore  no  part  of  his  scheme  to  open  the  attack 
on  Lovejoy  in  person,  but  to  put  forward  Simon  Peck  in- 
stead, as  the  mouth-piece  of  the  lodge.  Peck  was  an  ig 
norant  and  illiterate  man,  and  far  from  being  a  good 
spokesman,  but  he  knew  that  the  demand  to  resign  would 
be  felt  by  Lovejoy  as  an  additional  insult,  coming  from 
such  a  quarter.  Peck  was  the  most  subservient  of  tools 
under  his  master's  eye,  and  in  the  present  case  some  per- 
sonal feeling,  mingled  with  the  infuriated  hate  towards 
Lovejoy  which  he  shared  in  common  with  the  other  mem- 
bers of  the  lodge,  for  so  violating  his  Masonic  obligations 
as  to  arrest  a  murderer. 

Some  writer  has  said  that  everybody  is  well  connected 
in  certain  directions.  So  also  is  the  opposite  fact  true, 
especially  among  the  herotogenous  elements  that  compose 
American  society — for  Maurice  Jervish,  the  personal 
friend  of  Colonel  Montfort,  was  also  some  connection  of 
the  Pecks.  It  was  there  he  had  first  seen  Mary  Lyman, 
and  though  he  moved  in  a  so  much  higher  social  sphere 
than  they,  was  quite  willing  to  take  all  the  advantage 
which  his  relationship  to  the  family  gave  him  in  accom- 
plishing the  ruin  of  his  victim.  Peck  had  badgered  his 
wife  into  denying  before  the  coroner's  jury  all  knowledge 
of  the  closed  carriage  that  had  been  seen  to  stop  at  their 
door  the  night  Mary  was  missing;  he  had  likewise  aided 
in  secreting  Jervish — it  was  believed  on  his  premises, 
which  the  sheriff,  true  to  his  Masonic  obligations,  refused 
to  search — all  at  the  bidding  of  Colonel  Montfort,  who 
found  in  Peck  just  that  mixture  of  bigotrj'  and  self-con- 
ceit which  is  so  convenient  in  the  underlings  of  the  lodge 
when  their  superiors  wish  to  manipulate  them  for  pur- 
poses of  their  own. 

Lovejoy  listened  calmly  to  the  end  of  the  halting,  uu- 
grammatical  speech,  which  was  really  nothing  but  a  low 
tirade  of  abuse.     He  was  prepared  for  this  part  of  the  ' 
programme.     Peck  sat  down   and  wiped   his  forehead, 
rather  exhausted  with  his  effort  at  oratory,  but  supremely  ) 


satisfied  therewith.  There  was  an  instant's  silence,  dur- 
ing which  Lovejoy's  eye  looked  with  eagle  keenness  over 
the  throng  of  conspirators  which  surrounded  him  like  a 
pack  of  hungry  wolves  thirsting  for  his  blood;  and  then 
he  answered  slowly  and  firmly : 

"If  I  have  committed  any  offence  against  Masonic  law 
I  am  willing  to  meet  the  charge,  and  if  proved,  submit 
like  any  ordinary  member  to  the  sentence  of  the  lodge. 
I  am  denounced  as  a  traitor.  To  resign  the  chair  under 
these  circumstances  would  be  equivalent  to  a  plea  of 
I  guilty,  and  I  therefore  refuse  most  decidedly  to  do  any 
such  thing." 

This  reply  was  also  in  agreement  with  the  programme. 
There  was  a  murmur  of  rage  as  Lovejoy  finished  speak- 
ing, and  ii  forward  movement  from  the  member  who  carj 
ried  the  concealed  dirk. 

"You  shall  resign,  you  blasted  traitor!"  he  exclaimed, 
with  an  oath.  "Take  your  choice,  either  be  dragged 
from  the  chair,  or  give  it  up  peaceably." 

"I  will  neither  be  dragged  from  the  chair,  nor  give  it 
up,"  coolly  answered  Lovejoy,  who  knew  that  the  fatal 
moment  was  fast  approaching  when,  according  to  their 
preconcerted  arrangement,  the  whole  band  of  ruffians 
would  be  on  him.  "You  have  met  here  to  take  my  life. 
I  know  it,  and  others  know  it,  too.  A  guard  of  the  citi- 
zens of  Granby,  at  least  a  hundred  strong,  now  surround 
this  lodge,  prepared  to  rescue  me  from  your  hands  should 
you  attempt  violence.  I  have  only  to  give  a  certain  sig- 
nal, and  they  will  rush  in.  The  result  may  be  a  worse 
Anti-masonic  excitement  than  the  one  you  accuse  me  of 
heading.  Now  take  yowr  choice:  give  up  your  plan  to 
assassinate  me,  or  carry  it  through  and  take  the  conse- 
quences." 

The  lion's  mouth  was  fairly  shut,  for  the  most  infuri- 
ated Mason  present  did  not  care  to  provoke  the  popular 
vengeance  that  would  have  surely  followed  any  attack  on 
Lovejoy.  Colonel  Montfort,  under  his  concealing  mous- 
tache, fairly  ground  his  teeth  with  rage  at  this  unlooked- 
for  miscarriage  of  his  deep  and  subtle  plot.  He  had 
rightly  calculated  that  with  every  member  of  the  lodge 
pledged  to  keep  Masonic  silence  over  the  affair,  and  Ma- 
sonic sheriffs  and  juries  to  obstruct  the  course  of  justice 
in  every  possible  way,  there  would  not  be  the  ten  thou- 
sandth part  of  a  chance  that  the  actual  perpetrators  of 
the  deed  would  ever  be  discovered  or  punished.  Nor  had 
it  occurred  to  his  mind  that  Lovejoy,  even  if  he  should 
hear  of  the  plot  against  him,  would  take  any  other  meas- 
ure of  self-defense  than  simply  to  stay  away. 

"I  have  one  more  remark  to  make  on  this  subject," 
continued  Lovejoy,  looking  round  with  unflinching  gaze 
on  the  baffled  conspirators.  "You  denounce  me  as  being 
false  to  Masonry  because,  in  the  discharge  of  my  duties  as 
a  citizen,  I  arrested  a  criminal  who  is  also  a  Mason.  If 
to  be  true  to  my  lodge  obligations  requires  me  to  be  false 
to  God  and  my  country,  then  I  have  had  enough  of  the 
system,  and  the  world  has  had  far  too  much;. and  the 
only  thing  that  I  or  any  other  honest  man  can  do  in  such 
a  case  is  to  quit  it." 

I  will  not  transcribe  the  volley  of  cursing  and  profanity 
which  followed  this  speech  of  Lovejoy's.  It  was  as  if 
hell  had  broken  loose.  Colonel  Montfort,  who  had  by 
this  time  assured  himself  that  eager  ears  were  really 
straining  in  the  darkness  and  silence  below  to  catch  the 
least  sound  of  tumult  or  uproar  in  the  lodge,  was  alarmed. 

"  The  brethren  forget  that  this  is  a  meeting  for  busi- 
ness," he  said  with  cool  effrontery.  "We  are  only  wast- 
ing time  by  this  useless  talk.  Our  Worshipful  Master 
cfearges  the  brethren  with  a  conspiracy  to  assassinate  him. 
I  on  my  part  charge  him  with  un  Masonic  conduct  in 
hiring  a  mob  of  cowans  and  eavesdroppers  to  surround 
the  lodge ;  with  using  inflammatory  language  designed  to 
excite  the  public  mind  against  the  order,  besides  many 
other  violations  of  his  obligations  and  duties  as  a  Mason. 
I  therefore  move  that  a  complaint  be  presented  to  the 
Grand  Lodge  of  the  State,  against  Anson  Lovejoy,  Wor- 
shipful Master  of  Fidelity  Lodge,  petitioning  for  his  ex- 
pulsion and  removal  from  office." 

Lovejoy  listened  with  calm  disdain.  To  a  man  who 
had  stood  but  the  moment  before  face  to  face  with  death 
this  was  but  the  firing  of  blank  cartridges.  The  after 
proceedings  were  unimportant,  and  after  an  unusually 
brief  and  quiet  meeting  the  lodge  disbanded  fairly  check- 
mated in  its  murderous  purpose. 

The  hushed  and  silent  crowd  kept  vigilant  watch  till 
Lovejoy  came  out;  then  greeted  him  with  enthusiastic 
cheers  that  could  be  heard  half  over  Granby.  He  was 
the  hero  of  the  hour,  but  I  fancied  that  like  some  other 
heroes  he  felt  that  there  was  a  certain  thing  lacking  to 
his  triumph. 

"A  Chiistian  should  not  bear  malice,  Mr.  Lovejoy,"  I 
took  occasion  to  say  as  I  shook  his  hand.     Give  us  a  call 


to-morrow,     and    allow    Mrs.    Severns    to     congratulate 
you." 

Lovejoy  hesitated.  He  had  not  crossed  our  threshold 
since  the  day  Rachel  had  forbid  his  entrance;  and  I  could 
not  blame  him  if  he  entertained  some  rankling  remem- 
brance of  her  harsh  and   bitter  words. 

"If  you  think  I  shall  be  welcome — not  otherwise,"  he 
answered. 

"  Try  it,"  I  said,  with  a  smile.  Lovejoy  hesitated  no 
longer. 

"  Thank  j'ou,  Mr.  Severns,  I  will,  if  it  is  only  to  proA'e 
that  I  'bear  no  malice,'  as  you  call  it,  because  your  good 
wife  told  me  the  truth.  I  was  a  companion  of  murderers 
as  to-night's  events  have  made  me  realize.  But  1  am  so 
no  longer." 

The  next  day,  agreeably  to  his  promise,  he  came 
over.  Rachel  met  him  with  extended  hand  and  a  hearty, 
"Forgive  me,  1  was  unjust;  but  I  have  found  out  my 
mistake." 

"  I  have  nothing  to  forgive,  Mrs.  Severns,"  was  his 
equally  sincere  and  hearty  answer.  "The  medicine  was 
harsh,  but  I  am  no  worse  for  it." 

Verily, 

"  A  curse  from  the  depths  of  womanhood 
Is  very  bitter  and  salt  and  good." 

CHAPTER  -XXXVII. 
IN  WHICH  HISTORY  REPEATS  ITSELF. 

The  community  at  large  looked  upon  the  speedy  con- 
viction of  Jervish  as  a  matter  of  course,  and  when  the 
time  arrived  for  the  court  to  sit  on  the  case  the  public 
mind  had  quieted  down  from  its  state  of  excitement 
to  one  of  comparative  apathy.  Against  such  over- 
whelming evidence  what  possible  chance  for  any  verdict 
but  guilty  ? 

Anson  Lovejoy  thought  otherwise. 

"  The  lodge  is  bound  to  clear  Jervish,"  he  said 
to  me  one  day  when  the  subject  of  the  approaching  trial 
happened  to  be  mentioned.     "  And  they  will  do  it." 

Even  I,  who  knew  so  well  what  Masonic  craft  and  guile 
is  capable  of  in  the  way  of  perverting  justice,  was  sur- 
prised at  the  positiveness  with  which  he  spoke. 

"Impossible!"  I  said.  "No  plainer  case  of  guilt  ever 
came  before  a  jury." 

"That  may  be,"  answered  Lovejoy  with  a  little  touch 
of  satire ;"  but  you  will  find  that  when  a  fourth,  or  even 
less  of  the  jury  wear  Masonic  spectacles  to  assist  their 
understandings  the  plainest  cases  have  a  faculty  of  grow- 
ing strangely  involved.  Colonel  Montfort  and  the  other 
members  of  the  lodge  have  a  personal  stake  in  this  affair 
quite  outside  of  any  particular  interest  they  may  feel  in 
Jervish.  It  is  a  kind  of  a  test  question. 
They  want  to  prove  to  the  world  and  to  them- 
selves that  Masonry  is  strong  enough  to  spread  its  pro- 
tecting wing  over  the  vilest  criminal,  and  then  defy  the 
hand  of  the  law  to  reach  him.  My  word  for  it.  Sheriff 
Simouds  will  fill  out  the  jury  with  Masons  and  Odd- 
fellows to  a  man;  with  possibly  one  who  is  neither  Mason 
nor  Odd-fellow  but  whose  sympathies  or  connections  are 
all  with  the  lodge,  put  in  simply  for  a  blinder  to  the  public 
— nothing  more. " 

I  started,  for  this  was  the  same  dodge  that  had  been 
played  so  often  and  so  successfully  in  the  Morgan  trials 
forty  years  before.  What  should  hinder  its  working  equal- 
ly well  in  the  present  instance? 

The  wide  spread  notoriety  of  the  case  attracted  an  un- 
usually large  number  to  hear  the  trial,  and  each  day  of 
the  proceedings  a  crowded  court  room  attested  to  the  in- 
terest it  had  excited.  The  witness  again.st  Mavirice  Jervish 
was  clear  and  conclusive;  the  testimony  in  his  favor  slight 
and  open  to  serious  doubt  from  the  character  of  the  wit- 
nesses, or  the  suspicion  that  lodge  infiuence  had  been  at 
work,  especially  with  Mrs.  Peck  who  swore  positively  to 
having  no  knowledge  where  Mary  Lyman  went  on  the 
night  she  left  the  house,  or  in  whose  company;  but  was 
believed  by  every  candid  person  to  have  perjured  herself 
under  terror  inspired  by  her  husband,  who  knew  very  well 
how  to  use  the  peculiar  arguments  of  the  lodge  with  most 
impressive  effect  on  his  weak-minded  partner. 

Lovejoy's  prophecy  had  proved  true  to  the  letter  in 
relation  to  Sheriff  Simonds  who  filled  out  the  jury  with 
four  Masons  and  one  Odd-fellow,  together  with  a  sixth 
who  was  neither  a  Mason  nor  an  Odd-fellow  but  a  warm 
personal  friend  of  the  prisoner!  And  so  the  case  pro- 
ceeded,— a  great  deal  of  tedious  quibbling  and  impudent 
brow-beating  of  witnesses  from  the  Masonic  lawyer  who 
was  counsel  for  the  accused,  and  did  his  best,  though  sig- 
nally failing  in  the  attempt — for  there  are  some  things 
beyond  even  the  power  of  Falsehood — to  represent  the 
whole  affair  as  a  malicious  persecution  of  his  client. 
And  then,  the  evidence  all  being  in,  the  departure  of  the 


HMi 


Febkuaky  1,    1883 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE. 


jury  to  render  their  decision — guilty,  or  not  guilty. 

I  remember  with  what  hushed  expectancy  we  waited 
for  the  verdict,  how  in  the  stillness  of  the  court  room  the 
jury's  returning  footsteps  after  their  brief  absence  sound 
ed  painfully  loud.  And  I  remember  too  the  half-stunned, 
half-sick  feeling  that  came  over  me,  as  if  I  saw  .Justice 
stabbed  to  the  heart  and  was  forced  to  stand  by  when 
the  death  blow  was  struck  as  the  foreman  pronounced 
their  decision — 

"Not  guilty!" 

The  lodge   had  triumphed.     Mary  Lyman's   murderer 
was  free. 

^  {To  he  continued.') 


NEW  ENGLAND. 


THE  NEW  ENGLAND  BOARD  of  the  National  Christian  As- 
sociation has  its  headquarters  at  No.  8  Portland  St.,  Worcester, 
Mass.  K  full  supply  of  books  and  tracts  constantly  on  hand. 
Orders  promptly  filled.    Correspondence  solicited. 

E.  D.  Bailey.   N.  E.  Sec'y. 


WoRCKSTER  Ministers. — The  position  of  the  Wor- 
cester ministers  on  the  secret  society  question,  so  far  as 
we  can  ascertain,  is  about  as  follows;  Resident  Congre- 
gational  ministers  opposed  to  secret  societies,  seven;  non- 
committal, one;  and  one  belongs  to  several  secret  orders. 
Methodist,  three  not  Masons  (supposed  to  be  in  sentiment 
opposed);  two  Masons.  Baptists,  four  opposed;  one  a 
Mason.  Christian  church,  one  opposed.  Swedish  Con- 
gregational, one  opposed.  French  Congregational,  one 
opposed.  Swedish  Lutheran,  one  opposed.  The  two 
Episcopalians,  two  Unitarians  and  one  TJniversalist  are  not 
known.  Of  all  the  pastors  only  four  are  known  to  be 
Masons  and  only  six  altogether  are  believed  to  be.  There 
is  one  seceding  Mason  among  them. 


Christ,  not  Christianity. — The  Apostles  constantly 
maintained  a  devotion  to  the  crucified  Christ.  They  had 
seen  him,  they  believed  in  his  personal  presence,  they  re 
garded  his  personal  claims  to  worship,  they  believed  in 
his  personal  reign  as  King.  Now  a  change  has  taken 
place  with  many.  There  is  much  preaching  about  Chris- 
tianity but  little  preaching  of  Christ.  Many  do  not  real- 
ize his  personal  claims  to  their  affections.  They  are  sat- 
isfied to  patronize  some  of  his  teachings,  forgetting  the 
Teacher. 

A  man's  clothes  are  uot  the  man,  his  teachings  are  not 
himself.  The  ancients  were  prone  to  make  images  of 
God  and  worsliip  them;  we  are  prone  to  deify  Chris- 
tianity but  insult  Christ.  If  a  man  practices  a  few  Chris- 
tian virtues  he  calls  himself  a  Christian  though  in  his 
faith  and  practice  he  may  utterly  deny  the  personal  claims 
of  Christ.  It  is  right  to  practice  the  Christian  virtues  but 
this  is  not  the  whole  of  our  duty.  Have  we  enthroned 
Christ?  Do  we  love  his  personal  reign V  Paul  did  not 
simply  claim  to  teach  the  principles  of  Christ,  but  he  de- 
termined to  know  nothing  but  Christ  himself. 

Many  arc  devoted  to  the  reign  of  the  churches.  Every- 
thing with  them  depends  upon  the  growth  of  the  church. 
This  was  the  papal  notion.  Protestants  easily  fall  into 
the  same  error.  While  the  preacher  discusses  the  ])rinci- 
ples  of  the  Gospel,  he  must  uot  forget  that  he  is  to  con 
vert  men  to  Christ — so  fully  convert  them  that  if  the  Lord 
should  appear  in  person  they  would  rejoice  in  his  pres- 
ence. 

"Lo,  I  am  with  you"  was  a  living  fact  to  the  early  dis- 
ciples; it  should  be  no  less  so  to  us.  Let  us  preach  Christ, 
let  us  plead  for  him,  let  us  reconcile  men  to  him,  let  us  be 
jealous  for  his  personal  honor  as  well  as  the  triumph  of 
his  principles. 


Two  Apologies  Examined. — When  we  object  to  secret 
societies  on  account  of  their  secrecy,  we  are  usually  met 
in  one  of  two  ways.  In  the  first  place  it  is  common  to 
say,  "O  our  secrets  amount  to  nothing,  they  are  only  for 
our  protection."  Such  an  answer  more  frequently  comes 
from  members  of  the  minor  secret  orders. 

Why  have  them  if  they  amount  to  nothing?  As  for 
protection,  who  wiU  molest  them  if  they  are  engaged  in 
laudable  work?     If  the  secrets  are  sillythen  abolish  them. 

Where  the  secrets  are  claimed  to  be  important,  it  is 
customary  to  claim  that  all  institutions,  including  the 
church  and  the  family,  have  their  sfec'rets.  All  bad  insti- 
tutions protect  themselves  by  trying  to  seem  like  good 
ones.  In  this  case,  however,  there  is  no  resemblance. 
There  is  a  vast  difference  between  the  ordinary  privacies 
of  life  and  the  sworn  secrecy  and  pretended  mysteries  of 
secret  societies. 

This  argumeni  or  dodge  being  resorted  to  by  a  Mason 
once,  his  opponent  replied:  "I  never  made  my  wife 
sweai-  to  keep  up  a  constant  pretense  of  mystery  in  our 
home  under  no  less  a  penalty  than  that  of  having  her 


throat  cut  across,  her  tongue  torn  out   by  the  roots,    and 
her  body  buried  in  the  rough  sands  of  the  sea," 

These  secrets  are  always  the  parts  of  the  order  which 
the  members  are  ashamed  of.  There  isn't  an  instance  in 
which  men  are  sworn  to  keep  a  secret  which  would  en- 
h.ance  the  influence  of  the  order  if  made  public.  It  is 
only  the  cover  of  secrecy  that  saves  these  orders  from 
public  contempt. 


No  Revivals. — In  a  ministers'  meeting  sometime  since 
the  writer  of  this  article,  in  discussing  revivals,  remarked 
that  a  large  per  cent,  of  the  member.ship  of  our  churches 
had  never  been  converted.  They  had  been  drawn  into 
the  churches  by  the  social,  intellectual  and  esthetic  ad- 
vantages offered  and  were  devoid  of  all  spirituality.  The 
ministers  present  bore  witness  to  the  truthfulness  of  the 
assertion,  one  of  them  remarking,  "You  never  said  a  truer 
thing."  One  cannot  gain  an  inside  view  of  the  churches 
without  being  painfully  convinced  of  the  reality  of  the 
indictment 

The  result  of  the  presence  of  this  v.'orldly  element,  in 
the  management  of  church  affairs,  is  to  repress  evangel- 
icalism. Any  preaching  which  closely  sifts  the  experi- 
ences of  men  and  insists  upon  genuine  spiritual  search 
ings  of  heart  is  distasteful  to  the  majority.  It  not  only 
finds  no  response  from  the  members  but,  if  persisted  in, 
it  soon  meets  an  o])eii  opposition  and  is  eventually  sup- 
pressed. This  accounts  for  the  dearth  of  spirituality.  To 
satisfy  the  tastes  of  church  members  a  cold,  unspiritual. 
philosoyjhic  or  literary  style  of  sermons  must  ])e  i)reached 
which  do  not  appeal  to  the  hearts  or  consciences  of  the 
hearers. 

What  will  be  the  end  of  this  state  of  things?  Whence 
will  come  deliverance?  Manifestly  there  can  be  no  deliv- 
erance without  more  or  less  disturbance.  As  the  evil 
spirits  used  to  rage  and  foam  when  being  cast  out  by  the 
Saviour,  so  this  evil  cannot  be  cast  out  of  the  churches 
without  disturbance,  some  times  of  a  violent  character. 
We  should  not  fear  or  dread  upheavals  but  rejoice  when 
the  conflict  of  these  two  elements,  the  worldly  and  spir- 
itual, becomes  open  and  manifest,  knowing  that  the  day 
of  separation  will  thus  be  hastened. 

COUNCIL  OF  CHURCHES. 


Worcester,  Mass.,  Juil  22,  1883. 

The  proposition  of  Rev.  J.  S.  T.  Milligan  of  Kansas, 
to  hold  n  CoiDicil  of  Churches,  seems  to  me  very  im- 
portant, and  all  the  move  so  because  it  seems  emi- 
iriently  practical.  We  have  been  having  a  series  of 
marked  successes  since  September — the  monument, 
the  wide  circulation  of  Thurlow  Weed's  letter,  the 
purchase  of  the  Cynosure  and  the  Washington  move- 
ment. Why  should  we  not  look  for  a  continuation  of 
equally  important  events,  looking  to  a  wider  sphere 
of  influence  for  the  reform?  And  what  suggestion 
could  possibly  be  more  timely? 

A  year  ago  we  commenced  to  discuss  the  propriety 
of  such  a  movement  for  New  England  and  only  the 
past  week,  while  in  Connecticut.  I  consulted  friends 
concerning  a  New  England  convention  of  the  charac- 
ter described  by  Mr.  Milligan,  to  be  held  probably  in 
Boston.  It  seems  as  if  that  wise  providence  which 
shapes  the  affairs  of  men,  was  preparing  the  East 
and  West  alike  for  such  a  Pan-Reform  Church 
Council. 

While  the  churches  which  would  be  most  likely 
to  enter  into  such  a  movement  have,  in  some  respects 
separate  interests,  yet  in  reforms  they  are  one  and 
have  a  common  interest.  Either  this  reform  must 
triumph  or  those  churches  which  have  espoused  the 
cause  must  goto  the  wall.  While  the  cause  hangs 
in  doubt  their  destiny  is  doubtful,  when  the  cause 
succeeds  their  success  is  assured,  for  churches,  like 
men,  must  rise  or  fall  with  the  principles  they  advo- 
cate. There  are  several  denominations  to  which  this 
statement  will  apply  as  there  are  also  many  indvidual 
churches  of  which  the  same  may  be  affirmed. 

In  New  England  there  are  Reformed  Presbyterian, 
United  Presbyterian,  Wesleyan  Methodist,  Baptist. 
Swedish  and  Independent  churches,  all  of  which  have 
as  strong  a  bond  of  sympath}-  in  reforms  as  any 
churches  in  past  ages,  driven  together  by  common 
suffering  and  community  of  interests.  A  reform  con- 
vention of  these  churches  would  not  only  strengthen 
them,  but  it  would  command  a  degree  of  respect  from 
the  public  which  no  promiscuous  assembly  could  pos- 
sibly realize. 

Is  it  practical?  Looking  at  it  from  the  standpoint 
of  each  church  or  denomination  respectively  I  see  no 
objection  that  can  possibly  arise  and  the  only  doubt- 
ful point  seems  to  be  will  they  all  take  hold  of  it 
heartily  ? 

Besides  tliosc  churches  alluded  to  above  as  dis- 
tinctively reform  churches  we  are  tinding  ministers 
and  laymen  all  through  the  New  England  Stetes  who 


are  earnestly  inquiring  into  this  subject  and  though 
they  sometimes  step  shj'ly  yet  there  is  e\ddently  an 
increasing  boldness  in  meeting  the  question.  For 
example,  Mr.  Spaulding  recently  visited  Lowell,  doing 
(I  suppose)  the  first  work  for  our  reform.  He  called 
on  six  or  eight  pastors,  all  Ijut  one  of  whom  purchas 
ed  books  of  him.  one  taking  six  dollars  worth,  and 
the  one  who  took  none  desired  a  book  which  he  did 
not  have  with  him.  All  these  pastors  showed  a  wann 
side  for  the  reform  and  an  evident  purpose  to  investi- 
gate. It  is  probable  that  a  strong  and  determined 
aggressive  movement  of  the  reform  churches  would 
be  reinforced  from  unexpected  quarters  and  would 
command  the  respect  and  attention  of  a  class  of  men 
who  are  holding  aloof  for  gi'eater  evidence,  not  of  the 
evils  of  secret  societies,  but  of  the  vital  power  of  the 
reform  itself 

While  Pres.  Blanchard  is  awaiting  a  response  from 
the  distinguished  gentlemen  to  whom  he  refers  the 
proposition  may  I  not  imitate  him  in  publicly  asking 
for  an  expression  of  opinion  from  the  following  named 
N.  E.  pastors:  Rev.  D.  McFall,  Rev.  M.  L.  McCord, 
Rev  Mr.  Curtis.  Rev.  A.  M.  Ahgren,  Rev.  W.R.  Laird, 
Elder  Hezekiah  Davis,  Elder  J.  L.  Barlow.  Rev.  C.  S. 
McCracken  and  others,  who  see  this  request  and  feel 
an  interest  in  such  a  movement. 

Last  week  was  spent  by  me  in  Connecticut  with 
encouraging  results.  1  visited  friends  in  Putnam. 
Danielsonville,  Jewett  City,  Norwich  and  Willimantic. 
It  was  apparent  that  the  recent  work  for  the  reform 
had  borne  fruit,  for  strangers  with  whom  I  comersed 
freely  had  become  conversant  with  the  reform  througli 
notices  in  the  public  print.  An  interview  of  several 
hours  with  a  Congregational  pastor  in  one  place 
resulted  in  his  purchasing  books  t<)  study  the  subject 
and  evincing  a  purpose  to  bring  his  influence  to  bear 
against  the  lodges. 

Amid  many  difficulties  and  much  adversity  brother 
•J.  A.  Conant,  Elder  Barlow  and  their  allies  keep  on 
their  way,  abating  nothing  nothing  in  zeal,  nor  folding 
the  banner  of  reform.  There  is  nothing  which  makes 
me  long  to  see  the  day  of  triumph  speed  its  coming 
so  much  as  the  evidence  of  over-taxed  workers, 
struggling  manfully  against  wind  and  tide.  May  the 
Lord  sustain  his  people  and  send  speedy  deli\erance. 

E.  I).  Bailey. 


PROTECTION  OF  CRIMINALS. 

If  a  band  of  criminals  were  to  organize  for  self- 
protection,  it  is  not  probable  they  would  openlj-  pub- 
lish their  evil  intentions.  They  would  probably  bind 
one  another  \o  mutual  aid  and  protection  without 
specifying  the  nature  of  the  deeds  to  be  protected. 
Then  if  then-  oaths  were  discovered  it  would  make 
proof  of  evil  intent  difficult.  The  worst  conspiracies 
are  couched  in  the  blindest  form. 

It  is  well  known  that  Freemasonry  protects  its 
members  from  the  punishment  of  their  crimes.  On 
examination  of  a  single  oath,  the  Master  3Iason's 
oath,  will  reveal  the  dangerous  character  of  this  pro- 
tection. Put  three  phrases  of  the  oath  together,  and 
one  can  see  the  criminality  of  the  obligation.  The 
candidate  swears  as  follows:  "That  I  will  answer 
and  obey  all  due  signs  and  summons  *  *  *  given 
me  by  a  brother  of  this  degi-ee;  *  *  *  that  I  will 
keep  a  brother  Master  Mason's  secrets  inviolate;  *  *  * 
if  ever  I  should  see  or  hear  it  (the  grand  hailing  sign 
of  disti-ess,)  given  by  a  worthy  brother  in  distress,  I 
will  fly  to  his  relief  if  there  is  a  greater  probability 
of  saving  his  life  than  of  losing  my  own." 

All  signs  and  appeals  by  signs  must  be  ansMered 
or  the  <jath  will  be  broken.  No  special  signs  would 
be  necessary-  for  the  ordinary  affairs  of  life.  This  is 
a  secret  appeal  for  something  which  would  not  be 
granted  for  ordinary  reascms.  The  second  part  of  the 
above  obligation  would  make  it  possible  for  a  crimi- 
nal to  appeal  to  a  brother  Mason  to  conceal  his  guilt, 
and  he  would  be  compelled  to  do  so.  Finally,  if  the 
guilty  party  comes  to  trial,  or  is  in  danger  of  trial, 
CA-ery  sheriff,  judge,  jurj-man  and  witness  who  is  a 
Mason,  may  be  appealed  to  with  the  Grand  Hailing 
Sign  of  Distress,  and  he  is  under  the  most  solemn 
obligation  to  do  his  utmost  for  the  release  of  the 
criminal,  not  limiting  his  efforts  to  any  risk  sa-\-e  the 
risk  of  losing  his  own  life. 

Some  one  asks,'  -Do  yon  think  every  Mason  would 
shield  crime?"  to  which  we  reply  that  he  must  do  it 
or  break  his  oath,  and  as  it  is  Masonic  doctrine  that 
the  breaking  of  the  oath  should  be  punished  with 
death,  even  well-disposed  men  have  often  been  cMven 
to  protect  their  fellows  before  the  law.  Bad  men  un- 
derstand these  obligations  better  than  good  men,  and 
are  rendered  bold  in  their  crimes  frojn  the  fact  of  the 
protection  which  they  can  claim.  These  obligations 
are  in  the  highest  degree  iniipical,  and  ought  to  be 
i  abolished  by  law. 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE. 


February  1,  1883 


CORRESPONDENCE. 


"THE  GREAT  WORLD  RELIGIONS." 


An  article  in  the  Standard,  under  the  above  heading,  I 
read  with  much  interest,  for  some  time  ago  I  had  read 
"The  Light  of  Asia,"  which  awakened  a  protest  against 
its  tendency.  I  was  therefore  pleased  to  see  that  it  char- 
acterized the  "school  to  which  its  author,  Mr.  Arnold, 
belongs,"  as  one  which  would  conciliate  religions  other 
than  Christian,  instead  of  protecting  against  them  all  and 
regarding  it  as  "the  duty  of  Christians  and  the  destiny  of 
Christianity  to  'root  out'  every  false  religion."  Every 
true  Christian  will  cordially  respond  to  the  closing  para- 
graph, viz.: 

"It  is  not  the  mission  of  Christianity  to  conciliate  any 
false  religion.  Its  mission  is  to  conciliate  to  saving  faith 
in  Christ  every  lost  sinner  on  earth,  pagan  or  what  not, 
whom  God's  great  grace  shall  enable  it  to  reach  in  this 
sense,  and  in  this  way  it  is  to  root  out  all  false  religions 
and  become  the  one  faith  of  mankind." 

I  do  not  know  what  Mr.  Arnold's  religion  really  is,  but 
allowing  for  the  liberty  to  the  poet  in  presenting  the 
phases  and  fancies  of  Asiatic  faiths  in  the  most  "amiable" 
spirit,  we  need  not  go  far  to  find  a  "school"  of  consider- 
able influence  among  ourselves  quietly  at  work,  not  mere- 
ly to  conciliate  the  religions  of  the  world  but  to  teach  an- 
other religion  whose  claim  is  world-wide,  and  therefore  is 
a  competitor  with,  and  a  subverter  of,  our  common  Chris- 
tianity. It  is  not  a  professed  opponent  of  any  religion, 
but  seeks  to  conciliate  and  subordinate  every  other  to 
itself  while  it  permits  its  members  to  maintain  their  pro- 
fession of  any  faith,  but  binds  them  to  conceal  its  cere- 
monial by  awful  oaths  and  penalties.  It  might  be  regard- 
ed as  incredible  that  in  our  free  country,  and  among  our 
free  churches,  such  a  religion  could  make  any  progress, 
but  alas !  the  facts  furnish  abundant  proof  that  such  is 
the  case.  We  are  divinely  warned  very  often  against 
false  teachers  and  false  Christs,  and  against  deceivers  and 
those  who,  like  their  real  master  Satan,  transform  them- 
selves into  angels  of  light.  There  is  danger  to  the  cause 
of  Christ  when  the  watchmen  on  Zion's  towers  are  care- 
less, even  as  there  are  calamities  like  the  fire  at  Milwau- 
kee, when  proper  watchmen  are  not  employed. 

If  Mr.  Arnold  has  been  indoctrinated  by  this  "religion 
in  which  all  men  agree"  (as  it  is  claimed  they  do),  then  we 
need  not  be  surprised  at  his  tender  treatment  of  heathen 
ciTors,  nor  at  his  desire  to  promote  among  his  readers  as 
high  a  regard  for  them  as  he  himself  may  entertain. 
Even  among  ourselves,  as  reported  in  the  Inter-  Ocean  last 
April,  one  of  our  popular  preachers,  with  others  seated 
beside  him  enjoying  themselves  at  a  feast,  was  reported 
to  have  expressed  these  ideas:  Freemasonry  was  a  reli 
gion  that  he  knew  of  nothing  which  had  more  direct  bear- 
ing on  the  spiritual  growth;  and  that  Knight  Templary  is 
the  Gospel  where  Masonry  is  the  law. 

Now  it  is  well  known  that  those  churches  which  regard 
membership  in  "the  religion  of  Masonry  as  a  matter  for 
discipline  are  in  the  minority,  and  that  Freemasonry  is 
rather  popular  among  various  large  denominations.  Yet 
if  this  reverend  gentleman  is  right  in  his  statement,  and 
being  a  Knight  Templar,  he  ought  to  be  regarded  as  a 
competent  witness,  then  how  can  we  be  of  two  religions 
at  the  same  time  ?  The  one  under  Masonry,  the  other  un- 
der our  Lord  Jesus  Christ?  The  one  open  for  all  the 
world  without  money  or  price;  the  other  is  neither.  Is 
the  law  of  Masonry  and  the  law  of  Sinai  the  same?  If 
not,  then  the  gospels  for  each  are  different  gospels!  But 
while  Christianity  "roots  out"  other  religions.  Masonry 
equally  "conciliates"  Jews,  Christians,  Deists,  Buddhists, 
Mohammedans,  and  every  other  religion!  Mr.  Arnold 
may  thus  have  pupils,  even  among  the  churches,  willing 
to  listen  to  his  estimate  of  the  great  Apostle  Paul,  as  "not 
more  sublime  in  religious  history ....  than  the  camel 
driver,  Muhamed ....  that  marvellous  and  gifted  teacher 
whose  followers  must  be  conciliated."  But  Christianity 
aims  to  root  out  his  teachings  while  Masonry  allows  them 
to  be  retained  by  its  members.  Thus  Freemasonry,  "the 
handmaid  of  [any]  religion,"  must  be  the  best  "concili- 
ator!" for  also  in  its  secret  chambers  the  Koran  and  the 
Bible  are  equally  honored — the  one  in  Mohammedan,  the 
other  in  Christian  communities. 

•  At  one  time  the  Roman  power  was  universal,  and  per- 
sj(;uted  Christians.  Many  regard  it  as  the  beast  of  the 
Apocalypse,  and  some  people  imagine  that  the  secret  em- 
pire, (Freemasonry,  etc.,)  is  its  "Image."  What  religion 
is  more  likely  to  become  so  exacting  and  so  universal  as 
Masonry?  Can  both  continue  to  co-exist?  Are  the  two 
religions  inimical  to  each  other  or  not?  Masonry  is  large- 
ly physical;  Christianity  is  purely  spiritual.  Let  us  re- 
member that  when  the  golden  calf  was  made  the  priests 
feaid,  "These  be  thy  gods,  O  Israel,"  and  so  also  on  other 


occasions.  Jesus  said  to  his  disciples  and  to  all.  Watch. 
The  question  of  Christians  holding  "fellowship  with 
any  such  work  of  darkness"  as  Masonry,  is  answered  by 
the  Word  of  God.  Probably  the  time  is  not  far  distant 
when  Masonry  shall  divide  the  churches  as  slavery  once 
did.  Yours  truly,  Senbx. 


POINTS  FROM  LETTERS. 


A  SIGNIPICAIJT  OFFER. 

Two  ministers  of  Christ  (?)  made  a  clerical  call  on  a 
friend  recently  in  a  mining  town  of  Pennsylvania,  to  so- 
licit him  to  join  the  lodge — Knights  of  Honor  (?).  "Come 
and  join  us,"  said  they,  "and  we'll  make  a  man  of  you." 
This  young  man,  sober,  industrious  and  exemplary,  though 
not  a  church  member,  I  thjnk.  was  not  invited  to  come 
to  the  model  Man,  Christ  Jesus,  but  the  all-healing,  trans- 
forming power,  where  the  faith  of  these  embassadors  of 
Baal  rested.  God  save  our  young  men  from  lodge-bound 
ministers.     Shame  on  such  ministers  of  Satan !         n.  c. 


A  NEW  ADVOCATE. 

The  good  work  still  goes  on  at  Old  Pleasant  Hill,  How- 
ard county,  Ind.  Praise  God,  on  seventh  day  night,  the 
7th  inst.,  Bro.  Levi  Marshall  from  Iowa  gave  us  a  good 
lecture  on  secret  societies.  The  Bible  was  his  weapon  of 
defense,  he  proved  his  points  clearly  to  the  satisfaction  of 
a  good  audience  save  one,  who  tried  to  reply,  but  he  had 
the  wrong  side  of  the  question,  and  was  so  excited  he 
said  many  things  that  helped  confirm  what  the  brother 
had  said  as  truth. 

O  that  there  were  more  lecturers  on  this  great  and  im- 
portant work!  Our  church  house  at  Pleasant  Hill  is  open 
to  every  work  of  reform.  If  any  feel  disposed  to  come 
this  way  the  door  is  open.  The  Friends  are  interested  in 
the  work  at  this  place,  and  will  lend  a  helping  hand. 

M.    A.  H. 


TOWARD  WASHINGTON. 

I  am  favorably  impressed  with  Mr.  Stoddard's  proposi- 
tion for  a  home  for  our  enterprise  in  Washington.  In- 
deed I  think  we  ought  to  and  can  provide  homes  for  our 
work  in  all  the  main  cities,  at  least  such  headquarters  as 
we  have  in  Worcester,  where  our  books  and  publications 
can  be  had.  And  for  the  furtherance  of  this  and  the  gen- 
eral lecture  and  tract  work  we  shall  need  many  and  large 
bequests.  It  is  perhaps  better  that  those  who  give  to  be- 
nevolent objects  as  a  rule  should  carry  out  their  own 
wills,  that  is,  while  they  are  alive  personally  see  that  their 
money  is  used  for  the  greatest  good.  We  hope  our 
friends  will  not  forget  the  great  work  of  the  National 
Christian  Association.  j.  s.  h. 


BERNADOTTE. 

In  a  late  Cynosure,  under  the  heading  of  "A  Model 
Princess,"  I  read:  "The  family  of  Bernadotte,  the  only 
one  of  Napoleon's  generals  whom  he  placed  upon  a 
throne  who  stayed  there,"  etc.  This  is  an  error.  Napo- 
leon never  placed  Bernadotte  upon  a  throne.  The  fact 
is  that  Sweden  having  joined  one  of  the  coalitions  against 
Napoleon  in  1805,  two  thousand  Swedish  soldiers  fell  into 
the  hands  of  Bernadotte;  and  the  humanity  and  kindness 
with  which  they  were  treated,  so  won  the  hearts  of  the 
Swedish  nation  that  they  elected  Bernadotte  as  their 
crown  prince  in  1810,  and  he  became  king  on  the  death  of 
the  childless  Charles  XIII.  in  1818,  when  Napoleon  was 
on  St.  Helena.  This  may  be  a  matter  of  small  moment, 
(and  the  story  is  taken  from  the  Christian  Advocate-^  but 
I  mention  it  for  the  sake  of  suggesting  to  the  writers  for 
the  Cynosure  that  we  should  not  only  say  what  we  know 
but  knoio  what  we  say.  w.  t. 


ANOTHER  APPROVAL. 

I  read  with  anabated  interest  the  Cynosure,  and  rejoice 
in  every  advance  movement  and  effort  to  strengthen  the 
N.  C.  A.  reform  work.  I  would  God  would  put  it  into 
the  heart  of  men  of  means,  and  men  of  heart  to  put  in  ex- 
ecution the  proposition  of  Secretary  Stoddard  to  take 
Washington  and  make  the  move  national,  in  fact,  as  it  is 
American  in  principle.  The  conception  seems  to  me  a 
grand  one.  Such  boldness  will  beget  boldness,  and  awak- 
en true  enthusiasm  in  zealous,  if  not  in  indifferent,  hearts. 

I  am  hoping  yet  by  the  blessing  of  God  to  have  health 
so  as  to  be  able  to  do  something  for  the  Cynosure.  God 
is  healing  others  in  answer  to  prayer.  I  am  among  the 
"any"  (Jas.  5:  14,  15.)  We  are  told,  "according  to  thy 
faith,"  etc.  I  ask  an  intei'est  in  your  prayers.  2  Cor. 
1:  11.  T.  c.  H. 


OTHER  REFORMS. 

There  are  so  many  moral  evils  that  we  need  to  pray  to 
God  daily  to  keep  us  from  the  evils  of  the  world;  that 
while  we  oppose  one  sin  we  don't  hug  another.  There 
are  some  that  are  coming  out  from  the  world  and  being 
separate.  There  are  some  who  do  not  bear  witness  to 
what  the  Lord  has  done  for  them.  It  seems  as  though 
they  were  ashamed  to,  or  ashamed  of  Christ  (Mark  8 :  38) . 
I  want  to  say  a  few  words  to  Christian  mothers  and  sisters 
about  dress.  If  we  love  the  Saviour  and  those  he  died  to 
save  and  want  to  be  workers  in  the  vineyard,  we  can't 
spend  our  time  in  bedecking  ourselves  with  the  pride  and 
fashion  of  this  world,  when  friends  and  perhaps  children, 
are  going  on  unsaved. 

Six  years  ago  this  winter  I  listened  to  a  sermon  on  the 
subject  of  Christian  women's  adorning.  I  seemed  to  see 
Christian  mothers  spending  their  time  ruffling  and  tucking 
and  trimming  while  their  children  could  say  "I  never 
heard  my  mother  pray."  Then  I  saw  their  sons  go  to  the 
war  unbelieversi     Some  were  shot)  others  died  in  hospi- 


tals. O  how  gladly  their  mothers  would  have  gone  to 
pray  for  them  then!  Think  you  those  boys  won't  rise  up 
in  the  judgment  with  condemnation.  Well,  the  good 
Lord  gave  me  grace  to  lay  aside  the  weight  and  sin  that 
had  beset  me  all  my  life  and  run  with  patience  the  race 
set  before  me;  and  patience  worketh  experience  and  ex- 
perience hope.  MRS.  R.  J. 


LITERARY  NOTES. 


Rev.  Albert  Sims,  of  Gait,  Ontario,  beside  publishing 
the  Radical  Christian,  issues  some  valuable  tracts  on 
dress,  the  tobacco  habit,  etc.,  which  are  a  valuable  addi- 
tion to  the  purifying  and  useful  literature  of  the  day. 

Choice  Literature,  the  monthly  eclectic  magazine  pub- 
lished by  John  B.  Alden,  18  Vesey  St.,  New  York,  in  its 
January  number,  contains  articles  by  Prof.  Proctor,  Sam- 
uel Smiles,  Count  De  Falbe,  the  Bishop  of  Carlisle,  and 
Vernon  Lee.  The  cheapness  of  this  publication  is  almost 
ridiculously  out  of  proportion  to  its  value — 25  cents  a 
year. 

The  same  publisher  issues  a  very  neat  little  semi-weekly, 
the  Elzevir  Library,  in  which  he  proposes  to  print  the 
choicest  literatiire  from  our  best  authors;  each  number  to 
contain  a  literary  gem  complete.  The  list  of  authors  and 
articles  which  will  appear  in  this  series  will  tempt  every 
lover  of  good  reading  to  invest  in  the  publication. 

Vick's  beautiful  Monthly  Magazine  opens  its  sixth  vol- 
ume with  the  year.  Nothing  can  surpass  the  delicate  ac- 
curacy with  which  the  floral  world  is  transferred  to  its 
pages.  "Rose  Gossip,"  "Flowers  for  Schools,"  "A  Bog 
Garden,"  "Insects  and  Flowers,"  and  "Native  Ferns," 
are  among  the  longer  articles. 

In  St.  Nicholas  for  February,  Joaquin  Miller,  the  ec- 
centric poet,  writes  of  the  "Land  of  Clouds,"  and  fine  il- 
lustrations of  an  ascent  of  Mt.  Hood  accompany  the  arti- 
cle. H.  H.  Boyeson's  accoun  of  the  Norwegian  skee,  a 
kind  of  snow-shoe,  is  delightful  for  its  pictures  of  north- 
ern life.  The  "Stories  of  Art  and  Artists"  reveals  to  the 
young  readers  something  of  the  life  of  Rubens.  Of 
much  else  in  the  number,  witty  and  bright  will  express 
the  sum,  but  that  is  all. 

Good  Literature  has  approved  its  name  of  late  in  such 
reprints  from  the  English  reviews  as  "The  Mills  and  Car- 
lyle,"  "Macauley,"  "Mr.  Anthony  TroUope,"  "Some 
Points  in  American  Speech  and  Culture,"  etc. 

The  Omaha  Observer  says  of  "In  the  Coils,"  "We  are 
not  in  a  position  to  verify  the  statements  of  this  chal- 
lenge to  the  Masonic  society.  Anyhow,  we  are  concerned 
simply  with  the  story  as  a  work  of  fiction.  Thus  con- 
sidered, it  must  be  pronounced  one  of  the  most  vivid, 
realistic  and  striking  productions  that  has  issued  from  the 
modern  press.  The  author  shows  himself  a  master  of 
terse  rhetoric,  of  apt  quotations,  and  of  glowing  wit. 
While  it  has  been  constructed  rather  with  a  view  of  pro- 
ducing effect,  and  forcing  thought,  than  to  present  a  more 
finished  piece  of  artistic  work:  it  yet  is,  of  its  kind,  a 
masterpiece.  The  reader  will  not  willingly  lay  it  aside, 
until  the  fate  of  the  brave  young  physician  has  been 
ascertained.  The  book  is  the  product  of  home  talent,  it 
may  be  added,  and  for  sale  by  Seaman,  and  at  the  Anti- 
quarian Book  Store." 

In  The  North  American  Review  for  Febi'uary  six  prom- 
inent theologians,  representing  as  many  religious  denom- 
inations, give  expression  to  their  views  upon  the  question 
of  the  "Revision  ef  Creeds".  Prof.  Alexander  Winchell, 
in  an  article  entitled  "The  Experiment  of  Universal  Suf- 
frage", institutes  a  profound  inquiry  into  the  essential 
conditions  of  stable  popular  government,  which  he  finds 
to  be,  substantially,  virtue  and  intelligence;  but  these  con- 
ditions, he  maintains,  are  absolutely  unattainable  under 
our  existing  political  system,  where  an  electorate  either 
ignorant  or  viscious,  or  both,  by  the  mere  force  of  supe- 
rior numbers,  practically  nullifies  the  suffrages  of  the 
better  and  wiser  portion  of  the  people,  whose  right  to 
control  the  government  of  the  commonwealth  is  grounded 
in  the  very  nature  of  things.  Bishop  McQuaid  of  Roch- 
ester, is  given  a  large  space  in  an  effort  to  prove  that  the 
Protestantism  represgnted  by  Henry  Ward  Beecher  and 
the  State  churches  of  Europe  is  declining.  This  is  a 
stock  theme  with  a  few  Romanists.  "The  Political  Situ- 
ation" is  the  joint  title  of  two  articles,  the  one  by  Horatio 
Seymom-,  the  other  by  Geo.  S.  Boutwell,  who  offer  their 
respective  views  upon  the  cause  of  the  recent  overthrow 
of  the  Republican  party.  An  article  by  Dr.  D.  A.  Sar- 
gent, on  "Physical  Education  in  Colleges",  treats  a  sub- 
ject of  prime  importance  to  the  welfare  of  the  youths  in 
our  higher  educational  institutions.  Finally,  there  are 
two  articles  on  "The  Standard  Oil  Company",  Senator 
Camden  of  West  Virginia  defending  that  corporation 
against  its  assailants,  and  John  C.  Welch  setting  forth  the 
reasons  for  condemning  it  as  a  dangerous  monopoly. 
Published  at  30  Lafayette  Place,  New  York. 


Go,  then,  to  a  work  so  solemn  that  angels  might 
tremble  to  bear  the  trust — a  work  so  pregnant  with 
issues  for  good  or  for  evil,  in  time  and  in  eternity, 
that  imagination  fails  to  embrace  their  number  and 
full  significance — as  becomes  the  children  of  earth. 
Firm,  yet  gentle;  bold  to  reprove,  tender  to  restore; 
weak  in  ourselves,  yet  strong  in  the  mighty  God  of 
Jacob:  apply  to  j'our  task.  Go!  Despair  not  amid 
difficulties,  and  shrink  not  from  toil;  and  though  no 
earthly  recompense  be  yours,  at  the  resurrection  of 
the  just  you  shall  have  a  sure  reward — a  crown  of 
righteousness  that  fadeth  not  away. — Selected, 


February  1,  1883 


THE  CHRISTIAlSr  CYNOSURE. 


ASSORTED. 

Fifty-six  suburban  trains  are  run   daily 
.  on   the   Illinois    Central  road,  and  carry 
250,000  passengers  per  month,  an  increase 
of  40  per  cent  within  the  last  year. 

The  stockholders  of  the  Philadelphia 
centennial  are  out  of  pocket  $1,700,000. 
It  will  probably  be  some  time  before  Phil- 
adelphia will  hold  another  centennial. 

From  the  consumption  of  matches  in 
France  and  England,  it  is  seen  that  about 
250,000,000,000  are  made  in  those  two 
countries  every  year.  In  the  United 
States,^  about  40,000,000  a  year  are  made, 
yielding  a  revenue  to  the  government  of 
about  $3,500,000. 

Since  the  last  session  of  the  Missouri 
Legislature,  two  years  ago.  Gov.  Critten- 
den has  pardoned  131  convicts  from  the 
penitentiary,  and  Lieut. -Gov.  Campbell 
eight.  Eight  of  these  were  convicted  of 
mm'der  in  the  first  degree,  twenty  six  of 
murder  in  the  second  degree,  and  four  of 
outrages. 

Curran  was  addressing  a  jury,  when 
the  Judge,  who  was  thought  to  be  antag- 
onistic to  his  client,  intimated  his  dissent 
from  the  argument  advanced  by  a  shake 
of  his  head.  "I  see,  gentleman,"  said 
Curran,  "I  see  the  motion  of  his  lord- 
ship's head.  Persons  unacquainted  with 
his  lordship  would  be  a.j>i  to  think  it  im- 
plied a  difference  of  opinion,  but  be  as- 
sured, gentlemen,  this  is  not  the  case. 
When  you  know  his  lordship  as  well  as  I 
do,  it  will  be  unnecessary  to  tell  you  that 
when  he  shakes  his  head  there  is  really 
nothing  in  it." 

It  is  said  that  when  Senator  David  Da- 
vis was  on  the  judicial  bench  in  Illinois, 
he  was  once  interviewed  about  one  of  his 
decisions,  and  his  conversation  taken 
down  in  shorthand.  After  the  news- 
gatherer  had  copied  his  notes  out  in  long- 
hand he  submitted  them  to  the  Judge,  and 
asked  him  if  they  were  correct.  The 
Judge  read  them  through  carefully  and 
replied  with  a  fatherly  smile:  "My  son, 
if  you  had  written  this  in  Choctaw,  on 
the  subject  of  raising  hens,  you  could  not 
have  gotten  further  off  the  track.  You 
have  jumbled  up  the  words  so  that  no 
man  can  understand  them.  Othencise, 
the  report  is  very  correct." 

The  purchase  of  the  main  Exposition 
Building  at  Philadelphia  by  Mr.  B.  C. 
MitcheU  for  $97,000  was  a  successful 
speculation.  The  cost  of  removing  the 
huge  structure  and  other  expenses  amount- 
ed to  about  $100,000,  and  the  materials  of 
which  it  was  built  have  been  sold  for 
about  $5,000,000,  leaving  a  profit  of  $300,- 
000  to  be  divided  among  Mr.  Mitchell  and 
the  five  other  gentlemen  whom  he  asso 
dated  with  himself  in  the  enterprise.  At 
the  time  of  his  purchase  Mr.  Mitchell  was 
frank  enough  to  say  that  he  fully  expected 
to  make  a  large  sum  of  money  by  it,  that 
he  was  prepared  to  pay  considerably  more 
for  the  building  than  the  price  at  which  it 
was  knocked  down  to  him,  and  that  he 
was  astonished  that  Mr.  Richard  Dobbins, 
who  built  it,  and  who  was  as  well  ac- 
quainted with  its  value  as  himself,  should 
have  let  such  a  pretty  plum  slip  through 
his  fingers. 

Helen  F.  HefCron  is  a  student  of  the 
Hahnemann  Medical  College  of  Chicago 
(Co-educational).  The  Professor  of  Sur- 
gery, Dr.  Hall,  early  in  the  term  requested 
the  students  to  make  a  careful  written  re- 
port of  the  surgical  clinic,  and  to  sign  a 
fictitious  name,  that  he  might  examine 
these  reports,  and  select  upon  merit  alone 
the  person  who,  for  the  entire  term, 
.should  be  appointed  the  oflacial  reporter 
of  his  clinics.  At  the  next  meeting  of 
the  class,  after  the  reports  had  been  care 
fully  rated.  Prof.  Hall  said:  "If  the  gen- 
tleman signing  himself  'Incognito'  will 
please  stand  up,  I  shall  take  great  pride 
in  presenting  to  the  class  my  official  re- 
porter for  the  present  term."  Whereupon 
amid  the  shouts  of  applause,  Helen  F. 
Heffron  arose,  and  blushingly  confessed 
to  being  "the  gentleman  who  signed  him- 
self Incognito."  Of  course  she  was  ap- 
pointed. 

Mr.  Jeffrey. has  established  the  fact  that 
bones  disappear  in  the  ocean.  By  dredg- 
ing, it  is  common  to  bring  up  teeth,  but 
rarely  ever  a  bone  of  any  kind;  these, 
however  compact,  dissolve  if  exposed  to 
the  action  of  the  water  but  a  little  time. 
On  the  contrary,  teeth — which  are  not 
bones  any  more  than  whales  are  fish — re- 
sist the  destroying  action  of  sea  water  in- 
definitely. It  is,  therefore,  a  powerful 
solvent.     Still,  the  populat  Opinion  is  that 


it  is  a  brine.  If  such  were  the  case,  the 
bottom  of  all  seas  would,  long  ago,  have 
been  shallowed  by  immense  accumulations 
of  carcasses  and  products  of  the  vegeta- 
ble kingdom  constantly  floating  into  them. 
Dentine,  the  peculiar  material  of  which 
teeth  are  formed,  and  the  enamel  cover- 
ing them,  offer  extraordinary  resistance  to 
these  chemical  agencies,  which  resolve 
other  animal  remains  into  nothingness. 
Mounds  in  the  West,  tumuli  in  Europe 
and  Asia,  which  are  believed  to  antedate 
sacred  history  for  thousands  of  years, 
yield  up  perfectly  sound  teeth,  on  which 
time  appears  to  have  made  no  impression 
whatever. — Phrenological  Journal. 

The  following  are  some  of  the  great 
battles  of  the  world,  and  the  number 
slain  in  each:  At  Durham,  1346,  there 
fell  15,000;  at  Halidonhill  and  Agincourt, 
20,000  each;  at  Bautzen  andLepanto,  25,- 
000  each;  at  Austerlitz,  Jena  and  Lutzen, 
25,000  each;  at  Eylau,  60,000;  at  Water- 
loo and  Quatre  Bras,  one  engagement, 
70,000;  at  Borodino,  80,000;  at  Fontenoy, 
100,000;  at  Yarmouth,  150,000;  at  Chalon, 
no  less  than  300,000  of  Attila's  army 
alone!  The  Moors  in  Spain,  about  the 
year  800,  lost  in  one  battle  70,000;  in  an- 
other, four  centuries  later,  180,000,  be- 
sides 50,000  prisoners;  and  in  a  third, 
even  200,000  men.  Still  greater  was  the 
carnage  in  ancient  times.  At  Canute  70,- 
000  fell.  The  Romans  lost  80,000,  in  an 
engagement  with  the  Cimbri  and  Teu- 
tones.  The  Carthaginians  attacked  Hy- 
mera  in  Sicily  with  an  army  of  300,000 
men,  and  a  fleet  of  2,000  ships  and  3,000 
transports;  but  not  a  "ship  or  a  transport 
escaped  destruction,  and  of  the  troops  on- 
ly a  few  in  a  small  boat  reached  Carthage 
with  the  melancholy  tidings.  Marius, 
slew,  in  one  .battle,  140,000  Gauls,  and  in 
another  290,000.  In  the  battle  of  Issus, 
between  Alexander  and  Darius,  110,000 
were  slain;  in  that  of  Arbela,  300,000 
more.  Julius  Ca'sar  once  annihilated  an 
army  of  363,000  Helvetians;  and  in  a  bat- 
tle with  Upsipetes,  he  slew  400,000;  and 
on  another  occasion  he  massacred  430,000 
Germans,  who  had  crossed  the  Rhine, 
with  their  herds,  and  flocks,  and  little 
ones,  in  quest  of  new  settlements. 

Sentiments  must  have  undergone  quite 
a  dreadful  change  in  Prussia  sinc^the 
days  of  Frederic  the  Great.  He  is^aid 
to  have  taken  the  following  summary  and 
very  successful  method  of  suppressing 
dueling  in  his  army:  An  officer  desired 
the  permission  of  the  King  to  fight  a  duel 
with  a  fellow-officer.  He  gave  his  con- 
sent, with  the  understanding  that  himself 
would  be  a  spectator  of  the  conflict.  The 
hour  of  meeting  arrived,  and  the  parties 
repaired  to  the  place  of  slaughter.  But 
what  was  their  surprise  to  find  a  gibbet 
erected  upon  the  spot.  The  challenger 
inquired  of  Frederic,  who  was  present  ac 
cording  to  agreement,  what  this  meant. 
"I  intend,"  said  the  King,  sternly,  "to 
hang  the  survivor!"  This  was  enough. 
The  duel  was  not  fought;  and  by  this 
simple  but  effectual  means,  it  is  said  duel- 
ing was  broken  up  in  the  army  of  Fred- 
eric. 


CHRISTIAN  WORKERS 

Who  depend  on  voluntary  contributions 
of  Christian  people  in  whole  or  in  part 
for  their   support: 

J.  F.  Bkowne,  Cabin  Creek,  Ky. 

Eli  Tapley,  Columbus,  Miss. 

J.  F.  Galloway,   Okahumka,  Florida. 

Wm.  Hazenburg,  Cape  Town,  S. 
Africa. 

A.  D.  Z-ARAphonithes,  Smyrna,  Turkey. 

G.  H.  Filian,  Ai'menia. 

Contributions  for  either  of  these  breth- 
ren may  be  forwarded  through  the  Treas- 
urer of  the  N.  C.  A.  Please  designate 
to  which  one  such  funds  shall  be  sent. 


ANTI-MAS  ONIC  LECTURERS. 

General  Agent  and  Lecturer,  J.  P. 
Stoddard,  221  West  Madison  street,  Chi- 
cago. 

Agents  for  the  South:  H.  H.  Hinman, 
Wlieaton,  111.,  and  Paul  S.  Feemster, 
Pearlette  Kans. 

E.  D.  Bailey,  Worcester,  Mass.,  Agent 
for  New  England. 

Degree  Workers. —  [Seccders.] 

D.  P.  Rathbun,  Clarence,  Iowa. 

8.  E.  Starry,  Clarence,  Iowa. 

Jas.  Furguson,      "  " 


J.  K.  Glassford,  Carthage,  Mo. 

State  Lecturers.  t 

California,  D.  A.  Richards,   Woodland. 
Conn.,  J.  L.  Barlow  of  Willimantic. 
Indiana,  S.  L.  Cook  of  Albion. 
Iowa,  D.  P.  Rathbun,  Clarence. 
Robert  J.  Williams,  Winnebago  City. 
Missouri,  M.  N.  Butler  of  Albany. 
Minnesota,  R.  J.  Williams 
Michigan,  A.  H.  Springstein,    Pontiac. 
Wisconsin,  Isaac  Bancroft,  Monroe. 

Other  Lecturers. 
C.  A.  Blarichard,  Wheaton,  111. 
N.  Callender,  Thompson,  Pa. 
J.  H.  Tiramons,  Tarentuin,  Pa. 
J.  H.  Baird,  Templeton,  Pa. 
T.  B.  McCormick,  Princeton,  Ind. 
E.  Johnson,  Dayton,  Ind. 
J.  M.  Bishop,  Cliambersburg,  Pa. 
A.  Marn,  Promise  City,  Mich. 
J.  B.  Cressinger,  Sullivan,  O. 
W.  M.  Love,  Baker,  Mo. 
A.  D.  Freeman,  Downers  Grove,  111. 
J.  P.  Richards,  Belrnont,  Wis. 
E.  Matliews,  Spring  Arbor,  Mich. 
Wm.  Fenton,  St  Paul,  Minn. 
E.  I.  Grinnell,  Blairsburg,  Iowa, 
Warren  Taylor,  South  Salem,  O. 
J.  S.  Perry,  Thompson,  Conn. 

C.  F.  Hawlcy,  Wlieaton,  111. 

J.  T.  Michael,  New  Wilmington,  Pa. 
Prof.  S.  C.  Kimball,  New  Market,  N.  H. 
Elder  L.  H.  Buf  kins,  Scranton,  Iowa. 
S.  G.  Barton,  Breckinridge,  Mo. 
Joel  H.  Austin,  Goshen,  Ind. 

D.  B.  Tumey,  Bird  Station,  lU. 
J.  F.  Browne,  Cabin  Creek,  Ky. 

E.  BametBon,  Jackson  Valley,  Pa. 


THE  CHURCHES  AGAINST  LODG- 
ERT. 

The  following  denominations  are  com- 
mitted by  vote  of  their  legislative  assem- 
blies or  by  constitution  to  a  separation 
from  secret  worship: 

Adventists  (Seventh-day.) 

Baptists — Primitive,  Seventh-day  and 
Scandinavian. 

Brethren  (Dunkers  or  German  Bap- 
tists.) 

Christian  Reformed  Church. 

Church  of  God  (Northern  Indiana  El- 
dership.) 

Congregational — The  State  Associations 
of  Illinois  and  Iowa  have  adopted  resolu- 
tions against  the  lodge. 

Disciples  (in  part.) 

Friends. 

Lutherans — Norwegian,  Danish,  Swed- 
ish and  Synodical  Conferences. 

Mennonites. 

Methodists — Free  and  Wesleyan. 

Methodist  Protestant  (Minnesota  Con- 
ference.) 

Moravians. 

Plymouth  Brethren. 

Presbyterian — Associate,  Reformed  and 
United. 

Reformed  Church  (Holland  Branch.) 

United  Brethren  in  Christ. 

Individual  churches  in  some  of  these 
denominations  should  be  excepted,  in  part 
of  them  even  a  considerable  portion. 

The  following  local  churches  have,  as  a 
pledge  to  disfellowshijj  and  ojDpose  lodge 
worship,  given  their  names  to  the  follow- 
ing list  as 

the    associated  churches    of  CHRIST. 

New    Ruhamah  Cong.  Hamilton,  Miss. 

Pleasant  Ridge  Cong.   Sandford  Co.  Ala. 

New  Hope  Methodist,  Lowndes  Co.,  Miss. 

Congregational,  College  Springs,  Iowa. 

College  Church  of  Christ,  \Vheatou,  111. 

First  Congregational,  Leland,  Mich. 

Sugar  Grove  Church,  Green  county.  Pa. 

Military  Chapel,  M.  E.,  Lowndes  county, 
Miss. 

Hopewell  Missionary  Baptist,  Lowndes  Co., 
Miss. 

Cedar  Grove  Miss.  Baptist,  Lowndes  Co., 
Miss. 

Simon's  Chapel,  M.   E.,  Lowndes  Co.,  Miss. 

Pleasant  Ridge  Miss.  Baptist,  Lowndes  Co., 
Miss. 

Brownlee  Church,  Caledonia,  Miss. 

Salem  Church,  Lowndes  Co.,  Miss. 

West  Preston  Baptist  Church,  Wayne  Co., Pa. 

OTHER    LOC.-VL    CHURCHES 

adopting  the  same  principle  are — 

Baptist  churches :  N.  Abington,  Pa. ;  Meno- 
monle,  Mondovi,  Waubeck  and  Spring  Prairie, 
Wis.;  Wheaton,  111.;  Perry,  N.  Y. ;  Spring 
Creek,  near  Burlington,  Iowa ;  Lima,  Ind. ; 
Constableville,  N.  y:  The  "Good  WDl  Associ- 
ation" of  MobDe,  Ala.,  comprising  some  twenty- 
five  colored  Baptist  churches;  Bridgewater 
Baptist  Association,  Pa. ;  Old  Tebo  Bapiist, 
near  Leesville,  Henry  Co.,  Mo. ;  Hoopeston,  lU ; 
Esmen,  111. 

Congregational  churches :  1st  of  Oberlin,  O. ; 
Toeica,  Crvstal  Lake,  Union  and  Big  Woods, 
111. :  Solsbiiry,  Ind. ;  Congregational  Methodist 
fthiplewood,'Mags. 

Presbyterian  church,  Hoopeston,  111. 

Indeper.ilent  churches  in  Lowell,  Country- 
man school  house  near  Lindenwood,  Marengo 
and  Strep.tor.  1\\. ;  Berea  and  Camp  Nelson,  Ky; 
Ustick,  111.;  Clarksburg,  Kansas;  State  Associ- 
ation of  Ministers  and  Churchea  of  Christ  in 
Kentucky. 


N.  C.'A.  BUILDING  AND  OFFICE  OF 
THE  CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE, 
221  WEST  MADISON  STREET,  CHICAGO. 


NATIONAL     CHRISTIAN 
ASSOCIATION. 

President.— J.  Blanchard,  Wheaton,  111 
"V^ce-President.— T.  H.  Gault,  Chicago 
Reg.  Sec. — John   D.  Nutting,  Oberlin, 

Ohio. 

Cor.  Sec'   and    (Jen.    Agent. — J.    P. 

Stoddard,  221  W.  Madison  Street,  Chicago. 
Treasurer.— W.  I.    Phillips,   231   W. 

Madison  Street,  Chicago. 

Directors.— Philo  Carpenter, J. Blanch- 
ard, M.  R.   Britten,   E.   A.   Cook,   H.  L. 

Kellogg,  D.  P.  Baker,  T.  H.  Gault,  A.  G. 

Laird,  C.  R.  Hagerty,  John  Gardner, L.  N. 

Stratton. 

The  object  of  this  Association  is: 
"To  expose,  withstand  and  remove  secret 
societies.  Freemasonry  in  particular,  and  other 
anti-Christian  movements,  in  order  to  save  the 
churches  of  Christ  from  being  depraved,  to  re- 
deem the  administration  of  justice  from  per- 
version, and  our  republican  government  from 
corruption." 

To  carry  on  this  work  contributions  are 
solicited  from  every  friend  of  the  reform. 

Form  of  Bequest. — I  give  and  bequeath  to 
the  National  Christian  Association,  incorpo- 
rated and  existing  under  the  laws  of  the  State 

of    Illinois,  the  sum  of dollars  for  the 

purposes  of  said  Association,  and  for  which 
the  receipt  of  its  Treasurer  for  the  time  being 
shall  be  sufficient  discharge. 

THE  NATIONAL  CONVENTION. 

President. — Rev.  S.  Collins,  D.  D., 
Washington,  D.  C. 

Secretaries. — H.  L.  Kellogg,  W.  H. 
Ross  and  M.  N.  Butler.  ♦ 

state    auxiliary   ASSOCIATIONS. 

Alabama. — Pres.,  W.  A.  McAIpine;  Sec,  G. 
M.  Elliott;  Treas.,  E.  Fishel,  all  of  Selma.  - 

California. — Pres.,  L.  B.  Lathrop,  Hollis- 
ter;  Cor.  Sec,  Mrs.  U.  P.  Merrill,  Woodland; 
Treas.,  C.  Ruddock,  Woodland. 

Connecticut.— Pres.,  J.  A.  Conant,  WilU- 
mantic;  Sec,  Geo.  Smith,  Willimantic ;  Treas., 
C.  T.  Collins,  Windsor. 

Illinois. — Pres.,  N.  E.  Gardner,  Haldane; 
Sec,  C.  W.  Hiatt;  Treas.,  J.  C.  Schoenberger, 
Chicago. 

Indiana. — Pres.,  I.  W.  Lowman,  Auburn; 
Sec,  S.  Y.  Miller,  College  Comers;  Treas., 
Benj.  Ulsh,  Silver  Lake. 

Iowa. — Pres^  C.  D.  Trumbull,  Morning  Sun; 
Rec.  Sec,  A.  W.  Hall,  College  Springs-  Cor. 
Sec,  W.  T.  Moffitt,  Morning  Sun;  Treas., 
Joseph  Laird,  Wayne. 

Kansas. — Pres.,  J.  A.  Collins,  Americus; 
Sec,  W.  W.  McMillen,  Olathe;  Treas.,  H. 
Curtiis,  Olathe. 

Massachus  tts.— Pres.,  S.  A.  Pratt;  Sec, 
Mrs.  E.  D.  Bailey ;  Treas.,  David  Manning, Sr. ; 
all  of  Worcester. 

Michigan.— Pres.,  Wm.  Wing,  Grand  Rap- 
ids; Rec.  Sec'y,  A.  H.  Springstein,  Pontiac; 
Cor.  Secy.,  W.  H.  Ross,  Allegan;  Treas.,  C.  C. 
Foote.  8§  Columbia  Street,  Detroit. 

Minnesota.— Pres.,  E.  G.  Paine,  M^asioja; 
Cor.  Sec,  W.  H.  McChesney,  Fairmont;  Rec. 
Sec'y,  Thos.  Hartlev,  Richland;  Treas.,  Wm. 
H.  MorriU.  St.  Charles. 

Missouri.— Pres.,  C.  J.  Kephart,  Avalon; 
Treas.,  William  Beauchamp,  Avalon;  Cor.  Sec, 
M.  N.  Butler,  Albany. 

Nebk.iska. — Pres.,  S.  Austin,  Fairmount; 
Cor.  Sec,  W.  S.  Spooner,  Kearney;  Treae., 
R.  A.  Bishop,  Seeley's  MUls. 
-  Nkw  Hampshire. — Pres.,  Elder  J.  G.  Smith, 
New  Hampton;  Sec,  S.  C.  Kimball,  New 
Market;  Treas.,  E.  Smith,  Center  Stafford. 

New  ToRK.— Pres.,  F.  W.  CapweU,  Dale; 
Sec'}',  Isaac  Hyatt,  Dale ;  Treas.,  M.  Merrick, 
Syracuse. 

Ohio. — Pres.,  Wm.  Dillon,  Dayton;  Cor. 
Sec,  J.  P.  Lytle,  Sago;  Trees.,  J.  M.  Scott, 
Alexandria. 

Pennsylvania. — Pres.,  A.  L.  Post,  Mon- 
trose; Cor.  Sec,  N.  Callender,  Thompson; 
Treas.,  W.  B.  Bertels,  Wilkesbarre. 

Wisconsin. — Pres.,  Enos  Collins,  Coloma: 
Cor.  Sec.  W.  W.  Warner,  Baraboo;  Treas. 
M.  R.  Britten,  Vienna. 

West  Virginia. — Pres.,  D.  B.  Turner;  See 
John  Bosley,  Grafton;  Treafi.,  H.  B.  Biggm* 
Petroleum. 


8 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYKOSUKE. 


February  1,  1883 


The  Christian  Cynosure. 

CHICAOO,    THUKSDAY,    FbBRUAAY    1,    1883. 


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THIS  WEEK 

The  Cynosure  is  especially  valuable  for  its  discussion  of 
the  problem  of  adjustment  between  the  rights  of  labor 
and  the  interests  of  capital.  The  relation  of  strikes,  co- 
operation and  the  Custom  House  to  this  question  are 
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tains so  much  and  so  varied  information  and  argument 
upon  this  great  and  perplexing  subject.  Our  readers 
will  appreciate  the  effort  to  present  its  different  phases 
in  a  clear  and  discriminating  light. 

NEXT   WEEK 

we  are  able  to  promise  a  discussion  of  Odd-fellowship 
whicfe  will  add  something  to  the  information  of  our 
readers  respecting  this  order,  and  much,  we  hope,  to  their 
abhorrence  of  its  principles  and  methods  of  operation. 


An  Old  Writer  says: 
evil. 
and  a  way  to  escape  it. 


"Many   ask  the  origin  of 


It  is  enough  foi"  rational  men,  that  there  is  evil 


"The  Bottomless  Pit"  means,  what  we  daily  see, 
that  sin  is  fathomless.  That  there  should  be  such  a 
pit  in  eternity  is  no  more  against  reason  or  nature 
than  that  there  should  be  such  pits  in  time,  as  we  see 
in  the  record  of  Jefferson  Davis,  Guiteau,  and  their 
sympathizers. 


CHRiSTiANiiy,  that  is  to  say  Christ,  underlies  every 
interest,  question,  and  movement  which  bears  on, 
moulds,  or  modifies  society  and  the  destinies  of  men. 
One  side  seek  how  little,  the  other  how  much  Christi- 
anity can  be  infused  into  it. 


Christ,  in  conversation  with  the  woman  at  the 
mountain  well,  repealed  the  law  of  sacred  places,  and 
put  a  Mount  Zion  or  place  of  pardon  in  front  and 
within  reach  of  every  true  worshiper  around  our  globe. 


We  Are  Complete  in    Christ,  only  and  so  far  as 
we  "abide  in  him  and  his  words  abide  in  us. 


THE  HOUR  OF  PERIL. 


Infants,  Idiots  and  Heathen  "who  ];ave  not  haxi 
a  fair  chance,"  according  to  some  advanced  teachers, 
are  to  have  a,  new  probation  in  the  next  life,  or  at  least, 
the  Bible  does  not  say  they  will  not  have  one;  Put 
all  these  preachers  together,  and  th(  y  would  never 
produce  a  revival  to  save  adult  people  of  sound  mind, 
and  smners  in  Christian  lands.  Their  revivals,  when 
they  have  anj^,  are  revivals  of  baptised  worldliness. 
Convert  these  three  classes  to  Christ  and  infants,  etc., 
will  follow. 


The  hour  of  danger  to  every  good  cause,  is  its 
hour  of  success.  Satan  has  always  wrung  his  great- 
est victories  from  the  jaws  of  defeat.  The  })arons 
gained  Magna  Charta  and  jmy-trial  from  the  cra^'en 
King  John  at  Runnymede;  but  pleased  with  the  con- 
cession of  the  principle,  they  lost  the  thing  conceded, 
and  jury-trial  did  not  go  into  practice  till  a  century 
later.  So  Cromwell  and  his  Parliament  made  all  the 
forms  of  Christian  religion  free  and  equal.  They 
have  never  been  so  since.  In  the  hour  of  their  tri- 
umph the  friends  of  popular  government  fell.  A 
handful  of  Freemasons  went  over  to  France,  organ- 
ized lodges  sworn  to  the  Pretender,  sent  secret  em- 
issaries back  to  England,  instituted  in  English  lodges 
the  ceremony  of  drinking  over  water^  that  isj  holding 
their  mugs  or  glasses  over  water,  and  thus  drinking 
to  Charles  II.  who  was  across  the  Channel.  Rebold, 
the  Masonic  historian  (p.  55)  says,  "Charles  II.  during 
his  exile,  was  received  as  an  accepted  Mason,  and 
gave  to  Masonry  the  title  of  Royal  Art,  because  it  was 
mainly  b^^  its  instrumentality  that  he  was  raised  to 
the  throne  and  monarchy  restored  to  England."' 

The  same  Masonic  author,  Heboid,  says  on  page 
213,  that  Baron  Ramsay  "was  converted  to  the  Ro- 
man Catholic  Religion  and  instituted  the  Holy  Royal 
Arch  degi-ee"  in  the  interests  of  popery  and  the 
Stuarts;  and  the  Commonwealth  of  England  and  pop- 
ular rights  went  down  before  that  secret  conspiracy. 
On  page  214,  he  says,  "A  partisan  of  the  Stuarts 
founded  a  lodge  of  eighteen  degrees  which  took  the 
name  of  the  Scottish  mother  lodge  of  France. '  There 
is  no  record  to  inform  us  whether  the  silent  and  fraud- 
ulent General  Monk  who,  vnth  a  Scotch  Presbyterian 
army,  crushed  out  popular  liberty  and  restored  po- 
pery, prelacy  and  the  Stuarts  was  a  Freemason,  but 
his  secrecy,  deception,  and  love  of  despotism  indicate 
that  he  was  one.  And  we  know  how  near  Southern 
Masons,  aided  by  their  English  brethren,  came  of 
swamping  the  whole  American  movement  for  popular 
liberty  and  putting  empire  based  on  human  slavery 
in  its  stead.  Thurlow  Weed,  Charles  F.  Adams, 
Seward,  Stanton,  Stevens,  and  other  Anti-masons 
under  God  prevented  it  and  restored  our  Union. 

The  Anti-masonry  of  fifty-six  years  ago  was  be- 
trayed "in  the  house  of  its  friends.''  Thaddeus  Stevens 
kept  up  the  party  in  Pennsylvania  a  whole  year  after 
it  fell  in  the  other  States,  by  the  temporizing  policy 
of  Seward,  whom  afterward  tht^odge  defeated  for  the 
Presidency  and  came  near  assassinating.  Andrew 
Johnson  was  not  assassinated.  Mr.  Stevens  told  me 
that  Mr.  Johnson  was  "  kept  sober  till  they  could 
raise  him  twenty-one  degrees."  Stevens  was,  at  the 
time  he  told  me,  leader  of  our  House  of  Representa- 
tives, and  had  means  of  knowing  all  that  transpired 
in  the  lodges  of  the  district.  Johnson  nearly  swamped 
the  results  of  our  slavery  war.  He  is  said  to  have 
furnished  to  Kelly  the  first  money  to  form  the  Grange, 
fi'om  the  IT.  S.  Secret  Service  money  at  his  disposal. 

"  Fore-warned  is  fore-armed."  We  are  yet  in  our 
martyr  period;  but  when  we  get  in  reach  of  the  offices 
the  hour  of  our  supreme  peril  anives.  Good  men 
get  weary  of  prophesying  in  sack-cloth;  rejoice  at  new 
accessions  and,  like  the  good-hearted  Jehoshaphat, 
"  Help  the  ungodly  and  love  them  that  hate  the 
Lord." 


"  FREEMASONRY  ILLU8TRA TED.-' 


We  have  received  a  letter  from  Rev.  A.  H.  Spring- 
stein  in  which  he  says  of  the  above  book: 

"The  Ritual  is  the  Michigan  work  as  I  took  the  three 
degrees  in  Croton  Lodge,  No.  177,  in  August,  1867, 
though  in  a  few  places  I  detect  uuimportant  differences." 

"So  far  as  the  Ritual  is  concerned,  it  is  actually  the 
deadly  dose  that  all  Masons  have  taken." 

"I  have  seen  a  good  deal  of  Masonry  in  and  out  of  the 
lodge,  and  have  read  Masonic  and  Anti-masonic  literature 
a  good  deal,  but  Masonry  never  appeared  to  me  so  like 
an  infernal  contrivance  to  ruin,  hopelessly  ruin  mankind 
as  it  has  since  I  began  reading  this  book." 

"No  language  can  express  my  feelings  as  I  reflect  on 
the  influence  of  Freemasonry,  and  what  astonishes  and 
alarms  me  most  of  all  is  the  indifference  of  the  masses  in 
regard  to  the  existence  and  clearly  discovered  design  of 
such  an  organization." 

"While  I  was  in  the  fraternity  I  was  under  the  most 
galling  yoke  of  bondage..  At  the  time  I  renounced  I  had 
never  read  a  word  in  opposition  to  the  order.  I  was  com- 
pletely in  the  dark  as  to  reform  work,  but  the  Spirit  of 
God  showed  me  that  I  must  leave  the  order  immediately, 
or  be  forever  lost.  I  consented  without  hesitation,  and 
was  saved  from  it.  I  was  tempted  by  the  devil  to  modify 
somewhat,  or  to  delay,  but  the  Spirit  showed  me  that  to 
yield  to  the  tempter  would  effect  my  ruin."  __ 

"My  Masonic  experience  is  the  black  spot  in  my  life." 

Escaped  Masons  have  often,  in  conversation,  ex- 
pressed the  same  indescribable  horror  on  looking 
back  over  their  lodge  experience.  The  very  walls  of 
the  lodge-room  seemed  dusky  ^&ad^  hateful,  as_,  an 


aI:)ode  of  Satan  and  evil  spirits;  the  coarse  humor 
and  balderdash  seemed  grim,  like  jokes  in  a  dead 
house;  and  the  worship  horrible,  like  conjuring  with 
the  dead.  There  neeils  more  prayer  for  such  breth- 
ren as  Mr.  Springstein.  They  will  be  sifted  as  was 
Peter,  and  assailed  by  "fiery  tlarts"  from  a  distance  by 
those  spirits  from  whom  they  have  clean  escaped. 


THE  SECRET  LABOR   LODGES. 


In  our  large  cities  and  manufacturing  centers  every 
branch  of  industry  is  organized  more  or  less  in  se- 
cret trade  unions,  whose  ostensible  object  is  "protec- 
tion against  the  encroachments  of  unjust^mployers." 
The  measures  taken  to  secure  this  end  are  the  regu- 
lation of  the  number  of  apprentices,  the  rate  of 
wages,  the  number  of  working  hoitrs,  and  assistance 
in  sickness  or  misfortune.  The  improvements  in  ma- 
chinery have  largely  interfered  with  the  business  of 
these  lodges  of  late  years  and  has  left  them  only  the 
question  of  wages  and  the  rendering  of  mutual  aid 
as  a  basis  of  operations. 

The  strikes  that  have  been  set  afoot  to  enforce  the 
claims  of  the  laborer  for  higher  wages  have  on  the 
whole  been  not  only  unsuccessful  but  have  resulted 
in  such  legal  restrictions  that  in  the  esteem  of  the 
trade  imions  the  bands  of  labor  are  onlj'  made  stron- 
ger. Thus  the  strikes  among  the  railway  men  in  .New 
England  some  eight  years  ago  resulted  in  a  law  in 
Massachusetts,  compelling  trainmen  to  go  through  to 
their  destination  before  joining  a  strike.  A  similar 
law  was  passed  in  Pennsylvania  after  the  great  strikes 
and  riots  of  1877.  Not  only  have  employers  thus 
had  recourse  to  law,  but  they  have  also  combined, 
and  frequently  destroy  the  effect  of  a  strike  by  their 
ability  to  form  other  arrangements  and  cai'ry  on  theii' 
business  independent  of  the  strikers.  The  laborer, 
therefore,  who  has  made  use  of  this  agencj'  to  coerce 
his  employer,  after  having  lost  weeks  and  perhaps 
months  of  time,  and  finding  that  his  own  family  are 
the  greatest  sufferers,  while  the  business  of  the  world 
moves  mercilessly  on,  becomes  aware  of  the  fact  that 
some  other  means  must  be  devised  to  secure  the  end 
sought.  Strikes  are  therefore  giving  way  to  the  more 
rational  methods  of  arbitration. 

Co-operative  industries  are  also  increasing  in  num- 
ber, and  although  their  success  has  not  been  so  gen- 
eral with  us  as  in  England,  there  are  yet  some 
excellent  illustrations  of  the  principle  both  in  our 
cities  and  in  the  mining  regions  of  Pennsylvania 
where  every  peculiarity  of  difference  between  capital 
and  labor  has  appeared,  and  every  device  either  to 
coerce  one  or  the  other  or  to  harmonize  their  disputes 
has  been  attempted.  The  failure  of  the  trade 
unions,  although  backed  Ijy  formidable  bands  of  as- 
sassins like  the  MoUie  Maguires,  and  at  times  having 
the  courts  and  local  governments  in  their  control,  has 
been  beyond  dispute. 

A  modificaj^ion  of  the  lodge  machinery  has  there- 
fore been  attempted  in  the  organization  known  as  the 
"Knights  of  Ijabor."  Mayor  Powderly  of  Scranton, 
Pa.,  very  boastfully  aannounces  in  the  North  Amer- 
ican Review  that  this  society  was  kept  a  profound 
secret  vmtil  1882,  though  founded  in  1869.  His  sim- 
plicity is  amusing,  for  the  order  was  known  years 
ago.  As  improbable  are  the  claims  made  that  this 
secret  lodge  will  combine  all  trades  and  trade  socie- 
ties, will  prevent  strikes  hy  arbitration,  checkmate 
the  influence  of  the  ever-present  saloon,  abrogate  all 
inimical  lavv's,  and  secm-e  the  social  and  intellectual 
development  of  laboring  men.  Tlie  objects  are  good 
but  the  means  are  as  inadequate  as  a  gaming  table  is 
to  impart  skill  in  business  or  a  Masonic  lodge  to 
give  a  classic  education. 

This  order  is  now  moving  in  the  coal  regions  of 
eastern  Pennsylvania.  A  few  years  since  they  elected 
a  full  ticket  in  Susquehanna  countj^  but  their  success 
nearly  annihilated  the  order.  They  are  now  rallying 
in  conventions  and  promise  to  soon  elect  their  State 
ticket;  but  their  meetings  will  always  be  objects  of 
suspicion,  and  as  they  succeed  unscrupulous  and 
ambitious  men  will  get  control  and  their  secret  organ- 
ization will  give  this  class  all  the  opportunity  they 
could  desire.  Of  all  the  failures  to  solve  the  questions 
of  difference  betw^een  capital  and  labor  the  secret  lodge 
will  at  last  be  known  as  the  gi'eatest. 


.    WASHINGTON  AS  A  MASON. 

The  inquiry  of  Iowa  'brethren  for  a  copy  of  General 
Washington's  celebrated  letter  to  Rev.  G.  W.  Snyder  of 
Fredericton,  Maryland,  (which  may  be  found  with  much 
other  interesting  matter  on  the  same  subject  in  the  pam- 
phlet "General  Washington  opposed  to  Secret  Societies,"' 
for  sale  at  this  office)  reminds  us  of  a  little  controversy 
in  the  Chicago  Tribune  lately.  Robert  McCurdy,  a  pursy 
and  pompous  Englishman  who  officiated  a  few  years  since 
asjectorof  an  Episcopal  church  near  this  city,  has  been 


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February  1,  1883 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE. 


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giving  his  choice  opinion  of  Mr.  Weed's  Batavia  letter  to 
the  press.  It  is  needless  to  repeat  the  base  epithets  he 
applies  to  the  letter  and  its  author,  of  that  hereafter; 
but  concerning  General  Washington  he  made  these  re- 
marks, as  if  defiant  of  all  contradiction: 

"Several  orders  were  issued  by  General  Butler  during 
the  war,  restoring  Masonic  property,  and  forbidding  any 
appropriation  of  Masonic  buildings  or  property.  In  this 
he  but  imitated  General  Washington  and  his  army-orders. 
When  Commander-in-Chief  of  the  army  he  encouraged 
travelling  lodges,  visited  them  and  participated  in  their 
labors.  Captain  Hugh  Maloy  of  Ohio,  told  in  1849  (then 
100  years  old,)  of  having  been  made  a  Mason  in  the 
marquee  of  Washington.  The  Junior  Grand  Warden  of 
the  Grand  Lodge  of  Peru  possessed  a  jewel  worn  by 
Washington  in  a  lodge  of  the  army.  It  originally  be- 
longed to  Bystrzanowskij  who  came  over  to  this  country 
with  Kosciusko  and  served  under  Washington.  It  was 
used  by  GeneraJ  Washington  in  Mark  Lodge,  returned  to 
the  brother  on  the  disbanding  of  the  army,  and  has  thus 
been  transmitted.  When  Washington  learned  that  a  de- 
tachment of  his  array,  in  overcoming  a  British  force,  had 
captured  the  working  tools,  jewels,  and  clothing  of  a  mil- 
itary travelling  lodge,  he  ordered  restoration  under  a 
military  escort,  declaring  that  'He  waged  no  war  against 
philanthropy  and  benevolence.'  General  Washington 
made  Lafayette  a  Freemason  in  a  room  of  the  old  Free- 
man's Tavern,  on  the  north  side  of  the  green,  in  Morris- 
town,  N.  J.,  1777." 

A  few  days  after  this  inflated  narrative  was  neatly  punc- 
tured by  the  following  from  Pittsburgli: 

....  I  feel  very  little  interest  in  the  matter,  and  would 
not  have  noticed  it  had  it  not  contained  the  paragraph 
headed  "General  Washington  and  Masonry."  which  con- 
tains so  much  that  is  historically  false  and  exhibits  an 
ignorance  of  American  Mistory  that  would  disgrace  a 
college  Freshman.  Most  half-grown  school-boys  know, 
if  this  reverend  Doctor  of  Divinity  does  not,  that  Wash 
ington  and  Lafayette  were  not  in  Morristown  together  at 
any  time  during  the  year  1777,  and  therefore  Washington 
did  not  make  Lafayette  a  Freemason  in  Freeman's  Tavern, 
as  alleged  by  the  Rev.  Robert  McCurdy,  D.  D.  Even  if 
they  had  been  in  Morristown  together,  Washington  could 
not  have  made  him  a  Mason,  for  the  simple  reason  that 
he  never  was  the  Master  of  a  lodge.  This  fact  can  be 
shown  by  the  very  best  authority.  That  Washington  was 
not  a  frequent  visitor  to  the   lodge   is  also  easily  proved. 

HiSTOKlCUS. 


THE  SHINAR  CONFEDERACY. 

A  few  weeks  since  there  appeared  an  article  in  these 
columns  of  intense  interest  respecting  the  Chaldean  mys- 
teries and  their  transmutation  into  Freemasonry  through 
Egypt  and  Greece.  A  singular  confimation  of  that  argu- 
ment lately  appeared  in  the  India  Methodint  WaU-hman 
of  Bombay.  In  an  article  on  the  Hindoo  Trinity  the 
writer  says; 

"We  have  already  seen  that  the  religion  the  Aryans 
brought  from  Shinar  nearly  2,000  years  before  Christ, 
was  a  mm-idoliitrous  deism.  The  found  Hindustan  occu- 
pied by  numerous  nations  of  demon olntars.  Having  not 
a  spiritual  experience  of  divin<things,  their  deism  soon 
came  to  be  represented  by  visible  objects,  i.  e.,  idols. 
Mere  intellectual  conceptions  having  too  little  power 
upon  the  masses  the  pantheon  began  to  be  filled.  With 
the  inception  of  visible  idolatry  the  Aryans  absorbed 
many  notions  and  practices  which  they  found  common 
among  the  demonolators  who  had  preceded  .them,  and  as 
man  must  needs  worship,  all  else  soon  gave  way,  and  un- 
der the  craftiness  of  the  Brahmin,  rose  gradually  the  mil- 
lion godded  idolatry  of  India.  The  Brahmin,  as  we  have 
seen,  had  made  the  whole  system  so  elaborate  and  op- 
pressive that  the  millions  groaned  for  deliverance  when 
Buddha  rose  about  500  B.  C." 


— While  lecturing  in  Brooklyn  last  month,  John  B. 
Gough  was  attacked  by  a  severe  sickness  from  which  he 
has  not  yet  recovered.  In  consequence  he  has  postponed 
the  fulfillment  of  a  number  of  lecture  eng'agements. 

— Dea.  Philo  Carpenter  has  been  afflicted  with  neural- 
gia for  some  time.  During  the  past  two  weeks  he  has 
been  confined  to  his  bed  by  an  attack  of  fever,  but  his 
friends  will  be  glad  to  know  that  he  is  improving,  anfl 
his  physician  gives  encouragement  that  he  will  be  able  to 
sit  up  in  a  few  days. 

— Bro.  T.  F.  Dolan,  editor  of  the  Sword  at  Washington 
city  sends  us  this  cheering  word.  May  it  be  but  the  first 
of  many  bearing  a  like  message : 

"A  young  man  of  promise  under  the  influence  of  the 
purifying  grace  of  God  has  recently  renounced  his  alle- 
giance to  the  Masonic  fraternity.  "Our  labor  is  not  in 
vain  in  the  Lord'  whose  order  is  to  let  the  light  shine  to 
the  utmost."    ■ 

— Among  those  who  listened  to  Father  Chittenden's 
"o'er  true  tale"  at  the  late  State  Convention  at  Emporia, 
Kansas,  was  a  Mr.  J.  S.  Pointer,  who  had  been  made  an 
"Entered  Apprentice"  at  Wabash,  Indiana,  for  the  snug 
sum  of  $30.  One  degree  finished  his  Masonic  advance- 
ment. To  Bro.  Butler  of  the  American  Freeman  he  ex- 
pressed his  gratitude  for  the  testimony  of  the  evening, 
conflnning  it  and  declaring  his  freedom  from  lodge  thrall- 
dom. 


REFORM  NEWS. 


NOTICE. 

To  the  Friends  of  Reform  in  Southeast  Pennsylvania  and  Adjoin- 
ing Localitie.i. 

We,  the  undersigned,  were  appointed  a  committee  by  the  offi- 
cial meeting  of  King  Street  Church,  Chambersburg,  to  call  a 
general  convention  of  the  auti-secrecy  reform  advocates  to  meet 
in  Chambersburg,  Pa.,  Feb.  13th,  at  7  P.  M.,  and  to  continue 
through  the  two  following  days.  Speakers  of  ability  are  ex- 
pected to  be  present  and  to  address  the  meeting. 

S.  E.  Starry  of  Iowa  has  promised  to  be  present  and  show  the 
inside  of  the  lodge.  Free  entertainment  will  be  provided  for  those 
from  abroad. 

H.  H.   HiNMAN, 
W.  O.  TOBEY, 

J.  S.  Yaukey. 


SO  TITHE  ASTERN  PENNSTL  VANIA. 


MECH.iNicsBuiui,  Pa.,  Jan.  23,  1883. 

Dear  Cynosure: — I  left  Chambersburg  on  the  19th 
and  came  to  this  city  of  about  four  thousand  inhabitants 
which  is  .seven  miles  south  of  Harrisburg.  and  on  the  line 
of  the  Cumberland  Valley  R.  R.  I  found  most  kind  en 
tertainraent  at  the  home  of  Bro.  Lewis  Bricken;  preached 
in  the  M.  E.  Church  on  Sabbath  eve,  and  last  night  lec- 
tured in  the  Union  Church  (built  in  1835)  to  not  large, 
but  attentive  audiences.  Yesterday  I  became  acquainted 
with  Mr.  John  Robb,  a  seceded  Mason  of  three  degrees. 
He  is  a  wealthy  farmer  living  near  town.  He  says  he 
was  drawn  into  the  lodge  through  the  influence  of  his 
minister,  but  was  surprised  and  disgusted  from  the  first. 
He  stayed  with  them  as  long  as  his  conscience  would 
suffer  him  and  then  withdrew  both  from  the  lodge  and 
the  church,  which  more  than  any  other  gives  it  support. 
He  had  never  known  of  the  Cynomire,  but  was  glad  to 
subscribe  for  it.  A  few  others  are  interested  in  our  work, 
but  the  churches  and  ministry  with  one  consent  closed 
their  doors  and  hearts  against  it. 

The  churches  of  this  Cumberland  Valley  are  an  inter- 
esting study.  The  farming  community  are  generally 
wealthy.  Nowhere  will  you  find  better  farm  buildings  or 
finer  animals.  Nowhere  else  are  the  farming  people 
better  fed  or  more  comfortably  housed,  and  more  gener- 
ally moral  and  religious;  but  they  are  quite  unaccustomed 
to  giving  for  the  support  of  the  ministry  or  other  benevo- 
lent objects.  The  country  churches  are  Dunkers,  Mo- 
neese,  River  Brethren,  United  Brethren,  and  "The  Church 
of  God."  The  first  three  are  each  divided  into  two  or 
more  sects,  and  all  practice  feet-washing  as  a  religious 
ordinance.  All  except  the  "Church  of  God"  have  rules 
against  secret  societies  though  they  feel  little  interest  in 
the  reform  as  a  general  movement.  The  U.  B.  churches 
are  becoming  more  and  more  connipted,  and  their  minis- 
ters with  one  consent  rule  out  all  lectures  and  lecturers, 
though  many  of  the  laymen  are  in  wai'm  sympathy  with 
us.  This  change  of  front  on  the  part  of  the  U.  B.  minis- 
try is  doubtless  due  to  the  course  of  their  last  General 
Conference  and  the  action  of  their  bishops,  and  if  per- 
sisted in  must  soon  result  in  a  moral  collapse  of  these 
chiu'ches.  In  the  towns,  the  Lutherans,  the  different 
branches  of  the  Presbyterian  family,  and  the  M.E.  church 
hold  pre-eminence,  though  the  "Church  of  God"  have 
many  large  and  fine  houses  of  worship  ministered  to  by 
Freemasons  and  Odd-fellows.  The  Presbyterian  ministry 
are  opposed  to  secretism  but  are  very  conservative. 

The  gi-eat  need  of  these  churches  is  first  a  general 
religious  awakening,  a  quickening  of  conscience,  that 
shall  lead  them  to  obey  the  truth,  and  next  to  this,  the 
dissemination  of  light  on  this  reform.  Here  is  a  most 
hopeful  field  and  one  that  demands  careful  culture.  I 
hope  to  be  at  Clifford  in  Northeast  Pennsylvania,  Feb.  1 
and  2,  and  then  go  back  with  Bro.  Stari-y  to  Chambers- 
bm-g.     Yours  in  Christ,  H.  H.  Hinman. 


REFORM  WORE  IN  NEW  HAMPSHIRE. 

Our  friends  must  not  suppose  we  are  idle  because  we 
have  not  recently  reported  in  the  Cynosure.  We  are  so 
pressed  with  reform  work  that  we  can  hardly  get  time  to 
report.  The  tract  work  is  constantly  pressed  in  many 
quarters.  Churches  are  waking  up  to  the  evil  of  secret- 
ism. One  pastor  who  followed  a  Freemason  says  it  is  a 
source  of  strength  to  him  in  his  parish  that  he  is  opposed 
to  Masom-y.  The  CongTegational  church  at  Epsum  was 
cheerfully  opened  for  a  lectui'e  on  Freemasonry  and  Odd- 
Fellowship.  I  had  a  large  and  attentive  audience  and 
almost  universal  sympathy  was  manifested.  One  vei-y 
favorable  sign  of  progress  is  the  unusual  call  for  Anti- 
Masonic  books,  A  Freewill  Baptist  minister  who  had 
taken  one  degree  of  Masonry  ordered  an  exposition  of 
the  seventh  degree  of  Masonry,  and  subscribed  for  an 
Anti-Masonic  paper.  A  seceeding  Mason  said  he  knew 
all  about  Masonry  he  wished  to,  but  bought  an  exposition 


of  Odd-Fellowship.  All  doubt  as  to  the  correctness  of 
the  expositions  appears  to  be  leaving  honest  minds.  There 
has  been  much  awful  lying  as  to  these  expositions,  but 
all  in  vain.  The  increasing  host  of  honest  men  who  are 
leaving  the  lodges  and  confirming  the  expositions  renders 
all  denial  of  their  correctness  vain.  Our  united  prayer 
should  be  that  the  Lord  will  give  courage  to  New  Hamp 
shire  seceeders  to  speak  out  more  openly  for  the  truth. 
We  purpose  to  press  the  battle  to  the  gate. 

S.  C.  Kimball. 


— Simultaneously  with  the  death  of  Thiyiow  Weed 
and  the  numerous  reminiscences  of  him,  appear  his  own 
sworn  reminiscences  of  the  events  connected  with  the 
famous  Anti-mason  excitement  and  the  abduction  and 
murder  of  Morgan.  The  story  he  tells  he  had  told  before, 
so  that  it  is  not  new  to  the  public,  and  the  present  one  is 
only  a  full  and  connected  relation,  sustained  by  what  was 
not  needed  to  give  it  credibility — Mr.  Weed's  oath,  sub- 
scribed by  him  not  two  months  before  his  death.  The 
story  is  a  horrible  one. — N.  Y.  Independenl. 


WORDS  OF  CHEER. 


The  endorsement  of  the  friends  of  reform  is  a  sweet 
antidote  for  the  weariness  of  office  work,  and  the  unani- 
mity of  their  expression  is  an  earnest  of  the  eflorl  they 
will  make  to  second  the  determination  to  keep  the  Cyno- 
sure in  the  heavens  of  reform,  the  pole  star  of  praying 
hearts.  Every  one  will  be  glad  to  read  the  following- 
note  from  the  esteemed  pastor  of  the  Free  Methodist 
church  in  this  city: 

Editor  Cynosure,  Dear  Brother; — Please  allow  me  to 
express  my  thankfulness  at  the  appearance  and  contents 
of  the  Cynosure.  It  looks  nice,  reads  well,  and  is  soul- 
cheering  to  the  lover  of  reform.  May  God  bless  you  and 
all  your  readers,  and  prosper  the  cause  for  which  you  are 
laboring.  I  will  endeavor  to  show  my  appreciation  by 
actions,  (subscribers)  which  speak  louder  than  words. 
In  the  love  of  Christ,  your  brother,  C.  B   Ebey. 


0  UR  CON  TRIE  UTOR  S. 

The  Cynosure  is  happy  to  announce  herewith  a  grand 
list  of  contributors  and  correspondents  tor  1883. 
To  read  their  letters,  study  their  arguments, 
compare  their  experiences,  and  drink  with  them  at  the 
fountain  of  truth,  even  Jesus  Christ,  will  be  the  noble 
privilege  of  the  readers  of  the  Cynosure.  The  follow- 
ing is  only  a  partial  list.  Arrangements  are  being  made 
for  the  enlargement  of  the  circle  until  it  shall  include 
every  section  of  our  country: 

John  G.  Fee. 

Rev.  A.  M.  Milligau.  D.  D. 

Rev.  P.  A.  Seguin,  French  Protestant  Mission,  N.  V. 

Pies.  S.  B.  Allen,  Westfield  College. 

Pres.  C.  B.  Ke]ihart,  Avalon  College. 

Rev.  Warren  Taylor,  Presbyterian,  Ohio. 

Prof.  L.  N.  Stratton,  President  Wheaton  Theological 
Seminary. 

Prof.  W.  O.  Tobey,    editor  United   Brethren  in  Christ. 

Prof.  J.  R.  W.  Sloane,  D.  D.,  of  Refoimed  Presbyterian 
Theological  Seminary. 

Rev.  Wm  Johnston,  United  Presbyterian  church.  Iowa. 

Revs.  H.  H.  Hinman  and  P.  S.  Feemstcr,  N.  C.  A. 
agents  in  the  South. 

Rev.  J.  C.  K.  Milligau.  editor  of   Our  B/tnaer. 

Thos.  E.  Kennedy.   San  Jose,  California. 

S.  M.  Good,  who  has  taken  some  fifty  tlegrccs  in  vari- 
ous Masonic  rites. 

Rev.  X.  A.  Welton,  Ei)iscopal. 

Mrs.  E.  D.  Bailey,  Worcester. 

John  Tanner,  Jr.,  Kingston,  Tenn. 

Alexander  Thomson. 

John  I).  Nutting,    Oberlin   Theological    Seminary. 

Rev.  Woodruff  Post,    "Methodist  Episcopal,    New  York. 

Rev  Henry  T.  Cheever.   Worcester. 

Rev.  David  McFall,  Chambers  Street  R.  1'.  cluuch, 
Boston. 

Rev.  A.  J.  ('hilteiiden,  CoiUircualidnai.  111. 

Rev.  B.  F.  Worrell,  do.,  OIatlH\  Kaiis. 

Prof.  O.  F.  Lumry.  Wheaton  College. 

Rev.  M  A.  Gaidt,  Ref.  Pres.,  Iowa. 

Rev.  Issac  Bancroft.  Monroe,  Wis. 

Mrs.  J.  F.  Hardie,  of  Minnesota. 

Mrs.  S.  C.  Kennedy,  of   California. 

Rev.  C.  D.  Trumbull.    Ref.  Pre?.,  Iowa. 

Elder  J.  L.  Barlow.  Baptist.  Conn. 

Elder  A.  L.  Post,  do..  Pennsylvania. 

Rev.-  C.C.  -Foote. 
.Gen.  J.  W.  Phelps.  American  candidate  in  1880. 

Rev.  P.  B.  Chamberlain.  Congregational.  Washington 
Territory. 

Elder  Nathan  Callender.  Pennsylvania. 

George  W.  Clark,  the  "Liberty  Singer." 

Miss  E.  E.  Flagg.  Massachusetts. 

Rev.  W.  W.  Ames,  Wisconsin. 

Prof.  S.  C.  Kimball,  editor  Christian    Witness. 

FROM  FOREIGN  LANDS. 

Rev.  John  Boyes,  Louth,  England. 

Rev.  Wm.  Hazenberg.  Cape  Town,   South  Africa. 

Rev.  A.  D.  Zaraphonithes,  Syra,  Greece. 

Rev  G.  H.  Filian,  of  Armenia  [now  in  this  country.] 

Henry  M.  BisseU,  miseionary  in  Mexico. 


10 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE. 


February  1,   1883 


THE  Home. 

BAIL  7  8TRENG  TH  FOR  BAIL T 1)  UTIES. 

Open  the  East  Gate  now, 

And  let  the  day  come  in, 
The  day  with  unstained  brow. 

Untouched  by  care  or  sin. 
For  her  we  watch  and  wait, 

Wait  with  the  birds  and  dew ; 
Open  the  Eastern  Gate, 

And  let  the  daylight  through. 

^Uplift  thy  daily  toil 

WithJarain  all  fresh  and  clear, 
Strong  hands  that  have  no  soil. 

And  heart  untouched  by  fear. 
Marching  unto  thy  noon. 

Marching  unto  thy  rest — 
When  shadows  lengthen,  soon 

Comes  calm  and  peaceful  rest. 

Open  the  Western  Gate, 

And  let  the  daylight  go 
In  pomp  of  royal  state. 

In  rose  and  amber  glow ; 
Jt  is  so  late,  so  late. 

The  birds  sing  sweet  and  low — 
Open  the  Western  Gate, 

And  let  the  daylight  go. 

Lay  down  thy  daily  toil. 

Glad  of  thy  labor  done. 
Glad  of  the  night's  assoil. 

Glad  of  thy  wages  won ; 
With  hearts  that  fondly  wait. 

With  grateful  hearts  aglow. 
Pray  at  the  Western  Gate 

And  let  the  daylight  go. 

Pray  at  the  Eastern  Gate 

For  all  the  day  can  ask ; 
Pray  jt  the  Western  Gate, 

Holding  thy  finished  task. 
It  waxeth  late,  so  late, 

The  night  falls  cold  and  gray ; 
But  through  Life's  Western  Gate 

Dawns  Life's  Eternal  Day. 

— Mary  A.  Barr. 

TUB  MODEL  FAMILY. 


BY  MRS.  C.  S.  KENNEDY. 

Since  the  family  is  ordained  of  God,  it  is  tiie  duty 
of  all  who  profess  faith  in  him  to  consider  carefully 
how  this  greatest  force  in  God's  world  should  be  or- 
ganized and  governed.  Why  call  the  family  the 
greatest  force,  do  not  religion  and  national  govern- 
ments exert  more  influence  than  individual  families? 
We  reply:  If  the  families  of  a  nation  are  religious, 
the  nation  will  be  religious;  if  infidel,  the  nation  will 
be  infidel.  If  the  families  are  little  despotisms,  the 
national  and  religious  government  will  as  surely  be 
tinged  with  the  same  unchristian  element. 

We  h&xe  striking  illustrations  of  the  truth  of  these 
statements  in  the  history  of  the  patriarchs,  who  were 
constantly  waring  with  each  other  on  slight  pretexts. 
The  Jewish  nation  was  the  one  religious  denomina- 
tion of  which  each  family  was  a  miniature.  And  in 
our  own  times,  could  France  ever  have  abolished  the 
Christian  Sabbath  if  her  families  had  been  ardent 
worshipers  of  the  Son  of  God? 

□  The  family  starts  a  wave  which  goes  on  and  on, 
bearing  healing  to  nations,  or  sweeps  over  them  like  a 
tidal  wave  of  destruction.  Since,  then,  the  family  is 
such  a  mi^htv  force,  let  us  consider  how  it  can  be 
used  to  advance  the  kingdom  of  God  in  this  earth. 
Everything  has  an  ideal,  a  faultless  model,  to  which 
it  is  the  object  to  attain  as  near  as  possible,'  so  there 
must  be  an  ideal  family,  and  we  will  try  to  present  to 
you  as  correct  a  picture  of  the  model  family  as  our 
imperfect  vision  can  discover. 

First,  then,  this  model  family  must  be  a  Christian 
family,  organized  for  the  purpose  of  uniting  individu- 
al efforts  into  one  strong  power  against  common  ene- 
mies. The  experiment  of  making  a  model  of  an  un- 
christian household  has  always  failed.  Heathen  are 
proud  of  their  gods  and  of  their  religion  and  would 
consider  themselves  degraded  by  a  marriage  with  one 
who  did  not  worship  with  them.  Why  should  a  ser- 
vant of  the  God  of  gods-  be  less  proud  of  his  heritage 
than  the  heathen?  Or  try  to  build  his  house  half  on 
the  rock  of  Christ  and  half  on  the  sands  of  Satan, 
leaving  his  family  in  danger  of  being  swept  away  by 
floods  of  evil? 

If  a  family  be  truly  Christian,  this  includes  every 
element  required  in  a  model;  but  there  are  so  many 
called  Christian  in  which  the  love  of  Christ  is  seldom 
shown,  where  children  are  taught  to  hate  or  despise 
what  the}'  suppose  to  be  Christianity,  that  we  must 
bring  out  the  lineaments  of  our  model  still  plainer. 

In  a  Christian  family  the  father  and  mother  are 
one,  not  simply  in  name,  but  la  i'^alityj  moved   with 


one  impulse,  seeking  one  object,  upholding  each  oth- 
er's honor  and  authority,  loving  each  other  as  their 
own  life,  stimulating  to  good  works,  helping  each  oth- 
er to  become  like  their  common  example,  Christ!  And 
the  children,  brought  into  existence  under  such  in- 
fluences, guided  by  such  examples,  will  early  see  that 
"Christ  is  the  one  altogether  lovely."  Their  judg- 
ments considered,  their  rights  respected,  their  faults 
kindly  but  firmly  checked;  they  will  respect  the 
rights  of  others  and  become  useful  members  of  socie- 
ty and  a  "crown  of  glory"  to  their  parents. 

If  there  were  more  such  families  the  "labor  ques- 
tion" would  not  cause  so  much  excitement;  the 
church  of  God  would  not  be  "obliged"  to  have  pri- 
vate theati'icals  to  pay  their  expenses,  nor  constantly 
mourn  its  low  sj^irltuai  condition, 

Let  us  all  work  with  a  will  till  the  nation  is  filled 
with  model  homes. 

ISan  Jose,  Cal. 


WHAT  TO  TEACH  BOYS. 

A  philosopher  has  said  that  true  education  for  boys 
is  to  "teach  them  what  they  ought  to  know  when  they 
become  men."     What  is  it  thej  ought  to  know,  then? 

First — To  be  true — to  be  genuine.  No  education 
is  worth  anything  that  does  not  include  this.  A  man 
had  better  not  know  how  to  read — he  had  better  nev- 
er learn  a  letter  in  the  alphabet,  and  be  true  and  gen- 
uine in  intention  and  in  action,  rather  than  being 
learned  in  all  sciences  and  languages,  to  be  at  the 
same  time,  false  in  heart  and  counterfeit  in  life. 
Above  all  things,  teach  the  boys  that  truth  is  more 
than  riches,  more  than  culture,  more  than  earthly 
power  or  position. 

Second — To  be  pure  in  thought,  language,  and 
life— pure  in  mind  and  in  body.  An  impure  man, 
young  or  old,  poisoning  the  society  where  he  moves 
with  sniutty  stories  and  impure  examples,  is  a  moral 
ulcer,  a  plague  spot,  a  leper  who  ought  to  be  treated 
as  were  the  lepers  of  old,  who  were  banished  from 
society  and  compelled  to  cry  "Unclean,"  as  a  warn- 
ing to  save  others  from  the  pestilence. 

Third — To  be  unselfish;  to  care  for  the  feeling  and 
comforts  of  others;  to  be  polite;  to  be  generous, 
noble,  and  manly.  This  will  include  a  genuine  rev- 
erence for  the  aged  and  things  sacred. 

Fourth — To  be  self-reliant  and  self-helpful,  even 
from  early  childhood;  to  be  industrious  always,  and 
self-supporting  at  the  earliest  proper  age.  Teach 
them  that  all  honest  work  is  honorable,  and  that  an 
idle,  useless  life  of  dependence  on  others  is  disgrace- 
ful. 

When  a  boy  has  learned  these  four  things,  when  he 
has  made  these  ideas  a  part  of  his  being,  however 
young  he  may  be,  however  poor,  or  however  rich,  he 
has  leai'ned  some  of  the  most  important  things  he 
ought  to  know  when  he  becomes  a  man.  With  these 
four  properly  mastered,  it  will  be  easy  to  find  all  the 
rest. — American  Kindergarten  Magazine. 


THE  GOSPEL  FOR  GHILBREN. 

It  is  one  great  glorj^  of  Christianity  that  its 
merciful  mj'steries  can  find  their  way  to  the  hearts  of 
the  little  children.  Its  mysteries  we  say — for  the 
gospel  has  its  mysteries  no  less  than  these  old  sys- 
tems of  heathenism  which  fenced  round  their  deepest 
truths  with  solemn  barriers,  only  to  be  passed  by  the 
initiated.  But  the  difference  lies  here — that  its  m3^s- 
teries  are  taught  at  first  to  the  neophytes,  and  that 
the  sum  of  them  lies  in  the  words  which  we  learned 
at  our  mother's  knees  so  long  ago  that  we  have  for- 
gotten that  they  were  ever  new  to  us.  "God  so  loved 
the  world  that  he  gave  his  only  begotten  Son  that 
whosoever  believeth  in  him  should  not  perish,  but 
should  have  eternal  life."  The  little  child  who  has 
learned  his  earliest  lessons  of  what  Father  and  Son, 
loving  and  giving,  trust  and  life  mean,  by  the  sweet 
experiences  of  his  own  father's  home  and  his  mother's 
love,  can  gi'asp  these  blessed  words.  They  carry  the 
deepest  mysteries  which  will  still  gleam  before  as  un- 
fathomed  in  all  their  profundity,  unappropriated  in 
all  their  blessedness,  when  millenniums  have  passed 
since  we  stood  in  the  inner  shrine  of  Heaven.  Won- 
derful the  word  which  blesses  the  child,  which  trans- 
cends the  angel  before  the  throne! — Alexander  Mac- 
Laren,  D.  D. 


EARL  Y INFL  UENGES. 


There  can  be  no  greater  blessing  than  to  be  born 
in  the  light  and    air  of  a  cheerful,  loving   home.     It 
not   only  ensures  a   happy  childhood — if   there   be 
health  and  a  good  constitution,  but  it   always  makes 
sure   a  virtuous  and   happy  manhood,    and  a   fresh  I 
3'oung  heart  in  old  ag6.     We  think  it  everj^  parent's  , 
duty  to  try  to  make  their  children's  childhood  full  of  [ 
love  and  of  childhood's  proper  joyousness;  and  we ; 
never  see  children   destitute  ol'  them  thi'ough  the  | 


poverty,  faulty  temper,  or  wrong  notions  of  their 
parents,  without  a  heartacht.  Not  all  the  appliances 
which  health  can  buy  are  necessary  to  the  free  and 
happy  unfolding  of  childhood  in  body,  mind  or 
heart — quite  otherwise,  God  be  thanked;  but  children 
must  at  least  have  love  inside  the  house,  and  fresh 
air  and  good  play,  and  some  good  companionship 
out  side — otherwise  young  life  runs  the  great  danger 
in  the  world  of  withering  or  growing  stunted  or  sour 
and  wrong,  or  at  least  prematurely  old,,  and  turned 
inward  on  itself 


MOTHERS'  PRAYERS. 


A  lady  prayed  for  her  daughter  thirty-nine  years 
without  receiving  any  answer.  At  length  she  came 
to  die.  Her  death  was  the  means  used  for  her 
daughter's  conversion.  The  daughter  became  a  most 
eminent  Christian  much  used  in  the  turning  of  sin- 
ners to  Christ. 

One  hundi'ed  American  students  who  were  con- 
verted met  together  to  speak  of  then-  conversion. 
Ninety  of  them  traced  their  blessings  to  their  moth- 
ers' prayers. 

At  another  meeting,  in  England,  nearly  one  hun- 
dred who  had  been  blessed  of  God  said  they  had 
praying  parents  to  pray  for  their  children;  the  ma- 
jority of  the  petitions  began,  "A  mother  asks  prayer," 
etc.;  only  one  or  two,  "A  father  asks  prayer,"  etc. 

Many  a  one  has  learned  of  late  the  blessing  of 
having  a  praying  mother.  We  trace  every  blessing 
to  God's  fathomless  grace.  Still  he  is  pleased  to  use 
means,  and  he  says,j"For  all  these  things  I  will  be 
inquired  of" 

Christian  mothers,  pray  on — God  answers  prayer. 


HOUSE-KEEPING  NOTES. 


THE  SMALL  ARTS  OF  LIVING. 

Hardly  anything  is  too  small  to  spoil  the  comfort  of 
life,  if  it  be  misplaced.  A  speck  in  the  eye,  a  kernel  of 
wheat  in  the  boot,  a>pin-f»oint  touching  the  skin,  a  band 
too  tight,  a  needed  strap  gone — and  goodbye  comfort! 
Considering  how  much  depends  on  our  daily  food,  it  is 
surprising  how  little  is  thought  of  the  conditions  under 
which  it  is  taken  in  many  families.  Some  people  think 
a  good  deal  more  of  what  is  on  the  table  than  what  is 
said  or  done  around  it;  and  some  few  reverse  the  order — 
an  operation  that  may  do  well  for  special  occasions,  when 
what  is  said  is  something  extraordinary;  but  one  that  we 
will  beg  to  be  excused  from  as  regular  diet,  even  if  the 
gods  come  to  dine,  until  we  are  able  to  dispense  with  all 
that  is  implied  in  a  good  appetite.  The  cookery  is  too 
big  a  topic  to  touch  in  this  connection;  though  what  with 
cookery  schools,  a  better  knowledge  among  the"  people, 
and  higher  standards  made  familiar  by  our  best  hotels 
and  dining-places,  the  art  has  greatly  advanced  in  this 
city  within  the  present  generation.  Good  bread,  appro- 
priately broiled  steak,  and  a  roast  done  to  a  turn,  no 
longer  excite  the  special  wonder  that  they  once  did.  By 
and  by,  perhaps  it  will  not  be  unusual  to  find  a  good 
soup,  or  vegetables  that  haven't  been  spoiled  in  cooking. 
But  consider  the  meal  cooked;  how  shall  it  be  best  en- 
joyed? By  having  it  daintily  and  tastefully  arranged  and 
served,  in  the  first  place.  We  always  mark  the  good 
housewife  up  a  notch  or  two  in  our  esteem  if  we  see  that, 
however  competent  help  she  may  have,  she  always  slips 
out  to  give  the  last  touches  to  the  table  before  the  family 
or  the  guests  sit  down.  Some  do  it  for  the  guests  but  not 
for  the  family,  but  that  is  an  error.  The  artistic  arrange- 
ment of  the  table  furnitiu'e;  the  skill  that  avoids  crowd- 
ing dishes  together,  or  leaving  space  too  bare;  the  fore- 
thought that  looks  out  for  flowers  for  the  dining  table, 
though  the  center  table  go  bare;  the  quick  eye  which  sees 
that  everything  is  in  its  place — these  supplement  the  fare 
wonderfully.  Promptness  in  each  member  of  the  family 
is  another  essential.  It  demoralizes  the  group  to  have 
stragglers  dropping  in  all  the  way  through  the  meal,  and 
gives  arestaurapt  air — a  suggestion  of  mere  "feeding" — 
to  the  family  meal,  which  it  should  never  have. —  Golden 
Ride. 


FRESH  AIR  IN  THE  BEBROOM. 

How  much  ah  can  be  safely  admitted  into  a  sleeping 
or  living  room,  is  a  common  question.  Rather,  it  should 
be  considered,  how  rapidly  air  can  be  admitted  without 
injury  or  risk,  and  at  how  low  a  temperature.  We  can- 
not have  too  much  fresh  air,  so  long  as  we  are  warm 
enough  and  are  not  exposed  to  draughts.  What  is  a 
chaught?  It  is  a  swift  current  of  air,  at  a  temperature 
lower  than  the  body,  which  robs  either  the  whole  body. 
or  an  exposed  part,  of  its  heat,  so  rapidly  as  to  disturb 
the  equilibrium  of  our  circulation  and  gives  us  cold. 
Young  and  healthy  persons  can  habituate  themselves  to 
sleeping  in  even  a  strong  draught  as  from  an  Open  win- 
dow if  "they  cover  theniselves,  in  cold  weather,  with  an 
abundance  of  bedclothes.  But  those  who  have  been  long 
accustomed  to  being  sheltered  from  the  outer  air  by  sleep- 
ing in  warmed  and  nearly  or  quite  shut  up  rooms,  are  too 
susceptible  to  cold  to  bear  a  direct  draught  of  cold  air. 
Persons  over  seventy  years  of  age,  moreover,  with  a  low- 
er vitality  than  in  their  youth,  will  not  bear  a  low  tem- 
perature, even  in  the  air  they  breathe.  Like  hot-house 
plants,  they  may  be  killed  by  a  winter  night's  chill,  and 
must  be  protected  by  warmth  at  aU  times.  As  a  rule  we 
may  say  that>  except  for  the  most  robust,  the   air  which 


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THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE. 


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enters  at  night  into  a  sleeping-chamber,  should,  in  cold 
weather,  be  admitted  gradual^  only  by  cracks  or  moder- 
ate openings,  or  should  have  its  force  broken  by  some 
interposed  obstacle,  as  a  curtain,  etc.,  to  avert  its  blowing 
immediately  upon  a  sleeper  in  his  bed.  The  ancient  fash- 
ion, however,  of  havimg  bed-curtains,  which  exclude 
almost  all  the  air,  has  rightly  become  almost  obsolete. 
No  wonder  that  people  dream  hon-id  dreams,  and  wake  in 
the  morning  wearied  rather  than  refreshed,  when  they 
sleep  in  rooms  sealed  up  tightly  on  every  side:  breathing 
over  and  over  again  their  own  breaths,  which  grew  more 
and  more  poisonous  with  every  hour  of  the  night. — Ameri- 
can Health  Primer. 


CHILDREN'S  CORNER. 


STORIES  OF  MY  BOYS.— III. 


BY  JENNIE  L.  HAKDIE. 

The  next  Sabbath  as  Harvey  Home  took  his  place  in 
the  class,  he  awkwardly  called  my  attention  to  a  lady  sit- 
ting near,  and  remarked, 

■'That  be  master's  sister.  The  folks  where  I  stay 
won't  let  me  come  to  this  Sunday-school  any  more  only 
as  she  came  to-day  and  told  me  to  come  with  her." 

I  glanced  up  in  the  direction  indicated.  A  pair  of 
kind  gTay  eyes  met  mine  and  a  smile  of  greeting  came  to 
her  lips. 

Directly  after  the  exercises  for  the  day  were  over  she 
came  to  my  side,  and  cordially  extending  her  hand  intro- 
duced herself.  A  few  words  of  conversation  sufficed  to 
inform  me  that  she,  like  myself,  was  a  servant  of  the 
Master,  and  she  named  a  day  when  she  would  call  upon 
me  to  discuss,  as  she  said,  a  pet  plan  of  her's  whereby 
good  might  be  accomplished. 

True  to  her  appointment  she  found  her  way  into  our 
humble  sitting  room  and  after  a  few  remarks  between  us 
made  known  her  errand. 

Did  I  think  the  boy,  Harvey  Home,  would  appreciate 
being  given  an  education  to  the  extent  of  "making  any- 
thing of  himself,"  was  her  introduction. 

I  hesitated.  To  tell  the  truth,  Harvey  Home  had  al- 
ways appeared  rather  dull;  but  many  times — I  could  not 
account  for  the  feeling — I  found  myself  wondering  what 
the  boy  would  be  under  different  circumstances — the 
surroundings  of  Christian  influences  and  of  education.  So 
I  replied  slowly, 

"I — think — so.  At  any  rate  I  should  much  like  to  watch 
the  working  of  such  an  experiment." 

"  I  had  not  thoiight  of  that,"  said  the  lady,  "In  any 
event  it  would  be  satisfactory  to  me  as  an  experiment 
only.  I  Shall  try  it,  I  think." 

And  then  she  went  on  to  say  that  she  had  taken  a 
decided  interest  in  the  orphan  boy  and  wished  to  educate 
him.  Could  we  name  some  one  who  would  be  willing  to 
give  him  parents'  care  and  a  Christian  home  at  her 
expense?  Could  we  not  accommodate  him  at  the  parson- 
age? 

The  pastor  was  called  in  and  after  several  plans  were 
suggested,  discussed  and  abandoned,  a  decision  satisfac- 
tory to  all  parties  was  arrived  at. 

Harvey  became  an  inmate  of  the  pai'sonage.  Of  his 
life  there,  of  his  studies  and  of  his  progress  in  all  respects, 
it  is  not  my  purpose  now  to  speak;  suffice  it  to  say  that 
in  a  year  one  could  scarcely  recognize  the  Harvey  of  old, 
and  I  believe  firmly  that  at  no  distant  day  the  God-given 
wish  of  his  boy  heart  will  be  fulfilled. 


THE  POLAR  BEAR. 


The  Polar  Bear  is  an  animal  of  great  strength  and  fierce- 
ness, and  he  seems  to  gxow  the  stronger  and  fiercer  the 
further  north  he  dwells.  His  rich  soft  fur  is  of  a  yellow- 
ish-white color.  He  has  a  long  flat  head,  a  long  neck, 
high  legs,  and  a  powerful  body.  It  is  curious  to  observe 
how  admirably  his  feet  are  adapted  to  the  conditions 
under  which  he  lives.  The  sole  is  provided  with  a  kind 
of  thick  fleece,  so  that  he  treads  the  rough  ice  as  on  a 
carpet;  while,  the  toes  being  connected  by  a  membrane  or 
web,  the  feet  serve  as  paddles  when  he  takes  to^the  water, 
which  he  frequently  does. 

He  is  not  often  found  on  the  land.  He  loves  to  prowl 
about  the  floating  ice-field,  where  he  feeds  upon  the  dead 
bodies  of  whales  and  seals,  or  attacks  the  latter  on  their 
emergence  from  the  -water.  When  he  catches  sight  of  a 
seal  basking  in  the  sunshine  on  a  distant  piece  of  ice.  he 
quietly  drops  into  the  water  and  swims  until  to  leeward 
of  his  intended  victim,  who  otherwise  would  scent  his  ap- 
proach, thence,  by  short  but  frequent  dives,  he  silently 
continues  his  approach,  and  so  arranges  his  distances  that 
after  the  last  dive  he  comes  up  at  the  spot  where  the  seal 
is  peacefully  reclining.  If  the  poor  animal  attempts  to 
escape  by  rolling  into  the  water,  he  finds  himself  in  the 
bear's  terrible  grasp:  if,  on  the  contrary,  he  lies  still,  his 
enemy  makes  one  powerful  leap,  kills  him  on  the  ice,  and 
proceeds  to  devour  him. 

The  Polar  Bear,  unlike  other  species,  does  not  hiber- 
nate, as,  its  food  being  chiefly  animal,  it  is  able  to  obtain 
a  supply  of  it  at  all  seasons.     The   male  ia  said  to  leave 


the  land  in  winter,  and  go  out  on  the  ice  to  the  edge  of 
the  water,  where  it  hunts  the  seal.  The  females,  or  such 
of  them  at  least  as  are  about  to  produce  young,  bury 
themselves  in  the  snow  from  November  to  March.  Pre- 
paratory to  going  into  winter  quarters,  the  she-bear 
selects  a  hollow  place,  often  at  the  foot  of  a  bank  or  under- 
neath overhanging  rocks;  and  there  allows  the  drifting 
snow  to  cover  her  over  to  a  considerable  depth.  She  is 
at  this  season  very  fat  and  on  this  fat  she  .subsists  for 
nearly  five  months,  during  which  she  sleeps  in  her  bed  of 
snow.  The  latter  gradually  enlarges  around  the  bear, 
owing  to  the  melting  of  the  snow  caused  bj'  the  aniipal's 
warmth.  When  the  spring  sun  begins  to  grow  warm,  the 
she-bear  awakens,  and  her  two  cubs  are  bom.  These  she 
suckles  until,  thin  and  emaciated  with  long  fasting,  she 
at  length  breaks  through  her  icy  prison-house.  The  Es- 
kimos kill  great  numbers  of  the  females  in  their  holes  dur- 
ing the  winter,  being  greatly  helped  in  this  by  their  dogs, 
who  scent  them  and  then  begin  scratching  at  the  snow 
overhead.  As  it  would  be  unsafe  to  make  too  large  an 
opening,  a  narrow  trench  is  dug,  just  wide  enough  to  let 
a  man  see  where  the  creature's  head  lies.  This  being  as- 
certained, the  spear  of  the  Eskimo  is  thrust  into  a  mortal 
part,  and  the  prize  is  then  dug  out.  At  this  period,  the 
young,  having  never  tasted  blood,  are  quite  gentle  and 
harmless,  and  can  be  taken  out  alive  with  the  hand,  al- 
though already  nearly  as  large  as  a  shepherd's  dog. 

The  Polar  Bear  is  a  great  sailor,  and  takes  advantage 
of  floating  masses  of  ice  to  transport  himself  from  one 
island  to  another.  In  this  way  he  occasionally  gets  as  far 
south  as  Iceland,  where  parties  of  bears  have  been  known 
to  land,  as  the  old  Norsemen  used  to  do  on  the  English 
coast,  and  do  great  damage  by  attacking  and  devouring 
the  flocks  until  the  inhabitants  rose  en  masse  and  destroy- 
ed them.  A  recent  traveller  in  Iceland  states  that  in  18.59 
vast  masses  of  polar  ice  were  swept  down  on  that  coast, 
and  that  on  this  pack  the  Icelanders  received  an  importa- 
tion of  no  fewer  than  thirteen  polar  bears.  Weak  and 
emaciated,  however,  from  want  of  food  during  their  long- 
sea  voyage,  they  were  easily  despatched  on  landing.  "One 
of  these  brutes,"  says  the  traveller,  "made  his  entrance 
into  a  peasant's  hut  on  the  north-west  coast  in  rather  an 
.unceremonious  manner.  The  snow  being  on  a  level  with 
the  roof,  Bruin  found  himself  there  in  his  travels  in  quest 
of  food.  Attracted,  I  imagine,  by  the  redolent  odor  from 
within,  he  commenced  scratching,  and  eventually  went 
headlong  through,  scaring  the  whole  family.  The  poor 
beast,  however,  scarcely  less  frightened,  was  speedily  de- 
spatched and  eaten,  the  fate  of  everything  the  natives  can 
lay  hands  on  during  the  winter  months."  The  Polar 
Bear  is  also  a  great  swimmer.  Captain  Sabine  having 
observed  one  making  its  way  between  the  north  and 
south  shores  of  Barrow  Strait,  which  are  forty  miles 
apart. 

The  strength  of  the  Polar  Bear  may  be  inferred  from 
his  size.  He  generally  measures  six  feet  in  length,  and 
about  three  feet  in  height  to  the  top  of  the  shoulder;  but 
individuals  of  nine  to  ten  feet  are  met  with.  He  is  not 
an  unsociable  animal,  and  usually  wanders  about  in  small 
troops,  while  bears  of  a  family  always  "flock  together." 
Parents  and  offspring  are  imited  by  bonds  of  the  most 
devoted  affection,  and  the  vigilant  care  with  which  the 
female  watches  over  her  cubs  has  been  remarked  by  every 
traveller. — In  the  Polar  Regions. 


THE  HANDS  OF  CHRIST. 


They  bring  salvation,  Is.  5:  25;  .59:  1;  50:2;  Deut.  5:15. 
At  once.  Matt.  14:  31.  They  give  life,  Mark  5:  41,  42. 
They  give  light,  Matt.  9:  29,  30.  Hearing,  Mark  7:  32- 
35;  Luke  22:  51.  Cleansing,  Matt.  8:  3.  Laid  on  us  for 
service,  Matt.  8:  14,  15;  Gen.  49:  24;  Psa.  18:  34,  35.  For 
courage  and  power.  Rev.  1:  17.  For  guidance,  that  all 
fear  may  be  dispelled,  Is.  41:  10,  13;  Deut.  33:  26.  For 
blessing,  2  Chron.  30:  12;  Luke  24:  50.  Graven  with  our 
names.  Is.  49:  16.  Opened  for  our  supply,  Psa.  145:  16. 
Able  to  sustain  when  weary.  Cant.  2:  6.  Strong  for  our 
defense,  Psa.  138:  7;  John  10:  28,  29.  Hiding  to  prepare 
for  service,  Is.  49:  2.  Power  giving  for  service,  Neh.  2: 
18. 

OUK  H.\NDS  FOR  HIM. 

They  must  not  be  stretched  out  to  idols,  Psa.  44:  20; 
Hos.  14:  3.  They  must  be  laid  upon  the  sin  offering,  Lev. 
8:  4.  Then,  reconciled  and  accepted,  we  are  ready  for 
consecration.  Lev.  8:  22.  Who  is  willing  to  have  his 
hands  filled?  1  Chron.  29:  5.  With  work,  Ex.  32:  29.  To 
labor  with  them,  1  Cor.  4:  12.  Because,  1  Cor.  6:19,  20. 
— Notes  for  Bible  Study. 


A  NOBLE  LAD. 


A  poor  boy,  whose  name  no  one  knows,  but  we  hope 
that  it  is  in  the  Book  of  Life,  found  three  little  children 
who,  like  himself,  had  been  washed  ashore  from  one  of 
the  many  wrecks,  wandering  along  the  dreary  coast  in  the 
driving  sleet.  They  were  crying  bitterly,  having  been 
parted  from  their  parents,  and  not  knowing  whether  they 
were  drowned  or  saved. 

The  poor  lad  took  them  to  a  sheltered  spot,  plucked 
moss  for  them,  and  made  them  a  rude  but  soft  bed;  and 
then,  taking  off  his  own  jacket  to  cover  them,  sat  by  them 
all  the  night  long,  soothing  their  terror  till  they  fell  asleep. 

In  the  morning,  leaving  them  still  asleep,  he  went  in 
search  of  the  parents,  and  tf)  his  great  joy  met  them  look- 
ing for  their  children,  whom  they  liad  given  up  for  dead. 
He  directed  them  where  to  find  them,  and  then  went  on 
himself  to  find  some  place  of  shelter  and  refreshment. 

But  when  the  parents  were  returning  with  their  recov- 
ered little  ones,   they  found   their  brave  preserver  lying 

The  long  exposure  in  his  exhausted  state  was  too  much 
quite  dead  upon  the  snow,  not  far  from  where  they  parted 
from  him, 


for  his  little  strength,  and  having  saved  his  little  charges 
— a  stranger  to  them  as  they  to  him — he  lay  down  to  die. 
A  sad  story  is  this,  and  one  that  moves  our  hearts.  How 
much  more  should  our  hearts  be  moved  by  the  story  of 
Him  who  freely  gave  His  life  that  he  might  save  us  from 
eternal  death. —  The  Domestic  Journal. 


Tempekance. 


THE  DRAGONS  COUNCIL  HALL. 

A  TEMPERANCE  ALLEGORY. 

Behold  his  Satanic  Majesty  in  cabinet  council  assem- 
bled with  his  minions  and  his  emissaries,  newly  returned 
from  this  sin-stricken  earth.  Each  brings  the  latest  news 
concerning  the  endless  conflict  between  darkness  and 
light;  ignorance  and  wisdom;  sin  and  righteousness.  Each 
gives  the  most  carefully  considered  suggestions  for  the 
building  up  of  Satan's  kingdom — for  the  multijjlicalion  of 
murders,  robberies,  outrages  and  conflagrations.  "Per- 
mit the  suggestion,  youi'  Majesty,"  says  one  brimstone-col- 
ored satellite,  "that  you  will  build  a  new  distillery  at  Spii'- 
itsville,  for  at  that  point  the  church  people  are  growing 
rapidly  in  power." 

"Not  at  all,"  tartly  replies  he  of  the  horns  and  hoofs; 
"well  you  know  better  than  to  be  always  showing  your 
hand  in  that  fashion! 

"Do  this  instead: 

"Pot  it  into  the  heart  of  John  Barleycorn,  ]3ro])rietor  of 
the  distillery  I  have  already  there  to  subscribe  ten  thou- 
sand dollars  toward  finishing  that  church." 

The  order  was  entered  in  lui-id  letters  on  the  book.  Em- 
issary No.  2  proceeded  to  report. 

"  In  Temperanceville,  they  have  so  few  saloons  that 
the  young  men  are  rapidly  getting  out  from  under  the 
sway,  and  I  humbly  suggest  the  imperative  necessity  of  a 
special  order  on  the  Stygian  manufactory  for  six  well 
instructed  and  experienced  imps,  who  shall  put  it  into 
the  heads  of  six  men  now  engaged  in  other  business,  to 
open  these  saloons,  as  business  is  so  lively  at  Cincinnati 
and  Peoria,  that  we  can  spare  none  of  our  already  enlisted 
forces." 

"Tut,  tut!"  roared  the  devil,  "I  can  beat  that  device, 
with  only  half  trying.  Send  a  beer-drinking  pastor  to  Tem- 
peranceville, and  let  him  preach  in  favor  of  the  Business 
Men's  Moderation  Society  and  show  up  the  idiotic  theo- 
ries of  those  stiff-necked  teetotalers." 

Number  3  now  ventured  to  suggest  that  in  Tippleton, 
the  women  had  opened  a  Sunday  afternoon  meeting 
and  had  given  out  that  they  should  offer  a  free  lunch  at 
the  polls  on  the  approaching  election  day.  He  there- 
fore asked  for  a  detailed  escort  of  fiends  who  should  be 
commanded  to  set  fire  to  the  temperance  reading  rooms 
and  drive  the  president  of  the  W.  C.  T.  Union  raving  dis- 
tracted. 

"You  are  a  calk)w  young  limb  of  perdition  to  go  so 
clumsily  about  your  business,"  roared  the  devil;  "I  won't 
send  a  special  squad,  for  they  are  all  employed  in  the 
saloons  working  up  the  voting  lists  against  the  next 
election,  in  the  interests  of  the  whisky  governor,  but  do 
you  go  and  put  it  into  the  head  of  Deacon  Setbbnes  to 
prove  to  that  W.  C.  T.  U.  president  that  the  scriptm-es  do 
plainly  teach  that  it's  a  sin  and  shame  for  a  woman  to 
speak  in  any  public  place,  and  that  the  whole  spu'it  of 
Christianity  is  set  against  the  insane  notion  of  a  woman's 
undertaking  to  j^reside  at  an  electioneering  lunch  down  at 
the  polls." 

And  now  came  the  last,  the  most  lugubrious-looking 
messenger,  with  this  doleful  story  to  relate: 

"I  ask  that  pestilence  and  famine  be  let  loose,  fori 
am  terribly  alarmed  for  the  stability  of  the  kingdom  in 
the  province,  of  which  Chicago  (otherwise  Beeropolis) 
is  the  chief  city  ;  for  be  it  known  imtf>  your  Majesty 
there  is  a  serious  revolt  among  those  whom  thou  hast  kept 
in  strict  subordination,  lo!  these  centuries;  for  the  wom- 
en are  rousing  themselves  to  the  cry  of  '  home  pro- 
tection;' studying  into  the  structure  of  the  government; 
tracing  back  to  their  source  the  temptations  that  have 
so  admirably  succeeded  in  capturing  boys  and  men  for 
thy  great  armies.  These  frightful  women,  neglecting 
their  proper  sphere  and  the  submission  so  long  their  con- 
venient characteristic,  have  actually  dared  to  publish  fig- 
ures showing  that  the  majority  of  voters  are  on  thy  side 
and  that  thus  thou  dost  hold  thyself  in  })ower  by  keeping 
thine  ambassador.  King  Alcohol,  entrenched  among  the 
people." 

Here  tlie  fiendish  messenger  turned  a  sickly  yellow  and 
gasped  with  rage  as  he  concluded  his  awful  revelation  in 
these  words: 

"  They  even  ask — and  many  ministers,  church  edi- 
tors and  other  strong  allies  of  Him  whom  thou  didst 
tempt  and  crucify  are  asking  for  them — the  power  to 
vote  upon  all  questions  relating  to  the  sale  of  alcoholic 
drinks." 

Oh,  what  a  scene  that  was!  The  devil  quaked  in  every 
limb;  his  sharp  knees  smote  together,  and  a  howl  of  hel- 
lish hate  and  rage  rang  through  the  sulphurous  air  of  the 
dark  council  chamber. 

"Away  with  you.  fools  that  yci  are!  Talk  of  letting 
loose  famine  and  pestilence!  If  things  have  reached  this 
pass — if  the  women  have  discovered  that  the  side  always 
wins  which  has  most  votes — let  me  make  haste. — I'll  send 
no  stupid,  clumsy-footed  subaltern  in  an  emergency  like 
this!  I'll  steal  in  among  those  timid  and  silly  reliels,  who 
have  always  hated  me  and  sought  the  triunqih  of  him  who 
wore  the  thorn-crown,  and  from  a  thousand  pulpits  I'll 
declare  that  woman  leaves  her  home  on  this  vile  errand  at 
the  peril  of  society;  that  you  cannot  carry  temperance, 
much  less  the  Gospel,  into  politics;  and  that  on  the  day 
when  woman  votes,  the  home  will  fall  in  everlasting  i-uin, 
and  woman  turn  herself  into  a  Jezebel."  Exe'uent  omnes, 
— Mm  F,  Ei  WiUard  in  the  Signal, 


12 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSUKE. 


February  1,  1883 


STRIKES— THEIR  CAUSE  AND  CURE. 

We  regard  as  fundamental  the  proposition  that  "wages 
are  to  be  paid  out  of  the  product  of  present  industry,  and 
not  out  of  the  saved  results  of  the  industry  of  the  past, 
and  consequently  that  production  furnishes  the  true  meas- 
ure of  wages,  and,  furthermore,  the  more  important  prop- 
osition that  the  employer  cannot  pay  in  wages  more  than 
he  fairly  expects  to  get  back  in  the  price  of  his  products," 
In  the  mind  of  the  man  who  depends  upon  his  daily 
wages,  these  propositions  formulate  themselves  somewhat 
in  this  wise :  '  'Wages  are  paid  me  from  the  product  of 
my  toil.  I  cannot  be  paid  more  than  the  margin  between 
cost  of  raw  material  and  selling  price.  My  actual  wages 
are  decreased  or  increased  as  the  prices  of  commodities 
are  higher  or  lower,"  Upon  the  basis  of  these  truths  our 
capitalists  have  generally  acted.  As  a  rule  the  employer 
is  the  friend  and  not  the  enemy  of  the  employee.  And 
hence  the  unwisdom  and  injustice  of  these  strikes.  They 
are  an  abnormal  growth  from  an  evil  root.  They  are  to 
business  what  a  revolution  is  to  the  state.  They  are  evil, 
and  only  evil,  and  that  continually.  The  strikers  are 
making  war  upon  their  friends,  and  not  their  enemies.  A 
strike  does  not  increase  but  diminishes  the  margin  of  the 
employer — out  of  which  their  wages  come.  A  strike  re- 
acts with  double  force  upon  the  laborer,  and  his  family. 
A  strike  is  what  Carlisle  calls,  '  'The  sooty  hell  of  hate  and 
savagery."  The  strike  is  the  weapon  of  force,  and  "who 
overcomes  by  force  hath  overcome  but  half  his  foe."  The 
strikers,  in  their  zeal  to  be  freed  from  this  jpjustic^have 
mistaken  an  imaginary  cause  for  the  real  one.  And  hence 
their  efforts  in  that  direction  always  have  and  always  will 
prove  abortive. 

The  difficulty  is,  the  cost  of  living  has  advanced  too 
rapidly.  It  is  unreasonable.  And  that  is  controlled  by 
forces  that  are  outside  of  and  beyond  the  reach  of  the 
employer.  Wright  admits  that  "short  crops  partly  and 
speculation  in  food  products  chiefly  have  driven  the  prices 
of  the  necessaries  of  life  to  very  high  figures."  These 
speculators  keep  the  food  of  our  table  up  at  fictitious 
prices  and  the  burden  of  their  folly  falls  upon  the  poor 
laboring  man.  That  is  the  tap-root  of  this  evil.  And 
until  the  government  lifts  the  ax  of  the  law  and  cuts  it  off, 
its  sour  fruit  will  be  the  laboring  man's  portion.  It  is  the 
dry  rot  on  our  industries,  and  so  long  as  it  is  suffered  to 
remain  these  social  convulsions  will  recur.  Why  should 
a  man  who  calls  himself  a  "bear"  be  allowed  to  enter  the 
market  and  sell  stock  or  products  which  he  does  not  own'/ 
Why  should  another  who  calls  himself  a  "bull"  be  allowed 
to  enter  the  same  market  and  buy  "stock"  which  never 
had  and  never  can  have  an  existence?  Why  should  the 
"bear"  be  permitted  to  decry  the  "stock"  that  he  may  get 
the  difference  between  the  ruling  and  the  stipulated  price 
at  the  time  appointed?  And  why  should  the  "bull"  be 
peiTnitted  to  bring  a  pressure  to  bear  upon  the  market 
that  will  enhance  the  price  of  "stock"  that  he  may  have 
the  margin?  It  is  simply  a  wager.  It  is  gambling  on  a 
large  scale.  And  the  fruits  of  their  folly  the  laboring 
man  must  eat  at  his  table.  Why  should  a  moneyed  man 
like  Gould  be  allowed  to  enter  the  Chicago  market  and 
buy  up  all  the  wheat  at  seventy-flve  cents  per  bushel. 
Then  iTnder  pressure  of  scarcity  force  the  price  up  to  one 
dollar  and  fifty  cents  per  bushel,  when  he  will  flood  the 
market  and  reap  a  fortune.  That  is  engrossing  commod- 
ities to  enhance  the  price.  They  call  it  "making  a  cor- 
ner." But  it  is  robbery  on  a  gigantic  scale.  And  what 
is  worse,  it  is  robbing  the  poor  man.  The  laborer  gets 
no  more  wages  after  Gould's  operation  than  he  did  before, 
but  his  flour  costs  twice  as  much.  The  poor  man  suffers 
and  tliinking  it  is  his  employer's  fault,  strikes  for  higher 
wages,  when  the  truth  is,  stock  gambling  caused  it. 
Should  not  this  iniquity  be  arrested?  If  a  poor  man 
steals  from  the  rich  fifty  dollars,  the  government  puts 
him  in  the  penitentiary.  But  if  a  rich  man  steals  five 
millions  from  the  poor,  under  the  guise  of  options,  he  is 
pronounced  a  shrewd  man  of  affairs.  In  New  York  in  the 
three  last  years  344,000,000  bushels  of  wheat  have  been 
sold  and  1,154,000,000  in  options,  more  "than  the  last 
three  crops  in  the  United  States.  This  is  an  iniquity  to 
be  punished  by  the  judges.  It  is  a  sore  evil  under  the 
sun.  And  so  long  as  the  government  remains  derelict  in 
its  duty  here,  this  evil  must  remain  upon  the  poor  laboring 
man's  slumlriers. 

But  in  Ihr  iin  nnliine  it  is  asked.  Can  the  relation  of 
employer  and  emplcx  cd  not  be  adjusted?  We  answer, 
There  are  tliree  jjossible  ways  of  solving  that  difficulty. 

1.  By  drafting  a  code  of  laws  which  will  regulate  and 
harmonize  every  relation  of  each  to  the  other.  Political 
economists  have  attempted  this,  and  with  some  measure 
of  success.  These  "trades  unions"  have  attempted  it. 
But  their  proposals  arc  so  biased  and  one-sided  that  there 
is  no  po.ssible  hope  of  a  solution  here.  Moreover  they 
are  so  tainted  with  the  socialistic  spirit,  and  so  nearly  al- 
lied in  principles  and  aims  with  Nihilism  in  Russia,  Com- 
munism in  France,  and  Socialism  in  Germany  that  no 
permanent  good  can  possibly  come  from  them.  And  we 
are  free  to  say  that  so  long  as  the  human  mind  remains 
darkened  by  sin  and  the  human  heart  depraved,  there  can 
be  no  pennanent  reformation  from  this  source.  While  it 
remains  true  that  "to  err  is  human"  no  hard  and  fast  line 
can  be  drawn  between  labor  and  capital,  defining  the 
sphere  of  each,  and  saying  to  each,  "thus  far  shalt  thou 
come  and  no  farther." 

2.  By  destroying  the  relation  altogether.  In  this  view 
there  is  no  such  thing  as  employer  and  employed,  but  each 
sustains  both  relations.  This  is  the  principle  upon  which 
co-operative  societies  are  based. 

3.  By  writing  the  law  of  Christianity  upon  the  minds 
of  both  employer  and  employed,  and  infusin;;-  the  spirit 
of  Christianity  into  their  hearts.  Here  tiie  rich  and  poor 
meet  together.  Christianity  is  intended  to  regulate  man 
in  every  possible  sphere  of  life.  Tlie  principles  and 
spirit  of  Christ  guide  man  as  husband  and  father,  as  wife 


and  mother,  as  son  and  daughter,  as  brother  and  sister,  as 
ruler  and  citizen,  as  pastor  and  member  of  the  church,  as 
master  and  sei-vant,  as  employer  and  emploj^ed.  Christi- 
anity does  not  destroy  these  relations  but  elevates,  piu-i- 
fies  and  perfects  them.  Labor  cannot  exist  withot  capital 
and  capital  cannot  exist  without  labor, 

' '  While  the  working  classes  are  dependent,  directly  or  indi- 
rectly upon  the  rich  for  employment,  and  so  forlivlihood  the  rich 
are  just  as  dependent  on  them,  not  only  for  the  revenues  that  en- 
rich them,  but  for  soldiers  and  sailors  to  defend  them  and  their 
country  in  time  of  war  Their  wealth  Is  absolutely  at  the  mercy 
of  foreign  invaders,  or  of  lawless  and  ungovernable  mobs,  sprmg- 
ing,  as  it  were,  out  of  the  ground  at  their  very  doors,  unless  the 
working  classes  rally  to  their  defence." — Dr.  Blakie. 

They  are  mutual  helpers  and  defenders.  God  has 
joined  them  together  and  man  may  not  put  them  asunder. 
The  voice  of  Christianity  is,  ' '  Labor  all  its  rights,  capital 
all  its  rights,  equal  and  exact  justice  for  all."  The  spirit 
of  Christianity  softens  these  relations  so  that  their  is  no 
joining  or  discord.  Under  this  influence  a  new  sense  of 
responsibility  will  arise  in  the  mind  of  the  employer.  His 
factory  or  foundry,  or  store  is  a  kind  of  corporation  of 
which  he  is  the  head.  He  will  look  upon  himself  as  God's 
steward,  and  the  men  in  his  emploj'  as  a  trust  committed 
to  him.  He  will  feel  that  he  is  answerable  to  God  for 
the  use  he  makes  of  his  opportunities  to  better  their  con- 
dition and  elevate  them  in  moralitj'  and  virtue.  The 
same  sense  of  responsibility  will  arise  in  the  mind  of  the 
employed.  He  will  no  longer  regard  it  a  crime  to  be  rich, 
and  a  disgrace  to  lie  poor.  He  will  feel  that  his  emplo}'- 
er's  interests  are  his  interests,  and  in  serving  them  he  is 
serving  God,  He  will  feel  that  a  willing,  honest  and  effi- 
cient service  is  a  duty  to  God,  He  will  feel  under  obliga- 
tion to  live  temperately,  denying  himself  the  lusts  of  the 
flesh,  not  only  for  the  sake  of  his  family,  his  reputation 
and  the  honor  of  the  religion  which  he  professes,  but  that 
he  may  render  the  best  possible  service  in  the  highest  use 
of  his  faculties.  He  will  no  longer  be  a  time  server.  He 
will  act  conscientiously  and  faithfully,  not  with  eye  ser- 
vice, as  men  pleasers,  but  as  to  the  Lord,  doing  the  will 
of  the  great  taskmaster. — Rev.  J.  M.  Foster  inChri&tian 
StOjtesman. 


AMEKICAN  POLITICS. 


NOMINATIONS  FOR  1881 

For  President, 
JONATHAN    BLANCHARD 

ior  ILLINOIS. 

F^or   Vice  President, 
JOHN    A.    CONANT, 

OF    CONNECTICUT. 
PLATFORM. 

We  hold:  l.  That  ours  is  a  Christian  and  not  a 
heathen  nation,  and  that  the  God  of  the  Christian 
•Scriptures  is  the  author  of  civil  government. 

2.  That  God  requires  and  man  needs  a  Sabbath. 

3.  That  the  prohibition  of  the  importation,  manu- 
iacture  and  sale  of  intoxicating  drinks  as  a  beverage 
IS  the  true  policy  <m  tlie  temperance  question. 

4.  That  the  chartt'i's  of  all  secret  lodges  granted  by 
our  Federal  and  State  Legislatures  should  be  with- 
drawn, and  their  oaths  prohibited  by  law. 

5.  That  the  civil  equalitv  secured  to  all  American 
citizens  by  articles  18th,  14th  and  15th  of  our  amended 
Constitution  shottld  be  preserved  inviolate. 

(3.  Tliat  arbitration  of  differences  with  nations  is 
the  most  direct  and  sure  method  of  securing  and  per- 
petuating a  pennanent  peace. 

7.  That  to  cultivate  tlie  intellect  without  improving 
the  morals  of  men,  is  to  make  mere  adejits  and  experts ; 
therefore,  the  Bible  should  be  associated  with  book'  of 
science  and  literature  in  all  our  educational  institu- 
tions. 

8.  That  land  and  other  monopolies  shotdd  be  dis- 
couraged. 

9.  That  the  government  should  furnish  the  people 
with  an  ample  and  sound  currency. 

10.  That  maintenance  of  the  public  credit,  protection 
to  all  loyal  citizens,  and  justice  to  Indians  are  essential 
to  the  honor  and  safety  of  our  nation. 

11.  And.  finally,  we  demand  for  the  American  people 
the  abolition  of  electoral  colleges,  aiul  ;i  direct  vote  for 
President  and  Vice-iiresident  of  the  United  States. 


MISSISSIPPI  POIITIGS. 

Judge  T.  C.  Lyon  of  Columbus,  Miss.,  was  nominated 
last  fall  as  an  independent  candidate  for  Congress.  His 
views  of  the  situation  and  what  is  needed  to  render  the 
political  affairs  of  Mississippi  of  more  use  to  the  citizens 
of  the  State  are  carefully  written  out  and  are  a  valuable 
opinion  for  all  Southern  readers.     He  says: 

There  is  a  feeling,  too,  amongst  us,  I  think,  that  the 
juncture  is  reached  for  a  new  departure  in  Mississippi 
politics;  a  new  alignment  upon  the  true  principles  of  free 
government;  for  refreshing  our  patriotism,  and  for  a 
higher  political  purpose  and  endeavor;  for  a  re-assertion 
of  the  teachings  and  practices  of  the  fathers;  a  renewal 
of  individual  participation  in  affairs  of  State;  to  exalt 
once  more  our  time-honored  free  speech,  free  press,  and 
free  ballot;  to  practice  tolerance;  and  to  enter  effective 
protest  against  machine  rule,  together  with  the  ways  and 
means  in  common  use  by  ihe  managers  to  set  at  naught 
the  will  of  till'  niiniy  iiiidto  carry  out  ihr  will  of  tlie  few. 
Especially  do  the  people  begin  to  see  that  a  healthy  con- 
dition of  the  body  politic,  if  not  the  exercise  of  individ- 
ual liberty  itself,  necessitates  the  being  of  two  political 
parties  in  the  State  alive  with  the  principles  of  genuine 


democratic  and  republican  government.  That  one  party 
unopposed,  as  the  present  outlook  illustrates,  means  ol 
igarchy — the  rule  of  the  few — which  militates  against  all 
the  rights  and  duties  of  a  free  citizenship,  and  tends  to 
despotism. 

There  is,  moreover,  in  the  black  counties,  particularl^^ 
an  abiding  hopelessness  of  the  old  situation  being  able, 
now  or  in  the  future,  to  settle  the  race  issue,  hanging, 
ever  darkening,  over  our  prosperity  as  a  people.  A  dem 
onstration  of  long,  depressing  years  is  before  the  country, 
showing  clearly  that  the  old  alignment  can  reach  no  so 
lution  of  this  momentous  question.  The  new  one  pro 
posed,  it  is  reasonable  to  think,  can,  and  in  such  wise 
that  intelligence  and  virtue  may  rule,  and  yet  every  class 
enjoy  the  equal  rights  guaranteed  by  the  constitutions 
and  laws  of  the  land.  Nor  need  we  fear.  By  experience 
is  wisdom.  The  powerless  black  race  is  compelled  to 
look,  as  matters  stand,  to  the  justice  of  the  white  race 
for  full  establishment  in  his  citizen  rights,  and  not  to  a 
revival  of  the  old  carpet-bag  methods.  The  appeal  in 
this  behalf  by  the  new  movement,  is,  therefore,  not  to  him, 
but  to  the  white  man  for  him;  nor  is  it  the  white  man  the 
black  man  hates,  and  fears,  and  avoids,  politically,  but 
the  Democratic  party!  Another  party,  opposed  by  the 
Democratic  party,  can  reach  his  confidence,  and  so,  pro 
tect,  elevate,  and  direct  him,  as  is  meet !  Over  against 
this  encouraging  hope  our  Democracy  of  to-day  offers 
nothing  better  than  or  bej'ond  the  present  position,  with 
which  neither  race  is  satisfied,  nor  the  country,  nor  the 
right,  nor  can  be.  The  new  movement  says  reverse  the 
old  plan;  go  to  him;  he  will  not  come  to  you! 

We  conclude,  therefore,  that  the  questions  of  nearest 
interest  to  us,  at  least  as  Mississippians  of  the  First  Dis- 
trict, are  Popular  Rights  and  Popular  Government;  two 
active  political  parties,  law  and  order  in  elections,  settle- 
ment of  the  Race  Issue,  and  an  honest  proclamation  to 
the  country  of  a  new  era  in  Mississippi,  by  a  change  of 
political  power;  putting  Mississippi  abreast  of  progress, 
by  the  adoption  and  development  of  national  and  pro 
gressive  ideas — a  promise  of  new  life  and  hope  from 
within,  and  of  immigration  and  capital  from  without; 
whilst,  lastly,  the  great  moral,  social  and  political  question 
of  Temperance  Reform,  with  its  mighty  wave,  even  now 
breaks  over  our  borders,  echoing,  in  both  reason  and  con- 
science, its  demand  for  society's  increased  protection 
from  drunkenness,  whisky-sorrow,  whisky-crime  and 
whisky-death. 


THE  LABOR  PARTY. 

A  leader  of  this  part^  (Mr.  Blissert),  on  being 
questioned  as  to  the  probability  of  his  party  making  terms 
with  any  of  the  other  parties,  said: 

"We  want  nothing  but  a  straight  Labor  ticket,  and  we  will  sink 
or  swim  by  it.  The  'grand  old  Republican  party  met  at  Saratoga, 
The  following  ticket  was  nominated:  For  Governor,  Charles  J, 
Folger.  lawyer;  lor  Lieutenant-Governor,  B.  Piatt  Carpenter, 
lawyer;  forjudge  of  the  Court  of  Appeals,  Charles  Andrews. 
lawyer ;  for  Congressman-at-large,  A.  B,  Hepburn,  lawyer.  The 
'grand  old  Democratic  party'  met  at  Syracuse  on  the  following- 
day  and  nominated  the  following  candidates :  For  Governor,  Gro- 
ver  Cleveland,  lawyer;  for  Lieutenant-Governor,  David  B  Hill, 
lawyer;  forjudge  of  the  Court  of  Appeals.  Charles  i.  Ruger. 
lawyer;  for  Congressman-at-large,  Henry  Slocum,  lawyer  and 
raili-oad  president.  Look  at  the  list.  Not  a  a  workingman  or 
the  friend  of  a  workingman,  can  be  found  on  it.  From  top  to 
bottom  it  is  lawyers,  lawyers." 

There  is  food  for  reflection  in  Mr.  Blissert's  statement 
concerning  the  monopoly  of  legislative  and  executive 
functions  in  this  State  by  lawyers;  and  it  is  much  the 
same  in  the  Federal  Government.  This  is  a  very  bad 
state  of  things,  seeing  that  lawyers,  from  their  very  edu- 
cation, are  special  pleaders.  They  are  also  accustomed  to 
take  fees,  and  these  may  be  so  administered,  without  any 
appearance  of  bribery,  by  persons  having  private  interests 
to  serve,  as  to  effect  their  allegiance  to  the  public. 

We  by  no  means  object  to  lawyers  indiscriminately.  A 
proportion  of  good  lawyers  is  very  necessary  both  in  leg- 
islative and  executive  business.  But  there  is  moderation 
in  all  things.  As  it  is,  they  are  the  ruling  caste  among 
us,  just  about  as  much  as  the  Brahmins  are  in  India.  AVc 
shoidd  have  many  more  farmers,  merchants  and  working- 
men  in  State  and  National    legislatures. — N.  T.  Witness. 


— A  Washington  special  dated  Jan.  28,  draws  a  singu- 
lar conclusion  from  an  announcement  made  in  one  of  the 
churches  of  that  city.  It  says;  "The  intimate  relations 
of  chirrch  and  state  here  werewell  illustrated  in  the  Con- 
gregational church  this  morning.  Dr.  Rankin,  the  pastor 
has  been  called  to  Cleveland.  He  told  his  congregation 
this  morning  that  he  had  no  announcement  to  make  to 
them,  but  he  wanted  to  call  their  attention  once  more  to 
their  church  debt.  In  the  providence  of  God,  for  all  na  ■ 
tional  chastening  came  only  in  the  providence  of  God, 
there  might  be  great  changes  in  tjie  near  future  which 
would  reduce  the  congregation  one-third,  and  if  the  debt 
were  not  paid  within  two  years  there  might  be  great  diffi 
culty  about  paying  it.  What  he  meant  was,  the  Demo 
crats  were  liable  to  make  a  clean  sweep  in  1885,  and  if 
they  did  the  Congregational  church  would  be  depleted," 


— Joseph  Cook  gave  a  vigorous  lecture  on  '"^The  Spoils 
System,"  in  the  Brooklyn  Academy  of  Music  lately,  in 
which  he  held  Aaron  Burr  responsible  for  the  .system, 
and  declared  that  "he  was  the  first  tyrant  who  intro- 
duced secrecy  in  politics."  The  new  bill  is  a  good  one, 
but  it  affects  only  30,000  out  of  110,000  office  holders; 
Had  Mr.  Cook  been  aware  that  Aaron  Bmr  was  a  Free 
mason,  he  would  have  been  able  to  make  a  stronger  in- 
dictment. 


February  1,  1883 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE. 


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The  Churches. 


— Bro.  W.  L.  Ferris,  of  the  Chicago  Theological  Semi- 
nary, has  a  call  from  the  Streator,  111.,  church  which  he 
is  considering  favorably. 

—  Rev.  Dr.  John  Hall,  of  the  Fifth  Ave.  Presbyterian 
church,  New  York,  has  sent  a  check  for  $50  for  the  Quar- 
ter Centennial  fund  of  the  United  Presbyterian  church  in 
a  letter  full  of  sympathy. 

— Messrs  Moody  and  Sankey  began  a  series  of  meetings 
in  Dublin,  Ireland,  the  last  Sabbath  in  December.  It  is 
eight  years  since  their  previous  labors  there.  They  have 
lately  been  at  Brighton,  the  fashionable  watering-place  of 
England,  where  they  were  preceded  liy  Lady  Hope,  who 
is  proving  a  very  efficient  aid  to  the  evangelists  in  all  de- 
partments of  their  work. 

— Rev.  A.  P.  Graves  and  wife,  the  evangelists,  have 
just  begun  a  series  of  hopefid  meetings  in  the  Baptist 
church  of  Bloomington,  111. 

— Revival  meetings  conducted  by  Chaplain  George  A. 
Crawford  on  board  the  "Richmond,"  of  the  United  States 
Navy,  now  stationed  at  Japan,  have  resulted  in  a  number 
of  conversions. 

— The  Sabbath  morning  collections  in  the  First  Pres- 
byterian Church  of  Chicago,  Rev.  Dr.  Barrows,  pa.stor, 
for  the  last  year,  amounted  to  $t6,500,  an  average  of 
$318  for  each  Sabbath. 

— The  Second  Presbyterian  Church  of  Chicago, of  which 
Rev.  S.  J.  McPherson  has  recently  become  the  pastor, 
celebrated  the  opening  of  the  new  year  by  the  payment 
of  the  last  cent  of  an  indebtedness  amounting  to  $37,500. 
The  subscriptions  ranged  from  $10,000  down. 

— Rev.  Mr.  Merensky,  the  German  missionary,  who  has 
been  twenty-two  years  in  south  Africa,  declares  that  a 
south  African  confederacy  under  the  British  flag  is  the 
only  safeguard  against  anarchy.  He  advises  Germans  to 
emigrate  there. 

— One  of  the  Chickasaw  Indians  proposed  to  the 
American  Bible  Society  to  pay  half  the  cost  of  supplying 
the  school  children  of  his  tribe  with  New  Testaments  if 
the  society  would  pay  the  other  half.  The  Bible  Society 
accepted  the  offer,  and  forwarded  him  a  box  of  500  New 
Testaments,  which  he  is  now  distributing. 

— In  Milwaukee  a  new  Lutheran  church  was  recently 
dedicated  in  which  a  rather  remarkable  congregation 
worships.  The  members  represent  no  less  than  seven 
nationalities,  consisting  of  Norw'egians,  Swedes,  Iceland- 
ers, Germans,  Danes,  Scotch,  and  Americans.  The  pas- 
tor preaches  Norwegian  in  the  morning  and  English  in 
the  evening. 

— Shortly  after  midnight,  January  1,  while  watch- 
meeting  services  were  being  held  in  the  Reformed  Evan- 
gelical church,  Reading,  Pa.,  a  large  cannon  tilled  with 
stones  and  powder  was  discharged.  The  front  wall  was 
stove  in  and  nearly  all  the  window  panes  shattered.  Great 
excitement  was  caused,  but  fortunately  no  one  was  hurt. 
Eight  arrests  have  been  made,  and  warrants  are  out  for 
the  apprehension  of  several  other  persons. 

— Sir  Charles  Ti-evelyan  says  that  the  conversion  of 
India  to  Christianity  will  take  place  in  a  different  way 
from  that  generally  anticipated.  When  the  absorption 
of  Christian  truth  has  gone  far  enough,  he  says  native 
opinion  will  declare  itself,  and  "a  nation  will  be  born  in 
a  day." 

— Bishop  Whipple,  when  on  a  recent  visitation  to  the 
Indian  department  of  his  missionary  diocese,  adminis- 
tered the  communion  to  two  hundred  and  forty-seven 
Chippewa  Indians.  Fifteen  years  ago  there  was  scarcely 
one  communicant  among  them.  There  is  one  full-blooded 
Indian  priest  and  seven  deacons  in  the  church  mission  to 
the  Chippewa  or  Ojl])way  Indians  in  Minnesota.  There 
are  eight  churches  in  Chippewa  Mission.  One  just  being 
built  will  cost  $10,000. 

— The  new  hall  which  was  opened  by  the  Salvation 
Army  at  Paris,  on  Nov.  3,  has  been  closed  by  order  of  the 
Perfect  of  the  Seine,  in  consequence  of  the  .scenes  which 
took  place  there  between  the  "Army"  and  the  intidels. 
The  MciVll  meeting  close  by  has  also  been  disturbed,  but 
the  authorities  have  not  interfered  in  that  case,  seeing 
that  no  provocation  was  given  for  any  disturbance. 

— At  a  late  meeting  in  London,  General  Booth,  the 
leader  of  the  Salvation  Ai'my,  made  the  surprising  state 
ment  that  the  offerings  for  sustaining  the  operations  of 
the  Army  amounted  to  $600,000  per  annum.  He  strongly 
advised  the  local  corps  to  purchase  a  London  theater, 
which  had  been  offered  to  them;  "for  by  doing  so,"  he 
said,  "they  would  be  killing  two  birds  with  one  stone. 
This  would  shut  the  devil  out,  and  let  God  in." 

— According  to  the  London  Tablet  (Romish)  there  are 
only  two  societies  of  the  Romish  Chiu-ch  in  Great  Britain 
engaged  in  supporting  missions  amongst  Mohammedans 
and  Pagans,  and  their  receipts  yearly  amount  to  onl}^ 
£6,732,  while  the  Protestant  churches  have  seventy-three 
organizations  for  the  support  of  foreign  missions,  and 
contributing  annually  £1,103,178. 

— Bro.  H.  M.  Bissell,  missionary  at  Guadalajara,  in  the 
district  of  Jalisco,  Mexico,  in  a  private  letter  speaks  of 
some  of  the  inventions  by  which  priests  continue  to  hold 
their  power  over  the  popidar  mind.  "Fast  days,"  he 
writes,  "are  scrupulously  observed  by  clo.sing  of  business; 
not  so  the  Sabbath." 

— After  some  interesting  and  favorable  correspondence 
with  intelligent  Armenians  in  business  in  the  East,  with 
returned  missionaries  and  others,  among  them  directors  of 


the  American  Board,  Pres.  C.  A.  Blanchard,  some  weeks 
ago  laid  before  the  College  Church  at  Whcaton  the  matter 
of  rendering  stated  assistance  to  Bro.  G.  H.  Filian,  a 
member  of  the  church  and  native  of  Autioch,  Syria,  who 
is  expecting  to  return  in  April  to  his  uative  land  as  an 
independent  missionary.  As  it  was  thought  that  other 
churches  in  the  vicinity  would  be  interested  in  the  work 
an  invitation  has  been  sent'calling  a  meeting  for  consult- 
ation and  praj'er  in  the  College  Chapel  on  Wednesday  of 
this  week.  Some  of  the  young  men  from  Armenia  now 
attending  the  College  are  among  its  best  students. 

— Secretary  Stoddard  and  Bro.  J.  M.  Fecmster  of  the 
Cynosure  office  visited  the  Norwegian  Lutheran  church  on 
Indiana  St.,  Chicago  on  Sabbath  evening  and  pastor 
Torgersou  who  had  attended  three  funerals  beside  preach- 
ing in  the  morning  gladly  invited  Bro.  Stoddard  to  preach. 
He  is  engaged  in  an  interesting  revival  work  and  needs 
assistance.  The  lodge  is  also  pushing  him  hard  and  has 
seized  upon  some  members  of  the  church. 

— Bishop  McNamara,  of  the  Independent  Catholic 
Church,  held  open  air  meetings  on  the  public  streets  of 
Chicago  on  the  Sabbath,  preaching  from  an  open  carriage 
and  wearing  the  vestments  he  used  to  say  mass  in  when  a 
Roman  Catholic  priest.     Large  crowds  listened  to  him. 

— The  Salvation  Army  were  holding  a  meeting  in  Alle- 
ghany City,  Pa.,  on  Sabbath  and  were  beset  by  a  crowd. 
Tliirty-two  of  the  disturbers  were  arrested  prcnnptly. 


A  REFORM  GOSPEL  AND  ITS  EFFECTS. 

Wayne,  Iowa,  Jan.  18th,  1883. 
Editor  Cynosure: — Elder  Rathbun  re-visited  this 
place  on  Dec.  36th,  accompanied  by  his  estimable  wife. 
They  were  invited  to  hold  meetings  in  the  Congi-egational 
church ;  preached  a  pure  gospel,  placing  Freemasonry  and 
other  secret  orders  in  the  same  catalogue  with  all  other 
sins,  as  an  abomination  in  the  sight  of  God.  The  meet- 
ings were  participated  in  by  six  or  seven  different  denom- 
inations. The  result  is  twenty-seven  conversions  and  the 
building  np  of  an  anti-secret  sentiment  that  no  amount  of 
lodge  influence-  will  be  able  to  overcome.  Brother  R.  had 
appointed  meeliugs  at  Richland,  thirty  miles  west  of  here 
for  the  12th  and  13th,  but  the  railway  being  blocked  with 
snow,  he  was  detained  here  until  the  15th.  I  am  glad 
that  we  have  lecturers  in  the  field,  both  East  and  West, 
that  go  forth  in  the  name  Israel's  God  and  battle  for  the 
truth.  J.  A.  Laird. 


A  REAL  GIFT  OF  TONG  UES. 

Miss  Reade,  a  lady  missionary,  who  was  so  largely 
blest  among  the  heathen  and  Mussulman  women  of  Pun- 
rooty,  in  Southern  India,  had  long  been  teaching  in  the 
Tamil  language;  but  feeling  it  important  that  the  Mus- 
sulmen  women,  who  were  daily  assembled  at  the  Mission 
House,  should  be  spoken  to  in  Hindustani — the  tounge  to 
which  they  were  most  accustomed — she  asked  the  Lord 
for  the  gift;  and  her  own  expression  is,  that  "the  power 
came  to  her  as  a  gift  from  God."  One  month  she  was  un 
able  to  do  more  than  put  two  or  three  sentences  together; 
while  the  next  month  she  was  able  to  preach  and  pray 
without  waiting  for  a  word.  Those  who  heard  her  could 
only  say  with  herself,    "It  was  a  gift  from  above." 

When  Miss  Reade  began  to  preach  openly  in  Hindus- 
tani, one  man  who,  during  the  famine,  had  been  saved 
from  starvation  through  her  instrumentality,  lost  all  con- 
trol over  himself,  called  to  her  to  stop  speaking,  and 
asked  her  "where  she  had  got  all  those  words?"  One  re- 
sult of  the  knowledge  of  this  language  was  the  discovery 
of  a  custom  kept  carefully  secret  l)y  Mussulmans,  but 
showing  that  they  believe  that  "without  the  shedding  of 
blood  there  is  no  remission  of  sin."  In  time  of  gTeat 
trouble  and  sorrow,  when  dreading  the  death  of  a  favor- 
ite child,  it  is  their  custom  secretly  to  sacrifice  a  lamb,  and 
cry,  "Allah,  take  the  life  of  this  lamb  for  the  life  of  my 
child!"  The  flesh  of  the  lamb  is  then  carefully  removed 
and  given  to  religious  beggars,  and  the  .skeleton  buried 
without  breaking  a  bone.  The  discovery  of  this  cere- 
mony has  been  a  great  help  in  speaking  to  Mussulmans 
about  the  vicarious  sin-offering  of  the  Lamb  of  (}od.— 
{London)  Christian  Herald. 


COMING  OUT  OF  ROME. 


J.  F.  McNamee,  pastor  of  the  Reformed  Catholic 
church  of  Brooklyn,  reviews,  in  an  interesting  letter  to 
the  N.  Y.  Witness,  the  work  of  the  year  in  his  mission: 

"The  year  1883  will  be  a  year  long  to  be  remembered 
by  the  Reformed  Catholics  of  Brooklyn  on  accoiiut  of 
how  God  has  blessed  and  prospered  this  church  during  its 
course.  We  look  back  over  the  old  year  with  no  small 
feeling  of  joy  and  thanksgiving  for  the  many  rich  bless- 
ings and  favors  bestowed  upon  honest,  earnest  effort. 
We  enter  upon  another  year's  work  with  renewed  strength 
and  energy,  believing  that  the  Lord  will  bless  our  efforts 
still  more  towards  reclaiming  our  Roman  Catholic  breth- 
ren from  an  erroneous  system  of  religion.  Thank  God, 
we  have  already  commenced  the  year  well  towards  that 
object. 

Last  Stinday  evening,  after  preaching  to  a  crowded 
house   of  Roman   Catholics   and  Protestants,  one  man, 


O'Brien  bj'  name,  arose  and  before  the  large  audience  re- 
nounced Romanism,  speaking  somewhat  in  detail  of  the 
doctrines  of  the  confessional  and  trausubstantiation, 
which  doctrines  first  led  him  to  serious  thought  and  re- 
search. Immediately  after  this  brother's  testimony  a 
young  man  arose  and  said;  'I  have  been  a  Roman 
Catholic  sttident  for  the  priesthood.  I  have  been  attend- 
ing these  services  for  some  time.  I  renounce  the  doc- 
trines of  the  Churi;h  of  Rome,  and  desire  to  become  a 
member  of  this  church  next  Sunday  morning.' 

After  the  same  service  a  lady  came  to  me  and  said:  '  I 
have  been  coming  to  this  church  and  listening  to  your 
preaching  for  some  time.  I  was  a  Roman  Catholic  when 
I  first  came  here,  a  few  weeks  ago.  1  am  not  a  Roman 
Catholic  any  longer.  I  desire  to  become  a  member  of 
your  church.'  Another  young  lady  has  been  attending 
our  services  for  some  time  unknown  to  her  parents,  who 
are  strict  Irish  Roman  Catholics.  She  has  becoiiie  con- 
vinced that  tlie  church  in  which  she  was  brought  up  i>; 
fraught  with  error.  She  told  me  she  has  lost  all  faith  in 
said  church,  and  would  become  a  member  of  the  Re- 
formed Catholic  church,  but  she  fears  by  so  doing  her 
father  would  have  her  confined  in  the  House  of  the  Good 
Shepherd.  I  told  this  dear  girl  that  since  her  heart  was 
all  right  it  mattered  not  so  much  about  her  being  an  en- 
rolled member  of  our  church. 

There  are  many  others  at  the  present  time  anxiouslj'  in- 
quiring, and  I  do  not  hesitate  to  say  that  were  it  not  for 
draad,of  persecution  a  greater  number  of  Roman  Catholics 
in  this  neighborhood  would  sever  their  connection  with 
the  Church  of  Rome  and  come  out  into  the  liberty  of  the 
Gospel.  However,  I  believe  that  the  day  is  not  far  dis- 
tant when  a  great  breaking  away  will  take  place  by  those 
who  realize  that  the  yoke  of  the  Gospel  is  easier  carried 
than  the  yoke  of  the  pope." 


A  revival  of  religion  has  been  for  some  time  going  on 
in  the  M.  E.  church  at  Kilgore,  Ohio,  during  which  the 
only  saloon-keeper  in  the  place  was  convicted,  poured  out 
his  whiskey  and  the  next  day  was  converted. 


OBITUARY. 


Rev.  J.  T.  Allaman  of  the  United  Brethren  chui'ch 
sends  us  word  that  his  foster  mother,  Sylvia  A.  Bar 
THOLOMEW,  died  at  Cedar  Rapids,  Iowa,  January  3,  1883, 
born  in  the  town  of  Addison,  Vermont,  March  8,  1813. 
The  penciling  of  the  letter  is  faint,  but  we  can  see  enough 
to  learn  that  this  sister  was  the  wife  of  our  good  friend 
Jason  Bartholomew,  whose  strong  sense,  firm  decision 
and  earnest  piety  have  so  comforted  the  readers  of  the 
Cyriosure  in  the  early  days  of  the  reform. 

She  emigrated  to  Linn  county,  Iowa,  in  1840,  and 
became  "mother  in  Israel"  to  all  ministers  in  those  days 
when  the  cabin  could  comfortably  lodge  more  than  the 
large  brick  house  which  rose  on  its  foundations.  Christ's 
weary  ones  must  now  find  shelter  and  refreshment  else- 
where, for  "Mother  Bartholomew"  has  gone  where  they 
"hunger  no  more,  neither  thirst  any  more,"  where  the 
weary  ones  are  at  rest;  and  where  the  many  "cups  of  cold 
water"  given  by  her  to  Christ's  disciples,  were  all  written 
down  before,  and  now  meet  their  full  reward. 

For  our  good  brother,  her  husband,  let  us  congratulate 
him  that  heaven  is  become  nearer,  dearer,  and  more  real 
to  him,  since  she  is  there  who  "Trod  the  rough  path  of 
the  world  by  his  side;"  and  Christ,  who  "tempereth  the 
wind  to  the  .shorn  lamb,"  and  who  "stayeth  his  rough 
wind  in  the  day  of  his  east  wind,"  so  that  the  two  shall 
not  blow  on  our  heads  at  once,  will  surely  "send  him 
another  comforter"  which  is  the  Holy  Ghost,  that  he  may 
"abide  with  him  forever." 


JoF.i,  Segkr,  another  pilgi-im,  has  fallen.  He  was  born 
in  Rutland  county,  Vermont,  was  married  to  Miss  Han 
nah  Muzzy  in  1833.  In  1840  they  turned  to  the  Lord 
with  all  their  heart  and  all  they  had  was  placed  on  the 
altar.  They  joined  the  then  jjoor,  few  and  despised 
Wesleyans,  and  engaged  in  the  anti-slavery  cause  when 
it  required  effort  to  .stand  for  Christ.  In  1854  he  removed 
with  his  family  to  Delaware  county,  Iowa,  and  once 
more  at  the  front  he  did  good  work  for  his  Master  and 
has  battled  the  secret  fraternities  on  all  sides.  He  died 
on  the  37th  of  December,  1883.  After  remaining  in  a 
low  state  for  eighteen  hours  he  raised  his  hands  and 
said,  "Father,  what  will  you  have?"  Then  opening  his 
eyes  he  said,  "Bless  the  Lord"  thrice  and  then  settled 
down  with  a  triumphant  smile,  and  thus  passed  away. 


John  Kile  died  on  Thursday,  Dec.  38,  aged  67  years. 
He  belonged  to  the  U.  B.  church  forty-three  years;  was 
a  good  Christian  and  was  alive  to  the  cause  of  anti-se- 
cretism.  He  will  long  live  in  the  memory  of  his  neigh- 
bors and  friends.  The  funeral  was  held  in  the  Friends 
chm'ch  at  New  London;  then  the  remains  was  interred  in 
the  cemetery  of  the  Friends  at  New  London.  '  'Blessed 
are  the  dead  that  die  in  the  Lord." 


14 


THE  CHRISTIAN-  CYNOSURE. 


Febrttary  1,  1883 


BIBLE  Lessons. 


LESSON  VI.,  Feb.  11,  1883.— None  Other  Name.— 
Acts  4:  1-14. 

Golden  Text. — Neither  is  there  salvation  in  any  other :  for 
there  is  none  other  name  under  heaven  given  among  men  where- 
by we  must  be  saved. — Acts  4 :  18. 

home  readings. 
Mat.  10:16-38.      To  be  delivered  up  to  councils. 
Mark  13 :  1-11.     To  be  brought  before  rulers. 
Acts  4 :  1-14.    The  apostles  before  the  council. 

Brought  again  before  the  council. 
Stephen  before  the  council. 
Paul  before  the  council. 
Paul  before  Agrippa. 


Acts  5 :  17-33, 
Acts  6 :  1-1.5. 
Acts  23:  1-10. 
Acts  26 :  1-39. 


PROMPTINGS  TO  FURTHER  STUDY. 

What  Old  Testameut  instance  do  we  And  of  a  man's  being  put 
in  ward  till  judgment  should  be  declared  upon  him?  In  how 
many  books  of  the  New  Testament  can  you  find  a  statement  to 
the  same  effect  as  verse  12  of  this  lesson  ?  Where  is  our  citizens 
ship;  and  for  whom  do  we  wait  for  thence?  What  instruction  of 
Jesus  were  the  apostles  obeying,  whose  result  was  that  stated  in 
verse  I'H — Hcholar^s  Quarterly. 

NOTES. 

The  captain  of  the  temple.  The  captain  of  the  temple 
(see  Luke  22:  4)  was  the  head  of  the  band  of  Levite  sen- 
tinels, vsrhose  function  it  was  to  keep  guard  over  the 
sacred  precincts.  He,  as  an  inspector,  made  his  round  by 
night,  visited  all  the  gates,  and  roused  the  slumberers. 
His  presence  implied  that  the  quiet  order  of  the  temple 
was  supposed  to  be  endangered. — Plumptre. 

Came  upon  them.  To  arrest  them.  The  priests  prob- 
ably incited  the  arrest,  because  the  preaching  of  Jesus 
Christ  was  directly  inimical  to  the  hierarchy  (see  Matt. 
26:  61;  Acts  6:  14);  the  captain  of  the  temple  arrested 
them  on  tlie  pretext  that  the  running  of  the  people  to- 
gether (chap.  3:  11)  was  disorderly;  and  the  Sadducees 
participated  lor  the  reason  stated  in  the  next  verse,  i.  e., 
because  tne  apostles  testified  to  the  resurrection.  Observe 
in  this  first  persecution  of  the  Church  a  type  of  all  that 
follow:  A  corrupt  priesthood  lead  the  way;  the  civil 
power  is  its  instrument;  the  infidel  world  combines  with 
and  sustains  tlie  two. — Abbott. 

Put  them  in  hold,  i.  e.,  in  prison..  The  word  means 
ward,  safe  keeping.  And  it  is  worth  noticing  on  the  use 
of  it,  that  the  Jews  only  employed  imprisonment  for  this 
precautionary  purpose.  It  was  not  a  mode  of  punish- 
ment with  them,  and  where  we  find  mention  of  it  so  used 
in  the  Scripture  records,  the  authorities  who  inflicted  it 
were  not  Jewish. — Cambridge  Bible. 

Annas  the  high  priest.  Annas  is  here  called  the  high 
priest,  and  placed  before  Caiaphas  who  was  the  high 
priest.  The  reason  seems  to  be,  that  though  Caiaphas 
was  high  priest  de  facto,  being  intruded  into  the  office  by 
the  civil  power  of  Rome,  yet  Annas  was  high  priest  de 
jure,  and  was  regarded  as  such  ecclesiastically.  Hence 
our  Lord  was  taken  to  Annas  first  (John  18: 13).  Annas 
was  the  head  of  the  Jewish  hierarchy.  The  nominee  of 
Rome,  Caiajihas,  had,  as  such,  a  subordinate  place. — 
Wordsworth. 

Gathered  together  at  Jerusalem.  The  place  of  assembly 
for  the  Sanhedrim  was  a  chamber  in  the  temple,  situated 
between  the  Court  of  the  Israelites  and  the  Court  of  the 
Priests,  and  was  called  Gazith.  Some  forty  years  before 
the  fall  of  the  city,  this  sacred  council  ceased  to  sit  in  any 
of  the  courts  of  the  temple,  and  removed  to  a  building 
without  the  temple  precincts.  The  Sanhedrim  (consisting 
of  71  members — 70  and  a  president)  was  the  supreme 
court  in  the  Jewish  nation.  Its  decrees  apparently  were 
respected  beyond  Palestine  (Acts  9:  1,  2).  Its  powers 
embraced  all  matters,  civil  as  well  as  religious.  It  tried 
accused  persons,  and  its  decisions  admitted  of  no  appeal. 
Besides  its  criminal  jurisdiction,  this  court  was  the  su- 
preme arbiter  in  all  matters  connected  with  religion. — 
Sehaff. 

By  what  power,  or  by  what  name?  They  wanted  to  con- 
vict Peter  and  John  of  sorcery,  by  having  worked  a  mira- 
cle, not  in  the  name  of  God,  but  of  a  crucified  malefactor. 
They  hoped  to  bring  the  apostles  under  the  awful  death- 
sentence  jjronounced  in  the  law  (Deut.  13),  which  espec- 
ially provides  for  the  case  when  the  sign  or  the  wonder 
comes  to  pass. — Schaff.  It  is  worthy  of  notice  that  they 
do  not  question  the  fact  of  the  miracle.  How  could 
they?  The  lame  man,  now  healed,  stood  before  them. — 
Peirce. 

Filled,  with  tlie  Holy  Ghost.  The  participle  "filled"  in 
the  original  implies  a  fresh  special  illapse  of  the  Holy 
Spirit  to  enable  St.  Peter  to  meet  this  crisis,  in  fulfillment 
of  Chrifst's  promise  (Matt.  10:  19,  20;  Mark  13:  11;  Luke 
12:  11,  12).'  In  verse  31  again  this  special  inspiration  is 
indicated.  In  chapter  6:  3,  5,  the  adjective  expresses  an 
abiding  influence  of  the  Holy  Spirit. —  Cook.  The  first 
fulfillment  of  these  j^romises  occurred  on  the  present  oc- 
casion. Not  previously;  but  now,  precisely  at  the  mo- 
ment when  such  aid  was  indispensable,  Peter  "was  filled 
with  the  Holy  Ghost,"  that  is  to  say,  the  Holy  Ghost,  pro- 
ceeding from  the  Father  and  the  Son,  who  had,  from  the 
day  of  Pentecost,  dwelt  in  him,  as  in  the  other  disciples, 
was  now  poured  out  in  the  fulness  of  power,  into  his 
mind  and  heart.  He  was  thus  enabled  to  vindicate  him- 
self, and  to  bear  witness  to  Jesus;  not  only  with  a  fear- 
less, bold,  and  joyful  spirit,  but  also  with  wisdom,  with 
propriety  of  language,  and  in  the  most  impressive  style. 
Lange. 

Of  the  good  deed.  There  is  a  manifest  emjDhasis  on  the 
word  as  contrasted  with  the  contemptuous  "this  thing"  of 
the  question.  It  meets  us  again  in  1  Tim.  6:  2. — Plump- 
tre. Peter's  opening  sentence  shows  the  false  position  of 
the  court:  for  the  apostles  are  charged  with  having  done 
not  evil,  but  good. — Abbott. 

Whom  ye  crucified.  The  arraigned  aiTaigns  his  accus- 
ers. He  implies,  I  know  that  you  have  condemned  this 
man  as  a  blasphemer  and  an   imposter.     I  reassert  his 


Messiahship,  attested  by  this  miracle  wrought  by  his 
power. — Abbott. 

This  is  the  stone  set  at  naught  by  you,  the  builders.  His 
meaning,  which  they  quickly  understood,  was  that  the 
rulers  of  the  Jews  were  the  builders  to  whom  the  charge 
of  the  house  of  God  was  given.  They  should  have  been 
the  first  to  acknowledge  the  long-looked-for  Messiah,  and 
to  have  worked  for  the  glory'  of  his  kingdom;  but  they 
had  rejected  him  and  cast  him  aside;  while  God,  by  rais- 
ing him  from  the  dead,  had  shown  that  he  was  the  corner 
stone  on  which  the  whole  fabric  of  the  spiritual  temple 
of  God  on  earth  must  rest. — Schaff. 

Salvation  only  by  Christ.  Why?  Other  religions 
teach  morality.  They  are  most  excellent  moral  precepts 
in  The  Light  of  Asia,  in  Confucius,  in  Plato,  even  in  the 
Koran,  and  in  the  modern  forms  of  infidelity,  when  they 
can  spare  a  little  time  from  fighting  Christianity.  Why 
are  not  these  enough?  (1)  Because  their  moral  systems 
are  imperfect;  (2)  but  chiefly  because  they  have  no 
power  to  lead  men  to  obey  their  precepts,  and  save  them 
from  sin.  But  the  essential  peculiarity  of  Christ's  reli- 
gion is  that  it  is  a  system  of  redemiJtion.  Others  tell  us 
what  we  ought  to  be;  this  makes  us  so.  Others  express 
our  needs;  Christ  satisfies  them.  Others  show  us  heaven; 
Christ  fits  us  for  heaven  and  takes  us  there. 

practical. 

1.  Ver.  2.  We  must  expect  opposition  from  the  ene- 
mies of  Christ. 

2.  Ver.  4.  Persecution  does  not  destroy  but  increases 
the  converts,  as  the  wind  does  not  put  out  fire,  but  makes 
it  blaze  brighter,  and  scatters  the  fire-brands  far  and  wide. 

3.  Ver.  8.     Christ  fulfils  his  jjromise  to  the  letter. 

4.  Ver.  10.  Jesus  Christ  is  the  wisdom  and  power  of 
God. 

5.  Salvation  makes  whole,  entire,  complete,  what  sin 
mars  and' destroys. 

6.  Ver.  11.  Whatever  is  true  and  right,  however  de- 
spised and  unpopular,  will  at  length  become  a  crown  and 
a  glory. 

"Though  Right's  forever  on  the  scaffold,  Wrong  forever  on  the 

throne ; 
Yet  that  scaffold  sways  the  future,  and  within  the  dim  unknown 
Standeth  God,  within  the  shadow,    keeping  watch  above  his 

own." — Lmoell. 

7.  Ver.  12.  Salvation  is  only  through  Christ.  No 
other  has  power  to  save. 

8.  Ver.  13.  True  and  deep  religion  gives  courage 
and  character — is  an  educating,  elevating  power. 

9.  If  we  belong  to  Christ  it  will  appear  in  our  lives 
and  character. 

10.  We  are  changed  into  the  likeness  of  Christ,  by 
abiding  with  him. 

11.  Ver.  14.  The  good  effects  of  Christianity  are  the 
one  unanswerable  argument. 


NOTES  FROM  THE  PRESS. 


Thurlow  Weed's  life  almost  s^&ns,  the  history  of  this 
country  under  its  present  Constitution.  He  was  born  be- 
fore Washington  died;  and,  when  Webster,  Clay,  and 
Calhoun  were  making  their  reputations,  he  had  edited 
several  country  newspapers  and  fought  in  the  battles  of 
his  country.  He  was  older  than  the  Seward  or  Lincoln 
or  Greeley;  and  when  Clay,  Webster,  and  Calhoun  were 
dead,  he  had  not  entered  upon  the  most  important  part  of 
his  career.  He  was  alive  when  Napoleon's  star  appeared 
in  the  darkness  of  the  French  Revolution,  and  was  al- 
ready a  young  man  when  the  battle  of  Waterloo  was 
fought.  He  lived  and  worked  with  three  generations  of 
public  men.  Most  of  the  men  who  are  now  beginning  to 
attract  attention  might  have  been  his  grandsons.  Benja- 
min Franklin  died  seven  years  before  Mr.  Weed  was  born. 
The  lives  of  these  two  journalists  take  the  world  back  in 
to  the  reign  of  Louis  XIV.,  and  beyond  the  birth  of 
Frederick  the  Great.  Another  such  would  very  nearly 
reach  the  time  of  Shakspere. — New  York  Tribune. 


Chancellor  Sims,  of  the  Syracuse  Methodist  Episco- 
pal University,  is  reported  as  an  enthusiastic  admirer  of 
the  Baalism  of  Freemasonry,  and  the  hobgoblinism  of 
Odd-fellowship,  and  other  secret  satanic  silliness.  He 
has  doubtless  been  stripped,  hood-winked,  cable-towed, 
killed  and  resurrected  into  this  state  of  wonderful  admi- 
ration. Not  long  since  he  is  said  to  have  disgraced  the 
pulpit,  and  lowered  his  Chancellorship,  by  commending 
these  blood-crimsoned  secret  works  of  worse  than  heath- 
enish darkness.  When  once  a  man  has  been  put  through 
the  indecencies  of  Masonic  initiation,  so  vulgar  as  to  ren- 
der it  almost  or  quite  "a  shame  to  speak  of  the  things 
that  are  done  of  them  in  secret,"  and  has  once  mouthed 
after  his  prompter,  the  oaths  of  blood-curdling  villainy, 
and  made  up  his  mind  to  stand  by  the  whole  barbarism, 
he  is  fitted  for  any  desecration  of  sacred  things,  in  the 
presence  of  the  base  and  vile  behests  of  lodge  corruption. 
He  is  equally  ready  to  exalt  the  foulest  conspiracies 
against  Christ  and  his  church,  to  relations  of  wondrous, 
if  not  equal  dignity  with  the  "church  of  the  living  God, 
the  pillar  and  gi'ound  of  the  truth."  Why  is  it  that  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  church  furnishes  so  many  tools,  who 
are  willing  to  loan  themselves  for  such  base  purposes? 
Why  was  it  that  so  many  of  the  same  church  loaned 
themselves  to  the  defense  of  the  heaven-cursed  institution 
of  slavery?  An  answer  to  the  last  will  give  a  clue  to  the 
solution  of  the  fli-st  question. —  Wesleyan. 


A.  O.  U.  W.  of  Pa. — That  secret  association  or  rather 
insurance  company,  started  up  just  thirteen  years  ago, 
under  the  false  and  deceptive  title  of  Ancient  Order  of 
United  Workmen  of  Pa.,  held  its  annual  assembly  in  Alle- 
gheny City,  last  week.  Its  published  proceedings  report 
13,450  members,  out  of  which  100  deaths  occurred  during 


the  year.  Its  report  says  that^  the  receipts  amounted  to 
$12,830.20,  and  the  expenditure  to  $11,182. 22.  Eight 
new  lodges  were  organized,  which  does  not  show  a  very 
flattering  increase  for  1882.  The  titles  applied  to  its  in- 
surance agents  or  officers,  called  Grand  IVIaster,  Grand 
Recorder,  Grand  Guide,  Grand  Overseer,  Grand  Fore- 
man, Grand  Watchman,  etc.,  remind  us  that  the  A.  O.  U- 
W.'s  affectation  of  grandeur,  is  quite  as  full  of  vanity  as 
that  Grand  and  Ancient  Fraud,  Free  Masonry,  of  which 
the  A.  O.  U.  W.  is  a  blood  relation  and  lineal  descendant. 
We  have  not  a  particle  of  faith  in  any  association  organ- 
ized for  either  religious,  benevolent  or  insurance  purposes, 
that  has  to  crawl  into  a  hole,  and  draw  the  hole  in  after 
it,  in  other  words,  that  it  is  a  secret,  and  therefore  a  justly 
suspected,  association.  The  idea  of  a  banking  house, 
business  firm,  or  other  association  that  does  a  business  of 
receiving  and  disbursing  $10,000  to  $12,000  annually,  ap- 
plying to  its  half  dozen  or  more  inanagers  the  pompous 
titles  of  Grand,  Past  grand,  &c.,  would  be  the  subject  of 
deserved  ridicule  and  contempt  in  any  community.  It  is 
none  the  less  so  when  such  nonsense  is  practiced  by  the 
A.  O.  U.  W.  to  give  itself  a  semblance  of  antiquity  and 
honor  to  which  its  age  and  insurance  operations  give  it 
no  special  claim. — Sandy  Lake  News. 


Afraid  of  Red  Men's  Vengeance. — "At  Clarksburg, 
W.  Va.,  Albert  Price,  who  has  been  on  trial  for  ten  days, 
charged  with  mailrobhery,  was  found  guilty  and  sentenced 
on  Saturday  to  ten  years  in  the  Buffalo  Penitentiary. 
Price  was  a  member  of  the  Red  Men's  Society,  an  organ- 
ization similar  to  the  Ku-klux,  and  the  citizens  opposed 
to  it  were  afraid  to  testify  for  fear  of  the  Red  Men's  re- 
venge. After  Price  was  sentenced,  however.  Kettle,  one 
of  his  companions  weakened  and  made  a  confession,  giv- 
ing the  secrets  of  the  Red  Men.  The  result  is  that  the 
Judge  has  ordered  the  arrest  of  several  persons  for  false 
swearing." 

This  is  another  among  many  cases  that  show  the  danger 
to  the  public  of  secret  societies  which  have  too  often  led 
to  murders  and  defied  justice.  The  Ku-klux-klan  was 
perhaps  the  worst  of  these,  but  we  must  not  forget  that 
Masonry,  which  is  the  greatest  and  most  powerful  of  the 
whole  class,  is  chargeable  with  the  murder  of  Morgan, 
and  is  apparently  justly  accused  of  the  terrible  massacre 
of  the  Chisolm  family. 

These  excesses  were  exceptional,  but  it  is  doubtful  if 
any  "good"  Mason  will  be  fairly  tried  by  a  jury  that  has 
"good"  Masons  on  it.  The  bond  of  brotherhood  is  so 
strong  in  that  body  that  you  might  almost  as  well  put  a 
man's  father  and  brother  on  a  jury  to  try  him  as  his  broth- 
er Masons.  A  minister  who  is  a  "good"  Mason,  that  is, 
one  who,  after  knowing  all  about  Masonry,  continues  act- 
ively to  adhere  to  it,  is  seldom  good  for  much  else.  Their 
Master  Mason  is  not  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ,  but  a  being 
whom  they  call  the  Architect  of  the  World.  We  ask  all 
sensible  Masons  if  these  things  are  not  so  ?  and  if  they  are 
true,  why  is  such  a  dangerous  institution  supported  by 
them?  What  a  person  cannot  do  openly  he  should  not 
join  a  society  to  do  in  secret. — N  Y.  Witness,  Jan.  4. 


The  Pilgrim  Fathers. — Aristides  fared  hard  at  Ath- 
ens because,  as  one  Athenian  citizen  said,  he  could  not 
bear  to  hear  him  called  everj'where  "the  just."  So  the 
Pilgrims  fare  hard  in  many  quarters  because  they  were 
really  so  religious.  Somebody  must  be  always  tempted 
to  cast  a  vote  against  them  or  to  pick  some  flaw  in  their 
story.  According  to  an  article  in  the  New  Englander, 
Prof.  Herbert  C.  Adams  some  time  ago  read  a  paper  be- 
fore learned  societies  in  Baltimore,  in  which,  among 
other  things,  he  said:  "The  Pilgrims  came  as  virtual  in- 
vaders. The  first  Indian  they  saw  they  chased;  the  first 
Indian  corn  they  discovered,  they  appropriated;  in  the 
first  hostile  encounter  they  shot  at  the  Indians."  "This," 
says  the  New  Englander  reviewer,  "is  a  bad  way  of  writ- 
ing history."  Accordingly  he  places  each  of  these  state- 
ments by  the  side  of  the  narrative  of  the  actual  events. 
For  instance,  the  Pilgrims  chased  the  Indians.  But  what 
for?  The  record  says  "partly  to  see  if  they  could  speak 
with  them,  and  partly  to  discover  if  there  might  not  be 
more  of  them  lying  in  ambush."  They  appropriated  the 
first  corn  they  found.  But  they  did  this  purposing  to 
give  them  full  satisfaction  when  thej'  should  meet  any  of 
them.  This  satisfaction  was  given  six  months  after,  at 
earliest  opportunity.  They  shot  at  the  Indians.  But  the 
shooting  occurred  when  a  party  of  them  were  attacked 
by  the  Indians  at  breakfast,  and  when  the  "arrows  came 
flying  amongst  them." 

It  is  laudable  to  seek  the  very  truth  of  history,  even  if 
that  truth  should  harm  our  ancestral  pride.  But  happily, 
when  all  the  facts  are  fully  brought  out,  the  men  and  wo- 
men who  landed  on  the  Massachusetts  shore  in  1620. 
stand  forth  the  best  type  for  the  founders  of  a  nation  that 
has  been  known  in  the  world.  What  mistakes  their  con 
temporaries  may  have  made,  or  the  next  generation  made, 
are  not  to  be  charged  to  their  account.  They  "broke  the 
ice  for  those  who  came  after  with  less  difficulty."  "This 
honor  shall  be  theirs  to  the  world's  end.' — Pacific 

Mr.  Andrew  Paxton,  agent  of  the  Citizens'  League  of 
Chicago,  has  distributed  amongst  the  banks,  newspaper 
offices,  and  large  business  houses  of  the  city,  blanks  for 
signatures  to  a  petition  to  the  License  Committee  of  the 
Common  Council  requesting  that  body  to  report  $500  as 
the  uniform  saloon  license  fee,  and  asking  it  to  refuse  li- 
cense to  disreputable  men  and  women.  Mr.  Paxton  says 
the  petition  had  been  signed  by  500  members  of  the 
Board  of  Trade,  and  nearly  every  one  was  anxious  to 
sign  it  wherever  he  had  called.  A  great  many  say  the 
only  objection  they  have  to  make  is  it  is  not  high  enough 
— they  would  like  it  to  be  $1,000.  Mr.  Paxton  says  near- 
ly all  of  the  prominent  business  men  have  signed  the  pe- 
tition, and  he  has  a  great  demand  for  the  blanks  for  sig- 
natures. 


February  1,  1883 


THE  CHKISTIAIT  CYNOSTTBE. 


15 


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ON  FREEMASONRY. 

Freemasonry  Illustrated.  A  complete 
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THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSTJRE. 


Febrttart  1,  1883 


NEWS  OF  THE  WEEK. 


— The  bill  reducing  postage  on  letters  from 
three  cents  to  two  has  passed  both  Houses,  and 
only  awaits  the  President's  signature  to  be- 
come a  law. 

—The  Chinese  minister,  who  lives  quite  sim- 
ply at  Washington,  devotes  $100,000  a  year  to 
the  support  of  the  poor  in  the  provinces  of  Hon 
Nan. 

— The  Chicago  committee  for  the  relief  of 
sufferers  b^'  the  German  floods  has  sent  a  total 
of  60,000  ii'iarks  to  Berlin,  and  will  send  20,000 
marks  more  at  once.  Detroit  has  also  sent  12,- 
000  marks,  and  New  York  has  sent  100,000 
marks. 

— A  bill  fixing  the  minimum  rate  for  saloon 
licenses  in  Illinois  at  .§.500  per  annum,  and  con- 
taining very  necessary  provisions  against  al- 
lowing drinking-houses  to  become  the  resort  of 
disreputable  characters,  has  been  introduced  in 
the  State  legislature. 

— During  the  extreme  cold  of  Monday  and 
Tuesday  last  week  a  larger  supply  of  water 
was  pumped  at  the  Chicago  water  works  than 
ever  before  since  they  were  built.  The  amount 
pumped  on  Moudav  was  86,953,415  gallons;  on 
Tuesday,  88,3'.)4,2lb  gallons.  Estimating  the 
city's  population  as  600,000,  the  average  per 
each  inhabitant  on  Tuesday  was  147  gallons. 

— Last  week  the  high  wind  and  water  drove 
such  immeuse  quantities  of  ice  over  Niagara 
Falls  as  to  form  an  ice  bridge  over  one  hundred 
feet  in  thickness.  Ice  was  thrown  up  all  along 
the  shore,  destroying  houses  and  property. 
Two  hundred  feet  of  the  inclined  railway  build- 
ing and  the  observatory  and  dressing-rooms  be- 
low the  bank  are  crushed. 

— An  express  train  on  the  Central  Pacific 
road  was  attacked  at  a  lonesome  little  station 
166  miles  west  of  Ogden,  called  Montello,  by  a 
dozen  masked  robbers,  who  captured  the  train- 
men and  locked  them  up  in  a  tank-house.  The 
east-bouHd  express  train  then  came  in.  Two  of 
the  highwaymen  jumped  on  the  engine,  over- 
awed the  engineer  and  firemen,  and  ran  the  en- 
gine on  a  side-track.  The  train-men  were  seized 
by  the  rest  of  the  band  and  locked  in  the  tank- 
house.  But  when  they  approached  the  express 
car  they  were  met  by  a  fusilade  from  the  ex- 
press-messenger. The  robbers  finally  retreated. 
— On  Wednesday  a  terrible  shock  took  place 
in  Wilkesbarre,  Pa.,  lasting  about  three  min- 
utes. Houses  were  toppled  over  and  brick 
houses  split  and  rent  asunder.  The  people  ran 
wildly  through  the  streets  carrying  children  in 
their  arms,  most  of  whom  had  no  clothing  other 
than  their  night-dresses.  A  large  brick  school 
house  is  somewhat  damaged.  Many  floors  of 
the  residences  have  an  angle  of  from  thirty  to 
forty  degrees.  The  disturbed  district  covers  an 
area  of  sixty  acres.  The  houses  have  been 
abandoned,  while  the  owners  have  fled  to  the 
adjoining  hills,  and  are  expecting  every  moment 
to  see  their  houses  sink  into  the  earth.  The 
cave-in  is  over  an  old,  abandoned  mine,  worked 
many  years  ago  by  the  Delaware  and  Hudson 
company. 

FOREIGN. 

—A  dispatch  on  the  33d  stated  that  all  the 
French  ministers  had  tendered  their  resigna- 
tions. "The  pf)litical  panic  is  inten.se.  Busi- 
ness is  demoralized.  The  possibility  of  a  mili- 
tary pronunciamento  is  freely  talked  of. 
Throughout  the  bourgeois  class  there  is  reaction 
against  the  regime  of  doctors  and  journalists, 
and  a  yearning  for  a  sa'^'ing  sword.  Gambetta's 
death  has  thrown  the  whole  working  machine 
of  France  out  of  gear.  It  is  hardly  possible  to 
overrate  the  dangerous  character  the  ministe- 
rial crisis  has  assumed."  Next  day  the  minis- 
terial crisis  had  past,  several  of  the  cabinet 
having  determined  to  remain. 

— The  I'rench  Premier  Buclerc  and  Prince 
Napoleon  are  both  reported  as  seriously  ill. 
There  seems  no  doubt  that  the  bill  expelling  all 
pretenders  from  France  will  be  passed  by  a 
large  majority  in  the  Chamber. 

— The  largest  gasometer  in  Glasgow  exploded 
there  Saturda  v  night.  The  damage  is  estimated 
at  £10,000.  Sight  jiersons  were  injured  by  the 
explosion.  Subsequently  a  shed  belonging  to 
the  Caledonian  railway  company  was  blown  up. 
The  explosions  are  supposed  to  have  been  the 
work  of  Fenians.  A  soldier  on  Sunday  picked 
up,  on  the  bank  of  the  Forth  and  Clyde  canal, 
a  tin  box,  which  exploded  on  an  attempt  being 
made  to  open  it,  injuring  two  ijersons. 

— On  the  morning  of  Dee.  12  a  great  flood  of 
water  broke  into  tlic  old  workings  in  the  Aus- 
tralian gold  mine  at  Creswich,  where  there 
were  thirty-nine  miners  at  work.  In  a  few 
minutes  the  lower  levels  were  flooded,  while  the 
\vaters  rose  thirty  feet  in  the  shaft.  Twenty- 
two  workmen  were  lost. 

— A  hurricane  at  Limerick,  Ireland,  occa- 
sioned serious  damage.  Houses  were  l)lown 
down,  vessels  in  the  harbor  suffered,  trains 
from  Galway  to  Dul)lin  ran  ofT  the  track,  and 
an  engine  and  six  carriages  were  wrecked. 

—It  is  statetl  that  important  evidence  has 
been  obtained  in  regard  to  the  perpetrators  of 
the  outrages  of  the  last  two  years  in  the  west 
of  Ireland.  The  police  anticipate  capturing  all 
the  members  of  the  organization  which  pro- 
moted the  ci'imes.  also  the  persons  concerned 
in  the  murder  of  Lord  Mountmorres.  It  is 
probable  they  will  be  indicted  shortly. 

— Extensive  military  preparations  have 
been  made  at  Kilmainham,  Ireland,  to  ^uard 
against  a  possible  outbreak  on  the  part  of  sym- 
pathizers with  the  twenty-one  prisoners  con- 
lined  there.  They  are  charged  with  conspiracy 
to  murder  government  officials,  and  it  is  alleged 
that  startling  disclosures  will  be  made  in  refer- 
ence to  the  Phcenix  Park  murders. 


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HON.    THTJRLOW    WEED  ON    THE  MOR- 
GAN ABDUCTION. 

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ter written  by  Mr.  Weed,  and  read  at  the  unveiling 
or  the  monument  erected  to  the  memory  of  Capt, 
William  Morgan.  The  frontispiece  is  an  engraving 
of  the  monument.  It  is  a  history  of  the  unlawful 
seizure  and  confinement  of  Morgan  In  theCanandai- 
gua  jail,  his  subsequent  conveyance  by  Freemasons 
to  Fort  Niagara,  and  drowning  in  Lake  Ontario. 
He  not  only  subscribes  his  name  to  the  letter,  but 

ATTACHES  HIS  AFFIDAVIT   tO  It. 

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through  an  Interval  of  flfty-sli  years  with  a  con- 
scious sense  of  having  been  governed  through  the 
"  Anti-Masonic  excitement "  by  a  sincere  desire, 
first,  to  vindicate  the  violated  laws  of  my  country, 
and  n-xt,  to  arrest  the  great  power  and  dangerous 
inliuences  of  "  secret  societies." 

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CONTENTS. 


Editobial  : 

Topics  of  the  Hour 1 

Seward,  Weed  and  Greeley  8 

"The  Smoke  of  the  Pit."  8 

A  Theological  Attila 8 

A  Striking  Parallel 8 

C'OXTKIBTJTIONS  : 

It  is  Corban 1 

Island  of  Hope  (Poetry)..  .  2 
An  Unintentional  Confes- 

,sion 3 

Some  Doctrines  of  Odd- 
fellowship  3 

Odd-fellowship    Proposals  3 

The  Odd-fellow  Initiation  3 
Ri:i''0RM  Stoey: 

Chapters  XXXVII 4 

COKRESPONDENCE  : 

The  T.  M.  C.  A.  in  the 
Coils ;  Mr.  Weed's  Anti- 
masonic  Career;  "The 
Facts  Stated;"  Around 
the  Table 6 


New  England : 
An  Instructive  Encounter ; 

Practical  Results .5 

Reform  News  : 
Bro.    Hinman's    Letters; 
Echoes  of  the  State  Con- 
vention ;  Rathbun  at  Bir- 
mingham     9 

The  Monument  Fund 5 

Bible  Lessons 7 

The  Home 10 

Temperance 11 

Ame  rican  Politics  : 

Push  Things ;   Idols 12 

The  Churches  : 
The  American  Commission 

for  Native  Missions 13 

Farm  Notes 14 

Anti-masonic  Lecturers 14 

N.  C.  A 14 

News  of  Week 16 

Business 16 

Market  Report 16 


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done,  and  get  a  supply  of  tracts,  look  over  oiu-  list  of 
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of  admonition  or  encouragement  as  you  jpay  think  appro- 
priiite.  Quite  a  number  of  friends  from  the  country  and 
some  from  the  city  have  dropped  in  to  gladden  us  by  their 
presence.  We  appreciate  such  calls  and  hope  they  will 
in  future  be  more  frequent.  Don't  forget  the  number,  221 
West  Madison  St. 


TOPICS  OF  THE  HOUK. 


The  defeat  of  Senator  Windom's  effort  for  re-elec- 
tion in  Minnesota  must  be  considered,  in  the  light  of 
some  by-the-way  revelations,  as  a  national  loss.  The 
Bonded  Whisky  bill  now  before  Congress  has  not 
had  his  approval.  The  plan  of  the  distillers  and 
their  friends  in  the  Senate  was  to  force  the  bill 
through  without  discussion.  Some  features,  care- 
fully concealed,  caught  the  attention  of  Secretary 
Folger  and  were  made  known  to  the  Senate.  Windom 
was  among  the  number  who  fought  the  measm-e  and 
secured  a  temporary  defeat,  which  may  prove  to  be 
permanent.  It  is  now  stated  on  good  authority  that 
the  whisky  men  were  leagued  to  defeat  CuUom  in 
Illinois,  Windom  in  Minnesota  and  Ferry  in  Michi- 
gan. Cullom  was  elected  after  considerable  but  un- 
organized opposition;  Windom  is  defeated,  and  Ferry 
is  as  good  as  retired.  This  business  goes  to  prove 
that  a  f6w  thousand  whisky  makers  and  dealers  by 
means  of  their  secret  conspiracies  hope  to  manage 
the  affaii-s  of  the  nation  for  their  own  benefit,  the 
wishes  of  ten  million  voters  to  the  contrary  notwith- 
standing. 


The  whiskey  men  have  made  another  attack  upon 
the  nation  in  its  Senatorial  bod}' — not  by  defeating 
good  men,  but  by  robbing  one  who  might  be'  u§eful 
to  the  nation,  of  mind  and  character  and  the  individ- 
ual himself  of  self-respect,  honor  and  all  hope  of  eter- 
nity. The  Washington  dispatches  tell  of  a  wealthy 
Senator,  who  is  understood  to  be  Fair  of  Nevada,  who 
has  taken  to  drink  within  the  last  two  years  until  he 
is  almost  daily  under  the  influence  of  liquor.  A 
week  ago  after  a  two  day's  spree  when  he  ate  nothing 
and  drank  nothing  but  champagne,  he  was  threatened 
with  an  attack  of  delii'ium  tremens.  We  had  hoped 
that  such  fearful  and  disgusting  scenes  were  forever 
past  at  Washington  when  liquor  was  banished  from 


the  White  House  and  Senator  Davis,  as  president  of 
the  Senate,  ordered  its  sale  discontinued  about  the 
Capitol.  But  it  seems  the  example  and  encourage- 
ment of  President  Arthur  has  overborne  the  good 
work  begun;  but  after  a  little  time  of  apparent  defeat 
the  temperance  ti'uth  in  Washington  will  prove  its 
worth.  The  -'eternal  years  of  God"  can  wait  till  a 
few  months  of  Arthur  have  passed  into  oblivion. 


A  decision  rendered  in  the  Supreme  Court  has  an 
important  bearing  upon  the  interests  of  the  colored 
race.  The  ready  mob  in  some  sections  of  the  South 
have  dropped  the  Ku-klux  mask  for  Ij'ncli  law,  which 
is  for  them  only  less  effective  in  that  it  is  less  horri- 
ble. The  colored  man  who  commits  crime,  or  is  un- 
der suspicion,  expects  in  these  parts  but  one  punish- 
ment, and  that  before  the  com't  can  decide  on  his 
guilt  or  innocence.  Tiie  tynchings  at  the  North  are 
the  outbreak  of  a  different  sentiment -in  the  commun- 
ity; for  the  blacks  have  neither  wealth  or  lodge  influ- 
ence, by  wliich  to  hope  for  escape  from  the  conse- 
quences of  crime.  The  State  Court  of  Appeals  in 
Kentucky  a  while  since  sustained  the  motion  of  a  de- 
fendant to  quash  the  indictment  of  murder  against 
him  for  the  reason  that  the  grand  jmy  which  found  it, 
had  been  selected,  by  virtue  of  State  law,  from  white 
men  exclusivelj',  in  violation  of  the  Fourteenth  amend- 
ment to  the  Federal  Constitution.  The  Supreme 
Court,  however,  holds  that  the  motion  should  have 
granted  for  the  reason  that  the  State  of  Kentucky  has 
twice  enacted  laws  inconsistent  with  the  same  amend- 
ment. 


The  James  "  boys  "  have  another  victim.  Last 
week  a  young  man  who  had  within  a  week  shot  to 
death  two  officers  of  the  law  in  Kansas,  was  taken 
out  of  jail  and  lynched.  He  confessed  that  he  had 
l)een  led  into  the  commission  of  crime  b\'  reading  of 
the  lawless  deeds  of  the  James  desperadoes;  in  his 
weak  and  disordered  fancy  these  men  were  exalted 
to  heroes  and  demi-gods.  What  teacher,  what  parent 
may  not,  by  neglect,  be  training  their  bo^'s  for  lives 
of  crime  and  deaths  of  horror  and  dishonor!  And 
how  great  must  be  the  responsibility  of  the  dailj- 
papers  which  are  continually  spreading  at  large  be- 
fore their  readers  all  the  details  of  crime  and  outrage 
to  inflame  the  passions  of  weak-minded  youth  and 
tempt  them  into  the  same  path  where  they  stumble 
at  the  first  step  into  shameful  graves ! 


Kev.  F.  L.  Thompson,  chaplain  of  the  Southern 
Illinois  peuitentiaiy  at  Chester  in  his  report  for  last 
year  presents  some  facts  upon  this  topic  which  should 
not  be  quick!}'  forgotten.  "  I  have  read,"  he  says, 
"  every  available  thing  on  crime,  its  cause  and  cure; 
on  prisons,  then*  discipline,  etc.  I  have  talked  freety 
with  the  convicts  as  to  their  early  lives,  their  home 
influences,  their  earlj^  opportunities,  and  then-  habits, 
and  have  come  to  the  conclusion  that  there  are  two 
prime  causes  of  crime — the  want  of  proper  home  in- 
fluence in  childhood,  and  the  lack  of  thorough,  well- 
disciplined  education  in  early  life.  Of  the  first  there 
are  at  least  five  classes — those  who  never  knew  a 
home,  those  who  lost  parents,  one  or  both,  while 
young;  those  who  had  vicious  homes,  those  who  ran 
awaj'  from  home  in  the  formation  period  of  life,  and 
those  who  were  over-indulged  in  their  homes.  Of 
the  second,  those  who  went  but  very  little,  and  those 
who  played  truant  or  were  idle  and  refractoiy  in 
school.  The  lack  of  this  eaiij-  influence  and  training 
at  home,  and  of  this  discipline  and  learning  in  school 
has  left  the  individuals  morally  and  mentall}'  weak, 
the  easy  subjects  of  bad  habits,  \'icious  appetites  and 
designing  men.  These  drift  into  the  tide  of  bad  as- 
sociation, trash}',  and  then  viciOus  reading,  to  places 
of  carnal  amusements,  to  saloons,  gaming-houses, 
houses  of  ill -fame,  to  the  societj^  of  the  vulgar  and 
criminal,  to  the  committing  of  crimes — small  at  first, 
but  bold  at  last — and  then  into  the  penitentiary." 
Mr.  Thompson  estimates  that  out  of  500  criminals 
who  have  come  under  his  observation  419  were  with- 
out home  influence  during  j'outh  and  boyhood  and 
218  had  never  been  in  school.  These  facts  should  be 
pondered  by  parents,  all  who  have  children  under 
their  own  influence  at  home  or  of  their  mates  at 
school. 


The  year  1883  has  already  made  a  record  of  storms, 
wrecks,  fii'e,  flood  and  frost  that  will  prevent  its  soon 
fading  from  the  memory  of  man.  Unprecedented 
floods  in  German}'  are  now  followed  by  as  unusual 
and  extensive,  but  not  yet  so  disastrous,  floods  in 
Ohio  and  Indiana.  Last  week  while  all  nature  below 
was  fast  locked  in  the  embrace  of  a  severe  winter,  the 
skies  above  seemed  melted  into  a  deluge  whose  es- 
cape, prevented  b}'  ordinaiy  means,  swept  through 
cities,  destroyed  l^ridges,  buildings,  roads,  and  made 
universal  havoc.  Cleveland,  Columbus  and  Indiana- 
polis have  suffered  heavily  and  some  loss  of  life  has  oc- 
curred through  railway  disasters.  Telegraph  lines  were 
down  east  and  south  of  Chicago  and  to  repair  them 
was  a  work  of  gi-eatest  difficult}',  the  strain  of  re- 
moving one  pole  sometimes  breaking  down  others  for 
a  mile.  It  is  reckoned  that  the  loss  of  life  b}'  several 
great  disasters  dining  thi-ee  weeks  in  Januaiy  reach- 
ed at  least  nine  hundred. 

IT  IS  CORBAN. 


BY  PHOF.  W.  0.  TOBEY. 

It  is  a  much  debated  question  whether  men  are 
free  to  break  certain  obligations,  promises  or  so-called 
oaths.  In  the  discussions  of  the  oath-bound  secrec}' 
problem,  this  subject  is  a  leading  matter  of  debate. 
The  apologists  of  the  lodge  try  to  maintain  that  the 
oaths  taken  in  the  lodge-room  are  binding,  and  he 
who  asserts  his  right  to  violate  them  is  freel}'  denoun- 
ced as  a  "perjurer",  or  "perjured  wretch." 

The  whole  question  of  oaths  is  one  with  which  the 
church  and  writers  on  moral  science  have  been  much 
concerned,  and  the  Scriptures  have  been  appealed  to 
pro.  and  con.  in  the  discussion. 

It  is  plain  that  Christ  taught  gi'eat  carefulness  in 
taking  oaths.  Whether  he  sanctioned  the  violation 
of  any  "oaths,"  is  the  chief  inquiry.  This  point  is 
sufficiently  settled  hy  his  treatment  of  the  use  of  Cor- 
ban,  l;)y  the  J  ews. 

The  account  of  this  word  seems  to  be  as  follows: 
The  law  of  vows  as  taught  by  Moses,  was  o^-^'laid  b}' 
the  rabbins  with  certain  traditions.  They  taught  that 
if  a  man  called  a  thing  "corban"  (offering)  he  might 
interdict  himself  from  using  it,  or  giving  it  to  another, 
and  the  abuse  was  even  extended  to  the  prohibition 
of  doing  anything  called  corban.  Thus  it  was  taught 
that  if  a  son  made  a  formal  devotion  to  religious  pur- 
poses of  those  goods  which  he  could  devote  to  the 
relief  of  a  parent,  then  he  was  free  from  the  duty  of 
assisting  his  relative.  In  other  words  the  son  made 
a  solemn  promise,  equivalent  to  an  oath,  to  devote 
his  goods  to  religious  purposes,  and  it  was  not  then 
lawful  to  help  his  parent. 

The  Saviour's  method  of  treating  such  obligations 
is  seen  in  Mat.  15:5,  6;  and  Mark  7:  10-13.  He 
clearly  teaches  that  the  natural  and  divine  obliga- 
tions of  chikfren  to  care  for  parents,  are  prior  and 
superior  to  the  assumed  obligations  of  corban.  The 
traditions  of  the  rabbins  made  the  Word  of  God  of 
none  effect.  Christ  therefore  teaches  that  obligations 
which  conflict  with  natural  and  prior  obUgations,  are 
not  binding.  The  principle  is  fully  established  by  his 
ti-eatment  of  the  corl)au  obligation,  and  will  apply  to 
all  other  cases  of  a  like  nature. 

With  respect  to  the  obligations  of  the  lodges,  they 
have  no  binding  force  unless  it  can  be  shown  that 
they  are  superior  to  the  natm-al,  divine  and  civil  obli- 
gations with  which  they  come  in  conflict.  If  they 
are  always  in  harmony  with  prior  obligations,  they 
are  works  of  supererogation,  and  it  matters  not 
whether  the}'  are  observed  or  not. 

The  public  mind  is  greatly  in  need  of  instruction 
and  enlightenment  on  the  subject  of  oaths  or  obli- 
gations. The  religious  denominations  that  have  ta- 
ken a  stand  against  the  use  of  all  sorts  of  oaths  have 
not  been  active  in  discussing  the  subject,  and  have 
mostly  l)een  looked  upon  as  queer  and  antiquated  to 
their  views.  The  right  kind  of  preaching  and  teach- 
ing on  this  subject  wQl  strike  at  the  very  underpin- 
ning of  the  lodges,  and  the  corrupt  system  will  crum- 
ble away.  The  suijject  of  rash  and  thoughtless  oath- 
taking,  as  ti-eated  in  Leviticus  5:4  and  on,  needs 
special  attention,  and  the  churches  are  guilty  in  not 
having  rules  and  standards  pertaining  to  it. 

Chamber shury,  Pa. 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE. 


February  8,   1883 


ISLAND  OF  HOPE. 


BY  ALEXANDER  THOMSON. 

East  by  south  ten  thousand  leagues, 

Over  the  land  and  over  the  sea, 

Over  the  deep  blue  fields  of  air 

Where  the  clustered  stars  are  blossomed  fair, 

On  the  border  of  eternity 

Lieth  the  blessed  island  of  Hope ; 

Circled  by  waters  that  never  know 

The  breath  of  the  tempest,  nor  yet  behold 

The  dragons  of  lightning  bright  and  bold 

Gleam  upon  wind-vexed  crests  of  snow ; 

Waters  so  clear  that  far  beneath 

Creatures  of  beauty  are  seen  to  play. 

And  the  wreaths  of  the  wave-washed  coral  glow, 

Bright  as  the  briar  rose  in  May. 

In  that  bright  island  no  bird  unclean. 

Winnows  with  robber  wing  the  air. 

No  tyrant  eagle,  no  buzzard  lean, 

No  savage  owl  with  a  saintly  mien, 

Live.s  upon  plunder  and  life's  despair ; 

But  the  carrolling  lark  in  the  cloudless  skies, 

Sing  notes  as  sweet  as  an  angel's  lute. 

And  not  one  feathered  throat  is  mute. 

But  the  swells  of  their  music  fall  and  rise 

In  undulations  of  ecstacy, 

So  moving  are  they  that  the  daintiest  bell 

Of  the  tiniest  flower  by  the  breezes  swung, 

Stops  its  ringing  and  listens  awhile 

To  the  rapturous  notes  by  the  warblers  sung. 

In  that  fair  island  no  lion  stalks 

Through  the  fragrant  aisles  of  the  forest  fair, 

No  viper  lurks  on  the  flowery  bank. 

No  poisonous  weed  grows  tall  and  rank 

To  mar  the  grace  of  the  landscape  there : 

But  the  graceful  antelope  crops  the  mead,       • 

And  the  dappled  fawn  is  seen  to  play 

With  the  mirthful  lamb  on  the  meadows  gay. 

And  there  with  his  fine  arched  neck  the  steed 

Bounds  o'er  the  upland,  labor  free. 

Fleet  as  the  whirlwind,  clean  of  limb, 

Emblem  of  life  and  synunetry. 

And  there  from  the  hills  that  are  verdure  crowued, 
Each  stream  gushes  down  with  a  song  of  its  Ofl-n ; 
Streams  that  are  filled  by  the  dew  of  flowers. 
For  never  above  that  fair  land  lowers. 
The  clouds  that  water  or  threaten  our  own ; 
But  all  through  the  day  that  is  ceaseless  there. 
The  dew  from  the  ambient  heaveu  distills 
Impalpable  dew,  like  the  mists  that  rise 
From  a  beautiful  lady's  smiles  and  sighs. 
When  love  is  the  motive  that  moves  and  thrills. 
There  every  stream  has  an  odorous  breath. 
This  of  the  hyacinth,  that  of  the  rose. 
And  many  a  fragrance  strange  and  sweet. 
That  the  earth  in  its  gladness  never  knows. 

And  oh !  could  you  see  the  forests  there, 
^he  trees  of  the  Lord  where  the  vaUeys  lie 
Circling  the  lakelet  deep  and  blue, 
Each  with  its  glad  eye  looking  through 
Their  crown  of  leaves  to  the  sapphire  sky  ! 
Oh  could  you  see  their  willowy  grace. 
Their  wealth  of  foliage  deep  and  green. 
Their  star-eyed  petals  that  far  outshine 
The  roses  glow  or  the  columbine. 
Or  the  delicate calla's  fragrant  sheen; 
While  high  among  those  verdurous  boughs. 
Is  a  wondrous  fruitage  fair  to  see. 
That  pendulous  swings  in  globes  of  gold. 
Like  apples  of  immortality. 

Round  that  fair  island  the  atmosphere 

Moves  like  a  concave  crystal  ball. 

Where  each  creation  of  beauty  and  grace, 

That  moves  on  the  sweet  isle's  lovely  face. 

Is  seen  again,  for  it  mirrors  them  all. 

Each  flower  and  spray  of  the  deep  green  wood. 

Each  butterfly  with  enameled  wing, 

Each  clear  pool  in  a  shady  dell. 

Each  grassy  meadow  and  floral  bell. 

And  all  the  beautiful  birds  that  sing, 

Are  mirrored  in  all  perfection  there. 

And  there  like  pictures  of  rarest  art 

But  far  exceeding  all  man's  device 

Are  scenes  from  the  lives  of  the  glorious  souls. 

That  live  and  shine  in  that  paradise. 

For  there  the  souls  of  the  happy  dwell, 
With  never  a  care  their  bliss  to  mar. 
With  never  a  cause  for  grief  or  fear. 
With  never  a  sigh  and  never  a  tear, 
And  never  a  howl  from  the  dogs  of  war ; 
But  all  through  the  ever-beaming  day. 
The  voice  of  gladness  is  silent  never. 
For  love  is  there  with  a  heart  of  truth, 
A  God-hke  mind  and  eternal  youth. 
And  life  rolls  on  like  a  broad,  deep  river ; 
WlJle  over  all  is  the  smile  of  God, 
An  unspeakable,  glorious,  life-giving  smile, 
For  the  Son  of  Man  has  his  blessed  abode, 
His  throne  and  his  kingdom  on  that  fair  isle. 


AN  UNINTENTIONAL  CONFESSION. 


"I  MUST  DECLARE  THE    TRUTH  GOD   REVEALS    TO  ME 
TO-DAY,  LEST    TO-MORROW    IT  BE     WITHHOLDEN    PROM 

ME."  Gerritt  Smith. 


BY  REV.  A.  J.  CHITTENDEN. 

Masoniy  denies  that  any  correct  revelation  of  its 
forms  and  operations  has  ever  been  made.  This  de- 
nial has  some  plausible  gTound,  else  it  would  never 
have  been  so  generally  made.  But  it  is  a  curious  fact 
that  the  more  plausible  the  ground  of  the  assertion, 
the  worse  it  is  for  Masonr}'.  The  logic  of  the  case  is 
such  that  it  converts  the  denial  into  an  admission  of 
the  most  important  and  objectionable  feature  of  ths 
system. 

The  argument  is  this:  It  is  well  known  that  noth- 
ing but  the  fear  of  death  is  sufficient  to  hold  together 
any  general  compact  of  secretists.  No  other  penalty 
would  give  an}-  lease  of  life  to  associations  of  men 
which  operate  professedly  iu  the  dark,  and  are  held 
together  all  over  the  world  under  all  circumstances. 
If  I  were  to  assist  iu  the  formation  of  such  a  soci- 
ety of  men  I  should  certainly  urge  the  necessity  of 
the  death  penalty. 

Our  knowledge  of  men  tells  us  that  nothing  less 
severe  than  that  would  suffice  to  restrain  the  husband 
from  yielding  to  his  wife,  or  the  conscientious  from 
relieving  his  conscience.  If  Masonry  cannot  be 
known  by  the  outside  world,  then  there  is  only  one 
possible  reason  for  believing  the  statement,  and  that 
is  that  it  is  held  in  darkness  by  a  horrible  death  pen- 
alty. This  is  Aartually  asserted  hy  every  Mason 
when  he  tells  you  that  "You  don't  know  anything 
about  it." 

He  never  thinks  to  deny  our  professed  knowledge 
of  other  affairs  of  men,  and  the  denial  in  this  case  is 
an  undeniable  presumption  'against  his  ovra  state- 
ment. 

Because,  whenever  a  person  who  has  been  a  Mason, 
and  generally  known  as  reliable,  says  among  other 
things  alleged,  that  Masonry  uses  a  horrible  death 
penaltj^  to  preserve  itself  we  have  in  addition  to  the 
bare  statement  of  the  witness  the  implied  admission 
of  all  those  adhering  Masons  who  say  we  "can't  know 
anything  about  it."  For  the  only  reason  why  we  "do 
not  know"  is  the  very  thing  which  all  men  know  to  be 
sufficient  to  deter  most  men  from  making  a  revela- 
tion, and  that  is  just  what  the  witness  testifies  to. 

But  his  testimou}'  enables  us  to  know  with  certaintj- 
and  the  denial  of  the  other  Mason  only  corroborates 
the  correctness  of  the  revelation. 

So  it  is  in  human  society  that  God  has  so  constitut- 
ed the  minds  of  all  men  that  iniquity  cannot  go  un- 
covered, unless  they  abuse  the  very  basis  of  common 
sense  itself,  and  become  by  moral  stupiditj%  unworthj^ 
of  any  good  thing. 

Rochford,  111. 


SOME  DOCTBINES  OF   ODD-FELLOWSHIP. 


BY  J.  D.  NUTTIN({. 

A  society  claiming  half  a  million  members  and  a 
yearly  revenue  of  nearly  five  million  dollars  is  not 
unimportant.  And  when  such  a  society  announces 
moral  teaching  as  its  chief  object,  its  importance  is 
not  diminished.  Calhoun's  teaching  caused  secession, 
brought  the  Bebellion  and  filled  half  a  million  graves. 
Calhoun  spoke  to  but  few;  these  half  million  mem- 
bers are  many;  and  each  one  is  also  a  teacher  of  oth- 
ers. The  order  of  Odd-fellows  claims  more  than 
twice  as  many  local  organizations  as  there  are  Con- 
gregational churches  (to  use  for  comparison  figures 
which  are  at  hand)  and  nearly  one-half  more  mem- 
bers than  that  denomination  contains — facts  which 
should  show  something  of  the  importance  of  the  "or- 
der," especially  in  view  of  its  avowed  objects.  Put- 
ting the  organization  itself  upon  the  stand  in  the  per- 
son of  the  authors  of  its  acknowledged  standard  pub- 
lic works,  let  us  investigate  its  teachings  and  char- 
acter. 

In  Grosh's  "Odd-fellow's  Improved  Manual,"  p.  98, 

we  find  the  following  on  the  objects  of  the  order: 

"May  your  initiation  and  consequent  practice  aid  in  releasing 
you  from  all  blindness  of  moral  vision,  set  you  free  from  the  fet- 
ters of  ignorance  and  error,  and  bring  you  frpm  a  death  in  sel- 
fishness into  a  life  of  active  benevolence  and  virtue." 

This  very  strong  language    is  spoken   to  saint  and 

sinner  aiike,  after   they   have  entered  the  portals   of 

the  order.     An  institution  assuming  a  work  so  nearly 

like  that  divinely  given  to  the   church,    has  need  of 

ver}'  much  grace  to   carry  it   through   successfully! 

But,  further,  same  author,  page  90: 

"What  regeneration  by  the  word  of  truth  is  in  religion,  initia- 
tion is  in  Odd-fellowship." 

And  again;  speaking  of  the  instructions  given  to 
the  candidate,  "Donaldson's  Pocket  Companion"  pp. 
24  and  27,  says: 

"They  teach  him  his  duty  to  his  God,  his  country,  his  neighbor, 
his  family  and  himself.  *  *  *  They  lead  him  to  obedience  of 
the  commands  of  his  Divine  Maker,  in  which  he  cannot  fail  to  be 
blessed  in  life,  death  and  eternity." 

AndGrosh,  p.  188: 


"To  prepare  the  Odd-fellow  for  these  daily  duties  and  privileges 
of  life,  and  to  direct  him  in  their  proper  performance  and  use,  is 
the  great  end  and  aim  of  the  weekly  meeting  in  the  lodge-room." 

In  the  light  of  these  statements  regarding  the  ob- 
jects of  the  order,  let  us  examine  some  of  the  things 
which,  as  thus  a  school  of  morals,  it  inculcates. 

The  most  prominent  docti-ine  of  Odd-fellowship  as 
presented  hy  its  standard  authors  is  one  dimly  shad- 
owed in  its  name: — "fellowship,"  "universal  brother- 
hood," "universal  toleration."  As  Donaldson  says, 
p.  291:  "Jew  or  Gentile,  Catholic  or  Protestant,  is, 
as  such,  welcome  to  our  lodges  and  our  hearts."  And 
Grosh's  "Manual,"  p.  272,  says:  "In  our  tents  no  sec- 
tarian or  national  distinctions  are  recognized." 

This  latter  may  be,  in  most  lodges,  because  there 
are  no  "national  distinctions"  to  be  recognized,  since 
Donaldson  says  that  "Chinese,  Polynesians,  Indians, 
half-breeds  or  mixed  bloods  are  not  eligible  to  mem- 
bership,'' and  by  decision  of  the  U.  S.  Grand  Lodge 
"Negi'oes  are  included  under  this  rule."  (See  White's 
"Digest  of  Laws  and  Decisions.)  But  further  on  this 
point  Grosh  says,  p.  280,  speaking  of  the  "Tables  of 
the  Law:" 

"It  represents  the  common  basis  of  the  three  great  religions 
of  the  world  fJudaisni,  Christianity,  Mohammedanism)  which 
recognize  the  One,  only  living  and  true  God.  *  *  *  *  This 
common  basis  of  religion  and  morals  teaches  Christians  that  hav- 
ing received  so  much  through  the  Jew  they  may  well  bear  with 
his  supposed  deficiency  until  they  can  impart  to  "him  again — and 
the  Moslem,  that  the  foundation  on  which  he  stands  is  also  the 
common  ground  of  the  others.  *  *  *  Followers  of  different 
teachers  you  are  worshipers  of  one  God,  who  is  Father  of  all,  and 
therefore  ye  are  brethren  !" 

xVgainst  this  doctrine  of  race  equality  nothing  can, 
of  course,  be  said,  except  that  this  order  itself  needs 
to  learn  it.  If  the  very  essence  of  danism  be  not 
in  separating  one  part  of  mankind  from  another  b}' 
partition  walls  of  sex,  color  and  obligations  of  secrec}' 
and  allegiance  for  personal  ends,  then  that  essence  is 
hard  to  find.  God  is  one,  and  hence  men  are  com- 
manded to  love  hira  as  the  one  embracing  all  other 
objects  of  right  love — supremely',  mankind  created  in 
his  image,  is  also  one  and  not  manj-,  and  hence  all 
men  are  commanded  to  lo^'e  their  neighbors  (com- 
prising all  mankind)  as  the}-  do  themselves — equallj', 
aside  from  special  authorized  relationships  and  differ- 
ences of  moral  character  (jMark  12:  20).  But  when 
a  namby-pamby  sentimental  ism  or  g-ross  moral  ob- 
tuseness  puts  the  different  religions  of  earth  in  place 
of  its  different  races  and  treats  them  as  equals,  it 
commits  at  once  a  most  egregious  bluilder  and  a  hein- 
ous crime.  To  place  Clii'istianity  on  a  level  with  Mo- 
hammedanism or  Judaism  is  to  logically  annihilate 
it;  for  there  is  no  such  Christianity.  To  say  that  the 
God  of  the  Christian  is  the  god  of  the  Mohammedan 
is  to  say  that  he  is  the  devil;  for  all  worship  not  paid 
to  the  one  God,  the  Creator  and  Ruler  of  the  Uni- 
verse, and  paid  tljrough  Jesus  Christ  his  Son,  unless 
the  worshiper  be  ignorant  of  him,  is  paid  to  devils 
(see  1  Cor.  10:20  and  references),  and  Mohammedan- 
ism is  such  worship,  beyond  cjuestion.  The  lesson 
which  Odd-fellowship  makes  this  emblem  teach — an 
emblem  whose  legend,  "Thou  shalt  have  no  other 
GODS  BEFORE  me",  was  spokcu  in  thunder  from  Sinai 
in  condemnation  of  all  paganism — is  that  of  equality 
of  religions  as  a  reason  for  e(|uality  of  races.  A 
teaching  more  diametrically  opposed  to  these  very 
Tables  of  the  Law  could  hardlj^  be  imagined.  As 
Christ  said  of  the  Jew,  so  must  we  say  of  these 
teachers,  "Ye  make  void  the  law  of  God  by  jour  tra- 
dition." And  even  the  Jewish  rejection  of  Christ 
which  the  Judge  of  all  declares  enough  to  damn 
those  guilty  of  it,  this  "moral  teacher"  calls  only  a 
"supposed  deficiency"!  Could  greater  insults  easily 
be  heaped  upon  Christianity  and  its  Author? 

Another  doctrine  of  the   order   is   that  of  mutual 

protection  between  members.     Grosh,   page    129  of 

his  Manual,   speaking  of  the  emblem  of  the   Quiver 

and  Bow,  says: 

"The  true  Odd-fellow  will  alwaj's  have  ready  his  quiver  and 
bow  to  guard  a  brother  from  danger  or  to  promote  his  welfare — 
a  brother  ever,  in  war  as  in  peace." 

The  plain  teaching  of  this  extract  is  that  Odd-fel- 
lowship, like  most  similar  societies,  places  its  ties 
above  the  obligations  of  civil  government.  The  pas- 
sage has  no  meaning  unless  it  enforces  the  obligation 
of  Odd-fellows  in  time  of  war  to  protect  and  aid  theu* 
"brethren"  of  the  enemy.  And  it  is  plain  enough  that 
such  teaching  is  treasonable;  that  a  righteous  civil 
government  has  as  an  ordinance  of  God  the  supi-eme 
right  to  civil  existence  and  command  within  its  terri- 
toiy,  and  that  an}'  counter-authority,  counter-relation- 
ships or  counter-obligations  are  treasonable  in  their 
very  nature,  and  without  rightful  authority  for  even 
their  existence,  besides  often  causing  their  subjects 
to  commit  perjury  when  their  civil  oath  conflicts  with 
their  lodge  obligations. 

Passing  by  much  that  might  profitabl}-  be  men- 
tioned, let  us  notice  a  moment  the  crowning  doctrine 
of  this  system  which  in  many  respects  assumes  the 
work  of  the  chm-ch.  Donaldson's  "Companion,"  page 
138,  concluding  one  of  the  "charges"  to  the  candi- 
date, says: 


— 


February  8,   1883 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE. 


"Though  a  storm  more  fearful  thau  any  thou  hast  yet  eucoun- 
tered— that  of  physical  death— shall  soon  hurst  upon  thee,  tlie 
liand  of  (iod  Almighty,  which  has  sustained  thee  thus  far,  wiU 
protect  thee  amid  that  storm,  and  thou  shalt  come  up  through  it 
with  joy  and  gladness  to  the  land  of  eternal  dehght." 

And  Mr.  Grosh's  "Manual,"  page  187,  contains  the 
following: 

"Friendship  will  bind  us  together.  Truth  will  direct  us,  and 
Love  will  make  our  labors  easy;  so  that,  at  tlie  last,  wlicu  we  are 
summoned  from  the  terrestrial  lodges  to  the  lodges  celet-tial,  we 
may  leave  form  and  ceremony  behind,  find  our  work  approved, 
and,  as  the  mysteries  of  heaven  are  unveiled  to  our  admiring  vis- 
ion, we  may  arrive  at  its  perfection,  and  enjoy  its  benefits  through- 
out ages  eternal." 

And  Donaldson's  "Companion,"  page  41,  is  even 
more  explicit: 

"He  who  practices  this  charity,  and  teaches  it  to  others,  shall 
be  crowned  with  honor,  and  come  down  to  the  grave  in  peace, 
with  the  full  assurance  of  a  blessed  future." 

Other  extracts  might  be  given,  but  these  are 
enough.  Odd-fellowship  claims  heaven  for  all  faith- 
ful members!  Not  only  does  it  teach  an  "universal 
brotherhood"  which  is  the  essence  of  clannism,  and 
an  equalit}^  of  religions  which  drags  God  from  his 
throne,  but  it  claims  to  save  men's  souls!  What  is 
there  left  to  which  moral  Babel-builders  can  aspire? 
This  order  might  offer  worlds  instead  of  dollars  in  a 
system  of  dues  and  benefits,  but  that  would  not  be  a 
feather's  weight  beside  this  which  it  does  offer,  for 
"what  shall  ainan  give  in  exchange  for  his  soul?"  By 
this  it  makes  itself,  not  alone  a  society  of  quasi  in- 
surance for  the  physical  wants  of  man,  nor  indeed 
alone  a  "moral  teacher"  for  his  temporal  wants  of  a 
higher  grade,  but' it  makes  itself  a  saviour  for  his 
soul  in  eternitj'!    What  mockerj'  and  sacrilege! 

The  power  of  a  counterfeit  lies  in  its  likeness  to 
the  genuine.  Both  the  esoteric  and  exoteric  teachings 
of  the  order  under  consideration  resemble  Christian- 
ity enough  to  seem,  to  the  superficial  observer,  the 
same;  but  a  slightly  critical  study  of  its  teachings  re- 
veals the  horrid  anti-Christ  under  even  a  Pope's  tiara. 
Odd-fellowship  is  a  religious  manikin;  having  out- 
wardly the  form  of  godliness,  but  denying  and  totally 
destitute  of  the  living  power  thereof,  which  is  regen- 
eration through  the  Holy  Ghost  and  faith  in  Chi-ist. 
The  first  extract  given  under  this  topic  teaches  salva- 
tion through  perseverance  and  fortitude  in  a  journey- 
representing  life;  the  second,  salvation  through 
Friendship,  Love  and  Truth;  and  the  third,  through 
practicing  and  teaching  "charitj^"  Odd-fellowship 
is  throughout  a  system  of  salvation  by  works,  with- 
out the  faith  of  Christ.  Nowhere  in  the  writings  of 
the  order  or  in  its  esoteric  "work,"  is  the  office  or 
work  of  the  Anointed  even  mentioned;  nor  ever,  in- 
deed, is  there  so  much  as  a  hint  of  any  need  of  a  Sav- 
ioiu-  or  any  possibiUty  of  salvation  but  in  keeping 
the  precepts  of  the  order,  and  in  a  vague  conception 
of  a  "salvation  any  way"  in  spite  of  qyqu  heinous 
sins,  which  seem  to  it  but  "shortcomings"  needing  no 
salvation.  Even  the  veriest  tyro  in  the  Scriptures 
knows  that  such  doctrine  is  utterty  false;  and  it  logi- 
cally overturns  the  whole  plan  of  redemption  and 
heaps  vilest  insult  upon  God  by  making  him  a  liar 
and  his  Scriptm-es  an  imposition  upon  the  credulity 
of  mankind,  like  this  order  itself 

No  person  of  experience  and  observation  needs  to 
be  told  the  direful  effect  of  such  teaching  as  this  on 
the  minds  of  men.  Solemn  farce  and.  sacred  false- 
hood as  it  really  is,  it  j^et  comes  too  often  to  be  re- 
ceived as  truth,  in  all  its  deadly  error.  It  is  no  un- 
common thing  to  hear  men  say  that  " [naming 

the  secret  order  to  which  he  belongs]  is  good  enough 
religion  for  me; "  or  "If  a  man  is  a  good  Odd-fellow 
he's  got  to  be  a  Christian."  And  it  is  the  testimony 
of  men  of  large  experience  in  revival  work  that  lodge 
members  are  among  the  most  difficult  classes  to  reach 
with  saving  truth.  Said  an  earnest  brother  not  long 
since,  who  has  had  charge  of  a  large  branch  of  mis- 
sion work  in  a  Western  city  for  several  years,  and 
during  that  time  has  talked  with  several  hundreds  in 
the  inquirj'-room,  "I  find  that  Freemasons  are  about 
the  most  difficult  class  of  men  to  get  converted  that 
comes  under  my  notice.  I  have  known  as  manj"  as 
three  or  four  abandoned  women  converted  at  one  of 
our  evening  meetings,  but  very  rarely  a  man  who  be- 
longed to  the  lodge.  They  are  very  hard  to  reach 
with  saving  truth,  and  when  thej'  are  converted  they 
always  give  up  the  lodge." 

The  reason  for  this  is  not  far  to  seek.  A  man  maj^ 
be  really  drowning,  but  if  he  thinks  himself  safe  he 
will  not  call  for  help.  Nightly  the  members  of  these 
orders  are  taught  -  to  practice  a  semblance  of  Chris- 
tianity, and  to  believe  that  thus  thej^  are  safe.  It 
matters  not  that  these  orders  are  destitute  of  the  very 
first  principles  of  Chrisfianity;  it  matters  not  that 
they  are  falsehood  from  top  to  bottom  and  from  side 
to  side,  cross-grained  and  interwoven  until  it  has  be- 
come their  verj-  nature;  it  matters  not  that  they  are 
Satan's  decoy-ducks  to  deceive  men  into  hell  through 
a  fancied  securitj-  and  a  false  brotherhood ;  so  long  as 
the  deception  continues  such  men  will  neither  seek 
nor  accept  Christ.  The  very  first  step  must  be,  by 
direct  assault  or  most  powerful  counter  attraction,  or 


usually  by  both,  to  undeceive  them.  In  the  day  of 
judgment  it  will  doubtless  be  evident  enough  to  even 
the  most  unwilling  that  these  secret,  religious  orders 
have  been  among  the  enemj^'s  most  potent  snares  to 
keep  men  from  the  kingdom:  and  that  their  inception 
was,  as  Dr.  Nathaniel  Colver  once  called  Masonry, 
"Satan's  masterpiece,  a  terrible  snare  to  men." 

"Wherefore  come  out  from  among  them,  and  be  3'e 
separate,  saith  the  Lord." — 2  Cor.  6:  14-18. 

(Lest  some  who  are  imacquainted  with  the  litera- 
ture of  Odd-fellowship  should  doubt  the  reliability  of 
the  works  cited  above,  the  following  endorsement  of 
one  of  them,  practically  by  the  United  States  Grand 
Lodge  itself,  is  appended: 

"The  undersigned  members  of  the  Grand  Ludgc  (jf  the  United 
States  at  its  animal  session  of  1852,  berehy  recommend  to  the 
brethren  at  large  the  Manual  of  Odd-fellowship  of  Bro.  Past 
Grand  A.  B.  Grosh  as  a  complete  and  faithful  history  of  the 
Principles,  Instructions,  Work  and  Organization  of  the  Order. 
It  is  full  and  accurate  in  its  details,  harmonious  in  its  conception 
and  execution,  and  its  instructions  may  be  confidently  relied  on 
as  correct.  (Signed  by  67  R.  W.  Representatives,  including  Past 
Grand  Sire  Thomas  Wildey.)" 

This  work  continues  to  be  the  recognized  Manual 
of  the  order.  Donaldson's  "Companion,"  also  quoted 
above,  ranks  probably  next  in  authority.) 

Oherlin,  0. 


ODD-  FELL  0  WSHLP  PB  OPOSALS. 

Rev.  O.  M.  Van  Swearingen,  a  Congregational  minister 
of  Illinois,  was  once  a  member  of  this  order.  Hi.s  ex- 
planation of  its  unholy  princijjles  appear  in  a  small  pam- 
phlet, entitled  "The  Stone  Ezel."  His  second  reason  for 
objecting  to  the  order  is:  "Odd-fellowship  proposes  to 
regenerate  men  by  its  initiatory  ceremony  without  faith 
in  Christ  or  the  influence  of  the  Holy  Ghost."  Under 
this  proposition  lie  says: 

"But  it  is  lodge  night,  and  a  goodly  number  of  broth- 
ers are  present  for  there  is  to  be  an  initiation.  'Officers, 
take  your  respective  stations!'  'Guardian,  sectu-e  the 
door!'  'Warden,  examine  the  bretlu'en  in  the  lodge 
room!'  'AH  right,  noble  grand!'  Tlien  follows  a  recita- 
tion of  tlie  duties  of  each  officer  in  the  lodge,  and  the 
regular  business  of  the  evening  begins.  As  we  are  to 
have  an  initiation  we  will  omit  some  unimportant  busi- 
ness and  at  once  introduce  the  candidate.  Admitted  into 
tlie  ante-room,  he  must  state  in  writing  his  name,  place 
of  residence,  occuiDation,  age,  his  relation  to  the  order, 
tlie  condition  of  liis  health,  and  sign  his  name  to  all,  to- 
gether with  the  confession  of  faith  peculiar  to  the  Inde- 
pendent Order  of  Odd-fellows.  Having  pledged  his 
honor  to  keep  secret  whatever  may  transpire  during  his 
initiation,  he  is  blindfolded  and  led  into  the  lodge-room 
where  he  is  received  by  the  conductor  and  scene  supjjort- 
ers.  He  is  informed  that  he  is  now  in  the  Odd-fellows' 
retreat — where  the  world  is  shut  out — and  he  is  separated 
from  its  dissensions  and  its  vices!  He  is  lectiu'ed  con- 
cerning friendship,  love,  faith  and  charity,  and  the  as- 
surance given  him  that  the  ceremony  of  initiation 
through  which  he  is  about  to  pass  will  ultimately  lead 
him  to  primary  truth. 

"We  will  now  suppose  that  the  candidate  is  a  minister 
of  the  Gospel,  a  teacher  in  holy  tilings.  He  has  made 
the  sacred  Scriptures  a  study  and  supposed  that  in  them 
he  had  discovered  the  truth  as  to  its  origin;  his  duty  and 
responsibility,  and  his  final  destiny;  and  upon  the  walls 
of  Zion  had  been  proclaiming  it  to  a  dying  world.  But 
he  is  now  gravely  informed  that  the  ceremony  through 
which  he  is  about  to  pass  will  ultimately  lead  him  to  pri- 
mary truth!  See  Grosh's  Manual,  page  132,  where  the 
condition  of  the  candidate  is  described  in  the  following- 
words:  'Consider,  then,  the  social  state  of  man  without  a 
knowledge  and  j^ractice  of  those  relations  wliich  bind 
him  to  his  Creator  and  his  fellows.' 

But  no  matter  whether  he  likes  the  lalay  or  not,  he  is  in 
for  initiation,  and  'Brothers,  the  stranger  awaits  our  mys- 
tic rites.'  'Then  at  once  the  chains  prepare.'  'Here  they 
are;  entwine  their  links  about  him.'  The  conductor  now 
assures  him  that  he  is  in  darkness  and  chains,  and  that  he 
presents  a  mournful  spectacle;  but  comforts  him  by  say- 
ing that  his  is  but  the  condition  of  millions  of  our  race, 
who  are  void  of  wisdom  though  they  know  it  not,  and 
when  he  has  received  the  momentous  and  solemn  lesson 
which  they  are  about  to  impart  to  him,  he  will  fully  un- 
derstand the  vanity  of  worldly  things,  of  the  instability 
of  wealth  and  power — of  the  certain  decay  of  all  earthly 
greatness.  But  halt!  we  are  in  the  presence  of  that  'les- 
son,' and  wliat  do  you  suppose  it  is'?  Well,  if  the  lodge 
can  afford  the  expense,  it  is  a  real  human  skeleton;  if 
not,  it  is  a  corpse  'gotten  up'  out  of  plaster  of  Paris, 
dressed  in  grave  clothes  and  lying  in  a  coffin!  This  is 
known  in  the  lodge  as  the  'scene,'  and  the  wonderful  les- 
son it  is  intended  to  impart  is  that  all  must  die.  This 
'scene'  is  intended  to  produce  a'  very  solemn  impression; 
accordingly  when  the  hoodwink  in  slightly  removed  from 
his  eyes,  this  'silent  monitor'  is  the  first  thing  that  meets 
his  gaze;  and  surrounded  by  a  company  of  men  wearing 
the  most  hideous  masks,  and  the  sejjulchral  tones  of  the 
conductor  as  he  delivers  his  charge,  while  the  'lamps 
burn  low,'  it  is  very  apt  to  produce  an  'impression.' 
This  impression  varies  somewhat  with  different  individ- 
uals. To  some  it  is  an  impression  of  great  sublimity  and 
solemnit}';  but  to  others,  who  have  not  so  gi-eat  a  capac- 
itj'  for  tom-foolerj',  it  produces  the  opposite  effect  exact- 
ly. It  rather  gives  the  impression  of  being  in  the  regions 
of  the  damned,  surrounded  by  the  imps  of  darkness. 
The  candidate  is  supposed  to  be  sufficiently  !nipressed  by 
tlie    time    the  conductor  concludes  his  'charge,'  and  we 


will  now  proceed  to  the  chair  of  oiu-  'venerable  warden;' 
and  venerable  he  is,  indeed.  He  appears  to  have  out- 
lived his  generation  some  thousands  of  years,  and  to  have 
been  entirelj'  forgotten  by  death  in  his  universal  dispensa- 
tion. From  him  we  shall  hear  'the  voice  of  wisdom 
speaking  from  age  and  experience.'  The  result  of  that 
experience  being  that  he  had  once  been  young,  but  now- 
old,  yet  had  'never  seen  the  righteous  forsaken  nor  his 
seed  begging  bread.'  And  another  maxim  'that  in  the 
practice  of  friendship,  love,  and  truth  will  be  found  the 
best  safeguards  against  the  ills  of  life.  Forget  it  not. 
Forget  it  not.' 

Having  benefited  by  this  old  gentleman's  experience 
and  sage  counsel,  the  candidate  is  ready  to  meet  the  vice- 
grand,  who  requires  him  to  repeat  his  promise  of  pro- 
found secrecy,  when  he  is  restored  to  light  and  liberty 
i.  e.,  the  blind-fold  and  chains  are  taken  off.  Then  lie  is 
informed  that  he  is  to  take  a  solemn  and  binding  obliga- 
tion, but  the  vice-grand  informs  him  most  positively  that 
it  shall  'not  conflict  with  any  of  those  exalted  duties  you 
owe  to  your  God  your  country  or  your  self.'  "With  this 
assurance  the  candidate  takes  the  obligation  which  con- 
sists in  a  promise  to  keep  the  secrets  and  abide  by  the 
laws  of  the  order,  to  the  faithful  performance  of  all 
which  he  pledges  his  sacred  honor. 

They  now  sing  a  hymn  as  the  candidate  goes  to  the 
principal  chair,  there  to  be  introduced  to  the  noble  grand. 
As  they  approach  the  chair  of  the  N.  G.,  the  canopy 
which  conceals  him  is  drawn  aside  by  his  supporters,  and 
as  he  rises  and  gives  the  usual  signal  the  lodge  is  seated 
and  the  masks  are  all  laid  aside,  and  everybody  makes  an 
effort  to  appear  as  reepectable  as  possible,  while  the  N. 
G.  unfolds  the  mysteries  of  the  order.  He  asks  the  can- 
didate's pardon  for  the  very  odd  appearance  of  the  fel- 
lows under  their  masks,  and  begs  to  assure  him  that  the 
lesson  taught  by  it  is  that  'men  are  not  always  what  they 
seem.'  Now  comes  the  mysteries,  viz:  signs,  grip  and 
pass-word;  then  an  explanation  of  the  rites  and  ceremon- 
ies through  which  he  has  just  been  passing." 


THE  ODD-FELLOW  INITIATION. 

Rev.  J.  M.  Dosh,  now  dead,  was  ten  years  ago  one  of 
the  foremost  opposers  of  the  lodge  sj-stem  in  Iowa.  Not 
satisfied  with  engaging  in  the  lecture  work  alone  he  be- 
gan the  publication  of  a  small  paper,   the  Iowa 

He  had  been  a  member  of  the  Odd-fellow  order,  and  in  a 
letter  to  Rev.  D.  Shuck  he  thus  graphically  describes  the 
initiatory  ceremony: 

"The  officers  necessary  to  initiate  a  candidate  into  an 
Odd-fellow's  lodge  are,  a  noble  grand,  with  his  right  and 
left-hand  supporters ;vice-grand,  with  his  right  and  left- 
hand  supporters;  the  warden,  or  father  of  the  lodge;  the 
inside  and  outside  guards;  and  the  secretary  and  treas- 
urer. After  the  candidate  has  been  balloted  for  and  ac- 
cepted, on  the  night  of  initiation  he  is  taken  into  the 
preparation  room  by  the  one  who  proposed  him,  and  is 
prepared  by  blindfolding.  He  is  then  conducted  to  the 
door  of  the  lodge  by  the  outside  guardian,  who  knocks 
on  it  three  times.  On  hearing  this  the  inside  guardian 
answers  the  raps  by  three  more,  opens  the  dot)r  and  in- 
quires, 'Who  comes  there'?'  The  outside  guardian  replies, 
'A  stranger,  who  wants  admission  to  this  ancient  and 
honorable  order  of  firm  and  independent  Odd-fellows.' 
The  inside  guardian  returns  to  the  lodge  and  says,  'Most 
worthy  vice,  a  stranger  wishes  to  enter.'  The  vice-grand 
inquires,  'Is  he  duly  and  truly  prepared'?'  Inside  guard: 
'He  is.'  Vice-grand:  'Is  he  worthy  and  well  qualified'?' 
Inside  guard:  "He  is.'  Vice-grand:  "Then  admit  him.' 
He  is  then  admitted,  conducted  three  times  around  the 
lodge,  and  halted.  The  conductor  then  steps  up  to  him 
and  gives  him  a  violent  blow  with  his  hand  on  his  shoul- 
der, and  at  the  same  time  exclaims  in  a  violent  tone, 
'Stand!  presumptuous  mortal,  and  forget  not  the  dreadful 
scenes  you  have  to  pass  to  show  you  have  the  fortitude  of 
man!  Stranger,  before  you  farther  go  a  warning  you 
must  take!  Behind  your  back  is  fire,  under  your  feet  is  a 
yawning  gulf,  and  before  j'our  breast  is  a  jjoiuted  instru- 
ment of  death!'  (At  this  moment  a  spear  or  dart,  kept 
in  the  lodge  for  that  purpose,  is  pressed  against  the  candi- 
date's breast.)  The  conductor  then  speaks  to  the  mem- 
bers of  the  lodge  and  says,  "Shall  we  proceed  to  torture 
the  victim,  or  shall  we  mercy  show'?'  'Then  all  the  lodge 
with  one  voice  exclaim  in  a  low  and  gentle  sound,  'Pro- 
ceed! Proceed!'  The  conductor  then  says,  'Prepare, 
then,  the  galling  chain;  prepare,  and  bind  the  victim 
fast!"  The  candidate  is  then  chained.  The  chain  is  put 
over  the  candidate's  neck,  brought  forward  under  his 
arms,  and  carried  back  and  hooked  tight  on  his  neck. 
The  conductor  then  says,  'Light  up  the  furnace  and  make 
it  ten  times  hotter.'  Then  a  gi-eat  rattling  of  old 
iron  is  heard.  The  conductor  then  addresses 
the  members  as  follows,  'Shall  we  proceed  to 
tortme  the  victim,  or  shall  we  mercy  show'?' 
They  all  say,  "Mercy  show."  The  conductor  then  says, 
"But  hark!  Hear  the  agonizing  groans  of  those  who  are 
doomed  to  everlasting  woe.''  Then  all  groan;  and  the 
conductor  says,  "Then  we  will  show  mercy.  Stranger, 
go  down  on  j'our  knees."  The  candidate  kneels,  his  hood- 
wink is  taken  off,  and  the  following  scripture  is  read: 
"Man  that  is  born  of  -woman,"  etc.  (Job  14:  1.)  The 
candidate  is  then  directed  to  arise,  and  is  conducted  to  the 
death-scene  (technically  called  by  the  Odd-Fellows  the 
D.  S.),  and  is  asked,  "What  do  3-ou  most  desire'?"  He  is 
prompted  to  say,  "Light."  He  is  then  asked,  "If  j-ou 
were  brought  to  light, could  you  tell  who  conducted  you'?" 
The  candidate  generally  replies  in  the  afiirmative.  His 
bandage  is  then  stripped  oil  by  one  of  the  brethren,  who 
points  to  the  death-scene,  and  says,  "Is  that  he'?"  The 
"death-scene,"  or  "pale  face,"  is  a  transparent  painting, 
representing  Death  in  a  most  horrible  appearance,  and   is 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE. 


Pebeuary  8,  1883 


so  contrived  as  that  the  brother  whose  duty  it  is  to  offici- 
ate behind  it  brings  his  own  head,  which  is  covered  by  a 
white  gauze  veil  so  as  to  form  the  head  of  the  "death- 
scene;"  and  elevating  one  hand,  in  which  he  holds  a  long 
dart,  or  spear,  he  casts  a  fiend-like  stare  at  the  candidate, 
whose  horror  and  apprehensions  that  he  is  among  the  in- 
fernal spirits  in  pandemonium  are  increased  when  he 
beholds  all  around  him  the  masks  of  most  odd  appear 
ance.  After  a  moment's  pause  the  death-scene  thus 
addresses  the  candidate:  "Stranger,  all  men  are  born  to 
die,  and  after  death  the  judgment;  and  shouldst  thou 
prove  false  and  betray  our  secrets,  remember,  remember, 
remember  thy  end."  At  the  same  time  he  brandishes  the 
dart  at  the  canditate's  breast. 


REFORM  STORY. 


HOLDEN  WITH  G0BD8. 


BY    THE    AUTHOR  ^OF    "  LITTLE    PEOPLE,"     "  A     SUNNY 
•       "       LIFE,"   ETC. 

CHAPTER  XXXVII    (CONTINUED) . — IN     WHICH  HISTORY    RE- 
PEATS ITSELF. 

Astounded,  indignant,  almost  questioning  whether  my 
ears  had  heard  aright,  I  listened  to  the  giving  of 
the  verdict  which  was  followed  by  loud  applause 
from  Colonel  Montforts'  adherents,  who  closed 
around  Jervish  and  bore  him  away  like 
a  conquering  hero.  It  was  the  same  scene  with  which  the 
coxirt  rooms  of  western  New  York  grew  so  familiar  in 
1826  and  the  four  years  succeeding.  It  was  history  re- 
peated, a  Masonic  jui-y  setting  aside  the  plainest  evidence 
for  testimony  that  bore  the  stamp  of  perjury  on  its  very 
face ;  law  helpless  under  the  heel  of  the  lodge,  and  the 
same  exultant  rallying  around  the  murderer. 

Rachael  was  silent  for  a  moment  after  I  told  her  the  re- 
sult of  the  trial;  then  she  bowed  her  head  on  her  clasped 
hands  with  a  sound  that  was  half  a  groan,  half  a  sob. 

"Mother!"  I  said,  gently. 

"I  can't  help  it;"  she  answered.  "Shall  secret  iniquity 
triumph  forever?  I  feel  as  if  I  could  call  upon  God  as  the 
prophet  did  to  rend  the  heavens  and  come  down." 

"But  there  is  a  day  of  reckoning  coming,  you  forget 
that,  mother." 

"No;  I  don't  forget  it,  but  it  seems  such  a  great  way  off. 
What  my  heart  cries  out  for  is  justice  now.  It  will  be  a 
satisfaction  to  the  universe  no  doubt  when  this  wretch 
gets  his  deserts  at  the  day  of  judgement  through  it  be  a 
million  years  hence;  but  thinking  of  that  will  never 
reconcile  me  to  his  going  free  of  punishment  here.  His 
acquittal  is  a  standing  menace  to  the  peace  and  virtue  of 
every  home.  If  the  lodge  can  defy  law  at  one  time  and 
in  one  place  it  can  at  other  times  and  in  other  places — 
and  what  is  more,  it  will." 

"Well,"  saiTi  Anson  Lovejoy  who  had  come  in  to  talk 
over  the  result  of  the  trial,  "Colonel  Montfort  and  his 
party  triumph  openly  and  shamelessly  in  the  fact  that 
they  have  cleared  Jervish.  At  this  very  moment  some 
of  the  jury  are  over  to  the  tavern  having  a  grand  drinking 
fuddle  in  honor  of  their  victory.  Colonel  Montfort  I  un- 
derstand is  preparing  a  garbled  report  of  the  affair  for  a 
Chicago  daily,  in  which  he  will  represent  Jervish  as  a 
cruelly  attacked  victim  of  a  malicious  Anti-masonic  per- 
secution, winding  up  with  a  glowing  account  of  his 
triumphant  vindication  before  the  jury.  I  am  rather  glad 
he  is  going  to  do  so  for  it  will  give  me  a  chance  to  reply. 
The  real  facts  of  the  case  should  be  placed  before  the 
people,  and  signed  by  competent  witnesses,  so  that  every 
honest  man  and  woman  who  reads  it  shall  be  convinced 
on  which  side  the  truth  lies." 

"That  is  a  good  idea  if  you  can  £;et  such  an  article  in- 
serted;" I  answered,  with  a  vivid  remembrance  of  the 
times  now  grown  so  distant  and  shadowy,  when  from  one 
end  of  the  land  to  the  other  scarce  a  paper  dared  to  print 
an  account  of  Morgans'  abduction ;  when,  deaf  alike  to 
the  appeals  of  outraged  humanity  and  violated  law,  editors 
almost  everywhere  resolutely  closed  their  columns  to  the 
whole  subject,  presenting  that  saddest  of  spectacles  in  a 
land  of  freedom, — an  enslaved  press. 

"0 1 1  think  there  will  be  no  difficulty  about  that;"  re- 
turned Lovejoy.  "After  publishing  one  side  of  the  affair 
they  couldn't  for  decency's  sake  refuse  to  publish  the 
other." 

"How  is  your  trial  before  the  Grand  lodge  coming  out?" 
I  inquired. 

"I  hardly  know  yet,  I  sent  my  defence  in  writing,  for  I 
could  not  spare  the  money  to  go  in  person,  and  besides  I 
have  ceased  to  consider  myself  as  being  under  the  jurisdic- 
tion of  the  lodge.  They  appointed  a  commitee  of  three 
to  investigate  the  charges  against  me  and  report  to  the 
Grand  Master.  As  this  committee  was  composed  of  an 
ex-Governor  and  two  ministers  I  naturally  supposed  that 
I  should  receive  gentlemanly  treatment  from  their  hands 
— at  least  courtesy  and   common  fairness.     But  this  was 


not  the  case.  They  refused  to  hear  any  testimony  but 
that  of  my  accusers,  and  conducted  the  investigation,  which 
was  the  merest  farce  from  begininng  to  end,  more  in  the 
spirit  of  examining  members  of  the  Inquisition  than  any- 
thing else.  1  presume  they  reported  adversel}',  I  neither 
know  nor  care.  Nor  shall  I  wait  for  the  decision  of  the 
Grand  Master,  I  have  already  sent  in  my  renunciation  and 
my  reasons  for  doing  so  which  are  substantially  these: — 
'I  find  that  every  Mason  is  under  obligation  to  conceal 
a  brother  Mason's  crime;  that  the  greater  the  crime 
the  stronger  the  obligation  to  conceal  it;  that  the  lodge 
has  the  power  of  life  and  death  over  its  members;  and 
that  if  any  member  knows  of  his  intended  assassination 
he  has  no  right  to  use  any  other  means  of  safety  than  his 
own  physical  force  or  keeping  out  of  the  way.' " 

Lovejoy  spoke  with  slow  solemn  emphasis.  He  had 
learned  at  last  the  lesson  that  Mark  and  I  learned 
two  score  years  before  from  a  page  stained  with 
martyr's  blood  and  blotted  with  the  tears  of  the  widow 
The  iron  had  entered  into  his  soul. 

Elder  Stedman  had  already  delivered  one  or  two  Anti- 
masonic  lectures  without  encountering  any  very  serious 
opposition.  Another  was  advertised  to  be  given  in  the 
Quipaw  Creek  school  house  on  Thursday  evening  of  this 
same  week. 

The  party  at  the  tavern  had  a  chance  to  see  the  notice 
which  was  put  up  in  a  conspicuous  corner  of  the  public 
room,  and  make  their  own  peculiar  comments  thereon. 
But  remembering  that  my  reader's  ears  are  unaccustomed 
to  vulgarity  and  profaneness,  I  shall  only  transcribe  that 
part  of  their  talk  which  is  of  immediate  interest  in  view 
of  the  events  that  are  to  follow. 

Colonel  Montfort  himself  was  pledged  to  settle  the 
score,  and  under  the  pleasant  stimulus  of  this  recollec- 
tion there  was  a  general  drinking  to  the  health  of  the  gal- 
lent  Colonel. 

"  Come  boys,  now  for  a  rouser;"  said  the  leader  as  he 
again  filled  up  his  glass.  Here's  to  Maurice  Jervish,  the 
brave  and  innocent." 

The  toast  was  responded  to  with  drunken  enthu- 
siasm, and  in  nauseating  triumph  every  glass  was 
drained. 

Reader,  when  the  lodge  has  reached  what  it  takes  a 
good  deal  of  pains  to  inform  us  through  its  orators  on 
St.  John's  day  and  other  appropriate  occasions,  is  its  ulti 
mate  aim  and  object;  when  it  rules  the  whole  of  our  be- 
loved country  from  New  England  to  the  Sierras;  when  it 
elects  all  our  public  officers  from  President  and  Governor 
downwards;  when  it  pulls  the  wires  at  every  political  con- 
vention and  caucus,  and  controls  every  town  meeting;  in 
those  palmy  days  a  man  may  do  that  which  is  right  in  his 
own  eyes;  he  may  seduce,  murder,  rob,  cheat,  commit  all 
the  crimes  in  the  catalogue,  only  provided  that  he  has 
first  had  the  foresight  to  learn  a  few  Masonic  signs  and 
grips,  and  has  likewise  had  the  discrimination  to  select 
his  victims  entirely  from  the  ranks  of  cowans  and  out- 
siders. A  possibility  that  by  that  time  so  many  will  join 
the  lodge  from  motives  of  self -protection  as  to  seriously  lim- 
it the  field  of  operations  would  seem  at  first  a  slight  obstacle 
in  the  way  of  this  cheerful  prospect.  But  all  the  difficulty 
rises  from  a  superficial  view  of  the  subject.  There  will 
always  be  the  cowan  in  the  land;  men  too  poor  or  too 
shiftless  to  pay  the  lodge  dues;  men  too  independent  to 
surrender  their  liberty  to  a  secret  despotism;  humble  fol- 
lowers of  the  Lord  who  refuse  to  bow  to  anti-Christ;  be- 
sides cripples  and  minors,  to  say  nothing  of  the  whole  fe- 
male sex  barred  out  by  circumstance  or  accident  from  the 
tender  charities  of  the  lodge. 

Now  as  the  above  mentioned  classes  taken  together, 
form  at  a  moderate  estimate  considerably  more  than  two- 
thirds  of  the  world's  population  it  will  be  readily  seen 
that  the  time  is  not  likely  ever  to  arrive  when  Masonry 
shall  be  restricted  in  its  operations  by  too  narrow  a  field 
outside. 

But  wc  will  leave  dipping  into  the  future  and  go  back 
to  the  party  gathered  at  the  tavern  who  had  been  drinking 
just  freely  enough  to  be  primed  for  rowdyism. 

"I  say,  let's  go  over  to  Quipaw  to-night  and  shut  the 
mouth  of  that  confounded  Methodist  parson;"  proposed 
one.  "The  old  rascal  needs  a^ lesson.  Why  don't  he  stick 
to  his  business  and  let  other  things  alone?" 

"That's  so,"  was  the  ready  response  of  another.  "He 
ought  to  be  treated  to  a  coat  of  tar  and  feathers,  ranting 
up  and  down  the  country,  making  trouble  in  the  family 
and  setting  wives  against  their  husbands.  Now  my  wife 
hates  Masonry  like  the  devil,  and  ever  since  she  heard 
that  confounded  fellow  lecture  she's  been  worse  about  it. 
Now  I  say  that  Masonry  ain't  a  part  of  a  preacher's  bus- 
iness. He  ought  to  stick  to  the  Gospel.  That's  what  minis- 
ters are  for." 

It  is  astonishing,  reader,  the  unanimity  of  opinion  that 


sometimes  exists  between  two  very  opposite  classes  of 
men.  The  drunken  rowdy  who  gave  utterance  to  the 
above  edifying  sentiments  was  of  exactly  the  same  mind 
with  the  Rev.  Dr.  Easy,  who  was  at  that  very  moment 
expressing  to  one  of  the  deacons  of  his  church  his  sorrow 
that  Bro.  Stedman  should  leave  his  legitimate  business  of 
saving  souls  to  attack  such  a  respectable  institution  as 
Freemasonry,  with  which  so  many  worthy  men  were  con- 
nected. 

Meanwhile  the  elder  was  lifting  up  his  heart  in  prayei- 
for  strength  to  stand  firm  against  the  enemies  of  the  truth : 
for  a  spirit  of  meekness  and  charity  towards  all  who  should 
oppose;  for  the  presence  of  Jesus  Christ  to  go  with  him 
in  might  and  power,  directing  the  battle  to  a  glorious  vic- 
tory over  the  hosts  of  Baal,  for  the  honor  of  his  precious 
name,  and  the  hastening  of  his  day  of  Millennial  triumph. 

The  elder  rose  from  his  knees  and  walked  to  the  place 
appointed,  calm  as  the  summer  sunset.  He  would  have 
been  calm  if  he  had  known  that  he  was  to  encounter  a 
raging  mob  ready  to  tear  him  in  pieces.  Into  tliat  eternal 
fortress  where  the  righteous  run  and  are  safe,  his  soul 
had  entered.  Girded  from  Jehovah's  celestial  armory, 
with  the  sword  of  truth  in  his  hand  that  forty  years  of 
constant  warfare  had  only  whetted  to  a  keen  edge,  why 
should  he  fear  the  face  of  mortal  man? 

He  began  his  lecture  which  was  on  the  relation  of  the 
Christian  religion  to  Masonry,  in  comparative  quiet.  It 
was  a  rather  miscellaneous  audience;  a  few  earnest  intelli- 
gent men  and  women  met  to  learn  what  they  could  about 
a  system  which  pretends  to  hold  in  its  keeping  ineffable 
secrets  impossible  to  be  discovered  by  profane  gaze,  yet 
with  curious  inconsistency  binds  all  its  members  under 
awful  oaths  never  to  reveal  the  unrevealable !  A  few 
drawn  by  cm-iosity;  and  a  considerable  number,  among 
whom  was  the  party  from  the  tavern,  whose  only  de- 
sign in  coming  was  to  disturb  the  meeting  and  mob  the 
lecturer. 

In  the  coiu-se  of  his  argument  he  first  described  in  a 
few  brief  fitting  words  the  nature  and  essence  of  true  re- 
ligion, on.which  followed  naturally  a  counter  description 
of  Masonry.  Here  the  elder  began  to  tread  on  dangerous 
ground.  So  long  as  he  kept  to  generalities  they  could 
afford  to  listen  with  tolerable  equanimity.  They  could 
even  bear  to  be  told  that  the  lodge  was  an  emanation 
from  the  smoke  of  the  bottomless  pit;  a  low,  cunning 
caricature  of  Christianity,  a  revival  of  the  woi'ship  of  Baal 
and  Tammuz,  and  every  other  heathen  deity  mentioned  in 
Scripture.  But  when  in  order  t )  prove  these  statementfi 
he  began  a  rapid  review  of  the  lodge  ceremonies:  the 
stripping,  the  hoodwink,  the  cable-tow,  and  the  mock 
killing  and  raising  to  life  again  of  the  widow's  son, 
they  felt  that  it  was  high  time  to  rally  to  tlie  support  of 
the  ancient  and  venerable  handmaid  thus  ruthlessly 
despoiled  of  all  that  borrowed  attire  in  which  her  heart 
delighted. 

"You  are  perjured."  shouted  a  voice   in  the   audience. 

"In  what  way?"  mildly  inquired  the  elder. 

The  man  was  about  to  answer,  "By  telling  our 
secrets,"  but  the  liquor  he  had  drank  had  not  so  far  mud- 
dled his  bi-ains  that  he  did  not  bethink  himself  in  time; 
and  as  he  had  not  taken  the  precaution  to  "fill  his  mouth 
with  arguments"  beforehand,  having  filled  his  pockets 
instead  with  another  kind  of  argument  very  much  in 
vogue  with  the  opponents  of  unpopular  reform,  he  con- 
tented himself  with  simply  reiterating,  "You  are  per- 
jured," and  sat  down. 

The  elder,  however,  was  armed  cap-a-pie  against  all  such 
attacks. 

"I  am  perjured,  then,  because  I  tell  the  truth  about 
Masonry.  If  I  was  telling  falsehoods  it  wouldn't  be  per 
jury.  Now,"  added  the  elder,  turning  to  his  audience, 
"this  man  who  has  just  interrupted  me  is  sworn  'ever  to 
conceal  and  never  reveal'  the  secrets  of  the  order;  but  he 
has  just  revealed  them  by  the  very  act  of  applying  to  me 
such  a  term.  Which  of  us,  then,  is  perjured?  I  speak 
as  to  wise  men.     Judge  ye." 

But  at  this  point  the  speaker's  voice  was  di-owned  in  a 
storm  of  hissings,  hootings,  stampings  and  yellings,  while 
showers  of  rotten  eggs  bespattered  him  liberally  from 
head  to  foot.  The  wild  elements  were  let  loose.  Raging 
waves  of  the  sea,  foaming  out  their  own  shame,  is  no 
wrapt  description  of  the  scene  that  followed.  The  elder, 
after  a  vain  attempt  to  continue  speaking,  dismissed  the 
audience  as  well  as  he  could,  and  the  respectable  part  dis- 
persed. He  himself  remained  behind  to  gather  up  his 
books.  This  gave  time  for  a  crowd  of  infuriated  Masons 
to  close  about  the  platform,  and  surround  him  like  a  cor- 
don of  wild  beasts,  with  cries  of  "Bring  a  rail,  egg  him, 
feather  him,  shoot  him."  But  their  most  outrageous 
demonstrations  of  insult  and  violence  did  not  cause  a  rip- 
ple in  that  heavenly  calm  which  pervaded  the  elder's  soul. 


February  8,   1883 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE. 


To  long  to  suffer  for  the  truth's  sake  is  in  some  souls 
almost  a  natural  instinct.  It  was  so  with  Mark  Stedman. 
He  was  born  with  those  qualities  that  make  a  martyr — 
dauntless  courage  and  intense  loyalty  to  his  convictions. 
And  if  we  add  to  this  the  fact  of  all  those  long  years  of 
service  for  his  Master,  deadening  every  case-loving,  self- 
interested  fibre  in  his  nature;  but  quickening  in  the  ssame 
ratio  every  heavenly  impulse  of  his  sovd,  till  the  ordinary 
motives  that  sway  men  had  scarcely  more  influence  over 
him  than  if  he  had  been  a  glorified  spirit,  it  will  be 
readily  seen  that  if  their  object  was  to  frighten  the  elder, 
he  was  about  the  worst  possible  su])ject  thej'  (^ould  have 
selected  for  such  an  experiment. 

"My  friends,"  he  said,  mildly,  "you  see  that  I  am 
powerless;  you  can  do  with  me  what  you  choose.  .  You 
can  take  my  life,  but  God  rules  in  heaven,  and  the  truth 
will  triumph  all  the  same — perhaps  quicker.  My  soul  is 
in  his  keeping;  you  cannot  harm  the  truth,  and  you  can- 
not harm  me." 

The  mob  was  silent  for  an  instant,  over  awed  by  the 
meek  daring  of  this  sei'vant  of  God;  then  their  rage 
broke  out  anew  in  redoubled  yells  and  fresh  threats  of 
violence.  Suddenly  a  man  among  the  crowd  whose  fea- 
tures were  partly  concealed  by  a  hat  that  he  wore,  either 
by  accident  or  design,  pretty  well  over  his  eyes,  leaped  on 
the  platform  and  with  one  quick  movement  extinguished 
the  lights.  The  same  friendly  hand  seized  on  the  elder, 
who,  by  the  diversion  thus  made,  and  with  the  aid  of  his 
unknown  helper,  managed  in  the  darkness  and  confusion 
to  make  his  escape. 

It  was  Anson  Lovejoy,  who  had  seen  the  notice  and 
made  up  his  mind  to  attend  the  lecture,  half  surmising 
that  there  might  be  trouble.  By  mingling  with  the  mob 
as  if  one  of  them,  he  had  executed  his  bold  maneuvre, 
and  the  elder  went  home  unharmed  in  person  and  not  a 
whit  discouraged  in  soul. 

"The  wrath  of  man  shall  praise  him,  and  the  remain 
der  he  will  restrain,"  said  Mark,  in  talking  over  the  affair 
a  few  days  after.  "Outrage  and  violence  never  really 
hinder  the  progress  of  the  truth.  I  believe  more  Anti- 
masons  were  made  by  that  lecture  than  by  the  two  others 
l-hat  passed  off  quietly." 

"And  it  would  make  still  more,"  said  Lovejoy,  "if  the 
press  were  not  so  completely  dominated  by  Masonic  in- 
fluence that  the  most  daring  attempt  to  suppress  free 
speech  passes  unnoticed.  That  Chicago  Journal  has 
actually  refused  to  publish  the  contradiction  to  Colonel 
Montfort's  article,  though  signed  by  candid,  intelligent 
men  who  were  on  the  coroner's  jury  and  knew  all  the 
facts  of  the  case.' 

"Well,"  said  I,  "editors  and  ministers  are,  of  all  men, 
most  timid  about  touching  anything  that  savors  of  re- 
form. The  lodge  has  pretty  much  one  and  the  same  ar- 
gument for  both.  Editors  don't  want  to  displease  their 
Masonic  patrons,  and  lose  thereby  a  part  of  their  bread 
and  butter.  Ministers  don't  want  to  jDreach  an  unpopular 
reform  and  so  run  the  risk  of  losing  a  slice  off  their  sal- 
aries. And  considering  what  a  poor  weak  concern  human 
nature  is,  even  at  its  best  estate,  I  can't  say  I  much  won- 
der at  it." 

"Do  you  know  that  a  professed  minister  of  the  gospel 
was  foremost  in  the  riotous  demonstrations  the  other 
night?"  said  Lovejoy.  "I  tell  you  while  ministers  and 
church  members  support  Masonry,  the  system  will  stand. 
And  furthermore,  so  long  as  ministers  and  church  mem- 
bers who  are  not  Masons  'think  it  is  a  good  institution,' 
so  long  as  they  will  excuse  and  defend  it,  so  long  it  will 
be  impossible  to  overthrow  it." 

"I  have  been  thinking  of  bringing  up  the  subject  be- 
fore our  next  Quarterly  Conference,"  said  the  elder.  "If 
the  church  is  ever  to  cast  this  viper  out  of  her  bosom  it 
must  be  through  agitation  from  within.  If  reform  does 
not  begin  at  the  house  of  God,  judgment  surely  will." 


THE  MONUMENT  FUND. 

A  brother  writes  from  Iowa  asking  about  subscriptions 

nnide  to   the  Morgan  Monument   Fund,    and  wishing  to 

know  the  status  of  the  case.     Otliers  may  desire  the  same 

information. 

The  expense  of  the  monument  with  .500  letters  as  per  contract 

was $3,500.00 

Cost  of  lot  ou  which  it  stands 24.00 

Extra  lettering  at  13>.<  cents  a  letter 20.00 

Incidentals     for    grading    lot,    etc 6.73 

Total $2,550.73 

Receipt  to  Feb.   1st.,   1883 $3,373.30 

Deficit  which   has  been   advanced   from  the  N.   C.   A. 
treasury $     178.43 

Several  friends  made  pledges  which  have  not  been  re- 
deemed. Some  of  these  were  conditional.  We  have 
used  our  best' judgment,  and  the  work  has  been  completed 
and  approved  by  the  committee  in  charge,  and  gave  gen- 
eral satisfaction  to  the  friends  who  were  present  from 
several  States  at  the  unveiling,  Sept.  13,  1882.  If  those 
in  arrears  would  send  in  the  amounts  of  their  pledges, 
and  a  few  others  add  their  offerings,  the  whole  account 
would  be  squared  without  expense  to  the  general  funds. 

J.  P.  Stoddaiu). 


New  England. 


THE  NEW  ENGLAND  BOARD  of  the  National  Christian  As- 
sociation has  its  headquarters  at  No.  8  Portland  St.,  Worcester, 
Mass.  A  full  supply  of  books  and  tracts  constantly  on  hand. 
Orders  promptly  filled.     Correspondence  solicited. 

E.  D.  Bailey,   N.  E.  Sec'y. 


The  tobacco-smoking  Masonic  pastor  of  the  M.  E. 
Church  at  Willimantic,  Conn.,  is  reported  to  have  said 
that  "the  use  of  tobacco  is  not  a  moral  question."  We 
must  now  revise  our  moral  code  and  leave  tobacco, 
opium,  alcoholic  drinks  on  the  "free  list,"  their  use  being 
morally  a  matter  of  indifference. 

It  is  meet  that  the  Congregational  pastor  in  the  same 
town  (Willimantic)  should  reject  the  inspiration  of  the 
Scriptures  and  declare  he  would  "as  soon  take  a  text 
from  a  dime  novel  (if  it  was  true)  as  from  the  Bible." 
This  is  on  a  par  with  another  wag  who  said  he  "would  as 
soon  believe  a  lie  (if  it  was  true)  as  to  believe  the  truth." 
That  church  pays  $1,500  per  annum  for  such  nonsense. 

C.  T.  Collins,  of  Windsor,  says:  "Am  very  much 
pleased  with  the  improvement  in  the  Cynosure.  I  would 
like  to  know  the  name  of  the  writer  of  the  Reform  Story 
'Holden  with  Cords.'  I  think  it  is  the  best  story  I  ever 
read." 

A  conference  of  Advent  churches  was  held  recently  in 
Worcester..  Rev.  H.  L.  Hastings  of  Boston,  and  other 
friends  of  our  reform,  were  present.  It  is  reported  that 
one  secret  society  man  publicly  renounced  his  connection 
with  the  lodges  during  the  meetings.  It  is  also  said  that 
one  of  the  men  recently  joining  the  Church  of  Christ  in 
this  city  declared  his  purpose  to  abandon  the  lodge. 
Some  other  cases  similar  to  these  have  come  to  our  notice. 


AN  INSTRUCTIVE  ENCOUNTER. 

Worcester,  Mass.,  Jan.  30,  1883. 

"Truth  should  be  spoken  at  all  times  but  more  es- 
pecially at  those  times  when  to  speak  truth  is  dangerous." 
—  Coleridge. 

A  revision  should  be  made  of  this  motto  to  suit  modern 
ideas, — Truth  should  not  be  spoken  at  all  times  but  should 
always  be  suppressed  at  those  times  when  to  speak  truth 
is  dangerous  to  one's  popularity.  On  this  principle  men 
are  acting.  A  gentleman  told  me  that  he  and  his  mother 
had  disputed  on  that  question  many  times,  he  contending 
that  truth  should  not  always  be  spoken.  The  practical 
application  which  he  made  of  the  principle  was  that,  his 
employer  being  a  Mason,  it  was  best  for  him  to  suppress 
his  convictions. 

Such  action  may  satisfy  some  men's  views  of  life,  but 
there  are  many  others  whose  convictions  of  duty  will  not 
suffer  them  to  kee])  silence  while  the  chains  of  error  are 
encircling  their  fellow  men.  They  prefer  to  be  men, 
rather  than  things;  to  be  positive  forces  rather  than  non- 
entities. There  are  some  men  who  make  places  both  for 
themselves  and  their  principles,  while  others  suffer  them- 
selves to  be  crowded  into  narrow  places  where  there  is  no 
room  for  their  principles. 

The  old  dodges  of  lodge  men  will  never  cease  to  be 
amusing  so  long  as  there  are  found  poor  dupes  to  practice 
them.  WTiile  waiting  for  a  train  at  a  town  in  Connecti- 
cut, I  stepped  into  a  barber  shop  to  deposit  a  little  Anti- 
masonic  dynamite.  The  usual  number  of  wiseacres  were 
])resent,  ready  to  exhibit  their  profound  learning  on  all 
subjects  from  the  comet  to  the  last  dog  fight.  After 
hearing  their  jabber  for  awhile  I  handed  them  each  a 
paper,  telling  them  I  could  furnish  a  more  interesting 
theme  and  one  that  was  not  threadbare. 

Perfect  silence  reigned  for  a  few  minutes,  till  they  had 
scanned  the  papers  and  comprehended  the  situation.  The 
barber  was  the  first  to  break  the  stillness  with  a  long 
harangue  on  the  glories  of  Masonry,  ending  with  the 
usual  oracular  declaration  that  if  a  man  would  "live  up 
to  Masonry  "  it  would  be  all  the  religion  he  would  need. 
There  was  some  muttering  of  dissent  from  his  views,  some 
inquiring  "  why  it  was  secret  if  it  was  so  good;  "  others 
asking  "  What  about  Morgan? "  The  last  to  speak  was  a 
tall,  good-looking  gentleman,  who  might  make  a  good 
"Worshipful  Master"  if  fortune  favored  him.  In  a  very 
pompous  manner  he  propounded  the  usual  inquiry  which 
is  calculated  to  make  every  offending  cowan  shake  in  his 
boots,  "Are  you  a  Mason?" 

What  should  be  done?  Had  I  not  learned  the  awful 
fate  of  one  who  speaks  of  Masonry  when  he  isn't  a 
Mason?  However,  all  eyes  were  turned  upon  me  and  the 
awful  question  must  be  answered  and  the  consequences 
suffered.  I  was  of  course  compelled  meekly  to  answer, 
"No,  sir."  Whereat  the  whole  weight  of  his  awful  wis- 
dom was  poured  out  upon  me. 

"I  knew  you  were  not;  you  don't  know  nothing  about 
Masonry  and  you  can't  know  nothing  about  it.  All  you 
can  write  or  speak  on  the  subject  won't  amount  to  more'n 
the  snap  o'  your  finger."  The  barber  grunted  assent, 
the  crowd  evidently  pitied  me,  but  the  Mason  was  tri- 
umphant. The  hand-maid  had  again  been  defended,  her 
glory  was  at  its  zenith. 


Of  course  I  could  do  no  less  than  congratulate  him  on 
having  "spoken  his  piece "  very  well  indeed,  assuring 
htm  that  I  had  heard  Masons  speak  the  same  piece  in  aU 
the  New  England  States,  but  none  of  them  rendered  it 
any  better  than  he  did!  Did  ever  Mason  speak  without 
running  into  a  snare?  It  was  presumed  that  he  was  right; 
outsiders  could  not  possibly  know  anything  about  Mason- 
ry; they  might  read  the  books,  talk  vdth  Masons,  read 
what  perjured  mllains  say,  or  even  hear  what  the  learned 
barber  had  said  of  the  glories  of  Masonry,  or  still  more 
what  the  wise  gentleman  before  us  had  said,  and  still  we 
couldn't  know  enough  to  write  a  newspaper  paragraph  on 
the  subject!  We  could  not  possibly  know  whether  it  was 
good  or  bad.  The  gentleman  himself  was  equally  igno 
rant  when  he  joined;  he  went  in  a  perfect  fool,  a  simple 
ton,  an  idiot  on  the  subject;  he  did  not  know  whether  it 
was  good  or  evil — there  was  no  way  of  knowing,  and 
strangest  of  all  he  now  declares  that  even  he  can't  tell  us 
enough  truth  about  it  to  enable  us  to  pen  a  paragi-aph  on 
the  subject.  When  the  barber  says  it  is  the  best  institu- 
tion on  the  face  of  the  earth  we  still  do  not  know  whether 
it  is  or  not;  when  he  says  it  is  a  good  religion  he  says 
also  that  we  can't  know  that  it  is  so ;  when  he  says  it  is 
benevolent  he  declares  that  it  may  not  be  benevolent  even 
though  he  affirms  it  to  be  so;  in  short,  before  a  man  joins 
he  knows  nothing  about  Masonry  and  after  he  joins  you 
can't  possibly  rely  on  what  he  says  about  it,  therefore — 
but  the  man  suddenly  remembered  that  it  is  "agin  our 
rules"  to  talk  on  the  subject  and  his  chores  needed  to  be 
done! 

But  the  crowd  did  not  disperse  till  one  of  their  number 
who  had  lately  read  Thurlow  Weed's  letter,  told  the  story 
of  Morgan's  abduction  and  others  had  argued  against  the 
institution  in  their  own  way,  the  barber  meanwhile  being 
unable  to  resist  their  logic.  The  good  sense  of  the  people, 
to  say  nothing  of  Christian  virtue,  will  bury  Masonry  in 
the  grave  of  its  own  digging,  when  once  the  people  dare 
to  speak.  It  is  easier  to  get  at  the  minds  of  the  people 
than  it  was  a  year  ago  and  the  Masons  are  feeling  their 
own  unpopularity.  They  have  less  courage  than  for- 
merly and  I  fancy  they  have  already  "seen  the  hand- 
writing on  the  wall.  E.  D.  Baxlet. 


PRACTICAL  RESULTS. 


A  minister,  in  sentiment  opposed  to  secret  societies,  ex- 
cused his  inactivity  in  the  reform  by  remarking  that  he 
could  not  see  the  practical  evils  which  the  reformers  ap- 
prehend. Many  suppose  that  we  are  contending  against 
possible  dangers  in  the  future  and  that  there  is  no  great 
amount  of  evil  at  present.  This  is  a  great  mistake.  We 
are  in  the  midst  of  evils  which  are  daily  increasing. 

No  one  can  connect  the  cause  of  these  evils  with  the 
effect  until  he  has  made  a  careful  investigation.  It  can 
be  demonstrated  that  the  infidelity  and  scepticism  of  the 
country  has  a  congenial  home  and  protection  in  the  lodges; 
.that  in  fact  thousands  of  young  men  have  been  converted 
to  the  lodge  in  lieu  of  the  church;  that  the  infidelity  of  the 
lodge  is  reacting  upon  the  church  and  poisoning  the  re- 
ligious life;  that  already  the  lodge  has  gained  a  controll- 
ing influence  in  the  church  and  suppressed  all  discussion 
of  its  principles  and  methods.  The  latter  fact  is  capable 
of  practical  demonstration,  for  every  minister  knows  that 
he  would  lose  his  position  should  he  attempt  a  practical 
discussion  of  the  lodges. 

It  can  be  demonstrated  that  in  politics  the  secret  lodges 
are  in  a  position  to  defeat  the  will  of  the  people  by  man- 
ipulating caucuses  and  controlling  elections.  It  is  no 
secret  that  the  majority  of  our  officers  are  secret  society 
men  and  that  this  is  not  due  to  any  superior  fitness  but  to 
the  secret  influences  exerted  in  their  behalf. 

It  can  be  demonstrated  that  all  rings  for  the  robbery  of 
the  people  are  organized  on  the  plan  of  the  secret  lodges 
and  there  can  be  no  doubt  that  they  rely  upon  their 
secret  allies  for  protection  from  processes  of  law. 

It  has  repeatedly  been  demonstrated  that  secret  societies 
are  able  to  interfere  with  the  course  of  justice  and  shield 
criminals.  There  are  not  wanting  instances  in  which 
witnesses  have  refused  to  testify  before  the  courts  because 
their  secret  obligations  required  it. 

It  is  well  known  that  some  of  the  greatest  dangers  of 
oxrr  country  have  already  grown  out  of  the  existence  of 
secret  combinations  and  this  is  a  danger  which  will  in- 
crease as  the  orders  increase. 

When  Ezekiel  described  the  secret  society  which  had 
crept  into  the  temi^le,  (Ez.  8)  he  did  not  hesitate  to  say, 
"they  have  filled  the  land  with  violence."  Whatever 
coiTupts  the  worship  of  the  peojjle  and  protects  criminals 
is  certainly  a  promoter  of  violence  and  both  of  these 
things  are  being  done  by  secret  societies. 


6 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE. 


February  8,  1883 


Correspondence. 


THE  T.  M.   G.  A.  IN  THE  COILS. 

The  new  book,  "Iti  the  Coils,"  was  Litely  presented  to 
the  Young  Men's  Christian  Association  of  Providence,  R. 
!.,_  and  two  days  after  returned,  with  thanks,  by  the  Com- 
mittee on  Library,  rejected  because  of  its  suoject  matter. 
Freemasonry. 

This  may  seem  a  small  thing-  to  notice.  A  book  is 
offered  and  declined.  That  is  all.  What  more  can  be 
said?  But  there  are  times  when  a  look  speaks  volumes, 
or  a  word  decides  the  weal  or  woe  of  thousands,  and  it  is 
possible  for  even  so  small  a  matter  as  the  rejection  of  a 
book  to  bear  not  a  little  significance. 

We  detect  in  this  little  affair  the  hidden  hand  of  Free- 
masonry seizing  the  opportunity  to  advance  its  own  inter- 
est at  the  expense  of  the  reading  public  by  depriving 
them  of  interesting,  instructive,  argumentative"  and,  at  the 
present  time,  higlily  important  reading  matter  for  the  sin 
gle  and  selfish  consideration  that  such  reading  matter 
might  be  detrimental  to  the  order  of  Freemasonry;  and 
in  this  way  gaining  a  little  respite  against  lliatdavso 
surely  coming,  when  its  proud  but  rotJten  structure  will 
come  tumbling  to  the  ground.  And  in  the  smallness  of 
its  soul,  and  the  practice  of  its  usual  tactics,  it  screens 
itself  behind  the  Young  Men's  Christian  Association  and 
uses  that  association  as  a  cat's  paw  to  do  its  dirtv  work 
We  pity  the  weakness  of  an  association  of  Christian  men 
in  thus  allowing  themselves  to  be  made  the  tool  of  an  un- 
crupulous  secret  power. 

Althougli  Freemasonry  is  undoubtedly  the  power  be- 
liind  tJie  ihrone  in  this  case,  yet  the  hands  of  the  Y.  M. 
C.  A.  are  not  entirely  clean  in  this  mattei-.  The  associa- 
tion publicly  professes  to  be  the  special  friend  and  ad- 
visor of  young  men,  and,  on  that  profession,  it  sliould 
hold  their  welfare  paramount  to  every  other  considera- 
tion, nor  can  it  consistently  neglect  to  avail  itself  of 
every  means  at  hand  to  increase  its  store  of  information 
regarding  the  perils  of  city  life  to  the  young  and  inex- 
perienced, even  though  that  peril  seems  to  lie  in  a  direc- 
tion hitherto  unsuspected. 

But  we  are  told  that  the  committee  did  not  "deem  it 
advisable  to  put  the  book  in  the  library."  Thousands  of 
young  men  in  the  city  of  Providence  are  exposed  to  the 
wiles  and  snares  of  Freemasonry,  but,  nevertheless,  the 
committee  did  not  deem  it  advisable  to  put  a  book  into 
their  hands  that  would  warn  them  of  their  danger. 

Many  of  God's  most  devoted  servants  have  left  all  and 
followed  him  in  a  road  too  rough  for  the  civilization  of 
the  nineteenth  century  to  credit,  were  it  not  for  the  un- 
answerable facts.  This  book  is  founded  upon  those  facts, 
but  the  committee  did  not  deem  it  advisable  to  place  such 
a  book  before  the  reading  public. 

This  association,  however,  did  deem  it  proper  and  ad- 
visable at  a  public  lecture  before  the  association,  a  week 
or  two  previous  to  allow  the  lecturer  to  advertise  upon 
the  back  of  his  progammes,  which  were  distributed  in 
great  profusion,  a  contemplated  excursion  of  Knights 
Templar  to  California  next  summer,  to  attend  the  trien- 
nial conclave,  where  as  disgraceful  Masonic  carousals  un- 
doubtedly will  occur  as  were  witnessed  in  Chicago  a  few 
years  ago.  Look  at  it!  With  one  hand  a  Christian  asso- 
ciation boosting  up  a  Masonic  spree,  and  with  the  other 
crushing  down  the  truth. 

"Truth,  crushed  to  the  eartli,  shall  rise  again." 

May  the  young  men  of  the  Y.  M.  C.  A.  be  filled  with 
the  spirit  of  truth,  and  although  now  their  spiritual  eyes 
are  darkened,  and  unconscioasly  thev  are  borne  down  to 
a  menial  position  by  the  heavy  yoke  "of  Freemasonry,  yet 
may  the  time  soon  come  when,  seeing  their  true  situation, 
they  may  have  grace  and  strength  to  cast  off  the  burden- 
some yoke,  to  stand  forth  once  more  free  men  in  Christ; 
Jesus,  and  with  the  persistence  and  elasticity  of  truth 
step  up  to  the  highest  plane  of  Christian  independence. 

Albert  M.  Pault<. 


MR.    WEED'S  ANTI-MASONIC  CAREER. 


The  sketch  of  Thurlow  Weed's  Anti-masonic  career,  as 
furnished  by  the  N.  Y.  Times  and  published  in  the  Cyno- 
sure, IS  an  interesting  chapter  of  political  history,  and  is 
more  free  from  mistakes  than  usual  in  articles  on  the  same 
subject,  put  forth  by  the  political  press.  One  or  two  state- 
ments, however,  may  be  questioned. 

It  is  not  quite  true  that  the  Anti-masonic  Enquirer 
was  the  first  journal  in  this  country  to  give  expression  to 
Anti-masonic  opinion.  That  paper  was  preceded  in  such 
expression  by  a  considerable  number  of  papers;  notably 
by  David  C.  Miller's  Republican  Advocate,  by  the  Lerov 
Gazette  and  Southwick's  National  Observer.  Mr.  Weed 
took  a  prominent  and  early  part  in  investigating  the  Ma- 
sonic outrages;  had  said  in  the  Rochester  Telegraph,  soon 
alter  Morgan's  disa]jpearance,  that  Masons  owed  it  to 
their  good  name  to  clear  up  the  mystery  of  his  disappear- 
ance and  this  so  stirred  up  the  craft  as  to  lead  to  his  sep- 
aration from  that  journal;  but  it  was  months  after  this 
before  the  Enquirer  was  started.  But  the  first  two  of  the 
above  papers  l)egan  the  warfare  on  Masonry  at  once 
after  the  out.rages,  and  the  National  Observer  in  the  winter 
following. 

Althougli  the  Enquirer  was  Anti-masonic  from  the 
start,  and  Mr.  Weed  favored  local  political  action,  he  did 
not  supi)ort  the  Anti-masonic  State  ticket  even  in  1828 
but  favored  Smith  Thompson  and  Francis  Granger  for 
(Toveruor  and  Lieut.  Governor.  Tlie  "  Rochester  Com 
inittee,"  composed  of  Weed,  Whittlesey,  Works  Ely  and 
Backus,  did  not  wlieel  into  line  with  the  rank  and  file 
I  he  seceding  Masons  look  the  lead  in  the  matter  of  polit- 
ical organization,  nud  there  was  some  jealousy  between 
them  and  the  Anti-raasonic  leaders  who  had  not  been 
Masons,     But  tiie  policy  of  Southwick,  the  Hascalls,  and 


the  long  list  of  seceders  prevailed,  and  a  gubernatorial 
ticket  was  nominated.  Granger  was  put  up  for  Governor, 
but  the  National  Republicans  wanted  his  influence,  and 
nominated  him  for  Lieut.  Governor.  It  was  for  some 
time  doubtful  which  nomination  he  would  accept,  and  he 
was  charged  (falsely)  with  writing  "twin  letters,"  ac- 
cepting each,  but  holding  them  in  reserve  for  considera- 
tion. When  he  decided  to  run  for  Lieut.  Governor,  there 
was  but  a  brief  time  for  the  Anti-masons  in  which  to  find 
a  substitute.  They  made  choice  of  Solomon  Southwick, 
which  the  y^'w^-.s' article  calls  "a  miserable  nomination." 
If  it  was  such,  it  saved  the  party  from  disiutegi-ation  be- 
fore the  first  State  election  occurred,  after  its  organiza- 
tion. Southwick  gallantly  stepped  into  the  breach,  and 
the  party  lived  to  carry  on  a  valiant  crusade  against  a 
monster  of  iniquity.  He  received,  at  this  first  State  elec- 
tion, 33,300  votes,  which  made  it  possible  for  Granger, 
two  years  later,  to  receive  over  120,000  votes,  from  the 
same  party,  and  for  the  same  oftlce,  and  four  years  later 
to  receive  156,672  votes.  Southwick  was  popular  with 
the  people,  if  not  with  the  politicians,  and  he  showed  his 
usual  magnanimity  by  as  cordially  supporting  Granger, 
when  there  was  good  prospect  of  his  election,  as  in  sup- 
porting himself,  when  there  was  no  prosjiect  of  it. 

In  this  I  do  not  detract  from  Mr.  Weed's  services  in  the 
cause  of  Anti-masonry,  whicli  we  all  acknowledge  to  have 
been  great,  and  for  which  we  should  hold  liim  in  grateful 


AROUND   THE  TABLE. 


rememltranee. 


G.  w.  ir. 


'  THE  F  A  GTS  ST  A  TED. " 


AvAT.ON,  Mo.,  Jan.  1883. 
Editor  Cynosure:— Witli  your  permissi(ui    I  wisli  lo 
call  attention  to  some  items  in  the  famous 

THURI,OW  WEED  LETTER. 

On  page  11,  12  and  13  of  the  printed  letter  is  found  the 
statement,  made  by  John  Wliitney  of  Rochester  in  the 
house  of  Mr.  Weed,  of  the  entire  procedure  of  the  Free- 
masons in  disposing  of  Capt.  Morgan,  closing  with  the 
statement  that  Whitney  of  Rochester,  Howard  of  Buffalo, 
Chubbuck  of  Lewiston  and  Garside  of  Canada,  in  com- 
pany with  Col.  Wm.  King,  drowned  Morgan  in  the  Niag- 
ara river.  It  is  .stated  that  Whitnejr,  after  concluding  his 
statement,  remarked  that  he  was  now  relieved  of  a  heavy 
load  that  for  four  years  had  been  oppressing  him.  Had 
these  facts  been  known  at  the  time  that  the  trials  were  in 
progi-ess  the  object  of  which  was  to  bring  the  murderers 
to  justice,  the  above  named  perpetrators  of  the  crime 
would  no  doubt  have  been  hanged. 

This  statement,  according  to  the  letter,  was  made  in 
1831  only  five  years  after  the  crime.  The  facts  as  stated 
seem  to  have  been  committed  to  Mr.  Weed  as  a  secret; 
for,  after  Whitney  had  made  the  statement,  a  Col.  Jewett, 
present  at  the  time,  remarked  to  Whitney,  "Weed  can 
hang  you  now,"  by  which  he  evidently  meant  that  this 
was  the  statement  of  facts  that  the  Anti-masons  had  been 
searching  for  and  that  Weed  being  an  Anti-mason  could 
now  make  use  of  it.  Whitney  replied,  "But  he  won't;" 
that  is.  Weed  would  not  inform  on  him.  Mr.  Weed  fol- 
lows this  remark  of  Whitney's  with  the  statement,  "Of 
course  a  secret  thus  confided  to  me  was  inviolably  kept." 
Here  surely  Mr.  Weed  did  wrong.  He  had  no  right  thus 
to  make  himself  a  party  to  the  concealing  of  this  atro- 
cious crime.  Most  surely  a  careful  observance  of  his 
obligations  to  his  country  demanded  of  him  that  he  make 
these  facts  known,  no  matter  how  much  they  were  com- 
mitted to  him  as  a  secret.  If  this  be  not  true,  that  is  if 
his  assumption  be  correct,  are  not  those  Freemasons  act- 
ing on  an  equally  correct  principle  who  conceal  the 
crimes  of  their  brethren  given  to  them  as  a  secret?  Mr. 
Weed  seemed  even  at  the  time  of  the  dictation  of  his 
letters  to  approve  of  his  conduct  at  that  time,  else  he 
would  not  have  said,  "Of  course  a  secret  thus  confided  to 
me  was  inviolably  kept."  (The  italics  are  mine.)  In  this 
Mr.  Weed  surely  did  very  wrong  and  made  himself  a  party 
to  this  crime  by  failing  to  make  known  what  had  been 
told  him  while  the  criminals  were  yet  living. 

We  now  ask  what  is  the  bearing  of  this  procedure 
upon  the  part  of  Mr.  Weed,  upon  the  credibility  of  his 
letters?  An  attorney  recently  having  read  the  letters 
asked  me  whether  this  did  not  render  the  entire  statement 
impeachable.     Let  us  see. 

The  fact  that  a  man  in  giving  a  statement  of  facts 
criminates  himself  does  not  Invalidate  his  testimony  con- 
cerning the  facts  stated.  One  of  the  best  evidences  that 
a  man  has  told  the  truth  respecting  a  given  case  is  the 
finding  in  his  statements  that  which  renders  him  an  ac- 
cessory to  crime,  if  crime  has  been  committed.  Thurlow 
Weed  was  far  from  being  an  idiot.  He  knew  well  enough 
that  his  concealing  that  crime  put  him  exactly  iijoou  a 
level  with  tlie  Freemasons  whom  we  blame  so  severely 
for  acting  on  this  principle  of  keeping  for  friendship's 
sake  secrets  in  which  the  entire  country  is  interested. 
But  in  his  later  life  acting  ujion  the  principles  of  true 
manhood,  looking  with  more  interest  upon  the  welfare  of 
our  country  he  decided  to  make  known  the  fucts,  even  at 
the  i)eril  of  his  own  character.  He  surely  would  not  have 
fabricated  such  a  story  in  order  to  transmit  to  future  gen- 
erations the  knowledge  of  the  fact  that  he  at  one  time  in 
his  life  was  thus  far  wrong  in  his  conduct.  The  expla- 
nation can  be  given  of  the  willingness  of  Mr.  Weed  to 
make  statements  so  derogatory  to  his  own  character,  ex- 
cept on  the  assum])tion  that  wliat  lie  gives  of  the  con- 
versation with  Whitney  is  true. 

C.  J.  Kki'Iiart, 

{Pres.  A'oalou  College.^ 


Weston,  the  pedestrian,  is  making  successful  temper- 
perance  lectures  in  England  on  "Exercise  vs.  Tonics." 
He  claims''to  have  walked  50,000  '»iniles  in  the  last  four- 
teen years^on  a  temperance  diet  a^^  total  abstinence. 


Bro.  G.  W.  Donaldson  of  Washington  City  may  speak 
first  this  week.  He  is  not  only  engaged  in  the  distribu- 
tion of  tracts  in  the  national  capital,  but  publishes  a  few 
of  his  own  on  practical  themes.  One  of  them  is  on  Odd- 
fellowship.  He  says: 

"  These  tracts,  and  your  Anti-masonic  tracts  I  am  dis- 
tributing every  day,  with  all  the  religious  papers  I  cart 
get.  This  is  the  work  I  am  doing  for  the  Lord.  It  is  a 
great  pleasure  to  me  to  work  for  him.  The  harvest  is  ripe 
here  but  the  laborers  are  few.  I  hope  to  sec  the  day  when 
we  will  have  a  holy  band  of  workers  for  God.  '^he  devil 
is  very  strong  here  in  secret  orders,  but  our  Captain  above 
can  throw  them  all  down,  and  I  hope  to  see  the  day  wheu 
all  these  secret  orders  will  be  banished.  God  needs  work- 
ers here  who  are  not  afraid  to  cry  aloud  and  spare  not,, 
and  exjjose  the  works  of  darkness,  and  he  will  have  them.. 
Glory  to  his  name. 

Another  testimony  comes  from  Howell,  Mich.  J.  G. 
Mason  says: 

"I  have  long  wished  to  express  my  interest  in  tlie  cause 
you  advocate.  When  a  mere  boy  I  read  Wm.  Morgan's 
expose  of  Freemasonry,  and  from  that  time  to  the  ^jresent 
I  have  been  "  Anti  "  from  tip  to  toe.  Many  a  discussion 
I've  had  with  those  holding  other  views.  Many  a  loss  I've 
sustained  in  maintaining  freedom  of  speech  upon  this 
as  ujjon  other  matters;  and  now  as  ever,  I  strenuously 
hold,  that  secret  orders  are  opposed  in  their  very  struc- 
ture to  the  best  interests  of  men.  They  are  obnoxious  to 
God  and  the  kingdom  of  Christ,  because  conflicting  with 
the  tenor  and  spirit  of  the  Gospel.  They  put  light  for 
darkness,  and  darkness  for  light.  They  bind  their  adhe- 
rents to  something  worse  than  "  chattelism,"  in  that  they 
invoke  Satanic  methods  for  the  destructi  )n  of  the  body 
and  the  deepest  oblivion  to  the  immortal  soul!  Hence  I 
pity  the  dupe  and  execrate  the  system.  May  God  speed 
the  day  when  every  shackle  shall  be  broken,  and  righte- 
ousness and  peace  shall  kiss  each  other." 

Brother  Alexander  Thomson,  whose  generous  talent 
has  so  often  enriched  the  pages  of  the  Cynosvre  with  j)oe- 
try,  tells  us: 

"I  have  been  stirred  by  the  President's  [Pres.  Blanch- 
ard]  letters  from  Kansas,  pointing  to  the  same  thought 
that  my  own  mind  has  arrived  at  from  the  result  of  my 
own  observation  and  study,  namely,  that  no  great 
reform  can  be  carried  out  in  this  country  till  the  Secret 
Empire  falls." 

"A  Subscriber "  of  Sabetha,  Kansas,  where,  we  have 
just  learned,  the  lodge  is  active  and  imperious,  tells  us 
of  another  part  of  the  Masonic  record  which  the  local  pa- 
pers are  never  able  to  get  into  type: 

"  There  is  in  our  town  among  the  Hiramites,  a  poor 
old  invalid,  who  is  unable  to  labor.  He  is  a  respectable 
Christian  man  and  his  wife  takes  in  washing  to  support 
the  family.  He  asked  me  for  money  to  buy  himself  a 
coat.  I  asked,  "Do  you  get  aid  from  the  lodge?"  He 
replied,  ' '  None  for  two  years.  I  have  asked  for  aid  and 
they  say  yes,  and  that's  all." 

Bro.  I.  C.  Weidler  of  Eshcol,  Pa.,  was  lately  visiting 
in  company  with  Bro.  Wickey,  an  aged  brother,  J.  J. 
Hamilton  in  Roseburg  in  the  same  county.  In  conversa- 
tion they  learned  of  his  feelings  toward  the  lodge  and 
the  following  incident  he  has  written  out  at  their  re- 
quest. The  Cynosure  thanks  them  all  for  thoughtfully 
remembering  to  get  this  testimony  into  enduring  form. 
This  is  the  statement: 

"  In  speaking  of  the  oath  of  ,the  venerable  Thurlow 
Weed  relative  to  the  murder  of  Morgan,  I  recall  a  remark 
of  Judge  Crawford  confirmatory  of  the  account  given  by 
Weed. 

"At  the  time  of  Morgan's  murder  I  was  a  young  man, 
I  am  now  near  seventy-four  years  old.  George  Crawford 
was  a  man  in  his  prime,  a  member  of  the  Masonic  order. 
He  was  also  an  elder  in  th'e  Presbyterian  church  and  an 
associate  judge  of  the  Clinton  county  court.  He  was  a 
man  of  irreproachable  character  and  of  the  strictest  pro- 
bity and  integrity  and  was  dearly  beloved  by  his  neigh- 
bors. 

"We  were  talking  about  Morgan  and  I  made  the  fol- 
lowing remark:  '  Well,  the  Masons  did  kill  Morgan,  did 
they  not?' 

"  I  shall  not  forget  his  reply,  nor  the  manner  of  it.  It 
was:  'I  suppose  they  did;  but  he  deserved  it.'  Of  the 
language  of  the  above  sentences  I  have  a  distinct  recol- 
lection, but  I  cannot  recollect  the  language  that  followed; 
but  the  import  was  that  he  had  violated  his  oath  and  in- 
voked death  upon  himself.  He  did  not  deny  the  truth  of 
Morgan's  revelations,  nor  of  his  murder  by  the  Masons. 
Your  brother  in  Christ.  " 

Our  aged  but  yet  active  friend  R.  W.  Lyman  of  Arcade, 
N.  Y.,  whom  many  who  attended  the  Batavia  Conven- 
tion will  remember,  sends  in  this.  Mark  what  fear- 
ful sentiments  prevail  among  the  worshippers  at  the  lodge 
shrine: 

' '  This  place,  early  settled  by  some  of  New  England's 
earnest  and  good  Cliristian  men  and  woman,  is  now  al- 
most wholly  under  Masonic  and  other  secret  society  rule. 
Of  the  ministers,  two  have  no  objections  to  the  darkness 
and  moral  blasphemy  of  Masonry,  the  other  is  opposed 
theoretically,  to  Masonry,  but  two  of  his  most  prominent 
njembers,  of  the  M.  E.  sect,  are  accepted  Freemasons  and 
i^e  }s  dumb  upon  the  subject.  If  there  is  any  fund  in  your 
hand  fq  supply  the  poor  and  needy,  please  send  me  some 
of  Thurlow  Weed's  expose  aud  I  will  faithfully  distribute. 


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Feb  ruary  8,  1883 


THE  CHRISTIAlSr  CYNOSURE. 


One  of  the  highest  Masons  here  claimed  to  me  that  Mr. 
Weed  wandered  in  mind  near  the  close  of  his  life.  I  met 
upon  the  street  not  long  since  two  Masons  to  whom  I 
said,  '  We  are  sure  to  overthrow  Masonry,  because  God 
lights  with  and  for  us.'  One  of  them  replied  that  a  greater 
force  than  that  would  be  needed  to  accomplish  that  end. 
The  other  spread  out  his  hand  toward  the  sun  and 
said  that  it  would  be  easier  to  extinguish  it  than  Ma- 
sonry." 


Bible  Lessons. 


LESSON  VII.,  Feb.  18,  1883.— Chkistiak  Coukage.-- 
Acts  4:18-31. 

Golden  Text. — If  God  be  for  us  who  can  be  against 
us.— Rom.  8:31. 

HOME  READINGS. 

Prayiug  for  boldness Acts  4 :  18-31 

Speaking  with  boldness Acts  13 :37-52 

Speaking  boldly  in  the  Lord Acts  14:1-7 

Magnifying  Christ  with  boldness Phil  1 :12-30 

Not  a  spirit  of  tearfulness 2  Tim.  1 :1-14 

Fighting  the  good  fight 3  Tim.  4:1-8 

Speaking  boldly  as  I  ought Eph.  6 :10-20 

LESSONS. 

Christian  courage  is  a  rare  gift.  We  often  see  the  sad 
sight  of  a  bold  sinner  and  a  fearful  saint — and  we  have 
all  need  to  watch  and  pray  against  cowardice  lest  at  last 
we  should  be  found  among  "the fearful  and  unbelieving." 
Rev.  21:8.  We  have  here  in  (18)  The  test  of  Christian 
courage,  ( 19 )  The  standard  of  Christian  courage. 
"  Wliether  it  be  right  in  the  sight  of  God."  (20)  The 
source  of  Christian  courage,  a  living  faith.  (21  and  22) 
The  Triumph  of  Christian  courage.  (23  to  31)  The  sup- 
port of  Christian  coin-age,  fli'st  from  fellowship  with  the 
saints  and  second  from  social  prayer.  This  prayer  lays 
hold  first  of  the  power  of  God,  second  it  appeals  to  the 
purpose  of  God,  and  third  it  rests  upon  the  blessed  fact  of 
God's  pi'esence  with  his  people  at  every  step  to  protect 
and  guide  and  strengthen.  If  we  were  as  ready  to  appeal 
to  the  scripture,  if  we  were  as  often  pouring  out  our 
hearts  in  prayer,  if  we  were  as  strong  in  faith  as  these 
disciples,  we  would  possess  like  courage  and  be  able  to 
speak  the  words  with  boldness. — Notes  for  Bible  Study. 

NOTES. 

"Whether  it  be  right,"  etc.  The  point  of  the  apostles' 
reply  was,  that  they  were  not  teaching  as  self-appointed 
rabbis,  but  were  only  acting  as  witnesses  of  Jesus.  Their 
words  may  be  thus  paraphrased:  "The  love  of  Christ 
constrains  us;  we  cannot  drown  the  voice  we  know  to  be 
God's  voice,  which  forbids  us  to  suppress  our  message,  as 
ye  would  have  us  do.  and  tells  us  to  bear  our  public  wit- 
ness to  those  mighty  works  we  saw  and  heard  during  our 
Master's  life  on  earth." — Schaff. 

"  For  we  cannot  but  speak  the  things  which  we  have 
seen  and  heard."  The  Christian  assurance  of  conviction 
compels  courage  in  utterance  (Amos  3:  8;  1  Cor.  9:  16  ) 
The  "  seen"  here  is  the  personal  character  and  example  of 
Christ;  the  "heard"  are  his  instructions. — Abbott.  To  be 
silent  would  have  been  treachery. — Hackett.  Here,  then, 
ought  to  be  our  rule, — to  do  the  right.  The  right,  not 
the  profitable;  the  right,  not  the  pleasant;  the  right,  not 
the  fashionable;  the  right,  not  that  which  leads  to  earthly 
honor.  And  to  know  what  is  right,  we  must  betake  our- 
selves, not  to  any  human  statut ;  book,  but  to  the  divine 
law.  For  the  Christian  rule  is  to  do  that  which  is  right  in 
the  sight  of  God.  — W.  M.  Taylor. 

The  church  is  no  doubt  shaken;  but  it  is  the  shaking  of 
a  tree  by  the  wind,  which  only  causes  it  to  strike  a  deeper 
and  firmer  root  into  the  ground. — Bauiiigarten.  Observe 
the  evidence  of  vital  Christian  sympathy  and  fellow.ship 
in  the  primitive  church.  It  is  a  good  sign  when  the  Chris- 
tian goes  to  his  church  as  to  "his  own,"  for  .sj'm pathetic 
help  in  time  of  trouble. — Abbott. 

"Who  by  the  mouth  of  thy  servant  David."  Here  is  a 
divine  attestation  of  the  inspiration  of  the  Psalms  of 
David,  and  an  inspired  comment  upon  the  Second  Psalm, 
a  portion  of  which  is  quoted,  and  which  is  peculiarly  ful- 
filled, as  a  prophecy,  in  this  junction  of  the  church,  it 
foretelling  the  ineffectual  attempts  of  powerful  enemies 
against  Christ  and  his  church,  and  their  utter  confusion. — 
Pierce.  When  writing  this  Psalm,  David  was  like  a  man 
in  a  storm,  who  hears  only  the  roaring  of  the  tempest,  or 
sees  notliing  but  the  raging  billows.  And  yet  his  faith 
enabled  him  to  say,  "  the  people  imagine  a  vain  tiling." — 
David  Pitcairn.  By  citing  this  passage  the  discii)les  ex- 
press their  confidence  in  the  success  of  the  cause  for 
which  they  were  persecuted;  for  it  is  the  object  of  the 
Second  Psalm  to  set  forth  the  ultimate  and  complete  tri- 
imiph  of  the  Gospel,  notwitlistanding  the  opi)osition 
which  the  wicked  nuiy  array  against  it. — Hackett. 

"Were  gathered  together."  Unity  without  Iruth  is 
conspiracy.  The  wicked  unite,  not  through  love,  but 
through  their  common  hatred  to  him  they  ought  to  love. 
— A  iigustine. 

How  vain  a  thing  their  gathering  togetlier  was,  may  be 
seen  from  the  deatli  of  Pharaoh,  the  last  days  of  Pilate, 
and  from  the  fact  mentioned  by  Rev.  Dr.  William  S. 
Plumer,  that,  of  thirty  Roman  emperors  and  high  officers 
who  distinguished  themselves  by  their  persecutions  of  tlie 
early  church,  one  became  insane  aftei-  a  deed  of  atrocious 
cruelty;  one  was  slain  by  his  own  son;  one  became  blind; 
one  died  in  captivity;  one  died  of  so  loathsome  disea.sc, 
that  several  physicians  were  put  to  death  because  they 
could  not  abide  the  stench  that  filled  his  room;  five  were 
assassinated;  two  committed  suicide;  several  died  most 
miserable  and  excruciating  deaths;  and  eight  were  killed 
in  battle,  or  after  being  taken  prisoners.  Not  one  of  these 
things  was  done  by  Christians,  nor  at  the  desire  of  Chris- 
\Y(ins,.—Peloubet. 


The  apostles  who  had  shown  "boldness  of  speech" 
(ver.  13)  pray,  as  conscious  of  their  natural  weakness, 
for  a  yet  further  bestowal  of  that  gift,  as  being  now  more 
than  ever  needed,  both  for  themselves  and  the  whole  com- 
munity. It  is  well  worthy  of  notice  in  this  first  great 
public  prayer  of  the  church,  how  the  spirit  of  their  Mas- 
ter had  sunk  into  the  disciples'  hearts.  No  fire  from 
heaven  is  called  down  on  the  guilty  heads  of  the  enemies 
of  Christ  who  would  stamj)  out  his  struggling  church, 
— only  for  themselves  they  pray  for  bravery  and  constancy. 
— Schaff. 

"By  stretching  forth  thine  hand  to  heal."  And  the 
solitary  special  sign  of  almighty  power  which  they  praj^ 
for,  is  to  be  able  to  relieve  such  suffering  among  men  as 
they  had  often  seen  their  Master  remove, — the  power  to 
be  able  to  work  such  works  as  Peter  and  John  had  per- 
formed the  afternoon  before  at  the  "  Beautiful  Gate  "  of 
the  temple,  when  to  the  hopeless  cripple  they  gave  health 
and  strength  in  the  name  of  Jesus  Christ  of  Nazareth;  and 
with  this  name,  the  earnest  pleading  of  the  church  of  the 
first  days  ceased,  and  as  the  murmur  of  these  last  words, 
"  Thy  holy  child  Jesus  "  was  dying  away,  the  place  was 
shaken  where  they  were  assembled  togetlier,  as  though  the 
wings  of  the  descending  Spirit  had  touched  the  walls  and 
caused  the  house  of  jjrayer  to  rock,  giving  this  outward 
sign  of  his  blessed  presence. — Schaff. 

PRACTICAL. 

1.  Ver.  19.  The  test  of  the  true  disciple  is  that  he  obeys 
God,  at  whatever  co.st. 

2.  Ver.  20.  The  true  Christian  must  speak  out  what 
he  knows  and  has  experienced  of  the  Gospel. 

3.  Ver.  23.  Every  person  naturally  tends  to  go  to  his 
own  place  and  his  own  comj^any.  Like  to  like. 

4.  The  place  for  the  Christian  to  go  for  sympathj^  and 
help  is  his  own  church. 

5.  Ver.  24.  We  should  lay  all  our  cares  and  burdens 
before  the  Lord. 

6.  Because  God  is  the  Creator  of  heaven  and  earth, 
therefore  he  has  power  to  aid  his  people  against  all  ene- 
mies. "For  thine  is  the  power,"  etc.,  is  the  fit  ending  of 
the  Lord's  Prayer. 

7.  Ver.  25-27.  The  Christian  must  expect  the  antago- 
nism of  wicked  men. 

8.  Nothing  is  more  irrational  than  irreligion. — Spiir- 
geon. 

9.  But  in  vain  do  men  try  to  oppose  the  Gospel;  as  vain 
as  Xerxes'  threatening  of  the  Hellespont,  or  as  defying 
the  power  of  gxavitation. 

10.  Ver.  28.  God  controls  the  results  of  the  bad  deeds 
of  bad  men.  In  this  belief  lies  comfort  and  strength. 

11.  Ver.  29.  True  prayer  desires  not  so  much  to  escape 
from  trouble,  as  to  do  right  in  it,  and  be  enabled  by  it  to 
serve  God  better. 

12.  Ver.  31.  There  are  immediate  answers  to  prayers 
even  when  there  are  no  visible  signs. — Pelouhet. 

PROMPTINGS  TO  FURTHER  STUDY. 

What  Old  Testament  prophet  could  not  go  beyond  the 
commandment  of  the  Lord?  What  did  he  say  he  would 
speak?  What  Old  Testament  prophet,  centuries  later  than 
the  other,  said  the  same  thing  about  what  he  would  speak? 
What  other  Old  Testament  prophet  was  imprisoned  for 
declaring  the  word  of  the  Lord?  From  the  Old  Testa- 
ment, how  can  you  show  when  it  is  a  prophet's  duty  to 
speak,  and  not  hold  his  peace?  What  should  one  not 
speak,  and  against  whom,  even  though  it  may  be  true? 
How  does  the  apo»3tle  Peter  say  a  man  should  speak? 
Whose  feet  did  not  swell  for  forty  j-ears  ?  Who  was  sent 
as  a  spy  at  the  age  of  forty  j^ears?  Who  judged  Israel 
forty  years?  With  whom  was  God  displeased  forty  years? 
— Scholars'  Quarterly. 


Many  words  spoken  by  well-meaning  Christians  to  their 
unconverted  friends  fall  to  the  gTound  like  blighted  fruit 
blossoms  through  lack  of  tact.  The  thought  expressed 
is  unsuited  to  the  person  and  the  occasion.  A  fine  exam- 
ple of  a  word  fitly  spoken  is  found  in  Dr.  Bushnell's  bi- 
ography. An  intelligent  but  not  religious  young  lady, 
after  spending  a  social  evening  with  the  good  Doctor's 
family,  was  escorted  home  by  her  courteous  host.  On  their 
way  the  brilliant  starlight  led  them  to  talk  of  astronomy. 
The  Doctor  spoke  of  the  law  of  harmony  which  held  each 
little  star  in  its  appointed  jDlace,  and  then  turning  to  the 
bright-minded  girl,  with  a  winning  smile,  he  said,  "Sarah, 
I  want  to  see  you  in  your  place."  This  was  all  he  said  that 
was  personal,  but  the  thought  thrilled  her  young  soul  as  if 
it  had  "dropped  upon  her  from  the  skies."  Its  effect  was 
to  win  her  to  discipleship.  "A  word  spoken  in  due  season, 
how  good  is  it!" 


.1  BRUNKARD'S  LAST  WILL. 

I  die  a  wretched  sinner,  and  I  leave  to  the  world  a 
worthless  reputation,  a  wicked  example,  and  a  memory 
that  is  only  fit  to  perish.  I  leave  to  my  parents  sorrow 
and  bitterness  of  soul  all  the  days  of  their  lives.  I  leave 
to  my  brothers  and  sisters  shame  and  grief,  and  the  re- 
proach of  their  acquaintances.  I  leave  my  wife  widowed 
and  heart-broken,  and  a  life  of  lonelj'  struggling  with 
want  and  suffering.  I  leave  my  children  a  tainted  name, 
and  a  ruined  position,  a  pitiful  ignorance,  and  the  morti- 
fying recollection  of  a  father,  who.  by  his  life,  disgraced 
humanity,  and  at  his  premature  death  joined  the  great 
company  of  those  who  are  never  to  enter  the  kingdom  of 
God. — Selected. 


Queen  Victoria,  in  her  speech  at  the  recent  dissolution 
of  Parliament,  referred  to  "the  diminution  of  the  receipts 
of  the  exchequer  from  duties  on  intoxicating  liquors"  as 
a  thing  "to  he  contemplated  with  satisfaction," 


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NO  ifO.  PAGES 

1  Historical  Sketch  of  the  N.C.  A.,  by  Pres.  J.  Blanchard 4 

2  Voice  of  the  Empire  State  in  Condemnation  of  Masonry 4 

3  Address  to  American  Pastors  on  the  Secret  Lodge 4 

4  Freemasonry  in  the  Family,  by  J.  P.  Stoddard 4 

5  Pres.  Finney  on  tlie  Duty  of  Christians  toward  the  Lodge 2 

6  Warning  against  Masonry  (For  Colored  People),  Illustrated ? 

7  To  the  Boys  who  Hope  to  be  Men,  Illustrated    i 

8  Freemasonry  Modern  Heathenism 4 

!)  Ministers  at  Rival  Altars 4 

10  A  Pastor's  Confession 4 

11  Knight  Templar  Masonry < 

12  Alexander  Campbell's  Estimate  of  the  Lodges 4 

13  "The  Secret  Empire, "  by  J.  P.  Stoddard 4 

14  True  and  False  Tern plarism 4 

15  Secrecy  and  Sin,  from  the  "Christian"  47  Cornhlll,  Boston 4 

16  Selling  Dead  Horses,  by  "Bostonian" 4 

17  History  of  Masonry,  by  Pres.  J.  Blancbard 4 

18  Despotic  Character  of  Freemasonry 4 

19  Freemasonry  a  Christ-exchidiug  Religion S 

20  Masonic  Murder,  by  Eider  T.  R.  Baird 2 

21  Grand,  Great  Grand,  by  Phllo  Carpenter 2 

23  Masonic  Oaths  and  Penalties  sworntobytheGrandLodgeofB.L.  4 

23  Letters  of , J.  Q.  Adams  and  J.  Madison  on  Freemasonry  4 

24  Satan's  Cable  Tow 4 

■25  Character  and  symbols  of  Freemasonry.  Illustrated 9 

'26  Address  of  the  Niagara  Association  on  the  Murder  of  Morgan...  4 

'27  Judge  Whitney  and  Masonry — Masonry  Defends  a  Murderer 8 

28  Nathaniel  Colver  and  Howard  Crosby  on  Secret  Societies 3 

■29  Grand  Lodge  Masonry,  by  Pres.  J.  IJlanchard 16 

30  Masonic  Oaths  Null  and  Void,  by  Rev.  I.  A.  Hart 4 

31  Hon.  Seth  M.  Gates  on  Freemasonry 4 

32  Origin,  Obligation  and  Expenses  of  the  Grange 4 

33  Hon.  Wm    U.  Seward  on  Secret  Societies S 

34  What  Great  Men  Say  about  Freemasonry ;..  i 

35  Objections  to  Masonry,  by  a  Seceding  Mason 4 

'36  Masonic  Chastity,  by  Emma  A.  Wallace....   4 

37  Reason^  ■'•hy  a  Christian  should  not  be  a   Freemason  (German)..  4 

38  Masonic  0,..'"s  and  Penalties,  by  Rev.  A.  M.  Milligan 4 

39  Should  Freemasons  be  admitted  to  Christian  Fellowship? 4 

40  The  Object  of  the  American  (Anti-masonic)  Party 8 

41  Freemasonry  a  Religion  (shown  by  Its  own  authors) 8 

42  Duty  and  Ability  to  Know  the  Character  of  Masonry 4 

43  Affidavit  that  Masonry  is  revealed,  by  J.  O.  Doesburg  and  others  4 

44  D.  L.  Moody  on  Secret  Societies 4 

45  Ought  a  Seceding  Mason  to  Keep  his  Lodge  Oath  ? 4 

46  Nos.  17, 18  and  19  combined,  by  Prof.  Cervln  (Swedish) 16 

47  Irish  Murders  and  Secret  Soideties ,,,.,,., >,> -.  4 


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THE  CHHISTIAN  CYNOSUBE. 


February  8,  1883 


The  Christian  Cynosure. 

CHICAGO,    THURSDAY,    FEBRTJART    8,    1883. 

Mrs.  J.  B.  Collins  has  given  the  New  York  Wit- 
ness a  sprightly  and  agreeable  account  of  St.  John's 
Topeka  Convention  of  Jan.  9th.  She  thinks  it  a 
bright  augury  for  the  success  of  prohibition.  She 
sums  up  the  causes  of  St.  John's  defeat  as  consisting 
of  "the  third  term,"  that  the  Republican  party  was 
averse  to  his  "hobbyism",  "whiskey  money",  and  the 
politicians  envy  and  aspirations.  The  real  cause  of 
his  defeat  she  touches  thus:  "It  is  hinted  that  he  is 
not  a  very  great  admirer  of  the  lodge,  and  that  this 
had  something  to  do  in  the  matter."  Lay  this  light- 
fingered  touch  on  our  national  political  cancers  along 
with  the  facts,  that  there  are  secret  lodges  which  are 
night  caucuses,  in  rooms  from  which  the  public  is 
kept  out  by  a  tyler's  sword,  meeting  weeMy  in  the 
cities,  towns,  villages  and  hamlets  of  Kansas;  under 
a  Grand  Commander,  (Albert  Pike)  who  carries  a 
hamper  of  brandy  while  on  his  rounds  of  "inspection" 
of  the  lodges.  Is  there  a  reasonable  doubt  what  de- 
feated St.  John?  Prohibition  is  fatal  to  the  lodge, 
and  the  lodge  knows  it. 


Frances  E.  and  Mary  B.  Willard. — These  two 
women  are  sisters-in-law.  They  compare  somewhat 
as  D'Israeli  and  Gladstone,  one  leaning  to  policj-,  the 
other  to  principle.  The  first  is  the  ablest  politician; 
the  other  the  profoundest  woman.  It  is  seldom  two 
such  natures  meet.  Thej^  are  so  unlike  that  they  do 
not  envy,  but  supplement  each  other;  and,  thus  far, 
neither  seems  damaged  by  prominence,  which  is  sel- 
dom given  to  mortals.  But  these  two  "bright  partic- 
ular stars"  must  soon  be  lost  in  the  glow  of  the  firm- 
ament of  women  whom  they  are  calling  forth.  And 
let  us  hope  that  this  coming  of  women  to  the  front  in 
the  temperance  cause,  will  escape  the  dangers  which 
attend  all  great  changes;  and  that  these  two  women 
like  the  two  jets  of  flame  in  a  compound  blow-pipe, 
may  help  to  melt  away  the  hard  selfishness  of  iVmer- 
ican  human  nature,  which  obstructs  and  keeps  back 
the  coming  millennium  of  prohibition,  without  losing 
thebeautj-  of  womanhood,  or  the  humility  of  Christ. 


SEWABD,   WEED  AND   QBE E LET. 


This  political  trio,  fifty -three  years  ago,  led  one  hun- 
dred and  twenty -eight  thousand  Americans  to  vote 
against  the  lodge.  Seward  wrote  the  doctrines  of  the 
party;  Weed  was  its  political  mentor,  and  Greeley  its 
poet  and  "Tribune  of  the  People."  Seward  kept  his 
personal  faith  to  old  age:  denounced  secret  societies 
in  the  United  States  Senate,  and  refused  even  to  enter, 
as  an  honored  guest,  a  literary  society  under  a  pledge 
of  secrecy.  Weed  concealed  the  murderers  of  Mor- 
gan to  save  the  life  of  a  friend,  (Whitney)  but  left  a 
swom  exposure  at  his  death;  and  exposed,  too,  Mr. 
Greeley's  packing  the  Vermont  delegation  of  Masons 
to  defeat  Seward  for  the  Presidency,  in  Chicago  in 
1860.  All  three  of  these  gi-eat  men  and  Anti-masons 
together  soon  after  1830,  fused  all  the  Anti-masons 
but  those  under  the  lead  of  Stevens  in  Pennsylvania, 
with  adhering  Masons  in  the  Whig  party,  and  so  sank 
the  Anti-masonic  cause.  The  only  time  I  ever  saw 
Mr.  Seward,  was  when,  in  his  old  age,  he  was  at  the 
lodge-laying  of  the  corner  stone  of  Douglas's  monu- 
ment, in  company  with  Andrew  Johnson,  a  drunken 
Freemason  of  twenty -one  degrees. 

It  is  said,  and  it  is  true,  that  the  anti-slavery  ques- 
tion swallowed  up  all  others,  the  lodge  question 
among  the  rest.  But  this  never  could  have  happened 
if  there  had  been  a  national  religious  combination  ex- 
cluding the  secret  false  worships  from  their  fellow- 
ships. Hence  the  incalculable  importance  of  the 
"National  Council  of  Churches"  proposed  by  Rev. 
J.  S.  T.  Milligan  of  North  Cedar,  Kansas,  in  a  recent 
Cynosure.  If  this  article  escaped  the  attention  of  his 
brothers  in  Allegheny,  Pa.,  and  New  York  city,  will 
Dr.  A.  M.  Milligan  look  up  his  brother's  proposition, 
and  communicate  with  this  paper.  This  matter 
should  be  seen  to  without  delay,  before  the  national 
political  battle  opens. 


"THE   SMOKE  OF  THE   PIT." 

All  prophecy  is  generic,  fulfilled  by  whatever  fulfils 
it,  adown  the  ages.  If  Nast  should  undertake  to  car- 
toon the  teachings  of  .Masons,  Mormons,  spiritualists, 
infidels,  socialists,  and  broad-gauge  preachers  of  the 
present  day,  he  could  do  "no  ])etter  than  to  copy  the 
drapery  of  the  ninth  chapter  of  the  Revelation. 
Whatever  darkens  is  smoke;  and  a  false  teacher  is  a 
locust  whose  power  is  in  his  "mouth,"  and  his  "tail," 
or  what  follows  him.  In  the  above  chapter,  "A  star 
falls  from  heaven;"  "He  opens  the  bottomless  pit;"  a 
smoke  rises  and  "darkens  the  sun  and   the  air;"  lo- 


custs come  out  of  the  smoke,  whose  power  is  "in 
their  mouths  and  in  their  tails;"  teaching  and  stinging! 
No  more  graphic  sketch  of  the  false  teachers  of  the 
present  day,  and  of  their  results  could  possiblj^  be 
given  than  is  given  in  this  whole  chapter.  They  send 
their  papers  to  the  Cynosure  for  exchange.  The  men 
who  hear  and  are  stung  by  them  lose  the  power  of 
reason  and  intelligence  as  if  bit  by  rabid  dogs  or 
stung  bj'  asps  and  scorpions;  and  they  all  clump  to- 
gether. The  Chicago  Spiritualist  organ,  Jan.  20th, 
prints  in  full  a  sermon  by  an  apostate  Episcopalian, 
preached  in  his  church,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  and  hails  him 
as  a  brother.  Verily,  "In  the  last 'days  perilous  times 
shall  come,"  and  we  are  in  "the  last  days."  But,  in 
all  the  churches,  there  is  a  turning  to  and  studying 
the  Bible;  and  we  shall  "overcome  by  the  blood  of 
the  Lamb,  and  the  word  of  our  testimony." 


A   THEOLOGICAL  ATTILA. 


Joseph  Cook,  on  the  8th  of  January  resumed  his 
lectures  in  Tremont  Temple,  Boston.  He  begins  with 
a  brief  "invocation;"  sits  down  and  delivers  a  "pre- 
lude" long  enough  for  a  lecture;  praj-er  is  then  of- 
fered; he  then  gives  the  lecture  of  the  day.  He 
advertises  twelve  lectures  on  "Advanced  Thought," 
which  he  shows,  in  England  and  Scotland,  rejects 
Huxley,  Tyndall,  Herbert  Spencer  and  company; 
whom  he  compares  to  a  small  troop  in  London  march- 
ing in  a  circle  round  and  round  the  summit  of  the 
hill,  and  making  the  impression  that  they  are  an  anny, 
because  no  outsider  sees  the  end  of  them.  Mr.  Cook 
claims,  for  orthodox  Christian  teaching,  a  monoply  of 
true  "Scientific  Method,"  and  calls  it  Carlyle's  "Natu- 
ral Supernaturalism." 

We  think  Paul's  method  of  dealing  with  "opposi- 
tions of  science  falsely  so-called,"  better  than  Mr. 
Cook's.  That  Apostle  did  not  affect  to  fight  spurious 
scientists  with  their  own  weapons,  or  to  refute  them 
in  their  own  style.  But  as  against  the  teachers  of 
"vain  deceits"  for  philosophy,  "after  the  rudiments  of 
the  world,"  Mr.  Cook  is  crushingly  and  fearfully  ef- 
fective. His  seemingly  pndless  research,  and  his  ap- 
parently intenninable  acquaintance  with  learned  men, 
make  him,  like  Attila,  a  "Scourge  of  God"  to  philo- 
sophic charlatans. 

GUESSES  FOR   "DEATH  PILLOWS." 

Since  the  above  was  written  we  have  read  another 
lecture  of  Mr.  Cook,  and  Lyman  Abbott's  sharp  taking 
him  off  upon  his  theory  of  a  possible  preparation  for 
heaven  while  in  and  under  the  article  of  death.  The 
clash  of  these  two  minds  is  having  a  salutary  effect. 
Abbott  sharply  admits  that  his  own  doctrine  of  a 
possible  probation  after  death  for  those  who  have  not 
had  a  fair  chance  here,  is  mere  "guess"  and  "conjec- 
ture," not  Scripture;  and  he  asserts  with  as  much  force 
as  truth  that  "Christian  faith  will  have  nothing  to  do 
with  guesses  in  so  solemn  a  matter."  And  he  (Mr. 
Abbott)  declares  Mr.  Cook's  "guess"  of  a  possible 
preparation  for  heaven  under  the  'films  of  death  to 
be  a  "restatement  of  the  balder  form  of  Universalism 
which  made  death  the  final  and  perfect  means  of 
grace."  Here  Mr.  Abbott  is  right;  and  Mr.  Cook  is 
equally  so,  when  he  denounces  Abbott's  probation- 
after-death  theory,  as  "a  guess  for  a  dying  pillow." 
As  condemning  each  others'  teaching  doubts  for  doc- 
trines, both  ai-e  sound. 

But  when  Mr.  Abbott  says  that  "the  great  mass  of 
faiths,  pagan  and  Christian,"  anticipate  probation  af- 
ter death,  for  all  who  "are  apparently  neither  wicked 
enough  to  deserve  eternal  torment  nor  good  enough 
to  be  the  companions  of  the  Holy  God,"  he  practi- 
cally teaches  a  post  mortem  probation  for  the  mass  of 
mankind;  and  the  Smyths  and  Thayers  will  put  his 
"guesses"  into  their  creeds  and  give  them  to  councils! 
But  "The  prophet  that  hath  a  dream,  let  him  tell  a 
dream:  and  he  that  hath  my  word,  let  him  speak  my 
word  faithfully.  What  is  the  chaff  to  the  wheat? 
saith  the  Lord."     (Jer.  23:  28.) 

Infants,  idiots  and  the  human  gorillas  of  Africa, 
are  in  no  Christian  sense  in  probation.  Neither  are 
"half-reasoning"  animals.  But  they  all  fall  under 
the  Atonement  of  Christ,  by  which  the  "creature 
(creation)  itself  shall  be  delivered  from  the  bondage 
of  corruption,  into  the  glorious  liberty  of  the  children 
of  God."  Romans  8:  21.)  But  precisely  what  God 
will  do  with  animals  in  eternity  he  has  not  told  us. 
Probation  is  for  those  who  know  enough  to  dispute 
about  and  reject  it:  and  Christianity  is  not  a  theoj-em 
to  be  proved,  but  a  problem  to  be  worked  out  and  ap- 
plied to  those  who  hear  it.  Doubtless  Christ's  com- 
ing in  deatli,  to  those  who  have  before  chosen  (rod 
and  goodness  under  diflSculties  and  errors,  may  com- 
plete their  redemption,  as  quick  as  he  received  the 
thief  on  the  cross,  which  is  what  Mr.  Cook  hints. 
And  "the  Judge  of  all  the  earth"  will  doubtless  han- 
dle the  cases  of  infants,  idiots  and  animals,  brute  or 
human,  so  as  to  maintain  the  moral  stability  of  his 
government  over  all  the  benevolent  minds  in  his  uni- 


verse. And  there  may  be  more  things  and  theories 
bearing  on  human  destiny  than  ten  thousand  Messrs. 
Cook's  and  Abbott's  ever  dreamt  of  While  there  is 
still  reserved  "Unto  them  that  are  contentious  and  do 
not  obey  the  truth,  but  obey  umlghteousness,  indig- 
nation and  wrath,  tribulation  and  anguish  upon  everj^ 
soul  of  man  that  doeth  evil."  (Rom.  2:  8,  9.)  God 
is  more  loving  and  merciful  than  we  are,  and  hates 
sin  and  sinners  worse. 

"Hope  humbly  then;  with  trembling  pinions  soar: 
Wait  the  great  teacher,  Death;  and  God  adore." 


A  STRIKING  PARALLEL. 


FENIANISM   AND  FREEMASONRY. 


The  dispatches  of  January  21st  give  brief  notes  of 
the  Dublin  assassination  trials  that  wiU  repay  careful 
study.  The  statements  made  give  a  glimpse  of  Fe- 
nianism  "gone  to  seed,"  and  furnish  a  key  to  the  cit- 
adel of  the  system  of  secret  orders. 

A  witness  named  Farrel  was  on  the  stand  who  was 
a  member  of  the  "Inner  Circle."  This  Inner  Circle, 
it  appears,  is  composed  of  a  few  experts  and  men  of 
nerve,  who  can  be  trusted  with  the  execution  of  any 
order,  or  the  consummation  of  any  scheme  that  they 
may  themselves  devise.  It  further  appears  that  while 
Fenianism  did  not  originally  design  to  employ  vio- 
lence in  carrying  out  its  mieasm-es,  this  assassin  soci- 
ety originated  in  and  now  derives  its  power  from  this 
professedly  benevolent,  patriotic  and  harailess  secret 
order.  Farrel  avers  that  the  major  part  of  Fenians 
are  kept  in  ignorance  of  the  work  and  designs  of  their 
own  assassination  society  and  still  adhere  to  their 
original  purpose;  and  thus  while  respectable  members 
are  manufacturing  public  sentiment  in  favor  of  secret 
orders,  the  vicious  and  aspiring  are  assassinating 
their  rulers  and  subverting  the  liberties  of  the  peo- 
ple. 

The  account  given  by  Farrel  has  a  straight  forward 
appearance,  and  is  confirmed  by  strong  corroborating 
evidence.  The  similaritj-  between  Fenianism,  with 
its  "Inner  Circle",  and  Freemasonry  with  its  "Su- 
preme Council  of  Sovereign  Grand  Inspectors  Gen- 
eral" will  readily  be  seen  by  the  most  casual  observer. 
Their  methods  and  fruits  present  an  exact  parallehsm. 
Fenianism  and  its  allied  secret  orders  create  public 
sentiment  and  fill  the  minds  of  the  people  with  dis- 
trust, and  then  John  Mullen  with  the  thugs  of  his 
trained  baud,  butchers  ministers  of  justice  in  Phoenix 
Park,  in  broad  day-light,  and,  aided  by  their  emissa- 
ries, make  good  their  escape.  Freemasonry  and  its 
allies  manufacture  public  sentiment;  impress  the  peo- 
ple with  their  dignity'  and  great  antiquity;  appropriate 
the  offices  of  both  chm-ch  and  state,  and,  while  pro- 
fessing benevolence  and  good  works,  murdered 
Prichard,  Miller,  Morgan  and  others  whom  their  Inner 
Cu'cle  had  marked  for  vengeance,  and  now  proscribe 
every  man  who  exposes  their  movements  or  publicly 
discusses  their  principles. 

The  British  government  in  attempting  to  ferret  out 
and  bring  to  justice  the  murderers  of  Lord  Cavendish 
and  Secretary  Burke,  is  confronted  hy  a  powerful 
secret  league  whose  efforts  to  screen  their  accom- 
plices in  crime  are  only  thwarted  by  the  revelations 
of  FaiTel  and  others  who  are  denounced  as  "perjured 
villains,"  because  thej"  refuse  to  keep  their  "oath"  and 
"ever  conceal  and  never  reveal,"  the  crimes  of  their 
brethren.  The  State  of  New  York  attempted  to  fer- 
ret out  and  bring  to  justice  the  men  who  mui'dered 
Morgan,  but  the  civil  authorities  were  baffled  and  ul- 
timately defeated.  So  complete  was  the  victorj-  of 
Freemasorrry  that  this  bloody  secret  of  the  lodge 
would  have  doubtless  perished  with  the  generation 
that  mingled  in  those  exciting  scenes  had  not  the 
facts  been  given  recently  under  oath  by  the  late 
Thurlow  Weed. 

Gladstone  and  Parliament,  having  discovered  in 
the  secret  orders  a  foe  dangerous  to  the  personal 
safety  of  honest  subjects  and  hostile  to  the  very  life 
of  the  government  itself  are  taking  vigorous  measm^es 
for  their  extirpation,  while  as  j-et  oui-  own  govern- 
ment beset  by  the  same  dangerous  system  of  secret 
orders  is  indifferent  and  inactive.  Politicians  who 
see  the  danger  cower  before  it.  Ministers  as  a  rule 
either  mnk  at  the  sinfulness  of  this  system  or  feebly 
protest  against  its  inroads  upon  their  churches. 

When  the  secret  scheme  was  matiu-ed  in  the  Inner 
Circle  of  Fenianism  then  the  British  government  was 
startled  by  the  intelligence  that  her  ministers  of  jus- 
tice were  being"  butchered  in  cold  blood  under  her 
own  flag,  and  our  nation  resting  supinely  may  be 
startled  from  her  delusive  dream  of  security  to  con- 
template like  hideous  crimes  committed  upon  her  own 
soil  by  secret  assassins.  The  Freemasons,  the  Odd 
fellows,  the  Knights  of  Pythias  and  a  hundred  kin- 
dred cabals  are  at  work  as  the  Fenians  and  their  al- 
lies worked  manufacturing  public  opinion,  and  like 
causes  produce  like  effects.      Combinations  of   men, 


■H 


Febrttart  8,  1883 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSIJBE. 


whose  aims  and  acts  are  of  such  a  natui-e  that  per 
soiial  safety  and  public  justice  can  be  maintained 
only  by  violating  the  oath  or  bond  by  which  they  are 
united,  are  just  objects  of  suspicion,  and  when,  as  in 
the  murder  of  Cavendisli  and  Burke  l)y  the  "Inner 
Circle"  of  Fenianism  or  the  murder  of  Morgan  by 
Freemasons,  they  disclose  their  true  character  by 
their  own  acts  of  blood,  indifference  on  the  part  of 
individuals  savors  strongly  of  crime  against  our 
commonwealth,  and  inaction  on  the  part  of  the 
church  and  state  is  little  less  than  treason  against 
divine  and  civil  government. 


— Our  sioecial  correspondent  engaged  for  Washington 
has,  since  his  return,  been  prevented  by  sickness  in  his 
family  from  furnishing  the  hoped-for  facts  from  the  Cajji- 
tol.  Bro.  Milton  Ford,  in  charge  of  our  building,  wih 
see  that  the  interests  of  the  N.  C.  A.  are  properly  cared 
for.  Other  matters  have  so  absorbed  the  thought  and 
time  of  all  at  this  office  that  little  has  been  done  witli  di- 
rect reference  to  tlie  Washington  movement. 

— We  are  occasionally  reminded  of  the  interest  felt  by 
otliers  and  assured  of  their  approval  by  encouraging 
words  and  small  donations.  Such  expressions  of  appro- 
bation are  duly  appreciated,  and  we  have  learned  that 
"many  a  little  makes  a  mickle,"  but  those  of  our  friends 
who  have  received  bountifully  in  trust  for  their  Lord,  will 
i-emember  his  words,  "Where  much  is  given,  much  also 
will  be  required." 

— Bro.  S.  E.  Starry  of  Iowa  called  at  the  (Jyiiomre  of- 
tiee  last  week,  and,  missing  his  train  for  the  East,  re- 
mained over  niglit.  He  expected  to  speak  in  the  North- 
east Pennsylvania  meeting  on  Thursday.  Bro.  Hinman, 
as  may  be  guessed  from  his  letters,  is  at  the  same  conven- 
tion. The  presence  of  these  two  workers  will  cheer  the 
faithful  Pennsylvania  brethren  who  have  nobly  stood  for 
the  truth. 

— On  the  subject  of  co-operative  stores,  which  formed 
part  of  the  discussion  of  the  labor  problem  last  week  in 
our  columns,  a  correspondent  of  the  New  York  Witness 
writes  that  several  successful  enterprises  of  the  kind  exist 
among  the  farmers  of  Kansas. 

— The  Alpha  Delta  Phi  college  secret  society  has  some 
500  members  in  the  northwest  who  keep  fresh  the  mem- 
ories of  their  college  folly  by  a  great  annual  banquet. 
This  banquet  was  spread  Tuesday  evening.  Dr.  H.  A. 
Johnson,  a  33  degree  Freemason  was  presiding  officer, 
and  Henry  Ward  Beecher,  an  active  member  of  the  lodge, 
was  a  participant. 

— The  "  Oriental  Consistory  of  the  Valley  of  Chicago,'' 
which  is  the  name  given  by  the  poetic  license  of  the  lodge 
to  the  Scottish  Rite  Freemasons  of  this  city,  lately  put 
twenty-seven  dupes  through  their  rites.  To  close  the 
job  a  grand  banquet  was  eaten,  after  Henry  G.  Perry,  a 
32  degree  Episcopalian  preacher  had  offered  the  sem- 
Mance  of  a  prayer  over  it,  and  then  the  company  of 
candidates  were  elevated  into  the  "  military  grade "  of 
"  Sovereign  Princes  of  the  Royal  Secret."  Men  who  go 
through  this  business  are  unfitted  surely  to  be  sovereign 
princes  of  anything  else  but  some  nonsense  they  call 
"royal  secret." 

— With  the  new  ritual  of  Odd-fellowship,  adopted  a 
year  or  two  since  in  Toronto,  have  come  in  aristocratic  de- 
gi-ees  and  aristocratic  methods  of  initiation.  Wealthy 
Masonic  lodges  have  for  years  carried  through  the  lodge 
ceremony  with  lavish  display  and  great  spectacular  effect, 
but  the  Odd-fellows  have  been  content  to  plod  in  a  hum- 
bler path  more  suited  to  the  character  of  their  members. 
A  late  number  of  the  Odd-fellow's  Talisman  shows  that 
this  order  is  beginning  to  put  on  airs,  and  round  about 
Boston  the  lodges  are  training  a  set  of  members  to  go 
through  the  ritual  in  grand  style.  These  twenty-five 
picked  men  travel  about  like  a  cheap  theatrical  society. 
The  charitable  or^er  sends  them  to  a  hotel.  They  draw  a 
crowd  to  the  lodge  with  their  gay  costumes,  parapher- 
nalia, military  precision  and  other  dramatic  effects.  The 
initiation  which  was  designed  to  be  fonnidable  with  its 
bug-bear  solemnity  and  masquerade  thus  becomes  as  good 
as  a  second  class  variety  theater. 


WHY  ODD-FELLOWS  USE  THE  BIBLE. 


A  good  man  and  a  staunch  reformer,  at,  Union  Mills, 
Bro.  A.  Rodgers,  has  departed  this  life.  After  a  brief  ill- 
ness of  lung  fever  he  fell  asleep  in  death,  closing  a  life 
of  usefulness.  A  few  years  ago  God  led  him  out  of  se- 
crecy, and  made  it  his  duty  to  renounce  the  evil  institu- 
tion, which  he  did  in  the  name  of  the  Lord,  without  fear. 
He  left  a  good  evidence  of  God's  saving  power,  testifying 
to  the  ability  of  God,  to  save  men  from  the  galling  yoke 
of  oath-bound  secret  societies.  May  God  bless  the  be- 
reaved family  and  raise  up  a  host  of  friends  for  them. 


In  his  tract  on  Odd-fellowship,  Bro.  G.  W.  Donaldson, 
of  Washington  City,  presents  this  argument,  which  is 
forcible  and  original: 

"Why  do  Masonry  and  Odd-fellowship  take  their  sacred 
lessons  from  the  Christian  Bible?  Why  not  from  the 
Koran  or  the  Book  of  Mormon?  Why  are  there  no  de- 
grees of  brotherly  love  taught  by  Odd-fellows  in  Dahomey 
or  the  Cannibal  Islands?  The  answer  is.  The  lodge  de- 
pends on  Christ  for  their  ideas  of  virtue.  Christ  has 
come;  he  has  elevated  mankind  by  his  teachings,  suffer- 
ings, death,  and  by  .sending  his  Holy  Spirit  on  Christians; 
and  their  den  of  hell  (so-called  lodge)  impudently  put 
his  Bible  on  a  level  with  the  false  revelations,  which  they 
never  quote.  When  Christianity  has  civilized  a  land, 
these  lodges  stand  by  and  seize  on  the  Christian  virtues 
as  their  capital  stock  and  claim  the  merit  of  originating 
the  virtues  thus  stolen  from  Christ;  and  in  the  degree 
called  Brotherly  Love  they  dramatize  Christ's  wonderful 
parable,  while  they  treat  its  author  with  silent  contempt. 
The  lodge  is  thus  deism  and  infidelity.  If  it  were  not, 
deists  and  infidels  would  not  love  it  as  they  now  do. 
With  amazing  effrontery,  which  sinks  below  shame,  they 
claim  superiority  for  the  lodge  as  a  world-wide  religion,, 
and  cast  out  Christ  whose  scriptures  give  them  their  ideas 
of  virtue,  and  whose  civilization  furnishes  them  members, 
degrees,  fees  and  dues.  The  idea  that  brotherl.y  love  can 
be  promoted  by  such  a  concern  is  simply  preposterous. 
The  pastor  of  the  Congregational  Church  in  Sandwich, 
Illinois,  who  has  been  both  Mason  and  Odd-fellow,  said 
to  me,  'It  is  the  devil's  worship,  as  you  say.'  'WhJ^ 
brother,'  said  I,  'j'ou  never  belonged  to  them,  did  you?' 
'Yes,'  he  replied;  'when  a  clerk  in  a  business  house  in 
New  York  I  joined  both  orders,  and  see  at  this  distance 
the  faces  of  myself  and  the  members.  The  whole  thing 
seems  to  me  diabolical.'  There  is  but  one  person  in  the 
universe  who  can  overthrow  these  secret  dens — that  is 
om  Lord  and  Saviour  Jesus  Christ;  and  may  the  day 
speedily  arrive.  The  direst  of  all  hatred  is  counterfeit 
love.  It  is  the  best  thing  corrupted  into  the  worst.  It  is 
indeed  the  kiss  of  Judas.  Such  is  the  brotherly  love  of 
Odd-fellowship.  True  love  is  natural;  that  of  the  lodge 
is  artificial.  Bible  love  worketh  no  ill  to  its  neighbor; 
lodge  love  worketh  no  good.  This  Odd-fellowship  is  a 
counterfeit  or  mimicry  of  the  friendship  of  Jesus  Christ." 


Reform  News. 


NOTICE. 

To  the  Friends  of  Reform  in  Southeast  Pennsylvania  and  Adjoin- 
ing Localities. 

We,  the  undersigned,  were  appoiuted  a  committee  by  the  offi- 
cial meeting  of  King  Street  Church,  Chambersburg,  to  call  a 
general  convention  of  the  anti-secrecy  reform  advocates  to  meet 
in  Chambersburg,  Pa.,  Feb.  13th,  at  7  p.  m.,  and  to  continue 
through  the  two  following  days.  Speakers  of  ability  are  ex- 
pected to  be  present  and  to  address  the  meeting. 

S.  E.  Starry,  of  Iowa,  is  engaged  to  attend  this  meeting  and 
work  the  degrees  of  Masonry.  Free  entertainment  will  be  pro- 
vided all  friends  from  abroad. 

H.  H.  Hinman, 

W.  O.  TOBEY, 

J.  S.  Yaukby. 


BBO.  HINMAN' S  LET  TEES. 


INDIAN  TRAININC4   SCHOOL. 

Carlisle,  Pa.,  Jan.  29,  1883. 

Deai!  Cynosure: — On  the  25th  inst.  I  left  Shippens- 
burg  on  the  C.  V.  R.  R.  and  rode  twelve  miles  to  the 
northeast  where  I  spent  several  days  with  David  LeFevre, 
a  minister  of  the  Disciples,  and  whose  wife  is  a  niece  of 
Governor  Ritner,  inheriting  from  him  an  intense  opposi- 
tion to  secret  societies.  I  lectured  twice  in  the  Disciple 
church  and  preached  twice;  but  several  protracted  meet- 
ings were  in  progress  and  the  attendance  was  small.  The 
only  secret  society  in  the  vicinity  (I.  O.  O.F.)  has  re- 
cently ceased  to  be. 

To-day  I  came  here  eight  miles  and  have  visited  the 
Indian  Training  School  at  Carlisle  Barracks.  Carlisle 
is  a  fine  town  of  8,000  to  10,000  inhabitants  and  the 
county  seat  of  Cumberland  county.  The  government 
buildings  here  were  burned  by  Gen.  Lee,  but  were  rebuilt 
soon  after  and  are  large,  comfortable,  but  rather  inelegant. 
They  have  been  occupied  as  a  school  for  Indians  during 
three  years,  a  much  more  useful  purpose  than  as  a  nursery 
of  war.  There  are  now  in  attendance  377  pupils, — 261 
boys  and  116  girls.  The  extremes  of  age  are  seven  and 
twenty-two.  They  come  from  twenty-flve  different  tribes, 
each  having  a  different  language,  with  nothing  in  common 
but  a  sign  language,  in  which  Southern  Indians  are  said 
to  excel.  To  learn  to  s])eak  English  is  one  of  the  greatest 
obstacles  to  civilization,  |the  difficulty  being  greater  with 
adults  than  children. 

I  visited  the  ten  school  rooms,  each  under  the  care  of 
an  efficient  lady  teacher.  The  deportment  was  excellent. 
A  few  classes  went  to  their  blackboards  and  wrote  some 
examples  in  arithmetic  rapidly  and  neatly,  but  most  were 
engaged  in  writing  letters  to  their  friends,  the  day  being 
set  apart  for  that  purpose.  I  saw  and  read  a  number  of 
these  letters.  They  were  written  in  a  clear,  bold  hand, 
without  blots  or  erasures.  Those  who  have  been  here  but 
a  short  time  make  many  mistakes  in    their   English;  but 


others  write  with  great  accuracy  of  language  and  style 
I  saw  the  whole  377  at  dinner  and  had  no  doubt  as  1o 
their  ability  to  do  justice  to  a  "square  meal."  While 
they  ate  I  conversed  with  the  matron,  a  ladj^  educated  at 
Oberlin,  and  acquainted  with  nearly  all  the  workers  of 
the  American  Missionary  Association.  She  told  me  thai 
the  cooking  and  laundry  work  was  done  by  the  Indian 
girls;  that  the  boys  took  care  of  their  rooms,  keeping 
them  clean;  that  all  attended  Sabbath-school,  and  much 
pains  was  taken  in  Christian  instruction,  and  that  quite  a 
number  profess  faith  in  Christ. 

After  dinner  with  Captain  Pratt,  I  was  conducted 
through  the  work  shops.  The  first  half  of  each  day  is 
devoted  to  study.  The  last  half  to  work.  They  make 
carriages,  harness,  tinware,  shoes,  and  clothing;  besides 
cultivating  129  acres.  The  shops  have  been  a  source  of 
revenue  to  the  government.  Scholars  are  paid  for  work 
at  the  rate  of  one  dollar  for  six  days' work,  and  the  money 
is  kept  for  them  until  they  return  home.  There  has  been 
some  sickness  incident  to  so  great  a  change  of  habits,  but 
not  gi-eat;  about  twenty-five  deaths  in  all.  Those  coming 
from  the  more  civilized  tribes  are  sick  the  least. 

I  found  Captain  Pratt  a  true  philanthropist  and  an  ex- 
cellent Christian.  He  has  evidently  studied  the  Indian 
problem  with  great  care  and  from  many  points  of  obser- 
vation. His  plan  is  embodied  in  two  words:  Educate, 
absorb.  Cease  to  treat  Indians  as  a  distinct  race.  Educate 
them  and  diffuse  them  among  civilized  people,  and  they 
will  be  civilized.  Concentrate  them  and  pauperize  them 
and  they  will  be  heathen  paupers  and  savages.  By  edu- 
cation of  course  is  meant  Christian  education. 

I  was  not  surpi-ised  to  find  Captain  Pratt,  like  all  think- 
ing Christians,  strongly  opposed  to  all  secret  order,  though 
he  had  found  time  to  give  the  subjuct  but  little  attention. 
I  left  strongly  impressed  with  the  moral  grandeur  of  the 
work  he  is  doing,  inconceivably  nobler  than  the  greatest 
achievements  of  arms. 

THE  grand  army  OF  THE  REPUBLIC 

ScRANTON,  Jan.  31, — To  day  this  body  has  its  annual 
reunion  at  Wilkesbarre,  Pa.  The  cars  are  thronged  with 
men  decked  in  the  tinpelry  of  the  order.  Of  a  large 
number  I  saw  at  Harrisburg  nearly  every  one  puffed  his 
cigar.  The  saloons  reap  a  harvest.  Multitudes  of  silly 
women  are  excited  over  the  show,  and  are  pressing  to  the 
front.     I  am  led  to  consider: 

1.  There  is  no  good  object  that  these  men  have  in  view 
but  could  be  better  accomplished  by  an  organization 
open  to  public  inspection  for  approval  or  criticism. 

2.  All  war  is  barbarism.  Whatever  revives  the  memo 
ries  and  promotes  the  spirit  of  war  hinders  the  j^rogress 
of  Christian  civilization,  and  postpones  the  triumph  of  the 
Prince  of  Peace. 

3.  The  memories  of  the  war  of  the  Rebellion  are  a 
source  of  great  bitterness  of  feeling,  especially  at  the 
South.  To  keep  alive  these  memories  is  to  promote  .sec- 
tional strife  and  retard  the  peaceful  progress  of  the  nation. 

4.  All  j)owerful  secret  orders  are  a  standing  menace 
civil  government.  This  is  especially  true  of  secret  milli- 
tary  orders;  nor  does  the  fact  that  these  men  have  sworn 
to  obey  the  Constitution  of  the  U.  S.  make  the  dangei- 
materrially  less.  There  conceptions  of  what  the  Consti- 
tution requires  will  alwaj's  be  what  their  leaders  affirm. 
Without  impugning  the  character  of  our  military  men. 
yet  how  easy  it  would  be  for  Gen.  Grant  to  use  this  great 
power  for  other  than  benevolent  ])urposes.  Suppose 
such  an  emergency  to  arise  as  the  chsputed  election  of 
Hayes  and  Tilden;  how  easy  to  use  this  great  army  in  a 
way  which  they  might  think  was  strirtl>/  constitutional 
and  yet  distructiive  to  the  liberties  of  the  people.  LTn- 
le.ss  our  nation  is  an  exception  to  all  others,  the  teachings 
of  history  abundantly  show,  that  all  such  powers  arc 
dangerous  to  the  body  politic,  and  the  men  who  maintain 
tliem  would  do  a  service  to  their  country  and  to  Christian 
civilization  if  they  would  at  once  disband. 

H.  H.  Hinman. 

ECHOED  OF  THE  STATE  CONVENTION. 


Emporia.  Kan..  Jan.  26,  188;>. 

The  Emporia  Convention  is  over  more  than  a  montli 
ago,  but  its  ghost  "  won't  down."  Even  the  holiday  sea 
son  with  its  all-absorbing  revelries  has  not  sufficed  to 
drown  the  echo  of  its  voice.  I  give  herewith  a  few 
extracts  from  the  Emporia  Bepublican  which  will  illus 
trate  what  I  have  said. 

The  following  from  Hartford,  a  railway  station  near 
Emporia,  is  suggestive: 

Next  Friday  night  there  will  be  a  discussion  at  the 
school-house  upon  the  question:  "Resolved,  That  the 
existing  condition  of  things  demands  the  formation  of  a 
new  political  party.     All  arc  invited  to  attend. 

The  subject:     "  Resolved.  That  secret   societies    are    in 
\_Continued  on  12th page.~\ 


10 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYZSTOSURE. 


February  8,  1883 


THE  Home. 


GOD  SPEAKS. 

God  speaks  to  hearts  of  men  in  many  ways ; 

Some  the  red  banner  of  tlie  rising  sun, 

Spread  o'er  the  snow-clad  hills  has  taught  his  praise; 

Some  the  sweet  silence  when  the  day  is  done ; 

Some,  after  loveless  lives,  at  length  have  won 

His  word  in  children's  hearts  and  children's  gaze : 

And  some  have  found  him  where  low  rafters  ring 

To  greet  the  liand  that  helps,  the  heart  that  cheers 
And  some  in  prayer,  and  some  in  perfecting 
Of  watchful  toil  through  unrewarding  years : 
And  some  not  less  are  his,  who  vainly  sought 
His  voice,  and  with  his  silence  have  been  taught — 
Wlio  bare  his  chain  that  bade  them  to  be  bound, 
And,  at  the  end,  in  finding  not,  have  found. 

— tipectator. 


OUT  OF  A  SNOW  STOBM. 

"It  is  an  ill  wind  that  blows  nobody  good,"  says 
the  proverb;  but  William  Grafton,  with  whom  our 
storj"  has  somewhat  to  do,  was  inclined  to  lose  faith 
in  this  particular  proverb.  So  hunying  through  the 
little  evening  chores  on  his  poorlj-  kept  farm,  he  mut- 
tered to  himself:  "A  perfect  beast  of  a  night.  I'll 
just  let  the  old  cows  starve  before  I'll  stay  out  another 
minute,"  and  throwing  down  the  bushel  basket  he 
walked  hurriedly  toward  the  house. 

"I'd  like  to  know  how  much  good  this  ill  windll 
blow  any  one,"  he  gi'umbled,  as  he  shook  the  snow 
from  his  coat  and  seated  himself  beside  the  fire. 

Mrs  Grafton  moved  silently  around  the  room,  as 
she  prepared  the  evening  meal. 

The  children,  Frank,  Elsie,  Lena  and  baby,  retired 
to  the  farthest  corner  of  the  room  at  the  entrance  of 
their  father,  and  their  mirth,  which  had  been  quite 
boisterous,  became  wonderfully'  subdued.  "Don't  be 
in  such  a  mighty  hurry,  Fannie,  about  that  pretense 
of  a  supper.  I'm  sure  I  don't  care  for  it.  I  declare 
this  place  will  be  the  death  of  me,  and  its  gloomy 
enough  without  that  long  face  of  j-ours. " 

"I'll  just  ride  down  to  the  corner  house  and  get 
some  life  and  heat  into  me,"  said  the  ill-treated  hus- 
band; and  shuffling  himself  into  his  coat  again,  he 
went  out  into  the  storm,  closing  the  door  with  no- 
very  gentle  tx)uch. 

Perhaps  you  maj'  imagine  the  poor  wife  seating 
herself  to  that  feminine  luxury — a  burst  of  tears  and 
grief:  but  no,  Fannie  Grafton  had  long  ago  learned 
that  lesson  of  bitter,  silent  endurance  forced  upon 
every  drunkard's  wife. 

"Frank,"  said  she,  turning  from  the  window  where 
she  had  often  stood,  with  the  same  aching  heart  and 
sad  eyes,  "your  father  is  saddling  Turk,  and  if  he  is 
out  late  to-night,  and — and  at  all  intoxicated,  he  can 
not  manage  that  horse.  Run  out  dear,  and  tell  him 
you  will  saddle  up  Bessie  for  him." 

Frank  obeyed  rather  reluctantl}',  and  soon  returned: 
"I  knew  it  would  only  make  him  angry,  mother.  He 
was  just  furioits.  I  shouldn't  care  either,  if  he  did  not 
blame  you  for  everj'thing.  It's  a  perfect  shame;  'lone- 
some' and  'dull'  indeed! 

"I  wonder  what  makes  it  so,  and  if  he  ever  thinks 
how  we  endure  the  loneliness  and  poverty,  and  every- 
thing else,  while  he  is  off  enjojing  himself 

"Oh!  I  wish  I  was  a  few  years  older;  then  I'd  take 
you  and  the  children  away  and  work  for  you,  and  let 
father  fish  for  himself" 

"Frank,  Frank,  remember  you  are  speaking  of  a 
parent  whom,  after  all,  you  are  bound  to  respect.  And, 
my  boj',  remember  that  others  as  far  gone  as  your 
father  have  been  reclaimed,  and  let  us  not  forget  our 
duty  toward  him,"  said  Mrs.  Grafton  gentlj'^  to  the 
boy,  whose  passionate  outburst  had  been  provoked 
by  his  father's  conduct. 

"Papa  used  to  be  as  kind  and  good  as  Minnie  jMay- 
nard's  papa  is,"  said  little  Lena,  looking  up  from  her 
primer,  and  the  hot  tears  sprang  to  the  mother's  eyes 
as  she  made  some  reply  to  the  little  one. 

The  short  winter  daj^  had  closed  dismali}-  and 
stormily,  and  Mrs.  Grafton  andFlsie,  a  girl  of  twelve, 
washed  the  supper  dishes,  put  the  little  ones  to  lied 
and  brightened  up  the  room,  while  Frank. was  busy 
outside  with  his  little  evening  duties. 

The  kitchen  lamp  was  placed  where  its  glimmer 
could  guide  a  certain  l)enighted  traveler;  Mi^s.  Grafton 
drew  her  low  rocker  to  the  table  and  bent  over  her 
huge  basket  of  mending;  Frank  and  Elsie  sat  opposite 
engaged  with  their  lessons  for  the  niorrow,  and  quiet 
reigiied  in  the  room  wlierc  the  ruddy  firelight  sent  a 
cheerful  glow  over  the  bright  rag  cai'pet  and  carefully 
dusted  furniture,  and  up  to  the  earnest  faces  bent  over 
books  and  work,  !<'ive,  six,  seven  and  eiglit  strokes 
issued  from  the  lungs  of  the  clock  in  the  corner,  and 
Elsie,  closing  the  grammer  on  the  well-conned  page, 
reached  over  for  a  little  garment  from  her  mother's 
basket,  and  busied  lierself  in  restoring  it  to  a  whole 
couditiou, 


Shortly  after,  Frank  also  closed  his  algebra  with  a 
sigh  of  relief,  and  placed  his  books  in  a  neat  pile. 

"Mother,"  said  he,  "you  are  not  going  to  sit  up  for 
father  to-night,  are  j'ou? 

"Yes,  dear,  I  have  an  uncomfortable  presentiment 
that  something  is  about  to  happen,  and  could  not  rest 
if  I  did  retire;  but  you  and  Elsie  had  better  go  to  bed, 
for  j'our  father  may  be  \Q\-y  late." 

"No,  gir,  we'll  stay  too,  then,"  answered  Frank, 
while  his  sister  added:  "Yes,  mamma,  and  instead  of 
some  one  of  us  reading  to-night,  will  you  not  tell  us 
something  about  j-ourself  and  father,  when  j'ou  were 
young?'' 

Jtlrs.  Grafton  smiled  sadly.  She  had  been  very 
reticent  about  her  past  life,  but  she  felt  that  her 
children  ought  to  know  something  of  it. 

"'\A^ell,"  she  began,  "there  are  not  many  important 
events  to  relate,  but,  as  you  know,  I  was  born  and 
raised  in  Boston.  Father  was  an  industrious  ma- 
chinist, and,  through  frugality  and  honesty,  saved  suf- 
ficient means  with  which  to  support  and  educate  his 
family  quite  respectably.  There  were  six  children  of 
us.  Your  uncle  George,  whom  you  remember  visiting 
us  four  years  ago,  is  the  eldest,  and  at  his  own  wish 
and  that  of  our  parents,  entered  the  ministry-  and  is  a 
pastor  in  Boston.  Sister  i  Helena  came  next,  and  is 
now  in  London  with  her  sailor  husband.  Next  eldest 
is  Henry,  the  little  merchant  we  used  to  call  him,  now 
a  great  merchant  of  New  York;  but  I  fear  his  wealth 
and  prosperity  have  brought  him  very  little  happiness. 
I  am  next  to  Henry,  while  the  twins,  Frank  and  Elsie, 
are  the  youngest.  These  two  were  always  inseparable, 
and  when  they  were  married — Frank  to  Ella  Hartley, 
and  Elsie  to  Charley  Hartley — we  laughed  and  said: 
A  ver}'  convenient  game  of  change  partners.' 

"Thej^  are  now  with  their  families  in  far  California. 
So  you  see,  our  little  band  is  widely  scattered,  while 
our  dear  parents  have  removed  long  ago  to  the  new 
Jerusalem. 

"I  was  always  the  headstrong  child  of  the  familj'. 
Yes,  indeed  (as  her  childi-en  exclaimed  at  the  idea). 

"William  Grafton  and  I  had  not  been  long  acquaint- 
ed before  we  were  more  than  friends.  He  was  very 
gay  and  fascinating,  good-hearted  and  kind. 

"My  friends,  though  they  liked  Will,  feared  his 
weak  points  would  ruin  him;  and  I  did  not  remon- 
strate with  him  on  account  of  his  habits  or  use  the  in- 
fluence I  might  have  exerted,  but  excused  him  on  the 
plea  that  young  men  must  sow  their  wild  oats,  and 
surely  I  could  not  wish  for  a  more  indulgent  husband. 
So  we  were  married,  and  your  father's  parents,  dying- 
soon  afterward,  left  us,  their  only  children,  this  farm 
and  a  snug  little  sum  in  bank. 

"But  my  husband's  gayety  and  love  of  company 
did  not  decrease  with  his  growing  cares  and  family, 
and  I  never  minded  his  actions  so  long  as  he  treated 
us  with  all  his  old  fondness  and  off'-handed  kindness, 
aijd  it  is  just  in  the  past  few  years  that  the  demon 
has  asserted  his  supreme  power  oyqm  your  poor  father, 
to  the  exclusion  of  wife  and  children. 

"When  j'our  uncle  George  was  here,  he  advised  me 
to  open  my  eyes  and  do  what  I  could  to  save  our- 
selves from  tlie  ruin  that  threatened. 

"But  though  I  was  a  little  uneasy,  I  assured  George 
that  "William,  though  a  little  reckless,  was  kind  as  ever. 

"Ah,  how  little  did  I  think  it  would  come  to  this! 
By  struggles  and  privation  we  liarely  manage  to  live. 

''AH  we  had  in  bank  has  gone  to  the  winds,  and 
now  your  father  is  angry  with  me  because  I  will  not 
consent  to  the  sale  of  the  farm  that  he  may  have 
more  monej'  to  waste  with  his  profligate  companions. 

"My  children,  it  is  hard  that  our  sin  and  neglect 
are  visited  on  you,  for  I  am  to  blame  as  well  as  j^our 
father  in  a  sense.  Oh  William!  what  has  come  over 
you?"  the  poor  woman  wailed,  completely  broken 
down,  the  long  pent-up-gTief  thus  venting  itself 

"Don't,  mamma,  please  don't,''  said  Elsie  soothing- 
ly, while  Frank  only  brought  his  fists  together,  vow- 
ing vengeance  on  some  one. 

'•You  know,  mamma,  we  have  prayed  for  father  so 
earnestly,  and  I  do  believe  God  will  not  let  him  go 
much  further."  With  these  and  other  words  Elsie 
succeeded  in  cpiieting  the  violence  of  her  mother's 
griel',  and  the  old,  patient  look  settled  over  the  sweet 
features  again. 

■  "Wat  is  that?"  exclaimed  Mrs.  Grafton,  a  few  mo- 
ments later,  springing  to  her  feet,  and  growing  a 
shade  paler,  if  possible. 

Frank  sprang  to  open  the  door,  and  there  beheld 
the  riderless  Turk,  tearing  madly  through  the  yard, 
the  white  foam  frozen  to  his  nostrils,  and  the  saddle 
dragging  at  his  heels. 

jNlrs.  Grafton  i'ell  back  in  a  swoon,  and  Frank,  leav- 
ing her  to  the  care  of  his  sister,  hurried  from  the 
house  and  over  the  fields  to  Mr.  IMaynard's. 

It  took  but  few  words  to  explain,  and  the  kintl 
neighlior  lost  no  time  in  following  Frank,  while  his 
thoughtful  wife  i)roceede(l  to  lend  her  iissistanco  at 
the  Grafton  fotttigt;, 


Swiftly  and  silently  over  the  frozen  road  sped  the 
two  anxious  ones,  looking  right  and  left  in  vain  for  a 
trace  of  the  unfortunate  man. 

Mr.  Maynard  shuddered  as  they  approached 
the  precipice  over  the  creek,  and  Frank  drew  back, 
not  daring  to  face  the  scene  that  might  there  be  de- 
picted, for  he  knew  that  Turk  was  always  skittish  at 
this  spot. 

Mr.  Maynard  leaned  over  the  embankment  and 
peered  a  moment  in  breathless  dread;  then,  trying  to 
speak  calmly,  said,  "Quick,  Frank,  run  down  after  me, 
and  bring  the  lantern  carefully." 

Frank  staggered,  but  then  with  that  strength  that 
is  sometimes  given  to  the  weakest  of  us  in  gi-eat 
emergencies,  he  gTasped  the  lantern  and  sprang  down 
the  side  of  the  road.  There,  on  the  frozen  side  of 
the  creek,  lay  a  dark  object,  and  with  the  aid  of  the 
lantern  and  the  pale  light  of  the  stars,  they  saw  the 
mangled  and  apparently  lifeless  body  of"  William 
Grafton: 

"Oh!  is  he  dead?"  gasped  Frank. 

"No,  T  think  not,"  returned  his  companion;  "but  run 
to  the  corner  house  for  blankets  and  a  wagon.  Stop 
for  Dr.  Merrill  on  your  wa}-  back,  and  be  verj-  quick." 

Frank  was  on  a  brisk  run  before  his  friend  had 
scarcely  finished  speaking,  and  he  sped  through  the 
gloom  with  a  bursting  heart,  but  light  footsteps. 

Meanwhile,  Mr.  Maynard  lifted  the  insensible  man 
from  the  ice,  and  succeeded  in  getting  him  to  the 
shore,  where  he  wrapped  his  own  great  coat  about  the 
sufferer  and  proceeded  to  wash  the  blood  from  his 
hair  and  face.  But  it  had  frozen,  and,  sick  with  the 
ghastly  sight,  Mr.  Maynard  could  only  turn  and  gaze 
anxiously  in  the  direction  Frank  had  taken. 

About  three-fourths  of  an  hour  had  elapsed  and 
then  the  lonely  watch  was  ended,  for  the  doctor  and 
Frank  drove  rapidly  to  the  spot,  and  by  great  exer- 
tions they  succeeded  in  lifting  the  poor  body  to  a 
comfortable  position  among  the  blankets  of  the 
wagon. 

The  proprietor  of  the  corner  house  had  sent  these, 
but  who  could  expect  him  to  come  and  view  another 
victim  to  his  diabolical  though  lawful  (?)  traffic. 

In  the  terrible  moments  of  suspense  while  Frank 
was  absent,  Mrs.  Grafton  had  become  somewhat  calm, 
and  was  prepared  for  the  worst.  So  that  when  the 
men  lifted  the  limp  figure  from  the  wagon  she  neither 
cried  out  nor  fainted,  but  proceeded  to  show  them  the 
room  and  the  bed  on  which  to  place  her  husband. 

We  need  not  dwell  on  the  misery-  and  watching 
and  exertions  of  that  long  night.  It  was  over  at  last 
and  when  the  gray  dawn  looked  in  upon  the  anxious 
group  around  the  bedside,  the  sufferer,  opening  his 
eyes  for  the  first  time,  looked  from  one  loA'ing,  pity- 
ing face  to  another. 

"He  will  live!'  exclaimed  the  physician  in  a  glad 
whisper.  Then  there  were  thankful  tears  shed  and 
thankful  prayers  offered,  where  before  they  only  wait- 
ed for  the  death  angel's  triumph.  Weeks  of  slow, 
tedious  convalesence  followed,  when  the  sick  man 
seemed  almost  overpowered  with  the  cra\ings  of  his 
appetite;  but  the  prayers  of  his  wife  and  children 
were  being  answered,  and  the  resolute  look  in  William 
Grafton's  face  as  he  battled  with  his  foe,  told  to  those 
most  interested  that  there  was  more  .  than  a  human 
will  aiding  him  in  the  struggle. 

The  mild  days  of  siDring  were  apijroaching,  and  the 
invalid  began  to  take  new  life  and  was  able  to  leave  the 
house.  Up  to  this  time  the  family  had  contrived  to  live 
on  the  little  sum  that  they  realized  from  the  sale  of  eggs, 
butter  and  poultry. 

Frank  liad  left  school,  and  was  employed  at  Farmer 
Dodds'.  The  neighbors  had  been  very  kind,  and  the 
winter  was  over,  and  truly  the  Lord  did  provide.  Every 
day  that  was  at  all  pleasant,  Mr.  Grafton  miglit  be  seen 
in  some  part  of  the  farm,  walking  to  and  fro  with  an  ex- 
pression of  deep  thouglit  on  liis  haggard  face.  He  wovild 
walk  up  and  down  the  fields  inspecting  the  drainage  and 
prospective  yield  of  his  meadows. and  orchard.     Then  he 

would  visit  tlie  stable,  turn  the  few  horses  and  cattle  into 

* 
the  yard  and  make  calculations  on    them,  and  sigh  over 

wliat  might  liave  been.  Another  day  lie  climbed  the  house 
to  view  the  sliingles  and  chimneys,  wliieli  certainly  need- 
ed attention. 

Ail  this  made  Mrs.  Grafton  very  mieasy;  but  she  need 
not  fear  her  husband  losing  his  mind,  for  he  said  one 
e\ening  wlien  the  entire  family  was  assembled  in  the 
l)leasant  kitchen:  "Fannie,!  have  made  a  careful  in- 
spection of  the  farm  and  buildings,  and  have  opened  my 
eyes  to  the  enormity  of  my  sin,  and,  if  you  can  forgive 
the  past,  with  divine  aid  I  will  do  better  in  the  future." 
We  can  well  imagine  how  these  words  were  received. 

The  next  week  saw  the  beginning  of  such  doings  as 
had  not  been  enacted  on  the  Grafton  farm  since  the  day 
of  old  Jolni  Grafton.  Frank  was  lilken  home,  men  were 
hired,  and  the  work  of  plowing  and  sowing  and  repairing 


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11 


begun.  And  when  Mrs.  Grafton's  brother  Henry  made  a 
flying  visit  from  New  York  to  see  the  extent  of  his  favor- 
ite sister's  misery,  he  was  so  pleased  at  William's  evident 
reformation  that,  on  his  return,  he  opened  his  hitherto 
close  pockets  and  sent  a  check  of  five  hundred  dollars. 

A  complete  and  happy  change  took  place  in  the  family. 
Frank  was  again  sent  to  school,  Elsie  was  a  member  of 
her  uncle's  family  in  New  York,  where  she  was  attending 
school  preparatory  to  teaching,  and  the  little  ones  had 
entirely  ceased  to  think  of  papa  as  the  terror  of  the 
family. 

It  is  true  that  these  things  were  not  accomplished  with- 
out many  failiu'es  on  Mr.  Grafton's  part.  More  than  once 
his  former  companions  enticed  him  to  their  haunts,  and 
he  was  sometimes  tempted  to  give  u])  in  despair,  but  the 
God  to  whom  he  looked  held  him  back  for  a  happy  and 
useful  life. 

And  when  in  the  many  hapjjy  winters  following,  the 
snow  and  wind  blew  and  howled  around  the  cozy  farm- 
house. William  Grafton  used  to  say:  "It  was  just  such  an 
ill  wind  as  this  that  blew  us  good,  Fannie,''  and  Mrs. 
Grafton  smiled,  for  she  knew  that  to  a  mightier  power 
than  a  north  wind  did  both  her  husband  and  herself  at- 
tribute praise. —  Ghristian  Press. 


CHILDREN'S  CORNP^R. 


STORIES  OF  MT  BOYS.— IV. 


nSY  JENNIE  L.  HARDIE. 


As  Tom  Jones  was  on  his  way  to  school  one  morning 
a  hand  was  laid  lightly  on  his  shouldier  and  a  broadcloth- 
coated  individual  thus  addressed  him: 

"Are  you  one  of  the  boys  who  belong  to  the  Sabbath- 
school  class  taught  by  the  pa.stor's  wife — over  at  the  brick 
church?" 

"Yes,  sir,"  replied  the  boy,  respectfully,  "  I'm  Tom 
Jones." 

"And  your  class  meets  together  after  Suuday-sclioDl  do 
you  not?  What  is  the  object  of  those  meetings?" 

"The  meetings  have  stopped  now,  but  the  object  was 
to  study  about  secret  societies  and  see  how  wicked  they 
are  according  to  the  Bible." 

"Wicked!  Why,  a  great  many  good  men,  and  minis- 
ters too,  belong  to — the  Masonic  lodge,  for  instance." 

"That  may  be,"  returned  Tom;  "but  it  don't  make 
Masonry  right,  just  the  same.  And  they're  good  in  spite 
of  the  wicked  institution,  if  they're  good  at  all — and  as  for 
the  ministers  they  ought  to  know  what  it  is,  and  I  think 
every  one  of  them  is  either  a  hypocrite  or  a  fool !" 

"Wliat!" 

"  I  mean  that's  what  I  think.  Likely  some  ministers 
belong  who  don't  know  but  very  little  about  the  institu- 
tion and  try  to  make  out  it  is  all  right  with  tlie  little 
knowledge  they  have  of  it. — but  the  hypocrites  do  know 
and  just  go  on  dipping  into  the  heathen  mysteries  which 
aren't  very  mysterious  after  all,  and  then  go  into  their 
pulpits  and  beg  monej'  to  make  Christians  of  the  heath- 
ens." 

"Tut,  tut,  boy;  what  should  you  know  about  it?" 

"Why,  sir,  don't  everybody  know  now-a-days?  There 
have  been  so  many  among  them  whose  conscience  has 
been  waked  up  and  who  have  asked  pardon  of  the  Lord 
for  harnessing  themselves  to  such  a  wicked  thing  and 
taking  the  awful  oaths  they  do,  and  the  horrible  penalties 
they  promise  to  undergo  if  they  break  them — there  have 
been  so  many  such,  sir.  that  most  everybody  knows  all 
about  it,  and  if  they  don't  it's  their  own  fault.  I  tliink 
its  the  wickedest  thing  in  our  country." 

"Oh,  well,  you're  only  a  boy  and  it  is  only  what  you 
think." 

"No  sir,  please.  It's  what  the  Bible  says.  It  says  the 
Lord  didn't  say  anything  in  secret;  so  its  wrong  to  be 
secret,  I  dl'ove  a  nail  in  there.  Then  these  men  who  have 
repented  of  the  awful  oaths  they  took,  say  that  what  they 
do  in  secret  is  wicked,  and  I  drove  a  nail  in  there.  Then 
one  can  see  with  his  own  eyes  some  of  their  wickedness — 
like  the  shielding  each  other  from  justice  and  I  drove  a 
nail  in  there.  No  sir,  please,  I  know  it's  wicked." 

"But  remember  that  most  people  believe  in  it." 

"But  that's  nothing,  sir.  A  thing  isn't  right  because  it 
is  popular,  is  it?  And  I  never  heard  any  one  argue  for  it 
who  took  the  Bible  to  prove  it  was  right." 

"Well,  good  day,  boy." 

"Good  day,  sir;"  and  eac-li  went  his  way.  Tom  wonder- 
ing "who  that  chap  was,  anyway,"  and  the  Rev.  V. 
Straightlace  muttering  to  himself  something  about  a 
"worm  threshing  a  mountain" — ^but  whether  he  used  the 


figure  with  reference  to  the  popular  Rev.  and  young  Tom 
Jones,  or  the  giant  evil  of  secretism  and  the  principle  of 
reform  is  not  known. 


SLANG.— LISTEN,  BOYS. 

"Bully  for  you.     You're  a  trump." 

Involuntarily  my  hands  went  up  to  my  ears.  I  felt 
as  if  I  had  been  shot,  while  seated  at  my  ojien  window 
looking  out  upon  a  group  of  boys  playing  ball  with  all 
their  might  and  main.  Now  if  they  had  been  ragamulflns 
their  language  would  not  have  appeared  at  all  inconsist- 
ent, for  dirt,  tatters  and  slang  go  together  very  well ;  but 
they,  on  the  contrary,  were  the  well-dressed,  "supposed 
to  be  well  educated  "  sons  of  gentlemen,  so  you  see  I  was 
doubly  shocked. 

"Go  in  lemons;  hit  him  again,  Charlie."  Again  my 
ears  were  covered;  certainly  /was  hit  again,  and  hurt  too, 
whatever  might  be  said  of  the  ball. 

"My  eye,  what  a  jolly  game;  he  beats  you  all  to  fiindei-s, 
Ned." 

"  Oh!  Oh!  Oh!"  cried  I;  and  vacated  my  seat  at  the  win- 
dow until  tlnit  game  was  finished;  then  I  called  the  i)oys  in 
and  this  is  what  I  said  to  them: 

"Boys,  you  have  had  a  nice  game  of  ball  this  lieautiful 
morning,  but  you've  spoiled  it  all,  every  bit;  shall  I  tell 
you  how?" 

"  If  you  please,"  said  victorious  Charlie. 

"D.0  you  know  old  Jethro  Miller,  the  half-crazy  pauper, 
who  begs  from  everj'  one  he  meets  a  dime  to  buy  'a  bit  o' 
backy'?  Do  you  remember  his  tangled  beard,  besmeared 
with  tobacco  juice?  his  mouth  drawn  out  of  shape  and 
fairly  slobbering  over  with  filth?  his  discolored  teeth?  his 
brown,  repulsive  lips?" 

"Oh!  yes,  ma'am?"  and  all  their  respective  noses  were 
upturned. 

"Well,  now,  do  you  wish  your  mouths  to  be  figura- 
tively what  old  Jethro's  is  literally  ?  If  you  do  not, 
then  stop  using  such  slang  phrases  as  '  Bully  for  you,' 
'  Go  in  lemons,'  'Confound  his  picture,'  'Darn  it  all,' 
etc.  Why,  boys,  I  feel  as  if  I  must  scour  my  teeth  and 
rinse  my  mouth,  even  after  once  using  them  for  your  edi 
fication." 

The  noses  were  upturned  no  longer,  and  the  brown 
cheeks  were  all  crimson  with  sliame. 

"  Once  more,  boys;  when  you  had  finished  that  beauti- 
ful boat  you  made  this  summer,  you  turned  it  up.side  down 
and  covered  it  with  pitch  to  prevent  its  leaking.  Yoiu' 
hands  were  besmeared;  your  clothing,  too,  was  stained, 
and  Oh!  what  a  time  you  had,  scouring  and  cleaning:  for 
all  that,  brown  patches,  dingy  and  ugly,  on  your  hands, 
bore  testimony  for  many  days  to  the  fact  that  you  had 
handled  something  unclean.  Now  just  such  discoloration 
does  the  use  of  slang  produce  upon  your  souls,  that  God 
sent  into  the  world  pure  and  white. 

"  How  vile,  how  utterly  senseless,  too,  are  many  of  these 
slang  expressions!  What  ideas  do  these  phrases  give  ex- 
pression to,  which  might  not  be  infinitely  better  under- 
stood if  clothed  in  good,  pm-e,  English  words! 

"Now  I  will  tell. you  what  I  am  going  to  ask  of  you 
this  morning.  Each  of  you  is  the  son  of  respectable  j^a- 
rents;  each  of  you  counts  himself  to  be  a  young  gentle- 
man; as  such,  give  me  your  hands,  and  with  them  your 
promise,  earnestly,  manfully,  to  wage  war  against  this 
pernicious  habit  of  using  slang.  Has  the  habit  gotten  such 
firm  hold  of  you  that  j^ou  fear  3-ou  cannot  free  j^ourselves 
from  its  grasp?  Then  remember  there  is  a  weapon  mighty 
enough  to  conquer  it  for  you.  Prayer!  using  this  you  will 
be  victorious." 

One  after  another  in  quick  succession  the  outstretched 
hands  clasped  mine,  while  an  almost  deafening  chorus  of 
"I  promise,  I  promise,"  gi'eeted  my  ears;  but  mj'  hands 
did  not  strive  to  exclude  the  noise,  and  so  the  close  of  the 
morning  was  better  than  its  beginning. — Selected. 


LIGHT  HOUSE  TERRORS. 

K  those  on  shore  are  awed  by  the  terrible  violence  of 
the  winds  and  waves  during  a  tempest,  what  must  be  the 
experiences  of  men  who  live  in  a  building  exjDosed  to  the 
full  fm-y  of  the  heavy  ocean  breakers?  When  we  look 
at  a  lighthouse  in  calm  weather,  it  is  almost  impossible  to 
realize  that  the  sea  sometimes  breaks  over  the  lantern. 
Such  is,  however,  frequently  the  case,  and  an  instance  of 
this  occurred  not  long  after  the  completion  of  the  Bish- 
op's Rock  Light,  which  is  erected  on  a  rock  beyond  the 
Scilly  Islands,  far  out  in  the  Atlantic.  One  of  the  build- 
ers told  of  a  heavy  sea  striking  under  the  lantern  and 
carrying  away  the  fog-bell,  which  hung  by  a  stout  arm  of 
iron  nearly  three  inches  square.  A  few  years  ago  the 
lighthouse  keepei's  on  this  rock  were  in  a  terrible  predica- 
meni  daring  a  hurricane;  the  violence  of  which  was  de- 
scribed as  being  fearful.  The  lighthouse  was  struck  by 
enormous  waves  in  quick  succession,  each  causing  a  noise 
like  the  discharge  of  a  cannon,  and  making  the  massive 
stone  building  rock  to  and  fro,  so  that  every  article  fell 
away  from  its  place.  One  fearful  sea  broke  the  great 
lense  in  several  pieces,  and  another  smashed  the  cylinders 
of  the  spare  light,  while  sand  from  the  bottom,  thirty 
fathoms  deep,  was  found  heaped  upon  the  lighthouse  gal- 
lery. The  power  of  these  unbroken  masses  of  water  is 
so  great  1h;it  laleh',  at  Wick,  one  of  these  shocks  moved 
a  "concrete  block  of  four  hundred  tons  built  u]i  in  situ." 
—  Sel. 


Obstinaucy  and  intolerance  are  the  surcsl 
ignorance.  A  man's  horizon  is  measureil  liy 
edge  and  by  his  capacity  of  knowing, 


]n'iuil's    of 
lis   knowl 


TEMPERANCE. 


THE  SECRET  TEMPERANCE  ORDERS. 

A  request  comes  for  a  concise  statement  of  the  ob- 
jections to  secret  temperance  societies.  The}-  may  be 
brieflj'  discussed  under  the  following  topics:  (1)  Tlie 
Secrecj-,  (2)  The  Secrets.  (3)  Their  Omissions  (4) 
Their  Origin   (5)  Theii-  Relatives. 

(1.)  The  Saviour  lays  down  the  general  principle 
that  good  things  seek  the  light  and  I)ud  ones  darkness. 
This  is  a  universal  truth  without  exceptions.  Nobod}- 
cares  to  cover  up  bis  good  deeds,  everN'bod)-  naturally 
desires  to  conceal  what  he  is  ashamed  of.  This  is  true 
of  the  Good  Templars  and  similar  orders.  Tiiey  are 
anxious  to  publish  to  the  world  the  good  thej"  do  for 
the  cause  of  temperance,  Avhile  their  silly  ceremonies 
are  kept  under  the  seal  of  secrecy.  All  their  good 
designs  are  made  public,  all  their  secret  plottings  for 
office,  power  and  influence  are  strenuousl}-  hidden. 
Their  silly  ceremonies  of  initiation  would  bring  them 
into  contempt  if  performed  publicly. 

(2.)  The  only  true  reformation  of  the  drunkard  is 
couA-ersion.  His  crime  is  not  onl}-  ph3-sical,  it  is  spirt- 
ual  and  anj-  attempt  at  a  partial  reformation  must 
fail.  This  the  secret  temperance  societies  omit.  Thej- 
do  not  teach  the  drunkard  that  he  must  be  born  again. 

(3.)  The  origin  of  the  secret  societ}-  method  con- 
demns it.  All  writers  on  the  subject  agree  that  secret 
societies  are  of  pagan,  not  Christian,  origin.  Not  one 
of  God'sinstitutions  is  secret,  while  all  idolaters  joined 
secret  societies.  No  one  who  investigates  will  doubt 
this.  If  our 'Lord  had  approved  such  societies  he 
would  doubtless  have  recommended  them  to  his  dis- 
ciples. On  the  other  hand  all  his  teaching  opposes 
the  method.  -'In  secret  have  I  said  nothing."  ■■Every 
one  that  doeth  evilhateth  the  light."  ■'He  that  doeth 
truth  coraWh  to' the  light."  "Proclaim  on  the  house- 
top.'' ''The  mysterj'  of  iniquity."  It  is  a  shame  to 
speak  of  the  things  done  of  them  in  secret,''  etc.,  etc. 
These  utterances  and  manj-  more  show  that  the  Saviour 
and  his  disciples  were  familiar  with  secret  societies 
and  disapproved  them. 

(4.)  To  put  the  temperance  cause  under  cover  of 
secrecy  allies  it  to  worldly,  not  Christian  institutions. 
If  the  devil  has  any  scheme,  like  killing  negroes,  cor- 
rupting the  civil  service,  overthrowing  government,  es- 
tablishing polj-gam}-,  or  other  things  of  the  sort,  he  in- 
variably organizes  a  secret  society.  This  was  the  origin 
of  the  Knights  of  the  Golden  Circle,  the  Ku-Klux- 
Klan,  the  Molly  Magnires,  the  Mormon  Endowment 
and  scores  of  others  in  this  and  foreign  countries. 
How  wicked,  how  absurd,  to  adopt  a  similar  dark 
method  to  promote  a  holy  cause.  Secret  temperance 
orders  are,  in  their  method,  allied  to  the  worst  of 
institutions  while  they  are  necessarily-  widely  removed 
from  the  church,  whose  methods  are  open  and  uncon- 
cealed. This  fact  has  retarded  temperance  more  than 
all  others  combined. 

Let  all  good  people  forsake  these  orders  and  do 
openly  what  the  Lord  commands.  Of  necessity  the 
introduction  of  secret  societies  divides  temperance 
people  and  works  havoc  in  the  ranks.  They  are  gen- 
erallj'  run  by  JMasons  and  Odd-fellows  and  manipula- 
ted by  scheming  politicians. 


BEWARE  OF  FIRE. 


A  medical  correspondent  of  the  Aledzcal  and  Stirgicol 
Reporter,  Dr.  L.  J.  Collins,  reports  to  that  journal  the 
case  of  a  jieriodical  drinker,  accustomed  to  a  drinking 
spree,  lasting  from  two  to  three  weeks,  at  intervals  of  six 
to  eight  weeks,  who,  when  he  commenced  to  sober  up, 
and  to  assist  the  sobering,  would  have  himself  bled  freely 
from  the  arm.  At  one  of  these  bleedings  the  person,  a 
witness  "whose  veracity  is  undoubted,"  holding  the  ves- 
sel to  receive  the  blood,  was  struck  by  the  strongly  alco- 
holic odor  of  the  blood.  To  test  the  matter  for  himself 
as  to  whether  it  was  alcohol  in  the  blood,  he  set  the  ves- 
sel containing  the  blood  aside  for  a  couple  of  hours, 
"when  there  was  found  floating  upon  the  coagulated 
blood  a  liquid  resembling  alcohol,  and  which  burned  with 
the  characteristic  flame  of  alcohol."  We  commend  this 
significant  fact  to  the  consumers  of  alcohol  as  added  evi- 
dence that  the  alcohol  they  drink  is  not  'assimilated,  that 
it  enters  the  circulation  with  the  blood  as  an  irritant 
poison;  and  we  also  suggest  that,  as  the  alcohol  thus  ac- 
cumulated in  their  systems  is  liable,  as  in  case  of  alco- 
liolic  combustion  heretofore  reported,  to  burn,  they  ^\■ill 
tlo  well  to  beware  of  Urt'l^ Temperance  Advocate. 


TuE  little  city  of  Elmwood.  Ills.,  ])opulation  2,(IUU,  has 
been  afflicted  with  license  since  April  hist  after  several 
previous  years  of  Prohibition.  Price  of  licenses  was 
fixed  at  $800 — the  highest  known  in  the  State.  And  yet 
these  saloons  arc  making  money  and  the  city  for  the  first 
tijuc  in  a  long  period  is  in  debt — the  policeman — an  hon- 
est reformed  man — fell,  on  the  opening  of  the  dram-shops, 
committed  murder  and  involved  the  city  in  suits  which 
have  drained  its  treasury  and  over-taxed  its  people,  "i^y 
Ilieir  fruits  ye  shall  know  them," — Siyiial. 


12 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE. 


Febritary  8,  1883 


was  dis- 


{ Continued  from  ilie  ninth,  page.) 
opposition  to  a  republican  form  of  government 
cussed. 

The  following  was  clipped  from  the  same  paper  and 
same  date;  advertising  the  services  of  a  Masonic  minister 
in  one  of  the  churches  in  Emporia.  With  a  Masonic  cun- 
ning which  I  dare  not  trust  myself  to  characterize,  he 
])reaches  in  the  forenoon  "  Christ,  the  power  of  God  in 
the  world,"  and  in  the  afternoon  jiraises  a  Christ-exclud- 
ing lodge: 

St.   Andrew's. — Rev.  ,  i-ector.     Hours  of  service, 

11  a.  m.*  7  p.  m.,  Sunday-school,  10  a.  m.  Subjects  for 
the  day:  Forenoon,  "Christ  the  power  of  God  in  the 
world;"  evening,  "A  Talk  on  Secret  Societies,"  or  "Secret 
Oath-bound  Societies."  All  are  invited  and  welcome  to 
attend  the  services. 

I  find  al.so  in  the  Repubiicim  of  January  34th  an  article 
signed  "X.  Y.,"  who  I  learn  by  inquiry  is  a  lawyer  and 
the  secretary  of  a  lodge  in  Emporia.  This  article  is  the 
third  from  the  same  writer,  reviewing  an  essay  read  at 
tlie  State  Convention  by  Mrs.  J.  S.  Collins,  and  since  pub- 
lished in  the  Cynosure,  on  "Women  vs.  Slavery."  I  do 
not  wonder  that  this  lawyer  is  disturbed  if  he  should  be 
in  the  fix  that  some  in  Emporia  are  supposed  to  be.  There 
is  a  whisper  on  the  street  and  my  ear  has  caught  a  little 
of  it.  And  it  surely  would  be  nothing  strange  if  wives 
should  sometimes  ask  their  husbands  what  drawers  they 
wore  when  they  were  "  taken  in  "  to  the  lodge. 

By  way  of  introduction  to  the  Rev. before  referred 

to  I  give  you  another  scrap,  referring  to  the  same  min- 
ister: * 

Rev.  Mr.  -  -~'s  .sermon  Sunday  evening  on  the  question 
of  the  passion  play  and  public  amusements  in  general 
drew  a  large  congregation  to  the  Episcopal  church,  which 
listened  with  great  interest  to  the  views  advanced  on 
topics  upon  which  a  great  diversity  of-opinJon  is  enter- 
tained. The  speaker's  position  was  that  the  passion  play 
comes  within  the  scope  of  legitimate  drama,  and  cannot 
be  consistently  objected  to.  He  also  believed  that  the 
drama  in  general,  dancing,  billiards,  and  various  games 
and  amusements  in  vogue  are,  when  conducted  reasona- 
ble regulations,  necessary  and  beneficial,  and  are  there- 
fore not  to  be  frowned  upon  as  irreligious,  but  rather  to 
be  encouraged  and  managed  in  the  interest  of  religious 
denominations. 

"I  would  have  a  church  with  a  building  hard  by  or  in  a 
suitable  place  where  parties  and  entertainments  and  ama- 
teur theatricals  and  charades  and  all  games  could  be  had 
lor  the  young.  I  would  have  a  dancing  room,  a  smoking 
room,  a  billiard  room,  a  reading  room;  for  experience, 
lommon  sense  and  philosophy  show  that  men  need  amuse- 
ments and  should  have  them." 

The  following  is  the  closing  sentence  of  the  sermon, 
the  climax  of  all: 

"Dance  then  and  be  men-y,  since  all  work  and  no  play 
makes  Jack  a  dull  boy." 

Is  this  whither  a  Masonic  minister  is  drifting  us?  My 
inmost  soul  exclaims,  "In  the  name  of  Qod  what  next? 

P.  S.  Feemstek. 


BATHBUN  AT  BIBMINOHAM. 


Birmingham,  Iowa,  Feb'y  2,  1883. 

Editor  Cynosure: — The  past  week  has  been  a  glorious 
one  for  the  friends  of  our  reform  in  Birmingham  and  vi- 
cinity. Elder  D.  P.  Rathbun  was  with  us,  preaching, 
l(^ctiu-ing  and  conversing  on  the  diabolism  of  Freemasonry 
;ind  kindred  cabals.  His  work  here  has  done  the  cause 
ii.reat  good.  Some  who  heretofore  hesitated  to  identify 
themselves  with  us,  now  "acknowledge  the  corn"  and 
'■  'fess  up  "  as  Anti -masons.  Elder  Rathbun  also  forced  a 
])itiful  whine  from  the  would  be  moral  and  religious 
teacher  who  presides  in  the  sanctum  of  the  so-called 
hJnterprise  published  in  this  place.  Listen  to  the 
'  whine:" 

"  Sunduy  evening  the  union  meetings  were  brought  to  a  close. 
l'"or  three  weeks  Revs.  Pike  and  Bracken  labored  earnestly  and 
ridthfully  for  the  eouversion  of  sinners,  and  had  the  members  of 
(heir  congregations  manifested  as  much  zeal  as  their  pastors, 
Uirmingham  might  have  experienced  one  of  her  old-fashioned 
revivals.  We  fear  there  are  too  many  persons  in  the  church  who 
care  more  for  hearing  a  red-faced  monte-bank,  who  comes  with- 
out any  worthy  recommendation,  denounce  their  neighbers,  than 
to  hear  the  Word  of  God  expounded  by  their  own  ministers, 
nhose  every  day  walk  has  proven  them  to  be  gentlemen  and 
Christians,  and  far  above  the  average  as  teachers.  Less  personal 
abuse  of  other  denominations  and  more  charity  for  those  who  do 
not  happen  to  believe  as  you  do,  might  be  the  means  of  getting 
yourself  and  neighbers  a  seat  in  the  glorious  mansion,  which  we 
lire  afraid  many  will  lose  unless  they  practice  more  Christian 
charity." 

"  Oh,  isn't  it  pitiful,  to  see  a  whole  city  full,"  of  church 
members  neglect  their  own  services  to  run  after  a  "red- 
laced  monte-bank."  The  members  of  the  aforesaid 
churches  will,  no  doubt,  feel  awfully  cut  up  over  such  a 
severe  castigation  from  the  Worshipful  Master  of  Bir- 
mingham lodge!  And  how  will  the  .above  fulsome  flat- 
tery, from  such  a  one  fit  the  stomachs  of  those  "more 
than  average  teachers.  Revs.  Pike  and  Bracken." 

Elder  Rathbun  was  in  splendid  health  and  the  verdict 
of  all  who  heard  him  is  that  he  never  presented  the  truth 
more  clearly,  forcibly,  and  in  better  spirit.  It  has  been 
circulated  to  some  extent  that  the  injuries  received  by  him 
at  the  hands  of  the  Masonic  mob  at  Kellerton  had  injured 
his  mind,  but  it  is  to  be  devoutly  lioped  that  many  more 
of  us  will  get  our  minds  in  the  same  condition,  and  that 
soon.  Yours  for  the  war, 

W.  Pitt  Nokris. 


AMEBIGAN  FOLITIGS. 

NOMINATIONS  FOR  188^ 

For  President,         '^ 
JONATHAN    BLANCHARD 

[of  ILLINOIS. 

For  Vice  President, 
JOHN   A.    CONANT, 

or    CONNECTICUT. 
PLATFORM. 

We  hold:  1.  That  ours  is  a  Christian  and  not  a 
heathen  nation,  and  that  the  God  of  the  Christian 
Scriptures  is  the  author  of  civil  government. 

2.  That  God  requires  and  man  needs  a  Sabbath. 

3.  That  the  prohibition  of  the  importation,  manu- 
facture and  sale  of  intoxicating  drinks  as  a  beverage 
IS  the  true  policy  on  the  temperance  question. 

4.  That  the  charters  of  all  secret  lodges  granted  by 
our  Federal  and  State  Legislatures  should  be  with- 
drawn, and  their  oaths  prohibited  by  law. 

5.  That  the  civil  equality  secured  to  all  American 
citizens  by  articles  18th,  14th  and  15th  of  our  amended 
Constitution  should  be  preserved  inviolate. 

6.  That  arbitration  of  differences  with  nations  is 
the  most  direct  and  sure  method  of  securing  and  per- 
petuating a  permanent  peace. 

7.  That  to  cultivate  the  intellect  without  improving 
the  morals  of  men,  is  to  make  mere  adepts  and  experts ; 
therefore,  the  Bible  should  be  associated  with  book-,  of 
science  and  literature  in  all  our  educational  institu- 
tions. 

8.  That  land  and  other  monopolies  should  be  dis- 
couraged. 

9.  That  the  government  should  furnish  the  people 
■with  an  ample  and  sound  currency. 

10.  That  maintenance  of  the  public  credit,  protection 
to  all  loyal  citizens,  and  justice  to  Indians  are  essential 
to  the  honor  and  safety  of  our  nation. 

11.  And,  finally,  we  demand  for  the  American  people 
the  abolition  of  electoral  colleges,  and  a  direct  vote  for 
President  and  Vice-president  of  the  United  States. 

^'•-^ 

THE  AMERICAN  PARTY. 

This  unpopular  party  though  young  is  growing  in 
influence  and  numbers  beyond  the  most  sanguine  hopes 
of  its  votaries.  It  was  called  into  existence  out  of  pure 
necessity,  and  there  can  he  no  way  of  accounting  for  its 
rapid  growth,  than  that  God  is  in  the  movement,  as  its 
propelling  power.  Good  men  all  over  the  States  are  care- 
fully studying  the  propriety  of  organizing  a  new  political 
party,  but  before  a  step  of  this  kind  is  taken  they  fall 
into  the  lap  of  the  American  Party.  Seeing  the  corrup- 
tion in  the  present  political  parties,  loyal  men — loyal  to 
God,  and  humanity,  are  withholding  their  support  and 
influence  and  are  waiting  for  an  opportunity  to  defend 
true  principles  with  their  ballots.  There  should  be  many 
more  votes  cast  for  the  American  party  than  there  has 
been.  There  are  many  Anti-masons,'  who  profess  to  be 
zealous  in  their  efforts  to  overthrow  the  secret  empire, 
but  where  have  you  cast  your  vote?  Have  you  done 
your  duty?  Does  not  God  demand  of  you  an  abhorrence 
of  that  which  is  evil?  May  God  help  you  to  see  the  ne- 
cessity of  voting  as  you  pray. 


'PUSH  THINGS.' 


BY  REV.  J.  L.  BARLOW. 


This  American  party  is  in  the  field  and,  God  willing,  it 
has  come  to  stay.  It  has  a  mission  as  grand  as  that 
which  fired  the  hearts  of  our  sires  in  '76;  and  they  take 
action  against  a  foe  more  dangerous  than  the  armies  of 
the  United  Kingdom.  They  entered  the  contest  weak  in 
numbers,  poor  in  resources,  with  only  a  principle  to  unite 
them;  and  against  the  most  powerful  Government  on 
earth,  and  panoplied  in  right,  they  conquered.  They 
fought  for  liberty  and  self-government  with  collateral 
blessings.  We  take  action  for  the  preservation  of  that 
same  liberty  and  self-government  as  well  as  for  the  sanct- 
ity and  unity  of  our  homes,  and  for  our  holy  religion, 
which  is  threatened  and  undermined  by  the  growing 
Baalism  of  the  secret  lodges,  whose  minions  are  to-day 
filling  the  uppermost  places  in  pulpit  and  pew,  as  well  as 
on  the  bench,  at  the  bar,  in  legislative  halls,  and  all  other 
places  of  honor  and  power,  to  the  exclusion  of  other  and 
better  men,  who  love  their  families,  the  church  and  their 
government  too  well  to  sell  themselves  as  slaves  to  an 
irresponsible  despotism,  conceived  in  a  monarchical  gov- 
ernment and  brought  to  birth  in  a  grog-shop  in  London, 
165  years  ago  last  June. 

That  every  interest  which  a  patriot  and  a  Christian 
holds  dear,  is  endangered  by  the  existence  and  growth  of 
Freemasonry  and  its  kindred,  whose  name  is  Legion,  is 
becoming  apparent  to  every  mind  having  manhood 
enough  left  to  dare  to  face  the  facts  pressed  upon  their 
attention  as  they  have  been  and  still  are,  being  sown 
broad-cast  by  the  living  voice,  as  well  as  by  the  ubiqui- 
tous leaflet,  so  that  none  need  remain  ignorant  who  love 
and  long  for  light. 


This  American  party  gave  its  completed  platform  to  the 
country  during  the  last  decade,  and  has  made  a  steady 
progress  from  thence  onward,  to  the  perplexity  of  mere 
politicians,  and  the  dismay  of  the  secret  plotters  of  the 
lodges,  who  see  in  it  a  foe  with  a  "  grip,"  whose  name  is 
"Never-let-go,"  fill  the  lodge  power  in  this  country  is 
dead  and  buried  so  deep  as  to  preclude  the  hope  of  a  res- 
urrection. 

This  party,  with  an  aim  so  lofty,  a  purpose  so  grand, 
and  a  platform,  so  pure  is  destined  to  rally  to  its  banners 
the  best  elements  of  our  population;  and  will  at  no  distant 
day  surely  displace  the  rotten  and  effete  party  which  has 
so  long  ruled  the  country,  and  which  has  just  been  buried 
under  an  avalanche  of  public  indignation  and  scorn. 

Let  all  Christian  patriots  and  reformers  join  this  party 
and  with  their  best  efforts  help  in  its  advance  to  power, 
that  we  may  save  the  church,  the  government,  and  the 
family  from  the  ruin  impending  over  them